WYLLYMS, LIEUTENANT PRAISKHAT, Royal Delferahkan Army—one of Colonel Aiphraim Tahlyvyr’s junior platoon commanders, HFAF.
WYLLYMS, MAJOR AHRTHYR, Army of God—XO, 16th Cavalry Regiment, Army of the Sylmahn, LAMA.
WYLLYMS, MARHYS—the Duke of Tirian’s majordomo and an agent of Prince Nahrmahn of Emerald, OAR.
WYLLYS, COLONEL STAHN, Republic of Siddarmark Army—CO, 37th Infantry Regiment, Republic of Siddarmark Army, a part of General Trumyn Stohnar’s Sylmahn Gap command, MT&T; CO, 1st Rifle Division, Republic of Siddarmark Army, LAMA.
WYLLYS, DOCTOR ZHANSYN—member of the Royal College of Charis with an interest in chemistry and distillation, MT&T.
WYLLYS, GENERAL STAHN, Republic of Siddarmark Army—CO, 37th Regiment, Sylmahn Gap, MT&T; promoted general, CO 1st Rifle Division, LAMA.
WYLLYS, STYVYN—Doctor Zhansyn Wyllys’ estranged father, MT&T.
WYLSYNN, ARCHBAHLD—younger son of Vicar Samyl and Lysbet Wylsynn; Father Paityr Wylsynn’s half-brother, HFAF.
WYLSYNN, FATHER PAITYR—a priest of the Order of Schueler, the Church of God Awaiting’s intendant for Charis, OAR; becomes Maikel Staynair’s intendant and head of Imperial Patent Office, BSRA; member Charisian inner circle, HFAF.
WYLSYNN, LYSBET—Samyl Wylsynn’s second wife; mother of Tohmys, Zhanayt, and Archbahld Wylsynn, HFAF.
WYLSYNN, SERGEANT THOMYS—Temple Loyalist rebel, garrison of Fort Darymahn, South March Lands, Republic of Siddarmark, MT&T.
WYLSYNN, TANNIERE—Samyl Wylsynn’s deceased wife; mother of Erais and Paityr Wylsynn, HFAF.
WYLSYNN, TOHMYS—older son of Samyl and Lysbet Wylsynn; Father Paityr Wylsynn’s half-brother, HFAF.
WYLSYNN, VICAR HAUWERD—Paityr Wylsynn’s uncle; a member of Samyl Wylsynn’s circle of Reformists; ex-Temple Guardsman; a priest of the Order of Langhorne, HFAF.
WYLSYNN, VICAR SAMYL—Father Paityr Wylsynn’s father; the leader of the Reformists within the Council of Vicars and a priest of the Order of Schueler, HFAF.
WYLSYNN, ZHANAYT—daughter of Samyl and Lysbet Wylsynn; Father Paityr Wylsynn’s half-sister, HFAF.
WYNCHYSTAIR, FATHER ALLAYN—a Schuelerite upper-priest; one of Wyllym Rayno’s senior assistants and the equivalent of a divisional commander among his agents inquisitor, HFQ.
WYNDAYL, MAJOR BRAINAHK, Imperial Charisian Marines—CO, 1st Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, HFAF.
WYNKASTAIR, MASTER PAYTER, Imperial Charisian Navy—gunner, HMS Destiny, 54, HFAF.
WYNSTYN, LIEUTENANT KYNYTH, Royal Corisandian Navy—first lieutenant, galley Corisande, OAR.
WYNSTYN, MAJOR ZAVYR, Imperial Charisian Army—XO, 7th Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade, Imperial Charisian Army, LAMA.
WYNSTYN, SIR DAIVYN, BARON OF TRYFELD—the senior Usherite field commander of the combined Jhurlahnkian and Usherite army, HFQ.
WYRKMYN, COLONEL MALIKAI, Imperial Charisian Army—CO, 4th Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Imperial Charisian Army, MT&T.
WYRSHYM, BISHOP MILITANT BAHRNABAI, Army of God—a Chihirite of the Order of the Sword and ex-Temple Guard officer; CO, Army of the Sylmahn, MT&T.
WYSTAHN, AHNAINAH—Edvarhd Wystahn’s wife, BSRA.
WYSTAHN, SERGEANT EDVARHD, Royal Charisian Marines—a scout sniper assigned to 1/3rd Marines, BSRA.
WYTYKAIR, CAPTAIN BYNZHAMYN, Imperial Charisian Army—General Ahlyn Symkyn’s aide, MT&T.
YAIRDYN, FATHER TYMYTHY—a Schuelerite upper-priest and Duke Harless’ intendant for the Army of Justice and the Army of Shiloh, LAMA.
YAIRLEY, CAPTAIN ALLAYN, Imperial Charisian Navy—older brother of Sir Dunkyn Yairley, BSRA.
YAIRLEY, SIR DUNKYN, Royal Charisian Navy—captain, CO, HMS Destiny, 54, BSRA; acting commodore, demands Desnairians surrender at Battle of Iythria; CO, HMS Destiny, 54; AMF; admiral, leads rescue of Irys and Daivyn Daykyn from Delferahk, HFAF; created Baron Sarmouth and conveys Irys and Daivyn to Tellesberg and then Cherayth, MT&T; transports Irys, Daivyn, and Hektor Aplyn-Ahrmahk to Corisande, LAMA.
YARITH, COLONEL SIR UHLSTYN, Imperial Charisian Army—CO, 6th Mounted Regiment, 3rd Mounted Brigade, Imperial Charisian Army, LAMA.
YAZHUHYRO, COLONEL AIVAHN, Republic of Siddarmark Army—General Truymn Stohnar’s chief of staff for the Army of Hildermoss, HFQ.
YELLOWSTONE, BARON OF—see Sir Zhorj Laikhyrst.
YIANGSZHU, LORD OF HORSE GWAINMYN, BARON FALLING ROCK, Imperial Harchongese Army—CO (Imperial Harchongese Army units), Camp Number Twelve, Mighty Host of God and the Archangels, HFQ.
YOWANCE, EHRNAIST—Rayjhis Yowance’s deceased elder brother, HFAF.
YOWANCE, RAYJHIS—Earl of Gray Harbor, King Haarahld’s first councilor and head of the Privy Council, OAR; first councilor to King Cayleb, then to Emperor Cayleb and Empress Sharleyan, BSRA; killed in Gray Lizard Square terrorist attack, HFAF.
YUTHAIN, CAPTAIN GORJHA, Imperial Harchongese Navy—CO, galley IHNS Ice Lizard, HFAF.
YWAHNZHI, CAPTAIN OF SPEARS SHAIKYAN, Imperial Harchongese Army—XO, 1st Company, 231st Volunteer Regiment, 115th Volunteer Brigade, Mighty Host of God and the Archangels, LAMA.
ZAGYRSK, ARCHBISHOP ARTHYN—Pasqualate Temple Loyalist, Archbishop of Tarikah Province, Republic of Siddarmark, AMF.
ZAHMSYN, ARCHBISHOP HALMYN—Archbishop of Gorath; senior prelate of the Kingdom of Dohlar until replaced by Trumahn Rowzvel, OAR.
ZAHMSYN, COLONEL MAIKEL—ex-Republic of Siddarmark Army captain; CO, 15th Regiment, Temple Loyalists, Fort Tairys, LAMA.
ZAIVYAIR, AIBRAM—Duke of Thorast, effective Navy Minister and senior officer, Royal Dohlaran Navy, brother-in-law of Admiral-General Duke Malikai (Faidel Ahlverez), BSRA.
ZAVYR, FATHER SEDRYK—Schuelerite upper-priest; Bishop Militant Cahnyr Kaitswyrth’s special intendant, MT&T.
ZEBEDIAH, GRAND DUKE OF—see Tohmas Symmyns and Hauwyl Chermyn.
ZHADAHNG, SERGEANT WYNN, Temple Guard—Captain Walysh Zhu’s senior noncom transporting Charisian POWs to Zion, HFAF.
ZHADWAIL, CAPTAIN ADYM, Army of God—CO, 1st Company, 16th Cavalry Regiment, Army of the Sylmahn, LAMA.
ZHADWAIL, MAJOR BRYWSTYR, Imperial Charisian Army—CO, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Regiment, Imperial Charisian Army, MT&T.
ZHADWAIL, MAJOR WYLLYM, Imperial Charisian Marines—CO, 1st Provisional Battalion, 1st Independent Marine Brigade; Earl Hanth’s senior Marine battalion commander at Thesmar, MT&T.
ZHADWAIL, PRIVATE BRYGHAM, Royal Dohlaran Army—3rd Company, Wykmyn’s Regiment (light cavalry), Dohlaran component, Army of Shiloh, LAMA.
ZHADWAIL, TRAIVAHR—a member of Prince Daivyn Daykyn’s Royal Guard in exile, AMF; sergeant, Royal Corisandian Guard, senior noncom on Irys Aplyn- Ahrmahk’s personal detail, HFAF.
ZHAHNSYN, COLONEL HAUWERD, Republic of Siddarmark Army—the senior Siddarmarkian offi cer sent to Glacierheart with Brigadier Taisyn, KIA Battle of the Daivyn River, MT&T.
ZHAIKYBS, ARCHBISHOP LAWRYNC—Langhornite; Archbishop of Sardahn, LAMA.
ZHAIMSYN, COLONEL MAIKEL, Republic of Siddarmark Army—CO, 15th Regiment, a composite “regular regiment” that went over to the Temple Loyalists, Fort Tairys garrison, LAMA.
ZHAKSYN, AHLDAHS, Royal Dohlaran Navy—gunner, screw-galley HMS Lance, HFQ.
ZHAKSYN, CAPTAIN TYDWAIL, Imperial Charisian Navy—CO, HMS Broadsword, 60, HFQ.
ZHAKSYN, LIEUTENANT AHLBER, Imperial Charisian Navy—second lieutenant, broadside ironclad HMS Thunderer, 30, HFQ.
ZHAKSYN, LIEUTENANT AHRNAHLD, Imperial Charisian Navy—senior engineer, ironclad HMS Tellesberg, 22, MT&T.
ZHAKSYN, LIEUTENANT TOHMYS, Imperial Charisian Marines—General Chermyn’s aide, BSRA.
ZHAKSYN, PHYLYP—Lord Tairwald; Lord of Clan Tairwald, Raven’s Land, MT&T.
ZHAKSYN, SERGEANT GROVAIR, Republic of Siddarmark Army—senior noncom, 2nd Company, 37th Infantry Regiment, Republic of Siddarmark Army, LAMA.
ZHAKSYN, SERGEANT RAHZHYR, Royal Dohlaran Army—company sergeant, 3rd Company, Wykmyn’s Regiment (light cavalry), Dohlaran comp
onent, Army of Shiloh, LAMA.
ZHAMES, COLONEL EVYRTYN, Army of God—a Langhornite lay brother and a member of Bishop Militant Cahnyr Kaitswyrth’s headquarters staff, HFQ.
ZHANDOR, FATHER NEYTHAN—a Langhornite upper-priest and lawgiver accredited for both secular and ecclesiastic law; assigned to Empress Sharleyan’s staff, HFAF.
ZHANSAN, FRAHNK—the Duke of Tirian’s senior guardsman, OAR.
ZHANSTYN, BRIGADIER ZHOEL, Imperial Charisian Marines—CO, 3rd Brigade, Imperial Charisian Marines; Brigadier Clareyk’s senior battalion CO during Corisande Campaign, BHD.
ZHANSYN, FATHER BYRTRYM—“Banister”; a Schuelerite priest and agent inquisitor, one of Markys Gohdard’s more trusted investigators and a member of Helm Cleaver, HFQ.
ZHANSYN, SISTER CLAUDYA—Byrtrym Zhansyn’s deceased paternal aunt and a Sister of Saint Kohdy, HFQ.
ZHANSYN, SISTER TYLDAH—Byrtrym Zhansyn’s older sister and a Sister of Saint Kohdy, HFQ.
ZHARDEAU, LADY ERAIS—Samyl and Tanniere Wylsynn’s daughter; Father Paityr Wylsynn’s younger full sister; wife of Sir Fraihman Zhardeau, HFAF.
ZHARDEAU, SAMYL—son of Sir Fraihman and Lady Erais Zhardeau; grandson of Vicar Samyl Wylsynn; nephew of Father Paityr Wylsynn, HFAF.
ZHARDEAU, SIR FRAIHMAN—minor Tansharan aristocrat; husband of Lady Erais Zhardeau; son-in-law of Vicar Samyl Wylsynn, HFAF.
ZHASTROW, FATHER AHBEL—Father Zhon Byrkyt’s successor as abbot of the Monastery of Saint Zherneau, HFAF.
ZHAZTRO, ADMIRAL SIR HAINZ, Imperial Charisian Navy—as commodore, Prince Nahrmahn Baytz’ naval commander following the Battle of Darcos Sound; as admiral, CO, 2nd Ironclad Squadron, Imperial Charisian Navy, HFQ.
ZHAZTRO, CAPTAIN AHNTAHN, Royal Emeraldian Navy—Sir Hainz Zhaztro’s deceased younger brother, KIA at the Battle of Darcos Sound, HFQ.
ZHEFFYR, MAJOR WYLL, Royal Charisian Marines—CO, Marine detachment, HMS Destiny, 54, BSRA.
ZHEFRY, AHDEM—Earl of Cross Creek, MT&T.
ZHEPPSYN, CAPTAIN NYKLAS, Royal Emeraldian Navy—CO, galley Triton, OAR.
ZHERMAIN, CAPTAIN MAHRTYN, Royal Dohlaran Navy—CO, HMS Prince of Dohlar, 38, HFAF.
ZHESSOP, BISHOP MYTCHAIL—intendant of Delferahk; a Schuelerite, HFAF.
ZHESSYP, LACHLYN—King Haarahld VII’s valet, KIA Battle of Darcos Sound, OAR.
ZHEVONS, AHBRAIM—alias and alternate persona of Merlin Athrawes, HFAF.
ZHOEL, LIEUTENANT CHERMYN Imperial Charisian Navy—senior engineer, ironclad HMS Hador, 22, MT&T.
ZHOELSYN, LIEUTENANT PHYLYP, Royal Tarotisian Navy—second lieutenant, King Gorjah II, OAR.
ZHOHANSYN, MAJOR AHGUSTAHN, Imperial Charisian Army—CO, 3rd Battalion, 7th Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade, LAMA.
ZHONAIR, MAJOR GAHRMYN, Royal Delferahkan Army—a battery commander in Ferayd Harbor, Ferayd Sound, Kingdom of Delferahk, BSRA.
ZHONES, MIDSHIPMAN AHRLEE, Imperial Charisian Navy—midshipman, HMS Destiny, 54, HFAF.
ZHORJ, COLONEL SIR WAHLYS—Tahdayo Mahntayl’s senior mercenary commander, BSRA.
ZHU, CAPTAIN WALYSH, Temple Guard—senior officer of military escort delivering Charisian POWs from Dohlar to the Temple, HFAF.
ZHUD, CORPORAL WALTHAR, Royal Delferahkan Army—Sergeant Braice Mahknash’s assistant squad leader, HFAF.
ZHUSAHN, CAPTAIN OF SPEARS BYAHNGTA—XO, Company B, 3rd Kyznetzov Lancers (a militia regiment), HFQ.
ZHUSTYN, SIR AHLBER—Queen Sharleyan’s spymaster, senior minister for intelligence, Kingdom of Chisholm, BSRA.
ZHWAIGAIR, LIEUTENANT DYNNYS, Royal Dohlaran Navy—third lieutenant, HMS Wave Lord, 54; previously attached to Admiral Zhorj Tyrnyr’s staff for artillery development, assigned directly to Admiral Thirsk after proposing construction of armored screw-galleys, MT&T; invents “St. Kylmahn” breech-loading rifle, LAMA.
ZHWAIGAIR, THOMYS—Lieutenant Dynnys Zhwaigair’s uncle; an innovative Dohlaran ironmaster in the Duchy of Bess, MT&T.
ZHYNG, CAPTAIN OF SPEARS HAIGWAI, Imperial Harchongese Army—XO, Captain of Foot Ruhngzhi Lywahn’s battery, Kyznetzov Narrows, HFQ.
ZHYNKYNS, BISHOP MAIKEL—a Schuelerite bishop and inquisitor commanding Camp Dynnys, the Church concentration camp on Lake Isyk, HFQ.
ZHYNKYNS, COLONEL SIR RHUAN, Imperial Desnairian Army—CO, Crown Prince Mahrys’ Own Regiment (imperial guard medium cavalry), cavalry wing, Army of Shiloh, LAMA.
ZHYNKYNS, LIEUTENANT AIMOHS, Royal Dohlaran Army—CO, 4th Platoon, 5th Company, Sheldyn’s Regiment (replaces Lieutenant Erayk Sandkaran), HFQ.
ZHYWNOH, COLONEL LEWSHIAN, Imperial Charisian Army—CO, 12th Mounted Regiment, 6th Mounted Brigade, Imperial Charisian Army, LAMA.
ZOAY, FATHER ISYDOHR—a Schuelerite under-priest and intendant, Sulyvyn Division, Army of Glacierheart, LAMA.
ZOHANNSYN, PRIVATE PAITRYK—Temple Loyalist rebel, garrison of Fort Darymahn, South March Lands, Republic of Siddarmark, MT&T.
ZYLWYKY, MAJOR SYMYN, Imperial Charisian Army—CO, 1st Company, 19th Mounted Regiment, 10th Mounted Brigade, 1st Corps, Army of New Northland, HFQ.
ZYMMYR, CORPORAL FRAIDARECK, Royal Dohlaran Army—noncommissioned officer in command, 2nd Section, 3rd Platoon, 1st Company, Ahzbyrn’s Regiment (cavalry), Dohlaran component, Army of Shiloh, LAMA.
ZYWORYA, PLATOON SERGEANT NYCODEM, Army of God—platoon sergeant, 2nd Platoon, 1st Company, 1st Regiment, Zion Division, Army of Glacierheart, LAMA.
Glossary
Abbey of Saint Evehlain—the sister abbey of the Monastery of Saint Zherneau.
Abbey of the Snows—an abbey of the Sisters of Chihiro of the Quill located in the Mountains of Light above Langhorne’s Tears. Although it is a working abbey of Chihiro, all of the nuns of the abbey are also Sisters of Saint Kohdy and the abbey serves as protection and cover for Saint Kohdy’s tomb. The Abbey of the Snows is built on the foundation of a pre-Armageddon Reef structure, which is reputed to have been a resort house for Eric Langhorne before his death.
Angle-glass—Charisian term for a periscope.
Angora lizard—a Safeholdian “lizard” with a particularly luxuriant, cashmere-like coat. They are raised and sheared as sheep and form a significant part of the fine-textiles industry.
Anshinritsumei—“the little fire” from the Holy Writ; the lesser touch of God’s spirit and the maximum enlightenment of which mortals are capable.
Ape lizard—ape lizards are much larger and more powerful versions of monkey lizards. Unlike monkey lizards, they are mostly ground dwellers, although they are capable of climbing trees suitable to bear their weight. The great mountain ape lizard weighs as much as nine hundred or a thousand pounds, whereas the plains ape lizard weighs no more than a hundred to a hundred and fifty pounds. Ape lizards live in families of up to twenty or thirty adults, and whereas monkey lizards will typically flee when confronted with a threat, ape lizards are much more likely to respond by attacking the threat. It is not unheard of for two or three ape lizard “families” to combine forces against particularly dangerous predators, and even a great dragon will generally avoid such a threat.
Archangels, The—central figures of the Church of God Awaiting. The Archangels were senior members of the command crew of Operation Ark who assumed the status of divine messengers, guides, and guardians in order to control and shape the future of human civilization on Safehold.
ASP—Artillery Support Party, the term used to describe teams of ICA officers and noncoms specially trained to call for and coordinate artillery support. ASPs may be attached at any level, from the division down to the company or even platoon, and are equipped with heliographs, signal flags, runners, and/or messenger wyverns.
Bahnyta—the name Seijin Kohdy assigned to his hikousen.
Blink lizard—a small, bioluminescent winged lizard. Although it’s about three times the size of a firefly, it fills much the same niche on Safehold.
Blue leaf—a woody, densely growing native Safeholdian tree or shrub very similar to mountain laurel. It bears white or yellow
flowers in season and takes its name from the waxy blue cast of its leaves.
Borer—a form of Safeholdian shellfish which attaches itself to the hulls of ships or the timbers of wharves by boring into them. There are several types of borer: the most destructive of which continually eat their way deeper into any wooden structure, whereas some less destructive varieties eat only enough of the structure to anchor themselves and actually form a protective outer layer which gradually builds up a coral-like surface. Borers and rot are the two most serious threats (aside, of course, from fire) to wooden hulls.
Briar berries—any of several varieties of native Safeholdian berries which grow on thorny bushes.
Cat-lizard—furry lizard about the size of a terrestrial cat. They are kept as pets and are very affectionate.
Catamount—a smaller version of the Safeholdian slash lizard. The catamount is very fast and smarter than its larger cousin, which means it tends to avoid humans. It is, however, a lethal and dangerous hunter in its own right.
Chamberfruit—a native Safeholdian plant similar to a terrestrial calabash gourd. The chamberfruit is grown both as a food source and as a naturally produced container. There are several varieties of chamberfruit, and one common use for it is in the construction of foamstone pipes for smoking.
Cherrybean tea—a “tea” made from the beans (seeds) of the cherrybean tree, especially favored in Emerald and Tarot and a highly esteemed luxury in North Harchong and the Temple Lands, although its expense limits it to a very wealthy group of consumers.
Cherrybean tree—the Safeholdian name for coffee trees. There is only one variety on Safehold, a version of robusta genetically engineered to survive in a wider range of climates. The cherrybean tree is still limited to a fairly narrow belt of equatorial and near equatorial Safehold because of the planet’s lower average temperatures.
Chewleaf—a mildly narcotic leaf from a native Safeholdian plant. It is used much as terrestrial chewing tobacco over much of the planet’s surface.
Choke tree—a low-growing species of tree native to Safehold. It comes in many varieties and is found in most of the planet’s climate zones. It is dense-growing, tough, and difficult to eradicate, but it requires quite a lot of sunlight to flourish, which means it is seldom found in mature old-growth forests.