Rise Of Empire: The Riyria Revelations

by Michael J. Sullivan

  CALIDE PORTMORE: Folk song often sung while drinking

  CALIS: cal-lay Southern- and easternmost of the four nations of Apeladorn, considered exotic; in constant conflict with the Ba Ran Ghazel

  CAPSTAN: Spoked wheel on a ship that turns to raise the anchor

  CARAT: Young member of the Black Diamond thieves’ guild

  CASWELL: Family of peasant farmers from Dahlgren

  CENZARS: sen-zhar Wizards of the Old Novronian Empire

  CHAMBERLAIN: Someone who manages the household of a king or nobleman

  COLNORA: call-nor-ah Largest and wealthiest city of Avryn, merchant-based, grew from a rest stop at a central crossroads from various major trade routes

  CONSTANCE, LADY: Noblewoman, fifth imperial secretary to Empress Modina

  CORA: Dairymaid at the imperial palace

  CORNELIUS DELUR: Rich businessman, rumored to finance Nationalists and involved in black market, father of Cosmos

  COSMOS SEBASTIAN DELUR: Son of Cornelius, also known as the Jewel, head of the Black Diamond thieves’ guild

  COXSWAIN: Helmsman of a racing ship

  CRANSTON: Professor at Sheridan University, tried and burned for heresy

  CRIMSON HAND: Thieves’ guild operating out of Melengar

  CROWN CONSPIRACY, THE: Play reputed to be based on the murder of King Amrath, follows the exploits of two thieves and the Prince of Melengar

  CROWN TOWER: Home of the Patriarch, center of the Nyphron Church

  CUTTER: Moniker used by Merrick Marius when a member of the Black Diamond thieves’ guild

  DACCA: Fierce seafaring people who live on the island of Dacca, south of Delgos

  DAGASTAN: Major and easternmost trade port of Calis

  DAHLGREN: dall-grin Remote village on the bank of the Nidwalden River, destroyed by Gilarabrywn

  DANBURY BLACKWATER: Father of Hadrian

  DANTHEN: Woodsman from Dahlgren

  DAREF, LORD: Noble of Warric, associate of Albert Winslow

  DARIUS SERET: Founder of the Seret Knights

  DAVENS: Squire who Arista had a youthful crush on

  DAVIS: Crew member of the Emerald Storm

  DEACON TOMAS: Priest of Dahlgren, witnessed destruction of Gilarabrywn, proclaimed Thrace Wood as the Heir of Novron

  DEFOE, BERNIE: See Bernie Defoe

  DEGAN GAUNT: Leader of the Nationalists, sister of Miranda

  DELANCY, GWEN: See Gwen DeLancy

  DELANO DEWITT: Alias used by Wyatt Deminthal when he framed Hadrian and Royce for King Amrath’s death

  DELGOS: One of the four nations of Apeladorn. The only republic in a world of monarchies, Delgos revolted against the Steward’s Empire after Glenmorgan III was murdered and after surviving an attack by the Ba Ran Ghazel with no aid from the empire.

  DELORKAN, DUKE: Nobleman from Calis

  DELUR: Family of wealthy merchants

  DEMINTHAL, WYATT: See Wyatt Deminthal

  DENEK PICKERING: Youngest son of Count Pickering

  DENNY: Worker at The Rose and Thorn

  DERMONT, LORD: General of imperial army

  DERNING, JACOB: Maintop captain on the Emerald Storm

  DEVON: Monk of Tarin Vale, taught Amilia to read and write

  DEWITT, DELANO: See Delano DeWitt

  DIGBY: Guard at Essendon Castle

  DILLADRUM: Erbonese guide, hired to take crew of the Emerald Storm to Palace of the Four Winds

  DILLNARD LINROY: Royal Financier of Melengar

  DIME: Crew member of the Emerald Storm

  DIOYLION: die-e-leon The Accumulated Letters of Dioylion, a very rare scroll

  DIXON TAFT: Bartender and manager of The Rose and Thorn Tavern, lost an arm in the Battle of Medford

  DOVIN THRANIC: Sentinel of Nyphron Church aboard the Emerald Storm

  DREW, EDGAR: See Edgar Drew

  DR. GERAND: Physician in Ratibor

  DR. LEVY: Physician aboard the Emerald Storm

  DROME: God of the dwarves

  DRONDIL FIELDS: Count Pickering’s castle, once the fortress of Brodric Essendon, the original seat of power in Melengar

  DRUMINDOR: Dwarven-built fortress located at the entrance to Terlando Bay in Tur Del Fur, can utilize lava from nearby volcano for its defense

  DRUNDEL: Peasant family from Dahlgren consisting of Mae, Went, Davie, and Firth

  DUNLAP, PAUL: Former carriage driver of King Urith, dead

  DUNMORE: Youngest and least sophisticated kingdom of Avryn, ruled by King Roswort; member of the New Empire

  DUNSTAN: Baker in Hintindar, childhood friend of Hadrian, married to Arbor

  DURBO: Tenkin dwelling

  DUR GURON: Easternmost portion of Calis

  DUSTER: Moniker used by Royce while a member of the Black Diamond

  ECTON, SIR: Chief knight of Count Pickering and military general of Melengar

  EDGAR DREW: Old seaman on the Emerald Storm, died in a fall

  EDITH MON: Head maid in charge of the scullery and chamber servants in the imperial palace

  EDMUND HALL: Professor of geometry at Sheridan University, reputed to have found Percepliquis, declared a heretic by the Nyphron Church, imprisoned in the Crown Tower

  ELAN: The world

  ELDEN: Large man, friend of Wyatt Deminthal

  ELINYA: Esrahaddon’s girlfriend

  ELLA: Cook at Drondil Fields

  ELLA: Maid at imperial palace

  ELLIS FAR, THE: Melengarian ship

  ELVEN: Pertaining to elves

  EMERALD STORM, THE: Ship of the New Empire, captained by Seward

  EMERY DORN: Young revolutionary living in Ratibor

  EMPRESS MODINA: See Modina, Empress

  ENDEN, SIR: Knight of Chadwick, considered second best to Breckton

  ERANDABON GILE: Panther of Dur Guron, Tenkin Warlord, madman

  ERBON: Region of Calis northwest from Mandalin

  EREBUS: Father of the gods, also known as Kile

  ERIVAN: ear-ah-van Elven Empire

  ERMA EVERTON: Alias used by Arista while in Hintindar

  ERVANON: err-vah-non City in northern Ghent, seat of the Nyphron Church, once the capital of the Steward’s Empire as established by Glenmorgan I

  ESRAHADDON: ez-rah-hod-in Wizard, former member of the Cenzar, convicted of destroying the Old Empire, sentenced to imprisonment, held in Gutaria

  ESSENDON: ez-in-don Royal family of Melengar

  ESSENDON CASTLE: Home of ruling monarchs of Melengar

  ESTRAMNADON: es-tram-nah-don Believed to be the capital or at least a very sacred place in the Erivan Empire

  ESTRENDOR: es-tren-door Northern wastes

  ETCHER: Member of the Black Diamond thieves’ guild

  ETHELRED, LANIS: eth-el-red Former king of Warric, co-regent of New Empire, Imperialist

  EVERTON: Alias used by Arista, Hadrian, and later Royce

  EVLIN: City along the banks of the Bernum River

  FALINA BROCKTON: Real name of Emerald, waitress at The Rose and Thorn Tavern

  FALQUIN: Professor at Sheridan University

  FANEN PICKERING: fan-in Middle son of Count Pickering, killed by Luis Guy

  FAN IRLANU: Visionary of Oudorro, seer, fortune-teller

  FAQUIN: Inept magician who uses alchemy rather than channeling the Art

  FAULD, THE ORDER OF: fall-ed Post-imperial order of knights dedicated to preserving the skill and discipline of the Teshlor Knights

  FENITILIAN: Monk of Maribor, made warm shoes

  FERROL: God of the elves

  FINILESS: Noted author

  FINISHER: Stealthy Ghazel fighter

  FINLIN, ETHAN: Member of the Black Diamond, stores smuggled goods, owns windmill

  FLETCHER: Maker of arrows

  FORECASTLE: Raised portion in the bow of a ship containing living quarters of senior crew members

  FORREST: Ratibor citizen with fighting experience, son of a silversmith

  GAFTON: Imperial admiral
r />   GALEANNON: gale-e-an-on Kingdom of Avryn, ruled by Fredrick and Josephine, member of the New Empire

  GALENTI: ga-lehn’-tay Calian nickname attributed to Hadrian

  GALEWYR RIVER: gale-wahar Marks the southern border of Melengar and the northern border of Warric and reaches the sea near the fishing village of Roe

  GALIEN: gal-e-in Archbishop of the Nyphron Church

  GALILIN: gal-ah-lin Province of Melengar formerly ruled by Count Pickering

  GAUNT, DEGAN: See Degan Gaunt

  GEMKEY: Gem that opens a gemlock

  GEMLOCK: Dwarven invention that seals a container or entrance and can only be opened with a precious gem of the right type and cut

  GENTRY SQUARE: Affluent district of Melengar

  GERALD BANIFF: Primary bodyguard of Empress Modina

  GERTY: Midwife in Hintindar who delivered Hadrian, married to Abelard

  GHAZEL: gehz-ell Ba Ran Ghazel, the dwarven name for goblins, literally: Sea Goblins

  GHAZEL SEA: Southern body of water east of the Sharon Sea

  GHENT: Ecclesiastical holding of the Nyphron Church, member of New Empire

  GILARABRYWN: gill-lar-ah-bren Elven beast of war; one escaped Avempartha and destroyed village of Dahlgren before being killed by Thrace

  GILL: Sentry in the Nationalist army

  GINLIN: gin-lin Monk of Maribor, winemaker, refused to touch a knife

  GLAMRENDOR: glam-ren-door Capital of Dunmore

  GLENMORGAN: 326 years after the fall of the Novronian Empire, this native of Ghent reunited the four nations of Apeladorn; founder of Sheridan University; creator of the great north-south road; builder of the Ervanon palace (of which only the Crown Tower remains)

  GLENMORGAN II: Son of Glenmorgan. When his father died young, the new and inexperienced emperor relied on church officials to assist him in managing his empire. They in turn took the opportunity to manipulate the emperor into granting sweeping powers to the church and nobles loyal to the church. These leaders opposed defending Delgos against the invading Ba Ran Ghazel in Calis and the Dacca in Delgos, arguing the threat would increase dependency on the empire.

  GLENMORGAN III: Grandson of Glenmorgan. Shortly after assuming the stewardship, he attempted to reassert control over the realm his grandfather had created by leading an army against the invading Ghazel that had reached southeastern Avryn. He defeated the Ghazel at the First Battle of Vilan Hills and announced plans to ride to the aid of Tur Del Fur. Fearing his rise in power, in the sixth year of his reign, his nobles betrayed and imprisoned him in Blythin Castle. Jealous of his popularity and growing strength, and resentful of his policy of stripping the nobles and clergy of their power, the church charged him with heresy. He was found guilty and executed. This began the rapid collapse of what many called the Steward’s Empire. The church later claimed the nobles had tricked them, and condemned many, most of whom reputedly ended their lives badly.

  GLOUSTON: Province of northern Warric bordering on the Galewyr River, formerly ruled by Marquis Lanaklin, invaded and taken over by the New Empire

  GNOME, THE: Nickname of The Laughing Gnome Tavern

  GRADY: Seaman on the Emerald Storm

  GRAVIS: Dwarf who sabotaged Drumindor

  GREAT SWORD: Long sword designed to be held with both hands

  GREEN: Lieutenant on the Emerald Storm

  GREIG: Carpenter aboard the Emerald Storm

  GRELAD, JERISH: See Jerish Grelad

  GRIBBON: Flag of Mandalin Calis

  GRIGOLES: gry-holes Author of Grigoles Treatise on Imperial Common Law

  GRIMBALD: Blacksmith in Hintindar

  GRONBACH: Dwarf, fairy-tale villain

  GRUMON, MASON: grum-on Blacksmith in Medford, worked for Riyria, died in Battle of Medford

  GUARDIAN OF THE HEIR: Teshlor, protector of the Heir of Novron

  GUNGUAN: Vintu pack ponies

  GUR EM: Thickest part of the jungle in Calis

  GUTARIA: goo-tar-ah Secret Nyphron prison designed to hold Esrahaddon

  GUY, LUIS: See Luis Guy

  GWEN DELANCY: Calian prostitute and proprietor of Medford House and The Rose and Thorn Tavern in Medford, girlfriend of Royce Melborn

  HADDY: Childhood nickname of Hadrian

  HADRIAN BLACKWATER: Mercenary, one-half of Riyria

  HALBERD: Two-handed pole used as a weapon

  HANDEL: Master at Sheridan University, originally from Roe, proponent to have Delgos’s Republic officially recognized

  HARBERT: Tailor in Hintindar, husband of Hester

  HARVEST MOON: Full moon nearest the fall equinox

  HEIR OF NOVRON: Direct descendant of demigod Novron, destined to rule all of Avryn

  HELDABERRY: Wild-growing fruit often used to make wine

  HESLON: Monk of Maribor, great cook

  HIGHCOURT FIELDS: Once the site of the supreme noble judicial court of law in Avryn, location of Wintertide games

  HILFRED, REUBEN: Former bodyguard of Princess Arista, severely burned in Dahlgren

  HILL DISTRICT: Affluent neighborhood in Colnora

  HIMBOLT: Baron of Melengar

  HINGARA: Calian guide, died in jungles of Gur Em

  HINTINDAR: Small manorial village in Rhenydd, home of Hadrian Blackwater

  HOBBIE: Stableboy in Hintindar

  HORN OF DELGOS: Landmark used by sailors to determine the southernmost tip of Delgos

  HORN OF GYLINDORA: Item Esrahaddon indicates is buried in Percepliquis

  HOUSE, THE: Nickname used for Medford House

  HOYTE: Onetime First Officer of the Black Diamond, set up Royce to kill Jade, sent Royce to Manzant Prison, killed by Royce

  IBIS THINLY: Head cook of the imperial palace

  IMP: Slang for Imperialist

  IMPERIALISTS: Political party that desires to unite all the kingdoms of men under a single leader who is the direct descendant of the demigod Novron

  IMPERIAL PALACE: Seat of power of the New Empire

  IMPERIAL SECRETARY: Caretaker of Empress Modina, charged with making her publically presentable

  JACOB DERNING: See Derning, Jacob

  JADE: Assassin in the Black Diamond, girlfriend of Merrick, mistakenly killed by Royce

  JENKINS TALBERT: Squire in Tarin Vale

  JEREMY: Guard at Essendon Castle

  JERISH GRELAD: Teshlor Knight, first Guardian of the Heir, protector of Nevrik

  JERL, LORD: Nobleman, neighbor of the Pickerings known for his prize-winning hunting dogs

  JEWEL, THE: Head of the international Black Diamond thieves’ guild, also known as Cosmos DeLur

  JIMMY: Tavern worker at The Laughing Gnome

  JOQDAN: jok-dan Warlord of the Tenkin village of Oudorro

  JULIAN TEMPEST: Chamberlain of the kingdom of Melengar

  KAZ: Calian term for anyone with mixed elven and human blood

  KENDELL, EARL: Nobleman of Melengar, loyal to Alric Essendon

  KHAROLL: Long dagger

  KILE: Name used by Erebus when sent to Elan, performs good deeds in the form of a man

  KILNAR: City in the south of Rhenydd

  KNOB: Baker at the imperial palace

  KRINDEL: Prelate of the Nyphron Church and historian

  KRIS DAGGER: Weapon with a wavy blade, sometimes used in magic rituals

  LAMBERT, IGNATIUS: Chancellor of Sheridan University

  LANAKLIN: Once ruling family of Glouston, currently in exile in Melengar, opposes the New Empire

  LANDONER: Professor at Sheridan University, tried and burned for heresy

  LANKSTEER: Capital city of the Lordium kingdom of Trent

  LAUGHING GNOME, THE: Tavern in Ratibor