Rise Of Empire (107 page)

H
IMBOLT:
 Baron of Melengar

H
INGARA:
 Calian guide, died in jungles of Gur Em

H
INTINDAR:
 Small manorial village in Rhenydd, home of Hadrian Blackwater

H
OBBIE:
 Stableboy in Hintindar

H
ORN OF
D
ELGOS:
 Landmark used by sailors to determine the southernmost tip of Delgos

H
ORN OF
G
YLINDORA:
 Item Esrahaddon indicates is buried in Percepliquis

H
OUSE, THE:
 Nickname used for Medford House

H
OYTE:
 Onetime First Officer of the Black Diamond, set up Royce to kill Jade, sent Royce to Manzant Prison, killed by Royce

I
BIS
T
HINLY:
 Head cook of the imperial palace

I
MP:
 Slang for Imperialist

I
MPERIALISTS:
 Political party that desires to unite all the kingdoms of men under a single leader who is the direct descendant of the demigod Novron

I
MPERIAL
P
ALACE:
 Seat of power of the New Empire

I
MPERIAL
S
ECRETARY:
 Caretaker of Empress Modina, charged with making her publically presentable

J
ACOB
D
ERNING:
 See Derning, Jacob

J
ADE:
 Assassin in the Black Diamond, girlfriend of Merrick, mistakenly killed by Royce

J
ENKINS
T
ALBERT:
 Squire in Tarin Vale

J
EREMY:
 Guard at Essendon Castle

J
ERISH
G
RELAD:
 Teshlor Knight, first Guardian of the Heir, protector of Nevrik

J
ERL,
L
ORD:
 Nobleman, neighbor of the Pickerings known for his prize-winning hunting dogs

J
EWEL,
T
HE:
 Head of the international Black Diamond thieves’ guild, also known as Cosmos DeLur

J
IMMY:
 Tavern worker at The Laughing Gnome

J
OQDAN:
 \jok-dan\ Warlord of the Tenkin village of Oudorro

J
ULIAN
T
EMPEST:
 Chamberlain of the kingdom of Melengar

K
AZ:
Calian term for anyone with mixed elven and human blood

K
ENDELL,
E
ARL:
 Nobleman of Melengar, loyal to Alric Essendon

K
HAROLL:
 Long dagger

K
ILE:
 Name used by Erebus when sent to Elan, performs good deeds in the form of a man

K
ILNAR:
 City in the south of Rhenydd

K
NOB:
 Baker at the imperial palace

K
RINDEL:
 Prelate of the Nyphron Church and historian

K
RIS DAGGER:
 Weapon with a wavy blade, sometimes used in magic rituals

L
AMBERT,
I
GNATIUS:
 Chancellor of Sheridan University

L
ANAKLIN:
 Once ruling family of Glouston, currently in exile in Melengar, opposes the New Empire

L
ANDONER:
 Professor at Sheridan University, tried and burned for heresy

L
ANKSTEER:
 Capital city of the Lordium kingdom of Trent

L
AUGHING
G
NOME,
T
HE:
 Tavern in Ratibor

L
AVEN:
 Citizen of Ratibor

L
EIF:
 Butcher at the imperial palace

L
ENARE
P
ICKERING:
 Daughter of Count Pickering and Belinda, sister of Mauvin, Fanen, and Denek

L
INGARD:
 Capital city of Relison, kingdom of Trent

L
INROY,
D
ILLNARD:
 See Dillnard Linroy

L
IVET
G
LIM:
 Port Controller at Tur Del Fur

L
ONGWOOD:
 Forest in Melengar

L
OTHOMAD THE
B
ALD:
 King of Lordium, Trent, expanded territory following the collapse of the Steward’s Reign, pushing south through Ghent into Melengar, where Brodric Essendon defeated him in the Battle of Drondil Fields in 2545

L
OWER
Q
UARTER:
 Impoverished section of the city of Medford

L
UGGER:
 Small fishing boat rigged with one or more lugsails

L
UIS
G
UY:
 Sentinel of the Nyphron Church, killed Fanen Pickering

L
URET:
 Imperial envoy to Hintindar

M
AGNUS:
 Dwarf, killed King Amrath, sabotaged Arista’s Tower, discovered entry into Avempartha, rebuilding Winds Abbey

M
ANDALIN:
 \man-dah-lynn\ Capital of Calis

M
ANZANT:
 \man-zahnt\ Infamous prison and salt mine, located in Manzar, Maranon; Royce Melborn is the only prisoner to have been released from it

M
ARANON:
 \mar-ah-non\ Kingdom in Avryn, ruled by Vincent and Regina, member of the New Empire, rich in farmland

M
ARES
C
ATHEDRAL:
 Center of the Nyphron Church in Melengar, formerly run by Bishop Saldur

M
ARIBOR:
 \mar-eh-bore\ God of men

M
ARIUS,
M
ERRICK:
 See Merrick Marius

M
AUVIN
P
ICKERING:
 \maw-vin\ Eldest of Count Pickering’s sons, friends since childhood with Essendon royal family, bodyguard to King Alric

M
AWYNDULE:
 Powerful wizard

M
CDERN,
D
ILLON:
 Blacksmith of Dahlgren

M
EDFORD:
 Capital of Melengar

M
EDFORD
H
OUSE:
 Brothel run by Gwen DeLancy and attached to The Rose and Thorn

M
ELENGAR:
 \mel-in-gar\ Kingdom in Avryn, ruled by the Essendon royal family, only Avryn kingdom independent of the New Empire

M
ELENGARIANS:
 Residents of Melengar

M
ELISSA:
 Head servant of Princess Arista, nickname Missy

M
ERCS:
 Mercenaries

M
ERCY:
 Young girl under the care of Arcadias

M
ERLONS:
 Solid section between two crenels in a crenellated battlement

M
ERRICK
M
ARIUS:
 Former member of the Black Diamond, alias Cutter, master thief and assassin, former best friend of Royce, known for his strategic thinking, boyfriend of Jade

M
ESSKID:
 Container used to transport meals aboard a ship, resembles bucket

M
ILBOROUGH:
 Melengarian baron, died in battle

M
ILFORD:
 Sergeant in the Nationalist army

M
ILLIE:
 Formerly Hadrian’s horse, died in Dahlgren

M
IR:
 Person with both elven and human blood

M
IRANDA
G
AUNT:
 Sister of Degan Gaunt

M
IZZENMAST:
 Third mast from the bow in a vessel having three or more masts

M
ODINA,
E
MPRESS:
 Ruler of the New Empire, previously Thrace Wood of Dahlgren

MON, EDITH:
 See Edith Mon

M
ONTEMORCEY:
 \mont-eh-more-ah-sea\ Excellent wine imported through the Vandon Spice Company

M
OTTE:
 Man-made hill

M
OUSE:
 Royce’s horse, named by Thrace, gray mare

M
R.
R
INGS:
 Baby raccoon, pet of Mercy

M
URIEL:
 Goddess of nature, daughter of Erebus, mother of Uberlin

M
YRON
L
ANAKLIN:
 Sheltered monk of Maribor with indelible memory, son of Victor, sister of Alenda

M
YSTIC:
 Name of Arista’s horse

N
AREION:
 \nare-e-on\ Last emperor of the Novronian Empire

N
ARON:
 Heir of Novron who died in Ratibor in 2992

N
ATIONALISTS:
 Political party led by Degan Gaunt that desires rule by the will of the people

N
ATS:
 Nickname of the Nationalists

N
EST, THE:
 Nickname of the Rat’s Nest

N
EVRIK:
 \nehv-rick\ Son of Nareion, the heir who went into hiding, protected by Jerish Grelad

N
EW
E
MPIRE:
 Second empire uniting most of the kingdoms of man, ruled by Empress Modina, administered by co-regents Ethelred and Saldur

N
IDWALDEN
R
IVER:
 Marks the eastern border of Avryn and the start of the Erivan realm

N
IMBUS:
 Tutor to the empress, assistant to the imperial secretary, originally from Vernes

N
IPPER:
 Young servant assigned primarily to the kitchens of the imperial palace