Dragons and Destiny (50 page)

Mathieu
Urquhart: Eldest son of Matt and Zala Urquhart

Maura:
Maidservant at the Little Rover Inn

Megan*: Vadeln
serving with the Vada, in the First Ryzck (Lind: Sachdei)

Miggi: Elderly
maidservant of Guildmaster Anders

Mikel*: Retired
Ryzcka of the First Ryzck (Lind: Marya)

Niaill*:
Younger brother of Danal, Vada, Ryzcka of the First Ryzck (Lind:
Taraya)

Nibbles: Name
given by Elliot to the horse he rode in the north

Nadala*: Vadeln
serving with the Vada, in the Fourteenth Ryzck and then
transferring to the First Ryzck, girlfriend of Niaill

Nesta: Retired
Vada Holad and a lady who takes in and mothers orphan children at
Vada

Paul:
Prince-Heir, later Crown-Prince of Murdoch

Paul Farquer:
Garda Officer Trainee and friend of Hilla

Paula*: Vadeln
stationed at Stewarton and who reports to Susa Julia about what is
happening there

Pete: Young boy
from Valley Farm captured by the bandits

Peter:
Childhood friend of Hilla

Peter Duchesne:
Lord Marshall of the Kingdom of Murdoch

Petra*: Vada
Cadet, fourth year

Philip Ross:
Baron, Chief bodyguard to the family of Crown-Prince Paul at the
Court of the Kingdom of Murdoch. Once Boy Companion to Paul and a
close friend

Pierre: Eldest
son of Anne and Richard Cocteau and eventual heir to the Duchy

Quindya*:
Female Lind of the Fifty-first Ryzck (Human: Brion)

Quio: Dglai
scout ship (Quorko) commander

Radya*: Female
Lind (Human: Alun)

Rand: Privateer
Captain

Ranlei: Male
Lind of rtath Hanei and retired Susa of their Lindar

Ranlya*: Female
Lind (Human: Disal)

Razdya*: Female
Lind (Human: Davin, second in command of the Vada)

Richard
Duchesneson: Councillor of Argyll and ex secretary for defence

Rilla*: Middle
triplet daughter of Talan and Zanda (Lind: Zawlei)

Robain Hallam:
Leftenant, later Captain of the Garda, from the Island of
Hallam

Romauld:
Father, private chaplain to the royal family of Murdoch

Ross: General
of Murdoch

Rovenels:
Elderly Garda General based at Stewarton

Sachei: Male
Lind and Elda of rtath Sachei

Sachdei*: Male
Lind (Human: Megan)

Sadei: Male
Lind, Susa of rtath Hanei’s Lindar

Sandra de
Groot: Garda trainee in the year ahead of Hilla and Jen

Sainjon: Garda
General who is the head of intelligence and based at Settlement

Sanei: Male
Lind, Lindar ryz Susa of pack Gainsya

Shona*: Vada
Cadet (Lind: Danei)

Sernei: Male
Lind from Lindar Dusnnei and with a dull red stripe pattern

Sindya: Female
Lind and Elda of rtath Sindya and whose domta is situated beside
that of the Gtrathlin

Stasya*: Female
Lind (Human: Duncin)

Tala: Daughter
of Talan and Zanda, younger than Zak and Zala and Journeywoman of
the Technicians Guild at Stewarton

Talan:
Innkeeper of the Little Rover Inn at Dunetown and father of Zak,
Zala, Tala, Hilla, Rilla and Zilla

Talansdochter:
Familial name used by the daughters of Innkeeper Talan

Taplin: Garda
Warrant Officer

Taraya*: Female
Lind, Vada, First Ryzck (Human: Niaill)

Teriyei*: Male
Lind, mate of Taraya, First Ryzck (Human: Nadala)

Thomal
Allanson: Prospective bridegroom of Juliana (Julia)

Tom Brentwood:
Archbishop of Murdoch

Toinette*: Vada
Cadet

Travis: Young
boy from Valley Farm captured by the bandits

Trendor*:
Ryzcka of the Forty-ninth Ryzck, a martinet (Lind: Ysnya)

Valennya*:
Female Lind (Human: Mal)

Vanlya: Female
Lind, Gtrathlin

Verro: Husband
of Susa Julia

Villiers: Garda
Leftenant who took Robain’s place at the Academie

Wallaceson:
Garda Regimental Sergeant Major at Settlement

William
Duchesne: Duke of Duchesne

Xavier: Younger
brother to Prince-Heir, later Crown-Prince Paul and Prince-Duke of
the Duchy of South Baker in the Kingdom of Murdoch

Xlei*: Male
Lind (Human: Fastia, Weaponsecond Vada)

Ysnya*: Female
Lind, Forty-ninth Ryzck (Human: Trendor)

Zak: Son of
Talan and Zanda, twin of Zala

Zala: Oldest
daughter to Talan and Zanda, twin of Zak and married to Matt
Urquhart, a Merchant from Stewarton

Zanda: Wife of
Innkeeper Talan and mother of Zak, Zala, Tala, Hilla, Rilla and
Zilla

Zaoaldavdr:
Male Larg, Susa of the Avuzdel of Larg

Zawlei*: Male
Lind (Human: Rilla)

Zilla: Youngest
triplet daughter of Talan and Zanda

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All words are
either derived from Lindish or Standard unless indicated
otherwise

Academie: The
training school of the Garda, based at Settlement

AL: Anno
Landing, the years are counted from the first day in the summer of
the first year of landing

Altuinq: Larg a
human forced into rapport with a Larg

Allst: Tall,
large leafed tree of the north

Ammokko: Dglai
mother ship

Argyll: Human
country on the eastern coast of the northern continent on Rybak

Atropos: The
fate that cuts the thread of life

Avuzdel: Lind
Central Spying Unit, a quasi-secret order within the Lind
nation

Bamana: Fruit
grown in the southern continent, very like a banana in shape and
texture

Battle of the
Alliance: Battle between the Larg and the convicts of the south and
the settlers and the Lind of the north at the beginning of the
second summer of mankind on Rybak

Battle of the
Ford: The Larg attacked the Kingdom of Murdoch in AL503 and were
defeated at the Ford of the river that runs between the Duchies of
Cocteau and van Buren.

Battle of
Trumpet Keep: When the Larg invaded Vadath in AL10 the Armies of
the North met them at David’s Keep that was renamed Trumpet Keep
after the battle was won.

Battle of the
Gorge: When the Larg invaded Lind in AL167 they were defeated at
this battle. Also known as the Battle of Fountains Head

Black Cat: An
Inn at Vada

Black Star:
Honour Star awarded to brave vadelns (deceased) of the Vada

Blue Flag: The
flag raised above human habitations to tell searching Lind that
there is a human there who wishes to be considered for
vadeln-pairing

Blue Lind:
Tavern in southeast Argyll

Book of Laws:
The Holy Book of the priests if the Island of Hallam

Book of the
Fallen: Book held in the Inner Sanctum of the Vada in which is
recorded details of those who have died in the line of duty

Boton Lai :
Probe of the Diaglon

Brai: Lai :
Black skinned rtath of the Diaglon

Chela: Lind
claw, they have five on each paw. They resemble the claws of an
earth cat in that they can tract and retract

Ceja: Yes

Clotho: The
fate that spins the thread of life

Conclave:
Ruling Council of the Kingdom of Murdoch, chaired by the King or
Lord Regent. All Murdochian Dukedoms are entitled to a seat on
Conclave as is the Lord Marshall. All seat-holders are entitled to
one vote.

Contrap: Weapon
invented by Arthur Knott and used to defeat the south during the
Battle of the Alliance in AL2

CP: Command
Post; in a battle this is where the commander of the army is
located

CPO: Chief
Petty Officer

Crtath: Welcome
(informal)

Daga: Lind
den

Daiglon: Lai :
Planet where the Lai and the others come from

Daki: Section
of the Avuzdel

Dalina: Blue
flowers resembling snowdrops

Dalinabell:
Merchant ship that plies her trade between the Kingdom of Murdoch
and Argyll

Dantrapper:
Forest in southwestern Lind

Dedta: Welcome
(formal)

Deld: Dglai : a
measure of gravitational levels

Dglai :Lai and
Dglai : Green skinned rtath of the Daiglon

Dhrehl:
Season

Dom: Temporary
pack home

Domta:
Permanent pack home

Domta Holad
Winston: The settlement in Vadath where medicine is taught and
founded by Winston Randall in AL2

Douglastown:
Town in northern Argyll with a Garda detachment

Dugo: Small
prickly, dense and fast growing bush, prevalent in the north

Dune Mountain:
Bobbly peak near Pointy Peak and close to the town of Dunetown

Dunetown: A
village along the Southern Trade Route in Argyll, outside which the
Little Rover Inn is situated

Eastern Isles:
A prosperous and large group of islands in the Great Eastern Sea
and allied to the Kingdom of Murdoch

Elda(s):
Leader(s) of packs and Lind nation

Eln: Mate

Express: A
service set up during the early years and modelled on the “Pony
Express” of the American mid-west in the nineteenth century with
the additional service of ‘immediate’ messages using the Lind’s
telepathic abilities

Farquharstown:
A small village in Argyll about thirty miles north of
Settlement

Fealtatis:
Fealty ceremony at the Court of Murdoch (the giving of homage and
the taking of fealty to and from the King or Queen)

Fifty-first
Ryzck: Known as the Susa’s Own and who perform tasks directly
ordered by the Susa of the Vada

Fireoil: A
substance that burns even in the wettest of conditions

Fort: Defensive
site where the crew and families of the WCPS Electra fled to before
being overrun by the convicts some months after landing on Rybak
(Wolves) : it became the ruling centre and capital of the Kingdom
of Murdoch (Trumpet) – the principal royal palace is situated
here.

Forty:
Sanduntan

Fountains Head:
Waterfall in southwestern Lind and the location of the most
westerly Holad station in the Lands of the Lind

France Street:
A street in the old part of Stewarton

Galland
Confederation: A prosperous and large group of islands in the Great
Eastern Sea and allied to the Kingdom of Murdoch

Garda: Regular
army of Argyll, its headquarters are at Settlement

Gingrootbeer:
Spicy soft drink

Goddess: Deity
worshipped on the Island of Hallam

Great Eastern
Sea: Vast ocean east of Argyll containing hundreds of islands

Gtran: Large
vicious cat-like predators that inhabit the snowy mountain ranges
of the northern continent

Gtratha: High
Council of Lind

Gtrathlin:
Leader of the Gtratha

Greenfruit: A
northern fruit that is available during winter and summer

Hallam:
Northern island in the Great Eastern Sea

Hand:
Measurement used to calculate the height of both Lind and horses
and measuring four inches

Hero of
Galliard: Weaponsmaster Rhian, later Susa of the Vada. Galliard is
a small island in the Great Eastern Sea

Holad: Medical
section of pack

Holland Street:
A street in the old part of Stewarton

Hope’s Point:
An area to the east of Dunetown

Ilyei Estuary:
Inlet on the southern coast of Vadath where lie a fishing village
and a Vada Supply Station

Innellan: A
port on the eastern seaboard of Argyll

Inner Sanctum:
The room within the Vada Stronghold where is kept the records of
those serving and who have once served with the Vada. It also
contains the books containing those vadeln who have died in the
pursuit of their duty

Intoxication:
Armed merchant and passenger ship that plies its trade between the
Islands and Settlement

Jeza: Eat

Jezdic: Zebra
like intractable animal

Juvenis: First
Staticum (year) officer trainees of the Garda of Argyll

Kala: Caffeine
drink made from the nuts of the allst tree

Kohort: Larg –
Cohort of Larg warriors, usually numbering at least 800

Kohortangan :
Larg : Army commander

Kran: Dglai :
Commander

Kranan: Larg :
Leader of kohort (kohort) squad

Kranj: Larg :
Part of kohort, numbering eight

Kura: Docile,
woolly, short-legged goat-like animal

Lachesis: The
fate that assigns a person’s destiny

Lai: Legendary
beings of Lind mythology

Lai: Lai :
Golden skinned rtath of the Daiglon

Larg: Larg :
Warlike wolf-like denizens of southern continent

Largan: Larg :
Leader of all the Larg

Lian: Woods or
forests

Lin: Litter of
Lind pups

Lind: Peace
loving wolf-like denizens of northern continent

Lindling: Human
word for Lind young, not often used

Lindar: Warrior
section of pack. All Lind, male and female over thirteen summers
fight in one of the three ryz of the Lindar of their pack

Lisya: Other
litter of Lind pups from the same parents

Litjda: Bitter
tasting poison

Little Sisters
of the Poor: Nursing Order of Nuns from the Kingdom of Murdoch.
They wear white habits

Little Rover
Inn: Inn at Dunetown belonging to Innkeeper Talan and where Zak,
Zala, Tala, Hilla, Rilla and Zilla grew up

Ltscta: Lind
youngling

Lucky Lind: A
pub at the Vada port

Lungtrel: Multi
coloured river fish

Malinon:
Northern bird that sings a fine tune

Malinon:
Argyllian merchant ship

Middle Sea: Sea
between the northern and southern continents

Militia of
Argyll: Made up of the general population, the Militia is
responsible for helping the Garda in their own Ward and can be
called up in time of need

Militia of
Vadath: Made up of men and women of fighting age and who have not
paired with a Lind, the Militia is responsible for aiding in the
defence of the northern continent