Stephen Donaldson - The Runes of the Earth

krill, the: knife of power forged by High Lord Loric, awakened to power by Thomas Covenant

Kurash Plenethor: region of the Land formally named Stricken Stone, now called Trothgard

Kurash Qwellinir: the Shattered Hills, region of the Lower Land protecting Foul’s Creche

Lake Pelluce: a lake in Andelainscion

Lal: a Cord of the Ramen

Landsdrop: great cliff separating the Upper and Lower Lands

Land, the: generally, area found on the map; a focal region of the Earth where Earthpower is uniquely accessible

Landsverge Stonedown: a village of the Land

Landwaster: title given to High Lord Kevin

Law, the: the natural order

Law of Death, the: the natural order which separates the living from the dead

Law of Life, the: the natural order which separates the dead from the living

Lena: a Stonedownor, daughter of Atiaran; mother of Elena

Lifeswallower: the Giant Swamp

lianar: wood of power used by an eh-Brand

Liand: a man of Mithil Stonedown, son of Fostil; companion of Linden Avery

lillianrill: wood-lore; masters of wood-lore

Lithe: a Manethrall of the Ramen

Llaura: a Heer of Soaring Woodhelven

Loerya Trevor-mate: a Lord

lomillialor: High Wood; a wood of power

Lord: one who has mastered both the Sword and the Staff aspects of Kevin’s Lore

Lord-Fatherer: title given to Berek Halfhand

Lord Foul: the enemy of the Land; the Despiser

“Lord Mhoram’s Victory”: a painting by Ahanna

Lord of Wickedness: a-Jeroth

Lords, the: the primary protectors of the Land

Lord’s-fire: staff-fire used by the Lords

Lord’s Keep: Revelstone

loremaster: a leader of ur-viles

Loresraat: Trothgard school at Revelwood where Kevin’s Lore is studied

Lorewarden: a teacher in the Loresraat

loreworks: Demondim power laboratory

Loric Vilesilencer: a High Lord; son of Damelon Giantfriend

lor-liarill: Gildenlode

Lost, the: Giantish name for the Unhomed

Lost Deep, the: loreworks; breeding pit/laboratory under Mount Thunder where Demondim, Waynhim, and ur-viles were created

Lower Land, the: region of the Land east of Landsdrop

lucubrium: laboratory of a thaumaturge

lurker of the Sarangrave, the: monster inhabiting the Great Swamp

Mahdoubt, the: a strange old woman; a servant of Revelstone

Mahrtiir: a Ramen Manethrall; companion of Linden Avery

maidan: open land around Elemesnedene

Maker, the: jheherrin name for Lord Foul

Maker-place: jheherrin name for Foul’s Creche

Malliner: Woodhelvennin Heer, son of Veinnin

Mane: Ramen reference to a Ranyhyn

Maneing: Ramen ceremony of becoming a Manethrall

Manethrall: highest Ramen rank

Manhome: main dwelling place of the Ramen

Marid: a man of Mithil Stonedown; Sunbane victim

Marny: a Ranyhyn, Tuvor’s mount

marrowmeld: bone-sculpting; anundivian yajna

master-rukh: iron triangle at Revelstone which feeds and reads other rukhs

Master, the: Clave-name for Lord Foul

Masters of the Land, the: Haruchai who have claimed responsibility for protecting the Land from corruption

Mehryl: a Ranyhyn, Hile Troy’s mount

Melenkurion abatha: phrase of invocation or power; two of the Seven Words

Melenkurion Skyweir: a cleft peak in the Westron Mountains

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

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

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

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

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

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

Padrias: Woodhelvennin Heer; son of Mill

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

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

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