Heir of Novron

by Michael J. Sullivan

  FLETCHER: Maker of arrows

  FORECASTLE: Raised portion in the bow of a ship containing living quarters of senior crew members

  FORREST: Ratibor citizen with fighting experience, son of a silversmith

  FREDA, QUEEN: Queen of Dunmore, wife of Roswort

  FREDRICK, KING: Ruler of Galeannon, husband of Josephine

  GAFTON: Imperial admiral

  GALEANNON: gale-e-an-on A kingdom of Avryn, ruled by Fredrick and Josephine, member of the New Empire

  GALENTI: ga-lehn’-tay Calian nickname attributed to Hadrian, Calian word for killer

  GALEWYR RIVER: gale-wahar Marks the southern border of Melengar and the northern border of Warric and reaches the sea near the fishing village of Roe

  GALIEN: gal-e-in Former archbishop of the Nyphron Church

  GALILIN: gal-ah-lin Province of Melengar ruled by Count Pickering

  GARNACHE: Loose outer garment

  GAUNT, DEGAN: See Degan Gaunt

  GEMKEY: Gem that opens a gemlock

  GEMLOCK: Dwarven invention that seals a container, can be opened only with a precious gem of the right type and cut

  GENEVIEVE HARGRAVE: Duchess of Rochelle, wife of Leopold, patron of Riyria, nickname: Genny

  GENTRY SQUARE: Affluent district of Melengar

  GERALD BANIFF: Primary bodyguard of Empress Modina, family friend of the Belstrads

  GERTY: Midwife in Hintindar who delivered Hadrian, married to Abelard

  GHAZEL: gehz-ell Ba Ran Ghazel, the dwarven name for goblins, literally: sea goblins

  GHAZEL SEA: Southern body of water east of the Sharon Sea

  GHENT: Ecclesiastical holding of the Nyphron Church, member of the New Empire

  GILARABRYWN: gill-lar-ah-bren Elven beast of war; once escaped Avempartha, destroyed the village of Dahlgren, and was killed by Thrace

  GILBERT, SIR: Knight of Maranon, friend of Murthas and Elgar

  GILL: Sentry in the Nationalist Army

  GINLIN: gin-lin A Monk of Maribor, winemaker, refused to touch a knife

  GLAMRENDOR: glam-ren-door Capital of Dunmore

  GLENMORGAN: 326 years after the fall of the Novronian Empire, this native of Ghent reunited the four nations of Apeladorn; founder of Sheridan University; creator of the great north-south road; builder of the Ervanon palace (of which only the Crown Tower remains)

  GLENMORGAN II: Son of Glenmorgan. When his father died young, the new and inexperienced emperor relied on church officials to assist him in managing his empire. They in turn took the opportunity to manipulate the emperor into granting sweeping powers to the church and nobles loyal to the church. These leaders opposed defending Delgos against the invading Ba Ran Ghazel in Calis and the Dacca in Delgos, arguing the threat would increase dependency on the empire.

  GLENMORGAN III: Grandson of Glenmorgan. Shortly after assuming the stewardship, he attempted to reassert control over the realm his grandfather had created by leading an army against the invading Ghazel that had reached southeastern Avryn. He defeated the Ghazel at the First Battle of Vilan Hills and announced plans to ride to the aid of Tur Del Fur. Fearing his rise in power, in the sixth year of his reign, his nobles betrayed and imprisoned him in Blythin Castle. Jealous of his popularity and growing strength, and resentful of his policy of stripping the nobles and clergy of their power, the church charged him with heresy. He was found guilty and executed. This began the rapid collapse of what many called the Steward’s Empire. The church later claimed the nobles had tricked them, and condemned many, most of whom reputedly ended their lives badly.

  GLOUSTON: Province of northern Warric bordering on the Galewyr River, ruled by the marquis Lanaklin, invaded and taken over by the New Empire

  GNOME, THE: Nickname of The Laughing Gnome Tavern

  GRADY: Seaman on the Emerald Storm, died in the arena fight in the Palace of the Four Winds

  GRAND MAR: Main avenue of Percepliquis, leads to the imperial palace

  GRAVIN DENT, SIR: Well-respected knight from Delgos

  GRAVIS: Dwarf who sabotaged Drumindor

  GREAT SWORD: Long sword designed to be held with both hands

  GREEN: Lieutenant on the Emerald Storm, died at sea

  GREIG: Carpenter aboard the Emerald Storm, one of the few survivors

  GRELAD, JERISH: Teshlor Knight, first Guardian of the Heir, protector of Nevrik

  GRIBBON: The flag of Mandalin, Calis

  GRIGOLES: gry-holes Author of Grigoles Treatise on Imperial Common Law

  GRIMBALD: Blacksmith in Hintindar, had taken over the shop from Danbury Blackwater

  GRONBACH: Dwarf, fairy tale villain

  GRUMON, MASON: grum-on Blacksmith in Medford, worked for Riyria, died in the Battle of Medford

  GUARDIAN OF THE HEIR: Teshlor, protector of the Heir of Novron

  GUNGUAN: Vintu pack ponies

  GUR EM: Thickest part of the jungle in Calis, as it butts up against the eastern tip of Calis

  GUTARIA: goo-tar-ah Secret Nyphron prison, designed to hold Esrahaddon

  GUY, LUIS: Sentinel of the Nyphron Church, killed Fanen Pickering, son of Evone and Jarred

  GWEN DELANCY: See DeLancy, Gwen

  GWYDRY: Tribe of elves, farmers

  HADDY: Childhood nickname of Hadrian

  HADRIAN BLACKWATER: Mercenary, one-half of Riyria, Guardian of the Heir, known throughout Calis as Galenti, renowned arena fighter

  HALBERD: Two-handed pole used as a weapon

  HANDEL: Master at Sheridan University, originally from Roe, proponent to have Delgos’s republic officially recognized

  HARBERT: Tailor in Hintindar, husband of Hester

  HARBINGER: Ship used by Dovin Thranic, Antun Bulard, Bernie Defoe, and Dr. Levy

  HARKON, ABBOT: Abbot of the rebuilt Winds Abbey

  HARTENFORD: Author of Genealogy of Warric Monarchs

  HARVEST MOON: The full moon nearest the fall equinox

  HEIR OF NOVRON: Direct descendant of demigod Novron, destined to rule all of Avryn

  HELDABERRY: Wild-growing fruit often used to make wine

  HERCLOR MATH: Dwarven mason

  HESLON: A Monk of Maribor, great cook

  HESTLE: Family name of rulers of Bernum

  HIGHCOURT FIELDS: Once the site of the supreme noble judicial court of law in Avryn, location of the Wintertide games

  HILFRED, REUBEN: Bodyguard and lover of Arista, severely burned in Dahlgren, killed in Aquesta while trying to free Degan Gaunt

  HILL DISTRICT: Affluent neighborhood in Colnora

  HILL MCDAVIN: Author of books on maritime commerce

  HIMBOLT, BARON: Nobleman of Melengar

  HINGARA: Calian guide, died in the jungles of Gur Em

  HINKLE, BROTHER: Monk who cleans the stable in the new Winds Abbey

  HINTINDAR: Small manorial village in Rhenydd, home of Hadrian Blackwater

  HIVENLYN: Ryn’s horse, name means unexpected gift in elvish

  HOBBIE: Stableboy in Hintindar

  HORN OF DELGOS: Landmark used by sailors to determine the southernmost tip of Delgos

  HORN OF GYLINDORA: Item Esrahaddon indicates is buried in Percepliquis; Dovin Thranic, Dr. Levy, Bernie Defoe, and Antun Bulard were hired to retrieve it

  HOUSE, THE: Nickname used for Medford House

  HOVEL, THE: Nickname of snow fort used by Renwick, Mince, Elbright, Brand, and Kine

  HOYTE: Onetime First Officer of the Black Diamond, set up Royce to kill Jade, sent Royce to Manzant Prison, killed by Royce

  IBIS THINLY: Head cook at the imperial palace

  IMP: Slang for Imperialist

  IMPERIAL PALACE: Seat of power of the New Empire, originally named Warric Castle

  IMPERIAL SECRETARY: Caretaker of Empress Modina

  IMPERIALISTS: Political party that desires to unite all the kingdoms of men under a single leader who is the direct descendant of the demigod Novron

  INSTARYA: Tribe of elves, warriors

  IRAWONDONA, LORD: Elf
, member of the hunter tribe

  JACOB DERNING: See Derning, Jacob

  JADE: Assassin in the Black Diamond, girlfriend of Merrick, mistakenly killed by Royce

  JASPER: Rat in the imperial palace dungeons

  JENKINS: Merrick Marius’s head servant

  JENKINS TALBERT: Squire in Tarin Vale

  JEREMY: Guard at Essendon Castle

  JERISH GRELAD: See Grelad, Jerish

  JERL, LORD: Nobleman, neighbor of the Pickerings, known for his prizewinning hunting dogs

  JERVIS, SIR: Killed during a Wintertide joust with the Earl of Harborn

  JEWEL, the: Head of the international Black Diamond thieves’ guild, also known as Cosmos DeLur

  JIMMY: Tavern worker at The Laughing Gnome

  JOQDAN: jok-dan Warlord of the Tenkin village of Oudorro

  JOSEPHINE, QUEEN: Queen of Galeannon, married to Fredrick

  JULIAN TEMPEST: Elderly chamberlain of the kingdom of Melengar

  KAZ: Calian term for anyone with mixed elven and human blood

  KENDELL, EARL: Nobleman of Melengar, loyal to Alric Essendon

  KENG: Form of currency used by the Old Empire

  KHAROLL: Long dagger

  KILE: Name used by Erebus when sent to Elan, performs good deeds in the form of a man

  KILNAR: City in the south of Rhenydd

  KINE: Youngest of Elbright’s street urchins, best friend of Mince

  KNOB: Baker at the imperial palace

  KRINDEL: Prelate of the Nyphron Church and historian

  KRIS DAGGER: Weapon with a wavy blade, sometimes used in magic rituals

  “LADIES OF ENGENALL”: Lively popular tune played on a fiddle

  LAMBERT, IGNATIUS: Chancellor of Sheridan University

  LANAKLIN: Once ruling family of Glouston, in exile in Melengar, opposes the New Empire

  LANDONER: Professor at Sheridan University, tried and burned for heresy

  LANGDON BRIDGE: Swan-decorated bridge in the warehouse district of Colnora that spans the Bernum River

  LANKSTEER: Capital city of the Lordium kingdom of Trent

  LAUGHING GNOME, THE: Inn in Ratibor, run by Ayers

  LAVEN: Citizen of Ratibor, turned rebel Emery Dorn in to the Imperialists

  LEIF: Butcher and assistant cook at the imperial palace

  LENA BOTHWICK: Wife of Russell, mother of Tad, from a poor family in Dahlgren

  LENARE PICKERING: Daughter of Count Pickering and Belinda, sister of Mauvin, Fanen, and Denek

  LEOPOLD HARGRAVE, DUKE: Duke of Rochelle, husband of Genevieve, patron of Riyria, nickname: Leo

  LINDER, BARON: Nobleman killed by Gilbert in a Wintertide joust

  LINGARD: Capital city of Relison, kingdom of Trent

  LINROY, DILLNARD: Royal financier of Melengar

  LIVET GLIM: Port controller at Tur Del Fur

  LONGWOOD: Forest in Melengar

  LOTHOMAD THE BALD, KING: Ruler of Lordium, Trent, expanded territory following the collapse of the Steward’s Reign, pushing south through Ghent into Melengar, where Brodric Essendon defeated him in the Battle of Drondil Fields in 2545

  LOUDEN, SIR: One of several knights defeated by Sir Hadrian in the Wintertide joust

  LOWER QUARTER: Impoverished section of the city of Melengar

  LOZENGE SHIELD: Shield decorated with alternating colors of diamonds

  LUGGER: Small fishing boat rigged with one or more lugsails

  LUIS GUY: See Guy, Luis

  LURET: Imperial envoy to Hintindar, arrested Royce and Hadrian

  MAE, LADY: Love interest of Albert Winslow

  MAGNUS: Dwarf, killed King Amrath, sabotaged Arista’s tower, discovered entry into Avempartha, rebuilding the Winds Abbey, obsessed with Royce’s dagger

  MALEVOLENT: Sir Hadrian’s horse

  MALNESS, SIR: Former knight to squire Renwick

  MANDALIN: man-dah-lynn Capital of Calis

  MANZANT: man-zahnt Infamous prison and salt mine, located in Manzar, Maranon, Royce Melborn is only prisoner to have been released from it

  MARANON: mar-ah-non Kingdom in Avryn, ruled by Vincent and Regina, member of the New Empire, rich in farmland

  MARES CATHEDRAL: Center of the Nyphron Church in Melengar, formerly run by Bishop Saldur

  MARIBOR: mar-eh-bore God of men

  MARIUS, MERRICK: Former member of the Black Diamond, alias: Cutter, master thief and assassin, former best friend of Royce, known for his strategic thinking, boyfriend of Jade, murderer of Esrahaddon, planned destruction of Tur Del Fur, blackmailed Wyatt to betray Royce and Hadrian

  MAUVIN PICKERING: maw-vin Eldest of Count Pickering’s sons, friends since childhood with Essendon royal family, bodyguard to King Alric

  MAWYNDULë: A powerful wizard

  MCDERN, DILLON: Blacksmith of Dahlgren

  MEDFORD: Capital of Melengar

  MEDFORD HOUSE: Brothel run by Gwen DeLancy and attached to The Rose and Thorn

  MELENGAR: mel-in-gar Kingdom in Avryn ruled by the Essendon royal family, the only Avryn kingdom independent of the New Empire

  MELENGARIANS: Residents of Melengar

  MELISSA: Head servant of Arista, nickname Missy

  MERCS: Mercenaries

  MERCY: Young girl under the care of Arcadius Latimer and Miranda Gaunt

  MERLON: Solid section between two crenels in a crenellated battlement

  MERRICK MARIUS: See Marius, Merrick

  MERTON: Monsignor of Ghent, savior of Fallon Mire, speaks aloud to Novron

  MESSKID: Container used to transport meals aboard a ship, resembles a bucket

  MILBOROUGH: Melengarian Baron, died in battle

  MILFORD: Sergeant in the Nationalist army

  MILLIE: Formerly Hadrian’s horse, died in Dahlgren

  MINCE: Orphan living on the streets of Aquesta, best friend to Kine

  MIR: Person with both elven and human blood

  MIRALYITH: Tribe of elves, mages

  MIRANDA GAUNT: Sister of Degan Gaunt, helping Arcadias raise Mercy

  MIZZENMAST: Third mast from the bow in a vessel having three or more masts

  MODINA: See Empress Modina

  MON, EDITH: See Edith Mon

  MONTEMORCEY: mont-eh-more-ah-sea Excellent wine imported through the Vandon Spice Company

  MOTTE: A man-made hill

  MOUSE: Royce’s horse, named by Thrace, gray mare

  MR. RINGS: Baby raccoon, pet of Mercy

  MURDERESS: Lady Genevieve’s prize hunting bird

  MURIEL: Goddess of nature, daughter of Erebus, mother of Uberlin

  MURTHAS, SIR: Knight of Alburn, son of the Earl of Fentin, friend of Gilbert and Elgar

  MYRON LANAKLIN: Sheltered Monk of Maribor, indelible memory, son of Victor, brother of Alenda

  MYSTIC: Name of Arista’s horse when traveling to Ratibor

  NAREION: nare-e-on Last emperor of the Novronian Empire, father of Nevrik

  NARON: Heir of Novron who died in Ratibor in 2992

  NATIONALISTS: Political party led by Degan Gaunt that desires rule by the will of the people

  NATS: Nickname of the Nationalists

  NEST, THE: Nickname of both the Rat’s Nest, home to the Ratibor Black Diamond thieves, and the adopted home of four street orphans in Aquesta

  NEVRIK: nehv-rick Son of Nareion, the heir who went into hiding, protected by Jerish Grelad, nickname Nary

  NEW EMPIRE: Second empire uniting most of the kingdoms of man, ruled by Empress Modina, administered by co-regents Ethelred and Saldur

  NIDWALDEN RIVER: Marks the eastern border of Avryn and the start of the Erivan realm

  NILYNDD: Tribe of elves, crafters

  NIMBUS: Tutor to the empress, assistant to the imperial secretary, originally from Vernes