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The Last Dark

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by Stephen R. Donaldson


  Theomach, the: one of the Insequent

  Thew: a Cord of the Ramen

  Third Ward: third unit of Kevin’s hidden knowledge

  Thomin: a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Verement

  Three Corners of Truth, the: basic formulation of beliefs taught and enforced by the Clave

  thronehall, the: the Despiser’s seat in Foul’s Creche

  Tier of Riches, the: showroom of the gaddhi’s wealth; third level of the Sandhold

  Timewarden:Elohim title for Thomas Covenant after his death

  Tohrm: a Gravelingas; Hearthrall of Lord’s Keep

  Tomal: a Stonedownor craftmaster

  Toril: Haruchai slain by the Clave

  Treacher’s Gorge: ravine opening into Mount Thunder

  treasure-berries:aliantha, nourishing fruit found throughout the Land in all seasons

  Trell: Gravelingas of Mithil Stonedown; husband of Atiaran, father of Lena

  Trevor: a Lord, husband of Loerya

  Triock: a Stonedownor, son of Thuler; loved Lena

  Trothgard: a region of the Land, formerly Stricken Stone

  Tull: a Bloodguard

  turiya: a Raver, Herem, Kinslaughterer

  Tuvor: First Mark of the Bloodguard; a commander of the original Haruchai army

  tyrscull: a Giantish training vessel for apprentice sailors

  Ulman: a Haruchai; a Master of the Land

  Unbeliever, the: title claimed by Thomas Covenant

  Unfettered, the: lore-students freed from conventional responsibilities to seek individual knowledge and service

  Unfettered One, the: founder of a line of men waiting to greet Thomas Covenant’s return to the Land

  Unhomed, the: the lost Giants living in Seareach

  un-Maker-made, the: in jheherrin legend, living beings not created by the Maker

  upland: plateau above Revelstone

  Upper Land, the: region ofthe Land west of Landsdrop

  ur-Lord: title given to Thomas Covenant

  ur-viles: Demondim-spawn, evil creatures

  ussusimiel: nourishing melon grown by the people of the Land

  Vailant: former High Lord before Prothall

  Vain: Demondim-spawn; bred by ur-viles for a secret purpose

  Vale: a Bloodguard

  Valley of Two Rivers, the: site of Revelwood in Trothgard

  Variol Tamarantha-mate: a Lord, later High Lord; son of Pentil, father of Mhoram

  Verement: a Lord, husband of Shetra

  Verge of Wandering, the: valley in the Southron Range southeast of Mithil Stonedown; gathering place of the nomadic Ramen

  Vernigil: a Haruchai; a Master of the Land guarding First Woodhelven

  Vertorn: a healer in Berek Halfhand’s army

  Vespers: self-consecration rituals of the Lords

  Vettalor: Warmark of the army opposing Berek Halfhand

  viancome: meeting place at Revelwood

  Victuallin Tayne: a region in the Center Plains

  Vidik Amar: a region of the Earth

  Vigilall Scudweather: a Giant (woman); Master of Dire’s Vessel

  Viles: monstrous beings which created the Demondim

  vitrim: nourishing fluid created by the Waynhim

  Vizard, the: one of the Insequent

  Voice of the Masters, the: a Haruchai leader; spokesman for the Masters as a group

  Vortin: a Haruchai; a Master of the Land

  voure: a plant-sap which wards off insects

  Vow, the:Haruchai oath of service which formed the Bloodguard

  vraith: a Waynhim

  Ward: a unit of Kevin’s lore

  Warhaft: commander of an Eoman

  Warlore: Sword knowledge in Kevin’s Lore

  Warmark: commander of the Warward

  Warrenbridge: entrance to the catacombs under Mount Thunder

  Warward, the: army of Lord’s Keep

  Wavedancer: Giantship commanded by Brow Gnarlfist

  Wavenhair Haleall: a Giant, wife of Sparlimb Keelsetter, mother of triplets

  Waymeet: resting place for travelers maintained by Waynhim

  Waynhim: tenders of the Waymeets; rejected Demondim-spawn, opponents and relatives of ur-viles

  Weird of the Waynhim, the: Waynhim concept of doom, destiny, or duty

  were-menhir(s): Giantish name for the skurj

  Whane: a Cord of the Ramen

  white gold: a metal of power not found in the Land

  white gold wielder: title given to Thomas Covenant

  White River, the: a river of the land

  Whrany: a Ranyhyn stallion; mount of Bhapa

  Wightburrow, the: cairn under which Drool Rockworm is buried

  Wightwarrens: home of the Cavewights under Mount Thunder; catacombs

  wild magic: the power of white gold; considered the keystone of the Arch of Time

  Wildwielder: white gold wielder; title given to Linden Avery by Esmer and the Elohim

  Windscour: region in the Center Plains

  Windshorn Stonedown: a village in the South Plains

  Winhome: Ramen lowest rank

  Wiver Setrock: a Giant (man); crew aboard Dire’s Vessel

  Woodenwold: region of trees surrounding the maidan of Elemesnedene

  Woodhelven: wood-village

  Woodhelvennin: inhabitants of wood-village

  Word of Warning: a powerful, destructive forbidding

  Worm of the World’s End, the: creature believed by the Elohim to have formed the foundation of the Earth

  Wraiths of Andelain, the: creatures of living light that perform the Dance at the Celebration of Spring

  Würd of the Earth, the: term used by the Elohim to describe their own nature, destiny, or purpose; could be read as Word, Worm, or Weird

  Yellinin: a soldier in Berek Halfhand’s army; third-in-command of the tenth Eoman, second Eoward

  Yeurquin: a Stonedownor, companion of Triock

  Yolenid: daughter of Loerya

  Zaynor: a Haruchai from a time long before the Haruchai first came to the Land

 

 

 


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