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Tables of Contents:
Paarfi's Romances and Brokedown Palace

Click here for publication information and my abbreviations for all the Dragaera tales.

Click here for Tables of Contents of the Vlad Taltos novels.

Here are tables of contents for The Phoenix Guards, Five Hundred Years After, and Brokedown Palace, so that if they're ever published in variant editions or in translations you'll still be able to get some use out of my references by seeing what chapter each one is in, and roughly what part of the chapter. The contents for the Vlad novels are here.

To make this job easy on myself (I'm lazy), I'm using an HTML trick that lets me number each line of a list, so

1. 19

under "Jhereg" tells you that Chapter 1 of Jhereg starts on p. 19. The format isn't as pretty as it might be, but the information is all here. A page whose number is in parentheses is in the front matter of the book and the pages aren't numbered, but counting back from the first numbered page yields this number. A title in brackets is a descriptive label I have supplied for a section with no title.

I was nervous about this section because it seemed like a kind of extended direct quotation, even though the books themselves don't have Tables of Contents. I asked Brust about it, and he said to go ahead. So have fun!

Shortcut to each book's table of contents:

The Phoenix Guards

Five Hundred Years After

The Viscount of Adrilankha

Brokedown Palace

The Phoenix Guards

The 34 chapters are divided in two Books of 17 chapters each. They are numbered "Chapter the First", "Chapter the Second", etc. In addition to a long, discursive title, each chapter has a running head that appears at the top of each right-hand page after the first page of the chapter, and which I append in curly braces and italics. Although I haven't seen the first (hardcover?) editions of The Phoenix Guards and Five Hundred Years After, I'd guess that their pagination is identical to that of the paperbacks, as is the case with Dragon.

I have copied the eccentric capitalization exactly as it appears in the text. Much of its irregularity is attributable to the division of the chapter titles into several lines, which I have not tried to reproduce. The first word of such a line is always capitalized, even a word such as "of" or "the" that would not normally be capitalized in the middle of a title. If you don't like it, blame Brust, who will undoubtedly blame Paarfi, who will pass the blame to the publisher. (The capitalization of the running heads, however, is mine, as they are printed all in uppercase.)

(ix.) [Paarfi's title page]

(xi.) Cast of Characters

xiii. Preface. In Which Discussion is made of the Sources Which Led to the Document that Follows

BOOK ONE

(3.) In Which We Introduce Several Persons With Whom, In the Hopes of the Author, The Reader Will Wish to Become Better Acquainted
{Several Persons Introduced}

17. In Which Our Friends Take a Journey Which is Not as Uneventful as One Might Suppose
{Our Friends Take a Journey}

25. In Which, Upon Arriving in Dragaera City, We are Introduced To a Notable Personage In the Imperial Guard
{Arrival in Dragaera City}

39. In Which Aerich Acquires a Sword And our Friends are Assigned their Duties
{Our Friends Assigned their Duties}

47. In Which Method is Applied to Mayhem, and Khaavren, To his Advantage, Recalls Certain Filial Advice
{Method Applied to Mayhem}

59. In Which the Results of the First Patrol are Discussed At some Length with the Captain, Who is Less than Pleased
{The Captain is Less than Pleased}

69. In Which We Discover How Lodging Was Arranged and Something is Learned of the Structure of the Imperial Guards
{How Lodging Was Arranged}

77. In Which It is Shown That There are No Police in Dragaera City
{No Police in Dragaera}

87. In Which Certain Persons Attempt to Hold a Private Discussion, And the Results Thereof
{Results of a Private Discussion}

97. In Which we Learn a Bit of Personal History about Tazendra
{Tazendra's History}

103. In Which the Plot, Behaving in Much the Manner Of a Soup to which Corn Starch Has been Added, Begins, at last, to Thicken
{The Plot Thickens}

119. In Which Khaavren Attempts To Learn The Whereabouts of Kathana e'Marish'Chala
{Khaavren Looks for Kathana}

127. In Which, to our Regret, We are Forced to Leave our Heroes for a Brief Time
{We Leave our Heroes}

135. In Which it is Shown that Eleemosynary Behavior is Sometimes Rewarded In This Lifetime
{Eleemosynary Behavior is Rewarded}

145. In Which Khaavren Receives a Warning And Aerich tells a story
{Khaavren Receives a Warning}

157. In Which we Learn What it Means to be Half an Emperor
{Half an Emperor}

167. In Which Discussion is Made of Mathematics and Philosophy As our Friends Prepare for Departure
{Preparations for Departure}

BOOK TWO

179. In Which is is Shown That Some Reflect, While Others Wonder, But Many do Both at Once
{Some Reflect, Others Wonder}

193. In Which Uttrik, Being Interviewed, Is Found to be Satisfactory, and In the course of a meal, Aids Tazendra in Acquiring a Lackey
{Uttrik is Interviewed}

211. In Which the Author Believes It is Time to see What Seodra Has Been Up To
{What Has Seodra Been Up To?}

219. In Which it is Shown That Nothing, Even Those Words That His Imperial Majesty Deigns to Let Fall Upon the Ears Of His Discreet, Is Safe From the Attentions Of the Historian
{Nothing Escapes the Historian}

247. In Which it is Shown That Not Only Historians Have Prying Ears
{More Prying Ears}

261. In Which the Art Of the Ambuscade is Discussed And Examples Provided
{Art Of the Ambuscade}

273. In Which it is Shown that Three Copper Pennies, Well Spent, Are More Valuable Than Sixty Orbs, Carelessly Applied
{Three Pennies More}

299. In Which the Reader Will, No Doubt, Be Pleased to Meet at Last One of the Principal Actors In Our History
{We Meet a Principal Actor}

311. In Which the Author Resorts to a Stratagem To Reveal the Effects Of a Stratagem
{The Effects Of a Stratagem}

327. In Which it is Shown That Some are made Unhappy by Reflection, While others are made Unhappy By Projection
{Reflections and Projections}

339. In Which Both Stage And Players are Put Into Position for The Conclusion of Something Like a Tragedy
{Set for A Tragedy}

347. In Which Our Friends Realize with Great Pleasure That the Situation has Become Hopeless
{The Situation Becomes Hopeless}

354. In Which Khaavren is Amazed To Discover an Easterner Who Speaks the Dragaeran Language, Albeit With an Accent, And, Out of Necessity, The Tiassa Becomes a Diplomatist
{Khaavren Becomes a Diplomatist}

389. In Which the Reader Will, No Doubt, Be As Surprised As Our Heroes to Learn That All is Not Over
{All is Not Over}

415. In Which Having Already Seen a Bloodless Battle, The Reader is Shown a Bloodless Duel
{A Bloodless Duel}

431. In Which our Friends Spend some time in Prison
{Some Time in Prison}

451. In Which His Majesty Attempts to Pick a Strand Of Justice from a Nest Of Accusation, And is Fortunate to Receive Help
{A Strand Of Justice}

475. Conclusion

483. Epilogue

487. About the Author
[about Paarfi, by Brust -- MAM]

489. About the Author
[about Brust, by Paarfi -- MAM]

Five Hundred Years After

See note on The Phoenix Guards, above.

(ix.) [Paarfi's title page]

xi. Cast of Characters

xv. Preface: In Which It is Demonstrated that the Works of Paarfi of Roundwood Display Both the Rigors of History and the Raptures of Fiction; With Examples Taken from Each of His Historical-Romantic Works.
"Fiction, therefore, is more philosophical and more significant than history, for fiction is more concerned with the universal, and history with the individual." --Ekrasan of Sibletown
"Truth is stranger than fiction." --variously attributed
{Preface}
["by D.B., Dean of Pamlar University"... that is, by Brust's friend and fellow-Scribbly Pamela Dean, who seems to have been trying to outdo him in the length of the chapter heading. -- MAM]

BOOK ONE

3. Which Treats of Matters Relating to the State of the Empire, And Introduces the Reader to The Emperor and Certain of His Court
{Matters of State}

19. Which Treats of an Old Friend, And His Conversations with Three Acquaintances from the Past.
{Three Old Acquaintances}

38. Which Treats of Pastries, And of the Care that Must Be exercised with Regard to Casual Correspondence.
{Casual Correspondence}

48. Which Treats of Several Others, All of Who May Have Been Engaged In Dangerous Correspondence.
{Correspondence of Correspondence}

56. Which Treats of Events In a Part of the City That the Author Visits Only with Great Reluctance.
{In a Bad Part of the City}

70. Which Treats of the Arrival Of an Important Dignitary At the Court
{An Important Dignitary}

85. Which Treats of Our Old Friend Pel, And His Recent Activities Regarding Information, Deduction, And Coercion.
{Pel's Activities}

99. Which Treats of Sethra Lavode, The Enchantress of Dzur Mountain, On the Occasion of Her Arrival At the Imperial Palace.
{Sethra Lavode}

117. Which Treats of Our Old Friend Aerich, Certain Messages He Received, And the Resolution He Therefore Undertook.
{Aerich Receives His Messages}

131. Which Treats of the meeting Of a Captain with a General, And of the Various Suspicions Entertained by Each.
{Various Suspicions}

146. Which Treats of Khaavren's Meeting With Aerich and Tazendra, Who Arrive in Dragaera After a Journey in Which They Make Very Good Time.
{A Timely Arrival}

161. Which Treats of Social Unrest, Both in General and in Specific, And Discusses Certain Possible Responses, By Authority, to Such Occurrences.
{Social Unrest}

181. Which Treats of Khaavren's Return Home For Conversation with His Friends, His Decision to Absent Himself From the Palace for a Day, And the Arrival of Guests.
{Khaavren's Day Off}

195. Which Treats of the Arrest Of a Superintendent.
{An Arrest}

210. Which Treats of the Transformation That the Duke of Galstan Undergoes, And the Return of Our Old Friend Pel.
{Galstan Becomes Pel}

224. Which Treats of a Busy Night In Dragaera City, As Greycat Unfolds His Plans, And Adron e'Kieron Struggles To Control His Temper.
{A Busy Night}

241. Which Treats of Small Purple Stones, And of Irregularities in Dress.
{Small Purple Stones}

BOOK TWO

265. Which Treats of Several Persons Who, for Various Reasons, Decide They Ought to Speak at Once To Our Friend, the Captain.
{The Captain in Demand}

281. Which Treats of a General and a Gentleman, Or a Dragon and a Lyorn, And the Interaction Between Them; Comparing and Contrasting it To the Interaction Between Two Less Savory Characters.
{A Dragon, a Lyorn, and Two Jhereg}

294. Which Treats of the Translation of Orders By Teckla and by Captains, And the Translation of Looks and Phrases By Ingenious Yendi.
{Translations}

307. Which Treats of Khaavren's Mission And How He Carried It Out, And of a Conversation with a Noble Of the House of the Phoenix; With Notes Pertaining to The Composition of Orchestras.
{Khaavren's Mission}

323. Which Treats of How Pel Treats Investigation, How Mica Treats Srahi to Dinner, How His Majesty Treats with His Advisers, And How the Physicker Treats Wounds.
{Various Treatments}

343. Which Treats of the Uses of Repetition And of the Nature of Heroics; With Implied Comments on the Heroism To Be Found in the Lower Classes, Compared to Those of the Very Highest.
{Heroic Repetitions}

360. Which Treats of the Philosophy of Conquest, The Conquest of Philosophy, And Several Instances of Pride.
{Philosophy and Conquest}

378. Which Treats of Two Very Different Persons, Each of Whom Reveals Plans For the Benefit of a Very Different Audience, And for the Reader.
{Plans are Revealed}

398. Which Treats of Dzurlords.
{Dzurlords}

408. Which Treats of Regicide, For the First, But Not the Last Time.
{Regicide}

434. Which Treats of the State of the Empire On the Very Eve of Crisis.
{The Eve of Crisis}

448. Which Treats of Khaavren's Peculiar Interactions with An Assassin or Two.
{An Assassin or Two}

466. Which Treats of Dawn On the Day of Battle.
{Dawn of Battle}

484. Which Treats of Uprisings In General and Specific With Special Emphasis on Their Effects On Heroes and Brigands In Providing Distractions, and In Making It Difficult to Cross the Street.
{Uprisings}

502. Which Treats of the Meeting of Khaavren and Greycat, And the Discussion Which Took Place Between Them.
{Khaavren and Greycat}

517. Which Treats, Once Again, of Regicide, With Special Emphasis on Its Consequences.
{Again, Regicide}

531. Which Treats of Adron's Disaster, And the Fall of the Empire.
{Adron's Disaster}

540. Conclusion

549. About the Author
[In Which Brust Interviews Paarfi and Advertises His Own Music, Paarfi Interviews Brust, And They Reach Agreement On at Least One Point, To Wit, Their Intense Mutual Dislike -- MAM]

The Viscount of Adrilankha

See note on The Phoenix Guards, above. The chapters of TVOA are numbered continuously through the three volumes, as are the two seventeen-chapter Books into which each volume is divided.

Paths of the Dead: Book One of the Viscount of Adrilankha

(11.) [Paarfi's title page]

(13.) Cast of Characters

(17.) A Few Words of Welcome and Celebration from the Publisher
{Prelude}
[Signed "Luchia of North Leatherleaf, publisher".]
[Copyright by Emma Bull. -- MAM]

(21.) Preface. Concerning the Fall of the Empire, Lord Adron e'Kieron, and the "Dragon-Jhereg War"

(25.) The Viscount of Adrilankha. BOOK ONE. The Paths of the Dead. In Which We Introduce the Principal Actors in Our Drama, and Most of Them Set Out on Diverse Missions
["Book One" is ambiguous: The Paths of the Dead is Book One of The Viscount of Adrilankha, but this is also the title page to Book One (chapters 1-17) of The Paths of the Dead, to which the subtitle ("In Which...") applies as well or better. Comparison with the "Book Two" title page (187) suggests that "Book One" here should follow, or be repeated after, "The Paths of the Dead". -- MAM]

27. How a Traveler Wishing for a Name Met a Coachman Wishing for a Drink and a Bargain Was Reached
{Traveler and Coachman}

39. How Morrolan Met Someone Who Was Not, in Fact, a Goddess
{Not a Goddess}

47. How a Dragonlord with an Ambitious Cousin Considered The Possibility of Becoming an Emperor
{A Possible Emperor}

55. How a Band of Road Agents Met a Sorceress Who Was Not, In Fact, Picking Flowers
{Road Agents Meet a Sorceress}

59. How Arra Prevented Aging And Morrolan Discovered His Growing Notoriety
{Arra Prevents Aging}

65. How the Author Returns To Blackchapel After a Year And Morrolan Becomes Annoyed
{Return to Blackchapel}

75. How Morrolan Is Astonished To Learn Something that the Reader Has Known All Along
{Morrolan's Astonishing Discovery}

85. How the Society of the Porker Poker Came to Exist, and How It Had Its Final Meeting.
{The Society of the Porker Poker}

97. How the Viscount Met His New Lackey, With Necessary Digressions During Which Something Is learned of the Countess and Count of Whitecrest
{The Viscount's New Lackey}

107. How the Arrival of an Envoy Caused Turmoil in Whitecrest Manor
{The Envoy}

121. How the Duke of Galstan, Whom the Reader May remember as Pel, Has Acquired New Responsibilities; And a Brief Discussion of What These Responsibilities May Entail
{Pel's Responsibilities}

127. How the Author, Forced Against His Will To Write of the Viscount's Travels, Attempts, for the Sake of the Reader, To Make Travel Interesting
{Piro Travels}

135. How Khaavren Received an Unexpected Visitor
{Khaavren's Visitor}

147. How Kâna Met with Representatives Of the Great Houses
{Kâna Meets with the Houses}

157. How Röaanac Returned Home And Had to Make Difficult Decisions
{Röaanac's House}

165. How Piro Met the Bandits He Had Almost Been Expecting
{The Bandits}

177. How Piro and His Friends, Upon at Last Reaching Dzur Mountain, Met Someone Whom We Hope the Reader Will Consider an Old Friend
{Dzur Mountain}

187. BOOK TWO. In Which Sethra Lavode's Plans Are Not Only Revealed, but Attempted To Be Put into Action

189. How the Gods Concerned Themselves with the Momentous Events That Were Taking Place
{The Gods}

201. How Sethra Lavode At Last, Much to the relief of Piro And, No Doubt, of the Reader, Reveals Her Ideas; And a Difficult But Necessary Distinction Is Made Between Intentions and Plans
{Plans and Intentions}

215. How Wadre's Band Met the Mysterious Orlaan, and the Results Of Their Conversation
{Wadre and Orlaan}

223. How Aerich Required a Plan And Was Confident That Pel Could Supply One
{Pel Has a Plan}

231. How Ibronka, Only Daughter of Her Highness Sennya, Came to Begin an Adventure
{Ibronka}

241. How Ibronka Met Röaana, and They Discussed Who Should Be Permitted to Fight Over Whom
{Ibronka Meets Röaana}

249. How the Mysterious Zerika Is At Last Introduced; Which Introduction is Followed By Much Discussion and A Certain Amount of Planning
{Zerika}

263. How Tevna the Pyrologist Came to Play a Small Yet Crucial Rôle In History
{Tevna the Pyrologist}

279. How Piro and Company Traveled Toward Deathgate Falls, Passing Sites of Some Historical Interest
{Sites of Historical Interest}

293. How Morrolan, Teldra, and Arra Traveled South as Piro and Company Traveled North, and Very Nearly Met Each Other
{Traveling South}

307. How Various Others Are Spending Their Time While Our Friends Are Traveling
{Various Others}

323. How Our Friends Arrived At Deathgate Falls, and What They Did There
{Deathgate Falls}

337. How They Battled Above Deathgate Falls
{Battle Above Deathgate}

341. How Sethra Lavode Received a Visitor
{Sethra's Visitor}

351. How Röaana and Ibronka Arrived In Adrilankha, and the Greetings They Received There.
{Arrivals and Greetings}

365. How Zerika Negotiated The Paths of the Dead
{Paths of the Dead}

381. How Zerika Spoke to the Gods About Certain Issues of Grave Concern to Each of Them
{Zerika and the Gods}

393. Some Notes Toward Two Analyses of Auctorial Method and Voice. By C. Sophronia Cleebers / Resident Special Faculty, Dragaeran Studies
{Some Notes Toward Two Analyses}
[Copyright by Teresa Nielsen Hayden. -- MAM]

The Lord of Castle Black: Book Two of the Viscount of Adrilankha

(9.) [Paarfi's title page]

(11.) Cast of Characters

15. Preface

19. The Lord of Castle Black. BOOK THREE. In Which the Forces Are Brought Together That Lead Up to the Ninth (or Tenth) Battle of Dzur Mountain

21. How Pel Met Wadre and Engaged Him in Conversation
{Pel and Wadre}

27. How Khaavren At Last Set Out from Adrilankha With the Intention of Visiting an Old Friend
{Khaavren Sets Out}

41. How Morrolan Came to An Interesting Town And Had a Vision
{Morrolan's Vision}

50. How Grita Collected Information And Left Some to Be Collected
{Grita Collects Information}

61. How Kâna Learned What Zerika Had Been Doing, and Took Steps
{Kâna Learns About Zerika}

69. How Morrolan Learned What Kâna Had Been Doing, and Took Steps
{Morrolan Learns About Kâna}

79. How Khaavren and Aerich Met Each Other Again At Last And At Once Got to Work
{Friends Reunited}

96. How Everyone Was Placed And What Everyone Was Doing When the Interregnum Ended, With Some Discussion of the Effects Of the Orb as It Emerged
{The Interregnum Ends}

114. How Four Old Friends Met After Being Apart for a Long Time
{Four Old Friends}

128. How the Battle of South Mountain Was Fought
{The Battle of South Mountain}

141. How Some Decisions Were Made Following the Battle of South Mountain
{Decisions Made}

151. How Morrolan Met an Intriguing And Unique Individual, Who Caused a Certain Amount of Excitement at His Encampment
{An Intriguing Individual}

159. How Tazendra Put the Empress's Suggestion into Action
{Tazendra Makes a Test}

167. How Morrolan Prepared for Battle And Was Forced to Consider The Considerations of Command Insofar as They Involve Considering
{Morrolan Contemplates Command}

172. How Zerika Acquired Horses For Her Small Army
{Zerika Acquires Horses}

182. How Morrolan Attempted to Collect Certain Funds He Believed Were Due Him As Lord of Southmoor
{Morrolan Demands Tribute}

201. How Our Friends Prepared for Battle, With Some Discussion of How Conversations Can Be Overheard, and How This Might Lead To the Transmission of Significant Messages
{Preparation for Battle}

211. BOOK FOUR. In Which the Ninth (or Tenth) Battle of Dzur Mountain Is Fought With Some Discussion of Its Results

213. How Those Unable to Think The Thoughts of Others Are Content to Think Their Own
{Their Own Thoughts}

227. How the Old Question of Whether The Ends Justify the Means Is Debated Again, This Time With the Unique Perspective Of the Lyorn Expounded Upon in Some Detail
{Means and Ends}

242. How the Ninth (or Tenth, Depending Upon Which Historian is Consulted) Battle of Dzur Mountain Was Fought
{The Battle of Dzur Mountain}

259. How the Ninth (If One Considers Geography, Or the Tenth If One Considers Personality) Battle of Dzur Mountain Was Fought -- Continued
{The Battle of Dzur Mountain -- Continued}

276. How the Ninth (or the Tenth As It Is Sometimes Considered, Though Such Numbers Are, in Truth, Unimportant) Battle of Dzur Mountain Was Fought -- Concluded
{The Battle of Dzur Mountain -- Concluded}

292. How Pel's Plan Was Put Into Operation, And a Conversation Alluded to Some Time Ago Is, At Last, Revealed
{Pel's Plan}

304. How Kâna Faced Defeat, The Empress Faced Victory, And Arra Faced Her Fear of Heights
{Various Faces}

310. How the False Emperor, As Well as the True, Can Set Plans in Motions
{Kâna's Plans}

315. How Family, Food, and Philosophy Provide Good Subjects for Discussion, With Special Emphasis on the Pomegranate
{A Conversation and Unease}

322. How It Is Shown That When Sethra Lavode Is Uneasy, Everyone Is Uneasy
{Sethra Is Uneasy}

328. How Three Women Had a Conversation That Is Far More Entertaining Than the Laughter of Lovers
{Three Women}

339. How the Empress Felt a Certain Unease That Would Have Been Even Greater Had She Heard the Conversation The Reader Has Just Witnessed
{Her Majesty's Unease}

348. How Zerika Marched to Adrilankha
{Zerika's March}

361. How Morrolan Came to Decide Upon the Name Castle Black For the Home He Was Causing To Be Built
{Castle Black}

368. How Piro Made His Way Back East Where He Failed to Be Alone
{Piro Goes Back East}

381. How the Duke of Kâna Endured Certain Indignities in Order To Carry Out His Scheme
{Kâna's Indignities}

388. How the Gods Puzzled Over Some of Kâna's Actions
{The Gods Puzzled}

393. A Book Review, Issued in the Form of a Circulating Document, Amplified and Enhanced with Observations from Life and Several Precepts for the Wise.
By Ilen, a Magian
{Afterword}
[Copyright by Neil Gaiman. "Ilen, a Magian" is an anagram -- MAM]

Sethra Lavode: Book Three of the Viscount of Adrilankha

(5.) [Paarfi's title page]

7. Cast of Characters

11. Preface / Which Consists of a Succinct Summary Of All That Has Gone before As Well as a Daring Literary Adventure Embarked Upon for the Benefit of the Loyal Reader
{Preface}

19. Sethra Lavode. BOOK FIVE. In Which Matters of Great Historical Moment Such As the Role of the Orb in Determining the Emperor Are Brought to a Head

21. How the Empress, Attempting to Work on the Design of the Imperial Palace, Manages Those Who Interrupt Her
{Zerika Interrupted}

33. How the King of Elde Met with Certain Ambassadors and Practiced Diplomacy
{The King of Elde}

41. How the Viscount of Adrilankha Took to the Life of a Road Agent
{Piro as Road Agent}

55. How Khaavren Received a Message from a Teckla Who Dressed in a Particularly Unusual Fashion, And, as a Result, Determined To Attend an Entertainment
{Khaavren Receives a Message}

63. How History Was Changed By the Flight of a Pen Across a Room
{The Flight of a Pen}

69. How the Entertainment at Castle Black Took Place
{Entertainment at Castle Black}

84. How Khaavren Began His Search For Piro in the Heart of Adrilankha
{Khaavren Begins His Search}

92. How Matters Transpired at the Deepwell Inn
{At the Deepwell Inn}

103. How Father and Son Spoke After a Separation of Some Length
{Father and Son}

116. How Aerich Discovered Certain Unsettling Things Near His Home, And Was Able to Draw Various Carefully Deduced Conclusions
{Aerich's Discoveries}

123. How Piro Met Someone Who Proved to Be Skilled at Arithmetic, And Grassfog Discovered That He Was Something of a Prophet
{Grassfog Is a Prophet}

136. How Sethra Lavode Attempted To Relax with a Good Book
{Sethra Attempts to Relax}

147. How Her Majesty Considered Maps While Sethra Formulated A Plan of Battle
{Sethra's Plan of Battle}

156. How Khaavren and the Empress Came to Something of an Understanding
{Khaavren and the Empress}

165. How the Discreet Was Accused Of a Great Indiscretion, And the Empress Received a Lesson
{Pel Accused}

178. How the Warlord Prepared The Defense of Adrilankha, And Morrolan Acquired a Mission
{The Warlord's Defense}

191. How Morrolan Returned to the East In Order to Settle an Old Score
{Morrolan returns to the East}

197. BOOK SIX. In Which Our History Is Brought to a Satisfying And Elegant Conclusion

199. How Some Feel Apprehensive Before the Battle While Others Feel Apprehensive After It Has Begun
{Apprehension}

209. How Morrolan, Attempting to Find a God, Found Instead What His Sword Could Do
{Morrolan Learns about His Sword}

214. How Lord Brimford Attempted To Enter the Battle While the Warlord Received Disturbing Intelligence
{The Warlock Enters the Battle}

220. How the Direct Attack On the Orb Was Organized
{Attack on the Orb}

226. How Piro Carried Out Grassfog's Last Wishes And Learned a Little of His Family History
{Grassfog's Family History}

240. How Sethra Lavode Discovered Something of Kâna's Secret Plans
{Kâna's Secret Plans}

246. How Grita and Illista Made Their Plans And Discussed the Finer Points of Vengeance
{Grita and Illista's Vengeance}

262. How Tsanaali Attempted To Take the Orb
{Attempt on the Orb}

269. How the Battle of Adrilankha Was Proceeding up to This Point
{The Battle Develops}

276. How Morrolan Battled a God
{Morrolan Versus the God}

282. How Piro and His Band Attempted to Rescue Tazendra and Aerich
{Piro's Rescue}

288. How Sethra Lavode, Not Without A Certain Amount of Assistance From the Necromancer, Engaged The Jenoine in Other-Worldly Battle
{Sethra versus the Jenoine}

295. How the Battle of Adrilankha Ended, And Khaavren Received an Order
{End of the Battle}

303. How Morrolan Received a Gift From the Demon Goddess and Was Uncertain if It Were Intended to Be Practical or Decorative
{The Demon Goddess's Gift}

314. How Khaavren Carried out The Arrest of Kâna and Reported The Results of His Mission To Her Majesty
{The Arrest of Kâna}

324. How the Gods Considered The Events Which Had Lately Occurred in the Empire
{The Gods Consider}

328. How the Empress Showed Her Gratitude and Khaavren Obtained a Leave of Absence
{Zerika's Gratitude}

335. Epilogue / How They Returned To Deathsgate Falls
{Epilogue}

338. Conclusion / How the Author, At Last, Closes His History
{Conclusion}

343. Afterword: Encounters with Paarfi and the Gods / A Series of Biographical Vignettes Incorporating a Mythographic Account that May, through Juxtaposition, Prove Informative
By Ivan Sekély, Witch-Antiquary of the North
{Afterword}
[Copyright by John M. Ford. "Ivan" is the Russian form of "John". "sekély" is Hungarian for "shallow" or "shoal", not for "ford", which in Hungarian is "gázló" (Sztaki and Medios online dictionaries). -- MAM]

Brokedown Palace

There is a titled Prologue, an untitled Epilogue, and an untitled Interlude after each chapter but the last. The Interludes alternate between the growth of the Tree and Fenarian folk tales; I have provided descriptive titles in brackets for the latter. János, Jancsi, and Jani all look to me like Hungarian forms of John or Jack, and these stories remind me of the Jack tales that are so widespread in English and Appalachian folklore.

[Map of Fenario]

1. Prologue: The Legend of Fenarr

4. The Horse

19. Interlude

20. The King

35. Interlude [Clever Young Mózes]

38. The Dragon

52. Interlude

53. The Splinter

67. Interlude [The Farmer's Three Sons]

70. The Coachman

84. Interlude

86. The Giant

100. Interlude [The Silver Tree]

103. The Meeting

116. Interlude

117. The Captain

135. Interlude [Prince Jani and Margit]

137. The Homecoming

151. Interlude

152. The Wizard

165. Interlude [János and His Fiddle]

168. The Stable

181. Interlude

182. The Cellar

197. Interlude [How the River Got Started]

199. The Goddess

214. Interlude

215. The Wake

228. Interlude [Jancsi]

231. The Staff

244. Interlude

246. The Tree

260. Interlude [Fenario]

262. The Palace

267. Epilogue