The Runes of the Earth: The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant - Book One (99 page)

Sunstone:
orcrest

sur-jheherrin:
descendants of the
jheherrin;
inhabitants of Sarangrave Flat
suru-pa-maerl:
an art using stone

Swarte:
a Rider

Swordmain/Swordmainnir:
a Giant trained as a warrior

Sword, the:
a branch of Kevin's Lore

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

 

Tamarantha Variol-mate:
a Lord, daughter of Enesta

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

Terass Slen-mate:
a Stonedownor, daughter of Annoria

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

test of silence:
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 Giants in Seareach

Thelma Twofist:
character in a Giantish tale

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

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 promulgated by the Clave

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

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

Tohrm:
a Gravelingas; Hearthrall of Lord's Keep

Tomal:
a Stonedownor craftmaster

Toril:
Haruchai
lost to the Clave

Treacher's Gorge:
ravine opening into Mount Thunder

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

Trell Atiaran-mate:
Gravelingas of Mithil Stonedown, father of Lena

Trevor Loerya-mate:
a Lord

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 Giants living in Seareach

upland:
plateau above Revelstone

Upper Land:
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 Shetra-mate:
a Lord

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

Vespers:
self-consecration ritual of the Lords

viancome:
meeting place at Revelwood

Victuallin Tayne:
a region in the Center Plains

Viles, the:
monstrous beings which created the Demondim

vitrim:
nourishing fluid created by the Waynhim

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

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; Esmer's name for Linden Avery

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

 

Yeurquin:
a Stonedownor, companion of Triock

Yolenid:
daughter of Loerya

Stephen R. Donaldson
is the author of six previous Covenant books:
Lord Foul's Bane, The Illearth War, The Power That Preserves, The Wounded Land, The One Tree,
and
White Gold Wielder,
as well as the Gap sequence novels and The Man Who . . . series of mystery novels. He lives in New Mexico, where he is at work on the second novel of
The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant.

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