by Tad Williams
Gray Companies—mercenaries and landless men turned bandits in wake of the Great Death
Gregor of Syan—a famous bard
Guard of Elementals—a tribe of the Qar
Gyir—a Qar, Yasammez’ captain, AKA “Gyir the Storm Lantern”
Hammerfoot—a Deep Ettin, war leader of Firstdeeps
Harsar—Ynnir’s counselor
Hasuris—a Xixian storyteller
Hayyids—an ancient people of Xand
Helkis, Lord—Prince Eneas’ second-in-command
Hendon Tolly—youngest of the Tolly brothers
Hesper—King of Jellon, betrayer of King Olin
Hiliometes—a legendary demigod and hero
Hobkin—a bandit
Iaris—an oracle of Kernios, a semi-saint
Iola, Queen of Syan, Tolos, and Perikal—queen during the Syannese empire and the War of Three Favors
Iron Quartz—one of Chert’s earliest masters
Ivgenia e’Doursos—the young daughter of the Viscount of Teryon
Jeddin—chief of the autarch’s Leopard guards, also known as “Jin”
Jenkin Crowel—envoy from Southmarch to Tessis
Kallikans—Syannese name for Funderlings
Karal—king of Syan killed by Qar at Coldgray Moor
Kayyin—a Qar, Yasammez’ son, AKA “Gil the Potboy”
Kellick Eddon—great-grandnephew of Anglin, first of Eddon family March Kings
Kendrick Eddon—prince regent of Southmarch, eldest son of King Olin
Kernios—earth god, AKA “Xergal”
Khors—moon god, husband of Zoria, brother of Zmeos, father of Kupilas
Kofas of Mindan—an Ulosian philosopher
Kreas, King—figure out of an old tale
Kupilas—god of healing, AKA “The Artificer,” “Habbili,” “Crooked,” “Kioy-a-pous ”
Lander III—son of Karal, king of Syan, aka “Lander the Good,” “Lander Elfbane”
Lily—Anglin’s granddaughter, queen who led Southmarch in time of the Gray Companies
Linas—a captain of Eneas’ Temple Dogs
Lindon Tolly—father of Gailon, former First Minister of March Kingdoms
Little Pewter—a monk
Lope the Red—bandit chieftain
Lorick Eddon—Olin’s older brother, who died young
Ludis Drakava—Protector of Hierosol
Luian—an important Favored in the Seclusion, previously known as “Dudon”
Lukos the Pot-maker—Theron’s father
Makers of Tears—Yasammez’s famous fighting legion
Malachite Copper—a Funderling leader
Malamenas Kimir—apothecary in Agamid
Marwin—another of Qu’arus’ slaves
Massilios Goldenhair—a legendary hero (mentioned by Barrick)
Matthias Tinwright—a poet, aka “Matty”
Melarkh—a semi-legendary king of Jurr
Meno Strivoli—Syannese master poet
Meriel—Olin’s first wife
Merolanna—the twin’s great-aunt, originally of Fael, widow of Daman Eddon
Mesiya—moon goddess
Metamorphic Brothers—a Funderling religious order
Miller’s Daughter, The—a character in “a Country Priest’s Tale”
Moina—one of Briony’s ladies-in-waiting
Nevin Hewney—a playwright
Niccol Opanour—Gate Herald to Hesper of Jellon
Nikomakos, Lord—son of a Syannese earl
Numannyn—King of the Qar at the time of Shivering Plain, known as “the cautious”
Nushash—Xixian god of fire, patron god of the autarchs, AKA “Zmeos,” “Whitefire”
Olin Eddon—King of Southmarch and the March Kingdoms
Opal—a Funderling, Chert’s wife
Panhyssir—Xixian high priest of Nushash
Parak—former autarch of Xis, grandfather of Sulepis
Pariki—Xixian name for Qar
Parnad—father of current autarch, Sulepis, sometimes known as “the Unsleeping”
Pedar Vansen—Ferras Vansen’s father
Perin—sky god, called “Thane of Lightnings,” AKA “Argal”
Phayallos—a philosopher and alchemist
Phimon—Hierarch of Tessis
Pig Iron—a Funderling warder
Pinimmon Vash—paramount minister of Xis
Pouta—an oracle, possibly invented by Finn Teodoros
Prusus—scotarch of Xis, sometimes called “Prusus the Cripple”
Puntar—a reeve
Purifiers—fanatics who banded together to punish Qar and others for Great Death
Puzzle—court jester to the Eddon family
Qar—race of non-humans who once occupied much of Eion
Qinnitan—an acolyte of the Hive in Xis, escaped bride of Autarch Sulepis
Qu’arus—a Dreamless
Raemon Beck—member of a Helmingsea trading family
Rafe—Skimmer, Ena’s friend, Hull-Scraped-the-Sand clan
Rhantys of Kalebria—author of “Agony of Truth Forsworn”
Risto, Marquis of Omaranth—a Syannese nobleman and military commander
Rooftoppers—little-known residents of Southmarch Castle
Rope-Men—A people living in Beggar lands behind the Shadowline
Rose—one of Briony’s ladies-in-waiting, a niece of Avin Brone
Rule—Avin Brone’s informant
Saqri—queen of the Qar, AKA “The First Flower”
Sanasu—widow of Kellick Eddon, AKA “Weeping Queen”
Sand Leekstone—Opal’s father
Sandstone—a Funderling family
Schist—dead Funderling
Selia—Anissa’s maid, also from Devonis
Sembla—an oracle, possibly invented by Finn Teodoros
Seris—Duke of Gela’s daughter, a Tessian courtier
Shanni—a type of Xixian spirit that grants wishes
Shaso dan-Heza—Southmarch master of arms
Silas of Perikal—semi-legendary knight
Silkins—shadowland creatures who “Speak not, nor go to market,” per Skurn
Skimmers—a people who make their living on and around water
Sledge Jasper—the wardthane of Funderling Town
Sleepers—renegade Dreamless, AKA “Dreamers”
Snout—a Qar guard
Stone Circle People—a Qar tribe
Stone of the Unwilling—a Qar of the Guard of Elementals
Summu—Yasammez’s mother, “bride” of Kupilas
Surigali—Xixian goddess, AKA “Zuriyal”
Sveros—old god of the night sky, father of Trigon gods, AKA “Zhafaris”
Talia—a young maid of Briony’s in Tessis
Theron—leader of pilgrimages
Tibunis Vash—father of Pinimmon Vash
Tine Fay—very small Qar
Tricksters—a tribe of the Qar
Trigon—priesthoods of Perin, Erivor, and Kernios acting in concert
Trigonarch—Head of Trigonate church, chief religious figure in Eion
Turley Longfingers—a Skimmer headman, Back-On-Sunset-Tide clan
Twilight People—another name for the Qar
Tyne Aldritch—Earl of Blueshore, an ally of Southmarch
Ustin—King Olin’s father
Utta—AKA “Sister Utta,” a priestess of Zoria and Briony’s tutor
Vais—legendary “witch-queen of Krace”
Vanderin Ugenios—classical poet
Vaspis the Dark—an autarch of Xis
Vilas—a Perikalese fisherman
Vo Jovandil—Daikonas Vo’s family name
Volos Longbeard—a god
Warders of the Guild—the guardians of Funderling Town
Rocksalt—a Funderling
Yasammez—Qar noblewoman, sometimes known as “Lady Porcupine,” “Scourge of the Shivering Plain”
Yasudra—twin sister of Yasammez
Ynnir the
Blind King—lord of the Qar, AKA “Ynnir din’at sen-Qin, Lord of Winds and Thought,” “Son of the First Stone”
Zhafaris—Xixian name for Sveros, AKA “Twilight,” father of the gods
Zmeos—a god, Perin’s nemesis, AKA “Whitefire,” “Nushash”
Zoria—goddess of wisdom, AKA “Suya,” “Pale Daughter,” “Dawnf lower”
Zosim—god of playwrights and drunkards, AKA “Trickster,” “Salamandros”
PLACES
Agamid—a city north of Devonis
Akaris—an island between Xand and Eion
Badger’s Boots—a Southmarch inn
Basilisk Gate—main gate of Southmarch Castle
Beetle Way—street in Funderling Town
Beggar Lands—territory behind the Shadowline
Black River Forest—a forest in northern Syan
Blacklamp Row—road outside Funderling Town that runs into Stormstone Roads
Boreholes—monastic retreat beyond the Five Arches
Brenland—small country south of the March Kingdoms
Brenn’s Bay—surrounds Soutmarch Castle, named after legendary hero Brennas
Candlerstown—Daler’s Troth town
Cascade Stair—in the Funderling Depths
Chapel of Erivor—Eddon family chapel
Cloud-Spirit Tower—a tower in Qul-na-Qar
Coldgray Moor—legendary battleground, from a Qar word, “Qul Girah”
Copper Ring—the outer road that leads to many of the Stormstone Roads outside Funderling Town
Deep Library—a place in Qul-na-Qar
Devona Fountain Square—in Tessis
Doros Eco—a town in Syan
Drymusa—a fortified town at the southern border of Hierosol
Eastmarch Academy—university, originally in old Eastmarch, relocated to Southmarch at the time of the last war with the Qar
Eion—the northern continent
Emberstone Reach—in the Funderling Depths
Esterian—city near Tessis
Fade, or “River Fade”—main watercourse in City of Sleep
Fael—a nation in the heartland of Eion
Firstdeeps—a place in Qar lands
Flower Meadow—biggest market in Tessis
Funderling Town—underground city of Funderlings, in Southmarch
Gremos Pitra—capitol of Jellon
Helobine—marshy country south of Brenland
Hierosol—once the reigning empire of the world, now much reduced; its symbol is the golden snail shell
Hive—a temple in Xis, home of the sacred bees of Nushash
House of Tears—dungeon in Broadhall Palace
J’ezh’kral Pit—a place out of Funderling myth
Jellon—kingdom, once part of Syannic Empire, now combined with Jael
Jurr—an ancient city-state in Xand
Kertewall—one of the March Kingdoms
Krace—a collection of city-states, once part of Hierosoline Empire
Landsend—part of Southmarch, Avin Brone’s fief, colors red and gold
Lantern Broad—main street in Tessis
Layandros—a city in the north of Syan
Limestone Gate—part of the route from the Southmarch mainland into the Funderling Lord’s House—Kallikan name for Funderling Town
Marash—a Xandian province where peppers are grown
March Kingdoms—originally Northmarch, Southmarch, Eastmarch and Westmarch, but after the war with the Qar constituted by Southmarch and the Nine Nations (which include Summerfield and Blueshore)
Market Road—one of Southmarch’s main roads
Market Road Bridge—Bridge over the canal separating two lagoons in Southmarch
Market Square—main public space in Southmarch
Marrinswalk—one of the March Kingdoms
Maze—in the Funderling Depths
Midlan’s Mount—rock in Brenn’s Bay upon which Southmarch is built
Moonstone Hall—in the Funderling Depths
Mount Gowkha—burial place of old Xixian desert kings
Mount Xandos—mythical giant mountain that stood where Xand now lies
Northmarch Road—the old road between Southmarch and the north
Observatory House—Chaven’s residence
Old Quarry Way—road off the Copper Ring
Orms—city in Helobine country
Oscastle—a city in Marrinswalk
Pellos–a river in Silverside
Qul-na-Qar—ancient home of the Qar or Twilight People
Raven’s Gate—entrance to Southmarch Castle’s inner keep
Royal Highway—aka King Karal’s Road
Salt Pool—underground sea-pool in Funderling Town
Settland—small, mountainous country southwest of the March Kingdoms; ally of Southmarch
Shadowline, the—line of demarcation between lands of Qar and human lands
Sheeps Hill Road—along Sheeps Hill at the base of the New Walls in Southmarch
Shivering Plain—site of a great Qar battle
Siege of Always-Winter—a mythical castle
Silk Door—a place beneath Funderling Town
Silky Wood—a forest behind the Shadowline
Silvertrail—river on the Shivering Plain
Skimmer’s Lagoon—body of water inside Southmarch walls, connected to Brenn’s Bay
Southmarch—seat of the March Kings, sometimes called “Shadowmarch”
Staple Street—a street in Southmarch Castle’s outer keep
Stonebeneath—Funderling settlement under Hierosol
Summerfield Court—ducal seat of Gailon and the Tolly family
Syan—once-dominant empire, still a powerful kingdom in center of Eion
Templeyard—neighborhood in the southwest part of the Southmarch inner keep
Tessis—capitol city of Syan
The Whale Horse—a riverside tavern in Tessis
Three Gods—a triangular plaza in Southmarch; a populous district around that plaza
Tolos—a kingdom, now absorbed by Syan
Torvio—an island nation between Eion and Xand
Tribute Hall—hall outside Br iony’s bedroom passage (added rewrite)
Tuan—native country of Shaso and Dawet
Tufa’s Bag—cul-de-sac off Old Quarry Way
Ugenion—city in northern Syan
Underbridge—Funderling (Kallikan) city in Tessis
Wedge Road—Chert and Opal’s street
Well of Finneth—a holy site in Brenland
Westcliff—old Funderling city in Settland
Whitewood—a forest on the border between Silverside and Marrinswalk
Xand—the southern continent
Xis—largest kingdom of Xand; its master is the autarch (adjective, “Xixian”)
Yist—once a fairy city in Xand
THINGS (and ANIMALS)
A Country Priest’s Tale—a play
Aelian’s Fluxative—a poison
Annals of the War in Heaven—a lost and forbidden book
Antipolemarch—a high-ranking Xixian general
Astion—a Funderling symbol of authority
Badger’s Boots—a tavern in Southmarch
Basiphae—a name for the organism inside Vo
Blueroot—favorite Funderling tea-herb
Book of Regret—Qar sacred text
Book of the Trigon—a late-era adaptation of original texts about all three gods
Broadhall Palace—seat of King Enander of Syan
Chamber-shells—nautilus shells, symbol to Erivor priesthood
Copper Ring—a road around the perimeter of the Funderling Town roads
Crackbolt—Perin’s (Sky man’s) hammer
Day of First Delving—a Funderling religious holiday
Days of Cooling—legendary time in Funderling history and myth
Ever-Wounded Maid—a famous story
Feast of the Rising—Xixian festival at the end of the rainy season
Feast of Onir
Zakkas—Trigonate holiday when people wear asphodel crowns
Great Death—plague that killed large part of Eion’s population
Guild Market—yearly gathering of Funderlings
Hartstangle—type of shadowland tree
Henbane Crown—autarch’s ceremonial headgear
Hierosoline—the language of Hierosol, found in many religious services and scientific books, etc.
Horns of Zmeos—a constellation, also called the Old Serpent
Ice Lily—a flower
Iktis—a f itch, a kind of small, burrowing animal in the weasel family
Lastday—end of the tennight
Laws of Shakh Xis—rules to govern second and third Xixian empire
Limestone Gate—a gate that used to be an entrance from the mainland to Funderling Town and its Mysteries
Lonely Ones—another name for Skrikers
Mantis—a priest, usually of the Trigon
Ninth Year War—a famous, watershed war in Xis
Onir Plessos—a temple in Summerfield
Optimarch—a military rank, approx. major
Pass-evil—hand sign made to avert bad luck
Pentecount—a troop, numbering fifty
Perin’s Eye—design on the throne room floor in Tessis
Procession of Penance–a holy festival
Quiller’s Mint—a tavern in Southmarch
Red Serpent Root—a poison
Shining Man—center of the Funderling Mysteries
Shivering Plain—a famous Qar battleground
Silkins—Shadowland creatures
Skrikers—guardians of Sleep
Starfish—small silver coin
Sturgeon—a silver coin, twice as big as a starfish
The Mattock—Metamorphic Brother’s abbot’s symbol of power
Staff, the—another name for Mount Xandos
Tigersbane—poison made from the sap of the Ice Lily
Trigon—the religious power of Eion, a triumvirate of priesthoods (Perin, Erivor, Kernios)
War of Three Favors—a dynastic war in days of Syannese empire
Whitefire—the sword of Yasammez, also a name for Zmeos
Wildsong Night—a holiday evening, also known as Winter’s Eve
Wimmuai—Dreamless word for human slaves
Xawadis—Xixian word for oasis or waterhole
Yanedan—a mountainous island in the southern sea
Zakkas’ Wort—a medicinal herb