The Last Dark
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Keenreef: a Giant (woman); crew aboard Dire’s Vessel
Keep of the na-Mhoram, the: Revelstone
Keeper: a Ramen rank, one of those unsuited to the rigors of being a Cord or a Manethrall
Kelenbhrabanal: Father of Horses in Ranyhyn legends
Kemper, the: chief advisor of the gaddhi; Kasreyn
Kemper’s Pitch: highest level of the Sandhold
Kenaustin Ardenol: a figure of Haruchai legend; former Guardian of the One Tree; true name of the Theomach
Kevin Landwaster: son of Loric Vilesilencer; last High Lord of the Old Lords
Kevin’s Dirt: smog-like pall covering the Upper Land; it blocks health-sense, making itself invisible from below
Kevin’s Lore: knowledge of power left hidden by Kevin in the Seven Wards
Kevin’s Watch: mountain lookout near Mithil Stonedown
Khabaal: one of the Seven Words
Khelen: a Ranyhyn stallion; mount of Jeremiah
Kinslaughterer: a Giant-Raver, Herem, turiya
Kiril Threndor: chamber of power deep under Mount Thunder; Heart of Thunder
Koral: a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Amatin
Korik: a Bloodguard
Krenwill: a scout in Berek Halfhand’s army
kresh: savage giant yellow wolves
krill, the: knife of power forged by High Lord Loric; awakened to power by Thomas Covenant
Kurash Plenethor: region of the Land formally named Stricken Stone, now called Trothgard
Kurash Qwellinir: the Shattered Hills, region of the Lower Land protecting Foul’s Creche
Lake Pelluce: a lake in Andelainscion
Lal: a Cord of the Ramen
Landsdrop: great cliff separating the Upper and Lower Lands
Land, the: generally, area found on the map; a focal region of the Earth where Earthpower is uniquely accessible
Landsverge Stonedown: a village of the Land
Landwaster: title given to High Lord Kevin
Latebirth: a Giant; one of the Swordmainnir
Law, the: the natural order
Law of Death, the: the natural order which separates the living from the dead
Law of Life, the: the natural order which separates the dead from the living
Law-Breaker: title given to both High Lord Elena and Caer-Caveral
Lax Blunderfoot: a name chosen by Latebirth in self-castigation
Lena: a Stonedownor, daughter of Atiaran, mother of Elena
lianar: wood of power used by an eh-Brand
Liand: a man of Mithil Stonedown, son of Fostil; companion of Linden Avery
Lifeswallower: the Great Swamp
lillianrill: wood-lore; masters of wood-lore
Lithe: a Manethrall of the Ramen
Llaura: a Heer of Soaring Woodhelven
Loerya: a Lord, wife of Trevor
lomillialor: High Wood; a wood of power
Longwrath: a Giant; Swordmainnir name for Exalt Widenedworld
Lord: one who has mastered both the Sword and the Staff aspects of Kevin’s Lore
Lord-Fatherer: title given to Berek Halfhand
Lord Foul: the enemy of the Land; the Despiser
“Lord Mhoram’s Victory”: a painting by Ahanna
Lord of Wickedness: a-Jeroth
Lord’s-fire: staff-fire used by the Lords
Lord’s Keep: Revelstone
Lords, the: the primary protectors of the Land
loremaster: a leader of ur-viles
Loresraat: Trothgard school at Revelwood where Kevin’s Lore is studied
Lorewarden: a teacher in the Loresraat
loreworks: Demondim power-laboratory
Loric Vilesilencer: a High Lord; son of Damelon Giantfriend
lor-liarill: Gildenlode
Lost, the: Giantish name for the Unhomed
Lost Deep, the: a loreworks; breeding pit/laboratory under Mount Thunder where Demondim, Waynhim, and ur-viles were created
Lostson: a Giant; later name for Exalt Widenedworld
Lower Land, the: region of the Land east of Landsdrop
lucubrium: laboratory of a thaumaturge
lurker of the Sarangrave, the: monster inhabiting the Great Swamp
Magister, the: former Forestal of Andelain
Mahdoubt, the: a servant of Revelstone; one of the Insequent
Mahrtiir: a Manethrall of the Ramen; companion of Linden Avery
maidan: open land around Elemesnedene
Maker, the:jheherrin name for Lord Foul
Maker-place:jheherrin name for Foul’s Creche
Malliner: Woodhelvennin Heer, son of Veinnin
Mane: Ramen reference to a Ranyhyn
Maneing: Ramen ceremony of becoming a Manethrall
Manethrall: highest Ramen rank
Manhome: main dwelling place of the Ramen in the Plains of Ra
Marid: a man of Mithil Stonedown; Sunbane victim
Marny: a Ranyhyn; mount of Tuvor
marrowmeld: bone-sculpting; anundivian yajña
Master: commander of a Giantship
Master, the: Clave-name for Lord Foul
master-rukh, the: iron triangle at Revelstone which feeds and reads other rukhs
Masters of the Land, the:Haruchai who have claimed responsibility for protecting the Land from Corruption
Mehryl: a Ranyhyn; mount of Hile Troy
Melenkurion: one of the Seven Words
Melenkurion Skyweir: a cleft peak in the Westron Mountains
Memla: a Rider of the Clave; one of the na-Mhoram-in
mere-son: name or title given to Esmer
merewives: the Dancers of the Sea
metheglin: a beverage; mead
Mhoram: a Lord, later high Lord; son of Variol
Mhornym: a Ranyhyn stallion; mount of Clyme
Mill: one of the Seven Words
Minas: one of the Seven Words
mirkfruit: papaya-like fruit with narcoleptic pulp
Mishio Massima: the Ardent’s mount
Mistweave: a Giant
Mithil River: a river of the Land
Mithil Stonedown: a village in the South Plains
Mithil’s Plunge, the: waterfall at the head of the Mithil valley
Moire Squareset: a Giant; one of the Swordmainnir; killed in battle by the skurj
moksha: a Raver, Jehannum, Fleshharrower
Morin: First Mark of the Bloodguard; commander in original Haruchai army
Morinmoss: a forest of the Land
Morninglight: one of the Elohim
Morril: a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Callindrill
Mount Thunder: a peak at the center of Landsdrop
Muirwin Delenoth: resting place of abhorrence; graveyard of quellvisks
Murrin: a Stonedownor, mate of Odona
Myrha: a Ranyhyn; mount of High Lord Elena
na-Mhoram, the: leader of the Clave
na-Mhoram-cro: lowest rank of the Clave
na-Mhoram-in: highest rank of the Clave below the na-Mhoram
na-Mhoram-wist: middle rank of the Clave
Naharahn: a Ranyhyn mare; mount of Pahni
Narunal: a Ranyhyn stallion; mount of Mahrtiir
Nassic: father of Sunder, son of Jous; inheritor of an Unfettered One’s mission to remember the Halfhand
Naybahn: a Ranyhyn; mount of Branl
Nelbrin: son of Sunder, “heart’s child”
Nicor, the: great sea-monster; said to be offspring of the Worm of the World’s End
Nom: a Sandgorgon
North Plains, the: a region of the Land
Northron Climbs, the: a region of the Land
Oath of Peace, the: oath by the people of the Land against needless violence
Odona: a Stonedownor, mate of Murrin
Offin: a former na-Mhoram
Old Lords, the: Lords prior to the Ritual of Desecration
Omournil: Woodhelvennin Heer, daughter of Mournil
One Forest, the: ancient forest covering most of the L
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One Tree, the: mystic tree from which the Staff of Law was made
Onyx Stonemage: a Giant; one of the Swordmainnir
orcrest: a stone of power; Sunstone
Osondrea: a Lord, daughter of Sondrea; later high Lord
Padrias: Woodhelvennin Heer, son of Mill
Pahni: a Cord of the Ramen, cousin of Sahah; companion of Linden Avery
Palla: a healer in Berek Halfhand’s army
Peak of the Fire-Lions, the: Mount Thunder, Gravin Threndor
Pietten: Woodhelvennin child damaged by Lord Foul’s minions, son of Soranal
pitchbrew: a beverage combining diamondraught and vitrim, conceived by Pitchwife
Pitchwife: a Giant; member of the Search; husband of the First of the Search
Plains of Ra, the: a region of the Land
Porib: a Bloodguard
Power of Command, the: Seventh Ward of Kevin’s Lore
Pren: a Bloodguard
Prothall: High Lord, son of Dwillian
Prover of Life: title given to Thomas Covenant
Puhl: a Cord of the Ramen
Pure One, the: redemptive figure of jheherrin legend
Quaan: Warhaft of the Third Eoman of the Warward; later Hiltmark, then Warmark
quellvisk: a kind of monster, now apparently extinct
Quern Ehstrel: true name of the Mahdoubt
Quest for the Staff of Law, the: quest to recover the Staff of Law from Drool Rockworm
Questsimoon, the: the Roveheartswind; a steady, favorable wind, perhaps seasonal
Quilla: a Heer of First Woodhelven
Quirrel: a Stonedownor, companion of Triock
Rallyn: a Ranyhyn; Branl’s later mount
Ramen: a people who serve the Ranyhyn
Rant Absolain: the gaddhi
Ranyhyn: the great horses of the Plains of Ra
Ravers: Lord Foul’s three ancient servants
Raw, the: fjord into the demesne of the Elohim
Rawedge Rim, the: mountains around Elemesnedene
Reader: a member of the Clave who tends and uses the master-rukh
Rede, the: knowledge of history and survival promulgated by the Clave
Revelstone: Lord’s Keep; mountain city formed by Giants
Revelwood: seat of the Loresraat; tree city grown by Lords
rhee: a Ramen food, a thick mush
rhadhamaerl: stone-lore; masters of stone-lore
Rhohm: a Ranyhyn stallion; mount of Liand
rhysh: a community of Waynhim; “stead”
rhyshyshim: a gathering of rhysh; a place in which such gathering occurs
Riddenstretch: a region north of the Soulsease River
Rider: a member of the Clave
Ridjeck Thome: Foul’s Creche, the Despiser’s home
rillinlure: healing wood dust
Rime Coldspray: a Giant; the Ironhand of the Swordmainnir
Ringthane: Ramen name for Thomas Covenant, then Linden Avery
ring-wielder:Elohim term of reference for Thomas Covenant
Rire Grist: a Caitiffin of the gaddhi’s Horse
Rites of Unfettering: the ceremony of becoming Unfettered
Ritual of Desecration, the: act of despair by which High Lord Kevin destroyed the Old Lords and ruined most of the Land
Rivenrock: deep cleft splitting Melenkurion Skyweir and its plateau; there the Black River enters Garroting Deep
River Landrider, the: a river of the Land, partial border of the Plains of Ra
Riversward: a region north of the Soulsease River
Rockbrother: Swordmainnir name for Stave
Rockbrother, Rocksister: terms of affection between humans and Giants
rocklight: light emitted by glowing stone
roge Befylam: Cavewight-form of the jheherrin
Rohnhyn: a Ranyhyn; mount of Bhapa after Whrany’s death
Roveheartswind, the: the Questsimoon
Rue: a Manethrall of the Ramen, formerly named Gay
Ruel: a Bloodguard, assigned to Hile Troy
Ruinwash, the: name of the River Landrider on the Lower Land
rukh: iron talisman by which a Rider wields the power of the Sunbane
Runnik: a Bloodguard
Rustah: a Cord of the Ramen
Sablehair Foamheart: a Giant, also called Filigree; mate of Soar Gladbirth; mother of Exalt Widenedworld
sacred enclosure: Vespers-hall at Revelstone; later the site of the Banefire
Sahah: a Cord of the Ramen
Saltheart Foamfollower: a Giant, friend of Thomas Covenant
Saltroamrest: bunk hold for the crew in a Giantship
Salttooth: jutting rock in the harbor of the Giants’ Home
Salva Gildenbourne: forest surrounding the Hills of Andelain; begun by Sunder and Hollian
samadhi: a Raver, Sheol, Satansfist
Samil: a Haruchai; a Master of the Land
Sandgorgons: monsters of the Great Desert of Bhrathairealm
Sandgorgons Doom: imprisoning storm created by Kasreyn to trap the Sandgorgons
Sandhold, the: the gaddhi’s castle in Bhrathairealm
Sandwall, the: the great wall defending Bhrathairain
Santonin: a Rider of the Clave, one of the na-Mhoram-in
Sarangrave Flat: a region of the Lower Land encompassing the Great Swamp
Satansfist: a Giant-Raver, Sheol, samadhi
Satansheart: Giantish name for Lord Foul
Scend Wavegift: a Giant; one of the Swordmainnir; killed by Longwrath
Search, the: quest of the Giants for the wound in the Earth; later the quest for the Isle of the One Tree
Seareach: region of the Land occupied by the Unhomed
Seasauce: a Giant; husband of Hearthcoal; cook of Starfare’s Gem
Seatheme: dead wife of Sevinhand
Second Circinate: second level of the Sandhold
Second Ward: second unit of Kevin’s hidden knowledge
setrock: a type of stone used with pitch to repair stone
Seven Hells, the: a-Jeroth’s demesne: desert, rain, pestilence, fertility, war, savagery, and darkness
Seven Wards, the: collection of knowledge hidden by High Lord Kevin
Seven Words, the: words of power from Kevin’s Lore
Sevinhand: a Giant, Anchormaster of Starfare’s Gem
Shattered Hills, the: a region of the Land near Foul’s Creche
She Who Must Not Be Named: an ancient bane slumbering under Mount Thunder, now composed of many lost women
Sheol: a Raver, Satansfist, samadhi
Shetra: a Lord, wife of Verement
Shipsheartthew: the wheel of a Giantship
shola: a small wooded glen where a stream runs between unwooded hills
Shull: a Bloodguard
Sill: a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Hyrim
Sivit: a Rider of the Clave, one of the na-Mhoram-wist
skest: acid-creatures descended from the jheherrin
skurj: laval monsters that devour earth and vegetation; long ago, the Elohim Kastenessen was Appointed (the Durance) to prevent them from wreaking terrible havoc
Slen: a Stonedownor, mate of Terass
Slumberhead: a Giant (man); crew aboard Dire’s Vessel
Snared One, the: ur-vile name for Lord Foul the Despiser
Soar Gladbirth: a Giant; youngest son of Pitchwife and Gossamer Glowlimn
Soaring Woodhelven: a tree-village
soft ones, the: the jheherrin
Somo: pinto taken by Liand from Mithil Stonedown
soothreader: a seer
soothtell: ritual of revelation practiced by the Clave
Soranal: a Woodhelvennin Heer, son of Thiller
Soulbiter, the: a dangerous ocean of Giantish legend
Soulbiter’s Teeth: reefs in the Soulbiter
Soulcrusher: Giantish name for Lord Foul
South Plains, the: a region of the Land
Sparlimb Keelsetter: a Giant, father of triplets
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bsp; Spikes, the: guard-towers at the mouth of Bhrathairain Harbor
Spoiled Plains, the: a region of the Lower Land
Spume Frothbreeze: a Giant (man); crew aboard Dire’s Vessel
Spray Frothsurge: a Giant; mother of the First of the Search
springwine: a mild, refreshing liquor
Squallish Blustergale: a Giant (man); crew aboard Dire’s Vessel
Staff, the: a branch of the study of Kevin’s Lore
Staff of Law, the: a tool of Earthpower; the first Staff was formed by Berek from the One Tree and later destroyed by Thomas Covenant; the second was formed by Linden Avery by using wild magic to merge Vain and Findail
Stallion of the First Herd, the:Kelenbhrabanal
Starfare’s Gem: Giantship used by the Search
Starkin: one of the Elohim
Stave: a Haruchai; a Master of the Land; companion of Linden Avery
Stell: one of the Haruchai, protector of Sunder
Stonedown: a stone-village
Stonedownor: one who lives in a stone-village
Stonemight, the: a fragment of the Illearth Stone
Stonemight Woodhelven: a village in the South Plains
Storesmaster: third-in-command aboard a Giantship
Stormpast Galesend: a Giant; one of the Swordmainnir
Stricken Stone: region of the Land, later called Trothgard
Sunbane, the: a power arising from the corruption of nature by Lord Foul
Sunbirth Sea, the: ocean east of the Land
Sunder: son of Nassic; Graveler of Mithil Stonedown; companion of Thomas Covenant and Linden Avery
Sun-Sage: one who can affect the Sunbane
Sunstone: orcrest
sur-jheherrin: descendants of the jheherrin; inhabitants of Sarangrave Flat
suru-pa-maerl: an art using stone
Swarte: a Rider of the Clave
Swordmain/Swordmainnir: Giant(s) trained as warrior(s)
Sword, the: a branch of the study of Kevin’s Lore
Sword-Elder: chief Lorewarden of the Sword at the Loresraat
Syr Embattled: former Forestal of Giant Woods
Tamarantha: a Lord, daughter of Enesta, wife of Variol
Teeth of the Render, the: Ramen name for the Demondim; Fangs
Terass: a Stonedownor, daughter of Annoria, wife of Slen
Terrel: a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Mhoram; a commander of the original Haruchai army
test of silence, the: test of integrity used by the people of the Land
test of truth, the: test of veracity by lomillialor or orcrest
The Grieve: Coercri; home of the lost Giants in Seareach
Thelma Twofist: character in a Giantish tale
The Majesty: throne room of the gaddhi; fourth level of the Sandhold