Toron (Val-Toron):a hunter from Pack Gelbo who loaned Dy-Dybo her mount. [1]
Tower: space elevator extending from equatorial Fra’toolar to the L3 point, 13,000 kilopaces above the Quintaglio moon, built in 7130 by Jijaki nanotechnology. [3]
Tralen: a member of the Geological Survey of Land who wears a blue sash. [2]
traveler’s crystaclass="underline" a six-sided deep red crystal that serves as a good-luck charm for travelers. [1]
Treatise on the Planets: a scholarly work in eighteen volumes (three per planet); the most famous work by Tak-Saleed. [1]
twist-saw: a saw used for amputations. [1]
uprock: igneous rock. [2]
Vanbelk (Bor-Vanbelk): inventor of the small-seer. [3]
Vando, Pack: a Pack in Arj’toolar, home of Wab-Babnol. [2]
Varkev: one of the five original male mates; the first explorer. [2]
Vatastor, Bay of: the large bay between the capes of Mekt and Belbar; the cliffs exposing the Bookmark layer are on its western shore. [2]
Vleetnav (Hel-Vleetnav):ancient artist who painted the Tapestries of the Prophet. [1]
vocational exams: administered at the age of ten or eleven; used to determine the profession one will be assigned. [1]
Voyage of Larsk, The: a ballad telling of Larsk’s discovery of the Face of God. [1]
Watcher, The: a god-like entity whose consciousness has survived from the previous cycle of creation; responsible for seeding lifeforms from Earth around the galaxy. [2]
water serpent: plesiosaur. [1]
waterweed: seaweed. [2]
Wendest: (7098-7128) the female apprentice governor from Fra’toolar. [2]
wingflnger: pterosaur; flying carnivorous reptile. [1]
Wingfingers of Land, The: a book of paintings by Pal-Noltark. [3]
Withooclass="underline" a junior palace page. [2]
writing leather: although the Quintaglios have paper, it is rare; thin sheets of leather are more commonly used for writing. [1]
Yabooclass="underline" (7110-7126) a male Quintaglio, one of Sal-Afsan’s children; a mathematician and naturalist. Murdered. [1]
year: the time it takes for the Face of God to complete one orbit around its sun; between 18,310 and 18,335 Quintaglio days. A Quintaglio female becomes sexually receptive at the end of each year of life. [2]
Yenalb (Det-Yenalb): (7067-7110) Master of the Faith; he blinded Sal-Afsan using a dat-kar-mas. He was killed during the skirmish between the palace loyal and the Lubalites. [1]
Zamar (Det-Zamar): one of Pack Carno’s senior priests. [1]