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The One Tree

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by Stephen R. Donaldson


  Caer-Caveral: Forestal of Andelain; formerly Hile Troy

  Caerroil Wildwood: former Forestal of Garroting Deep

  Cail: one of the Haruchai; protector of Linden

  Caitiffin: a captain of the armed forces of Bhrathairealm

  Callowwail, the River: stream arising from Elemesnedene

  Ceer: one of the Haruchai

  Chant: one of the Elohim

  Chatelaine, the: courtiers of the gaddhi

  Chosen, the: title given to Linden Avery

  clachan, the: demesne of the Elohim

  Clave, the: the rulers of the Land

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

  Colossus of the Fall, the: ancient stone figure formerly guarding the upper land

  Council of Lords: former rulers of the Land

  Courser: a beast made by the Clave by the power of the Sunbane

  Corruption: Haruchai name for Lord Foul

  Creator, the: the maker of the Earth

  croyel: mysterious creature of power with which Kasreyn bargained for his longevity

  Dancers of the Sea, the: merewives

  Dawngreeter: highest sail on the foremast of a Giantship

  Daphin: one of the Elohim

  Demondim-spawn: Vain

  Despiser, the: Lord Foul

  Despite: evil

  diamondraught: Giantish liquor

  dromond: a Giantship

  Drool Rockworm: former Cavewight

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

  Earthpower, the: source of all power in the Land

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

  eftmound: gathering-place of the Elohim

  Elemesnedene: home of the Elohim

  Elena: former High Lord; daughter of Lena and Covenant

  Elohim, the: a faery people

  Elohimfest: a gathering of the Elohim

  Favored, the: courtesans of the gaddhi

  Findail: one of the Elohim; the Appointed

  Fire-Lions: fire-flow of Mount Thunder

  First Circinate: first level of the Sandhold

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

  Foodfendhall: eating-hall and galley aboard a Giantship

  Forestal: a protector of the forests of the Land

  Foul’s Creche: the Despiser’s former home; destroyed by Covenant

  gaddhi, the: sovereign of Bhrathairealm

  Garroting Deep: a former forest of the Land

  Giants: a seafaring people of the Earth

  Giantfriend: title given first to Damelon, later to Covenant

  Giantship: stone sailing vessel made by Giants

  Gibbon: the na-Mhoram; leader of the Clave

  Glimmermere: a lake on the upland above Revelstone

  Gossamer Glowlimn: a Giant; the First of the Search

  graveling: fire-stones

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

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

  Grim, the: a destructive storm sent as a curse by the Clave

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

  Guard, the: hustin; soldiers serving the gaddhi

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

  Harbor Captain: chief official of the port of Bhrathairealm

  Haruchai, the: a people who live in the Westron Mountains

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

  Herem: a Raver; also known as turiya

  Hergrom: one of the Haruchai

  High Lord: former leader of the Council of Lords

  Hile Troy: a man formerly from Covenant’s world who became a Forestal

  Hollian: daughter of Amith; former eh-Brand of Crystal Stonedown

  Home: homeland of the Giants

  Horizonscan: lookout atop the midmast of a Giantship

  Horse, the: human soldiery of the gaddhi

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

  Illearth Stone, the: green stone; a source of evil power

  Infelice: reigning leader of the Elohim

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

  Kasreyn of the Gyre: a thaumaturge; the gaddhi’s Kemper

  Kastenessen: an Elohim; former Appointed

  Kemper, the: chief minister of the gaddhi

  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; former Lord; enactor of the Ritual of Desecration

  Kevin’s Watch: mountain lookout near Mithil Stonedown

  krill, the: knife of power formed by Loric Vilesilencer

  Land, the: a focal region of the Earth

  Landsdrop: great cliff separating the Upper and Lower Lands

  Law, the: the natural order

  Lena: daughter of Atiaran; mother of Elena

  Lifeswallower: the Great Swamp; a region of the Land

  Lord Foul: the Despiser

  Lords, the: former rulers of the Land

  Loric Vilesilencer: son of Damelon; former Lord

  Lost, the: Giantish name for the Unhomed

  Lower Land: region of the Land east of Landsdrop

  lucubrium: laboratory of a thaumaturge

  lurker of the Sarangrave: a swamp-monster

  maidan: open land around Elemesnedene

  Marid: a man of Mithil Stonedown; Sunbane-victim

  Master, the: captain of a Giantship

  merewives: the Dancers of the Sea

  Mhoram: former High Lord

  Mistweave: a Giant

  Mithil Stonedown: a village in the South Plains of the Land

  Mount Thunder: a peak at the center of Landsdrop

  na-Mhoram, the: leader of the Clave

  na-Mhoram-wist: middle rank of the Clave

  Nassic: father of Sunder; inheritor of the Unfettered One’s mission to welcome Covenant

  Nicor: great sea-monsters; said to be offspring of the Worm of the World’s End

  Nom: a Sandgorgon

  One Tree, the: mystic tree from which the Staff of Law was made

  Pitchwife: a Giant; member of the Search; husband of the First of the Search

  Pure One, the: redemptive figure of jheherrin legend

  Questsimoon, the: the Roveheartswind

  Rant Absolain: the gaddhi

  Ranyhyn: great horses formerly of the Land

  Ravers: Lord Foul’s three ancient servants

  Raw, the: fiord into the demesne of the Elohim

  Rawedge Rim, the: mountains around Elemesnedene

  Revelstone: mountain-city of the Clave

  Rider: a member of the Clave

  ring-wielder: Elohim term of reference for Covenant

  Rire Grist: a Caitiffin of the gaddhi’s Horse

  Ritual of Desecration: act of despair by which Kevin Landwaster destroyed much of the Land

  Roveheartswind, the: the Questsimoon

  rukh: iron talisman by which a Rider wields power

  Saltheart Foamfollower: former Giant

  Saltroamrest: bunk-hold for the crew in a Giantship

  Sandgorgon: as monster of the Great Desert

  Sandgorgons Doom: imprisoning storm created by Kasreyn to trap the Sandgorgons

  Sandhold, the: the gaddhi’s castle in Bhrathairealm

  Sandwall, the: great wall defending Bhrathairealm

  Santonin: a Rider

  Sarangrave Flat: a region of the Lower Land

  Search, the: quest of the Giants for the wound in the Earth

  Seareach: a region of the Land; formerly inhabited by Giants

  Seatheme: dead wife of Sevinhand

  Second Circinate: second level of the San
dhold

  setrock: a type of stone used with pitch to repair stone

  Sevinhand: Anchormaster of Starfare’s Gem; a Giant

  Shipsheartthew: the wheel of a Giantship

  Sivit: a Rider

  soothtell: ritual of prophecy practiced by the Clave

  Soulbiter, the: a dangerous ocean of Giantish legend

  Soulbiter’s Teeth: reefs in the Soulbiter

  Spikes, the: guard-towers at the mouth of Bhrathairain Harbor

  Spray Frothsurge: a Giant; mother of the First of the Search

  Staff of Law, the: a tool of power formed by Berek Halfhand from the One Tree

  Starfare’s Gem: Giantship used by the Search

  Starkin: one of the Elohim

  Stonedownor: inhabitant of a Stonedown

  Stonemight, the: name for a fragment of the Illearth Stone

  Stonemight Woodhelven: a village in the South Plains

  Storesmaster: third-in-command aboard a Giantship

  Sunbane, the: a power arising from the corruption of nature by Lord Foul

  Sunbirth Sea: ocean east of the Land

  Sunder: son of Nassic; former Graveler of Mithil Stonedown

  Sun-Sage: title given to Linden Avery by the Elohim; one who can affect the progress of the Sunbane

  sur-jheherrin: inhabitants of Sarangrave Flat

  Swordmain/Swordmainnir: Giant trained as a warrior

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

  Thelma Twofist: character in a Giantish tale

  The Majesty: throne room of the gaddhi; fourth level of the Sandhold

  Tier of Riches, the: showroom of the gaddhi’s wealth; third level of the Sandhold

  Triock: former inhabitant of Mithil Stonedown who loved Lena

  turiya: a Raver; also named Herem

  Unbeliever, the: title given to Thomas Covenant

  Unhomed, the: former Giants of Seareach

  Upper Land: region of the Land west of Landsdrop

  ur-Lord: title given to Thomas Covenant

  ur-viles: spawn of the Demondim; creatures of power; creators of Vain

  Vain: Demondim-spawn; bred by the ur-viles for a secret purpose

  Vow, the: Bloodguard oath of service to the Lords

  Wavedancer: Giantship commanded by Brow Gnarlfist

  Waynhim: spawn of the Demondim; opposed to the ur-viles

  Woodenwold: region of trees surrounding the maidan of Elemesnedene

  Worm of the World’s End, the: mystic creature believed by the Elohim to have formed the foundation of the Earth

  Würd of the Earth, the: term used by the Elohim to suggest variously their own nature, the nature of the Earth, and their ethical compulsions; could be read as Word, Worm, or Weird

  white gold: a metal of power not found in the Earth

  wild magic: the power of white gold; considered the keystone of the Arch of Time

  Dedication:

  To Pat McKillip—

  a friend in all the best ways

  Books by Stephen R. Donaldson

  “The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever”

  Lord Foul’s Bane

  The Illearth War

  The Power that Preserves

  “The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant”

  The Wounded Land

  The One Tree

  White Gold Wielder

  “The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant”

  The Runes of the Earth

  Fatal Revenant

  Against All Things Ending

  The Last Dark

  “Mordant’s Need”

  The Mirror of Her Dreams

  A Man Rides Through

  “The Gap Sequence”

  The Real Story

  Forbidden Knowledge

  A Dark and Hungry God Arises

  Chaos and Order

  This Day All Gods Die

  The “Axbrewder/Fistoulari” novels

  The Man Who Killed His Brother

  The Man Who Risked His Partner

  The Man Who Tried to Get Away

  The Man Who Fought Alone

  Short Story Collections

  Daughter of Regals and Other Tales

  Reave the Just and Other Tales

 

 

 


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