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The Illearth War

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by Stephen R. Donaldson


  Kurash Plenethor: region once called Stricken Stone and later Trothgard

  Kurash Qwellinir: the Shattered Hills

  Lal: a Cord of the Ramen

  Land, the: generally, area found on the Map

  Law of Death, the: the separation of the living and the dead

  Lena: a Stonedownor, daughter of Atiaran and Trell, mother of Elena

  Lifeswallower: the Great Swamp

  lillianrill: woodlore, or masters of woodlore

  Lithe: a Manethrall of the Ramen

  Llaura: Heer of Soaring Woodhelven

  Loerya Trevor-mate: a Lord

  lomillialor: High Wood, a wood of power

  Lord: master of the Sword and Staff parts of Kevin’s Lore

  Lord-Fatherer: Berek Halfhand

  Lord Foul: the enemy of the Land

  “Lord Mhoram’s Victory”: a painting by Ahanna

  Lordsfire: staff fire used by the Lords

  Lord’s Keep: Revelstone

  loremaster: ur-vile leader

  Loresraat: Trothgard school at Revelwood where Kevin’s Lore is studied

  Lorewarden: teacher at the Loresraat

  loreworks: Demondim power laboratory

  Loric Vilesilencer: Old High Lord, son of Damelon Giantfriend

  lor-liarill: Gildenlode

  Lower Land, the: land east of Landsdrop

  Maker, the: jheherrin name for Lord Foul

  Maker-place: Foul’s Creche

  Malliner: Woodhelven Heer, son of Veinnin

  Mane: a Ranyhyn

  Maneing: ceremony of becoming a Manethrall

  Manethrall: highest Ramen rank

  Manhome: main dwelling place of the Ramen

  Marny: a Ranyhyn, Tuvor’s mount

  marrowmeld: bone-sculpting

  Mehryl: a Ranyhyn, Hile Troy’s mount

  Melenkurion abatha: phrase of invocation or power

  Mhoram: a Lord, later High Lord, son of Variol

  moksha: a Raver, Jehannum, Fleshharrower

  Morin: First Mark of the Bloodguard, commander in original Haruchai army

  Morril: a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Callindrill

  Murrin Odona-mate: a Stonedownor

  Myrha: a Ranyhyn, Elena’s mate

  Oath of Peace: oath by the people of the Land against needless violence

  Odona Murrin-mate: a Stonedownor

  Old Lords: Lords prior to the Ritual of Desecration

  Omournil: Woodhelven Heer, daughter of Mournil

  One Forest, the: ancient forest which covered most of the Land

  One Tree, the: mystic tree from which the Staff of Law was made

  orcrest: a stone of power

  Osondrea: a Lord, later High Lord, daughter of Sondrea

  Padrias: Woodhelven Heer, son of Mill

  Peak of the FireLions: Mount Thunder

  Pietten: Woodhelven child damaged by Lord Foul’s minions, son of Soranal

  Porib: a Bloodguard

  Power of Command: Seventh Ward of Kevin’s Lore

  Pren: a Bloodguard

  Prothall: High Lord, son of Dwillian

  Puhl: a Cord of the Ramen

  Quaan: Warhaft of the Third Eoman of the Warward, later Hiltmark, then Warmark

  Quest, the: the search to rescue the Staff of Law

  Quirrel: a Stonedownor, companion of Triock

  Ramen: people who serve the Ranyhyn

  Ranyhyn: the great, free horses of the Plains of Ra

  Ravers: Lord Foul’s three ancient servants

  Revelstone: Lord’s Keep, mountain city of the Lords

  Revelwood: seat of the Loresraat

  rhadhamaerl: stonelore or masters of stonelore

  Ridjeck Thome: Foul’s Creche

  rillinlure: healing wood dust

  Ringthane: Ramen name for Thomas Covenant

  Rites of Unfettering: the ceremony of becoming Unfettered

  Ritual of Desecration: act of despair by which High Lord Kevin destroyed the Old Lords and ruined most of the Land

  Rockbrother, Rocksister: terms of affection between men and Giants

  roge Befylam: Cavewight-form of the jheherrin

  Rue: a Manethrall, formerly named Gay

  Ruel: a Bloodguard, assigned to Hile Troy

  Runnik: a Bloodguard

  Rustah: a Cord of the Ramen

  sacred enclosure: Vespers hall at Revelstone

  Saltheart Foamfollower: a Giant, friend of Thomas Covenant

  samadhi: a Raver, Sheol, Satansfist

  Sandgorgons: monsters described by the Giants

  Satansfist: a Giant-raver, Sheol, samadhi

  Satansheart Soulcrusher: Giantish name for Lord Foul

  Seven Wards, the: collection of knowledge left by Lord Kevin

  Seven Word, the: power-words

  Sheol: a Raver, Satansfist, samadhi

  Shetra Verement-mate: a Lord

  Shull: a Bloodguard

  Sill: a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Hyrim

  Slen Terass-mate: a Stonedownor

  Soranal: Woodhelven Heer, son of Thiller

  Soulcrusher: Giantish name for Lord Foul

  Sparlimb Keelsetter: a Giant, father of triplets

  springwine: a mild, refreshing liquor

  Staff, the: a branch of Kevin’s Lore studied at the Loresraat

  Staff of Law, the: formed by Berek from the One Tree

  Stonedown: a stone-village

  Stonedownor: one who lives in a stone-village

  Stricken Stone: region of Trothgard before renovation

  suru-pa-maerl: a stone craft

  Sword, the: a branch of Kevin’s Lore studied at the Loresraat

  Sword-Elder: chief Lorewarden of the Sword at the Loresraat

  Tamarantha Variol-mate: a Lord, daughter of Enesta

  Terass Slen-mate: an elder of Mithil Stonedown, daughter of Annoria

  Terrel: a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Mhoram, a commander of the original Haruchai army

  test of truth, the: test of veracity by lomillialor or orcrest

  Thew: a Cord of the Ramen

  Thomin: a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Verement

  Tohrm: a Gravelingas and Hearthrall of Lord’s Keep

  Tomal: a Stonedownor craftmaster

  treasure-berries: aliantha, nourishing fruit found throughout the Land

  Trell Atiaran-mate: Gravelingas of Mithil Stonedown, father of Lena

  Trevor Loerya-mate: a Lord

  Triock: a Stonedownor, son of Thuler

  Tull: a Bloodguard

  turiya: a Raver, Herem, Kinslaughterer

  Tuvor: First Mark of the Bloodguard, a commander of the original Haruchai army

  Unbeliever, the: Thomas Covenant

  Unfettered, the: lore-students freed from conventional responsibilities

  Unhomed, the: the Giants

  upland: plateau above Revelstone

  Upper Land: land west of Landsdrop

  ur-Lord: title given to Thomas Covenant

  ur-viles: Demondim-spawn, evil creatures of power

  Vailant: former High Lord

  Vale: a Bloodguard

  Valley of Two Rivers: site of Revelwood

  Variol Farseer Tamarantha-mate: a Lord, later High Lord, son of Pentil, father of Mhoram

  Verement Shetra-mate: a Lord

  viancome: meeting place at Revelwood

  Viles: sires of the Demondim

  Vow, the: Bloodguard oath of service to the Lords

  Ward: a unit of Kevin’s Lore

  Warhaft: commander of an Eoman

  Warlore: “Sword” knowledge in Kevin’s Lore

  Warmark: commander of the Warward

  Warrenbridge: entrance to the catacombs under Mount Thunder

  Warward, the: army of Lord’s Keep

  Wavenhair Haleall: a Giant, wife of Sparlimb Keelsetter, mother of triplets

  Waynhim: tenders of the Waymeets, Demondim-spawn but opponents of the ur-viles

  Whane: a Cord of the Ramen


  Wightwarren: home of the Cavewights under Mount Thunder

  Winhome: lowest Ramen ran

  Woodhelven: wood-village

  Woodhelvennin: inhabitants of a wood-village

  Word of Warning: a powerful, destructive forbidding

  Wraiths of Andelain: creatures of living light that perform the Dance at the Celebration of Spring

  Yeurquin: a Stonedownor, companion of Triock

  Yolenid: daughter of Loerya

  Books by Stephen R. Donaldson

  “The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever”

  Lord Foul’s Bane

  The Illearth War

  The Power that Preserves

  “The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant”

  The Wounded Land

  The One Tree

  White Gold Wielder

  “The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant”

  The Runes of the Earth

  Fatal Revenant

  Against All Things Ending

  The Last Dark

  “Mordant’s Need”

  The Mirror of Her Dreams

  A Man Rides Through

  “The Gap Sequence”

  The Real Story

  Forbidden Knowledge

  A Dark and Hungry God Arises

  Chaos and Order

  This Day All Gods Die

  The “Axbrewder/Fistoulari” novels

  The Man Who Killed His Brother

  The Man Who Risked His Partner

  The Man Who Tried to Get Away

  The Man Who Fought Alone

  Short Story Collections

  Daughter of Regals and Other Tales

  Reave the Just and Other Tales

  Table of Contents

  Cover

  Title Page

  Copyright

  Map

  What Has Gone Before

  Part I: Revelstone

  1: “The Dreams of Men”

  2: Halfhand

  3: The Summoning

  4: “May Be Lost”

  5: Dukkha

  6: The High Lord

  7: Korik’s Mission

  8: “Lord Kevin’s Lament”

  9: Glimmermere

  10: Seer and Oracle

  Part II: The Warmark

  11: War Council

  12: Forth to War

  13: The Rock Gardens of the Maerl

  14: Runnik’s Tale

  15: Revelwood

  16: Forced March

  17: Tull’s Tale

  18: Doom’s Retreat

  19: The Ruins of the Southron Wastes

  20: Garroting Deep

  Part III: The Blood of the Earth

  21: Lena’s Daughter

  22: Anundivian Yajña

  23: Knowledge

  24: Descent to Earthroot

  25: The Seventh Ward

  26: Gallows Howe

  27: Leper

  Dedication

  Glossary

  Other Books by This Author

 

 

 


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