Grand Conspiracy (94 page)

root meaning:
para ient
––great dart

QUAIRE––a mountain peak in the Skyshiels, Rathain.

pronounced: kwear

root meaning:
quaire
––pyramid

QUARN––town on the trade road that crosses Caithwood in Taerlin, Tysan.

pronounced: kwarn

root meaning:
quarin
––ravine, canyon

RADMOORE DOWNS––meadowlands in Midhalla, Melhalla.

pronounced: rad-more

root meaning:
riad
––thread;
mour
––carpet, rug

RAIETT RAVEN––brother of the Mayor of Hanshire; uncle of Sulfin Evend. Considered a master statesman and a bringer of wars.

pronounced: rayett

root meaning:
raiett
––carrion bird

RATHAIN––High Kingdom of Athera ruled by descendants of Torbrand s'Ffalenn since Third Age Year One. Sigil: black-and-silver leopard on green field. pronounced: rath-ayn

root meaning:
roth
––brother;
thein
––tower, sanctuary REYSALD––a merchant in the city of Daenfal, Rathain.

pronounced: ris-sald

RIATHAN PARAVIANS––unicorns, the purest, most direct connection to Ath Creator; the prime vibration channels directly through the horn.

pronounced: ree-ah-than

root meaning:
ria
––to touch;
ath
––prime life force;
an
––one;
ri'athon
–– one who touches divinity

RIVERTON––trade town at the mouth of the Ilswater river, in Korias, Tysan; site of Lysaer's royal shipyard. ROCKFELL PIT––deep shaft cut into Rockfell Peak, used to imprison harmful entities throughout all three Ages. Located in the principality of West Halla, Melhalla; became the warded prison for Desh-thiere.

pronounced: rock-fell

root meaning not from the Paravian

ROCKFELL VALE––valley below Rockfell Peak, located in principality of West Halla, Melhalla.

pronounced: rockfell vale

root meaning not from the Paravian

s'AHELAS––family name for the royal line appointed by the Fellowship Sorcerers in Third Age Year One to rule the High Kingdom of Shand. Gifted geas: farsight.

pronounced: s'ah-hell-as

root meaning:
ahelas
––mage-gifted

SANPASHIR––desert waste on the south coast of Shand.

pronounced: sahn-pash-eer

root meaning:
san
––black or dark;
pash'era
––place of grit or

gravel

SANSHEVAS––city located in Alland, Shand; known for silk.

pronounced: san-shee-vahs

root meaning:
san
––black;
cievas
––worm or grub

SARDS––pass through the Skyshiels on the trade route connecting Daenfal with Jaelot.

pronounced: rhymes with ‘shards'

root meaning:
saardes
––whirlwind

SASHKA––a favored prostitute at the Fat Pigeon Tavern in the city of Southshire.

pronounced: sash-kaa

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

pronounced: s'bride-ee-on

root meaning:
baridien
––tenacity

SCIMLADE TIP––peninsula at the southeast corner of Alland, Shand.

pronounced: skim-laid

root meaning:
scimlait
––curved knife or scythe

SEANNORY––Centaur guardian who bound the four elemental powers in the fortress at Earle for need of the world's protection.

pronounced: see-an-or-ee

root meaning:
saenniori
––enchanter

SECOND AGE––Marked by the arrival of the Fellowship of Seven at Crater Lake, their called purpose to fight the drake spawn. SELIDIE––young woman initiate appointed by Morriel Prime as a candidate in training for succession.

pronounced: sell-ih-dee

root meaning:
selyadi
––air sprite

SELKWOOD––forest located in Alland, Shand.

pronounced: selk-wood

root meaning:
selk
––pattern

SETHVIR––Sorcerer of the Fellowship of Seven, served as Warden of Althain since the disappearance of the Paravians in the Third Age after the Mistwraith's conquest.

pronounced: seth-veer

root meaning:
seth
––fact;
vaer
––keep

SEVERNIR––river that once ran across the central part of Daon Ramon Barrens, Rathain. Diverted at the source after the Mistwraith's conquest, to run east into Eltair Bay.

pronounced: se-ver-neer

root meaning:
sevaer
––to travel;
nir
––south

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––family name for the line of Earls of the West, who stood as
caithdeinen
and stewards for the Kings of Tysan.

pronounced: s-gan-lee

root meaning:
gaen
––to guide;
li
––exalted, or in harmony

SHADDORN––trade city located on the Scimlade peninsula in Alland, Shand.

pronounced: shad-dorn

root meaning:
shaddiern
––a sea turtle

SHAND––High Kingdom on the southeast corner of the Paravian continent, originally ruled by the line of s'Ahelas. Device is falcon on a crescent moon, backed by purple-and-gold chevrons.

pronounced: shand, as in ‘hand'

root meaning:
shayn
or
shiand
––two/pair

SHANDIAN––refers to nationality, being of the Kingdom of Shand.

pronounced: shand-ee-an

root meaning:
shand
––two

SHANDOR––city located on the coast of West Shand.

pronounced: shan-door

root meaning:
cianor
––to shine

SHIP'S PORT––city located on the coast of Eltair Bay, West Halla, Melhalla.

SHONIAN––a river in Falwood, West Shand.

pronounced: show-nee-an

root meaning:
shon'ien
––a unicorn's dance

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: sill-ess-id

root meaning:
liessiad
––balance

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

pronounced: sith-air

root meaning:
sid
––lost;
thiere
––wraith/spirit

SKANNT––headhunter captain, trained under Pesquil, now captains the Northern League.

pronounced: scant

root meaning:
sciant
––a lean, hard run hound of mixed breeding

SKJEND––a wineseller in the city of Morvain.

pronounced: skinned

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'

SKYSHIELS––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

SORCERERS' PRESERVE––warded territory located by Teal's Gap in Tornir Peaks in Tysan where the Khadrim are kept confined by Fellowship magic.

SOUTH SEA––ocean off Paravia's southern coast.

SOUTHSHIRE––south coast port town located in Alland, kingdom of Shand; known for its shipbuilding and orange groves.

STRAKEWOOD––forest in the principality of Deshir, Rathain; site of the battle of Strakewood Forest.

pronounced: strayk-wood similar to ‘stray wood'

root meaning:
streik
––to quicken, to seed

SULFIN EVEND––son of the Mayor of Hanshire who is appointed Alliance Lord Commander by Lysaer s'Ilessid.

pronounced: sool-finn ev-end

root meaning:
suilfinn eiavend
––colloquialism, diamond mind–– one who is persistent

SUNCHILDREN––translated term for Athlien Paravians.

SUNWHEEL––blazon of the Alliance of Light, consisting of a gold geometric on a white field.

s'VALERIENT––family name for the Earls of the North, regents and
caithdein
for the High Kings of Rathain.

pronounced: val-er-ee-ent

root meaning:
val
––straight;
erient
––spear

TAERLIN––southwestern principality of Kingdom of Tysan. Also a lake, Taerlin Waters located in the southern spur of Tornir Peaks. Halliron taught Arithon a ballad of that name, which is of Paravian origin, and which commemorates the First Age slaughter of a unicorn herd by Khadrim.

pronounced: tay-er-lin

root meaning:
taer
––calm;
lien
––to love

TAL QUORIN––river formed by the confluence of watershed on the southern side of Strakewood, principality of Deshir, Rathain, where traps were laid for Etarra's army in the battle of Strakewood Forest.

pronounced: tal quar-in

root meaning:
tal
––branch;
quorin
––canyons

TAL'S CROSSING––town at the branch in the trade road that leads to Etarra and south, and northeastward to North Ward.

pronounced: tal to rhyme with ‘pal'

root meaning:
tal
––branch

TALITH––Etarran princess; former wife of Lysaer s'Ilessid. Died of a fall from Avenor's tower of state.

pronounced: tal-ith––to rhyme with ‘gal with'

root meaning:
tal
––branch;
lith
––to keep/nurture

TALVISH––a clanborn retainer in sworn service to s'Brydion at Alestron.

pronounced: tall-vish

root meaning:
talvesh
––reed

TAWIS––deceased grandfather who smuggled contraband into the city of Jaelot.

pronounced: tow-iss

TEIR––title fixed to a name denoting heirship.

pronounced: tayer

root meaning:
teir's
––successor to power

TEIREN––feminine form of Teir.

pronounced: tay-er-en

root meaning:
teiren's
––female successor to power

TEIS––a poor commoner's child in Avenor.

pronounced: tea-iss

TELMANDIR––ruined city that once was the seat of the High Kings of Havish. Located in the principality of Lithmere, Havish.

pronounced: tell-man-deer

root meaning:
telman'en
––leaning;
dir
––rock

TELZEN––city on the coast of Alland, Shand, renowned for its lumber and saw millworks.

pronounced: tell-zen

root meaning:
tielsen
––to saw wood

THALDEINS––mountain range that borders the principality of Camris, Tysan, to the east. Site of the Camris clans' west outpost. Site of the raid at the Pass of Orlan.

pronounced: thall-dayn

root meaning:
thal
––head;
dein
––bird

THARRICK––former captain of the guard in the city of Alestron assigned charge of the duke's secret armory; now married to Jinesse and working as a gentleman mercenary guard at Innish.

pronounced: thar-rick

root meaning:
thierik
––unkind twist of fate

THIRD AGE––marked by the Fellowship's sealing of the compact with the Paravian races and the arrival of Men to Athera.

THREADNEEDLE STREET––a street in city of Jaelot.

TIDEPORT––trade port on the south shore of Korias, kingdom of Tysan.

TIENELLE––high-altitude herb valued by mages for its mind- expanding properties. Highly toxic. No antidote. The leaves, dried and smoked, are most potent. To weaken its powerful side effects and allow safer access to its vision, Koriani enchantresses boil the flowers, then soak tobacco leaves with the brew.

pronounced: tee-an-ell-e (‘e' mostly subliminal)

root meaning:
tien
––dream;
iel
––light/ray

TIRIACS––mountain range to the north of Mirthlvain Swamp, principality of Midhalla, Melhalla.

pronounced: tie-ree-axe

root meaning:
tieriach
––alloy of metals

TORBRAND s'FFALENN––founder of the s'Ffalenn line appointed by the Fellowship of Seven to rule the High Kingdom of Rathain in Third Age Year One.

pronounced: tor-brand

root meaning:
tor
––sharp, keen;
brand
––temper

TORNIR PEAKS––mountain range on western border of the principality of Camris, Tysan. Northern half is actively volcanic, and there the last surviving packs of Khadrim are kept under ward.

pronounced: tor-neer.

root meaning:
tor
––sharp, keen;
nier
––tooth

TORWENT––smuggler's haven and fishing town in Lanshire, Havish.

pronounced: tore-went

root meaning:
tor
––sharp;
wient
––bend

TRAITHE––Sorcerer of the Fellowship of Seven. Solely responsible for the closing of South Gate to deny further entry to the Mistwraith. Traithe lost most of his faculties in the process, and was left with a limp. Since it is not known whether he can make the transfer into discorporate existence with his powers impaired, he has retained his physical body.