Shadowheart (122 page)

Beck stared. He touched his own face as if unable to believe both he and Southmarch could exist at the same moment in the same place, then let out a whoop of delight and began a clumsy dance in the middle of the Coast Road. Two more deer, a doe and a fawn, sprang from the underbrush and bounded away into the depths of the woods, terrified by the disheveled man’s capering.

“Praise the gods!” Beck shouted, tears streaming down his cheeks. “Praise all the gods! I’m back! I’m
home!”

And then he dropped down to his hands and knees and kissed the ground over and over before he rose, still loudly thanking Heaven, and trotted off in the direction that would at last lead him again to Helmingsea and his family.

Adis—true name of Merolanna’s son

Aesi‘uah—chief eremite to Lady Yasammez

A‘lat—a priest, servant of the Autarch

Akutrir—a Qar warror of the Unforgiven tribe

Androphagas—legendary monster, half-bull, half-serpent

Aristas—mentor of Adis, the Orphan

Avros—aka Little Avros, a Temple Dog

Aylan—Sulepis’ great-grandfather

Beetlewing—a Rooftopper, Beetledown’s father

Benaridas—a mercenary killed at Kleaswell market

Benediktos—Anissa’s father, monarch of Devonis

Black Noszh-lah—Funderling version of Immon

Blackspine—Trickster

Bluedeeps—in the icy northern part of Qar lands

Buckle—a Summerfield guard

Calomel—Cinnabar and Vermilion Quicksilver’s son

Chaffy—one of Brone’s hired men

Cheshret and Tusiya—Qinnitan’s parents

Chrysolite—a Funderling warder

Corundrum—a Funderling engineer

Dard, aka Dard the Jar—Hierosoline merchant

Dawet dan-Faar—envoy from Hierosol, late of Tuan

Dawn Flower—a Qar name for Zoria, mother of Kupilas

Dolomite—a Funderling, Jasper’s lieutenant

Dordom—Parnad’s oldest son

Duke Kaske of the Unforgiven—a Qar war leader

Duke of Veryon—a Syannese historical figure

Ekkadar—leader of the Qar at Kleaswell Market

Flightless—a Trickster Qar, son of Greenjay

Flowstone—a Metamorphic Brother

Gerasimos—Trigonarch who rejected Hypnologues

Gennadas—a Syannese knight

Gorhan—Tulim’s uncle

Gunis—a Nushash priest with the Autarch’s army

Hereddin—Xixian tactician, writer

Hypnologues—AKA “Hypnologoi”, a heretic sect

Ice Ettins—one of the types of Ettins

Idite dan-Mozan—widow of Effir dan-Mozan

Jackdaw—a Qar, a Trickster

Karisnovois—Rooftopper name for Kernios

Kayne, Prince—Queen Lily’s son who died young

Kelonesos—famous sea monster

Kernios Olognothas—the Earth Lord as All-Seeing

Kersus—Xixian tactician, writer

Khau-Yisti—Yisti (Funderling-type Qar) bred by Autarchs

Khobana the Wolf—a murderess and prisoner

Kioy-a-pous—Skimmer name for Crooked

Kirgaz—one of young Tulim’s royal brothers

Kymon—a viscount of a county on the Syannese border

Leekstone—Opal’s maiden name

Longscratch—Trickster

Mackel—Skimmer, Rafe’s father

Mawra the Breathless—a Qar

Mehnad—a prince of Xis

Mihannid Blue Kings—ancient Xandian dynasty

Miron—Lord Helkis’ given name

Morna—goddess of winter, victim of Zosim

Moros—treacherous servant of Adis

Moseffir—a Dan-Mozan grandchild

Mountain Korbols—a tribe of Qar

Okhuz—Xixian name for Volios the god of war

Okros Dioketian—a physician,

Osias—Tyrant of Hierosol during the Orphan’s time

Oyler—one of Brone’s pages

Paka—a Xixian soldier

Parak—former autarch of Xis, Sulepis’ grandfather, Parnad’s father

Pardstone Jasper, the last Funderling who had regularly contributed to the wide conversation of scholars

Pebble Jasper—wife of Wardthane Sledge Jasper

Perch—one of Brone’s hired men

Phayallos—famous scholar

Pirilab—Xixian historian

Pyarin—Skimmer name for Perin

Rhantys of Kalebria—a scholar, author of “
The Agony of Truth Foresworn
”

Riddletongue—a Trickster

Salt Nitre—nephew of Ash

Selia ei’Dicte—Anissa’s maid’s real name

Shadow’s Cauldron—an Elemental

Silvergleam—a Qar name for Khors the moon god, father of Kupilas

Singscrape—a Deep Ettin, Hammerfoot’s son

Skollas—a historical dictator of Hierosol

Sorykidons—residents of Sorykos who claimed the Orphan had been born there

Spelter—a drow, related to Funderlings

Stephanas, Sir—a knight, one of Eneas’ Temple Dogs

Sunset Pearl, aka Urayanu—aka She of the Strengthening Touch—Qar healer

Tirnan Havemore—Castellan under Hendon Tolly

Tulim—twenty-third in the line of succession

Tyron—famous Kracian bard and poet

Ultin—a prince of Xis

Unforgiven—a tribe of manlike Qar

Upsteeplebat—Queen of the Rooftoppers of Southmarch

Uwin—priest who replaced Father Timoid

Vasil Zeru—White Hounds quartermaster

Volofon—a mercenary from Ikarta in Krace

Weasel—one of the Temple Dog scouts

Whitewound—Ettin clan from Bluedeeps

Willow—A pixilated girl

Xergal—Xixian name for Kernios

Ximander—famous scholar

Xosh—Xixian name for Khors

Xyllos—a sea monster

Yermun—Xixian name for Immon the Gatekeeper

Zoaz—Xixian god, groom of the solar chariot

Ancestor’s Blood—Qar name for the Sea in the Depths

Anglin Parlor—Hendon Tolly’s temporary throne room

Argas River Valley—in southern Silverside

Blue Lamp Quarter—a district of Xis

Brewer’s Store Cavern—a cavern between the temple and Funderling Town

Cavern of Winds—a series of connected chambers in the Funderling Mysteries

Counting Room—a large cavern underneath Southmarch

Crying Hill—site of a famous battle between Qar and Dreamless

Dunletter—a town in the hills of Brenland

Frannac—Connordic island

Gem Street—the main processional in Funderling Town

Glittering Delights—Qar name for Sandsilver’s Dancing Room

Grasshill Bridge—in mainland Southmarch

Great Delve—a large Stormstone tunnel leading under Brenn’s Bay to the mainland

Initiation Hall—the center of the Maze

Iron Reach—passage above the Metamorphic Brothers temple

Kalebria—a southern city, once part of Syannese empire

King’s South Cabinet—a room connected to the Erivor Chapel

Lake Strivothos—a huge inland sea in southern Eion

Last Hour of the Ancestor—Qar name for Southmarch Castle, esp. the deepest parts

Last Reach—a tunnel complex in the Funderling Mysteries

Millwheel Road—a major road that runs into the Coast Road near Southmarch Castle

Moonless Reach, a long, lightless cavern complex below Funderling Town

Mudstone Reach—another cavern system beneath Funderling Town

Ocher Bar—a clay pit near Iron Reach

Ocsa—Connordic island

Old Baryte Span—a series of tunnels off the Great Delve

On. Krisanthe—a Trigonate temple in mainland Southmarch

Onir Beccan—a town in Blueshore on the edge of Brenn’s Bay

Potmis Bridge—scene of a famous Syannese military defeat

Prince Kayne Library—in the royal residence at Southmarch

Revelation Hall—the last chamber of the Maze before the Balcony over the Sea in the Depths

Sandsilver’s Dancing Room—a large cavern near the Metamorphic Brothers Temple

Sharm—Connordic island

Shoremarket—a square in mainland Southmarch

Silver River Road—a main road through Kertewall and Silverside

Skean Egye-Var—Skimmer’s name for M’Helan’s Rock

Sycamore Tower—the tallest tower in the Orchard Palace

Stefanian Hills—hills between Brenland and Summerfield

Tessideme—name for Tessis when it was a village

Vale of Aulas—a forested stretch between Oscastle and Southmarch

Weeping Staircase—part of Qul-na-Qar

White Bank Road—a road near the lagoon in the Outer Keep of Southmarch

Xan-Horem mountains—Xixian mountains

Yenidos Mountains—Xixian mountain range

A Diversitie of Truthfull Thinges—a book by Ximandros Tetramakos.

a-recking—toward the right side

Always Fire—the force that created the Book of the Fire in the Void

Askorab—AKA “skorpa” AKA “seliqet”: scorpion

Chastiser—Hammerfoot’s war ax

Day of Fires—Midsummer’s Eve in Xis

Day of Smoke—Midsummer’s Day in Xis

Ghostmaker—a Xandian knife

guruodir—heavy Funderling stabbing-spears with broad iron spearheads and shafts of oak

Hormos—a country dance in March Kingdoms

Kinwar—the Qar re-invasion of Southmarch

meadowqueen—a wildflower

Muckle Brown—a flittermouse, bat

Mykomel—AKA “mushroom jack”, a Funderling liquor

Royal Spindle Shell—one of the Rooftopper’s sacred artifacts

Sea Postern—a gate that the Skimmers use to slip in and out between Southmarch harbor and Brenn’s Bay

Sealskin—the name of Rafe’s boat

seliqet—Qar word for scorpion

Seven Gray Birds—a constellation and a group of semi-mythical Qar prophetesses

Third Hierarchical Conclave—a famous Trigonate religious council

Torvionos—a southern dance popular at the Southmarch court

Ul-Ushya Festival—important Xixian yearly celebration

Yah’stah’s Eye—a Qar name for a star

 

PERIN the god of the sky and Thane of Lightnings is called
Argal
by the Xixians,
Cloudwalker
,
Skylord
, and
Thunder
by the Qar,
Hand of the Sky
or
Lord of the Peaks
by the Rooftoppers, and
Pyarin
by the Skimmers.

ERIVOR the god of the waters is called
Eshervat
in the south of Xand,
Efiyal
by the Xixians,
Egye-Var
by the Skimmer-folk, and
Ocean
by the Qar.

KERNIOS the lord of the underworld is named
Xergal
by the Xixians,
Black Earth
by the Qar, and
Karisnovois
by the Rooftoppers.

Together, Perin, Erivor, and Kernios are known as the Trigon, the Three, the Brothers, or the Three Brothers.

DEVONA, goddess of the forest, called
Devona of the Harp

ERILO, god of the harvest, which is why the Qar name him
Harvest
.

HILIOMETES the mighty demigod is sometimes called (or confused with) Melarkh, hero of the Xixians.

HONNOS the god of travelers is called
Yunas
by the Xixians and
Red Stag
by the Qar.

IMMON the Gatekeeper of Kernios is called
Yermun
among the Xixians and
Black Noszh-La
by the Funderlings of Southmarch.

KHORS the first god of the moon, named
Xosh
by the Xixians and
Silvergleam
by the Qar.

KUPILAS the Artificer, god of healing and making and smithing, is called
Crooked
by the Qar,
Habbili
by the heathens of Xis, and
Kioy-a-pous
by the Skimmers.

MADI ONYENA, mother of Zmeos, Khors, and Zuriyal, called Ugeni by the Xixians;
Umdi Onajena
by others of the southern lands, and Bird
Mother
or
Breeze
by the Qar.

MADI SURAZEM, mother of the Three Brothers, called
Shusayem
in Xis and
Moisture
by the immortal Qar.

MESIYA the goddess of the moon and first wife of Kernios, called
Nenizu
by the Xixians.

SIVEDA is the goddess of the night.

STRIVOS the god of the wind is sometimes called
Invisible
by the Qar.

SVA, the grandmother of the gods, is named
Void
by the Qar and
Zha
among the Xixians.

SVEROS the father of the gods, called
Twilight
by the Qar and
Zhafaris
in Xis.

VOLIOS, god of war, known as
Volios of the Measureless Grip
or
Volos Longbeard
is named
Okhuz
by the Xixians and
Bull
by the Qar.

ZMEOS the Horned Serpent, the Great Enemy, called
Nushash
by the Xixians and
Whitefire
by the Qar. His sword was also named Whitefire. (In the pagan rites of the Xixians, Zmeos stole and married Zoria to begin the Godwar, not his brother Khors, as our faith teaches.)

ZO, grandfather of the gods, is called
Light
by the Qar and
Tso
by the Xixians

ZORIA the daughter of Perin, mother of Kupilas, and later the wife of Kernios is called
Suya
by the Xixians and
Pale Daughte
r,
Dove
,
Dawnflower
, or
Almond Blossom
by the Twilight Folk, or Qar.

ZOSIM the god of crossroads, poets, thieves, and drunkards, called
Salamandros
in his aspect as a fire god,
Shoshem
by the Xixians and
Trickster
by the Twilight Folk.