Homage and Honour (53 page)

Hannah
Knutson*: Daughter of Gunter (Kolyei)

Hansi
Guntarson*: A vadeln who comes from the same area as Hannah Knutson
(Olya)

Harld*: Elderly
vadeln, retired from active service with a Ryzck and in charge of
one of the Vada Supply Stations in south-eastern Vadath (Alya)

Iain*: Cadet in
the same year group as the Quartet (Luya)

Ilyei*: A Lind
vadeln-paired with Nalda

Jadred*:
Retired vadeln who is in charge of the domta not far from Vada
where those pairs and orphans under the age of fourteen live

James*: Great
Uncle of Jessica Crawford and young brother of Jessica Robson
(Siya)

Jen*: Vada
Cadet who looks after newcomers to the Vada (Trnslei)

Jenny*: Ryzcka
Seventh Ryzck

Jessali*: Holad
nurse at the Holad station near Fountains Head (Axei)

Jessica
Crawford*: Daughter of Anne and David (Mlei)

Jessica Robson:
Grandmother of Jessica Crawford

Jilmis*: Ryzcka
of the Eighteenth Ryzck

Joachim*:
Cadet

Johan
Williamson*: Officer and brilliant tactical genius of the Garda
(Baltimalya)

John Branling:
Superintendent of Police at Stewarton

Jon*: Vadeln
with the Fifteenth Ryzck (Delya)

Jsnei*: A Lind
vadeln-paired with Valary of the Eighteenth Ryzck

Kiefer*: Ryzcka
of the Fourth Ryzck (Canya)

Kolyei*: A
dark-striped Lind vadeln-paired with Hannah

Lainei: A
secretive Lind pack from north-western Lind

Lalya: A Lind
(Avuzdel)

Laura*: Elderly
vadeln of a motherly bent (Grdnei)

Ledei: A Lind
(Avuzdel)

Lei: A Lind
(Avuzdel)

Leon*: Ryzcka
of the Fifteenth Ryzck (Malya)

Liam Durand:
Lynsey’s brother and General Commander of the Garda

Lucy Knutson:
Elder sister of Hannah

Luke
Cartwright: Clothier from Farquharstown in Argyll and father of
Tana

Luya*: A Lind
vadeln-paired with Iain

Lynsey Durand*:
Susa of the Vada (Bernei)

Madrei: Susa of
pack Mredlnei

Malin*: A
doctor with the Vada Holad

Maria: Wife of
Jadred

Malya*: A Lind
vadeln-paired with Leon

Mederthya: A
Lind (Holad) and vadeln-paired with Talin

Melody*: Ryzcka
of the Senior Cadets of the Vada (Dei)

Michal*:
Cadet

Mikel Senotson
(Kellen): Noble of the Kingdom of Murdoch and Head of Archives at
the royal palace at Fort Baker

Mislya*: A Lind
vadeln-paired with Sandy

Mldisya*: A
Lind vadeln-paired with Pieter

Mlei*: Grey
Striped Lind from pack Gyneya in the country of the Lind

Molly: A maid
at the royal palace

Moonlight: The
fastest horse in Duke Henri Cocteau’s stable

Nalda*: A
Vadryzka on the training staff at the Stronghold (Ilyei)

Nadil*: A medic
with the Vada Holad (Zaya)

Nick*:
Vadeln-paired with Stasya

Olya*: A Lind
vadeln-paired with Hansi Guntarson

Patch: Guard
terrier of the Crawford farm

Paul*: Ryzcka
of the Forty-fifth Ryzck (Benya)

Petar*: Vada
Cadet from the northern Argyllian religious community in the same
year group as the Quartet (Whiskya)

Peter*:
Lynsey’s predecessor as Susa of the Vada

Peter
Littleman*: Warrant Officer and Trainer of the Garda stationed at
Settlement (Sarya)

Philip Ross:
Captain of the Royal Guard in the Kingdom of Murdoch

Pieter*: A
Vadryzka on the training staff at the Stronghold (Mldisya)

Qenei: A Lind
looking for a human to pair with

Radnya*: A Lind
of rtath Lvei who is emotionally tied to Tavei

Ranolf*: Ryzcka
of the Junior Cadets of the Vada (Aya)

Redei:
Gtrathlin of the Lind

Renlei: A Lind
(Avuzdel)

Rhian*:
Weaponsmaster of the Vada (Tadei)

Rick*: A
Vadryzka on the training staff at the Stronghold (Aanya)

Rob: Teacher of
general syllabus lessons at Vada

Robain*: Son of
Gunter Knutson’s foreman (Balindifya)

Ruth Crawford:
Youngest sister of Jessica

Salei*: A Lind
vadeln-paired with Frieda

Sandy*: Holad
Medic with the Fifteenth Ryzck (Mislya)

Sarya*: A
Yellow Striped Lind of Rtath Ilyei

Scott Knutson:
Elder brother of Hannah and serving with the Garda

Siya*: White
Lind of pack Gyneya and vadeln-paired with James

Stasya*: A Lind
vadeln-paired with Nick

Susya*: A Lind
vadeln-paired with Anton

Tadei*: A Blue
Striped Lind and vadeln-paired with Rhian

Talin*: Elderly
Holad medic in charge of the Holad station near Fountains Head

Talmanya: A
female Lind from pack Whendei

Tamir*: Year
mate of the Quartet (Whalya)

Tana
Cartwright*: Daughter of Luke Cartwright (Tavei)

Tavei*: A Blue
Striped Lind of almost 17 hands and of stocky build (in Tara and
Kolyei’s time the pack was called Zanatei then Afanasei)

Terez*: Holad
medic of the Forty-fifth Ryzck (Danei)

Tiffney*: Young
woman who lives in north-eastern Argyll

Tobib*:
Cadet

Tom: Alias for
the Duke of Duchesne’s spy

Trent*:
Cadet

Trent: Third
generation sailor who sailed west as a lad

Trnslei*: A
Lind vadeln-paired with Jen

Valary*:
Serving vadeln with the Eighteenth Ryzck (Jsnei)

Venerfei: A
Lind vadeln-paired with Wallis

Wallis*: Member
of the Express and ex-Vada (Venerfei)

Willem:
Seneschal of the Royal Palace at Fort

Whalya*:
Small-boned Lind and vadeln-paired with Tamir

Whendei: A pack
from mid-Lind

Whiskya*: A
Lind vadeln-paired with Petar

Wylie
(Captain): Captain and owner of the Emily Stanton ship and
ex-Argyllian navy

Xavier
Crawford: Younger brother of Jessica

Xei*: A Violet
Striped Lind with long legs and around 17 hands tall

Yanei: A Lind
pack from far northern Lind

Zaya*: A Lind
(Holad) and vadeln-paired with Nadil

GLOSSARY

AL: Anno
Landing

Allst: Tall,
large-leafed tree of the North

Argyll: Human
country on the eastern coast of the Northern Continent

Arrowhawk:
Murdochian trading vessel

Avuzdel: Lind
Central Spying Unit, a quasi-secret order within the Lind
nation

Battle of the
Alliance: Battle between the Larg and the convicts of the South and
the settlers and the Lind of the North at the beginning of the
second summer of mankind on Rybak

Battle of
Trumpet Keep: When the Larg invaded Vadath in AL10 the Armies of
the North met them at David’s Keep, which was renamed Trumpet Keep
after the battle was won

Black Star:
Honour Star awarded to brave vadelns (deceased) of the Vada

Blue Flag: The
flag raised above human habitations to tell searching Lind that
there is a human there who wishes to be considered for pairing

Blue Lind:
Tavern in south-east Argyll

Ceja: Yes

Chela: Lind
claw, they have five on each paw. They resemble the claws of an
earth cat in that they can tract and retract

Conclave:
Ruling Council of the Kingdom of Murdoch, chaired by the King or
Lord Regent. All Murdochian Dukedoms are entitled to a seat on
Conclave as is the Lord Marshall. All seat-holders are entitled to
one vote.

CP: Command
Post; in a battle this is where the commander of the army is
located

Daga: Lind
den

Dalina: Blue
flowers resembling snowdrops

Dantrapper:
Forest in south-western Lind

Dom: Temporary
pack home

Domta:
Permanent pack home

Dugo: Small
prickly, dense and fast-growing bush, prevalent in the North

Elda(s):
Leader(s) of packs and Lind nation

Eln: Mate

Emily Stanton:
Ship owned by Captain Wylie

Express: A
service set up during the early years and modelled on the “Pony
Express” of the American midwest in the nineteenth century with the
additional service of ‘immediate’ messages using the Lind’s
telepathic abilities

Farquharstown:
A small village in Argyll about thirty miles from Settlement

Fealtatis:
Fealty ceremony at the Court of Murdoch (the giving of homage and
the taking of fealty to and from the King or Queen)

Fireoil: A
substance that burns even in the wettest of conditions

Fort: Defensive
site where the crew and families of the WCPS Electra fled before
being overrun by the convicts some months after landing on Rybak -
it became the ruling centre and capital of the Kingdom of Murdoch –
the principal royal palace is situated here.

Fountains Head:
Waterfall in south-western Lind and the location of the most
westerly Holad station in the Lands of the Lind

Garda: Regular
army of Argyll

Geraldine: The
frigate belonging to the royal house of Murdoch

Gingroot: The
root from which gingrootbeer is made

Gingrootbeer:
Spicy soft drink

Great Eastern
Sea: Vast ocean east of Argyll containing hundreds of islands

Gtran: Large,
vicious cat-like predators that inhabit the snowy mountain ranges
of the Northern Continent

Gtratha: High
Council of Lind

Gtrathlin:
Leader of the Gtratha

Hand:
Measurement used to calculate the height of both Lind and horses
and measuring four inches

Hero of
Galliard: Weaponsmaster Rhian, Galliard is a small island in the
Great Eastern Sea

Holad:
Medical

Inner Sanctum:
The room within the Vada Stronghold where the records are kept of
those serving and who have once served with the Vada. It also
contains the books recording vadeln who have died in the pursuit of
their duty

Jeza: Eat

Jezdic:
Zebra-like intractable animal

Kala: Caffeine
drink made from the nuts of the allst tree

Kura: Docile,
woolly, short-legged goat-like animal

Lai: Legendary
beings of Lind mythology

Lian: Woods or
forests

Lin: Litter of
Lind pups

Lind: Peace
loving wolf-like denizens of the Northern Continent

Lindling: Human
word for Lind young, not often used

Lindar: Warrior
section of pack

Little Sisters
of the Poor: Nursing Order of Nuns from the Kingdom of Murdoch

Ltscta: Lind
youngling

Lucky Lind: A
pub at the Vada port

Malinon:
Northern bird that sings a fine tune

Malinon:
Argyllian merchant ship

Middle Sea: Sea
between the Northern and Southern Continents

Militia of
Argyll: Made up of the general population, the Militia is
responsible for helping the Garda in their own Ward

Militia of
Vadath: Made up of men and women of fighting age who have not
paired with a Lind, the Militia is responsible for aiding in the
defence of the Northern Continent

Murdoch: Human
Country in the Southern Continent ruled by the ex-convicts (and
their descendants) from the WCPS Electra

Ondis: Insects
that live in swarms and who look like and live a similar life to
the locusts of planet Earth

Order of the
Grey Nuns: Teaching Order of Nuns from the Kingdom of Murdoch

Outpost: Holad
Station to the west of the Rtathas of the Lind

Powderflower:
Ship that carried blast-powder and other supplies along the
Argyllian and Vadathian coasts and up the rivers

Rybak: Name of
the planet, named after James Rybak, the star-navigator who found
it

Ryz: Battle
line

Ryzck: Troop of
Vada – made up of thirty-four vadeln-pairs and one commanding
vadeln-pair

Ptatch:
Ride

Rdha: A snack
meal

Relm: A piece
of paper or parchment of letter size

Ricca: A
rice-like crop grown in the South

Rtath: Pack

Rtatha:
Pack-range

Rtathen:
Pack-mates

Rtathlian:
Pack-woods

Ruza: Hero

Ryzcka: Vada
Troop Commander

Silver Star:
Honour Star awarded to brave vadelns of the Vada

Sitrep:
Situation report

Smaha: Red,
numbing, medicinal root

Standard:
Language spoken by the humans when they arrived on Rybak – as the
years progressed the language shifted to take account of words of
Lindish and of the Larg

Stewarton: City
of Argyll, situated inland beside Lake Stewart

Susa: Commander
of Lindar

Susyc:
Commander of all the Armies in the North

Swallow: Ship
Trent sailed in as a boy

Tarklei: River
in south-western Lind

Thibaltines:
Enclosed Order of Nuns from the Kingdom of Murdoch

Tranet: Edible
freshwater flatfish

Tranet: A
galley ship that plies its trade between Argyll, Vadath and the
Islands of the Great Eastern Sea

Trent Reef:
Name of the line of rocks and small islands that run from the
south-western tip of Lind to the Southern Continent

Ungba:
Soporific root used for medicines

Vada: Cavalry
(Lind/human)

Vada: The
township that has grown up around the Vada Stronghold

Vadath: Country
between Argyll and Lind on the Northern Continent, ruled jointly by
humans and Lind

Vadeln-pair:
Paired life-mate (Lind/human), often shortened to vadeln-pair

Vadryz: Squad
of Vada – made up of eight vadeln-pairs

Vadryza: Vada
squad commander

Valdka: White
spirit drink

Volat: Needless
slaying of any creature

Vuz: Idiot (if
spoken loudly)

Vuz: Small,
striped river animal (if spoken softly)

Walda: A long
tick-leafed grass grown in both Northern and Southern Continents
and used for fodder, thatching and other myriad uses