Read Against All Things Ending Online
Authors: Stephen R. Donaldson
Law of Life, the:
the natural order which separates the dead from the living
Law-Breaker:
title given to both High Lord Elena and Caer-Caveral
Lax Blunderfoot:
a name chosen by Latebirth in self-castigation
Lena:
a Stonedownor, daughter of Atiaran, mother of Elena
lianar:
wood of power used by an eh-Brand
Liand:
a man of Mithil Stonedown, son of Fostil; companion of Linden Avery
Lifeswallower:
the Great Swamp
lillianrill:
wood-lore; masters of wood-lore
Lithe:
a Manethrall of the Ramen
Llaura:
a Heer of Soaring Woodhelven
Loerya:
a Lord, wife of Trevor
lomillialor:
High Wood; a wood of power
Longwrath:
a Giant; Swordmainnir name for Exalt Widenedworld
Lord:
one who has mastered both the Sword and the Staff aspects of Kevin’s Lore
Lord-Fatherer:
title given to Berek Halfhand
Lord Foul:
the enemy of the Land; the Despiser
“Lord Mhoram’s Victory”:
a painting by Ahanna
Lord of Wickedness:
a-Jeroth
Lord’s-fire:
staff-fire used by the Lords
Lord’s Keep:
Revelstone
Lords, the:
the primary protectors of the Land
loremaster:
a leader of ur-viles
Loresraat:
Trothgard school at Revelwood where Kevin’s Lore is studied
Lorewarden:
a teacher in the Loresraat
loreworks:
Demondim power-laboratory
Loric Vilesilencer:
a High Lord; son of Damelon Giantfriend
lor-liarill:
Gildenlode
Lost, the:
Giantish name for the Unhomed
Lost Deep, the:
a loreworks; breeding pit/laboratory under Mount Thunder where Demondim, Waynhim, and ur-viles were created
Lostson:
a Giant; later name for Exalt Widenedworld
Lower Land, the:
region of the Land east of Landsdrop
lucubrium:
laboratory of a thaumaturge
lurker of the Sarangrave, the
: monster inhabiting the Great Swamp
Magister, the:
former Forestal of Andelain
Mahdoubt, the:
a servant of Revelstone; one of the Insequent
Mahrtiir:
a Manethrall of the Ramen; companion of Linden Avery
maidan:
open land around
Elemesnedene
Maker, the:
jheherrin
name for Lord Foul
Maker-place:
jheherrin
name for Foul’s Creche
Malliner:
Woodhelvennin Heer, son of Veinnin
Mane:
Ramen reference to a Ranyhyn
Maneing:
Ramen ceremony of becoming a Manethrall
Manethrall:
highest Ramen rank
Manhome:
main dwelling place of the Ramen in the Plains of Ra
Marid:
a man of Mithil Stonedown; Sunbane victim
Marny:
a Ranyhyn; mount of Tuvor
marrowmeld:
bone-sculpting;
anundivian yajña
Master:
commander of a Giantship
Master, the:
Clave-name for Lord Foul
master-rukh,
the:
iron triangle at Revelstone which feeds and reads other
rukhs
Masters of the Land, the:
Haruchai
who have claimed responsibility for protecting the Land from Corruption
Mehryl:
a Ranyhyn; mount of Hile Troy
Melenkurion:
one of the Seven Words
Melenkurion
Skyweir:
a cleft peak in the Westron Mountains
Memla:
a Rider of the Clave; one of the na-Mhoram-in
mere
-son:
name or title given to Esmer
merewives:
the Dancers of the Sea
metheglin:
a beverage; mead
Mhoram:
a Lord, later high Lord; son of Variol
Mhornym:
a Ranyhyn stallion; mount of Clyme
Mill:
one of the Seven Words
Minas:
one of the Seven Words
mirkfruit:
papaya-like fruit with narcoleptic pulp
Mishio Massima:
the Ardent’s mount
Mistweave:
a Giant
Mithil River:
a river of the Land
Mithil Stonedown:
a village in the South Plains
Mithil’s Plunge, the:
waterfall at the head of the Mithil valley
Moire Squareset:
a Giant; one of the Swordmainnir; killed in battle by the
skurj
moksha:
a Raver, Jehannum, Fleshharrower
Morin:
First Mark of the Bloodguard; commander in original
Haruchai
army
Morinmoss:
a forest of the Land
Morninglight:
one of the
Elohim
Morril:
a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Callindrill
Mount Thunder:
a peak at the center of Landsdrop
Muirwin Delenoth:
resting place of abhorrence; graveyard of
quellvisks
Murrin:
a Stonedownor, mate of Odona
Myrha:
a Ranyhyn; mount of High Lord Elena
na-Mhoram, the:
leader of the Clave
na-Mhoram-cro:
lowest rank of the Clave
na-Mhoram-in:
highest rank of the Clave below the na-Mhoram
na-Mhoram-wist:
middle rank of the Clave
Naharahn:
a Ranyhyn mare; mount of Pahni
Narunal:
a Ranyhyn stallion; mount of Mahrtiir
Nassic:
father of Sunder, son of Jous; inheritor of an Unfettered One’s mission to remember the Halfhand
Naybahn:
a Ranyhyn; mount of Branl
Nelbrin:
son of Sunder, “heart’s child”
Nicor,
the:
great sea-monsters; said to be offspring of the Worm of the World’s End
Nom:
a Sandgorgon
North Plains, the:
a region of the Land
Northron Climbs, the:
a region of the Land
Oath of Peace, the:
oath by the people of the Land against needless violence
Odona:
a Stonedownor, mate of Murrin
Offin:
a former na-Mhoram
Old Lords, the:
Lords prior to the Ritual of Desecration
Omournil:
Woodhelvennin Heer, daughter of Mournil
One Forest, the:
ancient forest covering most of the Land
One Tree, the:
mystic tree from which the Staff of Law was made
Onyx Stonemage:
a Giant; one of the Swordmainnir
orcrest:
a stone of power; Sunstone
Osondrea:
a Lord, daughter of Sondrea; later high Lord
Padrias:
Woodhelvennin Heer, son of Mill
Pahni:
a Cord of the Ramen, cousin of Sahah; companion of Linden Avery
Palla:
a healer in Berek Halfhand’s army
Peak of the Fire-Lions, the:
Mount Thunder, Gravin Threndor
Pietten:
Woodhelvennin child damaged by Lord Foul’s minions, son of Soranal
pitchbrew:
a beverage combining
diamondraught
and
vitrim
, conceived by Pitchwife
Pitchwife:
a Giant; member of the Search; husband of the First of the Search
Plains of Ra, the:
a region of the Land
Porib:
a Bloodguard
Power of Command, the:
Seventh Ward of Kevin’s Lore
Pren:
a Bloodguard
Prothall:
High Lord, son of Dwillian
Prover of Life:
title given to Thomas Covenant
Puhl:
a Cord of the Ramen
Pure One, the:
redemptive figure of
jheherrin
legend
Quaan:
Warhaft of the Third Eoman of the Warward; later Hiltmark, then Warmark
quellvisk:
a kind of monster, now apparently extinct
Quern Ehstrel:
true name of the Mahdoubt
Quest for the Staff of Law, the:
quest to recover the Staff of Law from Drool Rockworm
Questsimoon,
the:
the Roveheartswind; a steady, favorable wind, perhaps seasonal
Quilla:
a Heer of First Woodhelven
Quirrel:
a Stonedownor, companion of Triock
Ramen:
people who serve the Ranyhyn
Rant Absolain:
the
gaddhi
Ranyhyn:
the great horses of the Plains of Ra
Ravers:
Lord Foul’s three ancient servants
Raw,
the:
fjord into the demesne of the
Elohim
Rawedge Rim, the:
mountains around
Elemesnedene
Reader:
a member of the Clave who tends and uses the
master-rukh
Rede, the:
knowledge of history and survival promulgated by the Clave
Revelstone:
Lord’s Keep; mountain city formed by Giants
Revelwood:
seat of the Loresraat; tree city grown by Lords
rhadhamaerl:
stone-lore; masters of stone-lore
rhee:
a Ramen food, a thick mush
Rhohm:
a Ranyhyn stallion; mount of Liand
rhysh:
a community of Waynhim; “stead”
rhyshyshim:
a gathering of
rhysh
; a place in which such gathering occurs
Riddenstretch:
a region north of the Soulsease River
Rider:
a member of the Clave
Ridjeck Thome:
Foul’s Creche, the Despiser’s home
rillinlure:
healing wood dust
Rime Coldspray:
a Giant; the Ironhand of the Swordmainnir
Ringthane:
Ramen name for Thomas Covenant, then Linden Avery
ring-wielder:
Elohim
term of reference for Thomas Covenant
Rire Grist:
a Caitiffin of the
gaddhi
’s Horse
Rites of Unfettering:
the ceremony of becoming Unfettered
Ritual of Desecration, the:
act of despair by which High Lord Kevin destroyed the Old Lords and ruined most of the Land
Rivenrock:
deep cleft splitting
Melenkurion
Skyweir and its plateau; there the Black River enters Garroting Deep
River Landrider, the:
a river of the Land, partial border of the Plains of Ra
Riversward:
a region north of the Soulsease River
Rockbrother:
Swordmainnir name for Stave
Rockbrother, Rocksister:
terms of affection between humans and Giants
rocklight:
light emitted by glowing stone
roge Befylam:
Cavewight-form of the
jheherrin
Rohnhyn:
a Ranyhyn; mount of Bhapa after Whrany’s death
Roveheartswind, the:
the
Questsimoon
Rue:
a Manethrall of the Ramen, formerly named Gay
Ruel:
a Bloodguard, assigned to Hile Troy
Ruinwash, the:
name of the River Landrider on the Lower Land
rukh:
iron talisman by which a Rider wields the power of the Sunbane
Runnik:
a Bloodguard
Rustah:
a Cord of the Ramen
Sablehair Foamheart:
a Giant, also called Filigree; mate of Soar Gladbirth; mother of Exalt Widenedworld
sacred enclosure:
Vespers-hall at Revelstone; later the site of the Banefire
Sahah:
a Cord of the Ramen
Saltheart Foamfollower:
a Giant, friend of Thomas Covenant
Saltroamrest:
bunk hold for the crew in a Giantship
Salttooth:
jutting rock in the harbor of the Giants’ Home
Salva Gildenbourne:
forest surrounding the Hills of Andelain; begun by Sunder and Hollian
samadhi:
a Raver, Sheol, Satansfist
Sandgorgons:
monsters of the Great Desert of
Bhrathairealm
Sandgorgons Doom:
imprisoning storm created by Kasreyn to trap the Sandgorgons
Sandhold, the:
the
gaddhi
’s castle in
Bhrathairealm
Sandwall, the:
the great wall defending
Bhrathairain
Santonin:
a Rider of the Clave, one of the na-Mhoram-in
Sarangrave Flat:
a region of the Lower Land encompassing the Great Swamp
Satansfist:
a Giant-Raver, Sheol,
samadhi