pronounced: kev-or
root meaning: kiavor – high virtue
KEWAR TUNNEL—cavern built beneath the Mathorn Mountains by Davien the Betrayer; contains the maze of conscience, which caused High King Kamridian s’Ffalenn’s death. Arithon Teir’s’Ffalenn successfully completed the challenge in Third Age Year 5670.
pronounced: key-wahr
root meaning: kewiar – a weighing of conscience
KHADRIM—drake-spawned creatures, flying, fire-breathing reptiles that were the scourge of the Second Age. By the Third Age, they had been driven back and confined in the Sorcerers’ Preserve in the volcanic peaks in north Tysan.
pronounced: kaa-drim
root meaning: khadrim – dragon
KHARADMON—Sorcerer of the Fellowship of Seven; discorporate since rise of Khadrim and Seardluin levelled Paravian stronghold at Ithamon in Second Age 3651. It was by Kharadmon’s intervention that the survivors of the attack were sent to safety by means of transfer from the fifth lane power focus. Currently working the wardings to defer a minor invasion of wraiths from Marak.
pronounced: kah-rad-mun
root meaning: kar’riad en mon – phrase translates to mean ‘twisted thread on the needle’ or colloquialism for ‘a knot in the works’
KHETIENN—name for a brigantine built at Merior and owned by Arithon; also a small spotted wildcat native to Daon Ramon Barrens that became the s’Ffalenn royal device.
pronounced: key-et-ee-en
root meaning: kietienn – small leopard
KORIANI—possessive and singular form of the word ‘Koriathain’; see entry.
pronounced: kor-ee-ah-nee
KORIAS—south-western principality of Tysan.
pronounced: kor-ee-as
root meaning: cor – ship, vessel; i’esh – nest, haven
KORIATHAIN—order of enchantresses ruled by a circle of Seniors, under the power of one Prime Enchantress. They draw their talent from the orphaned children they raise, or from daughters dedicated to service by their parents. Initiation rite involves a vow of consent that ties the spirit to a power crystal keyed to the Prime’s control.
pronounced: kor-ee-ah-thain – to rhyme with ‘main’
root meaning: koriath – order; ain – belonging to
KRALOVIR—term for a sect of necromancers, also called the grey cult, destroyed by Arithon s’Ffalenn in Third Age Year 5671.
pronounced: kray-low-veer
root meaning: krial – name for the rune of crossing; oveir – abomination
KYRIALT s’TALEYN—once heir designate and youngest son of the High Earl of Alland, Lord Erlien s’Taleyn, Caithdein of Shand, now bestowed as liegeman to Arithon of Rathain as a debt of honour.
pronounced: key-ree-alt
root meaning: kyrialt – word for the rune of crossing with the suffix for ‘last,’ which is the name for the rune of ending.
LANSHIRE—northernmost principality in the Kingdom of Havish. Name taken from the wastes at Scarpdale, site of First Age battles with Seardluin that blasted the soil to slag.
pronounced: lahn-sheer-e
root meaning: lan’hansh’era – place of hot sands
LAW OF THE MAJOR BALANCE—founding order of the powers of the Fellowship of Seven, as taught by the Paravians. The primary tenet is that no force of nature should be used without consent, or against the will of another consciousness.
LIENRIEL RIVER—crosses the free wilds of Alland, and joins the Hanhaffin inside of Selkwood, in the Kingdom of Shand.
pronounced: lee-en-ree-ell
root meaning: lien – to love; riel – silver
LIESSE s’BRYDION—Duchess of Alestron and wife of Duke Bransian.
pronounced: lee-ess
root meaning: liesse – state of accord, based from the word ‘a note in harmony’
LIRENDA—former First Senior Enchantress to the Prime, Koriani Order; failed in her assignment to capture Arithon s’Ffalenn for Koriani purposes. Currently under the Prime Matriarch’s sentence of punishment.
pronounced: leer-end-ah
root meaning: lyron – singer; di-ia – a dissonance – the hyphen denotes a glottal stop
LORN—town on the northcoast of Atainia, Tysan.
pronounced: lorn
root meaning: loern – an Atheran fish
LUGGER’S ISLET—a barrier island located off the shore of East Halla, popular as a haven for galleys during winter storms.
LUHAINE—Sorcerer of the Fellowship of Seven – discorporate since the fall of Telmandir in Third Age Year 5018. Luhaine’s body was pulled down by the mob while he was in ward trance, covering the escape of the royal heir to Havish.
pronounced: loo-hay-ne
root meaning: luirhainon – defender
LYRANTHE—instrument played by the bards of Athera. Strung with fourteen strings, tuned to seven tones (doubled). Two courses are ‘drone strings’ set to octaves. Five are melody strings, the lower three courses being octaves, the upper two, in unison.
pronounced: leer-anth-e (last ‘e’ being nearly subliminal)
root meaning: lyr – song, anthe – box
LYSAER s’ILESSID—prince of Tysan, 1497th in succession after Halduin, founder of the line in Third Age Year One. Gifted at birth with control of Light, and Bane of Desh-thiere. Also known as Blessed Prince since he declared himself avatar for the following known as the Alliance of Light.
pronounced: lie-say-er
root meaning: lia – blond, yellow or light, saer – circle
MARAK—splinter world, cut off beyond South Gate, left lifeless after creation of the Mistwraith. The original inhabitants were men exiled by the Fellowship from Athera for beliefs or practices that were incompatible with the compact sworn between the Sorcerers and the Paravian races, which permitted human settlement on Athera. Source of the Mistwraith, Desh-thiere, and the free wraiths that threaten Athera.
pronounced: maer-ak
root meaning: m’era’ki – place held separate
MATHIELL GATE—last gate to the inner citadel in Alestron, Paravian built to withstand the fires of dragons. It was the Mathiell garrison who secured the span guarding incursion from the Wyntok Gate during the uprising that threatened clan rule in Third Age Year 5018.
pronounced: math-ee-ell
root meaning: mon’thiellen – sky spires
MATHORN MOUNTAINS—range that bisects the Kingdom of Rathain east to west.
pronounced: math-orn
root meaning: mathien – massive
MEARN s’BRYDION—youngest brother of Duke Bransian of Alestron. Former ducal emissary to Lysaer s’Ilessid’s Alliance of Light. Husband of Fianzia.
pronounced: may-arn
root meaning: mierne – to flit
MEDLIR—name used by Arithon when he travelled incognito with Halliron Masterbard as apprentice in Third Age Years 5638 to 5647.
pronounced: med-leer
root meaning: midlyr – phrase of melody
MELHALLA—High Kingdom of Athera once ruled by the line of s’Ellestrion. The last prince died in the crossing of the Red Desert. Currently stewarded by the Teiren’s’Callient.
pronounced: mel-hall-ah
root meaning: maelhallia – grand meadows/plain – also word for an open space of any sort
MEIGLIN s’DIENEVAL—the legitimate daughter born to the widow of Egan s’Dieneval in Third Age 5019, just after his death in the slaughter of the rebellion. Heart’s love of the last High King of Shand for one night, just prior to his death while fighting the Mistwraith. A weaving by the Biedar of Sanpashir, done at the behest of the last Centaur Guardian, ensured the union would bring conception, and the birth of Dari’s’ Ahelas. Also named Anshlien’ya in desert dialect, as the dawn of hope.
pronounced: mee-glin s-dee-in-ee-vahl
root meaning: meiglin – passion; dien – large; eval – endowment, gifted talent
MERIOR BY THE SEA—small seaside fishing village on the Scimlade peninsula in Allan
d, Shand. Once the temporary site of Arithon’s shipyard. Birth place of Fiark and Feylind.
pronounced: mare-ee-or
root meaning: merioren – cottages
METHISLE FORTRESS—a Paravian keep on an islet in Methlas Lake in Orvandir, currently overseen by the Guardian of Methisle, the Master Spellbinder, Verrain.
pronounced: methiyell
root meaning: meth – hate
METHURI—METHURIEN (plural form) an iyat-related parasite that infested live hosts and altered them for the purpose of creating new hosts. Extinct by the Third Age.
pronounced: meth-you-ree
root meaning: meth’thieri – hate wraith
MI A’DAELIENT—address given by a liegeman or woman to acknowledge the realm’s queen.
pronounced: mee ah-day-ell-ee-ent
root meaning: mi – my; a’ – feminine prefix; daelient – ruler bearing crown rank
MINDERL BAY—body of water inside of Crescent Isle, off the eastshore of Rathain.
pronounced: mind earl
root meaning: minderl – anvil
MISTWRAITH—see Desh-thiere.
MORRIEL—Prime Enchantress of the Koriathain since the Third Age 4212. Instigated the plot to upset the Fellowship’s compact, which upset seven of the magnetic lanes on the continent. Her death on winter solstice 5670 left an irregular succession, resolved by the elevation of an incompetent initiate, Selidie, who had been chosen to facilitate an unprincipled act of possession by Morriel, which usurped the young woman’s body.
pronounced: more-real
root meaning: moar – greed; riel – silver
MORVAIN—city located in the principality of Araethura, Rathain, on the west coast of Instrell Bay. Elaira’s birthplace.
pronounced: mor-vain
root meaning: morvain – swindler’s market
MYRKAVIA—island located in Rock Bay Harbor, off the coast of Havistock, in Havish.
pronounced: meer-kay-vee-ah
root meaning: miere – reflection; kavia – spruce tree
NAI FFIOSH E’ELEN SLIET-TH’I—no false tiny steps.
pronounced: naye fee-owsh e’el-en slee-et-thee
root meaning: nai – no; ffiosh – false; e’elen – diminutive for short, small, tiny; sliet-thi – step with suffix for plural
NARMS—city on the coast of Instrell Bay, built as a craft centre by Men in the early Third Age. Best known for dyeworks.
pronounced: narms
root meaning: narms – colour
NORTHSTOR—trade port at the northern tip of the East Halla peninsula, and Vaststrait.
pronounced: north stor
root meaning: stor – summit or apex of a triangle
ORVANDIR—principality located in north-eastern Shand.
pronounced: or-van-deer
root meaning: orvein – crumbled; dir – stone
PARAVIA—name for the continent inhabited by the Paravians, and locale of the Five Kingdoms.
pronounced: par-ay-vee-ah
root meaning: para – great; i’a – suffix denoting entityship, and raised to the feminine aspect, which translates as ‘inclusive of, or holding the aspect for greatness’
PARAVIAN—name for the three old races that inhabited Athera before Mankind. Including the centaurs, the sunchildren, and the unicorns, these races never die unless mishap befalls them; they are the world’s channel, or direct connection, to Ath Creator.
pronounced: par-ai-vee-ans
root meaning: para – great; i’on – fate or great mystery
PARRIEN s’BRYDION—younger brother of Duke Bransian s’Brydion of Alestron, Keldmar, and older brother of Mearn. Husband of Tiassa. Broke Arithon’s leg in Third Age Year 5654, and in restitution awarded Rathain’s prince the service of two s’Brydion retainers, Talvish and Vhandon.
pronounced: par-ee-on
root meaning: para ient – great dart
PELLAIN—trade town located on the inland bounds of East Halla, Melhalla.
pronounced: pell-ayn
root meaning: peil – odd; ai’an – hidden one
PERDITH—trade town located on the east shore in East Halla, Melhalla, known for its armourers.
pronounced: per-dith
root meaning: pirdith – anvil
QUAID—trade town in Carithwyr, Havish, lying inland along the road from Los Mar to Redburn. Famous for fired clay and brick.
pronounced: qu-wade
root meaning: cruaid – a clay used for brickmaking
RAIETT RAVEN—brother of the Mayor of Hanshire; uncle of Sulfin Evend. Considered a master statesman and a bringer of wars. Served as High Chancellor of Etarra, ruling in the absence of the ratified mayor. Died in Arithon’s purge of the Grey Kralovir necromancers from Etarra, Third Age 5671.
pronounced: rayett
root meaning: raiett – carrion bird
RANNE—royal guardsman of Avenor, once honour guard of Prince Kevor, reprieved and reassigned to Lysaer’s personal guard by Sulfin Evend.
pronounced: ran
root meaning: ruann – a fledgling hawk
RATHAIN—High Kingdom of Athera ruled by descendants of Torbrand s’Ffalenn since Third Age Year One. Device: black-and-silver leopard on green field. Arithon Teir’s’Ffalenn is sanctioned crown prince, by the hand of Asandir of the Fellowship, in Third Age Year 5638 at Etarra.
pronounced: rath-ayn
root meaning: roth – brother; thein – tower, sanctuary
RAUVEN TOWER—home of the s’Ahelas mages who brought up Arithon s’Ffalenn and trained him to the ways of power. Located on the splinter world, Dascen Elur, through West Gate.
pronounced: raw-ven
root meaning: rauven – invocation
REDBURN—town located in a deep inlet in the northern shore of Rockbay Harbor in Havistock, Havish.
pronounced: red-burn
not from the Paravian
RIATHAN PARAVIANS—unicorns, the purest, most direct connection to Ath Creator; the prime vibration channels directly through the horn.
pronounced: ree-ah-than
root meaning: ria – to touch; ath – prime life-force; an – one; ri’athon – one who touches divinity
RIVERTON—trade town at the mouth of the Ilswater River, in Korias, Tysan; once the site of Lysaer’s royal shipyard, before the site burned by Cattrick’s sabotage in Third Age Year 5654.
ROCKBAY HARBOR—body of water located on the southcoast, between Shand and West Shand.
ROCKFELL PEAK—mountain containing Rockfell Pit, used to imprison harmful entities throughout all three Ages. Located in West Halla, Melhalla; became the warded prison for Desh-thiere.
pronounced: rock-fell
not from the Paravian
s’AHELAS—family name for the royal line appointed by the Fellowship Sorcerers in Third Age Year One to rule the High Kingdom of Shand. Gifted geas: far-sight. Also the lineage that carries the latent potential for the rogue talent for far-sight and prophecy, introduced when the caithdein’s lineage of s’Dieneval became crossed with the royal line in Third Age 5036, resulting in Dari’s birth in winter, 5037.
pronounced: s’ah-hell-as
root meaning: ahelas – mage-gifted
SAMAURA—a third-rank Koriani healer.
pronounced: sam-your-ah
root meaning: s’a’moara – a woman who holds close, or is tenaciously possessive
SANPASHIR—desert waste on the southcoast of Shand. Home to the desert tribes called Biedar.
pronounced: sahn-pash-eer
root meaning: san – black or dark; pash’era – place of grit or gravel
SANSHEVAS—town on the south shore in Alland, Shand, known for citrus, sugar, and rum.
pronounced: san-shee-vas
root meaning: san – black; shievas – flint
SAYSHA—a Koriani Senior with an enhanced talent for telepathy.
pronounced: say-shaa
root meaning: saisha – to listen
s’BRYDI
ON—ruling line of the Dukes of Alestron. The only old blood clansmen to maintain rule of a fortified city through the uprising that defeated the rule of the high kings.
pronounced: s-bry-dee-on
root meaning: baridien – tenacity
s’CALLIENT—lineage of the Caithdeinen of Melhalla, Fellowship chosen to succeed s’Dieneval after the fall of Tirans.
pronounced: scal-lee-ent
root meaning: caillient – most extreme form of ‘fixed’ or stubborn –’ immovable’
SCARPDALE—waste in Lanshire, Havish. Created by a First Age war with Seardluin. Site of the Scarpdale grimward.
pronounced: scarp-dale
not from the Paravian
SCIMLADE TIP—peninsula at the south-east corner of Alland, Shand.
pronounced: skim-laid
root meaning: scimlait – curved knife or scythe
SECOND AGE—Marked by the arrival of the Fellowship of Seven at Crater Lake, their called purpose to fight the drake spawn.
s’DIENEVAL—lost lineage of the Caithdeinen of Melhalla, the last to carry the title being Egan, who died at the side of his high king in the battle to subdue the Mistwraith. The blood-line carried strong talent for prophecy, and was decimated during the sack of Tirans in the uprising in Third Age Year 5018, with Egan’s pregnant wife the sole survivor. Her daughter, Meiglin, was mother of Dari s’Ahelas, crown heir of Shand.
pronounced: s-dee-in-ee-vahl
root meaning: dien – large; eval – endowment, gifted talent
SEARDLUIN—drake-spawned, vicious, intelligent cat-like predators that roved in packs that sought ruthless slaughter of other living things. Battled to extinction by the middle of the Second Age for the sake of Paravian survival. Remnant recall of them can arise in the dreams of grimwarded drake haunts.
pronounced: seerd-loo-win
root meaning: seard – bearded; luin – feline
SEITHUR—Biedar tribal dialect, meaning one whose choice will determine the future.