Fierian

by Ronie Kendig

  Mallius – Jujak lieutenant

  Markoo – member of the Legiera

  Marz Chauld – Jujak colonel

  Medric – Deliverer

  Nagbe – boy in the cave during the Contending

  Naudus – Nivari fighter; lieutenant

  Negaer – general in Zireli’s army; commander of the Pathfinders, an elite force of trackers and fighters

  Nydelia – Infantessa; Shavaussia; queen of Iteveria

  Onerid – Poired Dyrth’s right hand

  Pao’chk – great healer

  Paung – butler at Karithia

  Peani Clarentia Ibirel – Relig’s bound; daughter of Yaorid

  Pharen – male raqine; bonded to Aselan

  Poired Dyrth – commanding officer of Sirdar’s armies; enemy of all who follow Abiassa

  Praegur – a Kergulian; one of four companions; marked by Abiassa

  Raleng – Ematahri; twin of Ruldan; serves Cadeif

  Rekken – foreigners from the north, across the Violet Sea

  Ruldan – Ematahri; twin of Raleng; serves Cadeif

  Shavaussia – see Nydelia

  Sirdar Demas of Tharqnis – Fallen One; Lord of Darkness; enemy of Abiassa

  Thelikor – Drigo warrior leader

  Thomannon – Haegan’s manservant in Karithia

  Thraeïho – mentioned in the Parchments; will fight for the Fierian; also called Drigovudd, or Drigo

  Thurig Asykth – king of the Northlands

  Thurig Eriathiel – queen of the Northlands; wife to Thurig

  Thurig as’Kiethiel (Thiel) – daughter of Thurig and Eriathiel of Nivar; one of four companions; also called Etelide

  Thurig as’Osmon (Osmon) – youngest son of Thurig

  Thurig as’Relig (Relig) – third eldest son of Thurig; bonded to Peani

  Thurig as’Tili (Tili) – eldest acknowledged son of Thurig

  Toeff – Drigo; Hoeff’s twin

  Tokar – one of four companions; officer of the combined armies

  Trale Kath – Iteverian assassin

  Vaqar Modia – prince of Tahsca; commander of exiled contingent; brother to Anithraenia

  Wegna – wise woman in Legier’s Heart

  Zaelero II –first Celahar to take the Fire Throne; born Baen Celahar; fought the Mad Queen and restored the Nine to the ways of Abiassa

  Zicri – male raqine; bonded to Tili

  Zireli Celahar – king of the Nine Kingdoms; the Fire King

  Zoijan – Ematahri warrior

  GLOSSARY OF

  TERMS

  Abiassa’s Fire – the gift of wielding the Flames, possessed by only certain individuals

  abiatasso – the gift in the essence of a person who has the ability to wield

  accelerant – one who can wield the Flames

  archon – leader of the Ematahri

  Auspex/Foreteller – semi-human creature held by Poired for the delivery of messages and orders from Sirdar

  Baen’s Crossing – village on border between Ybienn and the Nine

  cacique – the title used among those in Legier’s Heart for their leader

  Caori – one of the Nine Kingdoms; capital city is Luxlirien

  Choosing, the (aka Etaesian’s Feast) – Eilidan custom for bonding rituals

  Citadel – the central Sanctuary in the Holy City in Hetaera

  Cold-One’s Tooth – mountain peak nearest Nivar Hold

  cordi – fruit

  Deliverer – an ageless minister of justice and discipline; terrifyingly powerful; answers only to the will of Abiassa; also called Lucent Riders, Void Walker, Light Bringer

  Destroyers – demons

  Drigo – ancient race of giants whose only goal is to serve

  Drigovudd – the Drigo in their enhanced state; stories border on myth but they are said to be nearly immortal when in their vudd state

  Duamauri – Aselan’s icehound

  Eilidan – people of Legier; Aselan’s people

  Ematahri – fierce forest-dwellers; a threat to any traveling the Way of the Throne/Throne Road

  Etaesian’s Feast – see “Choosing, the”

  Fieri Keep – home of the Celahars, who rule from here on the Fire Throne

  Fierian, the – a prophesied accelerant said to bring about the destruction of the Nine and the eradication of the Lakes of Fire; greatly feared

  Fire King – king who rules the Nine and is most powerful accelerant

  Flames – reference to the gift bestowed on certain individuals; sometimes an epithet

  Great Falls – a waterfall blessed with miraculous healing every 100 years during the Year of Feasts as a gift from Abiassa

  Hetaera – largest city in the Nine; contains the Holy City; close to the Great Falls

  hiel-touck – oath used in Legier and Ybienn

  Holy City – the seat of the Ignatieri; the largest Sanctuary; contains the Citadel, where accelerants are trained and commissioned

  icehound – very large wolves who only exist in cold-weather climates

  Ignatieri – holy order of accelerants; refer to each other as The Brethren

  incipient – one who can wield but has turned against Abiassa

  Infantessa – the queen of Iteveria

  Iteveria – twin city to Nydessa, within Unelithia

  jav-rod – spearlike weapon

  Jujak – the army of King Zireli

  Karithia – palace in Iteveria; seat of the Infantessa

  Kedardokith – a rite of Ematahri warriors to claim the lives of outsiders; intended for protection; once claimed, always claimed

  Kerguli – a race of people from the desert Outlands of the far west

  Lakes of Fire – the lava lakes near Fieri Keep; a blessing of Abiassa and connected to the Flames

  Legier – largest mountain overlooking Ybienn; home to the Eilidan, a race of mountain dwellers

  Lucent Riders – the name given to the Deliverers by the Ematahri

  Luxlirien – capital city of Caori

  Maereni – Poired’s elite guards

  moonslight – light of twin moons

  Nivar Hold – seat of power in Ybienn; residence of King Thurig

  Nivari – Thurig’s army; commanded by his son, as’Tili

  pharmakeia – a physician who uses herbs and the Flames to bring healing/restoration

  Primera – Haegan’s planet

  raqine – winged creatures widely believed extinct or myth

  sentinel – Ignatieri police who patrol Sanctuaries

  Seultrie – seat of power for the Nine Kingdoms; capital city is Zaethien

  Shadows, the – beyond the grave

  Sikir – Aselan’s icehound

  Silver – name given to Poired’s elite incipients

  Sirdarian – one of Sirdar

  sowaoli petals – flower petals

  Tahsca/Tahscan – from House Tahsca off the coast of Iteveria; fiercest sea-faring warriors

  Unelithia – combined realm of Nydessa and Iteveria

  Void Walker – Deliverer or one of the evil counterparts; one who walks between worlds

  Ybienn – sovereign kingdom, separate from the Nine; seat of Thurig and his family

  Acknowledgments

  Deena Petersen and Shannon McNear, who read every book before it went to print. So appreciate your encouragement, ladies! Thank you!

  To you amazing, loyal, fiery readers who have screamed and hollered for this last installment for the last 18 months. Your patience and passion are so appreciated!

  My incredible Four Guys—Brian, Ryan, Reagan, and VVolt, who gave me the space to get the story done, the edits plowed, and the map hacked together. Love you, guys!

  And to my publisher/agent/friend, Steve, who took pity on my friends, readers, and family when my sleep-deprived self turned in my acknowledgments with only one line. You sure know how to save your authors! *grins*

  Ronie Kendig is an award-winning, best-selling author. She lives on the East Coast with
her family and a retired military working dog, VVolt N629. Ronie is the voice behind the Rapid-Fire Fiction blog. Her action-packed stories transcend genres and grip readers right from the first page. She is very active in the writing community, speaking to various groups, teaching at national conferences, and mentoring new writers.

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