Fatal Revenant

COMBINED GLOSSARY FOR THE CHRONICLES OF THOMAS COVENANT

A

Abatha: one of the Seven Words

Acence: a Stonedownor, sister of Atiaran

Ahamkara: Hoerkin, “the Door” Ahanna: painter, daughter of Hanna

Aimil: daughter of Anest, wife of Sunder

a-Jeroth of the Seven Hells: Lord of wickedness; Clave-name for Lord Foul the Despiser

ak-Haru: a supreme Haruchai honorific

Akkasri na-Mhoram-cro: a member of the Clave

aliantha: treasure-berries

Alif, the Lady: a woman Favoured of the gaddhi

amanibhavam: horse-healing grass, dangerous to humans Amatin: a Lord, daughter of Matin

Amatin: a lord, daughter of Matin

Amith: a woman of Crystal Stonedown

Amok: mysterious guide to ancient Lore

Amorine: First Haft, later Hiltmark

Anchormaster: second in command aboard a Giantship

Andelain, the Hills of Andelain, the Andelainian Hills: a region of the Land which embodies health and beauty

Andelainscion: a region in the Centre Plains

Anele: a deranged old man; son of Sunder and Hollian

Anest: a woman of Mithil Stonedown, sister of Kalina

Annoy: a Courser

anundivian yajna: “lost” Ramen craft of bone-sculpting

Appointed, the: an Elohim chosen to bear a particular burden; Findail

Arch of Time, the: symbol of the existence and structure of time; conditions which make the existence of time possible

arghule/arghuleh: ferocious ice-beasts

Asuraka: Staff-Elder of the Loresraat

Atiaran Trell-mate: a Stonedownor, daughter of Tiaran; mother of Lena

Audience Hall of Earthroot: maze under Melenkurion Skyweir to conceal and protect the Blood of the Earth

Aumbrie of the Clave, the: storeroom for former Lore

Auspice, the: throne of the gaddhi

aussat Befylam: child-form of the jheherrin

B

Bahgoon the Unbearable: character in a Giantish tale

Banas Nimoram: the Celebration of Spring

Bandsoil Bounds: region north of Soulsease River

Banefire, the: fire by which the Clave affects the Sunbane

Bann: a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Trevor

Bannor: a Bloodguard, assigned to Thomas Covenant

Baradakas: a Hirebrand of Soaring Woodhelven

Bargas Slit: a gap through the Last Hills from the Center Plains to Garroting Deep

Bareisle: an island off the coast of Elemesnedene

Basila: a scout in Berek Halfhand? army

Benj, the Lady: a woman favoured by the gaddhi

Berek Halfhand: Heartthew, Lord-Fatherer, first of the Old Lords

Bern: Haruchai lost to the Clave

Bhanoryl: a Ranyhyn; mount of Galt

Bhapa: a Cord of the Ramen, Sahah’s half-brother; companion of Linden Avery

Bhrathair: a people met by the wandering Giants, residents of Bhrathairealm on the verge of the Great Desert

Bhrathairain: the town of the Bhrathair

Bhrathairain Harbour: the port of the Bhrathair

Bhrathairealm: the land of the Bhrathair

Birinair: a Hirebrand, Hearthrall of Lord’s Keep

Bloodguard, the: Haruchai, a people living in the Westron Mountains; the defenders of the Lords

bone-sculpting: ancient Ramen craft; marrowmeld

Borillar: a Hirebrand, Hearthrall of Lord’s Keep

Bornin: a Haruchai, a Master of the Land

Brabha: a Ranyhyn, Korik’s mount

Branl: a Haruchai, a Master of the Land; one of the Humbled

Brannil: man of Stonemight Woodhelven

Brinn: a leader of the Haruchai, protector of Thomas Covenant; later Guardian of the One Tree

Brow Gnarlfist: a Giant; father of the First of the Search

C

caamora: Giantish ordeal of grief by fire

Cable Seadreamer: a Giant, brother of Grimmand Honninscrave; member of the Search; possessed of the Earth-Sight

Cabledarm: a Giant; one of the Swordmainnir

Caer-Caveral: Forestal of Andelain; formerly Hile Troy

Caerroil Wildwood: Forestal of Garroting Deep

caesure: a Fall; a rent in the fabric of time

Cail: one of the Haruchai, protector of Linden Avery

Caitiffin: a captain of the armed forces of Bhrathairealm

Callindrill Faer-mate: a Lord

Callowwail, the river: stream arising from Elemesnedene

Cavewights: evil creatures existing under Mount Thunder

Ceer: one of the Haruchai

Celebration of Spring, the: the Dance of the Wraiths of Andelain on the dark of the moon in the middle of spring

Center Plains, the: a region of the land

Centerpith Barrens: a region in the Centre Plains

Cerrin: a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Shetra

Chant: one of the Elohim

Char: a Cord of the Ramen, Sahah’s brother

Chatelaine, the: courtiers of the gaddhi

Chosen, the: title given to Linden Avery

Circle of Elders: Stonedown leaders

Cirrus Kindwind: a Giant; one of the Swordmainnir

clachan, the: demesne of the Elohim

ClangorClang: a Courser

Clangor: a Courser

Clash: a Courser

Clave, the: group which wields the Sunbane and rules the Land

clingor: adhesive leather

Close, the: the Council chamber of Lord’s Keep

Clyme: a Haruchai, a Master of the Land; one of the Humbled

Coercri: The Grieve; former home of the Giants in Seareach

Colossus of the Fall, the: ancient stone figure guarding the Upper Land

Consecear Redoin: a region north of the Soulsease River

Cord: Ramen second rank

Cording: Ramen ceremony of becoming a Cord

Corimini: Eldest of the Loresraat

Corruption: Bloodguard/Haruchai name for Lord Foul

Council of Lords, the: protectors of the Land

Courser: a beast made by the Clave using the Sunbane

Creator, the: maker of the Earth

Croft: Graveler of Crystal Stonedown

Crowl: a Bloodguard

croyel, the: mysterious creatures which grant power through bargains, living off their hosts

Crystal Stonedown: home of Hollian

Currier: a Ramen rank

D

Damelon Giantfriend: son of Berek Halfhand, second High Lord of the Old Lords

Damelon? Door: door of lore which when opened permits passage through the Audience Hall of Earthroot under Melenkurion Skyweir

Dance of the Wraiths, the: Celebration of Spring

Dancers of the Sea, the: merewives; suspected to be the offspring of the Elohim Kastenessen and his mortal lover

Daphine: one of the Elohim

Dawngreeter: highest sail on the foremast of a Giantship

Dead, the: spectres of those who have died

Defiles Course, the: river in the Lower Land

Demondim, the: creatures created by Viles; creators of ur-viles and Waynhim

Demondim-spawn: another name for ur-viles and Waynhim; Vain

Desolation, the: era of ruin in the Land, after the Ritual of Desecration

Despiser, the: Lord Foul

Despite: evil; name given to the Despiser’s nature and effects

dharmakshetra: “to brave the enemy,” a Waynhim

dhraga: a Waynhim

dhubha: a Waynhim

dhurng: a Waynhim

diamondraught: Giantish liquor

Din: a Courser

Dire? Vessel: Giantship used by the Swordmainnir to convey Longwrath

Doar: a Bloodguard

Dohn: a Manethrall of the Ramen

Dolewind, the: wind blowing to the Soulbiter

Doom? Retreat: a gap in the Southron Range between the South Plains and Doriendor Corishev

Doriendor Corishev: an ancient city; seat of the king against whom Berek Halfhand rebelled

drhami: a Waynhim

Drinishok: Sword-Elder of the Loresraat

Drinny: a Ranyhyn, Lord Mhoram’s mount; foal of Hynaril

dromond: a Giantship

Drool Rockworm: a Cavewight; leader of the Cavewights, finder of the Illearth Stone

dukkha: “victim”, Waynhim name

Dura Fairflank: a mustang, Covenant’s mount

Durance: a cryptic barrier, apparently broken

durhisitar: a Waynhim

During Stonedown: village destroyed by the Grim; home of Hamako

Duroc: one of the Seven Words

Durris: a Haruchai

E

EarthBlood: concentrated fluid Earthpower; only known to exist under Melenkurion Skyweir; source of the Power of Command

Earthfriend: title first given to Berek Halfhand

Earthpower: natural power of all life; the source of all power in the Land

Earthroot: lake under Melenkurion Skyweir

Earthrootstair: stairway down to the lake of Earthroot under Melenkurion Skyweir

Earth-Sight: Giantish power to perceive distant dangers and needs

eftmound: gathering-place for the Elohim

eh-Brand: one who can use wood to read the Sunbane

Elemesnedene: home of the Elohim

Elena: daughter of Lena and Thomas Covenant; later High Lord

Elohim, the: a mystic people encountered by the wandering Giants

Elohimfest: a gathering of the Elohim

Emacrimma’s Maw: a region in the Centre Plains

Enemy: Lord Foul’s term of reference for the Creator

Eoman: a unit of the Warward of Lord’s Keep, twenty warriors and a Warhaft

Eoward: twenty Eoman plus a Haft

Epemin: a soldier in Berek Halfhand? army, tenth Eoman, second Eoward

Esmer: tormented son of Cail and the Dancers of the Sea

Exalt Widenedworld: a Giant; youngest son of Soar Gladbirth and Sablehair Foamheart; later called Lostson and Longwrath

F

fael Befylam: serpent-form of the jheherrin

Faer: mare of Lord Callindrill

Fall: Haruchai name for a caesure

Fangs: the Teeth of the Render; Ramen name for the Demondim

Fangthane the Render: Ramen name for Lord Foul

Far Woodhelven: a village of the Land

Father of Horses, the: Kelenbhrabanal, legendary sire of the Ranyhyn

Favoured, the: courtesans of the gaddhi

Findail: one of the Elohim; the Appointed

Fields of Richloam: a region in the Centre Plains

Filigree: a Giant; another name for Sablehair Foamheart

Fire-Lions: living fire-flow of Mount Thunder

fire-stones: graveling

First Betrayer: Clave-name for Berek Halfhand

First Circinate: first level of the Sandhold

First Haft: third in command of the Warward

First Mark: the Bloodguard commander

First of the Search, the: leader of the Giants who follow the Earth-Sight

First Ward of Kevin’s Lore: primary cache of knowledge left by High Lord Kevin

Fleshharrower: a Giant-Raver, Jehannum, moksha

Foamkite: tyrscull belonging to Honninscrave and Seadreamer

Fole: a Haruchai

Foodfendhall: eating-hall and galley aboard a Giantship

Forbidding: a wall of power

Forestal: a protector of the remnants of the One Forest

Fostil: a man of Mithil Stonedown; father of Liand

Foul’s Creche: the Despiser’s home, Ridjeck Thome

Frostheart Grueburn: a Giant; one of the swordmannir

Furl Falls: waterfall at Revelstone

Furl’s Fire: warning fire at Revelstone

G

gaddhi, the: sovereign of Bhrathairealm

Gallows Howe: a place of execution in Garroting Deep

Galt: a Haruchai, a Master of the Land; one of the Humbled

Garroting Deep: a forest of the Land

Garth: Warmark of the Warward of Lord’s Keep

Gay: a Winhome of the Ramen

ghohritsar: a Waynhim

ghramin: a Waynhim

Giantclave: Giantish conference

Giantfriend: title given first to Damelon, later to Thomas Covenant

Giants: the Unhomed, ancient friends of the Lords; a seafaring people of the Earth

Giantship: a stone sailing vessel made by Giants; dromond

Giantway: path made by Giants

Giant Woods: a forest of the Land

Gibbon: the na-Mhoram; leader of the Clave

Gilden: a maple-like tree with golden leaves

Gildenlode: a power-wood formed from the Gilden trees

Glimmermere: a lake on the plateau above Revelstone

Gorak Krembal: Hotash Slay, a defence around Foul’s Creche

Gossamer Glowlimn: a Giant, the First of the Search

Grace: a Cord of the Ramen

Graveler: one who uses stone to wield the Sunbane

graveling: fire-stones, made to glow by stone-lore

Gravelingas: a master of the stone-lore

Gravin Threndor: Mount Thunder

Great Desert, the: a region of the Earth; home of the Bhrathair and the Sandgorgons

Great One, the: title given to Caerroil Wildwood by the Mahdoubt

Great Swamp, the: Lifeswallower, a region of the Land

Grey Desert, the: a region south of the Land

Grey River, the: a river of the Land

Grey Slayer: plains name for Lord Foul

Greywightswath: a region north of the Soulsease River

Greshas Slant: a region in the Centre Plains

griffin: lion-like beast with wings

Grim, the: (also the na-Mhoram’s Grim) a destructive storm sent as an attack by the Clave

Grimmand Honninscrave: a Giant; Master of Starfare’s Gem; brother of Cable Seadreamer

Grimmerdhore: a forest of the Land

Guard, the: hustin; soldiers serving the gaddhi

Guardian of the One Tree, the: mystical figure warding the approach to the One Tree; ak-Haru Kenaustin Ardenol

H

Haft: commander of an Eoward

Halewhole Bluntfist: a Giant; one of the swordmannir

Halfhand: title given to Thomas Covenant and to Berek

Hall of Gifts, the: large chamber in Revelstone devoted to the artworks of the Land

Hamako: sole survivor of the destruction of During Stonedown

Hami: a Ramen Manethrall

Handir: a Haruchai leader, the Voice of the Masters

Harad: one of the Seven Words

Harbour Captain: chief official of the port of Bhrathairealm

Harn: one of the Haruchai, protector of Hollian

Haruchai: a warrior people from the Westron Mountains

Healer: a physician

Hearthrall of Lord’s Keep: a steward responsible for light, warmth, and hospitality

Heart of Thunder: cave of power in Mount Thunder; Kiril Threndor

Hearthcoal: a Giant; cook of Starfare’s Gem; wife of Seasauce

Heartthew: a title given to Berek Halfhand

heartwood chamber: meeting-place of a Woodhelven, within a tree

Heer: leader of a Woodhelven

Heft Galewrath: a Giant; Storesmaster of Starfare’s Gem

Herem: a Raver, Kinslaughterer, turiya

Hergrom: one of the Haruchai

High Lord: leader of the Council of Lords

High Lord’s Furl: banner of the High Lord

High Wood: lomillialor, offspring of the One Tree

Hile Troy: a man formerly from Thomas Covenant’s world; Warmark of High Lord Elena’s Warward

Hiltmark: second in command of the Warward

Hirebrand: a master of wood-lore

Hoerkin: a Warhaft

Hollian: daughter of Amith, eh-Brand of Crystal Stonedown

Home: original homeland of the Giants

Horizonscan: lookout atop the midmast of a Giantship

Horse, the: human soldiery of the gaddhi

horserite: a gathering of Ranyhyn in which they drink mind-blending waters in order to share visions, prophecies, and purpose

Hotash Slay: flow of lava protecting Foul’s Creche; Gorak Krembal

Hower: a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Loerya

Hrama: a Ranyhyn stallion, mount of Anele

Humbled, the: three Haruchai maimed to resemble Thomas Covenant; a reminder to the Masters of their limitations

Hurn: a Cord of the Ramen

hurtloam: a healing mud

Huryn: a Ranyhyn, Terrel’s mount

Husta/hustin: partly human soldiers bred by Kasreyn to be the gaddhi’s Guard

Hyn: a Ranyhyn mare; mount of Linden Avery

Hynaril: a Ranyhyn, mount of Tamarantha and then Mhoram

Hynyn: a Ranyhyn stallion; mount of Stave

Hyrim: a Lord, son of Hoole

I

Illearth Stone, the: powerful bane long buried under Mount Thunder

Illender: title given to Thomas Covenant

Imoiran Tomal-mate: a Stonedownor

Infelice: reigning leader of the Elohim

Irin: a warrior of the Third Eoman of the Warward

Isle of the One Tree, the: location of the One Tree

J

Jain: a Manethrall of the Ramen

Jass: a Haruchai; a Master of the Land

Jehannum: a Raver, Fleshharrower, moksha

jheherrin: soft ones, misshapen by-products of Foul’s making

Jous: a man of Mithil Stonedown; son of Prassan; father of Nassic; inheritor of an Unfettered One’s mission to remember the Halfhand

K

Kalina: wife of Nassic; mother of Sunder; woman of Mithil Stonedown

Kam: a Manethrall of the Ramen

Karnis: a Heer of First Woodhelven

Kasreyn of the Gyre: a thaumaturge; the gaddhi’s Kemper (advisor) in Bhrathairealm

Kastenessen: one of the Elohim; former Appointed

Kelenbhrabanal: Father of Horses in Ranyhyn legends

Keeper: a Ramen rank; one of those unsuited to the rigors of being a Cord or a Manethrall

Keep of the na-Mhoram, the: Revelstone

Kemper, the: chief advisor of the gaddhi; Kasreyn

Kemper’s Pitch: highest level of the Sandhold

Kenaustin Ardenol: a figure of Haruchai legend, paragon and measure of all Haruchai virtues

Kevin Landwaster: son of Loric Vilesilencer, last High Lord of the Old Lords

Kevin’s Dirt: smog-like pall covering the Upper Land; invisible from below, it blocks health-sense

Kevin’s Lore: knowledge of power left hidden by Kevin in the Seven Wards

Kevin’s Watch: mountain lookout near Mithil Stonedown

Khabaal: one of the Seven Words

Kinslaughterer: a Giant-Raver, Herem, turiya

Kiril Threndor: chamber of power deep under Mount Thunder; Heart of Thunder

Koral: a Bloodguard; assigned to Lord Amatin

Korik: a Bloodguard

kresh: savage giant yellow wolves

krill, the: knife of power forged by High Lord Loric, awakened to power by Thomas Covenant

Kurash Plenethor: region of the Land formally named Stricken Stone, now called Trothgard

Kurash Qwellinir: the Shattered Hills, region of the Lower Land protecting Foul’s Creche

L

Lake Pelluce: a lake in Andelainscion

Lal: a Cord of the Ramen

Landsdrop: great cliff separating the Upper and Lower Lands

Land, the: generally, area found on the map; a focal region of the Earth where Earthpower is uniquely accessible

Landsverge Stonedown: a village of the Land

Landwaster: title given to High Lord Kevin

Latebirth: a Giant; one of the swordmainnir

Law, the: the natural order

Law of Death, the: the natural order which separates the living from the dead

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

Lifeswallower: the Giant Swamp

lianar: wood of power used by an eh-Brand

Liand: a man of Mithil Stonedown, son of Fostil; companion of Linden Avery

lillianrill: wood-lore; masters of wood-lore

Lithe: a Manethrall of the Ramen

Llaura: a Heer of Soaring Woodhelven

Loerya Trevor-mate: a Lord

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

Lords, the: the primary protectors of the Land

Lord’s-fire: staff-fire used by the Lords

Lord’s Keep: Revelstone

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: 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

M

Mahdoubt, the: a strange old woman; a servant of Revelstone

Mahrtiir: a Ramen Manethrall; 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

Marid: a man of Mithil Stonedown; Sunbane victim

Marny: a Ranyhyn, Tuvor’s mount

marrowmeld: bone-sculpting; anundivian yajna

master-rukh: iron triangle at Revelstone which feeds and reads other rukhs

Master: commander of a Giantship

Master, the: Clave-name for Lord Foul

Masters of the Land, the: Haruchai who have claimed responsibility for protecting the Land from corruption

Mehryl: a Ranyhyn, Hile Troy’s mount

Melenkurion abatha: phrase of invocation or power; two of the Seven Words

Melenkurion Skyweir: a cleft peak in the Westron Mountains

Memla na-Mhoram-in: a Rider of the Clave

merewives: the Dancers of the Sea

metheglin: a beverage; mead

Mhoram: a Lord; later high Lord; son of Variol

Mill: one of the Seven Words

Minas: one of the Seven Words

mirkfruit: papaya-like fruit with narcoleptic pulp

Mistweave: a Giant

Mithil River: a river of the Land

Mithil’s Plunge, the: waterfall at the head of the Mithil valley

Mithil Stonedown: a village in the South Plains

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 centre of Landsdrop

Murrin Odona-mate: a Stonedownor

Myrha: a Ranyhyn, Elena’s mount

N

Naharahn: a Ranyhyn mare; mount of Pahni

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

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-monster; 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

O

Oath of Peace, the: oath by the people of the Land against needless violence

Odona Murrin-mate: a Stonedownor

Offin: a former na-Mhoram

Old Lords: 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; used by a Graveler

Osondrea: a Lord, later high Lord; daughter of Sondrea

P

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? army

Peak of the Fire-Lions: 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

Q

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: quest to recover the Staff of Law from Drool Rockworm

Questsimoon, the: the Roveheartswind; a steady, favourable wind, perhaps seasonal

Quilla: a Heer of First Woodhelven

Quirrel: a Stonedownor, companion of Triock

R

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: fiord 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 thick mush, a Ramen food

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: act of despair by which High Lord Kevin destroyed the Old Lords and ruined most of the Land

Riversward: a region north of the Soulsease River

Rockbrother, Rocksister: terms of affection between men and Giants

rocklight: light emitted by glowing stone

roge Befylam: Cavewight-form of the jheherrin

Roveheartswind, the: the Questsimoon

Rue: a Manethrall, formerly named Gay

Ruel: a Bloodguard, assigned to Hile Troy

rukh: iron talisman by which a Rider wields the power of the Sunbane

Runnik: a Bloodguard

Rustah: a Cord of the Ramen

S

Sablehair Foamheart: a Giant, also called Filigree; mate of Soar Gladbirth; mother of Exalt Widenedworld

sacred enclosure: Vespers-hall at Revelstone

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 harbour of Giants’ Home

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 na-Mhoram-in: a Rider of the Clave

Sarangrave Flat: a region of the Lower Land; the Great Swamp

Satansfist: a Giant-Raver, Sheol, samadhi

Satansheart: Giantish name for Lord Foul

Search, the: quest of the Giants for the wound in the Earth; later the quest for the Isle of the One Tree

Seareach: region of the Land occupied by the Unhomed

Seasauce: a Giant; cook of Starfare’s Gem; husband of Hearthcoal

Seatheme: dead wife of Sevinhand

Second Circinate: second level of the Sandhold

Second Ward: second unit of Kevin’s hidden knowledge

setrock: a type of stone used with pitch to repair stone

Seven Hells, the: a-Jeroth’s demesne: desert, rain, pestilence, fertility, war, savagery, and darkness

Seven Wards, the: collection of knowledge hidden by High Lord Kevin

Seven Words, the: words of power from Kevin’s Lore

Sevinhand: Anchormaster of Starfare’s Gem; a Giant

Shattered Hills: a region of the Land near Foul’s Creche

Sheol: a Raver, Satansfist, samadhi

Shetra Verement-mate: a Lord

shola: a small wooden glen where a stream runs between unwooded hills

Shipsheartthew: the wheel of a Giantship

Shull: a Bloodguard

Sill: a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Hyrim

Sivit na-Mhoram-wist: a Rider of the Clave

skest: acid-creatures serving the lurker of the Sarangrave

skurj: ominous, unexplained beings

Slen Terass-mate: a Stonedownor

soft-ones: the jheherrin

Somo: horse taken by Liand from Mithil Stonedown

soothreader: a seer

soothtell: ritual of revelation practiced by the Clave

Soranal: a Woodhelvennin Heer, son of Thiller

Soulbiter, the: a dangerous ocean of Giantish legend

Soulbiter’s Teeth: reefs in the Soulbiter

Soulcrusher: Giantish name for Lord Foul

Sparlimb Keelsetter: a Giant, father of triplets

Spikes, the: guard-towers at the mouth of Bhrathairain Harbour

Spray Forthsurge: a Giant; mother of the First of the Search

springwine: a mild, refreshing liquor

Staff, the: a branch of Kevin’s Lore

Staff of Law, the: a tool of Earthpower; the first Staff was formed by Berek from the One Tree and later destroyed by Thomas Covenant; the second was formed by Linden Avery by using wild magic to merge Vain and Findail

Stallion of the First Herd, the: Kelenbhrabanal

Starfare’s Gem: Giantship used by the Search

Starkin: one of the Elohim

Stave: a Haruchai; a Master of the Land; companion of Linden Avery

Stell: one of the Haruchai; protector of Sunder

Stonedown: a stone-village

Stonedownor: one who lives in a stone-village

Stonemight, the: a fragment of the Illearth Stone

Stonemight Woodhelven: a village in the South Plains

Storesmaster: third in command aboard a Giantship

Stricken Stone: region of the Land; now called Trothgard

Sunbane, the: a power arising from the corruption of nature by Lord Foul

Sunbirth Sea: ocean east of the Land

Sunder: son of Nassic; Graveler of Mithil Stonedown

Sun-Sage: one who can affect the Sunbane

Sunstone: orcrest

sur-jheherrin: descendants of the jheherrin; inhabitants of Sarangrave Flat

suru-pa-maerl: an art using stone

Swarte: a Rider

Swordmain/Swordmainnir: a Giant trained as a warrior

Sword, the: a branch of Kevin’s Lore

Sword-Elder: chief Lorewarden of the Sword at the Loresraat

T

Tamarantha Variol-mate: a Lord, daughter of Enesta

Teeth of the Render, the: Fangs; Ramen name for the Demondim

Terass Slen-mate: a Stonedownor, daughter of Annoria

Terrel: a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Mhoram; a commander of the original Haruchai army

test of silence: test of integrity used by the people of the Land

test of truth, the: test of veracity by lomillialor or orcrest

The Grieve: Coercri, home of the Giants in Seareach

Thelma Twofist: character in a Giantish tale

The Majesty: throne room of the gaddhi; fourth level of the Sandhold

Thew: a Cord of the Ramen

Third Ward: third unit of Kevin’s hidden knowledge

Thomin: a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Verement

Three Corners of Truth, the: basic formulation of beliefs promulgated by the Clave

Tier of Riches, the: showroom of the gaddhi’s wealth; third level of the Sandhold

thronehall, the: the Despiser’s seat in Foul’s Creche

Tohrm: a Gravelingas; Hearthrall of Lord’s Keep

Tomal: a Stonedownor craftmaster

Toril: Haruchai lost to the Clave

Treacher’s Gorge: ravine opening into Mount Thunder

treasure-berries: aliantha; nourishing fruit found throughout the Land in all seasons

Trell Atiaran-mate: Gravelingas of Mithil Stonedown, father of Lena

Trevor Loerya-mate: a Lord

Triock: a Stonedownor, son of Thuler; loved Lena

Trothgard: a region of the Land; formerly Stricken Stone

Tull: a Bloodguard

turiya: a Raver, Herem, Kinslaughterer

Tuvor: First Mark of the Bloodguard; a commander of the original Haruchai army

tyrscull: a Giantish training vessel for apprentice sailors

U

Unbeliever, the: title claimed by Thomas Covenant

Unfettered, the: lore-students freed from conventional responsibilities to seek individual knowledge and service

Unfettered One, the: founder of a line of men waiting to greet Thomas Covenant’s return to the Land

Unhomed, the: the Giants living in Seareach

upland: plateau above Revelstone

Upper Land: region of the Land west of Landsdrop

ur-Lord: title given to Thomas Covenant

ur-viles: Demondim-spawn, evil creatures

ussusimiel: nourishing melon grown by the people of the Land

V

Vailant: former high Lord before Prothall

Vain: Demondim-spawn; bred by ur-viles for a secret purpose

Vale: a Bloodguard

Valley of Two Rivers, the: site of Revelwood in Trothgard

Variol Tamarantha-mate: a Lord; later High Lord; son of Pentil; father of Mhoram

Verement Shetra-mate: a Lord

Verge of Wandering, the: valley in the Southron Mountains southeast of Mithil Stonedown; gathering place of the Ramen

Vespers: self-consecration ritual of the Lords

viancome: meeting place at Revelwood

Victuallin Tayne: a region in the Centre Plains

Viles, the: monstrous beings which created the Demondim

vitrim: nourishing fluid created by the Waynhim

Voice of the Masters, the: a Haruchai leader; spokesman for the Masters as a group

voure: a plant-sap which wards off insects

Vow, the: Haruchai oath of service which formed the Bloodguard

vraith: a Waynhim

W

Ward: a unit of Kevin’s lore

Warhaft: commander of an Eoman

Warlore: sword knowledge in Kevin’s Lore

Warmark: commander of the Warward

Warrenbridge: entrance to the catacombs under Mount Thunder

Warward, the: army of Lord’s Keep

Wavedancer: Giantship commanded by Brow Gnarlfist

Wavenhair Haleall: a Giant, wife of Sparlimb Keelsetter; mother of triplets

Waymeet: resting place for travellers maintained by Waynhim

Waynhim: tenders of the Waymeets; rejected Demondim-spawn, opponents and relatives of ur-viles

Weird of the Waynhim, the: Waynhim concept of doom, destiny, or duty

Whane: a Cord of the Ramen

white gold: a metal of power not found in the Land

white gold wielder: title given to Thomas Covenant

White River, the: a river of the land

Whrany: a Ranyhyn stallion, mount of Bhapa

Wightburrow, the: cairn under which Drool Rockworm is buried

Wightwarrens: home of the Cavewights under Mount Thunder; catacombs

wild magic: the power of white gold; considered the keystone of the Arch of Time

Wildwielder: white gold wielder; Esmer’s name for Linden Avery

Windscour: region in the Centre Plains

Windshorn Stonedown: a village in the South Plains

Winhome: Ramen lowest rank

Woodenwold: region of trees surrounding the maidan of Elemesnedene

Woodhelven: wood-village

Woodhelvennin: inhabitants of wood-village

Word of Warning: a powerful, destructive forbidding

Worm of the World’s End, the: creature believed by the Elohim to have formed the foundation of the Earth

Wraiths of Andelain, the: creatures of living light that perform the Dance at the Celebration of Spring

Wurd of the Earth, the: term used by the Elohim to describe their own nature, destiny, or purpose; could be read as Word, Worm, or Weird

Y

Yellinin: a soldier in Berek Halfhand? army; third-in-command of the tenth Eoman,second Eoward

Yeurquin: a Stonedownor, companion of Triock Yolenid: daughter of Loerya

Yolenid: daughter of loerya

Z

Zaynor: a Haruchai from a time long before the Haruchai first came to the Land