Salttooth: jutting rock in the harbor of Giants’ Home

  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 na-Mhoram-in: a Rider of the Clave

  Sarangrave Flat: a region of the Lower Land; the Great Swamp

  Satansfist: a Giant-Raver, Sheol, samadhi

  Satansheart: Giantish name for Lord Foul

  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 Unhorned

  Seasauce: a Giant; cook of Starfare’s Gem; husband of Hearthcoal

  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: Anchormaster of Starfare’s Gem; a Giant

  Shattered Hills: a region of the Land near Foul’s Creche

  Sheol: a Raver, Satansfist, samadhi

  Shetra Verement-mate: a Lord

  shola: a small wooden glen where a stream runs between unwooded hills

  Shipsheartthew: the wheel of a Giantship

  Shull: a Bloodguard

  Sill: a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Hyrim

  Sivit na-Mhoram-wist: a Rider of the Clave

  skest: acid-creatures serving the lurker of the Sarangrave

  skurj: ominous, unexplained beings

  Slen Terass-mate: a Stonedownor

  soft-ones: the jheherrin

  Somo: horse 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

  Sparlimb Keelsetter: a Giant, father of triplets

  Spikes, the: guard-towers at the mouth of Bhrathairain Harbor

  Spray Forthsurge: a Giant; mother of the First of the Search

  springwine: a mild, refreshing liquor

  Staff, the: a branch of Kevin’s Lore

  Staff of Law, the: a tool of Earthpower; the first Staff was formed by Berek from the One Tree and later destroyed by Thomas Covenant; the second was formed by Linden Avery by using wild magic to merge Vain and Findail

  Stallion of the First Herd, the:Kelenbhrabanal

  Starfare’s Gem: Giantship used by the Search

  Starkin: one of the Elohim

  Stave: a Haruchai; a Master of the Land; companion of Linden Avery

  Stell: one of the Haruchai; protector of Sunder

  Stonedown: a stone-village

  Stonedownor: one who lives in a stone-village

  Stonemight, the: a fragment of the Illearth Stone

  Stonemight Woodhelven: a village in the South Plains

  Storesmaster: third in command aboard a Giantship

  Stricken Stone: region of the Land; now called Trothgard

  Sunbane, the: a power arising from the corruption of nature by Lord Foul

  Sunbirth Sea: ocean east of the Land

  Sunder: son of Nassic; Graveler of Mithil Stonedown

  Sun-Sage: one who can affect the Sunbane

  Sunstone:orcrest

  sur-jheherrin: descendants of the jheherrin; inhabitants of Sarangrave Flat suru-pa-maerl: an art using stone

  Swarte: a Rider

  Swordmain/Swordmainnir: a Giant trained as a warrior

  Sword, the: a branch of Kevin’s Lore

  Sword-Elder: chief Lorewarden of the Sword at the Loresraat

  Tamarantha Variol-mate: a Lord, daughter of Enesta

  Teeth of the Render, the: Fangs; Ramen name for the Demondim

  Terass Slen-mate: a Stonedownor, daughter of Annoria

  Terrel: a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Mhoram; a commander of the original Haruchai army

  test of silence: test of integrity used by the people of the Land

  test of truth, the: test of veracity by lomillialor or orcrest

  The Grieve:Coercri, home of the Giants in Seareach

  Thelma Twofist: character in a Giantish tale

  The Majesty: throne room of the gaddhi; fourth level of the Sandhold

  Thew: a Cord of the Ramen

  Third Ward: third unit of Kevin’s hidden knowledge

  Thomin: a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Verement

  Three Corners of Truth, the: basic formulation of beliefs promulgated by the Clave

  Tier of Riches, the: showroom of the gaddhi’s wealth; third level of the Sandhold

  thronehall, the: the Despiser’s seat in Foul’s Creche

  Tohrm: a Gravelingas; Hearthrall of Lord’s Keep

  Tomal: a Stonedownor craftmaster

  Toril:Haruchai lost to the Clave

  Treacher’s Gorge: ravine opening into Mount Thunder

  treasure-berries:aliantha; nourishing fruit found throughout the Land in all seasons

  Trell Atiaran-mate: Gravelingas of Mithil Stonedown, father of Lena

  Trevor Loerya-mate: a Lord

  Triock: a Stonedownor, son of Thuler; loved Lena

  Trothgard: a region of the Land; formerly Stricken Stone

  Tull: a Bloodguard

  turiya: a Raver, Herem, Kinslaughterer

  Tuvor: First Mark of the Bloodguard; a commander of the original Haruchai army

  tyrscull: a Giantish training vessel for apprentice sailors

  Unbeliever, the: title claimed by Thomas Covenant

  Unfettered, the: lore-students freed from conventional responsibilities to seek individual knowledge and service

  Unfettered One, the: founder of a line of men waiting to greet Thomas Covenant’s return to the Land

  Unhomed, the: the Giants living in Seareach

  upland: plateau above Revelstone

  Upper Land: region of the Land west of Landsdrop

  ur-Lord: title given to Thomas Covenant

  ur-viles: Demondim-spawn, evil creatures

  ussusimiel: nourishing melon grown by the people of the Land

  Vailant: former high Lord before Prothall

  Vain: Demondim-spawn; bred by ur-viles for a secret purpose

  Vale: a Bloodguard

  Valley of Two Rivers, the: site of Revelwood in Trothgard

  Variol Tamarantha-mate: a Lord; later High Lord; son of Pentil; father of Mhoram

  Verement Shetra-mate: a Lord

  Verge of Wandering, the: valley in the Southron Mountains southeast of Mithil Stonedown; gathering place of the Ramen

  Vespers: self-consecration ritual of the Lords

  viancome: meeting place at Revelwood

  Victuallin Tayne: a region in the Center Plains

  Viles, the: monstrous beings which created the Demondim

  vitrim: nourishing fluid created by the Waynhim

  Voice of the Masters, the: a Haruchai leader; spokesman for the Masters as a group

  voure: a plant-sap which wards off insects

  Vow, the:Haruchai oath of service which formed the Bloodguard

  vraith: a Waynhim

  Ward: a unit of Kevin’s lore

  Warhaft: commander of an Eoman

  Warlore: sword knowledge in Kevin’s Lore

  Warmark: commander of the Warward

  Warrenbridge: entrance to the catacombs un
der Mount Thunder

  Warward, the: army of Lord’s Keep

  Wavedancer: Giantship commanded by Brow Gnarlfist

  Wavenhair Haleall: a Giant, wife of Sparlimb Keelsetter; mother of triplets

  Waymeet: resting place for travelers maintained by Waynhim

  Waynhim: tenders of the Waymeets; rejected Demondim-spawn, opponents and relatives of ur-viles

  Weird of the Waynhim, the: Waynhim concept of doom, destiny, or duty

  Whane: a Cord of the Ramen

  white gold: a metal of power not found in the Land

  white gold wielder: title given to Thomas Covenant

  White River, the: a river of the land

  Whrany: a Ranyhyn stallion, mount of Bhapa

  Wightburrow, the: cairn under which Drool Rockworm is buried

  Wightwarrens: home of the Cavewights under Mount Thunder; catacombs

  wild magic: the power of white gold; considered the keystone of the Arch of Time

  Wildwielder: white gold wielder; Esmer’s name for Linden Avery

  Windscour: region in the Center Plains

  Windshorn Stonedown: a village in the South Plains

  Winhome: Ramen lowest rank

  Woodenwold: region of trees surrounding the maidan of Elemesnedene

  Woodhelven: wood-village

  Woodhelvennin: inhabitants of wood-village

  Word of Warning: a powerful, destructive forbidding

  Worm of the World’s End, the: creature believed by the Elohim to have formed the foundation of the Earth

  Wraiths of Andelain, the: creatures of living light that perform the Dance at the Celebration of Spring

  Würd of the Earth, the: term used by the Elohim to describe their own nature, destiny, or purpose; could be read as Word, Worm, or Weird

  Yeurquin: a Stonedownor, companion of Triock

  Yolenid: daughter of Loerya

  Stephen R. Donaldson is the author of six previous Covenant books: Lord Foul’s Bane, The Illearth War, The Power That Preserves, The Wounded Land, The One Tree, and White Gold Wielder, as well as the Gap sequence novels and The Man Who . . . series of mystery novels. He lives in New Mexico, where he is at work on the second novel of The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant.

 


 

  Stephen R. Donaldson, The Runes of the Earth

 


 

 
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