The War of the Flowers

INDEX OF PEOPLE, PLACES, AND THINGS

Acanthus — a tailoring firm

Alder Head — one of the fields of Faerie, also known just as "Alder"

Alder, Memnon — a Tree Lord, a hero of the ancient Frost War

Alma — Eamonn Dowd's sister

Anna (Dowd) Vilmos — Theo's mother

Aodh's Harp — a music magazine

Apple Family — Seed, Skin, Pip, Blossom, Tree, Butter (to name a few)

Applebough — Applecore's mum

Applecore — a sprite

Appleskin — Applecore's brother, injured by Tansy's carelessness

Applewood — Applecore's dad

Arden Intelligencer — a fairy newspaper

Ariel's — a food stand in Penumbra Station

Ash Plains Covenant — an extremist goblin sect

Assizes — local fairy courts

Auberginnie — a sprite, formerly named "Eggplant"

Barberry — powerplant supervisor

Battistini, John — Theo's friend, a drummer

Battle of Golden Mountain — a battle between striking dwarves and the Flower lords

Battle of the Twilight Bell — famous battle from last Gigantine War

Beebalm (weft-), Semellus — former owner of The Forcing Shed

Beetlebout — a gambling game played with beetles

Birch — one of the fields of Faerie

Bitterroot — a company doctor at Darkwood Generation LPB

Blocks — late bodyguard of Lord Periwinkle

Bluebell-Mallow Cooperative — two families combined to make one of the lesser houses

Bluebells — a clan, Daffodil allies

Boggart — a sharp-nosed type of fairy

Bonfire Road — near Pimpernel Rise in Alder

Bottlecap — a goblin musician

"Broceliande Blue" — a song Streedy likes

Brownies — a type of fairy, often in domestic service

Buckram, Holdfast — ferisher philosopher, author of The Mortal Lens

Bugbear — a small and slightly mythical type of unpleasant fairy

Burdock, Drift — dead ferisher in the Comb

Buttercup — a family allied to Hellebore House

Campion — another Flower house

Capelthwaites — shapeshifting fairies

Cathedral knife — made from crystal of shattered Cathedral, proof against most charms

Cathedral of Trees — another name for the elder trees at the center of Faerie

Chamber of Congregation — a kobold restaurant

Chokeweeds — a common way of labeling the "Excisor" political party

Choo-Choo — one of Button's ogre bodyguards

Christmas — a nightclub in Hellebore House

Clover Effect — that which prevents free travel between mortal world and Faerie

Coathook — a "half-wild" goblin

Coextensives — a middle-of-the road political party

Common Breath — the main language of Faerie

Creepers — a common way of labeling the "Symbiote" political party

Cuckoo — a Faerie handgun

Cut-stones — a gambling game

Daffodil House — family compound in Gloaming District, contains Daffodil, Jonquil, and Narcissus towers

Daffodil, Lord — head of one of the Seven Families

Daisy — a noble Fairy house

Daisy, Dyspurnia — one of the leaders of the Daisy clan, Zenion's sister

Daisy, Zenion — one of the leaders of the Daisy clan, Dyspurnia's brother

Dano — member of Theo's band

Darkwood Generation LPB — one of Lord Thornapple's power companies

Daughters of the Grove — a service organization of wealthy Flower-folk

Deeping Hollow — kobold city underneath New Erewhon

Delphinion — where Larkspur's territory is found

Districts — the roughly spiral divisions of the City, they go from "lightest" at the outskirts to "darkest" at the City's center: Sunrise, Morning Sky, Forenoon, Sunlight, Longshadow, Sunset, Twilight, Gloaming, Eventide, Moonlight, Midnight

Dobbies — fieldworker fairies

Dogwood, Findus — a power plant supervisor

Dolly — an ogre, one of the Daisy bodyguards

Donnus — Drusilla's boyfriend, studying to be a chirurgeon

Doonie — horsefaced road-fairies

Doorlatch — an older goblin, assistant to Button

Dowd, Eamonn Albert — Theo's great-uncle

Dowsing Academy — a prep school for young Flower nobility

Drusilla — Poppy's friend who lives in Forenoon

Eastwater-Merrowtown Station — a train station near Ys and the dock area

Elysium House — a Fairy government center

Evermore — a university

Excisors — the "anti-mortal" political party, aka "Chokeweeds"

Fachan — a type of fairy

Fenlands — the marshy lands outside the city

Ferishers — a type of fairy usually drawn to domestic chores

Fernwater Row — site of one of the City's main markets

Festival Hill — Hellebore country mansion in Birch

Feverfew twins — patients at Zinnia Manor

Field — a semi-geographical division of Faerie: Elder, Ivy, Reed, Vine, Hazel, Hawthorn, Oak, Holly, Rowan, Birch, Willow, Alder, Ash

First Unusual Era — an earlier age in Faerie history

Foxglove — a leading noble fairy house

Foxglove, Malander — son of one of the more important Faerie houses

Foxglove, Viorel — Lord Foxglove, head of the Foxglove family

Gatehouse, The — a restaurant inside Daffodil House complex

Gateway Oak — one of the fields of Faerie, also known as "Oak"

Ghostweed — a drug

Gigantine Wars — the wars between the fairies and the giants

Glaistig Haven Road — a street on the border between Twilight District and Eastwater.

Goblin Wars — wars between the ruling fairies and the goblins

Goblins — a type of fairy, brought to the City for manual labor

Goldenstare — goblin name for King Oberon

Goodfellow, Robin — the most famous pooka of all, now a boatman

Gossamer Hills — a brand of tea

Grandma Dowd — Theo's maternal grandmother, Eamonn Dowd's sister

Graywindle — the river at the border of Larkspur/Daisy lands

Great Hill — where the first fairies lived

Great Rowan — one of the fields of Faerie, also known as "Rowan"

Green Women — a kind of fairy

Greencoat — a kind of fairy

Grims — wild goblins

Gummy — a Foxglove ogre bodyguard

Hawthorn Scathe — one of the fields of Faerie, also known as "Hawthorn"

Hazel Wand — one of the fields of Faerie, also known as "Hazel"

Heath — Tansy's doonie driver

Hedgerow Avenue — a road near Elysium House

Hellebore, Antoninus — Lord Hellebore's heir, also known as "Anton"

Hellebore, Aurelia — Lady Hellebore, Nidrus' wife, Anton's mother

Hellebore, Nidrus — Lord Hellebore, head of the Hellebore family

Henbane Square — plaza outside Thornapple House

Hinky-punks — a kind of fairy

Hoarfrost Park — a park near Daffodil House

Hob — a kind of fairy, drawn especially to house-management

Hobbanies — another fairy drawn to management, related to hobs

Hobthrush — another fairy related to hobs

Hodkins — a type of fairy

Hogboons — a type of very small, very prickly fairy

Hollow-men — pale, human-sized, cave-dwelling trolls

Holly Crown — one of the fields of Faerie, also known as "Holly"

Hollyhock — one of the Seven Families

Hollyhock, Malvus — Lord Hollyhock, head of one of the Seven Families

Hollyhock, Dalian — Lord Hollyhock's nephew

Horizon Bar — a bar from Theo's past

Hornets — guns used by Special Constables

Hy Breasil — an island in Ys

Hydrangea — a Flower-clan with which Button had a formative experience

Index of Humours — one of the tests done on Theo in Daffodil House

Interdomain Highway System — road system built by order of the Parliament of Blooms

Irrha — an ancient disease-spirit

Ivy Round — a field of Faerie, also known as "Ivy"

Jacky Stonecrop — Theo's alias

James Macomber Eggles, aka Stumpy Jim — owner of body taken by the irrha

Jasper — a kobold artist, friend of Primrose

Jenny Greenteeth — a malevolent water fairy

Jenrette — Peter Vilmos' army cabin-mate

Jimmy Squarefoot — a particularly slow and stupid type of fairy

Jonquil — fairy family, part of the larger Daffodil Clan

Jonquil, Aemilia — Lady Jonquil, sister of Lord Daffodil

Jonquil, Zirus — Lady Jonquil's son, Lord Daffodil's nephew

Juniper — bartender at the Shed, a greencoat fairy

Khasigian — Theo's boss, the florist

Killmoulis — a water fairy

Klippies — tiny little fairy-folk

Knocker's Walk — a sight-seeing destination in the City

Kobolds — an underground fairy

Kohler — a San Francisco homicide detective

Kraley, Mrs. — Theo's mom's neighbor

Lady Birch — a fairy of the "Tree" nobility from Button's story

Laney — Catherine Lillard's friend

Larkspur, Lord — head of the Larkspur family, an Excisor

Last Gate, The — mystical passage to City in Dowd's book

Leshy — a forest fairy, also known as "woodwight"

Lillard, Catherine ("Cat") — Theo's girlfriend

Lillard, Mr. (Tom) and Mrs. — Catherine's parents

Lily, Garvan — Lord Lily, head of one of the Seven Families

Lilypad Sundries — a store in the City

Loireag — a water fairy

Loosestrife — one of the less powerful fairy houses

Loosestrife, Ltd. — a department store on Pentacle Street

Lungwort, Mr. — managing director of Zinnia Manor

Mabon — a fairy harvest holiday

Maeve — another name for Queen Titiania

Marchwardens — guards on Larkspur's lands

Mariposa — street on which Theo's cabin stands

Marshes, Dennis and Stephanie — couple who buy Theo's mother's house

Mighty Clouds of Angst — Theo's band

Mirrorcase — a fairy device for communication and divination

Mistletoe Green — a public park

Monkshood, Lord Constable — head of the City police

Moon-brandy — an intoxicating drink made from dew

Moonflood River — the river that runs through the Fenlands and under Fayfort Bridge

Morgan — member of Theo's band

Mosspink, Mary — a loireag, owner of The Forcing Shed

Mud Bug Button — a goblin

Narcissus — a fairy house, part of Daffodil Clan

Needle — owner of The Gatehouse restaurant

Nettle, Streedy — a capacitor, from Hazel

New Erewhon — Eamonn Dowd's name for the City

New Mound House — home of the parliament of Faerie, in Strawflower Square

Nixies — sea-going water fairies

O'Shaughnessy, Lizzie — Eamonn Dowd's onetime fiancée

Oberon — the king of Faerie

Old Brocéliande — one of the bigger forests left in Faerie

Old Fayfort Bridge — bridge over the Moonflood, out in the Fenlands

Old Hill Day Games — a fairy holiday tradition

Old Night — a chaotic force

Oonagh — a gold coin

Orchard Flower Comb — Applecore's home in Morning Sky District

Orchid Lightning Pale — an ale Otter — wild goblin at Button's feast

Oxeye Station — Daisy Clan's local train station in Rowan

Padfoot — sheep-like fairy

Parliament of Blooms — fairy governing body, meets in New Mound House

Peachfuzz — one of Applecore's sprite friends

Peachpit — one of Applecore's sprite friends

Peg Powler — an unpleasant water fairy

Pentacle Street — a main downtown street in the City

Penumbra Fields — a commuter town

Penumbra Fieldshire — the area in which Penumbra Fields is located

Penumbra Station — a train station

Peonies — a fairy clan, Daffodil allies

Percy Faun — hero of Teddybear's story

Periwinkle, Lord — a disciplinarian fairy lord

Perry Dancers — syphlike fairy creatures

Philtre — a drug

Phlox — an important fairy family

Pigwidgeon Acres — a neighborhood on the outskirts of the City

Pimpernel Rise — home of some Primrose cousins, in Alder Head

Pinkie — Dolly's nickname for Theo

Pixie Dust — a drug

Pixies — small, flightless fairies

Poleviks — very tall, skinny fairies who can change height

Pooka — a freewheeling sort of fairy

Primrose, Caradenus — young heir to Primrose house

Primrose, Erephine — silent daughter of one of the ruling fairy houses

Primrose, Otho — Lord Primrose, head of one of the Seven Families

Provincial Special Constables — elite fairy police unit

Quaeus — a Thornapple family servant

Queen's Ring — a star

Rade Park — a public park in Gloaming District

Rape of Arden — a battle between Flowers and various forest fairies

Remover of Inconvenient Obstacles — a Faerie mercenary and knowledge broker

River's Edge — a tavern

Rolle, Kris — songwriter in Theo's band

Root — Traveler's Bank manager

Roots — the Dryad Magazine — a Faerie magazine

Rose, Lord — a famous fairy hero, especially noted for his role in the goblin wars

Rowan, Lord — one of the "Tree" nobility from Button's story

Saltgrass — power plant foreman

Samhain — a holiday

Sandra — musician's daughter Theo dated

Saxifrage — a young Flower lordling married to Poppy's sister, Lavinia

Sedge, Cumber — a ferisher in the service of Lady Jonquil

Selkie — a water spirit, prone to being boisterous

Seven Blooms Square — a City tourist spot

Seven Families — the founding families of the era after the last war with the giants: Daffodil, Lily, Primrose, Hollyhock, Hellebore, Thornapple, Violet

Shireblades — local fairy police

Shortspan — half-troll bouncer at The Forcing Shed

Silverclaw, Queen — goblin name for Queen Titiania

Silverwood — forest that touches Delphinion

Snakeroot — Hellebore's dragon specialist

Snapdragons — a fairy family who did well in the goblin wars

Snowbell — power plant block-captain, an urisk

Snowdrop — a leading fairy family, Daffodil allies

Sour Milk Way — a downtown street in the City

Speaking shell — a term for a fairy cell phone

Speedwell — a fairy "hero;" Applecore likens him to Lord Rose

Sphene — a kobold artist, friend of Primrose

Springfair — a road near Elysium House

Springwater Square — square outside Foxglove House

Sprites — small winged fairies

Spunkie — a large fairy creature, several variants in appearance

Spunkie Tim — warthoglike secretary

Spunkie Walter — lizardlike secretary

Squelch — a Hellebore clan brownie technician

Starlightshire Station — a train station

Starwort — a fairy family

Stepstool — a brownie nickname for Theo, based on his size

Stock — fairy family, friendly to mortals

Stock, Tertius — Eamonn Dowd's friend, killed in previous Flower War

Stonecrop, Miss — house-mother at Poppy's old school

Strawflower Square — square that houses the Parliament of Blooms (in New Mound House)

Stroke Boy — a fairy said to cause strokes, and also thought of as simple-minded

Sun's Gaze Commune — home of Daisy clan

Swansdown Academy — Poppy's school

Sweetpea's Charge — a historic moment from the last Gigantine War

Symbiotes — the "pro-mortal" political party, also known as "Creepers"

Tallybank — a personal money account

Tansy, Quillius — a relative of the Daisy family, also known as "Count" Tansy

Teddybear — an ogre, Dolly's brother, one of the Daisy bodyguards

Terrible Child — a necessary component to a particularly deadly scheme

The Trees — the mysterious Elder Trees at the center of Faerie

Thornapple — one of the Seven Families

Thornapple, Aulus — Lord Thornapple, First Councillor of Faerie, head of Thornapple family, Poppy's father

Thornapple, Lavinia — Poppy's sister

Thornapple, Orian — Thornapple House heir, Poppy's brother

Thornapple, Poppaea — a young woman of a ruling fairy family, more commonly known as "Poppy"

Tide's End — a nixy tavern

Titania — the queen of Faerie

Tommyknockers — subterranean fairies, related to kobolds

Topsy — one of Button's ogre bodyguards

Transmutation Finals — one of Cumber's university exams

Traveler's Bank — a business set up to help people traveling between worlds

Tree-lords — the earliest fairy lords, per Button's tale

Trooping News — a newspaper

True Arden — the largest forest left in Faerie

Truesilver — a valuable Faerie mineral

Trumpet Windhome — a train station town

Twelvetrees — a town in Hazel

Twinge, Mistress Piper — a pooka, "of Blind Pig Street"

Uneaten — a goblin term for non-goblins

Urisk — a cold-climate fairy

Vilmos, Harold — Theo's uncle

Vilmos, Peter — Theo's father

Violet — one of the Seven Families, destroyed in last Flower War

Warstones — a site between Battle Hill and the Fenlands

Wayside — Lord Thornapple's doonie driver

Weaver's Row — place where the spiders work

Weft-Daisy, Rufinus — a relative of Tansy's, Theo's companion

Weft-Iris, Doctor — physician-specialist in the employ of Hellebore

Well of Forgetting — one of many names for the heart of Faerie

Wicker — a brownie who cheated Coathook

Wildwood — an expression for what Faerie was in its earliest days

Wingbender — a mixed drink featuring hawthorn-berry liqueur

Wingspan — for Working Mothers — a magazine

Winter Dynasties — an earlier age of Faerie

Winter Dynasty Bridge — a tourist spot in the City

Wisp-maidens — a kind of fairy

Witchlight — a magical (or "scientific") method of illumination

Woodbine, Julia and Calpurnia — sisters Poppy knew at school

Yarrow, Cornelia — fairy lady in Penumbra Station

Young Blossoms — the Faerie equivalent of something like the Girl Scouts

Ys — large body of water next to the City

Zinnia — once rich and powerful House now fallen on harder times

Zinnia Manor — now a sanitarium, home of Erephine Primrose