Individual Names Of
People, Places, Races
& Things
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Â’Athâl the Hasty, Lord = (not + patient); Lord of Asarê; descended of Â’Lôrin the Tall, the son of Lêbdmâlânêus, the son of Lêbdrêk the first man; father of Lord Longsfôrth, Ârüvêel, and Lady Landrê
Â’Lôrin the Tall = (not + feminine); grandson of Lêbdrêk the first man; chieftain of 48 men who came to the aid of the dwarves and elves in the Apocalypse War; first Lord of Asarê; father of Â’Athâl the Hasty; progenitor of Lady Landrê
A’ü’ca’yth = see: Gods
Âçenthôrôlus = forged the haft of the longbow - Lê Serêng-Lêb
Âdon, Father of Men = Low dwarf; Father Âdon; fought in the Dragon Wars against the Dragon Lords of Vôlca and Tàm Tôrra, whom he cut the small claw off of with his battle axe, DRAKÜS GRAKÜS; son of Âdürn the Bitter Foe; along with Filänêa, sired the first men: the brothers Lêbdrêk, Dlithenrêk, and Câthenrêk, who were triplets; progenitor of the three houses of the Three Ancient Kingdoms of Man
Adon = the stable boy at Castle Nodrêôf; loves Jôrêel
Âdürn the Bitter Foe = father of Âdon, Father of Men
Ætherêal Plane of Existence = see: Planes of Existence
Aftmidautumn = last moonth in autumn, see: Languages - moonths
Aftmidspring = last moonth in spring, see: Languages - moonths
Aftmidsummer = last moonth in summers, see: Languages - moonths
Aftmidwinter = last moonth in winter, see: Languages - moonths
Âgêçêus = First-Sired of Lênalôrnalon and Lênalôralî; first Drîäd; elder brother of Quinsônêsêus and Châinêsêus Third-Sired
Alrex = older one of twelve Homeguardsmen Delfin selected, in the lead canoe
Ambrêella = last of the Drîäd in Indrêl; daughter of Sôrinthindal and Êvont
ambrômît = the fungus, ghoul’s guts, thrives on deposits of this organic mineral deep in the Flâmstôn Mines
see also: nepenthe of ambrosia
ambrosia = see: nepenthe of ambrosia
Ancient One = see: Antedîluvêan
Ancient Pass = Lê Ithgôr Caderäs; leads into the Glimmer River Valley near the Vale of Kings from the northwestern Andrêan Desert
Andelêan = one of two tallest peaks of the Fôrging Mountains, along with Çelbering; exactly due east of Skêba’s lair
Andilêna Windwillow = woman in Ambrêella’s poem who became a tree on Brindal Hill
Andon = Homeguardsman who tried to stop Jôran and Legerdêmân’s escape
Andrêan Desert = desert whose western boarder is the Glimmer River and whose western border is the Shimmring River; Great Desert
androsphinx = male sphinx
Ângêus = acting Captain of the Home Guard while Delfin is absent; a fief of Jôran’s; slain on the Ôkenfôrd Fields
Animus Reaper = Death
Ann = Kittfîr’s wet nurse
Antedîluvêan = see: Gods
Antêquwêes-Andin Timbrâlôrna = see: Evermore Forest
Antônêsêus, King = Antônêsêus the True; father of Hîànthelus; grandfather of Ênglâçêus; son of Chriskrisâlus; grandson of Ferimus; great-grandson of Quinsônêsêus
aquagoyle = kôpoaçinth; water gargoyle
Aqualêna = Nymph of Mâferêtônum; loved the mortal, Çêlâsêus
Aquêal = see: Planes of Existence
Arânglêônâ = see: man
Ardentêa = see: Planes of Existence
Argôn = Argônthàlus; Wêsloxâl Têk (Old Friend) to Zôrwind, also Lâif Ôês (Orange Eyes); Argôn of West Quartershîr; Argemêtês the Traveling Minstrel; Argstôn the Dwarf Counselor; cleric unto Fênus; former Wîzen for Hîànthelus; uncle of Mîtak and Mèrak; brother of Mèrêmer; brother-in-law of Legerdêmân
Arquâvêa = House of Arquâvêa; one of the Four Houses of Man; descended from Ôrô, son of Ôrôrêk; home of Kittfîr; Jôran is king; home of finest wine-producing vineyards; rich valley produces grain; Arquâvêaward; the royal standard or crest is a white Royal Arquâvêan Steed beside the White Tower set against a red background; has the allegiance of several small dukedoms beholden to the king including Open Springs and Thanallgrim
Arquâvêa’s Keep = White Tower; HÊGÔRÄTH (white + fortress); first built by Ôdon the White; Northern Hold (to the Elves); inner and outer walls; rebuilt by Champêan and Arquâvêa on the ruins of the White Tower; (Red Tower of New Ôrgdon in one possible future)
City Garrison Knight = police the city in gray uniforms who’s emblem is a red escutcheon with the White Tower of Arquâvêa in its center; led by Lord MêGrêger himself; in times of war—chain mail armor at all points beneath gray tabards; girt with swords in place of their usual cudgels
Old Council = rich landowners and vassals of Jôran’s; control City Garrison Knights; wear a red satin festoon or leather baldric over left shoulder; strongest is Lord MêGrêger
Royal Arquâvêan Army = hired knights in errantry under the direct command of General Nexter; not Arquâvêan by birth; tabards worn over their mascled armor bears a red insignia with two white swords crossed between the White Tower and a white Royal Arquâvêan Steed; officers’ uniform is gray and light-blue
Royal Arquâvêan Homeguardsmen = captain and marshals granted manor fiefs by Jôran; light-blue uniform and tabard with their insignia -- a white Royal Arquâvêan Steed upon the red crest; a captain marshals over the lower ranks of the Home Guard comprised exclusively of their close kinsmen; in times of war wear full plate armor under their tabards; fought in the Goblin Wars, liberating Nodrêôf from the Iron Siege under Legerdêmân
Royal Arquâvêan Steed = descended from Arquâvêa’s unicorn, Fîlêusfrê, who bore five foals by Champêan’s horse, Victôrêan; descended ultimately from the First Foaled along with all other horses and unicorns
Arquâvêa = Wood nymph (Drîäd) who fell in love with and wed Champêan; daughter of Vîtalânêus First-Born
Ârüvêel = second child of Lord Â’Athâl; sister of Lord Longsfôrth and Lady Landrê; wife of Lançtôn of Azgôräth; mother of Sethtôn and Hêrômer
Arxê = see: Gods/Pentatics/Arxê
Asarê = (bountiful); Asarêan; Golden City of Antiquity; Mâferêlan (water + fountainhead); civilization which flourished during the First Age of Man; destroyed before the Second Age of Man; Royal Records of Asarê - only recorded history of that Age; Lord Longsfôrth last emperor and king; royal coat of arms—two white lions opposing one another, with the royal Asarêan crown between them, rampant against a blue shield; in the valley of Dale Thânc along the Eastern Glimmer River; ancestors of the berserkers or Nôrsmôrêans; Asarêan Knights; one of the Six Ancient Kingdoms, the Four Middle Kingdoms of Man, and the Three Ancient Kingdoms of Man—of the House of Lêbdrêk; RÔTGÔRÄTH (holy + fortress)
Temples of Asarê: in Dale Ôrath; inhabited by the käs of the priests and priestesses who had rejected Dî Ômond and turned to the worship of Iximâlêfactôr; Great Tombs below once guarded by Asarêan Knights in shining red armor
Temple of the Priests: on the northeastern slopes of Dale Ôrath; inhabited by Dôgamdüs and the Temple Priests of Asarê, Ætherêal spirits condemned to haunt their temple after the people of Asarê abandoned Dî Ômond to worship Iximâlêfactôr
Temple of the Priestesses: still has many columns standing, lies on the southwestern shoulder of the Vale of Kings; inhabited by Çindrîl and the Temple Priestesses of Asarê, Ætherêal spirits condemned to haunt their temple after the people of Asarê abandoned Dî Ômond to worship Iximâlêfactôr
Great Tombs: catacombs below Asarê; temple vaults; within the deepest recesses of the Great Tombs, beyond the Common Tombs, where the Royal Tombs, and the Kings’ Chambers within those—hidden and undiscovered tombs, called Sealed Chambers
Asmadüs, Prince = son of King Pîer and Queen Têendrâ; current prince of Nodrêôf; Asmadüs the Great and Terrible; Asmadüs the Augur; Nodrêôf; Unbested Prince; Lê Dündus Lêb (the Dark One); refers to himself in the regal plural manner: We, Us, Our Royal Person; wields The Sôrçer
Asmîre = Asmîre tobacco, strange, remote land, where good pipe weed brings more on the market scale than the common nuggets of gold
Astronomical Barriers = see: Planes of Existence
Athâlêan = see: Pentatics/Dêvînêus
Aurôramän = false god worshiped by Azgôräthêans; Sun God; God of Light; worship was to stare into the light of the sun, until nothing else could be seen
AZGÔRÄTH = see: Stone Castle
Âzrôd the Avenger, Lord =first human Lord of Stone Castle or Azgôräth; took the black gold Scepter of Stelthlanthàlus for safekeeping; great-grandson of Âdon and Filänêa; grandson of Dlithenrêk; son of Plîfêrêslânêus & Lêbdlôralâ; father of Dôrêan the Child; progenitor of Lord Landrôs; cousin of Â’Lôrin and Ôrôrêk
Bacillüs = Sethtôn’s appaloosa; white, with coal-black spots from throat to hind quarter, and a black main and tail
Bagwên Oasis = in southwestern Andrêan Desert
banshee = physical creatures whose cry is like a wailing witch
Barcôgan = Barcôgan the Betrayer; former chancellor to King Pîer; Vôlgär dü'Ârant’s ally in the Goblin Wars; apprenticed under Maxindîn the Great with Zôrwind, Vôlgär dü'Ârant, and Legerdêmân; led a Low Goblin Army from the Upper Kâgar and one from the Wilderness of Têrn; became Qû; (he/his); Asmadüs’s quasêt familiar
Basinet = Zôrwind’s mount; Pride’s filly
Bastion = male yearling sired by Pride; first renamed Sprint by Mèrak, later renamed upon his death Valiant the Brave
Battle at Shimmring’s Side = see: Goblin Wars/Battle at Shimmring’s Side
Battle, Final = see: Dragon Wars/Fourth Dragon War/Final Battle
Battle of Ancient Magic and Sorcery = see: Apocalypse War
Battle of Kentry Plateau = see: Apocalypse War/Battle of Kentry Plateau
Battle of Open Springs = see: Nodrêôfêan War/Battle of Open Springs
Battle of Ôkenfôrd Fields = see: Nodrêôfêan War/Battle of Ôkenfôrd Fields
Battle of Theringôr Vale = see: Copper War/Battle of Theringôr Vale
beast, Conglomeration = a monster comprised of the combination of several creatures, such as the chimera, Lêô’Kiddrâk; demimonster from Ardentêa created by Asmadüs to destroy Firmen; created by a demigod’s spirit entering an earthly body
beast, Displacer = can appear to be somewhere other than its actual location; has a long, purple-black mane; one is used on Stênger’s helmet
beast, Rust = antennae ground up and to sulfur produces smoke
Beautiful Sleeper = Sleeping Beauty fairy tale
Berg the Bargeman = lead bargeman on the Glimmer River who Argôn riddles with
berserkers = see: Nôrsmôrêans
Betrayer = see: Gods/Pentatics/Nameless One
Bird of Knowledge = “Mistêrêâ Êyâ,” great silver and black eagle to whom all things known to man or God had been passed from The Skîward and The Sôrçer, later came to be know as “the Oracle”
Black Day = ancient city of Smithsands Oasis is swallowed by a sea of dunes during a terrible sandstorm 500 years ago
black gold = âchrômêum; mined in Azgôräth; found only in one vein in the Krükzik Shaft; craft of forging it perfected only once, by the three sons of Sîerthàlus Lôrêen; used to forge the Jeweled Crown of Stuwardlanthàlus, the Ring of Stefinlanthàlus, and the Scepter of Stelthlanthàlus
Blithmêrêyâ = sacred blue rose bush in Esterêa; at its thorny base is kept safe the Jeweled Crown of Stuwardlanthàlus; guarded by Lê Mâferê Êyâ Regadônêus Dî Esterêa (the Water-of-Life Regal Guard of Esterêa)
bloodmonger = Leach crawler; a giant cutworm similar to a fleshmonger, only smaller, about six or seven feet in length; in place of the eight tentacles around its central mouth, it has eight long, curved fangs, with which it draws blood from its prey
Bloody Prince of Ixôr Rêmus = see: Vôlgär dü’Ârant
Blue Knight = see: Stênger
Boggs = Master Chamberlain in Jôran’s service (about three moonths)
Bone-Cleaver = NHÔRIN-BHÜRR, Thêzêon the Vengeful’s great battle axe, that hewed from Thôrnlânken’s right hand the little finger and its black gold ring; belonged to Thêzêon’s grandfather before him, Kägar Khazrôgan
Bloody Prince of Ixôr Rêmus = see: Vôlgär dü’Ârant
blue rose = see: Blithmêrêyâ
Bôroxen, General = head of Nodrêôfêan Army before Asmadüs turns him to stone
Boughfast = from The Fiery Dragon
Brêâgôr = Northern Tribesman and best friend of Harbôr whom he had to kill
Brendün = youngest Homeguardsman among the small party who infiltrated Castle Nodrêôf, lost at the gates
Brindal Hill = on which Andilêna Windwillow became a tree in Ambrêella’s poem
Bristen = in the Southern Fôrging Mountains southeast of Nodrêôf; Rock Ôrcs of Bristen
Bristen Wood = see: Eastern Ôkwood Forest
BHÜRTHÔRGÔRÄTH = see: Henderm
Caderäs Tôr Lan = see: High Pass
calendar = see: moonth
= see also: "Languages" - moonths
camôsnake = venomous snake able to shift color and texture
catacombs below Asarê = see: Asarê/catacombs
Câthenlânêus Lôrnalon, First-Born = (third + child lord + beardless); third Elder elf, killed and eaten by Kàt Arrôn
Câthenrêk = third man; son of Âdon the Low dwarf and Filänêa; third triplet; along with his brothers, Lêbdrêk and Dlithenrêk, one of the Three Fathers of Men; father of Ôrôrêk; progenitor of Champêan the Valiant; head of the House of Câthenrêk—whose descendents were the people of the Forgotten Realm—one of the Three Ancient Kingdoms of Man—later divided into the houses of Arquâvêa, Nodrêôf, Ôper, and Henderm
Çêlâsêus = human who loved Aqualêna the Nymph of Mâferêtônum
Çêlâsêus the Elf = High elf; Hîànthelus’s grandfather on his mother’s side; wed Disänilês
Çelbering = one of two tallest peaks of the Fôrging Mountains, along with Andelêan; exactly due east of Skêba’s lair
Center Sanctuary = see: Esterêa/blue rose bush
Cerberus = many headed hell hound that guards Lands of the Dead
Çêzarêus, Lord = exceptionally tall captain of the Regal Ward; unusually-pointed ears; wears his long yellow tresses in a tail bound with a strip of white leather at the base of his neck; (5’11”)
Chaffy = in a fairy-tale remembered my Mîtak, a character who was a very good boy bitten by an Imp named Gimpling, but saved from death by a flutter; see link for entire story
Champêan the Valiant = Kittfîr’s ancestor by the Wood nymph, Arquâvêa; descended from Ôrô, son of Ôrôrêk of the Four Houses, son of Câthenrêk, third son of Âdon and Filänêa
Châinêsêus Lon = Third-Sired of Lênalôrnalon; married Hô Vänn - daughter of Quarsänilon First-Born; father of the Chî-Hô Vännêan elves, whose skin shines like golden bronze in the sunlight and like polished copper in the moonlight
CHANÊKHÜGÔRÄTH = see: Esterêa
Chânlênk Mountains = Northerland mountains from where Maxindîn drove the Rock trôlls; called the Copper Mountains by Low Dwarves; under sovereignty of the Kâ-Zîer of the Copper Mountains; northern boundary of the Nàser
Chârôlus = Queen Everlêônus’s younger brother; great uncle of young Prince Ênglâçêus
Chasmên Desert = desert west of the Glimmer River; south of Esterêa; east of the mountains on whose slopes Firmen lies; bounded on its south side by the Marênêan Ocean
Chasmên Oasis = oasis village north of Firmen in the heart of Chasmên Desert
Chî-Hô Vänna = the Chî-Hô Vännêan Elves’ first homeland in the Ôkwood Forest; one of the Six Ancient Kingdoms; NHÂGÔRÄTH (no + fortress)
chîber root = herb used to ease a fever
chimera = see: Conglomeration beast
Chriskrisâlus the Clairvoyant, King = High Elvan prince of Esterêa at time of Apocalypse War; loved Hêrômer as a brother; great grandfather of Ênglâçêus; grandfather of Hîànthelus; father of Antônêsêus and Çindinloxsôlus; son of Ferimus; grandson of Quinsônêsêus
Çidêng, Farêng, Glerfêng, Sarêng, Dinêng, and Ômêng = silver-tipped arrows w/ fletchings from tail-feather of a phoenix; “Once fitted to the notching point, they’ll ever hit their mark;” “upon finding its target, the arrow doth burst into flames and consume its victim”
= see also: Keen One
Çindin Mâferêfrê = see: Shimmring River
Çindin Îzen, Lê = see: Vanderlant Mountains
Çindinloxsôlus = only daughter of King Chriskrisâlus the Clairvoyant
Çindrîl = Eldest Sister; haunts the Temple of the Priestesses; a vestal virgin sacrificed to Dî Ômond before Asarê fell
Clearwater Creek = creek that comes from springs and flows from the east into the Shimmring River
Common Tombs = see: Asarê/Temples of Asarê/Great Tombs
Common Tongue = language spoken in the Southerlands
Copper Mountains = see: Chânlênk Mountains
crawler, Carrion = see: fleshmonger
crawler, Leach = see: bloodmonger
Crêôs = island where no men dwelt; inhabited by a band of female pirates
Crôger, General = leads his Ôgre Army from Kizkarath for Asmadüs of twelve thousand-foot soldiers
Crôbärk = vainglorious goblin leader killed by Mîtak with wishstones
Crown of Lênalôrnalon = constellation with Fîlô, the Morning Star, in it
Crown of Stuwardlanthàlus = black gold (or âchrômêum) jeweled coronet forged by Stuwardlanthàlus; stolen and wielded by his son, Thôrnlânken, in the Dragon Wars; taken by Quinsônêsêus when it rolls from the decapitated head of Thôrnlânken and held by the Elves until the-day, kept safe in Esterêa at the thorny base of the Blithmêrêyâ
Dale Ôrath = see: Vale of Kings
Dale Thânc = see: Vale of Men
Dark Deity = see: Gods/Pentatics/Nameless One
Dark Keep = see: Castle Nodrêôf
Dark Races = ôgres, ôrcs, ettins, elementals, dragons, demons, etc.
death = the End; End Of All Ends
Dêital Plane of Existence = see: Planes of Existence
Delfin = (half elf with green eyes); Delfinlonthàlus; nephew of King Hîànthelus, and raised in his home; son of Hîànthelus’s brother and a human (half Drîäd with green eyes) mother, Mithlindlêon/Mèrêmith, the first-born daughter of Champêan and Arquâvêa, making him their grandson; also the grandson of Antônêsêus and Everlêônus; great-grandson of Chriskrisâlus; great-great-grandson of Ferimus; great-great-great-grandson of Quinsônêsêus; has a half-brother, Jûlêonôlus, after his father remarries Immeril and has a son by her; personal warden of Princess Kittfîr; first lieutenant in the field to Mîtak; one side of palewise divided escutcheon royal symbol of Arquâvêa - white Royal Arquâvêan Steed with White Tower of Arquâvêa beside, set against red field—other side, Esterêan royal insignia - white unicorn laying beneath white evertree on leaf-green background; once competed in the Henderm Games representing Esterêa in the events of javelin throw, the overland run between Henderm and Hôpshîr (for which he won the Griffin Ribbon) and running long jump
Demôgôrgon = Prince of Demons; two-headed demon who chased Mèrak; killed by Lêô’Kiddrâk
demon, Lord = a Greater demon
demon, Common = a Lesser demon
devil, Bone = such as Kêelô
devil, Greater = such as fiends
devil, Lesser = such as Jürker
Dêvînêus = see: Gods/Pentatics/Dêvînêus
DHÔNGÔRÄTH = see: Nodrêôf
Dî Ômond = see: Gods/Pentatics/Dî Ômond
Dîâvid = Prince of Nodrêôf; eldest son of King Pîer; brother of Asmadüs, who enchanted him in stone to usurp his birthright
Dîertôn, Lord = king of Azgôräth; of the House of Dlithenrêk and a descendant of Dôrêan the Child; father of Lord Landrôs and Lançtôn; grandfather of Sethtôn and Hêrômer
Dîmandôrêan = (of many + facets); three crystals used by Sîerthàlus Lôrêen to forge the Sîers in their heat; Mîtak found one
Disänilês = (soft + air—having the trait of); Hîànthelus’s High Elvan grandmother on his mother’s side; her husband was Çêlâsêus the Elf
Dlithenrêk the Swift = second man; son of Âdon the Low dwarf and Filänêa; second triplet; along with his brothers, Lêbdrêk and Câthenrêk, one of the Three Fathers of Men; grandfather of Dôrêan the Child; head of the House of Dlithenrêk—whose descendents were the people of Asarê—one of the Three Ancient Kingdoms of Man; progenitor of Lord Landrôs
Dlithenlânêus Lôrnalon, First-Born = (second + child lord + beardless); second Elder elf; killed and eaten by Kàt Arrôn
Dôgamdüs = master of the Temple of the Priests in Dale Ôrath; Chief Priest of the Temple; Sethtôn’s henchman; head of Asarê’s down-fallen religious order who become the Followers (of the Nameless One)
Dôrêan the Child, Lord = king of Azgôräth; grandson of Dlithenrêk on his father’s side and Lêbdrêk on his mother’s side; father of Âzrôd; progenitor of Lord Landrôs
dragon = DRAKÜS (Low Dwarvan); sometimes called worms; hatchlings are called: “draglets;” created by the Nameless One from Her own bile, which She mixed with the dust of Indrêl, to harry the Elder Elves; mate w/ males of other races, called Dragon Lords, who reside in Vôlca; years reckoned in “years having burned”
dragon, Black = Tàm Tôrra; see: Màt Arrôt; the Black Dragon; gaze will turn to stone; all jet black
dragon, Blue = Kàt Arrôn; see: Tàk Nôrra; the Blue Dragon; breathe ice; blue bodies with white-laced wings, claws and horns
dragon, Green = Tèm Arräl; see: Mèt Lärra; the Green Dragon; breath turns to vegetation; causes vines and plants to spring up and bind victim, who becomes rooted to the ground; dark green bodies with spring-green-laced wings, claws and horns
dragon, Red & Black = Lèm Arräm; see: Mèl Märra; the Red & Black Dragon; breathe fire; red bodies with black-laced wings, claws and horns
dragon, Violet = Vàl Arrïn; see: Làv Nïrra; the Violet Dragon; breath turns victim to liquid; violet with pink-laced wings, claws and horns
dragon, Yellow = Vèm Arrôk; see: Mèv Kôrra; the Yellow Dragon; gaze causes petrifaction with fear; yellow bodies with orange-laced wings, claws and horns
Dragon-Biter = DRAKÜS GRAKÜS (Low Dwarvan); Âdon’s battle axe
Dragon Lords of Vôlca = Worm Riders; Vôlcan cavalier male mates of dragons; instigated the Dragon Wars; first conquered the Low Dwarves, then led by the Miser-King Thôrnlânken against Esterêa, overthrew the Halflings, usurped by Tàm Tôrra and her Thrice-Bastard Son, finally defeated in the Final Battle; based in Vôlca
Dragon Ribbon = see: Henderm Games
DRAKÜS GRAKÜS = see: Dragon-Biter
Drîäd = see: elf, Drîäd
Duke Ôrnvelt = governor of Open Springs who owes fealty to Jôran
Dungeons of Azgôräth = see: Stone Castle
Dwarf Fathers = progenitors of the Low Dwarf Nation
Dwarf Hoard = started the Third Dragon War when Low King Thêzêon rose up to reclaim the Dwarf Hoard which Thôrnlânken had stolen
Dwarf Lords = dwarf kings; Low King Under the Mountain; Sovereign of Feldsfär; once sovereigns of Stone Castle, as well
dwarf, Low = dwarf; dwarvankind; dwarf tot; dwarf maiden; created by Arxê; Children of Arxê; band of dwarves; short and stout; men always long bearded; prefer to wield axes or hammers in battle, which they love almost as much as stonework, mining, and smithing; live underground in great halls that the delve beneath their holy mountains; hate the cold adamantly; fear the water for they cannot swim; led by Dwarf Lords; live in Feldsfär below the Rôt Mountains; at first also lived below Stone Castle, in the Vanderlants, until they released Muldêcroptüs; will venture forth into the Sun’s World for battle or other desirable ends; fought an army of Low goblins from the Western Rôts sent by Vôlgär dü’Ârant to invade their home in the Goblin Wars
Êaä Serdônêus, Lê = see: Evertree Gates
eagle, Crowned = only creature valiant enough to fly over the Evertree Treewall
Eagle Ribbon = see: Henderm Games
Earthal Plane of Existence = see: Planes of Existence
Easterlands = Easterland; Easterlander; Easterlanders
= see also: Four Lands
Eastern Fork = see: Shimmring River
Eastern Gates = see: Evertree Gates
Eastern Ôkwood Forest = Bristen Wood; Lê Timbrâlôrna Tônôkum; runs along the Little Shimmring River
Elbereth Ithgôr Mist Ê Mistdündus, Lê = see: Apocalypse War
Elbereth-Têk = Battle-Friend; long sword Jôran gave to Legerdêmân; once wielded by Glandin
elemental, Aerial = an entity comprised only of air, takes the form of strong winds, tornados, storms, etc.; associated with the Aerial Plane of Existence
elemental, Aqueous = an entity comprised only of water; takes the form of maelstroms, whirlpools, tides, etc.; associated with the Aqueous Plane of Existence
elemental, Fiery = an entity comprised only of flames, takes the form of infernos, flaming clouds, etc.; associated with the Fiery Plane of Existence
elemental, Earthen = an entity comprised only of soil and rock, takes the form of landslides, mudslides, rolling boulders, etc.; associated with the Earthal Plane of Existence
elf = elves; elvankind; elf kinder; elf maiden; elvankind; BRÜSHANAN WHIMLÔ (in Low Dwarvan); forest men (in the Common Tongue of the Southerlands); half-elvan (Lillê-Drîlê); half elf; Greeneyes; elf-blade (Elf-Srêng); the Greater Elves, Immortal Ones; Lesser Elves, Mortal Ones; love birds above all other animals
elf, Elder = Elder Elves; First-Born; Ancient Ones; Lênalôrnalon, First of the First-Born; Dlithenlânêus Lôrnalon; Câthenlânêus Lôrnalon; Lênalôralî First-Born; Vîtalânêus Lôrnalon; Erêumbrindal; Quarsänilon First-Born; Fîlänlânêô & Silvâlôralân; Quindrê Lêbdrêen, the first smith ; only one remains in the Four Lands—Plîfêrlon, husband of Flôralôralî; delicate build; green eyes; fair hair, white or golden; diaphanous pail skin, that radiated light; no facial hair
elf, Drîäd = sing. the Drîäd, pl. the Drîäd; First-Sired; Elf Child; the Children of the Woods; the Wood Elves; Wood nymph; Woodelvan; Singers of the Ancient Lays; Lovers of the Woods; the Young; the Beloved; and the Pure Ones; vegetarians (eat eggs, milk and fish only); inhabited eastern Ôkwood after leaving Esterêa; each couple may have but one child; Sêvôcalrê, or thought-sense; Sêesençe, spirit-sense or elvan night sight; Sêsêstrê, or shadow-sense; Ôsê MâüsÊüê or Sleep Song; delicate build; green eyes; dark hair, brown or black; tan skin; no facial hair
elf, High = High elf; High Elves; High Elvan Tongue; Lovers of Lore and Legend; High Elves of the Forest; Second-Sired; Keepers of the Histories; Star-Children; the Valiant, and the Fair; Fair Ones; hunt only wild boar, and never kill deer for venison; delicate build; green eyes; hair, fair or black, no browns; pure white skin; no facial hair
elf, Chî-Hô Vännêan = Chî-Hô Vännêan Elves; Third-Sired; called the Wise, the Spiritual, Seekers of Wisdom, and Golden Children; potters and sculptors of clay, painters and poets; first homeland was Chî-Hô Vänna, in the Ôkwood, one of the Six Ancient Kingdoms; now dwell in the Easterlands in new homeland: Sprê Chî-Hô Vänna; descended from Châinêsêus Lon; delicate build; green eyes; hair of all colors, from white to black; golden skin; fine, straight facial hair
Emerald Labyrinth = Living Labyrinth; the Enchanted Maze; vast labyrinth covering more than a furlong squared with hedges too high to see above; guarded by the House of the Sacred Watch; Blithmêrêyâ in its center
= see also: Esterêa/blue rose bush
Enchanted Maze = see: Emerald Labyrinth
Ênglâçêus, Prince = of Esterêa; 11 seasons in the Forest old; son of Hîànthelus and Everlêônus; grandson of Antônêsêus; great-grandson of Chriskrisâlus; great-great-grandson of Ferimus; great-great-great-grandson of Quinsônêsêus, first king of Esterêa
Erêindil = see: Indrêl
Erêña, Lady = Kittfîr’s grandmother who sang Drîäd songs to her
Erêumbrindal First-Born = (green-leaf); Erêumbrindal the Sad; an Elder elf who was slain by Vàl Arrïn the Violet dragon
Erêindil Lôralî, Lê = see: Indrêl
Erig Andônêus, Mist Andônêus Dî Prôfêus Antêquwêum = see: Rüneguard
Erig Srêng, Lê Mist Srêng = see: Rüneglaive
Erinsil = Ambrêella’s yellow-aura Sîer-Glaive; forged by Sîerthàlus Lôrêen long ago, in the heat of the Dî Mandôrêans, ere the Reign of Dragons began
Êsêus = see: Gods/Pentatics/Fênus
Esterêa = homeland of the High Elves of the Forest; Enchanted Forest; Elf Kingdom; encircled by the great Evertree Treewall; on the Glimmer River; one of the Six Ancient Kingdoms; CHANÊKHÜGÔRÄTH (living + barrier + fortress)
blue rose bush, or the Blithmêrêyâ = in the center of the Center Sanctuary, in the center of the Emerald Labyrinth, in the center of the Palace Gardens, in the center of the King’s Ward, in the center of the Regal Palace
Esterêan City Council = City Council; comprised of the lords and ladies of the houses where a pair of flicker birds chose to nest; not aware of the Blithmêrêyâ
Esterêan regal insignia = king’s coat of arms—white unicorn laying beneath white evertree on leaf-green background
Regal Esterêan Army = led by Hîànthelus; generals—Esterêus, Delfinlonthàlus; uniforms consist of a leaf-green and white coat of arms, blazoned palewise, worn over a very light chain mail hauberk, light gray leggings, and green, pointed-toe, suede shoes; armaments include a shield the shape of a light green leaf with the Esterêan regal insignia upon it, a longbow, and a slender rapier
House of the Sacred Watch = special elite garrison of the Regal Esterêan Army devoted to guarding the Blithmêrêyâ
Water-of-Life Regal Guard of Esterêa = Lê Mâferê Êyâ Regadônêus Dî Esterêa; special elite garrison of the Regal Esterêan Army devoted to caring for and watering the Blithmêrêyâ
Regal Guard = Regadônêus (regal + guard); personal guards from the Regal Esterêan Army for the regal family and king
Regal Ward = special guards in the Regal Esterêan Army posted at the Evertree Gates; captain Çêzarêus; wear a golden sash; hold a long spear with a gilded tip in their right hand; long curly locks shorn straight across the brow
Esterêus, General = second in command of Hîànthelus’s army, of the shire of Fêrna
ettin = Ettinêan Tongue of SHüZCRaK, where consonants are capitalized; two-headed monster with clubs; “I & Me” personality; right is I, left is Me
Evenstar = Filänêa; daughter of Fîlänlânêô & Silvâlôralân; Drîäd who along with the dwarf, Âdon, bore the first men: the brothers Lêbdrêk, Dlithenrêk, and Câthenrêk; progenitor of the three houses of the Three Ancient Kingdoms of Man
Everglâçêr Alps = breeding grounds of the giant tundra deer hunted by Nôrsmôrêans
Everlêônus = of the House of Çêlâsêus and Disänilês; mother of Hîànthelus; her younger brother is Chârôlus
Evermore Forest = Antêquwêes-Andin Timbrâlôrna (forever + forest); home of the Elder Elves and first home of the Drîäd; now home of the High Elves; surrounded by the Evertree Treewall; the mighty Glimmer River flows through its heart
evertree = Tônantêquwêes-Andin (tree + forever); which comprise the Evertree Treewall
Evertree Treewall = Lê Tônantêquwêes-Andin Tônêldür (the tree+forever tree+wall); formed of evertrees which grow so close together nothing could pass between them save perhaps a small squirrel or lizard, and so high a dragon could not pass over; 35 leagues long
Evertree Gates = entrances to the Evermore Forest; 30’ high ornate golden doors; guarded by four Regal Wards; left open during moonths of Findel-Lânêus-Sprê and Erêan-Tônôkum, from sunrise to sunset, to allow migrating birds to fly in and out for the summer and winter
Eastern Gates (Lê Fîlôä Serdônêus)
Northern Gates (Lê Vondä Serdônêus)
Western Gates (Lê Êaä Serdônêus)
Southern Gates (Lê Verdä Serdônêus)
Fair Races = humans, Elf, halflings, sometimes dwarves and Nôrsmôrêans; the Nodrêôfêan, Low Dwarvan and Arquâvêan Armies in the Goblin Wars
Falcon, Melêza = large black-crowned falcon like Tinbastêan; named after the golden color of Melêza
Fallen, the = see: Fallen Elves
Fallen Elves = the Fallen; three sons of Sîerthàlus who fell from grace—Stuwardlanthàlus, Stelthlanthàlus, and Stefinlanthàlus; led by the coaxing of Màt Arrôt the only three of High Elvan blood in the history of Indrêl ever to turn forever to total wickedness and the pride
Falls of Thôrgarond = Tôna Mâferê Spindal-Rîtz; (Thunder From Water); on the Glimmer River below Mount Rêner
FÄRGÔRÄTH = see: Feldsfär
Feldsfär = (mine + deep); Low Dwarf Kingdom Under the Mountain; FÄRGÔRÄTH (deep + fortress); below the Rôt Mountains; one of the Six Ancient Kingdoms
Fell Venom-Slasher = (HESH ÜRRÂG-BHÔRR); name given Harbôr’s bipennis after the flutters charm it
Fênus = see: Gods/Pentatics/Fênus
Ferimus, King = Ferimus the Fair; king of the High Elves at the time of the Apocalypse War; father of Chriskrisâlus by the Lovely Lady Lôrinlî; grandfather of Antônêsêus; great-grandfather of Hîànthelus; great-great grandfather of Ênglâçêus; first son of Quinsônêsêus and Lady Lêblôralî; elder brother of Sîerthàlus; slew the Miser King Thôrnlânken in the Final Battle
fèrins = graceful blue-gray bird
Fêrna = township from which General Esterêus hails
Fês = Easterland community in Kentry were Harbôr has a manor fief
fiend, Pit = i.e. Grakon the Dungeon Master of Asarê; Greater devil
Fîgon the Fierce = halfling who slew Tàm Tôrra to revenge his brother Gôbô, who had been slain by Tèm Arräl
Filänêa = see: Evenstar
Filänêa (star) = see: star/Filänêa
Fîlänlânêô = Elder elvan father of Filänêa; husband of Silvâlôralân
Fîlêusfrê = (noble + fast); Arquâvêa’s unicorn, who bore five foals by Champêan’s horse, Victôrêan, and from whom all Royal Arquâvêan Steeds are descended
Fîlô = see: star/Fîlô
Fîlôä Serdônêus, Lê = see: Eastern Gates, The
Final Battle = see: Dragon Wars
Firmen = small town Maxindîn watches over
First Foaled = progenitors of both all horses and unicorns
Flâitês = great Asarêan author, famed for his use of comedy amid sorrow
flâmstôn = brimstone
Flâmstôn Mines = near the headwaters of the Shimmring River in the Northern Fôrging Mountains (marking the boundary with the Southern Fôrgings); brimstone deposits there were once quarried by the Low Dwarves to fuel their magical furnaces at Feldsfär; now ghouledans culture ghoul’s guts there on the ambrômît deposits, which produces a gas lethal to all creatures save for ghouledans; “where sun neither shines nor torch will burn”
Fleet = Kittfîr’s stallion sired by her Royal Arquâvêan Steed, Graywind; later chosen by Mîtak
fleshmonger = Carrion crawler; twenty-foot-long, blind, cutworm-like monster with dozens of short, round legs, and eight, long, purple tentacles surrounding its mouth, which flail about to taste the air; two large pincers on its rear end; eats flesh, fresh or rotten; larger than, but related to a bloodmonger
flicker bird = red and yellow bird who lives in the Evermore Forest during summer
Flôralôralâ First-Sired = (flower + daughter); Drîäd elf; daughter of Plîfêrlon and Flôralôralî
Flôralôralî First-Born = (flower + mother); Elder elf; wife of Plîfêrlon; mother of Flôralôralâ
Followers = Followers of the Nameless One; led by Dôgamdüs; once worshiped Aurôramän
Ford of Azrôs = shallows north of Gal Ôrath and the main bridge across Eastern Glimmer to Asarê
Foremidautumn = first moonth in autumn, see: Languages - moonths
Foremidspring = first moonth in spring, see: Languages - moonths
Foremidsummer = first moonth in summers, see: Languages - moonths
Foremidwinter = first moonth in winter, see: Languages - moonths
Fôrfôrumflôra = a moonflower which blossoms only at night (no + light + flower OR black + flower)
Fôrfôrumflôra = Moonflower; Drîäd disguise Màt Arrôt assumed to seduce and marry Sîerthàlus Lôrêan
Fôrging Mountains = Fôrging Mountain Range; west of Arquâvêa and north of Nodrêôf; run north and south with the Northern Fôrging Mountains extending to and including the Flâmstôn Mines, and the Southern Fôrgings from there south; Andelêan and Çelbering are its two tallest peaks
Forgotten Realm = Lê Mythvôcalrê Regaerêindil; only Stone Wall along the Highland Steppe remains of the ancient, forgotten kingdom; descendants from the House of Câthenrêk; one of the Six Ancient Kingdoms and the Three Ancient Kingdoms of Man; first kingship shared by Ôrôrêk’s four sons; split into the Four Middle Kingdoms of Man after a terrible civil war; KHÜGÔRÄTH (barrier + fortress)
Four Houses of Man = House of Arquâvêa, through Ôrô; House of Nodrêôf through Ôtô; House of Henderm through Ôsô; and House of Ôper, through Ôzô; their four contemporary kingdoms are: Asarê, Nodrêôf, Ôper, and Henderm; all through the line Ôrôrêk of the Four Houses
Four Middle Kingdoms of Man = kingdoms of Asarê, Nodrêôf, Ôper, and Henderm; established by the Four Houses of Man after the civil war that destroyed the Forgotten Realm
Four Lands = under the four Quadratics
Southerlands: include everything south of Azgôräth
Easterlands: where the Chî-Hô Vännêan Elves now dwell; includes Gläkerland in Kentry
Northerlands: home of the berserkers; Wilderness of Têrn between the Northerland Territories to the south and the Nàser Rain Forest to the north
Westerlands: includes Esterêa and the Vanderlant
Furies = catlike monsters with matted fur
Gal Ôrath = see: King’s Crossing
Galîabrèth = grizzled old Low dwarf who delivers the Ring of Stefinlanthàlus to Asmadüs but is transferred into a serpent that is made to swallow his reward before being turned into a snake-skin bag to hold the gold pieces
Gâylôrn the Grand = great, great-grandson of Âdon and Filänêa; great-grandson of Lêbdrêk; grandson of Lêbdmistlê; son of the Magus Gîzer; father of Maxindîn the Great; grandfather of Zôrwind
Gêngôlet = General Delfinlonthàlus’s sleek white unicorn
Gêümâ of Henderm, Sir = one of final four, with Harbôr and Brêâgôr, in last stand against Râfângus and his Guard Elite
Gimpling = imp in fairy-tale remembered by Mîtak who bit Chaffy
ghoul = from Sarêen Swamplands & moors and bogs of the Nàser Rain Forest, feasts on corpses; hairless green bodies; forked red tongues; green blood
ghoul’s guts = a certain fungus that thrives on the ambrômît deposits deep in dark the Flâmstôn Mines; hangs from the damp ceilings and walls in clusters of writhing, seething masses; fermented into nepenthe of ambrosia; produces a gas lethal to all creatures save for ghouledans
ghouledan = took over the Flâmstôn Mines after they were abandoned by the Dwarves; cultivate ghoul’s guts in the mines to ferment into nepenthe of ambrosia; only creatures who can withstand the poisonous gases produced by culturing ghoul’s guts
Gift of Êyâ Morning = when children receive a new toy or play sword
Gisarmés = band of ruffians led by Sherük; their mascot weapon is the halberd
Gîzer, Magus = first wizard to attain the title of Magus Magnificent; author of The Skîward; cast Ôrcüs down from his fiery throne; banished Undead from the Earthal Plane of Existence and Rock ôrcs from Shên Valley; cousin of Sôrçern; grandson of Lêbdrêk by his second son; son of Lêbdmistlê; father of Gâylôrn the Grand; grandfather of Maxindîn the Great; great grandfather of Zôrwind
Glandin the Faithful = Champêan’s squire; wielded Elbereth-Têk
Glimmer River = valley of Dale Thânc in the north along Eastern Glimmer (primary fork), the valley of Dale Ôrath along the Western Glimmer River; passes south between the Eastern and Western Vanderlant Mountains, past the city of Vanderlant, then down through the Evermore Forest past Esterêa, then south through the Andrêan Desert near Firmen, to issue into the Marênêan Ocean through the delta near the port city of Ôper
Gläker Manor = under Harbôr’s lordship
Gläkerland = Easterland community in Kentry were Harbôr has a manor fief
gnôll = use two-handed swords
gnôme = lesser monster that haunts the Ôkwood Forest
Goblin Armies, High = see: Apocalypse War
Goblin Armies, Low = Low goblin hordes; Fell Armies; four hosts of Low goblins, one from the Western Rôt Mountains and one from Ixôr Rêmus, led by Vôlgär Dü’Ârant, one from the Upper Kâgar and one from the Wilderness of Têrn, led by Barcôgan in the Goblin Wars against the Fair Races
goblin, Low = Low Goblin Tongue; Low Goblin Armies involved in the Goblin Wars; orange-yellow blood; shorter, squatter, less intelligent, and more common than High goblins; from the Upper Kâgar, Ixôr Rêmus, Western Rôt Mountains, the Wilderness of Têrn, among other places
goblin, High = also hobgoblin, from mines and cities in the Vôlca Mountains, hobgoblin pups, orange-skinned faces and blue, turned-up snouts, yellow, slanted eyes, open-faced helmets, some w/ tusks others long fangs, intelligence approaches human, girt in full metal armor, a spiked mace, one-handed battleaxe, a heavy sword, a shield, most militaristic of the foul races
Goblin Wars = see: Wars, Goblin
Gôbô = valiant halfling who slew the Green dragon Tèm Arräl and was avenged by his brother, Fîgon the Fierce, who slew Tàm Tôrra
Antedîluvêan = the Ancient One; the Antedîluvêan Lord; First of All Things or Beings; from whose thoughts all things have sprung
A’ü’ca’yth = mirror image of Antedîluvêan’s thoughts created to keep Him company, but too similar to Himself
Quadratics = Ath, Üth, Cath and Ÿth, the four Quadratics created when Antedîluvêan tore A’ü’ca’yth into quarters; the Four Quarters of A’ü’ca’yth; the Gods of the Four Lands
Octants = Lêbdlôrêan (Lêbdlôrêan Antêquwêum Tôna Fôrtala, [the Makers of Something From Nothing]); Prime Gods; the Creators; First Thoughts of the Antedîluvêan Lord; separated that which exists from the Void, creating the Planes of Existence; male and female twin-counterparts:
Atherêan & Athâlêan = neutral Gods; He - the Erudite & She - the Patient
Ütherêan & Üthâlêan = He - Most Powerful & She - Most Beguiling
Catherêan & Cathâlêan = He - Most Handsome & She - Most Alluring
Ÿtherêan & Ÿthâlêan = He - the Wicked & She - the Shrewd
Pentatics = Ancient Gods; True Gods; Benevolent Gods & the Malevolent Goddess
Dî Ômond = once Ütherêan; Asarêans worshipped Him; exists no more
Arxê = once Ÿthâlêan; neutral Goddess; created the Low Dwarves who they call, the Wise Mother
Dêvînêus = once Athâlêan
Fênus = once Cathâlêan; Fênusêan; Fênus Cathâlêan; Êsêus; creator on the halflings; sprung of the First Thoughts of the Antedîluvêan Lord; has a temple at West Quartershîr
Nameless One = once Üthâlêan; Iximâlêfactôr; the Betrayer; Malevolent Goddess; Dark Deity, Lê Lüthelberlês (the fell + ambitious [fem.]), to the High Elves; the One, She is called by those who follow Her dark desires; deceived and devoured Her brothers: Atherêan, Catherêan & Ÿtherêan; thrown out of Indrêl for 1000 years, banished to the Void
Golden General = Vôc Tôr in Ôgrêan Tongue; “Vôc Tôr!” used as a battle cry
gôlumn = enchanted inanimate beings such as stones, trees, bushes, etc. which have a remembrance of the things they’ve seen before being turned into gôlumns
gôlumn, Stone = i.e. the two stones which were enchanted by Asmadüs to guard Kittfîr
gôlumn, Wood = i.e. the tree enchanted by Asmadüs to hold Kittfîr prisoner
Gôna, Three-sided Pyramids of = erected during the Age of Architecture
gôrgamît = gôrgs; lizard-men in tombs below Temples of Asarê; smaller cousins of the tôrgamîts
gôrgon = monster, head of gôrgon on Asmadüs’s scepter
Gôrkerton the Grandiose = High goblin captain of a band of Low goblins that deserted Vôlgär dü’Ârant’s Armies during the Battle at Shimmring’s Side, chieftain in Râfângus’s mercenary army, of immense stature and girth even for a hobgoblin; killed Sir Gêümâ of Henderm just before being killed by Harbôr
Gôrtôrgerond = a land in the far, far west where the tôrgamîts are from
Grakon = Dungeon Master of Asarê, Greater devil Pit fiend, released by Sethtôn using The Sôrçer, his ancient name was Ürgurmath the Loath
Gräktäg, Lieutenant I & Me = I & Me Snôron’s ettin lieutenant; sent by Asmadüs to ambush companions; killed by Mîtak
Graywind = Kittfîr’s Royal Arquâvêan Steed; sired Fleet
Great Desert = see: Andrêan Desert
Great Tombs = see: Asarê/catacombs
Great War = see: Apocalypse War
Green Turtle’s Watering Hole = tavern in Arquâvêa
Gregôr the Innocent = Thane of Henderm; works diligently to stem the flow south of nepenthe of ambrosia past the Shimmring Delta
Grendul! Grendul! = a fairy-story about ghouledans
Griffin Ribbon = see: Henderm Games
GROSH-GÔR = see: Pain-Giver
Gräthlêer = Gräthlêer the Nightmare; from Ardentêal Planes of Existence
Guard Elite = see: Râfângus The Black-Hearted
Gunther, Ex-Count = witnessed Mèrak’s escape; slain by Stênger during his interrogation
Harbôr Breakstôn = Harbôrus Drilbänk, one-hundred eight and ten Years Under the Mountain, Low Dwarf mercenary, longtime friend of Zôrwind, Steward of Lindinwood Forest, Lord of Gläker Manor, Duke of Fês, Count of Käkis, the Low Baron of Feldsfär, Earls of Unthill and of Tasür, wields Fell Venom-Slasher, first battalion of dwarvan infantry, fifth company, second platoon leader in the Goblin Wars
hag, Forest = Forest witch
hag, Mountain = Mountain witch
hag, Sea = Sea witch, like Môrêsana
hag, Swamp = Swamp witch
halfling = created by Fênus to aid the Elf Children; called hobbits by some
HÊGÔRÄTH = see: Arquâvêa's Keep
Helm-Piercer = marteldefer wielded by second ruffian
Henderm = large city near the Shimmring River Delta; House of Henderm; one of the Four Houses of Man; descendants of Ôsô, son of Ôrôrêk; one of the Four Middle Kingdoms of Man; Thane of Henderm; Henderm Guards patrol the delta for ambrosia; Henderm Bridge, north of the city—only place the Shimmring can be crossed south of the East/West fork; uses calendar based on the reign of Gregôr, not the Southerland calendar used in Arquâvêa & Nodrêôf; currently the twelfth year of the reign of Gregôr the Innocent; BHÜRTHÔRGÔRÄTH (delta + fortress)
Henderm Games = tournament held every four seasons in Henderm; Dragon Ribbon, Griffin Ribbon, and Eagle Ribbon; includes such events as standing long jump, running long jump, javelin throw, wrestling, jousting, discus, shot put; Delfin once competed for Esterêa in the events of javelin throw, the overland run between Henderm and Hôpshîr (for which he won the Griffin Ribbon) and running long jump
Henderm Hold = castle held by the Henderm Guards; Southern Hold (to the Elves)
Hêrômer = descended from Â’Lôrin the Tall; ancestor of Mîtak of the Ôkwood; overthrew elder brother Sethtôn, at the Battle of Kentry Plateau, both sons of Lançtôn of Azgôräth; wielder of The Skîward; Hêrômer the Younger; Hêrômer the True; the Great Sword-Wielder; slayer of Lèm Arräm; wore radiant plate mail armor with a halburk of shining ring mail over it, a maroon sash and a helm with a maroon plume upon it
Hîànthelus, King = High King of the High Elves of Esterêa; Hîànthelus the Young; father of Ênglâçêus; first son of Antônêsêus and Everlêônus; grandson of Chriskrisâlus; great-grandson of Ferimus; great-great-grandson of Quinsônêsêus, first king of Esterêa; husband of Lîtlanis; uncle of Delfinlonthàlus, his brother’s son; his Wîzen is Argônthàlus; looks about 21 years old, except for the long, fine, white, curly locks to the middle of his back; high cheekbones, pronounced and sharp upon his pure white visage; wears a delicate electrum crown with a beautiful green emerald set in its center that matches his eyes; dresses almost all in white, with light gray leggings and a suede cape, held with a broach emblazoned with regal emblem; (5’10”)
Hîànthelus’s brother = younger brother of Hîànthelus; second son of Antônêsêus and Everlêônus; grandson of Chriskrisâlus; great-grandson of Ferimus; great-great-grandson of Quinsônêsêus; husband of Mithlindlêon/Mèrêmith; banished and his name forbidden to be spoken after Mèrêmith died giving birth to his son, Delfin; remarries Immeril and has a son by her, Jûlêonôlus
Hidden Wood = Mithtimbrâlôrnî; where Âdon hid from the Dragon Lords; north and east of the Fôrging Mountains
High Pass = Caderäs Tôr Lan; “Home of the Graybeard;” in the Fôrging Mountains between Eastern Ôkwood and Western; above the White Falls
Highland Steppe = an elevated plateau of the Shimmring River Valley which falls ten fathoms to the southward Lowland Steppe, some 5 miles south of Arquâvêa; Stone Wall and the Forgotten Realm built thereon
Hô Vänn = daughter of Quarsänilon First-Born; married Châinêsêus Lon
hobbit = see: halfling
hobgoblin = see: High goblins
Hôpshîr = port city at mouth of Shimmring River Delta
House of the Sacred Watch = those whose birthright it is to guard the black gold scepter
Immeril = High elf taken to wife by Delfin’s father after Mithlindlêon’s death; mother of Jûlêonôlus
imp = mischievous creature whose bite is fatal, causing the victim to fall asleep and never wake up
Indrêl = Earthal Plane of Existence; ‘Erêindil’ in High Elvan; ‘Lê Erêindil Lôralî’ in Elder Elvan
Iron Siege = the Leaguer of Nodrêôf; siege of Nodrêôf by Vôlgär dü’Ârant in the Goblin Wars just preceding the Battle at Shimmring’s Side; broken by Legerdêmân, who lead King Jôran’s Arquâvêan Army back south while the king himself fought the Northern Battle; all lines of defense breached except for the Dark Keep itself; the city of Nodrêôf sacked and its shops and homes pillaged
Isle of Bones = Harbôr has been there and it is not a very nice place
Îsômer = device with which Ambrêella can find her people again
Ithgôr Caderäs, Lê = see: Ancient Pass
Iximâlêfactôr = see: Gods/Pentatics/Nameless One
Ixôr Rêmus = Vôlgär dü’Ârant’s stronghold during the Goblin Wars; King Jôran drove off a host of Low goblins from there; two and a half day’s ride north of Henderm along the Shimmring River
jackalwere = like a werewolf
Jibetack = bargeman on the Glimmer River
Jôran = current king of Arquâvêa; father of Princess Kittfîr; his queen is Nêdra and his ladywife is Sefentêna; son of Lady Erêña and
Jôrêel = bondmaid in Castle Nodrêôf; loves stable boy, Adon; gray-blue eyes; “So please you, ma’Lady,…”; “be” in place of “is”; “o’ ” in place of, “of ”
Jûlêonôlus = Delfin’s young brother by stepmother Immeril, five and fifty s.f. old
Jurgandêa the Arrogant = fells a sacred evertree to expand his house, breaking elvan law 531 years ago
Jürker = Lesser devil henchman of the Pit fiend, Grakon; invisible
Kâ-Zîer of the Copper Mountains = his lands invaded by Râfângus and his Guard Elite
Kâgar River = southern branch of the Little Shimmring which connects west of Nodrêôf and north of Bristen; Upper Kâgar is home to one of the armies of Low goblins who fought under Barcôgan
Kägar Khazrôgan = First Low King Under the Mountain; Father of Dwarf Lords; First Sovereign of Stone Castle and Feldsfär; father of King Rägnar; grandfather of King Thêzêon; died in the Dragon Wars
Käkis = Harbôr is the count of this small region
Kàt Arrôn = see: Tàk Nôrra
Kêelô = Bone devil who moved in to claim Grakon’s lair
Keen One = Lê Serêng-Lêb; longbow; Âçenthôrôlus forged the haft, the string was fashioned from the hair of Çindinloxsôlus
Kentry = Easterland country; Kentry country; folk there wear clothes fashioned of brightly-colored feathers
Kentry Plateau = near Smithsands; where battle was fought of that name during the Great War
see also: Kentry
KHÜGÔRÄTH = see: Forgotten Realm
King’s Crossing = called Gal Ôrath of old by Asarêans; where Glimmer could be forded by a “regal leap”
King’s Ward = see: Esterêa/blue rose bush
Kings’ Chambers = see: Asarê/Temples of Asarê/Great Tombs
Kittfîr, Princess = daughter of King Jôran and Queen Nêdra; current princess of Arquâvêa; Wendelêen Dî Lôrinlîê - “Bravest of Women;” Regalôralâ Kittfîrlês (elvan); born in Foremidwinter of the year her father came to the aid of Nodrêôf; horse is Fleet
Kizkarath = Kizkarathêan Tongue; where most of Asmadüs’s ôgres are from
kôbold, Lesser = created by the Nameless One to harry men; under Sethtôn in the Apocalypse War; Harbôr fought the Kôbold Army
Krindin = hamlet two days ride north of Henderm; on the western shores of the Shimmring River; makers of fine earthenware
Krispins of Nâdôr = Râfângus the Black-Hearted of Macâdôr allies with them to invade the Kâ-Zîer’s lands
Krissrôzen = tall peaks laid low during the Battle of Kentry Plateau
Krükzik Shaft = only place black gold may be found, in a single vein below Stone Castle; where Muldêcroptüs was released, causing the Low Dwarves to abandon Stone Castle for Feldsfär; in the Dungeons at Azgôräth; Zôrwind and Harbôr nearly killed there by a ghost
Lançtôn of Azgôräth = Prince Lançtôn; descendant of Dlithenrêk through Dôrêan the Child; husband of Ârüvêel; second son of Dîertôn, and therefore a prince of Azgôräth; younger brother of Lord Landrôs; father of Sethtôn and Hêrômer; called Lançtôn of Azgôräth, though he had blood of the House of Lêbdrêk through Lêbdlôralâ
Land of the Living = separated from the Lands of the Dead by the River Tâixus
Landrê, Lady = married to Lord Landrôs; sister of Lord Longsfôrth and Ârüvêel; third child of Lord Â’Athâl; a descendant of Â’Lôrin the Tall
Landrôs the Benevolent, Lord = last king and emperor of Azgôräth at the time of the Apocalypse War; brother of Lançtôn and ally of his son, Hêrômer; married to Lady Landrê; slain at the Battle of Kentry Plateau; The Sôrçer sealed in the tomb of his brother-in-law, Lord Longsfôrth, in Kings’ Chambers below Asarê
Lands Beyond = see: Lands of the Dead
Lands of the Dead = separated from the Land of the Living by the River Tâixus; the Shadow World, the Lands Beyond, the Planes of Ardentêa and of Tranquility
Last Stand = see: Dragon Wars/the Last Stand
Last War = see: Nodrêôfêan War
Làv Nïrra = in Violet dragon form: Vàl Arrïn; slew Erêumbrindal
Leaguer of Esterêa = lasted for 200 seasons in the Forest; waged by Tàm Tôrra and the Dragon Lords
= see also: Dragon Wars/Second Dragon War to Fourth Dragon War
Lêbdlânêus Lôrnalon = see: Lênalôrnalon
Lêbdlôrêan = see: Gods
Lêbdlôralâ = (first + daughter); granddaughter of Âdon and Filänêa; daughter and third child of Lêbdrêk; wife of Plîfêrêslânêus; mother of Âzrôd, king of Azgôräth, and of Sôrçern; grandmother of Dôrêan the Child; progenitor of Dîertôn, the father of Lord Landrôs
Lêbdmâlânêus = (first + son); second king of Asarê; first son of Lêbdrêk; grandfather of Â’Lôrin the Tall; progenitor of Lord Landrôs
Lêbdmistlê the Foresighted = (first + magic user); grandson of Âdon and Filänêa; second son of Lêbdrêk; father of the Magus Gîzer; grandfather of Gâylôrn the Grand; great grandfather of Maxindîn the Great; great, great grandfather of Zôrwind
Lêbdrêk the Quick-Eyed = (first + human); the first man; son of Âdon the Low dwarf and Filänêa; along with his brothers, Dlithenrêk and Câthenrêk; firstborn of the triplets; one of the Three Fathers of Men; grandfather of Â’Lôrin the Tall; head of the House of Lêbdrêk—whose descendents were the people of Asarê—one of the Three Ancient Kingdoms of Man; still called the House of Lêbdrêk and, “of that house all wizards come;” progenitor of Lord Longsfôrth
Lêblôralî, Lady = (first + mother); wife of Quinsônêsêus; mother of King Ferimus and then Sîerthàlus Lôrêen
Legerdêmân = Legend; Legerdêmânôlus; Rütâküm (sorrow); Silver Warrior; apprenticed under Maxindîn the Great with Zôrwind, Vôlgär dü'Ârant, and Barcôgan; fought with King Jôran in the Goblin Wars; descended from the True Hero’s Bloodline; father of Mîtak and Mèrak; brother-in-law of Argôn, who wed him to own sister, Mèrêmer
Lèm Arräm = see: Mèl Märra
Lêna Dî Mandôrêan = (wild of many + facets); one of the Dî Mandôrêans found by Mîtak
Lênalôralî First-Born = (wild + mother) Elder elf; wife of Lênalôrnalon First-Born; mother of Âgêçêus First-Sired and Quinsônêsêus Second-Sired, and Châinêsêus Third-Sired; remembered for her voice and dancing by the Stone gôlumns; killed long ago by one of Màt Arrôt’s spiders, the first of her kind ever to perish; died at the age of 1478 s.f.
Lênalôrnalon, First of the First-Born = (wild + lord + beardless) Lêbdlânêus Lôrnalon (first + child lord + beardless); Elder elf; father Âgêçêus First-Sired by Lênalôralî, and of King Quinsônêsêus his Second-Sired, and the sire of Châinêsêus Third-Sired, grandfather of Ferimus, great grandfather of Chriskrisâlus, great-great grandfather of Antônêsêus, great-great-great grandfather of Hîànthelus; great-great-great-great grandfather of Ênglâçêus; slew Kàt Arrôn to avenge the deaths of his brothers Dlithenlânêus and Câthenlânêus with is great bow, Spindal-Lôrêan
Lêô’Kiddrâk = chimera who fought Demôgôrgon; a Conglomeration beast
Lêôna-Lâ = see: Twigs
Lesson of Meekness = in the Southerland mythology of man, when Silva was full, she grew arrogant and dared to compare herself to the brilliance of Vîtalus, and so the Gods took from her a portion of her light each night, until new moon, that she should learn the Lesson Of Meekness. Then the Gods would restore a little of her light again each night, until growing full-round, her arrogance would return, and thus the cycle start over once more.
Letters of Rüne = written rünic characters and language
Lîtlanis = (delicate + blossom); queen of Esterêa and wife of Hîànthelus; exceedingly fair, but small and slight of build
Lindinwood Forest = under Harbôr’s stewardship
Little Shimmring = see: Shimmring River
Living Labyrinth = see: Emerald Labyrinth
Longsfôrth the Long-Lived, Lord = king of Asarê at the time of the great Apocalypse War; first child of Lord Â’Athâl; brother of Ârüvêel and Lady Landrê, who married Lord Landrôs; slain at the Battle of Kentry Plateau; buried with Landrôs in the sealed Kings’ Chambers is Landrôs (along with The Sôrçer); descendent of Â’Lôrin the Tall and Lêbdmâlânêus
Lôrinlî, Lady = the Lovely Lady; wife of Ferimus the Fair
Lowland Steppe = ten fathoms below plateau of the Shimmring River Valley to the north called the Highland Steppe 5 miles south of Arquâvêa
Lüthelberlês, Lê = see: Gods/Pentatics/Nameless One
Macâdôr = home of Râfângus the Black-Hearted and his Guard Elite
Mâferêtônum = see: White Falls
magic = the Life of Antedîluvêan; Network of Magic; Benevolent Magic; Malevolent Sorcery; Good Craft; Dark Arts; silver magic and black magic, each with their own three crafts; a magus vision; Magus Magnificent, and Master of All Colors, the highest titles of wizardry and sorcery, respectively; Dragon Magic
Magus Gîzer = see: Magus Gîzer
magus vision = a glimpse at the future or a distant place, like the one Zôrwind has upon waking on the balcony after his encounter with Asmadüs
Malevolent Goddess = see: Gods/Pentatics/Nameless One
man = humankind; Arânglêônâ (High Elvan); BRÜSHANAN WHIMLÔ (Low Dwarvan); the Short-Lived; descended from Âdon and Filänêa; Lêbdrêk, Dlithenrêk, and Câthenrêk were the fist three, whose Houses ruled over the Three Ancient Kingdoms of Man
March Of A Million Tears = TÔL MÔRTH ÜT NÔN TÔTH GRÔTÜN (the + march + of + one + million + tears); dwarves herded from Feldsfär to the Flâmstôn Mines like mules; Rägnar dies on the way north
Margery stones = pearls
Märrêanna = Mîtak’s unborn sister
Marênêan Ocean = lies to the south of the Four Lands
Mâron the Elder = father of Mâvron; grandfather of Mâron the Younger; great grandfather of Mâton
Mâron the Younger = grandson of Mâron the Elder; son of Mâvron; father of Mâton
Mâton = great-grandson of Mâron the Elder; grandson of Mâvron; son of Mâron the Younger; 15 years old at the Battle of Open Springs
Màt Arrôt = in Black dragon form: Tàm Tôrra; most ancient of dragons; thumb claw off of left foreleg cut off by Âdon in the early Dragon Wars; disguised as Fôrfôrumflôra (Black Flower) she seduced Sîerthàlus and bore him three sons, Stuwardlanthàlus, Stelthlanthàlus, and Stefinlanthàlus, whom she later seduced into becoming the Fallen Elves, and mated with to produce Thôrnlânken; Queen Màt Arrôt the Black-Heart; Màt Arrôt of the One Thumb; slain by the halfling Fîgon the Fierce, who sent a diamond into her eye with his sling; a scale off her back serves as Stênger’s shield
Mâvron = son of Mâron the Elder; father of Mâron the Younger; grandfather of Mâton; fought once before with the Elves in the Battle at Shimmring’s Side; now encourages troops at the Battle of Open Springs
Maxindîn the Great = Great Silvermân; Ferloxôlus; Elf-Friend; Master of the Keep; he who drove Rock trôlls from the Chânlênk Mountains; taught Zôrwind, Legerdêmân, Vôlgär dü'Ârant and Barcôgan; great, great, great-grandson of Âdon and Filänêa; great, great-grandson of Lêbdrêk; great-grandson of Lêbdmistlê; grandson of the Magus Gîzer; son of Gâylôrn the Grand; father of Zôrwind
Mefistôfô, Prince of Darkness = called upon to wed Asmadüs and Kittfîr
MêGrêger, Lord = strongest and most influential members of the Old Council, a City Garrison Knight
Mèl Märra = in her Red & Black dragon form: Lèm Arräm; slew Vîtalânêus in the Dragon Wars; Great Red and Black Dragon; Red and Black One; slain by Hêrômer; released from Ardentêal Plane of Hell by Asmadüs; slain a second time by Mîtak
Melêza = Drîäd spice for cooking
Melêza falcon = see: falcon, Melêza
Mengalus = but seven and eighty seasons in the Forest when he died in the Goblin Wars
Mèrak = son of Legerdêmân and Mèrêmer; nephew of Argôn; brother of Mîtak
Mèrêmer = sister of Argôn, who wed her to Legerdêmân; mother of Mîtak and Mèrak; killed by Vôlgär dü’Ârant
Mèrêmith = (half elf or half Drîäd with green eyes); took the name Mithlindlêon when she married the Hîànthelus’s younger brother, whose name was forbidden to be spoken after she died giving birth to Delfin; first-born daughter of Champêan and Arquâvêa
mêrthwood = elvan furniture fashioned of living wood
Mèt Lärra = in her Green dragon form: Tèm Arräl; killed by the valiant halfling Gôbô, whose skin was used on the grip of Rüneglaive
Mèv Kôrra = in her Yellow dragon form: Vèm Arrôk
Middle Hold = see: Castle Nodrêôf
Midautumn = moonth in the middle of autumn, see: Languages - moonths
Midspring = moonth in the middle of spring, see: Languages - moonths
Midsummer = moonth in the middle of summer, see: Languages - moonths
Midwinter = moonth in the middle of winter, see: Languages - moonths
Mirror of Time = Antedîluvêan looks into the Mirror of Time and sees his own reflection: A’ü’ca’yth
Mistdündus-RÔN = see: Sorcerer's-Bane
Mîtak = son of Legerdêmân and Mèrêmer; nephew of Argôn (on his mother’s side); brother of Mèrak; descended of Hêrômer; protagonist; Little Mouse; as king his insignia bears the white Arquâvêan Steed and the White Tower with a long white claymore above them; rides Fleet
Mith = old Homeguardsman loyal to Kittfîr; grandfather of Thim
Mithlindlêon = see: Mèrêmith
Mithtimbrâlôrnî = see: Hidden Wood
mitzitz = tiny bird which summers in Esterêa
moonth = men count the moonths from full moon to full; High elves from new moon to new; within text, days accounted under elvan reckoning; dwarvan: first quarter; phases: new moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, last quarter, waning crescent
Môrêsana = Sea hag who enchanted and seduced Harbôr
Morning Star = see: Fîlô
Muldêcroptüs = many-headed hydra killed by Barcôgan in Northerlands, who’s lair contained the spell book containing Dragon’s Bane Spell; first released by the Low Dwarves as they mined the Krükzik Shaft, causing them to abandon Stone Castle and make Feldsfär their only kingdom; held at bay by the Fallen as the last of the black gold mother load was mined
Mythvôcalrê Regaerêindil, Lê = see: Stone Wall
Nâdôr = see: Krispins of Nâdôr
Nameless One = see: Gods/Pentatics/Nameless One
När Vêgên = small human village to the north of Theringôr Vale
Nàser = lands in and surrounding the Nàser Rain Forest; home to dark-skinned men, bare except for a tiny loincloth in front, who wear yellow clay in their hair and bones about their necks; bounded on the north by the Chânlênk Mountains, on the west by the Northern Vanderlants, and the south by the northern Fôrging Mountains; Hill trôlls banished to lands east of the Nàser by Maxindîn
Nàser Rain Forest = where the tree apes of the Northerlands are found; men from the Nàser go bare-skinned except for a tiny loincloth in front; northernmost Northerland Territory beyond both the Wilderness of Têrn and Nôrsmôr
Nàser River = flows west to east through the heart of the Nàser Rain Forest
Nêdra, Queen = first wife of King Jôran of Arquâvêa; Lady of the Keep; mother of Princess Kittfîr
Nemesis-Crusher = THARAG-DARIC; dwarvan mace from the bag of holding; will return to wielder hand if dropped by verbal command
nepenthe of ambrosia = ambrosia; a highly addictive narcotic elixir made from a fungus called, ghoul’s guts, which is cultured by ghouledans on the ambrômît deposits deep in the Flâmstôn Mines and is then harvested by them to ferment into the elixir
Newlands = east even of Sprê Chî-Hô Vänna; where the Elder Elves sailed to and now dwell
Nexter, General = power-hungry head of the Royal Arquâvêan Army
NHÂGÔRÄTH = see: Chî-Hô Vänna
Nodrêôf = kingdom of Nodrêôf—a Southerland empire that lies along the Shimmring north of Arquâvêa; Nodrêôfêan; the House of Nodrêôf; one of the Four Houses of Man; descended from Ôtô, son of Ôrôrêk; one of the Four Middle Kingdoms of Man; home of Prince Asmadüs; both the city proper and the island castle share that same name
Royal Nodrêôfêan Insignia: a dark-blue crest with a pair of red lions rampant against a shield of yellow, with the Black Star of Nodrêôf in the center
Nodrêôfêan Insignia: worn by the ôgre guards, with its two red lions rampant against a yellow shield, the same as the Royal Nodrêôfêan Insignia, except that at the center of this escutcheon was a picture of Stênger’s Displacer beast helmet, instead of the Black Star of Nodrêôf
city of Nodrêôf: walled city on the shores of the Shimmring River with a stone citadel at the back, separated by a mote comprised of a western section of the river; city proper; city walls; city gates; cobblestone streets
Castle Nodrêôf: DHÔNGÔRÄTH (black + fortress); the Dark Keep; the Black Castle; the Middle Hold (to the Elves); inner and outer walls; an island castle built of black stone on a motte in the middle of the Shimmring River, with red tile roofs; linked to the walled city proper, from the heavy rusted city gate to the walled castle gate with its iron portcullis, by a single, sturdy, wooden drawbridge; ringed by a great outer wall of roughly hewn stone, equal in height to the city wall, in some places rising directly out of the watery moat to tower four to five fathoms high; a few small buildings and shops are housed within the bailey; the inner wall is higher than the outer, and rings the castle proper at the back of the island, which is built of the same black stone, but smoothed and polished to a fine luster; arched, flying walkways and buttresses; stone ghouls and marble gargoyles; originally called: the Dark Keep, which was first built at the beginning of the Age of Architecture, around 950 years ago, and then re-built about 750 years later and renamed Castle Nodrêôf; Dungeons of Nodrêôf
NHÔRIN-BHÜRR = see: Bone-Cleaver
Nôrsmôr = home of Nôrsmôrêans or berserkers, Northerland giants who stand seven and eight feet tall, all with blond hair, great mustaches, and braided beards worn in woven tails and grown long as a symbol of their manhood; Northern Tribesmen; descendants of Asarê; their houses split today into warring clans, and their sects splintered into factions; there still remains an heir to the House of Lêbdrêk; southernmost territory in the Northerland Territories
Northerlands = Northerland; Northerlander; Northerlanders
= see also: Four Lands/Northerland Territories
Northern Gates = see: Evertree Gates
Northern Hold = see: Arquâvêa’s Keep
Northern Pass = Lê Vondä Caderäs; Tâmen Pass; south-east of Azgôräth
Northerland Territories = area or territories in the Northerlands which includes Nôrsmôr, the southern territory, the Wilderness of Têrn in the middle, and the Nàser in the far north
Northern Tribesmen = see: Nôrsmôrêans
Northern Vanderlants = see: Vanderlant Mountains
Ôdon the White = descendant of Ôrô who first built the White Tower of Arquâvêa
ôgre = Asmadüs uses them for henchmen; the Ôgrêan Tongue of Glügscrak; purple eyes; thick, pink-red blood; Ôgre Army, Kizkarathêan ôgres w/ scimitars; Westerland ôgres w/ gisarmés
Ôkenfôrd Fields = sight of a great battle between Asarê and her allies, and Nodrêôf and the Vôc Tôr in the Nodrêôfêan War
Ôkwood Forest = the Ôkwood; Eastern Ôkwood Forest; Mîtak’s homeland; Ôkwoodlander; original Chî-Hô Vänna homeland of the Chî-Hô Vännêan Elves
Ôkwood Treewall = treewall similar to the Evertree Treewall in Esterêa only comprised of magical oak trees
Old Maid = Ann’s Royal Arquâvêan Steed
Old Man Sticks = friend of Legerdêmân; former wizard; married to Lêôna-Lâ (Twigs)
One, The = see: Gods/Pentatics/Nameless One
One Father = see: Plîfêrlon
Open Springs = townsfolk called “Springers;” small dukedom beholden to the king of Arquâvêa under Duke Ôrnvelt
Ôper = city near mouth of the Glimmer River; House of Ôper; one of the Four Houses of Man; descended from Ôzô, son of Ôrôrêk; one of the Four Middle Kingdoms of Man; exporters of dried fish and Margery stones; citadel is high on the bluffs overlooking the port; VHÂGÔRÄTH (high + fortress)
ôrc, Common = Lesser ôrcs; Ôrcêan Race; created by the Nameless One to harry men
ôrc, Rock = Greater ôrcs; created by the Nameless One from Her spittle and the bones of the world, to harry the Elder Elves
Ôrcüs = cast down from fiery throne by the Magus Gîzer; Overlord of the Undead
Ôrnvelt, Duke = Duke of Open Springs beholden to King Jôran
Ôrô = first son and heir of Ôrôrêk; progenitor of Champêan and the House of Arquâvêa
Ôrôrêk of the Four Houses = (last + child); 12th child of Câthenrêk, and his first son; the Four Sons of Ôrôrêk, Ôrô, Ôtô, Ôsô, and Ôzô, shared sovereignty of the Forgotten Realm; progenitor of the Four Houses of Man; fell at the Last Stand in the Final Battle
Ôsô = third son and heir of Ôrôrêk; progenitor of the House of Henderm
Ôtô = second son and heir of Ôrôrêk; progenitor of the House of Nodrêôf
Ôzô = fourth son and heir of Ôrôrêk; progenitor of the House of Ôper
Pain-Giver = GROSH-GÔR; mighty halberd belonging to Sherük the ruffian
Palace Gardens = see: Esterêa/blue rose bush
Päntän Oasis = in the Andrêan Desert; Êyâ Läna Âyâ, meaning “Life Amidst Death”
Pîer, King = current king of Nodrêôf; father of princes Asmadüs and Dîâvid; husband of Queen Têendrâ
pixie, Sea = play in the surf along enchanted shores
Planes of Existence, Twelve = created by the Lêbdlôrêan; separated from the Void by the Astronomical Barriers
- three Terrestrêal:
Sômâzêon Plane of Existence [two suns & three yellow moons, suns never set]
Earthal Plane of Existence [the world of Indrêl]
Tranquil Plane of Existence [the Plane of Tranquility]
- three Astrêal:
Ætherêal Plane of Existence [where käs go after death]
Dêital Plane of Existence [first home of the Prime Gods]
Aerial Plane of Existence
- three Aquêal:
Aqueous Plane of Existence
Fluidêal Plane of Existence
Alluvêal Plane of Existence
- three Ardentêal: (the Abyss of Ardentêa)
Upper Ardentêa
Fiery Plane of Existence
Lower Ardentêa [domain of Gräthlêer, demimonsters, and banished dragons]
Planes of Vôlca, the = where the Final Battle was waged in the Dragon Wars
Plîfêrlon First-Born = (destiny + beardless); Elder elf; the One Father; only one of the Elder Elves yet remaining in Indrêl; sailed a lone ship back to the Southerlands many long ages after departing, to seek out the daughter, Flôralôralâ, whom he had left behind, for his wife, Flôralôralî, had been washed overboard on the crossing to the Newlands. But he could not find them anywhere in the Four Lands; dwells now in Esterêa
Plîfêrêslânêus = (Destiny’s + child); king of Azgôräth; grandson of Âdon and Filänêa; first son of Dlithenrêk; husband of Lêbdlôralâ; father of Âzrôd; grandfather of Dôrêan the Child; progenitor of Dîertôn, the father of Lord Landrôs
Pride = Delfin’s Royal Arquâvêan Steed; mare of Bastion and Basinet
Purple worm = Harbôr is almost eaten by one on his most recent quest with Zôrwind
Qû = see: Barcôgan
Quadratics, the = see: Gods
Quarsänilon First-Born = (gale + beardless); Elder elf; father of Hô Vänn
quasêt = small green imp with yellow horns and spade tail
Quillhâven = small textile village famous for silk tailors; make royal wedding attire; at mouth of the Quillrive (river)
Quillrive, the = river near Quillhâven where Harbôr built a bridge at mouth of it when he was 12
Quindrê Lêbdrêen = (artist [judge + art] first + smith [image + the-one-who-makes]); Elder Elf; first and most skilled elvan smith; taught the Low Dwarves smithery and the finding and mining of ore; forged Sôrenfrê for Vîtalânêus
Quinsônêsêus the Wise, King = (judge + equally + and + fair); Second-Sired of Lênalôrnalon and Lênalôralî (first High elf); husband of Lady Lêblôralî; younger brother of Âgêçêus and elder brother of Châinêsêus Third-Sired; father of first King Ferimus and then of Sîerthàlus Lôrêen; grandfather of Chriskrisâlus and the Three Fallen Elves (through Sîerthàlus); great grandfather of Antônêsêus and Thôrnlânken (through Sîerthàlus); great-great grandfather of Hîànthelus; great-great-great grandfather of Ênglâçêus; First King of the High Elves; king during the Dragon Wars; slayer of the Miser-King Thôrnlânken; took the Jeweled Crown of Stuwardlanthàlus for safekeeping
Radiance = Zôrwind’s winged pegasus
Râfângus the Black-Hearted of Macâdôr = worker of Malevolent Sorcery who invaded the Kâ-Zîer of the Copper Mountains’ lands with his Guard Elite, and put Brêâgôr under his spell in the Battle of Theringôr Vale; later known as Rôgnark Ônix who allied with the Krispins of Nâdôr
Rägnar the Rich, Low King = son of Kägar Khazrôgan; father of Thêzêon; died in the March Of A Million Tears, when the dwarves had been herded to the Flâmstôn Mines like mules
Raspeare = tragedian whose plays were performed in Asarê
Red Tower of New Ôrgdon = donjon type tower rebuilt on the foundation of the White Tower of Arquâvêa after its first overthrow by ghouls in Argôn’s Rüneguard-vision after it is stained with blood by goblins
Redix = dog Twigs likes to tease
Regal Palace = see: Esterêa/blue rose bush
Rendün Ôrath = see: Theringôr Vale
Rêner, Mount = northern boarder of ancient Asarê; above the Glimmer River and the Falls of Thôrgarond
Ring Guard = Low dwarvan guard set aside to protect the Ring of Stefinlanthàlus
Ring of Stefinlanthàlus = black gold (or âchrômêum) ring forged by Stefinlanthàlus; fashioned in the shape of a slender snake swallowing its own tail, with the two bright scarlet rubies for eyes; stolen and wielded by his son, Thôrnlânken, in the Dragon Wars; cut from the finger of Thôrnlânken with NHÔRIN-BHÜRR by Thêzêon and held by the Dwarves until they are betrayed by Galîabrèth and Asmadüs acquires it and uses it to free Mèl Märra from banishment
Rîserêng, Mount = most southerly peak the Fôrging Mountains; blanketed in snow throughout year
River Tâixus = Acid River; Acid River of Death; Ancient River; River Between; River of Death; river separating the Land of the Living from the Lands of the Dead
Roflêer the Ôrc Slayer, Sir = famous Arquâvêan Homeguardsman remembered for single-handedly slaying two and seventy ôrcs at a stand
Rôgnark Ônix = see: Râfângus the Black-Hearted of Macâdôr
Rôt Mountains = where Feldsfär is and home of the Low Dwarf Kingdom; Western Rôts home to Low goblins under Vôlgär dü'Ârant in the Goblin Wars
RÔTGÔRÄTH = see: Asarê
Royal Tombs = see: Asarê/Temples of Asarê/Great Tombs
Rüneglaive, Sword of Heroes = Erig Srêng, Lê Mist Srêng (rüne + sword, the + magic +sword); first wielded by Hêrômer; now by Mîtak; blade smithed by the Low Dwarves; guard from the elves; grip of woven hide from the Green dragon, Tèm Arräl, killed by Gôbô; pommel from Lord Landrôs; sheath from Lord Longsfôrth; on the blade are etched rünes of High Elvan, and symbols: a crouching dragon, the Lidless Eyes, the acorn and the oak, a coat of arms
Rüneguard, Shield of Heroes = Erig Andônêus, Mist Andônêus Dî Prôfêus Antêquwêum; its surface can reflect the future
Rütâküm = (sorrow); see: Legerdêmân
Rütâküm Dî Mâferêtônum, Lê = (the sorrow of White Falls [water + mist]); a song of sorrow of the doomed love between Aqualêna the Nymph of Mâferêtônum (White Falls) and the mortal, Çêlâsêus
Sefentêna = ladywife of King Jôran and Queen Nêdra
Sarêen Swamps = Sarêen Valley; northern homeland of ghouls; Sarêen Swamplands
Scepter of Stelthlanthàlus = black gold (or âchrômêum) wand forged by Stelthlanthàlus; stolen and wielded by his son, Thôrnlânken, in the Dragon Wars; pried from the hand of Thôrnlânken by Âzrôd the Avenger and held by men until Sethtôn uses it in the Apocalypse War, then it is lost
Scintillation River = flowing from northwest to southeast, this great upper fork of the mighty Glimmer River follows the southern borders of Esterêa just beyond the Evertree Treewall to join with the Glimmer just south of the capital city
Sealed Chambers = see: Asarê/Temples of Asarê/Great Tombs
Serêng-Lêb, Lê = see: Keen One
Sethtôn = Sethtôn the Malcontent; Silver and Black Knight; overthrown by his younger brother, Hêrômer, at the Battle of Kentry Plateau; both sons of Lançtôn of Azgôräth, brother of Lord Landrôs; first to master all of the three crafts, in both black and silver magic; wielder of the black gold Scepter of Stelthlanthàlus and user of The Sôrçer, which he stole from Sôrçern, whom he enchanted in a deep lake; wore robes of a large silver and black checkered pattern with a breastplate of polished silver over them, but wore no helmet, nor any additional form of armor; his henchman was Dôgamdüs; rode Bacillüs
Shackle = bargeman on the Glimmer River
Shadow World = see: Lands of the Dead
Shên Valley = Rock ôrcs first banished by Magus Gîzer and return 2000 years later (one hundred years ago); Shênêan
Shênêan River = flows south out of Shên Valley into the Glimmer
Sherük = leader of the Gisarmés; wields a mighty halberd named “GROSH-GÔR” or “Pain-Giver”
Shimmring River = Shimmring River Valley; flows south from Northern Vanderlant Mountains through Western Ôkwood and joins the Upper East Fork to skirt the Andrêan Desert all the way to the Marênêan Ocean just below Henderm; the main river (or Western Fork) joins Eastern Fork, or Little Shimmring, after wild rapids to form a barrier that could not be forded for thirteen leagues south; ten furlongs north of the merger Western Fork flows deep and wide for about half a mile, rapids just south of Nodrêôf; Çindin Mâferêfrê—“Valley of the Clear River”
Shimmring’s Side = not actually a place but refers to the eastern shores of The Shimmring River half way between Nodrêôf and where its Western Fork and Eastern Forks converge
= see also: the Goblin Wars/the Battle at Shimmring’s Side
Shôês = Giant sphinx; one of Skêba’s three sisters
shôkrêst = picture drawn as an aid in a spell
shrêk = ex.: a young Asarêan girl of fifteen who had frozen during the first difficult winter following the Great War
Sîer-Glaive = a sword forged by Sîerthàlus in the heat of the Dî Mandôrêans; one of the Sîers - two glaives of which are Erinsil and Sôrinsil
Sîer-Spear = a spear forged by Sîerthàlus in the heat of the Dî Mandôrêans; one of the Sîers - one spear of which is Mèrak’s Mistdündus-RÔN
Sîers, the = Sîerthàlus Lôrêen created the three crystal Dîmandôrêans and forged in their heat the Sîer-Glaives and Sîer-Spears
Sîerthàlus Lôrêen = (stern + face creator); Great Craftsman; second-son of Quinsônêsêus Second-Sired and Lady Lêblôralî; younger brother of King Ferimus; created the three crystal Dîmandôrêans and forged in their heat the Sîers (Sîer-Glaives and Sîer-Spears); bore by Màt Arrôt as (Fôrfôrumflôra) three sons: Stuwardlanthàlus, Stelthlanthàlus, and Stefinlanthàlus, who in turn slew him at her coaxing; no beard
Silva = Silvan; green forest moon; she or her
Silvâlôralân = Elder Elvan wife of Fîlänlânêô; mother of Filänêa
Silver Warrior = see: Legerdêmân
Silver-Jaw = Golden General’s herald; called Silver-Jaw not primarily because of the gray beard he wore, but because of his keen tongue and the whit of his quick discourse
Silvermân = see: Maxindîn the Great
Six Ancient Kingdoms = Esterêa, Chî-Hô Vänna, Feldsfär, Asarê, Stone Castle, the Forgotten Realm; (three of which are called: the Three Ancient Kingdoms of Man)
Skêba the Ancient = Skêbalês Glindelün; Giant sphinx; last of her kind; sister of Shôês; Daughter of Time; Mistress of Lore; lives in a cave in a hillock southeast of Päntän Oasis; seasons below the stars
Skîward, The = large ancient silver tome of Benevolent Magic; leather spine embossed with gold-leafed rünes
slime, Green = one of the worst verities of slime mold; a gelatinous creature that can sense the vibrations of passers-by, and drop on them from above; if the fungal creature were not immediately scraped off, it would attach itself to exposed skin, and if not amputated, or if the mold had attached itself to the trunk or head, it would quickly consume its victim, and would absorb them into a giant colony of Green slime within hours
Smithsands Oasis = ancient city which was covered up by the moving dunes during a terrible sandstorm 500 years ago - the Black Day
Snôron, General I & Me = ettin sent by Asmadüs to ambush companions near Päntän; his lieutenant is the ettin I & Me Gräktäg
Sômâzêon Plane of Existence = see: Planes of Existence
Sôrçer, The = ancient tome of Malevolent Sorcery
Sorcerer's-Bane = Mistdündus-RÔn; Mèrak’s enchanted spear from Asarê
Sôrçern the Black-Handed = first sorcerer to attain title of Master of All Colors; author of The Sôrçer; taught Sethtôn, who betrayed him by enchanting him in a deep lake and stealing his magic tome; grandson of Lêbdrêk, by his third child, Lêbdlôralâ; cousin of the Magus Gîzer
Sôrenfrê = see: Swiftblade
Sôrinsil = Mèrak’s yellow-aura Sîer-Glaive forged by Sîerthàlus; effective against all forms of flesh, including the undead, even ghouls and zombies
Sôrinthindal = Ambrêella’s father
Southerlands = Southerland; Southerlander; Southerlanders
= see also: Four Lands
Southern Bridge = Lê Verdä Gâl; crosses the Glimmer at one of the lesser gates of the Evermore Forest, the Southern Gates, south of Esterêa
Southern Gates = see: Evertree Gates
Southern Hold = see: Henderm Hold
Southern Pass = Lê Verdä Caderäs; pass near Vanderlant that leads to Päntän Oasis
sphinx, Giant = intelligent monsters of wisdom and folly; children of Iximâlêfactôr
Spindal Lôrêan = see: Storm-Maker
spindilfîer = orange & black bird w/ sleek wings and shrill calls summers in Esterêa
Sprê Chî-Hô Vänna = Chî-Hô Vännêan Elves’ new homeland in the Easterlands
Sprint = see: Bastion
Srêng Frê = Swift-Blade; Mîtak’s magical elvan glaive from Skêba’s lair; weightless
Starêonêçê = High Elvan youth who killed a deer, breaking the law for the first time in 531 years, when Jurgandêa the Arrogant felled an evertree and Argôn asked he be forgiven rather than banished or killed
stars:
Filänêa = Evening Star in Woodelvan
Fîlô = Morning Star in the Common Tongue; brightest of all stars; in constellation the Crown of Lênalôrnalon
Plîdus = stationary “North Star”
Stâv = Hêrômer’s horse; a buckskin
Stefinlanthàlus = (cloudy + night + bearded + face); as a child named Stefinthàlus (cloudy + night + face) before his black beard came in thick as a dwarf; hair as black as pitch; second son of Sîerthàlus Lôrêen; smithed the black gold serpentine Ring of Stefinlanthàlus, which had red ruby eyes, and was bestowed with ancient powers; one of three fathers of Thôrnlânken by Màt Arrôt; one of the Three Fallen Elves; hair as black as pitch
Stelthlanthàlus = (hail + bearded + face); as a child named Stelththàlus (hail + face) before his black beard came in thick as a dwarf; hair as black as pitch; third son of Sîerthàlus; forged the Scepter of Stelthlanthàlus out of âchrômêum, later wielded by Sethtôn; one of three fathers of Thôrnlânken by Màt Arrôt; one of the Three Fallen Elves
Stênger, General = Blue Knight; Blue Lord (to ôgres); ice-blue eyes; 1/4 Drîäd elf on his mother’s, mother’s side, raised among them and used by Asmadüs to help hunt them down
STHÔNGÔRÄTH = see: Stone Castle
Stone Castle = Stone Castle = STHÔNGÔRÄTH (stone + fortress); first Low Dwarf Kingdom Under the Mountain; Dwarves mine as thralls there under the Dragon Lords; where the Fallen Elves forced them to mine black gold in the Krükzik Shaft
Azgôräth = AZGÔRÄTH (empty + fortress); claimed as wergild by Â’Lôrin the Tall, the first human lord of Azgôräth; Dungeons of Azgôräth; Azgôräthêan; one of the Six Ancient Kingdoms and the Three Ancient Kingdoms of Man; people of Azgôräth called, “Lê Drîtêkê,” which is, “the elf-friends;” royal insignia: two white lions facing white crown against purple background; “of that house all wizards come;” entered by Zôrwind and Harbôr a few years ago
Stone Wall = see: Forgotten Realm
Stuwardlanthàlus = (windy + evening + bearded + face); as a child named Stuwardthàlus (windy + evening + face) before his black beard came in thick as a dwarf; hair as black as pitch; first son of Sîerthàlus; smithed the Jeweled Crown of Stuwardlanthàlus—a diadem of black gold; one of three fathers of Thôrnlânken by Màt Arrôt; one of the Three Fallen Elves
stonetrapper = monster that conceals itself like a stone floor and waits in ambush
Storm-Blocker = UURGTHN-KHÜRR; Ambrêella’s long shield; crafted by dwarves as a gift for the High elf king, Quinsônêsêus as reward for his aid during the Dragon Wars
Storm-Maker = Spindal-Lôrêan; bow of Lêbdlânêus Lôrnalon, given to him by Dî Ômond when the World was young
Sun’s World = sunlit world outside of the mines and tunnels of Feldsfär
Swiftblade = Sôrenfrê; blade is ever keen and straight; part of the dowry of Vîtalânêus First-Born for Arquâvêa; forged by Quindrê Lêbdrêen, the first of elvan smiths
Tàk Nôrra = in Blue dragon form: Kàt Arrôn; killed and ate Dlithenlânêus and Câthenlânêus; later slain by Lênalôrnalon
Tàm Tôrra = see: Màt Arrôt
Tâmen Pass = see: Northern Pass
Têendrâ, Queen = wife of King Pîer and mother of Asmadüs and Dîâvid
Tèm Arräl = see: Mèt Lärra
Temples of Asarê = see: Asarê/Temples of Asarê
Temple of the Priests = see: Asarê/Temples of Asarê/Temple of the Priests
Temple of the Priestesses = see: Asarê/Temples of Asarê/Temple of the Priestesses
Thanallgrim = small dukedoms beholden to the king of Arquâvêa; producers of fine wines
Tênum-Bänk = see: Tinbastêan
THARAG-DARIC = see: Nemesis-Crusher
Thêrän, Low King = current Low Dwarf King Under the Mountain in Feldsfär
Theringôr Vale = sight of pitched battle on the plains east of the Chânlênk Mountains known as the Battle of Theringôr Vale; afterwards named Rendün Ôrath - “the Valley of Bloodshed;” where Harbôr slays Brêâgôr
Thêzêon the Vengeful, Low King = son of Rägnar the Rich; grandson of Kägar Khazrôgan, the Dwarf Lord who led the Low Dwarves in revolt against Thôrnlânken at the age of 282; progenitor of Thêrän; hews the little finger off of Thôrnlânken with NHÔRIN-BHÜRR and takes the black gold ring for safekeeping; makes vow with the Brothers Lêbdrêk, Dlithenrêk and Câthenrêk and w/ King Quinsônêsêus
Thim = young Homeguardsman loyal to Kittfîr; grandson of Mith
Thôrnlânken, Miser-King = Thôrnlânken the Thrice Bastard; King of Indrêl; conceived of Màt Arrôt and her sons, the Three Fallen Elves; raised in the Flâmstôn Mines; black eyes; fought in the Dragon Wars against the other dragons, eventually conquering them; slain by Prince Ferimus the Fair in the Final Battle when Fîgon the Fierce brings down Tàm Tôrra and Quinsônêsêus slays her; the Jeweled Crown of Stuwardlanthàlus taken by Quinsônêsêus, the Scepter of Stelthlanthàlus taken by Âzrôd the Avenger, the Ring of Stefinlanthàlus taken by Thêzêon
thräg = mount ridden by Low goblins in battle
Three Ancient Kingdoms of Man = part of the Six Ancient Kingdoms; one each from the Houses of Lêbdrêk, Dlithenrêk, and Câthenrêk; kingdoms were Asarê, Azgôräth, and the Forgotten Realm (which later divided into Arquâvêa, Nodrêôf, Ôper, and Henderm)
Three Fallen Elves = see: Fallen Elves
Three Fathers of Men = Lêbdrêk, Dlithenrêk, and Câthenrêk
Tinbastêan = large black-crowned Melêza falcon whose body Mîtak uses for his Quintessential Projection; later named Tênum-Bänk (little-stone) by Argônthàlus
Timbrâlôrna Tônôkum, Lê = see: Eastern Ôkwood Forest
tôrgamît = from Gôrtôrgerond in the far, far west; larger cousin of the gôrgamîts
Tothlêen Non = in northern Evermore Forest where the snow-melt from the Vanderlants turn giant millstones
träglôdît = trägs
trôll, Hill = race of trôlls banished to the lands west of the Glimmer River by Ferloxôlus 215 years ago
trôll, Rock = worst of the trôll races created by the Nameless One to harry the Elder Elves; capable of regeneration; slimy, green-skinned creatures with hollow gray eyes and long bony fingers; last of them slain by Harbôr, Brêâgôr & Zôrwind
trôll, Tree = mildest breed of trôlls; trade in Päntän Oasis
True Heroes = descendants of Hêrômer, bound by familial oath to serve mankind; True Heroes’ Bloodline
Twigs = Lêôna-Lâ; Old Man Sticks’s cat and wife
tôrgamît = larger, fiercer cousins of the gôrgamîts
unicorn = descended from the First Foaled along with horses
Upper East Fork = see: Shimmring River
Upper Kâgar = see: Kâgar River
Ürgurmath the Loath = see: Grakon
Üthâlêan = see: Pentatics/Nameless One
Ütherêan = see: Pentatics/Dî Ômond
Vàl Arrïn = see: Làv Nïrra
Valamar = author of Valamar’s Approach to Mysticism
Vale of Men = Dale Thânc; valley where the city of Asarê lies; below the Ancient Pass in the Glimmer River Valley
Vale of Kings = Dale Ôrath along the Western Glimmer River; valley where Temples of Asarê rest—Temple of the Priests; Temple of the Priestesses; part of the ancient kingdom of Asarê
Valiant the Brave = see: Bastion
Valley of Bloodshed = see: Theringôr Vale
Vanderlant = city in the heart of the Vanderlant Mountains; half way between Esterêa and Asarê; on the Glimmer River
Vanderlant Mountains = Vanderlants; Lê Çindin Îzen; made to rise up out of the plains and the desert during the Battle of Kentry Plateau; the Eastern Vanderlants east of the Eastern Glimmer, and the Western Vanderlants west of the Western Glimmer River, the Northern Vanderlants between the two; Southern Vanderlants border Esterêa and have, electrum, the rare natural alloy of gold and silver in their rivers beds and streams
Verdä Caderäs, Lê = see: Southern Pass
Verdä Gâl, Lê = see: Southern Bridge
Verdä Serdônêus, Lê = see: Evertree Gates
Vêron = bargeman on the Glimmer River
VHÂGÔRÄTH = see: Ôper
Victôrêan = Champêan’s horse, by whom all Royal Arquâvêan Steeds are descended from five foals by Arquâvêa’s unicorn, Fîlêusfrê
Vîtalânêus Lôrnalon = (bright + child lord + beardless); Elder elf; killed by Lèm Arräm; father of Arquâvêa and father-in-law of Champêan
Vîtalus = the sun; he or his
Vôc Tôr = “Vôc Tôr!” used as a battle cry by the army of the same name
= see also: Golden General
Void = that which is outside of the Planes of Existence
Vôlca = Vôlcan; kingdom built upon foothills of volcanoes northwest of Asarê and Azgôräth; home of the Dragon Lords of Vôlca
Vôlca Mountains = hobgoblins from mines and cities in these mountains
Vôlgär dü’Ârant = Red Knight; killed Mèrêmer, the wife of his nemesis, Legerdêmân, with whom he apprenticed under Maxindîn the Great along with Zôrwind and Barcôgan; Bloody Prince of Ixôr Rêmus (his stronghold on the Shimmring during the Goblin Wars); led two armies of Low goblins, one from Ixôr Rêmus and one from the Western Rôts
Vondä Caderäs, Lê = see: Northern Pass
Vondä Serdônêus, Lê = see: Evertree Gates
War, Apocalypse = Great War; started out as Azgôräthêan civil war; involved Lesser kôbolds, Hill trôlls, Common ôrcs, and the High Goblin Armies under Sethtôn, and under Hêrômer—the armies of Esterêa, Feldsfär, West Quartershîr, the Forgotten Realm, Asarê, and Azgôräth
Battle of Kentry Plateau: Battle of Ancient Magic and Sorcery (Lê Elbereth Ithgôr Mist Ê Mistdündus); where Hêrômer overthrew Sethtôn; both Lords Landrôs and Longsfôrth slain; Krissrôzen laid low during the magical battle; depicted on the ceiling in the Teleportation Chamber in Smithsands; caused the Vanderlant Mountains to rise up out of the plains and desert; fought against the High Goblin Armies
War, Copper = ensued after the Kâ-Zîer of the Copper Mountains’ lands were invaded by Râfângus the Black of Macâdôr; Harbôr and Brêâgôr fight for the Kâ-Zîer
Battle of Theringôr Vale: Harbôr and Brêâgôr are separated and the Kâ-Zîer is slain
War, Devine = ends a thousand years of peace and tranquility, ushering in the Second Devine Epoch
Wars, Dragon = series of champagnes waged by the Dragon Lords of Vôlca to conquer Indrêl
First Dragon War: instigated by the Dragon Lords of Vôlca (aided in secret by Tàm Tôrra); Kägar Khazrôgan slain, Feldsfär overthrown, and the Low Dwarves enslaved; Âdon hews the left thumb claw off the Black Dragon
Second Dragon War: Màt Arrôt and Thôrnlânken lay siege to Esterêa—the Leaguer of Esterêa—which lasts though to the end of the Fourth Dragon War
Third Dragon War: Thôrnlânken turns to the Halflings and overthrows them easily; Drîäd, Elder, and Chî-Hô Vännêan Elves flee the Four Lands
Fourth Dragon War: Second-Sired drawn into the Wars when Low King Thêzêon rises up to reclaim the Dwarf Hoard that Thôrnlânken had stolen
Final Battle: waged upon the Planes of Vôlca, where Quinsônêsêus challenged Tàm Tôrra to come forth to do battle and decide once and for all the outcome of the Dragon Wars
Last Stand: Lênalôrnalon slew Kàt Arrôn; Fîgon the Fierce brought down Màt Arrôt with his sling, where Ferimus cut off her head; Quinsônêsêus slew Thôrnlânken and took his black gold diadem, Thêzêon hewed off his ring, and Âzrôd the Avenger took his scepter; Plîfêrêslânêus slain, and Lêbdmâlânêus, and Ôrôrêk
Wars, Goblin = marks the end of the Fifth Age of Man; Zôrwind, Harbôr & Brêâgôr, Argôn, King Jôran, King Hîànthelus, King Pîer, King Thêrän, and Legerdêmân, collectively called the Fair Races fight four hosts of Low goblins, one from Ixôr Rêmus and one from the Western Rôts (which included Rock trôlls) both led by Vôlgär Dü’Ârant, one from the Upper Kâgar and one from the Wilderness of Têrn (which included Rock trôlls) both led by Barcôgan, collectively called: the Low Goblin Armies or the Fell Armies; King Pîer fights the Southern Battle while King Jôran fights the Northern Battle, joined by Hîànthelus, and Low King Thêrän is engaged in the High Battle; Iron Siege against Nodrêôf broken by Legerdêmân and Royal Arquâvêan Army; Battle at Shimmring’s Side waged against remnants of the Low Goblin Armies, but Vôlgär dü’Ârant and Barcôgan escape before the Sack of Ixôr Rêmus ends the war ; recorded in Zôrwind’s Accounting of The Goblin Wars
Battle at Shimmring’s Side: ended the Goblin Wars; after Nodrêôf had been liberated and the Iron Siege broken by the Royal Arquâvêan Army led by Legerdêmân while King Jôran with his Garrison Knights & Homeguardsmen fought the Northern Battle, aided by Zôrwind’s mercenaries and a conscription of elvan soldiers from Esterêa, drove off the host from Ixôr Rêmus and pursued them to the south, trapping Vôlgär dü’Ârant’s army between the Shimmring River and the returning Nodrêôfêan Army, which had pursued and destroyed Barcôgan’s Low goblins and Rock trôlls from the Upper Kâgar in the Southern Battle
High Battle: Low King Thêrän’s victory over Vôlgär’s goblin and Rock trôll invaders from the Western Rôts, but the Dwarves do not speak of it for they lost more lives to the freezing conditions than to the Goblin Army, after which the Dwarves did not venture forth much
Iron Siege: when King Pîer is led away to the Southern Battle by Barcôgan and his Low Goblin Army from the Upper Kâgar, Nodrêôf is beleaguered by Vôlgär dü’Ârant and his Low Goblin Army from Ixôr Rêmus; broken by Legerdêmân and King Jôran’s Royal Arquâvêan Army
Northern Battle: King Jôran accompanied by only his personal Home Guard and his City Garrison Knights holds off the army of Low goblins and Rock trôlls in the desert northwest of Arquâvêa, sent down from the Wilderness of Têrn by Barcôgan the Betrayer, until Zôrwindarrives with mercenaries, Argônthàlus, Hîànthelus and a conscription of soldiers from Esterêa, then they rout the Low goblins
Sack of Ixôr Rêmus: Vôlgär dü’Ârant and Barcôgan escape to Ixôr Rêmus with 200 goblins and trôlls; Kings Pîer, Jôran, and Hîànthelus overrun the fortress with the aid of Legerdêmân and Zôrwind
Southern Battle: King Pîer is lured south to where the Little Shimmring joins the Western Fork where his army routs Barcôgan and his Low Goblin Army from the Upper Kâgar before driving their remaining troops back north to meet Vôlgär’s Low Goblin Army from Ixôr Rêmus fleeing from King Jôran, Zôrwind, Hîànthelus and Legerdêmân in The Battle at Shimmring’s Side
War, Nodrêôfêan = War of the Tomes; Last War; Asmadüs leads army of ôgres against Arquâvêa
General Nexter’s Arquâvêan Army four maniples strong (700 hire-thanes) 350 slain in Battle of Ôkenfôrd Fields
Lord MêGrêger’s City Garrison Knights form a regiment (500) one full battalion [80] slain in Battle of Ôkenfôrd Fields
Captain Ângêus over the Home Guard 400 strong (100 slain in Battle of Ôkenfôrd Fields)
Duke Ôrnvelt had 20 vassals and Mèrak 30 men,
Hîànthelus (one regiment of two battalions) lost 147 of 500 at Open Springs and 23 more on the Ôkenfôrd Fields
Vôc Tôr and their allies:
General Crôger had 1 legion (6 thousand) Kizkarathêan ôgres w/ scimitars
Nodrêôf had 1 legion (1 thousand strong) Westerland ôgres w/ gisarmés
1 legion (2000) tôrgamîts, 1 legion (5000+) hobgoblins, 500 ghouls
vast army of Common ôrcs from the south (2000)
Rock ôrcs of Bristen (1000) of Shên Valley (1500)
War of the Tomes = see: Nodrêôfêan War
Wâwin = brave elvan soldier bandaged by Kittfîr and Ambrêella
Wendelêen Dî Lôrinlîê = see: Princess Kittfîr
West Quartershîr = where Argôn hails from; in Northerland Territories; home of the halflings
Western Fork = see: Shimmring River
Western Gates = see: Evertree Gates
Western Rôts = see: Rôt Mountains
Westerlands = Westerland; Westerlander; Westerlanders; Westerland Ôgres;
= see also: Four Lands
Wharf = bargeman on the Glimmer River
White Falls = Mâferêtônum (water + mist); near Ambrêella’s home; the Nymph of Mâferêtônum
widow-maker = tiny shiny-black spider sent to Esterêa by Tàm Tôrra, the bite of which was lethal even to the First-Born, and the first of their race to perish did so by its venom—Lênalôralî
Wilderness of Têrn = territory between Nôrsmôr and the Nàser Rain Forests; one of the Northerland Territories; one of the armies of Low goblins under Barcôgan in the Goblin Wars hail from here
Wise Mother = see: Gods/Pentatics/Arxê
wishstone = small stones enchanted with the power to grant any wish; often little gray stones like the three Mîtak and Mèrak find
Wîzen = counselor to the High King of Esterêa, such as Argônthàlus is for Hîànthelus; lifetime appointment
worm, Purple = a worm-like creature large enough to swallow a man whole; Harbôr almost eaten by one once on a quest with Zôrwind; not related to dragons, which are sometimes called worms
Ximâlêfactôr = changed to: Iximâlêfactôr—see: Pentatics/Nameless One
years 2567 equals:
Men—years in the World (y.w.)—two-of-thousands-five-of-hundreds-sixty-and-seven
Dwarves—years under the Mountain (y.u.m.)—two-of-thousands-seven-and-sixty-and-five-of-hundreds
Elves—aged xxx seasons in the Forest (s.f.)—two-of-thousands-five-of-hundreds-three-score-and-seven
Dragons—years having burned (y.h.b.)—two-of-thousands-five-of-hundreds-three-score-and-seven
Sphinxes—cycles below the stars (c.b.s)—of millenary cycles – two have I seen, of centennial cycles – five more, of decennial cycles – five more, and of perennial cycles – seven more
Ÿth = see: Gods/Quadratics
Ÿthâlêan = see: Gods/Pentatics/Arxê
zombie = undead creature
Zôrwind = Mistfôrum Zôrwindus; Mistfôrum Sagacious; Zôrwindus Sagacious; Zôrwind the Young; Master of the Keep; Zôrwind the Silver (formerly Zôrwind the Plaid), when he works Benevolent Magic in his silver robes; Zôrwind Dark-Magus, when he works the Dark Arts; ZÔTÔR (wise + lord), to the Dwarves; apprenticed under Maxindîn the Great with Legerdêmân, Vôlgär dü'Ârant, and Barcôgan; fought in and wrote a history of the Goblin Wars—Zôrwind’s Accounting of the Goblin Wars; great; great, great, great-grandson of Âdon and Filänêa; great; great, great-grandson of Lêbdrêk; great, great-grandson of Lêbdmistlê; great-grandson of the Magus Gîzer; grandson of Gâylôrn the Grand; son of Maxindîn; hair silver-white as crystalline snow; of the House of Lêbdrêk
Zôrwind’s Accounting of the Goblin Wars = history of the Goblin Wars set down by Zôrwind the Young
ZÔTÔR = see: Zôrwind