The Faerie Lord (41 page)

Haleklind.
Homeland of the Halek wizards.

Haniel.
Winged lion inhabiting forest areas of the Faerie Realm.

Hass-Verbim.
One of the countries that make up the Faerie Realm. Hass-Verbim borders on Buthner.

Highgrove.
An area of the
FOL
capital.

Hodge.
Mr Fogarty’s tomcat.

Horse-sniffles.
A common (and not very serious) childhood illness in the Faerie Realm.

Imperial Island.
The island where the Purple Palace is located.

Ino.
Tribal shaman of the Luchti.

Iron Prominent.
Henry’s honorary title in the Faerie Realm.

Jalindra.
(
FOL
) First victim of Temporal Fever.

Jamides.
Abbot of the desert monastery in Buthner.

Jormungand.
A serpent big enough to crush reality if it got a chance.

Kitterick.
An Orange Trinian in the service of Madame Cardui.

Krantas.
A vampire who terrorised the Realm several centuries ago.

Lamen.
A magical breastplate, generally used only in ceremonies.

Lanceline.
Madame Cardui’s translucent cat.

Loki.
One of the Old Gods of the Faerie Realm, a Trickster who also figures in Norse mythology for some reason.

Loman Bridge.
The main bridge spanning the river that flows through the
FOL
capital.

Lorquin (Lorquinianus).
A young member of Tribe Luchti and Henry’s Companion.

Luchti.
A desert tribe in Buthner.

Lucina, Hamearis, Duke of Burgundy.
(
FON
) War hero and close ally of Lord Hairstreak.

Malvae, Crown Prince Pyrgus.
(
FOL
) Brother of Queen Holly Blue. Pyrgus likes animals a lot more than politics and at one time actually ran away from home to live as a commoner because of disagreements with his father.

Melor.
A type of distilled cider much enjoyed by the Luchti people.

Midgard.
A distant level of reality that embraces both the Faerie Realm and the Analogue World.

Mind-bender.
A spell that influences the way you think.

Mount Pleasant.
A district of the
FOL
capital.

Nant.
An edible insect.

Nightwent.
A desert bird.

Ouklo.
Levitating, spell-driven carriage.

Peacock.
Chief Portal Engineer of House Iris.

Portal.
Interdimensional energy gateway, either naturally occurring, modified or engineered.

Prince of Darkness.
Title often used to describe Beleth.

Psychotronics.
An obscure branch of Earth Realm science which studies the interaction of the human mind with physical reality. The practical application of psychotronics seems indistinguishable from some forms of Faerie Realm magic.

Purlisa.
An honorific term used in monastic communities to denote a person of high spiritual evolution. Equivalent to an Analogue World saint, but nicer.

Purple Emperor.
Ruler of the Faerie Empire.

Severs, Charlotte (Charlie).
(
HMN
) Henry Atherton’s closest friend in the Earth Realm.

Simbala.
An addictive form of liquid music sold legally in licensed outlets and illegally elsewhere.

Slith.
Dangerous grey reptile inhabiting forest areas of the Faerie Realm. Sliths secrete a highly toxic acid, which they can spit across considerable distances.

Spell cone.
Pocket-sized cones, no more than an inch or so in height, imbued with magical energies directed towards a specific result. The old-style cone had to be lit. The more modern version is self-igniting and is “cracked” with a fingernail. Both types discharge like fireworks.

Stasis spell.
A spell that freezes something into immobility, preserving it intact for as long as the spell lasts.

Stimlus.
A personal energy weapon.

Temporal fever
(a.k.a. TF). A mysterious illness plaguing the Faerie Realm.

Tort-feasor.
One who feases torts.

Transporter.
Mr Fogarty’s hand-held version of a portal, based on the thing they use in
Star Trek.

Trinian.
Non-human, non-faerie dwarven race living in the Faerie Realm. Orange Trinians are a breed that dedicates itself to service, Violet Trinians tend to be warriors, while Green Trinians specialise in biological nanotechnology and consequently can create living machines.

Tulpa.
An intelligent, automatous thought-form.

Vaettir.
Faerie name for the skinny, fanged, lethal tomb-dwelling thing Professor Tolkien called a barrow-wight.

Ward, Anai’s.
(
HMN
) Henry’s mother’s lover.

Weiskei.
The Brotherhood sentinel.

Whitewell.
A district of the
FOL
capital.

Wildmoor Broads.
A flat area of thorny shrubland north of the faerie capital much favoured by the wealthy of the Realm for their estates, since the difficulties of travelling through the area go a long way towards ensuring their privacy. The only really viable means of transport is by levitating carriage. Ground transport is attacked by prickleweed, a semi-sentient plant that will typically swarm over any vehicle and bring it to a halt in minutes. Crossing the area on foot is impossible – the prickleweed paralyses pedestrians, then rips them apart for their nutrients.

Yammeth Cretch.
Heartland of the Faeries of the Night.

Yidam.
One of the Old Gods who walked the Realm before the coming of the Light.