Thomas Covenant 03: Power That Preserves (67 page)

Odona Murrin-mate: a Stonedownor

Old Lords: Lords prior to the Ritual of Desecration

Omournil: Woodhelven Heer, daughter of Mournil

One Forest, the: ancient forest which covered most of the Land

One Tree, the: mystic tree from which the Staff of Law was made

orcrest:
a stone of power

Osondrea: a Lord, later High Lord, daughter of Sondrea

Padrias: Woodhelven Heer, son of Mill

Peak of the FireLions: Mount Thunder

Pietten: Woodhelven child damaged by Lord Foul’s minions, son of Soranal

Porib: a Bloodguard

Power of Command: Seventh Ward of Kevin’s Lore

Pren: a Bloodguard

Prothall: High Lord, son of Dwillian

Puhl: a Cord of the Ramen

Quaan: Warhaft of the Third Eoman of the Warward, later Hiltmark, then Warmark

Quest, the: the search to rescue the Staff of Law

Quirrel: a Stonedownor, companion of Triock

Ramen: people who serve the Ranyhyn

Ranyhyn: the great, free horses of the Plains of Ra

Ravers: Lord Foul’s three ancient servants

Revelstone: Lord’s Keep, mountain city of the Lords

Revelwood: seat of the Loresraat

rhadhamaerl:
stone-lore or masters of stone-lore

Ridjeck Thome: Foul’s Creche

rillinlure:
healing wood dust

Ringthane: Ramen name for Thomas Covenant

Rites of Unfettering: the ceremony of becoming Unfettered

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

Rockbrother, Rocksister: terms of affection between men and Giants

roge Befylam:
Cavewight-form of the
jheherrin

Rue: a Manethrall, formerly named Gay

Ruel: a Bloodguard, assigned to Hile Troy

Runnik: a Bloodguard

Rustah: a Cord of the Ramen

sacred enclosure: Vespers hall at Revelstone

Saltheart Foamfollower: a Giant, friend of Thomas Covenant

samadhi:
a Raver, Sheol, Satansfist

Sandgorgons: monsters described by the Giants

Satansfist: a Giant-raver, Sheol,
samadhi

Satansheart Soulcrusher: Giantish name for Lord Foul

Seven Wards, the: collection of knowledge left by Lord Kevin

Seven Word, the: power-words

Sheol: a Raver, Satansfist,
samadhi

Shetra Verement-mate: a Lord

Shull: a Bloodguard

Sill: a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Hyrim

Slen Terass-mate: a Stonedownor

Soranal: Woodhelven Heer, son of Thiller

Soulcrusher: Giantish name for Lord Foul

Sparlimb Keelsetter: a Giant, father of triplets

springwine: a mild, refreshing liquor

Staff, the: a branch of Kevin’s Lore studied at the Loresraat

Staff of Law, the: formed by Berek from the One Tree

Stonedown: a stone-village

Stonedownor: one who lives in a stone-village

Stricken Stone: region of Trothgard before renovation

suru-pa-maerl:
a stone craft

Sword, the: a branch of Kevin’s Lore studied at the Loresraat

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

Tamarantha Variol-mate: a Lord, daughter of Enesta

Terass Slen-mate: an elder of Mithil Stonedown, daughter of Annoria

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

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

Thew: a Cord of the Ramen

Thomin: a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Verement

Tohrm: a Gravelingas and Hearthrall of Lord’s Keep

Tomal: a Stonedownor craftmaster

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

Trell Atiaran-mate: Gravelingas of Mithil Stonedown, father of Lena

Trevor Loerya-mate: a Lord

Triock: a Stonedownor, son of Thuler

Tull: a Bloodguard

turiya:
a Raver, Herem, Kinslaughterer

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

Unbeliever, the: Thomas Covenant

Unfettered, the: lore-students freed from conventional responsibilities

Unhomed, the: the Giants

upland: plateau above Revelstone

Upper Land: land west of Landsdrop

ur-Lord: title given to Thomas Covenant

ur-viles: Demondim-spawn, evil creatures of power

Vailant: former High Lord

Vale: a Bloodguard

Valley of Two Rivers: site of Revelwood

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

Verement Shetra-mate: a Lord

viancome:
meeting place at Revelwood

Viles: sires of the Demondim

Vow, the: Bloodguard oath of service to the Lords

Ward: a unit of Kevin’s Lore

Warhaft: commander of an Eoman

Warlore: “Sword” knowledge in Kevin’s Lore

Warmark: commander of the Warward

Warrenbridge: entrance to the catacombs under Mount Thunder

Warward, the: army of Lord’s Keep

Wavenhair Haleall: a Giant, wife of Sparlimb Keelsetter, mother of triplets

Waynhim: tenders of the Waymeets, Demondim-spawn but opponents of the ur-viles

Whane: a Cord of the Ramen

Wightwarren: home of the Cavewights under Mount Thunder

Winhome: lowest Ramen ran

Woodhelven: wood-village

Woodhelvennin: inhabitants of a wood-village

Word of Warning: a powerful, destructive forbidding

Wraiths of Andelain: creatures of living light that perform the Dance at the Celebration of Spring

Yeurquin: a Stonedownor, companion of Triock

Yolenid: daughter of Loerya

Dedication:
For Dr. James R. Donaldson, M.D.,
whose life expressed compassion and commitment
more eloquently than any words
and
To Jennifer Dunstan
who changed everything

Books by Stephen R. Donaldson

“The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever”

Lord Foul’s Bane

The Illearth War

The Power that Preserves

“The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant”

The Wounded Land

The One Tree

White Gold Wielder

“The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant”

The Runes of the Earth

Fatal Revenant

Against All Things Ending

The Last Dark

“Mordant’s Need”

The Mirror of Her Dreams

A Man Rides Through

“The Gap Sequence”

The Real Story

Forbidden Knowledge

A Dark and Hungry God Arises

Chaos and Order

This Day All Gods Die

The “Axbrewder/Fistoulari” novels

The Man Who Killed His Brother

The Man Who Risked His Partner

The Man Who Tried to Get Away

The Man Who Fought Alone

Short Story Collections

Daughter of Regals and Other Tales

Reave the Just and Other Tales

Table of Contents

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Map

What Has Gone Before

1:       The Danger in Dreams

2:       Variol-son

3:       The Rescue

4:       Siege

5: Lomillialor

6:       The Defense of Mithil Stonedown

7:       Message to Revelstone

8:       Winter

9:       Ramen Covert

10:     Pariah

11:     The Ritual of Desecration

12: Amanibhavam

13:     The Healer

14:     Only Those Who Hate

15:     “Lord Mhoram’s Victory”

16:     Colossus

17:     The Spoiled Plains

18:     The Corrupt

19:     Ridjeck Thome

20:     The Unbeliever

21:     Leper’s End

Glossary

Dedication

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