Rafka – (See Rapheth) Nickname of Khalit and Taliat’s baby son, Rapheth. The future Red King.
Rapheth - (See Rafka) Prince of Hybron. In hiding. Son of King Khalit and Queen Taliat. Of the Reshaim blood through Father and Mother. The future Red King of Hybron. The holy warrior and king of the prophecies in the Holy Aishanna who will bring peace to Hybron and Zapulia, wipe out corruption and unite all things unto the First Pillar.
Remu - One of Teraht's twin sons. The younger twin.
Rhajit Ka Mahaj (Rhajit the Ram) - Mercenary, tribesman that left the old ways.
Ruz – Eunuch of the court of King Khalit. Guards the concubines.
S
Salayma – A minor concubine. Deceased.
Samje – One of Lady Senetta’s servants.
Saujiah – Desert holy man, like Nagilla, an angelic being sent from God to carry out His work on Chialis. Saujiah has taken the form of a Jurite.
Sawda (Lady Sawda) – an Egian alchemist, also called a witch by less charitable people, famous for her love potions and longevity potions. The title 'lady' was given to her as an honorific because of her wealth and popularity among the people.
Seena – A prostitute.
Senetta – A former prostitute of one of the Night Market brothels. Now a powerful madam who owns her own brothel inYilphaeus named Senetta’s House.
Setimet – Queen Taliat’s closest servant and confidant.
Silam Tybbl-Awat – High priest of the Golden Temple, son of Lord Igun Tybble-Awat.
Shishak na Shushim son of Shushim – Ainash temple priest.
Sollus – (See Hec) Sun god, northern and western equivalent to Hec but called by this name in the Great Ridge Lands.
T
Taliat Seht– the new queen of Hybron, titles: Her Greatness and Most Serene Queen.
Tasi – Zapulian serpent goddess, feasts on human flesh. She is a Zapulian version of the Egian deity Elyshe, mother of Nimnet. Tasi has a male consort, Teche.
Teman Ka’ Buruz son of Nihom – Head Ainash scribe, friend of Shishak.
Tenan Seht – Queen Taliat’s father, the former vassal to King Khalit and Lord-Chieftain of Egi, resided in Egium. Deceased.
Teraht Seht – Younger brother to Lord-Chieftain Tenan and uncle to Queen Taliat. Became Lord-Chieftain of Egi after his brother's death and King of Egi and Hybron after Queen Taliat's death.
Turok – Storm god. Also known as Garon in the north. Has a dragon son named Abgaron who lives in the Llordis Sea. Has been known to reside in the Gaspa Sea in ancient times.
Tryga – One of Queen Taliat’s maidservants. Deceased.
U, V
Ulthi-Nahkteht Ut– A corrupt Egian alchemist who bought Demos as a slave. He is part of the secretive and dangerous Society of the Black Guild of Thaumaturgists and Alchemists of Egium.
Uwain – A warrior of Queen Diti’s personal guard.
Vala – Black messenger cat of queen Taliat.
Y
Yadua – A mute servant of Queen Taliat. She had a very beautiful voice and it upset her mistress, Lady Taliat. She was tortured and her tongue was cut out.
Yarlaam – Heathen prophet of old. Preached against the materialism and greed and the increasing lawlessness in northern Hybron centuries ago at the beginning of the Age of theTwilight Kingdoms.
Yemi – Explorer from Funda.
Yisal - Eldest child of Lady Ketmal and sister to Lord Hasor of the House of Hazad. Widowed.
Yiya - Consort of Yukti, she is the goddess of serenity and light.
Yukti - The god of learning and enlightenment. A local god of Hybron. The city of Rhuctium is consecrated to him.
Z
Zarammalech – Rabshekah, cupbearer, in this instance chief prince or palace official. Deceased.
Zarhaz – A priest of the Ainash who, like the prophet Ilim, begins bucking the priestly establishment.
Zigal - Personal and trusted servant of Queen Diti. Came with the queen from the citadel in Gamina and is also a scion of the Desert Mothers. Later escaped with the king's son, saving him from murder. Raised Rapheth as her own son, aware of the prophecy surrounding him.
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The Scions of the Citadel (also known as Scions of the Desert Mothers)
They are the spiritual descendants of the Desert Mothers and desert prophetesses of long ago.
Berenice – Mother and leader of the citadel. Runs the citadel and is the spiritual leader in Gamina of the old faith of the Aishanna-La. A powerful healer and a minor seer.
Zipporah – Head midwife
Iddina - One of the instructors of history
Sorrell – Apprentice to Matha the Head herbalist
Anet - Orphan student at the citadel with great talents as a seer and prophetess. Later, a desert prophetess appointed by God.
Kaisha - Orphan student at the citadel, later becomes a noblewoman by marriage. Also an accomplished midwife.
Maia - Midwife
Helga – Head Instructor of the citadel, instructor of reading and letters, history and religious instructor
Matha – Head herbalist and apothecary of the citadel
Carisse - Religious instructor and healer
Nirka - Student, later emissary
Nitara – Student, later language and math instructor.
Ava - Student, later a scribe
Yusanna - Small orphan girl
Peninah - Cook
Medeah - Head cook
Olimah - Weaver, seamstress
Irtal - Student, candle-maker and shepherdess, later Head of animal husbandry at the citadel
Tala – Masseusse
Semmarah – Warrior
Odwyn - Warrior
Lita – Warrior. Deceased.
There are also various unnamed scions who work and live at the citadel.
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Sayings, Words and Titles
Figures of speech, unfamiliar words and titles
A
Ahaifa – Bless you, or blessings to you; a salutation, a greeting.
Aich – Example: "Darn it!" An expression of exasperation.
Ai – Example: "Oh no!" Exclamation of surprise, usually about something unpleasant.
Aishanna - The holy book of the Aishanna-La people.
Aisu – An honorific denoting divine authority, rulership or status that has been handed down directly from a divine source; to be first blessed by the gods before anyone else – something being blessed by a god. Example: Khalit-Aisu, “King by God’s Hand” or “First King”.
Alchemy - A profession that covers many disciplines. It is known as Science to all people on the planet Earth, a body of knowledge itself, of the type that can be logically explained and applied in a reliable manner. There are two major branches of Alchemy, physical alchemy and occultic alchemy. Within these two branches there are three disciplines: White, Gold and Black. Only those of Black Alchemy practice the occult.
Ascerbinum – A slow acting poison.
Auroch – Ancient wild bull/cattle, far larger and more aggressive than the normal, domesticated breeds. Became extinct on Chialis centuries after the Age of the Twilight Kingdoms.
B
Baga – A small creature, part mammal and part reptilian that mainly comes out at night or dusk. It is skittish and avoids contact with other creatures, easily frightened. It is ugly, looking an opossum and an iguana. Plays dead or runs and hides when threatened. Feeds on insects or the eggs of other animals.
C, D
Cerussa – White makeup.
Dakhmin – Changed Men; people physically and biologically changed, damaged or "enhanced" through cruel alchemical experiments.
Dak Ellak – A curse, meaning: a damnable place.
Dak Rullak – A curse, literally meaning a damnable thing or person.
Day of Glorious Fires – Important celebration of Hec or the sun, when it is highest in the sky. Takes place over seven days. Starts near the end of spring in some years and at the first day of summer on other y
ears.
Drekar - Dragon headed longships (Valierite ships).
E
Ellah Kaifah – Amen. Literally meaning: May the Heavens bless.
Epolei – General name for city any dweller among the tribes people. Sometimes used in a derogatory fashion to refer to city people. A foreign word.
Erdu-horn – War horn, device used to project the voice, usually used in war to frighten enemies.
Eunuch – A royal official. Not all eunuchs are castrated, such as in the case of Parso. Parso was not a castrated eunuch.
G
Gasperat – The time when the moons are highest in the sky and when the “dead sun” or what we know now as the planet Jupiter passes in view of the night sky of Chialis (Mars) by the naked eye. This event is always at the height or middle of summer or called high summer. It is also a holy day dedicated to the moon goddess of Egi.
Goah – Manhood or penis. It can also mean the kidneys or bowels depending on how the word is used.
Great Migration – When the tribes at the Beginning were created by God in the center of the world (near what was later Hybron) and scattered throughout the earth.
Gudzhinza – Example:"Damn it!" (in Ulu.)
H
Hadana – An ancient board game, equivalent to Mancala, Warri or Adi.
High Night - Midnight.
Hikra – Hypocrite.
Hool! – A religious call; a fervent or passionate exclamation of joy; elation. Usually used in a chant: Hool! Hool! Hool!
J, K
Jaga - Idiot or jackass. (Egian word).
Jia (jia-dream) - Among those that worship the sun god Hec and his consorts or brother-gods, it is a special vision or prophetic dream.
Juhi – Literally meaning: “Mercy!”
Jusawa - An Egian code word used among Egian slaves that means "freedom". It can also be the cry to take up a holy war, like a crusade or a jihad or a cry of rebellion. It's literal meaning is freedom or liberation.
Khuliom – A prayer of power and strength. It imparts power to the weak, strength to the fearful and courage and solace to the despairing one.
Kushigyar – Head ruling nobleman or head official of a city-state.
Kushimen – Senate usually of nobles and priests ruling under the Kushigyar.
L
Lapirim – Aged, dried organ meats spread with fat and spices.
Leviathan - Crocodile.
Library of All Schools - The most important and largest library in Hybron, located in Rhuctium, the Hybronian center for learning and education.
Luma – Exotic fruit with sapphire blue flesh and orange seeds. Very sweet, floral and tangy at the same time. Flowers from the Luma plant glow at night and can be used in other foods or herbal preperations. Often used in desserts.
Luti – Epithet used to describe tribal people. Literally meaning: savage. Not originally an Alharan word.
M - P
Mamoul (or ma'amoul) - A shortbread pastry filled with either nuts or fruit. Usually these are eaten on special occasions, such as religious celebrations.
Mannimalomancy - An offshoot of manismechanillurgy with magical overtones, it is purely an evil discipline wherein humans or animals in the experiment are then dominated through magic by the will of the alchemist. Only black alcehmists use this discipline.
Mannismechanallurgy – Peformed by Black Guild alchemists and sometimes by white alchemists, it has come to be associated more with Black Alchemy, the black form of it characterizing inhumane and cruel experiments on humans. In Black Alchemy, Man is seen purely as a machine to be worked upon, changed and formed under the absolute will and desire of the alchemist. In White Alchemy this discipline is seen as a way to study through observation and experimentation the dead human body and understand how to heal what is malformed and broken in the living. For both the White and the Black, it is a way to operate and experiment and understand the workings of the complex human body.
Nanasi – Ulu name for nuts.
Neru – A serum that greatly increases life or age.
Nookal – Kohlrabi, or turnips.
Odissi - An ancient classical dance form popular in the Far East.
Pufok – A traditional dish of ground raw, aged meat with vegetable and raw egg, usually horse or camel.
Pyrru or Pyrrh – Actually the Pyrrhuloxia, a desert songbird.
R, S
Reshaim – Word for the Red Kings, their kin and issue.
Rhytons – Conical drinking vessels, a descendent of the drinking horn. Mostly from the Bronze Age.
Sanguina – Usually powdered pig's or goat's blood, or any animal blood, combined with crushed and powdered peppers. Used as seasoning in northern Galieh.
Star Rock - There are two different kinds of rock with this name. In most cases in the Middle World star rock is the name for diamond. Less frequently it is also the name for the debris that breaks off from comets or asteroids and fall to the planet - meteorites.
Su – Honorific denoting divine authority or status or one who is descended from the gods.
T
Teraphim - Household gods or "little gods". Carved wooden idols, sometimes made of stone, they are often used by tribal people as deeds or titles in large and important business transactions between individuals, families or between tribal groups.
Toocha – Filth or excrement, especially from a pig.
Truska Melon – A melon/fruit variety native to Hybron. It is extremely sweet with the taste slightly of cinnamon and cactus. It comes in several vatrieties: black, the sweetest, white (cultivated underground) and purple.
V-Z
Valley of the Royal Tombs – The royal burial site in Egi for kings and queens.
Yamma – A greeting in Jura in the language, Ulu, meaning: Hello.
Yaryebu – Mammoth, Literally, god-elephant. Ulu language.
Yebu - Ulu word for elephant.
Yurta – Yurt or kherga. Tent-like dwelling.
Rise of the Red King
Book Three of the Red World trilogy
By V. A. Jeffrey
Copyright © 2013
All rights reserved.
Artwork By Ferdinand Ladera
An Epistle Publishing book
The stories contained in this book are works of fiction. Names and characters are the product of the author’s imagination and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, past or present is entirely coincidental. All rights reserved.
Table of Contents
Book III
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Chapter Thirty
Chapter Thirty-One
Chapter Thirty-Two
Chapter Thirty-Three
Chapter Thirty-Four
Chapter Thirty-Five
Chapter Thirty-Six
Chapter Thirty-Seven
Glossary
III.
“ 'I perceive by the will of God that His purpose is strange, His will a random and distant force to the minds of men who cannot see. For instance, you must look at the central prophecy of the coming of the Red King. Though it is aforetime, beyond the lifetime of men living
upon the surface now, after the Destruction most will think the line finished and the kingdom nothing more than ancient history. Yet prophecy is like the tidal wave at sea which rises and falls with the drawing of forces that exist, not in the world itself, but outside of it. Men cannot see all things, no, not in their own time nor in the future. Many cannot understand the past. Three times the world will be cleansed and brought a hope, three times the Reshaim will dawn, that holy hope, until the Third Dawn of the Reshaim. Afterward, all things will be returned to God, united in holy perfection and the chain of birth, unhappiness, suffering and death will be broken and cast off forever. That perfection is the hoped for Paradise that all men attain to, whether they know it or not. It was the original Purpose, that Man might be brought back to Him in Perfection, eternal.' "
Says the inspired scribe Izingu, Ahaifa. For instance, I, like him before me, see the will of God in the birth of this new king though it shall be many ages from now. What is now coming next is the Second Dawn of the Reshaim. The First is long past in the Great Destruction of Assenna. As for the next dawn, the seed has been preserved throughout the wild peoples, to mingle and grow stronger, to weed out the imperfection it once had and it will be made to come back to Him in an unexpected way. The king will be a distant descendent of the last Red King, King Dahlan. As the holy book states, his father will be a warrior king, a wild man and strong like all his peoples, his mother a queen out of a mysterious land shadowed by dark gods but neither of them will be adherents to the faith nor will this be perceived clearly by all those looking for the second fulfillment. It will seem a strange thing, even foolish, especially to those looking for the wrong reasons. But along the way He will raise up prophets from among the people and these will guide those with the right hearts to truly see the signs. Those that can see it will rejoice. Those that cannot understand it will hate it and seek to destroy the signs and the servants who reveal it. Yet, Airend-Ur is with His people. If He has said it, it will come to pass.
- From the Additional Expoundings, conversations and acts of the Desert Fathers
(Appendix material from the Book of Nagilla)
Red World Trilogy Page 76
