Heartthew: a title given to Berek Halfhand
heartwood chamber: meeting-place of a Woodhelven, within a tree
Heer: leader of a Woodhelven
Heft Galewrath: a Giant; Storesmaster of Starfare’s Gem
Herem: a Raver, Kinslaughterer, turiya
Hergrom: one of the Haruchai
High Lord: leader of the Council of Lords
High Lord’s Furl: banner of the High Lord
High Wood:lomillialor; offspring of the One Tree
Hile Troy: a man formerly from Covenant’s world; Warmark of High Lord Elena’s Warward
Hiltmark: second in command of the Warward
Hirebrand: a master of lillianrill wood-lore
Hoerkin: a Warhaft
Hollian: daughter of Amith; eh-Brand of Crystal Stonedown; companion of Thomas Covenant and Linden Avery
Home: original homeland of the Giants
Horizonscan: lookout atop the midmast of a Giantship
Horse, the: human soldiery of the gaddhi
horserite: a gathering of Ranyhyn in which they drink mind-blending waters in order to share visions, prophecies, and purpose
Hotash Slay: Gorak Krembal, a flow of lava protecting Foul’s Creche
Hower: a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Loerya
Hrama: a Ranyhyn stallion; mount of Anele
Humbled, the: three Haruchai maimed to resemble Thomas Covenant in order to remind the Masters of their limitations
Hurn: a Cord of the Ramen
hurtloam: a healing mud
Huryn: a Ranyhyn; mount of Terrel
husta/hustin: partly human soldiers bred by Kasreyn to be the gaddhi’s Guard
Hyn: a Ranyhyn mare; mount of Linden Avery
Hynaril: a Ranyhyn; mount of Tamarantha and then Mhoram
Hynyn: a Ranyhyn stallion; mount of Stave
Hyrim: a Lord, son of Hoole
Illearth Stone, the: powerful bane long buried under Mount Thunder
Illender: title given to Thomas Covenant
Imoiran Tomal-mate: a Stonedownor
Inbull: a Warhaft in Berek Halfhand’s army; commander of the tenth Eoman, second Eoward
Infelice: reigning leader of the Elohim
Insequent, the: a mysterious people living far to the west of the Land
Interdict, the: reference to the power of the Colossus of the Fall to prevent Ravers from entering the Upper Land
Irin: a warrior of the Third Eoman of the Warward
Ironhand, the: title given to the leader of the Swordmainnir
Isle of the One Tree, the: location of the One Tree
Jain: a Manethrall of the Ramen
Jass: a Haruchai; a Master of the Land
Jehannum: a Raver, Fleshharrower, moksha
Jevin: a healer in Berek Halfhand’s army
jheherrin: soft ones, misshapen by-products of Foul’s making
Jous: a man of Mithil Stonedown, son of Prassan, father of Nassic; inheritor of an Unfettered One’s mission to remember the Halfhand
Kalina: a woman of Mithil Stonedown; wife of Nassic, mother of Sunder
Kam: a Manethrall of the Ramen
Karnis: a Heer of First Woodhelven
Kasreyn of the Gyre: a thaumaturge; the gaddhi’s Kemper (advisor) in BhrathairealmKastenessen: one of the Elohim; former Appointed
Keep of the na-Mhoram, the: Revelstone
Keeper: a Ramen rank, one of those unsuited to the rigors of being a Cord or a Manethrall
Kelenbhrabanal: Father of Horses in Ranyhyn legends
Kemper, the: chief advisor of the gaddhi; Kasreyn
Kemper’s Pitch: highest level of the Sandhold
Kenaustin Ardenol: a figure of Haruchai legend; former Guardian of the One Tree; true name of the Theomach
Kevin Landwaster: son of Loric Vilesilencer; last High Lord of the Old Lords
Kevin’s Dirt: smoglike pall covering the Upper Land; it blocks health-sense, making itself invisible from below
Kevin’s Lore: knowledge of power left hidden by Kevin in the Seven Wards
Kevin’s Watch: mountain lookout near Mithil Stonedown
Khabaal: one of the Seven Words
Kinslaughterer: a Giant-Raver, Herem, turiya
Kiril Threndor: chamber of power deep under Mount Thunder; Heart of Thunder
Koral: a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Amatin
Korik: a Bloodguard
Krenwill: a scout in Berek Halfhand’s army
kresh: savage giant yellow wolves
krill, the: knife of power forged by High Lord Loric, awakened to power by Thomas Covenant
Kurash Plenethor: region of the Land formally named Stricken Stone, now called Trothgard
Kurash Qwellinir: the Shattered Hills, region of the Lower Land protecting Foul’s Creche
Lake Pelluce: a lake in Andelainscion
Lal: a Cord of the Ramen
Land, the: generally, area found on the map; a focal region of the Earth where Earthpower is uniquely accessible
Landsdrop: great cliff separating the Upper and Lower Lands
Landsverge Stonedown: a village of the Land
Landwaster: title given to High Lord Kevin
Latebirth: a Giant; one of the Swordmainnir
Law, the: the natural order
Law of Death, the: the natural order which separates the living from the dead
Law of Life, the: the natural order which separates the dead from the living
Law-Breaker: title give to both High Lord Elena and Caer-Caveral
Lax Blunderfoot: a name chosen by Latebirth in self-castigation
Lena: a Stonedownor, daughter of Atiaran, mother of Elena
lianar: wood of power used by an eh-Brand
Liand: a man of Mithil Stonedown, son of Fostil; companion of Linden Avery
Lifeswallower: the Great Swamp
lillianrill: wood-lore; masters of wood-lore
Lithe: a Manethrall of the Ramen
Llaura: a Heer of Soaring Woodhelven
Loerya: a Lord, wife of Trevor
lomillialor: High Wood; a wood of power
Longwrath: a Giant; Swordmainnir name for Exalt Widenedworld
Lord: one who has mastered both the Sword and the Staff aspects of Kevin’s Lore
Lord-Fatherer: title given to Berek Halfhand
Lord Foul: the enemy of the Land; the Despiser
“Lord Mhoram’s Victory”: a painting by Ahanna
Lord of Wickedness: a-Jeroth
Lord’s-fire: staff-fire used by the Lords
Lord’s Keep: Revelstone
Lords, the: the primary protectors of the Land
loremaster: a leader of ur-viles
Loresraat: Trothgard school at Revelwood where Kevin’s Lore is studied
Lorewarden: a teacher in the Loresraat
loreworks: Demondim power-laboratory
Loric Vilesilencer: a High Lord; son of Damelon Giantfriend
lor-liarill: Gildenlode
Lost, the: Giantish name for the Unhomed
Lost Deep, the: a loreworks; breeding pit/laboratory under Mount Thunder where Demondim, Waynhim, and ur-viles were created
Lostson: a Giant; later name for Exalt Widenedworld
Lower Land, the: region of the Land east of Landsdrop
lucubrium: laboratory of a thaumaturge
lurker of the Sarangrave, the: monster inhabiting the Great Swamp
Mahdoubt, the: a servant of Revelstone; one of the Insequent
Mahrtiir: a Manethrall of the Ramen; companion of Linden Avery
maidan: open land around Elemesnedene
Maker, the:jheherrin name for Lord Foul
Maker-place:jheherrin name for Foul’s Creche
Malliner: Woodhelvennin Heer, son of Veinnin
Mane: Ramen reference to a Ranyhyn
Maneing: Ramen ceremony of becoming a Manethrall
Manethrall: highest Ramen rank
Manhome: main dwelling place of the Ramen in t
he Plains of Ra
Marid: a man of Mithil Stonedown; Sunbane victim
Marny: a Ranyhyn; mount of Tuvor
marrowmeld: bone-sculpting; anundivian yajña
Master: commander of a Giantship
Master, the: Clave-name for Lord Foul
master-rukh, the: iron triangle at Revelstone which feeds and reads other rukhs
Masters of the Land, the:Haruchai who have claimed responsibility for protecting the Land from Corruption
Mehryl: a Ranyhyn; mount of Hile Troy
Melenkurion: one of the Seven Words
Melenkurion Skyweir: a cleft peak in the Westron Mountains
Memla: a Rider of the Clave; one of the na-Mhoram-in
mere-son: name or title given to Esmer
merewives: the Dancers of the Sea
metheglin: a beverage; mead
Mhoram: a Lord, later high Lord; son of Variol
Mhornym: a Ranyhyn stallion; mount of Clyme
Mill: one of the Seven Words
Minas: one of the Seven Words
mirkfruit: papayalike fruit with narcoleptic pulp
Mistweave: a Giant
Mithil River: a river of the Land
Mithil Stonedown: a village in the South Plains
Mithil’s Plunge, the: waterfall at the head of the Mithil valley
Moire Squareset: a Giant; one of the Swordmainnir; killed in battle by the skurj
moksha: a Raver, Jehannum, Fleshharrower
Morin: First Mark of the Bloodguard; commander in original Haruchai army
Morinmoss: a forest of the Land
Morninglight: one of the Elohim
Morril: a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Callindrill
Mount Thunder: a peak at the center of Landsdrop
Murrin: a Stonedownor, mate of Odona
Myrha: a Ranyhyn; mount of High Lord Elena
na-Mhoram, the: leader of the Clave
na-Mhoram-cro: lowest rank of the Clave
na-Mhoram-in: highest rank of the Clave below the na-Mhoram
na-Mhoram-wist: middle rank of the Clave
Naharahn: a Ranyhyn mare; mount of Pahni
Narunal: a Ranyhyn stallion; mount of Mahrtiir
Nassic: father of Sunder, son of Jous; inheritor of an Unfettered One’s mission to remember the Halfhand
Naybahn: a Ranyhyn; mount of Branl
Nelbrin: son of Sunder. “heart’s child”
Nicor, the: great sea-monster; said to be offspring of the Worm of the World’s End
Nom: a Sandgorgon
North Plains, the: a region of the Land
Northron Climbs, the: a region of the Land
Oath of Peace, the: oath by the people of the Land against needless violence
Odona: a Stonedownor, mate of Murrin
Offin: a former na-Mhoram
Old Lords, the: Lords prior to the Ritual of Desecration
Omournil: Woodhelvennin Heer, daughter of Mournil
One Forest, the: ancient forest covering most of the Land
One Tree, the: mystic tree from which the Staff of Law was made
Onyx Stonemage: a Giant; one of the Swordmainnir
orcrest: a stone of power; Sunstone
Osondrea: a Lord, daughter of Sondrea; later high Lord
Padrias: Woodhelvennin Heer, son of Mill
Pahni: a Cord of the Ramen, cousin of Sahah; companion of Linden Avery
Palla: a healer in Berek Halfhand’s army
Peak of the Fire-Lions, the: Mount Thunder, Gravin Threndor
Pietten: Woodhelvennin child damaged by Lord Foul’s minions, son of Soranal
pitchbrew: a beverage combining diamondraught and vitrim, conceived by Pitchwife
Pitchwife: a Giant; member of the Search; husband of the First of the Search
Plains of Ra, the: a region of the Land
Porib: a Bloodguard
Power of Command, the: Seventh Ward of Kevin’s Lore
Pren: a Bloodguard
Prothall: High Lord, son of Dwillian
Prover of Life: title given to Thomas Covenant
Puhl: a Cord of the Ramen
Pure One, the: redemptive figure of jheherrin legend
Quaan: Warhaft of the Third Eoman of the Warward; later Hiltmark, then Warmark
quellvisk: a kind of monster, now apparently extinct
Quern Ehstrel: true name of the Mahdoubt
Quest for the Staff of Law, the: quest to recover the Staff of Law from Drool Rockworm
Questsimoon, the: the Roveheartswind; a steady, favorable wind, perhaps seasonal
Quilla: a Heer of First Woodhelven
Quirrel: a Stonedownor, companion of Triock
Ramen: people who serve the Ranyhyn
Rant Absolain: the gaddhi
Ranyhyn: the great horses of the Plains of Ra
Ravers: Lord Foul’s three ancient servants
Raw, the: fiord into the demesne of the Elohim
Rawedge Rim, the: mountains around Elemesnedene
Reader: a member of the Clave who tends and uses the master-rukh
Rede, the: knowledge of history and survival promulgated by the Clave
Revelstone: Lord’s Keep; mountain city formed by Giants
Revelwood: seat of the Loresraat; tree city grown by Lords
rhee: a Ramen food, a thick mush
rhadhamaerl: stone-lore; masters of stone-lore
Rhohm: a Ranyhyn stallion; mount of Liand
rhysh: a community of Waynhim; “stead”
rhyshyshim: a gathering of rhysh; a place in which such gathering occurs
Riddenstretch: a region north of the Soulsease River
Rider: a member of the Clave
Ridjeck Thome: Foul’s Creche, the Despiser’s home
rillinlure: healing wood dust
Rime Coldspray: a Giant; the Ironhand of the Swordmainnir
Ringthane: Ramen name for Thomas Covenant, then Linden Avery
ring-wielder:Elohim term of reference for Thomas Covenant
Rire Grist: a Caitiffin of the gaddhi’s Horse
Rites of Unfettering: the ceremony of becoming Unfettered
Ritual of Desecration, the: act of despair by which High Lord Kevin destroyed the Old Lords and ruined most of the Land
Rivenrock: deep cleft splitting Melenkurion Skyweir and its plateau; there the Black River enters Garroting Deep
Riversward: a region north of the Soulsease River
Rockbrother, Rocksister: terms of affection between humans and Giants
rocklight: light emitted by glowing stone
roge Befylam: Cavewight-form of the jheherrin
Rohnhyn: a Ranyhyn; mount of Bhapa after Whrany’s death
Roveheartswind, the: the Questsimoon
Rue: a Manethrall of the Ramen, formerly named Gay
Ruel: a Bloodguard, assigned to Hile Troy
rukh: iron talisman by which a Rider wields the power of the Sunbane
Runnik: a Bloodguard
Rustah: a Cord of the Ramen
Sablehair Foamheart: a Giant, also called Filigree; mate of Soar Gladbirth; mother of Exalt Widenedworld
sacred enclosure: Vespers-hall at Revelstone; later the site of the Banefire
Sahah: a Cord of the Ramen
Saltheart Foamfollower: a Giant, friend of Thomas Covenant
Saltroamrest: bunk hold for the crew in a Giantship
Salttooth: jutting rock in the harbor of the Giants’ Home
Salva Gildenbourne: forest surrounding the Hills of Andelain; begun by Sunder and Hollian
samadhi: a Raver, Sheol, Satansfist
Sandgorgons: monsters of the Great Desert of Bhrathairealm
Sandgorgons Doom: imprisoning storm created by Kasreyn to trap the Sandgorgons
Sandhold, the: the gaddhi’s castle in Bhrathairealm
Sandwall, the: the great wall defending Bhrathairain
Santonin: a Rider of the Clave, one of the na-Mhoram-in
Sarangrave Flat:
a region of the Lower Land encompassing the Great Swamp
Satansfist: a Giant-Raver, Sheol, samadhi
Satansheart: Giantish name for Lord Foul
Scend Wavegift: a Giant; one of the Swordmainnir; killed by Longwrath
Search, the: quest of the Giants for the wound in the Earth; later the quest for the Isle of the One Tree
Seareach: region of the Land occupied by the Unhomed
Seasauce: a Giant; husband of Hearthcoal; cook of Starfare’s Gem
Seatheme: dead wife of Sevinhand
Second Circinate: second level of the Sandhold
Second Ward: second unit of Kevin’s hidden knowledge
setrock: a type of stone used with pitch to repair stone
Seven Hells, the: a-Jeroth’s demesne: desert, rain, pestilence, fertility, war, savagery, and darkness
Seven Wards, the: collection of knowledge hidden by High Lord Kevin
Seven Words, the: words of power from Kevin’s Lore
Sevinhand: a Giant, Anchormaster of Starfare’s Gem
Shattered Hills, the: a region of the Land near Foul’s Creche
Sheol: a Raver, Satansfist, samadhi
Shetra: a Lord, wife of Verement
Shipsheartthew: the wheel of a Giantship
shola: a small wooded glen where a stream runs between unwooded hills
Shull: a Bloodguard
Sill: a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Hyrim
Sivit: a Rider of the Clave, one of the na-Mhoram-wist
skest: acid-creatures serving the lurker of the Sarangrave
skurj: laval monsters that devour earth and vegetation; long ago, the Elohim Kastenessen was Appointed (the Durance) to prevent them from wreaking terrible havoc
Slen: a Stonedownor, mate of Terass
Soar Gladbirth: a Giant; youngest son of Pitchwife and Gossamer Glowlimn
Soaring Woodhelven: a tree-village
soft ones, the: the jheherrin
Somo: pinto taken by Liand from Mithil Stonedown
soothreader: a seer
soothtell: ritual of revelation practiced by the Clave
Soranal: a Woodhelvennin Heer, son of Thiller
Soulbiter, the: a dangerous ocean of Giantish legend
Soulbiter’s Teeth: reefs in the Soulbiter
Soulcrusher: Giantish name for Lord Foul
South Plains, the: a region of the Land
Sparlimb Keelsetter: a Giant, father of triplets
Spikes, the: guard-towers at the mouth of Bhrathairain Harbor
Spray Frothsurge: a Giant; mother of the First of the Search