Against All Things Ending (109 page)

Satansheart:
Giantish name for Lord Foul

Scend Wavegift:
a Giant; one of the Swordmainnir; killed by Longwrath

Search, the:
quest of the Giants for the wound in the Earth; later the quest for the Isle of the One Tree

Seareach:
region of the Land occupied by the Unhomed

Seasauce:
a Giant; husband of Hearthcoal; cook of Starfare’s Gem

Seatheme:
dead wife of Sevinhand

Second Circinate:
second level of the Sandhold

Second Ward:
second unit of Kevin’s hidden knowledge

setrock:
a type of stone used with pitch to repair stone

Seven Hells, the:
a-Jeroth’s demesne: desert, rain, pestilence, fertility, war, savagery, and darkness

Seven Wards, the:
collection of knowledge hidden by High Lord Kevin

Seven Words, the:
words of power from Kevin’s Lore

Sevinhand:
a Giant, Anchormaster of Starfare’s Gem

Shattered Hills, the:
a region of the Land near Foul’s Creche

She Who Must Not Be Named:
an ancient bane slumbering under Mount Thunder, now composed of many lost women

Sheol:
a Raver, Satansfist,
samadhi

Shetra:
a Lord, wife of Verement

Shipsheartthew:
the wheel of a Giantship

shola:
a small wooded glen where a stream runs between unwooded hills

Shull:
a Bloodguard

Sill:
a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Hyrim

Sivit:
a Rider of the Clave, one of the na-Mhoram-wist

skest:
acid-creatures serving the lurker of the Sarangrave, descended from the
jheherrin

skurj:
laval monsters that devour earth and vegetation; long ago, the
Elohim
Kastenessen was Appointed (the Durance) to prevent them from wreaking terrible havoc

Slen:
a Stonedownor, mate of Terass

Snared One, the:
ur-vile name for Lord Foul the Despiser

Soar Gladbirth:
a Giant; youngest son of Pitchwife and Gossamer Glowlimn

Soaring Woodhelven:
a tree-village

soft ones, the:
the
jheherrin

Somo:
pinto taken by Liand from Mithil Stonedown

soothreader:
a seer

soothtell:
ritual of revelation practiced by the Clave

Soranal:
a Woodhelvennin Heer, son of Thiller

Soulbiter, the:
a dangerous ocean of Giantish legend

Soulbiter’s Teeth:
reefs in the Soulbiter

Soulcrusher:
Giantish name for Lord Foul

South Plains, the:
a region of the Land

Sparlimb Keelsetter:
a Giant, father of triplets

Spikes, the:
guard-towers at the mouth of
Bhrathairain
Harbor

Spoiled Plains, the:
a region of the Lower Land

Spray Frothsurge:
a Giant; mother of the First of the Search

springwine:
a mild, refreshing liquor

Staff, the:
a branch of the study of Kevin’s Lore

Staff of Law, the:
a tool of Earthpower; the first Staff was formed by Berek from the One Tree and later destroyed by Thomas Covenant; the second was formed by Linden Avery by using wild magic to merge Vain and Findail

Stallion of the First Herd, the:
Kelenbhrabanal

Starfare’s Gem:
Giantship used by the Search

Starkin:
one of the
Elohim

Stave:
a
Haruchai
; a Master of the Land; companion of Linden Avery

Stell:
one of the
Haruchai
, protector of Sunder

Stonedown:
a stone-village

Stonedownor:
one who lives in a stone-village

Stonemight, the:
a fragment of the Illearth Stone

Stonemight Woodhelven:
a village in the South Plains

Storesmaster:
third-in-command aboard a Giantship

Stormpast Galesend:
a Giant; one of the Swordmainnir

Stricken Stone:
region of the Land, later called Trothgard

Sunbane, the:
a power arising from the corruption of nature by Lord Foul

Sunbirth Sea, the:
ocean east of the Land

Sunder:
son of Nassic; Graveler of Mithil Stonedown; companion of Thomas Covenant and Linden Avery

Sun-Sage:
one who can affect the Sunbane

Sunstone:
orcrest

sur-jheherrin:
descendants of the
jheherrin
; inhabitants of Sarangrave Flat

suru-pa-maerl:
an art using stone

Swarte:
a Rider of the Clave

Sword, the:
a branch of the study of Kevin’s Lore

Sword-Elder:
chief Lorewarden of the Sword at the Loresraat

Swordmain/Swordmainnir:
Giant(s) trained as warrior(s)

Syr Embattled:
former Forestal of Giant Woods

Tamarantha:
a Lord, daughter of Enesta, wife of Variol

Teeth of the Render, the:
Ramen name for the Demondim; Fangs

Terass:
a Stonedownor, daughter of Annoria, wife of Slen

Terrel:
a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Mhoram; a commander of the original
Haruchai
army

test of silence, the:
test of integrity used by the people of the Land

test of truth, the:
test of veracity by
lomillialor
or
orcrest

The Grieve:
Coercri
; home of the lost Giants in Seareach

Thelma Twofist:
character in a Giantish tale

The Majesty:
throne room of the
gaddhi
; fourth level of the Sandhold

Theomach, the:
one of the Insequent

Thew:
a Cord of the Ramen

Third Ward:
third unit of Kevin’s hidden knowledge

Thomin:
a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Verement

Three Corners of Truth, the:
basic formulation of beliefs taught and enforced by the Clave

thronehall, the:
the Despiser’s seat in Foul’s Creche

Tier of Riches, the:
showroom of the
gaddhi
’s wealth; third level of the Sandhold

Timewarden:
Elohim
title for Thomas Covenant after his death

Tohrm:
a Gravelingas; Hearthrall of Lord’s Keep

Tomal:
a Stonedownor craftmaster

Toril:
Haruchai
slain by the Clave

Treacher’s Gorge:
ravine opening into Mount Thunder

treasure-berries:
aliantha
, nourishing fruit found throughout the Land in all seasons

Trell:
Gravelingas of Mithil Stonedown; husband of Atiaran, father of Lena

Trevor:
a Lord, husband of Loerya

Triock:
a Stonedownor, son of Thuler; loved Lena

Trothgard:
a region of the Land, formerly Stricken Stone

Tull:
a Bloodguard

turiya:
a Raver, Herem, Kinslaughterer

Tuvor:
First Mark of the Bloodguard; a commander of the original
Haruchai
army

tyrscull:
a Giantish training vessel for apprentice sailors

Unbeliever, the:
title claimed by Thomas Covenant

Unfettered, the:
lore-students freed from conventional responsibilities to seek individual knowledge and service

Unfettered One, the:
founder of a line of men waiting to greet Thomas Covenant’s return to the Land

Unhomed, the:
the lost Giants living in Seareach

un-Maker-made, the:
in
jheherrin
legend, living beings not created by the Maker

upland:
plateau above Revelstone

Upper Land, the:
region of the Land west of Landsdrop

ur-Lord:
title given to Thomas Covenant

ur-viles:
Demondim-spawn, evil creatures

ussusimiel:
nourishing melon grown by the people of the Land

Vailant:
former High Lord before Prothall

Vain:
Demondim-spawn; bred by ur-viles for a secret purpose

Vale:
a Bloodguard

Valley of Two Rivers, the:
site of Revelwood in Trothgard

Variol Tamarantha-mate:
a Lord, later High Lord; son of Pentil, father of Mhoram

Verement:
a Lord, husband of Shetra

Verge of Wandering, the:
valley in the Southron Range southeast of Mithil Stonedown; gathering place of the nomadic Ramen

Vernigil:
a
Haruchai
; a Master of the Land guarding First Woodhelven

Vertorn:
a healer in Berek Halfhand’s army

Vespers:
self-consecration rituals of the Lords

Vettalor:
Warmark of the army opposing Berek Halfhand

viancome:
meeting place at Revelwood

Victuallin Tayne:
a region in the Center Plains

Vidik Amar:
a region of the Earth

Viles:
monstrous beings which created the Demondim

vitrim:
nourishing fluid created by the Waynhim

Vizard, the:
one of the Insequent

Voice of the Masters, the:
a
Haruchai
leader; spokesman for the Masters as a group

voure:
a plant-sap which wards off insects

Vow, the:
Haruchai
oath of service which formed the Bloodguard

vraith:
a Waynhim

Ward:
a unit of Kevin’s lore

Warhaft:
commander of an Eoman

Warlore:
Sword knowledge in Kevin’s Lore

Warmark:
commander of the Warward

Warrenbridge:
entrance to the catacombs under Mount Thunder

Warward, the:
army of Lord’s Keep

Wavedancer:
Giantship commanded by Brow Gnarlfist

Wavenhair Haleall:
a Giant, wife of Sparlimb Keelsetter, mother of triplets

Waymeet:
resting place for travelers maintained by Waynhim

Waynhim:
tenders of the Waymeets; rejected Demondim-spawn, opponents and relatives of ur-viles

Weird of the Waynhim, the:
Waynhim concept of doom, destiny, or duty

were-menhir(s):
Giantish name for the
skurj

Whane:
a Cord of the Ramen

white gold:
a metal of power not found in the Land

white gold wielder:
title given to Thomas Covenant

White River, the:
a river of the land

Whrany:
a Ranyhyn stallion; mount of Bhapa

Wightburrow, the:
cairn under which Drool Rockworm is buried

Wightwarrens:
home of the Cavewights under Mount Thunder; catacombs

wild magic:
the power of white gold; considered the keystone of the Arch of Time

Wildwielder:
white gold wielder; title given to Linden Avery by Esmer and the
Elohim

Windscour:
region in the Center Plains

Windshorn Stonedown:
a village in the South Plains

Winhome:
Ramen lowest rank

Woodenwold:
region of trees surrounding the
maidan
of
Elemesnedene

Woodhelven:
wood-village

Woodhelvennin:
inhabitants of wood-village

Word of Warning:
a powerful, destructive forbidding

Worm of the World’s End, the:
creature believed by the
Elohim
to have formed the foundation of the Earth

Wraiths of Andelain, the:
creatures of living light that perform the Dance at the Celebration of Spring

Würd of the Earth, the:
term used by the
Elohim
to describe their own nature, destiny, or purpose; could be read as Word, Worm, or Weird

Yellinin:
a soldier in Berek Halfhand’s army; third-in-command of the tenth Eoman, second Eoward

Yeurquin:
a Stonedownor, companion of Triock

Yolenid:
daughter of Loerya

Zaynor:
a
Haruchai
from a time long before the
Haruchai
first came to the Land