Merlin's Shadow (40 page)

Jarl Lhudvig —
(YARL LUD-vig) A chieftain of a region in northern Lochlan. He owns Ulfsvag farm.

Jesu Christus* —
(HEY-soo KRIS-toos) Latin for Jesus Christ.

Kallicia*
— (kal-ih-SEE-ah) Literally, “the forest people,” from what is now known as Galicia* in northwest Spain. Many scholars think they are of Celtic origin. You can still hear bagpipes played there today.

Kembry
— (KEM-bree) The land stretching from the Kembry Sea in the south to the isle of Inis Môn in the northwest. It is made up of multiple kingdoms. Modern-day Wales*.

Kensa —
(KEN-sah) An old, hunched-over woman who wears a funny purple hat and serves King Atle*.

Kernow* —
(KER-now) The kingdom that lay on the peninsula of land in southwest Britain, between Lyhonesse and Difnonia. Ruled by Gorlas from his fortress, Dintaga, which is on an island on the
northern coast. Kernewek is their local dialect of Brythonic. Modern-day Cornwall*.

Keskinpry Marsh
— (kes-KIN-pry) A marsh south of Bosventor.

Kjaringoy
— (kjar-ING-oy) A farm in northwest Lochlan.

Kyallna
— (kee-ALL-nah) An elderly widow who lives near Safrowana and Troslam. She always liked Garth and would pinch his cheek.

Lictor*
— (LIK-tor) A Roman guardian of a magistrate, and one who executes his judgments. Thus, Erbin is Tregeagle's lictor and servant.

Lochlan*
— (LOCK-lan) A people group inhabiting Britain who came from what is now known as Norway.

Londinium*
— (LUN-din-ee-um) A city taken by the Romans in 43
A.D.
and named Lundnisow by the Britons. Because of its river and harbor, they made it the capital of their provinces in Britain. Modern-day London*.

Loth —
(LOTH) The son of King Atle, and Merlin's uncle.

Magister*
— (ma-JEE-stare) Literally “master,” which is the title Tregeagle has as the appointed official over the tin mining region around Bosventor. A holdover from the Roman empire.

Marachlans
— (marr-OCK-lanns) The Lochlan epithet given to Atle, his people, and his people that remained behind after he moved to Britain. In
Merlin's Shadow
, this epithet is meant to mean the “nightmare people.”

Mara-Hoven —
(MAR-ah HO-ven) A mountain with a temple on an island just beyond the arctic circle in northwestern Norway, which is known as the land of the Lochlans. Mara-Hoven means “nightmare temple.”

McEwan —
(mik-YOU-ahn) A huge eirish warrior who served Mórganthu in book 1.

Meneth Gellik Mountain —
(MEN-eth GELL-ick) The mountain upon whose southern side the village of Bosventor is built. Halfway up on a plateau sits a fortress and beacon, which is familiarly known to the villagers as the “Tor.” The mountain is over 1100 feet above sea level, its tallest point is 100 feet above the marsh, and it is the third highest in Kernow. Today it is known as Brown Gelly*. Literally, “The Brown Mountain.” Lake Dosmurtanlin is situated just to the north.

Merlin* —
(MER-lin) The son of the village blacksmith/swordsmith. His face was badly scratched by wolves at the age of eleven when
he tried to protect his younger sister, Gana. This also scarred his eyes, half blinding him. His eyesight was healed at the end of book 1, but his scars remain. The Latin form of his name is Merlinus.

Mônda / Môndargana —
(MOAN-dah / moan-DAR-gone-ah) Owain's wife, she is the daughter of Mórganthu, the arch druid and mother to Gana. She is Merlin's stepmother, but she despises his Christianity. Her full name of Môndargana means “Prophetess of Inis Môn.”

Mórganthu —
(more-GAN-thoo) The arch druid, and son of Mórfryn. He is father to Môndargana and Anviv, and grandfather to Ganieda. His name is a merging of the name
Mórgant
with
huder
, which means “magician.”

Mulsum* —
(MUL-sum) A rich cinnamon, thyme, and peppery wine imported into Britain, and a favorite of Tregeagle.

Muscarvel —
(musk-AR-vel) A seventy-year-old man who lived deep in the marsh to the west of Bosventor. He has not been seen since he tried to free Uther from his Eirish captors.

Myrgwen —
(MEER-gwen) The orphaned, youngest daughter of Uther and Igerna, and sister to Eilyne and Arthur. She is nine years old. In legend, she is called Morgause*.

Natalenya —
(nah-tah-LEAN-yah) Tregeagle and Trevenna's daughter who plays the harp and sings. She has agreed to marry Merlin and goes with him to save Arthur.

Necton mac Erip* —
(NECK-ton MACK ERR-ip) A cruel pict who raids Kembry with Ealtain. He is the son of Erip, whom Ealtain slew many years ago.

Ogmios* —
(og-ME-os) The Celtic god of wind and eloquence, he is represented by Mercury in the night sky.

Oswistor —
(os-WEE-store) A strong hillfort in Pengwern*, Kembry, a minor kingdom of the greater kingdom of Powys. Natalenya's mother, Trevenna, has relatives here. Modern-day Oswestry*.

Owain* —
(O-wayne) Merlin's father, he grew up in Rheged, north of Kembry, as the son of a chieftain. Owain's first wife, Gwevian, drowned while they were boating on Lake Dosmurtanlin. His second wife, Mônda, is the mother of Gana, Merlin's half sister. Owain was the smith in the village of Bosventor prior to his death, and so was given the title of
An Gof
, which means “the smith.”

Pace —
The unit of measurement of a grown man's stride from the time the heel leaves the ground until the same heel touches the ground again. Typically five feet.

Pádraig*
— (PAH-dreeg) St. Patrick, a Briton who first brought Christianity to the Eirish, and then sent missionaries back to Briton.

Penkoref —
(pen-CORE-eff) One of Vortigern's warriors, who doesn't like sailing.

Pergiryn's Tower —
(per-GIH-rin) All that is left of the fortress built by the Pergiryn on the island of Inis Avallow. Some say a light can sometimes be seen from its top-most window. The Pergiryn was an unknown tin merchant who, legend says, built the fortress and planted the apple orchard. Pergiryn means “pilgrim.”

Porthloc —
(PORTH-lock) The seaside village in Difnonia where Garth grew up and met Dybris. Modern-day Porlock*.

Prithager / Picti* —
(prih-THAY-girr / PIC-tie) The people who live in the wild lands of the north. They often raid the southern realms now that Hadrian's Wall has been abandoned by the Romans, and even more so now that the Saxenow are weakening what is left of the British army. They call themselves the Chrithane.

Prontwon —
(PRON-twon) The deceased abbot of Bosvenna Abbey, who taught Merlin.

Rewan —
(REH-wan) A chieftain under Vortigern.

Rheged* —
(HREE-ged) A Brythonic kingdom in the north, it is situated northeast of Kembry and south of Guotodin. This is the land Owain is from.

Rhitherch —
(RITH-erk) The king in Rheged when Colvarth was younger. More commonly spelled as Rhydderch*.

Risrud —
(RIS-rude) Modern-day Redruth*, Cornwall.

Romans* —
The sprawling empire that conquered Britain and ruled it for 360 years. They never conquered the northern area controlled by the Picts, nor Erin, the island of the Eirish. In 407, Constantine III (Uther's great-grandfather) took the majority of the Roman army that had been stationed in Britain over to Gaul in a failed bid to become the Roman Emperor, and they never returned.

Rondroc —
(RON-drock) Natalenya's older brother.

Safrowana —
(saf-ROW-ah-nah) Mother to Imelys and wife of Troslam. They are weavers.

Sangraal*
— An ancient wooden bowl found by Colvarth after Uther's kidnapping in book 1. At the Last Supper it held the wine, and the Pergiryn used it to catch Christ's blood when he lay dying upon the cross. It is also called the Sancte Gradale, and is more commonly called the Holy Grail*.

Saxenow* —
(SACKS-eh-now) An invading people group from what is now known as Germany, they are landing on the southeastern shore of Britain. Today know as the Saxons*.

Scafta
— (SCAFE-tah) The witch doctor/shaman of the Picti who raid Kembry.

Scoti* —
(SCOT-eye) A sea-faring tribe of the Irish that have settled in what is now western Scotland.

Screpall —
(SCREH-pall) A double-sided silver coin worth three Coyntallow.

Sveinrod —
(SVINE-rod) A farmer who lives in Kjaringoy, Lochlan. Married to Berghild.

Tara* —
(TEAR-ah) The hill that is considered the pagan spiritual center of Erin, and also the seat of their kings until the sixth century.

Taranis* —
(tah-RAN-iss) The Celtic god of clouds and thunder; he is traditionally depicted as carrying a pot which he beats with a hammer.

Tasgwyn —
(TASS-gwin) Literally, “grandfather” in the language of Kernow.

Tauchen-Twilloch —
(TAU-ken TWILL-ock) A Pictish village on the southwest shore of the lake known in modern times as Loch Lomond*. The bay there is now called Auchentullich Bay*.

Tellyk —
(TELL-ick) A wolf that has befriended Ganieda.

Tethion —
(teth-EE-on) An archer employed by Vortigern.

The Stone
— A strange stone that was found by Mórganthu at the edge of Lake Dosmurtanlin. Everyone who sees it is enchanted by it, and so Merlin drove Uther's sword into it at the end of book 1 in an attempt to destroy it.

The Tor —
The fortress situated part way up the side of the Meneth Gellik mountain. It has a timber-built tower with a beacon on top. Its formal name is Dinas Bosventor.

The Voice
— A shadowy figure that appears to Ganieda and instructs her.

Thrail —
The Pictish way of saying
thrall
, or
slave
.

Thrall —
Another word for
slave
.

Torc* —
(TORK) A sign of authority, social status, and nobility in ancient Brythonic society. Made in the shape of a ring with an opening, it is worn upon the neck. They are usually twisted from wires of gold, bronze, silver, iron, or other metals, and have finely sculpted ornaments at the ends.

Torsten —
(TOR-sten) A farmer staying temporarily at Uflsvag Farm to help with the fishing.

Tregeagle* —
(treh-GAY-gull) He is the Magister of Bosventor and the surrounding tin mining region. He is the village judge and he collects taxes. He is also responsible for maintaining the fortress (the ‘Tor”) built on the Meneth Gellik mountain, which includes a timber-built tower and beacon. His wife is Trevenna, and his children are Natalenya, Rondroc, and Dyslan. He was enchanted by the Stone in book 1.

Trevenna —
(treh-VENN-nah) Tregeagle's wife, and mother to Natalenya, Rondroc, and Dyslan.

Troslam —
(TROS-lum) The village weaver. Safrowana is his wife, and Imelys is his daughter.

Twilloch-Scwane —
(TWILL-ock SKWAYNE) In the Merlin Spiral, the hill where a coronation stone was kept by the Picts, near Perth*, Scotland. In history, this would be equivalent to the Stone of Scone*.

Ulfsvag Farm —
(ULF-svagg) A farm in northwest Lochlan.

Uther* —
(UTH-er) The deceased High King of the Britons, he was descended from a long line of Roman governors and kings. His father was Aurelianus, his wife was Igerna. He has two daughters, Eilyne and Myrgwen, as well as his son, Arthur. His name in Latin is Uthrelius.

Vallum Aelium* —
(VALL-um AY-lie) Hadrian's Wall*, 73 miles long, built beginning in
AD
122 by Roman Emperor Hadrian. It was officially abandoned by the main Roman force in 410, but continued to be guarded using conscripted British warriors for many years afterward.

Vallum Antoninus* —
(VALL-um on-to-KNEE-nus) The Antonine Wall*, 39 miles long, built beginning in
AD
142 by the Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius. It was abandoned after only twenty years.

Vitalinus —
(vi-TAL-ee-noos) Usurper High King who slew Uther's grandfather Constans. His grandson is Vortigern, and his granddaughter is Igerna, Uther's wife. He was slain in battle by Aurelianus. In history he is known as Vitalinus Gloui*.

Vortigern* —
(vor-TUH-gern) The grandson of the former High King, Vitalinus Gloui, who killed Uther in book 1 due to his enchantment by the Stone.

Vortipor* —
(vor-TUH-poor) Vortigern's son.

Woad* —
(WODE) A blue body paint made from the woad plant. It was not used for tattoos.

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