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TARE, PLAINS of: the plains that lie between Tare and Grail Lake. TEKAWAI: the preferred tea of the Ravensbund people. It is alwjbrewed and served with great ceremony and is drunk from smporcelain cups bearing the emblem of the blood-red blazing sun. TEMPLE MOUNT: plateau that once housed the Temple complex <

the great mountain which dominated the Island of Mist and Memoi TEMPLE

OF THE STARS: one of the lost Icarii sacred sites. It wlocated on Temple Mount on the Island of Mist and Memory. TENCENDOR: the ancient name for the continent of Achar befothe Wars of the Axe.

THREE BROTHERS LAKES, The: three minor lakes in south Aldei TIME OF

THE PROPHECY OF THE DESTROYER, The: the tinthat begins with the birth of the Destroyer and the StarMan and thwill end when one destroys the other.

TIMOZEL: son of Embeth and Ganelon of Tare, and a member of dAxe-Wielders.

Champion to Faraday. TREE FRIEND: in Avar legend Tree Friend is the person to lead dAvar back to their traditional homes south of the Fortress Ranges. TrFriend is also the one who will bring the Avarinheim behind StarMa TREE SONG: whatever Song the trees choose to sing you. Many rimthey will sing the future, other times they will sing love and protetion. The trees can also sing death.

TYRRE, SEA of: the ocean off the south-west coast of Achar. UNIT: see

"Military Terms".

UR: an old woman who lives in the Enchanted Wood. URQHART HILLS: a minor crescent-shaped range of mountainscentral Ichtar.

VENATOR: a war horse. The name means "hunter". VEREMUND: one of the Sentinels, brother to Ogden. WARLORD: title given to Borneheld, Duke of Ichtar, by King Priato acknowledge Borneheld's de facto command of the armies of Ach; WARS OF THE AXE: the wars during which the Acharites, under ddirection of the Seneschal and the Axe-Wielders, drove the Icarii atthe Avar from the land of Tencendor and penned them behind dFortress Ranges. Lasting several decades, die wars were extraordinariviolent and bloody. They took place some thousand years before dtime of the Prophecy of the Destroyer. WAY OF THE HORN: a general term sometimes used to describe tllifestyle of the Avar people. WAY OF

THE PLOUGH, The: the religious obedience and way of lias taught by the Seneschal according to the tenets of the Book of Fieand Furrow. The Way of the Plough is centred about the Plough arcultivation of die land. Its major tenets teach that as die land is clean
and ploughed in straight furrows, so the mind and the heart are similarly cleared of misbeliefs and evil thoughts and can consequently cultivate true thoughts. Natural and untamed landscape is evil; thus forests and mountains are considered evil because they represent nature out of control and they cannot be cultivated. According to the Way of the Plough, mountains and forests must either be destroyed or subdued, and if that is riot possible, they must be shunned as the habitats of evil creatures,-Only, tamed landscape, cultivated landscape, is good, because it has been Subjected to mankind. The Way of the Plough is all about order, and about earth and nature subjected to the order of mankind.

WAY OF THE WING: a general term sometimes used to describe the lifestyle of the'Icatii.

WESTERN MOUNTAINS: the central Acharite mountain range that stretches west from the River Nordra to the Andeis Sea.

WIDEWALL BAY: a large bay that lies between Achar and Coroleas. Its calm waters provide excellent fishing.

WIDOWMAKER SEA: vast ocean to the east of Achar. From the unknown islands and lands across the Widowmaker Sea come the sea raiders who harass Coroleas and occasionally Achar.

WILDDOG PLAINS, The: plains that stretch from northern Ichtar to the River Nordra and bounded by the Fortress Ranges and the Urqhart Hills. Named after the packs of roving dogs that inhabit the area.

WING: the smallest unit in the Icarii Strike Force consisting of twelve Icarii (male and female).

WING-LEADER: the commander of an Icarii Wing.

WOLFSTAR SUNSOAR: ninth and most powerful of the Enchanter-Talons buried in the Ancient Barrows. He was assassinated early in his reign.

WOLVEN, The: a bow that once belonged to WolfStar SunSoar.

WORSHIP HALL: large hall built in each village where the villagers go each seventh day to listen to the Service of the Plough. Also used for weddings, funerals and the consecration of newborn infants to the Way of the Plough, it is usually the most well built-building in each village.

WRAITHS: see "Skraelings".

XANON: one of the nine Icarii Star Gods, Xanon is Goddess of the Firmament and shares seniority with her husband, Adamon.

YR: one of the Sentinels.

YSBADD: capital city of Nor.

YSGRYFF: Baron: lord of Nor, and a somewhat wild and unpredictable man like all those of his province.

YULETIDE: see "Festivals".

ZEHERAH: the fifth and lost Sentinel.

ZEST: one of the nine Icarii Star Gods, Zest is Goddess of Earth.