Terciel
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Terciel is a character from Garth Nix's novel Sabriel. He is known simply as Abhorsen in the books, before Mogget reveals his true name in Abhorsen.
Terciel was the fifty-second Abhorsen, succeeding his aunt. He bound Kerrigor, the Greater Dead Adept, beyond the Seventh Gate but could not force him past the Ninth.
Terciel greatly aided in the defense of the Wall on the Ancelstierre side. Near the end of the Interregnum, many Dead rose on the Ancelstierre side of the Wall and harassed the Perimeter. Terciel solved the problem by creating wind flutes, which play a song in Death that prevents the Dead from rising near the Wall. In exchange for building the wind flutes, Terciel gained necessary passports to move quickly between the Old Kingdom and Ancelstierre.
Terciel fathered two children: Sabriel, who was born, died, and returned to life, and Lirael, whom he fathered many years later with the Clayr Arielle. Weeks after conceiving Lirael, Terciel was trapped in Death while investigating Kerrigor's activities in Belisaere. He was rescued from death by Sabriel, who had arrived with the freed Prince, Touchstone and the Abhorsen's servant Mogget. He fought against Kerrigor's army of Dead but eventually was forced to use the seventh bell, Astarael the Sorrowful. Terciel never returned.
| Garth Nix's Old Kingdom series | |
|---|---|
| Novels | Sabriel • Lirael • Abhorsen • Across the Wall: A Tale of the Abhorsen and Other Stories |
| Characters | Chlorr of the Mask • Disreputable Dog • Kerrigor • Lirael • Mogget • Orannis • Sabriel • Terciel • Touchstone |
| Magic | The Charter • Five Great Charters • Free Magic • Nine Bright Shiners |
| Places | Ancelstierre • Death • Old Kingdom |
| Magical objects | Necromantic bells • Nehima • Paperwing |
