The Knowing One

by Lexy Wolfe

  Shli'zarii — (shlih zah-REE-ee) Swordanzen honor battle, a challenge to prove the Swordanzen is worthy to still be considered Swordanzen

  Shodwyn — (SHO-dwin) Mysterious group with an unknown that causes chaos, members also called Shadowlords.

  Silver Seagull Inn — The most popular in of Corast owned by Mureln's sister Mia

  Singing One, the — The Vodani God

  Skyfire il'Kailee — The Githalin name of Radisen

  Spyric — A four-legged creature resembling a jumping spider, normally two feet tall.

  Soul Oath — A mystical bond created between a Desanti and another

  Storm il'Thandar — Desanti Githalin Swordanzen; Almek's student

  Sumalen — (SOO-mah-lehn) Desanti warrior

  Sumyr il'Dzee — (SOO-meer) Totani Dzee's chosen Githalin

  Sundered Lands — The term describing the nations of Forenta, Sevmana, Vodanya and Desantiva

  Swordanzen — (sohr-DAN-zen) mortal servants of the Desanti god, charged with protecting the people and the land

  Swordanzen Naming Blade — A two-edged sword given to a Desanti by a Totani to acknowledge their passage of the Swordanzen tests

  Taylin — Sevmanan master healer of the Zeridis temple

  Temporal shifter — a non-corporeal entity from outside the physical plane

  Terrence — Forentan mage, Ash's apprentice student

  Thandar the Golden — Desert golden eagle Totani, Storm's guide

  Th'yala — (th-YAH-lah) Desanti term for a long term companion that shares all things but children

  Time of Gathering — Traditional time when all Desanti tribes gather in peace at First Home

  Tomi — (TOE-mee) only son of the Blue Rose Inn's innkeeper

  Toss stone — A dice game

  Totani — (toe-TAH-nee) immortal divine servant of the Desanti god, singular and plural form

  Traveler's Hollow — An inn in Ithesra frequented by lower class citizens or most non-Forentan visitors

  Tree of Knowledge — Name for the Forentan god

  Treewalker — A Desanti term for a Forentan, only derogatory by vocal inflection

  trifold stone — A stone found in deep waters of the ocean with unique properties of being able to draw or locate pieces of the same stone; used primarily with arrowhawks Tri-tailed deer — a giant deer native to Forenta with three tails

  Tulis — (TOO-lis) Mureln's brother, Ilsa's long term companion

  Tyrsan — (TIR-sahn) Sevmanan Unsvet Guardian, Dulain of Guardian settlement

  Ulsen — (UHL-sehn) Sevmanan drunkard in Ganessi, killed by Storm

  Unsvet Guardian — (UHN -sveht) A Guardian of Time marked with a metallic mark of two colors on the right cheek

  Verris na'Zhekali — Senior Elder of the Desanti, Storm's grandfather

  Vi'disa tribe — (vih-DIH-sah) Desanti tribe wiped out by a dinnais attack

  Vodani — (voh-DAH-nee) Singular or plural term referring to a human from Vodanya; adjective describing anything from Vodanya

  Vodanya — (voh-DAH-nyah) The ocean and islands where the Vodani people call home; name of the Vodani god

  Voice of the Oracle — The mortal servant of the Knowing One who shares the goddess's memories and whom the goddess speaks through.

  Warriors of heaven — Desanti term for shooting stars, believed to be the freed souls of a Desanti who recently died

  Water's Resonance — Vodani island marked for having natural purple crystal spires

  Wave Dancer — Vodani ship that Almek's students travel on

  World Spine — Impassable north-south running mountains on the western side of the main continents

  Ysai Oberlain — (yih-SIGH) The Se'edai Magus of the Edai Tredecima

  Zeridis — (ZEHR-ih-dihs) A divine servant of the Sevmanan god, patron of healers

  Zerik Oberlain — (ZEH-rik) a junior master, member of rival to Avarian family

  Zoe — A Forentan girl, Voice of the Oracle

  About the Author

  Lexy Wolfe was born an August Leo. She loves her husband of more than twenty years, their daughter, son, grandson, and the multitude of furry creatures of the canine and feline persuasion. Her writing was born out of impatience of wanting to read stories that were never being written when she was younger.

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