Traitor's Knot (Light & Shadow 07)

by Janny Wurts

  CILADIS THE LOST

  Fellowship Sorcerer who left the continent in Third Age 5462 in search of the Paravian races after their disappearance following the rebellion. pronounced: kill-ah-dis

  root meaning: cael - leaf; adeis - whisper, compound; cael'adeis colloquialism for 'gentleness that abides'

  CILDEIN OCEAN

  body of water lying off Athera's east coast.

  pronounced: kill-dine

  root meaning: cailde - salty; an - one

  CILDORN

  city famed for carpets and weaving, located in Deshir, Rathain. Originally a Paravian holdfast, situated on a node of the third lane. pronounced: kill-dorn

  root meaning: deal - thread; dorn - net 'tapestry'

  CORITH

  island west of Havish in the Westland Sea. Site of an old drake lair, and a ruined First Age foundation. Here the council of Paravians convened during seige, and their appeal brought the Second Dreaming by dragons, which enacted the summoning of the seven who became the Fellowship Sorcerers. pronounced: core-ith

  root meaning: cori - ships, vessels; itha - five

  CRUIK

  an old form of architecture, wherein living trees are molded to become structural support for a building, which is constructed around them.

  DAELION FATEMASTER

  'entity' formed by set of mortal beliefs, which determine the fate of the spirit after death. If Ath is the prime vibration, or life-force, Daelion is what governs the manifestation of free will. pronounced: day-el-ee-on root meaning: dael - king, or lord; i'on - of fate

  DAELION'S WHEEL

  cycle of life and the crossing point that is the transition into death. pronounced: day-el-ee-on root meaning: dael - king or lord; i'on - of fate

  DAENFAL LAKE

  located on the northern lake-shore that bounds the southern edge of Daon Ramon Barrens in Rathain.

  pronounced: dye-en-fall root meaning: daen - clay; fal - red

  DAKAR THE MAD PROPHET

  apprentice to Fellowship Sorcerer, Asandir, during the Third Age following the Conquest of the Mistwraith. Given to spurious prophecies, it was Dakar who forecast the fall of the Kings of Havish in time for the Fellowship to save the heir. He made the Prophecy of West Gate, which forecast the Mistwraith's bane, and also, the Black Rose Prophecy, which called for reunification

  of the Fellowship. At this time, in the service of Arithon, Prince of Rathain.

  pronounced: dah-kar

  root meaning: dakiar - clumsy

  DANIA

  wife of Rathain's former caithdein, Steiven s'Valerient. Died by the hand of Pesquil's head-hunters in the Battle of Strakewood, Third Age 5638; Jieret Red-beard's mother. pronounced: dan-ee-ah root meaning: deinia - sparrow

  DAON RAMON BARRENS

  central principality of Rathain. Site where Riathan Paravians (unicorns) bred and raised their young. Barrens was not appended to the name until the years following the Mistwraith's conquest, when the River Severnir was diverted at the source by a task force under Etarran jurisdiction.

  pronounced: day-on-rah-mon

  root meaning: daon - gold; ramon - hills,'downs

  DARI S'AHELAS

  crown heir of Shand who was sent to safety through West Gate to preserve the royal lineage. Born following the death of the last Crown Prince of Shand, subsequently raised and taught by Sethvir to manage the rogue talent of a dual inheritance. Her mother was Meiglin s'Dieneval, last survivor of the old caithdein's lineage of Melhalla, which was widely believed to have perished during the massacre at Tirans. However the pregnant widow of Egan s'Dieneval had escaped the uprising and survived under a false name in a Durn brothel. pronounced: dar-ee root meaning: daer - to cut

  DARKLING

  city located on the western side of the Skyshiel Mountains in the Kingdom of Rathain. pronounced: dark-ling root meaning: dierk-linng - drake eyrie

  DAVIEN THE BETRAYER

  Fellowship Sorcerer responsible for provoking the great uprising in Third Age Year 5018, that resulted in the fall of the high kings after Desh-thiere's conquest. Rendered discorporate by the Fellowship's judgment in Third Age 5129. Exiled since, by personal choice. Davien's works included the Five Centuries Fountain near Mearth on the splinter world of the Red Desert through West Gate; the shaft at Rockfell Peak, used by the Sorcerers to imprison harmful entities; the Stair on Rockfell Peak; and also, Kewar Tunnel in the Mathorn Mountains. pronounced: dah-vee-en

  root meaning: dahvi - fool; an - one 'mistaken one'

  DAWR s'BRYDION

  grandmother of Duke Bransian of Alestron, and his brothers Keldmar, Parrien, and Mearn. pronounced: dour

  root meaning: dwyiar - vinegar wine

  DEITH

  clansman of Rathain, and the youngest of Jieret's Companions, who were the fourteen child survivors of the massacre of Tal Quorin in Third Age Year 5638. Currently among the group of scouts guarding the free wilds in Deshir. pronounced: dee-ith

  root meaning: d' - prefix for behind; ieth - to stand, to plant, to fix in place

  DESH-THIEREMistwraith that invaded Athera from the splinter worlds through South Gate in Third Age 4993. Access cut off by Fellowship Sorcerer, Traithe. Battled and contained in West Shand for twenty-five years, until the rebellion splintered the peace, and the high kings were forced to withdraw from the defense lines to attend their disrupted kingdoms. Confined through

  the combined powers of Lysaer s'Ilessid's gift of light and Arithon s'Ffalenn's gift of shadow. Currently imprisoned in a warded flask in Rockfell Pit. pronounced: desh-thee-air-e (last 'e' mostly subliminal) root meaning: desh - mist; thieve - ghost or wraith

  DESHIR

  north-western principality of Rathain. pronounced: desh-eer root meaning: deshir - misty DHARKARON AVENGER

  called Ath's Avenging Angel in legend. Drives a chariot drawn by five horses to convey the guilty to Sithaer. Dharkaron as defined by the adepts of Ath's Brotherhood is that dark thread mortal men weave with . Ath, the prime vibration, that creates self-punishment, or the root of guilt. · pronounced dark-air-on

  root meaning: dhar - evil; khiaron - one who stands in judgment

  DHIRKEN

  lady captain of the contraband runner, Black Drake. Reputed to have taken over the brig's command by right of arms following her father's death at sea. Died at the hands of Lysaer's allies on the charge of liaison with Arithon s'Ffalenn, Third Age Year 5647. pronounced: dur-kin root meaning: dierk - tough; an - one

  DIARIN s'GANNLEY

  daughter of the caithdein's lineage of Tysan, handfasted to marry a Wesrwood clan chieftain when she was abducted and forced to marriage by the Mayor of Hanshire. pronounced: die-are-in

  root meaning: diarin - a precious, or coveted object

  DIEGAN

  once Lord Commander of Etarra's garrison; given over by his mayor to serve as Lysaer s'Ilessid's Lord Commander at Avenor. Titular commander of the war host sent against the Deshans to defeat the Master of Shadow at Tal Quorin; high commander of the war host mustered at Werpoint. Also brother of Lady Talith. Died of a clan arrow in the Battle of Dier Kenton Vale in Vastmark, Third Age 5647. pronounced: dee-gan

  root meaning: diegan - trinket a dandy might wear,'ornament

  DIER KENTON VALE

  a valley located in the principality of Vastmark, Shand, where Lysaer's war host, thirty-five thousand strong, fought and lost to the Master of Shadow in Third Age 5647, largely decimated in one day by a shale slide. The remainder were harried by a small force of Vastmark shepherds and clan scouts from Shand, under Caolle, who served as Arithon's war captain, until supplies and loss of morale broke the Alliance campaign. pronounced: deer ken-ton

  root meaning: dier'kendion - a jewel with a severe flaw that may result in shearing or cracking

  DURN

  town located in Orvandir, Shand.

  pronounced: dern

  root meaning: diem - a flat plain

  DYSHENT

  town on the west coast of Instrell Bay in Atai
nia, Tysan. pronounced: die-shent root meaning: dyshient - cedar

  EAST HALLA

  principality in Melhalla.

  pronounced: east hall-ah

  root meaning: hal'lia - white light

  EASTWALL

  city located in the Skyshiel Mountains, Rathain.

  EDAN

  boy recruit for the Light, chosen for talent. pronounced: eh-dan root meaning: e'dian - the clay EFAN IST'THALIENT

  a stingingly pointed colloquial insult, and a warning; roughly 'a particularly rock-headed fool bound for disaster'.

  pronounced: ee-eh-an eest-thal-ee-ent

  root meaning: ei - 'a' in the specific form; an- one; ist'thal- closed, hard or stubborn head, contrary-minded - tent suffix that indicates a state of fullest evolution, or 'the most'.

  EILISH

  Lord Minister of the Treasury at Avenor.

  pronounced: eye-lish

  root meaning: eyalish - fussy

  ELAIRA

  initiate enchantress of the Koriathain. Originally a street child, taken on in Morvain for Koriani rearing. Arithon's beloved. pronounced: ee-layer-ah

  root meaning: e - prefix, diminutive for small; here - grace

  ELDIR s'LORNMEIN

  King of Havish and last surviving scion of s'Lornmein royal line. Raised as a wool-dyer until the Fellowship Sorcerers crowned him at Ostermere in Third Age 5643 following the defeat of the Mistwraith. pronounced: el-deer

  root meaning: eldir - to ponder, to consider, to weigh

  ELKFOREST

  free wilds located in Carithwyr, Havish.

  ELLAINE

  daughter of the Lord Mayor of Erdane, became Princess of Avenor when she married Lysaer s'Ilessid, mother of the heir apparent, Kevor, who is believed to be deceased. pronounced: el-lane not from the Paravian

  ELSSINE

  town on the coast of Alland, Shand.

  pronounced: el-seen

  root meaning: elssien - small pit

  ELTAIR BAY

  large bay off Cildein Ocean and east coast of Rathain; where the River Severnir was diverted following the Mistwraith's conquest. pronounced: el-tay-er

  root meaning: al'tieri - of steel,'a shortening of original Paravian name; dascen al'tieri - which meant 'ocean of steel,' which referred to the color of the waves

  EMRIC s'GANNLEY

  former caithdein of Tysan, and father of Diarin s'Gannley who was once handfasted to the clan chieftain of Westwood. pronounced: em-rick

  root meaning: arn'ric - plenty, 'state of wealth'

  ENITHEN TUER

  seeress living in the town of Erdane. Originally a Koriani sister who was freed from her initiate's

  vow of service by Fellowship Sorcerer Asandir's intervention.

  pronounced: en-ith-en too-er

  root meaning: en'weihen - far-sighted; tuer - crone

  ENNA

  girl-child who was once a weaver's apprentice. pronounced: enn-na not from the Paravian.

  ERDANE

  old Paravian city, later taken over by Men. Seat of old princes of Camris until Desh-thiere's conquest and rebellion. Erdani-meaning, from Erdane. pronounced: er-day-na with the last syllable almost subliminal root meaning: er'deinia - long walls

  ERIEGAL

  second youngest of the fourteen child survivors of the Tal Quorin massacre known as Jieret's Companions. Renowned as a shrewd tactician, he was ordered to serve Jieret's son Barach as war captain in the Halwythwood camp rather than fight Lysaer's war host in Daon Ramon Barrens in Third Age Year 5670. pronounced: air-ee-gall root meaning: eriegal - snake

  ERLIEN s'TALEYN

  High Earl of AUand; caithdein of Shand, chieftain of the forest clansmen of Selkwood. Once fought Arithon s'Ffalenn at sword-point over an issue of law bound over by Melhalla's caithdein and also as a trial of a sanctioned crown prince's honest character. pronounced: er-lee-an

  root meaning: aierlyan - bear; tal - branch; an - one,'first 'of first branch'

  ETARRA

  trade city built across the Mathorn Pass by townsfolk after the revolt that cast down Ithamon and the High Kings of Rathain. Nest of corruption and intrigue, and policy-maker for the North. Lysaer s'Ilessid was ratified as mayor upon Morfett's death in Third Age Year 5667. Raiett Raven subsequently appointed as ruling High Chancellor. Also the seat of the Alliance armed forces.

  pronounced: ee-tar-ah

  root meaning: e - prefix for small; taria - knots

  ETTIN

  river that empties into Rockbay Harbor at the border between Shand and Havish. pronounced: et-tin

  root meaning: e'tennd - the slow

  EVENSTAR

  first brig stolen from Riverton's royal shipyard by Cattrick's conspiracy with Prince Arithon. Currently of Innish registry, running merchant cargoes under joint ownership of Fiark and his sister Feylind, who is acting captain.

  FALGAIRE

  coastal city on Instrell Bay, located in Araethura, Rathain, famed for its glass-works. pronounced: fall-gair - to rhyme with 'air' root meaning: fal'mier - to sparkle or glitter

  FALLOWMERE

  north-eastern principality of Rathain. pronounced: fal-oh-meer

  root meaning: fal'ei'miere - literally, tree self-reflection, colloquialism for 'place of perfect trees'

  FATE'S WHEEL

  see Daelion's Wheel.

  FELLOWSHIP OF SEVEN

  sorcerers bound to Athera by the summoning dream of the dragons and charged to secure the mysteries that enable Paravian survival. Achieved their redemption from Cianor Sunlord, under the Law of the Major Balance in Second Age Year One. Originators and keepers of the covenant of the compact, made with the Paravian races, to allow Mankind's settlement on Athera in Third Age Year One. Their authority backs charter law, upheld by crown justice and clan oversight of the free wilds.

  FEITHAN

  widow of Jieret s'Valerient, Earl of the North, and caithdein of Rathain.

  pronounced: faith-an

  root meaning: feiaihen - ivy

  FEYLIND

  daughter of a Scimlade fisherman and Jinesse, twin sister of Fiark, currently master of the brig Evenstar a merchant brig of Innish registry. pronounced: fay-lind

  root meaning: faelind'an - outspoken or noisy one

  FIARK

  son of a Scimlade fisherman and Jinesse, twin brother of Feylind, currently a merchant-factor at Innish, also handles all of Arithon's covert shore-side affairs. pronounced: fee-ark root meaning: fyerk - to throw or toss

  FIONN ARETH CAID'AN

  goatherd's child born in Third Age 5647; fated by prophecy to leave home and play a role in the

  Wars of Light and Shadow. Laid under Koriani spell-craft to mature as Arithon's double, then

  used as the bait in the order's conspiracy to trap the s'Ffalenn prince. Rescued from execution in

  Jaelot in 5669-70. Currently in the protective custody of the Prince of Rathain, held through

  Dakar's binding promise.

  pronounced: fee-on-are-eth cayed-ahn

  root meaning: fionne arith caid an - one who brings choice

  FORTHMARK

  city in Vastmark, Shand. Once the site of a hostel of Ath's Brotherhood. By Third Age 5320, the site was abandoned and taken over by the Koriani Order as a healer's hospice. root meaning not from the Paravian

  FREYARD

  elderly servant in Hanshire. pronounced: free-ard root meaning not from the Paravian

  GACE STEWARD

  Palace Steward of Avenor. pronounced: gace - to rhyme with 'race' root meaning: gyce - weasel

  GANISH

  trade city located south of Methlas Lake in Orvandir, Shand. pronounced: gan-eesh

  root meaning: gianish - a halfway point, a stopping place

  GARDE

  Lord Mayor of Hanshire, father of Sulfin Evend, brother of Raiett Raven.

  pronounced: guard

  root meaning not from the Paravian

  GLENDIEN

  a Shandian clanswoman handfasted to Kyria
lt s'Taleyn, heir designate of the High Earl of Alland. pronounced: glen-dee-en

  root meaning: glyen - sultry; dien - object of beauty

  GREY BOOK OF OLVEC

  an old genealogy that listed clan lineages and recorded the inheritable talents of each family.

  pronounced: oll-veck

  root meaning: olvec - record

  GREAT WAYSTONE

  see entry for Waystone.

  GRIMWARD

  a circle of spells of Paravian making "that seal and isolate the dire dreams of dragon haunts, a force with the potential for mass destruction. With the disappearance of the old races, the defences are maintained by embodied Sorcerers of the Fellowship of Seven. There are seventeen separate sites listed at Althain Tower.

  HALDUIN s'ILESSID

  founder of the line that became High Kings of Tysan since Third Age Year One. The attribute he

  passed on, by means of the Fellowship's geas, was justice.

  pronounced: hal-dwin

  root meaning: hal - white; duinne - hand

  HALWYTHWOOD

  forest located in Araethura, Rathain. Current main campsite of High Earl Barach's band, predominantly survivors of the Battle of Strakewood and Daon Ramon's late war. pronounced: hall-with-wood root meaning: hal - white; wythe - vista

  HANHAFFIN

  river running through Selkwood in Alland and emptying into the Cildein Ocean. pronounced: han-haf-fin

  root meaning: hanha - evergreen; affein - a dance step

  HANSHIRE

  port city on the Westland Sea, coast of Korias, Tysan; reigning official Lord Mayor Garde, father of Sulfin Evend; opposed to royal rule at the time of Avenor's restoration. pronounced: han-sheer root meaning: hansh - sand; era - place

  HASPASTION

  ghost of the dragon contained in the grimward located in Radmoore. pronounced: has-past-ee-on

  root meaning: hashpashdion - Drakish for black thunder

  HAVENS

  an inlet on the north-eastern shore of Vastmark, Shand, now known as the site of the massacre enacted by the Spinner of Darkness, preceding the Battle of Dier Kenton Vale, Third Age Year 5647.

  HAVISH

  one of the Five High Kingdoms of Athera as defined by the charters of the Fellowship of Seven. Ruled by Eldir s'Lornmein. Crown heritage: temperance. Device: gold hawk on red field. pronounced: hav-ish root meaning: havieshe - hawk