by Janny Wurts
pronounced: vast-mark
root meaning: vhast - bare; mheark - valley
VERRAIN - spellbinder, trained by Luhaine; stood as Guardian of Mirthlvain when the Fellowship of Seven was left shorthanded after the conquest of the Mistwraith.
pronounced: ver-rain
root meaning: ver - keep; ria - touch; an - one original Paravian: verria’an
WARD - a guarding spell.
pronounced: as in English
root meaning: not from the Paravian
WARDEN OF ALTHAIN - alternative title for the Fellowship sorcerer, Sethvir.
WATERFORK - city located in Lithmere, Havish.
WERPOINT - fishing town and outpost on the northeast coast of Fallowmere, Rathain. Musterpoint for Lysaer’s war host.
pronounced: were-point
root meaning: wyr - all/sum
WEST END - small merchant town in Korias, Tysan. Once was a great port, before the Mistwraith’s invasion, but the loss of navigational arts set the city into decline.
WEST GATE PROPHECY - prophecy made by Dakar the Mad Prophet in Third Age Year 5061, which forecast the return of royal talent through the West Gate, and the bane of Desh-thiere and a return to untramelled sunlight.
WESTLAND SEA - body of water located off the west shore of the continent of Paravia.
WESTWOOD - forest located in Camris, Tysan, north of the Great West Road.
WHITEHOLD - city located on the coast of Eltair Bay in East Halla, Melhalla. Once saved from storm surge and flooding by a circle of Koriani Seniors.
WORLDSEND GATES - set at the four compass points of the continent of Paravia. These were spelled portals constructed by the Fellowship of Seven at the dawn of the Third Age, and were done in connection with the obligations created by their compact with the Paravian races which allowed men to settle on Athera.
Acknowledgments
Thanks go to Mike Floerkey, Suzanne Parnell, Peita Pentram: for early warning on missed plot points; and to David Bell, Mickey Zucker Reichert, Mike Freeman, Perry Lee, and Steve and Martha Mollet: for practical angles on some research that went beyond mere books; Deanne Miller, for back-up support; Jeffrey Watson, for scanning the old glossary; And for my longsuffering editors, for letting the project take its own path: fane Johnson, John Silbersack, Christopher Schelling.
About the Author
The Ships of Merior
Janny Wurts is the author of several successful fantasy novels including the Cycle of Fire trilogy (Stormwarden, The Keeper of the Keys and Shadowfane) and the Master of Whitestorm. She is also the author, with Raymond E. Feist, of the Empire series (Daughter of the Empire, Servant of the Empire and Mistress of the Empire).
Her skill as a horsewoman, offshore sailor and musician is reflected in her novels. She is also a talented artist and has recently been awarded the Chesley Award for illustration. The cover of The Ships of Merior is one of her own paintings. She lives in Florida, USA.
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The Cycle of Fire Trilogy
1. Stormwarden
2. Keeper of the Keys
3. Shadowfane
Sorcerer’s Legacy
The Master of Whitestorm
That Way Lies Camelot
The Wars of Light and Shadows
1. The Curse of the Mistwraith
2. The Ships of Merior
3. Warhost of Vastmark
The Alliance of Light
1. Fugitive Prince
2. Grand Conspiracy
and with Raymond E. Feist
Daughter of the Empire
Servant of the Empire
Mistress of the Empire
Two princes, dark and fair
Cursed by the Mistwraith, Desh-thiere
Hate bound them
Blood crowned them
‘Til cold death, war must hound them:
Vie for the shadows and the light
Die blind in shadows, burned in light
Cry, ‘Down the shadows, hail the light!’
VERSE FROM A CHILDREN’S GAME
FOURTH AGE 1220
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