Grand Conspiracy (93 page)

pronounced: jay-lot

root meaning:
jielot
––affectation

JASQUE––servant of a blind spinster who lives in Jaelot.

pronounced: rhymes with ‘cask'

root meaning:
jiask
––binding faith

JERIAYISH––initiate priest of the Light who has a seer's talent.

pronounced: jeer-ee-ah-yish

root meaning:
jier'yaish
––unclean magic

JIERET s'VALERIENT––Earl of the North, clan chief of Deshir;
caithdein
of Rathain, sworn liegeman of Prince Arithon s'Ffalenn. Also son and heir of Lord Steiven. Blood pacted to Arithon by Sorcerer's oath prior to battle of Strakewood Forest. Came to be known by headhunters as Jieret Red-beard.

pronounced: jeer-et

root meaning:
jieret
––thorn

JEYNSA––daughter of Jieret s'Valerient and Feithan, born Third Age 5653; appointed successor to her father's title of Steward of Rathain, or
caithdien
.

pronounced: jay-in-sa

root meaning: garnet

JUSSEY––Captain of the Guard in the city of Daenfal, Rathain; renowned for his mastery of the sword.

pronounced: juss-ee

KATHTAIRR––landmass in the southern ocean, across the world from Paravia.

pronounced: kath-tear

root meaning:
kait
-
th'era
––empty place

KELDMAR s'BRYDION––younger brother of Duke Bransian of Alestron; older brother of Parrien and Mearn.

pronounced: keld-mar

root meaning:
kiel'd'maeran
––one without pity

KELLIS––clan elder and Duchess of Mainmere.

pronounced: kell-iss

root meaning:
kiel'liess
––balm of grief

KEVOR––son and heir of Lysaer s'Ilessid and Princess Ellaine; born at Avenor in Third Age 5655.

pronounced: kev-or

root meaning:
kiavor
––high virtue

KEWAR TUNNEL––cavern built beneath the Mathorn Mountains by Davien the Betrayer; site of High King Kamridian s'Ffalenn's death.

pronounced: key-wahr

root meaning:
kewiar
––a weighing of conscience

KHADRIM––drake-spawned creatures, flying, fire-breathing reptiles that were the scourge of the Second Age. By the Third Age, they had been driven back and confined in the Sorcerers' Preserve in the volcanic peaks in north Tysan.

pronounced: kaa-drim

root meaning:
khadrim
––dragon

KHARADMON––Sorcerer of the Fellowship of Seven; discorporate since rise of Khadrim and Seardluin leveled the Paravian city at Ithamon in Second Age 3651. It was by Kharadmon's intervention that the survivors of the attack were sent to safety by means of transfer from the fifth lane power focus. Currently constructing the star ward to guard against invasion of wraiths from Marak.

pronounced: kah-rad-mun

root meaning:
kar'riad en mon
––phrase translates to mean ‘twisted thread on the needle' or colloquialism for ‘a knot in the works'

KHETIENN
––name for a brigantine owned by Arithon; also a small spotted wildcat native to Daon Ramon Barrens that became the s'Ffalenn royal sigil.

pronounced: key-et-ee-en

root meaning:
kietienn
––small leopard

KIELING TOWER––one of the four compass points, or Sun Towers, standing at ruin of Ithamon, Daon Ramon Barrens, in Rathain. The warding virtue that binds its stones is compassion.

pronounced: key-eh-ling

root meaning:
kiel'ien
––root for pity, with suffix for ‘lightness' added, translates to mean ‘compassion'

KORIANI––possessive form of the word ‘Koriathain'; see entry.

pronounced: kor-ee-ah-nee

KORIAS––southwestern principality of Tysan.

pronounced: kor-ee-as

root meaning: cor––ship, vessel;
i'esh
––nest, haven

KORIATHAIN––order of enchantresses ruled by a circle of Seniors, under the power of one Prime Enchantress. They draw their talent from the orphaned children they raise, or from daughters dedicated to service by their parents. Initiation rite involves a vow of consent that ties the spirit to a power crystal keyed to the Prime's control.

pronounced: kor-ee-ah-thain––to rhyme with ‘main'

root meaning:
koriath
––order;
ain
––belonging to

KOSHLIN––influential trade minister from Erdane, renowned for his hatred of the clans, and for his support of the headhunters' leagues. Assigned ambassador to Avenor's court.

pronounced: kosh-lynn

root meaning:
kioshlin
––opaque

LACHONN––Fionn Areth's brother.

pronounced: lash-on

root meaning:
lachonn
––goatherd

LAW OF THE MAJOR BALANCE––founding order of the powers of the Fellowship of Seven, as written by the Paravians. The primary tenet is that no force of nature should be used without consent, or against the will of another living being. LIRENDA––former First Senior Enchantress to the Prime, Koriani order; now assigned to capture Arithon s'Ffalenn to reinstate her credentials as prime successor.

pronounced: leer-end-ah

root meaning:
lyron
––singer;
di-
ia
––a dissonance; the hyphen denotes a glottal stop

LITHMERE––principality located in the Kingdom of Havish.

pronounced: lith-mere

root meaning:
lithmiere
––to preserve intact, or keep whole; maintain in a state of harmony

LUHAINE––Sorcerer of the Fellowship of Seven, discorporate since the fall of Telmandir. Luhaine's body was pulled down by the mob while he was in ward trance, covering the escape of the royal heir to Havish.

pronounced: loo-hay-ne

root meaning:
luirhainon
––defender

LYRANTHE––instrument played by the bards of Athera. Strung with fourteen strings, tuned to seven tones (doubled). Two courses are ‘drone strings' set to octaves. Five are melody strings, the lower three courses being octaves, the upper two, in unison.

pronounced: leer-anth-e (last ‘e' being nearly subliminal)

root meaning:
lyr
––song,
anthe
––box

LYSAER s'ILESSID––prince of Tysan, 1497th in succession after Halduin, founder of the line in Third Age Year One. Gifted at birth with control of Light, and Bane of Desh-thiere. Also known as Blessed Prince.

pronounced: lie-say-er

root meaning:
lia
––blond, yellow or light,
saer
––circle

MAENOL––heir, after Maenalle s'Gannley, Steward and
caithdein
of Tysan.

pronounced: may-nall

root meaning:
maeni'alli
––to patch together

MAINMERE––town at the head of the Valenford River, located in the principality of Taerlin, Tysan. Built by townsmen on a site originally kept clear to free the second land focus in the ruins farther south.

pronounced: main-meer-e ('e' is subliminal)

root meaning:
maeni
––to fall, interrupt;
miere
––reflection; colloquial translation: ‘disrupt continuity'

MARAK––splinter world, cut off beyond South Gate, left lifeless after creation of the Mistwraith. The original inhabitants were men exiled by the Fellowship from Athera for beliefs or practices that were incompatible with the compact sworn between the Sorcerers and the Paravian races, which permitted human settlement on Athera.

pronounced: maer-ak

root meaning:
m'era'ki
––a place held separate

MATHORN MOUNTAINS––range that bisects the Kingdom of Rathain east to west.

pronounced: math-orn

root meaning:
mathien
––massive

MATHORN ROAD––way passing to the south of the Mathorn Mountains, leading to the trade city of Etarra from the west.

pronounced: math-orn

root meaning:
mathien
––massive

MEARN s'BRYDION––youngest brother of Duke Bransian of Alestron. Former ducal emissary to Lysaer s'Ilessid's Alliance of Light.

pronounced: may-arn

root meaning:
mierne
––to flit

MEARTH––city through the West Gate in the Red Desert. Inhabitants all fell victim to the Shadows of Mearth, which were created by the Sorcerer Davien to protect the Five Centuries Fountain. The shadows are a light-fueled geas that bind the mind to memory of an individual's most painful experience.

pronounced: me-arth

root meaning:
mearth
––empty

MEDLIR––an alias used by Arithon s'Ffalenn when he was Halliron Masterbard's apprentice.

pronounced: med-leer

root meaning:
midlyr
––phrase of melody

MELHALLA––High Kingdom of Athera once ruled by the line of s'Ellestrion. The last prince died in the crossing of the Red Desert.

pronounced: mel-hall-ah

root meaning:
maelhallia
––grand meadows/plain, also word for an open space of any sort.

MELIANE––madam of a house of ill repute in Jaelot.

pronounced: mell-ee-an

MENNIS––a guild minister in Avenor.

pronounced: men-iss

MERIOR BY THE SEA––small seaside fishing village on the Scimlade peninsula in Alland, Shand. Once the temporary site of Arithon's shipyard.

pronounced: mare-ee-or

root meaning:
merioren
––cottages

METHISLE––small body of land in Methlas Lake, site of Methisle fortress in Orvandir.

pronounced: meth

root meaning:
meth
––hate

METHSPAWN––an animal warped by possession by a methuri, an iyat-related parasite that infested live hosts. Extinct by the Third Age, their crossbred, aberrated descendants are called methspawn, found in Mirthlvain Swamp.

pronounced: meth

root meaning:
meth
––hate

METHURI––an iyat-related parasite that infested live hosts, extinct by the Third Age.

pronounced: meth-you-ree

root meaning:
meth'thi
––hate wraith

MIDHALLA––principality located in Kingdom of Melhalla. pronounced: mid-hall-ah root meaning:
maelhallia
––grand meadows/plain

MIN PIERENS––archipelago to the west of the Kingdom of West Shand, in the Westland Sea.

pronounced: min––to rhyme with ‘pin,' pierre-ins

root meaning:
min
––purple;
pierens
––shoreline

MINDERL BAY––body of water behind Crescent Isle off the east coast of Rathain. Also reference point of a battle where Arithon tricked Lysaer into burning the trade fleet.

pronounced: mind-earl

root meaning:
minderl
––anvil

MIRALT HEAD––port city in northern Camris, Tysan.

pronounced: meer-alt

root meaning:
m'ier
––shore;
alt
––last

MIRTHLVAIN SWAMP––boglands located in Midhalla, Melhalla; filled with dangerous crossbreeds of drake spawn. Guarded by the Master Spellbinder, Verrain.

pronounced: mirth-el-vain

root meaning:
myrthl
––noxious;
vain
––bog, mud

MISTWRAITH––see Desh-thiere

MOGG's FEN––marsh located in Korias, Tysan.

pronounced: mog's fen

root meaning:
miog
––cattail

MOIREY––landlady of the Halfmoon Tavern in Innish; also known as Fat Moirey.

pronounced: mow-ar-ee

MORFETT––Lord Governor Supreme of Etarra. pronounced: more-fit

MORRIEL––Prime Enchantress of the Koriathain since the Third Age 4212.

pronounced: more-real

root meaning:
moar
––greed;
riel
––silver

MORVAIN––city located in the principality of Araethura, Rathain, on the coast of Instrell Bay. Elaira's birthplace.

pronounced: more-vain

root meaning:
morvain
––swindlers' market

NARMS––city on the coast of Instrell Bay, built as a craft center by Men in the early Third Age. Best known for dyeworks.

pronounced: narms––to rhyme with ‘charms'

root meaning:
narms
––color

ODREY––a merchant courtier in Avenor.

pronounced: oh-dree

ORLAN––pass through the Thaldein Mountains, also location of the Camris clans' west outpost, in Camris, Tysan. Known for barbarian raids.

pronounced: or-lan

root meaning:
irlan
––ledge

ORLEST––galleymen's port on the coast of Korias, Tysan; also known for its salt harvest.

pronounced: or-lest

root meaning:
iorlest
––salt

OSTERMERE––harbor and trade city, once smugglers' haven, located in Carithwyr, Havish; current seat of Eldir, King of Havish.

pronounced: os-tur-mere

root meaning:
ostier
––brick;
miere
––reflection

PARAVIA––name for the fertile continent on Athera.

pronounced: par-ray-vee-ah

root meaning:
para'i'on
––great mystery

PARAVIAN––name for the three old races that inhabited Athera before Men. Including the centaurs, the sunchildren, and the unicorns, these races never die unless mishap befalls them; they are the world's channel, or direct connection, to Ath Creator.

pronounced: par-ai-vee-ans

root meaning:
para
––
great
;
i'on
––fate or great mystery

PARRIEN s'BRYDION––younger brother of Duke Bransian of Alestron, Keldmar, and older brother of Mearn.

pronounced: par-ee-en