Avin - A former church lawyer who escaped to Enhedu with Geart
Barok - Arilas of Enhedu, heir to the throne of Edonia, One of the last three surviving princes of Zoviya
Bayen - The god of Zoviya
Bellion - Rich noble family from Eril
Bendent - Arilas of Thanin, and cousin to the Exaltier
Bergion - The southern sea that often sends cold winds north
Berm - A vast southeastern province of tundra and mountains
Bessradi - The capital city of the Zoviyan Empire
Bleau - Noble family in Kuet
Bluecoat - Another name for a Hemari soldier
Bunda-Hith - The monstrous mountains in Berm
Chaukai - The secret order sworn to the King of Edonia
Corneth - A rich noble family in Alsonelm
Cynt - A rich family in the Oreol
Daavum Mountains - A thick mountain range that runs south from Enhedu through Trace into Heneur
Dagoda - A Zoviyan school that trains young women to serve the rich and powerful men of Zoviya
Dahar - A poor eastern province
Dame - A familiar title for the oldest woman in a family or place, grandmother
Darmia - Leger’s wife, sister to Evela
Dekay - A conservancy priest that serves Sikhek
Deyalu (way of the blood) - A wing of the Bessradi Palace where the Exalier’s sons are raised
Dia - Matron of Urnedi, married to Barok
Dooma, Avinda - Avin’s full name
Eargram - Urnedi’s bailiff
Edonia - A kingdom destroyed by the Zoviya Empire
Ellyon Grano - A Hemari captain who serves with Evand
Enhedu - A desolate northern province
Eppel O’Nrosevel - Horsemaster in Alsonvale
Erd Oklas - Warden of Trace, brother to Erom
Erik Feseq - A Hemari colonel
Eril - A rich western coastal province
Erom Oklas - Mayor of Urnedi, brother of Erd
Errati Saristrava - A moneylender that works for Chancellor Parsatayn
Evand - Hemari colonel, one of the last three surviving princes of Zoviya
Evela - Sister to Darmia
Exaltier (Sword of Bayen) - The head of the executive branch of the Zoviyan government
Fana - Barok’s senior scribe
Fell Pony - A stout mountain pony
Fenol - A swordmaster in Bessradi
Feseq - A noble family from Urmand
Fleur - A master of horses, Sahin’s sister
Furstundish - A Chaukai family that includes Gern
Geart - Healer and singer in Enhedu, was Barok’s body guard for many years
Gern - A Chaukai at Urnedi, married to Fana
Greencoat - The name give to the soldiers from Enhedu
Grand Mhedhil - A famous avenue of shops and baths in Bessradi
Grano - A noble family from central Thanin
Haton - A barkeep and leader of a Bessradi labor association
Harod Serm - Arilas of Aderan
Havish - A rich eastern province
Hemari (bluecoat) - Zoviya’s elite soldiers that garrison at its capital and gateway cities
Heneur - A mountainous coastal province in the northwest
Hessier - Soldiers of the conservancy
Horace - A Chaukai healer
Hooak - Noble family from Thanin
Hurdu - Cavalry from Urmand
Kaaryon - The capital territory of the Zoviyan Empire
Kennculli - A Chaukai family
Kalot - Darmia and Evela’s family name
Khrim - A poor northeastern coastal province
Kiel - Noble family of Aneth
Kuet - A poor southwestern coastal province
Kuren Pormes - Former Arilas of Trace
Kyoden - The last King of Edonia
Leger - Barok’s alsman and leader of the Chaukai
Lilly - A young girl at Urnedi
Liv - A girl from Dagoda
Ludoq - Defeated royal family from Havish, rumored to remain in hiding
Mangor root - a dark root that interferes with pregnancy when ingested
Marrow - Evand’s golden Akal-Tak mare
Mercanfur, Elsar - Admiral of Enhedu’s young fleet
Merit - A carpenter from Almidi
Mhedhil - A famous avenue at the capital of shops and baths
Minister - The head of the conservancy branch of the Zoviyan government, responsible for the Hessier
Moorsmoth - A city on the Oreol Coast
Nolumari - A lawyer of the church
Ojesti - A small village in Enhedu
Okel - Evand’s master sergeant
Oenry Kiel - The Arilas of Aneth
Onmar - A merchant
Oreol Coast - A western region of Trace ceded to Enhedu after losing a war
Osburth - A city along the Oreol Coast
Parsatayn, Helet - The Chancellor of Bessradi
Pemini - A cook at Urnedi
Pikailia (Pix) - One of Soma’s daughters
Pormes - A weak royal family from Trace
Pqrista - Royal Family of Heneur that rebelled and was defeated by the Yentif
Rahan - An elder Zoviyan prince that was assassinated
Raydau - A rich family in the Oreol
Red Hat - A senior prelate of the Church of Bayen
Reeve - A man responsible for the collection of provincial taxes
Ryat - A church librarian in Bessradi
Sahin - A bowyer in Enhedu
Sedauer - A family of Chaukai that includes Fana
Selt - A scribe from Bessradi who works for Prince Rahan
Serm - A noble family in Aderan
Sevat - Barok’s master carriagemaker
Sikhek - Minister of Zoviya and the most powerful of the Hessier
Soma - Mother of nine from Enhedu
Sten (Mouth of Bayen) - The head of the religious branch of the Zoviyan government and chief prelate of the court
Tanayon - A cathedral in Bessradi that houses the Sten’s superior court
Thanin - A rich northern plains province
Thell - An old man at Urnedi that takes care of the horses
Trace - A poor northern province
Umera - A clothier from Almidi
Urmand - A rich southern coastal province
Urnedi - The provincial seat of Enhedu, also the name of the manor
Urs - Former reeve of Enhedu, Fana’s father
Vala - An old woman at Urnedi that everyone calls Dame
Vall - The Exaltier of Zoviya
Vlek - A noble family from Heneur
Wayland Feseq - A Hemari captain that serves Evand
Wilgmuth - A city along the Oreol Coast
Yarik - Commander of the Hurdu, one of the last three surviving princes of Zoviya
Yentif - The ruling family of Zoviya
Yudyith - A rich southeastern province
Zoviya - The empire that rules the known world
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