Elena: daughter of Lena and Thomas Covenant; later High Lord
Elohim , the: a mystic people encountered by the wandering Giants
Elohimfest: a gathering of the Elohim
Emacrimma’s Maw: a region in the Center Plains
Enemy: Lord Foul’s term of reference for the Creator Eoman: a unit of the Warward of Lord’s Keep, twenty warriors and a Warhaft
Eoward: twenty Eoman plus a Haft
Esmer: tormented son of Cail and the Dancers of the Sea
fael Befylam: serpent-form of the jheherrin
Faer: mare of Lord Callindrill
Fall:Haruchai name for a caesure
Fangs: the Teeth of the Render; Ramen name for the Demondim
Fangthane the Render: Ramen name for Lord Foul
Far Woodhelven: a village of the Land
Father of Horses, the:Kelenbhrabanal, legendary sire of the Ranyhyn
Favored, the: courtesans of the gaddhi
Findail: one of the Elohim; the Appointed
Fields of Richloam: a region in the Center Plains
Fire-Lions: living fire-flow of Mount Thunder
fire-stones: graveling
First Betrayer: Clave-name for Berek Halfhand
First Circinate: first level of the Sandhold
First Haft: third in command of the Warward
First Mark: the Bloodguard commander
First of the Search, the: leader of the Giants who follow the Earth-Sight
First Ward of Kevin’s Lore: primary cache of knowledge left by High Lord Kevin
Fleshharrower: a Giant-Raver, Jehannum, moksha
Foamkite:tyrscull belonging to Honninscrave and Seadreamer
Fole: a Haruchai
Foodfendhall: eating-hall and galley aboard a Giantship
Forbidding: a wall of power
Forestal: a protector of the remnants of the One Forest
Fostil: a man of Mithil Stonedown; father of Liand
Foul’s Creche: the Despiser’s home, Ridjeck Thome
Furl Falls: waterfall at Revelstone
Furl’s Fire: warning fire at Revelstone
gaddhi, the: sovereign of Bhrathairealm
Gallows Howe: a place of execution in Garroting Deep
Galt: a Haruchai, a Master of the Land; one of the Humbled
Garroting Deep: a forest of the Land
Garth: Warmark of the Warward of Lord’s Keep
Gay: a Winhome of the Ramen
ghohritsar: a Waynhim
ghramin: a Waynhim
Giantclave: Giantish conference
Giantfriend: title given first to Damelon, later to Thomas Covenant
Giants: the Unhomed, ancient friends of the Lords; a seafaring people of the Earth
Giantship: a stone sailing vessel made by Giants; dromond
Giantway: path made by Giants
Giant Woods: a forest of the Land
Gibbon: the na-Mhoram; leader of the Clave
Gilden: a maple-like tree with golden leaves
Gildenlode: a power-wood formed from the Gilden trees
Glimmermere: a lake on the plateau above Revelstone
Gorak Krembal: Hotash Slay, a defense around Foul’s Creche
Gossamer Glowlimn: a Giant, the First of the Search
Grace: a Cord of the Ramen
Graveler: one who uses stone to wield the Sunbane
graveling: fire-stones, made to glow by stone-lore
Gravelingas: a master of the stone-lore
Gravin Threndor: Mount Thunder
Great Desert, the: a region of the Earth; home of the Bhrathair and the Sandgorgons
Great Swamp, the: Lifeswallower, a region of the Land
Grey Desert, the: a region south of the Land
Grey River, the: a river of the Land
Grey Slayer: plains name for Lord Foul
Greywightswath: a region north of the Soulsease River
Greshas Slant: a region in the Center Plains
griffin: lion-like beast with wings
Grim, the: (also the na-Mhoram’s Grim) a destructive storm sent as an attack by the Clave
Grimmand Honninscrave: a Giant; Master of Starfare’s Gem; brother of Cable Seadreamer
Grimmerdhore: a forest of the Land
Guard, the:hustin; soldiers serving the gaddhi
Guardian of the One Tree, the: mystical figure warding the approach to the One Tree; ak-Haru Kenaustin Ardenol
Haft: commander of an Eoward
Halfhand: title given to Thomas Covenant and to Berek
Hall of Gifts, the: large chamber in Revelstone devoted to the artworks of the Land
Hamako: sole survivor of the destruction of During Stonedown
Hami: a Ramen Manethrall
Handir: a Haruchai leader, the Voice of the Masters
Harbor Captain: chief official of the port of Bhrathairealm
Harn: one of the Haruchai, protector of Hollian
Haruchai: a warrior people from the Westron Mountains
Healer: a physician
Hearthrall of Lord’s Keep: a steward responsible for light, warmth, and hospitality
Heart of Thunder: cave of power in Mount Thunder; Kiril Threndor
Hearthcoal: a Giant; cook of Starfare’s Gem; wife of Seasauce
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 Thomas Covenant’s world; Warmark of High Lord Elena’s Warward
Hiltmark: second in command of the Warward
Hirebrand: a master of wood-lore
Hoerkin: a Warhaft
Hollian: daughter of Amith, eh-Brand of Crystal Stonedown
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: flow of lava protecting Foul’s Creche; Gorak Krembal
Hower: a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Loerya
Hrama: a Ranyhyn stallion, mount of Anele
Humbled, the: three Haruchai maimed to resemble Thomas Covenant; a reminder to the Masters of their limitations
Hurn: a Cord of the Ramen
hurtloam: a healing mud
Huryn: a Ranyhyn, Terrel’s mount
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
Infelice: reigning leader of the Elohim
Irin: a warrior of the Third Eoman of the Warward
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
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: wife of Nassic; mother of Sunder; woman of Mithil Stonedown
Kam: a Manethrall of the Ramen
Kasreyn of the Gy
re: a thaumaturge; the gaddhi’s Kemper (advisor) in Bhrathairealm
Kastenessen: one of the Elohim; former Appointed
Kelenbhrabanal: Father of Horses in Ranyhyn legends
Keeper: a Ramen rank; one of those unsuited to the rigors of being a Cord or a Manethrall
Keep of the na-Mhoram, the: Revelstone
Kemper, the: chief advisor of the gaddhi; Kasreyn
Kemper’s Pitch: highest level of the Sandhold
Kenaustin Ardenol: a figure of Haruchai legend, paragon and measure of all Haruchai virtues
Kevin Landwaster: son of Loric Vilesilencer, last High Lord of the Old Lords
Kevin’s Dirt: smog-like pall covering the Upper Land; invisible from below, it blocks health-sense
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
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
Landsdrop: great cliff separating the Upper and Lower Lands
Land, the: generally, area found on the map; a focal region of the Earth where Earthpower is uniquely accessible
Landsverge Stonedown: a village of the Land
Landwaster: title given to High Lord Kevin
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
Lena: a Stonedownor, daughter of Atiaran; mother of Elena
Lifeswallower: the Giant Swamp
lianar: wood of power used by an eh-Brand
Liand: a man of Mithil Stonedown, son of Fostil; companion of Linden Avery
lillianrill: wood-lore; masters of wood-lore
Lithe: a Manethrall of the Ramen
Llaura: a Heer of Soaring Woodhelven
Loerya Trevor-mate: a Lord
lomillialor: High Wood; a wood of power
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
Lords, the: the primary protectors of the Land
Lord’s-fire: staff-fire used by the Lords
Lord’s Keep: Revelstone
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: loreworks; breeding pit/laboratory under Mount Thunder where Demondim, Waynhim, and ur-viles were created
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 strange old woman; a servant of Revelstone
Mahrtiir: a Ramen Manethrall; 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
Marid: a man of Mithil Stonedown; Sunbane victim
Marny: a Ranyhyn, Tuvor’s mount
marrowmeld: bone-sculpting; anundivian yajña
master-rukh: iron triangle at Revelstone which feeds and reads other rukhs
Master, the: Clave-name for Lord Foul
Masters of the Land, the:Haruchai who have claimed responsibility for protecting the Land from corruption
Mehryl: a Ranyhyn, Hile Troy’s mount
Melenkurion abatha: phrase of invocation or power; two of the Seven Words
Melenkurion Skyweir: a cleft peak in the Westron Mountains
Memla na-Mhoram-in: a Rider of the Clave
merewives: the Dancers of the Sea
metheglin: a beverage; mead
Mhoram: a Lord; later high Lord; son of Variol
Mill: one of the Seven Words
Minas: one of the Seven Words
mirkfruit: papaya-like fruit with narcoleptic pulp
Mistweave: a Giant
Mithil River: a river of the Land
Mithil’s Plunge, the: waterfall at the head of the Mithil valley
Mithil Stonedown: a village in the South Plains
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 Odona-mate: a Stonedownor
Myrha: a Ranyhyn, Elena’s mount
Naharahn: a Ranyhyn mare; mount of Pahni
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
Nassic: father of Sunder; son of Jous; inheritor of an Unfettered One’s mission to remember the Halfhand
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 Murrin-mate: a Stonedownor
Offin: a former na-Mhoram
Old Lords: 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
orcrest: a stone of power; Sunstone; used by Gravelers
Osondrea: a Lord, later high Lord; daughter of Sondrea
Padrias: Woodhelvennin Heer; son of Mill
Pahni: a Cord of the Ramen, cousin of Sahah; companion of Linden Avery
Peak of the Fire-Lions: 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
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
Quest for the Staff of Law: quest to recover the Staff of Law from Drool Rockworm
Questsimoon, the: the Roveheartswind; a steady, favorable wind, perhaps seasonal
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
rhadhamaerl: stone-lore; masters of stone-lore
rhee: a thick mush, a Ramen food
Rhohm: a Ranyhn 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
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: act of despair by which High Lord Kevin destroyed the Old Lords and ruined most of the Land
Riversward: a region north of the Soulsease River
Rockbrother, Rocksister: terms of affection between men and Giants
rocklight: light emitted by glowing stone
roge Befylam: Cavewight-form of the jheherrin
Roveheartswind, the: the Questsimoon
Rue: a Manethrall, 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
sacred enclosure: Vespers-hall at Revelstone
Sahah: a Cord of the Ramen
Saltheart Foamfollower: a Giant; friend of Thomas Covenant
Saltroamrest: bunk hold for the crew in a Giantship