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Authors: Stephen R. Donaldson

Rites of Unfettering:
the ceremony of becoming Unfettered

Ritual of Desecration, the:
act of despair by which High Lord Kevin destroyed the Old Lords and ruined most of the Land

Rivenrock:
deep cleft splitting
Melenkurion
Skyweir and its plateau; there the Black River enters Garroting Deep

River Landrider, the:
a river of the Land, partial border of the Plains of Ra

Riversward:
a region north of the Soulsease River

Rockbrother:
Swordmainnir name for Stave

Rockbrother, Rocksister:
terms of affection between humans and Giants

rocklight:
light emitted by glowing stone

roge Befylam
:
Cavewight-form of the
jheherrin

Rohnhyn:
a Ranyhyn; mount of Bhapa after Whrany’s death

Roveheartswind, the:
the
Questsimoon

Rue:
a Manethrall of the Ramen, formerly named Gay

Ruel:
a Bloodguard, assigned to Hile Troy

Ruinwash, the:
name of the River Landrider on the Lower Land

rukh
:
iron talisman by which a Rider wields the power of the Sunbane

Runnik:
a Bloodguard

Rustah:
a Cord of the Ramen

Sablehair Foamheart:
a Giant, also called Filigree; mate of Soar Gladbirth; mother of Exalt Widenedworld

sacred enclosure:
Vespers-hall at Revelstone; later the site of the Banefire

Sahah:
a Cord of the Ramen

Saltheart Foamfollower:
a Giant, friend of Thomas Covenant

Saltroamrest:
bunk hold for the crew in a Giantship

Salttooth:
jutting rock in the harbor of the Giants’ Home

Salva Gildenbourne:
forest surrounding the Hills of Andelain; begun by Sunder and Hollian

samadhi
:
a Raver, Sheol, Satansfist

Samil:
a
Haruchai
; a Master of the Land

Sandgorgons:
monsters of the Great Desert of
Bhrathairealm

Sandgorgons Doom:
imprisoning storm created by Kasreyn to trap the Sandgorgons

Sandhold, the:
the
gaddhi
’s castle in
Bhrathairealm

Sandwall, the:
the great wall defending
Bhrathairain

Santonin:
a Rider of the Clave, one of the na-Mhoram-in

Sarangrave Flat:
a region of the Lower Land encompassing the Great Swamp

Satansfist:
a Giant-Raver, Sheol,
samadhi

Satansheart:
Giantish name for Lord Foul

Scend Wavegift:
a Giant; one of the Swordmainnir; killed by Longwrath

Search, the:
quest of the Giants for the wound in the Earth; later the quest for the Isle of the One Tree

Seareach:
region of the Land occupied by the Unhomed

Seasauce:
a Giant; husband of Hearthcoal; cook of Starfare’s Gem

Seatheme:
dead wife of Sevinhand

Second Circinate:
second level of the Sandhold

Second Ward:
second unit of Kevin’s hidden knowledge

setrock:
a type of stone used with pitch to repair stone

Seven Hells, the:
a-Jeroth’s demesne: desert, rain, pestilence, fertility, war, savagery, and darkness

Seven Wards, the:
collection of knowledge hidden by High Lord Kevin

Seven Words, the:
words of power from Kevin’s Lore

Sevinhand:
a Giant, Anchormaster of Starfare’s Gem

Shattered Hills, the:
a region of the Land near Foul’s Creche

She Who Must Not Be Named:
an ancient bane slumbering under Mount Thunder, now composed of many lost women

Sheol:
a Raver, Satansfist,
samadhi

Shetra:
a Lord, wife of Verement

Shipsheartthew:
the wheel of a Giantship

shola
:
a small wooded glen where a stream runs between unwooded hills

Shull:
a Bloodguard

Sill:
a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Hyrim

Sivit:
a Rider of the Clave, one of the na-Mhoram-wist

skest
:
acid-creatures descended from the
jheherrin

skurj
:
laval monsters that devour earth and vegetation; long ago, the
Elohim
Kastenessen was Appointed (the Durance) to prevent them from wreaking terrible havoc

Slen:
a Stonedownor, mate of Terass

Slumberhead:
a Giant (man); crew aboard Dire’s Vessel

Snared One, the:
ur-vile name for Lord Foul the Despiser

Soar Gladbirth:
a Giant; youngest son of Pitchwife and Gossamer Glowlimn

Soaring Woodhelven:
a tree-village

soft ones, the:
the
jheherrin

Somo:
pinto taken by Liand from Mithil Stonedown

soothreader:
a seer

soothtell:
ritual of revelation practiced by the Clave

Soranal:
a Woodhelvennin Heer, son of Thiller

Soulbiter, the:
a dangerous ocean of Giantish legend

Soulbiter’s Teeth:
reefs in the Soulbiter

Soulcrusher:
Giantish name for Lord Foul

South Plains, the:
a region of the Land

Sparlimb Keelsetter:
a Giant, father of triplets

Spikes, the:
guard-towers at the mouth of
Bhrathairain
Harbor

Spoiled Plains, the:
a region of the Lower Land

Spume Frothbreeze:
a Giant (man); crew aboard Dire’s Vessel

Spray Frothsurge:
a Giant; mother of the First of the Search

springwine:
a mild, refreshing liquor

Squallish Blustergale:
a Giant (man); crew aboard Dire’s Vessel

Staff, the:
a branch of the study of Kevin’s Lore

Staff of Law, the:
a tool of Earthpower; the first Staff was formed by Berek from the One Tree and later destroyed by Thomas Covenant; the second was formed by Linden Avery by using wild magic to merge Vain and Findail

Stallion of the First Herd, the:
Kelenbhrabanal

Starfare’s Gem:
Giantship used by the Search

Starkin:
one of the
Elohim

Stave:
a
Haruchai
; a Master of the Land; companion of Linden Avery

Stell:
one of the
Haruchai
, protector of Sunder

Stonedown:
a stone-village

Stonedownor:
one who lives in a stone-village

Stonemight, the:
a fragment of the Illearth Stone

Stonemight Woodhelven:
a village in the South Plains

Storesmaster:
third-in-command aboard a Giantship

Stormpast Galesend:
a Giant; one of the Swordmainnir

Stricken Stone:
region of the Land, later called Trothgard

Sunbane, the:
a power arising from the corruption of nature by Lord Foul

Sunbirth Sea, the:
ocean east of the Land

Sunder:
son of Nassic; Graveler of Mithil Stonedown; companion of Thomas Covenant and Linden Avery

Sun-Sage:
one who can affect the Sunbane

Sunstone:
orcrest

sur-jheherrin
:
descendants of the
jheherrin
; inhabitants of Sarangrave Flat

suru-pa-maerl
:
an art using stone

Swarte:
a Rider of the Clave

Swordmain/Swordmainnir:
Giant(s) trained as warrior(s)

Sword, the:
a branch of the study of Kevin’s Lore

Sword-Elder:
chief Lorewarden of the Sword at the Loresraat

Syr Embattled:
former Forestal of Giant Woods

Tamarantha:
a Lord, daughter of Enesta, wife of Variol

Teeth of the Render, the:
Ramen name for the Demondim; Fangs

Terass:
a Stonedownor, daughter of Annoria, wife of Slen

Terrel:
a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Mhoram; a commander of the original
Haruchai
army

test of silence, the:
test of integrity used by the people of the Land

test of truth, the:
test of veracity by
lomillialor
or
orcrest

The Grieve:
Coercri
; home of the lost Giants in Seareach

Thelma Twofist:
character in a Giantish tale

The Majesty:
throne room of the
gaddhi
; fourth level of the Sandhold

Theomach, the:
one of the Insequent

Thew
: a Cord of the Ramen

Third Ward:
third unit of Kevin’s hidden knowledge

Thomin:
a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Verement

Three Corners of Truth, the:
basic formulation of beliefs taught and enforced by the Clave

thronehall, the:
the Despiser’s seat in Foul’s Creche

Tier of Riches, the:
showroom of the
gaddhi
’s wealth; third level of the Sandhold

Timewarden:
Elohim
title for Thomas Covenant after his death

Tohrm:
a Gravelingas; Hearthrall of Lord’s Keep

Tomal:
a Stonedownor craftmaster

Toril:
Haruchai
slain by the Clave

Treacher’s Gorge:
ravine opening into Mount Thunder

treasure-berries:
aliantha
, nourishing fruit found throughout the Land in all seasons

Trell:
Gravelingas of Mithil Stonedown; husband of Atiaran, father of Lena

Trevor:
a Lord, husband of Loerya

Triock:
a Stonedownor, son of Thuler; loved Lena

Trothgard:
a region of the Land, formerly Stricken Stone

Tull:
a Bloodguard

turiya
:
a Raver, Herem, Kinslaughterer

Tuvor:
First Mark of the Bloodguard; a commander of the original
Haruchai
army

tyrscull
:
a Giantish training vessel for apprentice sailors

Ulman:
a
Haruchai
; a Master of the Land

Unbeliever, the:
title claimed by Thomas Covenant

Unfettered, the:
lore-students freed from conventional responsibilities to seek individual knowledge and service

Unfettered One, the:
founder of a line of men waiting to greet Thomas Covenant’s return to the Land

Unhomed, the:
the lost Giants living in Seareach

un-Maker-made, the:
in
jheherrin
legend, living beings not created by the Maker

upland:
plateau above Revelstone

Upper Land, the:
region of
the Land west of Landsdrop

ur-Lord:
title given to Thomas Covenant

ur-viles:
Demondim-spawn, evil creatures

ussusimiel
:
nourishing melon grown by the people of the Land

Vailant:
former High Lord before Prothall

Vain:
Demondim-spawn; bred by ur-viles for a secret purpose

Vale:
a Bloodguard

Valley of Two Rivers, the:
site of Revelwood in Trothgard

Variol Tamarantha-mate:
a Lord, later High Lord; son of Pentil, father of Mhoram

Verement:
a Lord, husband of Shetra

Verge of Wandering, the:
valley in the Southron Range southeast of Mithil Stonedown; gathering place of the nomadic Ramen

Vernigil:
a
Haruchai
; a Master of the Land guarding First Woodhelven

Vertorn:
a healer in Berek Halfhand’s army

Vespers:
self-consecration rituals of the Lords

Vettalor:
Warmark of the army opposing Berek Halfhand

viancome
:
meeting place at Revelwood

Victuallin Tayne:
a region in the Center Plains

Vidik Amar:
a region of the Earth

Vigilall Scudweather:
a Giant (woman); Master of Dire’s Vessel

Viles:
monstrous beings which created the Demondim

vitrim
:
nourishing fluid created by the Waynhim

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