The War of the Flowers

by Tad Williams

  Grims — wild goblins

  Gummy — a Foxglove ogre bodyguard

  Hawthorn Scathe — one of the fields of Faerie, also known as "Hawthorn" Hazel Wand — one of the fields of Faerie, also known as "Hazel" Heath — Tansy's doonie driver

  Hedgerow Avenue — a road near Elysium House

  Hellebore, Antoninus — Lord Hellebore's heir, also known as "Anton" Hellebore, Aurelia — Lady Hellebore, Nidrus' wife, Anton's mother Hellebore, Nidrus — Lord Hellebore, head of the Hellebore family Henbane Square — plaza outside Thornapple House

  Hinky-punks — a kind of fairy

  Hoarfrost Park — a park near Daffodil House

  Hob — a kind of fairy, drawn especially to house-management Hobbanies — another fairy drawn to management, related to hobs Hobthrush — another fairy related to hobs

  Hodkins — a type of fairy

  Hogboons — a type of very small, very prickly fairy

  Hollow-men — pale, human-sized, cave-dwelling trolls

  Holly Crown — one of the fields of Faerie, also known as "Holly" Hollyhock — one of the Seven Families

  Hollyhock, Malvus — Lord Hollyhock, head of one of the Seven Families Hollyhock, Dalian — Lord Hollyhock's nephew

  Horizon Bar — a bar from Theo's past

  Hornets — guns used by Special Constables

  Hy Breasil — an island in Ys

  Hydrangea — a Flower-clan with which Button had a formative experience

  Index of Humours — one of the tests done on Theo in Daffodil House Interdomain Highway System — road system built by order of the Parliament of Blooms

  Irrha — an ancient disease-spirit

  Ivy Round — a field of Faerie, also known as "Ivy"

  Jacky Stonecrop — Theo's alias

  James Macomber Eggles, aka Stumpy Jim — owner of body taken by the irrha

  Jasper — a kobold artist, friend of Primrose

  Jenny Greenteeth — a malevolent water fairy

  Jenrette — Peter Vilmos' army cabin-mate

  Jimmy Squarefoot — a particularly slow and stupid type of fairy Jonquil — fairy family, part of the larger Daffodil Clan

  Jonquil, Aemilia — Lady Jonquil, sister of Lord Daffodil

  Jonquil, Zirus — Lady Jonquil's son, Lord Daffodil's nephew Juniper — bartender at the Shed, a greencoat fairy

  Khasigian — Theo's boss, the florist

  Killmoulis — a water fairy

  Klippies — tiny little fairy-folk

  Knocker's Walk — a sight-seeing destination in the City

  Kobolds — an underground fairy

  Kohler — a San Francisco homicide detective

  Kraley, Mrs. — Theo's mom's neighbor

  Lady Birch — a fairy of the "Tree" nobility from Button's story Laney — Catherine Lillard's friend

  Larkspur, Lord — head of the Larkspur family, an Excisor

  Last Gate, The — mystical passage to City in Dowd's book Leshy — a forest fairy, also known as "woodwight"

  Lillard, Catherine ("Cat") — Theo's girlfriend

  Lillard, Mr. (Tom) and Mrs. — Catherine's parents

  Lily, Garvan — Lord Lily, head of one of the Seven Families Lilypad Sundries — a store in the City

  Loireag — a water fairy

  Loosestrife — one of the less powerful fairy houses

  Loosestrife, Ltd. — a department store on Pentacle Street

  Lungwort, Mr. — managing director of Zinnia Manor

  Mabon — a fairy harvest holiday

  Maeve — another name for Queen Titiania

  Marchwardens — guards on Larkspur's lands

  Mariposa — street on which Theo's cabin stands

  Marshes, Dennis and Stephanie — couple who buy Theo's mother's house Mighty Clouds of Angst — Theo's band

  Mirrorcase — a fairy device for communication and divination Mistletoe Green — a public park

  Monkshood, Lord Constable — head of the City police

  Moon-brandy — an intoxicating drink made from dew

  Moonflood River — the river that runs through the Fenlands and under Fayfort Bridge

  Morgan — member of Theo's band

  Mosspink, Mary — a loireag, owner of The Forcing Shed

  Mud Bug Button — a goblin

  Narcissus — a fairy house, part of Daffodil Clan

  Needle — owner of The Gatehouse restaurant

  Nettle, Streedy — a capacitor, from Hazel

  New Erewhon — Eamonn Dowd's name for the City

  New Mound House — home of the parliament of Faerie, in Strawflower Square

  Nixies — sea-going water fairies

  O'Shaughnessy, Lizzie — Eamonn Dowd's onetime fiancée Oberon — the king of Faerie

  Old Brocéliande — one of the bigger forests left in Faerie

  Old Fayfort Bridge — bridge over the Moonflood, out in the Fenlands Old Hill Day Games — a fairy holiday tradition

  Old Night — a chaotic force

  Oonagh — a gold coin

  Orchard Flower Comb — Applecore's home in Morning Sky District Orchid Lightning Pale — an ale Otter — wild goblin at Button's feast Oxeye Station — Daisy Clan's local train station in Rowan Padfoot — sheep-like fairy

  Parliament of Blooms — fairy governing body, meets in New Mound House

  Peachfuzz — one of Applecore's sprite friends

  Peachpit — one of Applecore's sprite friends

  Peg Powler — an unpleasant water fairy

  Pentacle Street — a main downtown street in the City

  Penumbra Fields — a commuter town

  Penumbra Fieldshire — the area in which Penumbra Fields is located Penumbra Station — a train station

  Peonies — a fairy clan, Daffodil allies

  Percy Faun — hero of Teddybear's story

  Periwinkle, Lord — a disciplinarian fairy lord

  Perry Dancers — syphlike fairy creatures

  Philtre — a drug

  Phlox — an important fairy family

  Pigwidgeon Acres — a neighborhood on the outskirts of the City Pimpernel Rise — home of some Primrose cousins, in Alder Head Pinkie — Dolly's nickname for Theo

  Pixie Dust — a drug

  Pixies — small, flightless fairies

  Poleviks — very tall, skinny fairies who can change height Pooka — a freewheeling sort of fairy

  Primrose, Caradenus — young heir to Primrose house

  Primrose, Erephine — silent daughter of one of the ruling fairy houses Primrose, Otho — Lord Primrose, head of one of the Seven Families Provincial Special Constables — elite fairy police unit

  Quaeus — a Thornapple family servant

  Queen's Ring — a star

  Rade Park — a public park in Gloaming District

  Rape of Arden — a battle between Flowers and various forest fairies Remover of Inconvenient Obstacles — a Faerie mercenary and knowledge broker

  River's Edge — a tavern

  Rolle, Kris — songwriter in Theo's band

  Root — Traveler's Bank manager

  Roots — the Dryad Magazine — a Faerie magazine

  Rose, Lord — a famous fairy hero, especially noted for his role in the goblin wars

  Rowan, Lord — one of the "Tree" nobility from Button's story Saltgrass — power plant foreman

  Samhain — a holiday

  Sandra — musician's daughter Theo dated

  Saxifrage — a young Flower lordling married to Poppy's sister, Lavinia Sedge, Cumber — a ferisher in the service of Lady Jonquil Selkie — a water spirit, prone to being boisterous

  Seven Blooms Square — a City tourist spot

  Seven Families — the founding families of the era after the last war with the giants: Daffodil, Lily, Primrose, Hollyhock, Hellebore, Thornapple, Violet

  Shireblades — local fairy police

  Shortspan — half-troll bouncer at The Forcing Shed

  Silverclaw, Queen — goblin name for Queen
Titiania

  Silverwood — forest that touches Delphinion

  Snakeroot — Hellebore's dragon specialist

  Snapdragons — a fairy family who did well in the goblin wars Snowbell — power plant block-captain, an urisk

  Snowdrop — a leading fairy family, Daffodil allies

  Sour Milk Way — a downtown street in the City

  Speaking shell — a term for a fairy cell phone

  Speedwell — a fairy "hero;" Applecore likens him to Lord Rose Sphene — a kobold artist, friend of Primrose

  Springfair — a road near Elysium House

  Springwater Square — square outside Foxglove House

  Sprites — small winged fairies

  Spunkie — a large fairy creature, several variants in appearance Spunkie Tim — warthoglike secretary

  Spunkie Walter — lizardlike secretary

  Squelch — a Hellebore clan brownie technician

  Starlightshire Station — a train station

  Starwort — a fairy family

  Stepstool — a brownie nickname for Theo, based on his size Stock — fairy family, friendly to mortals

  Stock, Tertius — Eamonn Dowd's friend, killed in previous Flower War Stonecrop, Miss — house-mother at Poppy's old school

  Strawflower Square — square that houses the Parliament of Blooms (in New Mound House)

  Stroke Boy — a fairy said to cause strokes, and also thought of as simpleminded

  Sun's Gaze Commune — home of Daisy clan

  Swansdown Academy — Poppy's school

  Sweetpea's Charge — a historic moment from the last Gigantine War Symbiotes — the "pro-mortal" political party, also known as "Creepers" Tallybank — a personal money account

  Tansy, Quillius — a relative of the Daisy family, also known as "Count" Tansy

  Teddybear — an ogre, Dolly's brother, one of the Daisy bodyguards Terrible Child — a necessary component to a particularly deadly scheme The Trees — the mysterious Elder Trees at the center of Faerie Thornapple — one of the Seven Families

  Thornapple, Aulus — Lord Thornapple, First Councillor of Faerie, head of Thornapple family, Poppy's father

  Thornapple, Lavinia — Poppy's sister

  Thornapple, Orian — Thornapple House heir, Poppy's brother Thornapple, Poppaea — a young woman of a ruling fairy family, more commonly known as "Poppy"

  Tide's End — a nixy tavern

  Titania — the queen of Faerie

  Tommyknockers — subterranean fairies, related to kobolds Topsy — one of Button's ogre bodyguards

  Transmutation Finals — one of Cumber's university exams Traveler's Bank — a business set up to help people traveling between worlds

  Tree-lords — the earliest fairy lords, per Button's tale

  Trooping News — a newspaper

  True Arden — the largest forest left in Faerie

  Truesilver — a valuable Faerie mineral

  Trumpet Windhome — a train station town

  Twelvetrees — a town in Hazel

  Twinge, Mistress Piper — a pooka, "of Blind Pig Street" Uneaten — a goblin term for non-goblins

  Urisk — a cold-climate fairy

  Vilmos, Harold — Theo's uncle

  Vilmos, Peter — Theo's father

  Violet — one of the Seven Families, destroyed in last Flower War Warstones — a site between Battle Hill and the Fenlands Wayside — Lord Thornapple's doonie driver

  Weaver's Row — place where the spiders work

  Weft-Daisy, Rufinus — a relative of Tansy's, Theo's companion Weft-Iris, Doctor — physician-specialist in the employ of Hellebore Well of Forgetting — one of many names for the heart of Faerie Wicker — a brownie who cheated Coathook

  Wildwood — an expression for what Faerie was in its earliest days Wingbender — a mixed drink featuring hawthorn-berry liqueur Wingspan — for Working Mothers — a magazine

  Winter Dynasties — an earlier age of Faerie

  Winter Dynasty Bridge — a tourist spot in the City

  Wisp-maidens — a kind of fairy

  Witchlight — a magical (or "scientific") method of illumination Woodbine, Julia and Calpurnia — sisters Poppy knew at school Yarrow, Cornelia — fairy lady in Penumbra Station

  Young Blossoms — the Faerie equivalent of something like the Girl Scouts

  Ys — large body of water next to the City

  Zinnia — once rich and powerful House now fallen on harder times Zinnia Manor — now a sanitarium, home of Erephine Primrose

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