Fugitive Prince (83 page)

SECOND AGE—Marked by the arrival of the Fellowship of Seven at Crater Lake, their called purpose to fight the drake spawn. SELKWOOD—forest located in Alland, Shand.

pronounced: sellk-wood

root meaning:
selk
—pattern

SETHVIR—Sorcerer of the Fellowship of Seven, served as Warden of Althain since the disappearance of the Paravians in the Third Age after the Mistwraith’s conquest.

pronounced: seth-veer

root meaning:
seth
—fact;
vaer
—keep

SEVERNIR—river that once ran across the central part of Daon Ramon Barrens, Rathain. Diverted at the source after the Mistwraith’s conquest, to run east into Eltair Bay.

pronounced: se-ver-neer

root meaning:
sevaer
—to travel;
nir
—south

s’FFALENN—family name for the royal line appointed by the Fellowship Sorcerers in Third Age Year One to rule the High Kingdom of Rathain. Gifted geas: compassion/empathy.

pronounced: s-fal-en

root meaning:
ffael
—dark,
an
—one

s’GANNLEY—family name for the line of Earls of the West, who stood as
caithdeinen
and stewards for the High Kings of Tysan.

pronounced: s-gan-lee

root meaning:
gaen
—to guide;
li
—exalted, or in harmony

SHADOWBANE—gold talisman coin struck at Avenor, bearing Lysaer’s head, and a bane against darkness. Thrown out as largesse each day at noon in the square by the royal palace.

SHAND—High Kingdom on the southeast corner of the Paravian continent, originally ruled by the line of s’Ahelas. Device is falcon on a crescent moon, backed by purple-and-gold chevrons.

pronounced: shand—as in “hand”

root meaning:
shayn
or
shiand
—two/pair

SHANDIAN—refers to nationality, being of the Kingdom of Shand.

pronounced: shand-ee-an

root meaning:
shand
—two

SHAYN—Paravian rune for two.

pronounced: shane

root meaning:
shayn
—two

SHIEN—joint captain of Avenor’s field troops, who maintained the home garrison while Lord Diegan marched to Vastmark.

pronounced: she-en

root meaning:
shien
—cord

s’ILESSID—family name for the royal line appointed by the Fellowship Sorcerers in Third Age Year One to rule the High Kingdom of Tysan. Gifted geas: justice.

pronounced: s-ill-ess-id

root meaning:
liessiad
—balance

SITHAER—mythological equivalent of hell, halls of Dharkaron Avenger’s judgment; according to Ath’s adepts, that state of being where the prime vibration is not recognized.

pronounced: sith-air

root meaning:
sid
—lost;
thiere
—wraith/spirit

SKANNT—headhunter captain, served under Pesquil. pronounced: scant

root meaning:
sciant
—a lean, hard-run hound of mixed breeding

SKYRON FOCUS—large aquamarine focus stone, used by the Koriani Senior Circle for their major magic after the loss of the Great Waystone during the rebellion.

pronounced: sky-run

root meaning:
skyron
—colloquialism for shackle;
s’kyr’i’on
—literally “sorrowful fate”

s’LORNMEIN—family name for the royal line appointed by the Fellowship Sorcerers in Third Age Year One to rule the High Kingdom of Havish. Gifted geas: temperance. pronounced: s-lorn-main

root meaning:
liernmein
—to center, or restrain, or bring into balance

SORCERERS’ PRESERVE—warded territory located by Teal’s Gap in Tornir Peaks in Tysan where the Khadrim are kept confined by Fellowship magic.

SOUTHSHIRE—southcoast port town located in Alland, Kingdom of Shand; known for its shipbuilding and orange groves.

STEIVEN—Earl of the North,
caithdein
and regent to the High Kingdom of Rathain at the time of Arithon Teir’s’Ffalenn’s return. Chieftain of the Deshans until his death in the battle of Strakewood Forest. Jieret Redbeard’s father.

pronounced: stay-vin

root meaning:
steiven
—stag

STORMWELL—Gulf of Stormwell, body of water off the northcoast of Tysan.

STRAKEWOOD—forest in the principality of Deshir, Rathain; site of the battle of Strakewood Forest.

pronounced: strayk-wood, similar to “stray wood”

root meaning:
streik
—to quicken, to seed

SULFIN EVEND—Hanshire guard captain who leads a company of Men in pursuit of Arithon s’Ffalenn.

pronounced: sool-finn ev-end

root meaning:
suilfinn eiavend
—colloquialism, “diamond mind”—one who is persistent

SUNCHILDREN—translated term for Athlien Paravians. SUNWHEEL—blazon of the Alliance of Light, consisting of a gold geometric on a white field.

s’VALERIENT—family name for the Earls of the North, regents and
caithdeinen
for the High Kings of Rathain.

pronounced: val-er-ee-ent

root meaning:
val
—straight;
erient
—spear

TAERLIN—southeastern principality of Kingdom of Tysan. Also a lake of that name, Taerlin Waters in the southern spur of Tornir Peaks. Halliron teaches Arithon a ballad of that name, which is of Paravian origin, and which commemorates the First Age slaughter of unicorn herd by Khadrim.

pronounced: tay-er-lin

root meaning:
taer
—calm;
lien
—to love

TAL QUORIN—river formed by the confluence of watershed on the southern side of Strakewood, principality of Deshir, Rathain, where traps were laid for Etarra’s army in the battle of Strakewood Forest.

pronounced: tal quar-in

root meaning:
tal
—branch;
quorin
—canyons

TAL’s CROSSING—town at the branch in the trade road that leads to Etarra and south, and northeastward to North Ward.

pronounced: tal—to rhyme with “pal”

root meaning:
tal
—branch

TALITH—Lord Diegan’s sister; wife of Lysaer s’Ilessid.

pronounced: tal-ith—to rhyme with “gal with”

root meaning:
tal
—branch;
lith
—to keep/nurture

TALLIARTHE
—name given to Arithon’s pleasure sloop by Feylind; in Paravian myth, a sea sprite who spirits away maidens who stray too near to the tidemark at twilight.

pronounced: tal-ee-arth

root meaning:
tal
—branch;
li
—exalted, in harmony;
araithe
—to disperse or to send

TEIR—title fixed to a name denoting heirship. Feminine form is TEIREN. pronounced: tay-er

root meaning:
teir’s
—“successor to power”

TELLISEC—guild minister of Tysan, and one of Lysaer’s inner cabal.

pronounced: tell-i-sec

root meaning:
tellisec
—a small spider

TELMANDIR—ruined city that once was the seat of the High Kings of Havish. Located in the principality of Lithmere, Havish.

pronounced: tell-man-deer

root meaning:
telman’en
—leaning;
dir
—rock

TELZEN—city on the coast of Alland, Shand, renowned for its lumber and saw millworks.

pronounced: tell-zen

root meaning:
tielsen
—to saw wood

THALDEINS—mountain range that borders the principality of Camris, Tysan, to the east. Site of the Camris clans’ west outpost. Site of the raid at the Pass of Orlan.

pronounced: thall-dayn

root meaning:
thal
—head;
dein
—bird

THARRICK—former captain of the guard in the city of Alestron assigned charge of the duke’s secret armory; now married to Jinesse and working as a gentleman mercenary guard at Innish.

pronounced: thar-rick

root meaning:
thierik
—unkind twist of fate

THIRD AGE—marked by the Fellowship’s sealing of the compact with the Paravian races, and the arrival of Men to Athera.

THIRDMARK—seaside city on the shores of Rockbay Harbor at the northern edge of Vastmark, in Shand.

TIDEPORT—trade port on the south shore of Korias, Kingdom of Tysan.

TIENDAR—Paravian word invoking the tie between spirit and flesh.

pronounced: tee-en-dar

root meaning:
tiendar
—spirit tie

TIENELLE—high-altitude herb valued by mages for its mind-expanding properties. Highly toxic. No antidote. The leaves, dried and smoked, are most potent. To weaken its powerful side effects and allow safer access to its vision, Koriani enchantresses boil the flowers, then soak tobacco leaves with the brew.

pronounced: tee-an-ell-e (“e” mostly subliminal)

root meaning:
tien
—dream;
iel
—light/ray

TIRANS—trade city in East Halla, Melhalla.

pronounced: tee-rans

root meaning:
tier
—to hold fast, to keep, to covet

TORBRAND s’FFALENN—founder of the s’Ffalenn line appointed by the Fellowship of Seven to rule the High Kingdom of Rathain in Third Age Year One.

pronounced: tor-brand

root meaning:
tor—
sharp, keen;
brand
—temper

TORNIR PEAKS—mountain range on western border of the principality of Camris, Tysan. Northern half is actively volcanic, and there the last surviving packs of Khadrim are kept under ward.

pronounced: tor-neer

root meaning:
tor
—sharp, keen;
nier
—tooth

TORWENT—smuggler’s haven and fishing town in Lanshire, Havish.

pronounced: tore-went

root meaning:
tor
—sharp;
wient
—bend

TRAITHE—Sorcerer of the Fellowship of Seven. Solely responsible for the closing of South Gate to deny further entry to the Mistwraith. Traithe lost most of his faculties in the process, and was left with a limp. Since it is not known whether he can make the transfer into discorporate
existence with his powers impaired, he has retained his physical body.

pronounced: tray-the

root meaning:
traithe
—gentleness

TROW ISLANDS—archipelago at the far side of Northstrait in Tysan.

pronounced: trow—to rhyme with how

root meaning:
turow
—crab

TYSAN—one of the Five High Kingdoms of Athera, as defined by the charters of the Fellowship of Seven. Ruled by the s’Ilessid royal line. Sigil: gold star on blue field.

pronounced: tie-san

root meaning:
tiasen
—rich

VALENDALE—river arising in the Pass of Orlan in the Thaldein Mountains, in the principality of Atainia, Tysan.

pronounced: val-en-dale

root meaning:
valen
—braided;
dale
—foam

VALENFORD—city located in Taerlin, Tysan.

pronounced: val-en-ford

root meaning:
valen
—braided

VASTMARK—principality located in southwestern Shand. Highly mountainous and not served by trade roads. Its coasts are renowned for shipwrecks. Inhabited by nomadic shepherds and wyverns, non-fire-breathing, smaller relatives of Khadrim. Site of the grand massacre of Lysaer’s war host in Third Age 5647.

pronounced: vast-mark

root meaning:
vhast
—bare;
mheark
—valley

VERRAIN—spellbinder, trained by Luhaine; stood as Guardian of Mirth-Ivain when the Fellowship of Seven was left shorthanded after the conquest of the Mistwraith.

pronounced: ver-rain

root meaning:
ver
—keep;
ria
—touch;
an
—one; original Paravian: ver ria’an

VHALZEIN—city located in West Shand, shore of Rockbay Harbor on the border by Havish. pronounced: val-zeen

root meaning: from drakish,
vhchalsckeen
—white sands

VORRICE—Lord High Examiner of Avenor; charged with trying and executing cases of dark magecraft.

pronounced: vor-iss

root meaning:
vorisse—
to lay waste by fire

WARD—a guarding spell.

WARDEN OF ALTHAIN—alternative title for the Fellowship Sorcerer, Sethvir.

WENJ—servant at an inn along the coast road in Tysan that borders the Korias flats.

pronounced: wenge

root meaning:
wenje
—beetle

WERPOINT—fishing town and outpost on the northeast coast of Fallowmere, Rathain. Musterpoint for Lysaer’s war host.

pronounced: were-point

root meaning:
wyr
—all/sum

WEST GATE PROPHECY—prophecy made by Dakar the Mad Prophet in Third Age 5061, which forecast the return of royal talent through the West Gate, and the bane of Desh-thiere and a return to untrammeled sunlight.

WESTCLIFF—port city located on the coast of Carithwyr, Kingdom of Havish.

WESTFEN—fishing town on the coast of Deshir, Kingdom of Rathain. WESTWOOD—forest located in Camris, Tysan, north of the Great West Road.

WORLDSEND GATES—set at the four compass points of the continent of Paravia. These were spelled portals constructed by the Fellowship of Seven at the dawn of the Third Age, and were done in connection with the obligations created by their compact with the Paravian races which allowed men to settle on Athera.