Agnith's Promise: The Vildecaz Talents, Book 3 (34 page)

Limurgan-velvet
[Lee-MUHR-gahn]  - costly fabric from Limurj on Ymeljesai

Limurj
[Lee*MUHRZH]  – a city on Ymiljesai

Linthrovee Sea
[Lihn-THROH-vay]  – a sea in the Drowned World, noted for tricky waters

Liriz-Zai
[LEE-reez-Zeye]  – most westward island in The Tail

Locks of the Farmentij
[Fahr-MEN-tihzh]Rapids  – locks allowing water travel around the dangerous Farmentij Rapids

Loom,
The
– constellation on the ecliptic

Lorjoran, the Provider
[Lohr-ZHOH-rahn]  – god of planting, harvest, hunting, fishing, spices, herbs, kitchens, and cooking, the second son of the hermaphroditic sun and moon gods/goddesses Tahmei and Takzei.

Lost Times
  – the three or four centuries following the Cataclysm

Lymotaj
[LIE-moh-taj] Sea  – one of the most southerly of the Drowned World seas

machei-fruit
[MATCH-eye]  – a delicious, pulpy fruit similar to a cross between a honeydew melon and a strawberry; about the size of an orange

Maeshar of Otsinmohr
[MY-shahr of Oh-TSIHN-more] – Riast’s cousin and governor of Otsinmohr Province, immediately across the River Dej from Vildicaz

Maestrich Ocean
[MY-stritch]  – ocean between the Drowned World and Haverartbow

Magstee
[Mahg-STAY]  – title of high-ranking female wizards, magicians, and scholars

magstelee
[mahg-STEH-lay]  – female life-partner

magstelon
[mahg-STEH-lohn]  – male life-partner

Magsto
[MAHG-sto]  – title of high-ranking male wizards, magicians, and scholars

Magsto Atoreon
[Ah-toh-RAY-on]  – dean of instruction at a magical university

Magstogorin
[
Mahg
-stoh-GOH-rin]  – the most powerful magicians

Mai, Zenoch
[MY, ZEHN-otch]  – healing-magician for Vildecaz Castle and environs

maitsee
[MY-tsay]  – nature spirits, sprites

Malific Interference
  – legal definition of a serious, interfering spell, usually intending harm

Maoaz, Toujin-Rai
[MOW-ahz, TOO-zhihn-
Reye
] – Fahnine Ambassador to the Porzalk Emperor’s Court

Martsingoz
[Mahr-tsihn-GOHZ]  – old capital city of the Porzalk Empire, now a minor market-town in Tsorech Province

Mautsarej Ocean
[Maowt-SAHR-edge]  – northern, arctic ocean touching Theninzalk, the northernmost islands of the Drowned World, and the outer islands called the Crown of Ayo

Meadow-Stage House
  – a barge stage hostel on the River Dej

Meal Rite
  – ritual invocation before meals with family

Meal Rite for Visitors
  – ritual invocation before meals when guests are present

Meanaj, Dinenniet
[Mee-NAZH, Dih-nehn-EE-eht] &% present Magstee of the Agnitheon

Meilianoz
[May-lee-AHN-ohz]  – the architect of Tiumboj Castle, four hundred years ago

Merinex, Heijoz
[MEHR-ee-nehks, HEY-zhohz]  – Vildecaz Castle household magician of the Dyskeleoc School

Mindicaz
  – a small, independent Mirkalin between Cazboarth and the Kingdom of Waniat

Mindicaz, Ver
[MIHN-dee-cahz, VAIR] – Cook-Major of Vildecaz Castle

Minnaeto, Bangli
[Mihn-NEYE-toh, BAHN-glee]  – Aycar of the Palace of Zaroga-Jin

Mintrij
[MIHN-trihzh]  – god of rain; one of the children of Reonoj

Mirkal [
MIHR-kahl] – title of Porzalk Empire nobles of the third degree (slightly outranking a Duz)

Mirinkal
[MIHR-een-kal]  – children of a Mirkal

Mirkalin
[MIHR-kahl-in] – the estates of a Mirkal

Mirkalor
[MIHR-kahl-ohr]  – wife or husband of a Mirkal

Monianaj
[Moh-nee-AHN-azh]  – goddess of rivers and streams

moon-hounds
  – a Boarthine species of wild dog, similar to a coyote, but with a touch of jackal; valued for their fur.

Moricaz, Rakin
[MOHR-ee-cahz, RAH-kihn]  – Kloveon’s servant; a weather-witch

Mozh-cloth
  - a luminous, durable cloth from the Fanine city of Mozh

Mysinjrau
[Meye-SIHNZH-raow]  – hermaphroditic god/goddess of beauty, creative arts, esthetics, music, amity, self-indulgence, and excess

Nard-marten
  – a marten that lives in nard-needle trees

Nard-Marten, The
  – a disreputable travelers’ inn

nard-needle tree
  – a shaggy fir tree with odoriferous needles

Nach-boar
  – large game animal native to the Warinach Mountains

Neitrij
[NAY-trihzh]  – god of chance; one of the children of Reonoj

Nejoch
[NEHZH-ohtch] – groom at Vildecaz Castle

niedaj
[nee-EH-dahzh]  – the astral body of the dead  – not a ghost

Niegee
[Nee-EH-gey]  – the southern-most Province in the Porzalk Empire

Niegee-satin
  – from the southern Porzalk Province of Neigee

Night Priests of Ayon-Tur
[AY-on-Tuhr]  – a supposedly extinct Order from Ayo, dedicated to destruction and malice

Ninianee
[Nee-nee-AH-nay] –  Duzna of Vildecaz, elder daughter of Nimuar

Nimuar
[NIM-wahr] of Vildecaz  –  Duz of Vildecaz, father of Ninianee and Erianthee

Nyolach, the Unexpected
[Neye-OH-lahtch] – goddess of turns in fortune, good or ill, of privilege and rank, and of desperate circumstances; she is considered dangerously capricious; sister of Daj, and of Bandikrion, mother of Dandolmaj

Nyon, Alejantoz
[NEYE-ohn, Ah-leh-ZHAN-tohz]  – Porzalk Court magician

Nyth-root [
NEYETH]  – something like ginger

Nytral
  – Vlidecazin horse

Ojenthee
[Oh-ZHEHN-they]  – goddess of autumn

Old Fox, The
  – disreputable Boarthine inn

Omen-falcon
  – a species of bird noted for its attraction to magical events, births, and deaths

Omen-Falcon, The
  – a hostelry at Janailee

Ondirpich, the Influential
[Ohn-DIHR-pitch]  – god of new endeavors, instructing children, seeking goals, protector of port cities and sailing ships, sometime consort of Hyneimoj

Ondirpikeon, the Cyclical
[
Ohn
-dihr-pee-KAY-ohn]  – god of eclipses, tides, seismic and volcanic activity, astronomy, geomancy, and inquiry; one of the Six Founder Gods and patron of Haverartbow

Onpoleneraz
[Ohn-pohl-lehn-NEH-rahz]  – river-man with a barge

Oofan
[OO-fahn]  – Fahnine noble of the second degree, or his/her consort

Oofaz
[OO-fahz]  –   the landed estate of an Oofan

Oofite
[OO-fyt]  – of or pertaining to an Oofan or Oofaz

Oofon
[OO-fohn]  – male child of an Oofan

Oofonal
[OO-fohn-ahl]  – female child of an Oofan

Orchard Moon
  – in the Eighth or Ninth month

Otsinmohr
[Oh-TSIHN- more]  – the province immediately south of Vildecaz

Otsinmohrin
[Oh-TSIHN-mohr-ihn]  – of or pertaining to Otsinmohr

Ozhadin, Sinlaj
[Ohz-HAH-dihn, SIHN-lahzh]  – late landlord of The Ancient Song

pajiman grapes
[pah-ZHIH-man]  – from Haverartbow, grapes with dark-violet skins 

Pajmin’s Landing
[PAHZH-mihn]  – river harbor near the Worjinranth Falls

Pajmintirij
[
Pahzh
-mihn-TEE-rizh]  – god of safety, marriage, preparation and forethought, village-and-city planning, and maintenance

Pareo, Rai
[PAH-ray-oh, RYE]  – secretary to Zervethus Gaxamirin

Parigoch-goats
[Pah-REE-gotch]  – long-haired species of curl-horned goats

Parmentoj
[Pahr-MEHN-tohzh]  – the god of measuring time and calendars; one of the children of Reonoj

Parumenz, Vazha
[Pah-roo-MEHNZ, VAHZ-hah]  – Heijoz Merinex’s apprentice

pelgar
[PEL-gahr]  – wide-skirted riding-coat; a step up from a dolaj

Perswipareon
[Pehr-swee-pah-RAY-ohn]  – town west-northwest of Tiumboj

Piebald Crane, The
  – an inn at Pajmin’s Landing

Pirkenee
[Pihr-KEE-nay]  – semi-autonomous Mirkalin on southwest Theninzalk

Plough, The
  – ecliptic constellation

Pomig
[POE-mihg]  – the Third World, a continent to the south by southeast of Theninzalk

Porcaz
[POHR-cahz]  – Imperial Province of the Porzalk Empire, where Tiumboj is located

Porzalk
[POUR-zahlk]
Empire
  – the largest territorio-political federation on Theninzalk

pourri-flowers
[POOH-ree]  – flowers used to make a tea-like drink

Priests of Dallan-Noj
[DAHL-lahn-NOHZH]  – an order dedicated to comfort and solace to those consumed by sorrow.  They have a chapter-house on every continent, including the Drowned World

Priests of Mirvex-Doz
[MIHR-vehx-DOHZ]  – important training school for magicians in the Drowned

Provost Magsto
  – title of the head of a Library or a School

Pruferaj, Foreon
[Proo-FEH-rahzh, Foh-RAY-ohn]  – Imperial Councillor

puff-bread
  – fried batter-bread

Quaenach, Hoperinaz
[KWY-nahtch, Hoh-peh-REE-nahz]  – guide and scout

quaenaz-leaves
[KWEYE-nahz]  – tea from Ymiljesai

quansaj
[quahn-SAHZH]  – great-coat made of fur

quazmei
[KWAHZ-may]  – frond pom-pom-trees from Poemig

Rachnoraj
[Ratch-NOHR-ahzh]  – mythic defender of Jinoarthcaz