The Last Dark (99 page)

eh-Brand:
one who can use wood to read the Sunbane

Elemesnedene
:
home of the
Elohim

Elena:
daughter of Lena and Thomas Covenant; later High Lord

Elohim
,
the:
a mystic people encountered by the wandering Giants

Elohimfest
:
a gathering of the
Elohim

Emacrimma’s Maw:
a region in the Center Plains

Emereau Vrai:
Kastenessen’s mortal lover, now victim to She Who Must Not Be Named

Enemy:
Lord Foul’s term of reference for the Creator

Eoman:
a unit of the Warward of Lord’s Keep, twenty warriors and a Warhaft

Eoward:
twenty Eoman plus a Haft

Epemin:
a soldier in Berek Halfhand’s army, tenth Eoman, second Eoward

Esmer:
tormented son of Cail and the Dancers of the Sea

Etch Furledsail:
a Giant (woman); crew aboard Dire’s Vessel

Exalt Widenedworld:
a Giant; youngest son of Soar Gladbirth and Sablehair Foamheart; later called Lostson and Longwrath

fael Befylam
:
serpent-form of the
jheherrin

Faer:
wife of Lord Callindrill

Fall:
Haruchai
name for a
caesure

Fangs:
the Teeth of the Render; Ramen name for the Demondim

Fangthane the Render:
Ramen name for Lord Foul

Far Horizoneyes:
a Giant (woman); crew aboard Dire’s Vessel

Far Woodhelven:
a village of the Land

Father of Horses, the:
Kelenbhrabanal
, legendary sire of the Ranyhyn

Favored, the:
courtesans of the
gaddhi

Feroce, the:
denizens of Sarangrave Flat, worshippers of the lurker, descended from the
jheherrin

Filigree:
a Giant; another name for Sablehair Foamheart

Findail:
one of the
Elohim
; the Appointed

Fields of Richloam:
a region in the Center Plains

Fire-Lions:
living fire-flow of Mount Thunder

fire-stones:
graveling

First Betrayer:
Clave-name for Berek Halfhand

First Circinate:
first level of the Sandhold

First Haft:
third-in-command of the Warward

First Mark:
Bloodguard commander

First of the Search, the:
leader of the Giants who follow the Earth-Sight; Gossamer Glowlimn

First Ward of Kevin’s Lore:
primary cache of knowledge left by High Lord Kevin

First Woodhelven:
banyan tree village between Revelstone and Andelain; first Woodhelven created by Sunder and Hollian

Fleshharrower:
a Giant-Raver, Jehannum,
moksha

Foamkite:
tyrscull
belonging to Honninscrave and Seadreamer

Fole:
a
Haruchai

Foodfendhall:
eating-hall and galley aboard a Giantship

Forbidding:
a wall of power

Forestal:
a protector of the remnants of the One Forest

Fostil:
a man of Mithil Stonedown; father of Liand

Foul’s Creche:
the Despiser’s home; Ridjeck Thome

Frostheart Grueburn:
a Giant; one of the Swordmainnir

Furl Falls:
waterfall at Revelstone

Furl’s Fire:
warning fire at Revelstone

gaddhi
, the:
sovereign of
Bhrathairealm

Gallows Howe:
a place of execution in Garroting Deep

Galt:
a
Haruchai
; a Master of the Land; one of the Humbled

Garroting Deep:
a forest of the Land

Garth:
Warmark of the Warward of Lord’s Keep

Gay:
a Winhome of the Ramen

ghohritsar
:
a Waynhim

ghramin
:
a Waynhim

Giantclave:
Giantish conference

Giantfriend:
title given first to Damelon, later to Thomas Covenant and then Linden Avery

Giants:
the Unhomed, ancient friends of the Lords; a seafaring people of the Earth

Giantship:
a stone sailing vessel made by Giants;
dromond

Giantway:
path made by Giants

Giant Woods:
a forest of the Land

Gibbon:
the na-Mhoram; leader of the Clave

Gilden:
a maple-like tree with golden leaves

Gildenlode:
a power-wood formed from the Gilden trees

Gleam Stonedown:
a village decimated by
kresh

Glimmermere:
a lake on the plateau above Revelstone

Gorak Krembal:
Hotash Slay, a defense around Foul’s Creche

Gossamer Glowlimn:
a Giant; the First of the Search

Grace:
a Cord of the Ramen

Graveler:
one who uses stone to wield the Sunbane

graveling:
fire-stones, made to glow and emit heat by stone-lore

Gravelingas:
a master of
rhadhamaerl
stone-lore

Gravin Threndor:
Mount Thunder

Great Desert, the:
a region of the Earth; home of the
Bhrathair
and the Sandgorgons

Great One:
title given to Caerroil Wildwood by the Mahdoubt

Great Swamp, the:
Lifeswallower; a region of the Land

Grey Desert, the:
a region south of the Land

Grey River, the:
a river of the Land

Grey Slayer:
plains name for Lord Foul

Greywightswath:
a region north of the Soulsease River

Greshas Slant:
a region in the Center Plains

griffin
:
lion-like beast with wings

Grim
, the:
(also the na-Mhoram’s
Grim
) a destructive storm sent by the Clave

Grimmand Honninscrave:
a Giant; Master of Starfare’s Gem; brother of Seadreamer

Grimmerdhore:
a forest of the Land

Guard, the:
hustin
; soldiers serving the
gaddhi

Guardian of the One Tree, the:
mystic figure warding the approach to the One Tree; formerly
ak-Haru Kenaustin Ardenol
; now Brinn of the
Haruchai

Haft:
commander of an Eoward

Halewhole Bluntfist:
a Giant; one of the Swordmainnir

Halfhand:
title given to Thomas Covenant and to Berek

Hall of Gifts, the:
large chamber in Revelstone devoted to the artworks of the Land

Hamako:
sole survivor of the destruction of During Stonedown

Hami:
a Manethrall of the Ramen

Hand:
a rank in Berek Halfhand’s army; aide to Berek

Handir:
a
Haruchai
leader; the Voice of the Masters

Harad
:
one of the Seven Words

Harbor Captain:
chief official of the port of
Bhrathairealm

Harn:
one of the
Haruchai
; protector of Hollian

Harrow, the:
one of the Insequent

Haruchai
:
a warrior people from the Westron Mountains

Healer:
a physician

Heart of Thunder:
Kiril Threndor, a cave of power in Mount Thunder

Hearthcoal:
a Giant; cook of Starfare’s Gem; wife of Seasauce

Hearthrall of Lord’s Keep:
a steward responsible for light, warmth, and hospitality

Heartthew:
a title given to Berek Halfhand

heartwood chamber:
meeting-place of a Woodhelven, within a tree

Heer:
leader of a Woodhelven

Heft Galewrath:
a Giant; Storesmaster of Starfare’s Gem

Herem:
a Raver, Kinslaughterer,
turiya

Hergrom:
one of the
Haruchai

High God:
title given to the lurker of the Sarangrave by the Feroce

High Lord:
leader of the Council of Lords

High Lord’s Furl:
banner of the High Lord

High Wood:
lomillialor
; offspring of the One Tree

Hile Troy:
a man formerly from Covenant’s world; Warmark of High Lord Elena’s Warward

Hiltmark:
second-in-command of the Warward

Hirebrand:
a master of
lillianrill
wood-lore

Hoerkin:
a Warhaft

Hollian:
daughter of Amith; eh-Brand of Crystal Stonedown; companion of Thomas Covenant and Linden Avery

Home:
original homeland of the Giants

Hooryl:
a Ranyhyn; Clyme’s later mount

Horizonscan:
lookout atop the midmast of a Giantship

Horrim Carabal:
name given to the lurker of the Sarangrave

Horse, the:
human soldiery of the
gaddhi

horserite:
a gathering of Ranyhyn in which they drink mind-blending waters in order to share visions, prophecies, and purpose

Hotash Slay:
Gorak Krembal, a flow of lava protecting Foul’s Creche

Hower:
a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Loerya

Hrama:
a Ranyhyn stallion; mount of Anele

Humbled, the:
three
Haruchai
maimed to resemble Thomas Covenant in order to remind the Masters of their limitations

Hurl:
a Giant (man); crew aboard Dire’s Vessel

Hurn:
a Cord of the Ramen

hurtloam:
a healing mud

Huryn:
a Ranyhyn; mount of Terrel

husta/hustin
:
partly human soldiers bred by Kasreyn to be the
gaddhi
’s Guard

Hyn:
a Ranyhyn mare; mount of Linden Avery

Hynaril:
a Ranyhyn; mount of Tamarantha and then Mhoram

Hynyn:
a Ranyhyn stallion; mount of Stave

Hyrim:
a Lord, son of Hoole

Illearth Stone, the:
powerful bane long buried under Mount Thunder

Illender:
title given to Thomas Covenant

Imoiran Tomal-mate:
a Stonedownor

Inbull:
a Warhaft in Berek Halfhand’s army; commander of the tenth Eoman, second Eoward

Infelice:
reigning leader of the
Elohim

Insequent, the:
a mysterious people living far to the west of the Land

Interdict, the:
reference to the power of the Colossus of the Fall to prevent Ravers from entering the Upper Land

Irin:
a warrior of the Third Eoman of the Warward

Ironhand, the:
title given to the leader of the Swordmainnir

Isle of the One Tree, the:
location of the One Tree

Jain:
a Manethrall of the Ramen

Jass:
a
Haruchai
; a Master of the Land

Jehannum:
a Raver, Fleshharrower,
moksha

Jerrick:
a Demimage of Vidik Amar, in part responsible for the creation of
quellvisks

Jevin:
a healer in Berek Halfhand’s army

jheherrin
:
soft ones, misshapen by-products of Lord Foul’s making

Jous:
a man of Mithil Stonedown, son of Prassan, father of Nassic; inheritor of an Unfettered One’s mission to remember the Halfhand

Kalina:
a woman of Mithil Stonedown; wife of Nassic, mother of Sunder

Kam:
a Manethrall of the Ramen

Karnis:
a Heer of First Woodhelven

Kasreyn of the Gyre:
a thaumaturge; the
gaddhi
’s Kemper (advisor) in
Bhrathairealm

Kastenessen:
one of the
Elohim
; former Appointed

Keenreef:
a Giant (woman); crew aboard Dire’s Vessel

Keep of the na-Mhoram, the:
Revelstone

Keeper:
a Ramen rank, one of those unsuited to the rigors of being a Cord or a Manethrall

Kelenbhrabanal
:
Father of Horses in Ranyhyn legends

Kemper, the:
chief advisor of the
gaddhi
; Kasreyn

Kemper’s Pitch:
highest level of the Sandhold