by Candy Rae
Jilesei: Male Lind, Avuzdel (Victory)
Jill: Younger sister of Katia who joined the schoolroom of the Order of Grey Nuns in AL 607 (Destiny, Victory)
Jillson: Garda Drill Sergeant (Destiny, Victory)
Jilmis*: Weaponsmaster of the Vada (Lind: Alshya) (Destiny, Victory)
Jilsei: Male Lind and member of the Avuzdel and a member of the mission south to find the power-core (Destiny, Victory)
Joh: Smithson Friend of Zak, sweetheart of Maura and a member of the Dunetown Militia (Destiny, Victory)
John Merriman: Baron, Father of Lucy, Derek and Walter Merriman (Victory)
Julean: Son of Councillor Horatio Anders and one time suitor for Rilla’s hand in marriage (Destiny, Victory)
Julia*: Susa of the Vada, assumed the position of Susyc of the Armies of the North during the last month of AL 607. Married to Verro (Lind: Alyei) (Destiny, Victory)
Kalavdr: Male Larg. The Largan (Destiny, Victory)
Karovitz: General of Murdoch (Destiny, Victory)
Katia: Sister-in-law of Isobel and married to James Cocteau (Destiny, Victory)
Kolya: Female Lind of rtath Hanei (Victory)
Lainert*: Ryzcka of the Fourteenth Ryzck (Destiny, Victory)
Leku: A Lai - brother of Velku (Victory)
Liam Hallam: Doctor and younger brother of Robain (Destiny, Victory)
Lightfoot: Rilla’s pony. Zilla inherited him when Rilla vadeln-paired with Zawlei and left the inn to join the Vada with him (Destiny, Victory)
Lucy Merriman: Kellessa, Noblewoman of Murdoch and daughter of Baron John Merriman (Victory)
Maddei: Male Lind, Susa of the Avuzdel of Lai (Destiny, Victory)
Mak: Young boy who works in one of the livery stables at Settlement (Victory)
Mal*: Vadeln serving with the Vada, in the First Ryzck (Lind: Valennya) (Destiny, Victory)
Malaku: Male Lai and part of the delegation to the Gtrathlin (Destiny, Victory)
Mander Durand: Elder brother of Jen and a serving officer in the Garda (Destiny, Victory)
Markion* Ryzcka of the Thirty-first Ryzck (Lind: Danya) (Destiny, Victory)
Martin Taviston: Head of Protocols at the Court of the Kingdom of Murdoch and son of Baron Peter Taviston (Destiny, Victory)
Mary: Friend of Isobel when she was at the convent of grey nuns and daughter of on of her father’s vassals who remained to became a postulant within the order when she was fourteen (Destiny, Victory)
Mary-Catherine: Mother Superior of the Thibaltine Convent north of the town of Brindal in the Duchy of Cocteau (Victory)
Marya*: Female Lind, Retired Vada First Ryzck (Human: Mikel) (Destiny)
Matt Urquhart: Merchant of Stewarton and husband of Zala (Destiny, Victory)
Mathieu Urquhart: Eldest son of Matt and Zala (Destiny, Victory)
Maura: Maid servant at the Little Rover Inn (Destiny, Victory)
Megan*: Vadeln serving with the Vada, in the First Ryzck (Lind: Sachdei) (Destiny, Victory)
Melk: Old family retainer of the Dukes of South Baker (Victory)
Miggi: Elderly maidservant of Guildmaster Anders (Destiny, Victory)
Mikel*: Retired Ryzcka of the First Ryzck (Lind: Marya) (Destiny)
Morgan: Retired Colonel of the Murdoch regiments (Victory)
Niaill*: Younger brother of Danal, Vada, Ryzcka of the First Ryzck (Lind: Taraya)
(Destiny, Victory)
Nadala*: Vadeln serving with the Vada, in the Fourteenth Ryzck and then transferring to the First Ryzck, girlfriend of Niaill (Lind: Teriyei) (Destiny, Victory)
Padrig: Escaped slave and leader of the nomads of the desert. Married to Aline, sister of Robain (Victory)
Paul: Crown-Prince of Murdoch and Elliot’s father (Destiny, Victory)
Paul Farquer: Garda Officer Trainee and friend of Hilla (Destiny, Victory)
Paula*: Vadeln stationed at Stewarton and who reports to Susa Julia about what is happening there (Destiny, Victory)
Peter Duchesne: Lord Marshall of the Kingdom of Murdoch and brother of the Duke of Duchesne (Destiny, Victory)
Petra*: Vada Cadet, fourth year (Destiny)
Philip Ross: Baron, Chief bodyguard to the family of Crown-Prince Paul at the Court of the Kingdom of Murdoch. Once Boy Companion to Crown-Prince Paul, he is now a close friend and a member of the mission south to find the power-core (Destiny, Victory)
Prenda: Young technical apprentice under Guildmaster Annert at Stewarton (Victory)
Qu: Dglai leader (Victory)
Quia: Dglai female (Victory)
Quindya*: Female Lind of the Fifty-first Ryzck (Human: Brion) (Destiny, Victory)
Quio: Dglai scout ship commander (Destiny, Victory)
Radya*: Female Lind who carried Elliot from Stewarton and Vada as her vadeln was in bed with an injured leg (Human: Alun) (Destiny, Victory)
Rand: Privateer Captain and who has offered his help to the north (Destiny, Victory)
Ranlei: Male Lind of rtath Hanei, retired Susa of their Lindar and commander of the fourth ryz of Lindar Hanei (Destiny, Victory)
Razdya*: Female Lind (Human: Davin) second in command of the Vada) (Destiny, Victory)
Rilla* Middle triplet daughter of Talan and Zanda, now third year Cadet in the Vada (Lind: Zawlei) (Destiny, Victory)
Robain Hallam: Leftenant, later Captain of the Garda, from the Island of Hallam (Destiny, Victory)
Romauld: Father, private chaplain to the royal family of Murdoch (Destiny, Victory)
Ross: General of Murdoch (Destiny, Victory)
Sachei: Male Lind and Elda of rtath Sachei (Destiny, Victory)
Sachdei*: Male Lind, Vada, First Ryzck (Human: Megan) (Destiny, Victory)
Sadei: Male Lind, Susa of rtath Hanei’s Lindar (Destiny, Victory)
Sandra de Groot: Garda trainee in the year ahead of Hilla and Jen (Destiny)
Sainjon: Garda General who is the head of intelligence based at Settlement (Destiny, Victory)
Sanei: Male Lind, Lindar Susa of pack Gainsya (Destiny, Victory)
Shona*: Vada Cadet and best friend of Rilla (Lind: Danei) (Destiny, Victory)
Sindal*: Retired 2IC Vada (Lind: Tanya) (Victory)
Sindya: Female Lind and Elda of rtath Sindya and whose domta is situated beside that of the Gtrathlin (Destiny, Victory)
Stasya*: Female Lind (Human: Duncin) (Destiny, Victory)
Tala: Daughter of Talan and Zanda, younger than Zak and Zala and Journeywoman of the Technicians Guild at Stewarton. She volunteered to go on the mission south to find the power-core (Destiny, Victory)
Talan: Innkeeper of the Little Rover Inn at Dunetown and father of Zak, Zala, Tala, Hilla, Rilla and Zilla (Destiny, Victory)
Talansdochter: Familial name used by the daughters of Innkeeper Talan (Destiny, Victory)
Talanson: Familial name used by the son of Innkeeper Talan (Destiny, Victory)
Tanya*: Female Lind and retired 2IC Vada (Human: Sindal)(Victory)
Taraya*: Female Lind, Vada, First Ryzck (Human: Niaill) (Destiny, Victory)
Teriyei*: Male Lind, mate of Taraya, First Ryzck (Human: Nadala) (Destiny, Victory)
Tom Brentwood: Archbishop of Murdoch (Destiny, Victory)
Toinette*: Vada Cadet and friend of Rilla (Lind: Wlei) (Destiny, Victory)
Trendor*: Ryzcka of the Forty-ninth Ryzck, a martinet (Lind: Ysnya) (Destiny, Victory)
Valennya*: Female Lind, Vada First Ryzck (Human: Mal) (Destiny, Victory)
Valu: Lai (Victory)
Vanlya: Female Lind, Gtrathlin (Destiny)
Velku: Leader of the Lai (Victory)
Verro: Husband of Susa Julia (Destiny, Victory)
Villiers: Garda Leftenant who took Robain’s place at the Academie (Destiny, Victory)
Vivien De Groot: Garda General (Victory)
Wallaceson: Garda Regimental Sergeant Major at Settlement (Destiny, Victory)
Wilf Taplin: Garda Warrant Officer (Destiny, Victory)
William Duchesne: Duke of Duches
ne (Destiny, Victory)
William Duchesne: Duke-Heir of Duchesne (Victory)
Wlei: Female Lind, Vada Cadet (Human: Toinette) (Destiny, Victory)
Wlya: Female Lind, Vada Cadet (Human: Charles) (Destiny, Victory)
Xavier: Younger brother to Prince-Heir, later Crown-Prince Paul and Prince-Duke of the Duchy of South Baker in the Kingdom of Murdoch (Destiny, Victory)
Xlei*: Male Lind (Human: Fastia; Weaponsecond Vada) (Destiny, Victory)
Ysnya*: Female Lind, Forty-ninth Ryzck (Human: Trendor) (Destiny, Victory)
Zak: Son of Talan and Zanda, twin of Zala (Destiny, Victory)
Zala: Oldest daughter to Talan and Zanda, twin of Zak and married to Matt Urquhart, a Merchant from Stewarton (Destiny, Victory)
Zalya: Female Lind and Elda of her pack (Victory)
Zanda: Wife of Innkeeper Talan and mother of Zak, Zala, Tala, Hilla, Rilla and Zilla (Destiny, Victory)
Zaoaldavdr: Male Larg, Susa of the Avuzdel of Larg (Destiny, Victory)
Zawlei*: Male Lind (Human: Rilla) (Destiny, Victory)
Zilla: Youngest triplet daughter of Talan and Zanda (Destiny, Victory)
Zhukov: Garda Medical General (Victory)
Zuvavdr: Larg and Kohortangan of the kohorts at Duchesne
GLOSSARY
All words are either derived from Lindish or Standard unless indicated otherwise
2IC: Second in command of the Vada
Academie: The training school of the Garda, based at Settlement
AL: Anno Landing, the years are counted from the first day in the summer of the first year of landing
Altuinq: (Larg): a human forced into rapport with a Larg
Allst: Tall, large leafed tree of the north
Ammokko: Dglai mother ship
Argyll: Human country on the eastern coast of the northern continent and also the name of one of the spaceships that brought man to the planet
Atropos: The fate that cuts the thread of life
Avuzdel: Lind Central Spying Unit, a quasi-secret order within the Lind nation. It is split into two, the Daki and the Raki. The Daki has three sections, one in Largdom, one in Vadath and one on the other northern continent. The Raki is different. The members of this have an extra duty and one most secret. Apart from the Susas, the rest of the Daki know nothing of them. The Raki also reports to the Susalai, but directly, they neither have nor need a separate Susa. There are not that many of them. The Raki, for hundreds and hundreds of years have been looking for the Botan hoping against hope they never will find it.
Bamana: Fruit grown in the southern continent, very like a banana in shape and texture
Battle of the Alliance: Battle between the Larg and the convicts of the south and the settlers and the Lind of the north at the beginning of the second summer of mankind on Rybak (Wolves)
Battle of the Ford: The Larg attacked the Kingdom of Murdoch in AL 503 and were defeated at the Ford of the river that runs between the Duchies of Cocteau and van Buren.
Battle of Trumpet Keep: When the Larg invaded Vadath in AL 10 the Armies of the North met them at David’s Keep which was renamed Trumpet Keep after the battle was won (Courage)
Battle of the Gorge: When the Larg invaded Lind in AL 167 they were defeated at this battle (Honour). Also known as the Battle of Fountains Head
Black Cat: An Inn at Vada
Black Star: Honour Star awarded to brave vadelns (deceased) of the Vada
Blue Flag: The flag raised above human habitations to tell searching Lind that there is a human there who wishes to be considered for vadeln-pairing
Blue Lind: Tavern in south east Argyll
Book of the Fallen: Book held in the Inner Sanctum of the Vada in which are recorded details of those who have died in the line of duty
Boton: (Lai): Probe of the Diaglon, sent to find out if a planet is suitable for raiding
Brai: (Lai): Black skinned lost rtath of the Diaglon
Brindal: Small town in the Duchy of Cocteau in the Kingdom of Murdoch
Chela: Lind claw, they have five on each paw. They resemble the claws of an earth cat in that they can tract and retract
Ceja: Yes
Clotho: The fate that spins the thread of life
Kohort: (Larg): Kohort of Larg warriors, usually numbering at least 800
Kohortangan: (Larg): Army commander
Conclave: Ruling Council of the Kingdom of Murdoch, chaired by the King or Lord Regent. All Murdoch Dukedoms are entitled to a seat on Conclave as is the Lord Marshall and the Primate. All seat-holders are entitled to one vote.
Contrap: Weapon invented by Arthur Knott and used to defeat the south during the Battle of the Alliance in AL 2
Covet: Small rodent-like creatures who infest human dwellings
CP: Command Post; in a battle this is where the commander of the army is located
CPO: Chief Petty Officer
Crtath: Welcome (informal)
Daga: Lind den
Daiglon: (Lai): Planet where the Lai and the other four Lai rtaths come from
Daki: Section of the Avuzdel
Dalina: Blue flowers resembling snowdrops
Dalinabell: Merchant ship that plies her trade between the Kingdom of Murdoch and Argyll
Dantrapper: Forest in south western Lind
Dedta: Welcome (formal)
Deld: (Dglai): a measure of gravitational levels
Demesne: Estate held from an overlord
Dglai: (Lai and Dglai): Green skinned rtath of the Daiglon
Dhrehl: Season
Dom: Temporary pack home
Domta: Permanent pack home
Dugo: Small prickly, dense and fast growing bush, prevalent in the north
Dune Mountain: Bobbly peak near Pointy Peak and close to the town of Dunetown
Dunetown: A village along the Southern Trade Route in Argyll, outside which the Little Rover Inn is situated
Duntanvad: 12
Eastern Isles: A prosperous and large group of islands in the Great Eastern Sea and allied to the Kingdom of Murdoch
Edgeking: River in the Duchy of Brentwood
Elda(s): Leader(s) of packs and Lind nation
Eln: Mate
Evesham: The name of the estate of the Brown Baronage
Express: A service set up during the early years and modelled on the “Pony Express” of the American mid-west in the nineteenth century with the additional service of ‘immediate’ messages using the Lind’s telepathic abilities
Fallon Ridge: A ridge of hills lying to the south of the Duchy of Duchesne in the Kingdom of Murdoch
Farquharstown: A town in Argyll about thirty miles north of Settlement
Fealtatis: Fealty ceremony at the Court of Murdoch (the giving of homage and the taking of fealty to and from the King or Queen)
Fifty-first Ryzck: Known as the Susa’s Own and who perform tasks directly ordered by the Susa of the Vada, the only Ryzck to contain more than one Ryzcka
Fireoil: A substance that burns even in the wettest of conditions
Fort: Defensive site where the crew and families of the WCPS Electra fled to before being overrun by the convicts some months after landing (Wolves) - it became the ruling centre and capital of the Kingdom of Murdoch (Courage) – the principal royal palace is situated here.
Forty: Sanduntan
Fountains Head: Waterfall in south western Lind and the location of the most westerly Holad station in the Lands of the Lind
Galland: Confederation A prosperous and large group of islands in the Great Eastern Sea and allied to the Kingdom of Murdoch
Garda: Regular army of Argyll, its headquarters are at Settlement
Gingrootbeer: Spicy soft drink
Great Eastern Sea: Vast ocean east of Argyll containing hundreds of islands
Gtran: Large vicious cat-like predators that inhabit the snowy mountain ranges of the northern continent
Gtratha: High Council of Lind
Gtrathlin: Leader of the Gtratha
Greenfruit: A northern fruit that is available during winter and summer
Hallam: Northern island in the Great Eastern Sea
Hand: Measurement used to calculate the height of both Lind and horses and measuring four inches
Hero of Galliard: Weaponsmaster Rhian, later Susa of the Vada. Galliard is a small island in the Great Eastern Sea (Honour)
Holad: Medical section of pack
Hope’s Point: An area to the east of Dunetown
Ilyei Estuary: Inlet on the southern coast of Vadath where lies both a fishing village and a Vada Supply Station
Innellan: A port on the eastern seaboard of Argyll
Inner Sanctum: The room within the Vada Stronghold where is kept the records of those serving and who have once served with the Vada. It also contains the books containing those vadeln who have died in the pursuit of their duty
Intoxication: Armed merchant and passenger ship that plies its trade between the Islands and Settlement
Island Chain: The traditional route the Larg take to attack the north and situated just south of Settlement, home of the Garda.
Jeza: Eat
Jezdic: Zebra like and intractable animal
Juvenis: First Staticum (year) Officer Trainees of the Garda of Argyll
Kala: Caffeine drink made from the nuts of the allst tree
Karku: Southern equivalent of kurka
Kran: (Dglai): Commander
Kranan: (Larg): Leader of kohort (kohort) squad
Kranj: (Larg): Part of kohort, numbering eight
Kura: Docile, woolly, short-legged goat-like animal
Kurka: Dried trail ration meat, usually made from kura
Lachesis: The fate that assigns a person’s destiny
Lai: Legendary beings of Lind mythology
Lai: (Lai): Golden skinned rtath of the Daiglon
Larg: (Larg): Warlike wolf-like denizens of southern continent
Largan: (Larg): Leader of all the Larg
Larya: Frigate in the Argyllian Navy
Lian: Woods or forests
Lin: Litter of Lind pups
Lind: Peace loving wolf-like denizens of northern continent
Lindling: Human word for Lind young, not often used
Lindar: Warrior section of pack. All Lind, male and female over thirteen summers fight in one of the three ryz of the Lindar of their pack