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pronounced:
sool-finn ev-end

root meaning
:
suilfinn eiavend -
colloquialism, diamond mind
'
one who is persistent
'

SUNCHILDREN—common name for Athlien Paravians, see entry.

SUNLOOP—a device for augury, wrought by the Fellowship Sorcerer Ciladis, and completed in Third Age 5129, which was designed to reflect the first return of sunlight to Paravia, following the Mistwraith
'
s invasion. s
'
VALERIENT—family name for the Earls of the North, regents and
caithdein
for the High Kings of Rathain.

pronounced:
val-er-ee-ent

root meaning
:
vol -
straight;
erient
- spear

TAL QUORIN—river formed by the confluence of watershed on the southern side of Strakewood, principality of Deshir, Rathain, where traps were laid for Etarra
'
s army in the battle of Strakewood Forest, and where the rape and massacre of Deshir
'
s clan women and children occurred under Lysaer and head-hunters under Pesquil
'
s command in Third Age Year 5638.

pronounced:
tal quar-in

root meaning
:
tal -
branch;
quorin
- canyons

TALITH—Etarran princess; former wife of Lysaer
s
'
Ilessid
, estranged from him and incarcerated on charges of consorting with the Master of Shadow. Eventually

murdered by a conspiracy of Avenor
'
s crown council, when an arranged accident caused her fall from Avenor
'
s tower of state in Third Age 5653.

pronounced:
tal-ith - to rhyme with
'
gal with
'

root meaning
:
tal
- branch;
lith
- to keep
'
nurture

TALVISH—a clanborn retainer in armed service to s
'
Brydion at Alestron who was sworn as liegeman to the Prince Arithon as a point of honour.

pronounced:
tall-vish

root meaning
:
talvesh
- reed

TEIDWAR—Biedar dialect for outland strange person who fares through another
'
s place, kinless.

pronounced:
tide-war

root meaning
:
tiedwar -
a traveller who does not belong to the tribe

TEIR—masculine form of a title fixed to a name denoting heirship,

pronounced:
tayer

root meaning
:
teir
'
s
- successor to power

TEIREN—feminine form of Teir.

TEIVE—first mate of the merchant brig
Evenstar
and father of Feylind
'
s two children.

pronounced:
tee-ev

root meaning
:
tierve
- reliable

TELMANDIR—seat of the High Kings of Havish in Lithmere, Havish. Ruined during the uprising in Third Age Year 5018, rebuilt by High King Eldir s
'
Lornmein after his coronation in Third Age Year 5643.

pronounced:
tel-man-deer

root meaning
:
telman
'
en
- leaning;
dir -
rock

TELZEN—town on the eastshore of Alland, Shand.

pronounced:
tell-zen

root meaning
:
tielsen -
to saw wood

THARIDOR—trade city on the shores of the Bay of Eltair in Melhalla.

pronounced:
thar-i-door

root meaning
:
tier
'
i
'
dur
- keep of stone

THARRICK—former captain of the guard in the city of Alestron assigned charge of the duke
'
s secret armoury; now married to Jinesse and working as a gentleman mercenary guard at Innish.

pronounced:
thar-rick

root meaning
:
thierik
- unkind twist of fate

THIRDMARK—port town located on the eastshore of Rockbay Harbor, Shand.

TIASSA—wife of Parrien s
'
Brydion of Alestron.

pronounced:
tee-ass-ah

root meaning
:
tias
'
s
'
a -
a woman of wealth or means

TIENELLE—high-altitude herb valued by mages for its rnind-expanding properties. Highly toxic. No antidote. The leaves, dried and smoked, are most potent.
To weaken its powerful side effects and allow safer access to its vision, Koriani enchantresses boil the flowers, then soak tobacco leaves with the brew.

pronounced:
tee-an-ell-e (
'
e
'
mostly subliminal)

root meaning
:
tien
- dream;
iel
- light
'
ray

TIRANS—trade town located on the East Halla peninsula in Melhalla, also a Second Age ruin, seat of the High Kings of Melhalla, sacked during the uprising in Third Age Year 5018. Site of a Paravian focus circle.

pronounced:
tee-rans

root meaning
:
tier -
to hold fast, to keep, or to covet

TIRIACS—mountain range to the north of Mirthlvain Swamp, in Midhalla, Melhalla.

pronounced:
tie-ree-axe

root meaning
:
tieriach
- alloy of metals

TORBRAND s
'
FFALENN—founder of the s
'
Ffalenn line appointed by the Fellowship of Seven to rule the High Kingdom of Rathain in Third Age Year One.

pronounced:
tor-brand

root meaning
:
tor
- sharp, keen;
brand -
temper

TORNIR PEAKS—mountain range on western border in Camris, Tysan. Northern half is actively volcanic, and there the last surviving packs of Khadrim are kept under ward.

pronounced:
tor-neer

root meaning
:
tor
- sharp, keen;
nier
- tooth

TRAITHE—Sorcerer of the Fellowship of Seven. Solely responsible for the closing of South Gate to deny further entry to the Mistwraith. Traithe lost most of his faculties in the process and was left with a limp. Since it is not known whether he can make the transfer into discorporate existence with his powers impaired, he has retained his physical body.

pronounced:
tray-the

root meaning
:
traithe -
gentleness

TYSAN—one of the Five High Kingdoms of Athera as defined by the charters of the Fellowship of Seven. Ruled by the
s'Ilessid
royal line. Device: gold star on blue field.

pronounced:
tie-san

root meaning
:
tiasen -
rich

VALDIE—widow of a Hanshire lancer who was lost in the Korias grimward in Third Age 5653.

pronounced:
val-dee

root meaning
:
val -
straight;
die
- pretty object - colloquial for faithfully fair

VARENS—trade town on the shore of Eltair Bay in East Halla, Melhalla.

pronounced:
var-ens

root meaning
:
var
'
uens -
keep safe, or lock

VASTMARK—principality located in south-western Shand. Highly mountainous and not served by trade-roads. Its coasts are renowned for shipwrecks. Inhabited by nomadic shepherds and wyverns, non-fire-breathing, smaller relatives of Khadrim. Site of the grand massacre of Lysaer
'
s war host in Third Age 5647.

pronounced:
vast-mark

root meaning
:
vhast
- bare;
mheark
- valley

VASTSTRAJT—narrows linking the Cildein Ocean with the Bay of Eltair on the eastshore-line.

pronounced:
vast-straight

root meaning
:
vhast
- bare

VERRAIN—master spellbinder, trained by Luhaine; stood as Guardian of Mirthlvain when the Fellowship of Seven was left short-handed after the conquest of the Mistwraith.

pronounced:
ver-rain

root meaning
:
ver -
keep;
ria -
touch;
an -
one original Paravian:
verria
'
an

VHALZEEN—city located in West Shand, shore of Rockbay Harbor on the border by Havish. Famed for shell-inlaid lacquer furnishings.

pronounced:
val-zeen

root meaning
: from Drakish,
vhchalsckeen
- white sands

VHANDON—a renowned clanborn war-captain of Duke Bransian s
'
Brydion of Alestron, assigned to Prince Arithon
'
s service as a point of honour in Third Age Year 5654.

pronounced:
van-done

root meaning
:
vhandon
- steadfast

WARDEN OF ALTHAIN—alternative title for the Fellowship Sorcerer, Sethvir, who received custody of Althain Tower and the powers of the earth link from the last centaur guardian to leave the continent of Paravia in Third Age Year 5100.

WAYSTONE—spherical-cut amethyst used by the Koriathain to channel the full power of all enchantresses in their order, lost during the great rebellion that threw down the rule of the high kings, and recovered from Fellowship custody by Lirenda in Third Age Year 5647. Currently useless to the order, due to Arithon
'
s arranged sabotage, which has infiltrated a stray
iyat
into the stone
'
s matrix.

WESTWOOD—forest located north of the Great West Road in Camris, Tysan.

WERPOINT—fishing town and outpost on the north-east coast of Fallowmere, Rathain.

pronounced:
were-point

root meaning
:
wyr -
all, sum as in numerical total.

WEST HALLA—principality located in Kingdom of Melhalla.

pronounced:
west hall-ah

root meaning
:
hal
'
lia
- white light

WHTTEHOLD—city located on the shore of Eltair Bay, Kingdom of Melhalla. WILLOWBROOK—stream feeding into the River Lienriel in Selkwood, located in Alland in Shand.

WYNTOK GATE—upper gate in the citadel of Alestron, opening onto the suspended wooden bridge that crosses the tidal moat to the Mathiell Gate.

pronounced:
win-tock

root meaning
:
wuinn
- vulture;
Hoik -
roost

Appendix

Blood Heritage of the Royal Families

The five royal lines of Athera were originally selected by the Paravians, with each of the original founders chosen for a dominant gift of character.