Stephen Donaldson: Fatal Revenant

Memla na-Mhoram-in: a Rider of the Clave

merewives: the Dancers of the Sea

metheglin: a beverage; mead

Mhoram: a Lord; later high Lord; son of Variol

Mill: one of the Seven Words

Minas: one of the Seven Words

mirkfruit: papaya-like fruit with narcoleptic pulp

Mistweave: a Giant

Mithil River: a river of the Land

Mithil’s Plunge, the: waterfall at the head of the Mithil valley

Mithil Stonedown: a village in the South Plains

moksha: a Raver, Jehannum, Fleshharrower

Morin: First Mark of the Bloodguard; commander in original Haruchai army

Morinmoss: a forest of the Land

Morninglight: one of the Elohim

Morril: a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Callindrill

Mount Thunder: a peak at the centre of Landsdrop

Murrin Odona-mate: a Stonedownor

Myrha: a Ranyhyn, Elena’s mount

N

Naharahn: a Ranyhyn mare; mount of Pahni

na-Mhoram, the: leader of the Clave

na-Mhoram-cro: lowest rank of the Clave

na-Mhoram-in: highest rank of the Clave below the na-Mhoram

na-Mhoram-wist: middle rank of the Clave

Nassic: father of Sunder; son of Jous; inheritor of an Unfettered One’s mission to remember the Halfhand

Naybahn: a Ranyhyn; mount of Branl

Nelbrin: son of Sunder; “heart’s child”

Nicor, the: great sea-monster; said to be offspring of the Worm of the World’s End

Nom: a Sandgorgon

North Plains, the: a region of the Land

Northron Climbs, the: a region of the Land

O

Oath of Peace, the: oath by the people of the Land against needless violence

Odona Murrin-mate: a Stonedownor

Offin: a former na-Mhoram

Old Lords: Lords prior to the Ritual of Desecration

Omournil: Woodhelvennin Heer, daughter of Mournil

One Forest, the: ancient forest covering most of the Land

One Tree, the: mystic tree from which the Staff of Law was made

Onyx Stonemage: a Giant; one of the Swordmainnir

orcrest: a stone of power; Sunstone; used by a Graveler

Osondrea: a Lord, later high Lord; daughter of Sondrea

P

Padrias: Woodhelvennin Heer; son of Mill

Pahni: a Cord of the Ramen, cousin of Sahah; companion of Linden Avery

Palla: a healer in Berek Halfhand? army

Peak of the Fire-Lions: Mount Thunder; Gravin Threndor

Pietten: Woodhelvennin child damaged by Lord Foul’s minions; son of Soranal

pitchbrew: a beverage combining diamondraught and vitrim, conceived by Pitchwife

Pitchwife: a Giant; member of the Search; husband of the First of the Search

Plains of Ra, the: a region of the Land

Porib: a Bloodguard

Power of Command, the: Seventh Ward of Kevin’s Lore

Pren: a Bloodguard

Prothall: High Lord, son of Dwillian

Prover of Life: title given to Thomas Covenant

Puhl: a Cord of the Ramen

Pure One, the: redemptive figure of jheherrin legend

Q

Quaan: Warhaft of the Third Eoman of the Warward; later Hiltmark, then Warmark

quellvisk: a kind of monster, now apparently extinct

Quern Ehstrel: true name of the Mahdoubt

Quest for the Staff of Law: quest to recover the Staff of Law from Drool Rockworm

Questsimoon, the: the Roveheartswind; a steady, favourable wind, perhaps seasonal

Quilla: a Heer of First Woodhelven

Quirrel: a Stonedownor, companion of Triock

R

Ramen: people who serve the Ranyhyn

Rant Absolain: the gaddhi

Ranyhyn: the great horses of the Plains of Ra

Ravers: Lord Foul’s three ancient servants

Raw, the: fiord into the demesne of the Elohim

Rawedge Rim, the: mountains around Elemesnedene

Reader: a member of the Clave who tends and uses the master-rukh

Rede, the: knowledge of history and survival promulgated by the Clave

Revelstone: Lord’s Keep, mountain city formed by Giants

Revelwood: seat of the Loresraat, tree city grown by Lords

rhadhamaerl: stone-lore; masters of stone-lore

rhee: a thick mush, a Ramen food

Rhohm: a Ranyhyn stallion, mount of Liand

rhysh: a community of Waynhim; “stead”

rhyshyshim: a gathering of rhysh; a place in which such gathering occurs

Riddenstretch: a region north of the Soulsease River

Rider: a member of the Clave

Ridjeck Thome: Foul’s Creche; the Despiser’s home

rillinlure: healing wood dust

Rime Coldspray: a Giant; the Ironhand of the Swordmainnir

Ringthane: Ramen name for Thomas Covenant, then Linden Avery

ring-wielder: Elohim term of reference for Thomas Covenant

Rire Grist: a Caitiffin of the gaddhi’s Horse

Rites of Unfettering: the ceremony of becoming Unfettered

Ritual of Desecration: act of despair by which High Lord Kevin destroyed the Old Lords and ruined most of the Land

Riversward: a region north of the Soulsease River

Rockbrother, Rocksister: terms of affection between men and Giants

rocklight: light emitted by glowing stone

roge Befylam: Cavewight-form of the jheherrin

Roveheartswind, the: the Questsimoon

Rue: a Manethrall, formerly named Gay

Ruel: a Bloodguard, assigned to Hile Troy

rukh: iron talisman by which a Rider wields the power of the Sunbane

Runnik: a Bloodguard

Rustah: a Cord of the Ramen

S

Sablehair Foamheart: a Giant, also called Filigree; mate of Soar Gladbirth; mother of Exalt Widenedworld

sacred enclosure: Vespers-hall at Revelstone

Sahah: a Cord of the Ramen

Saltheart Foamfollower: a Giant; friend of Thomas Covenant

Saltroamrest: bunk hold for the crew in a Giantship

Salttooth: jutting rock in the harbour of Giants’ Home

samadhi: a Raver, Sheol, Satansfist

Sandgorgons: monsters of the Great Desert of Bhrathairealm

Sandgorgons Doom: imprisoning storm created by Kasreyn to trap the Sandgorgons

Sandhold, the: the gaddhi’s castle in Bhrathairealm

Sandwall, the: the great wall defending Bhrathairain