“Enter,” the Emperor called. The massive, dark doors slowly opened to reveal the slender form of a woman. She was in her middle years but still quite the beauty. Her proper, demure robes could not hide her exotic appearance, though, with her dark skin and black hair. She bowed to the Emperor, to the Mage, still picking up red pieces of the shattered orb, and nodded at the advisor, who stared at her with thinly veiled hostility.
“This is your new colleague, my old friend. She knows a great deal about the Flame Dancer and is eager to work with us.”
The woman now bowed to the advisor, but he could tell the gesture was an empty one.
“Greetings,” she said in a cool voice. “My name is Yeshi.”
* * * * *
Under Sea’s Shadow
the next Dancer
will be found
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GLOSSARY
Arrun Woods: Mylikki’s village
Arukan: the name of Kevla’s country
Arukani: native to Arukan
Bai: Generic term for Bai-khas and Bai-shas Bai-sha: “female without father,” derogatory term for illegitimate girl or woman
Bayinba: Lamali term for “raids”
Blessing cloth: magic fabric woven by the tasskali
Clan of the Four Waters: Kevla’s clan
Gahalgeese: bird of Lamal
halaan: slang for “prostitute”
hamantu: the spirit of stonesteaming, embodied by the steam rising up after water is tossed onto the hot rocks
huskaa: bard or minstrel
huskaa-lal: apprentice huskaa
Kevat-aanta: “Spring-Bringer,” term for Jareth
kha: unit of money, gold
khashim: Lord of the clan; plural khashims
khashima: Lady of the clan
khashimu: the young heir, prince
kirvi: Lamali deer
kyndela: Lamali stringed instrument
kurjah: Arukani term for the male organ
kuli: demon
Lamal: Jareth’s homeland, the farthest land north
liah: gazelle-like creature
Riversong: village in Lamal
rhia: a flowing garment worn in Arukan by both sexes
sa’abah: desert animals, with long, fluffy tails, long legs with broad feet, small “hands,” long ears
Skalka Valley: Jareth’s village
selva: large mythic Lamali creature similar to a deer or caribou; tended by the taaskali
-sha-: “daughter of”
Shamizan: board game with colored glass “stones”
simmar: big cat of the desert
skeltha: literally “long sticks” used by the Lamali as skis
snow walkers: snowshoes
stonesteaming hut: Lamali equivalent of a sauna or sweatlodge
sulim: Arukani term for female genitalia
Summer Realm: Lamali term for the afterlife
Tahmu-kha-Rakyn: Kevla’s father, khashim of the Clan of Four Waters
taaskal: a wizard or enchanter, person of powerful magic, plural taaskali
Two Lakes: village where Taya is from
uhlal: term of respect, “gentleman” or “sir”
uhlala: female term, “Lady” or “Ma’am”
usk: gathered bunch of birth branches used in the stonesteaming hut
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