Ancient Allies (The Malvers War Book 2)

by Tora Moon

  The flights are:

  Gold Wings (must be born into—the royal house)

  Black Feathers

  White Feathers

  Gray Feathers

  Brown Feathers

  Red Feathers

  Thorn Claws

  Thunder Wings

  Razor Beaks

  Dark Talons

  Silent Prowlers (must be born into—owl types)

  Silver Beaks

  Green Talons (must be born into—they have poison sacks on their talons)

  Flaming Tornadoes

  Dark Wings

  Baekeek - (Bea-keek) a scout; Silent Prowlers

  Broogk - (Broo-gak) wing second to Graak; Thorn Claw

  Daelaak - (Day-laak) Gold Wing; the eldest son of king Zorlaak; in line to inherit the crown

  Glork - (Glo-rak) Brown Feathers

  Graak -(Grr-aak); flight leader; friend of Blazel's; Thorn Claw

  Keeru - (Kee-ru) Thone Claw

  King Zorlaak - the king of the Phengriffs; Gold Wing

  Moraak - (Moor-aak); prince; Gold Wing; in line to inherit the crown

  Sheekeek - (Shee-keek) a Silver Beak, a mystic

  Telek - (Te-lek) Thorn Claw

  THE HORSES

  Caela - (Say-la) Leistral’s mare

  Chaezreen - (Chay-zreen) Chariel’s mare

  Gemmy - a multa

  Jezhan - (Jay-zhen) Aistrun’s gelding

  Julay - (Ju-lay) Dehali’s mare

  Kressy - (Kress-ee) Rizelya's multa

  Kymaya - (Kai-may-ah) Rizelya’s mare

  Lighzel – (Lie-zel) Blazel’s mare

  Luchen - (Lou-chen) Eidstrun’s gelding

  Tejen – (Tee-jen) Wisah's stallion

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  angulete - (an-goo-le-te) a flying serpent found in the swamps, a twisted, venomous beast

  baethor - (bae-thor) a predator in the Deep Mountains, with leathery wings, sharp tusks, pug noses, and pointy ears

  billocks - a wild, large herd beast

  boyo – an affection term Maheli uses for the young boys under her command

  brecha - (bray-cha) one of the symbiotic pair of monsters collectively called the Malvers monsters; they have large heads made up mostly of a mouth full of teeth and large nostrils

  chedan - (chay-dan) a measure of time; made up of eight days

  Chelar - (chay-lar) the smallest moon, it takes eight days for a full cycle and is the measure for a chedan

  ducorns - a type of antelope with two twisty horns

  helbraught (hell-brac-kt) – the magical halberd type blades the women use to fight the monsters; the wooden staff is the height of the woman with a 16"-24" inch blade made from helstrim attached to the end.

  helstrablades – (hell-stra-blades) knives made from helstrim but not keyed to any type of magic

  helstramiester - masters of the helstrim alloy

  helstrim - (hell-strim) a special alloy that accepts and holds magic, used to make helstrablades and helbraught blades

  jallopitar - (ja-lop-ih-tar) a reptilian swamp predator, full of teeth, heavily muscled, long body with spikes along its back and nose

  janack - (jan-ack) one of the symbiotic pair of monsters collectively called the Malvers monsters; they have ten tentacles and a large maw

  jedash bushes – (jay-dash) a plant resistant to monster toxins and cools the area around them

  jelehan – (jay-lay-han) a throwing game using sticks of varying lengths with colored bands

  kehani flowers - (kay-han-ee) the flowers of the kehani tree are sacred to The Goddess and are used by the Priestess in the Temples, as perfume and incense

  Kelar - (kay-lar) the largest moon, it takes sixty-four days for a full cycle and is the measure for a lunadar

  keshe - (kay-she) a board game of strategy that can be played with as few as two players or up to ten players; the more players added the more complicated the game becomes

  Lairheim - the main continent of the plant. It is broken up into eight Provinces, which are divided into eight territories. The provinces are: Strunlair, Ledonlair, Andranlair, Posanlair, Haaslair, Dehanronlair, Ronanlair, and Keistanlair.

  lengo - (len-go) a sweet-smelling herb found in the swamps; the leaves stop bleeding and the boiled roots fight infection, especially when caused by swamp creatures

  lunadar - (loon-a-dar) a measure of time; a month is made up of eight chedans with a total of sixty-four days. There are eight lunadars in a year

  marsh ragtile tree - a fruit tree found in the swamps - but only where there is fresh water and no malignant pools of magic are around

  mehelis – (may-hel-es) a swear word

  milcron - a measure of time; roughly a minute

  mookti - (mook-tee) an early ripening spring berry that is sweet, dark purple, and grows in small clusters

  multa - a pack animal with cloven, platter-like feet able to carry heavy loads

  narhili – (nar-hee-lee) also called narhili beasts, predators that live in the swamps during the day and hunt the surrounding area at night

  octar - (ock-tar) measure of time; there are a total of sixteen octars in a day with eight octars between midnight and mid-day and back

  oyt – a nonsensical term used to activate the fire arrows.

  paether - (pae-ther) a dog-like predator. It has mottled gray short fur, a long, lean body

  sabertiger - a large white and black striped feline, with long tusks and claws found only in the Deep Mountains

  sheadash – (shea-dash) a type of stone that repels and negates any malignant magic. The Malvers monsters can’t cross it and so it is used for building and roads.

  skeaeter - (skae-ter) a large insectoid carnivorous predator

  snelks - a grub which eats rotten matter

  taevo – (tay-vo) a stimulating drink made from the leaves and berries of the taeve bush

  Zelar - (zay-lar) the middle moon, it takes thirty-two days for a full cycle

  Also by Tora Moon:

  The Malvers War

  Ancient Enemies (Book 1)

  Ancient Allies (Book 2)

  The Scourge Incursion (Book 3)

  Exile’s Vengeance (Book 4)

  The Sentinels (an Urban Fantasy)

  Awakening (Book 1) — forthcoming

  Descent Into Darkness (Book 2) — forthcoming

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  Tora Moon writes all genres of fantasy and especially loves to write stories which allow the reader to journey into worlds full of magic and escape their ordinary lives for a time. Mythology, folklore, and ancient cultures and religions fascinate her and find their way into her stories.

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  Ancient Allies; The Malvers War Book 2

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  ISBN 978-1-946132-02-4

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