Addendum to original note: It kills anything Fae and if something is only part Fae, it kills part of it, horribly.
*SWORD OF LUGH, THE: Seelie or Light Hallow, also known as the Sword of Light, a Seelie Hallow capable of killing Fae, both Seelie and Unseelie. Currently, Rowena has it, and dispatches it to her sidhe-seers at PHI as she deems fit. Dani usually gets it.
Addendum: Saw it. It’s beautiful!
TABH’RS: (TAH-vr) Fae doorways or portals between realms, often hidden in everyday human objects.
TUATHA DÉ DANAAN OR TUATHA DÉ: (TUA day dhanna or Tua DAY) (See Fae above) A highly advanced race that came to Earth from another world, comprising the Seelie and Unseelie.
UNSEELIE: The “dark” or “fouler” court of the Tuatha Dé Danaan.According to Tuatha Dé Danaan legend, the Unseelie have been confined for hundreds of thousands of years in an inescapable prison. Inescapable, my ass.
V’LANE: According to Rowena’s books, V’lane is a Seelie Prince, Court of the Light, member of the Queen’s High Council, and sometimes Consort. He is a death-by-sex Fae and has been trying to get me to work for him on behalf of Queen Aoibheal to locate the Sinsar Dubh.
VOICE: A Druid art or skill that compels the person it’s being used on to precisely obey the letter of whatever command is issued. Both the Lord Master and Barrons have used this on me. It’s terrifying. It shuts down your will, and makes you a slave. You stare helplessly out from your own eyes and watch your body doing things your mind is screaming at you not to do. I’m trying to learn it. At least to be able to resist it, because otherwise I’ll never be able to get close enough to the Lord Master to kill him, and get vengeance for Alina.
Pronunciation Guide
AN GARDA SIOCH’NA: In Dublin, garda, or on garda shee-a-conna. Outside Dublin, gardee.
AOIBHEAL: Ah-veel. (Not Irish Gaelic but an older language unique to the Fae.)
CRAIC: Crack.
CUFF OF CRUCE: Like the cruc in crucify.
DRUI: Dree.
FIRBOLG: Fair bol ugh.
LEABHAR GABHALA: Lour Gow ola (lour like flower, Gow like cow).
MALLUCÉ: Mal-loosh.
Irish pronunciations obtained from sources in Dublin at the Garda and Trinity. Any errors in pronunciation are mine.
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