by Janny Wurts
CILADIS THE LOST
Fellowship Sorcerer who left the continent in Third Age 5462 in search of the Paravian races after their disappearance following the rebellion. pronounced: kill-ah-dis
root meaning: cael - leaf; adeis - whisper, compound; cael'adeis colloquialism for 'gentleness that abides'
CILDEIN OCEAN
body of water lying off Athera's east coast.
pronounced: kill-dine
root meaning: cailde - salty; an - one
CILDORN
city famed for carpets and weaving, located in Deshir, Rathain. Originally a Paravian holdfast, situated on a node of the third lane. pronounced: kill-dorn
root meaning: deal - thread; dorn - net 'tapestry'
CORITH
island west of Havish in the Westland Sea. Site of an old drake lair, and a ruined First Age foundation. Here the council of Paravians convened during seige, and their appeal brought the Second Dreaming by dragons, which enacted the summoning of the seven who became the Fellowship Sorcerers. pronounced: core-ith
root meaning: cori - ships, vessels; itha - five
CRUIK
an old form of architecture, wherein living trees are molded to become structural support for a building, which is constructed around them.
DAELION FATEMASTER
'entity' formed by set of mortal beliefs, which determine the fate of the spirit after death. If Ath is the prime vibration, or life-force, Daelion is what governs the manifestation of free will. pronounced: day-el-ee-on root meaning: dael - king, or lord; i'on - of fate
DAELION'S WHEEL
cycle of life and the crossing point that is the transition into death. pronounced: day-el-ee-on root meaning: dael - king or lord; i'on - of fate
DAENFAL LAKE
located on the northern lake-shore that bounds the southern edge of Daon Ramon Barrens in Rathain.
pronounced: dye-en-fall root meaning: daen - clay; fal - red
DAKAR THE MAD PROPHET
apprentice to Fellowship Sorcerer, Asandir, during the Third Age following the Conquest of the Mistwraith. Given to spurious prophecies, it was Dakar who forecast the fall of the Kings of Havish in time for the Fellowship to save the heir. He made the Prophecy of West Gate, which forecast the Mistwraith's bane, and also, the Black Rose Prophecy, which called for reunification
of the Fellowship. At this time, in the service of Arithon, Prince of Rathain.
pronounced: dah-kar
root meaning: dakiar - clumsy
DANIA
wife of Rathain's former caithdein, Steiven s'Valerient. Died by the hand of Pesquil's head-hunters in the Battle of Strakewood, Third Age 5638; Jieret Red-beard's mother. pronounced: dan-ee-ah root meaning: deinia - sparrow
DAON RAMON BARRENS
central principality of Rathain. Site where Riathan Paravians (unicorns) bred and raised their young. Barrens was not appended to the name until the years following the Mistwraith's conquest, when the River Severnir was diverted at the source by a task force under Etarran jurisdiction.
pronounced: day-on-rah-mon
root meaning: daon - gold; ramon - hills,'downs
DARI S'AHELAS
crown heir of Shand who was sent to safety through West Gate to preserve the royal lineage. Born following the death of the last Crown Prince of Shand, subsequently raised and taught by Sethvir to manage the rogue talent of a dual inheritance. Her mother was Meiglin s'Dieneval, last survivor of the old caithdein's lineage of Melhalla, which was widely believed to have perished during the massacre at Tirans. However the pregnant widow of Egan s'Dieneval had escaped the uprising and survived under a false name in a Durn brothel. pronounced: dar-ee root meaning: daer - to cut
DARKLING
city located on the western side of the Skyshiel Mountains in the Kingdom of Rathain. pronounced: dark-ling root meaning: dierk-linng - drake eyrie
DAVIEN THE BETRAYER
Fellowship Sorcerer responsible for provoking the great uprising in Third Age Year 5018, that resulted in the fall of the high kings after Desh-thiere's conquest. Rendered discorporate by the Fellowship's judgment in Third Age 5129. Exiled since, by personal choice. Davien's works included the Five Centuries Fountain near Mearth on the splinter world of the Red Desert through West Gate; the shaft at Rockfell Peak, used by the Sorcerers to imprison harmful entities; the Stair on Rockfell Peak; and also, Kewar Tunnel in the Mathorn Mountains. pronounced: dah-vee-en
root meaning: dahvi - fool; an - one 'mistaken one'
DAWR s'BRYDION
grandmother of Duke Bransian of Alestron, and his brothers Keldmar, Parrien, and Mearn. pronounced: dour
root meaning: dwyiar - vinegar wine
DEITH
clansman of Rathain, and the youngest of Jieret's Companions, who were the fourteen child survivors of the massacre of Tal Quorin in Third Age Year 5638. Currently among the group of scouts guarding the free wilds in Deshir. pronounced: dee-ith
root meaning: d' - prefix for behind; ieth - to stand, to plant, to fix in place
DESH-THIEREMistwraith that invaded Athera from the splinter worlds through South Gate in Third Age 4993. Access cut off by Fellowship Sorcerer, Traithe. Battled and contained in West Shand for twenty-five years, until the rebellion splintered the peace, and the high kings were forced to withdraw from the defense lines to attend their disrupted kingdoms. Confined through
the combined powers of Lysaer s'Ilessid's gift of light and Arithon s'Ffalenn's gift of shadow. Currently imprisoned in a warded flask in Rockfell Pit. pronounced: desh-thee-air-e (last 'e' mostly subliminal) root meaning: desh - mist; thieve - ghost or wraith
DESHIR
north-western principality of Rathain. pronounced: desh-eer root meaning: deshir - misty DHARKARON AVENGER
called Ath's Avenging Angel in legend. Drives a chariot drawn by five horses to convey the guilty to Sithaer. Dharkaron as defined by the adepts of Ath's Brotherhood is that dark thread mortal men weave with . Ath, the prime vibration, that creates self-punishment, or the root of guilt. · pronounced dark-air-on
root meaning: dhar - evil; khiaron - one who stands in judgment
DHIRKEN
lady captain of the contraband runner, Black Drake. Reputed to have taken over the brig's command by right of arms following her father's death at sea. Died at the hands of Lysaer's allies on the charge of liaison with Arithon s'Ffalenn, Third Age Year 5647. pronounced: dur-kin root meaning: dierk - tough; an - one
DIARIN s'GANNLEY
daughter of the caithdein's lineage of Tysan, handfasted to marry a Wesrwood clan chieftain when she was abducted and forced to marriage by the Mayor of Hanshire. pronounced: die-are-in
root meaning: diarin - a precious, or coveted object
DIEGAN
once Lord Commander of Etarra's garrison; given over by his mayor to serve as Lysaer s'Ilessid's Lord Commander at Avenor. Titular commander of the war host sent against the Deshans to defeat the Master of Shadow at Tal Quorin; high commander of the war host mustered at Werpoint. Also brother of Lady Talith. Died of a clan arrow in the Battle of Dier Kenton Vale in Vastmark, Third Age 5647. pronounced: dee-gan
root meaning: diegan - trinket a dandy might wear,'ornament
DIER KENTON VALE
a valley located in the principality of Vastmark, Shand, where Lysaer's war host, thirty-five thousand strong, fought and lost to the Master of Shadow in Third Age 5647, largely decimated in one day by a shale slide. The remainder were harried by a small force of Vastmark shepherds and clan scouts from Shand, under Caolle, who served as Arithon's war captain, until supplies and loss of morale broke the Alliance campaign. pronounced: deer ken-ton
root meaning: dier'kendion - a jewel with a severe flaw that may result in shearing or cracking
DURN
town located in Orvandir, Shand.
pronounced: dern
root meaning: diem - a flat plain
DYSHENT
town on the west coast of Instrell Bay in Atai
nia, Tysan. pronounced: die-shent root meaning: dyshient - cedar
EAST HALLA
principality in Melhalla.
pronounced: east hall-ah
root meaning: hal'lia - white light
EASTWALL
city located in the Skyshiel Mountains, Rathain.
EDAN
boy recruit for the Light, chosen for talent. pronounced: eh-dan root meaning: e'dian - the clay EFAN IST'THALIENT
a stingingly pointed colloquial insult, and a warning; roughly 'a particularly rock-headed fool bound for disaster'.
pronounced: ee-eh-an eest-thal-ee-ent
root meaning: ei - 'a' in the specific form; an- one; ist'thal- closed, hard or stubborn head, contrary-minded - tent suffix that indicates a state of fullest evolution, or 'the most'.
EILISH
Lord Minister of the Treasury at Avenor.
pronounced: eye-lish
root meaning: eyalish - fussy
ELAIRA
initiate enchantress of the Koriathain. Originally a street child, taken on in Morvain for Koriani rearing. Arithon's beloved. pronounced: ee-layer-ah
root meaning: e - prefix, diminutive for small; here - grace
ELDIR s'LORNMEIN
King of Havish and last surviving scion of s'Lornmein royal line. Raised as a wool-dyer until the Fellowship Sorcerers crowned him at Ostermere in Third Age 5643 following the defeat of the Mistwraith. pronounced: el-deer
root meaning: eldir - to ponder, to consider, to weigh
ELKFOREST
free wilds located in Carithwyr, Havish.
ELLAINE
daughter of the Lord Mayor of Erdane, became Princess of Avenor when she married Lysaer s'Ilessid, mother of the heir apparent, Kevor, who is believed to be deceased. pronounced: el-lane not from the Paravian
ELSSINE
town on the coast of Alland, Shand.
pronounced: el-seen
root meaning: elssien - small pit
ELTAIR BAY
large bay off Cildein Ocean and east coast of Rathain; where the River Severnir was diverted following the Mistwraith's conquest. pronounced: el-tay-er
root meaning: al'tieri - of steel,'a shortening of original Paravian name; dascen al'tieri - which meant 'ocean of steel,' which referred to the color of the waves
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 Kyria
lt 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
HAVENS
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