The Last Dark (98 page)

And as they walked, spring rainclouds gathered to the southwest. In the distance, sudden showers streaked the air, falling like chrism to the reborn ground. Struck by sunlight, the showers returned a rainbow to the heavens: one bright instance of the world’s inherent splendor.

When it faded, Covenant, Linden, and Jeremiah appeared to fade with it. But their silver lingered for a time, until the day moved on.

Here ends

The Last Dark

and

“The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant”

Abatha
:
one of the Seven Words

Acence:
a Stonedownor, sister of Atiaran

Ahamkara
:
Hoerkin, “the Door”

Ahanna:
painter, daughter of Hanna

Ahnryn:
a Ranyhyn; mount of Tull

Aimil:
daughter of Anest, wife of Sunder

Aisle of Approach:
passage to Earthrootstair under
Melenkurion
Skyweir

a-Jeroth of the Seven Hells:
Lord of wickedness; Clave-name for Lord Foul the Despiser

ak-Haru
:
a supreme
Haruchai
honorific; paragon and measure of all
Haruchai
virtues

Akkasri:
a member of the Clave; one of the na-Mhoram-cro

aliantha
:
treasure-berries

Alif, the Lady:
a woman Favored by the
gaddhi

amanibhavam
:
horse-healing grass, dangerous to humans

Amatin:
a Lord, daughter of Matin

Amith:
a woman of Crystal Stonedown

Amok:
mysterious guide to ancient Lore

Amorine:
First Haft, later Hiltmark

Anchormaster:
second-in-command aboard a Giantship

Andelain, the Hills of Andelain, the Andelainian Hills:
a region of the Land which embodies health and beauty

Andelainscion:
a region in the Center Plains

Anele:
deranged old man; son of Sunder and Hollian

Anest:
a woman of Mithil Stonedown, sister of Kalina

Annoy:
a Courser

anundivian yajña
:
lost Ramen craft of bone-sculpting

Appointed, the:
an
Elohim
chosen to bear a particular burden; Findail

Arch of Time, the:
symbol of the existence and structure of time; conditions which make the existence of time possible

Ard:
a
Haruchai
; a Master of the Land

Ardent, the:
one of the Insequent

arghule/arghuleh
:
ferocious ice-beasts

Asuraka:
Staff-Elder of the Loresraat

Atiaran:
a Stonedownor, daughter of Tiaran, wife of Trell, mother of Lena

Audience Hall of Earthroot:
maze under
Melenkurion
Skyweir to conceal and protect the Blood of the Earth

Aumbrie of the Clave, the:
storeroom for former Lore

Auriference, the:
one of the Insequent, long dead

Auspice, the:
throne of the
gaddhi

aussat Befylam
:
child-form of the
jheherrin

Baf Scatterwit:
a Giant (woman); crew aboard Dire’s Vessel

Bahgoon the Unbearable:
character in a Giantish tale

Banas Nimoram
:
the Celebration of Spring

Bandsoil Bounds:
region north of Soulsease River

Banefire, the:
fire by which the Clave affects the Sunbane

Bann:
a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Trevor

Bannor:
a Bloodguard, assigned to Thomas Covenant

Baradakas:
a Hirebrand of Soaring Woodhelven

Bargas Slit:
a gap through the Last Hills from the Center Plains to Garroting Deep

Bareisle:
an island off the coast of
Elemesnedene

Basila:
a scout in Berek Halfhand’s army

Benj, the Lady:
a woman Favored by the
gaddhi

Berek Halfhand:
Heartthew, Lord-Fatherer; first of the Old Lords

Bern:
Haruchai
slain by the Clave

Bhanoryl:
a Ranyhyn; mount of Galt

Bhapa:
a Cord of the Ramen, Sahah’s half-brother; companion of Linden Avery

Bhrathair
:
a people met by the wandering Giants, residents of
Bhrathairealm
on the verge of the Great Desert

Bhrathairain
:
the city of the
Bhrathair

Bhrathairain
Harbor:
the port of the
Bhrathair

Bhrathairealm
:
the land of the
Bhrathair

Birinair:
a Hirebrand, Hearthrall of Lord’s Keep

Bloodguard, the:
Haruchai
, a people living in the Westron Mountains; the defenders of the Lords

Bluff Stoutgirth:
a Giant; Anchormaster of Dire’s Vessel

bone-sculpting:
ancient Ramen craft, marrowmeld

Borillar:
a Hirebrand and Hearthrall of Lord’s Keep

Bornin:
a
Haruchai
; a Master of the Land

Brabha:
a Ranyhyn; mount of Korik

Branl:
a
Haruchai
; a Master of the Land; one of the Humbled

Brannil:
man of Stonemight Woodhelven

Brinn:
a leader of the
Haruchai
; protector of Thomas Covenant; later Guardian of the One Tree

Brow Gnarlfist:
a Giant, father of the First of the Search

caamora
:
Giantish ordeal of grief by fire

Cable Seadreamer:
a Giant, brother of Honninscrave; member of the Search; possessed of the Earth-Sight

Cabledarm:
a Giant; one of the Swordmainnir

Caer-Caveral:
Forestal of Andelain; formerly Hile Troy

Caerroil Wildwood:
Forestal of Garroting Deep

Caerwood ur-Mahrtiir:
a Forestal; formerly Manethrall Mahrtiir

caesure
:
a rent in the fabric of time; a Fall

Cail:
a
Haruchai
; protector of Linden Avery

Caitiffin:
a captain of the armed forces of
Bhrathairealm

Callindrill:
a Lord, husband of Faer

Callowwail, the River:
stream arising from
Elemesnedene

Canrik:
a
Haruchai
; a Master of the Land

Cavewights:
evil creatures existing under Mount Thunder

Cav-Morin Fernhold:
former Forestal of Morinmoss

Ceer:
one of the
Haruchai

Celebration of Spring, the:
the Dance of the Wraiths of Andelain on the dark of the moon in the middle of spring

Center Plains, the:
a region of the Land

Centerpith Barrens:
a region in the Center Plains

Cerrin:
a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Shetra

Chant:
one of the
Elohim

Char:
a Cord of the Ramen, Sahah’s brother

Chatelaine, the:
courtiers of the
gaddhi

Chosen, the:
title given to Linden Avery

Chosen-son:
Giantish name for Jeremiah

Circle of Elders:
Stonedown leaders

Cirrus Kindwind:
a Giant; one of the Swordmainnir

clachan
, the:
demesne of the
Elohim

Clang:
a Courser

Clangor:
a Courser

Clash:
a Courser

Clave, the:
group which wields the Sunbane and rules the Land

clingor
:
adhesive leather

Close, the:
the Council-chamber of Lord’s Keep

Clyme:
a
Haruchai
; a Master of the Land; one of the Humbled

Coercri
:
The Grieve; former home of the Giants in Seareach

Colossus of the Fall, the:
ancient stone figure guarding the Upper Land

Consecear Redoin:
a region north of the Soulsease River

Cord:
Ramen second rank

Cording:
Ramen ceremony of becoming a Cord

Corimini:
Eldest of the Loresraat

Corrupt, the:
jheherrin
name for themselves; also the soft ones

Corruption:
Bloodguard/
Haruchai
name for Lord Foul

Council of Lords, the:
protectors of the Land

Courser:
a beast made by the Clave using the Sunbane

Cravenhaw:
a region between Garroting Deep and the Southron Waste

Creator, the:
maker of the Earth

Croft:
Graveler of Crystal Stonedown

Crowl:
a Bloodguard

croyel
, the:
mysterious creatures which grant power through bargains, living off their hosts

Crystal Stonedown:
home of Hollian

Currier:
a Ramen rank

Damelon Giantfriend:
son of Berek Halfhand, second High Lord of the Old Lords

Damelon’s Door:
door of lore which when opened permits passage through the Audience Hall of Earthroot under
Melenkurion
Skyweir

Dance of the Wraiths, the:
the Celebration of Spring

Dancers of the Sea, the:
merewives
; suspected to be the offspring of the
Elohim
Kastenessen and his mortal lover

Daphin:
one of the
Elohim

Dast:
a
Haruchai
; a Master of the Land

Dawngreeter:
highest sail on the foremast of a Giantship

Dead, the:
spectres of those who have died

Deaththane:
title given to High Lord Elena by the Ramen

Defiles Course, the:
river in the Lower Land

Demimage:
a sorcerer of Vidik Amar

Demondim, the:
creatures created by Viles; creators of ur-viles and Waynhim

Demondim-spawn:
another name for ur-viles and Waynhim; also another name for Vain

Desolation, the:
era of ruin in the Land after the Ritual of Desecration

Despiser, the:
Lord Foul

Despite:
evil; name given to the Despiser’s nature and effects

dharmakshetra
:
“to brave the enemy,” a Waynhim

Dhorehold of the Dark:
Forestal of Grimmerdhore

dhraga
:
a Waynhim

dhubha
:
a Waynhim

dhurng
:
a Waynhim

diamondraught
:
Giantish liquor

Diassomer Mininderain:
in myth, a woman betrayed by Lord Foul and imprisoned in the Earth as punishment

Din:
a Courser

Dire’s Vessel:
Giantship used by the Swordmainnir to convey Longwrath

Doar:
a Bloodguard

Dohn:
a Manethrall of the Ramen

Dolewind, the:
wind blowing to the Soulbiter

Doom’s Retreat:
a gap in the Southron Range between the South Plains and Doriendor Corishev

Doriendor Corishev:
an ancient city; seat of the King against whom Berek Halfhand rebelled

drhami
:
a Waynhim

Drinishok:
Sword-Elder of the Loresraat

Drinny:
a Ranyhyn, foal of Hynaril; mount of Lord Mhoram

dromond
:
a Giantship

Drool Rockworm:
a Cavewight, leader of the Cavewights; finder of the Illearth Stone

dukkha
:
“victim,” Waynhim name

Dura Fairflank:
a mustang, Thomas Covenant’s mount

Durance, the:
a barrier Appointed by the
Elohim
; a prison for both Kastenessen and the
skurj

durhisitar
:
a Waynhim

During Stonedown:
village destroyed by the
Grim
; home of Hamako

Duroc
:
one of the Seven Words

Durris:
a
Haruchai

EarthBlood:
concentrated fluid Earthpower, only known to exist under
Melenkurion
Skyweir; source of the Power of Command

Earthfriend:
title first given to Berek Halfhand

Earthpower:
natural power of all life; the source of all organic power in the Land

Earthroot:
lake under
Melenkurion
Skyweir

Earthrootstair:
stairway down to the lake of Earthroot under
Melenkurion
Skyweir

Earth-Sight:
Giantish power to perceive distant dangers and needs

eftmound:
gathering place for the
Elohim