Stephen Donaldson - The Runes of the Earth

Pure One, the: redemptive figure of jheherrin legend

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

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

Quirrel: a Stonedownor, companion of Triock

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

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

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

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

Sarangrave Flat: a region of the Lower Land; the Great Swamp

Satansfist: a Giant-Raver, Sheol, samadhi

Satansheart: Giantish name for Lord Foul

Search, the: quest of the Giants for the wound in the Earth; later the quest for the Isle of the One Tree

Seareach: region of the Land occupied by the Unhomed

Seasauce: a Giant; cook of Starfare’s Gem; husband of Hearthcoal

Seatheme: dead wife of Sevinhand

Second Circinate: second level of the Sandhold

Second Ward: second unit of Kevin’s hidden knowledge

setrock: a type of stone used with pitch to repair stone

Seven Hells, the: a-Jeroth’s demesne: desert, rain, pestilence, fertility, war, savagery, and darkness

Seven Wards, the: collection of knowledge hidden by High Lord Kevin

Seven Words, the: words of power from Kevin’s Lore

Sevinhand: Anchormaster of Starfare’s Gem; a Giant

Shattered Hills: a region of the Land near Foul’s Creche

Sheol: a Raver, Satansfist, samadhi

Shetra Verement-mate: a Lord

shola: a small wooden glen where a stream runs between unwooded hills

Shipsheartthew: the wheel of a Giantship

Shull: a Bloodguard

Sill: a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Hyrim

Sivit na-Mhoram-wist: a Rider of the Clave

skest: acid-creatures serving the lurker of the Sarangrave

skurj: ominous, unexplained beings

Slen Terass-mate: a Stonedownor

soft-ones: the jheherrin

Somo: horse taken by Liand from Mithil Stonedown

soothreader: a seer

soothtell: ritual of revelation practiced by the Clave

Soranal: a Woodhelvennin Heer, son of Thiller

Soulbiter, the: a dangerous ocean of Giantish legend

Soulbiter’s Teeth: reefs in the Soulbiter

Soulcrusher: Giantish name for Lord Foul

Sparlimb Keelsetter: a Giant, father of triplets

Spikes, the: guard-towers at the mouth of Bhrathairain Harbour

Spray Forthsurge: a Giant; mother of the First of the Search

springwine: a mild, refreshing liquor

Staff, the: a branch of Kevin’s Lore

Staff of Law, the: a tool of Earthpower; the first Staff was formed by Berek from the One Tree and later destroyed by Thomas Covenant; the second was formed by Linden Avery by using wild magic to merge Vain and Findail

Stallion of the First Herd, the: Kelenbhrabanal

Starfare’s Gem: Giantship used by the Search

Starkin: one of the Elohim

Stave: a Haruchai; a Master of the Land; companion of Linden Avery

Stell: one of the Haruchai; protector of Sunder

Stonedown: a stone-village

Stonedownor: one who lives in a stone-village

Stonemight, the: a fragment of the Illearth Stone

Stonemight Woodhelven: a village in the South Plains

Storesmaster: third in command aboard a Giantship

Stricken Stone: region of the Land; now called Trothgard

Sunbane, the: a power arising from the corruption of nature by Lord Foul

Sunbirth Sea: ocean east of the Land

Sunder: son of Nassic; Graveler of Mithil Stonedown

Sun-Sage: one who can affect the Sunbane

Sunstone: orcrest

sur-jheherrin: descendants of the jheherrin; inhabitants of Sarangrave Flat

suru-pa-maerl: an art using stone