The Runes of the Earth: The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant - Book One

by Stephen R. Donaldson

  eftmound: gathering-place for the Elohim

  eh-Brand: one who can use wood to read the Sunbane

  Elemesnedene: home of the Elohim

  Elena: daughter of Lena and Thomas Covenant; later High Lord

  Elohim , the: a mystic people encountered by the wandering Giants

  Elohimfest: a gathering of the Elohim

  Emacrimma’s Maw: a region in the Center Plains

  Enemy: Lord Foul’s term of reference for the Creator Eoman: a unit of the Warward of Lord’s Keep, twenty warriors and a Warhaft

  Eoward: twenty Eoman plus a Haft

  Esmer: tormented son of Cail and the Dancers of the Sea

  fael Befylam: serpent-form of the jheherrin

  Faer: mare of Lord Callindrill

  Fall:Haruchai name for a caesure

  Fangs: the Teeth of the Render; Ramen name for the Demondim

  Fangthane the Render: Ramen name for Lord Foul

  Far Woodhelven: a village of the Land

  Father of Horses, the:Kelenbhrabanal, legendary sire of the Ranyhyn

  Favored, the: courtesans of the gaddhi

  Findail: one of the Elohim; the Appointed

  Fields of Richloam: a region in the Center Plains

  Fire-Lions: living fire-flow of Mount Thunder

  fire-stones: graveling

  First Betrayer: Clave-name for Berek Halfhand

  First Circinate: first level of the Sandhold

  First Haft: third in command of the Warward

  First Mark: the Bloodguard commander

  First of the Search, the: leader of the Giants who follow the Earth-Sight

  First Ward of Kevin’s Lore: primary cache of knowledge left by High Lord Kevin

  Fleshharrower: a Giant-Raver, Jehannum, moksha

  Foamkite:tyrscull belonging to Honninscrave and Seadreamer

  Fole: a Haruchai

  Foodfendhall: eating-hall and galley aboard a Giantship

  Forbidding: a wall of power

  Forestal: a protector of the remnants of the One Forest

  Fostil: a man of Mithil Stonedown; father of Liand

  Foul’s Creche: the Despiser’s home, Ridjeck Thome

  Furl Falls: waterfall at Revelstone

  Furl’s Fire: warning fire at Revelstone

  gaddhi, the: sovereign of Bhrathairealm

  Gallows Howe: a place of execution in Garroting Deep

  Galt: a Haruchai, a Master of the Land; one of the Humbled

  Garroting Deep: a forest of the Land

  Garth: Warmark of the Warward of Lord’s Keep

  Gay: a Winhome of the Ramen

  ghohritsar: a Waynhim

  ghramin: a Waynhim

  Giantclave: Giantish conference

  Giantfriend: title given first to Damelon, later to Thomas Covenant

  Giants: the Unhomed, ancient friends of the Lords; a seafaring people of the Earth

  Giantship: a stone sailing vessel made by Giants; dromond

  Giantway: path made by Giants

  Giant Woods: a forest of the Land

  Gibbon: the na-Mhoram; leader of the Clave

  Gilden: a maple-like tree with golden leaves

  Gildenlode: a power-wood formed from the Gilden trees

  Glimmermere: a lake on the plateau above Revelstone

  Gorak Krembal: Hotash Slay, a defense around Foul’s Creche

  Gossamer Glowlimn: a Giant, the First of the Search

  Grace: a Cord of the Ramen

  Graveler: one who uses stone to wield the Sunbane

  graveling: fire-stones, made to glow by stone-lore

  Gravelingas: a master of the stone-lore

  Gravin Threndor: Mount Thunder

  Great Desert, the: a region of the Earth; home of the Bhrathair and the Sandgorgons

  Great Swamp, the: Lifeswallower, a region of the Land

  Grey Desert, the: a region south of the Land

  Grey River, the: a river of the Land

  Grey Slayer: plains name for Lord Foul

  Greywightswath: a region north of the Soulsease River

  Greshas Slant: a region in the Center Plains

  griffin: lion-like beast with wings

  Grim, the: (also the na-Mhoram’s Grim) a destructive storm sent as an attack by the Clave

  Grimmand Honninscrave: a Giant; Master of Starfare’s Gem; brother of Cable Seadreamer

  Grimmerdhore: a forest of the Land

  Guard, the:hustin; soldiers serving the gaddhi

  Guardian of the One Tree, the: mystical figure warding the approach to the One Tree; ak-Haru Kenaustin Ardenol

  Haft: commander of an Eoward

  Halfhand: title given to Thomas Covenant and to Berek

  Hall of Gifts, the: large chamber in Revelstone devoted to the artworks of the Land

  Hamako: sole survivor of the destruction of During Stonedown

  Hami: a Ramen Manethrall

  Handir: a Haruchai leader, the Voice of the Masters

  Harbor Captain: chief official of the port of Bhrathairealm

  Harn: one of the Haruchai, protector of Hollian

  Haruchai: a warrior people from the Westron Mountains

  Healer: a physician

  Hearthrall of Lord’s Keep: a steward responsible for light, warmth, and hospitality

  Heart of Thunder: cave of power in Mount Thunder; Kiril Threndor

  Hearthcoal: a Giant; cook of Starfare’s Gem; wife of Seasauce

  Heartthew: a title given to Berek Halfhand

  heartwood chamber: meeting-place of a Woodhelven, within a tree

  Heer: leader of a Woodhelven

  Heft Galewrath: a Giant; Storesmaster of Starfare’s Gem

  Herem: a Raver, Kinslaughterer, turiya

  Hergrom: one of the Haruchai

  High Lord: leader of the Council of Lords

  High Lord’s Furl: banner of the High Lord

  High Wood:lomillialor, offspring of the One Tree

  Hile Troy: a man formerly from Thomas Covenant’s world; Warmark of High Lord Elena’s Warward

  Hiltmark: second in command of the Warward

  Hirebrand: a master of wood-lore

  Hoerkin: a Warhaft

  Hollian: daughter of Amith, eh-Brand of Crystal Stonedown

  Home: original homeland of the Giants

  Horizonscan: lookout atop the midmast of a Giantship

  Horse, the: human soldiery of the gaddhi

  horserite: a gathering of Ranyhyn in which they drink mind-blending waters in order to share visions, prophecies, and purpose

  Hotash Slay: flow of lava protecting Foul’s Creche; Gorak Krembal

  Hower: a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Loerya

  Hrama: a Ranyhyn stallion, mount of Anele

  Humbled, the: three Haruchai maimed to resemble Thomas Covenant; a reminder to the Masters of their limitations

  Hurn: a Cord of the Ramen

  hurtloam: a healing mud

  Huryn: a Ranyhyn, Terrel’s mount

  husta/hustin: partly human soldiers bred by Kasreyn to be the gaddhi’s Guard

  Hyn: a Ranyhyn mare; mount of Linden Avery

  Hynaril: a Ranyhyn, mount of Tamarantha and then Mhoram

  Hynyn: a Ranyhyn stallion; mount of Stave

  Hyrim: a Lord, son of Hoole

  Illearth Stone, the: powerful bane long buried under Mount Thunder

  Illender: title given to Thomas Covenant

  Imoiran Tomal-mate: a Stonedownor

  Infelice: reigning leader of the Elohim

  Irin: a warrior of the Third Eoman of the Warward

  Isle of the One Tree, the: location of the One Tree

  Jain: a Manethrall of the Ramen

  Jass: a Haruchai; a Master of the Land

  Jehannum: a Raver, Fleshharrower, moksha

  jheherrin: soft ones, misshapen by-products of Foul’s making

  Jous: a man of Mithil Stonedown; son of Prassan; father of Nassic; inheritor of an Unfettered One’s mission to remember the
Halfhand

  Kalina: wife of Nassic; mother of Sunder; woman of Mithil Stonedown

  Kam: a Manethrall of the Ramen

  Kasreyn of the Gyre: a thaumaturge; the gaddhi’s Kemper (advisor) in Bhrathairealm

  Kastenessen: one of the Elohim; former Appointed

  Kelenbhrabanal: Father of Horses in Ranyhyn legends

  Keeper: a Ramen rank; one of those unsuited to the rigors of being a Cord or a Manethrall

  Keep of the na-Mhoram, the: Revelstone

  Kemper, the: chief advisor of the gaddhi; Kasreyn

  Kemper’s Pitch: highest level of the Sandhold

  Kenaustin Ardenol: a figure of Haruchai legend, paragon and measure of all Haruchai virtues

  Kevin Landwaster: son of Loric Vilesilencer, last High Lord of the Old Lords

  Kevin’s Dirt: smog-like pall covering the Upper Land; invisible from below, it blocks health-sense

  Kevin’s Lore: knowledge of power left hidden by Kevin in the Seven Wards

  Kevin’s Watch: mountain lookout near Mithil Stonedown

  Khabaal: one of the Seven Words

  Kinslaughterer: a Giant-Raver, Herem, turiya

  Kiril Threndor: chamber of power deep under Mount Thunder; Heart of Thunder

  Koral: a Bloodguard; assigned to Lord Amatin

  Korik: a Bloodguard

  kresh: savage giant yellow wolves

  krill, the: knife of power forged by High Lord Loric, awakened to power by Thomas

  Covenant

  Kurash Plenethor: region of the Land formally named Stricken Stone, now called Trothgard

  Kurash Qwellinir: the Shattered Hills, region of the Lower Land protecting Foul’s Creche

  Lake Pelluce: a lake in Andelainscion

  Lal: a Cord of the Ramen

  Landsdrop: great cliff separating the Upper and Lower Lands

  Land, the: generally, area found on the map; a focal region of the Earth where Earthpower is uniquely accessible

  Landsverge Stonedown: a village of the Land

  Landwaster: title given to High Lord Kevin

  Law, the: the natural order

  Law of Death, the: the natural order which separates the living from the dead

  Law of Life, the: the natural order which separates the dead from the living

  Lena: a Stonedownor, daughter of Atiaran; mother of Elena

  Lifeswallower: the Giant Swamp

  lianar: wood of power used by an eh-Brand

  Liand: a man of Mithil Stonedown, son of Fostil; companion of Linden Avery

  lillianrill: wood-lore; masters of wood-lore

  Lithe: a Manethrall of the Ramen

  Llaura: a Heer of Soaring Woodhelven

  Loerya Trevor-mate: a Lord

  lomillialor: High Wood; a wood of power

  Lord: one who has mastered both the Sword and the Staff aspects of Kevin’s Lore

  Lord-Fatherer: title given to Berek Halfhand

  Lord Foul: the enemy of the Land; the Despiser

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

  Lord of Wickedness: a-Jeroth

  Lords, the: the primary protectors of the Land

  Lord’s-fire: staff-fire used by the Lords

  Lord’s Keep: Revelstone

  loremaster: a leader of ur-viles

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

  Lorewarden: a teacher in the Loresraat

  loreworks: Demondim power laboratory

  Loric Vilesilencer: a High Lord; son of Damelon Giantfriend

  lor-liarill: Gildenlode

  Lost, the: Giantish name for the Unhomed

  Lost Deep, the: loreworks; breeding pit/laboratory under Mount Thunder where Demondim, Waynhim, and ur-viles were created

  Lower Land, the: region of the Land east of Landsdrop

  lucubrium: laboratory of a thaumaturge

  lurker of the Sarangrave, the: monster inhabiting the Great Swamp

  Mahdoubt, the: a strange old woman; a servant of Revelstone

  Mahrtiir: a Ramen Manethrall; companion of Linden Avery

  maidan: open land around Elemesnedene

  Maker, the:jheherrin name for Lord Foul

  Maker-place:jheherrin name for Foul’s Creche

  Malliner: Woodhelvennin Heer, son of Veinnin

  Mane: Ramen reference to a Ranyhyn

  Maneing: Ramen ceremony of becoming a Manethrall

  Manethrall: highest Ramen rank

  Manhome: main dwelling place of the Ramen

  Marid: a man of Mithil Stonedown; Sunbane victim

  Marny: a Ranyhyn, Tuvor’s mount

  marrowmeld: bone-sculpting; anundivian yajña

  master-rukh: iron triangle at Revelstone which feeds and reads other rukhs

  Master, the: Clave-name for Lord Foul

  Masters of the Land, the:Haruchai who have claimed responsibility for protecting the Land from corruption

  Mehryl: a Ranyhyn, Hile Troy’s mount

  Melenkurion abatha: phrase of invocation or power; two of the Seven Words

  Melenkurion Skyweir: a cleft peak in the Westron Mountains

  Memla na-Mhoram-in: a Rider of the Clave

  merewives: the Dancers of the Sea

  metheglin: a beverage; mead

  Mhoram: a Lord; later high Lord; son of Variol

  Mill: one of the Seven Words

  Minas: one of the Seven Words

  mirkfruit: papaya-like fruit with narcoleptic pulp

  Mistweave: a Giant

  Mithil River: a river of the Land

  Mithil’s Plunge, the: waterfall at the head of the Mithil valley

  Mithil Stonedown: a village in the South Plains

  moksha: a Raver, Jehannum, Fleshharrower

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

  Morinmoss: a forest of the Land

  Morninglight: one of the Elohim

  Morril: a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Callindrill

  Mount Thunder: a peak at the center of Landsdrop

  Murrin Odona-mate: a Stonedownor

  Myrha: a Ranyhyn, Elena’s mount

  Naharahn: a Ranyhyn mare; mount of Pahni

  na-Mhoram, the: leader of the Clave

  na-Mhoram-cro: lowest rank of the Clave

  na-Mhoram-in: highest rank of the Clave below the na-Mhoram

  na-Mhoram-wist: middle rank of the Clave

  Nassic: father of Sunder; son of Jous; inheritor of an Unfettered One’s mission to remember the Halfhand

  Nelbrin: son of Sunder; “heart’s child”

  Nicor, the: great sea-monster; said to be offspring of the Worm of the World’s End

  Nom: a Sandgorgon

  North Plains, the: a region of the Land

  Northron Climbs, the: a region of the Land

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

  Odona Murrin-mate: a Stonedownor

  Offin: a former na-Mhoram

  Old Lords: Lords prior to the Ritual of Desecration

  Omournil: Woodhelvennin Heer, daughter of Mournil

  One Forest, the: ancient forest covering most of the Land

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

  orcrest: a stone of power; Sunstone; used by Gravelers

  Osondrea: a Lord, later high Lord; daughter of Sondrea

  Padrias: Woodhelvennin Heer; son of Mill

  Pahni: a Cord of the Ramen, cousin of Sahah; companion of Linden Avery

  Peak of the Fire-Lions: Mount Thunder; Gravin Threndor

  Pietten: Woodhelvennin child damaged by Lord Foul’s minions; son of Soranal

  pitchbrew: a beverage combining diamondraught and vitrim, conceived by Pitchwife Pitchwife: a Giant; member of the Search; husband of the First of the Search

  Porib: a Bloodguard

  Power of Command, the: Seventh Ward of Kevin’s Lore

  Pren: a Bloodguard

  Prothall:
High Lord, son of Dwillian

  Prover of Life: title given to Thomas Covenant

  Puhl: a Cord of the Ramen

  Pure One, the: redemptive figure of jheherrin legend

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

  Quest for the Staff of Law: quest to recover the Staff of Law from Drool Rockworm

  Questsimoon, the: the Roveheartswind; a steady, favorable wind, perhaps seasonal

  Quirrel: a Stonedownor, companion of Triock

  Ramen: people who serve the Ranyhyn

  Rant Absolain: the gaddhi

  Ranyhyn: the great horses of the Plains of Ra

  Ravers: Lord Foul’s three ancient servants

  Raw, the: fiord into the demesne of the Elohim

  Rawedge Rim, the: mountains around Elemesnedene

  Reader: a member of the Clave who tends and uses the master-rukh

  Rede, the: knowledge of history and survival promulgated by the Clave

  Revelstone: Lord’s Keep, mountain city formed by Giants

  Revelwood: seat of the Loresraat, tree city grown by Lords

  rhadhamaerl: stone-lore; masters of stone-lore

  rhee: a thick mush, a Ramen food

  Rhohm: a Ranyhn stallion, mount of Liand

  rhysh: a community of Waynhim; “stead”

  rhyshyshim: a gathering of rhysh; a place in which such gathering occurs

  Riddenstretch: a region north of the Soulsease River

  Rider: a member of the Clave

  Ridjeck Thome: Foul’s Creche; the Despiser’s home

  rillinlure: healing wood dust

  Ringthane: Ramen name for Thomas Covenant, then Linden Avery

  ring-wielder:Elohim term of reference for Thomas Covenant

  Rire Grist: a Caitiffin of the gaddhi’s Horse

  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

  Riversward: a region north of the Soulsease River

  Rockbrother, Rocksister: terms of affection between men and Giants

  rocklight: light emitted by glowing stone

  roge Befylam: Cavewight-form of the jheherrin

  Roveheartswind, the: the Questsimoon

  Rue: a Manethrall, formerly named Gay

  Ruel: a Bloodguard, assigned to Hile Troy

  rukh: iron talisman by which a Rider wields the power of the Sunbane

  Runnik: a Bloodguard

  Rustah: a Cord of the Ramen

  sacred enclosure: Vespers-hall at Revelstone