(Shadowmarch #1) Shadowmarch

by Tad Williams

  Blackglass—a Funderling family

  Boulder—a Funderling

  Brambinag Stoneboots—a mythical ogre

  Bratchard, Lord—a nobleman

  Brenhall, Lord—a nobleman

  Brigid—a serving-woman at the Quiller’s Mint

  Briony Eddon—a Princess of Southmarch

  Brother Okros—physician-priest from Eastmarch Academy

  Caddick—soldier of the Southmarch royal guard, known as “Longlegs”

  Calkin—a Skimmer

  Caradon Tolly—Gailon’s younger brother

  Caylor—a legendary knight and prince

  Chaven—physician and astrologer to the Eddon family

  Chert (Blue Quartz)—a Funderling, Opal’s husband

  Cheshret—Qinnitan’s father, a minor priest of Nushash

  Child of the Emerald Fire—a Qar tribe

  Chryssa—Chief Acolyte of the Hive Temple in Xis

  Cinnabar—a Funderling magister

  Clemon—famous Syannese historian, also called “Clemon of Anverrin”

  Cloudwalker—another name for Perin, the sky god

  Collum—Willow’s younger brother

  Collum Dyer—one of Vansen’s soldiers

  Comfrey M’Neel—a noblewoman

  Conary—proprietor of the Quiller’s Mint

  Conoric, Sivonnic, and Iellic tribes—“primitive” tribes who lived on Eion before conquest by the southern continent of Xand

  Cusy—chief of the Favored (eunuchs) of the Royal Seclusion in Xis

  Daman Eddon—Merolanna’s husband, King Ustin’s brother

  Dannet Beck—Raemon Beck’s cousin

  Dawet dan-Faar—envoy from Hierosol

  Dab Dawley—a Southmarch guard

  Dawtrey—a legendary knight, sometimes called “Elf-spelled”

  Derla—wife of Raemon Beck

  Dimakos Heavyhand—one of the last chieftains of the Gray Companies

  Donal Murroy—onetime captain of the Southmarch royal guard

  Droy Nikomede—a.k.a. “Droy of Eastlake,” a Southmarch noble

  Durstin Crowel—Baron of Graylock

  Dunyaza—Qinnitan’s friend, an acolyte of the Hive

  Earth Elders—Funderling guardian spirits

  Eats-the-Moon—a Qar of the Changing tribe

  Eilis—Merolanna’s maid

  Elan M’Cory—sister-in-law of Caradon Tolly

  Ena—a young Skimmer girl, Back-on-Sunset-Tide clan

  Erilo—god of the harvest

  Erivor—god of waters

  Euan Dogsend—Chaven’s friend, “the most learned man in Blueshore”

  Evander—Syannese count, envoy to Southmarch

  Ever-Wounded Maid—a character out of legend

  Evon Kinnay—friend of Gailon Tolly, son of Baron of Longhowe

  Ewan—Finnith’s son

  Falk—a Southmarch guard

  Fergil—son of Finneth and Onsin

  Ferras Vansen—Captain of the royal guard

  Finton—Raemon Beck’s younger son

  Finn Teodoros—a writer

  Finneth—a woman of Candlerstown

  Funderlings—sometimes known as “delvers,” small people who specialize in stonecraft

  Gailon Tolly, Duke of Summerfield—an Eddon family cousin

  Gar Doiney—a scout

  Gil—a potboy at the Quiller’s Mint

  Gallibert Perkin—Count of Craneshill, Lord Chancellor of Southmarch

  Gowan M’Ardall—an earl, his fiefdom is in Helmingsea

  Grandfather Sulfur—a Funderling elder of the Metamorphic Brothers

  Gray Companies—mercenaries and landless men turned bandits in the wake of the Great Death

  Great Mother—goddess worshipped in Tuan

  Greenjay—a Qar of the Trickster tribe

  Gregor of Syan—a famous bard

  Grenna—a lady’s maid

  Guard of Elementals—a tribe of the Qar

  Gwatkin—soldier of the Southmarch royal guard

  Gyir—a Qar, Yasammez’s captain, a.k.a. “Gyrir the Storm Lantern”

  Gypsum—a Funderling family

  Habbili—a god, the crippled son of Nushash

  Haketani—people of the Haketan tribe in Xand

  Hammerfoot—a Qar, of Firstdeep

  Hand of the Sky—a Rooftopper deity Hanede—Shaso’s daughter

  Harry—Chaven’s manservant

  Harsar—Ynnir’s counselor

  Hasuris—a Xixian storyteller

  Havemore—Brone’s factor

  Hendon Tolly—youngest of the Tolly brothers

  Heryn Millward—a Southmarch royal guard

  Hesper—King of Jellon, betrayer of King Olin

  Hiliometes—a legendary demigod and hero

  Hisolda—Anissa’s midwife

  Hornblende—Funderling, Stonecutters Guild foreman

  Hull-Scrapes-the-Sand—Skimmer extended family

  Iaris—an oracle of Kernios, a semi-saint

  Idrin—young son of Gowan of Helmingsea

  Ivar Brenhill—a knight and nobleman of Silverside

  Jeddin—chief of the autarch’s Leopard guards, also known as “Jin”

  Jem Tallow—a Southmarch guard officer

  Karal—King of Syan killed by Qar at Coldgray Moor

  Kaspar Dyelos—Chaven’s mentor, a.k.a. “Warlock of Krace”

  Kellick Eddon—great-grandnephew of Anglin, first of Eddon family March Kings

  Kendrick Eddon—Prince Regent of Southmarch, eldest son of King Olin

  Kernios—earth god

  Kert hillmen—a wild tribe that lives northwest of Kertewall

  King Nikolos—Syan monarch who moved the Trigonarchy out of Hierosol

  Krisanthe—Queen Meriel’s mother, the twins’ grand-mother

  Kupilas—god of healing

  Lander III—son of Karal, King of Syan, a.k.a. “Lander the Good,” “Lander Elfbane”

  Lapis—Chert’s mother

  Laylin—uncle of Tyne Aldritch

  Laybrick—a Southmarch guard

  Leotrodos—Perikalese scientist friend of Chaven

  Lepthis—an Autarch of Xis

  Lew—a Southmarch guard

  Lindon Tolly—father of Gailon, former First Minister of March Kingdoms

  Lily—Anglin’s granddaughter, queen who led Southmarch in time of Gray Companies

  Little Carbon—a Funderling craftsman

  Little Raemon—Raemon Beck’s oldest son

  Lord of the Peak—a Rooftopper deity

  Lorick Eddon—Olin’s older brother, who died young

  Ludis Drakava—Protector of Hierosol

  Luian—an important Favored in the Seclusion, previously known as “Dudon”

  Madi Surazem—goddess of childbirth

  Matthias Tinwright—a poet, a.k.a. “Matty”

  Mayne Calough—a nobleman and knight

  Meriel—Olin’s first wife, daughter of a powerful Brennish duke

  Merolanna—the twin’s great-aunt, originally of Fael, widow of Daman Eddon

  Mesiya—moon goddess

  Metamorphic Brothers—a Funderling religious order

  Mica—Schist family member, Hornblende’s nephew

  Mickeal Southstead—a Southmarch guard

  Mistress Jennikin—Chaven’s housekeeper

  Moina Hartsbrook—a young Helmingsea noblewoman, one of Briony’s ladies-in-waiting

  Mokori—one of the autarch’s stranglers

  Morning-in-Eye—a Qar of the Changing People

  Muchmore—a Southmarch scout

  Nevin Hewney—a playwright

  Nodule—Chert’s brother, a.k.a. “Magister Blue Quartz”

  Nose, Grand and Worthy—a Rooftopper dignitary

  Nushash—Xixian god of fire, patron god of the autarchs

  Nynor—Steffans Nynor, Count of Redtree, Lord Castellan of Southmarch Castle

  Old High Feldspar—a wise elder of the Funderlings, now deceas
ed

  Old Pyrite—a Funderling acquaintance of Chert and Opal

  Olin—King of Southmarch and the March Kingdoms

  Onsin—a Candlerstown blacksmith, called “Oak-arms”

  Opal—a Funderling, Chert’s wife

  Panhyssir—Xixian high priest of Nushash

  Parnad—father of current autarch, Sulepis, sometimes known as “the Unsleeping”

  Pedar Vansen—Ferras Vansen’s father

  Perin—sky god, called “Thane of Lightnings”

  Pinimmon Vash—Paramount Minister of Xis

  Prusus—scotarch of Xis, sometimes called “Prusus the Cripple”

  Pumice—a Funderling guildsman

  Purifiers—fanatics who banded together to punish Qar and others for the Great Death

  Puzzle—court jester to the Eddon family

  Qar—race of non-humans who once occupied much of Eion

  Quicksilver—important Funderling family

  Quiet People—a name for the Qar

  Qinnitan—an acolyte of the Hive in Xis

  Raemon Beck—member of a Helmingsea trading family

  Rafe—Ena’s friend, Hull-Scraped-the-Sand clan

  Raven, Prince of Birds—character from legend

  Robben Hulligan—a musician, friend of Puzzle

  Rocksalt—a Funderling peddler

  Rooftoppers—little-known residents of Southmarch Castle

  Rorick—Earl of Daler’s Troth, an Eddon cousin of Brennish ancestry, related to Meriel

  Rose Trelling—one of Briony’s ladies-in-waiting, a niece of Avin Brone

  Rugan—the High Priestess of the Hive

  Rule—Avin Brone’s informant

  Rusha—a hairdresser in the Royal Seclusion

  Sanasu—widow of Kellick Eddon, known as “Weeping Queen”

  Sandstone—a Funderling family

  Sawney Wander-Eye—a Skimmer

  Schist—a Funderling family, one of them is chorister of Funderling Town

  Sedimentary—a Funderling clan made up of several families

  Selia—Anissa’s maid, also from Devonis

  Shaso dan-Heza—Southmarch master of arms

  Silas of Perikal—semi-legendary knight

  Sni’sni’snik-soonah—Rooftopper name for “Rooftoppers”

  Sisel—Hierarch of Southmarch, chief religious figure in March Kingdoms

  Siveda—goddess of night

  Sivney Fiddicks—a nobleman and knight

  Skimmers—a people who make their livings on and around water

  Stone Circle People—a Qar tribe

  Stone of the Unwilling—a Qar of the Guard of Elementals

  Surigali—Xixian goddess

  Sveros—old god of the night sky, father of Trigon gods

  Talc—Schist family member, Hornblende’s nephew

  Tanyssa—a gardener and errand-runner in the Royal Seclusion

  Three Highest—reference to the gods of the Trigon

  Timoid, Father—Eddon family mantis (priest)

  Toby—Chaven’s assistant

  Tricksters—a tribe of the Qar

  Trigon—priesthoods of Perin, Erivor, and Kernios acting in concert

  Trigonarch—Head of Trigon, chief religious figure in Eion

  Tully Joiner—a man of Candlerstown

  Turley Longfingers—a Skimmer fisherman, Back-on-Sunset-Tide clan

  Twelve Families—governing body of old Hierosol

  Twilight People—another name for the Qar

  Tyne Aldritch—Earl of Blueshore, an ally of Southmarch

  Uncle Flint—Chert’s uncle

  Upsteeplebat, Queen—monarch of the Rooftoppers

  Ustin—King Olin’s father

  Utta—a.k.a. “Sister Utta,” a priestess of Zoria and Briony’s tutor

  Whispering Mothers—Qar, known as “They who nurse the Great Egg”

  Widow Rocksalt—a Funderling

  Willow—a young woman

  Yasammez—Qar noblewoman, sometimes known as “Lady Porcupine,” or “Scourge of the Shivering Plain”

  Yellow Knight—nemesis of Silas of Perikal

  Ynnir the Blind King—lord of the Qar, “Ynnir din’at sen-Qin, Lord of Winds and Thought,” a.k.a. “Son of the First Stone”

  Young Pyrite—a Funderling

  Zoria—goddess of wisdom

  Zmeos—a god, Perin’s nemesis

  Zosim—son of Erilo, god of playwrights and drunkards

  PLACES

  Akaris—an island between Xand and Eion

  Badger’s Boots—a Southmarch inn

  Basilisk Gate—main gate of Southmarch Castle

  Beetle Way—street in Funderling Town

  Bird Snare Market—a marketplace in Xis

  Brenland—small country south of the March Kingdoms

  Brenn’s Bay—named after a legendary hero

  Candlerstown—Daler’s Troth town

  Cascade Stair—in the Funderling Depths

  Cat’s Eye Street—a street in Xis

  Chapel of Erivor—Eddon family chapel

  Chamber of Cloud-Crystal—in the Funderling Depths

  Cloud-Spirit Tower—a tower in Qul-na-Qar

  Coldgray Moor—legendary battleground, from a Qar word, “Qul Girah”

  Creedy’s Inn—tavern in Greater Stell

  Dale House—Daler’s Troth town, seat of Earl Rorick

  Deep Library—a place in Qul-na-Qar

  Eastmarch Academy—university, originally in old Eastmarch, relocated to Southmarch at the time of the last war with the Qar

  Eastside Gate—one of the gates of Candlerstown

  Eion—the northern continent

  Emberstone Reach—in the Funderling Depths

  Fael—a nation in the heartland of Eion

  Faneshill—a large town south of the Settland Road

  Farmers’ Hall—an ornamental hall in the Throne Hall

  Feather Cape Row—a street in Xis

  Firstdeeps—a place in Qar lands

  Fitter’s Row—a street in Southmarch

  Free Kingdoms—the kingdoms of Eion which have not fallen under the Autarch’s rule

  Funderling Town—underground city of Funderlings, in Southmarch

  Garden of Queen Sodan—a garden in the Royal Seclusion of Xis

  Great Gable—Rooftopper sacred spot

  Greater Stell—Dalter’s Troth town

  Gypsum Way—a street in Funderling Town

  Hangskin Row—a street near the Old Tannery Dock

  Hawkshill—Daler’s Troth town

  Hidden Hall—part of the Rooftopper kingdom

  Hive—a temple in Xis, home of the sacred bees of Nushash

  Hierosol—once the reigning empire of the world, now much reduced; its symbol is the golden snail shell

  Holy Wainscoting—Rooftopper sacred spot

  Jellon—kingdom, once part of Syannic Empire

  J’ezh’kral Pit—a place out of Funderling myth

  Krace—a collection of city-states, once part of Hierosoline Empire

  Kertewall—one of the March Kingdoms

  Landsend—part of Southmarch, Brone’s fief; colors red and gold

  Lily Gate—gate leading out of the Seclusion into the city of Xis

  Little Stell—Daler’s Troth town

  Lower Ore Street—a main street in Funderling Town

  Marash—a Xandian province where peppers are grown

  March Kingdoms—originally Northmarch, Southmarch, Eastmarch, and Westmarch, but after the war with the Qar constituted by Southmarch and the Nine Nations (which include Summerfield and Blueshore)

  Market Road—one of Southmarch’s main roads

  Market Square—main public space in Southmarch

  Marrinswalk—one of the March Kingdoms

  Marsh Road—main road in Candlerstown

  Maze—in the Funderling Depths

  Moonstone Hall—in the Funderling Depths

  Mount (the), a.k.a. Midlan’s Mount—rock in Br
enn’s Bay upon which Southmarch is built

  Mount Xandos—mythical giant mountain that stood where Xand now lies

  Northmarch Road—the old road between Southmarch and the north

  Oak Chamber—a council chamber

  Observatory House—Chaven’s residence

  Old Tannery Dock—Skimmer name for dock near the Tower of Autumn

  Olway Coomb—a battle-site in Marrinswalk

  Ore Street—a main street in Funderling Town

  Oscastle—a city in Marrinswalk

  Quarry Square—a meeting place in Funderling Town

  Qirush-a-Ghat—cavern towns of the Qar; name means “Firstdeeps”

  Qul-na-Qar—ancient home of the Qar or Twilight People

  Raven’s Gate—entrance to Southmarch Castle’s inner keep

  Redtree—an Eddon holding

  Reheq-s’lai—Wanderwind Mountains

  Rose Garden—at the center of the Lesser Hall, sometimes called “Traitor’s Garden”

  Sailmaker’s Row—a street near the docks in Great Xis

  Salt Pool—underground sea pool in Funderling Town

  Sania—a country in Xand

  Scented Garden—a garden in the Seclusion of Xis

  Seclusion—home of the wives of the autarch

  Sessio—an island kingdom in the south of Eion

  Settland—small, mountainous country southwest of the March Kingdoms; ally of Southmarch

  Shadowline—line of demarcation between lands of Qar and human lands

  Shehen—“Weeping,” Qar name for Yasammez’s house

  Shivering Plain—site of a great Qar battle

  Siege of Always-Winter—a mythical castle

  Silent Hill—place behind the Shadowline

  Silk Door—a place beneath Funderling Town

  Skimmer’s Lagoon—body of water inside Southmarch walls, connected to Brenn’s Bay

  Silverside Road—thoroughfare leading, among other places, between Southmarch and Summerfield

  Southmarch—seat of the March Kings, sometimes called “Shadowmarch”

  Square of Three Gods—town square in mainland Southmarch

  Stonecutter’s Door—an exit from Funderling Town

  Squeakstep Alley—a street in Southmarch

  Summerfield Court—ducal seat of Gailon and the Tolly family

  Sunken Garden—a Southmarch castle garden, Erilo’s shrine is there

  Sun’s Progress Square—a plaza in Great Xis

  Suttler’s Wall—a Southmarch town near the Blueshore border

  Syan—once-dominant empire, still a powerful kingdom in center of Eion

  Tessis—capitol city of Syan

  Three Gods—a triangular plaza in Southmarch; a populous district around that plaza

  Three Brothers Road—thoroughfare leading, among other places, between Southmarch and Summerfield