Traitor's Knot Part 48

desert tribe living in Sanpas.h.i.+r, Shand. Also known as the Keepers of the Prophecy. Their sacred weaving at the well produced the conception of Dari s'Ahelas, which crossed the old caithdein's lineage of s'Dieneval with the royal line of s'Ahelas, combining the gifts of prophetic clairvoyance with the Fellows.h.i.+p-endowed penchant for far-sight.

p.r.o.nounced: bee-dar root meaning: biehdahrr - ancient desert dialect for 'lore keepers'

BITTERN DESERT.

waste located in Atainia, Tysan, north of Althain Tower. Site of a First Age battle between the great drakes and the Seardluin, permanently destroyed by dragonfire. p.r.o.nounced: bittern root meaning: bityern - to sear or char BRAGGEN.

one of the fourteen Companions, who were the only children to survive the battle fought between Des.h.i.+r's clansmen and the war host of Etarra beside the River Tal Quorin in Third Age Year 5638.

p.r.o.nounced: brag-en root meaning: briocen - surly BRANSIAN s'BRYDION Teir's'Brydion, ruling Duke of Alestron.

p.r.o.nounced: bran-see-an root meaning: brand - temper; s'i'an - suffix denoting 'of the one','the one with temper'

CAINFORD.

town located in Taerlin, Tysan.

p.r.o.nounced: cane-ford root meaning: caen - vale CAITH-AL-CAEN.

vale where Riathan Paravians (unicorns) celebrated equinox and solstice to renew the athael, or life-destiny of the world. Also the place where the Ilitharis Paravians first Named the winter stars - or encompa.s.sed their vibrational essence into language. Corrupted by the end of the Third Age to Castlecain.

p.r.o.nounced: cay-ith-al-cay-en, musical lilt, emphasis on second and last syllables; rising note on first two, falling note on last two root meaning: caith - shadow; al - over; caen - vale 'vale of shadow' caithdein(alternate spelling caith'd'ein, plural form caithdeineri) Paravian name for a high king's first counselor; also, the one who would stand as regent, or steward, in the absence of the crowned ruler. By heritage, the office also carries responsibility for oversight of crown royalty's fitness to rule.

p.r.o.nounced: kay-ith-day-in root meaning: caith - shadow; d'ein - behind the chair 'shadow behind the throne'

CAITHWOOD.

forest located in Taerlin, south-east princ.i.p.ality of Tysan.

p.r.o.nounced: kay-ith-wood root meaning: caith - shadow - shadowed wood CALUM KINCAID.

the individual who invented the great weapon that destroyed the worlds of humanity and caused the refugee faction, including the Koriathain, to seek sanctuary on Athera.

p.r.o.nounced: calum kin-cade root meaning not from an Atheran language CAMRIS.

north-central princ.i.p.ality of Tysan. Original ruling seat was the city of Erdane.

p.r.o.nounced: cam-ris root meaning: cairn - cross; ris - way 'crossroad'

CAOLLE.

past war captain of the clans of Des.h.i.+r, Rathain. First raised, and then served under, Lord Steiven, Earl of the North and caithdein of Rathain. Planned the campaign at Vastmark and Dier Kenton Vale for the Master of Shadow. Served Jieret Red-beard, and was feal liegeman of Arithon of Rathain; died of complications from a wound received from his prince while breaking a Koriani attempt to trap his liege in Third Age Year 5653.

p.r.o.nounced: kay-all-eh, with the 'e' nearly subliminal root meaning: cattle - stubborn CAPEWELL.

town located on the south sh.o.r.e of Korias, Tysan. Home of a major Koriani sisterhouse.

CARITHWYR.

princ.i.p.ality in Havish, once a gra.s.s-lands breeding-ground for the Riathan Paravians. Now produces grain, cattle, fine hides, and also wine.

p.r.o.nounced: car-ith-ear root meaning: ci'arithiren - forgers of the ultimate link with prime power. An old colloquialism for unicorn.

CASCADM ISLANDS.

rugged chain of islands off the coast of Vastmark, Shand.

p.r.o.nounced: ca.s.s-canes root meaning: kesh kain - shark's teeth CATTRICK.

master joiner hired to run the royal s.h.i.+pyard at Riverton; once in Arithon's employ at Merior by the Sea, now s.h.i.+pwright for Duke Bransian s'Brydion at Alestron.

p.r.o.nounced: rat-rick root meaning: ciattiaric - a knot tied of withies that has the magical property of confusing enemies CEREBELD.

Avenor's High Priest of the Light, formerly Lord Examiner of Avenor.

p.r.o.nounced: cara-belld root meaning: ciarabeld - ashes CIENN.

clan scout and Companion in Earl Jieret s'Valerient's war-band, smith who shod their horses; died in the battle on Daon Ramon, Third Age Year 5670.

p.r.o.nounced: kee-in root meaning: dan - spark CIANOR SUNLORD.

born at Caith-al-Caen, First Age Year 615. Crowned High King of Athera in Second Age Year 2545, until his death when a rise of Khadrim called him to war in Second Age 3651. He is the only Paravian in history to have a namesake, more properly termed a tiendar'shayn'd or 'reborn.' Cianor Moonlord was birthed at the darkest hour of the Second Age. He was still at hand in Third Age Year One to a.s.sist when the Fellows.h.i.+p Sorcerers wrote the compact that enabled Mankind to receive sanctuary on Athera. It was his hand that bestowed the sword Alithiel upon Kamridian s'Ffalenn.

CILADIS THE LOST.

Fellows.h.i.+p Sorcerer who left the continent in Third Age 5462 in search of the Paravian races after their disappearance following the rebellion. p.r.o.nounced: kill-ah-dis root meaning: cael - leaf; adeis - whisper, compound; cael'adeis colloquialism for 'gentleness that abides'

CILDEIN OCEAN.

body of water lying off Athera's east coast.

p.r.o.nounced: kill-dine root meaning: cailde - salty; an - one CILDORN.

city famed for carpets and weaving, located in Des.h.i.+r, Rathain. Originally a Paravian holdfast, situated on a node of the third lane.

p.r.o.nounced: kill-dorn root meaning: deal - thread; dorn - net 'tapestry'

CORITH.

island west of Havish in the Westland Sea. Site of an old drake lair, and a ruined First Age foundation. Here the council of Paravians convened during seige, and their appeal brought the Second Dreaming by dragons, which enacted the summoning of the seven who became the Fellows.h.i.+p Sorcerers.

p.r.o.nounced: core-ith root meaning: cori - s.h.i.+ps, vessels; itha - five CRUIK.

an old form of architecture, wherein living trees are molded to become structural support for a building, which is constructed around them.

DAELION FATEMASTER.

'ent.i.ty' formed by set of mortal beliefs, which determine the fate of the spirit after death. If Ath is the prime vibration, or life-force, Daelion is what governs the manifestation of free will.

p.r.o.nounced: day-el-ee-on root meaning: dael - king, or lord; i'on - of fate DAELION'S WHEEL.

cycle of life and the crossing point that is the transition into death.

p.r.o.nounced: day-el-ee-on root meaning: dael - king or lord; i'on - of fate DAENFAL LAKE.

located on the northern lake-sh.o.r.e that bounds the southern edge of Daon Ramon Barrens in Rathain.

p.r.o.nounced: dye-en-fall root meaning: daen - clay; fal - red DAKAR THE MAD PROPHET.

apprentice to Fellows.h.i.+p Sorcerer, Asandir, during the Third Age following the Conquest of the Mistwraith. Given to spurious prophecies, it was Dakar who forecast the fall of the Kings of Havish in time for the Fellows.h.i.+p to save the heir. He made the Prophecy of West Gate, which forecast the Mistwraith's bane, and also, the Black Rose Prophecy, which called for reunification of the Fellows.h.i.+p. At this time, in the service of Arithon, Prince of Rathain.

p.r.o.nounced: dah-kar root meaning: dakiar - clumsy DANIA.

wife of Rathain's former caithdein, Steiven s'Valerient. Died by the hand of Pesquil's head-hunters in the Battle of Strakewood, Third Age 5638; Jieret Red-beard's mother.

p.r.o.nounced: dan-ee-ah root meaning: deinia - sparrow DAON RAMON BARRENS.

central princ.i.p.ality of Rathain. Site where Riathan Paravians (unicorns) bred and raised their young. Barrens was not appended to the name until the years following the Mistwraith's conquest, when the River Severnir was diverted at the source by a task force under Etarran jurisdiction.

p.r.o.nounced: day-on-rah-mon root meaning: daon - gold; ramon - hills,'downs DARI S'AHELAS.

crown heir of Shand who was sent to safety through West Gate to preserve the royal lineage. Born following the death of the last Crown Prince of Shand, subsequently raised and taught by Sethvir to manage the rogue talent of a dual inheritance. Her mother was Meiglin s'Dieneval, last survivor of the old caithdein's lineage of Melhalla, which was widely believed to have perished during the ma.s.sacre at Tirans. However the pregnant widow of Egan s'Dieneval had escaped the uprising and survived under a false name in a Durn brothel.

p.r.o.nounced: dar-ee root meaning: daer - to cut DARKLING.

city located on the western side of the Skys.h.i.+el Mountains in the Kingdom of Rathain.

p.r.o.nounced: dark-ling root meaning: dierk-linng - drake eyrie DAVIEN THE BETRAYER.

Fellows.h.i.+p Sorcerer responsible for provoking the great uprising in Third Age Year 5018, that resulted in the fall of the high kings after Desh-thiere's conquest. Rendered discorporate by the Fellows.h.i.+p's judgment in Third Age 5129. Exiled since, by personal choice. Davien's works included the Five Centuries Fountain near Mearth on the splinter world of the Red Desert through West Gate; the shaft at Rockfell Peak, used by the Sorcerers to imprison harmful ent.i.ties; the Stair on Rockfell Peak; and also, Kewar Tunnel in the Mathorn Mountains.

p.r.o.nounced: dah-vee-en root meaning: dahvi - fool; an - one 'mistaken one'

DAWR s'BRYDION grandmother of Duke Bransian of Alestron, and his brothers Keldmar, Parrien, and Mearn.

p.r.o.nounced: dour root meaning: dwyiar - vinegar wine DEITH.

clansman of Rathain, and the youngest of Jieret's Companions, who were the fourteen child survivors of the ma.s.sacre of Tal Quorin in Third Age Year 5638. Currently among the group of scouts guarding the free wilds in Des.h.i.+r.

p.r.o.nounced: dee-ith root meaning: d' - prefix for behind; ieth - to stand, to plant, to fix in place DESH-THIEREMistwraith that invaded Athera from the splinter worlds through South Gate in Third Age 4993. Access cut off by Fellows.h.i.+p Sorcerer, Traithe. Battled and contained in West Shand for twenty-five years, until the rebellion splintered the peace, and the high kings were forced to withdraw from the defense lines to attend their disrupted kingdoms. Confined through the combined powers of Lysaer s'Ilessid's gift of light and Arithon s'Ffalenn's gift of shadow. Currently imprisoned in a warded flask in Rockfell Pit.

p.r.o.nounced: desh-thee-air-e (last 'e' mostly subliminal) root meaning: desh - mist; thieve - ghost or wraith DEs.h.i.+R.

north-western princ.i.p.ality of Rathain.

p.r.o.nounced: desh-eer root meaning: des.h.i.+r - misty DHARKARON AVENGER.

called Ath's Avenging Angel in legend. Drives a chariot drawn by five horses to convey the guilty to Sithaer. Dharkaron as defined by the adepts of Ath's Brotherhood is that dark thread mortal men weave with . Ath, the prime vibration, that creates self-punishment, or the root of guilt. *

p.r.o.nounced dark-air-on root meaning: dhar - evil; khiaron - one who stands in judgment DHIRKEN.

lady captain of the contraband runner, Black Drake. Reputed to have taken over the brig's command by right of arms following her father's death at sea. Died at the hands of Lysaer's allies on the charge of liaison with Arithon s'Ffalenn, Third Age Year 5647.

p.r.o.nounced: dur-kin root meaning: dierk - tough; an - one DIARIN s'GANNLEY daughter of the caithdein's lineage of Tysan, handfasted to marry a Wesrwood clan chieftain when she was abducted and forced to marriage by the Mayor of Hans.h.i.+re.

p.r.o.nounced: die-are-in root meaning: diarin - a precious, or coveted object DIEGAN.

once Lord Commander of Etarra's garrison; given over by his mayor to serve as Lysaer s'Ilessid's Lord Commander at Avenor. t.i.tular commander of the war host sent against the Deshans to defeat the Master of Shadow at Tal Quorin; high commander of the war host mustered at Werpoint. Also brother of Lady Talith. Died of a clan arrow in the Battle of Dier Kenton Vale in Vastmark, Third Age 5647.

p.r.o.nounced: dee-gan root meaning: diegan - trinket a dandy might wear,'ornament DIER KENTON VALE.

a valley located in the princ.i.p.ality of Vastmark, Shand, where Lysaer's war host, thirty-five thousand strong, fought and lost to the Master of Shadow in Third Age 5647, largely decimated in one day by a shale slide. The remainder were harried by a small force of Vastmark shepherds and clan scouts from Shand, under Caolle, who served as Arithon's war captain, until supplies and loss of morale broke the Alliance campaign.

p.r.o.nounced: deer ken-ton root meaning: dier'kendion - a jewel with a severe flaw that may result in shearing or cracking DURN.

town located in Orvandir, Shand.

p.r.o.nounced: dern root meaning: diem - a flat plain DYSHENT.

town on the west coast of Instrell Bay in Atainia, Tysan.

p.r.o.nounced: die-shent root meaning: dys.h.i.+ent - cedar EAST HALLA.

princ.i.p.ality in Melhalla.

p.r.o.nounced: east hall-ah root meaning: hal'lia - white light EASTWALL.

city located in the Skys.h.i.+el Mountains, Rathain.

EDAN.

boy recruit for the Light, chosen for talent.

p.r.o.nounced: eh-dan root meaning: e'dian - the clay EFAN IST'THALIENT.

a stingingly pointed colloquial insult, and a warning; roughly 'a particularly rock-headed fool bound for disaster'.

p.r.o.nounced: ee-eh-an eest-thal-ee-ent root meaning: ei - 'a' in the specific form; an- one; ist'thal- closed, hard or stubborn head, contrary-minded - tent suffix that indicates a state of fullest evolution, or 'the most'.

EILISH.

Lord Minister of the Treasury at Avenor.

p.r.o.nounced: eye-lish root meaning: eyalish - fussy ELAIRA.

initiate enchantress of the Koriathain. Originally a street child, taken on in Morvain for Koriani rearing. Arithon's beloved.

p.r.o.nounced: ee-layer-ah root meaning: e - prefix, diminutive for small; here - grace ELDIR s'LORNMEIN King of Havish and last surviving scion of s'Lornmein royal line. Raised as a wool-dyer until the Fellows.h.i.+p Sorcerers crowned him at Ostermere in Third Age 5643 following the defeat of the Mistwraith.