Hawthorn: a Brandan captain at Tentir
Heart of the Woods: a place of ancient power, near where the battle of the Cataracts took place
Higbert: one of Gorbel’s ten-command
High Keep: the Min-drear border keep far to the north, home of Rue
High Kens: a highly formal and archaic version of the Kencyr language
Highlord: leader of the Kencryath, always (at least until now) a Knorth
Hollens: Lord Danior of Shadow Rock, also known as Holly
Honor’s Paradox: where does honor lie, in obedience to one’s lord or to oneself?
Hurlen: a town of wooden towers on islets at the convergence of the Silver and Tardy Rivers
Immalai: an Arrin-ken of the Ebonbane
imu: a little clay face, dedicated to Mother Ragga
Index: a scrollsman herbalist who studied the Merikit
Iron-jaw: Ganth’s war-horse, now a haunt
Ishtier: a renegade priest of the Priests’ College
Ivory Knife, the: one of the three lost objects of power whose least scratch is fatal, now guarded by Bane
Jame: also called Jamethiel Priest’s-bane and (incorrectly) Jameth; Torisen’s twin sister, but ten years his junior
Jamethiel Dream-weaver: caused the Fall, twin sister of Gerridon and mother of the twins Jame and Tori
jewel-jaws: a type of carnivorous insect
Kirien: a scrollswoman and the Jaran Lordan
Jorin: a blind, Royal Gold hunting ounce, bound to Jame
Jurien: Jaran Highborn and Randon Council member
Kallystine: Caineron’s daughter, Torisen’s consort for a time, who slashed Jame’s face
Karidia: the Coman Matriarch
Karnid: religious fanatics who live in the Southern Wastes. Their torture permanently scarred Torisen’s hands.
Kenan: Lord Randir of Wilden, father of Shade, son of Rawneth
Kencyrath: The Three People, chosen by the Three-Faced God to fight Perimal Darkling
Kendar: one of the Three People, usually servant class
Keraclass="underline" a darkling changer
Kest: a Knorth cadet; one of Jame’s ten-command
Kibben: the Caineron cadet whom Gorbel ordered to stand on his head
Kibbet: his brother; one of Gorbel’s ten-command
Killy: a Knorth cadet; one of Jame’s ten-command
Kindrie Soul-walker: a Shanir healer, first cousin to Jame and Torisen
Kin-Slayer: sword belonging to Torisen
Kinzi: great-grandmother to Torisen
Kithorn: northernmost of the Riverland keeps, now on Merikit land; Marc’s former home
Korey: Lord Coman of Kraggen
Kothifir: a city on the edge of the Southern Wastes, called the Cruel
lawful lie: Kencyr singers (and some diplomats) are allowed a certain poetic license with the truth
lordan: a lord’s designed heir, male or female
Lower Huddles: a field near Hurlen where battle of Cataracts took place
lymers: hounds, scent trackers
Lyra Lack-wit: Lord Caineron’s young daughter, sister to Kallystine
Ma: a Merikit house-wyf
maledight: a Shanir who can kill with a curse
Marc (Marcarn): Kendar friend of Jame, seven foot tall, ninety-five years old, a former warrior
Marrow: cadet guard, Knorth
Massacre, the: nearly thirty years ago, shadow assassins killed all the Knorth ladies except for Tieri; no one knows why, but Jame has her suspicions
Master, the: Gerridon
Master’s House, the: where Jame went when her father drove her out; the House extends back down the Chain of Creation from fallen world to world, stopping just short of Rathillien
Merikit: a native hill tribe, living north of Kithorn
Mer-kanti: the Merkits’ name for Randiroc
Merry: a Knorth Kendar
Min-drear: a minor Kencyr house
Mint: a Knorth cadet, one of Jame’s ten-command
Mirah: a gray mare painted green and ridden by Mer-kanti
Molocar: an enormous war hound
Moon Garden, the: Kinzi’s secret courtyard at Gothregor, where Kindrie was born and which still serves as his soul-image
Mother Ragga: also known as the Earth Wife; one of the Merikit’s four elemental gods
Mount Alban: home of the Scrollsmen’s College
Mouse: an Edirr cadet bound to mice; a Falconeer
Mullen: a Knorth Kendar who killed himself rather than be forgotten
Narsa: a female Ardeth cadet, in love with Timmon
Negalent Nerves-on-edge: a Knorth Highborn who died of a nose bleed on his wedding night
New Road: flanks the Silver River on the western side
New Tentir: the hollow square lined with barracks behind Old Tentir where the cadets live
Nessa Silken-hair: a Merikit
Nialclass="underline" a Knorth cadet, replacement for Kest; survivor/veteran of the Cataracts
Nidling of the Noyat: a hillman
Noyat: a hill tribe living farther north than the Merikit
Oath-breakers, the: Knorth Kendar who refused to follow Ganth into exile and subsequently found places in other houses
Obidin: Gorbel’s five-commander
Old Blood, the: see Shanir
Old Tentir: the original stone keep
ollin: a gold coin from Karkinaroth
Pa: a Merikit housebond
Peacock Gloves: stolen by Jame in Tai-tastigon
Pereden: son of Ardeth, who supposedly died fighting the Waster Horde in the Southern Wastes; Timmon’s father
Perimal Darkling: a kind of shadow that is eating its way up the Chain of Creation from threshold world to world. Under it, the living and the dead, the past and the present become confused.
pook: a hairy, small dog good at tracking across the folds in the land
Priest’s College, the: located at Wilden
Prid: a Merikit girl
Quilclass="underline" a Knorth cadet, one of Jame’s ten-command
Quirclass="underline" a Randir cadet who died trying to assassinate Randiroc; Corvine’s son
Randiroc: the so-called lost Randir Heir or Lordan, a randon and Shanir, hiding in the wilds from the Witch of Wilden who has set shadow assassins to kill him
randon: a military officer and graduate of Tentir
randon college: where randon cadets are trained; Tentir
Ran: a term of address to a randon, male or female
Rathillien: the planet’s name
rathorn: an ivory-armored, carnivorous equine, usually with a bad temper
Rawneth: the Randir Matriarch, also called the Witch of Wilden
Regonereth: the Third Face of God, That-Which-Destroys
Res aB’tyrr: an inn in Tai-tastigon
Restormir: the Caineron keep
River Road: an ancient road on the east side of Silver River
River Silver: runs down the Riverland, then between Hathir and Bashti to the Cataracts