Stormed Fortress (118 page)

pronounced:
mel-hall-ah

root meaning
:
maelhallia -
grand meadows
'
plain - also word for an open space of any sort.

MEIGLIN s
'
DIENEVAL—the legitimate daughter born to the widow of Egan s
'
Dieneval in Third Age 5019, just after his death in the slaughter of the rebellion. Heart
'
s love of the last High King of Shand for one night, just prior to his death while fighting the Mistwraith. A weaving by the Biedar of Sanpashir, done at the behest of the last Centaur Guardian, ensured the union would bring conception, and the birth of Dari
'
s
'
Ahelas. Also named Anshlien
'
ya in desert dialect, as the dawn of hope.

pronounced:
mee-glin s-dee-in-ee-vahl

root meaning
:
meiglin
- passion;
dim
- large;
eval
- endowment, gifted talent

MERIOR BY THE SEA—small seaside fishing village on the Scimlade peninsula in Alland, Shand. Once the temporary site of Arithon
'
s shipyard. Birth place of Fiark and Feylind.

pronounced:
mare-ee-or

root meaning
:
merioren -
cottages

METHISLE FORTRESS—a Paravian keep on an islet in Methlas Lake in Orvandir, currently overseen by the Guardian of Methisle, the Master Spellbinder, Verrain.

pronounced:
meth

root meaning
:
meth -
hate

METHURI—METHURIEN (plural form) an
'
yaf-related parasite that infested live hosts and altered them for the purpose of creating new hosts. Extinct by the Third Age.

pronounced:
meth-you-ree

root meaning
:
meth
'
thieri
- hate wraith

MI A
'
DAELIENT—address given by a liegeman or woman to acknowledge the realm
'
s queen.

pronounced:
mee ah-day-ell-ee-ent

root meaning
:
mi
- my;
a
'
-
feminine prefix;
daelimt -
ruler bearing crown rank.

MINDERL BAY—body of water inside of Crescent Isle, off the eastshore of Rathain.

pronounced:
mind earl

root meaning
:
minderl -
anvil

MISTWRAITH—see Desh-thiere.

MORRIEL—Prime Enchantress of the Koriathain since the Third Age 4212. Instigated the plot to upset the Fellowship
'
s compact, which upset seven of the magnetic lanes on the continent. Her death on winter solstice 5670 left an irregular succession, resolved by the elevation of an incompetent initiate, Selidie, who had been chosen to facilitate an unprincipled act of possession by Morriel, which usurped the young woman
'
s body.

pronounced:
more-real

root meaning
:
moor -
greed;
riel -
silver

MORVATN—city located in the principality of Araethura, Rathain, on the west coast of Instrell Bay. Elaira
'
s birthplace.

pronounced:
mor-vain

root meaning
:
morvain
- swindler
'
s market

MYRKAVIA—island located in Rock Bay Harbor, off the coast of Havistock, in Havish.

pronounced:
meer-kay-vee-ah

root meaning
:
miere -
reflection;
kavia
- spruce tree

NAI FFIOSH E
'
ELEN SLIET-THT—no false tiny steps,

pronounced:
naye fee-owsh e
'
el-en slee-et-thee

root meaning
:
nai
- no;
fftosh
- false;
e
'
elen -
diminutive for short, small, tiny;
sliet-thi
- step with suffix for plural

NARMS—city on the coast of Instrell Bay, built as a craft centre by Men in the early Third Age. Best known for dyeworks.

pronounced:
narms

root meaning
:
narms -
colour

NORTHSTOR—trade port at the northern tip of the East Halla peninsula, and Vaststrait.

pronounced:
north stor

root meaning
:
stor
- summit or apex of a triangle

ORVANDIR—principality located in north-eastern Shand.

pronounced:
or-van-deer

root meaning
:
orvein -
crumbled;
dir
- stone

PARAVIA—name for the continent inhabited by the Paravians, and locale of the Five Kingdoms.

pronounced:
par-ay-vee-ah

root meaning
:
para -
great;
i
'
a
- suffix denoting entityship, and raised to the feminine aspect, which translates as
'
inclusive of, or holding the aspect for greatness
'

PARAVIAN—name for the three old races that inhabited Athera before Mankind.
Including the centaurs, the sunchildren, and the unicorns, these races never die unless mishap befalls them; they are the world
'
s channel, or direct connection, to Ath Creator.

pronounced:
par-ai-vee-ans

root meaning
:
para
- great;
i
'
on
- fate or great mystery

PARRIEN s
'
BRYDION—younger brother of Duke Bransian s
'
Brydion of Alestron, Keldmar, and older brother of Mearn. Husband of Tiassa. Broke Arithon
'
s leg in Third Age Year 5654, and in restitution awarded Rathain
'
s prince the service of two s
'
Brydion retainers, Talvish and Vhandon.

pronounced:
par-ee-on

root meaning
:
para ient
- great dart

PELLAIN—trade town located on the inland bounds of East Halla, Melhalla.

pronounced:
pell-ayn

root meaning
:
peil
- odd;
ai
'
an
- hidden one

PERDITH—trade town located on the east shore in East Halla, Melhalla, known for its armourers.

pronounced:
per-dith

root meaning
:
pirdith
- anvil

QUAID—trade town in Carithwyr, Havish, lying inland along the road from Los Mar to Redburn. Famous for fired clay and brick,

pronounced:
qu-wade

root meaning
:
cruaid -
a clay used for brickmaking.

RAIETT RAVEN—brother of the Mayor of Hanshire; uncle of Sulfin Evend. Considered a master statesman and a bringer of wars. Served as High Chancellor of Etarra, ruling in the absence of the ratified mayor. Died in Arithon
'
s purge of the Grey Kralovir necromancers from Etarra, Third Age 5671.

pronounced:
rayett

root meaning
:
raiett
- carrion bird RANNE—royal guardsman of Avenor, once honour guard of Prince Kevor, reprieved and reassigned to Lysaer
'
s personal guard by Sulfin Evend.

pronounced:
ran

root meaning
:
ruann
- a fledgling hawk

RATHAIN—High Kingdom of Athera ruled by descendants of Torbrand s
'
Ffalenn since Third Age Year One. Device: black-and-silver leopard on green field. Arithon Teir
'
s
'
Ffalenn is sanctioned crown prince, by the hand of Asandir of the Fellowship, in Third Age Year 5638 at Etarra.

pronounced:
rath-ayn

root meaning
:
roth
- brother;
thein
- tower, sanctuary

RAUVEN TOWER—home of the s
'
Ahelas mages who brought up Arithon s
'
Ffalenn and trained him to the ways of power. Located on the splinter world, Dascen Elur, through West Gate.

pronounced:
raw-ven

root meaning
:
rauven -
invocation

REDBURN—town located in a deep inlet in the northern shore of Rockbay Harbor in Havistock, Havish.

pronounced:
red-burn

not from the Paravian

RIATHAN PARAVIANS—unicorns, the purest, most direct connection to Ath Creator; the prime vibration channels directly through the horn.

pronounced:
ree-ah-than

root meaning
:
ria
- to touch;
ath -
prime life-force;
an
- one;
ri
'
athon -
one who touches divinity

RIVERTON—trade town at the mouth of the Dswater River, in Korias, Tysan; once the site of Lysaer
'
s royal shipyard, before the site burned by Cattrick
'
s sabotage in Third Age Year 5654.

ROCKBAY HARBOR—body of water located on the southcoast, between Shand and West Shand.

ROCKFELL PEAK—mountain containing Rockfell Pit, used to imprison harmful entities throughout all three Ages. Located in West Halla, Melhalla; became the warded prison for Desh-thiere.

pronounced:
rock-fell

not from the Paravian

s
'
AHELAS—family name for the royal line appointed by the Fellowship Sorcerers in Third Age Year One to rule the High Kingdom of Shand. Gifted geas: far-sight. Also the lineage that carries the latent potential for the rogue talent for far-sight and prophecy, introduced when the
caithdein
'
s
lineage of s
'
Dieneval became crossed with the royal line in Third Age 5036, resulting in Dari
'
s birth in winter, 5037.

pronounced:
s
'
ah-hell-as

root meaning
:
ahelas -
mage-gifted

SAMAURA—a third-rank Koriani healer.

pronounced:
sam-your-ah

root meaning
:
s
'
a
'
moara -
a woman who holds close, or is tenaciously possessive

SANPASHIR—desert waste on the southcoast of Shand. Home to the desert tribes called Biedar.

pronounced:
sahn-pash-eer

root meaning
:
san
- black or dark;
pash
'
era -
place of grit or gravel

SANSHEVAS—town on the south shore in Alland, Shand, known for citrus, sugar, and rum.

pronounced:
san-shee-vas

root meaning
:
san -
black;
shievas -
flint