Hansa—A slave-girl belonging to Cutias Sarcellus.
Hapetine Gardens—One of many architectural idylls on the Andiamine Heights.
Hasjinnet ab Skauras (4067-4103)—The eldest son of Skauras ab Nalajan, slain by Cnaiür urs Skiötha at the Battle of Zirkirta in 4103.
Hatatian (3174-3211)—The infamous author of the Exhortations, a work that eschews traditional Inrithi values and espouses an ethos of unprincipled self-promotion. Though long censured by the Thousand Temples, Hatatian remains popular among the caste-nobility of the Three Seas.
Haurut urs Mab (4000-4082)—An Utemot memorialist when Cnaiür was a child.
Heights of the Bull—One of the nine heights of Caraskand.
hemoplexy—A common disease of war characterized by intense fevers, vomiting, skin irritation, severe diarrhea, and, in the most extreme cases, coma and death. Also known as “the hollows” or “the hemoplectic hand.”
Heörsa, Dun (4078- )—A Shield-Captain of the Hundred Pillars, formerly a Galeoth thane.
Heresiarch—The title of the leader of the Cishaurim.
Heron Spear—A powerful artifact of the Inchoroi Tekne, so named because of its unique shape. The Heron Spear first appears in the Isûphiryas as Suörgil (Ihrimsû, “Shining Death”), the great “spear of light” taken by Cu’jara Cinmoi from the corpse of Sil, the Inchoroi King, at the battle of Pir Pahal. For millennia the Heron Spear lay in the possession of the Nonmen of Ishoriol, until it was stolen by Cet’ingira (see Mekertrig) and delivered to Golgotterath c. 750. Then in 2140 it was stolen again by Seswatha (see Apocalypse), who believed it to be the only weapon capable of destroying the No-God. For a brief time it was thought destroyed at the catastrophic Battle of Eleneöt Fields, but it reappeared in 2154 in the possession of Anaxophus V, High King of Kyraneas, who used it to slay the No-God at the Battle of Mengedda. For centuries it resided in Cenei, a treasured possession of the Aspect-Emperors, only to be lost once again when the Scylvendi sacked Cenei in 3351. Its whereabouts are presently unknown.
Hethanta Mountains—A large mountain range located in central Eärwa.
Hifanat ab Tunukri (4084-4111)—A Cishaurim sorcerer-priest and servant of Anasûrimbor Moënghus, slain at Caraskand.
High Ainon—A Ketyai nation of the eastern Three Seas, and the only nation to be ruled by one of the Schools, the Scarlet Spires. Founded in 3372 after Sarothesser I defeated General Maurelta at the Battle of Charajat, High Ainon has long been one of the most populous and powerful nations of the Three Seas. The agricultural production of the Secharib Plains combined with that of the Sayut Delta and River Valley supports both an extensive caste-nobility (noted for their wealth and their obsession with jnan) and an aggressive mercantilism. Ainoni ships can be found berthed in every port in the Three Seas. During the Scholastic Wars (3796-3818), the School of the Scarlet Spires, which is based in the capital, Carythusal, managed to destroy the army of King Horziah III and assumed indirect control of the nation’s primary institutions. The nominal head of state, the King-Regent, answers directly to the Grandmaster.
High Kunna—The debased version of Gilcûnya used by the Anagogic Schools of the Three Seas.
High Sakarpean—The language of ancient Sakarpus, a derivative of ancient Skettic.
High Sheyic—The language of the Ceneian Empire, a derivative of ancient Kyranean.
High Vurumandic—The language of the Nilnameshi ruling castes, a derivative of Vaparsi.
Hilderath, Solm (4072- )—One of the Nascenti, formerly a Tydonni thane.
Hinayati Mountains—A large system of mountain ranges located in southwestern Eärwa, sometimes called “the spine of Nilnamesh.”
Hinnant—A palatinate of High Ainon, located in the heart of the Secharib Plains.
Hinnereth—The administrative and commercial capital of Gedea, located on the Meneanor coast.
History (Dûnyain)—The movement of human events through time. The significance of History for the Dûnyain is found in the fact that past circumstances dominate and determine present actions, such that individuals continually find themselves “coming after,” which is to say, at the mercy of events over which they have no control. The Dûnyain believe that utter detachment from history is a necessary precondition for absolute awareness.
History (Inrithism)—The movement of human events through time. The significance of History for the Inrithi is that the God is manifested within it. The Inrithi believe that certain configurations of events express the truth of the God while certain other configurations are inimical to such expression.
Hoga, House—The ruling dynasty of Agansanor. The Black Stag on Green is their traditional device.
Hoga Brood—The name given in the Conriyan court to Hoga Gothyelk’s sons.
hollows—See hemoplexy.
Holy Precincts—See Hagerna.
Holy War—The Inrithi host summoned by Maithanet that invaded Kian in 4111 bent upon the reconquest of Shimeh.
Home City—A common Nansur epithet for Momemn.
Hortha, Sonhail (4064- )—A Galeoth knight, client to Prince Coithus Saubon.
Houses of the Congregate—A quasi-legislative assembly consisting of the primary landholding families of the Nansur Empire.
Hulwarga, Hringa (4086- )—The second son of King Hringa Rauschang of Thunyerus, and leader of the Thunyeri contingent of the First Holy War after the death of his older brother, Prince Hringa Skaiyelt, in Caraskand. Called the Limper because of his uneven gait.
Hundred Gods—The collective name of the Gods enumerated in The Chronicle of the Tusk and worshipped either under the auspices of the Cults (which is to say, subordinate to the Thousand Temples), or in the traditional versions of the Kiünnat. In the Inrithi tradition, the Hundred Gods are thought to be aspects of the God (whom Inri Sejenus famously called “the Million Souled”), much the way various personality traits could be said to inhabit an individual. In the far more variegated Kiünnat tradition, the Hundred Gods are thought to be independent spiritual agencies, prone to indirectly intervene in the lives of their worshippers. Both traditions recognize the differences between the Compensatory Gods, who promise direct reward for worship and devotion, the Punitive Gods, who secure sacrifices through the threat of suffering, and the more rare Bellicose Gods, who despise worship as sycophancy and favour those who strive against them. Both the Inrithi and Kiünnat traditions see the Gods as indispensable to eternal life in the Outside.
The esoteric apologist Zarathinius is infamous for arguing (in A Defence of the Arcane Arts) the absurdity of worshipping deities as imperfect and capricious as mere Men. The Fanim, of course, believe the Hundred Gods are renegade slaves of the Solitary God—demons.
Hundred Pillars—The Warrior-Prophet’s personal bodyguard, named after the one hundred men rumoured to have surrendered their water—and their lives—to him on the Trail of Skulls.
Huösi, Lake—A large freshwater lake draining the Vindauga and Sculpa river systems, and emptying into the Wutmouth.
hustwarra—The Galeoth name for camp wives.
Husyelt—The God of the hunt. One of the so-called Compensatory Gods, who reward devotion in life with paradise in the afterlife, Husyelt comes after only Yatwer and Gilgaöl in Cultic popularity, particularly in the Middle-North. In the Higarata, the collection of subsidiary writings that form the scriptural core of the Cults, Husyelt is depicted as the most anthropocentric of the Hundred Gods, as intent upon enabling his worshippers as he is upon securing their obedience and devotion. The Cult of Husyelt is rumoured to be extraordinarily wealthy, and high-ranking members of the Husyeltic priesthood often possess as much political clout as Shrial apparati.
Huterat—A town on the Sempis Delta, destroyed by the First Holy War in 4111.
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idolaters—A term commonly used by Fanim to refer to Inrithi.
Ihrimsû—The tongue of Injor-Niyas.
Ikurei, House—A Nansur House of the Congregate, with holdings concentrated in and about Momemn.
The Imperial House since 3941.
Ikurei Anphairas I (4022-81)—The Emperor of Nansur from 4066 to 4081, and grandfather of Ikurei Xerius III, assassinated by persons unknown.
Ikurei Dynasty—Always one of the more powerful Houses of the Congregate, the Ikurei seized the Imperial Mantle in 3941, capitalizing on the turmoil following the loss of Shigek and then Gedea to Kian in the Dagger Jihad. Ikurei Sorius I became the first of a line of shrewd yet defensive Ikurei Emperors. See Nansur Empire.
Ikurei Xerius III (4059- )—The Emperor of the Nansur Empire.
Imbeyan ab Imbaran (4067-4111)—Sapatishah-Governor of Enathpaneah and son-in-law of the Padirajah, slain at Caraskand.
Imperial Army—A common name for the standing Nansur army.
Imperial Precincts—The name given to the grounds of the Andiamine Heights.
Imperial Saik—The School indentured to the Nansur Emperor.
Imperial Sun—The primary symbol of the Nansur Empire.
Impromta, The—The anonymously written collection of the Warrior-Prophet’s earliest sermons and aphorisms.
Imrothas, Sarshressa (4054-4111)—The Palatine of the Conriyan province of Aderot, claimed by disease at Caraskand.
Inchoroi—“People of Emptiness” (Ihrimsû) A mysterious and obscene race that, according to legend, descended from the void in the Incû-Holoinas. Very little is known about them, aside from their apparently limitless capacity for cruelty and their malignant obsession with the carnal. See Cûno-Inchoroi Wars.
Incû-Holoinas—“Ark-of-the-Skies” (Ihrimsû) The great vessel that brought the Inchoroi from the heavens and became the golden heart of Golgotterath.
Indara-Kishauri—The “tribe” of the Cishaurim. The “Indara” refer, in the Kianene tradition, to the “tribe of water-bearers,” a legendary band that supposedly wandered the dunes dispensing water and mercy to the faithful. The designation is critical (according to the kipfa’aifan, it saved Fane’s life), given the importance of tribal affiliation in desert Kianene society.
Indenture, the—The infamous document used by Ikurei Xerius III in his attempt to secure the lands conquered by the First Holy War.
Indigo Plague—According to legend, the pestilence swept up from the No-God’s ashes after his destruction at the hands of Anaxophus V in 2155. Mandate scholars dispute this, claiming that the No-God’s body was recovered by the Consult and interred in Golgotterath. Whatever the cause, the Indigo Plague ranks as among the worst in recorded history.
Indurum Barracks—A lodging for soldiers located in Caraskand and dating back to the Nansur occupation of the city.
Ingiaban, Sristai (4059- )—The Palatine of the Conriyan province of Kethantei.
Ingoswitu (1966-2050)—A far antique Kûniüric philosopher, famed in his own day for his Dialogia but primarily known in the Three Seas through Ajencis and his famed critique of Ingoswitu’s Theosis in The Third Analytic of Men.
Ingraul—A fiefdom of the Thunyeri Sranc Marches.
Ingusharotep II (c. 1000-c. 1080)—The Old Dynasty Shigeki King who conquered the Kyranae Plains.
Injor-Niyas—The last remaining Nonmen nation, located beyond the Demua Mountains. See Ishterebinth.
Inrau, Paro (4088-4110)—A former student of Drusas Achamian, slain in Sumna.
Inri Sejenus (c. 2159-2202)—The Latter Prophet and spiritual (although not historical) founder of the Thousand Temples, who claimed to be the pure incarnation of Absolute Spirit (“the very proportion of the God”), sent to emend the teachings of the Tusk. After his death and supposed ascension to the Nail of Heaven, his disciples recounted his life and teachings in The Tractate, the text that is now considered by the Inrithi to be as holy as The Chronicle of the Tusk.
Inrithi—The followers of Inri Sejenus, the Latter Prophet, and his amendments to the Tusk.
Inrithism—The faith founded upon the revelations of Inri Sejenus, the Latter Prophet, which synthesizes elements of both monotheism and polytheism. The central tenets of Inrithism deal with the immanence of the God in historical events, the unity of the individual deities of the Cults as Aspects of the God, and the role of the Thousand Temples as the very expression of the God in the world.
Following the alleged ascension of Inri Sejenus, Inrithism slowly established itself throughout the Ceneian Empire as an organized hierarchy independent of the state—what came to be called the Thousand Temples. Initially, the existing traditionalist Kiünnat sects simply dismissed the new religion, but as it continued to grow, a number of attempts were made to circumscribe its powers and prevent its further spread, none of them particularly effective. Escalating tensions eventually culminated in the Zealot Wars (c. 2390-2478), which, although technically a civil war, saw battles fought far outside the boundaries of what then constituted the Ceneian Empire.
In 2469, Sumna capitulated to Shrial forces, but hostilities continued until Triamis was anointed Emperor in 2478. Though himself Inrithi (converted by Ekyannus III), and despite enacting the constitution governing the division of powers between the Imperium and the Thousand Temples, he refrained from declaring Inrithism the official state religion until 2505. From that point the ascendancy of the Thousand Temples was assured, and over the ensuing centuries the remaining Kiünnat “heresies” of the Three Seas would either wither away or be forcibly stamped out.
Inshull (?-?)—One of the Chieftain-Kings named in the Tusk.
Inskarra, Saweor (4061-4111)—The Earl of the Thunyeri province of Skagwa, slain at Anwurat.
Inûnara Highlands—A region of foothills to the northeast of the Unaras Spur of the Hethanta Mountains.
Invishi—The commercial and spiritual capital of Nilnamesh, and one of the most ancient cities of the Three Seas.
Iothiah—A great Old Dynasty city located on the Sempis Delta.
Irreüma—A so-called “all-Gods temple” located in the administrative quarter of the Hagerna. Though its architecture belongs to the classical Kyranean period, its provenance is unknown.
Iryssas, Krijates (4089- )—The young and impetuous majordomo of House Krijates, and cousin to Krijates Xinemus.
Ishoiya—Sheyic for “uncertainty.” The so-called Day of Doubt, an Inrithi holy day celebrated in late summer, commemorating the spiritual turmoil and renewal undergone by Inri Sejenus during his imprisonment in Xerash. Among the less pious, Ishoiya is renowned as a day of copious drinking.
Ishroi—“Exalted Ones” (Ihrimsû) The name given to the Nonmen warrior castes.
Ishterebinth—“Exalted Stronghold” (Ihrimsû) The last of the Nonmen Mansions, located to the west of the Demua Mountains. Known as Ishoriöl (“Exalted Hall”) in the Isûphiryas, Ishterebinth was considered one of the premier cities of the Cûnuroi after Siöl and Cil-Aujas. See Cûno-Inchoroi Wars.
Ishuäl—“Exalted Grotto” (Ihrimsû) The secret fastness of the Kûniüric High Kings, located in the Demua Mountains, and subsequently inhabited by the Dûnyain.
Istriya, Ikurei (4045- )—The mother of Emperor Xerius III, once famed for her legendary beauty.
Istyuli Plains—A vast and largely semi-arid tableland running from the Yimelati Mountains in the north to the Hethanta Mountains in the south.
Isûphiryas—“Great Pit of Years” (Ihrimsû) The great work chronicling the history of the Nonmen prior to the Breaking of the Gates. In all likelihood it is the most ancient text in existence. Sometime in the fourth century, a copy of the Isûphiryas was given to Cûnwerishau by Nil’giccas, the Nonman King of Ishoriöl (Ishterebinth), as part of the ancient treaty between their two peoples—the first between Nonmen and Men. During the reign of the God-King Carû-Ongonean, five Ûmeri translations of the Isûphiryas were bequeathed to the Library of Sauglish. Four of these were destroyed in the Apocalypse. The fifth was saved by Seswatha, who delivered it to the scribes of the Three Seas.