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.
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. Sigil: gold star on blue field.
pronounced: tie-san
root meaning: tiasen––rich
URAY––a man-at-arms in the city of Daenfal.
pronounced: you-ray
VALENFORD––city located in Taerlin, Tysan.
pronounced: val-en-ford
root meaning: valen––braided
VASTMARK––principality located in southwestern 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 shorthanded after the conquest of the Mistwraith.
pronounced: ver-rain
rootmeaning: ver––keep; ria––touch; an––one; originalParavian: verria’an
VHALZEIN––city located in West Shand, shore of Rockbay Har bor on the border by Havish.
pronounced: val-zeen
root meaning: from drakish, vhchalsckeen––white sands
VHANDON––a renownedclanborn war captain of Duke Bransian
s’Brydion of Alestron.
pronounced: van-done
root meaning: vhandon––steadfast
VORRICE––Lord High Examiner of Avenor; charged with trying and executing cases of dark magecraft.
pronounced: vor-iss
root meaning: vorisse––to lay waste by fire
root meaning: not from the Paravian
WATERFORK––city located in Lithmere, Havish.
WARDEN OF ALTHAIN––alternative title for the Fellowship Sorcerer, Sethvir.
WEST GATE PROPHECY––prophecy made by Dakar the Mad Prophet in Third Age 5061, which forecast the return of royal talent through the West Gate, and the bane of Desh-thiere and a return to untrammeled sunlight.
WESTWOOD––forest located in Camris, Tysan, north of the Great
West Road.
WHITEHOLD––city located on the shore of Eltair Bay, Kingdom of Melhalla.
WORLDSEND GATES––set at the four compass points of the continent of Paravia. These were spelled portals constructed by the Fellowship of Seven at the dawn of the Third Age, and were done in connection with the obligations created by their compact with the Paravian races which allowed Men to settle on Athera.
WULFCARS––accountant at Meliane’s brothel in Jaelot. pronounced: wolf-cars
Acknowledgements
Thanks to the following people, who gave
generously of their time and patience over the years
as this manuscript was written:
Jeff Watson, Mark Bereit, Bob and Sara Schwager,
Jane Johnson, Caitlin Blaisdell
and always,
my husband, Don Maitz.
About the Author
Grand Conspiracy
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