Stephen Donaldson - The Runes of the Earth

Swarte: a Rider

Swordmain/Swordmainnir: a Giant trained as a warrior

Sword, the: a branch of Kevin’s Lore

Sword-Elder: chief Lorewarden of the Sword at the Loresraat

Tamarantha Variol-mate: a Lord, daughter of Enesta

Teeth of the Render, the: Fangs; Ramen name for the Demondim

Terass Slen-mate: a Stonedownor, daughter of Annoria

Terrel: a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Mhoram; a commander of the original Haruchai army

test of silence: test of integrity used by the people of the Land

test of truth, the: test of veracity by lomillialor or orcrest

The Grieve: Coercri, home of the Giants in Seareach

Thelma Twofist: character in a Giantish tale

The Majesty: throne room of the gaddhi; fourth level of the Sandhold

Thew: a Cord of the Ramen

Third Ward: third unit of Kevin’s hidden knowledge

Thomin: a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Verement

Three Corners of Truth, the: basic formulation of beliefs promulgated by the Clave

Tier of Riches, the: showroom of the gaddhi’s wealth; third level of the Sandhold

thronehall, the: the Despiser’s seat in Foul’s Creche

Tohrm: a Gravelingas; Hearthrall of Lord’s Keep

Tomal: a Stonedownor craftmaster

Toril: Haruchai lost to the Clave

Treacher’s Gorge: ravine opening into Mount Thunder

treasure-berries: aliantha; nourishing fruit found throughout the Land in all seasons

Trell Atiaran-mate: Gravelingas of Mithil Stonedown, father of Lena

Trevor Loerya-mate: a Lord

Triock: a Stonedownor, son of Thuler; loved Lena

Trothgard: a region of the Land; formerly Stricken Stone

Tull: a Bloodguard

turiya: a Raver, Herem, Kinslaughterer

Tuvor: First Mark of the Bloodguard; a commander of the original Haruchai army

tyrscull: a Giantish training vessel for apprentice sailors

Unbeliever, the: title claimed by Thomas Covenant

Unfettered, the: lore-students freed from conventional responsibilities to seek individual knowledge and service

Unfettered One, the: founder of a line of men waiting to greet Thomas Covenant’s return to the Land

Unhomed, the: the Giants living in Seareach

upland: plateau above Revelstone

Upper Land: region of the Land west of Landsdrop

ur-Lord: title given to Thomas Covenant

ur-viles: Demondim-spawn, evil creatures

ussusimiel: nourishing melon grown by the people of the Land

Vailant: former high Lord before Prothall

Vain: Demondim-spawn; bred by ur-viles for a secret purpose

Vale: a Bloodguard

Valley of Two Rivers, the: site of Revelwood in Trothgard

Variol Tamarantha-mate: a Lord; later High Lord; son of Pentil; father of Mhoram

Verement Shetra-mate: a Lord

Verge of Wandering, the: valley in the Southron Mountains southeast of Mithil Stonedown; gathering place of the Ramen

Vespers: self-consecration ritual of the Lords

viancome: meeting place at Revelwood

Victuallin Tayne: a region in the Centre Plains

Viles, the: monstrous beings which created the Demondim

vitrim: nourishing fluid created by the Waynhim

Voice of the Masters, the: a Haruchai leader; spokesman for the Masters as a group

voure: a plant-sap which wards off insects

Vow, the: Haruchai oath of service which formed the Bloodguard

vraith: a Waynhim

Ward: a unit of Kevin’s lore

Warhaft: commander of an Eoman

Warlore: sword knowledge in Kevin’s Lore

Warmark: commander of the Warward

Warrenbridge: entrance to the catacombs under Mount Thunder

Warward, the: army of Lord’s Keep

Wavedancer: Giantship commanded by Brow Gnarlfist

Wavenhair Haleall: a Giant, wife of Sparlimb Keelsetter; mother of triplets

Waymeet: resting place for travellers maintained by Waynhim

Waynhim: tenders of the Waymeets; rejected Demondim-spawn, opponents and relatives of ur-viles

Weird of the Waynhim, the: Waynhim concept of doom, destiny, or duty

Whane: a Cord of the Ramen

white gold: a metal of power not found in the Land

white gold wielder: title given to Thomas Covenant

White River, the: a river of the land

Whrany: a Ranyhyn stallion, mount of Bhapa

Wightburrow, the: cairn under which Drool Rockworm is buried

Wightwarrens: home of the Cavewights under Mount Thunder; catacombs

wild magic: the power of white gold; considered the keystone of the Arch of Time

Wildwielder: white gold wielder; Esmer’s name for Linden Avery

Windscour: region in the Centre Plains

Windshorn Stonedown: a village in the South Plains

Winhome: Ramen lowest rank

Woodenwold: region of trees surrounding the maidan of Elemesnedene

Woodhelven: wood-village

Woodhelvennin: inhabitants of wood-village

Word of Warning: a powerful, destructive forbidding

Worm of the World’s End, the: creature believed by the Elohim to have formed the foundation of the Earth

Wraiths of Andelain, the: creatures of living light that perform the Dance at the Celebration of Spring

Weird of the Earth, the: term used by the Elohim to describe their own nature, destiny, or purpose; could be read as Word, Worm, or Weird

Yeurquin: a Stonedownor, companion of Triock Yolenid: daughter of Loerya