White Gold Wielder (74 page)

ur-Lord: title given to Covenant

ur-viles: spawn of the Demondim; creatures of power; creators of Vain

ussusimiel
: nourishing melon grown by the people of the Land

Vain: Demondim-spawn; bred by the ur-viles for a secret purpose

vitrim
: nourishing fluid created by Waynhim

voure
: a plant-sap which wards off insects; a medicine for Sunbane-sickness

Vow, the: Bloodguard oath of service to the Lords

vraith
: a Waynhim

Warrenbridge: bridge leading to the catacombs under Mount Thunder

Waynhim: spawn of the Demondim; opposed to ur-viles

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

Westron Mountains: mountains bordering the Land

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

White River, the: a river of the Land

Wightbarrow, the: cairn under which Drool Rockworm is buried

Wightwarrens: catacombs; home of the Cavewights under Mount Thunder

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

Woodhelven: a village of the Land

Worm of the World’s End, the: mystic creature believed by the
Elohim
to have formed the foundation of the Earth

Wraiths of Andelain: creatures of living light which inhabit Andelain

Würd of the Earth, the: term used by the
Elohim
to suggest variously their own nature, the nature of the Earth, and their ethical compulsions; could be read as Word, Worm, or Weird

Dedication:

To Bruce L. Blackie—
without whose help.…

Books by Stephen R. Donaldson

“The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever”

Lord Foul’s Bane

The Illearth War

The Power that Preserves

“The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant”

The Wounded Land

The One Tree

White Gold Wielder

“The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant”

The Runes of the Earth

Fatal Revenant

Against All Things Ending

The Last Dark

“Mordant’s Need”

The Mirror of Her Dreams

A Man Rides Through

“The Gap Sequence”

The Real Story

Forbidden Knowledge

A Dark and Hungry God Arises

Chaos and Order

This Day All Gods Die

The “Axbrewder/Fistoulari” novels

The Man Who Killed His Brother

The Man Who Risked His Partner

The Man Who Tried to Get Away

The Man Who Fought Alone

Short Story Collections

Daughter of Regals and Other Tales

Reave the Just and Other Tales