master-ten—the cadet in charge of a barracks
Merikit—a northern hill tribe
Mick—a mouse
Mint—one of Jame’s ten-command
Molocar—a type of massive, powerful hound
Mother Ragga—the Earth Wife
Mount Alban—the Scrollsmen’s College
Mouse—an Edirr cadet and Falconeer
Moyden—a scrollsman who knows about prehistory of the Southern Wastes
Mullen—a Knorth Kendar whose name Torisen forgot
Narsa—an Ardeth cadet; Timmon’s lover
Nemesis—the incarnation of That-Which-Destroys
Niall—one of Jame’s ten-command
Nidling—chief of the Noyat
Noyat—a northern hill tribe under the influence of Perimal Darkling
Nusair—Caldane’s son, killed by a changer
Oath-breaker—a Knorth who refused to follow Ganth into exile
Obidin—Gorbel’s five-commander
Odalian—a prince of Karkinaroth
Old Blood—a Shanir
Old Tentir—the fortress part of Tentir, as distinct from the cadets’ barracks
ounce—a hunting cat the size of a serval
Pereden Proud-prance—Ardeth’s favorite son
Perimal Darkling—an entity eating its way down the Chain of Creation from threshold world to world
pook—a strange little dog capable of tracking across the folds in the land
Prid—a Merikit girl
Quill—one of Jame’s ten-command
Ran—term of respect for a randon officer
Randiroc—the exiled Randir Lordan
randon—officer class
Randon Council—nine senior randon, one from each house, who alternate as Commandant of Tentir
rathorn—an ivory-clad, horned beast rather like a cross between a horse and a dragon
Rawneth—the Randir Matriarch
Reef—Randir master-ten
Regonereth—That-Which-Destroys, the Third Face of God
River Snake—the chaos serpent which extends down the length of the River Silver’s bed
Rowan—Torisen’s steward
Rue—Jame’s servant; one of her ten-command
Sar—title of respect for a randon sargent
scrollsman—a scholar or singer
scythe-arms—a weapon composed of two double-pointed blades of unequal length
Sene—a combination of the Senetha and the Senethar
Senetha—dance form of the Senethar
Senethar—unarmed combat composed of earth-moving, fire-leaping, wind-blowing and water-flowing
Senethari—a master or teacher
Shade—a Randir cadet, Kendar daughter of Lord Randir
Shanir—Kencyr with special powers or traits; all have at least some Highborn blood
Sheth Sharp-tongue—Caineron war-leader and current commandant of Tentir
shwupp—a subterranean scavenger that traps its prey in muddy pits
Silver Steps, the—the series of falls between the Silverhead and the River Silver
Silverhead, the—the headwater of the Silver
singer—a scrollsman or scrollswoman entitled to use the Lawful Lie
soul-image—the image that embodies each person’s soul
soulscape—the collective space where all Kencyr soul-images overlap
Southern Host, the—the largest standing Kencyr army, employed by King Krothen of Kothifir
Storm—Torisen’s warhorse
Tarn—a Danior cadet and Falconeer
Tentir—the randon college
Thal—a Tastigon god
Those-who-returned—Kencyr who tried to follow Ganth Gray Lord into exile, whom he drove back
Three-Faced God, the—the god of the Kencyrath, composed of Creation, Preservation, and Destruction
Timmon—the Ardeth Lordan
Tirandys—a darkling changer; also Jame’s Senethari or teacher
Torisen Black Lord—Lord Knorth, Highlord of the Kencyrath; Jame’s twin brother
Torvi—Tarn’s Molocar
Trishien—the Jaran Matriarch
trock—an omnivorous creature that looks like a rock
Tungit—a Merikit shaman
Twizzle—Gorbel’s pook
Tyr-ridan—three individuals who represent the Three Faces of God
Urakarn—a city on the eastern edge of the Southern Wastes
Vant—Jame’s former five-commander and master-ten
war maid—a Merikit woman who chooses to fight and hunt like a man
Waster Horde—a cannibalistic mass of people who endlessly circle the Southern Wastes
watch wierdling—a leather-encased Merikit corpse that acts as a watchman
Weald, the—the greater forest, of which the Holt is part
Whinno-hir—near immortal equines, allies of the Kencyrath
White Hills, the—where Ganth battled the Seven Kings and lost
White Knife, the—the agent of an honorable death, modeled on the Ivory Knife
Willow—Marc’s little sister
Winter War—an annual military exercise carried out within Tentir
Witch of Wilden—Rawneth
Wither—Spokesman for Kenan
wolver—werewolves or wolfmen who change at will
Women’s World, the—most Highborn women belong to this largely secret society
wyrm—a darkling crawler, or very large creepy-crawly with a poisonous bite
yackcarn—big, ugly beasts; a cross between wooly mammoths and warthogs
Yce—Torisen’s wolver pup
yondri-gon—threshold-dwellers; Kendar without a lord who take on temporary service with a house