Trail of the Black Wyrm - Chris Pierson

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  Tegin: A Uigan clan-lord, answerable only to the Boyla.

  Tenach: A warrior sworn to protect and serve a Uigan lord.

  Uigan: A powerful people of horse-riding nomads, native to the Tamire.

  Ulashu: The leaves of a Neroni tree, chewed by the cha’asii for stamina.

  Yagrut: A Uigan profanity.

  Yarta: A root chewed by the Uigan to give energy.

  Yakuk: A dragon-bone totem, in the shape of a beast, that stands in the middle of an Ice People village.

  Zharka: A minotaur war trumpet, made from a dragon’s horn.

  Creatures:

  Abaqua: A primitive race of ogres from Northern Hosk.

  Akitu-shai: The cha’asii name for the yaggol. Also called Crawling Maws.

  Amaguik: The spirit of a makau, appearing as a halfwolf, half-man.

  Bauvan: A ghostly woman who roams old battlefields, searching for her slain husband.

  Disir: A race of thickly armored savages who dwell beneath the Rainwards.

  Horax: A huge, many-legged worm with a thick carapace and razor-sharp mandibles.

  Huraj: The Uigan name for the horax.

  Nasif: Giant, sharp-antlered deer herded by the Ice People.

  Othlorx: Outcast dragons of Taladas who refused to join the Dark Queen in her war on Ansalon.

  Sakalaminuik: Shaggy snow-ogres native to the Hoarspine.

  Skrit: An enormous, flea-like creature of the Tamire, with an impenetrable shell.

  Skyfisher: A large, ugly carrion bird, usually found among ruins and on battlefields.

  Tan-amat: The merkitsa name for a hippogriff.

  Uitayuik: White-eyed specters of men who died in the blizzards of Panak.

  Vaka-te-nok: A burrowing creature with many tentacles, found in the jungles of Neron.

  Winlesh: The merkitsa name for a Vaka-te-nok.

  Yaggol: An ancient, degenerate race of Neron. They have bulbous, hairless heads and masses of tentacles where their mouths should be, and can also force their way into people’s thoughts.

  Gods and Moons:

  Astar: The god of the elves, a hunter and bowman.

  Erestem: The Queen of Darkness, now slain.

  Gilona: The goddess of knowledge and learning.

  Hith: A god of deceit.

  Jijin: The god of the Uigan, a warrior and protector.

  Jolith: A human war god, revered in the League.

  Lunis: The red moon, called Lunitari in Ansalon.

  Manith: A god of contemplation.

  Mislaxa: A healing goddess known across Taladas.

  Morgash: A god of sickness and decay.

  Nuvis: The black moon, called Nuitari in Ansalon.

  Sargas: The warrior god of the minotaurs.

  Solis: The silver moon, called Solinari in Ansalon.

  Zai: A goddess of the sea and storms.

  History:

  Dread Winter: The troubled times immediately prior to the Second Destruction, when much of Taladas was covered in snow and ice.

  First Destruction: Taladan term for the Cataclysm, when the gods rained fire upon Krynn. Also called the Great Destruction.

  Godless Night: The years after the Second Destruction, during which both gods and magic vanished from the face of Krynn.

  Second Destruction: The Second Cataclysm, caused by the Chaos War.

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