The Sheening Of The Blades (Book 1) (94 page)

Voral
              (rhymes with either ‘for Al’ or ‘for all’—as long as you say it with a smile, she doesn’t care); Whiteblade and one of the Merranic Great Heroes

Waylan
              (WAY-len); cavalry lieutenant of the Imperial Army, military attaché to the Ramparts

Yvetta
                            (
y
eeh-VET-uh); Whiteblade, usually called Yve (like Eve with a faint ‘y’ in front)

Zhimesse
              (rhymes with ‘finesse’ with the zh a soft ‘j’); Pior’s blue gryphon

Zkag
                            (ts-KAG); the Sheelshard, the only known, largely legendary, settlement of the Tarq