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by Stephen R. Donaldson


  Chosen, the: title given to Linden Avery

  Circle of Elders: Stonedown leaders

  Cirrus Kindwind: a Giant; one of the Swordmainnir

  clachan, the: demesne of the Elohim

  ClangorClang: a Courser

  Clangor: a Courser

  Clash: a Courser

  Clave, the: group which wields the Sunbane and rules the Land

  clingor: adhesive leather

  Close, the: the Council chamber of Lord’s Keep

  Clyme: a Haruchai, a Master of the Land; one of the Humbled

  Coercri: The Grieve; former home of the Giants in Seareach

  Colossus of the Fall, the: ancient stone figure guarding the Upper Land

  Consecear Redoin: a region north of the Soulsease River

  Cord: Ramen second rank

  Cording: Ramen ceremony of becoming a Cord

  Corimini: Eldest of the Loresraat

  Corruption: Bloodguard/Haruchai name for Lord Foul

  Council of Lords, the: protectors of the Land

  Courser: a beast made by the Clave using the Sunbane

  Creator, the: maker of the Earth

  Croft: Graveler of Crystal Stonedown

  Crowl: a Bloodguard

  croyel, the: mysterious creatures which grant power through bargains, living off their hosts

  Crystal Stonedown: home of Hollian

  Currier: a Ramen rank

  D

  Damelon Giantfriend: son of Berek Halfhand, second High Lord of the Old Lords

  Damelon? Door: door of lore which when opened permits passage through the Audience Hall of Earthroot under Melenkurion Skyweir

  Dance of the Wraiths, the: Celebration of Spring

  Dancers of the Sea, the: merewives; suspected to be the offspring of the Elohim Kastenessen and his mortal lover

  Daphine: one of the Elohim

  Dawngreeter: highest sail on the foremast of a Giantship

  Dead, the: spectres of those who have died

  Defiles Course, the: river in the Lower Land

  Demondim, the: creatures created by Viles; creators of ur-viles and Waynhim

  Demondim-spawn: another name for ur-viles and Waynhim; Vain

  Desolation, the: era of ruin in the Land, after the Ritual of Desecration

  Despiser, the: Lord Foul

  Despite: evil; name given to the Despiser’s nature and effects

  dharmakshetra: “to brave the enemy,” a Waynhim

  dhraga: a Waynhim

  dhubha: a Waynhim

  dhurng: a Waynhim

  diamondraught: Giantish liquor

  Din: a Courser

  Dire? Vessel: Giantship used by the Swordmainnir to convey Longwrath

  Doar: a Bloodguard

  Dohn: a Manethrall of the Ramen

  Dolewind, the: wind blowing to the Soulbiter

  Doom? Retreat: a gap in the Southron Range between the South Plains and Doriendor Corishev

  Doriendor Corishev: an ancient city; seat of the king against whom Berek Halfhand rebelled

  drhami: a Waynhim

  Drinishok: Sword-Elder of the Loresraat

  Drinny: a Ranyhyn, Lord Mhoram’s mount; foal of Hynaril

  dromond: a Giantship

  Drool Rockworm: a Cavewight; leader of the Cavewights, finder of the Illearth Stone

  dukkha: “victim”, Waynhim name

  Dura Fairflank: a mustang, Covenant’s mount

  Durance: a cryptic barrier, apparently broken

  durhisitar: a Waynhim

  During Stonedown: village destroyed by the Grim; home of Hamako

  Duroc: one of the Seven Words

  Durris: a Haruchai

  E

  EarthBlood: concentrated fluid Earthpower; only known to exist under Melenkurion Skyweir; source of the Power of Command

  Earthfriend: title first given to Berek Halfhand

  Earthpower: natural power of all life; the source of all power in the Land

  Earthroot: lake under Melenkurion Skyweir

  Earthrootstair: stairway down to the lake of Earthroot under Melenkurion Skyweir

  Earth-Sight: Giantish power to perceive distant dangers and needs

  eftmound: gathering-place for the Elohim

  eh-Brand: one who can use wood to read the Sunbane

  Elemesnedene: home of the Elohim

  Elena: daughter of Lena and Thomas Covenant; later High Lord

  Elohim, the: a mystic people encountered by the wandering Giants

  Elohimfest: a gathering of the Elohim

  Emacrimma’s Maw: a region in the Centre Plains

  Enemy: Lord Foul’s term of reference for the Creator

  Eoman: a unit of the Warward of Lord’s Keep, twenty warriors and a Warhaft

  Eoward: twenty Eoman plus a Haft

  Epemin: a soldier in Berek Halfhand? army, tenth Eoman, second Eoward

  Esmer: tormented son of Cail and the Dancers of the Sea

  Exalt Widenedworld: a Giant; youngest son of Soar Gladbirth and Sablehair Foamheart; later called Lostson and Longwrath

  F

  fael Befylam: serpent-form of the jheherrin

  Faer: mare of Lord Callindrill

  Fall: Haruchai name for a caesure

  Fangs: the Teeth of the Render; Ramen name for the Demondim

  Fangthane the Render: Ramen name for Lord Foul

  Far Woodhelven: a village of the Land

  Father of Horses, the: Kelenbhrabanal, legendary sire of the Ranyhyn

  Favoured, the: courtesans of the gaddhi

  Findail: one of the Elohim; the Appointed

  Fields of Richloam: a region in the Centre Plains

  Filigree: a Giant; another name for Sablehair Foamheart

  Fire-Lions: living fire-flow of Mount Thunder

  fire-stones: graveling

  First Betrayer: Clave-name for Berek Halfhand

  First Circinate: first level of the Sandhold

  First Haft: third in command of the Warward

  First Mark: the Bloodguard commander

  First of the Search, the: leader of the Giants who follow the Earth-Sight

  First Ward of Kevin’s Lore: primary cache of knowledge left by High Lord Kevin

  Fleshharrower: a Giant-Raver, Jehannum, moksha

  Foamkite: tyrscull belonging to Honninscrave and Seadreamer

  Fole: a Haruchai

  Foodfendhall: eating-hall and galley aboard a Giantship

  Forbidding: a wall of power

  Forestal: a protector of the remnants of the One Forest

  Fostil: a man of Mithil Stonedown; father of Liand

  Foul’s Creche: the Despiser’s home, Ridjeck Thome

  Frostheart Grueburn: a Giant; one of the swordmannir

  Furl Falls: waterfall at Revelstone

  Furl’s Fire: warning fire at Revelstone

  G

  gaddhi, the: sovereign of Bhrathairealm

  Gallows Howe: a place of execution in Garroting Deep

  Galt: a Haruchai, a Master of the Land; one of the Humbled

  Garroting Deep: a forest of the Land

  Garth: Warmark of the Warward of Lord’s Keep

  Gay: a Winhome of the Ramen

  ghohritsar: a Waynhim

  ghramin: a Waynhim

  Giantclave: Giantish conference

  Giantfriend: title given first to Damelon, later to Thomas Covenant

  Giants: the Unhomed, ancient friends of the Lords; a seafaring people of the Earth

  Giantship: a stone sailing vessel made by Giants; dromond

  Giantway: path made by Giants

  Giant Woods: a forest of the Land

  Gibbon: the na-Mhoram; leader of the Clave

  Gilden: a maple-like tree with golden leaves

  Gildenlode: a power-wood formed from the Gilden trees

  Glimmermere: a lake on the plateau above Revelstone

  Gorak Krembal: Hotash Slay, a defence around Foul’s Creche

  Gossamer Glowlimn: a Giant, the Fi
rst of the Search

  Grace: a Cord of the Ramen

  Graveler: one who uses stone to wield the Sunbane

  graveling: fire-stones, made to glow by stone-lore

  Gravelingas: a master of the stone-lore

  Gravin Threndor: Mount Thunder

  Great Desert, the: a region of the Earth; home of the Bhrathair and the Sandgorgons

  Great One, the: title given to Caerroil Wildwood by the Mahdoubt

  Great Swamp, the: Lifeswallower, a region of the Land

  Grey Desert, the: a region south of the Land

  Grey River, the: a river of the Land

  Grey Slayer: plains name for Lord Foul

  Greywightswath: a region north of the Soulsease River

  Greshas Slant: a region in the Centre Plains

  griffin: lion-like beast with wings

  Grim, the: (also the na-Mhoram’s Grim) a destructive storm sent as an attack by the Clave

  Grimmand Honninscrave: a Giant; Master of Starfare’s Gem; brother of Cable Seadreamer

  Grimmerdhore: a forest of the Land

  Guard, the: hustin; soldiers serving the gaddhi

  Guardian of the One Tree, the: mystical figure warding the approach to the One Tree; ak-Haru Kenaustin Ardenol

  H

  Haft: commander of an Eoward

  Halewhole Bluntfist: a Giant; one of the swordmannir

  Halfhand: title given to Thomas Covenant and to Berek

  Hall of Gifts, the: large chamber in Revelstone devoted to the artworks of the Land

  Hamako: sole survivor of the destruction of During Stonedown

  Hami: a Ramen Manethrall

  Handir: a Haruchai leader, the Voice of the Masters

  Harad: one of the Seven Words

  Harbour Captain: chief official of the port of Bhrathairealm

  Harn: one of the Haruchai, protector of Hollian

  Haruchai: a warrior people from the Westron Mountains

  Healer: a physician

  Hearthrall of Lord’s Keep: a steward responsible for light, warmth, and hospitality

  Heart of Thunder: cave of power in Mount Thunder; Kiril Threndor

  Hearthcoal: a Giant; cook of Starfare’s Gem; wife of Seasauce

  Heartthew: a title given to Berek Halfhand

  heartwood chamber: meeting-place of a Woodhelven, within a tree

  Heer: leader of a Woodhelven

  Heft Galewrath: a Giant; Storesmaster of Starfare’s Gem

  Herem: a Raver, Kinslaughterer, turiya

  Hergrom: one of the Haruchai

  High Lord: leader of the Council of Lords

  High Lord’s Furl: banner of the High Lord

  High Wood: lomillialor, offspring of the One Tree

  Hile Troy: a man formerly from Thomas Covenant’s world; Warmark of High Lord Elena’s Warward

  Hiltmark: second in command of the Warward

  Hirebrand: a master of wood-lore

  Hoerkin: a Warhaft

  Hollian: daughter of Amith, eh-Brand of Crystal Stonedown

  Home: original homeland of the Giants

  Horizonscan: lookout atop the midmast of a Giantship

  Horse, the: human soldiery of the gaddhi

  horserite: a gathering of Ranyhyn in which they drink mind-blending waters in order to share visions, prophecies, and purpose

  Hotash Slay: flow of lava protecting Foul’s Creche; Gorak Krembal

  Hower: a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Loerya

  Hrama: a Ranyhyn stallion, mount of Anele

  Humbled, the: three Haruchai maimed to resemble Thomas Covenant; a reminder to the Masters of their limitations

  Hurn: a Cord of the Ramen

  hurtloam: a healing mud

  Huryn: a Ranyhyn, Terrel’s mount

  Husta/hustin: partly human soldiers bred by Kasreyn to be the gaddhi’s Guard

  Hyn: a Ranyhyn mare; mount of Linden Avery

  Hynaril: a Ranyhyn, mount of Tamarantha and then Mhoram

  Hynyn: a Ranyhyn stallion; mount of Stave

  Hyrim: a Lord, son of Hoole

  I

  Illearth Stone, the: powerful bane long buried under Mount Thunder

  Illender: title given to Thomas Covenant

  Imoiran Tomal-mate: a Stonedownor

  Infelice: reigning leader of the Elohim

  Irin: a warrior of the Third Eoman of the Warward

  Isle of the One Tree, the: location of the One Tree

  J

  Jain: a Manethrall of the Ramen

  Jass: a Haruchai; a Master of the Land

  Jehannum: a Raver, Fleshharrower, moksha

  jheherrin: soft ones, misshapen by-products of Foul’s making

  Jous: a man of Mithil Stonedown; son of Prassan; father of Nassic; inheritor of an Unfettered One’s mission to remember the Halfhand

  K

  Kalina: wife of Nassic; mother of Sunder; woman of Mithil Stonedown

  Kam: a Manethrall of the Ramen

  Karnis: a Heer of First Woodhelven

  Kasreyn of the Gyre: a thaumaturge; the gaddhi’s Kemper (advisor) in Bhrathairealm

  Kastenessen: one of the Elohim; former Appointed

  Kelenbhrabanal: Father of Horses in Ranyhyn legends

  Keeper: a Ramen rank; one of those unsuited to the rigors of being a Cord or a Manethrall

  Keep of the na-Mhoram, the: Revelstone

  Kemper, the: chief advisor of the gaddhi; Kasreyn

  Kemper’s Pitch: highest level of the Sandhold

  Kenaustin Ardenol: a figure of Haruchai legend, paragon and measure of all Haruchai virtues

  Kevin Landwaster: son of Loric Vilesilencer, last High Lord of the Old Lords

  Kevin’s Dirt: smog-like pall covering the Upper Land; invisible from below, it blocks health-sense

  Kevin’s Lore: knowledge of power left hidden by Kevin in the Seven Wards

  Kevin’s Watch: mountain lookout near Mithil Stonedown

  Khabaal: one of the Seven Words

  Kinslaughterer: a Giant-Raver, Herem, turiya

  Kiril Threndor: chamber of power deep under Mount Thunder; Heart of Thunder

  Koral: a Bloodguard; assigned to Lord Amatin

  Korik: a Bloodguard

  kresh: savage giant yellow wolves

  krill, the: knife of power forged by High Lord Loric, awakened to power by Thomas Covenant

  Kurash Plenethor: region of the Land formally named Stricken Stone, now called Trothgard

  Kurash Qwellinir: the Shattered Hills, region of the Lower Land protecting Foul’s Creche

  L

  Lake Pelluce: a lake in Andelainscion

  Lal: a Cord of the Ramen

  Landsdrop: great cliff separating the Upper and Lower Lands

  Land, the: generally, area found on the map; a focal region of the Earth where Earthpower is uniquely accessible

  Landsverge Stonedown: a village of the Land

  Landwaster: title given to High Lord Kevin

  Latebirth: a Giant; one of the swordmainnir

  Law, the: the natural order

  Law of Death, the: the natural order which separates the living from the dead

  Law of Life, the: the natural order which separates the dead from the living

  Law-Breaker: title given to both High Lord Elena and Caer-Caveral

  Lax Blunderfoot: a name chosen by Latebirth in self-castigation

  Lena: a Stonedownor, daughter of Atiaran; mother of Elena

  Lifeswallower: the Giant Swamp

  lianar: wood of power used by an eh-Brand

  Liand: a man of Mithil Stonedown, son of Fostil; companion of Linden Avery

  lillianrill: wood-lore; masters of wood-lore

  Lithe: a Manethrall of the Ramen

  Llaura: a Heer of Soaring Woodhelven

  Loerya Trevor-mate: a Lord

  lomillialor: High Wood; a wood of power

  Longwrath: a Giant; Swordmainnir name for Exalt Widenedworld

  Lord: one who has mastered both the Sword
and the Staff aspects of Kevin’s Lore

  Lord-Fatherer: title given to Berek Halfhand

  Lord Foul: the enemy of the Land; the Despiser

  “Lord Mhoram’s Victory”: a painting by Ahanna

  Lord of Wickedness: a-Jeroth

  Lords, the: the primary protectors of the Land

  Lord’s-fire: staff-fire used by the Lords

  Lord’s Keep: Revelstone

  loremaster: a leader of ur-viles

  Loresraat: Trothgard school at Revelwood where Kevin’s Lore is studied

  Lorewarden: a teacher in the Loresraat

  loreworks: Demondim power laboratory

  Loric Vilesilencer: a High Lord; son of Damelon Giantfriend

  lor-liarill: Gildenlode

  Lost, the: Giantish name for the Unhomed

  Lost Deep, the: loreworks; breeding pit/laboratory under Mount Thunder where Demondim, Waynhim, and ur-viles were created

  Lostson: a Giant; later name for Exalt Widenedworld

  Lower Land, the: region of the Land east of Landsdrop

  lucubrium: laboratory of a thaumaturge

  lurker of the Sarangrave, the: monster inhabiting the Great Swamp

  M

  Mahdoubt, the: a strange old woman; a servant of Revelstone

  Mahrtiir: a Ramen Manethrall; companion of Linden Avery

  maidan: open land around Elemesnedene

  Maker, the: jheherrin name for Lord Foul

  Maker-place: jheherrin name for Foul’s Creche

  Malliner: Woodhelvennin Heer, son of Veinnin

  Mane: Ramen reference to a Ranyhyn

  Maneing: Ramen ceremony of becoming a Manethrall

  Manethrall: highest Ramen rank

  Manhome: main dwelling place of the Ramen

  Marid: a man of Mithil Stonedown; Sunbane victim

  Marny: a Ranyhyn, Tuvor’s mount

  marrowmeld: bone-sculpting; anundivian yajna

  master-rukh: iron triangle at Revelstone which feeds and reads other rukhs

  Master: commander of a Giantship

  Master, the: Clave-name for Lord Foul

  Masters of the Land, the: Haruchai who have claimed responsibility for protecting the Land from corruption

  Mehryl: a Ranyhyn, Hile Troy’s mount

  Melenkurion abatha: phrase of invocation or power; two of the Seven Words

  Melenkurion Skyweir: a cleft peak in the Westron Mountains

  Memla na-Mhoram-in: a Rider of the Clave

  merewives: the Dancers of the Sea

  metheglin: a beverage; mead

  Mhoram: a Lord; later high Lord; son of Variol

  Mill: one of the Seven Words

  Minas: one of the Seven Words

  mirkfruit: papaya-like fruit with narcoleptic pulp

  Mistweave: a Giant

  Mithil River: a river of the Land

 

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