In Legend Born (108 page)

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Authors: Laura Resnick

Tags: #Fiction, #Fantasy Fiction, #Epic, #General, #Fantasy

Abayara:
the first moon

Adalian:
Sileria's southern port city, famous for its Temple Market

Alizar:
Sileria's rich diamond mines

Amalidar Mountains:
a western mountain chain which includes many sites where the
shallah
rebels are active

Belitar:
Baran's home

Britar:
a
shallah
village; there's a Valdani fortress north of Britar

Cavasar:
Sileria's western port city

Chandar:
the village nearest to the sacred caves of Dalishar

Dalishar Caves:
a remote, sacred site on Mount Dalishar in western Sileria, the caves become a rebel base

Mount Darshon:
this massive, snow-capped, active volcano in eastern Sileria is the home of Dar, the destroyer goddess

Ejara:
the second moon

Emeldar:
Josarian's native village, in western Sileria

Gamalan:
Tansen's native village, in eastern Sileria

Garabar:
a mountain and also the name of a town in western Sileria

Golnar:
a village in western Sileria

Great Northern Desert:
north of Valdania

Idalar River:
this river, which is the primary water supply for Shaljir, has been fought over for years by Kiloran and Baran

Illan:
a town on the Idalar River

Islanar:
a town in western Sileria

Lake Kandahar:
the site of Kiloran's home—which has long been a closely guarded secret

Kashala:
a Kintish port city

Kintish Kingdoms:
a loose association of states on the mainland east of Sileria

Kinto:
the founding state of the Kintish Kingdoms, and the state in which the Palace of Heaven is located

Liron:
Sileria's eastern coastal city, perched on the sacred rainbow-chalk cliffs of Liron

Malthenar:
a western
shallah
village which becomes infamous as the site of a massacre

Middle Sea:
the inland sea that surrounds Sileria

Mount Niran:
Guardians camp in ancient painted caves above the gossamer forests on this mountain in western Sileria

Moorlands:
a large mainland region inhabited by perpetually warring tribes, located west of Sileria

Mount Orlenar:
Josarian's uncle stables some sheep in an abandoned Kintish shrine here; this is where Tansen and Josarian meet for the first time

Orban Pass:
a hard day's ride from Cavasar, this where Josarian first killed Outlookers and became an outlaw; the pass leads from the coast to the Amalidar Mountains

Otherworld:
the place of the afterlife in traditional Silerian religion

Palace of Heaven:
the central seat of power in the Kintish Kingdoms, home of the Kintish High King

Santorell Palace:
located in Shaljir, this is the seat of power in Sileria

Santorell Square:
a public square in Shaljir, overlooked by Santorell Palace

Shaljir:
the capital of Sileria

Sileria:
a mountainous island nation in the Middle Sea; conquered 1,000 years ago by the Moorlanders; invaded eight centuries ago by the Kintish Kingdoms when the Moorlanders pulled out; seized from the Kints two centuries ago by the expanding Empire of Valda in their wars of conquest, and now still ruled by the Valdani

Sirinakara River:
the vast mainland river that flows north into the Middle Sea

Lake Ursan:
located in western Sileria

Valda/Valdania:
capital city/empire, on the mainland north of Sileria

Zilar:
wealthy town in northern Sileria, home of a famous gold-tiled Kintish temple

Zilar River:
a tributary of the Shaljir River

About the Author

Laura Resnick is the author of many books, short stories, articles, and columns. Her Esther Diamond urban fantasy series, which features the supernatural misadventures of a struggling actress in New York, has received enthusiastic praise from
Library Journal
and
Publishers Weekly
. The author's epic fantasy novels include
In Legend Born
,
The White Dragon
, which made several "Year's Best" lists, and
The Destroyer Goddess
, which
Publishers Weekly
describes as "a marvel of storytelling."

Before she began writing fantasy, Resnick was the award-wining author of fourteen contemporary romance novels (which she wrote under the pseudonym Laura Leone). Her romance novel
Fallen From Grace
was a Rita Award finalist and has been listed by DearAuthor.com as one of the best 100 novels in the genre.

A longtime opinion columnist, Resnick's book
Rejection, Romance, and Royalties: The Wacky World of a Working Writer
is a collection of her previous essays about the writing life and the publishing industry.

You can find her on the Web at:
www.LauraResnick.com
.