TWOLAS - 06 - Peril's Gate (100 page)

HANSHIRE—port city on Westland Sea, coast of Korias, Tysan;
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eigning official Lord Mayor Garde, father of Sulfin Evend; opposed to royal rule at the time of Avenor's restoration, pronounced: han-sheer root meaning:
hansh
—sand;
era
—place

HASPASTION—ghost of the dragon contained in the grimward located in Radmoore. pronounced: has-past-ee-on
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oot meaning:
hashpashdion
—Drakish for black thunder

HAVENS—an inlet on the northeastern shore of Vastmark, Shand, now known as the site of the massacre enacted by the Spinner of Darkness, preceding the Battle of Dier Kenton Vale, Third Age Year 5647.

HAVISH—one of the Five High Kingdoms of Athera, as defined by the charters of the Fellowship of Seven. Ruled by Eldir s'Lornmein. Sigil: gold hawk on red field, pronounced: hav-ish root meaning:
havieshe
—hawk

HAVISTOCK—southeast principality of Kingdom of Havish. pronounced: hav-i-stock root meaning:
haviesha
—hawk;
tiok
—roost

HENLYIE—herb witch who makes amulets in the city of Highscarp. pronounced: hen-lee root meaning:
han'lion
—light-handed

HEWALL—clansman serving as scout in the outpost in the Mathorn Mountains in Rathain. pronounced: hugh-ell root meaning:
huell
—one who protects

HIGHSCARP—city on the coast of the Bay of Eltair, located in Daon Ramon, Rathain. Current headquarters for Selidie Prime, Matriarch of the Koriani Order.

ILITHARIS PARAVIANS—centaurs, one of three semimortal old races; disappeared after the Mistwraith's conquest, the last guardian's departure by Third Age Year 5100. They were the guardians of the earth's mysteries, pronounced: i-li-thar-is
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oot meaning:
i'lith'eans
—the keeper
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preserver of mystery

INNISH—city located on the southcoast of Shand at the delta of the River Ippash. Birthplace of Halliron Masterbard. Formerly known as 'the Jewel of Shand', this was the site of the high king's winter court, prior to the time of the uprising, pronounced: in-ish
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oot meaning:
inniesh
—a jewel with a pastel tint

INSTRELL BAY—body of water off the Gulf of Stormwell; separates principality of Atainia, Tysan, from Deshir, Rathain. pronounced: in-strell root meaning:
arin'streal
—strong wind

INWIE—lady-in-waiting to Princess Ellaine. pronounced: in-wee
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oot meaning:
yanwi
—a sweet made from berries

IPPASH DELTA—river which originates in the southern spur of the Kelhorns and flows into the South Sea by the city of Innish, southcoast, Shand. pronounced: ip-ash root meaning:
ipeish
—crescent

ISFARENN—etheric Name for the black stallion ridden by Asandir. pronounced: ees-far-en root meaning:
is'feron
—speed maker

ITHAMON—Second Age Paravian stronghold, and a Third Age ruin; built on a fifth lane power-node in Daon Ramon Barrens, Rathain, and inhabited until the year of the uprising. Site of the Compass Point Towers, or Sun Towers. Became the seat of the High Kings of Rathain during the Third Age and in year 5638 was the site where Princes Lysaer
s'Ilessid
and Arithon s'Ffalenn battled the Mistwraith to confinement, pronounced: ith-a-mon root meaning:
itha
—five;
mon
—needle, spire

ITHISH—city located at the edge of the principality of Vastmark, on the southcoast of Shand. Where the Vastmark wool factors ship
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fleeces, pronounced: ith-ish root meaning:
ithish
—fleece or fluffy

IYAT—energy sprite native to Athera, not visible to the eye, manifests in a poltergeist fashion by taking temporary possession of objects. Feeds upon natural energy sources: fire, breaking waves, lightning, pronounced: ee-at root meaning:
iyat
—to break

JAELOT—city located on the coast of Eltair Bay at the southern border of the Kingdom of Rathain. Once a Second Age power site, with a focus circle. Now a merchant city with a reputation for extreme snobbery and bad taste. Also the site where Arithon s'Ffalenn played his eulogy for Halliron Masterbard, which raised the powers of the Paravian focus circle beneath the mayor's
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alace. The forces of the mysteries and resonant harmonics caused damage to city buildings, watchkeeps, and walls, which has since been repaired. Site where Fionn Areth was arraigned for execution, as bait in a Koriani conspiracy that failed to trap Arithon s'Ffalenn. pronounced: jay-lot root meaning:
jielot
—affectation

JAIRE PEAK—mountain near the great divide in the Mathorn ranges, located in the Kingdom of Rathain. pronounced: jayr root meaning: from
jieri
—spike JERIAYISH—sixth-rank initiate priest of the Light who has a seer's talent, pronounced: jeer-ee-ah-yish root meaning:
jier'yaish
—unclean magic

JEYNSA—daughter of Jieret s'Valerient and Feithan, born Third Age 5653; appointed successor to her father's title of Steward of Rathain, or
caithdein.
pronounced: jay-in-sa root meaning: garnet

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. Father of Jeynsa and Barach. Husband to Feithan. pronounced: jeer-et root meaning:
jieret
—thorn

JILIETH—girl from a Vastmark shepherd tribe who died of a mauling by Wyverns in Third Age Year 5647. pronounced: jil-ee-eth
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oot meaning:
jirlieth
—to be stubborn enough to cause pain; a thorn of worry

JINESSE—widow of a fisherman, mother of the twins Fiark and Feylind; formerly an inhabitant of Merior by the Sea, now married to Tharrick, a former guardsman of Alestron. The couple reside at Innish in Shand. pronounced: gin-ess
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oot meaning:
jienesse
—to be washed out or pale; a wisp JOLM—swordsman in the sunwheel company from Etarra. pronounced: johm

KAMRIDIAN s'FFALENN—Crowned High King of Rathain, a
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ragic figure who died of his conscience under the fated influence of Kewar Tunnel, built by Davien the Betrayer into the Mathorn Mountains.
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ronounced: cam-rid-ee-an root meaning:
kaim'riadien
—thread cut shorter

KARFAEL—trader town on the coast of the Westland Sea, in Tysan. Built by townsmen as a trade port after the fall of the High Kings of Tysan. Prior to Desh-thiere's conquest, the site was kept clear of buildings to allow the second lane forces to flow untrammeled across the focus site at Avenor. pronounced: kar-fay-el
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oot meaning:
kar'i'ffael
—literal translation 'twist the dark'
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colloquialism for 'intrigue'

KARTH-EELS—creatures descended from stock aberrated by the
methurien,
or hate-wraiths, of Mirthlvain Swamp. Amphibious, fanged, venomed spines, webbed feet, pronounced: caar-th eels root meaning:
kar'eth
—to raid

KARTHAN—kingdom in splinter world of Dascen Elur, through West Gate, ruled by the pirate kings, s'Ffalenn descendants of the prince sent into exile at the time of the Mistwraith's conquest, pronounced: karth-an
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oot meaning:
kar'eth'an
—one who raids
.'
pirate

KATHTAIRR—landmass in the southern ocean, across the world from Paravia. The land was left sterile by drakefire during a far-reaching conflict in the Age of Dragons, pronounced: kath-tear root meaning:
kait-th'era
—empty place

KELHORN MOUNTAINS—a range of shale scarps in Vastmark, Shand. pronounced: kell-horn root meaning:
kielwhern
—toothed, jagged

KESWETH—scout from the outpost in the Mathorn Mountains whose wife was killed by headhunters. pronounced: kez-ith
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oot meaning:
kesieth
—small clam found in freshwater streams

KEVOR—son and heir of Lysaer
s'Ilessid
and Princess Ellaine; born at Avenor in Third Age 5655. At age fourteen, in his father's absence, he exercised royal authority and averted a riot by the panicked citizenry of Avenor, earning the enmity of High Priest Cerebeld.
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ronounced: kev-or
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oot 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.
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ronounced: key-wahr
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oot 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 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 guarding the star ward to guard against invasion of wraiths from Marak. pronounced: kah-rad-mun
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oot 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
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oot meaning:
kiel'ien
—root for pity, with suffix for 'lightness' added, translates to mean 'compassion'

KITZ—man-at-arms in the sunwheel company out of Etarra.
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ronounced: kits

KORIANI—possessive and singular form of the word 'Koriathain'; see entry.
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ronounced: kor-ee-ah-nee

KORIAS—southwestern principality of Tysan. pronounced: kor-ee-as
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oot 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
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edicated 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.
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ronounced: 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, pronounced: kosh-lynn root meaning:
kioshlin
—opaque KRAEL—master of magecraft at Rauven Tower, on the world of Dascen Elur; one of Arithon's early tutors, pronounced: krayel
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oot meaning:
krial
—name for the rune of crossing

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.

LEYNSGAP—a narrow pass in the Mathorn Mountains in the Kingdom of Rathain. pronounced: lay-ens-gap root meaning:
liyond
—corridor

LIRENDA—former First Senior Enchantress to the Prime, Koriani Order; failed in her assignment to capture Arithon s'Ffalenn for Koriani purposes.
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ronounced: leer-end-ah
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oot meaning:
lyron
—singer;
di-ia
—a dissonance—the hyphen denotes a glottal stop

LITHMERE—principality located in the Kingdom of Havish. pronounced: lith-mere
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oot 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 in Third Age Year 5018. 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