The Runes of the Earth
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Salttooth: jutting rock in the harbor of Giants’ Home
samadhi: a Raver, Sheol, Satansfist
Sandgorgons: monsters of the Great Desert of Bhrathairealm
Sandgorgons Doom: imprisoning storm created by Kasreyn to trap the Sandgorgons
Sandhold, the: the gaddhi’s castle in Bhrathairealm
Sandwall, the: the great wall defending Bhrathairain
Santonin na-Mhoram-in: a Rider of the Clave
Sarangrave Flat: a region of the Lower Land; the Great Swamp
Satansfist: a Giant-Raver, Sheol, samadhi
Satansheart: Giantish name for Lord Foul
Search, the: quest of the Giants for the wound in the Earth; later the quest for the Isle of the One Tree
Seareach: region of the Land occupied by the Unhorned
Seasauce: a Giant; cook of Starfare’s Gem; husband of Hearthcoal
Seatheme: dead wife of Sevinhand
Second Circinate: second level of the Sandhold
Second Ward: second unit of Kevin’s hidden knowledge
setrock: a type of stone used with pitch to repair stone
Seven Hells, the: a-Jeroth’s demesne: desert, rain, pestilence, fertility, war, savagery, and darkness
Seven Wards, the: collection of knowledge hidden by High Lord Kevin
Seven Words, the: words of power from Kevin’s Lore
Sevinhand: Anchormaster of Starfare’s Gem; a Giant
Shattered Hills: a region of the Land near Foul’s Creche
Sheol: a Raver, Satansfist, samadhi
Shetra Verement-mate: a Lord
shola: a small wooden glen where a stream runs between unwooded hills
Shipsheartthew: the wheel of a Giantship
Shull: a Bloodguard
Sill: a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Hyrim
Sivit na-Mhoram-wist: a Rider of the Clave
skest: acid-creatures serving the lurker of the Sarangrave
skurj: ominous, unexplained beings
Slen Terass-mate: a Stonedownor
soft-ones: the jheherrin
Somo: horse taken by Liand from Mithil Stonedown
soothreader: a seer
soothtell: ritual of revelation practiced by the Clave
Soranal: a Woodhelvennin Heer, son of Thiller
Soulbiter, the: a dangerous ocean of Giantish legend
Soulbiter’s Teeth: reefs in the Soulbiter
Soulcrusher: Giantish name for Lord Foul
Sparlimb Keelsetter: a Giant, father of triplets
Spikes, the: guard-towers at the mouth of Bhrathairain Harbor
Spray Forthsurge: a Giant; mother of the First of the Search
springwine: a mild, refreshing liquor
Staff, the: a branch of Kevin’s Lore
Staff of Law, the: a tool of Earthpower; the first Staff was formed by Berek from the One Tree and later destroyed by Thomas Covenant; the second was formed by Linden Avery by using wild magic to merge Vain and Findail
Stallion of the First Herd, the:Kelenbhrabanal
Starfare’s Gem: Giantship used by the Search
Starkin: one of the Elohim
Stave: a Haruchai; a Master of the Land; companion of Linden Avery
Stell: one of the Haruchai; protector of Sunder
Stonedown: a stone-village
Stonedownor: one who lives in a stone-village
Stonemight, the: a fragment of the Illearth Stone
Stonemight Woodhelven: a village in the South Plains
Storesmaster: third in command aboard a Giantship
Stricken Stone: region of the Land; now called Trothgard
Sunbane, the: a power arising from the corruption of nature by Lord Foul
Sunbirth Sea: ocean east of the Land
Sunder: son of Nassic; Graveler of Mithil Stonedown
Sun-Sage: one who can affect the Sunbane
Sunstone:orcrest
sur-jheherrin: descendants of the jheherrin; inhabitants of Sarangrave Flat suru-pa-maerl: an art using stone
Swarte: a Rider
Swordmain/Swordmainnir: a Giant trained as a warrior
Sword, the: a branch of Kevin’s Lore
Sword-Elder: chief Lorewarden of the Sword at the Loresraat
Tamarantha Variol-mate: a Lord, daughter of Enesta
Teeth of the Render, the: Fangs; Ramen name for the Demondim
Terass Slen-mate: a Stonedownor, daughter of Annoria
Terrel: a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Mhoram; a commander of the original Haruchai army
test of silence: test of integrity used by the people of the Land
test of truth, the: test of veracity by lomillialor or orcrest
The Grieve:Coercri, home of the Giants in Seareach
Thelma Twofist: character in a Giantish tale
The Majesty: throne room of the gaddhi; fourth level of the Sandhold
Thew: a Cord of the Ramen
Third Ward: third unit of Kevin’s hidden knowledge
Thomin: a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Verement
Three Corners of Truth, the: basic formulation of beliefs promulgated by the Clave
Tier of Riches, the: showroom of the gaddhi’s wealth; third level of the Sandhold
thronehall, the: the Despiser’s seat in Foul’s Creche
Tohrm: a Gravelingas; Hearthrall of Lord’s Keep
Tomal: a Stonedownor craftmaster
Toril:Haruchai lost to the Clave
Treacher’s Gorge: ravine opening into Mount Thunder
treasure-berries:aliantha; nourishing fruit found throughout the Land in all seasons
Trell Atiaran-mate: Gravelingas of Mithil Stonedown, father of Lena
Trevor Loerya-mate: a Lord
Triock: a Stonedownor, son of Thuler; loved Lena
Trothgard: a region of the Land; formerly Stricken Stone
Tull: a Bloodguard
turiya: a Raver, Herem, Kinslaughterer
Tuvor: First Mark of the Bloodguard; a commander of the original Haruchai army
tyrscull: a Giantish training vessel for apprentice sailors
Unbeliever, the: title claimed by Thomas Covenant
Unfettered, the: lore-students freed from conventional responsibilities to seek individual knowledge and service
Unfettered One, the: founder of a line of men waiting to greet Thomas Covenant’s return to the Land
Unhomed, the: the Giants living in Seareach
upland: plateau above Revelstone
Upper Land: region of the Land west of Landsdrop
ur-Lord: title given to Thomas Covenant
ur-viles: Demondim-spawn, evil creatures
ussusimiel: nourishing melon grown by the people of the Land
Vailant: former high Lord before Prothall
Vain: Demondim-spawn; bred by ur-viles for a secret purpose
Vale: a Bloodguard
Valley of Two Rivers, the: site of Revelwood in Trothgard
Variol Tamarantha-mate: a Lord; later High Lord; son of Pentil; father of Mhoram
Verement Shetra-mate: a Lord
Verge of Wandering, the: valley in the Southron Mountains southeast of Mithil Stonedown; gathering place of the Ramen
Vespers: self-consecration ritual of the Lords
viancome: meeting place at Revelwood
Victuallin Tayne: a region in the Center Plains
Viles, the: monstrous beings which created the Demondim
vitrim: nourishing fluid created by the Waynhim
Voice of the Masters, the: a Haruchai leader; spokesman for the Masters as a group
voure: a plant-sap which wards off insects
Vow, the:Haruchai oath of service which formed the Bloodguard
vraith: a Waynhim
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 un
der Mount Thunder
Warward, the: army of Lord’s Keep
Wavedancer: Giantship commanded by Brow Gnarlfist
Wavenhair Haleall: a Giant, wife of Sparlimb Keelsetter; mother of triplets
Waymeet: resting place for travelers maintained by Waynhim
Waynhim: tenders of the Waymeets; rejected Demondim-spawn, opponents and relatives of ur-viles
Weird of the Waynhim, the: Waynhim concept of doom, destiny, or duty
Whane: a Cord of the Ramen
white gold: a metal of power not found in the Land
white gold wielder: title given to Thomas Covenant
White River, the: a river of the land
Whrany: a Ranyhyn stallion, mount of Bhapa
Wightburrow, the: cairn under which Drool Rockworm is buried
Wightwarrens: home of the Cavewights under Mount Thunder; catacombs
wild magic: the power of white gold; considered the keystone of the Arch of Time
Wildwielder: white gold wielder; Esmer’s name for Linden Avery
Windscour: region in the Center Plains
Windshorn Stonedown: a village in the South Plains
Winhome: Ramen lowest rank
Woodenwold: region of trees surrounding the maidan of Elemesnedene
Woodhelven: wood-village
Woodhelvennin: inhabitants of wood-village
Word of Warning: a powerful, destructive forbidding
Worm of the World’s End, the: creature believed by the Elohim to have formed the foundation of the Earth
Wraiths of Andelain, the: creatures of living light that perform the Dance at the Celebration of Spring
Würd of the Earth, the: term used by the Elohim to describe their own nature, destiny, or purpose; could be read as Word, Worm, or Weird
Yeurquin: a Stonedownor, companion of Triock
Yolenid: daughter of Loerya
Stephen R. Donaldson is the author of six previous Covenant books: Lord Foul’s Bane, The Illearth War, The Power That Preserves, The Wounded Land, The One Tree, and White Gold Wielder, as well as the Gap sequence novels and The Man Who . . . series of mystery novels. He lives in New Mexico, where he is at work on the second novel of The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant.