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Breek: An eagle, companion to Adolan.

Breff: A hunter of the Bonetree clan.

Bull Hollow: A hamlet on the far western edge of the Eldeen Reaches, just below the Shadowcrags. byeshk: A rare metal, hard and dense with a purple sheen. Weapons made of byeshk are capable of inflicting great injuries on daelkyr and their creations. chuul: Monstrous creatures larger than a man, resembling huge crayfish with four powerful legs and enormous claws. The tentacles surrounding a chuul's mouth are capable of paralyzing its prey. crysteel: An alloy created from iron and a rare crystalline substance. Crysteel is used to make weapons favored by those skilled in psionics. d'Deneith, Robrand: A dragonmarked heir of House Deneith, once leader of the Frostbrand company of the Blademarks, disgraced after the Massacre at Narath. d'Deneith, Toller: A dragonmarked heir of House Deneith, nephew to Robrand d'Deneith, in training to become a commander of the Blademarks. d'Lyrandar, Vennet: A dragonmarked half-elf of House Lyrandar, captain of Lightning on Water. daelkyr: Powerful lords of Xoriat, the daelkyr are madness and corruption personified. After the Daelkyr War, surviving daelkyr on Eberron were bound in the depths of Khyber by Gatekeeper druids.

Daelkyr War: An invasion of Eberron by creatures from Xoriat, led by the daelkyr, approximately nine thousand years before the present. Centered around the Shadow Marches, it ended with the defeat of the daelkyr by the united forces of the orcs of the Shadow Marches and the hobgoblins of the Empire of Dhakaan, but left both races decimated. dagga: An orc expression of affirmation commonly used by folk of Zarash'ak. A more intense version, "Kuv dagga!" is akin to swearing a minor oath.

Dah'mir: A priest of the Dragon Below and leader of the Bonetree clan, he has a strange power over kalashtar. dahr: An Adaran expression for something or someone vile; pl. "dahri."

Dal: A hunter of the Bonetree clan

Dandra: A kalashtar, hunted by the Bonetree clan after being captured by Dah'mir. She wears a yellow-green psicrystal, wields a spear forged from crysteel, and specializes in whitefire, augmented by her skill with vayhatana.

Deneith, House: A dragonmark house bearing the Mark of Sentinel. House Deneith operates services offering various forms of protection, including the mercenary companies of the Blademarks and the law enforcement services of the Sentinel Marshals.

Dhakaani Empire: see Empire of Dhakaan. dolgaunt: Horrid creatures created by the daelkyr from hobgoblins during the Daelkyr War, dolgaunts have long, powerful tentacles springing from their shoulders. They have no eyes but perceive their surroundings through sensitive cilia that cover their skin. dolgrim: Foot soldiers in the armies of the daelkyr, dolgrims were created by the daelkyr from goblins. A dolgrim has four arms and two mouths and resembles two goblins crushed together.

Dragon Below, the: see Khyber dragonmark: 1) A mark that appears on the surface of the skin and grants mystical powers to its bearer. 2) A slang term for the bearer of a dragonmark. dragonshard: A form of mineral with mystical properties, said to be a shard of one of the great progenitor dragons. There are three different types of shard, each with different properties. A shard has no abilities in and of itself, but an artificer or wizard can use a shard to create an object with useful effects. Siberys shards fall from the sky and have the potential to enhance the power of dragonmarks. Eberron shards are found in the soil and enhance traditional magic. Khyber shards are found deep below the surface of the world and are used as a focus binding mystical energy.

Eberron: 1) The world. 2) A mythical dragon said to have formed the world from her body in primordial times and to have given birth to natural life. Also known as "The Dragon Between." See Khyber, Siberys.

Eldeen Reaches: Once this term was used to describe the vast stretches of woodland found on the west coast of Khorvaire, inhabited mostly by nomadic shifter tribes and druidic sects. In 958 YK the people of western Aundair broke ties with the Audairian crown and joined their lands to the Eldeen Reaches, vastly increasing the population of the nation and bringing it into the public eye. Inhabitants are known as Reachers. Among themselves, Reachers refer to their homeland as "the Eldeen."

Empire of Dhakaan: An ancient empire ruled by hobgoblins, the Empire of Dhakaan stretched across southern Khorvaire millennia before the arrival of humans. Dhakaan was weaked by the Daelkyr War and collapsed about six thousand years before the present.

Etta: A hunter of the Bonetree clan.

Fat Tusk: A tribe of orcs living in the Shadow Marches.

Fause: The leader of a Cult of the Dragon Below in Zarash'ak.

Frostbrand: A Blademarks company of House Deneith, commanded by Robrand d'Deneith, specializing in wilderness and winter operations. It was disbanded after the Massacre at Narath.

Gatekeepers: A sect of druids, originators of the druidic tradition in the Shadow Marches and the Eldeen Reaches. Originally formed to defend Eberron from invasion by Xoriat during the Daelkyr War, they watch over the seals that bind the daelkyr in Khyber.

Geth: A shifter veteran of the Last War, he served with the Frostbrand until the Massacre at Narath, then wandered Khorvaire before finding refuge in Bull Hollow. He wields a sword and a great-gauntlet, a magewrought gauntlet that is both shield and weapon.

Gig: A hunter of the Bonetree clan.

Hand-wit: A hunter of the Bonetree clan.

Hruucan: A dolgaunt appointed by Dah'mir to accompany the Bonetree hunters in their pursuit of Dandra. illithid: An abomination from Xoriat, the plane of madness. An illithid is roughly the same size and shape as a human but possesses a squidlike head with tentacles arrayed around a fanged maw. Illithids feed on the brains of sentient creatures and possess the ability to paralyze or manipulate the minds of lesser creatures. Illithids are more commonly known as mind flayers. il-Yannah: A word from the Quor tongue, translating to "the Great Light." This mystical force is the focus of the religion of the kalashtar.

Jhegesh Dol: A stretch of haunted swamp in the Shadow Marches, once the site of a daelkyr stronghold during the Daelkyr War. kalashtar: The kalashtar are an offshoot of humanity. Stories say that the kalashtar are humans touched by spirits from another plane of existence and that they possess strange mental powers.

Karrnath: One of the original Five Nations of Galifar. Karrnath is a cold, grim land whose people are renowned for their martial prowess. The current ruler of Karrnath is King Kaius ir'Wyrnarn III.

Karth: A sailor on Lightning on Water. kesh: a kalashtar term for the telepathic mindlink all kalashtar can create with other beings.

Khorvaire: One of the continents of Eberron.

Khyber: 1) The underworld. 2) A mythical dragon, also known as "The Dragon Below." After killing Siberys, Khyber was imprisoned by Eberron and transformed into the underworld. Khyber is said to have given birth to a host of demons and other unnatural creatures. See Eberron, Siberys.

Kirla: A stable-owner in Yrlag

Krepis: An orc of the Fat Tusk tribe and a druid of the Gatekeeper sect. A student of Batul.

Last War, the: This conflict began in 894 YK with the death of King Jarot ir'Wyrnarn, the last king of Galifar. Following Jarot's death, three of his five children refused to follow the ancient traditions of succession, and the kingdom split. The war lasted over a hundred years, and it took the utter destruction of Cyre to bring the other nations to the negotiating table. No one has admitted defeat, but no one wants to risk being the next victim of the Mourning. The chronicles are calling the conflict "the Last War," hoping that the bloodshed might have finally slaked humanity's thirst for battle. Only time will tell if this hope is in vain.