Peter Brett: The Daylight War

Ala: (1) The perfect world created by Everam, corrupted by Nie. (2) Dirt, soil, clay, etc.

Alagai: The Krasian word for corelings (demons). Direct translation is ‘plague of Ala’.

Alagai hora: Demon bones used by dama’ting to create magic items, such as the warded dice they use to tell the future. Alagai hora burst into flame if exposed to sunlight.

Alagai Ka: Ancient Krasian name for the consort to Alagai’ting Ka, the Mother of All Demons. Alagai Ka and his sons were said to be the most powerful of the demon lords, generals, and captains of Nie’s forces.

Alagai’sharak: Holy War against demonkind.

Alagai tail: A whip consisting of three strips of braided leather ending in sharp barbs meant to cut deeply into a victim’s flesh. Used by dama as an instrument of punishment.

Alagai’ting Ka: The Mother of All Demons, the demon queen of Krasian myth.

Aleverak: Damaji of the Majah tribe in Krasia.

Amadeveram: Damaji of the Kaji tribe in Krasia before Jardir comes to power.

Amanvah: Jardir’s first daughter by Inevera, Amanvah is dama’ting in her own right. Offered to Rojer as a bride along with her cousin Sikvah.

Andrah: Krasian secular and religious dictator.

Anjha: One of the lesser tribes of Krasia.

Anoch Sun: Lost city that was once the seat of power for Kaji, the Shar’Dama Ka. It is believed to have been claimed by the sands; no one has seen or heard of the city in centuries. People and artefacts called Sunian.

Asavi: Dama’ting of the Kaji tribe. Former rival of Inevera as nie’dama’ting . Lover of Melan.

Ashan: Son of Dama Khevat and closest friend of Jardir’s during his training in Sharik Hora, Ashan is Damaji of the Kaji tribe and part of Jardir’s inner circle. Married to Jardir’s eldest sister, Imisandre. Father of Asukaji and Ashia.

Ashia: Jardir’s Sharum’ting niece. Daughter of Ashan and Imisandre. Married to Asome.

Asome: Jardir’s second son by Inevera. Dama. Known as the ‘heir to nothing’. Married to Ashia.

Asu: ‘Son’, or ‘son of’. Used as a prefix in formal names, as in Ahmann asu Hoshkamin am’Jardir am’Kaji.

Asukaji: Ashan’s eldest son by Jardir’s sister Imisandre. Dama. Name literally means ‘son of Kaji’.

Baden: Rich and powerful dama of the Kaji tribe. Push’ting . Known to possess several items of hora magic.

Bazaar, Great: The largest merchant area in Krasia, located right inside the main gates. It is run entirely by women and khaffit.

Belina: Jardir’s dama’ting wife from the Majah tribe.

Bido: Loincloth, most commonly the white nie’Sharum cloth boys are given after they are taken from their mothers and stripped of their tans.

Cashiv: Push’ting kai’Sharum in personal service to Dama Baden. Lover of Soli.

Chin: Outsider/infidel. This word is also considered an insult, meaning that a person is a coward.

Chusen: Damaji of the Shunjin tribe.

Cielvah: Daughter of Abban. Raped by Hasik.

Coliv: Krevakh Watcher assigned to Jardir’s unit as kai’Sharum . Sent to guard Leesha on her return to the Hollow.

Couzi: A harsh, illegal Krasian liquor flavoured with cinnamon. Because of its potency, it is served in tiny cups meant to be taken in one swallow.

Dal: Prefix meaning ‘honoured’.

Dal’Sharum: The Krasian warrior caste, which includes the vast majority of the men. Dal’Sharum are broken into tribes controlled by the Damaji , and smaller units answerable to a dama and a kai’Sharum. Dal’Sharum dress in black robes with a black turban and night veil. All are trained in hand-to-hand combat ( sharusahk ), as well as spear fighting and shield formations.

Dal’ting: Fertile married women, or older women who have given birth.

Dama: A Krasian Holy Man. Dama are both religious and secular leaders. They wear white robes and carry no weapons. All dama are masters of sharusahk, the Krasian hand-to-hand martial art.

Damajah: Singular title for the First Wife of the Shar’Dama Ka.

Damaji: The twelve Damaji are the religious and secular leaders of their individual tribes, and serve the Andrah as ministers and advisors.

Damaji’ting: The tribal leaders of the dama’ting , and the most powerful women in Krasia.

Dama’ting: Krasian Holy Women who also serve as healers and midwives. Dama’ting hold the secrets of hora magic, including the power to foretell the future, and are held in fear and awe. Harming a dama’ting in any way is punishable by death.

Daylight War, the: Also known as Sharak Sun. Ancient war during which Kaji conquered the known world, uniting them for Sharak Ka.

Desert Spear, the: The Krasians’ term for their city. Known in the North as Fort Krasia.

Drillmasters: Elite warriors who train nie’Sharum . Drillmasters wear standard dal’Sharum blacks, but their night veils are red.

Enkaji: Damaji of the powerful Mehnding tribe.

Enkido: Eunuch servant and sharusahk instructor of the Kaji dama’ting. Made personal bodyguard to Amanvah.

Evejah, the: The holy book of Everam, written by Kaji, the first Deliverer, some thirty-five hundred years past. The Evejah is separated into sections called Dunes. Each dama pens a copy of the Evejah in his own blood during his clerical training.

Evejan: Name of the Krasian religion, ‘those who follow the Evejah’.

Evejan law: The militant religious law the Krasians impose on chin , meant to force nonbelievers to follow the Evejah under threat rather than belief.

Everalia: Jardir’s third Kaji wife.

Everam: The Creator.

Everam’s Bounty: After Fort Rizon was taken with its vast farmland in 333 AR, the city-state was renamed Everam’s Bounty to honour the Creator. It is the Krasian foothold in the green lands.

Fahki: Dal’Sharum son of Abban. Raised to hate his khaffit father.

Fashin: Damaji of the Halvas tribe.

Gai: Plague.

Greenlander: One from the green lands.

Green lands: Krasian name for Thesa (the lands north of the Krasian desert).

Halvan: Friend of Jardir and Ashan during Jardir’s training in Sharik Hora. Dama Halvan is advisor to Damaji Ashan.

Hannu Pash: Literally ‘life’s path’, this represents the period of a boy’s life after he has been taken from his mother but before his caste ( dal’Sharum, dama , or khaffit ) is set. It is a period of intense and brutal physical training, along with religious indoctrination.

Hanya: Jardir’s youngest sister, four years younger than he. Married to Hasik, mother to Sikvah.

Hasik: Nie’Sharum boy who insults and bullies Jardir. Called Whistler because his missing tooth causes his s ’s to whistle. Later becomes one of the Spears of the Deliverer and Jardir’s bodyguard.

Horn of Sharak: Ceremonial horn blown to begin and end alagai’sharak .

Hoshkamin: Father of Ahmann Jardir; deceased.

Hoshvah: Jardir’s middle sister, three years younger than he. Married to Shanjat. Mother of Shanvah.