SECTION II

MISCELLANEOUS
   Terms
   Titles
   Symbols and Badges
   Non-Magic Weapons
   Special Trade Goods
   Beverages
   Diseases

 

SECTION III

Book and Story Indices (Alphabetical Order)  

Title List	Appears In	Abrv. Used	Written By
Amber Out of Quayth	Spell of the WW	Amb	Andre Norton
Bloodspell	Tales of the WW 1	Blood	A. C. Crispan
Candletrap	Tales of the WW 3	Candle	Mary H. Schaub
Cat and the Other	Tales of the WW 1	Cat	Marylois Dunn
Changeling	Lore of the WW	Change	Andre Norton
The Chronicler	Witch World: The Turning	Chron	Andre Norton
The Circle of Sleep	Tales of the WW 3	Circle	Caralyn Inks
The Crystal Gryphon	Novel	Crys	Andre Norton
Darkness Over Mirhold	Tales of the WW 2	Dark	Patricia Shaw Mathews
Dragon Scale Silver	Spell of the WW	Dss	Andre Norton
Dream Smith	Tales of the WW 2	Dsm	Andre Norton
Dream Prirates’ Jewel	Tales of the WW 2	Drpj	Brad & Cynthia Linaweaver
Exile	Flight of Vengeance	Exl	Mary H. Schaub
Falcon Blood	Lore of the WW	Falb	Andre Norton
Falcon’s Chick	Tales of the WW 3	Falc	Patricia Shaw Mathews
Falcon Hope	Flight of Vengeance	Falh	Pauline M. Griffin
Falcon Law	Four from the WW	Fallaw	Judith Tarr
Falcon Magic	On Wings of Magic	Falm	Sasha Miller
Fenneca	Tales of the WW 1	Fnca	Wilanne Schneider Belden
Fortune’s Children	Tales of the WW 3	Fortune’s	Patricia A. McKillip
Futures Yet Unseen	Tales of the WW 2	Futures	Melinda M. Snodgrass
The Gate of the Cat	Novel	Gate	Andre Norton
Godron’s Daughter	Tales of the WW 3	Godron’s	Ann Miller & Karen Elizabeth Rigley
Green in High Hallack	Tales of the WW 1	Green	Kiel Stuart
Gryphon’s Eyrie	Novel	Grye	Andre Norton
Gryphon in Glory	Novel	Gryg	Andre Norton
Gunnora’s Gift	Tales of the WW 3	Gunnora’s	Elisabeth Waters
Heartspell	Tales of the WW 3	Heart	A. C. Crispin
Heir Apparent	Tales of the WW 1	Heir	Robert Bloch
Heroes	Tales of the WW 2	Heroes	Diana L. Paxson
Horn Crown	Novel	Horn	Andre Norton
The Hunting of Lord Etsalian’s Daughter	Tales of the WW 2	Hue	Clare Bell
Isle of Illusion	Tales of the WW 1	Isle	Carol Severance
The Jargoon Pard	Novel	Jpard	Andre Norton
The Judgment of Neave	Tales of the WW 2	Judge	S. N. Lewitt
Key of the Keplain	Novel	Kep	Lyn McConchie
Knowledge	Tales of the WW 3	Know	Pauline M. Griffin
La Verdad: The Magic Sword	Tales of the WW 2	Lav	A. R. Major
Legacy from Sorn Fen	Lore of the WW	Legacy	Andre Norton
The Magestone	Novel	Mage	Andre Norton
Milk from a Maiden’s Breast	Tales of the WW 1	Milk	Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
Neither Rest Nor Refuge	Tales of the WW 1	Nei	Ardath Mayhar
Night Hound’s Moon	Tales of the WW 1	Nighth	Mary H. Schaub
Nine Words in Winter	Tales of the WW 1	Nine	Caralyn Inks
Oath- Bound	Tales of the WW 1	Oath-b	Pauline M. Griffin
Of Ancient Swords and Evil Mist	Tales of the WW 1	Ofas	James R. Heidbrink
Old Toad	Tales of the WW 2	Oldt	Geary Gravel
Peacock Eyes	Tales of the WW 2	Peacock	Shirley Meier
Plumduff Potato-Eye	Tales of the WW 3	Plum	Jayge Carr
Port of Dead Ships	Storms of Victory	Port	Andre Norton
A Question of Magic	Tales of the WW 3	Que	Marta Randall
Rampion	Four from the WW	Ramp	Meredith Ann Pierce
Rite of Failure	Tales of the WW 2	Rof	Susan M. Shwartz
The Road of Dreams and Death	Tales of the WW 1	Rodd	Robert E. Vardeman
The Root of All Evil	Tales of the WW 3	Root	Sharon Green
The Salt Garden	Tales of the WW 2	Saltg	Sandra Miesel
Sand Sister	Lore of the WW	Sas	Andre Norton
The Scent of Magic	Tales of the WW 3	Scent	Juanita Coulson
Seakeep	Storms of Victory	Seak	Pauline M. Griffin
Sea-Serpents of Domnudale	Tales of the WW 2	Seasd	Ginger Simpson Curry
The Sentinel at the Edge of the World	Tales of the WW 2	Sentinel	David Wind
The Shaping of Ulm’s Heir	Tales of the WW 1	Shau	Andre Norton
S’Olcarias’s Sons	Tales of the WW 2	S’ol	Lisa Swallow
Songsmith	Novel	Song	Andre Norton
Sorceress of the Witch World	Novel	Sorc	Andre Norton
Spider Silk	Lore of the WW	Sps	Andre Norton
The Stillborn Heritage	Four from the WW	Stillborn	Elizabeth H. Boyer
The Stones of Sharnon	Tales of the WW 2	Stones	Ann Miller
Stormbirds	Four from the WW	Storm	C. J. Cherryh
Strait of Storms	Tales of the WW 3	Strait	K. L. Roberts
The Sword Seller	Tales of the WW 3	Swseller	Patricia C. Wrede
Sword of Unbelief	Lore of the WW	Swou	Andre Norton
Tall Dames Go Walking	Tales of the WW 2	Tall	Rose Wolf
Three Against the Witch World	Novel	Three	Andre Norton
Through the Moon Gate	Tales of the WW 2	Through	Jacqueline Lichtenberg
The Toads of Grimmerdale	Lore of the WW	Tog	Andre Norton
To Rebuild the Eyrie	Tales of the WW 1	Torb	Sasha Miller
Trey of Swords	Novel	Trey	Andre Norton
Voice of Memory	Tales of the WW 3	Voice	M. E. Allen
‘Ware Hawk	Novel	Ware	Andre Norton
Warlock of the Witch World	Novel	Warl	Andre Norton
We the Women	Wings of Magic	Wtw	Patricia Mathews
The Weavers	Tales of the WW 3	Weavers	Esther M. Friesner
Web of the Witch World	Novel	Web	Andre Norton
Were-Flight	Tales of the WW 3	Were-f	Lisa Woodworth
Were-Hunter	Tales of the WW 1	Were-h	Mercedes R. Lackey
Whispering Cane	Tales of the WW 3	Whisper	Carol Severance
The White Road	Tales of the WW 1	Whiter	Charles de Lint
Witch World	Novel	WW	Andre Norton
Wolfhead	Tales of the WW 3	Wolf	Michael D. Winkle
Year of the Unicorn	Novel	Yofu	Andre Norton
Zarsthor’s Bane	Novel	Zar	Andre Norton

 

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SECTION I

CALENDAR 

LIST OF YEARS

The Witch World naming system originated in the Dales and was brought to the Eastern Continent by Sulcar traders.

Unnamed years: Refugees of Old Race fled from Escore and created a memory barrier re the eastern mountains. Approximately 600 unrecorded years then pass.

• Year of the Cloven Hoof = Dalesmen come to High Hallack.     (Horn)

Approximately 400 more years pass, after which the following sequence begins:

YEAR OF THE…

• Serpent King = Kerovan is born in Ulmskeep     (Crys)
• Ringed Dove = Kerovan's sister Lisana is born.     (Crys)
• Salamander = Almondia and Truan are shipwrecked in Wark.     (Dss)

Joisan is born (Crys)     (Dsm?)

• Phoenix / Fire Arrow
• Hippogriff / Bicorn = Elys and Elyn born.     (Dss)
• Roc / Hill Giant
• Basilisk / Sea Calf
• Black Adder / Kestrel
• Frost Giant
• Yellow Dwarf = Dairine cast ashore at Rannock     (Sps)
• Fox Maiden / Mandrake
• Spitting Toad = Joisan and Kerovan axe married.     (Crys)
• Kobold
• Snow Cat
• Horned Hunter
• Air Spirit
• Swordsmith
• Crowned Swan
• Moss Wife
• Fire Troll = The Invasion     (Dss)
• Leopard
• Falcon
• Raven
• Night Hound
• Gryphon = Pact with Weres
• Fire Drake =     (Tog)
• Hornet
• Unicorn =     (Yofu)     (Grye)     (Amb)
• Red Boar =     (Legacy)     (Swou)     (Jpard = Kethan born)
• Gargoyle =     (Sps)
• Mandrake
• Wyvern
• Winged Bull
• Horn Worm
• Dragon Horse = Eydryth born     (?)(Song)
• Gorgon
• Manticore = Alon born     (?)
• Barrow-Wight
• Cameleopard Firdun
• Sphinx
• Nix
• Lamia
• Chimera
• Harpy
• Orc
• Werewolf
• Horned Cat
• Pookaworm
• Weld
• Hydra
• Triton
• Centaur
• Opinicus
• Simurgh
• Remorhaz

 

MONTHS 

 

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GENERAL INFORMATION

The following categories describe material which recurs throughout the series or is especially relevant.

Notes: An entry marked, for example, (Jpard) indicates the novel or story source of the information.

An entry marked, for example, -- See Jpard (no parentheses) indicates that further detail regarding the item in question will be found under its title in Section II. Consult the Alphabetical Listing for a complete key to abbreviations of novels and stories.

 

LOCALE KEY

• (Arv) = Arvon
• (HH) = High Hallack
• (Tw) = The Waste
• (Est) = Estcarp
• (Alz) = Alizon
• (Kst) = Karsten
• (Esc) = Escore
• (Sul) = Sulcar

GEOGRAPHY 

HIGH HALLACK

The Dales

• Corriedale
• Dimdale
• Domnudale
• Dorndale
• Dundale
• Edale
• Eggarsdale
• Ellsdale
• Estindale
• Falthingdale
• Ferndale
• Fyndale -- Site of a large fair (Amb)
• Garnsdale
• Gastendale
• Grimmerdale
• Harkendale
• Harrowdale
• Haverdale
• Hockerdale
• Ithondale
• Ithdale / Ithsdale
• Kylldale
• Langsdale
• Lethendale
• Menasdale
• Mistdale
• Moorachdale
• Nordendale
• Norrisdale
• Norsdale
• Paltendale
• Ravenfielddale
• Rimsdale
• Rhysdale
• Ronansdale
• Rosehilldale
• Roxdale
• Rozdale
• Seakeepdale
• Summersdale
• Syledale
• Trewsdale
• Tyrnsdale
• Ulmsdale
• Uppdale / Uppsdale
• Vastdale / Vestdale
• Ylsedale

Keeps and Holds

• Arnwold
• Birkhold
• Brettford
• Castle Van
• Coomb Frome
• Croffkeep
• Dorn
• Ellskeep
• Eroffkeep
• Faerwold
• Horla’s Hold
• Ithkeep
• Ithkrygt
• Klavenport's Gatekeep
• Komlin's Keep
• Malmgarth
• Maryekeep
• Min's Hold
• Moycroft
• Paltenkeep
• Quayth
• Ravenfieldkeep
• Seakeep
• Sharoon Keep
• Thantog
• Traedwyth
• Trin
• Ulfmaer
• Ulmskeep
• Waleis
• Wealdmar

Abbeys

• Kantha Twice Born
• Landendale
• Lethendale
• Linna
• Meadowvale
• Norstead
• Rhystead
• Rishdale
• Ulmstead

Towns and Villages

• Boldre -- Ithondale town (Dsm)
• Casterbrook
• Colmera -- Harkendale village (Que)
• Coomb Brackett
• Ghyll -- Ithondale (Dsm)
• Greywold
• Handelsburg
• Itsford
• Inisheer -- Interior town (Dss)
• Komm High -- Wool market (Tog)
• Norstead
• Linna
• Lormill -- village (Wolf)
• Pessik -- Harkendale fishing village destroyed by the invaders (Que)
• Rannock -- coastal Estcarp (Sps)
• Sym -- River village (Dsm)
• Trevamger -- Highway & river junction large fair
• Twyford
• Wark -- Fishing village (Dss)

Ports

• Jorby/Jurby -- in Vestdale
• Kalaven Port
• KlavenPort -- On the Sea of Autumn Mists (Legacy)
• UlmsPort
• VennesPort

Bodies of Water

• Sea of Autumn Mists
• Komlin Sea

Landmarks

• The Cradle
• Emerald Cove
• Falcon Fist
• Falcon Pass
• Falcon Ridge
• Giant's Fist
• Gorge of Ravenswell
• Grayson Heights
• Hawk s Claw-- Held by Silvermantle Clan and Voices of the Heights before their defeat in olden times (Jpard)
• Mulma's Needle
• Salzarat
• Sorn Fen
• Throat of the Hawk
• Wyvern's wing

Battle Sites

• Arm of Sparn
• Falcon Cut
• Ingra Ford
• Inisheer
• Battle of Morlan
• Petthys
• Ruther's Pass
• Ungo Pass

Islands

• Lelanin
• Ulys

Inns

• Herdsman's Halt Inn of Nordendale
• Inn of the Forks -- at a North-South road junction (Legacy)

 

THE WASTE

Landmarks

• The Black Tower
• The Horned One's Keep
• Narat
• Needle's Eye -- village (Peacock)
• Ravensmoore

Enviroment

The Waste is not all desert. Many pockets of mountains, valleys, etc. unpredictable weather, with some dangerously harsh conditions, such as the: Dune Moving Storm (Swou)

 

ARVON

Clan Territories

• Bluemantle
• Goldmantle
• Silvermantle
• Redmantle
• Farmarsh -- A village formerly in Silvermantle lands, but annexed by Goldmantle's Lord (blood)
• Ford at Deepwater -- In Redmantle lands (Song)
• The White Flow -- River boundary of Silvermantle territory (Jpard)

Keeps and Holds

• Car of Prawn
• Car do Yelt
• Car re Dogan
• The Gray Towers
• Kar Garudwyn

Abbeys and Schools

• Garth Howell
• Halsted Abbey
• Linark

Landmarks

• The Fane of Neave
• Landisl's Valley
• Reeth / The Star Tower
• Valley of the Gryphon
• The White Highway -- Runs from High Hallack across the Waste to Arvon

Battle Sites

• Farthfell
• Thos

OCEANS BETWEEN CONTINENTS

North

• Islands of Ever Ice
• Northern Kingship
• Vellas Islands

South

• Bay of Dead Ships
• Point of the Hound -- Landmark south of Estcarp / Karsten (Port)
• Usturt -- spiders’ island (Sps)
• Port of Varn
• Volcanic Island Chain

 

ALIZON

Cities

• Aliz -- On west coast, opposite Sulcarkeep across the bay (WW)
• Alizon City -- Capital, centrally located (Falm & Mage)
• Canisport --Western coast (Mage)

Landmarks

• Alizon Gap -- Between Tor Marsh and the mountains (Falm)
• Alizon Ridge -- On north side of the Forbidden Mountains (Falm)
• Castle Krevonel -- Kasarian's family holding: Alizon City (Mage)
• Kennel of the Hounds -- Royal castle, Alizon City (Falm & Mage)
• The Long Sisters and the Hands -- Shipwrecking rocks off Alizon's west coast (Voice)

Inn

• The Hooded Crow Inn -- in Alizon City (Mage)

 

TOR MARSH  /  FEN

• Enkere -- Where the river draining Tor Marsh reaches the sea (Web)
• Volt’s Shrine
• Xactol's Sand Pool

KARSTEN

• Garthholm on the River -- See WW
• Hawkholme -- See Ware
• Kars -- Capital, river city -- See WW
• Verlaine Keep -- See WW& Web

 

GORM

• Sippar -- Capital and port -- See WW & Web

 

ESTCARP

Cities and Ports

• Es City
• Esland – South; grain exporting town (Ware)
• Eslee Port -- Also called Estee Port and Es Port where River Es empties into the bay (Song)
• Romsgarth -- South Central town noted as a hiring center (Ware)

Keeps

• Dhulmat Manor -- East (Three)
• Es Castle -- Witches' Headquarters
• Etsford -- South Central; Loyse's Keep, where the triplets were fostered (Three)
• Falcon's Eyrie -- South
• Gweddawl Garth -- South; apprentice witch's home (falm)
• Ravenhold Keep -- South (Fallaw)
• Sulcarkeep
• Keep of Trin
• Yle

Towns and Villages

• Blagden -- Southeastern village (Falm)
• Cedar Crest -- Southeastern village (Wtw)
• Kastryn --North Central village (Song)
• Mountain Gate -- Southeastern village (Oldt)
• Pethiel -- North Central village (Exl)
• Rannock -- Coastal village (Sps)
• Ravensmere -- Northwest (Heart)
• Riveredge – South Women's village (Wtw)
• Rylon's Corner -- village famous for horse race and fair (Song)
• South Wending -- Village between Kastryn and Lormt (Song)
• Torview -- Northwest village (Heart)
• Twin Valleys -- South Central village (Wtw)

Places of Interest

• Dame Cavern – Southeast, A Place of Old Ones between Riveredge and Lormt (Wtw)
• Lormt -- Southeast (Exl & Mage)
• Place of Wisdom --Northwest Witch school (Falm)

Landmarks

• Barrier Mountains -- Between Estcarp and Alizon
• Falcon Crag
• Falcon’s Eyrie -- Fane of Wings
• Great Mountains -- Notheast, between Estcarp / Alizon and Escore
• Karsten Gap -- Destroyed in the Turning
• The Keyhole -- Near Karsten Gap
• Serpent Teeth -- Rocks off Rannock

Inns and Taverns

• The Bold Falcon -- Eastern (Sentinel)
• The Dancing Dolphin -- In Eslee Port (Song)
• Silver Horseshoe
• Silver Spur
• Wayfarer's Inn -- Adjacent to the Silver Spur (Heart)

 

ESCORE

Cities and Keeps

• Canyon Keep
• Duke Chastain's Holding
• The Citadel of Hilarion
• Dinzil’s Dark Tower
• HaHarc
• Iuchar's Tower
• Jerrany's Keep
• Lynxholme
• Old Port

Towns and Villages

• Coelwyn -- Fishing village (Strait)
• Maddoc -- A river town east of Green Valley (Strait)

Geographic Features

• Garden of Stones
• Green Valley
• Gulf of Hilarion
• Hot Sgrings
• Lake of the Krogan
• Merfay Island
• Moss Forest
• Mount Holweg
• Mountain Pass
• Oceax Bay
• Strait of Storms
• Undermountain Caves
• Valley of the Sleepers

Ancient Battle Sites

• Emnin
• Jahalli
• Varhum
• Vock

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DEITIES  /  OLD ONES

The division between Old Ones and deities is often indistinct. Some titles for Deities are: Eternal Ones or Hand of the Over Guardian. Shrines where they are worshipped or reside are called Fanes the priests or priestesses there are Those who Tend the Fanes.

Old Ones = Great Ones, Great Names, Those who Had Been Before. Their more-than-human intermediaries are Voices. The Old Ones' absence from human affairs since ancient times is known as the Long Rest. Their metal is silver, their gems opals, pearls, jade, and amber.

The Triune Goddess and Horned Man

• Dians = Moon Maiden. Gray eyes, black hair. Carries a silver bow and arrows. Wears a white tunic or robe and the New Moon wrought in silver over her brow. Austere and remote. Kurnous is her brother.
• Gunnora = Amber Lady Harvest Lady Evernourishing One Corn Woman Mother of Mares     (Kioga). Special protector of women and children. Neither she nor Neave like those who disturb the progress of Things As They Must Be. She is tall, dark, with full breasts and a narrow waist. Her eyes and gown are amber colored her symbol is a sheaf of ripe grain bound with a fruited vine. Kurnous is her Consort.
• Raidhan = The Crone. Black—robed Hag of the Dark Moon. Kurnous is her son.
• Kurnous, The Horn Crowned Man = He Who Hunts by ancient tradition, holds power only a few seasons, then his blood and flesh enrich the fields. Slanted eyes, pointed chin, amused expression, curling hair crowned with stag horns. Mail coat is green, brown, and blue. Often called upon by soldiers as well as hunters.

General List of Gods and Old Ones

• Alafian = He built an ancient way through The Waste and is still served by a Dryad there.     (Horn)
• Archerydon =     (HH) Female Old One of feathers and fire.     (Circle)
• Archon = The Dark Ones following him came south into Arvon.     (Horn)
• Asbrakas = The Waiter in the temple of Varn.     (Port)
• Cuntif = The evil balance of Kurnous.     (Horn)
• Destree m'Regnant = Voice of Gunnora. -- See Port
• The Dog = Gate Guardian. -- See Southeast Ak
• Dussa = Deity of the Krogan.
• The Flame: Those Who Set the Flame = Dalesfolk worship the Flame, symbol of creation, served by cloistered Houses of Dames (abbeys) and Ladies of the Shrines. The most devout Dames wear silver hoops on their girdles, turning them like beads or wheels to accompany formal prayers.
• Galkur = Old One of the Dark -- See Gryg
• Glydys = An Old One Yonan called upon.     (Gate)
• Ibycus = Voice.     (Jpard)
• Jonkara -- See Falb
• Landisl = Old One of the Light, crested gryphon—man: avian face, paws for feet, taloned hands. (Gryg)
• Matr = A Sky-One, departed companion of Landisl.     (Gryg)
• Mig = Old One. -- See Circle.
• Neave = Goddess of truth and gentle peace. Rules the seasons and proper relationships. Guardian of the Forces of Things As They Must Be.
• Ninutra -- See Trey, Ware
• Neevor = Voice of Landisl. -- See CRYS.
• Nornan = Deity of Gorm.     (WW)
• Qrd =     (Tw) Dark Master served by Black Ones, birds with red eyes and red flesh about their bills.     (Horn)
• Rllene = Sky—One, departed companion of Landisl.     (Gryg)
• Talann = Her Moon Shrine is near Ghyll.     (Dsm)
• Telgher = Landisl's ally. -- See Gryg.
• Volt = Avian Old One revered by Torfolk. -- See WW.
• Yahnon = Old One, creator of a Gate gone rogue whose guardians were: Lagit, Scalgah, and Theffen.     (Port)
• Yoer = Sky—One departed companion of Landisl.     (Gryg)

 

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PEOPLE and RACES

• Alizonders -- For descriptions see Mage & Falm
• Dalesfolk -- See Horn for origins.
• Falconers = Reddish brown hair, gold flecked eyes. Winged helms with masks. Uniforms bear falcon badges small undermodification marks denote individual troops. -- See Falb for origins Falm, FalLaw, Wtw, Southeast Ak for life styles and post—Turning developments.
• Far North People -- See Web, Ramp.
• Flannan =     (Esc, Est) Small avians. Sometimes used as messengers. Humanoid heads with jutting beaks. Arms beneath their wings, tiny hands, long, supple necks, clawed red feet. White feathers, except for their faces. Have very short attention spans.
• Gray Ones =     (Esc, Tw, Arv) Werewolves, usually of the Dark, though exceptions are known. Narrow heads, black lips, matted, brindled fur on their necks and shoulders. Yellow—red eyes.
• Keplians =     (Esc) Resemble powerful and beautiful horses. Of the Shadow can become either of the Dark or Light.
• Kioga =     (Arv) -- See Grye
• Kolder -- See Web (re uniforms, control belts) and Falm.
• Krogan =     (Esc, Kst) Humanoid amphibians, a result of experiments by Great Ones. They can exist briefly outside aquatic environment. Believe their life cycle is linked to Donta: See S'Ol. Webbed feet and fingers, gills, pale skin and hair eyes are deep green and have no whites. Wear waistcloths of scaled fabric and pouches made of shell halves. Krogan who marry outside the clan add "S'" to their names. For burial customs,-- See S'ol
• Lizards =     (Esc) Nearly man-sized. Green-gold jewel—scaled skin. Use front feet as hands. Domed, humanoid heads, wide, lipless mouths, long tongues. Distantly related to tree lizards.
• Moss Wives =     (Esc) Small, hunched, gray. Long, mosslike hair, gnarled hands, wrinkled faces, flattened noses, large eyes with thick, bushy lashes. Protruding stomachs, stumpy frames, withered- looking legs. Their homes     (nests) are walled with curtains of moss-grown vines. Shy usually friendly to humans.
• Old Race =     (Originated in Esc) Dark haired, pale skinned, slender, grey eyed, arched brows.
• People of the Green Silences / Green People =     (Esc) Ancient race dwelling in spell-protected Green Valley. Guardians of nature: use wind, water, earth, and air magic. Adapt to their surroundings' colors. Wall their houses with greenery and roof them in woven bird feathers Valley People cannot abide within stone walls or where only men live.
• Renthans =     (Esc) As large as horses. No manes topknots of fluff above a single red horn curving back in an arc. Coats: red roan with a creamy white underbody. Tails are small brushes they keep clipped tight to their haunches. Highly intelligent mind-speakers. Allies of the People of Green Silences.
• Sarn Riders =     (Esc) Servants of the Dark mounted on bony Keplians. They wear gloves, black, tight-fitting clothes, and thigh—length, hooded cloaks. Their eyes are greenish—yellow pits and their movements are jerky. Weapons: Rods emitting jagged flames.
• Sulcar = Tall, fair, big-boned traders and/or raiders. Called "sea-serpents", and live on serpent—prowed boats with their families. Bards chant them into battle. Their identifying crests are mythic creatures: birds, animals, reptiles.
• Thas =     (both continents) Subterranean race serving the Dark. Small covered with bristly, rootlike growths. They attack by undermining the earth and dragging victims into their vast burrows. Fear air and fire. Weapons: Ropes of roots envenomed spears.
• Toads of Grimmerdale -- See Tog and Wtw. Ancient race some members have degenerated and serve the Dark.
• Tormen = Dwell in the marsh between Estcarp and Alizon. Revere Volt his totems guard their house isle communities and fields. Their history is kept by "Rememberers" using "Remember Chants".
• Torfolk are small in stature, with large bones, long arms, short legs, fine, downy hair, and comely human faces. Are generally hostile to intruders.     (WW, Web, Sas)
• Var -- See Port
• Vrangs =     (Esc) Eaglelike dwell in the heights. Have lizards' heads with glittering red scales and narrow, toothed jaws. Their bodies are covered by blue-gray feathers.
• Vugsalls -- See Sorc
• Were-Riders -- See Yofu, p. 67, for origins and history. -- See Blood for were-Pack members and their change—forms.

 

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CUSTOMS

Rites of Passage

Birth

• Naming newborns = Done with a touch of water. "Look upon him, name him, that he may have life well set before him."     (Jpard) -- See also Three and Grye.

Puberty

• Rite of Manhood -- See Crys and GEN INFO: OATHS.
• Festival of Change = The Kioga coming-of—age ceremony.     (Grye)
• Maiden Day = For girls in Falconers' Women's villages.     (Wtw)

Marriage

• Axe marriage = By proxy bride is symbolically bedded beside an axe. This form includes a later right of bride refusal.     (Crys)
• Cup and Flame = Formal vows: Life Cup drunk and House Candle lit by bride and groom. At Bride Feast they eat from same plate.
• Fold Gather = Where High Hallack’s nobility assemble to offer their eligible daughters for marriage.
• hand-fasting = Betrothal.
• maiden brides = wear blue.
• sworn troth = As binding as marriage.

Burials

• "Earth take that which is of earth. Water accept that of water. And that which is now freed, let it be free to follow the higher path."
• (Variant) "Let that which is of earth return to earth. Let the inner spark which is life return to That Which Sent It. May she who lives here be troubled no more and may She who Guards all womankind welcome this one into the House of Peace through the last of all gates."
• (For a stranger) "May your sleep be sweet, stranger, may your path be beyond smooth, may you come to your desiring and it give you peace." A white round stone is then placed on the grave's head.
• (For a warrior) "Honor his name forever." A bared sword is raised in salute to the warrior's funeral pyre.
• High Hallack burial = The dead are laid in the Field of Memory.
• Krogan burial -- See S'ol.
• Lelanin burial = The body's grave must be sealed by a priestess's words to prevent the spirit's rising. Grief is buried in a hole into which the mourner screams, then covers with a stone.
• Sulcar burials = Known as burn burials.
• Vupsall burials -- See Sorc for description.

Seasonal Customs

• earth tithe = Harvest Time feast bowl associated with Harvest Sacrifice.
• Harvest Homing Dance = Practiced in Estcarp.     (Sps)
• Fall Hunt ceremony
• Harvest Gift = Sent to an Arvon Clan Chief: wine and grain.
• Harvest Maid = The last stalks are woven into a human effigy which is toasted in cider, then impaled on a pitchfork atop the wain.
• First Day of Winter = At that time Dalesfolk burn straw wheels at that time to frighten off evil spirits.
• Mid—Winter Feast = One of four fateful nights of the year when powers are loosed.
• Year's Turn Feast =     (Regarded as pagan by the Abbeys not observed by the Dames.) Celebrants burn the Straw Man and Flax Maid women throw ivy in fire, the men holly, for good luck in the coming year.

Luck Wishes and Superstitions

• "falcon-away" = A sign used by superstitious Falconer women and children to ward off bad luck.     (Wtw)
• "Luck be with you and fortune your shield."
• One throws the stones to read for luck on the trail, etc.
• War Departure wish -- See Crys.
• Fortune well =     (Crys) In western Ithdale. When the full moon reflects on its waters, one casts in a pin and recites a spell rhyme for luck. The area is marked by numerous wish ribbons and straw and twig effigies.

Miscellaneous Customs

• Hiring = At market towns and fairs. Laborers seeking employment wear badges on their caps or bonnets to advertise their trades.
• Merchant flags = Raised over traders' tents and booths at fairs. Sulcar traders raise them when coming into the port.
• head collecting = A barbarian practice they believe it enslaves the ghosts of the slain.
• visit veils = Worn by Falconer women chosen to be impregnated.

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SAYINGS and EXPRESSIONS

• Falconers'/Borderers' marching cadence = Earth-sky—mountain—stone! Sword cuts to the bone!
• By...the Death of the Kolder     (Sps) = Simond's expression.

the Eyrie
the Fangs of(Zar)
the Favor of Likerwolf
Harith and Haron and the Blood of the Hawk Brood
the Heat of the Eternal Flame
the Horns of(Alizonian)
the Hunter's Cup
the Nine Words of Min
Reith and Nieve
the Sword Hand of Karthen the Fair
the Warmth of the Flame and the Flash of Gonder's Spell Sword
the Waves of Asper

• Sweet Gunnora
• Swordbrother Oath -- See Fallaw, Terms and Expressions.
• Volt guide us

Euphemisms

• Death = The Last gate, Last Road, Black Gate.
• Evernight; Victory of the Dark.
• Halls of the Valiant = the Falconers' Valhalla.

Expressions

• "A nest of Anda wasps..."
• "a stoat introduced into a house of hens..."
• "As long as the Flame Eternal burns upon any altar..."
• "As thin as Dame Carelda's washboard..."
• “As well try to empty Fos Tern with a kitchen ladle..."
• "By the Powers of Air, so shall it be."
• "I would take Gunnora's three oaths..."
• "if the Flame favors us..."
• "like all Demon Night opening..."     (Sulcar saying)
• "little dove, little love...." said to a child.     (Tog)
• "looked like a fetch out of an old tale..."
• "The queens of falcons be my witness..."
• "wisdom must balance all swords..."     (Estcarp Hillfolk saying)
• "Witch borne from Witch get. Witch she is, the pattern set."

Blessings

• (Anakue child blessing) "Let not his feet carry him near the Shadow. Let these hands work in the service of life and the Light, his mind remain clean and untainted. Grant him the strength of will to naysay any thought born of the Dark."     (Grye)
• (For killed grey) "Honor to the Great One of the herd. Our thanks to That Which Speak for the four-footed that we may eat. We take not save that which is freely given.     (Horn)
• "May the Right Hand of Lraken be your shield"     (Sulcar)
• "Good luck ride with you, to right, to left, at your back, and before."     (Warl)
• "With the Fourth Blessing..." Neevor's blessing.
• "May the Great Flame abide about you, hedge you in."     (Trey)

Curses

• "May the Death of Kryphon of the Dart be upon you."     (Horn)
• "May the Rats of Nore forever gnaw him night and day."     (WW)

 

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RELIGION and BELIEFS

The Dales

• The Undying and One Flame
• Mount of Astron = a devotional reading required listening at many Dales' morning services.     (Tog)
• House spirits = family ceremonies as well as prayers take place before a small niche dedicated to the house's spirits.     (Amb)
• The Black Wain = This is said to carry away naughty children, or come for those doomed to die.     (Stillborn)
• Abbey Hours = Hour of the Fifth Flame Hour of Last Light Hour of Great Silence.     (Yofu)
• Those Who Tend the Fanes = Keepers of Shrines.
• A mirror kills demons.     (Yofu)

Sulcar

• Sign of Wottin = May be accompanied with a prayer for calm seas: Wind and wave! Mother Sea/ Lead us home/ Far the harbor/ Wild thy waves/ Still, by the power/ Sulcar saved!"     (Falb)
• "It lies between the fingers of the Old Woman," then spit over shoulder.
• A man will not fall in battle unless he hears his name called aloud while the clamor still rings.     (Warl)
• A man using a dead man's sword may be possessed in battle by his ghost, for good or evil.     (Warl)

Karsten

• Temple of Fortune = served by priests titled Reverend Voices     (WW)
• The Stone of Engis = Karstenians swear oaths by this.     (WW)

Arvon

• "The fabled Earth Center from which all life is said to have screamed."     (Jpard)

Estcarp

• The Hand of the Over Guardian     (WW)

Escore

• White Brethren speculation = That a man who has not completed his task is reborn to finish it.     (Trey)
• Variant: One who dies with a task laid on him for good or ill clings to a shadow of life until the task is fulfilled.
• Cross two fingers when speaking of the dead to avoid their possible revenge-taking.     (Sorc)
• Paths gf Balemat = A primitive belief: An evil spirit awaits the dead whose rites were not properly carried out.     (Sorc)

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SALUTATIONS

Salutes

• Men clap bare hands together, then raise right palm for friendly salute.
• A man brings his fist up to salute a war leader.     (Dss)
• Kioga: Palm pressed to forehead -- sign of respect.     (Grye)

Standard Greeting, with Variants

• To the giver of the feast, fair thanks. For the welcome of the gate, gratitude. To the ruler of this house, fair fortune and bright sun on the morrow.
• For the welcome of the gate, my thanks. For the feasting on the board, my pleasure and my good wishes. To the lord of this roof, fair fortune.
• To the house greeting, to those of the house good fortune. To the day a good dawn and sunset, to the endeavor good fortune without a break.
• Fair fortune to this holding and good morning to you.
• Good fortune to this house and the dwellers therein.
• To the farer on far roads the welcome of this roof, and may fortune favor your wandering.     (Dale welcome for a guest unknown personally to any lord.)
• Greeting to a sharer of the road.

Welcome and Guesting Cups, etc.

• High Hallack: A hosting horn     (the wine of hospitality) and a platter of welcome cakes is presented. The hostess then lays hand on a guest's wrist and leads him to table.
• The welcome cup enables the traveler to wash trail dust from his throat before he announces his name and business. A plate with bread, salt, and water seals the guesting bond.
• Estcarp:     (A very old formula, in abeyance in wartime) "The House Of _________ , on which be the sun, the wind, and the good of wide harvest, opens gates to a geas—ordered man." Response: "Gates open to one swearing no threat against     (House name), man or clan, roof tree, field, flock, herd, or mount." The host's sword is then held out to the guest, point foremost he kneels and presses lips to it and repeats the response, opening with, "No threat from me against...." The guesting goblet is then offered.
• Guesting cup/goblet: Filled with a mixture of water, wine, and milk. Both host and guest drink. Then the guest sprinkles drops to right and left     (house and land) and passes goblet back, to be handed around the host's household.
• Falconers' salutations: "Greeting, sword brother."
• "Between us there is peace. The Lord of Wings opens his Eyrie to the Captain of Estcarp."
• "I give you greeting, Brother. Was it fair, the hunting?" "It was fair, the hunting. Is the fire warm upon the hearth?" "The fire blazes and the board is laid. Will my Brother take his rest among my Brothers?" "Gladly would I rest."
• "Welcome, Hawk Blood, who kept well the faith."
• Tormarsh Salutations: "I give you greeting. May the blessing of Volt himself be with you."
• (To a Tor clan daughter who is with child.) "Fair day. Fair be your going, fair be your coming, firm your steps upon the crossing places, full your hands with good labor, your heart with warmth,
• your mind with thoughts which will serve you."
• Moss Forest: "Who are you who follow a trail through the mossland?" "No threat from me to the House of _____ and her sister, clan, or rooftree, harvest, flocks...."
• Krogan: "To Kofi of the river, greeting and peace from..."
• Sulcar: "I am Koityi Stymir, at your summoning..."
• Var: "Thrice blessing. Power calls to power, Light to light, even as Dark can call shadows. Peace is not yet won, but there is now a beginning." Response: "well to Varn."
• Vupsalls: "Fair morning, leader of men."
• "Mother of men, ruler of the Chief tent, be blessings and more good than can be held in the two hands of all on you."
• "Seeress, we seek." "They who seek may enter."
• "The Mother of Many does me honor...There shall be no forewalker or aftergoer between us."

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FAREWELLS

• High Hallack: "Go with the good will of the house."/"Go with the Peace." / "Go with the Will of the Flame.”
• "Good fortune, sun bright and lasting to you."
• "May Our Lady of the Harvest Shrine guide your way."
• "For the feast, my thanks, for the roof, my blessing, for the future all good, as I take my road again."
• (Father—kin farewell, YEAR OF THE UNICORN): "As he who stands for all of you as father-kin, do I drink long years, fair life and easy passing, kin—favor, roof-fortune, child-holding. Thus it be ever."
• Estcarp: "Go with fortune."
• "Go in strength, watch well your footing, and keep always alert with eye and ear."
• "May your road be a fair one and may the sun shine upon it."
• "A fair road before you and a swift return."
• Falconer: "Be strong, warrior, and fly high. The Lord of Wings favor your hunting."
• "Go, winged warrior. We be of one breed with your master and there is peace between us."
• Alizonder: "I.wish you abundant hunting and the best of hounds for your pack.
• "Whatever you pursue, may your blade strike true."

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OATHS

• Hands placed between those of the one to whom oath—taker swears, then pressed to forehead: "Lord, I am in your debt. Accept me as your liegeman, as is right."
• Rite of Manhood:     (Crys) A kin—oath is sworn, then the father's gift-sword is accepted.
• Kioga Festival of Change: -- See CUSTOMS and Grye
• Oath of Bearing and Forebearing:     (Crys) Spit at the subject's Eeet. Then, You have taken our kin—Lord. Therefore you stand in his place."     (The burden of the speaker's support is the blood-price.)
• Falconers' Oath of Sword and Shield, Blood and Bread. See WW
• Swordbrother oath = See Fallaw, also Terms and Expressions.
• "I would take Gunnora's Three Oaths."     (Crys)
• "May I be slain by my own blade, struck with my own darts, if I ever meant any ill to those within the House of Dhulmat or to any man of Estcarp."     (Three)
• Koris swore upon the Axe of Volt when he promised to guard Jaelithe's triplets in her absence.

TRUCES

• Swords are exchanged to mark a truce. They also may be scabbarded with peace strings.
• Both hands held out, shoulder high, palm out: An age—old sign for truce.     (Gryg)
• Fyndale Peace = Visiting heads of households laid bared hands on an Old Ones' gray stone pillar and swore to keep peace throughout the fair.     (Amb)

 

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FLORA

• angelica = counteracts poison. -- See Magic: Herbs
• agueweed = feverwort. For coughs and fevers.     (Exl)
• arrow tree =     (Esc) Throws poisonous thorns.     (Gate)
• ash tree -- See Magic: Herbs
• black willow -- See Magic: Herbs
• blue poppy = Pain killer also for coughs and chest disorders. The seed pod's sap is stewed with sugar to make a syrup.     (Exl)
• bounty bush =     (Tw)     (Saltg)
• bronze root =     (HH) A cure for sneezing.     (Nighth)
• bural =    (HH) A root that is hard to pull free.     (Gryg)
• carnation -- See Magic: Herbs
• carnelian fruits =     (Ramp)
• catmint = For skin swellings, rashes, and small burns should be steeped, not boiled.     (Exl)
• comfrey = Good for healing wounds.     (Exl)
• corfil =     (TOR) Plant which yields a scarlet dye.
• Dragon's Tongue = Cleanses wound of putrid matter.
• elder flower = used in beauty creams.
• elder wood -- See Magic: Herbs
• false sage = beauty cream ingredient.
• Fever-leaf vine =     (Alz)
• fogmot =     (Esc) Grows on tree trunks edible.     (Gate)
• fringe hazel =     ("Double See Spit") Bark is an astringent, stops bleeding salves of it soothe pain.
• frost flowers =     (Exl)
• garlic -- See Magic: Herbs
• golden fruits =     (Ramp)
• huk-berries =     (Ware)
• hyssop = Good for insect bites.     (Exl)
• illbane -- See Magic: Herbs
• Insect-eaters =     (SoutheastAs) Plants growing on far southern shore     (Port)
• ker-apples =     (HH) Of autumn.     (Tog)
• knitbone =     (Exl)
• langlorn -- See Magic: Herbs
• langmar -- See Web
• loguth =     (Tor, Est) Plants which produce fibers used in weaving.
• Lormt flowers =     (EST) Called "Noon and Midnight". Grow only near that ancient repository of knowledge.     (Exl)
• minz weed =     (HH) Addictive. It is chewed.     (Rodd)
• moly -- See Magic: Herbs
• moss = Used for bandages.
• mullein = beauty cream ingredient.
• nettles = boiled, they stop bleeding.
• pla-plums =     (Crys)
• primrose = beauty cream ingredient.
• rampion = Eases women's plight.     (Ramp)
• ranni vines = When they bud, spring is near.     (Godron's)
• red dead-man's hand = toxic seaweed; kills shellfish.
• redwort = Better for stimulating the heart than witch's thimble.
• rowan tree -- See Magic: Herbs
• saffron -- See Magic: Herbs
• salt -- See Magic: Herbs
• sandalwood -- See Magic: Herbs
• saxfrage = cures fever.
• selka =     (Arv) The Kioga make it into a refreshing juice.     (Grye)
• semroot = narcotic.     (Ramp)
• shred bark = makes a brown dye.     (Mage)
• silanti flowers = Grow on Karsten's coast.
• silver nettle = makes a bleach.     (Mage)
• star candles = Moss Forest flowers. -- See Warl
• star eyes =     (Esc) First flowers of spring.     (Sorc)
• stench vines -- See Warl
• smother root =     (Alz) A poison.
• stranglevine flowers =     (Alz) -- See Mage
• summer s last / first of spring =     (Est) Mountain Gate flowers.     (Oldt)
• tansen tree = Has fragrant blossoms. -- See Warl
• tresayne = Its leaves aid in healing.     (Green)
• valerian -- See Magic Herbs
• vervain -- See Magic: Herbs
• weed -- See Web
• witch's thimble = A heart stimulant.
• white heart -- See Zar
• white hedge berries =     (Alz)
• yarrow = an astringent.

 

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FAUNA

Mammals

• Alizonian Hounds -- See WW, Mage
• Aspt =     (Esc) Beaverlike animals same habits, but larger.     (Warl)
• assassin beast =     (Tor) -- See WW.
• Broc-boar =     (HH)     (Crys)
• blue-horned sheep =     (HH) -- See Mage
• deer
• dire-wolf =     (Alz) -- See Mage
• Donta =     (Kst) -- See S'ol
• Garth Howell mounts =     (Arv) -- See Song
• orex =     (Kst, Esc) -- See Ware
• Lormt pack =     (Est) Tri·horned canids. -- See Falh
• mountain leapers =     (Esc)     (Kep)
• mountain monster =     (Est)     (Torb)
• night-hunter =     (Kst) -- See Ware
• pards = both continents
• pronghorns
• rasti =     (Esc) Rodents three feet long, black, agile. Hunt and kill in packs.
• scavengers =     (Kst) -- See Ware
• seafoxes = Live on far northern islands. Thick—furred water dogs whose pelts are prized.     (Ramp)
• shriekers =     (Alz) Burrowing animals. -- See Mage
• snowbears =     (Esc)     (Kep)
• snowcats = Both continents. Larger than pards. Have beautiful thick gray—white fur. Renowned hunters.
• Torgians =     (Est; Esc) Much valued horse breed noted for speed and endurance. Duns with dark manes coats won't take a gloss.
• verbears =     (Kst; Esc) -- See Ware
• vuffle =     (Esc) -- See Warl: Expressions
• Vupsall Hounds =     (Esc) -- See Sorc
• Waste ponies -- See Gryg

Birds

• hegitts =     (HH) Sea birds. -- See Ramp
• hooded crow =     (Alz)
• idylbirds =     (HH)     (Ramp)
• lanagoot =     (HH)     (Isle)
• rus =     (Esc) Flying spies for Sarn Riders and others of the Dark. Long supple necks, small, beaky heads. Cry a whistling screech.

Reptiles

• Merfay =     (Esc) Turtlelike creatures. Scaly skin, webbed feet and hands, round heads, short necks. Friendly to Krogan.
• Tor Lizard/ Wak-lizard =     (Tor) -- See Web
• tree lizards =     (Esc) Live in treetop mazes.     (Three)

Water Creatures

• Decca -- See Seasd
• fleckfish =     (HH)     (Ramp)
• fos-crab =     (Esc)
• pincushion fish =     (HH)     (Ramp)
• possel =     (Esc) Shellfish. -- See Warl
• quasfi =     (Esc) Shellfish. -- See Warl, Strait.
• taape fish -- See Isle.

Insects, Arachnids, and Crustaceans

• Anda wasps
• biting clouds/bitter motes -- See Southeast Ak
• light insects =     (Tor, Esc) Used by Torfolk and Vupsalls. – See Sas, Sorc
• rock crustacean =     (ESC) Land-going lobster. -- See Gate
• spider monster =     (ESC) -- See Ware
• web-riders =     (ARV) -- See Song
• zizt spiders =     (Esc) -- See Sorc

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SECTION II

MISCELLANEOUS 

Terms

• blank shield = a mercenary for hire.
• earth tithe = the feast bowl at harvest time.
• The Exile = When those now dwelling in Arvon left the Dales, crossed the Waste, and entered their present land.
• The Far Shore = The Western Continent, to those of the Eastern.
• The First Age of Arvon = Before the Lost Lords warred.     (Jpard)
• The Great Time of Trouble = Period leading to the Last Struggle.
• Halls of the Valiant = The Falconers' Valhalla.
• Heal Craft
• The Last Struggle = Fought between Dark and Light in Arvon.
• Oath of Sword and Shield, Blood and Bread = A Falconer's bond of service, which may be extended to non-falconers. -- See Wwe
• Peace of the Highways = Safety for travelers not always honored in chaotic times.
• Road of Memory/Road of Sorrow = Taken by Arvon's exiles.
• sword taken = captured land.
• sword weight = tribute.
• Three Times Horning = A pogrom. -- See WW.
• Times = Ax time and sword time: humans. Wind and star time: Great Lords and Voices. Were-time and spell time: magic.     (Yofu)
• Warn sword = Used by a Herald to summon allies to war. He carries a carved wooden sword as a symbol, and each party joining the alliance adds a colored cord to its hilt.     (Warl)

Titles

• All Mother = Leader of the witches of Estcarp, post-Turning.     (Gate)
• The Four Great Weagons = Helm—Biter, Ice Tongue, Sword of Shadow, and the Tongue of Basir.     (Trey, Ware)
• The Four Lords = Of High Hallack, who allied to defeat the invaders: Imgry, Savron, Skirkar     (slain in battle), and Wintof.
• Gormvin = Title of the authorities and/or race employing/protecting the ancient race of Toads.     (Wtw)
• The Great Bargain = Struck between the Dales and the Weres: battle alliance in exchange for human brides.     (Yofu)
• Guardian = Leader of the witches, pre-Turning.
• Horn Leader =     (HH) A battlefield commission, in effect, a title given for bravery. Elys's brother received it.     (Dss)
• Master of Hounds = Warlord of the Alizonian ruler.     (Mage)
• The Seven Defenders of Arvon = Alon, Eydryth, Elys, Kerovan, Joisan, Hyana, and Trevon.     (Song)
• Venerators = Priests of Alizon.     (Mage)
• The War That Sealed the East = The previous Turning.     (Wtw)
• Watch Witch = Posted at Es Castle to listen for remote sendings.
• Wing Lord / Wing Master /Lord of Wings = Falconers' Leader.

Symbols and Badges of Authority

• Bard's ornament of profession -- See Song
• Heraldic Devices of High Hallack nobility = Basilisk, Gryphon, Phoenix, Salamander, Wyvern, etc.     (Crys, Yofu)
• Falconers' = Badge of a Wing Master: a falcon in flight. Badge of the Captain of a Company: a stooping falcon. Commandant's cloak of rank: black, lined with silver.     (Seak)
• Lord Hound's Mask = worn by Alizon's leader.     (Mage)

Conventional ~ Non-Magic Weapons

• Kolder = Submarines, tanks, airships, control-belts.
• Witch World Weapons = axe, bow and arrow, dagger, dart gun, flashing wands     (used by Sarn Riders) force lash/whip, pike, quarterstaff, spear, and sword.

Much Valued  / Special Trade Goods

• foxsilk pelts
• Ithdale pearls
• Thunder Shield amber
• Var glass
• Woods: lamantine pinsal, redheart, spicy pine, and wence.

Beverages

• bloodwine = of Alizon.
• "life water" = raw ale.
• seamilk = wine of the far Northern Dales and isles.
• selka juice = A Kioga beverage.

Diseases

• Creeping plague
• Deep Chill

 

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GENERAL MAGIC

N.B. = Any magical power misused or used selfishly may recoil on the spellcaster or drain her or him past the point of recovery.

Forms of Magic

• Banishment spell = "By the bone of death, the power of silver, the force of our desire -— thus do we loose one of three, never to be knotted together again." An arrow of light then was fired at Gillan, leaving her cold and abandoned     (Yofu).
• Barrow magic = May not be penetrated by the Dark.     (Horn)
• Binding spells and chants = Includes circle spells, spiral traps, horsebonding, etc.
• blood magic = Used to enhance the power of other spells, such as Gate opening.     (Warl, Crys, Song, Zar)
• chant song = Raises Power in the body and makes it flow outward.
• childbirth magic =     (1) Anghart aided Jaelithe with this during the triplets birth     (Three)     (2) Joisan used bespelled herbs to anoint a laboring woman's belly, palms, feet, and forehead with runes     (Grye).
• circle spell = A form of binding spell: Those to be imprisoned are circled three times widdershins, with a magic cry given at each circle's completion.
• compulsion spells =     (1) geas     (to break this courts disaster) (2) pull—spell     (3) summoning     (done three times, it forces the subject to obey).
• conversion chant = To return the Were-riders to their human forms: "By the Light, by the Cold Steel, by the Rowan, by the Candles of the Weres."     (Blood)
• dream-weaving = Separates the witch's body and soul, each existing in a different world.
• Farseeing Magic = Scrying, or reading rune boards and stones.
• Foretelling = Examples:     (1) Jaelithe's chant to foretell her triplets futures     (Three).     (2) Ninque read "pins on the Stone of Esinore"     (Amb).
• Gate spell = Pentagram within a circle is drawn with blood, either the witch s own     (of the Light) or a sacrifice's     (Of the Dark) those to be transported stand on the star's points, facing inward.     (Crys, Song, Sorc)
• Gunnora's charm chant = "Life is breath, life is blood. By the seed and by the Leaf. By the Springtime in its flood. May this power bring relief."     (Amb)
• Harvesting chant = Used when taking part of a living plant in order to work magic ensures that the power remains intact and does not recoil on the one doing the harvesting.     (Grye, Zar)
• Hunter's Magic = Men's magic: Pledging Kurnous with wine.
• illusion spells = Glamours shape—changing     (WW) cloaking     (Yofu) disappearances     (Crys).
• Moon Magic = Women's magic. Sometimes called High Moon magic. Includes Magic of Talaan     (Dsm). Often involves a Star Temple.
• Names / Words of Power = Ghithe: Old Tongue for "Light"     (Grye). Asmerillion     (Stillborn). Sytry     (Warl). Euthayan     (Three, etc.). Min's Nine Words     (See Nine, Circle). Ashlin Ceeara     (Kep). Hesturfljott Strjuka Jurtsprengur     (Stillborn). "By the Power of the Nine Great Names"     (stillborn). Svochos Enyahg     (Peacock).
• Power shaping = The ability to find Old Ones through their inanimate representations and thus steal their power.     (Circle)
• Power spell = "Earth, Air, Fire, and Water. By the Dawn of the East, the Moon White of the South, the Twilight of the West, the Black Midnight of the North, by yew, hawthorn, rowan, by the Law of Knowledge, the Law of Name, the Law of True Falsehoods, the Law of Balance —- so do we move."     (Jpard)
• Power transfer = Moving objects from one plane to another each remains partly thought and continues to exist elsewhere in a different form.     (Horn)
• Protective spells = Examples:     (1) "By the Flame, by the Sword wielded in just cause, by all that stands with the Light, we claim protection"     (Nighth)     (2) placed at door of Elys's chamber to guard her and her unborn child. -- See Song
• recalling spell = To bring a separated spirit back to its body: "By the Ash, the Maul, the Blade that rusteth never, by the Clear Moon, the Light of Neave, the blood I have shed to He Whose Semblance I wear, by the virtue of Banebloom, and the Lash of Gorth, the Candles of the Weres, come you back"     (Yofu).
• Set spell = A gift accepted carries the spell with it if that is refused, the spell will rebound on the sender.
• Shape-changing and transformations = Require pentagram(s), a fire producing smoke, and chants. When the smoke ebbs, the change is complete.     (WW, Strait, JPARD, Strait, etc.)
• Spellbreaking = Examples:     (1) circle widdershins against the sun three, seven, then nine times the spellbreaker yields some of his own power in this process     (Warl, Amb, GRYE).     (2) Circling deasil to break a spell is of the Light     (Song).     (3) Yaal's Serpent chant: "Aphar and Stolla, Worum awake!/ What was drunk, must be tongued./What was wrought, you must unmake!/ In the Name of _________"     (Amb). (4) To break evil vines' spell: "Blood to bind, blood to sow, blood to pay, so it is demanded"     (Zar).
• Spell Duel = A clash of the most powerful Adepts.
• Spell of the Hour = Used in ancient times to bind the Thas in their underground world it weakened over the eons     (Grye).
• sympathetic magic -- See (1) Game of Power     (WW) and (2) Destree's whittling magic of a model Scalgah     (Port).
• tracing/finding spells = Objects take on impressions of former owners or users that fact can be employed to seek them out and track them down. Examples:     (1) Kaththea's scarf     (Warl)     (2) 0syra's Krogan xalta magic     (Port)     (3) Mayrin's hair ornament, given her by Romar, used to find him in the Tower.     (Kep).
• vanishing circle = Disappearance in smoke.     (Neevor in Crys)
• warding and protective spells = Examples:     (1) A circle drawn with a wand, candles placed along equal points of the arc, and herbs scattered around its perimeter     (Grye).     (2) Fingers held in a vee,
• and the warder spits between them to left and right     (Three).
• water spell = "Wind and water, wind and water, wind to hasten, water to bear, sea to carry, fog to ensnare." Jaelithe chanted this over the chip boats and touched each with a fingernail, con-
• verting them into a phantom fleet to protect Sulcarkeep.     (WW)
• Were-Magic.

Magical Beings and Creatures

• Beasts of the Wood Lord -- See Ware
• Dark Lord's guardians -- See Oath-b
• Death Bringers -- See Horn
• eftan -- See Gate
• Lagit = Gate guardian. -- See Port
• Mountain monster -- See Falm
• Night Hound -- See Nighth
• Scalgah =-- See Port
• Shadow servant -- See Oath-b
• Silver Singers -- See Horn
• That Which Dwells Apart / That Which Abides = Of the Dark. -- See Three
• Theffen -- See Port
• Undermountain monster -- See Warl
• Varks -- See Horn
• web-riders -- See Song
• wenzal -- See Yofu
• Wings of Ord -- See Horn

Colors of Magic

From: The Jargoon Pard

Blue/blue-green = The Light.

Green Magic = Healer's Craft. Growing things.

Red = Power. Health. Physical strength. War.

Orange = Self-confidence and strong desire.

Yellow = Mind magic logic, philosophy, thaumaturgy.

Blue = Emotion, gods, prophecy, theurgy.

Indigo = Weather casting foretelling by stars.

Purple = Lust, hate, fear.

Violet = Pure power among spirits.

Brown = Woods, glades, and the animal world.

Black = The Dark.

Power Colors

From: Trey of Swords

Blue = Safety.

Dull white! green! shot through with red = A Trap.

Gray-green = A strong center of Dark Forces.

 

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Magic Herbs

Those using herbs for good magic generally ask the blessing of a growing thing before taking a branch for a wand, a magical flower, or other botanical. This helps preserve the power.

• angelica = Herb of the sun in Leo. Protection against poison and evil magic. Used for amulets and in scented anointing oils. See Herrel's amulet, Blood Gillan's amulet, YofU.
• ash = For wands of the Light and effigies.
• basil = Of the Light. For amulets and protective spells.
• black willow = to heal fever. Brewed as a tisane with saffron and sandalwood and administered while praying to Gunnora.
• brony = For effigies.
• carnation = added to dragon's blood and diluted, this makes a strengthening cordial.
• dill = protection against evil used in combinations, amulets.
• dragon's blood -- see carnation.
• Dragon’s Tongue = Seeks out and cleanses putrid matter from wounds.
• elder bush / wood = For Dark spells and wands, exorcisms, and banes.
• farkill = Evil narcotic. Raises blisters at a touch. Difficult even for illbane to heal.     (Gate)
• garlic = Protection against evil. Used in binding spells.
• hawthorn = of the Light.
• herb salves = Herbs mixed with thick grease and rubbed around the eyes and on one's ears and palms as protection.
• illbane = Repels sorcery. Twice as potent if harvested while still bedewed. Aids in healing. Also enables a witch to rove outside her body.     (Futures)
• iyy leaf = protection against evil.
• langlorn = Has four trifid leaves. Clears the senses.
• mandrake = For fertility spells and poppets/effigies.
• moly = Breaks enchantments. Will only work once for the same individual.
• rosemary = Rosemary oil is protection against evil. The herb is also used in combination for spells and amulets.
• rowan = Protection against magic.
• saffron = Used in combination with black willow and sandalwood to cure childhood fevers.
• sandalwood -- See above.
• salt = Protective against evil. Used in binding spells.
• saxfrage = Cures fever.
• tarragon = Protective against evil used in amulets.
• trefoil = Good magic. Employed in combinations.
• valerian = Protective. Used in combination in amulets.
• vervain = Protective. Used in amulets and childbirth blessing.
• white heart = magical flower of a Waste tree.     (Zar)
• yew = of the Light.

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Magical / Old Ones' Landmarks

• An-Yak = See Zar
• Beacon Hut = Of Old Ones. -- See Swou
• Bleak Grove = Arvon.     (Rite)
• Blue Temple = On border of the Dales and the Waste.     (Wolf)
• The Broken Road -- See Crys -- Began at edge of Waste.
• Car Do Prawn = Kethan's birthplace Arvon.     (Jpard)
• Car De Dogan = Maleron's Keep Arvon.     (Grye)
• Cave of Immortality = In the Waste.     (Rodd)
• Cave of the Plumed Snake = Dales. See Swseller.
• Chairs of the Giants = Northern Dales.     (Amb)
• Circle of Silence = Dales. Of Old Ones. -- See Circle
• Circle of Toads = Dales. Within Standing Stones.     (Tog)
• Dame Cavern = Estcarp. -- See Wtw
• Darst = Of Old Ones -- See Nighth
• Dragonsback = Dales. -- See Wolf
• Elsenar’s posterns = In Lormt's cellar Southeast of Lormt in an ancient hunting lodge and in Castle Krevonel in Alizon City.     (Mage)
• Fortress of the Redmantle -- See Jpard
• Garden of Loskeetha = Escore. -- See Warl
• Garth Howell = School of sorcery, Arvon.     (Jpard, Song)
• Great Falcon -- See Falm
• Grove near Rhystead Abbey = Blue stone sanctuary.     (Were-f)
• Great Star = See Crys
• Gunnorals Shrines = Found throughout Dales, Arvon.   (Tog, Jpard)
• Hall of the Henge = On the White Road.     (Whiter)
• Haunted Ruin = Of the Shadow. -- See Jpard
• Hawk's Claw -- See Jpard
• Hilarion’s Citadel = On Coastal Escore -- See Sorc
• Hole of Volt = On Karsten's western coast.     (WW)
• The Horned One's Keep =     (Horn)
• Kar Garudwyn = Landisl's Eyrie, Arvon.     (Grye)
• Kathal Hall -- See Zar
• Linark = A Moon Drawers' school, Arvon.     (Jpard)
• Lure Well = Arvon. -- See Grye
• Moon Shrines = Numerous sites examples found in Garnsdale and in Ithondale, near Ghyll.     (Horn, Dsm)
• Narvok's Gate = Western Ferndale.     (Mage)
• Nexus = See Gate
• Ninth Meadow = Gate near Mountain Gate in Southeast Estcarp.     (Oldt)
• The Pillar at Fyndale = Of Old Ones. Where Dales lords swore peace during Fyndale fair.     (Amb)
• Place of Light = In Varn.     (Port)
• Place of Power at Verlaine Keep = See WW.
• Quayth = Northern High Hallack.     (Amb)
• Ravensmoore = In the Waste. Of the Dark.     (Peacock)
• Reeth = Star Tower of Gillan, Herrel, and Aylinn.     (Jpard)
• Refuge of Wise Women = Witches' post—Turning sanctuary.     (Gate)
• Road of Dreams = The Waste.
• Road of the Old Ones = Ran to a damaged circle of standing stones occupied by Toads.     (Tog)
• Seely Shrine = In the Dales.     (Fortune's)
• Setting Up of the Kings = The resting place of Arvon's border guardians.     (Grye)
• Skull Square = Karsten/Escore border. -- See Ware
• Sorn Fen = Of the Old Ones. Dales.     (Legacy)
• Spiral Mazes = Found on both continents.     (Examples: Dss, Three)
• Standing Stones = Both continents. Examples: -- see Gate, Tog, etc.
• Star Altars and Temples = Mainly western continent. One stood above the fishing village of Wark.     (Dss)
• Stone of Konnard = In the mountains south of Lormt. -- See Exl
• Stones of Sharnon = Dales. -- See Stones
• Sytry's Undermountain Tomb = Central Escore.     (Warl, Futures)
• Temple of the Five-Pointed Star = A Star Temple.     (Dss)
• Temple of the Skull = Escore. -- See Trey
• Tower of Iuchar = Escore. -- See Trey
• Trap Road = Arvon.     (Grye)
• Valley of Healing Mud = Escore.     (Three, Song, etc.)
• Valley of the Sleepers = In far eastern Escore. Source of the witches’_power.     (Gate)
• Varr = An ancient stronghold in the Waste.     (Zar)
• The Waiter's Hold = In the capital/port of Varn.     (Port)
• Waste Shrine -- See Crys
• The White Road = Leads into the Waste.     (Whiter)
• Zephar = Escore. -- See Trey

 

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Magical, Tools, Weapons and Artifacts

N.B. = References -— "See Crys", etc. -- will be found under Magic in that novel's or short story's index.

• Amarrok's turguoise amulets -- See Wolf.
• Auridan’s sword -- See Swseller.
• Aylinn’s healing talisman = See Jpard
• bead circlets / bracelets = Used for memory focusing.
• blood = Used to mark a pentagram for additional power in spellcasting or Gate opening. Evil magic uses another's or an animal's blood good magic uses the witch's own blood.
• blue stones = Found on both continents used for construction in ancient times by those of the Light the power is still effective.
• Broc's sword =     (Amb)
• cat-head ring = Joisan's. -- See "ring", Gyrg
• compulsion mannikins/poppets -- See Trey "Game of Power" in WW.
• The Crystal Gryphon -- See Crys and Gryg
• detection metal = Used by Jaelithe it blazed when anything of the Shadow was near.     (Sorc)
• dream-weaving = to separate body and soul for magic purposes.
• Eleeri’s stallion pendant =     (Kep)
• Esinore’s stone = Used in fortunetelling.     (Amb)
• Essence of Life wine -- See Lav
• Elder’s key -- See Mage
• Elsenar's magestone = "Betrothal gift". -- See Mage
• Elys’s wand -- See Swou
• familiars -- See Kaththea's     (Three) and Targi's     (Trey)
• Feathered Serpent = Found in Cave of Plumed Snake. -- See Swseller.
• Felde’s talisman -- See Circle.
• Fooger Beast -- See Gate: "Nexus".
• Gate opening -- see GENERAL MAGIC: Gate Spell.
• Gillan’s amulet -- See Yofu
• Green Fire = Warmed victims of evil cold.     (Oath-b)
• Helm Biter = One of the Four Great Weapons. Uruk's axe.
• herbs -- See MAGIC: HERBS.
• Herrel's amulet -- See Blood.
• hinder cord = Used to lame Herrel's mount.     (Yofu)
• Hunter's Cup -- See Horn
• Ice Tongue = One of the Four Great Weapons. Yonan's sword.
• Imrie’s amulet -- See Que.
• Jervon’s amulet -- See Dss, Swou
• Kerovan’s wristlet -- See Crys
• Llan’s Stone -- See Zar
• luck stones = thrown for forecasting or to tell directions.
• Maug's wand -- See Heir
• Merreth's locket = See Candle
• message rod -- See Web, Magic
• Mirror Gate -- See Know
• Ninutra's casket = See Ware
• Ninutra's record holder = See Ware
• Nolar's fragment of Stone of Konnard = See Exl
• 0rel's amulet -- See Saltg
• pentagram(s) = Drawn with a wand. Candles placed on points     (and if called for in the spell, in the star's center) color of candles may determine type of magic and summoning is used. Shape-changing spells require a smoke-emitting brazier nearby. Gate openings and other powerful spells require blood placed on star's points.
• Plasper forces -- See Trey
• Quan-iron = Ancient blue—green metal of the Light. Used for weapons, amulets, Landisl's throne, to protect buildings, etc.
• rune boards/stones = to focus power and for forecasting.
• running water = Evil cannot cross it.
• Rymple’s horseshoe -- See Candle
• screamer -- See Yofu
• scrying cup = Focus object used to foresee/farsee.     (Water of the Ninth Wave best for such purposes = Crys) -- See also Sorc, Dss
• Seeing Stone = Consulted by Jervon in his search for Elys.     (Song)
• Siege Perilous -- See WW, Tall.
• Sorn Fen ring -- See Legacy.
• spiral traps = compel ensorcelled prey to follow them inward to perpetual entrapment or death.     (Three, Candletrap)
• spirit gongs = Summon and focus power. Employed by Estcarp's witches and Sulcar seeresses     (who use them to draw favoring winds). Sound: low, brazen boom.
• Sword of Shadow = One of the Four Great Weapons wielded by Crytha.
• Sytry's sword -- See Warl, Futures.
• That Which Runs the Ridges -- See Grye     (Yofu)
• Tongue of Basir = One of the Four Great Weapons Nirel's sword.
• Ursilla’s bone whistle -- See Jpard
• Ursilla’s wand -- See Jpard
• Vadim’s amulet -- See Sentinel
• Vars’ testing stone -- See Port
• wands = Good magic: Ash and rowan. Evil magic     (and more powerful magic): Elder.
• winged globes -- See Grye
• witch jewel = Power focus attuned to a witch's personality in unique circumstances, can be transferred to a worthy heiress.     (Gate)
• Ysmay's pendant -- See Amb
• Zvetta s talisman -- See Seasd

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