Janny Wurts - The Curse of the Mistwraith

JIERET s’VALERIENT – son and heir of Lord Steiven, clan chief of Deshir, earl of the north and caithdein of Rathain. Bloodpacted to Arithon Teir’s’Ffalenn prior to battle of Strakewood Forest.pronounced: jeer-etroot meaning: jieret – thorn

KARFAEL – trader town on the coast of the Westland Sea, in Tysan. Built by townsmen as a trade port after the fall of the high kings of Tysan. Prior to Desh-thiere’s conquest, the site was kept clear of buildings to allow the second lane forces to flow untrammelled across the focus site at Avenor.pronounced: kar-fay-elroot meaning: kar’i’ffael – literal translation ‘twist the dark’ /colloquialism for ‘intrigue’

KARMAK – plain located in the northern portion of the principality of Camris, Tysan. Site of numerous First Age battles where Paravian forces opposed Khadrim packs that bred in volcanic sites in the northern Tornir Peaks.pronounced: kar-mackroot meaning: karmak – wolf

KARTHAN – kingdom in splinter world Dascen Elur, through West Gate, ruled by the pirate kings, s’Ffalenn descendants of the prince sent into exile at the time of the Mistwraith’s conquest.pronounced: karth-anroot meaning: kar’eth’an – one who raids/pirate

KARTHISH – from Karthan, term denoting nationalitypronounced: karth-ishroot meaning: kar’eth’an – pirate

KELSING – town immediately south of Erdane, located in Camris, Tysan. Nearest inhabited site to the old earl’s court which served as summer quarters for the Koriani Prime and her Senior Circle at the time of Lysaer and Arithon’s arrival through West Gate.pronounced: kel-singroot meaning: kel – hidden; seng – cave

KHADRIM – flying, firebreathing reptiles that were the scourge of the Second Age. By the Third Age, they had been driven back and confined in a warded preserve in the volcanic peaks in north Tysan.pronounced: kaa-drimroot meaning: khadrim – dragon

KHARADMON – sorcerer of the Fellowship of Seven; discorporate since rise of Khadrim and Seardluin levelled Paravian city at Ithamon in Second Age 3651. It was by Kharadmon’s intervention that the survivors of the attack were sent to safety by means of transfer from the fifth lane power-focus.pronounced: kah-rad-munroot meaning: kar’riad en mon – phrase translates to mean ‘twisted thread on the needle’ or colloquialism for ‘a knot in the works’

KIELING TOWER – one of the four Compass Point or Sun Towers standing at Ithamon, Daon Ramon Barrens, Rathain. The warding virtue that binds its stones is Compassion.pronounced: kee-el-ingroot meaning: kiel’ien – root for pity, with suffix added translates to compassion

KORIANI – possessive form of the word, Koriathain; see entrypronounced: kor-ee-ah-nee

KORIAS – southwestern principality of Tysanpronounced: kor-ee-asroot meaning: cor – ship, vessel; i’esh – nest, haven

KORIATHAIN – order of enchantresses ruled by a circle of eight seniors, under the power of one Prime Enchantress. They draw their talent from the orphaned children they raise, or from daughters dedicated to service by their parents. Initiation rite involves a vow of consent that ties the spirit to a power channel keyed to the Prime’s control.pronounced: kor-ee-ah-thain (thain rhymes with ‘main’)root meaning: koriath – order; ain – belonging to

LANSHIRE – northwestern principality of Havish. Name taken from wastes at Scarpdale, site of First Age battles with Seardluin that seared the soil to a slag waste.pronounced: lahn-sheer-e (last e is nearly subliminal)root meaning: lan ‘hansh ‘era – place of hot sands

LIRENDA – First Senior Enchantress to the Prime, Koriani order; Morriel’s intended successor.pronounced: leer-end-ahroot meaning: lyron – singer; di-ia a dissonance (the dash denotes a glottal stop)

LUHAINE – sorcerer of the Fellowship of Seven – discorporate since the fall of Telmandir. Luhaine’s body was pulled down by the mob while he was in ward trance, covering the escape of the royal heir to Havish.pronounced: loo-hay-neroot meaning: luirhainon – defender

LYRANTHE – instrument played by the bards of Athera. Strung with fourteen strings, tuned to seven tones (doubled). Two courses are ‘drone strings’ set to octaves. Five are melody strings, the lower three courses being octaves, the upper two, in unison.pronounced: leer-anth-e (last e being nearly subliminal)root meaning: lyr – song; anthe – box

LYSAER s’ILESSID – prince of Tysan, 1497th in succession after Halduin, founder of the line in Third Age year 1. Gifted at birth with control of Light, and Bane of Desh-thierepronounced: lie-say-erroot meaning: lia – blond, yellow, or light; saer – circle

MADREIGH – senior scout, Deshir clans. One of the eleven who stood to Jieret’s defence in the battle of Strakewood Forest.pronounced: mah-dree-ah (ah is near subliminal)root meaning: madrien – staunch

MAENALLE s’GANNLEY – Steward and caithdein of Tysan.pronounced: may-nahl-e (last e is near subliminal)root meaning: maeni – to fall, disrupt; alli – to save or preserve/colloquial translation: ‘to patch together’

MAIEN – nickname for Maenalle’s grandson, Maenol.pronounced: my-enroot meaning: maien – mouse

MAENOL – heir, after Maenalle s’Gannley, Steward and caithdein of Tysan.pronounced: may-nahlroot meaning: maeni’alli – ‘to patch together’

MAINMERE – town at the head of the Valenford River, located in the principality of Taerlin, Tysan. Built by townsmen on a site originally kept clear to free the second lane focus in the ruins further south.pronounced: main-meer-e (e is subliminal)root meaning: maeni – to fall, interrupt; miere – reflection colloquial translation: disrupt continuity

MARIN ELIATHE – Paravian high king murdered in his own hall by an assassin in Second Age 1542.pronounced: mahr-in el-ee-athroot meaning: marin – happening; e’li – in harmony with; ath – prime force behind all life

MARL – earl of Fallowmere and clan chieftain at the time of the battle of Strakewood Forest.pronounced: marlroot meaning: marie – quartz rock

MATHORN MOUNTAINS – range that bisects the kingdom of Rathain, east to west.pronounced: math-ornroot meaning: mathien – massive

MATHORN ROAD – way passing to the south of the Mathorn Mountains, leading to the trade City of Etarra from the west.pronounced: math-ornroot meaning: mathien – massive

MEARA – daughter of Steiven, earl of the north, and Dania; older sister of Jieret.pronounced: mere-ahroot meaning: meara – willow

MEARTH – city through the West Gate in the Red Desert. Inhabitants all fell victim to the Shadows of Mearth, which were created by the Fellowship sorcerer Davien to protect the Five Centuries Fountain. The Shadows are a light-fuelled geas that binds the mind to memory of an individual’s most painful experience.pronounced: me-arthroot meaning: mearth – empty

MELOR RIVER – located in the principality of Korias, Tysan. Its mouth forms the harbour for the port town of West End.pronounced: mel-orroot meaning: maeliur – fish

METH ISLE KEEP – old Paravian fortress located on the isle in Methlas Lake in southern Melhalla. Kept by Verrain, Guardian of Mirthlvain. Contains a fifth lane power focus and dungeons where methuri were held temporarily captive before transfer to Rockfell.pronounced: meth isleroot meaning: meth – hate

METHLAS LAKE – large body of fresh water located in the principality of Radmoor, Melhalla.pronounced: meth-lasroot meaning: meth’ilass’an – the drowned, or sunken ones.