Fallowblade (2 page)
Authors: Cecilia Dart-Thornton
Crowthistle
Ádh:
luck, fortune (AWE); one of the four Fates of the Sanctorum
Álainna Machnamh (AWE-lanna Mac-NAV)
Aonarán: loner, recluse (AY-an-ar-AWN)
a mhuirnín:
darling (a wirr-NEEN)
a stór:
darling (a STOR)
athair:
father (AH-hir)
brí: the power possessed by weathermasters, enabling them to predict and control the dynamics of pressure systems and temperature, winds and other meteorological phenomena
Cailleach Bheur: The Winter Hag (cal-yach vare or cail-yach vyure)
carlin: wise woman
Cinniúint:
destiny, fate, chance (kin-YOO-int); one of the four Fates of the Sanctorum
Cuiva (KWEE-va) In the Irish language this name is spelled ‘Caoimhe’
Earnán (AIR-nawn)
eldritch: supernatural
Eoin (OWE-in)
Fedlamid macDall (FEH-limy mac-dawl)
Fionnbar (FIN-bar or FYUN-bar)
Fionnuala (Fin-NOO-la)
gariníon:
grand-daughter (gar-in-EE-an)
garmhac:
grandson (gar-VOC)
Gearóid (gar-ODE)
Genan of Áth Midbine (AWE mid-BINNA)
gramarye: magic
gramercie: expression of thanks
Lannóir: Goldenblade or Fallowblade, the golden sword, the only one of its kind, slayer of goblins and heirloom of the House of Stormbringer (lann-OR)
Liadán (LEE-dawn)
Luchóg (la-HOGE)
Maolmórdha (mwale-MORGA)
máthair:
mother (MAW-hir)
Mí-ádh:
bad luck, misfortune (mee-AWE); one of the four Fates of the Sanctorum
Míchinniúint:
doom, ill-fate (mee-kin-YOO-int); one of the four Fates of the Sanctorum
Ó Maoldúin (oh mwale-DOON)
Páid (PAWD)
Risteárd Mac Brádaigh (reesh-TARD Mac BRAW-dig)
Saibh (SAY-EVE)
To
sain
is to bless, or call for protection from unseelie forces
seanathair:
grandfather (shan-AH-hir)
seanmháthair:
grandmother (shan-WAW-hir. ‘Waw’ rhymes with ‘au’ in ‘Maud’)
seelie: benevolent to humankind
Uabhar (OO-a-var)
Uile: the All, or universe (ILLE, ‘e’ as in ‘best’)
Some Significant Charactersunseelie: malevolent to humankind
The Kingdom of Ashqalêth (Capital city: Jhallavad)
Chohrab Shechem II: King of Ashqalêth.
Duke Rahim: King Chohrab’s brother-in-law, brother of Parvaneh.
Parvaneh Shechem: Queen of Ashqalêth.
Shahzadeh: King Chohrab’s eldest daughter, the Princes Royal of Ashqalêth.
The Kingdom of Grïmnørsland (Capital city: Trøndelheim)
Gunnlaug Torkilsalven: youngest son of Thorgild.
Halfrida Torkilsalven: Queen of Grïmnørsland.
Halvdan Torkilsalven: second son of Thorgild.
Hrosskel Torkilsalven: eldest son of Thorgild, and Crown Prince of Grïmnørsland.
Solveig Torkilsalven: third child and only daughter of Thorgild.
Thorgild Torkilsalven: King of Grïmnørsland.
The District of High Darioneth (Principal seat: Rowan Green)
Aglaval Maelstronnar (Stormbringer): Storm Lord in days of yore.
Albiona: Dristan Maelstronnar’s wife.
Alfard
ē
ne Maelstronnar (Stormbringer): the swordsmith who fashioned Fallowblade.
Arran Maelstronnar (Stormbringer): eldest son of Avalloc.
Asr
ă
thiel Heronswood Maelstronnar: only daughter of Jewel and Arran.
Avalloc Maelstronnar (Stormbringer): the current Storm Lord and member of the Council of Ellenhall.
Avolundar Maelstronnar (Stormbringer): the warrior mage who wielded Fallowblade during the Goblin Wars.
Cavalon: son of Dristan and Albiona Maelstronnar.