Nemeton: The Trial of Calas (Hallowed Veil Book 1)

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by Christopher Lee


  Madan, Sopher of the Seraephym

  Nemeton (neMEH-ton) - A sacred or holy meeting place in a grove of trees. Often marked with a sacred pillar or sacred standing stones. Also the name of the organization of peace keeping druids.

  Nemeta (neMEh-ta) - An individual cell of the greater Nemeton.

  Dryad (dry-AD) - A forest dwelling species of humanoid whose features resembled trees. Also known as the Tree Folk.

  Derwyddon (DER-wy-don) - A title given to the highest order of druids in the Nemeton.

  Fand (Fann) - The fates of the Great Goddess, her differing aspects or personalities and her physical link to the Earth.

  Fae (fay) - The siblings of mankind, the second born children of the Great Goddess.

  Dagda Nuada (dagh-the-noo-a-the) - The High King of Hyperborea, father of all Fae, member of the Derwyddon and General of the Golden Fist. Also known as the Good God.

  Great Goddess (great-goddess) - The primordial creatrix of men, the fae, and the universe. Also referred to as She, The Mother, The Goddess.

  Atum (A-tum) - The primordial being immaculately conceived by the Great Goddess. Father of all mankind.

  Hallow (ha-llow) - The world between the worlds.

  Morrighan (moh-ree-ghan) - The priestess of the moon, member of the Derwyddon and General of the Golden Fist. Also known as the Battle Fury, Mare Queen, Phantom Queen, Wise Crone, Enon. A triple goddess.

  Falbanach (fal-ben-ach) - The wandering beggar god, lord of time, destiny, and cryptic sayings. Also known as Dian Cecht.

  Hyperborea (hy-per-bor-ea) - The land of the Fae and the freemen.

  Dreaming, the (dream-ing) - The state of being lost in the eternal dreamscape.

  Eíre (Air-eh) - The sacred isle of the Nemeton

  Tuatha De (too-ath-a Djay) - The children of Dagda, the fairy folk. Also known as Fair Folk.

  Fair Folk (fair-folk)- The common name of the Tuatha De

  Kentaros (ken-TA-ros) - The proper name of the Centaur horde of the Greatwood Forest.

  Dweorg (dway-org) - The proper name of the stoneborn dwarves of the Ancient Heights.

  Aélfar (Ale-far) - The proper name of the elven people of the eastern woodlands of Hyperborea, commonly known as the Vale of Enon.

  Gnomos (Gnomos) - The proper name of the gnomes, tiny dwarvish cousins. Or so it is believed.

  Mere Folk (meer-folk) - The proper name of the merpeople. The shapeshifting water pirates of the northern seas.

  Jotun (yo-ton) - The proper name of the giants who live in the Shimmering Peaks to the Far North.

  Seræphym (ser-ay-fim) - The proper name of the orders of angels created by Atum as slaves to mankind. They are broken into the orders of the guardians, watchers, keepers, and scribes.

  Sopher (so-fer) - The proper name for the elected leader of the Seraephym.

  Mal’akim (mal-A-kim) - The birth name of the race of the Seraephym in the first age.

  Ensi (en-sik) - A title given to the rule of a city in ancient Sumer.

  Elohim (eel-O-him) - The self proclaimed name of the One True God.

  Thaumaturgic (thaw-muh-tur-jik) - having the powers of a blood magician

  Fomor (fo-more)- The land of the Fomorri, ruled by King Balor of the Evil Eye.

  Fomorrii (fo-more-aye) - The men who live in the land of Fomor.

  Lu-Gal (loo-gal)- The title of the High Inquisitor of Sumer

  Penitents (penitents) - The name of the refugees who believe the Bane of the Fallen should be lifted from mankind.

  Faeborn (fey-born) - Born of the Fae

  sheFae (she-fey) - A female Fae

  nobleFae (noble-fey) - A noble Fae

  Fir Bolg (feer-bolg) - The name the Fae call the Penitents

  Dorcha (dur-ha) - The name of the cosmic event that falls every five hundred years causing war, famine, plague, etc.

  Lugh (loo) - A half-blood vagabond whose parentage comes from both the Tuatha De and the Fomorrii.

  Cian (keen) - The Fae father of Lugh.

  Eithlinn (en-yeh) - The Fomorrii mother of Lugh

  Boann (bo-ann) - The Fae mother of Arabella.

  Feorn (fey-orn) - An Aelfaren scoundrel

  Dofaar (do-Far) - Another Aelfaren scoundrel

  Dian Cecht (deen-kaycht) - The old name of Falbanch before he was sentenced to the Dreaming.

  Sreng (sh-reng) - The warlord of the Senarran Beast Riders

  Ollamh (oll-uv) - A master of an art, or a commander.

  Ogma (oh-ma) - The Bardic Master of Ceremonies for the Nemeton

  Manannan (Man-an-awn) - The son of Lir

  Lir (Leer) - The Leader/King of the Mere Folk

  Goibniú (Gov-noo) - Dagda’s Ollamh of Arms.

  Emrys Myrddin (Em-ris-Mer-ddin)- A member of the Derwyddon, General of the Golden Fist.

  [1]Continuity problem....

  [2]why does Madan not know the druids name. Does he hide his identity? or do they all?

 

 

 


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