Ruler
SARMYSAR—duke of Marisal; personal banner: lily
MARISYN—southern province; banner: blue field and blazing Sun
MURANDYS—northern province; banner: blue field, bend or, and white below with Quinalt sigil
The Nobles
PRICHWARRIN—duke of Murandys
CLEISYNDE—Lord Prichwarrin of Murandys’niece
LURIEL—Cefwyn’s most recent lover, niece of Duke Prichwarrin of Murandys’
ORDINIAN—younger sister of Luriel, Duke Prichwarrin of Murandys’ niece
Other Persons
ROMYND—Quinalt patriarch of Murandys
Places, Titles, et cetrea
ASLANEY—capital of Murandys
NELEFREÍSSAN—northern province; banner: pale azure with White Circle
Places, Titles, et cetera
NELEFREÍNIAN—men of Nelefreíssan
OLMERN—southern province; banner: Black Wolf
Ruler
SOVRAG—lord of Olmern (rivermen), in Olmernhome
BRIGOTH—Lieutenant of Sovrag of Olmern
DENYN—Cefwyn’s door guard, Olmern youth, Kei’s-son
Places, Titles, et cetera
CAPAYNETH—Olmern village, traded with Mauryl
OLMERNHOME—Sovrag’s capital
OLMERNMAN—person of Sovrag’s province
OSANAN—eastern province
Ruler
MORDAM—duke of Osanan
PALYS—north-central province
Places, Titles, et cetera
WYS-IN-PALYS-UNDER-GROSTAN—a village
PANYS—northern province
Ruler
MAUDYN—lord of Panys, commander of Cefwyn’s forces on the riverside
RUSYN, Lord Maudyn’s second son
Other Persons
UTA UTA’S-SON—squire of Magan village
Places, Titles, et cetera
MAGAN—village
RYSSAND—northern province; banner: blood red with Fist and Sword
Ruler
CORSYWNDAM—lord of Ryssand
BRUGAN—Corsywndam of Ryssand’s son and heir
ARTISANE—Corsywndam of Ryssand’s daughter, one of Ninévrisë’s ladies-in-waiting
Places, Titles, et cetera
RYSSANDISH—of Ryssand; also, an ethnic group distinct from the Guelens, but closely tied to them
SUMAS—eastern province
TEYMERYN—northeastern province
URSAMIN—northeastern province
ELWYNOR
The Regency
ULEMAN SYRILLAS—Regent of Elwynor, father of Ninévrisë
NINÉVRISË SYRILLAS—daughter of Uleman
Lesser Nobles
AESELF—lieutenant of loyal force
ANGIN—companion of Aeself, q.v.
TARWYN ASWYDD—ancient warrior
ELFHARYN—Elwynim lord, loyal to Ninévrisë, holding throne and regency for her
HAURYDD—Ninévrisë’s man, earl of High Saissond
PALISAN—one of Ninévrisë’s men
TASIEN—earl of Cassissan, Uleman’s man, captain of his army, related to Ninévrisë through her mother
YSDAN—Ninévrisë’s man, earl of Ormadzaran
ASEYNÉDDIN—rebel earl of Elwynor, enemy of Ninévrisë, died at Lewen field; banner: Griffin
CASWYDDIAN—rebel Elwynim lord, earl of Lower Saissond, enemy of Ninévrisë, killed by Shadows at Althalen
TASMÔRDEN—Elwynim rebel lord, enemy of Ninévrisë
UILLASAN—companion of Aeself
Places, Titles, et cetera
ANSYM—bridge, at border of Elwynor
ASHIYM—place in Elwynor, seven towers, old Sihhë connections, one tower destroyed
BANNER OF ELWYNOR—black-and-white Checker with gold Tower, quartered with blue
CASISSAN—Tasien’s earldom
CRIESS—village near Ilefínian
ELWYNIM—of the kingdom of Elwynor
HER GRACE—title for Ninévrisë
HIGH SAISSOND—Elwynim province, Haurydd’s home
ILEFÍNIAN—capital of Elwynor
LOWER SAISOND—Lord Caswyddian’s province
MELSERIEDD—old name for kingdom of Elwynor, prior to Regency
NITHEN—district and hamlet near Ilefínian
ORMADZARAN—Ysdan’s earldom
SAENDEL—bandits who served Aseynéddin at Lewen field
SYRILLAS—surname, Uleman Syrillas, regent of Elwynor, Ninévrisë Syrillas
SYRIM—bridge at border of Elwynor
GALASIEN
Persons
HASUFIN HELTAIN—wizard, possibly a prince of Galasien, enemy of Mauryl
MAURYL GESTAURIEN—wizard, Galasieni
Places, Titles, et cetera
GALASIENI—a lost race
KINGSBANE—nickname of Mauryl
KINGMAKER—nickname of Mauryl
NINETEEN GODS—the unnamed hidden gods worshiped by wizards
SILVER TOWER—at Ynefel, Mauryl’s symbol, then Tristen’s: black banner with Silver Tower and Star
YNEFEL—Mauryl’s tower: Silver Tower
OTHER TRIBES
ARACHIM—northern tribe
CHOMAGGARI—southern barbarians
CASMYNDAN, CASMYNDANIM—far southern tribe on the coast
LYRA—a hill tribe
LYRDISH—belonging to Lyra
SIHHË / SIHHË CONNECTIONS
Persons
BARRAKKÊTH—one of five Sihhë-lords
ELFWYN—last Sihhë king, a halfling
HAROSYN—Sihhë king
SADYURNAN—Sihhë king (ancient) in Hen Amas
SARYNAN—Sihhë king
ASHYEL—Sihhë halfling, son of Barrakkêth
TASHNEN—Sihhë halfling, engineer and strategist, wrote The Art of War
ASWYN—Sihhë halfling, youngest brother of Elfwyn, thought stillborn, body inhabited by Hasufin
Places, Titles, et cetera
ARACHIS—old name, Sihhë connections
ARYCEILLAN—old name (possibly old tribe with Sihhë connections)
DEATHMAKER—nickname for Barrakkêth
HAFSANDYR—mountains in north, original home of Sihhë
KINGBREAKER—nickname for Barrakkêth
SIHHË, SIHHË’S—lost race, five Sihhë came down from north to rule in Ylesuin and Elwynor
OTHER
BRYALT—religious sect of Ylesuin, mostly Amefin
BRYALTINE—of the Bryalts of Ylesuin
BRYSSANDIN—horse breed, used in breeding Crysin horses
BATHURYS—old name for Padys Spring
FAR SASSURY—proverb: “the back of beyond”
FIVE GODS—the unnamed gods worshiped by the people of Ylesuin
ILENELUIN, ILENELLUIN—mountain
JORYSAL—a place, and old name in histories
LENÚALIM—a river, major border between Elwynor and Ylesuin
MANYSTYS ALDUN—philosopher, wrote tome on oceans
MARCHLANDERS—refers to the southern lords and their armies, excluding Amefel
MERHAS—truth, carved on one side of Tristen’s sword
QUINALT—a strict religious cult
QUINALTINE—of the Quinalt
SHADOW HILLS—area north of Ryssand
SHAPING—a creature or person called into being and shaped into flesh by a wizard
SPESTINAN—horse breed
STELLYRHAS—illusion, carved on one side of Tristen’s sword
TERANTHINE—moderate religious cult
WYS—any of a series of villages
WYS-ON-CRESSIT—a village in Ylesuin
About the Author
C.J. Cherryh — three-time winner of the coveted Hugo Award — is one of today’s bestselling and most critically acclaimed writers of science fiction and fantasy.
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