Stormed Fortress (119 page)

SAYSHA—a Koriani Senior with an enhanced talent for telepathy.

pronounced:
say-shaa

root meaning
:
saisha
- to listen

s
'
BRYDION—ruling line of the Dukes of Alestron. The only old blood clansmen to maintain rule of a fortified city through the uprising that defeated the rule of the high kings.

pronounced:
s-bry-dee-on

root meaning
:
baridien
- tenacity

s
'
CALLIENT—lineage of the
Caithdeinen
of Melhalla, Fellowship chosen to succeed s
'
Dieneval after the fall of Tirans.

pronounced:
scal-lee-ent

root meaning
:
caillient
- most extreme form of
'
fixed
'
or stubborn -
'
immovable
'

SCARPDALE—waste in Lanshire, Havish. Created by a First Age war with Seardluin. Site of the Scarpdale grimward.

pronounced:
scarp-dale

not from the Paravian

SCIMLADE TIP—peninsula at the south-east corner of Alland, Shand.

pronounced:
skim-laid

root meaning
:
scimlait
- curved knife or scythe

SECOND AGE—Marked by the arrival of the Fellowship of Seven at Crater Lake, their called purpose to fight the drake spawn.

s
'
DIENEVAL—lost lineage of the
Caithdeinen
of Melhalla, the last to carry the title being Egan, who died at the side of his high king in the battle to subdue the Mistwraith. The blood-line carried strong talent for prophecy, and was decimated during the sack of Tirans in the uprising in Third Age Year 5018, with Egan
'
s pregnant wife the sole survivor. Her daughter, Meiglin, was mother of Dari s
'
Ahelas, crown heir of Shand.

pronounced:
s-dee-in-ee-vahl

root meaning
:
dien -
large;
eval
- endowment, gifted talent

SEARDLUIN—drake-spawned, vicious, intelligent cat-like predators that roved in packs that sought ruthless slaughter of other living things. Battled to extinction by the middle of the Second Age for the sake of Paravian survival. Remnant recall of them can arise in the dreams of grimwarded drake haunts.

pronounced:
seerd-loo-win

root meaning
:
seard -
bearded;
luin -
feline

SEITHUR—Biedar tribal dialect, meaning one whose choice will determine the future.

pronounced:
see-thur

root meaning
:
seithur
- one whose choice affects all generations to come

SELIDIE—young woman initiate appointed by Morriel Prime as a candidate in training for succession. Assumed the office of Prime Matriarch after Morriel
'
s death on winter solstice in Third Age Year 5670, at which time an unprincipled act of possession by Morriel usurped the young woman
'
s body.

pronounced:
sell-ih-dee

root meaning
:
selyadi -
air sprite

SELKWOOD—forest located in Alland, Shand.

pronounced:
selk-wood

root meaning
:
selk
- pattern

SESHKROZCHIEL—name for the female dragon who was mated to Haspastion.

pronounced:
sesh-crows-chee-ell

root meaning
:
seshkrozchiel -
Drakish for blue lightning

SETHVIR—Sorcerer of the Fellowship of Seven, also trained to serve as Warden of Althain since Third Age 5100, when the last centaur guardian departed after the Mistwraith
'
s conquest.

pronounced:
seth-veer

root meaning
:
seth
- fact;
vaer
- keep

SEVRAND s
'
BRYDION—heir designate of Duke Bransian of Alestron.

pronounced:
sev-rand

root meaning
:
sevaer
'
an
'
d
- one who travels behind, a follower

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—lineage of the Earls of the West, once the Camris princes, now bearing the heritage of
Caithdein
of Tysan. Iamine s
'
Gannley was the woman founder.

pronounced:
sgan-lee

root meaning
:
gaen -
guide;
li
- exalted or in harmony

SHADDORN—town located on the Scimlade Tip in Alland, Shand.

pronounced:
shad-dorn

root meaning
:
shaddiern
- sea turtle

SHAMD—High Kingdom on the south-east corner of the Paravian continent, originally ruled by the line of s
'
Ahelas. Current device, purple-and-gold chevrons, since the adjunct kingdom of West Shand came under high crown rule. The old device was a falcon on a crescent moon, sometimes still showed, backed by the more recent purple-and-gold chevrons.

pronounced:
shand - as in
'
hand
'

root meaning
:
shayn
or
shiand -
two
'
pair

SHANDOR—trade port located on the westshore of Rockbay Harbor, in West Shand.

pronounced:
shan-door

root meaning
:
cianor -
to shine

SHEHANE ALTHAIN—Hitharis Paravian who dedicated his spirit as defender and guardian of Althain Tower.

pronounced:
shee-hay-na all-thayn

root meaning
:
shiehai
'
en
-to give for the greater good;
alt
- last;
thain -
tower

SHIPSPORT—city located on the Bay of Eltair in the principality of West Halla, Melhalla.

SIDIR—one of the Companions, who were the fourteen boys to survive the Battle of Strakewood. Served Arithon at the Battle of Dier Kenton Vale, and the Havens. Second-in-command of Earl Jieret
'
s war band. Handfast to Feithan, widow of the former Earl of the North,

pronounced:
see-deer

root meaning
:
i
'
sid
'
i
'
er -
one who has stood at the verge of being lost.

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

SILVERMARSH—large bog located south of Daenfal Lake, in West Halla, Melhalla.

SINDELLE—wife of Keldmar s
'
Brydion of Alestron.

pronounced:
sin-dell-e

root meaning
:
san -
black, dark;
ael
- destiny;
'
e
- suffix for future in potentia

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

pronounced:
sith-air

root meaning
:
sid
- lost;
Mere
- wraith
'
spirit

SIX TOWERS—trade town located in Orvandir, Shand.

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
'

SKYSHTELS—mountain range that runs north and south along the eastern coast of Rathain.

pronounced:
sky-shee-ells

root meaning
:
skyshia -
to pierce through;
iel -
ray

SLTESHENG DHAVI! AYKRAUKITEN KIEL
'
D
'
MAER TTEND! - Slinking fool! Scorch your pitiless spirit!

pronounced:
slee-shing dah-vee! aye-croak eh-een kee-eld-may-er tee-end

root meaning
:
sliesheng -
slinking;
dhavi -
fool;
aykrauk -
to scorch;
i
'
ien -
an ill wish sent upon you, by intent;
kiel
'
d
'
maer -
pitiless;
tiend -
spirit

SOUTHSHIRE—town on the southcoast of Alland, Shand, known for shipbuilding.

pronounced:
south-shire

not from the Paravian

sTALEYN—lineage of the
Caithdeinen
of Shand.

pronounced:
stall-ay-en

root meaning
:
tal
- branch;
an
- one
'
first
'
of the first branch
'
STARBORN—name for the Fellowship Sorcerers used by the Biedar tribe of Sanpashir.

STORLAINS—mountains dividing the Kingdom of Havish.

pronounced:
store-lanes

root meaning
:
storlient
- largest summit, highest divide

STRAKEWOOD—forest in the principality of Deshir, Rathain; site of the battle of Strakewood Forest, where the garrison from Etarra marched against the clans under Steiven s
'
Valerient and Prince Arithon, in Third Age Year 5638.

pronounced:
strayk-wood similar to
'
stray wood
'

root meaning
:
streik -
to quicken, to seed

SULFIN EVEND—son of the Mayor of Hanshire who holds the post of Alliance Lord Commander under Lysaer
s
'
Ilessid
. Spared Lysaer from his dark binding to the Kralovir Necromancers, and in the course of that awakened the talent of his outbred clan lineage: of s
'
Gannley descent, through Diarin s
'
Gannley, who was abducted and forced to marry his great grandsire. Bound to the land in Third Age 5670 when he swore a
caithdein
'
s
oath at Althain Tower as part of his bargain with Enithen Tuer, who in turn imparted the ceremonial knowledge and the Biedar knife used to sever the etheric cords the cult used to enslave victims.