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chill-in
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| Personal bodyguards of the Fenni clan chiefs |
| Fenni, strength |
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| dah-lin |
| A bowl-shaped depression, rendered dale in the common tongue |
| Firanese, dale |
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The Poisoning
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| Dauer Bite-an |
| The story of the fall of the Destroyer and the leaving of the Vale, contained in the Domaz Skreud (see Domaz Skreud) |
| First Men, death bite |
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Scroll of Doom
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| Doh-marz Scroyd |
| The Scroll which recounts the rise of the Destroyer and the fall of the Vale of Youth |
| First Men, doom scroll |
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| domm-in-ee |
| The Dhaurian name for a scholar who trains students |
| First Men, schoolmaster |
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| Dibb-ook |
| Small supernatural spirit said by the Widuz to inhabit the cave systems of Clovenhill |
| Widuz, clinging spirit |
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| erss |
| The Treikan name for flat land, applied to any flat lowland |
| Old Treikan, uncertain origin - highland?? |
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| Foo-ir Ahf Him-min |
| Affirmation of the Watchers, used as a greeting |
| First Men, Fire of Heaven |
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| inn-tee-kah |
| Fenni name for an outcast, one who has been banished from the hearth of his clan |
| Fenni, anathema |
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| djew-djew-nay |
| Potent drink favoured amongst ruling classes in southern Bhrudwo |
| Middle Bhrudwan, spice juice |
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Northern Lights
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| Clay-taff North-er |
| The Northern Lights, visible over much of northern Faltha, including all of Firanes in favourable conditions |
| First Men, north lights |
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Lords of Fear
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| Marg-dee Darshht |
| One hundred and sixty-nine feared Bhrudwan warrior-wizards who serve the Destroyer |
| Old Bhrudwan, Heart of the Desert |
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| marr-ih-swan |
| Huge flamingo-like birds, thought to be extinct in Faltha. The Jugom Ark is fletched with mariswan feathers |
| First Men, majestic fowl |
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| mott |
| Black emulsion worn under the eyes to prevent snowblindness |
| Fenni, black |
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| mool |
| Meditation exercise practiced by many Bhrudwans |
| Old Bhrudwan, to reflect, mull over |
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| oh-mart |
| Pink alchemical pain-amplifying powder designed to aid in interrogations; part of the Destroyer's chemical repository |
| Old Bhrudwan, mushroom |
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| vid-duh |
| Generic name for the inland plateaus and moors of Firanes |
| Fenni, moor |
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| wakk-ee |
| Large rocks and boulders scattered around the upper Torrelstrommen valley |
| Firanese, boulder |
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Acolyte, the
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| Arck-tahl |
| Personal name of the young Bhrudwan acolyte, a Lord of Fear (see the Acolyte) |
| Old Bhrudwan, death dealer |
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Achtal
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| Mahnum's name for the youngest of the Bhrudwan warriors who took him captive (see Achtal) |
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Death House of the Widuz
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| Ah-doon-lock |
| Fortress of the Widuz, built around Helig Holth, a deep sinkhole just south of Cloventop |
| Widuz, down look |
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| Ai-gill-strom-in |
| Stream flowing into the Torrelstrommen |
| Firanese, angel stream |
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| Ell-duh |
| Oldest man in Loulea Vale, passed away in the year 1026. His name is a nickname |
| Common Tongue, old |
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| Ell-drass |
| High mountainous plateau on the border between Faltha and Bhrudwo, the highest mountains in the known world |
| First Men, old head |
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Aleinus
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| Ar-lay-ee-nuh |
| Headwaters of the Great River of Faltha, particularly that part east of The Gap (see Aleinus) |
| Old Falthan, threshold |
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Aleina
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| Ar-lay-ee-niss |
| Great River of Faltha with headwaters in the Aldhras Mountains, flows through central Faltha and discharges into Wodhaitic Sea |
| First Men, barrier |
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| Ar-lay-ee-niss |
| The place where the Aleinus River exits the the Wodranian Mountains. The Gates are a series of high bluffs (see Aleinus River) |
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| Ell-vuh-spann |
| Wooden bridge over Mjolk River just west of Mjolkbridge, after which Mjolkbridge is named |
| Firanese, river span |
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| Ann-druh-tan |
| Island off the coast of Bhrudwo, near province of Malayu. The Destroyer has made his base on Andratan, in the fortress of the same name |
| Old Bhrudwan, dread |
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| Ar-nuh-sell |
| Young woman of Loulea Vale, betrothed to Stend |
| Firanese, sweet |
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| An-owe-in |
| Older brother of Druin, youth of Loulea, a bully knocked down by Stella with the two-stone trick |
| Firanese, boy child |
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| Ann-shill-uh |
| Senior courtier at the Firanese Court at the time Indrett lived in Rammr |
| Firanese, swift answer |
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| Ar-noo-cal-vah |
| Narrow grotto which provides the exit to the Adunlok cave system |
| Widuz, anal passage |
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| Ar-coss |
| Leader of a clan in the Vale of Youth; later comes to mean an ambassador to the Council of Faltha |
| First Men, arrow-bearer |
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Scroll of Arminius
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| Ar-min-ee-uh Skroyd |
| Scroll of prophecies by Arminius of Dhauria, from which Phemanderac extracts a prophecy about the Right Hand of God |
| First Men, Arminius' scroll |
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| Az-gouw-in |
| One of the Sixteen Kingdoms of Faltha, located north of Deuverre |
| First Men, horse country |
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| Recently built town on the banks of the Lavera River, in the midst of the wide Treikan plains, replacing Inverlaw Eich which burned down in 979 |
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| Small inn at Windrise, Firanes |
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Taller
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| From Rockford on the slopes of the Black Hills at the eastern margin of Fodhram lands, now part of Axehaft's trading band (see Taller) |
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| The legislative body of Dhauria charged with making moral and theological rulings |
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| Ahss-tor-uh |
| First capital city of Firanes, western terminus of Westway, located in North March until it fell into the sea |
| First Men, northern jewel |
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| Or-gone |
| Farmer of Loulea Vale, lives at Spindlewood Farm, but has gone blind |
| Firanese, foretelling |
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| oll-father |
| Grandfather |
| First Men, old father |
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urus
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| ow-rocks |
| Legendary wild ox, found only on the inland moors of Firanes |
| First Men, bison |
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Leader
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| The Warden of Fodhram, from Fernthicket. In the Fodhram fashion, his true name is hidden from the Company (see Leader) |
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| A limestone formation on the edge of Withwestwa Wood, formerly a base for robbers, now the abode of the Hermit |
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| Hot autumn wind that blows across the Northern Wastes, afflicting travellers |
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| Bee-ray |
| Arkhos (leader) of the House of Saiwiz, entrusted with the Jugom Ark by the Council of Leaders, founded Nemohaim and hid the Jugom Ark |
| First Men, to reveal involuntarily |
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| Brood-woe |
| Continent-sized area covering north-eastern hemisphere, an amalgam of provinces ruled by Destroyer |
| Old Bhrudwan, brown land |
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| Fodhram village near Fernthicket in the heart of Withwestwa Wood, home of Leafholm |
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| Rocky obstacle near the end of Mossbank Cadence, considered the chief obstacle to a successful run. It has never been negotiated |
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| Bear-arnge |
| Vast province of Bhrudwo, located in the northwestern interior, a land of desert and plateau |
| Old Bhrudwan, tableland |
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Beinn Dubh
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| Low, treeless hills in northern Treika, the easternmost extent of Fodhram lands. Said to be inhabited by the Dubhnan, a race of merciless killers |
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| The winter of 1016, when the thaw in North March was delayed for three months |
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Clovenhill
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| Bligh-now Lore |
| The broad uplands that was once the heartland of the Widuz domain |
| Widuz, bright hill |
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| Low hill forming the western boundary of Loulea Vale, eaten into by sea forming cliffs |
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| Bray-thin |
| The westernmost of the highlands of inland Firanes, sometimes considered part of the Myrevidda |
| Old Falthan, white lands |
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| Four large hills at the eastern end of Breidhan Moor; the Westway runs between the third and fourth Brethren |
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| Large inn at Windrise, Firanes |
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Burning Stream
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| Brin-in Scow |
| Stream draining the valley below Adunlok |
| Widuz, burning stream |
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| Small hamlet at the southern end of Loulea Vale |
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| Road connecting Loulea with Great North Road |
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| Small valley extending southwards from Loulea Vale |
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| Fodhram child, son of an unnamed Fodhram warrior who fell in the Battle of Helig Holth |
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Brinan Scou
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| Common tongue name for the stream that drains the valley below Adunlok |
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Mountain of Dead Men's Bones
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| Cairn Dairgg |
| Spur of Clovenhill to the south of Clovenchine, once a lookout of the First Men held against the Widuz |
| Widuz, bone grave |
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| The most northerly of the mountains that make up Snaerfence, the Capstone is close to the confluence of the Torrelstrommen and Mjolk rivers |
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| The First Men called by the Most High to travel north to the Vale of Youth |
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| A chasm draining an unnamed lake beside the Westway near the Grossbergen, able to be traversed in dry weather |
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| See-yenn-in |
| Capital city and chief port of Plonya, one of the Sixteen Kingdoms of Faltha, located at the mouth of the Sagon River |
| Plonyan, sea path |
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Thyrtinden Massif
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| The common tongue rendering of Thyrtinden Massif, one of the Grossbergen (see Thyrtinden Massif) |
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| The deep gorge of the Sagon, carved through Clovenhill and giving the latter its name |
| First Men, cloven ravine |
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Blaenau Law
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| First Men name for the broad tableland separating Plonya and Treika, divided by Clovenchine, the gorge of the Sagon; last refuge of the Widuz (see Blaenau Law) |
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| Cli-mah |
| Former king of Firanes (971-982), king when the black fly plague covered Firanes |
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| Alternative route south from North March to Rammr in western Firanes |
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| Derogatory name for coastal-dwellers of northern Firanes, given by those living in the interior |
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| Large oak tree in the middle of Loulea common |
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| Loose association of people joining the original five from Loulea in pursuit of the Bhrudwans |
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| One-time leader of the Knights of Fealty, defeated the Destroyer in single combat a thousand years ago, according to the Lay of Fealty |
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| Cott-ee-lee-din |
| Large lake on the Mossbank River, close to Midrun hut |
| Fodhram, depression, pennywort, sense of meaning from Fodhram cup-shaped |
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| Ruling council comprising ambassadors from the Sixteen Kingdoms of Faltha, based in Instruere |
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| Ruling body in Dona Mihst, made up of the leaders of all the clans |
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| Couw-in |
| Legendary Firanese hero who fought in the first Halvoyan invasion |
| Firanese, of the forest |
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| Dah-meesh |
| Young man of Loulea Vale, apprentice huntsman |
| Firanese, mistwalker |
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Adunlok
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| Treikan name for Adunlok, the high keep of the Widuz (see Adunlok) |
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| Dee-york |
| Lieutenant to the Destroyer, Keeper of Andratan. Born in Jasweyah, he surrendered that country to the Destroyer |
| Jasweyan, spearhead |
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| Dirk-skoe-gin |
| Extensive coastal forest of southern Firanes |
| Firanese, stony plain |
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Great Desert, the
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| Dess-ih-cuh |
| Desert land extending over much of southern Faltha, on both sides of Dhauria |
| First Men, dessicate, to dry out |
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| Undying Man, Lord of Bhrudwo, Lord of Andratan, Kannwar
Rebel against the Most High, he was cursed with immortality and made his home in Bhrudwo. He now rules Bhrudwo from his fortress of Andrata |
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| Do-vair |
| One of the Sixteen Kingdoms of Faltha, located north of Straux in central Faltha; rich, densely populated farmland |
| First Men, twin rivers |
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Vale of Youth
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| Dau-ree-yah |
| The Drowned Land, a name for the Vale of Youth after it was drowned by the sea. Note that the literal translation of Dhauria is not drowned land (see Vale of Youth) |
| First Men, death estuary |
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| Doh-na Mist |
| The city built on the sacred site of the Rock of the Fountain in the Vale of Youth |
| First Men, down of mist, later corrupted to dunamis. First Men, power |
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| Drohzz-uh-cal-vin |
| Small cavern, filled with glow-worms, part of the Adunlok cave system |
| Widuz, dazzle cavern |
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Drum Mountain
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| Droo-im Coh-ree |
| Widuz name for Drum Mountain, a broad, low peak at the southern end of the Remparer Mountains |
| Widuz, drum rock |
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| Drew-in |
| Youth of Loulea, large boy who bullies others and is keen on Stella |
| Firanese, brown |
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Druim Corrie
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| The nearest of the Remparer peaks to the Westway, just north of Inverell |
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| Little-used road following Aleinus River through Piskasia |
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| Air-en-mall |
| Town in western Favony on the north bank of the Aleinus River |
| First Men, bad blood |
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Hermit, the
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| Air-ee-moss |
| The prescient given name of the Hermit of Bandits' Cave |
| Ancient Straux, solitary man |
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| The chief administrator of Malayu, the largest city in Bhrudwo and the known world |
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Flowermask
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| Fell-ah |
| The flowermask used in the Midwinter Play to represent spring |
| Of uncertain origin |
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| Fal-thuh |
| Continent-sized area covering north-western hemisphere, an amalgam of sixteen independent kingdoms, (see Falthwaite End, Withwestwa Wood) |
| Common Tongue, contraction of Falthwaite, itself a corruption of Withwestwa |
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| Fal-thwayte |
| Farm on a hillock just north of Loulea. Renowned as the northernmost point reached by the First Men |
| Old Falthan, cultivated land |
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| Fan-ah-yock-ill |
| Massive ice plain to the north of the Plains of Pollerne |
| Firanese, ice water fan |
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| Far-nee-yuh |
| Young woman of Loulea Vale, friend of Stella, keen on Druin |
| Firanese, fern |
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| Far Store-sin |
| Older son of Storr of Vinkullen, a thin, angular man |
| Firanese, far |
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| Fah-vone-ee |
| One of the Sixteen Kingdoms of Faltha, located on the plains of central Faltha north of Straux |
| First Men, hot wind |
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| These knights were said to have driven the Destroyer out of Faltha a thousand years ago. They were led by Conal Greatheart |
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| Verse epic recounting the story of Conal Greatheart and the Knights of Fealty |
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| Fee-ritch |
| Young man of Loulea Vale, supposedly a dullard |
| Firanese, foeman |
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| Mountain range of northern Firanes, separating coastlands from harsh uplands of interior |
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Mossbank River
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| Fodhram and Treikan name of the Mossbank River, tributary of the Sagon River (see Mossbank River) |
| Fodhram, marsh brook |
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| Fen-ny |
| Race of losian dwelling on the moors (Myrevidda) of inland Firanes |
| Fenni, ancient people |
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| Ferr-dee |
| Husband of Foilzie, property owner of Instruere, recently deceased |
| First Men, shrewd |
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| Fodhram village deep in Withwestwa Wood, home of Axehaft, the Fodhram Warden |
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| Fee-yarn-in |
| Path connecting the Westway to Ciennan, the capital city and chief port of Plonya |
| Plonyan, fair path |
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| Firr-uh-ness |
| Westernmost of the Sixteen Kingdoms of Faltha. Named for the sunrise on the heights of the Jawbone Mountains |
| First Men, Fire Cape |
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| Those called north from Jangela by the Most High to live in the Vale of Youth; also applies to those exiled from the Vale who settled in Faltha, and to their descendants |
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| First rapid in Mossbank Cadence |
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| Fenni name for the Destroyer |
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Falla
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| The common tongue rendering of Falla, the flowermask used in the Midwinter Play to represent spring (see Falla) |
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| Fodd-rum |
| A short-statured losian race dwelling in the forests of Withwestwa, woodsmen, hunters, farmers and traders |
| Fodhram, woodsman |
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| Foyl-zee |
| Widow of Instruere, tenement-owner, shoemaker and stall-holder |
| First Men, help mate |
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| Fonn-dell-vuh |
| River of inland Firanes, separating the Fells and Havanger Range |
| Firanese, wide stream |
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| Broo-mull |
| Abandoned trading post at the western terminus of the Southern Run, previously known as Fort Ermine |
| Fodhram, brumous = wintry |
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| fray-tuh |
| Small denomination coin common to northern Faltha |
| Of uncertain origin |
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Realm of Fire, Way of Fire
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| Foo-ir-fadd |
| The lore and religion of the First Men, the teachings which enabled them to follow the Most High |
| First Men, fire path |
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