The Last Dark

  Aumbrie of the Clave, the: storeroom for former Lore

  Auriference, the: one of the Insequent, long dead

  Auspice, the: throne of the gaddhi

  aussat Befylam: child-form of the jheherrin

  Baf Scatterwit: a Giant (woman); crew aboard Dire’s Vessel

  Bahgoon the Unbearable: character in a Giantish tale

  Banas Nimoram: the Celebration of Spring

  Bandsoil Bounds: region north of Soulsease River

  Banefire, the: fire by which the Clave affects the Sunbane

  Bann: a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Trevor

  Bannor: a Bloodguard, assigned to Thomas Covenant

  Baradakas: a Hirebrand of Soaring Woodhelven

  Bargas Slit: a gap through the Last Hills from the Center Plains to Garroting Deep

  Bareisle: an island off the coast of Elemesnedene

  Basila: a scout in Berek Halfhand’s army

  Benj, the Lady: a woman Favored by thegaddhi

  Berek Halfhand: Heartthew, Lord-Fatherer; first of the Old Lords

  Bern: Haruchai slain by the Clave

  Bhanoryl: a Ranyhyn; mount of Galt

  Bhapa: a Cord of the Ramen, Sahah’s half-brother; companion of Linden Avery

  Bhrathair: a people met by the wandering Giants, residents of Bhrathairealm on the verge of the Great Desert

  Bhrathairain: the city of the Bhrathair

  Bhrathairain Harbor: the port of the Bhrathair

  Bhrathairealm: the land of the Bhrathair

  Birinair: a Hirebrand, Hearthrall of Lord’s Keep

  Bloodguard, the:Haruchai, a people living in the Westron Mountains; the defenders of the Lords

  Bluff Stoutgirth: a Giant; Anchormaster of Dire’s Vessel

  bone-sculpting: ancient Ramen craft, marrowmeld

  Borillar: a Hirebrand and Hearthrall of Lord’s Keep

  Bornin: a Haruchai; a Master of the Land

  Brabha: a Ranyhyn; mount of Korik

  Branl: a Haruchai; a Master of the Land; one of the Humbled

  Brannil: man of Stonemight Woodhelven

  Brinn: a leader of the Haruchai; protector of Thomas Covenant; later Guardian of the One Tree

  Brow Gnarlfist: a Giant, father of the First of the Search

  caamora: Giantish ordeal of grief by fire

  Cable Seadreamer: a Giant, brother of Honninscrave; member of the Search; possessed of the Earth-Sight

  Cabledarm: a Giant; one of the Swordmainnir

  Caer-Caveral: Forestal of Andelain; formerly Hile Troy

  Caerroil Wildwood: Forestal of Garroting Deep

  Caerwood ur-Mahrtiir: a Forestal; formerly Manethrall Mahrtiir

  caesure: a rent in the fabric of time; a Fall

  Cail: a Haruchai; protector of Linden Avery

  Caitiffin: a captain of the armed forces of Bhrathairealm

  Callindrill: a Lord, husband of Faer

  Callowwail, the River: stream arising from Elemesnedene

  Canrik: a Haruchai; a Master of the Land

  Cavewights: evil creatures existing under Mount Thunder

  Cav-Morin Fernhold: former Forestal of Morinmoss

  Ceer: one of the Haruchai

  Celebration of Spring, the: the Dance of the Wraiths of Andelain on the dark of the moon in the middle of spring

  Center Plains, the: a region of the Land

  Centerpith Barrens: a region in the Center Plains

  Cerrin: a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Shetra

  Chant: one of the Elohim

  Char: a Cord of the Ramen, Sahah’s brother

  Chatelaine, the: courtiers of the gaddhi

  Chosen, the: title given to Linden Avery

  Chosen-son: Giantish name for Jeremiah

  Circle of Elders: Stonedown leaders

  Cirrus Kindwind: a Giant; one of the Swordmainnir

  clachan, the: demesne of the Elohim

  Clang: a Courser

  Clangor: a Courser

  Clash: a Courser

  Clave, the: group which wields the Sunbane and rules the Land

  clingor: adhesive leather

  Close, the: the Council-chamber of Lord’s Keep

  Clyme: a Haruchai; a Master of the Land; one of the Humbled

  Coercri: The Grieve; former home of the Giants in Seareach

  Colossus of the Fall, the: ancient stone figure guarding the Upper Land

  Consecear Redoin: a region north of the Soulsease River

  Cord: Ramen second rank

  Cording: Ramen ceremony of becoming a Cord

  Corimini: Eldest of the Loresraat

  Corrupt, the:jheherrin name for themselves; also the soft ones

  Corruption: Bloodguard/Haruchai name for Lord Foul

  Council of Lords, the: protectors of the Land

  Courser: a beast made by the Clave using the Sunbane

  Cravenhaw: a region between Garroting Deep and the Southron Waste

  Creator, the: maker of the Earth

  Croft: Graveler of Crystal Stonedown

  Crowl: a Bloodguard

  croyel, the: mysterious creatures which grant power through bargains, living off their hosts

  Crystal Stonedown: home of Hollian

  Currier: a Ramen rank

  Damelon Giantfriend: son of Berek Halfhand, second High Lord of the Old Lords

  Damelon’s Door: door of lore which when opened permits passage through the Audience Hall of Earthroot under Melenkurion Skyweir

  Dance of the Wraiths, the: the Celebration of Spring

  Dancers of the Sea, the:merewives; suspected to be the offspring of the Elohim Kastenessen and his mortal lover

  Daphin: one of the Elohim

  Dast: a Haruchai; a Master of the Land

  Dawngreeter: highest sail on the foremast of a Giantship

  Dead, the: spectres of those who have died

  Deaththane: title given to High Lord Elena by the Ramen

  Defiles Course, the: river in the Lower Land

  Demimage: a sorcerer of Vidik Amar

  Demondim, the: creatures created by Viles; creators of ur-viles and Waynhim

  Demondim-spawn: another name for ur-viles and Waynhim; also another name for Vain

  Desolation, the: era of ruin in the Land after the Ritual of Desecration

  Despiser, the: Lord Foul

  Despite: evil; name given to the Despiser’s nature and effects

  dharmakshetra: “to brave the enemy,” a Waynhim

  Dhorehold of the Dark: Forestal of Grimmerdhore

  dhraga: a Waynhim

  dhubha: a Waynhim

  dhurng: a Waynhim

  diamondraught: Giantish liquor

  Diassomer Mininderain: in myth, a woman betrayed by Lord Foul and imprisoned in the Earth as punishment

  Din: a Courser

  Dire’s Vessel: Giantship used by the Swordmainnir to convey Longwrath

  Doar: a Bloodguard

  Dohn: a Manethrall of the Ramen

  Dolewind, the: wind blowing to the Soulbiter

  Doom’s Retreat: a gap in the Southron Range between the South Plains and Doriendor Corishev

  Doriendor Corishev: an ancient city; seat of the King against whom Berek Halfhand rebelled

  drhami: a Waynhim

  Drinishok: Sword-Elder of the Loresraat

  Drinny: a Ranyhyn, foal of Hynaril; mount of Lord Mhoram

  dromond: a Giantship

  Drool Rockworm: a Cavewight, leader of the Cavewights; finder of the Illearth Stone

  dukkha: “victim,” Waynhim name

  Dura Fairflank: a mustang, Thomas Covenant’s mount

  Durance, the: a barrier Appointed by the Elohim; a prison for both Kastenessen and the skurj

  durhisitar: a Waynhim

  During Stonedown: village destroyed by the Grim; home of Hamako

  Duroc: one of the Seven Words

  Durris: a Haruchai

  EarthBlood: concentrated fluid Earthpower, only known to exist under Melenkurion Skyweir
; source of the Power of Command

  Earthfriend: title first given to Berek Halfhand

  Earthpower: natural power of all life; the source of all organic power in the Land

  Earthroot: lake under Melenkurion Skyweir

  Earthrootstair: stairway down to the lake of Earthroot under Melenkurion Skyweir

  Earth-Sight: Giantish power to perceive distant dangers and needs

  eftmound: gathering place for the Elohim

  eh-Brand: one who can use wood to read the Sunbane

  Elemesnedene: home of the Elohim

  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

  Emereau Vrai: Kastenessen’s mortal lover, now victim to She Who Must Not Be Named

  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

  Epemin: a soldier in Berek Halfhand’s army, tenth Eoman, second Eoward

  Esmer: tormented son of Cail and the Dancers of the Sea

  Etch Furledsail: a Giant (woman); crew aboard Dire’s Vessel

  Exalt Widenedworld: a Giant; youngest son of Soar Gladbirth and Sablehair Foamheart; later called Lostson and Longwrath

  fael Befylam: serpent-form of the jheherrin

  Faer: wife 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 Horizoneyes: a Giant (woman); crew aboard Dire’s Vessel

  Far Woodhelven: a village of the Land

  Father of Horses, the:Kelenbhrabanal, legendary sire of the Ranyhyn

  Favored, the: courtesans of the gaddhi

  Feroce, the: denizens of Sarangrave Flat, worshippers of the lurker, descended from the jheherrin

  Filigree: a Giant; another name for Sablehair Foamheart

  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: Bloodguard commander

  First of the Search, the: leader of the Giants who follow the Earth-Sight; Gossamer Glowlimn

  First Ward of Kevin’s Lore: primary cache of knowledge left by High Lord Kevin

  First Woodhelven: banyan tree village between Revelstone and Andelain; first Woodhelven created by Sunder and Hollian

  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

  Frostheart Grueburn: a Giant; one of the Swordmainnir

  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 and then Linden Avery

  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

  Gleam Stonedown: a village decimated by kresh

  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 and emit heat by stone-lore

  Gravelingas: a master of rhadhamaerl stone-lore

  Gravin Threndor: Mount Thunder

  Great Desert, the: a region of the Earth; home of the Bhrathair and the Sandgorgons

  Great One: title given to Caerroil Wildwood by the Mahdoubt

  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 by the Clave

  Grimmand Honninscrave: a Giant; Master of Starfare’s Gem; brother of Seadreamer

  Grimmerdhore: a forest of the Land

  Guard, the:hustin; soldiers serving the gaddhi

  Guardian of the One Tree, the: mystic figure warding the approach to the One Tree; formerly ak-Haru Kenaustin Ardenol; now Brinn of the Haruchai

  Haft: commander of an Eoward

  Halewhole Bluntfist: a Giant; one of the Swordmainnir

  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 Manethrall of the Ramen

  Hand: a rank in Berek Halfhand’s army; aide to Berek

  Handir: a Haruchai leader; the Voice of the Masters

  Harad: one of the Seven Words

  Harbor Captain: chief official of the port of Bhrathairealm

  Harn: one of the Haruchai; protector of Hollian

  Harrow, the: one of the Insequent

  Haruchai: a warrior people from the Westron Mountains

  Healer: a physician

  Heart of Thunder: Kiril Threndor, a cave of power in Mount Thunder

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

  Hearthrall of Lord’s Keep: a steward responsible for light, warmth, and hospitality

  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 God: title given to the lurker of the Sarangrave by the Feroce

  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 Covenant’s world; Warmark of High Lord Elena’s Warward

  Hiltmark: second-in-command of the Warward

  Hirebrand: a master of lillianrill wood-lore

  Hoerkin: a Warhaft

  Hollian: daughter of Amith; eh-Brand of Crystal Stonedown; companion of Thomas Co
venant and Linden Avery

  Home: original homeland of the Giants

  Hooryl: a Ranyhyn; Clyme’s later mount

  Horizonscan: lookout atop the midmast of a Giantship

  Horrim Carabal: name given to the lurker of the Sarangrave

  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: Gorak Krembal, a flow of lava protecting Foul’s Creche

  Hower: a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Loerya

  Hrama: a Ranyhyn stallion; mount of Anele

  Humbled, the: three Haruchai maimed to resemble Thomas Covenant in order to remind the Masters of their limitations

  Hurl: a Giant (man); crew aboard Dire’s Vessel

  Hurn: a Cord of the Ramen

  hurtloam: a healing mud

  Huryn: a Ranyhyn; mount of Terrel

  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

  Inbull: a Warhaft in Berek Halfhand’s army; commander of the tenth Eoman, second Eoward

  Infelice: reigning leader of the Elohim

  Insequent, the: a mysterious people living far to the west of the Land

  Interdict, the: reference to the power of the Colossus of the Fall to prevent Ravers from entering the Upper Land

  Irin: a warrior of the Third Eoman of the Warward

  Ironhand, the: title given to the leader of the Swordmainnir

  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

  Jerrick: a Demimage of Vidik Amar, in part responsible for the creation of quellvisks

  Jevin: a healer in Berek Halfhand’s army

  jheherrin: soft ones, misshapen by-products of Lord 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: a woman of Mithil Stonedown; wife of Nassic, mother of Sunder

  Kam: a Manethrall of the Ramen

  Karnis: a Heer of First Woodhelven

  Kasreyn of the Gyre: a thaumaturge; the gaddhi’s Kemper (advisor) in Bhrathairealm

  Kastenessen: one of the Elohim; former Appointed