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DESH-THIERE—Mistwraith that invaded Athera from the splinter worlds through South Gate in Third Age 4993. Access cut off by Fellowship Sorcerer, Traithe. Battled and contained in West Shand for twenty-five years, until the rebellion splintered the peace, and the high kings were forced to withdraw from the defence lines to attend their disrupted kingdoms. Confined through the combined powers of Lysaer
s
'
Ilessid
'
s gift of Light and Arithon s
'
Ffalenn
'
s gift of Shadow. Currently imprisoned in a warded flask in Rockfell Pit.

pronounced:
desh-thee-air-e (last
'
e
'
mostly subliminal)

root meaning
:
desk
- mist;
Mere -
ghost or wraith

DHARKARON AVENGER—called Ath
'
s Avenging Angel in legend. Drives a chariot drawn by five horses to convey the guilty to Sithaer. Dharkaron as defined by the adepts of Ath
'
s Brotherhood is that dark thread mortal men weave with Ath, the prime vibration, that creates self-punishment, or the root of guilt.

pronounced dark-air-on

root meaning
:
dhar -
evil;
khiaron
- one who stands in judgement

DHIRKEN—lady captain of the contraband runner.
Black Drake.
Reputed to have taken over the brig
'
s command by right of arms following her father
'
s death at sea. Died at the hands of Lysaer
'
s allies on the charge of liaison with Arithon s
'
Ffalenn, Third Age Year 5647.

pronounced:
dur-kin

root meaning
:
dierk
- tough;
an -
one

DIER KENTON VALE—a valley located in the principality of Vastmark, Shand, where Lysaer
'
s war host, thirty-five thousand strong, fought and lost to the Master of Shadow in Third Age 5647, largely decimated in one day by a shale slide. The remainder were harried by a small force of Vastmark shepherds and
clan scouts from Shand, under Caolle, who served as Arithon
'
s war-captain, until supplies and loss of morale broke the Alliance campaign,

pronounced:
deer ken-ton

root meaning
:
dier
'
kendion
- a jewel with a severe flaw that may result in shearing or cracking.

DURN—town located in Orvandir, Shand. Birthplace of Meiglin s
'
CHeneval.

pronounced:
dern

root meaning
:
diern -
a flat plain

EAST HALLA—principality in Melhalla.

pronounced:
east hall-ah

root meaning
:
hal
'
lia
- white light

EASTWALL—city located in the Skyshiel Mountains, Rathain. EAST WARD—fishing and trade town located on the eastern coast of Fallowmere, in Rathain.

EASTTAIR—fortified town located on the East Halla peninsula, in Melhalla.

pronounced:
ee-ass-tay-er

root meaning
:
e
'
ast -
small cove;
taer -
calm

EBRAR—an elite captain, dedicate to the Light, serving under Sulfin Evend.

pronounced:
ee-brar

root meaning
:
ebair
- reliant, steady; i
'
er - the line

ELAIRA—initiate enchantress of the Koriathain, currently serving the order as a wandering independent. Originally a street child, taken on in Morvain for Koriani rearing. Arithon
'
s beloved.

pronounced:
ee-layer-ah

root meaning
:
e
- prefix, diminutive for small;
laere
- grace

ELDIR s
'
LORNMEIN—King of Havish and once the last surviving scion of s
'
Lornmein royal line. Raised as a wool-dyer until the Fellowship Sorcerers crowned him at Ostermere in Third Age 5643 following the defeat of the Mistwraith. Now father of four children.

pronounced:
el-deer

root meaning
:
elder
- to ponder, to consider, to weigh

ELLAINE—daughter of the Lord Mayor of Erdane, once Princess of Avenor by marriage to Lysaer
s
'
Ilessid
, and mother of Kevor
s'Ilessid
, who became an adept of Ath
'
s Brotherhood.

pronounced:
el-lane

not from the Paravian

ELSSINE—town on the coast of Alland, Shand. Best known for its granite quarries and tempered steel.

pronounced:
el-seen

root meaning
:
elssien -
small pit

ELTAIR BAY—large bay off Cildein Ocean and east coast of Rathain; where the River Severnir was diverted following the Mistwraith
'
s conquest.

pronounced:
el-tay-er

root meaning
:
al
'
tieri
- of steel
'
a shortening of original Paravian name;
dascen al
'
tieri
- which meant
'
ocean of steel
'
which referred to the colour of the waves

ENTTHEN TUER—seeress living in the town of Erdane. Originally a Koriani sister who encountered the Biedar tribes in Sanpashir, and on the basis of their influence, was freed from her initiate
'
s vow of service by Fellowship Sorcerer Asandir
'
s intervention.

pronounced:
en-ith-en too-er

root meaning
:
en
'
wethen
- far-sighted;
tuer
- crone

ERTEGAL—second youngest of the fourteen child survivors of the Tal Quorin massacre known as Jieret
'
s Companions. Renowned as a shrewd tactician, he was ordered to serve Jieret
'
s son Barach as war-captain in the Halwythwood camp rather than fight Lysaer
'
s war host in Daon Ramon Barrens in Third Age Year 5670.

pronounced:
air-ee-gall

root meaning
:
eriegal
- snake

ERLIEN s
'
TALEYN—High Earl of Alland;
caithdein
of Shand, chieftain of the forest clansmen of Selkwood. Once fought Arithon s
'
Ffalenn at sword-point over an issue of law bound over by Melhalla
'
s
caithdein
and also as a trial of a sanctioned crown prince
'
s honest character. Father of Kyrialt sTaleyn.

pronounced:
er-lee-an

root meaning
:
aierlyan
- bear;
tal
- branch;
an
- one
'
first
'
of first branch
'

ETARRA—trade city built across the Mathorn Pass by townsfolk after the revolt that cast down Ithamon and the High Kings of Rathain. Nest of corruption and intrigue, and policy-maker for the North. Lysaer s
'
flessid was ratified as mayor upon Morfett
'
s death in Third Age Year 5667. Site where Arithon defeated the Kralovir necromancers in Third Age Year 5671. Also the seat of the Alliance armed forces.

pronounced:
ee-tar-ah

root meaning
:
e
- prefix for small;
taria
- knots

EVENSTAR
—first brig stolen from Riverton
'
s royal shipyard by Cattrick
'
s conspiracy with Prince Arithon. Currently of Innish registry, running merchant cargoes under joint ownership of Fiark and his sister Feylind, who is master.

FALLOWMERE—north-eastern principality of Rathain.

pronounced:
fal-oh-meer

root meaning
:
fal
'
ei
'
miere
- literally, tree self-reflection, colloquialism for
'
place of perfect trees
'

EARSEE—coastal harbour on the Bay of Eltair, located in East Halla, Melhalla.

pronounced:
far-see

root meaning
:
faersi
- sheltered
'
muffled

FATE
'
S WHEEL—see Daelion
'
s Wheel.

FELLOWSHIP OF SEVEN—sorcerers bound to Athera by the summoning dream of the dragons and charged to secure the mysteries that enable Paravian survival. Achieved their redemption from Cianor Sunlord, under the Law of the Major Balance in Second Age Year One. Originators and keepers of the covenant of the compact, made with the Paravian races, to allow Mankind
'
s settlement on Athera in Third Age Year One. Their authority backs charter law, upheld by crown justice and clan oversight of the free wilds.

FEITHAN—widow of Jieret s
'
Valerient, Earl of the North, and
caithdein
of Rathain, handfast to the Companion, Sidir.

pronounced:
faith-an

root meaning
:
feiathen
- ivy

FEIYD ETH SA—Biedar dialect, from Sanpashir, meaning
'
look at this!
'

pronounced:
fay-eed-eth-saa

root meaning
:
feiyd
- look;
eth
- at;
sa
- this

FENNICK—man-at-arms from the royal guard at Avenor, once honour guard to Prince Kevor, now reprieved and reassigned as one of Lysaer
s
'
Ilessid
'
s personal guard by Sulfin Evend.

pronounced:
fen-nick

not from Paravian

FEYLIND—daughter of a Scimlade fisherman and Jinesse, twin sister of Fiark, currently master of
Evenstar,
a merchant brig of Innish registry,

pronounced:
fay-lind

root meaning
:
faelind
'
an
- outspoken or noisy one

FFEREDON-LI—ancient Paravian word for a healer, literally translated
'
bringer of grace
'
and the name given to Elaira by an Araethurian seeress on the hour of Fionn Areth
'
s birth.

pronounced:
fair-eh-dun-lee

root meaning
:
ffaraton
- maker;
li
- exalted grace

FIANZIA—(ANZIA, diminutive form) wife of Mearn s
'
Brydion.

pronounced:
fie-an-zee-ah

root meaning
:
ffianzia
- jade FIARK—son of a Scimlade fisherman and Jinesse, twin brother of Feylind, currently a merchant factor at Innish, also handles all of Arithon
'
s covert shore-side affairs. Husband of Corra.

pronounced:
fee-ark

root meaning
:
fyerk -
to throw or toss