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pronounced:
jay-in-sa

root meaning
:
jieyensa
- garnet

JIERET s
'
VALERIENT—former Earl of the North, clan chief of Deshir;
caithdein
of Rathain, sworn liegeman of Prince Arithon s
'
Ffalenn. Also son and heir of Lord Steiven. Blood parted to Arithon by sorcerer
'
s oath prior to the battle of Strakewood Forest. Came to be known by head-hunters as Jieret Red-beard. Father of Jeynsa and Barach. Husband to Feithan. Died by Lysaer
s
'
Ilessid
'
s hand in Daon Ramon Barrens, Third Age Year 5670.

pronounced:
jeer-et

root meaning
:
jieret
- thorn

JINESSE—mother of Fiark and Feylind, wife of Tharrick, resident of Innish.

pronounced:
jin-ess-e

root meaning
:
jienesse
- to be washed or pale; a wisp

KALESH—town at the mouth of the harbour inlet from the Cildein Ocean, enemy of Alestron.

pronounced:
cal-esh

root meaning
:
caille
'
iesh
- stubborn hold

KEIR
'
VE ARISH—an insulting embarrassment, idiom for a fool in Biedar tribal dialect.

pronounced:
kee-aar vay aah-ree-ch

root meaning
:
keir
'
ve arish
- translated as
'
one caught with wet feet
'

KELDMAR s
'
BRYDION—younger brother of Duke Bransian of Alestron, older brother of Parrien and Mearn.

pronounced:
keld-mar

root meaning
:
kieVd
'
maeran
- one without pity

KEVOR—son and heir of Lysaer
s
'
Ilessid
and Princess Ellaine; born at Avenor in Third Age 5655. At age fourteen, in his father
'
s absence, he exercised royal authority and averted a riot by the panicked citizenry of Avenor. Thought dead by Khadrim fire in Westwood, but survived via an interaction with Ath
'
s Brotherhood. Became an adept in Third Year 5670, at the hostel in Northerly, Tysan.

pronounced:
kev-or

root meaning
:
kiavor
- high virtue

KEWAR TUNNEL—cavern built beneath the Mathorn Mountains by Davien the Betrayer; contains the maze of conscience, which caused High King Kamridian s
'
Ffalenn
'
s death. Arithon Teir
'
s
'
Ffalenn successfully completed the challenge in Third Age Year 5670.

pronounced:
key-wahr

root meaning
:
kewiar
- a weighing of conscience

KHADRIM—drake-spawned creatures, flying, fire-breathing reptiles that were the scourge of the Second Age. By the Third Age, they had been driven back and confined in the Sorcerers
'
Preserve in the volcanic peaks in north Tysan.

pronounced:
kaa-drim

root meaning
:
khadritn
- dragon

KHARADMON—Sorcerer of the Fellowship of Seven; discorporate since rise of Khadrim and Seardluin levelled Paravian stronghold at Ithamon in Second Age 3651. It was by Kharadmon
'
s intervention that the survivors of the attack were sent to safety by means of transfer from the fifth lane power focus. Currently working the wardings to defer a minor invasion of wraiths from Marak.

pronounced:
kah-rad-mun

root meaning
:
kar
'
riad en mon
- phrase translates to mean
'
twisted thread on the needle
'
or colloquialism for
'
a knot in the works
'

KHETIENN—
name for a brigantine built at Merior and owned by Arithon; also a small spotted wildcat native to Daon Ramon Barrens that became the s
'
Ffalenn royal device.

pronounced:
key-et-ee-en

root meaning
:
kietienn -
small leopard

KORIANI—possessive and singular form of the word
'
Koriathain
'
; see entry.

pronounced:
kor-ee-ah-nee

KORIAS—south-western principality of Tysan.

pronounced:
kor-ee-as

root meaning
:
cor
- ship, vessel;
i
'
esh
- nest, haven

KORIATHAIN—order of enchantresses ruled by a circle of Seniors, under the power of one Prime Enchantress. They draw their talent from the orphaned children they raise, or from daughters dedicated to service by their parents. Initiation rite involves a vow of consent that ties the spirit to a power crystal keyed to the Prime
'
s control.

pronounced:
kor-ee-ah-thain - to rhyme with
'
main
'

root meaning
:
koriath
- order;
ain
- belonging to

KRALOVIR—term for a sect of necromancers, also called the grey cult, destroyed by Arithon s
'
Ffalenn in Third Age Year 5671.

pronounced:
kray-low-veer

root meaning
:
krial -
name for the rune of crossing;
oveir
- abomination

KYRIALT sTALEYN—once heir designate and youngest son of the High Earl of Alland, Lord Erlien s
'
Taleyn,
Caithdein
of Shand, now bestowed as liegeman to Arithon of Rathain as a debt of honour.

pronounced:
key-ree-alt

root meaning
:
kyrialt -
word for the rune of crossing with the suffix for
'
last
'
which is the name for the rune of ending.

LANSHIRE—northernmost principality in the Kingdom of Havish. Name taken from the wastes at Scarpdale, site of First Age battles with Seardluin that blasted the soil to slag.

pronounced:
lahn-sheer-e

root meaning
:
lan
'
hansh
'
era
- place of hot sands

LAW OF THE MAJOR BALANCE—founding order of the powers of the Fellowship of Seven, as taught by the Paravians. The primary tenet is that no force of nature should be used without consent, or against the will of another consciousness.

LIENRIEL RIVER—crosses the free wilds of Alland, and joins the Hanhaffin inside of Selkwood, in the Kingdom of Shand.

pronounced:
lee-en-ree-ell

root meaning
:
lien
- to love;
riel
- silver

LIESSE s
'
BRYDION—Duchess of Alestron and wife of Duke Bransian.

pronounced:
lee-ess

root meaning
:
liesse
- state of accord, based from the word
'
a note in harmony
'

LIRENDA—former First Senior Enchantress to the Prime, Koriani Order; failed in her assignment to capture Arithon s
'
Ffalenn for Koriani purposes. Currently under the Prime Matriarch
'
s sentence of punishment,

pronounced:
leer-end-ah

root meaning
:
lyron
- singer;
di-ia
- a dissonance - the hyphen denotes a glottal stop

LORN—town on the northcoast of Atainia, Tysan.

pronounced:
lorn

root meaning
:
loern -
an Atheran fish.

LUGGER
'
S ISLET—a barrier island located off the shore of East Halla, popular as a haven for galleys during winter storms.

LUHAINE—Sorcerer of the Fellowship of Seven - discorporate since the fall of Telmandir in Third Age Year 5018. Luhaine
'
s body was pulled down by the mob while he was in ward trance, covering the escape of the royal heir to Havish.

pronounced:
loo-hay-ne

root meaning
:
luirhainon
- defender

LYRANTHE—instrument played by the bards of Athera. Strung with fourteen strings, timed to seven tones (doubled). Two courses are
'
drone strings
'
set to octaves. Five are melody strings, the lower three courses being octaves, the upper two, in unison.

pronounced:
leer-anth-e (last
'
e
'
being nearly subliminal)

root meaning
:
lyr
- song,
anthe
- box

LYSAER
s
'
Ilessid
—prince of Tysan, 1497th in succession after Halduin, founder of the line in Third Age Year One. Gifted at birth with control of Light, and Bane of Desh-thiere. Also known as Blessed Prince since he declared himself avatar for the following known as the Alliance of Light.

pronounced:
lie-say-er

root meaning
:
lia
- blond, yellow or light,
saer
- circle

MARAK—splinter world, cut off beyond South Gate, left lifeless after creation of the Mistwraith. The original inhabitants were men exiled by the Fellowship from Athera for beliefs or practices that were incompatible with the compact sworn between the Sorcerers and the Paravian races, which permitted human settlement on Athera. Source of the Mistwraith, Desh-thiere, and the free wraiths that threaten Athera.

pronounced:
maer-ak

root meaning
:
m
'
era
'
ki
- place held separate

MATHIELL GATE—last gate to the inner citadel in Alestron, Paravian built to withstand the fires of dragons. It was the Mathiell garrison who secured the span guarding incursion from the Wyntok Gate during the uprising that threatened clan rule in Third Age Year 5018.

pronounced:
math-ee-ell

root meaning
:
mon
'
thiellen -
sky spires

MATHORN MOUNTAINS—range that bisects the Kingdom of Rathain east to west.

pronounced:
math-orn

root meaning
:
mathien
- massive

MEARN s
'
BRYDION—youngest brother of Duke Bransian of Alestron. Former ducal emissary to Lysaer
s
'
Ilessid
'
s Alliance of Light. Husband of Fianzia.

pronounced:
may-arn

root meaning
:
mierne
- to flit

MEDLIR—name used by Arithon when he travelled incognito with Halliron Masterbard as apprentice in Third Age Years 5638 to 5647.

pronounced:
med-leer

root meaning
:
midlyr -
phrase of melody

MELHALLA—High Kingdom of Athera once ruled by the line of s
'
Ellestrion. The last prince died in the crossing of the Red Desert. Currently stewarded by the Teiren
'
s
'
Callient.