Mirror 04 The Way Between the Worlds (73 page)

Wahn Barre: The Crow Mountains. Yalkara, the Mistress of Deceits, had a
stronghold there, Havissard.
Waif, The: Pender's third boat, formerly a blacklisted smuggler's vessel,
Black Opal.
Way between the Worlds: The secret, forever-changing and ethereal paths that
permit the difficult passage between the Three Worlds. They were closed off by
the Forbidding.
Whelm: Servants of Yggur, his terror-guard. See also Gha&had. Wistan: The
seventy-fourth Master of the College of the Histories and of Chanthed.
Xarah: A young Aachim woman, twin to Shalah who was killed in Katazza.
Yalkara: The last of the three Charon who came to Santhenar to find the flute
and return it to Aachan. She took the Mirror and used it to find a warp in the
Forbidding, then fled Santh, leaving the Mirror behind.
Yetchah: A young Whelm woman who hunted Llian from Chanthed to Tullin. She
became Ghashad and harbours a hopeless passion for Rulke.
Yggur: A great and powerful mancer and sworn enemy of Mendark. Formerly a
member of the Council, his stronghold is at Fiz Gorgo. After Karan stole the
Mirror his armies overran most of southern Meldorin, capturing Thurkad where
he now dwells. He and Maigraith became lovers. Yggur hates and fears Rulke
from the time Rulke possessed him before he was imprisoned in the Nightland.
Zain: A scholarly race who once dwelt in Zile and founded the Great Library.
They made a pact with Rulke and after his fall most were slaughtered and the
remnant exiled.
Zile: A city in the north-west of the island of Meldorin. Once capital of the
Empire of Zur, now chiefly famous for the Great Library.
Guide to Pronunciation
There are many languages and dialects used on Santhenar by the four human
species. While it is impossible to be definitive in such a brief note, the
following generalisations normally apply.
There are no silent letters, and double consonants are generally pronounced as
two separate letters; for example, Yggur is pronounced Ig-ger, and Faellem as
Fael-lem. The letter c is usually pronounced as k, except in mancer and
Alcifer, where it is pronounced as s. The combination ch is generally
pronounced as in church, except in Aachim and Charon, where it is pronounced
as k.
Aachim Ar'-kim Charon Kar'-on Fym Firn
Iagador Eye-aga'-dor Lasee Lar'-say Maigraith May'-gray-ith Rael
Ray'-il Whelm H'-welm Xarah Zha'-rah
Chanthed Chan-thed' Faelamor Fay-el'-amor Ghashad G-harsh'-ard Karan
Ka-ran' Llian Lee'-an Neid Nee'-id Shuthdar Shoo'-th-dar' Yggur Ig'-ger

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