Grand Conspiracy (95 page)

pronounced: tray-the

root meaning:
traithe
––gentleness

TYSAN––one of the Five High Kingdoms of Athera, as defined by the charters of the Fellowship of Seven. Ruled by the s'Ilessid royal line. Sigil: gold star on blue field.

pronounced: tie-san

root meaning:
tiasen
––rich

URAY––a man-at-arms in the city of Daenfal.

pronounced: you-ray

VALENFORD––city located in Taerlin, Tysan.

pronounced: val-en-ford

root meaning:
valen
––braided

VASTMARK––principality located in southwestern Shand. Highly mountainous and not served by trade roads. Its coasts are renowned for shipwrecks. Inhabited by nomadic shepherds and wyverns, non-fire-breathing, smaller relatives of Khadrim. Site of the grand massacre of Lysaer's war host in Third Age 5647.

pronounced: vast-mark

root meaning:
vhast
––bare;
mheark
––valley

VERRAIN––master spellbinder, trained by Luhaine; stood as Guardian of Mirthlvain when the Fellowship of Seven was left shorthanded after the conquest of the Mistwraith.

pronounced: ver-rain

rootmeaning:
ver
––keep;
ria
––touch;
an
––one; originalParavian:
verria'an

VHALZEIN––city located in West Shand, shore of Rockbay Har bor on the border by Havish.

pronounced: val-zeen

root meaning: from drakish,
vhchalsckeen
––white sands

VHANDON––a renownedclanborn war captain of Duke Bransian

s'Brydion of Alestron.

pronounced: van-done

root meaning:
vhandon
––steadfast

VORRICE––Lord High Examiner of Avenor; charged with trying and executing cases of dark magecraft.

pronounced: vor-iss

root meaning:
vorisse
––to lay waste by fire

WATERCROSS––settlement in Caithwood sited at the intersection of the trade road and the Ilswater. WARD––a guarding spell. pronounced: as in English

root meaning: not from the Paravian

WATERFORK––city located in Lithmere, Havish.

WARDEN OF ALTHAIN––alternative title for the Fellowship Sorcerer, Sethvir.

WEST GATE PROPHECY––prophecy made by Dakar the Mad Prophet in Third Age 5061, which forecast the return of royal talent through the West Gate, and the bane of Desh-thiere and a return to untrammeled sunlight.

WESTWOOD––forest located in Camris, Tysan, north of the Great

West Road.

WHITEHOLD––city located on the shore of Eltair Bay, Kingdom of Melhalla.

WORLDSEND GATES––set at the four compass points of the continent of Paravia. These were spelled portals constructed by the Fellowship of Seven at the dawn of the Third Age, and were done in connection with the obligations created by their compact with the Paravian races which allowed Men to settle on Athera.

WULFCARS––accountant at Meliane's brothel in Jaelot. pronounced: wolf-cars

   

   

   

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