Broke Arithon's leg in Third Age Year 5654, and in restitution awarded Rathain's prince the
service of two s'Brydion retainers, Talvish and Vhandon.
pronounced: par-ee-on
root meaning: para ient - great dart
PRANDEY
term for gelded pleasure boy. pronounced: pran-dee not from the Paravian
QUAID trade town in Carithwyr, Havish, lying inland along the trade-road from Los Mar to Redburn. Famous for fired clay and brick. pronounced: qu-wade
root meaning: cruaid - a clay used for brickmaking
QUARN
town on the trade-road that crosses Caithwood in Taerlin, Tysan.
pronounced: kwarn
root meaning: quarin - ravine, canyon
QUINOLD
Lord Chancellor of Avenor and a member of Lysaer's regent's council. pronounced: kwin-old
root meaning: quen - one who is narrow-minded
RADMOORE DOWNS
meadow lands 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. Currently serving as High Chancellor of Etarra, ruling in the absence of the
ratified mayor.
pronounced: rayett
root meaning: raiett - carrion-bird
RATHAIN
High Kingdom of Athera ruled by descendants of Torbrand s'Ffalenn since Third Age Year One. Device: black-and-silver leopard on green field. Arithon Teir's'Ffalenn is sanctioned crown prince, by the hand of Asandir of the Fellowship, in Third Age Year 5638 at Etarra. pronounced: rath-ayn
root meaning: roth - brother; thein - tower, sanctuary
RAUVEN TOWER
home of the s'Ahelas mages who brought up Arithon s'Ffalenn and trained him to the ways of
power. Located on the splinter world, Dascen Elur, through West Gate.
pronounced: raw-ven
root meaning: rauven - invocation
REDBURN
town located in a deep inlet in the northern shore of Rockbay Harbor in Havistock, Havish. pronounced: red-burn root meaning not from the Paravian
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
RTVERTON
trade town at the mouth of the Ilswater River, in Korias, Tysan; once the site of Lysaer's royal shipyard, before the site burned in Third Age Year 5654.
ROCKBAY HARBOR
body of water located on the southcoast, between Shand and West Shand.
ROCKFELL PEAK
mountain containing Rockfell Pit, used to imprison harmful entities throughout all three Ages. Located in West Halla, Melhalla; became the warded prison for Desh-thiere.
pronounced: rock-fell
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: far-sight.
pronounced: s'ah-hell-as
root meaning: ahelas - mage-gifted
s'BRYDION
ruling line of the Dukes of Alestron. The only old blood clansmen to maintain rule of a fortified city through the uprising that defeated the rule of the high kings. pronounced: s'bride-ee-on root meaning: baridien - tenacity
s'CALLIENT
lineage of the caithdeinen of Melhalla, Fellowship chosen to succeed s'Dieneval after the fall of Tirans.
pronounced: scal-lee-ent
root meaning: caillient - most extreme form of fixed or stubborn - immovable
SANPASHIR
desert waste on the southcoast of Shand. Home to the desert tribes. pronounced: sahn-pash-eer
root meaning: san - black or dark; fash'era - place of grit or gravel
SANSHEVAS
town on the south shore in Alland, Shand, known for citrus, sugar, and rum.
pronounced: san-shee-vas
root meaning: san - black; shievas - flint
SCARPDALE
waste in Lanshire, Havish, created by a First Age war with Seardluin. Site of the Scarpdale grimward.
SCIMLADE TIP
peninsula at the south-east corner of Alland, Shand. pronounced: skim-laid
root meaning: scimlait - curved knife or scythe
SECOND AGE
Marked by the arrival of the Fellowship of Seven at Crater Lake, their called purpose to fight the drake spawn.
s'DIENEVAL
lost lineage of the caithdeinen of Melhalla, the last to carry the title being Egart, who died at the side of his high king in the battle to subdue the Mistwraith. The blood line carried strong talent for prophecy, and was decimated during the sack of Tirans in the uprising in Third Age Year 5018, with Egan's pregnant wife the sole survivor. Her daughter, Meiglin was mother of Dari s'Ahelas, crown heir of Shand. pronounced: s-dee-in-ee-vahl
root meaning: dien - large; eval - endowment, gifted talent
SELIDIE
young woman initiate appointed by Morriel Prime as a candidate in training for succession. Succeeded to the office of Prime Matriarch after Morriel's death on winter solstice in Third Age Year 5670, at which time an unprincipled act of possession usurped the young woman's body. pronounced: sell-ih-dee root meaning: selyadi - air sprite
SELKWOOD
forest located in Alland, Shand. pronounced: selk-wood root meaning: selk - pattern
s'ELLESTRION
lineage of the High Kings of Melhalla, died out in the course of the uprising in Third Age Year 5018. Gifted geas: wisdom. pronounced: sell-ess-tree-on
root meaning: eliestrion - inspiration, from the word elya - air
SETHVIR
Sorcerer of the Fellowship of Seven, also trained to serve as Warden of Althain since Third Age 5100, when the last centaur guardian departed after the Mistwraith's conquest. pronounced: seth-veer root meaning: seth - fact; vaer - keep
SEVRAND s'BRYDION
heir-designate of Duke Bransian of Alestron. pronounced: sev-rand
root meaning: sevaer'an'd - one who travels behind, a follower
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
lineage of the Earls of the West, once the Camris princes, now bearing the heritage of caithdein of Tysan. Iamine s'Gannley was the woman founder. pronounced: sgan-lee
root meaning: gaen - guide; li - exalted or in harmony
SHADDORN
town located on the Scimlade Tip in Alland, Shand.
pronounced: shad-dorn
root meaning: shaddiern - sea-turtle
SHAND
High Kingdom on the south-east corner of the Paravian continent, originally ruled by the line of
s'Ahelas. Current device, purple-and-gold chevrons, since the adjunct kingdom of West Shand
came under high crown rule. The old device was a falcon on a crescent moon, sometimes still
showed, backed by the more recent purple-and-gold chevrons.
pronounced: shand - as in 'hand'
root meaning: shayn or shiand - two,'pair
SHIPSPORT
city located on the Bay of Eltair in the principality of West Halla, Melhalla.
SIDIR
one of the Companions, "who were the fourteen boys to survive the Battle of Strakewood. Served Arithon at the Battle of Dier Kenton Vale, and the Havens. Second-in-command of Earl Jieret's war-band.
pronounced: see-deer
root meaning: i'sid'i'er - one who has stood at the verge of being lost.
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: s-ill-ess-id
root meaning: liessiad - balance
SIMSHANE'S HOUSE OF EXOTIC DELIGHTS
disreputable brothel located in Etarra, renowned for vice and peddling prandeys. pronounced: sim-shane not from the Paravian
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
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
SOUTHSHIRE
town on the southcoast of Alland, Shand, known for shipbuilding. pronounced: south-shire not from the Paravian
SPIRE
town with a hostel of Ath's Brotherhood, located on the southcoast in Havistock, Havish.
s'TALEYN
lineage of the caithdeinen of Shand. pronounced: stall-ay-en
root meaning: tal - branch; an - one,'first 'of the first branch'
STEIVEN
Earl of the North, caithdein and regent to the Kingdom of Rathain at the time of Arithon Teir's'Ffalenn's return. Chieftain of the Deshans until his death in the battle of Strakewood Forest in Third Year 5638. Jieret Red-beard's father. Barach and Jeynsa's grandfather. pronounced: stay-vin root meaning: steiven - stag
STORLAINS
mountains dividing the Kingdom of Havish. pronounced: store-lanes
root meaning: storlient - largest summit, highest divide
STORMWELL
Gulf of Stormwell, body of water off the northcoast of Tysan.
STRAKEWOOD
forest in the principality of Deshir, Rathain; site of the battle of Strakewood Forest, where the garrison from Etarra marched against the clans under Steiven s'Valerient and Prince Arithon, in
Third Age Year 5638.
pronounced: strayk-wood similar to 'stray wood' root meaning: streik - to quicken, to seed
SULFIN EVEND
son of the Mayor of Hanshire who holds the post of Alliance Lord Commander under Lysaer s'Ilessid.
pronounced: sool-finn ev-end
root meaning: suilfinn eiavend - colloquialism, diamond mind, 'one who is persistent'
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
south-western principality of Kingdom of Tysan. Also a lake, Taerlin Waters located in the southern spur of Tprnir Peaks. Halliron taught Arithon a ballad of that name, which is of Paravian origin and 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, and
where the rape and massacre of Deshir's clan women and children occurred under Lysaer and
head-hunters under Pesquil's command in Third Age Year 5638.
pronounced: tal quar-in
root meaning: tal - branch; quorin - canyons
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 who was sworn into the service of
Prince Arithon as a point of honour.
pronounced: tall-vish
root meaning: talvesh - reed
TANUIN
a clansman of Shand who died in defense of non-combatant families during the campaign at
Vastmark in Third Age Year 5647, father of Glendien.
pronounced: tan-oo-win
root meaning: tanuin - swift, or swallow
TEIR
masculine form of a title fixed to a name denoting heirship. pronounced: tayer
root meaning: teir's - successor to power
TEIREN
feminine form of Teir.
TEIVE
first mate of the merchant brig Evenstar and father of Feylind's two children.
pronounced: tee-ev
root meaning: tierve - reliable
TELLESEC
guild minister in Avenor, and one of the regent's council of Tysan.
pronounced: tell-i-sec
root meaning: tellisec - a small spider
TELMANDIR
seat of the High Kings of Havish in Lithmere, Havish. Ruined during the uprising in Third Age Year 5018, rebuilt by High King Eldir s'Lornmein after his coronation in Third Age Year 5643. pronounced: tell-man-deer root meaning: telman'en - leaning; dir - rock
TELZEN
town on the eastshore of Alland, Shand.
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
THARIDOR
trade city on the shores of the Bay of Eltair in Melhalla.
pronounced: thar-i-door
root meaning: tier'i'dur - keep of stone
THARRICK
former captain of the guard in the city of Alestron assigned charge of the duke's secret armoury; now married to Jinesse and working as a gentleman mercenary guard at Innish. pronounced: thar-rick root meaning: thierik - unkind twist of fate
THEMBREL'S OAK
tree by the sacred spring in the heart of Halwythwood, Rathain, where the Athlien dancers once enacted the rites of renewal. Site of the grand mysteries, off-limits to humankind. pronounced: them-brel root meaning: thembrel - acorn
TIDEPORT
a coastal town in Korias, Tysan. not from the Paravian
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 (last 'e' mostly subliminal) root meaning: tien - dream; iel - light,'ray
TIRANS
trade town located on the East Halla peninsula in Melhalla, also a Second Age ruin, seat of the High Kings of Melhalla, sacked during the uprising in Third Age Year 5018. Site of a Paravian focus circle. pronounced: tee-rans
root meaning: tier - to hold fast, to keep, or to covet
TIRIACS
mountain range to the north of Mirthlvain Swamp, in 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 in 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
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.
pronounced: tray-the
root meaning: traithe - gentleness
TYSAN
one of the Five High Kingdoms of Athera as defined by the charters of the Fellowship of Seven.
Ruled by the s'Ilessid royal line. Device: gold star on blue field.
pronounced: tie-san
root meaning: tiasen - rich
VAE
mother of a young boy, recruited by Lysaer s'Ilessid. root meaning not from the Paravian.
VARENS
trade town on the shore of Eltair Bay in East Halla, Melhalla. pronounced: var-ens
root meaning: var'uens - keep safe, or lock
VARRUN
Lord High Justiciar of Avenor, one of Lysaer's regent's council of Tysan.
pronounced: var-run
root meaning: vaer'ruann - eyrie
VASTMARK
principality located in south-western Shand. Highly mountainous and not served by trade-roads. Its coasts are renowned for shipwrecks. Inhabited by nomadic shepherds and wyverns, non-fire-breathing, smaller relatives of Khadrim. Site of the grand massacre of Lysaer's war host
in Third Age 5647.
pronounced: vast-mark
root meaning: vhast - bare; mheark - valley
VERRAIN
master spellbinder, trained by Luhaine; stood as Guardian of Mirthlvain when the Fellowship of Seven was left short-handed after the conquest of the Mistwraith. pronounced: ver-rain
root meaning: ver - keep; ria - touch; an - one; original Paravian: verria'an
VHALZEIN
city located in West Shand, shore of Rockbay Harbor on the border by Havish. Famed for shell-inlaid lacquer furnishings. pronounced: val-zeen
root meaning: from Drakish, vhchalsckeen - white sands
VHANDON
a renowned clanborn war captain of Duke Bransian s'Brydion of Alestron, assigned to Prince Arithon's service as a point of honour in Third Age Year 5654. pronounced: van-done root meaning: vhandon - steadfast
WARDEN OF ALTHAIN