Information collected by Sinnin, Head Scribe, and stored in the high matron’s private library, Halkamas Citadel, Year of the Crown.

Achona – The Earth Gate, the world.

Achonai – a follower of Achona, a knight dedicated to Achona.

Alcar – the founders and people of Saydolin, sun practioners.

alcarine – the power in sun light.

An’ka’ish suralim – Xul prayer, “I am clothed in life.”

An’Xul – The blood descendants of Xulian.

Anela – A young woman of the Guhla clan, promised to Feroh.

Arcanaea – the magus mounts belonging to the league.

Arcanite league –

Azhal – the northern district of Ithaca, rebelled.

Badak – a nomad tribe of central Vailassa.

Bedor – the largest moon, 34 day cycle.

Beduneh – a festival day celebrating the rise of Bedun, a constellation favored in the Kolas.

Beloris – One of the three branches of An’Xul, second son of Xulian.

Bethrun – One of the Xulian executed by the Consul of Azhal.

boka – an enchanted blue steel made in Azhal.

Bokhal – Feroh’s village, a region of the muzzle.

Brathas – a special title among the shemoin, an exorcist.

Cassan – the second largest moon, 16 day cycle.

Chauk – One of Chelas Sordin’s captives.

chelai – the poets of Ithka, a caste of enchanters, drive the Ithkan dreamers.

Chelas Sordin

Daneh – An acolyte of the shemoin.

Danuh – A member of Feroh’s Bokhal clan.

Dragonlands – the region from the Spine Wings to the ocean.

Dranic – Feroh’s father, also one of the names recited in the litany of previous valmai.

drashik – a derogatory term for outsider.

Duleh – one of the shemoin’s elders and council members.

ebana – an antelope like creature common to Saylassa.

Ebbin – One of Chelas Sordin’s captives.

Elkhano – the region called the Dragon’s Tail, the pirate kingdoms.

Ethali – one of Feroh’s “aunties”.

Feroh – The scion of Sasnian, one of the three primary branches of the An’Xul.

Filoh – a member of the Bokhal clan who challenges Feroh’s father.

Galeh – A member of the Bokhal clan who was done away with.

genalo – humans without any sign of power.

Gerah – an elder of the shemoin who controls the testing chamber.

Godiac – the power of the Godians, associated with living things.

Guhla Sadar – the son of Guhla Wethin, a colleague of Feroh’s.

Guhla Wethin – one of the leaders of the Dyers Guild in Bokhal.

Haleh – One of the Xulian executed by the Consul of Azhal.

Harahn – a missing scion branch of the An’Xul, eldest son of Xulian.

Hulik – One of Chelas Sordin’s captives.

Ildur – One of Chelas Sordin’s captives.

Ithka – chief city of the Dragonlands, once ruler of all, location of the Water Gate.

Joruh – Feroh’s uncle, brother to Dranic.

Justicar – A title and position given to the Azhal executioners.

Kandah – the scion of An’Beloris.

Karal – a bridge city on the upper canal, conquered by Azhal.

Karth An’Godias – the Za’al peasant who rebelled against Ithka, father of the empress.

Kasseh – a shemoin instructor.

Kerrin – Feroh’s shemoin mentor.

Kola, Kolas – the southernmost region of the Dragonlands.

Kotho – the ancient light tower of Ithka.

krima – a seed used to make a scarlet dye.

Lamatha – Sadar’s betrothed.

Lonneh – An elder of the Bokhal clan who drives their dream.

magus mounts – the ruined remains of Uthkaea now populated by clans of mage-monks.

Malino – One of Chelas Sordin’s captives.

maltoi – the historians of Ithka, a caste of enchanters, drive the Ithkan dreamers.

Maltos Ketha – the lord who buys Hulik.

Meroh – the 13th Valmas, allegedly created a pattern of the most power An’Xul to “restart” the Alcar, destroyer of Saylassa.

Mother Tadra – Feroh’s stepmother.

Mount Fulaea – the largest mountain of the southern Dragonlands.

The Myriad – the city states on a large peninsula of the southern Silt Sea.

Nerah – the scion of Xulian, the 17th Valmas, the heir and heretic.

Ola – a death speaker who helps Feroh escape.

Palkas – the prime citizen of a region, Ruus.

Peraptis – the primary city of the Arcanaea.

Rilka – the foreman overseeing the dungeon captives.

Rokola – a region on the north side of the Lower Canal which seceded from Ithka to join the Kolasi Confederation.

Ruric – A shemoin instructor.

Ruthoh – Feroh’s fellow student and follower Nerah.

Ruus – an Ithkan coastal region bordering the Lower Canal on the verge of defecting to the Kolasi confederation.

sadu – a plant used by the Xul to induce altered states or accelerate their progress, a poison.

Sammel – One of Chelas Sordin’s captives.

Sasnian – One of the three main branches of An’Xul, third son of Xulian.

Saydolin – the ancient capital region of the Alcar, destroyed two cycles ago.

Saylassa – the central continent.

Selaya – Kerrin’s wife.

shemoin – the brotherhood of reformers seeking to find a way to revive their lineage but also live in harmony with the rest of the Dragonlands.

Sherku – the Leviathan constellation favored by sailors.

Shukra Sul – the Speakers for Life, the name of the shemoin’s temple and cult.

Shulak – a derogatory Ithkan word for anyone showing signs of being Xulian.

Shuleh – the shemoin’s subprior.

Silt Sea – the sea linking all the major regions of the Dragonlands.

Solkah – Feroh’s fellow student and follower Nerah.

Sordin – a ruling Ithkan faction.

Tanic –  one of the names recited in the litany of previous valmai.

Tanor – One of the young men of the Bokhal clan.

Telokan – the ancient word for the Water Gate.

telokas – adherents to the water cult.

Thulic – a shemoin instructor.

Thulis An’Uthkaea – Dawn of Uthkaea, the Za’al empresses title.

Thura – A sailor’s name for the old sea god, called by other people’s Barka.

Toki – a sailor on the smuggler’s vessel.

Undusha – a secret cult of cat worshippers with moving sanctuaries, know it by the eyes of their sentinels.

Uthkaea – the ancient city empire that once occupied the Silt Sea.

valmas – the most powerful living An’Xul, the bonder.

valmasin – the lesser valmai, who possess some power at bonding, used by the Mornae for selective breeding before the Fall of Saylassa.

vanalo – humans with any sign of power.

Vanic An’Falru – Shemoin Prior and first high priest of the new cult.

Vetha Kin’Kordas – the chief auctioneer of all Ithka.

Vetru – an ancient spirit residing within relics found by Azhal peasants.

veyshu – a word meaning evil spirit.

Xuliac – the power of death, opposing power to godiac.

Xulian – the first vanalo to encounter the death power.

yuufa – a black fungus smoked in the Dragonlands, sometimes used to identify xulians.

Za’al – the bulk of the Dragon’s tail, once a land of active volcanos, Uthkaea’s tomb district.

Za’al’dum – the land of tombs.

Zekaj – a large island in the south silt sea near the Shadow Gate.

Zo’Athal – the largest port of Za’al, near the empress’s palace and the Death Gate.