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  DHIRKEN—lady captain of the contraband runner, Black Drake. Reputed to have taken over the brig’s command by right of arms following her father’s death at sea. Died at the hands of Lysaer’s allies on the charge of liaison with Arithon s’Ffalenn, Third Age Year 5647.

  pronounced: dur-kin

  root meaning: dierk – tough; an – one

  DIER KENTON VALE—a valley located in the principality of Vastmark, Shand, where Lysaer’s war host, thirty-five thousand strong, fought and lost to the Master of Shadow in Third Age 5647, largely decimated in one day by a shale slide. The remainder were harried by a small force of Vastmark shepherds and clan scouts from Shand, under Caolle, who served as Arithon’s war-captain, until supplies and loss of morale broke the Alliance campaign.

  pronounced: deer ken-ton

  root meaning: dier’kendion – a jewel with a severe flaw that may result in shearing or cracking

  DURN—town located in Orvandir, Shand. Birthplace of Meiglin s’Dieneval.

  pronounced: dern

  root meaning: diern – a flat plain

  EAST HALLA—principality in Melhalla.

  pronounced: east hall-ah

  root meaning: hal’lia – white light

  EASTWALL—city located in the Skyshiel Mountains, Rathain.

  EAST WARD—fishing and trade town located on the eastern coast of Fallowmere, in Rathain.

  EASTTAIR—fortified town located on the East Halla peninsula, in Melhalla.

  pronounced: ee-ass-tayer

  root meaning: e’ast – small cove; taer – calm

  EBRAR—an elite captain, dedicate to the Light, serving under Sulfin Evend.

  pronounced: ee-brar

  root meaning: ebair – reliant, steady; i’er – the line

  ELAIRA—initiate enchantress of the Koriathain, currently serving the order as a wandering independent. Originally a street child, taken on in Morvain for Koriani rearing. Arithon’s beloved.

  pronounced: ee-layer-ah

  root meaning: e – prefix, diminutive for small; laere – grace

  ELDIR s’LORNMEIN—King of Havish and once the last surviving scion of s’Lornmein royal line. Raised as a wool-dyer until the Fellowship Sorcerers crowned him at Ostermere in Third Age 5643 following the defeat of the Mistwraith. Now father of four children.

  pronounced: el-deer

  root meaning: elder – to ponder, to consider, to weigh

  ELLAINE—daughter of the Lord Mayor of Erdane, once Princess of Avenor by marriage to Lysaer s’Ilessid, and mother of Kevor s’Ilessid, who became an adept of Ath’s Brotherhood.

  pronounced: el-lane

  not from the Paravian

  ELSSINE—town on the coast of Alland, Shand. Best known for its granite quarries and tempered steel.

  pronounced: el-seen

  root meaning: elssien – small pit

  ELTAIR BAY—large bay off Cildein Ocean and east coast of Rathain; where the River Severnir was diverted following the Mistwraith’s conquest.

  pronounced: el-tay-er

  root meaning: al’tieri – of steel/a shortening of original Paravian name; dascen al’tieri – which meant ‘ocean of steel,’ which referred to the colour of the waves

  ENITHEN TUER—seeress living in the town of Erdane. Originally a Koriani sister who encountered the Biedar tribes in Sanpashir, and on the basis of their influence, was freed from her initiate’s vow of service by Fellowship Sorcerer Asandir’s intervention.

  pronounced: en-ith-en too-er

  root meaning: en’wethen – far-sighted; tuer – crone

  ERIEGAL—second youngest of the fourteen child survivors of the Tal Quorin massacre known as Jieret’s Companions. Renowned as a shrewd tactician, he was ordered to serve Jieret’s son Barach as war-captain in the Halwythwood camp rather than fight Lysaer’s war host in Daon Ramon Barrens in Third Age Year 5670.

  pronounced: air-ee-gall

  root meaning: eriegal – snake

  ERLIEN s’TALEYN—High Earl of Alland; caithdein of Shand, chieftain of the forest clansmen of Selkwood. Once fought Arithon s’Ffalenn at sword-point over an issue of law bound over by Melhalla’s caithdein and also as a trial of a sanctioned crown prince’s honest character. Father of Kyrialt s’Taleyn.

  pronounced: er-lee-an

  root meaning: aierlyan – bear; tal – branch; an – one/first ‘of first branch’

  ETARRA—trade city built across the Mathorn Pass by townsfolk after the revolt that cast down Ithamon and the High Kings of Rathain. Nest of corruption and intrigue, and policy-maker for the North. Lysaer s’Ilessid was ratified as mayor upon Morfett’s death in Third Age Year 5667. Site where Arithon defeated the Kralovir necromancers in Third Age Year 5671. Also the seat of the Alliance armed forces.

  pronounced: ee-tar-ah

  root meaning: e – prefix for small; taria – knots

  EVENSTAR—first brig stolen from Riverton’s royal shipyard by Cattrick’s conspiracy with Prince Arithon. Currently of Innish registry, running merchant cargoes under joint ownership of Fiark and his sister Feylind, who is master.

  FALLOWMERE—north-eastern principality of Rathain.

  pronounced: fal-oh-meer

  root meaning: fal’ei’miere – literally, tree self-reflection, colloquialism for ‘place of perfect trees’

  FARSEE—coastal harbour on the Bay of Eltair, located in East Halla, Melhalla.

  pronounced: far-see

  root meaning: faersi – sheltered/muffled

  FATE’S WHEEL—see Daelion’s Wheel.

  FELLOWSHIP OF SEVEN—sorcerers bound to Athera by the summoning dream of the dragons and charged to secure the mysteries that enable Paravian survival. Achieved their redemption from Cianor Sunlord, under the Law of the Major Balance in Second Age Year One. Originators and keepers of the covenant of the compact, made with the Paravian races, to allow Mankind’s settlement on Athera in Third Age Year One. Their authority backs charter law, upheld by crown justice and clan oversight of the free wilds.

  FEITHAN—widow of Jieret s’Valerient, Earl of the North, and caithdein of Rathain, handfast to the Companion, Sidir.

  pronounced: faith-an

  root meaning: feiathen – ivy

  FEIYD ETH SA—Biedar dialect, from Sanpashir, meaning ‘look at this!’

  pronounced: fay-eed-eth-saa

  root meaning: feiyd – look; eth – at; sa – this

  FENNICK—man-at-arms from the royal guard at Avenor, once honour guard to Prince Kevor, now reprieved and reassigned as one of Lysaer s’Ilessid’s personal guard by Sulfin Evend.

  pronounced: fen-nick

  not from Paravian

  FEYLIND—daughter of a Scimlade fisherman and Jinesse, twin sister of Fiark, currently master of Evenstar, a merchant brig of Innish registry.

  pronounced: fay-lind

  root meaning: faelind’an – outspoken or noisy one

  FFEREDON-LI—ancient Paravian word for a healer, literally translated ‘bringer of grace’ and the name given to Elaira by an Araethurian seeress on the hour of Fionn Areth’s birth.

  pronounced: fair-eh-dun-lee

  root meaning: ffaraton – maker; li – exalted grace

  FIANZIA—(ANZIA, diminutive form) wife of Mearn s’Brydion.

  pronounced: fie-an-zee-ah

  root meaning: ffianzia – jade

  FIARK—son of a Scimlade fisherman and Jinesse, twin brother of Feylind, currently a merchant factor at Innish, also handles all of Arithon’s covert shoreside affairs. Husband of Corra.

  pronounced: fee-ark

  root meaning: fyerk – to throw or toss

  FIONN ARETH CAID’AN—goatherd’s child born in Third Age 5647; fated by prophecy to leave home and play a role in the Wars of Light and Shadow. Laid under Koriani spellcraft to mature as Arithon’s double, then used as the bait in the order’s conspiracy to trap the s’Ffalenn prince. Rescued from execution in Jaelot in 5669-70. Currently in the protective custody of the Prince of Rathain, i
n company with Vhandon and Talvish at Alestron.

  pronounced: fee-on-are-eth cayed-ahn

  root meaning: fionne arith caid an – one who brings choice

  FIRSTMARK—port town located on the shore of Rockbay Harbor, in Radmoore, Melhalla. Known for its wine and hides.

  FORTHMARK—city in Vastmark, Shand. Once the site of a hostel of Ath’s Brotherhood. By Third Age 5320, the site was abandoned and taken over by the Koriani Order as a healer’s hospice.

  not from the Paravian

  GANISH—trade city located south of Methlas Lake in Orvandir, Shand.

  pronounced: gan-eesh

  root meaning: gianish – a halfway point, a stopping place

  GEVARD—officer from the Telzen garrison, allied with the Blessed Prince.

  pronounced: gev-ard

  not from the Paravian

  GLENDIEN—a Shandian clanswoman, wife to Kyrialt s’Taleyn, formerly the heir designate of the High Earl of Alland.

  pronounced: glen-dee-en

  root meaning: glyen – sultry; dien – object of beauty

  GREAT WAYSTONE—see entry for Waystone.

  GRIMWARD—a circle of spells of Paravian making that seal and isolate the dire dreams of dragon haunts, a force with the potential for mass destruction. With the disappearance of the old races, the defences are maintained by embodied Sorcerers of the Fellowship of Seven. There are seventeen separate sites listed at Althain Tower.

  HALLIRON SEN ALDUIN—native of Innish who became Masterbard of Athera in Third Age year 5597, after Murchiel. Son of Al’duin, husband of Deartha, and teacher of Arithon s’Ffalenn. Died of an injury dealt by the Mayor of Jaelot in year 5644.

  pronounced: hal-eer-on sen al-doo-win

  root meaning: hal – white; lyron – singer; sen – denotes paternal descent; alduin – scribe

  HALWYTHWOOD—forest located in Araethura, Rathain. Current main campsite of High Earl Barach’s band, predominantly survivors of the Battle of Strakewood and Daon Ramon’s late war.

  pronounced: hall-with-wood

  root meaning: hal – white; wythe – vista

  HANHAFFIN—river running through Selkwood in Alland and emptying into the Cildein Ocean.

  pronounced: han-haf-fin

  root meaning: hanha – evergreen; affein – a dance step

  HANSHIRE—port city on the Westland Sea, coast of Korias, Tysan; reigning official Lord Mayor Garde, father of Sulfin Evend; opposed to royal rule at the time of Avenor’s restoration. Haven for Koriathain at the time of the uprising, with strong ties to the Senior Circle.

  pronounced: han-sheer

  root meaning: hansh – sand; era – place

  HASPASTION—ghost of the dragon contained in the grimward located in Radmoore.

  pronounced: has-past-ee-on

  root meaning: hashpashdion – Drakish for black thunder

  HAVENS—an inlet on the north-eastern shore of Vastmark, Shand, now known as the site of the massacre enacted by the Spinner of Darkness, preceding the Battle of Dier Kenton Vale, Third Age Year 5647.

  HAVISH—one of the Five High Kingdoms of Athera as defined by the charters of the Fellowship of Seven. Ruled by Eldir s’Lornmein. Crown heritage: temperance. Device: gold hawk on red field.

  pronounced: hav-ish

  root meaning: havieshe – hawk

  HIGHSCARP—city sited near the stone quarries on the coast of the Bay of Eltair, located in Daon Ramon, Rathain. Also contains a sisterhouse of the Koriani Order.

  HILGRETH—war-captain in Selkwood, under Lord Erlien, High Earl of Alland.

  pronounced: hill-greth

  root meaning: huell – one who protects; gireth – gauntlet, war glove

  I’CUELAN AM-JIASK EDAEL I’ITIER—your feal prince attends you.

  pronounced: ee-kway-lan am-jee-ask ee-dah-el it-ee-er

  root meaning: i’cuelan – your, with prefix for ‘light’ or focused intent; am-jiask – state of being bound by faith/feal; edael – prince; i’itier – one who holds with light/attends

  I’ENT CUELAN AM-JIASK EDAEL AMEINNT-HUELL I’TIERI— your feal prince attends, with protective intent—raised to the emphatic state, of personally claiming fullest responsibility, as the oath-bound prince who protects.

  pronounced: ee-ent kway-lan am-jee-ask ee-dah-el am-ee-int hoo-well ee-tee-er-ee

  root meaning: i’ient – to hold by light, promise by willing intent; cuelan – your; am-jiask edael – feal prince; am – state of being; iennt – by light intent, extreme emphatic form; huell – one who protects; i’tieri – one who attends

  ILITHARIS PARAVIANS—centaurs, one of three semimortal old races; disappeared after the Mistwraith’s conquest, the last guardian’s departure by Third Age Year 5100. They were the conservators of the earth’s mysteries.

  pronounced: i-li-thar-is

  root meaning: i’lith’earis – the keeper/preserver of mystery

  INNISH—city located on the southcoast of Shand at the delta of the River Ippash. Birthplace of Halliron Masterbard. Formerly known as ‘the Jewel of Shand,’ this was the site of the high king’s winter court, prior to the time of the uprising. Home port of Evenstar, and Fiark’s business as trade factor.

  pronounced: in-ish

  root meaning: inniesh – a jewel with a pastel tint

  ISAER—power focus, built in the First Age in Atainia, Tysan, by the Ilitharis Paravians, to source the defence works of the Paravian keep of the same name.

  pronounced: i-say-er

  root meaning: i’saer – the circle

  ISFARENN—etheric Name for the black stallion ridden by Asandir.

  pronounced: ees-far-en

  root meaning: is’feron – speed maker

  ISHLIR—town on the eastshore of Orvandir, Shand.

  pronounced: ish-leer

  root meaning: ieshlier – sheltered place

  ITHAMON—Historically significant in the First Age, site of a Paravian focus, a Second Age Paravian stronghold, and a Third Age ruin; built on a fifth lane power-node in Daon Ramon Barrens, Rathain, and inhabited until the year of the uprising. Site of the Compass Point Towers, or Sun Towers. Became the seat of the High Kings of Rathain during the Third Age and in Third Age Year 5638 was the site where Princes Lysaer s’Ilessid and Arithon s’Ffalenn battled the Mistwraith to confinement.

  pronounced: itha-mon

  root meaning: itha – five; mon – needle, spire

  ITHILT—peninsula bordering Minderl Bay, in eastern Rathain.

  pronounced: ith-ilt

  root meaning: ith – five; ealt – a narrows

  ITHISH—city located at the edge of the principality of Vastmark, on the southcoast of Shand. Where the Vastmark wool factors once shipped fleeces.

  pronounced: ith-ish

  root meaning: ithish – fleece or fluffy

  I’TISHEALDIANT—to wish, or to bring lightness to a disrupted state/a splash, or shattering ripple raised to the emphatic – idiomatic for the energetic impact of a disruptive event.

  pronounced: ih-tee-shee-al-dee-ahnt

  root meaning: i – prefix to specify by light; tishealdeant – splash, emphatic form

  IVEL—blind splicer from southcoastal Shand, once hired by Arithon at Merior.

  pronounced: ee-vel

  root meaning: iavel – scathing

  IYAT—energy sprite, and minor drake spawn inhabiting Athera, not visible to the eye, manifests in a poltergeist fashion by taking temporary possession of objects. Feeds upon natural energy sources: fire, breaking waves, lightning, and excess emotion where humans gather.

  pronounced: ee-at

  root meaning: iyat – to break

  JAELOT—city located on the coast of Eltair Bay at the southern border of the Kingdom of Rathain. Once a Second Age power site, with a focus circle. Now a merchant city with a reputation for extreme snobbery and bad taste. Also the site where Arithon s’Ffalenn played his eulogy for Halliron Masterbard, which raised the powers of the Paravian focus circle beneath th
e mayor’s palace. The forces of the mysteries and resonant harmonics caused damage to city buildings, watch keeps, and walls, which has since been repaired. Site where Fionn Areth was arraigned for execution, as bait in a Koriani conspiracy that failed to trap Arithon s’Ffalenn.

  pronounced: jay-lot

  root meaning: jielot – affectation

  JERVALD—watch captain of the lower wall garrison at Alestron, under Mearn’s command.

  pronounced: jeer-vald

  root meaning: jier – pointed; vald – wit

  JEYNSA—daughter of Jieret s’Valerient and Feithan, born Third Age 5653; appointed successor for her father’s title, caithdein of Rathain.

  pronounced: jay-in-sa

  root meaning: jieyensa – garnet

  JIERET s’VALERIENT—former Earl of the North, clan chief of Deshir; caithdein of Rathain, sworn liegeman of Prince Arithon s’Ffalenn. Also son and heir of Lord Steiven. Blood pacted to Arithon by sorcerer’s oath prior to the battle of Strakewood Forest. Came to be known by head-hunters as Jieret Red-beard. Father of Jeynsa and Barach. Husband to Feithan. Died by Lysaer s’Ilessid’s hand in Daon Ramon Barrens, Third Age Year 5670.

  pronounced: jeer-et

  root meaning: jieret – thorn

  JINESSE—mother of Fiark and Feylind, wife of Tharrick, resident of Innish.

  pronounced: jin-ess-e

  root meaning: jienesse – to be washed or pale; a wisp

  KALESH—town at the mouth of the harbour inlet from the Cildein Ocean, enemy of Alestron.

  pronounced: cal-esh

  root meaning: caille’iesh – stubborn hold

  KEIR’VE ARISH—an insulting embarrassment, idiom for a fool in Biedar tribal dialect.

  pronounced: kee-aar vay aah-ree-ch

  root meaning: keir’ve arish – translated as ‘one caught with wet feet’

  KELDMAR s’BRYDION—younger brother of Duke Bransian of Alestron, older brother of Parrien and Mearn.

  pronounced: keld-mar

  root meaning: kiel’d’maeran – one without pity

  KEVOR—son and heir of Lysaer s’Ilessid and Princess Ellaine; born at Avenor in Third Age 5655. At age fourteen, in his father’s absence, he exercised royal authority and averted a riot by the panicked citizenry of Avenor. Thought dead by Khadrim fire in Westwood, but survived via an interaction with Ath’s Brotherhood. Became an adept in Third Year 5670, at the hostel in Northerly, Tysan.