Traitor's Knot (epub)

by Janny Wurts

  EMRIC s'GANNLEY

  former caithdein of Tysan, and father of Diarin s'Gannley who was once handfasted to the clan chieftain of Westwood.

  pronounced: em-rick

  root meaning: arn'ric - plenty, 'state of wealth'

  ENITHEN TUER

  seeress living in the town of Erdane. Originally a Koriani sister who was freed from her initiate's vow of service by Fellowship Sorcerer Asandir's intervention.

  pronounced: en-ith-en too-er

  root meaning: en'weihen - far-sighted; tuer - crone

  ENNA

  girl-child who was once a weaver's apprentice.

  pronounced: enn-na

  not from the Paravian.

  ERDANE

  old Paravian city, later taken over by Men. Seat of old princes of Camris until Desh-thiere's conquest and rebellion. Erdani-meaning, from Erdane.

  pronounced: er-day-na with the last syllable almost subliminal

  root meaning: er'deinia - long walls

  ERIEGAL

  second youngest of the fourteen child survivors of the Tal Quorin massacre known as Jieret's Companions. Renowned as a shrewd tactician, he was ordered to serve Jieret's son Barach as war captain in the Halwythwood camp rather than fight Lysaer's war host in Daon Ramon Barrens in Third Age Year 5670.

  pronounced: air-ee-gall

  root meaning: eriegal - snake

  ERLIEN s'TALEYN

  High Earl of AUand; caithdein of Shand, chieftain of the forest clansmen of Selkwood. Once fought Arithon s'Ffalenn at sword-point over an issue of law bound over by Melhalla's caithdein and also as a trial of a sanctioned crown prince's honest character.

  pronounced: er-lee-an

  root meaning: aierlyan - bear; tal - branch; an - one,'first 'of first branch'

  ETARRA

  trade city built across the Mathorn Pass by townsfolk after the revolt that cast down Ithamon and the High Kings of Rathain. Nest of corruption and intrigue, and policy-maker for the North. Lysaer s'Ilessid was ratified as mayor upon Morfett's death in Third Age Year 5667. Raiett Raven subsequently appointed as ruling High Chancellor. Also the seat of the Alliance armed forces.

  pronounced: ee-tar-ah

  root meaning: e - prefix for small; taria - knots

  ETTIN

  river that empties into Rockbay Harbor at the border between Shand and Havish. pronounced: et-tin

  root meaning: e'tennd - the slow

  EVENSTAR

  first brig stolen from Riverton's royal shipyard by Cattrick's conspiracy with Prince Arithon. Currently of Innish registry, running merchant cargoes under joint ownership of Fiark and his sister Feylind, who is acting captain.

  FALGAIRE

  coastal city on Instrell Bay, located in Araethura, Rathain, famed for its glass-works.

  pronounced: fall-gair - to rhyme with 'air'

  root meaning: fal'mier - to sparkle or glitter

  FALLOWMERE

  north-eastern principality of Rathain.

  pronounced: fal-oh-meer

  root meaning: fal'ei'miere - literally, tree self-reflection, colloquialism for 'place of perfect trees'

  FATE'S WHEEL

  see Daelion's Wheel.

  FELLOWSHIP OF SEVEN

  sorcerers bound to Athera by the summoning dream of the dragons and charged to secure the mysteries that enable Paravian survival. Achieved their redemption from Cianor Sunlord, under the Law of the Major Balance in Second Age Year One. Originators and keepers of the covenant of the compact, made with the Paravian races, to allow Mankind's settlement on Athera in Third Age Year One. Their authority backs charter law, upheld by crown justice and clan oversight of the free wilds.

  FEITHAN

  widow of Jieret s'Valerient, Earl of the North, and caithdein of Rathain.

  pronounced: faith-an

  root meaning: feiaihen - ivy

  FEYLIND

  daughter of a Scimlade fisherman and Jinesse, twin sister of Fiark, currently master of the brig Evenstar a merchant brig of Innish registry.

  pronounced: fay-lind

  root meaning: faelind'an - outspoken or noisy one

  FIARK

  son of a Scimlade fisherman and Jinesse, twin brother of Feylind, currently a merchant-factor at Innish, also handles all of Arithon's covert shore-side affairs.

  pronounced: fee-ark

  root meaning: fyerk - to throw or toss

  FIONN ARETH CAID'AN

  goatherd's child born in Third Age 5647; fated by prophecy to leave home and play a role in the Wars of Light and Shadow. Laid under Koriani spell-craft to mature as Arithon's double, then used as the bait in the order's conspiracy to trap the s'Ffalenn prince. Rescued from execution in Jaelot in 5669-70. Currently in the protective custody of the Prince of Rathain, held through Dakar's binding promise.

  pronounced: fee-on-are-eth cayed-ahn

  root meaning: fionne arith caid an - one who brings choice

  FORTHMARK

  city in Vastmark, Shand. Once the site of a hostel of Ath's Brotherhood. By Third Age 5320, the site was abandoned and taken over by the Koriani Order as a healer's hospice.

  root meaning not from the Paravian

  FREYARD

  elderly servant in Hanshire.

  pronounced: free-ard

  root meaning not from the Paravian

  GACE STEWARD

  Palace Steward of Avenor.

  pronounced: gace - to rhyme with 'race'

  root meaning: gyce - weasel

  GANISH

  trade city located south of Methlas Lake in Orvandir, Shand.

  pronounced: gan-eesh

  root meaning: gianish - a halfway point, a stopping place

  GARDE

  Lord Mayor of Hanshire, father of Sulfin Evend, brother of Raiett Raven.

  pronounced: guard

  root meaning not from the Paravian

  GLENDIEN

  a Shandian clanswoman handfasted to Kyrialt s'Taleyn, heir designate of the High Earl of Alland.

  pronounced: glen-dee-en

  root meaning: glyen - sultry; dien - object of beauty

  GREY BOOK OF OLVEC

  an old genealogy that listed clan lineages and recorded the inheritable talents of each family.

  pronounced: oll-veck

  root meaning: olvec - record

  GREAT WAYSTONE

  see entry for Waystone.

  GRIMWARD

  a circle of spells of Paravian making "that seal and isolate the dire dreams of dragon haunts, a force with the potential for mass destruction. With the disappearance of the old races, the defences are maintained by embodied Sorcerers of the Fellowship of Seven. There are seventeen separate sites listed at Althain Tower.

  HALDUIN s'ILESSID

  founder of the line that became High Kings of Tysan since Third Age Year One. The attribute he passed on, by means of the Fellowship's geas, was justice.

  pronounced: hal-dwin

  root meaning: hal - white; duinne - hand

  HALWYTHWOOD

  forest located in Araethura, Rathain. Current main campsite of High Earl Barach's band, predominantly survivors of the Battle of Strakewood and Daon Ramon's late war.

  pronounced: hall-with-wood

  root meaning: hal - white; wythe - vista

  HANHAFFIN

  river running through Selkwood in Alland and emptying into the Cildein Ocean.

  pronounced: han-haf-fin

  root meaning: hanha - evergreen; affein - a dance step

  HANSHIRE

  port city on the Westland Sea, coast of Korias, Tysan; reigning official Lord Mayor Garde, father of Sulfin Evend; opposed to royal rule at the time of Avenor's restoration.

  pronounced: han-sheer

  root meaning: hansh - sand; era - place

  HASPASTION

  ghost of the dragon contained in the grimward located in Radmoore.

  pronounced: has-past-ee-on

  root meaning: hashpashdion - Drakish for black thunder

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  an inlet on the north-eastern shore of Vastmark, Shand, now known as the site of the massacre enacted by the Spinner of Darkness, preceding the Battle of Dier Kenton Vale, Third Age Year 5647.

  HAVISH

  one of the Five High Kingdoms of Athera as defined by the charters of the Fellowship of Seven. Ruled by Eldir s'Lornmein. Crown heritage: temperance. Device: gold hawk on red field.

  pronounced: hav-ish

  root meaning: havieshe - hawk

  HAVISTOCK

  south-east principality of Kingdom of Havish.

  pronounced: hav-i-stock

  root meaning: haviesha - hawk; tiok - roost

  HELFIN

  Lord Mayor of Erdane, father of Princess Ellaine.

  pronounced: hell-fin

  root meaning: hal - white; fiomn'd - a fib

  HIGHSCARP

  city sited near the stone quarries on the coast of the Bay of Eltair, located in Daon Ramon, Rathain. Also contains a sisterhouse of the Koriani Order.

  IAMINE s'GANNLEY

  woman who founded the caithdein's lineage for Tysan.

  pronounced: ee-ahm-meen-e

  root meaning: iamine - amethyst

  IANFAR s'GANNLEY

  cousin and heir designate of Lord Maenol s'Gannley, caithdein of Tysan, sent to fosterage with High King Eldir of Havish in Third Age Year 5652.

  pronounced: ee-an-far

  root meaning: ianfiar - birch tree

  ILITHARIS PARAVIANS

  centaurs, one of three semimortal old races; disappeared after the Mistwraith's conquest, the last guardian's departure by Third Age Year 5100. They were the guardians of the earth's mysteries.

  pronounced: i-li-thar-is

  root meaning: i'lith'earis - the keeper/preserver of mystery

  INNISH

  city located on the southcoast of Shand at the delta of the River Ippash. Birthplace of Halliron Masterbard. Formerly known as 'the Jewel of Shand,' this was the site of the high king's winter court, prior to the time of the uprising.

  pronounced: in-ish

  root meaning: inniesh - a jewel with a pastel tint

  INSTRELL BAY

  body of water off the Gulf of Stormwell, separates principality of Atainia, Tysan, from Deshir, Rathain.

  pronounced: in-strell

  root meaning: arin'streal - strong wind

  IPPASH

  river that originates in the southern spur of the Kelhorns and flows into the South Sea by the city of Innish, southcoast, Shand.

  pronounced: ip-ash

  root meaning: ipeish - crescent

  ISFARENN

  etheric Name for the black stallion ridden by Asandir.

  pronounced: ees-far-en

  root meaning: is'feron - speed maker

  ISHLIR

  town on the eastshore of Orvandir, Shand.

  pronounced: ish-leer

  root meaning: ieshlier - sheltered place

  ITHAMON

  Historically significant in the First Age, site of a Paravian focus, a Second Age Paravian stronghold, and a Third Age ruin; built on a fifth lane power-node in Daon Ramon Barrens, Rathain, and inhabited until the year of the uprising. Site of the Compass Point Towers, or Sun Towers. Became the seat of the High Kings of Rathain during the Third Age and in Third Age Year 5638 was the site where Princes Lysaer s'Ilessid and Arithon s'Ffalenn battled the Mistwraith to confinement.

  pronounced: ith-a-mon

  root meaning: itha - five; mon - needle, spire

  ITHISH

  city located at the edge of the principality of Vastmark, on the south-coast of Shand. Where the Vastmark wool-factors once shipped fleeces.

  pronounced: ith-ish

  root meaning: ithish - fleece or fluffy

  IYAT

  energy sprite, and minor drake spawn inhabiting Athera, not visible to the eye, manifests in a poltergeist fashion by taking temporary possession of objects. Feeds upon natural energy sources: fire, breaking waves, lightning.

  pronounced: ee-at

  root meaning: iyat - to break

  JAELOT

  city located on the coast of Eltair Bay at the southern border of the Kingdom of Rathain. Once a Second Age power site, with a focus circle. Now a merchant city with a reputation for extreme snobbery and bad taste. Also the site where Arithon s'Ffalenn played his eulogy for Halliron Masterbard, which raised the powers of the Paravian focus circle beneath the mayor's palace. The forces of the mysteries and resonant harmonics caused damage to city buildings, watchkeeps, and walls, which has since been repaired. Site where Fionn Areth was arraigned for execution, as bait in a Koriani conspiracy that failed to trap Arithon s'Ffalenn.

  pronounced: jay-lot

  root meaning: jielot - affectation

  JERIAYISH

  sixth-rank initiate priest of the Light who had a seer's talent. Died of madness during the Alliance war host's invasion of Daon Ramon Barrens in Third Age Year 5670.

  pronounced: jeer-ee-ah-yish

  root meaning: jier'yaish - unclean magic

  JEYNSA

  daughter of Jieret s'Valerient and Feithan, born Third Age 5653; appointed successor for her father's title, Caithdien of Rathain.

  pronounced: jay-in-sa

  root meaning: jieyensa - garnet

  JIERET s'VALERIENT

  former Earl of the North, clan chief of Deshir; caithdein of Rathain, sworn liegeman of Prince Arithon s'Ffalenn. Also son and heir of Lord Steiven. Blood pacted to Arithon by sorcerer's oath prior to the battle of Strakewood Forest. Came to be known by head-hunters as Jieret Red-beard. Father of Jeynsa and Barach. Husband to Feithan. Died by Lysaer s'Ilessid's hand in Daon Ramon Barrens, Third Age Year 5670.

  pronounced: jeer-et

  root meaning: jieret - thorn

  KALESH

  town at the mouth of the harbor inlet from the Cildein Ocean, enemy of Alestron.

  pronounced: cal-esh

  root meaning: cattle'iesh - stubborn hold

  KAMRIDIAN s'FFALENN

  Crowned High King of Rathain, a tragic figure who died of his conscience under the fated influence of the maze in Kewar Caverns, built by Davien the Betrayer under the Mathorn Mountains.

  pronounced: cam-rid-ee-an

  root meaning: kaim'riadien - thread cut shorter

  KELDMAR s'BRYDION

  younger brother of Duke Bransian of Alestron, older brother of Parrien and Mearn.

  pronounced: keld-mar

  root meaning: kiel'd'maeran - one without pity

  KEVOR

  son and heir of Lysaer s'Ilessid and Princess Ellaine; born at Avenor in Third Age 5655. At age fourteen, in his father's absence, he exercised royal authority and averted a riot by the panicked citizenry of Avenor. Commonly held to have died by Khadrim fire in Westwood, but in fact was spared by an interaction with Ath's Brotherhood. Became an adept in Third Year 5670, at the hostel in Northerly, Tysan.

  pronounced: kev-or

  root meaning: kiavor - high virtue

  KEWAR TUNNEL

  cavern built beneath the Mathorn Mountains by Davien the Betrayer; contains the maze of conscience, which caused High King Kamridian s'Ffalenn's. death.

  pronounced: key-wahr

  root meaning: kewiar - a weighing of conscience

  KHADRIM

  drake-spawned creatures, flying, fire-breathing reptiles that were the scourge of the Second Age. By the Third Age, they had been driven back and confined in the Sorcerers' Preserve in the volcanic peaks in north Tysan.

  pronounced: kaa-drim

  root meaning: khadrim - dragon

  KHARADMON

  Sorcerer of the Fellowship of Seven; discorporate since rise of Khadrim and Seardluin leveled Paravian stronghold at Ithamon in Second Age 3651. It was by Kharadmon's intervention that the survivors of the attack were sent to safety by means of transfer from the fifth lane power focus. Currently working the wardings to defer a minor invasion of wraiths from Marak.

  pronounced: kah-rad-munr />
  root meaning: kar'riad en mon - phrase translates to mean 'twisted thread on the needle' or colloquialism for 'a knot in the works'

  KHETIENN

  name for a brigantine built at Merior and owned by Arithon; also a small spotted wildcat native to Daon Ramon Barrens that became the s'Ff alenn royal device.

  pronounced: key-et-ee-en

  root meaning: kietienn - small leopard

  KIELING TOWER

  one of the four compass points, or Sun Towers, standing at ruin of Ithamon, Daon Ramon Barrens, in Rathain. The warding virtue that binds its stones is compassion.

  pronounced: key-eh-ling

  root meaning: kiel'ien - root for pity, with suffix for 'lightness' added, translates to mean 'compassion'

  KORIANI

  possessive and singular form of the word 'Koriathain'; see entry.

  pronounced: kor-ee-ah-nee

  KORIAS

  south-western principality of Tysan.

  pronounced: kor-ee-as

  root meaning: cor - ship, vessel; i'esh - nest, haven

  KORIATHAIN

  order of enchantresses ruled by a circle of Seniors, under the power of one Prime Enchantress. They draw their talent from the orphaned children they raise, or from daughters dedicated to service by their parents. Initiation rite involves a vow of consent that ties the spirit to a power crystal keyed to the Prime's control. pronounced: kor-ee-ah-thain - to rhyme with 'main'

  root meaning: koriath - order; ain - belonging to

  KOSHLIN

  influential trade minister from Erdane, renowned for his hatred of the clans and his support of the head-hunters' leagues.

  pronounced: kosh-lynn

  root meaning: kioshlin - opaque

  KRALOVIR

  term for a sect of necromancers, also called the grey cult.

  pronounced: kray-low-veer

  root meaning: krial - name for the rune of crossing; oveir - abomination

  KYRIALT s'TALEYN

  heir designate and youngest son of the High Earl of Alland, Lord Erlien s'Taleyn, caithdein of Shand.

  pronounced: key-ree-alt

  root meaning: kyralt - word for the rune of crossing with the suffix for 'last,' which is the name for the rune of ending.

  LANSHIRE

  -northernmost principality in the Kingdom of Havish. Name taken from the wastes at Scarpdale, site of First Age battles with Seardluin that blasted the soil to slag.

  pronounced: lahn-sheer-e

  root meaning: lan'hansh'era - place of hot sands

  LAW OF THE MAJOR BALANCE

  founding order of the powers of the Fellowship of Seven, as taught by the Paravians. The primary tenet is that no force of nature should be used without consent, or against the will of another consciousness.