Being a list of everything else, including constellations, moons and celestial events, ships, festivals, narcotics and assorted herbs the intrepid traveller might find it wise to carry – or avoid.

  • Accords, the: Accords of Samarak; peace settlement ending the first desert war
  • All Hallows: Festival in the Eadorian Church, a day sacred to all saints
  • ammanai: Pejorative term for someone not desert-born, a northerner
  • Apocryphae, the: Ecclesiastical texts not in accordance with current Church thinking, considered to be heretical
  • Ascendant: Heir to the throne of Astolar. Morwenna is First Ascendant, Tanith is second and so on
  • athalin: An analgesic herb
  • barouk: Voluminous white outer robe worn in the desert
  • berassa oil: Oil used to soften the beard and lubricate the skin before shaving
  • bhakkan: Gimraeli expletive; plural bhakkani
  • bidewell: Plant whose root has anti-emetic properties
  • bilcha-root: Dried, shredded root that the Nimrothi smoke like tobacco
  • bloodprice: In the desert, when a life is saved, the saviour can ask this in payment of the person saved
  • bog bells: Arennorian plant, whose roots produce an insect-repellent juice
  • bulgava: Traditional Gimraeli sweet pastries
  • chaba: A kind of tobacco popular in Gimrael
  • cold magic: A kind of Hidden Kingdom magic favoured by the frost-kin
  • Cold Stars Gaze, The: Nordman raiding ship
  • Council of Masters: Governing body of the Order of the Veil
  • crag-cat: An-Archen mountain lion
  • crowsfoot: A soporific herb
  • cuinh: In Nimroth, a crude word for the female genitals; a pejorative
  • Cult, the: The Cult of Silnor, a fundamentalist religious movement in Gimrael
  • Curia: Elders of the Suvaeon, the Order’s administrative, disciplinary and legislative body
  • daigh: In Nimroth, a crude name for the male genitals
  • duga-nut: Type of Nimrothi nut, customarily roasted for eating
  • Elder: Honorific given to members of the Suvaeon Curia
  • Eldest: Gods of the Nimrothi
  • Eventide: Midwinter festival
  • faithless: Pejorative term the Nimrothi use for their distant kin the Arennorians
  • Finndail’s Banner: Atmospheric phenomenon, appearing as banners of green and red light in the sky
  • firedrake: A dragon
  • Firstmoon: A festival held amongst the clans at the first new moon of the year
  • Fools’ Night: Festival in southern Syfria, characterised by masks
  • Founding Wars, the: Battles to repel Nimrothi invaders, founding the First Empire
  • frost-kin: Creatures from the coldest plane of the Hidden Kingdom, with whom Savin has formed an alliance.
  • gaeden: Someone with the talent to hear the Song; a Guardian
  • Garden of Kendor, the: Rarely-traded book of sadistic erotica
  • Gate: Artificial gateway in the Veil, allowing passage between the worlds of humans and fey
  • Gatekeeper: One whose task is to monitor and if necessary seal the Gates in the Veil; Masen
  • gilberry: Edible berry of the northern plains, whose juice stains a dark purple
  • glim: A ball of light summoned by a gaeden
  • goldwine: Very fine Tylan brandy, like cognac
  • Greic: Formal language of the Church, like Latin
  • guyyam: Desert fruit known for its prickly rind
  • Hall of Heroes: Afterlife of Nimrothi warriors, features an endless feast with Maegern
  • harrow-bird: A raven
  • hidderling: Creature of the Hidden Kingdom, a changeling
  • High Seat: Head of one of the noble families of Astolar, ten of which make up the White Court
  • hjussvoten: An obscenity from the Northern Isles
  • iniku: Of or pertaining to the inikuri
  • inikuri: Spirit dancers, birdlike women from remote Northern Isles
  • itmakh: Gimraeli word, meaning forbidden, or sinful
  • jihad: The Dragon jihad, counter-insurgency movement in Gimrael, opposing the Cult
  • kaif: Looped and twisted desert head-dress
  • kalabal: Type of tree which produces the raw resin to make mezzin
  • kavit: Liquor distilled in Bregorin from fermented birch leaves
  • khajal: Gimraeli expletive
  • khalanjir al sho’meht: What the Gimraelis call Zhimdan-dar, a city that opens its arms to anyone with money; lit. ‘the whore of the north’
  • Kittiwake, the: Trade ship on the Inner Sea, captained by Dail
  • kuuvalainen: Winter elementals, associated with the White Hunter
  • Laraig Anor, the: Mountain range, descends roughly south south east from the Archen Mountains
  • lector: An Eadorian priest
  • Lost Ones, the: The Maenardh, exiles from the Nimrothi clans
  • Lumiel: The second moon
  • lyrran: Gimraeli big cat; a sand-tiger
  • marchion: Sparkling wine made in Tylos
  • mezzin: Aromatic tree resin, smoked as a recreational narcotic
  • Miriel: The first moon, sometimes referred to as the Evenlight
  • Morning Star, The: Sea-elf ship that carries Tanith home from the Western Isles
  • mugatine: Heavy silk fabric from Sardauk
  • mugu bean: A staple crop of the desert regions
  • najji: Specially-trained pleasure slave; plural najjir
  • najjir: Specially-trained pleasure slaves; singular najji
  • Nordmen: People of the Northern Isles
  • Oak and Eagle, the: Inn in Mesarild
  • Poets’ Square: Square in El Maqqam where the Suvaeon Knights were executed during the first desert war
  • Preceptor: The head of the Suvaeon Order, currently Ansel
  • qalen al jinn: Gimraeli phrase, translates as ‘heart of the dragon’
  • qatan: Curved, single-edged Gimraeli sword; sometimes called a soul-sword
  • qilim: Thick, densely-woven Gimraeli rug
  • ravener: Minion of the White Hunter, avatar of hunger or starvation
  • Red Dragon, the: An inn in Pencruik on the Western Isles
  • Rede: Meeting of the Suvaeon Elders
  • Rede-hall: Hall where the Rede is held
  • reiving: Violent raid on another person’s memories
  • ride: Unit of warriors in Arennor, thirty men
  • ride-captain: Leader of a ride; Magda is a ride-captain, as is Duncan
  • runestones: Carved stones marking portals in the wildwood of Bregorin
  • saelkies: Water-spirits that live in the Mere, playful and capricious
  • Samarak, Accords of: Peace treaty that ended the first desert wars
  • Sanctuary Isle: Headquarters of the Sisters of St Tamas; a leper colony there
  • sayyan: Gimraeli equivalent of ma’am; male form sayyar
  • sayyar: Gimraeli equivalent of sir; female form sayyan
  • Scarlet Feather, the: Inn in the glovers’ quarter of the White Havens
  • Seven Kingdoms: Seven planes of the Hidden Kingdom; Savin swears by them
  • shadowkin: One who is an agent of the Hidden Kingdom, or a changeling
  • Shipmaster: Title given to the co-master of a sea-elf ship, shares responsibility with Shipsinger
  • Shipsinger: Title given to the co-master of a sea-elf ship, shares responsibility with Shipmaster
  • sight-glass: Device for communicating with the peoples of the Hidden kingdom
  • Simiel: The third moon, sometimes referred to as the Dawnbringer
  • Singing Stones, the: Crystal formation in a cave beneath Arennor, guarded by Maera
  • skaldings: Nordmen gargoyles; spirits of warding
  • Skimmer, the: Ship on which Gair travels south to Gimrael
  • Slaine’s stones: A moderately foul Arennorian exclamation
  • Song, the: Magical force embodied in the earth and every living thing, manifest as music
  • Soothseer: Wise woman/mystic of Leah
  • Stony River rebellion: Uprising against Drw’s rule, during which Teir was injured
  • sulqa: Fine-boned breed of horse, native to Gimrael
  • Superior: The senior nun or monk in an Eadorian religious house; equivalent of abbot/abbess
  • Suvaeon: The Church Knights
  • Sword of Slaine: Constellation containing the pole star
  • tajani: Traditional Gimraeli dish of mutton, vegetables and warming spices
  • Talent, the: What the northern plains clans call the gift for magic
  • Tamasians: Order founded by St Tamas, to care for lepers and other unfortunates
  • Ten, the: The ten noble Houses that make up the royal court of Astolar
  • thieftalk: Sign language commonlyu sed by the criminal classes of Haven-port
  • Trader Rose, the: Barge working the river from Mesarild to the White Havens
  • trinity moon: When all three moons are visible in the sky together
  • uisca: Liquor distilled from grain by the northern clans
  • Veil, the: Boundary between the human world and the realms of the fey
  • wandering moon, the: Nimrothi name for Lumiel, the second moon
  • Whistlers, the: Shades of long-dead warriors that haunt Whistlers’ Pass
  • White Court, the: Royal Court of Astolar, made up of the Queen and the High Seats, sometimes referred to simply as the Ten
  • wildwood, the: The deep woods of Bregorin, where time flows differently
  • woodlings: Bregorinnen creatures, wood sprites
  • woodsong: Music played by the Bregorinnen forestals to protect travellers and navigate the wildwood
  • yarra-root: Root burned in Astolar as an aid to meditation
  • yellowbalm: An antiseptic preparation
  • yellowtail: Species of edible fish native to the Inner Sea
  • zaal: Unit of currency in Sardauk
  • zirin: Ornamented metal clasp to hold back long hair

 

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