The Wounded Land (76 page)

sacred enclosure: former Vespers hall at Revelstone

Saltheart Foamfollower: former Giant

samadhi:
a Raver; also known as Sheol

Santonin na-Mhoram-in: a Rider of the Clave

Sarangrave Flat: a region of the Lower Land

Search, the: quest of the Giants for the wound in the Earth

Seareach: a region of the Land; formerly inhabited by the Giants

Second Ward: second unit of Kevin’s hidden knowledge

Seven Hells, the: a-Jeroth’s demesne; desert, rain, pestilence, fertility, war, savagery, darkness

Seven Wards, the: collection of knowledge hidden by Kevin

Shattered Hills: a region of the Land near Foul’s Creche

Sheol: a Raver; also known as
samadhi

Shetra: a former Lord of the Council

Sivit na-Mhoram-wist: a Rider of the Clave

skest
: acid-creatures serving the lurker of the Sarangrave

soft ones: the
jheherrin

soothreader: a seer

soothtell: ritual of prophecy practiced by the Clave

Soulcrusher: former Giantish name for Lord Foul

Staff of Law, the: a tool of power formed by Berek from the One Tree

Starfare’s Gem: Giantship used by the Search

Stell: one of the
Haruchai
; protector of Sunder

Stonedown: a village; formerly, a village based on stone-lore

Stonemight, the: a name for a fragment of the Illearth Stone

Stonemight Woodhelven: a village in the South Plains

Sunbane, the: a power arising from the corruption of nature by Lord Foul

Sunbirth Sea: ocean east of the Land

Sunder: son of Nassic; Graveler of Mithil Stonedown

Sun-Sage: one who can affect the progress of the Sunbane

Sunstone:
orcrest

sur-jheherrin:
descendants of the
jheherrin
: inhabitants of Sarangrave Flat

Swarte: a Rider of the Clave

Swordmain/Swordmainnir: a Giant trained as a warrior

test of silence: interrogation technique used by the people of the Land

Third Ward: third unit of Kevin’s hidden knowledge

Three Corners of Truth: basic formulation of beliefs promulgated by the Clave

thronehall, the: the Despiser’s former seat in Foul’s Creche

Treacher’s Gorge: river-opening into Mount Thunder

treasure-berries:
aliantha;
a nourishing fruit

Trell: father of Lena; former Gravelingas of Mithil Stonedown

Triock: a former man of Mithil Stonedown who loved Lena

Trothgard: a region of the Land

turiya:
a Raver; also known as Herem

Unbeliever, the: title given to Thomas Covenant

Unfettered, the: formerly, lore-students freed from conventional

responsibilities

Unfettered One, the: founder of a line of men waiting to greet Thomas Covenant’s return to the Land

Unhomed, the: the former Giants of Seareach

upland: plateau above Revelstone

Upper Land: region west of Landsdrop

ur-Lord: title given to Thomas Covenant

ur-viles: Demondim-spawn; evil creatures of power

ussusimiel:
nourishing melon grown by the people of the Land

Vain: a product of ur-viles’ breeding experiments

Vespers: former self-consecration ritual of the Lords

Victuallin Tayne: a region in the Center Plains

Viles: a rage of beings which created the Demondim

vitrim:
nourishing fluid created by Waynhim

voure:
a plant-sap which wards off insects

Vow, the: Bloodguard oath of service to the Lords

vraith:
a Waynhim

Waynhim: Demondim-spawn, but opponents of the ur-viles

Weird of the Waynhim, the: Waynhim concept of doom, destiny, or duty

white gold: a metal of power not found in the Land

white gold wielder: title given to Thomas Covenant

Wightwarren: catacombs; home of the Cavewights under Mount Thunder

wild magic: the power of white gold; considered the keystone of
the Arch of Time

Windscour: region in the Center Plains

Windshorn Stonedown: a village in the South Plains

Woodhelven: a village; formerly, a village based on wood-lore

Woodhelvennin: inhabitants of a Woodhelven

Wraiths of Andelain: creatures of living light which inhabit Andelain

Dedication:

To Lester Del Rey:
Lester made me do it

And to Ross and Perry Donaldson:
simply the best.

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