Janny Wurts - [Wars of Light and Shadow 07 - Alliance of Light 04]

by Traitor's Knot (epub)

  not from the Paravian

  SPIRE

  town with a hostel of Ath's Brotherhood, located on the southcoast in Havistock, Havish.

  s'TALEYN

  lineage of the caithdeinen of Shand.

  pronounced: stall-ay-en

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

  STEIVEN

  Earl of the North, caithdein and regent to the Kingdom of Rathain at the time of Arithon Teir's'Ffalenn's return. Chieftain of the Deshans until his death in the battle of Strakewood Forest in Third Year 5638. Jieret Red-beard's father. Barach and Jeynsa's grandfather.

  pronounced: stay-vin

  root meaning: steiven - stag

  STORLAINS

  mountains dividing the Kingdom of Havish.

  pronounced: store-lanes

  root meaning: storlient - largest summit, highest divide

  STORMWELL

  Gulf of Stormwell, body of water off the northcoast of Tysan.

  STRAKEWOOD

  forest in the principality of Deshir, Rathain; site of the battle of Strakewood Forest, where the garrison from Etarra marched against the clans under Steiven s'Valerient and Prince Arithon, in Third Age Year 5638.

  pronounced: strayk-wood similar to 'stray wood'

  root meaning: streik - to quicken, to seed

  SULFIN EVEND

  son of the Mayor of Hanshire who holds the post of Alliance Lord Commander under Lysaer s'Ilessid.

  pronounced: sool-finn ev-end

  root meaning: suilfinn eiavend - colloquialism, diamond mind, 'one who is persistent'

  s'VALERIENT

  family name for the Earls of the North, regents and caithdein for the High Kings of Rathain.

  pronounced: val-er-ee-ent

  root meaning: val - straight; erient - spear

  TAERLIN

  south-western principality of Kingdom of Tysan. Also a lake, Taerlin Waters located in the southern spur of Tprnir Peaks. Halliron taught Arithon a ballad of that name, which is of Paravian origin and commemorates the First Age slaughter of a unicorn herd by Khadrim.

  pronounced: tay-er-lin

  root meaning: taer - calm; lien - to love

  TAL QUORIN

  river formed by the confluence of watershed on the southern side of Strakewood, principality of Deshir, Rathain, where traps were laid for Etarra's army in the battle of Strakewood Forest, and where the rape and massacre of Deshir's clan women and children occurred under Lysaer and head-hunters under Pesquil's command in Third Age Year 5638.

  pronounced: tal quar-in

  root meaning: tal - branch; quorin - canyons

  TALITH

  Etarran princess; former wife of Lysaer s'Ilessid. Died of a fall from Avenor's tower of state.

  pronounced: tal-ith - to rhyme with 'gal with'

  root meaning: tal - branch; lith - to keep,'nurture

  TALVISH

  a clanborn retainer in sworn service to s'Brydion at Alestron who was sworn into the service of Prince Arithon as a point of honour.

  pronounced: tall-vish

  root meaning: talvesh - reed

  TANUIN

  a clansman of Shand who died in defense of non-combatant families during the campaign at Vastmark in Third Age Year 5647, father of Glendien.

  pronounced: tan-oo-win

  root meaning: tanuin - swift, or swallow

  TEIR

  masculine form of a title fixed to a name denoting heirship.

  pronounced: tayer

  root meaning: teir's - successor to power

  TEIREN

  feminine form of Teir.

  TEIVE

  first mate of the merchant brig Evenstar and father of Feylind's two children.

  pronounced: tee-ev

  root meaning: tierve - reliable

  TELLESEC

  guild minister in Avenor, and one of the regent's council of Tysan.

  pronounced: tell-i-sec

  root meaning: tellisec - a small spider

  TELMANDIR

  seat of the High Kings of Havish in Lithmere, Havish. Ruined during the uprising in Third Age Year 5018, rebuilt by High King Eldir s'Lornmein after his coronation in Third Age Year 5643.

  pronounced: tell-man-deer

  root meaning: telman'en - leaning; dir - rock

  TELZEN

  town on the eastshore of Alland, Shand.

  pronounced: tell-zen

  root meaning: tielsen - to saw wood

  THALDEINS

  mountain range that borders the principality of Camris, Tysan, to the east. Site of the Camris clans' west outpost. Site of the raid at the Pass of Orlan.

  pronounced: thall-dayn

  root meaning: thal - head; dein - bird

  THARIDOR

  trade city on the shores of the Bay of Eltair in Melhalla.

  pronounced: thar-i-door

  root meaning: tier'i'dur - keep of stone

  THARRICK

  former captain of the guard in the city of Alestron assigned charge of the duke's secret armoury; now married to Jinesse and working as a gentleman mercenary guard at Innish.

  pronounced: thar-rick

  root meaning: thierik - unkind twist of fate

  THEMBREL'S OAK

  tree by the sacred spring in the heart of Halwythwood, Rathain, where the Athlien dancers once enacted the rites of renewal. Site of the grand mysteries, off-limits to humankind.

  pronounced: them-brel

  root meaning: thembrel - acorn

  TIDEPORT

  a coastal town in Korias, Tysan.

  not from the Paravian

  TIENELLE

  high-altitude herb valued by mages for its mind-expanding properties. Highly toxic. No antidote. The leaves, dried and smoked, are most potent. To weaken its powerful side-effects and allow safer access to its vision, Koriani enchantresses boil the flowers, then soak tobacco leaves with the brew.

  pronounced: tee-an-ell-e (last 'e' mostly subliminal)

  root meaning: tien - dream; iel - light,'ray

  TIRANS

  trade town located on the East Halla peninsula in Melhalla, also a Second Age ruin, seat of the High Kings of Melhalla, sacked during the uprising in Third Age Year 5018. Site of a Paravian focus circle.

  pronounced: tee-rans

  root meaning: tier - to hold fast, to keep, or to covet

  TIRIACS

  mountain range to the north of Mirthlvain Swamp, in Midhalla, Melhalla.

  pronounced: tie-ree-axe

  root meaning: tieriach - alloy of metals

  TORBRAND s'FFALENN

  founder of the s'Ffalenn line appointed by the Fellowship of Seven to rule the High Kingdom of Rathain in Third Age Year One.

  pronounced: tor-brand

  root meaning: tor - sharp, keen; brand - temper

  TORNIR PEAKS

  mountain range on western border in Camris, Tysan. Northern half is actively volcanic, and there the last surviving packs of Khadrim are kept under ward.

  pronounced: tor-neer

  root meaning: tor - sharp, keen; nier - tooth

  TRAITHE

  Sorcerer of the Fellowship of Seven. Solely responsible for the closing of South Gate to deny further entry to the Mistwraith. Traithe lost most of his faculties in the process and was left with a limp. Since it is not known whether he can make the transfer into discorporate existence with his powers impaired, he has retained his physical body.

  pronounced: tray-the

  root meaning: traithe - gentleness

  TYSAN

  one of the Five High Kingdoms of Athera as defined by the charters of the Fellowship of Seven. Ruled by the s'Ilessid royal line. Device: gold star on blue field.

  pronounced: tie-san

  root meaning: tiasen - rich

  VAE

  mother of a young boy, recruited by Lysaer s'Ilessid.

  root meaning not from the Paravian.

  VARENS

  trade town on the shore of Eltair Bay i
n East Halla, Melhalla.

  pronounced: var-ens

  root meaning: var'uens - keep safe, or lock

  VARRUN

  Lord High Justiciar of Avenor, one of Lysaer's regent's council of Tysan.

  pronounced: var-run

  root meaning: vaer'ruann - eyrie

  VASTMARK

  principality located in south-western Shand. Highly mountainous and not served by trade-roads. Its coasts are renowned for shipwrecks. Inhabited by nomadic shepherds and wyverns, non-fire-breathing, smaller relatives of Khadrim. Site of the grand massacre of Lysaer's war host in Third Age 5647.

  pronounced: vast-mark

  root meaning: vhast - bare; mheark - valley

  VERRAIN

  master spellbinder, trained by Luhaine; stood as Guardian of Mirthlvain when the Fellowship of Seven was left short-handed after the conquest of the Mistwraith.

  pronounced: ver-rain

  root meaning: ver - keep; ria - touch; an - one; original Paravian: verria'an

  VHALZEIN

  city located in West Shand, shore of Rockbay Harbor on the border by Havish. Famed for shell-inlaid lacquer furnishings.

  pronounced: val-zeen

  root meaning: from Drakish, vhchalsckeen - white sands

  VHANDON

  a renowned clanborn war captain of Duke Bransian s'Brydion of Alestron, assigned to Prince Arithon's service as a point of honour in Third Age Year 5654.

  pronounced: van-done

  root meaning: vhandon - steadfast

  WARDEN OF ALTHAIN

  alternative title for the Fellowship Sorcerer, Sethvir, who received custody of Althain Tower and the powers of the earth link from the last centaur guardian to leave the continent of Paravia in Third Age Year 5100.

  WAYSTONE

  spherical-cut amethyst used by the Koriathain to channel the full power of all enchantresses in their order, lost during the great rebellion that threw down the rule of the high kings, and recovered from Fellowship custody by Lirenda in Third Age Year 5647.

  WESTWOOD

  forest located in Camris, Tysan, north of the Great West Road.

  WHITEHAVEN

  Hostel of Ath's Brotherhood located in the Skyshiel Mountains near the city of Eastwall.

  WHITEHOLD

  city located on the shore of Eltair Bay, Kingdom of Melhalla.

  WORLDSEND GATES

  set at the four compass points of the continent of Paravia. These were spelled portals constructed by the Fellowship of Seven at the dawn of the Third Age, and were done in connection with the obligations created by their compact with the Paravian races, which allowed Men to settle on Athera.

  WYNTOCK GATE

  upper gate in the citadel of Alestron, opening onto the suspended wooden bridge that crosses the tidal moat to the Mathiell Gate.

  pronounced: win-tock

  root meaning: wuinn - vulture; tiok - roost