P. Hodgell - Honor's Paradox

imu —primitive image associated with the Earth Wife

Index—a scrollsman who specializes in the Merikit and on locating information

Ivory Knife, the—one of the three objects of power, whose least scratch means death

Jame—our heroine

Jameth—a nickname which she hates

Jamethiel Dream-weaver—Jame and Torisen’s mother, consort of the Master

Jedrak—former Lord Jaran

Jorin—Jame’s blind hunting ounce

Karnid—a resident of Urakarn

Kedan—temporary lord of the Jaran

Kenan—Lord Randir

Kencyr—generic term for any member of the Kencyrath

Kencyr Houses—[see chart]

Kencyrath—the Three People; chosen by the Three-Faced God to stop Perimal Darkling

Kendar—the second of the Three People; usually bound to a Highborn

Keral—a darkling changer

Killy—one of Jame’s ten-command

Kindrie Soul-walker—a healer, cousin to Jame and Torisen

King of the Wood—the wolver who leads the wolvers of the Deep Weald

Kinzi Keen-eyed—Jame and Tori’s great-grandmother

Kirien—the Jaran Lordan

Kothifir—a great city on the edge of the Southern Wastes

Krothen—current king of Kothifir

Kruin—Krothen’s father

Lawful Lie, the—the singer’s prerogative to stretch the truth

lodge-wyf—a Merikit woman who owns a lodge and therefore can have housebonds

lordan—a lord’s heir

Ma—a Merikit lodge-wyf

Macarn—Jame’s elderly Kendar friend

Mack—a mouse

maledight—a Shanir who can kill with a curse

Marc—a Kendar friend of Jameth

Massacre, the—some thirty years ago, shadow assassins killed all the Knorth ladies except for Tieri; no one knows why

Master, the—Gerridon

master-ten—the cadet in charge of a barracks

Merikit—a northern hill tribe

Mick—a mouse

Mint—one of Jame’s ten-command

Molocar—a type of massive, powerful hound

Mother Ragga—the Earth Wife

Mount Alban—the Scrollsmen’s College

Mouse—an Edirr cadet and Falconeer

Moyden—a scrollsman who knows about prehistory of the Southern Wastes

Mullen—a Knorth Kendar whose name Torisen forgot

Narsa—an Ardeth cadet; Timmon’s lover

Nemesis—the incarnation of That-Which-Destroys

Niall—one of Jame’s ten-command

Nidling—chief of the Noyat

Noyat—a northern hill tribe under the influence of Perimal Darkling

Nusair—Caldane’s son, killed by a changer

Oath-breaker—a Knorth who refused to follow Ganth into exile

Obidin—Gorbel’s five-commander

Odalian—a prince of Karkinaroth

Old Blood—a Shanir

Old Tentir—the fortress part of Tentir, as distinct from the cadets’ barracks

ounce—a hunting cat the size of a serval

Pereden Proud-prance—Ardeth’s favorite son

Perimal Darkling—an entity eating its way down the Chain of Creation from threshold world to world

pook—a strange little dog capable of tracking across the folds in the land

Prid—a Merikit girl

Quill—one of Jame’s ten-command

Ran—term of respect for a randon officer

Randiroc—the exiled Randir Lordan

randon—officer class

Randon Council—nine senior randon, one from each house, who alternate as Commandant of Tentir

rathorn—an ivory-clad, horned beast rather like a cross between a horse and a dragon

Rawneth—the Randir Matriarch

Reef—Randir master-ten

Regonereth—That-Which-Destroys, the Third Face of God

River Snake—the chaos serpent which extends down the length of the River Silver’s bed

Rowan—Torisen’s steward

Rue—Jame’s servant; one of her ten-command

Sar—title of respect for a randon sargent

scrollsman—a scholar or singer

scythe-arms—a weapon composed of two double-pointed blades of unequal length

Sene—a combination of the Senetha and the Senethar

Senetha—dance form of the Senethar

Senethar—unarmed combat composed of earth-moving, fire-leaping, wind-blowing and water-flowing

Senethari—a master or teacher

Shade—a Randir cadet, Kendar daughter of Lord Randir

Shanir—Kencyr with special powers or traits; all have at least some Highborn blood

Sheth Sharp-tongue—Caineron war-leader and current commandant of Tentir

shwupp—a subterranean scavenger that traps its prey in muddy pits

Silver Steps, the—the series of falls between the Silverhead and the River Silver

Silverhead, the—the headwater of the Silver

singer—a scrollsman or scrollswoman entitled to use the Lawful Lie

soul-image—the image that embodies each person’s soul

soulscape—the collective space where all Kencyr soul-images overlap

Southern Host, the—the largest standing Kencyr army, employed by King Krothen of Kothifir

Storm—Torisen’s warhorse

Tarn—a Danior cadet and Falconeer

Tentir—the randon college

Thal—a Tastigon god

Those-who-returned—Kencyr who tried to follow Ganth Gray Lord into exile, whom he drove back

Three-Faced God, the—the god of the Kencyrath, composed of Creation, Preservation, and Destruction

Timmon—the Ardeth Lordan

Tirandys—a darkling changer; also Jame’s Senethari or teacher

Torisen Black Lord—Lord Knorth, Highlord of the Kencyrath; Jame’s twin brother

Torvi—Tarn’s Molocar

Trishien—the Jaran Matriarch

trock—an omnivorous creature that looks like a rock

Tungit—a Merikit shaman

Twizzle—Gorbel’s pook

Tyr-ridan—three individuals who represent the Three Faces of God

Urakarn—a city on the eastern edge of the Southern Wastes

Vant—Jame’s former five-commander and master-ten

war maid—a Merikit woman who chooses to fight and hunt like a man

Waster Horde—a cannibalistic mass of people who endlessly circle the Southern Wastes

watch wierdling—a leather-encased Merikit corpse that acts as a watchman