Traitor's Knot (Light & Shadow 07)

by Janny Wurts

  HAVISTOCK

  south-east principality of Kingdom of Havish.

  pronounced: hav-i-stock

  root meaning: haviesha - hawk; tiok - roost

  HELFIN

  Lord Mayor of Erdane, father of Princess Ellaine. pronounced: hell-fin

  root meaning: hal - white; fiomn'd - a fib

  HIGHSCARP

  city sited near the stone quarries on the coast of the Bay of Eltair, located in Daon Ramon,

  Rathain. Also contains a sisterhouse of the Koriani Order.

  IAMINE s'GANNLEY

  woman who founded the caithdein's lineage for Tysan.

  pronounced: ee-ahm-meen-e

  root meaning: iamine - amethyst

  IANFAR s'GANNLEY

  cousin and heir designate of Lord Maenol s'Gannley, caithdein of Tysan, sent to fosterage with

  High King Eldir of Havish in Third Age Year 5652.

  pronounced: ee-an-far

  root meaning: ianfiar - birch tree

  ILITHARIS PARAVIANS

  centaurs, one of three semimortal old races; disappeared after the Mistwraith's conquest, the last guardian's departure by Third Age Year 5100. They were the guardians of the earth's mysteries. pronounced: i-li-thar-is

  root meaning: i'lith'earis - the keeper/preserver of mystery

  INNISH

  city located on the southcoast of Shand at the delta of the River Ippash. Birthplace of Halliron Masterbard. Formerly known as 'the Jewel of Shand,' this was the site of the high king's winter court, prior to the time of the uprising. pronounced: in-ish

  root meaning: inniesh - a jewel with a pastel tint

  INSTRELL BAY

  body of water off the Gulf of Stormwell, separates principality of Atainia, Tysan, from Deshir, Rathain.

  pronounced: in-strell

  root meaning: arin'streal - strong wind

  IPPASH

  river that originates in the southern spur of the Kelhorns and flows into the South Sea by the city

  of Innish, southcoast, Shand.

  pronounced: ip-ash

  root meaning: ipeish - crescent

  ISFARENN

  etheric Name for the black stallion ridden by Asandir.

  pronounced: ees-far-en

  root meaning: is'feron - speed maker

  ISHLIR

  town on the eastshore of Orvandir, Shand.

  pronounced: ish-leer

  root meaning: ieshlier - sheltered place

  ITHAMON

  Historically significant in the First Age, site of a Paravian focus, a Second Age Paravian stronghold, and a Third Age ruin; built on a fifth lane power-node in Daon Ramon Barrens, Rathain, and inhabited until the year of the uprising. Site of the Compass Point Towers, or Sun Towers. Became the seat of the High Kings of Rathain during the Third Age and in Third Age Year 5638 was the site where Princes Lysaer s'Ilessid and Arithon s'Ffalenn battled the

  Mistwraith to confinement.

  pronounced: ith-a-mon

  root meaning: itha - five; mon - needle, spire

  ITHISH

  city located at the edge of the principality of Vastmark, on the south-coast of Shand. Where the

  Vastmark wool-factors once shipped fleeces.

  pronounced: ith-ish

  root meaning: ithish - fleece or fluffy

  IYAT

  energy sprite, and minor drake spawn inhabiting Athera, not visible to the eye, manifests in a

  poltergeist fashion by taking temporary possession of objects. Feeds upon natural energy

  sources: fire, breaking waves, lightning.

  pronounced: ee-at

  root meaning: iyat - to break

  JAELOT

  city located on the coast of Eltair Bay at the southern border of the Kingdom of Rathain. Once a Second Age power site, with a focus circle. Now a merchant city with a reputation for extreme snobbery and bad taste. Also the site where Arithon s'Ffalenn played his eulogy for Halliron Masterbard, which raised the powers of the Paravian focus circle beneath the mayor's palace. The forces of the mysteries and resonant harmonics caused damage to city buildings, watchkeeps, and walls, which has since been repaired. Site where Fionn Areth was arraigned for execution, as bait in a Koriani conspiracy that failed to trap Arithon s'Ffalenn. pronounced: jay-lot root meaning: jielot - affectation

  JERIAYISH

  sixth-rank initiate priest of the Light who had a seer's talent. Died of madness during the Alliance

  war host's invasion of Daon Ramon Barrens in Third Age Year 5670.

  pronounced: jeer-ee-ah-yish

  root meaning: jier'yaish - unclean magic

  JEYNSA

  daughter of Jieret s'Valerient and Feithan, born Third Age 5653; appointed successor for her

  father's title, Caithdien of Rathain.

  pronounced: jay-in-sa

  root meaning: jieyensa - garnet

  JIERET s'VALERIENT

  former Earl of the North, clan chief of Deshir; caithdein of Rathain, sworn liegeman of Prince

  Arithon s'Ffalenn. Also son and heir of Lord Steiven. Blood pacted to Arithon by sorcerer's oath

  prior to the battle of Strakewood Forest. Came to be known by head-hunters as Jieret

  Red-beard. Father of Jeynsa and Barach. Husband to Feithan. Died by Lysaer s'Ilessid's hand in

  Daon Ramon Barrens, Third Age Year 5670.

  pronounced: jeer-et

  root meaning: jieret - thorn

  KALESH

  town at the mouth of the harbor inlet from the Cildein Ocean, enemy of Alestron. pronounced: cal-esh

  root meaning: cattle'iesh - stubborn hold

  KAMRIDIAN s'FFALENN

  Crowned High King of Rathain, a tragic figure who died of his conscience under the fated influence of the maze in Kewar Caverns, built by Davien the Betrayer under the Mathorn Mountains.

  pronounced: cam-rid-ee-an

  root meaning: kaim'riadien - thread cut shorter

  KELDMAR s'BRYDION

  younger brother of Duke Bransian of Alestron, older brother of Parrien and Mearn. pronounced: keld-mar

  root meaning: kiel'd'maeran - one without pity

  KEVOR

  son and heir of Lysaer s'Ilessid and Princess Ellaine; born at Avenor in Third Age 5655. At age fourteen, in his father's absence, he exercised royal authority and averted a riot by the panicked citizenry of Avenor. Commonly held to have died by Khadrim fire in Westwood, but in fact was spared by an interaction with Ath's Brotherhood. Became an adept in Third Year 5670, at the hostel in Northerly, Tysan. pronounced: kev-or root meaning: kiavor - high virtue

  KEWAR TUNNEL

  cavern built beneath the Mathorn Mountains by Davien the Betrayer; contains the maze of conscience, which caused High King Kamridian s'Ffalenn's. death. pronounced: key-wahr

  root meaning: kewiar - a weighing of conscience

  KHADRIM

  drake-spawned creatures, flying, fire-breathing reptiles that were the scourge of the Second Age.

  By the Third Age, they had been driven back and confined in the Sorcerers' Preserve in the

  volcanic peaks in north Tysan.

  pronounced: kaa-drim

  root meaning: khadrim - dragon

  KHARADMON

  Sorcerer of the Fellowship of Seven; discorporate since rise of Khadrim and Seardluin leveled Paravian stronghold at Ithamon in Second Age 3651. It was by Kharadmon's intervention that the survivors of the attack were sent to safety by means of transfer from the fifth lane power focus. Currently working the wardings to defer a minor invasion of wraiths from Marak. pronounced: kah-rad-mun

  root meaning: kar'riad en mon - phrase translates to mean 'twisted thread on the needle' or colloquialism for 'a knot in the works'

  KHETIENN

  name for a brigantine built at Merior and owned by Arithon; also a small spotted wildcat native to Daon Ramon Barrens that became the s'Ff alenn royal device. pronounced: key-et-ee-en root meaning: kietienn - small leopard

  KIELING TOWER
/>   one of the four compass points, or Sun Towers, standing at ruin of Ithamon, Daon Ramon Barrens, in Rathain. The warding virtue that binds its stones is compassion. pronounced: key-eh-ling

  root meaning: kiel'ien - root for pity, with suffix for 'lightness' added, translates to mean 'compassion'

  KORIANI

  possessive and singular form of the word 'Koriathain'; see entry. pronounced: kor-ee-ah-nee

  KORIAS

  south-western principality of Tysan. pronounced: kor-ee-as

  root meaning: cor - ship, vessel; i'esh - nest, haven

  KORIATHAIN order of enchantresses ruled by a circle of Seniors, under the power of one Prime Enchantress. They draw their talent from the orphaned children they raise, or from daughters dedicated to service by their parents. Initiation rite involves a vow of consent that ties the spirit to a power crystal keyed to the Prime's control. pronounced: kor-ee-ah-thain - to rhyme with 'main' root meaning: koriath - order; ain - belonging to

  KOSHLIN

  influential trade minister from Erdane, renowned for his hatred of the clans and his support of the

  head-hunters' leagues.

  pronounced: kosh-lynn

  root meaning: kioshlin - opaque

  KRALOVIR

  term for a sect of necromancers, also called the grey cult. pronounced: kray-low-veer

  root meaning: krial - name for the rune of crossing; oveir - abomination

  KYRIALT s'TALEYN

  heir designate and youngest son of the High Earl of Alland, Lord Erlien s'Taleyn, caithdein of Shand.

  pronounced: key-ree-alt

  root meaning: kyralt - word for the rune of crossing with the suffix for 'last,' which is the name for the rune of ending.

  LANSHIRE

  -northernmost principality in the Kingdom of Havish. Name taken from the wastes at Scarpdale, site of First Age battles with Seardluin that blasted the soil to slag. pronounced: lahn-sheer-e root meaning: lan'hansh'era - place of hot sands

  LAW OF THE MAJOR BALANCE

  founding order of the powers of the Fellowship of Seven, as taught by the Paravians. The primary tenet is that no force of nature should be used without consent, or against the will of another consciousness.

  LEYNSGAP

  a narrow pass in the Mathorn Mountains in the Kingdom of Rathain. pronounced: lay-ens-gap root meaning: liyond - corridor

  LIESSE s'BRYDION

  Duchess of Alestron and wife of Duke Bransian. pronounced: lee-ess

  root meaning: Hesse - state of accord, based from the word 'a note in harmony'

  LIRENDA

  former First Senior Enchantress to the Prime, Koriani Order; failed in her assignment to capture Arithon s'Ffalenn for Koriani purposes. Currently under the Prime Matriarch's sentence of punishment.

  pronounced: leer-end-ah

  root meaning: lyron - singer; di-ia - a dissonance - the hyphen denotes a glottal stop

  LITHMERE

  principality located in the Kingdom of Havish. pronounced: lith-mere

  root meaning: lithmiere - to preserve intact, or keep whole; maintain in a state of harmony

  LOS MAR

  a city located in the westshore of Carithwyr, Havish. It's best known for its libraries and scholars. pronounced: loss-mar

  root meaning: liosmar - letters, written records

  LUHAINE

  Sorcerer of the Fellowship of Seven - discorporate since the fall of Telmandir in Third Age Year

  5018. Luhaine's body was pulled down by the mob while he was in ward trance, covering the

  escape of the royal heir to Havish.

  pronounced: loo-hay-ne

  root meaning: luirhainon - defender

  LYRANTHE

  instrument played by the bards of Athera. Strung with fourteen strings, tuned to seven tones (doubled). Two courses are 'drone strings' set to octaves. Five are melody strings, the lower three courses being octaves, the upper two, in unison. pronounced: leer-anth-e (last 'e' being nearly subliminal) root meaning: lyr - song; anthe - box

  LYSAER s'ILESSID

  prince of Tysan, 1497th in succession after Halduin, founder of the line in Third Age Year One. Gifted at birth with control of Light, and Bane of Desh-thiere. Also known as Blessed Prince since he declared himself avatar. pronounced: lie-say-er

  root meaning: lia - blond, yellow or light; saer - circle

  MACHIEL

  caithdein of the realm of Havish. In service under High King Eldir at Telmandir. pronounced: mak-ee-el root meaning: mierkiel - post, pillar

  MAENELLE s'GANNLEY

  former steward and caithdein of Tysan; put on trial for outlawry and theft on the trade-roads; executed by Lysaer s'Ilessid at Isaer, Third Age 5645. pronounced: may-nahl-e (last 'e' is near subliminal) '

  root meaning: maeni - to fall, disrupt; alii - to save or preserve/colloquial translation, 'to patch together'

  MAENOL

  heir, after Maenalle s'Gannley, Steward and caithdein of Tysan. pronounced: may-nail

  root meaning: maeni'alii - to patch together

  MAINMERE

  town at the head of the Valenford River in Taerlin, Tysan. pronounced: main-meer

  root meaning: maeni - to fall, disrupt; mierereflection, colloquial translation, 'to disrupt continuity'

  MARAK

  splinter world, cut off beyond South Gate, left lifeless after creation of the Mistwraith. The original inhabitants were men exiled by the Fellowship from Athera for beliefs or practices that were incompatible with the compact sworn between the Sorcerers and the Paravian races, which permitted human settlement on Athera. pronounced: maer-ak

  root meaning: m'era'ki - a place held separate

  MARETHA s'CALLIENT

  daughter of the caithdein of Melhalla. pronounced: mar-ee-tha root meaning: mier'atha - kindly MATHIELL GATE

  last gate to the inner citadel in Alestron, Paravian built to withstand the fires of dragons. It was the Mathiell garrison who secured the span guarding incursion from the Wyntock Gate during the uprising that threatened clan rule in Third Age Year 5018.

  pronounced: math-ee-ell

  root meaning: mon'thiellen - sky spires

  MATHORN MOUNTAINS

  range that bisects the Kingdom of Rathain east to west.

  pronounced: math-orn

  root meaning: mathien - massive

  MATHORN ROAD

  way passing to the south of the Mathorn Mountains, leading to the trade city of Etarra from the west.

  pronounced: math-orn root meaning: mathien - massive

  MEARN s'BRYDION

  youngest brother of Duke Bransian of Alestron. Former ducal emissary to Lysaer s'Ilessid's

  Alliance of Light.

  pronounced: may-arn

  root meaning: mierne - to flit

  MEDLIR

  name used by Arithon when he traveled incognito with Halliron Masterbard as apprentice in

  Third Age Years 5638 through 5647.

  pronounced: med-leer

  root meaning: midlyr - phrase of melody

  MELHALLA

  High Kingdom of Athera once ruled by the line of s'Ellestrion. The last prince died in the crossing of the Red Desert. pronounced: mel-hall-ah

  root meaning: maelhallia - grand meadows,'plain - also word for an open space of any sort.

  MERIOR BY THE SEA

  small seaside fishing village on the Scimlade peninsula in Alland, Shand. Once the temporary site

  of Arithon's shipyard.

  pronounced: mare-ee-or

  root meaning: merioren - cottages

  METHISLE

  small body of land in Methlas Lake, site of Methisle Fortress in Orvandir.

  pronounced: meth

  root meaning: meth - hate

  METHSPAWN

  an animal descended from a host warped by possession by a methuri, an iyat-related parasite that infested live hosts. Though the Methuri were destroyed by the Third Age, their cross-bred, aberrated descendants continue to breed mutan
t offspring in Mirthlvain Swamp. pronounced: meth

  root meaning: meth - hate

  METHURI

  METHURIEN (plural form) an iyat -related parasite that infested live hosts and altered them for the purpose of creating new hosts. Extinct by the Third Age. pronounced: meth-you-ree root meaning: meth'thieri - hate wraith

  MIRTHLVAIN SWAMP

  bog-lands located in Midhalla, Melhalla; filled with dangerous, cross-breeds engendered from

  drake spawn. Guarded by the Master Spellbinder, Verrain.

  pronounced: mirth-el-vain

  root meaning: myrthl - noxious; vain - bog, mud

  MISTWRAITH

  see Desh-thiere.

  MORNOS

  town on the westshore of Lithmere, Havish. pronounced: more-nos

  root meaning: moarnosh - a coffer where the greedy store valuables.

  MORRIEL

  Prime Enchantress of the Koriathain since the Third Age 4212. Instigated the plot to upset the

  Fellowship's compact which upset the seven magnetic lanes on the continent. Her death on winter

  solstice 5670 left an irregular succession.

  pronounced: more-real

  root meaning: moar - greed; riel - silver

  NARMS

  city on the coast of Install Bay, built as a craft center by Men in the early Third Age. Best known

  for dyeworks.

  pronounced: narms

  root meaning: narms - color

  NAYLA

  young girl taken in by the Koriani Order as a child candidate for initiation. pronounced: nay-lah root meaning: nayl - lack

  ODREY

  a merchant courtier and member of the regent's council in Avenor. pronounced: oh-dree not from the Paravian

  ORLAN

  pass through the Thaldein Mountains, also location of the Camris's clans hidden outpost, located

  in Camris, Tysan.

  pronounced: or-lan

  root meaning: irlan - ledge

  ORVANDIR

  principality located in north-eastern Shand.

  pronounced: or-van-deer

  root meaning: orvein - crumbled; dir - stone

  PARAVIAN

  name for the three old races that inhabited Athera before Mankind. Including the centaurs, the sunchildren, and the unicorns, these races never die unless mishap befalls them; they are the world's channel, or direct connection, to Ath Creator. pronounced: par-ai-vee-ans

  root meaning: para - great; i'on - fate or great mystery

  PARRIEN s'BRYDION

  younger brother of Duke Bransian s'Brydion of Alestron, Keldmar, and older brother of Mearn.