Tad Williams: Shadowplay

Oak Tree—Perin’s hammer Onir Kyma—a temple

Orphan Boy in Heaven, The —a play

Outcrop—the ceremonial center of the Funderling Stone Cutter’s guildhall

Pentecount—a troop, numbering fifty

Perin’s Forgiveness—a common religious ritual

Perinos Eio—largest planet in the skies

Polemarch—a general of Xis of Hierosol

Prophet’s Day—the day before Kerneia

Quiller’s Mint—a tavern

Raging Beast—a monster defeated by Hiliometes in a famous story

Salute of the Bone Knife—Qar ceremony

Seal of War—a Qar gem, object of great importance

Shanat—a popular Xandian game

Shining Man—center of the Funderling Mysteries

Shivering Plain—a famous Qar battleground

Shouma—a drink with strange properties

Silver Thing—part of the Rooftopper’s crown jewels

Silverbeam—sword of Khors

Smoke Sacrifice—a Trigonate ritual

Song of the Owl’s Eye—Qar ceremony

Soso—Aislin’s rescued gull

Sun’s Blood—an elixir prepared by the priest of Nushash

Taksiarch—a military rank of Xis of Hierosol

Trigon—the religious power of Eion, a triumvirate of priesthoods (Perin, Erivor, Kernios)

Umeyana—the “blood-kiss”

War-Stone—a weapon of the Whispering Mothers

Whitefire—the sword of Yasammez

Wickeril—a Skimmer liquor

Wildson Night—a festive winter holiday

Wildsong Night—a holiday evening, also known as Winter’s Eve Xandian Federation

Xarpedon—an autarch of Xis

Ximander’s Book —selections from the Book of Regret

Xol -priest—one who can manipulate the autarch’s parasite

Years of Blood—when the Qar fought against the last demigods and monsters

Zoria, Tragedy of a Virgin Goddess —a play

Zosimion Theater—a theater in Tessis

Days of the Week: in the Eionic calendar, there are three ten-day periods in each month, called “tennights.” Therefore, the twentyfirst day of August in our calendar would be more or less the third Firstday of Oktamene. See the explanation under “Months” for more information.

Firstday Sunsday Moonsday Skyday Windsday Stonesday Fireday Watersday Godsday Lastday Months: each Eion month is thirty days long, divided into three tendays, with five intercalary days between the end of the year—

Orphan’s Day—and the first day of the new year, also known as Firstday or Year Day—thus month/month correspondents are liable to differ by a few days: the first day of Trimene in Southmarch is not the exact same day as March 1st on our calendar.

Eimene— January

Dimene— February

Trimene—March

Tetramene— April

Pentamene— May

Hexamene— June

Heptamene— July

Oktamene— August

Ennamene— September

Dekamene— October

Endekamene— November

Dodekamene— December