Valour and Victory (48 page)

Lainert*:
Ryzcka of the Fourteenth Ryzck (Destiny, Victory)

Leku: A Lai -
brother of Velku (Victory)

Liam Hallam:
Doctor and younger brother of Robain (Destiny, Victory)

Lightfoot:
Rilla’s pony. Zilla inherited him when Rilla vadeln-paired with
Zawlei and left the inn to join the Vada with him (Destiny,
Victory)

Lucy Merriman:
Kellessa, Noblewoman of Murdoch and daughter of Baron John Merriman
(Victory)

Maddei: Male
Lind, Susa of the Avuzdel of Lai (Destiny, Victory)

Mak: Young boy
who works in one of the livery stables at Settlement (Victory)

Mal*: Vadeln
serving with the Vada, in the First Ryzck (Lind: Valennya)
(Destiny, Victory)

Malaku: Male
Lai and part of the delegation to the Gtrathlin (Destiny,
Victory)

Mander Durand:
Elder brother of Jen and a serving officer in the Garda (Destiny,
Victory)

Markion*
Ryzcka of the Thirty-first Ryzck (Lind: Danya) (Destiny,
Victory)

Martin
Taviston: Head of Protocols at the Court of the Kingdom of Murdoch
and son of Baron Peter Taviston (Destiny, Victory)

Mary: Friend
of Isobel when she was at the convent of grey nuns and daughter of
on of her father’s vassals who remained to became a postulant
within the order when she was fourteen (Destiny, Victory)

Mary-Catherine: Mother Superior of the Thibaltine Convent north of
the town of Brindal in the Duchy of Cocteau (Victory)

Marya*: Female
Lind, Retired Vada First Ryzck (Human: Mikel) (Destiny)

Matt Urquhart:
Merchant of Stewarton and husband of Zala (Destiny, Victory)

Mathieu
Urquhart: Eldest son of Matt and Zala (Destiny, Victory)

Maura: Maid
servant at the Little Rover Inn (Destiny, Victory)

Megan*: Vadeln
serving with the Vada, in the First Ryzck (Lind: Sachdei) (Destiny,
Victory)

Melk: Old
family retainer of the Dukes of South Baker (Victory)

Miggi: Elderly
maidservant of Guildmaster Anders (Destiny, Victory)

Mikel*:
Retired Ryzcka of the First Ryzck (Lind: Marya) (Destiny)

Morgan:
Retired Colonel of the Murdoch regiments (Victory)

Niaill*:
Younger brother of Danal, Vada, Ryzcka of the First Ryzck (Lind:
Taraya)

(Destiny,
Victory)

Nadala*:
Vadeln serving with the Vada, in the Fourteenth Ryzck and then
transferring to the First Ryzck, girlfriend of Niaill (Lind:
Teriyei) (Destiny, Victory)

Padrig:
Escaped slave and leader of the nomads of the desert. Married to
Aline, sister of Robain (Victory)

Paul:
Crown-Prince of Murdoch and Elliot’s father (Destiny, Victory)

Paul Farquer:
Garda Officer Trainee and friend of Hilla (Destiny, Victory)

Paula*: Vadeln
stationed at Stewarton and who reports to Susa Julia about what is
happening there (Destiny, Victory)

Peter
Duchesne: Lord Marshall of the Kingdom of Murdoch and brother of
the Duke of Duchesne (Destiny, Victory)

Petra*: Vada
Cadet, fourth year (Destiny)

Philip Ross:
Baron, Chief bodyguard to the family of Crown-Prince Paul at the
Court of the Kingdom of Murdoch. Once Boy Companion to Crown-Prince
Paul, he is now a close friend and a member of the mission south to
find the power-core (Destiny, Victory)

Prenda: Young
technical apprentice under Guildmaster Annert at Stewarton
(Victory)

Qu: Dglai
leader (Victory)

Quia: Dglai
female (Victory)

Quindya*:
Female Lind of the Fifty-first Ryzck (Human: Brion) (Destiny,
Victory)

Quio: Dglai
scout ship commander (Destiny, Victory)

Radya*: Female
Lind who carried Elliot from Stewarton and Vada as her vadeln was
in bed with an injured leg (Human: Alun) (Destiny, Victory)

Rand:
Privateer Captain and who has offered his help to the north
(Destiny, Victory)

Ranlei: Male
Lind of rtath Hanei, retired Susa of their Lindar and commander of
the fourth ryz of Lindar Hanei (Destiny, Victory)

Razdya*:
Female Lind (Human: Davin) second in command of the Vada) (Destiny,
Victory)

Rilla* Middle
triplet daughter of Talan and Zanda, now third year Cadet in the
Vada (Lind: Zawlei) (Destiny, Victory)

Robain Hallam:
Leftenant, later Captain of the Garda, from the Island of Hallam
(Destiny, Victory)

Romauld:
Father, private chaplain to the royal family of Murdoch (Destiny,
Victory)

Ross: General
of Murdoch (Destiny, Victory)

Sachei: Male
Lind and Elda of rtath Sachei (Destiny, Victory)

Sachdei*: Male
Lind, Vada, First Ryzck (Human: Megan) (Destiny, Victory)

Sadei: Male
Lind, Susa of rtath Hanei’s Lindar (Destiny, Victory)

Sandra de
Groot: Garda trainee in the year ahead of Hilla and Jen
(Destiny)

Sainjon: Garda
General who is the head of intelligence based at Settlement
(Destiny, Victory)

Sanei: Male
Lind, Lindar Susa of pack Gainsya (Destiny, Victory)

Shona*: Vada
Cadet and best friend of Rilla (Lind: Danei) (Destiny, Victory)

Sindal*:
Retired 2IC Vada (Lind: Tanya) (Victory)

Sindya: Female
Lind and Elda of rtath Sindya and whose domta is situated beside
that of the Gtrathlin (Destiny, Victory)

Stasya*:
Female Lind (Human: Duncin) (Destiny, Victory)

Tala: Daughter
of Talan and Zanda, younger than Zak and Zala and Journeywoman of
the Technicians Guild at Stewarton. She volunteered to go on the
mission south to find the power-core (Destiny, Victory)

Talan:
Innkeeper of the Little Rover Inn at Dunetown and father of Zak,
Zala, Tala, Hilla, Rilla and Zilla (Destiny, Victory)

Talansdochter:
Familial name used by the daughters of Innkeeper Talan (Destiny,
Victory)

Talanson:
Familial name used by the son of Innkeeper Talan (Destiny,
Victory)

Tanya*: Female
Lind and retired 2IC Vada (Human: Sindal)(Victory)

Taraya*:
Female Lind, Vada, First Ryzck (Human: Niaill) (Destiny,
Victory)

Teriyei*: Male
Lind, mate of Taraya, First Ryzck (Human: Nadala) (Destiny,
Victory)

Tom Brentwood:
Archbishop of Murdoch (Destiny, Victory)

Toinette*:
Vada Cadet and friend of Rilla (Lind: Wlei) (Destiny, Victory)

Trendor*:
Ryzcka of the Forty-ninth Ryzck, a martinet (Lind: Ysnya) (Destiny,
Victory)

Valennya*:
Female Lind, Vada First Ryzck (Human: Mal) (Destiny, Victory)

Valu: Lai
(Victory)

Vanlya: Female
Lind, Gtrathlin (Destiny)

Velku: Leader
of the Lai (Victory)

Verro: Husband
of Susa Julia (Destiny, Victory)

Villiers:
Garda Leftenant who took Robain’s place at the Academie (Destiny,
Victory)

Vivien De
Groot: Garda General (Victory)

Wallaceson:
Garda Regimental Sergeant Major at Settlement (Destiny,
Victory)

Wilf Taplin:
Garda Warrant Officer (Destiny, Victory)

William
Duchesne: Duke of Duchesne (Destiny, Victory)

William
Duchesne: Duke-Heir of Duchesne (Victory)

Wlei: Female
Lind, Vada Cadet (Human: Toinette) (Destiny, Victory)

Wlya: Female
Lind, Vada Cadet (Human: Charles) (Destiny, Victory)

Xavier:
Younger brother to Prince-Heir, later Crown-Prince Paul and
Prince-Duke of the Duchy of South Baker in the Kingdom of Murdoch
(Destiny, Victory)

Xlei*: Male
Lind (Human: Fastia; Weaponsecond Vada) (Destiny, Victory)

Ysnya*: Female
Lind, Forty-ninth Ryzck (Human: Trendor) (Destiny, Victory)

Zak: Son of
Talan and Zanda, twin of Zala (Destiny, Victory)

Zala: Oldest
daughter to Talan and Zanda, twin of Zak and married to Matt
Urquhart, a Merchant from Stewarton (Destiny, Victory)

Zalya: Female
Lind and Elda of her pack (Victory)

Zanda: Wife of
Innkeeper Talan and mother of Zak, Zala, Tala, Hilla, Rilla and
Zilla (Destiny, Victory)

Zaoaldavdr:
Male Larg, Susa of the Avuzdel of Larg (Destiny, Victory)

Zawlei*: Male
Lind (Human: Rilla) (Destiny, Victory)

Zilla:
Youngest triplet daughter of Talan and Zanda (Destiny, Victory)

Zhukov: Garda
Medical General (Victory)

Zuvavdr: Larg
and Kohortangan of the kohorts at Duchesne

All words are
either derived from Lindish or Standard unless indicated
otherwise

2IC: Second in
command of the Vada

Academie: The
training school of the Garda, based at Settlement

AL: Anno
Landing, the years are counted from the first day in the summer of
the first year of landing

Altuinq:
(Larg): a human forced into rapport with a Larg

Allst: Tall,
large leafed tree of the north

Ammokko: Dglai
mother ship

Argyll: Human
country on the eastern coast of the northern continent and also the
name of one of the spaceships that brought man to the planet

Atropos: The
fate that cuts the thread of life

Avuzdel: Lind
Central Spying Unit, a quasi-secret order within the Lind nation.
It is split into two, the Daki and the Raki. The Daki has three
sections, one in Largdom, one in Vadath and one on the other
northern continent. The Raki is different. The members of this have
an extra duty and one most secret. Apart from the Susas, the rest
of the Daki know nothing of them. The Raki also reports to the
Susalai, but directly, they neither have nor need a separate Susa.
There are not that many of them. The Raki, for hundreds and
hundreds of years have been looking for the Botan hoping against
hope they never will find it.

Bamana: Fruit
grown in the southern continent, very like a banana in shape and
texture

Battle of the
Alliance: Battle between the Larg and the convicts of the south and
the settlers and the Lind of the north at the beginning of the
second summer of mankind on Rybak (Wolves)

Battle of the
Ford: The Larg attacked the Kingdom of Murdoch in AL 503 and were
defeated at the Ford of the river that runs between the Duchies of
Cocteau and van Buren.

Battle of
Trumpet Keep: When the Larg invaded Vadath in AL 10 the Armies of
the North met them at David’s Keep which was renamed Trumpet Keep
after the battle was won (Courage)

Battle of the
Gorge: When the Larg invaded Lind in AL 167 they were defeated at
this battle (Honour). Also known as the Battle of Fountains
Head

Black Cat: An
Inn at Vada

Black Star:
Honour Star awarded to brave vadelns (deceased) of the Vada

Blue Flag: The
flag raised above human habitations to tell searching Lind that
there is a human there who wishes to be considered for
vadeln-pairing

Blue Lind:
Tavern in south east Argyll

Book of the
Fallen: Book held in the Inner Sanctum of the Vada in which are
recorded details of those who have died in the line of duty

Boton: (Lai):
Probe of the Diaglon, sent to find out if a planet is suitable for
raiding

Brai: (Lai):
Black skinned lost rtath of the Diaglon

Brindal: Small
town in the Duchy of Cocteau in the Kingdom of Murdoch

Chela: Lind
claw, they have five on each paw. They resemble the claws of an
earth cat in that they can tract and retract

Ceja: Yes

Clotho: The
fate that spins the thread of life

Kohort:
(Larg): Kohort of Larg warriors, usually numbering at least 800

Kohortangan:
(Larg): Army commander

Conclave:
Ruling Council of the Kingdom of Murdoch, chaired by the King or
Lord Regent. All Murdoch Dukedoms are entitled to a seat on
Conclave as is the Lord Marshall and the Primate. All seat-holders
are entitled to one vote.

Contrap:
Weapon invented by Arthur Knott and used to defeat the south during
the Battle of the Alliance in AL 2

Covet: Small
rodent-like creatures who infest human dwellings

CP: Command
Post; in a battle this is where the commander of the army is
located

CPO: Chief
Petty Officer

Crtath:
Welcome (informal)

Daga: Lind
den

Daiglon:
(Lai): Planet where the Lai and the other four Lai rtaths come
from

Daki: Section
of the Avuzdel

Dalina: Blue
flowers resembling snowdrops

Dalinabell:
Merchant ship that plies her trade between the Kingdom of Murdoch
and Argyll

Dantrapper:
Forest in south western Lind

Dedta: Welcome
(formal)

Deld: (Dglai):
a measure of gravitational levels

Demesne:
Estate held from an overlord

Dglai: (Lai
and Dglai): Green skinned rtath of the Daiglon

Dhrehl:
Season

Dom: Temporary
pack home

Domta:
Permanent pack home

Dugo: Small
prickly, dense and fast growing bush, prevalent in the north

Dune Mountain:
Bobbly peak near Pointy Peak and close to the town of Dunetown

Dunetown: A
village along the Southern Trade Route in Argyll, outside which the
Little Rover Inn is situated

Duntanvad:
12

Eastern Isles:
A prosperous and large group of islands in the Great Eastern Sea
and allied to the Kingdom of Murdoch

Edgeking:
River in the Duchy of Brentwood

Elda(s):
Leader(s) of packs and Lind nation

Eln: Mate

Evesham: The
name of the estate of the Brown Baronage

Express: A
service set up during the early years and modelled on the “Pony
Express” of the American mid-west in the nineteenth century with
the additional service of ‘immediate’ messages using the Lind’s
telepathic abilities

Fallon Ridge:
A ridge of hills lying to the south of the Duchy of Duchesne in the
Kingdom of Murdoch

Farquharstown:
A town in Argyll about thirty miles north of Settlement

Fealtatis:
Fealty ceremony at the Court of Murdoch (the giving of homage and
the taking of fealty to and from the King or Queen)