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by Donaldson, Stephen R.


  Seven Wards, the: collection of knowledge hidden by High Lord Kevin

  Seven Words, the: words of power from Kevin’s Lore

  Sevinhand: a Giant, Anchormaster of Starfare’s Gem

  Shattered Hills, the: a region of the Land near Foul’s Creche

  She Who Must Not Be Named: an ancient bane slumbering under Mount Thunder, now composed of many lost women

  Sheol: a Raver, Satansfist, samadhi

  Shetra: a Lord, wife of Verement

  Shipsheartthew: the wheel of a Giantship

  shola: a small wooded glen where a stream runs between unwooded hills

  Shull: a Bloodguard

  Sill: a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Hyrim

  Sivit: a Rider of the Clave, one of the na-Mhoram-wist

  skest: acid-creatures serving the lurker of the Sarangrave, descended from the jheherrin

  skurj: laval monsters that devour earth and vegetation; long ago, the Elohim Kastenessen was Appointed (the Durance) to prevent them from wreaking terrible havoc

  Slen: a Stonedownor, mate of Terass

  Snared One, the: ur-vile name for Lord Foul the Despiser

  Soar Gladbirth: a Giant; youngest son of Pitchwife and Gossamer Glowlimn

  Soaring Woodhelven: a tree-village

  soft ones, the: the jheherrin

  Somo: pinto 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

  South Plains, the: a region of the Land

  Sparlimb Keelsetter: a Giant, father of triplets

  Spikes, the: guard-towers at the mouth of Bhrathairain Harbor

  Spoiled Plains, the: a region of the Lower Land

  Spray Frothsurge: a Giant; mother of the First of the Search

  springwine: a mild, refreshing liquor

  Staff, the: a branch of the study 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

  Stormpast Galesend: a Giant; one of the Swordmainnir

  Stricken Stone: region of the Land, later called Trothgard

  Sunbane, the: a power arising from the corruption of nature by Lord Foul

  Sunbirth Sea, the: ocean east of the Land

  Sunder: son of Nassic; Graveler of Mithil Stonedown; companion of Thomas Covenant and Linden Avery

  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 of the Clave

  Sword, the: a branch of the study of Kevin’s Lore

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

  Swordmain/Swordmainnir: Giant(s) trained as warrior(s)

  Syr Embattled: former Forestal of Giant Woods

  Tamarantha: a Lord, daughter of Enesta, wife of Variol

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

  Terass: a Stonedownor, daughter of Annoria, wife of Slen

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

  test of silence, the: 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 lost Giants in Seareach

  Thelma Twofist: character in a Giantish tale

  The Majesty: throne room of the gaddhi; fourth level of the Sandhold

  Theomach, the: one of the Insequent

  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 taught and enforced by the Clave

  thronehall, the: the Despiser’s seat in Foul’s Creche

  Tier of Riches, the: showroom of the gaddhi’s wealth; third level of the Sandhold

  Timewarden: Elohim title for Thomas Covenant after his death

  Tohrm: a Gravelingas; Hearthrall of Lord’s Keep

  Tomal: a Stonedownor craftmaster

  Toril: Haruchai slain by the Clave

  Treacher’s Gorge: ravine opening into Mount Thunder

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

  Trell: Gravelingas of Mithil Stonedown; husband of Atiaran, father of Lena

  Trevor: a Lord, husband of Loerya

  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 lost Giants living in Seareach

  unMaker-made, the: in jheherrin legend, living beings not created by the Maker

  upland: plateau above Revelstone

  Upper Land, the: 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: a Lord, husband of Shetra

  Verge of Wandering, the: valley in the Southron Range southeast of Mithil Stonedown; gathering place of the nomadic Ramen

  Vernigil: a Haruchai; a Master of the Land guarding First Woodhelven

  Vertorn: a healer in Berek Halfhand’s army

  Vespers: self-consecration rituals of the Lords

  Vettalor: Warmark of the army opposing Berek Halfhand

  viancome: meeting place at Revelwood

  Victuallin Tayne: a region in the Center Plains

  Vidik Amar: a region of the Earth

  Viles: monstrous beings which created the Demondim

  vitrim: nourishing fluid created by the Waynhim

  Vizard, the: one of the Insequent

  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 under 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

  were-menhir(s): Giantish name for the skurj

  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; title given to Linden Avery by Esmer and the Elohim

  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

  Yellinin: a soldier in Berek Halfhand’s army; third-in-command of the tenth Eoman, second Eoward

  Yeurquin: a Stonedownor, companion of Triock

  Yolenid: daughter of Loerya

  Zaynor: a Haruchai from a time long before the Haruchai first came to the Land

 

 

 


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