The Witchwood Crown

Honsa Spenitis—the Spenit noble house

  Honor Steps—landmark coming down from Nakkiga Gate

  Houses of Tears—a place in Nakkiga-That-Was

  H’ran Go-jao—the most easterly of the Go-jao’e (Little Boats)

  Iceflame—river in Nakkiga-That-Was

  Ijsgard—legendary birthplace of Rimmersmen, across the western ocean

  Inniscrich—a valley and river in northern Hernystir

  Island of the Bones—an island far west of Rimmersgard

  Jackdaw, the—a tavern in Erchester

  Jao é-Tinukai’i—a hidden Sithi dwelling in Aldheorte, now abandoned

  Kaldskryke—fiefdom in Rimmersgard

  Kementari—one of the nine Gardenborn cities, now lost

  Khandia—a lost and fabled land

  Kiga’rasku—waterfall beneath Nakkiga, called “the Tearfall”

  Kopstade, the—market district of Elvritshalla

  Kwanitupul—city in the Wran

  Kynslagh—lake in central Erkynland

  Kynswood—small forest adjacent to the Hayholt

  Lake Rumiya—lake beside Nakkiga

  Littlefeather—river in the Lake Thrithings

  Little Gardens of Memory—“Sojeno nigago-zhe”; graveyard for Norns too humble or poor to have family tombs

  Little Gratuvask—a river; a tributary of the Gratuvask

  Lost Garden (Venyha Do’sae)—the fabled place whose destruction the Keida’ya fled

  Lyktenspan—Lantern Bridge crossing the Gratuvask to Elvritshalla

  Mahistrevine Hill—one of Nabban’s hills

  Mahistrevine Road—road leading to the Sancellan Mahistrevis

  Main Row—major thoroughfare in the city of Erchester

  Martyrs Temple—shrine located in Nakkiga

  Meremund—Erkynlandish town on the rivers Greenwade and Gleniwent, birthplace of Queen Miriamele

  Merchants Road—a street in Nabban

  Mezutu’a—the Silverhome; abandoned Sithi and Dwarrow city beneath Grianspog Mountains; original Sithi name: Mezutu’a

  Mintahoq—a mountain of the Trollfells; Binabik’s home village

  Moon’s Reach Valley—valley below Dragon’s Throat Pass

  M’yin Azoshai—Sithi name for Hern’s Hill; location of Hernysadharc

  Nabban—duchy in the southern part of Osten Ard; former seat of empire

  Nad Glehs—home of Countess Rhona in Hernystir

  Nad Mullach—Count Eolair’s home in eastern Hernystir

  Naglimund—stronghold in northern Erkynland; place of battles during the Storm King’s War

  Nakkiga—Gardenborn city beneath Stormspike Mountain, meaning “Mask of Tears”; home of the Hikeda’ya

  Nakkiga-That-Was—city outside Nakkiga mountain; one of the Nine Cities of the Gardenborn; now abandoned

  Naraxi—island in the Bay of Firannos

  Naarved—city in western Rimmersgard

  Nascadu—a desert land in the south

  Nearulagh Gate—main entrance to the Hayholt

  New Frostmarch Road—road linking the Frostmarch towns to Hernysadharc

  New Moon Market—marketplace in Nakkiga

  Nornfells—the northern mountains; home to the Hikeda’ya

  Northithe—county in Erkynland

  Old Granary Tower—roundhouse in the Inner Keep once used by Prince John Josua

  Omeiyo Hamakh (the Maze Palace)—Queen Utuk’ku’s labyrinthine home

  Onestris—a Nabbanai valley

  Onestrine Pass—pass between two Nabbanai valleys; site of many battles

  Onyx Library—an archive of the Order of Song

  Osten Ard—mortal kingdom (Rimmerspakk, “Eastern Land”)

  Osterdyr plain—a plain in Rimmersgard

  Patorine Hill—one of Nabban’s seven hills, location of the Ingadarine palace

  Perdruin—an island in the Bay of Emettin

  Purta Falessis—port town in southern Nabban

  Quarely Maid, the—a tavern in Erchester; located on Badger Street near Market Square

  Queen’s Square—in Nakkiga

  Radfisk Foss—a barony in Southern Rimmersgard

  Reach, the—part of Sacrifice training grounds

  Refarslod—“The Fox’s Road”; a road in Rimmersgard

  Rimmersgard—duchy in the north of Osten Ard

  Risa—island in the Bay of Firannos

  Royal North Road—king’s road leading north from Erchester

  Royal Way—ancient road running south from Nakkiga

  Rumiya—lake beside the mountain of Nakkiga

  Sacred Redeemer’s Church—located in Tellis Narassi, Nabban

  Saegard—town in Rimmersgard, on the coast

  Sailmaker Road—a street in Nabban which runs along the Great Canal in the shadow of the walls

  St. Helvard’s Cathedral—a church in the center of Elvritshalla

  St. Galdin’s Square—a landmark in the City of Nabban

  St. Lavennin’s Square—a place in Nabban

  St. Ormod’s—a church in Erchester

  St. Rhiappa’s—a cathedral in Kwanitupul

  St. Sutrin’s—cathedral in Erchester

  St. Wiglaf’s Minster—a shabby old church in Erchester

  St. Yistrin’s—a monastery

  Shisae’ron—broad meadow valley; once Sithi territory

  Shimmerspine—Norn name for northern mountain range mortals call Whitefells

  Sistan—village in Erkynland near Aldheorte forest

  Skoggey—a town in eastern Rimmersgard

  Spenit—island in Bay of Firannos

  Spider Groves—place in Nakkiga

  Springmarsh—a swamp in the southernmost Frostmarch

  Stanshire—town in eastern Erkynland

  Stefflod—a river in eastern Erkynland; also site of battleground in second Thrithings War

  Stews, the—a poor district in Meremund

  Stormspike—the mountain also known as Nakkiga or Sturmrspeik

  Street of Martyrs—landmark in Nakkiga-That-Was

  Street of Sacred Discipline—a shadowy, narrow road with ancient stone houses in Nakkiga

  Sturmstad—place on the border of Erkynland and Rimmersgard

  Sudshire—county in the southern part of Erkynland

  Sumiyu Shisa—stream through the valley Shisae’ron

  Swertclif—hill near Erchester; burial site of the kings of Erkynland

  Taig Road—road leading through Hernysadharc; also known as “Tethtain’s Way”

  Taig, the—wooden castle; house of Hernystir’s ruling family

  Tearfall—huge waterfall at the heart of Nakkiga

  Tellis Narassi—a poor neighborhood in the City of Nabban

  Thrithings—plain of grassland in the southeast of Osten Ard

  Tower of the Holy Tree—new tower in the Hayholt

  Trevinta—a county in Nabban

  Trollfells—human name for the home of the Qanuc

  T’seya Go-jao—one of the Little Boats

  Tumet’ai—one of the nine Sithi cities, lost under ice

  Tungoldyr—a town in the far north of Rimmersgard

  Tzaaita’s Stone—landmark in Nakkiga

  Venyha Do’sae—original home of Sithi, Hikeda’ya, and Tinukeda’ya; called “The Garden”

  Vestvenn—river in central Rimmersgard

  Vestvennby—Rimmersgard town on the Frostmarch

  Vennweg—road leading to Vestvennby

  Unhav—Thrithing name for Lake Eadne

  Urmsbakkir—the hills surrounding Urmsheim

  Urmsheim—a fabled mountain in the far northeast

  Village Grove—Tiamak’s home village in the
Wran

  Vinitta—an island in the Bay of Firannos

  Warinsten—island off the West Coast; birthplace of King John Presbyter, once called “Gemmia”

  Wentmouth—town in southern Erkynland; on the coast at the mouth of the Gleniwent River

  Whitefells—northern mountain range

  White Snail Castle—a fortress in Nakkiga-That-Was, at the foot of Stormspike

  Whitstan—town in southern Erkynland

  Willow Hall—Tanahaya’s home

  Woodsall—a village and barony in Erkynland

  Woodpecker Hills—source of streams that feed the Ymstrecca

  Wran, the—marsh land in southern Osten Ard

  Yakh Huyeru—“Hall of Trembling”; cavern beneath Stormspike

  Yásira—Sithi sacred meeting place

  Yiqanuc—home of the Qanuc; also known as the Trollfells

  Ymstrecca—a river in eastern Erkynland; also the site of a battlefield

  CREATURES

  Bukken—Rimmersgard name for diggers; called “Boghanik” by trolls; called “Furi’a” by Norns

  Deofol—Unver’s black horse

  Diggers—small, manlike subterranean creatures

  Drochnathair—Hernystiri name for dragon Hidohebhi; slain by Ineluki and Hakatri

  Falku—Little Snenneq’s ram

  Ghants—chitinous Wran-dwelling creatures

  Giants—large, shaggy, manlike creatures, called “Hunë” in the north

  Hidohebhi—a dragon

  Hunën—Rimmersgard name for giants

  Igjarjuk—ice dragon of Urmsheim; “Likkija” in the Sithi and Norn tongues; the daughter of great worm Hidohebhi

  Kilpa—manlike marine creatures

  Pengi—Tinukeda’ya slaves; “changelings”

  Qallipuk—“River Man”; a water monster

  Qantaqa—Binabik’s wolf companion during the Storm King’s War

  Raoni—Hikeda’ya name for “giants”

  Scand—Tiamak’s donkey at the Hayholt

  Shurakai—fire-drake, slain beneath the Hayholt; her bones make up the Dragonbone Chair

  Spidersilk—Tanahaya’s horse

  Vaqana—Binabik’s current wolf companion; descendant of Qantaqa

  Witiko’ya—a ferocious wolflike predator of the far north

  Yukinva—a giant rodent of the snowy heights

  THINGS

  Age of Gold—ancient Nabbanai era

  Aedonites—the followers of Usires Aedon

  Aedontide—holy time celebrating birth of Usires Aedon

  Albian House—one of Nabban’s fifty noble families

  Analita—also “analita-zé”; quicksilver liquor drunk by the Hikeda’ya

  Astaline Sisters—a lay group who sponsored settlements for women

  Benedrivine House—ruling family in Nabban

  Black rye—a grain

  Blood lily—a bright red flower like the spray from a wound

  Breathing Harp, the—Master Witness in Nakkiga

  Ceremony of the Lost Garden—a Hikeda’ya religious observance

  Citril—an addictive root for chewing; grown in the south

  Clavean House—one of Nabban’s fifty noble families

  Cold Root—Makho’s witchwood sword

  Cold Leaf—Makho’s witchwood dagger

  Comis—a wine from Nabban

  Council of Erchester—ruling body in Erchester

  Cuthmanite Brothers—a monkish order dedicated to St. Cuthman; known for their apple brandy

  Dance of Sacrifice—Hikeda’ya term for combat

  Days of Mourning—Hikeda’ya holiday

  Death-cote—another Hikeda’ya name for tombs

  Dominiate—Nabbanai council consisting primarily of the fifty noble families

  Drukhi’s Day—Nakkiga holiday

  Enduya—clan of High Magister Viyeki

  Erkynguard—sentries of the Hayholt

  Escritorial Synod—a board of the Aedonite church

  Faceless—the Nakkiga Council’s secret police

  Fifty Families—Nabbanai noble houses

  Fire Ordeal—test in Sacrifice training

  Flann’s Crows—a troop of outlaws (mostly Hernystiri) in the southern Frostmarch

  Gardenborn—all Hikeda’ya who came from Venyha Do’sae

  Grass Blade—a move in Hikeda’ya combat technique

  Hall of Spears—test in sacrifice training

  Hamakha—clan of Queen Utuk’ku

  Hamakha Dictates—a set of Hikeda’ya laws created by Queen Utuk’ku

  Hamakha Wormslayer Guard—the keepers of public peace in Nakkiga

  Hao sa-Rashi—“the Way of the Exiles”; Hikeda’ya sign language

  Harchan dittany—a herb

  Hebi-kei—“the serpent”; a witchwood switch used for punishment (literally: “witchwood snake”)

  Hersrede—the Citizens Council in Elvritshalla

  Hesitancy—a Hikeda’ya spell

  High King’s Ward—protection of the High Throne over the countries of Osten Ard

  Hikeda’yasao—the speech of Nakkiga

  Homecoming Boats festival—a holiday in the Wran

  House of Year-Dancing—Sithi clan

  Hovnir—the axe of Udun Rimmer, the highest pagan Rimmersgard god

  Hringleit—aka Ringquest; a Black Rimmersmen ship

  Ice moly—a healing ointment carried by Saomeji

  Ice Ordeal—test in sacrifice training

  Jarl—a Rimmersgard title equivalent to Westerling “Earl”

  Jarn clan—the Iron clan (Rimmersgard)

  Juya’ha—Sithi art; pictures made of woven cords

  Kangkang—Qanuq liquor

  Keida’ya—the Sithi and Hikeda’ya

  Kei-in—the holy witchwood seed

  Kei-vishaa—substance used by Gardenborn to make enemies drowsy and weak

  Keta yi’indra—Hikeda’ya term, “dangerous sleep”; recuperative sleep of Queen Utuk’ku

  Kinjada—Hikeda’ya clan

  Kuwa—Hikeda’ya name for a slave collar

  Landborn—those Hikeda’ya and Sithi born in the first generations after the arrival in Osten Ard

  League of the Scroll—an exclusive and secret society of scholars, seeking and preserving knowledge

  Metessan House—one of Nabban’s fifty noble families; Lord Pasevalles is a member; blue crane emblem

  Naidel—a slender sword, once belonging to Prince Josua, also known as “Needle”

  Nonamansa—a middday Aedonite religious ceremony

  Northern Alliance—a trade organization, in competition with the ancient Sindigato Perdruine

  Ocean Indefinite and Eternal—the ocean crossed by the Gardenborn

  Oil Fountains—a landmark in Queen’s Square, in Nakkiga

  On the Movement of Blood And Pneuma—a book on medicine by Rachoun

  Order of the Red Drake—a royal award to knights for bravery

  Otter’s Moon—Hikeda’ya month in Spring

  Pellarine Table—table of the Small Council of the High Throne; a gift from the Nabbanai imperator Pellaris to King Tethtain

  Plesinnen—Plesinnen of Myrme, writer of a book of natural philosophy

  Prayer of Loyal Servants—Hikeda’ya childhood prayer

  Princess Hylissa—a ship, named after Miriamele’s late mother

  Puju—bread made from the white barley grown in the cold valleys below Stormspike

  Queen’s Stricture—Hikeda’ya prayer, almost a catechism

  Queen’s Teeth—Utuk’ku’s personal guard

  Quinis-piece—a Nabbanai coin

  Rachoun—an ancient philosopher and healer

  Roc
k Serpent retreat—a move in Hikeda’ya combat technique

  Rite of Quickening—Qanuc Spring ceremony

  Sacred College—Aedonite church’s inquisition

  Scale—Sithi device for talking over distance

  Shaynat—a Hikeda’ya game, called “Shent” by the Sithi

  St. Agar’s Order—an Aedonite monk order

  Sacrifice—a trained assassin/soldier

  Sandarian—a sweet, amber-colored wine from Spenit

  Scrollbearers—members of the League of the Scroll; a secret society seeking and preserving knowledge

  Sea Rover’s Crown—ruling insignia of Rimmersgard

  Sedda’s Token—the Spring full moon

  Serpent’s Moon—Hikeda’ya month

  Shan—Thrithings word meaning “lord of lords”; ruler of all the Thrithings

  Shent—a Sithi game of socializing and strategy

  Silent Court of the Council—part of the Hikeda’ya elite

  Silver Stags—a Hernystiri elite troop; hand-picked by King Hugh

  Sindigato Perdruine—a trade organisation

  Skalijar—an organized troop of brigands in northern Rimmersgard

  Soldier’s Cantis—an Aedonite prayer

  Sotfengsel—King Elvrit’s ship, buried at Skipphaven

  Sovran Remedies of the Wranna Healers—a book written by Tiamak

  Spinsilk—a delicate Norn fabric

  Stag—emblem of Hern’s House, the ruling house of Hernystir

  Stormbirds—supporters of Dallo Ingadaris; the Albatross is their sign

  Summer Ice—one of the Houses of Sacrifice

  Tale of the Idle Shepherd—old story, similar in moral to “The Boy Who Cried Wolf”

  Talon—a hand-troop of five specially trained Sacrifices

  Thane—a Rimmersgard title equivalent to Westerling “Baron”

  The Color of Water—a forbidden collection of poems by Shun’y’asu

  The Five Fingers of the Queen’s Hand—a beloved Hikeda’ya book of wisdom

  Thieves’ Poetry—a game

  Third Green Moon—Thrithings month-name, roughly

  Thrones—Erkynlandish gold coins; one issue has portraits of King Simon and Queen Miriamele

  Ti-tuno—Camaris’ horn; made from dragon Hidohebhi’s tooth; also known as “Cellian”

  Towers—Erkynlandish silver coins

  Tractit Eteris Vocinnen—“A Treatise On The Aetheric Whispers”; a banned book

  Tree—“Holy Tree”, or “Execution Tree”; symbol of Usires Aedon’s execution and the Aedonite faith

  U’ituko—a predatory beast, who can cross snow without breaking even the crust