Fallen Blade 04 - Blade Reforged (41 page)

Smuggler’s Rest
—The unofficial name of the docks near the Spinnerfish.

Snicket
—Alley.

Snug
—A resting place or residence.

Son or Daughter of Heaven
—The title of the chief priest or priestess who leads the combined religions of the
eleven kingdoms.

Sovann Hill
—One of the four great hills of Tien.

Spinnerfish, the
—A shadowside tavern by the docks.

Sshayar
—A Shade, familiar of Jax.

Ssithra
—A Shade, familiar of Faran.

Starshine
—Elemental being of light.

Stingers
—Slang term for Tienese city watch.

Stone Dog
—A living statue, roughly the size of a small horse. The familiar of the Elite.

Straight-Back Jack
—A shadow jack who gets the job done and keeps his promises.

Stumbles, the
—Neighborhood of Tien that houses the Gryphon’s Head tavern.

Sumey Dan Marchon Tal Pridu
—Baroness Marchon and sister of Maylien.

Sunside
—The shadowside term for more legitimate operations.

Sunside Jack
—A jack who works aboveboard, similar to a modern detective.

Sylvani Empire
—Sometimes called the Sylvain, a huge empire covering much of the southern half of
the continent. Ruled by a nonhuman race, it is ancient, and hostile to the human lands
of the north.

Tailor’s Wynd
—An upscale neighborhood in Tien.

Tangara
—God of glyphs and runes and other magical writing.

Tangle
—Charms of confusion and befuddlement, mostly used by thieves in the Magelands.

Tavan
—One of the five great university cities of the Magelands.

Tavan North
—The Magelanders’ quarter of Tien.

Thalis Nut
—A nut that produces a poisonous oil.

Thalis Oil
—A toxic oil used by the Blades both as a poison and for the oiling of hinges and
other hardware.

Thauvik IV, or Thauvik Tal Pridu, the Bastard King
—King of Zhan and bastard half brother of the late Ashvik.

Thieveslamp/Thieveslight
—A dim red magelight in a tiny bull’s-eye lantern.

Thiussus
—A Shade, familiar of Nuriko Shadowfox.

Tien
—A coastal city, the thousand-year-old capital of Zhan.

Tien, Duchess of
—Jiahui Dan Tien, cousin of the king.

Timesman
—The keeper of the hours at the temple of Shan, Emperor of Heaven.

Travelers
—A seminomadic order of mages dedicated to making the roads safe for all.

Triss
—Aral’s familiar. A Shade that inhabits Aral’s shadow.

Tuckaside
—A place to stash goods, usually stolen.

Tucker
—Tucker bottle, a quarter-sized liquor bottle, suitable for two or for one heavy drinker.

Underhills
—An upscale neighborhood in Tien.

Vangzien
—Zhani city at the confluence where the Vang River flows into the Zien River in the
foothills of the Hurnic Mountains. Home of the summer palace.

Vesh’An
—Shapechanging Others. Originally a part of the same breed that split into the Sylvani
and Durkoth, the Vesh’An have adopted a nomadic life in the sea.

Warboard
—Chesslike game.

Wardblack
—A custom-built magical rug that blocks the function of a specific ward.

Westbridge
—A bridge over the Zien, upriver from the palace and the neighborhood around it.

Worrymoth
—An herb believed to drive away moths.

Wound-Tailor
—Shadowside slang for a healer for hire.

Xankou
—A clanate on the Chenjou Peninsula, near Kadesh.

Xaran Tal Xaia
—Bastard half brother of Prixia Dan Xaia.

Zass
—A Shade, familiar of Devin.

Zhan
—One of the eleven human kingdoms of the East. Home to the city of Tien.

Zishin
—A sergeant of the watch answering to Captain Fei.

Bronze Sixth Kip (sixer)

Bronze Kip

Bronze Shen

Silver Half Riel

Silver Riel

Gold Half Riel

Gold Riel

Gold Oriel

(370 days in 11 months of 32 days each, plus two extra 9-day holiday weeks: Summer-Round
in the middle of Midsummer, and Winter-Round between Darktide and Coldfast) 1
Coldfast

2
Meltentide

3
Greening

4
Seedsdown

5
Opening

6
Midsummer

7
Sunshammer

8
Firstgrain

9
Harvestide

10
Talewynd

11
Darktide

1
Calrensday
—In the beginning.

2
Atherasday
—Hearth and home.

3
Durkothsday
—Holdover from the prehuman tale of days.

4
Shansday
—The middle time.

5
Namarsday
—Traditional day for nobles to sit in judgment.

6
Sylvasday
—Holdover from the prehuman tale of days.

7
Balorsday
—Day of the dead.

8
Madensday
—The day of madness when no work is done.