The Last Dark

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

  Keep of the na-Mhoram, the: Revelstone

  Keeper: a Ramen rank, one of those unsuited to the rigors of being a Cord or a Manethrall

  Kelenbhrabanal: Father of Horses in Ranyhyn legends

  Kemper, the: chief advisor of the gaddhi; Kasreyn

  Kemper’s Pitch: highest level of the Sandhold

  Kenaustin Ardenol: a figure of Haruchai legend; former Guardian of the One Tree; true name of the Theomach

  Kevin Landwaster: son of Loric Vilesilencer; last High Lord of the Old Lords

  Kevin’s Dirt: smog-like pall covering the Upper Land; it blocks health-sense, making itself invisible from below

  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

  Khelen: a Ranyhyn stallion; mount of Jeremiah

  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

  Krenwill: a scout in Berek Halfhand’s army

  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

  Latebirth: a Giant; one of the Swordmainnir

  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

  Law-Breaker: title given to both High Lord Elena and Caer-Caveral

  Lax Blunderfoot: a name chosen by Latebirth in self-castigation

  Lena: a Stonedownor, daughter of Atiaran, mother of Elena

  lianar: wood of power used by an eh-Brand

  Liand: a man of Mithil Stonedown, son of Fostil; companion of Linden Avery

  Lifeswallower: the Great Swamp

  lillianrill: wood-lore; masters of wood-lore

  Lithe: a Manethrall of the Ramen

  Llaura: a Heer of Soaring Woodhelven

  Loerya: a Lord, wife of Trevor

  lomillialor: High Wood; a wood of power

  Longwrath: a Giant; Swordmainnir name for Exalt Widenedworld

  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

  Lord’s-fire: staff-fire used by the Lords

  Lord’s Keep: Revelstone

  Lords, the: the primary protectors of the Land

  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: a loreworks; breeding pit/laboratory under Mount Thunder where Demondim, Waynhim, and ur-viles were created

  Lostson: a Giant; later name for Exalt Widenedworld

  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

  Magister, the: former Forestal of Andelain

  Mahdoubt, the: a servant of Revelstone; one of the Insequent

  Mahrtiir: a Manethrall of the Ramen; 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 in the Plains of Ra

  Marid: a man of Mithil Stonedown; Sunbane victim

  Marny: a Ranyhyn; mount of Tuvor

  marrowmeld: bone-sculpting; anundivian yajña

  Master: commander of a Giantship

  Master, the: Clave-name for Lord Foul

  master-rukh, the: iron triangle at Revelstone which feeds and reads other rukhs

  Masters of the Land, the:Haruchai who have claimed responsibility for protecting the Land from Corruption

  Mehryl: a Ranyhyn; mount of Hile Troy

  Melenkurion: one of the Seven Words

  Melenkurion Skyweir: a cleft peak in the Westron Mountains

  Memla: a Rider of the Clave; one of the na-Mhoram-in

  mere-son: name or title given to Esmer

  merewives: the Dancers of the Sea

  metheglin: a beverage; mead

  Mhoram: a Lord, later high Lord; son of Variol

  Mhornym: a Ranyhyn stallion; mount of Clyme

  Mill: one of the Seven Words

  Minas: one of the Seven Words

  mirkfruit: papaya-like fruit with narcoleptic pulp

  Mishio Massima: the Ardent’s mount

  Mistweave: a Giant

  Mithil River: a river of the Land

  Mithil Stonedown: a village in the South Plains

  Mithil’s Plunge, the: waterfall at the head of the Mithil valley

  Moire Squareset: a Giant; one of the Swordmainnir; killed in battle by the skurj

  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

  Muirwin Delenoth: resting place of abhorrence; graveyard of quellvisks

  Murrin: a Stonedownor, mate of Odona

  Myrha: a Ranyhyn; mount of High Lord Elena

  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

  Naharahn: a Ranyhyn mare; mount of Pahni

  Narunal: a Ranyhyn stallion; mount of Mahrtiir

  Nassic: father of Sunder, son of Jous; inheritor of an Unfettered One’s mission to remember the Halfhand

  Naybahn: a Ranyhyn; mount of Branl

  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: a Stonedownor, mate of Murrin

  Offin: a former na-Mhoram

  Old Lords, the: Lords prior to the Ritual of Desecration

  Omournil: Woodhelvennin Heer, daughter of Mournil

  One Forest, the: ancient forest covering most of the L
and

  One Tree, the: mystic tree from which the Staff of Law was made

  Onyx Stonemage: a Giant; one of the Swordmainnir

  orcrest: a stone of power; Sunstone

  Osondrea: a Lord, daughter of Sondrea; later high Lord

  Padrias: Woodhelvennin Heer, son of Mill

  Pahni: a Cord of the Ramen, cousin of Sahah; companion of Linden Avery

  Palla: a healer in Berek Halfhand’s army

  Peak of the Fire-Lions, the: 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

  Plains of Ra, the: a region of the Land

  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

  quellvisk: a kind of monster, now apparently extinct

  Quern Ehstrel: true name of the Mahdoubt

  Quest for the Staff of Law, the: quest to recover the Staff of Law from Drool Rockworm

  Questsimoon, the: the Roveheartswind; a steady, favorable wind, perhaps seasonal

  Quilla: a Heer of First Woodhelven

  Quirrel: a Stonedownor, companion of Triock

  Rallyn: a Ranyhyn; Branl’s later mount

  Ramen: a 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: fjord 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

  rhee: a Ramen food, a thick mush

  rhadhamaerl: stone-lore; masters of stone-lore

  Rhohm: a Ranyhyn 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

  Rime Coldspray: a Giant; the Ironhand of the Swordmainnir

  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, the: act of despair by which High Lord Kevin destroyed the Old Lords and ruined most of the Land

  Rivenrock: deep cleft splitting Melenkurion Skyweir and its plateau; there the Black River enters Garroting Deep

  River Landrider, the: a river of the Land, partial border of the Plains of Ra

  Riversward: a region north of the Soulsease River

  Rockbrother: Swordmainnir name for Stave

  Rockbrother, Rocksister: terms of affection between humans and Giants

  rocklight: light emitted by glowing stone

  roge Befylam: Cavewight-form of the jheherrin

  Rohnhyn: a Ranyhyn; mount of Bhapa after Whrany’s death

  Roveheartswind, the: the Questsimoon

  Rue: a Manethrall of the Ramen, formerly named Gay

  Ruel: a Bloodguard, assigned to Hile Troy

  Ruinwash, the: name of the River Landrider on the Lower Land

  rukh: iron talisman by which a Rider wields the power of the Sunbane

  Runnik: a Bloodguard

  Rustah: a Cord of the Ramen

  Sablehair Foamheart: a Giant, also called Filigree; mate of Soar Gladbirth; mother of Exalt Widenedworld

  sacred enclosure: Vespers-hall at Revelstone; later the site of the Banefire

  Sahah: a Cord of the Ramen

  Saltheart Foamfollower: a Giant, friend of Thomas Covenant

  Saltroamrest: bunk hold for the crew in a Giantship

  Salttooth: jutting rock in the harbor of the Giants’ Home

  Salva Gildenbourne: forest surrounding the Hills of Andelain; begun by Sunder and Hollian

  samadhi: a Raver, Sheol, Satansfist

  Samil: a Haruchai; a Master of the Land

  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: a Rider of the Clave, one of the na-Mhoram-in

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

  Satansfist: a Giant-Raver, Sheol, samadhi

  Satansheart: Giantish name for Lord Foul

  Scend Wavegift: a Giant; one of the Swordmainnir; killed by Longwrath

  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 Unhomed

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

  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: a Giant, Anchormaster of Starfare’s Gem

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

  She Who Must Not Be Named: an ancient bane slumbering under Mount Thunder, now composed of many lost women

  Sheol: a Raver, Satansfist, samadhi

  Shetra: a Lord, wife of Verement

  Shipsheartthew: the wheel of a Giantship

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

  Shull: a Bloodguard

  Sill: a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Hyrim

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

  skest: acid-creatures descended from the jheherrin

  skurj: laval monsters that devour earth and vegetation; long ago, the Elohim Kastenessen was Appointed (the Durance) to prevent them from wreaking terrible havoc

  Slen: a Stonedownor, mate of Terass

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

  Snared One, the: ur-vile name for Lord Foul the Despiser

  Soar Gladbirth: a Giant; youngest son of Pitchwife and Gossamer Glowlimn

  Soaring Woodhelven: a tree-village

  soft ones, the: the jheherrin

  Somo: pinto 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

  South Plains, the: a region of the Land

  Sparlimb Keelsetter: a Giant, father of triplets

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  Spoiled Plains, the: a region of the Lower Land

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

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

  springwine: a mild, refreshing liquor

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

  Staff, the: a branch of the study 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

  Stormpast Galesend: a Giant; one of the Swordmainnir

  Stricken Stone: region of the Land, later called Trothgard

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

  Sunbirth Sea, the: ocean east of the Land

  Sunder: son of Nassic; Graveler of Mithil Stonedown; companion of Thomas Covenant and Linden Avery

  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 of the Clave

  Swordmain/Swordmainnir: Giant(s) trained as warrior(s)

  Sword, the: a branch of the study of Kevin’s Lore

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

  Syr Embattled: former Forestal of Giant Woods

  Tamarantha: a Lord, daughter of Enesta, wife of Variol

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

  Terass: a Stonedownor, daughter of Annoria, wife of Slen

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

  test of silence, the: 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 lost Giants in Seareach

  Thelma Twofist: character in a Giantish tale

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