Tad Williams - Shadowheart

“Praise the gods!” Beck shouted, tears streaming down his cheeks. “Praise all the gods! I’m back! I’m home!”

And then he dropped down to his hands and knees and kissed the ground over and over before he rose, still loudly thanking Heaven, and trotted off in the direction that would at last lead him again to Helmingsea and his family.

Adis—true name of Merolanna’s son

Aesi‘uah—chief eremite to Lady Yasammez

A‘lat—a priest, servant of the Autarch

Akutrir—a Qar warror of the Unforgiven tribe

Androphagas—legendary monster, half-bull, half-serpent

Aristas—mentor of Adis, the Orphan

Avros—aka Little Avros, a Temple Dog

Aylan—Sulepis’ great-grandfather

Beetlewing—a Rooftopper, Beetledown’s father

Benaridas—a mercenary killed at Kleaswell market

Benediktos—Anissa’s father, monarch of Devonis

Black Noszh-lah—Funderling version of Immon

Blackspine—Trickster

Bluedeeps—in the icy northern part of Qar lands

Buckle—a Summerfield guard

Calomel—Cinnabar and Vermilion Quicksilver’s son

Chaffy—one of Brone’s hired men

Cheshret and Tusiya—Qinnitan’s parents

Chrysolite—a Funderling warder

Corundrum—a Funderling engineer

Dard, aka Dard the Jar—Hierosoline merchant

Dawet dan-Faar—envoy from Hierosol, late of Tuan

Dawn Flower—a Qar name for Zoria, mother of Kupilas

Dolomite—a Funderling, Jasper’s lieutenant

Dordom—Parnad’s oldest son

Duke Kaske of the Unforgiven—a Qar war leader

Duke of Veryon—a Syannese historical figure

Ekkadar—leader of the Qar at Kleaswell Market

Flightless—a Trickster Qar, son of Greenjay

Flowstone—a Metamorphic Brother

Gerasimos—Trigonarch who rejected Hypnologues

Gennadas—a Syannese knight

Gorhan—Tulim’s uncle

Gunis—a Nushash priest with the Autarch’s army

Hereddin—Xixian tactician, writer

Hypnologues—AKA “Hypnologoi”, a heretic sect

Ice Ettins—one of the types of Ettins

Idite dan-Mozan—widow of Effir dan-Mozan

Jackdaw—a Qar, a Trickster

Karisnovois—Rooftopper name for Kernios

Kayne, Prince—Queen Lily’s son who died young

Kelonesos—famous sea monster

Kernios Olognothas—the Earth Lord as All-Seeing

Kersus—Xixian tactician, writer

Khau-Yisti—Yisti (Funderling-type Qar) bred by Autarchs

Khobana the Wolf—a murderess and prisoner

Kioy-a-pous—Skimmer name for Crooked

Kirgaz—one of young Tulim’s royal brothers

Kymon—a viscount of a county on the Syannese border

Leekstone—Opal’s maiden name

Longscratch—Trickster

Mackel—Skimmer, Rafe’s father

Mawra the Breathless—a Qar

Mehnad—a prince of Xis

Mihannid Blue Kings—ancient Xandian dynasty

Miron—Lord Helkis’ given name

Morna—goddess of winter, victim of Zosim

Moros—treacherous servant of Adis

Moseffir—a Dan-Mozan grandchild

Mountain Korbols—a tribe of Qar

Okhuz—Xixian name for Volios the god of war

Okros Dioketian—a physician,

Osias—Tyrant of Hierosol during the Orphan’s time

Oyler—one of Brone’s pages

Paka—a Xixian soldier

Parak—former autarch of Xis, Sulepis’ grandfather, Parnad’s father

Pardstone Jasper, the last Funderling who had regularly contributed to the wide conversation of scholars

Pebble Jasper—wife of Wardthane Sledge Jasper

Perch—one of Brone’s hired men

Phayallos—famous scholar

Pirilab—Xixian historian

Pyarin—Skimmer name for Perin

Rhantys of Kalebria—a scholar, author of “ The Agony of Truth Foresworn ”

Riddletongue—a Trickster

Salt Nitre—nephew of Ash

Selia ei’Dicte—Anissa’s maid’s real name

Shadow’s Cauldron—an Elemental

Silvergleam—a Qar name for Khors the moon god, father of Kupilas

Singscrape—a Deep Ettin, Hammerfoot’s son

Skollas—a historical dictator of Hierosol

Sorykidons—residents of Sorykos who claimed the Orphan had been born there

Spelter—a drow, related to Funderlings

Stephanas, Sir—a knight, one of Eneas’ Temple Dogs

Sunset Pearl, aka Urayanu—aka She of the Strengthening Touch—Qar healer

Tirnan Havemore—Castellan under Hendon Tolly

Tulim—twenty-third in the line of succession

Tyron—famous Kracian bard and poet

Ultin—a prince of Xis

Unforgiven—a tribe of manlike Qar

Upsteeplebat—Queen of the Rooftoppers of Southmarch

Uwin—priest who replaced Father Timoid

Vasil Zeru—White Hounds quartermaster

Volofon—a mercenary from Ikarta in Krace

Weasel—one of the Temple Dog scouts

Whitewound—Ettin clan from Bluedeeps

Willow—A pixilated girl

Xergal—Xixian name for Kernios

Ximander—famous scholar

Xosh—Xixian name for Khors

Xyllos—a sea monster

Yermun—Xixian name for Immon the Gatekeeper

Zoaz—Xixian god, groom of the solar chariot

Ancestor’s Blood—Qar name for the Sea in the Depths

Anglin Parlor—Hendon Tolly’s temporary throne room

Argas River Valley—in southern Silverside

Blue Lamp Quarter—a district of Xis

Brewer’s Store Cavern—a cavern between the temple and Funderling Town

Cavern of Winds—a series of connected chambers in the Funderling Mysteries

Counting Room—a large cavern underneath Southmarch

Crying Hill—site of a famous battle between Qar and Dreamless

Dunletter—a town in the hills of Brenland

Frannac—Connordic island

Gem Street—the main processional in Funderling Town

Glittering Delights—Qar name for Sandsilver’s Dancing Room

Grasshill Bridge—in mainland Southmarch

Great Delve—a large Stormstone tunnel leading under Brenn’s Bay to the mainland

Initiation Hall—the center of the Maze

Iron Reach—passage above the Metamorphic Brothers temple

Kalebria—a southern city, once part of Syannese empire

King’s South Cabinet—a room connected to the Erivor Chapel

Lake Strivothos—a huge inland sea in southern Eion

Last Hour of the Ancestor—Qar name for Southmarch Castle, esp. the deepest parts

Last Reach—a tunnel complex in the Funderling Mysteries

Millwheel Road—a major road that runs into the Coast Road near Southmarch Castle

Moonless Reach, a long, lightless cavern complex below Funderling Town

Mudstone Reach—another cavern system beneath Funderling Town

Ocher Bar—a clay pit near Iron Reach

Ocsa—Connordic island

Old Baryte Span—a series of tunnels off the Great Delve

On. Krisanthe—a Trigonate temple in mainland Southmarch

Onir Beccan—a town in Blueshore on the edge of Brenn’s Bay

Potmis Bridge—scene of a famous Syannese military defeat

Prince Kayne Library—in the royal residence at Southmarch

Revelation Hall—the last chamber of the Maze before the Balcony over the Sea in the Depths

Sandsilver’s Dancing Room—a large cavern near the Metamorphic Brothers Temple

Sharm—Connordic island

Shoremarket—a square in mainland Southmarch

Silver River Road—a main road through Kertewall and Silverside

Skean Egye-Var—Skimmer’s name for M’Helan’s Rock

Sycamore Tower—the tallest tower in the Orchard Palace

Stefanian Hills—hills between Brenland and Summerfield

Tessideme—name for Tessis when it was a village

Vale of Aulas—a forested stretch between Oscastle and Southmarch

Weeping Staircase—part of Qul-na-Qar