LOWER SAISOND—Lord Caswyddian’s province MELSERIEDD—old name for kingdom of Elwynor, prior to Regency
NITHEN—district and hamlet near Ilefínian ORMADZARAN—Ysdan’s earldom
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SAENDEL—bandits who served Aseynéddin at Lewen field SYRILLAS—surname, Uleman Syrillas, regent of Elwynor, Ninévrisë Syrillas
SYRIM—bridge at border of Elwynor
GALASIEN
Persons
HASUFIN HELTAIN—wizard, possibly a prince of Galasien, enemy of Mauryl
MAURYL GESTAURIEN—wizard, Galasieni
Places, Titles, et cetera
GALASIENI—a lost race
KINGSBANE—nickname of Mauryl
KINGMAKER—nickname of Mauryl
NINETEEN GODS—the unnamed hidden gods worshiped by wizards
SILVER TOWER—at Ynefel, Mauryl’s symbol, then Tristen’s: black banner with Silver Tower and Star
YNEFEL—Mauryl’s tower: Silver Tower
OTHER TRIBES
ARACHIM—northern tribe
CHOMAGGARI—southern barbarians
CASMYNDAN, CASMYNDANIM—far southern tribe on the coast
LYRA—a hill tribe
LYRDISH—belonging to Lyra
SIHHË / SIHHË CONNECTIONS
Persons
BARRAKKÊTH—one of five Sihhë-lords
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ELFWYN—last Sihhë king, a halfling
HAROSYN—Sihhë king
SADYURNAN—Sihhë king (ancient) in Hen Amas SARYNAN—Sihhë king
ASHYEL—Sihhë halfling, son of Barrakkêth TASHNEN—Sihhë halfling, engineer and strategist, wrote The Art of War
ASWYN—Sihhë halfling, youngest brother of Elfwyn, thought stillborn, body inhabited by Hasufin
Places, Titles, et cetera
ARACHIS—old name, Sihhë connections
ARYCEILLAN—old name (possibly old tribe with Sihhë
connections)
DEATHMAKER—nickname for Barrakkêth
HAFSANDYR—mountains in north, original home of Sihhë
KINGBREAKER—nickname for Barrakkêth
SIHHË, SIHHË’S—lost race, five Sihhë came down from north to rule in Ylesuin and Elwynor
OTHER
BRYALT—religious sect of Ylesuin, mostly Amefin BRYALTINE—of the Bryalts of Ylesuin
BRYSSANDIN—horse breed, used in breeding Crysin horses BATHURYS—old name for Padys Spring
FAR SASSURY—proverb: “the back of beyond”
FIVE GODS—the unnamed gods worshiped by the people of Ylesuin
ILENELUIN, ILENELLUIN—mountain
JORYSAL—a place, and old name in histories LENÚALIM—a river, major border between Elwynor and Ylesuin
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MANYSTYS ALDUN—philosopher, wrote tome on oceans MARCHLANDERS—refers to the southern lords and their armies, excluding Amefel
MERHAS—truth, carved on one side of Tristen’s sword QUINALT—a strict religious cult
QUINALTINE—of the Quinalt
SHADOW HILLS—area north of Ryssand
SHAPING—a creature or person called into being and shaped into flesh by a wizard
SPESTINAN—horse breed
STELLYRHAS—illusion, carved on one side of Tristen’s sword
TERANTHINE—moderate religious cult
WYS—any of a series of villages
WYS-ON-CRESSIT—a village in Ylesuin
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The author of over fifty novels, she makes her home in Spokane, Washington.
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Document Outline
Cover Image
Title Page
Dedication Page
Contents Map of Ylesuin
The Zeide
Prologue
Book One Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Interlude
Book Two Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Interlude
Book Three Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Lexicon
About the Author
Also by C. J. Cherryh
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