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Incarnation of Night and Keeper of Secrets. Gawain (Orlene's ghost husband) is the direct descendant of Sir Gawain, and carries the family taint, so the second Gaw-Two, born to Orlene and Ghost Gawain, is also tainted and destined to die early. Nox is also the great-aunt (many times removed) to Niobe and her children and grandchildren.
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In "Under a Velvet Cloak", Kerena (Nox, Incarnation of Night) is the lover of the original Sir Gawain, Knight of the Round Table, and mother of the original Gawain (Gaw-Two) who was tainted at birth and destined to die early. Kerena's quest to save Gaw-Two is what eventually leads her to become Nox,
856:(God, sometimes called "the Goddess", the Incarnation of Good) is Nature's daughter, War's daughter, Fate's granddaughter, Time's lover and mother to his biological son (prior to either of them taking their office), Evil's stepdaughter, and Death's wife's cousin.
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Gawain II was conceived by Norton and Orlene, but has Gawain's genetic material instead of Norton's (a favor performed by Gaea)
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820:(Thanatos, the Incarnation of Death) is the lover and protector of Luna Kaftan (Niobe's granddaughter).
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and modern technology. The series covers the adventures and struggles of a group of humans called "
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wrote a pilot for the series for ABC, but it was not picked up.
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16:Fantasy series by Piers Anthony
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1125:Innovation Publishing titles
870:Hypnos: Incarnation of Sleep
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1120:Science fiction book series
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1076:Incarnations of Immortality
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630:Magician (Cedric Jr.)
81:The title alludes to
1115:Fantasy novel series
154:Under a Velvet Cloak
131:Being a Green Mother
124:Wielding a Red Sword
116:With a Tangled Skein
108:Bearing an Hourglass
924:Cultural references
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598:Gawain II
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337:(Nature)
933:series
780:(Death)
214:Blanche
28:fantasy
1031:23 May
1008:23 May
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854:Orlene
824:Norton
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203:Pacian
193:(Fate)
175:Cedric
157:(2007)
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64:Night
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