Waterfire Saga, Book Three: Dark Tide: A Deep Blue Novel (42 page)

M
ERMISH
the common language of the sea people

M
ERROVINGIA
descendants of Merrow

M
ERROW
a great mage, one of the six rulers of Atlantis, and Serafina’s ancestor. First ruler of the merpeople; songspell originated with her, and she
decreed the Dokimí.

M
ERROW
’
S
P
ROGRESS
Ten years after the destruction of Atlantis, Merrow made a journey to all of the
waters of the world, scouting out safe places for the merfolk to colonize.

M
IROMARA
the realm Serafina comes from; an empire that spans the Mediterranean Sea, the Adriatic, Aegean, Baltic, Black, Ionian, Ligurian, and Tyrrhenean
Seas, the Seas of Azov and Marmara, the Straits of Gibraltar, the Dardanelles, and the Bosphorus

M
OON JELLY
a bioluminescent jellyfish

M
OONSTONE
Navi’s talisman; silvery blue and the size of an albatross’s egg, with an inner glow

M
ORSA
an ancient scavenger goddess, whose job it was to take away the bodies of the dead. She angered Neria by practicing necromancy. Neria punished her by
giving her the face of death and the body of a serpent and banishing her.

M
OSES POTION
a liquid from the Moses sole in the Red Sea that puts people to sleep

N
AVI
one of the six mages who ruled Atlantis; Neela’s ancestor

N
EELA
a Matalin princess; Serafina’s best friend; Yazeed’s sister; Mahdi’s cousin. She is a bioluminescent.

N
EFÉLI
a cloud nymph

N
ERIA
the sea goddess

N
ERIA
’
S
S
TONE
a blue, tear-shaped diamond that Neria gave to Merrow for saving Kyr, her youngest son,
from a shark attack

N
YX
one of the six mages who ruled Atlantis; Ava’s ancestor

O
CHI
a powerful spying spell in which the songcaster plants a gândac, or bug, near the person or thing being observed

O
KWA
N
AHOLO
water spirits in the swamps of the Mississippi that guard Nyx’s talisman

O
MNIVOXA
(
OMNI
) mer who have the natural ability to speak every dialect of Mermish and communicate with sea creatures

O
NDALINA
the mer realm in the arctic waters; Astrid’s home

O
RFEO
one of the six mages who ruled Atlantis; Astrid’s ancestor

O
STROKON
the mer version of a library

P
ALAZZO
Italian for
palace

P
ERMUTAVI
a pact between Miromara and Ondalina, enacted after the War of Reykjanes Ridge, that decreed the exchange of the rulers’ children

P
ORTIA
V
OLNERO
mother of Lucia and a powerful duchessa of Miromara; wanted to marry Vallerio, Serafina’s uncle

P
RAEDATORI
soldiers who defend the sea and its creatures against terragoggs; known as Wave Warriors on land

P
RAESIDIO
Duca Contorini’s home in Venice

P
RAX
practical magic that helps the mer survive, such as camouflage spells, echolocation spells, spells to improve speed or darken an ink cloud. Even those
with little magical ability can cast them.

P
RINCIPESSA
Italian for
princess

P
ROMISING
an exchange of betrothal vows that, once spoken, cannot be broken until death

P
UZZLE BALL
Sycorax’s talisman; a small, ornately carved white ball containing spheres within spheres, with the image of a phoenix on the outside

P
YRRHA
one of the six rulers of Atlantis; Becca’s ancestor

Q
ANIKKAAQ
a giant maelstrom in the Greenland Sea; believed to be the location of Orfeo’s talisman

Q
IN
the mer realm in the Pacific Ocean; Ling’s home

R
AFE
I
AORO
M
FEME
worst of the terragoggs; he runs a fleet of dredgers and super trawlers that threaten to
pull every last fish out of the sea

R
AGNAR
Astrid’s older brother

R
AYSAY
the language spoken by manta rays

R
AZORMOUTH DRAGON
one of the many types of dragons that breed in Matali and are the main source of the realm’s wealth; they are feral and murderous
and prevent invaders from getting past the Madagascar Basin

R
EGGIA
Merrow’s ancient palace

R
EGINA
Italian for
queen

R
IVER
O
LT
the Freshwater region where the Iele’s cave is located

R
ORRIM
D
ROL
lord of Vadus, the mirror realm

R
UBY RING
Nyx’s talisman; a large stone, with many facets, in a gold setting

R
YLKA
Kolfinn’s commodora, the second most powerful mer in Ondalina

S
CAGHAUFEN
capital of the Meerteufel sea goblin tribe

S
EA WASP
the most deadly jellyfish in the world

S
EJANUS
A
DARO
Portia Volnero’s husband, who died a year after Lucia’s birth

S
ELECTION
the death riders’ daily process of choosing which of their captives will dive into the Great Abyss to search for Sycorax’s
talisman

S
ERAFINA
regina di Miromara and leader of the Black Fin Resistance

S
HAN
L
U
C
HI
Ling’s father, an archeologist

S
HAYÚ
Amarrefe Mei Foo’s pirate ship

S
HIPWRECK GHOSTS
hungry for life, their touch—if prolonged—can be lethal

S
OMNA POTION
a sleeping draft

S
OPHIA
a Black Fin; she saves Serafina’s life during the raid on Miromara’s treasury

S
TICKSTOFF
head of the Meerteufel’s military

S
VIKARI
one of the trawlers that Rafe Mfeme owns

S
YCORAX
one of the six rulers of Atlantis; Ling’s ancestor

T
ALISMAN
object with magical properties

T
AUNO
Rylka’s son; a major in the Ondalinian military

T
ERRAGOGGS
(
GOGGS
) humans

T
HALIA
, L
ADY
a vitrina who knows what the six talismans are

T
RAITORS
’ G
ATE
the entrance to the dungeons underneath Miromara’s royal palace

T
RANSPARENSEA PEARL
a pearl that contains a songspell of invisibility;
TRANSPARENSEA PEBBLES
are not as strong as transparensea
pearls

T
RYKEL AND
S
PUME
twin gods of the tides

V
ADUS
the mirror realm

V
ALLERIO
, P
RINCIPE DEL
S
ANGUE
Regina Isabella’s brother; Miromara’s high commander;
Serafina’s uncle, Lucia’s father

V
ITRINA
souls of beautiful, vain humans who spent so much time admiring themselves in mirrors that they are now trapped inside

V
ORTEX
a songspell used to create a whirl

W
ATERFIRE
magical fire used to enclose or contain

W
AVE
W
ARRIORS
humans who fight for the sea and its creatures

W
HALEFALL
the hallowed ground where the remains of dead whales lie; some magic remains in their bones after death

W
ILLIWAW
a wind spirit at Cape Horn; possessor of Pyrrha’s talisman

Y
AZEED
Neela’s brother; Mahdi’s cousin; Sera’s second-in-command

Z
EE-ZEE
a Matalin candy

Z
ENO
P
ISCOR
traitor to Serafina and Neela, in league with Traho

Z
EPHYROS
god of the wind; son of Cassio, the sky god

JENNIFER DONNELLY
is an award-winning author of both adult and young adult books, including
Deep Blue
and
Rogue
Wave
, the first two books in the WaterFire Saga. For adults she has written a trilogy of best-selling books that includes
The Tea Rose
,
The Winter Rose
, and
The Wild
Rose
. Her first young adult novel,
A Northern Light
, received many accolades, among them the
Los Angeles Times
Book Prize, a Carnegie Medal in the UK, and a Michael L. Printz
Honor. Her second young adult novel,
Revolution
, was named a Best Book of 2010 by
Kirkus Reviews
and
School Library Journal
, and the audiobook received a 2011 American
Library Association Odyssey Honor. She lives in New York’s Hudson Valley. For more information, visit
www.jenniferdonnelly.com
.