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by Carol Marrs Phipps


  Jasmine - see Jasmine Warren.

  Jazz - Jasmine Warren's nickname.

  Josh - see Josh Burgess.

  Lippincott - second in command under Warden Unben at the Nameless Prison in the Northern Ash Mountains.

  Lizbeth - defiant young woman shot by police at Nia's first training session.

  Llygad, Sergeant - a member of the underground who, with Sergeant Philpott, brings word of Kellen and Cait to Maxi.

  Longbark - a female everwaking oak who is the oldest, wisest and most magically potent being on earth, even older, wiser and more magical than Meri Greenwood.

  Macintyre, Jill - friend of Nia, a young woman of Beak descent from what was once the Kingdom of Marr, captured by Children and Family Assistance and sent to Atlantis to be a whore for the World Alliance.

  Maldwyn, Dr. - surgeon who is operating on Mort when he dies.

  Maud - see Maud Baxter.

  Maxi - troll barber in Broadstreet, a friend of Tess's father, Kellen Greenwood.

  Mindy - reference to the top picture in the Fellatio Hall of Fame, who is one of three varsity cheerleaders who are antagonistic toward Tess.

  Morrigan - a skinwalker also known as Changing Woman whose other forms include Rainbow Morrigan, Bart the crow (called Rainbow Bart on occasion), Bart the rainbow crow and an Orin white face cow amongst many others. See Bart Baxter.

  Mort - see Mort Baxter.

  Nasteuh - was Spitemorta's Damned Baby who was so evil that the Fairy sisters, Celeste, Alvita and Nacea were unable to save her by any other means than to turn her over to the great oak tree Longbark to unmake her. Once Longbark had removed her threat to the world by unmaking her, she created the Fairy Teeuh from her parts. See Spitemorta and also see Teeuh.

  Ocker - cock raven with magical powers who lives with his mate, Urr-Urr, above Razzorbauch's keep on the edge of the Chokewoods. In the beginning he stole Changing Woman away from Talking Father. He was the raven who hung the stars in the sky. He was also Bran.

  Pandora - see Coel, Potentate Pandora.

  Philpott, Sergeant - a member of the underground who, with Sergeant Llygad, brings word of Kellen and Cait to Maxi.

  Potentate, the - see Coel, Potentate Pandora.

  Powers, Mr. - Tess's World History teacher, also known to the students as Glowers and Sowers due to his disposition, breath and armpits.

  Prentiss, Amy - head cheerleader at Gollsport High School who is jealous of Tess's “new look.”

  Razzmorten - Razzmorten Dewin, a good wizard, father of Queen Minuet, brother of Razzorbauch.

  Razzorbauch - an evil wizard, twin brother of Razzmorten, murdered Gastron, created the Chokewoods and the Fudge Volcano and while burning Niarg's crops was killed by King Hebraun.

  Rhosyn - Cait Greenwood's maiden name.

  Shanta - pimply girl with a potato nose who stands up to Amy the cheerleader for Tess.

  Silhouette - a Children and Family Assistance policeman who strikes Tess with his e-truncheon and helps haul away her family.

  Spitemorta - Mad Reaper Witch or Baineor Buile Cailli, brown eyed, raven haired daughter of Ugleeuh, granddaughter of Demonica. She was the queen of Goll and the mother of Abaddon, Nasteuh, Veyfnaryr and Pandora the Potentate. She was secretly given by Ugleeuh to Queen Bee of Goll to raise. She was thought to be the granddaughter of Razzmorten until the great oak Longbark touched Abaddon and determined that he was the great-grandson of Razzorbauch.

  Teeuh - a Fairy with giant luna moth wings and shark teeth, who was remade by the oak tree Longbark from Nasteuh. She is herte suster to Tess, and with the Crystal Heart and Great Staff is the most powerful Fairy in existence. See Nasteuh and also see Spitemorta.

  Trent - see Trent Warren.

  Ugleeuh - the Collector Witch, Bailitheoir Cailli, Carlin Cruinnich, Demonica's daughter, Spitemorta's mother, Minuet's half-sister and Pandora's grandmother.

  Urr-Urr – hen raven, wife of Ocker. She is the top raven in the Forest Primeval, owner of all that she sees ftom her nest.

  Unben, Warden - governor of Nameless Prison and Coal Mine in the Northern Ash Mountains.

  Veyfnaryr - (trollish for His Super Natural Power) Spitemorta's trollbrute child, the first troll ever to have magical powers.

  Warren, Jasmine - hard bitten teenage Human (here, Human is a race and therefore capitalized), Trent Warren's sister.

  Warren, Trent - hard bitten teenage Human (here, Human is a race and therefore capitalized), Jasmine Warren's brother.

  Wells, Dr. - the doctor who performs surgery on Mort Baxter.

  Whupp - a deformed troll who has fingers growing out of one of his shoulders.

  Zip - teenage boy with a shaved head and rotten teeth who tells Tess that she looks “hot.”

  General Gazetteer

  Atlantis - the capitol of the World Alliance, situated under a gigantic acrylic dome beneath the Orin Ocean between the Northern and Eastern continents.

  Bratin - the capitol of Bratin Brute, now a ghost town.

  Bratin Brute - in the days of Spitemorta, small kingdom north of Cyclopsia and south of the Jut of Niarg.

  Broadstreet - the troll ward, a chain link fenced compound encompassing what was once the financial district of Gollsport, given the same name.

  Cyclopsia - in the days of Spitemorta, the realm of the Cyclopses between Chokewoods, Braten Brute and Goll.

  Cyclops Plateaus - where Ownlee and Spike lived in Spitemorta's time, next to the Valley of Illusions in Cyclopsia.

  Cwm Eryr - valley in the Ash Mountains that opens onto Ashmore, where King Hebraun slew the Golls.

  Dead Lake - reference in Tess's time to Jutland Lake, which surrounds the ruins of the island castle of Oilean Gairdin.

  Derwen - small farming village, eight miles south of Gollsport on the Fairy River.

  Eastern Continent - Lobhadh (Jutish Elven), Gwael (Old Niarg Standard), Gwaremm (Headlandish), Yn Cheer My Hiar (Gwaelic Elven), Brastyr Howldrehevel (Gwaelic), Fearann Ear (Goblish-Beakish), Fafnafaf (trollish), where Gwael was situated. Pandora sat on the throne of Gwael before becoming potentate of the World Alliance.

  Eat Street - restaurant and tavern district in Atlantis.

  Fairy River - flows from the Fairy Valley, past Fairy Valley Junction to Derwen (south of Gollsport) to empty into the Gulf of Orin.

  Fairy Valley Road - the road running by Tess's flat in the South Barracks and on, out of Gollsport.

  Fairy Valley Road Barracks - the compound where Tess Greenwood lives.

  Fates Church - church just outside of Derwen, where Maud took Tess.

  Feathered Dragon - the first tavern where Sam took Nia to eat, which specialized in Darkland cuisine.

  Forest Preserve Road - a mere street in Atlantis leading to the Preserve which begins immediately where the houses stop.

  Forest Primeval - (Forest Primycies) the vast virgin oak forest that once covered all of the Fairy Valley and all of what was turned into the Chokewood Forest by Razorbauch.

  Forest Primycies - (Forest First Fruits) Meri Greenwood's reference to the Forest Primeval.

  Glasswellt - an isolated grassland of the Illusion Slope.

  Goll - bordered by the Great Barrier Mountains and the Great Wilderlands on the west, the Jut of Niarg on the north, the Enchanted Mountains and Cyclopsia on the south-east, Bratin Brute on the north-east and the Chokewood Forest on the south.

  Gollmoor - wild area near Castle Goll, used for grazing.

  Gollsport - Goll's seaport outside its borders, leased from Cyclopsia in the years before Spitemorta became empress.

  Gollsport High School - the school attended by Tess Greenwood.

  Goodnight Avenue - a street in the commercial district of Gollsport, with department stores at one end and hotels at the other.

  Illusion Mountains - a small chain of mountains running north and south, just east of the Valley of Illusions.

  Illusion Slope - a piedmont grassland at the foot of the Illusion Mountains, north of Gollsport.
r />   Jutland - see Jut of Niarg.

  Jutland Lake - the dead lake which surrounds the ruins of the island castle of Oilean Gairdin.

  Jut of Niarg - Jutland, southern arm of Niarg, lying between Goll on the south, Bratin Brute on the south-east and Loxmere on the north.

  Jutwoods - the once vast woods which covered most of the Jut of Niarg.

  Jyantylesk - (Giant's Cradle) capitol city of the Gwaels on the Eastern Continent, where Pandora once sat on the throne.

  Loxmere - a country on the Northern Continent in Spitemorta's day, land locked by the kingdom of Niarg on the north, south and west and by the Gulf of Orin and the Orin Ocean on the east.

  Marr, the Kingdom of - in Spitemorta's day, the kingdom of the Beaks, made up of an extensive region of fens called Beakmore or the Beakmoor, that were known as the Gobbler Marshes (Marshmallow Marshes) during the Peppermint Forest days, which surround a raised pastoral part of the Kingdom known as Caistealbeak, which includes the village of Caistealbeak which surrounds the Beak Castle, known as Caisteal-Beak.

  Nameless Prison - prison camp in the Northern Ash Mountains.

  Northern Continent - Brastyr Cleth (Gwaelic), Deatalamh (Jutish Elven), Glan Da (Old Niarg Standard), Gnyrjan ntu Afajoy (Plenty to Eat) (Trollish), Mooar-Rheynn Twoaie (Gwaelic Elven), Norz-Douar-Bras (North Big Land) (Headlandish), Norz-Meurzouar (Headlandish), Mor-Thir Tuathach (Goblish-Beakish). Landmass where Gollsport is located.

  Oilean Gairdin - crystal village of the Jutland Elves on the shore of Lake Jutland plus Oilean Gairdin proper in Lake Jutland, in Queen Minuet's time.

  Oilean Gairdin (proper) - garden isle of the royal castle of the Jutland Elves in the midst of Lake Jutland, in Queen Minuet's time.

  Orbis Terrae - the capitol building in Atlantis, where the potentate lives and runs the world. Orbis Terrae was the term used by Romans to refer to the global earth fully two millennia before Christopher Columbus.

  Orin Ocean - the Ocean lying between the Northern Continent and the Eastern Continent.

  Preserve, the - a woods under the dome of Atlantis serving as an outdoor recreation facility.

  Quayside Compound - the barrack where Trent and Jasmin Warren first lived.

  Restored World - or Woreld Restorid (Archaic Modern Niarg), the world immediately after the death of Spitemorta.

  University Farms - an expansive district of government controlled farmland surrounding Gollsport.

  Valley of Illusions - south of what were once the Cyclops Plateaus in Cyclopsia.

  Woreld Restorid (Archaic Modern Niarg) - or Restored World, the world immediately after the death of Spitemorta.

  GENERAL GLOSSARY

  Foreign or Archaic Words into Niarg Standard Words

  A! (Archaic Modern Niarg) - Ah!

  aalid n. (Gwaelic Elven) - wild beauty.

  a-boute (Archaic Modern Niarg) - round about.

  abydeth 3rd pers. sing. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - stays.

  achub bywyd rhywun (Old Niarg) - to save someone's life.

  acte n. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - act.

  al (Archaic Modern Niarg) - all.

  alliaunce, allyaunce, aliaunce n. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - alliance.

  als (only used as the first word in a sentence) (Archaic Modern Niarg) - as.

  am 1st pers. sing. pres. ind. (be) (hit am I) (Archaic Modern Niarg) - am.

  a nothere (Archaic Modern Niarg) - another.

  answere 3rd pers. pl., inf. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - answer.

  answeren 3rd pers. sing., inf. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - answer.

  aredig n. (Old Niarg Standard) - underground taisteal (between Fairy rings).

  aren (before vowels), arne (before consonants) 1st pers. pl., 3rd pers. pl.(Archaic Modern Niarg) - are.

  art 2nd pers. sing. pres. ind. (be) (Archaic Modern Niarg) - are (be).

  artow (Archaic Modern Niarg) - art thou.

  as (never used as the first word in a sentence) (Archaic Modern Niarg) - as.

  atte (Archaic Modern Niarg) at.

  auler a. (Goblish-Beakish) - older.

  bakke (Archaic Modern Niarg) - back.

  bastardes (Archaic Modern Niarg) - bastards.

  be 1st pers. pl., 2nd sing. subj., 3rd pers. sing. past, 3rd pers. pl. pres., 3rd pers. sing. fut. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - be.

  be 3rd sing. pres. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - is.

  bed n. (before vowels) (Archaic Modern Niarg) - bed.

  bedde n. (before consonants) (Archaic Modern Niarg) - bed.

  been 3rd pers. sing. past, 3rd pers. sing. fut. (hee wol been) (Archaic Modern Niarg) - be (was), to be.

  begge 1st pers. sing., 1st pers. pl., 3rd pers. sing. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - beg.

  ben 3rd pers. sing. past, 3rd pers. pl. past (ther ben), 3rd. pers. sing. fut.(hee wol ben) (Archaic Modern Niarg) - be (was) (were), to be.

  bene (to bene), buen (to buen) inf. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - to be.

  beoth 2nd pers. pl., pres. imp. sing., pres imp. pl. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - be.

  bese 1st pers. sing. fut. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - be.

  beste (Archaic Modern Niarg) - best.

  beth (before vowels), bethe (before consonants), 2nd pers. sing. fut., 3rd pers. sing. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - be, is, shall be.

  beyng, beynge v. sbj. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - being.

  bifore (Archaic Modern Niarg) - before.

  bord (Archaic Modern Niarg) board, table.

  bothe, bathe (Archaic Modern Niarg) - both.

  breke fast (Archaic Modern Niarg) - breakfast.

  browht (Archaic Modern Niarg) - brought (to be brought).

  bryng inf. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - bring.

  buen 1st pl. fut., inf. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - be (we shall be) (to be).

  buen (to buen), bene (to bene) inf. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - to be.

  by cause (Archaic Modern Niarg) - because.

  byforn (Archaic Modern Niarg) - before.

  can, knowe 1st pers. sing. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - know.

  chery n. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - cherry.

  comen inf. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - to come.

  confortable (Archaic Modern Niarg) - comfortable.

  contynent a. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - continent.

  contynue (Archaic Modern Niarg) - continue.

  coppe n. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - cup.

  coupill (Archaic Modern Niarg) - couple.

  cours (Archaic Modern Niarg) - course.

  da (trollish) - dad.

  derre (Archaic Modern Niarg) - dear.

  didde 1st pers. sing., 1st pers. pl., 2nd pers. pl., 3rd pers sing., 3rd pers. pl.(Archaic Modern Niarg) - did.

  dide 1st pers. sing. past, 3rd pers. sing. past (Archaic Modern Niarg) - did.

  didist, didst 2nd pers. sing. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - did.

  didistow, didstow 2nd pers. sing. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - did you.

  do 1st pers. sing. pres., 1st pers. sing. fut. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - do.

  do (before consonents) 1st pers. pl., 2nd pers. pl., 3rd pers. pl. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - do.

  do sing. imp. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - do.

  do sing. subj. pres. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - do.

  doest, dost 2nd pers. sing. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - do.

  doith, doth 3rd pers. sing. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - does.

  don, doon pl. subj. pres. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - do.

  done inf. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - to do.

  Doolish (Gwaelic Elven), a breed of short legged unicorn sharing common ancestry with the Jutish Elven Dulish - Douglas.

  doon (before vowels) 1st pers. pl., 2nd pers. pl., 3rd pers. pl. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - do.

  doon (Goblish-Beakish) - down.

  dooth pl. imp. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - do.

  doughter (Archaic Modern Niarg) - daughter.

  doun (Archaic Modern Niarg) - down.

  drawen (to drawen) inf. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - to draw.

  dremed (Archaic Modern Niarg) - dreamed
.

  Dulish (Jutish Elven and Old Gwaelic Elven), a breed of short legged unicorn sharing common ancestry with the Gwaelic Elven Doolish - Douglas.

  dyner (Archaic Modern Niarg) - dinner.

  Dyrney (Trollish) - name used by trolls to refer to themselves.

  enlevene (Archaic Modern Niarg) - eleven.

  eny (Archaic Modern Niarg) - any.

  ete 1st pers. pl., 2nd pers. sing., inf. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - eat.

  eten 3rd pers. sing, 3rd pers. pl., inf. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - eat.

  everydel (Middle English) (Archaic Modern Niarg) - every bit.

  evene (Archaic Modern Niarg) - even.

  ever (before vowels) (Archaic Modern Niarg) - ever.

  evere (before consonants) (Archaic Modern Niarg) - ever.

  evyl (Archaic Modern Niarg) - evil.

  fader (Archaic Modern Niarg) - father.

  Ffairye n. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - Fairy.

  ffirst (Archaic Modern Niarg) first.

  fleen inf. (Archaic Modern Niarg) - to flee.

 

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