Blackie—a nickname for Torisen
Boden—Lord Brandan’s heir and nephew
bonefire—a bonfire containing a Burnt Man’s bone
Bran—a Brandan randon who teaches obscure weaponry
Brant—Lord Brandan of Falkirr
Brenwyr—Lord Brandan’s maledight sister
Brier Iron-thorn—once a Caineron, now second in charge of Jame’s ten-command
Brithany—Ardeth’s gray Whinno-hir mare
Burley—the small stream that runs down beside Tentir to join the Silver River
Burning Ones—servants of the Burning Man, mostly kin-slayers
Burnt Man, the—the one of the Four who represents fire
Burr—Torisen’s Kendar servant
Caldane—Lord Caineron
Cataracts, the—where the Kencyr Host and the Waster Horde met in battle
Chain of Creation—a series of parallel universes connected through threshold worlds like Rathillien
changer—one of the Master’s servants, who can assume any shape
Chingetai—chief of the Merikit
Clary—a Coman ten-commander
Cloud—Sheth’s warhorse
Commandant—title of the head of the randon college
Corvine—a former Knorth Oath-breaker who has become a Randir sargent
Cron—a Knorth Kendar
d’hen—a Tai-tastigon knife-fighter’s coat
Da—a Merikit woman who acts as a man; housebond of Ma
Damson—one of Jame’s ten-command
Dar—one of Jame’s ten-command
Dari—Ardeth’s son and would-be heir
Dark Judge—blind Arrin-ken obsessed with justice
Death’s-head—a rathorn
Director—title of the head of Mount Alban, the current one a blind Kendar
direhounds—gaze-hounds used to run down prey
Distan—Ardeth’s daughter, Pereden’s consort, Timmon’s mother
dreamscape—the collective dream world of the Kencyrath
Drie—an Ardeth cadet; Timmon’s half-brother and former whipping boy
Dure—a Caineron cadet bound to a trock
dwar—a deep, healing sleep
Earth Wife, the—the one of the Four who represents the earth
Eaten One, the—the one of the Four who represents water
Erim—one of Jame’s ten-command
Essiar—Lord Edirr, twin of Essien
Essien—Lord Edirr, twin of Essiar
Falconeer—any member of the Falconer’s class
Falconer—blind teacher of those Shanir with bonds to animals
Falkirr—Lord Brandan’s keep
Fall, the—when Gerridon betrayed the Kencyrath to Perimal Darkling
Falling Man, the—the one of the Four who represents air
Fash—one of Gorbel’s ten-command
Four, the—Rathillien’s elemental powers
Ganth Gray Lord—Jame and Torisen’s father
Gari—a Coman cadet with an affinity to insects
Gen—a board game
Gerraint—Ganth’s father
Gerridon, Master of Knorth—the Knorth Highlord who betrayed his people to Perimal Darkling
Ghill—Cron’s young son
Ghost Walks, the—apartments where the Knorth lived at Gothregor before the Massacre
Glendar—Gerridon’s younger brother, who became Highlord after the Fall
Gnasher—wolver King of the Woods
Gorbel—Caldane’s son and heir
Gothregor—the Knorth keep
Gran Cyd—queen of the Merikit
Graykin—Jame’s Southron, half-bred servant
Gray Lands—qhere the souls of the unburnt dead walk
Gray-leggings—Gorbel’s warhorse
Greshan Greed-heart—Ganth’s older brother; Jame and Tori’s uncle
Grimly—Torisen’s friend, a wolver poet
Hathir—one of the ancient kingdoms of the Central Lands
Hatch—a young Merikit
haunt—anything that has been tainted by the Haunted Lands and is therefore neither quite dead nor quite alive; usually mindless, but not in the case of Ashe
Haunted Lands, the—lands to the northwest of Rathillien undercut by Perimal Darkling
Hawthorn—a Brandan captain
Higbert—one of Gorbel’s ten-command
Highborn—the first of the Three People; ruling class of the Kencyrath
Hinde—a Randir acolyte who can cause earthquakes
Holly—Hollens, Lord Danior
Holt, the—where Grimly and his wolvers live
Honor’s Paradox—Where does honor lie, in obedience to one’s lord or to oneself?
housebond—Merikit term for a husband
Hurl—a Coman cadet
Ice Maid—a Merikit girl offered to the Eaten One as his/her Favorite
imu—primitive image associated with the Earth Wife
Index—a scrollsman who specializes in the Merikit and on locating information
Ivory Knife, the—one of the three objects of power, whose least scratch means death
Jame—our heroine
Jameth—a nickname which she hates
Jamethiel Dream-weaver—Jame and Torisen’s mother, consort of the Master
Jedrak—former Lord Jaran
Jorin—Jame’s blind hunting ounce
Karnid—a resident of Urakarn
Kedan—temporary lord of the Jaran
Kenan—Lord Randir
Kencyr—generic term for any member of the Kencyrath
Kencyr Houses—[see chart]
Kencyrath—the Three People; chosen by the Three-Faced God to stop Perimal Darkling
Kendar—the second of the Three People; usually bound to a Highborn
Keral—a darkling changer
Killy—one of Jame’s ten-command
Kindrie Soul-walker—a healer, cousin to Jame and Torisen
King of the Wood—the wolver who leads the wolvers of the Deep Weald
Kinzi Keen-eyed—Jame and Tori’s great-grandmother
Kirien—the Jaran Lordan
Kothifir—a great city on the edge of the Southern Wastes
Krothen—current king of Kothifir
Kruin—Krothen’s father
Lawful Lie, the—the singer’s prerogative to stretch the truth
lodge-wyf—a Merikit woman who owns a lodge and therefore can have housebonds
lordan—a lord’s heir
Ma—a Merikit lodge-wyf
Macarn—Jame’s elderly Kendar friend
Mack—a mouse
maledight—a Shanir who can kill with a curse
Marc—a Kendar friend of Jameth
Massacre, the—some thirty years ago, shadow assassins killed all the Knorth ladies except for Tieri; no one knows why
Master, the—Gerridon