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LANSHIRE—northernmost principality in the Kingdom of Havish. Name taken from the wastes at Scarpdale, site of First Age battles with Seardluin that blasted the soil to slag.

pronounced: lahn-sheer-e

root meaning:
lan'hansh'era—
place of hot sands

LAW OF THE MAJOR BALANCE—founding order of the powers of the Fellowship of Seven, as taught by the Paravians. The primary tenet is that no force of nature should be used without consent, or against the will of another consciousness.

LEYNSGAP—a narrow pass in the Mathorn Mountains in the Kingdom of Rathain.

pronounced: lay-ens-gap

root meaning:
liyond—
corridor

LIESSE s'BRYDION—Duchess of Alestron and wife of Duke Bransian.

pronounced: lee-ess

root meaning:
liesse—
state of accord, based from the word ‘a note in harmony'

LIRENDA—former First Senior Enchantress to the Prime, Koriani Order; failed in her assignment to capture Arithon s'Ffalenn for Koriani purposes. Currently under the Prime Matriarch's sentence of punishment.

pronounced: leer-end-ah

root meaning:
lyron—
singer;
di-ia—
a dissonance—the hyphen denotes a glottal stop

LITHMERE—principality located in the Kingdom of Havish.

pronounced: lith-mere

root meaning:
lithmiere—
to preserve intact, or keep whole; maintain in a state of harmony

LOS MAR—a city located in the westshore of Carithwyr, Havish. It's best known for its libraries and scholars.

pronounced: loss-mar

root meaning:
liosmar—
letters, written records

LUHAINE—Sorcerer of the Fellowship of Seven—discorporate since the fall of Telmandir in Third Age Year 5018. Luhaine's body was pulled down by the mob while he was in ward trance, covering the escape of the royal heir to Havish.

pronounced: loo-hay-ne

root meaning:
luirhainon—
defender

LYRANTHE—instrument played by the bards of Athera. Strung with fourteen strings, tuned to seven tones (doubled). Two courses are ‘drone strings' set to octaves. Five are melody strings, the lower three courses being octaves, the upper two, in unison.

pronounced: leer-anth-e (last ‘e' being nearly subliminal)

root meaning:
lyr—
song;
anthe—
box

LYSAER s'ILESSID—prince of Tysan, 1497th in succession after Halduin, founder of the line in Third Age Year One. Gifted at birth with control of Light, and Bane of Desh-thiere. Also known as Blessed Prince since he declared himself avatar.

pronounced: lie-say-er

root meaning:
lia—
blond, yellow or light;
saer—
circle

MACHIEL—caithdein of the realm of Havish. In service under High King Eldir at Telmandir.

pronounced: mak-ee-el

root meaning:
mierkiel—
post, pillar

MAENELLE s'GANNLEY—former steward and
caithdein
of Tysan; put on trial for outlawry and theft on the trade-roads; executed by Lysaer s'Ilessid at Isaer, Third Age 5645.

pronounced: may-nahl-e (last ‘e' is near subliminal)

root meaning:
maeni—
to fall, disrupt;
alli—
to save or preserve/colloquial translation, ‘to patch together'

MAENOL—heir, after Maenalle s'Gannley Steward and
caithdein
of Tysan.

pronounced: may-nall

root meaning:
maeni'alli—
to patch together

MAINMERE—town at the head of the Valenford River in Taerlin, Tysan.

pronounced: main-meer

root meaning:
maeni—
to fall, disrupt;
miere—
reflection, colloquial translation, ‘to disrupt continuity'

MARAK—splinter world, cut off beyond South Gate, left lifeless after creation of the Mistwraith. The original inhabitants were men exiled by the Fellowship from Athera for beliefs or practices that were incompatible with the compact sworn between the Sorcerers and the Paravian races, which permitted human settlement on Athera.

pronounced: maer-ak

root meaning:
m'era'ki—
a place held separate

MARETHA s'CALLIENT—daughter of the
caithdein
of Melhalla.

pronounced: mar-ee-tha

root meaning:
mier'atha—
kindly

MATHIELL GATE—last gate to the inner citadel in Alestron, Paravian built to withstand the fires of dragons. It was the Mathiell garrison who secured the span guarding incursion from the Wyntock Gate during the uprising that threatened clan rule in Third Age Year 5018.

pronounced: math-ee-ell

root meaning:
mon'thiellen—
sky spires

MATHORN MOUNTAINS—range that bisects the Kingdom of Rathain east to west.

pronounced: math-orn

root meaning:
mathien—
massive

MATHORN ROAD—way passing to the south of the Mathorn Mountains, leading to the trade city of Etarra from the west.

pronounced: math-orn

root meaning:
mathien—
massive

MEARN s'BRYDION—youngest brother of Duke Bransian of Alestron. Former ducal emissary to Lysaer s'Ilessid's Alliance of Light.

pronounced: may-arn

root meaning:
mierne—
to flit

MEDLIR—name used by Arithon when he traveled incognito with Halliron Masterbard as apprentice in Third Age Years 5638 through 5647.

pronounced: med-leer

root meaning:
midlyr—
phrase of melody

MELHALLA—High Kingdom of Athera once ruled by the line of s'Ellestrion. The last prince died in the crossing of the Red Desert.

pronounced: mel-hall-ah

root meaning:
maelhallia—
grand meadows/plain—also word for an open space of any sort.

MERIOR BY THE SEA—small seaside fishing village on the Scimlade peninsula in Alland, Shand. Once the temporary site of Arithon's shipyard.

pronounced: mare-ee-or

root meaning:
merioren—
cottages

METHISLE—small body of land in Methlas Lake, site of Methisle Fortress in Orvandir.

pronounced: meth

root meaning:
meth—
hate

METHSPAWN—an animal descended from a host warped by possession by a methuri, an i
yat
-related parasite that infested live hosts. Though the Methuri were destroyed by the Third Age, their cross-bred, aberrated descendants continue to breed mutant offspring in Mirthlvain Swamp.

pronounced: meth

root meaning:
meth—
hate

METHURI—METHURIEN (plural form) an
iyat
-related parasite that infested live hosts and altered them for the purpose of creating new hosts. Extinct by the Third Age.

pronounced: meth-you-ree

root meaning:
meth'thieri—
hate wraith

MIRTHLVAIN SWAMP—bog-lands located in Midhalla, Melhalla; filled with dangerous, cross-breeds engendered from drake spawn. Guarded by the Master Spellbinder, Verrain.

pronounced: mirth-el-vain

root meaning:
myrthl—
noxious;
vain—
bog, mud

MISTWRAITH—see Desh-thiere.

MORNOS—town on the westshore of Lithmere, Havish.

pronounced: more-nos

root meaning:
moarnosh—
a coffer where the greedy store valuables.

MORRIEL—Prime Enchantress of the Koriathain since the Third Age 4212. Instigated the plot to upset the Fellowship's compact which upset the seven magnetic lanes on the continent. Her death on winter solstice 5670 left an irregular succession.

pronounced: more-real

root meaning:
moar—
greed;
riel—
silver

NARMS—city on the coast of Instrell Bay, built as a craft center by Men in the early Third Age. Best known for dyeworks.

pronounced: narms

root meaning:
narms—
color

NAYLA—young girl taken in by the Koriani Order as a child candidate for initiation.

pronounced: nay-lah

root meaning:
nayl—
lack

ODREY—a merchant courtier and member of the regent's council in Avenor.

pronounced: oh-dree

not from the Paravian

ORLAN—pass through the Thaldein Mountains, also location of the Camris's clans hidden outpost, located in Camris, Tysan.

pronounced: or-lan

root meaning:
irlan—
ledge

ORVANDIR—principality located in north-eastern Shand.

pronounced: or-van-deer

root meaning:
orvein—
crumbled;
air—
stone

PARAVIAN
—name for the three old races that inhabited Athera before Mankind. Including the centaurs, the sunchildren, and the unicorns, these races never die unless mishap befalls them; they are the world's channel, or direct connection, to Ath Creator.

pronounced: par-ai-vee-ans

root meaning:
para—
great;
i'on—
fate or great mystery

PARRIEN s'BRYDION—younger brother of Duke Bransian s'Brydion of Alestron, Keldmar, and older brother of Mearn. Broke Arithon's leg in Third Age Year 5654, and in restitution awarded Rathain's prince the service of two s'Brydion retainers, Talvish and Vhandon.

pronounced: par-ee-on

root meaning:
para ient—
great dart

PRANDEY—term for gelded pleasure boy.

pronounced: pran-dee

not from the Paravian

QUAID—trade town in Carithwyr, Havish, lying inland along the trade-road from Los Mar to Redburn. Famous for fired clay and brick.

pronounced: qu-wade

root meaning:
cruaid—
a clay used for brickmaking

QUARN—town on the trade-road that crosses Caithwood in Taerlin, Tysan.

pronounced: kwarn

root meaning:
quarin—
ravine, canyon

QUINOLD—Lord Chancellor of Avenor and a member of Lysaer's regent's council.

pronounced: kwin-old

root meaning:
quen—
one who is narrow-minded

RADMOORE DOWNS—meadow lands in Midhalla, Melhalla.

pronounced: rad-more

root meaning:
riad—
thread;
mour—
carpet, rug

RAIETT RAVEN—brother of the Mayor of Hanshire; uncle of Sulfin Evend. Considered a master statesman and a bringer of wars. Currently serving as High Chancellor of Etarra, ruling in the absence of the ratified mayor.

pronounced: rayett

root meaning:
raiett—
carrion-bird

RATHAIN—High Kingdom of Athera ruled by descendants of Torbrand s'Ffalenn since Third Age Year One. Device: black-and-silver leopard on green field. Arithon Teir's'Ffalenn is sanctioned crown prince, by the hand of Asandir of the Fellowship, in Third Age Year 5638 at Etarra.

pronounced: rath-ayn

root meaning:
roth—
brother;
thein—
tower, sanctuary

RAUVEN TOWER—home of the s'Ahelas mages who brought up Arithon
s'Ffalenn and trained him to the ways of power. Located on the splinter world, Dascen Elur, through West Gate.

pronounced: raw-ven

root meaning:
rauven—
invocation

REDBURN—town located in a deep inlet in the northern shore of Rockbay Harbor in Havistock, Havish.

pronounced: red-burn

root meaning not from the Paravian

RIATHAN PARAVIANS—unicorns, the purest, most direct connection to Ath Creator; the prime vibration channels directly through the horn.

pronounced: ree-ah-than

root meaning:
ria—
to touch;
ath—
prime life-force;
an—
one;
ri'athon—
one who touches divinity

RIVERTON—trade town at the mouth of the Ilswater River, in Korias, Tysan; once the site of Lysaer's royal shipyard, before the site burned in Third Age Year 5654.

ROCKBAY HARBOR—body of water located on the southcoast, between Shand and West Shand.

ROCKFELL PEAK—mountain containing Rockfell Pit, used to imprison harmful entities throughout all three Ages. Located in West Halla, Melhalla; became the warded prison for Desh-thiere.

pronounced: rock-fell

root meaning not from the Paravian

s'AHELAS—family name for the royal line appointed by the Fellowship Sorcerers in Third Age Year One to rule the High Kingdom of Shand. Gifted geas: far-sight.

pronounced: s'ah-hell-as

root meaning:
alíelas—
mage-gifted

s'BRYDION—ruling line of the Dukes of Alestron. The only old blood clansmen to maintain rule of a fortified city through the uprising that defeated the rule of the high kings.

pronounced: s'bride-ee-on

root meaning:
baridien—
tenacity

s'CALLIENT—lineage of the
caithdeinen
of Melhalla, Fellowship chosen to succeed s'Dieneval after the fall of Tirans.

pronounced: scal-lee-ent

root meaning:
caillient—
most extreme form of fixed or stubborn—immovable

SANPASHIR—desert waste on the southcoast of Shand. Home to the desert tribes.

pronounced: sahn-pash-eer

root meaning:
san—
black or dark;
pash'era—
place of grit or gravel

SANSHEVAS
—town on the south shore in Alland, Shand, known for citrus, sugar, and rum.

pronounced: san-shee-vas

root meaning:
san—
black;
shievas—
flint

SCARPDALE—waste in Lanshire, Havish, created by a First Age war with Seardluin. Site of the Scarpdale grimward.

pronounced: scarp-dale

not from the Paravian

SCIMLADE TIP—peninsula at the south-east corner of Alland, Shand.

pronounced: skim-laid

root meaning:
scimlait—
curved knife or scythe

SECOND AGE—Marked by the arrival of the Fellowship of Seven at Crater Lake, their called purpose to fight the drake spawn.