Glossary

ABILAN   one of the soldanates of Uraba.

ADREA   wife of Criston Vora, captured by Urecari raiders; now named Istar.

ADREALA   first daughter of Adrea by Omra.

AIDEN   one of the two brothers who sailed from Terravitae to discover the world. The descendants of his crew populated Tierra.

AIDENIST   follower of the Book of Aiden.

AIDEN’S COMPASS   ancient relic whose needle will point back toward Terravitae.

AIDEN’S LIGHTHOUSE   tall lighthouse on the western side of Ishalem, now controlled by Urabans.

AIZARA   Uraban driftwood reader.

ALAMONT   one of the five reaches of Tierra, rich agricultural land led by Destrar Shenro.

ALDO NA-CURIC, SEN   Saedran chartsman aboard the Dyscovera.

ALISI   sister of Unwar, kidnapped by Tierran traders.

AL-ORIZIN   Uraban exploration ship sent off to find the Key to Creation.

AMMUR SONNEN   blacksmith who runs the largest smithy in Calay, father of Vicka.

ANDOUK   soldan of Yuarej, father of Cliaparia.

ANJINE   queen of Tierra, daughter of King Korastine.

ANTOS   captain of Soldan Vishkar’s flagship in the Uraban fleet.

ARDAN   subcomdar of the Tierran navy.

ARIKARA   capital city of Missinia.

ARKSHIP   ancient vessel wrecked in Ishalem, believed to be the original vessel belonging either to Aiden or Urec.

ASADDAN   Nunghal refugee who crossed the Great Desert to Missinia.

ASHA   second wife of Soldan-Shah Imir, murdered by Prester Hannes.

BAINE, PRESTER-MARSHALL   former prester-marshall of the Aidenist church, martyred with his followers in the ruins of Ishalem.

BELLUC   captain of the slave galley Moray.

BIENTO NA-CURIC   Saedran painter, Aldo’s father.

BOOK OF AIDEN   Aidenist holy book.

BORA’S BASTION   capital city of Alamont Reach.

BOURAS   legendary Father of All Serpents, supposedly girdles the world.

BROECK   destrar of Iboria Reach, father of Ilrida, grandfather of Tomas.

BURIAN NA-COWAY   Saedran model-maker.

BURILO   the son of the Missinia soldan, Omra’s cousin.

CALAVIK   capital city of Iboria Reach.

CALAY   capital city of Tierra.

CAPTAIN’S COMPASS   a compass that always points home.

CHARTSMAN   a Saedran navigator possessing perfect memory.

CIARLO   brother of Adrea, lame in one leg, prester of the town of Windcatch.

CINDON VORA   father of Criston, a fisherman lost at sea.

CITHARA   daughter of Cliaparia and Omra, now raised by Istar.

CLIAPARIA   Omra’s second wife.

COMDAR   leader of Tierran army and navy.

CORAG   one of the five reaches of Tierra, a mountainous region led by Destrar Siescu.

CRISTON VORA   captain of the Dyscovera, survivor of the Luminara expedition. Criston is married to Adrea (Istar), who was lost in a Urecari raid.

DESERT HARBOR   new settlement on the edge of the Great Desert, from which sand coracles launch, devastated in bandit raid.

DESTRAR   the leader of one of the five Tierran reaches.

DOLICAR, YAL   confidence man who moves back and forth from Uraba to Tierra.

DRIFTWOOD READER   a fortune teller who can determine the future by studying the whorls in a piece of driftwood.

DYSCOVERA   Tierran ship built to explore the seas and find Terravitae, captained by Criston Vora.

EDICT LINE   the boundary agreed to by the leaders of Tierra and Uraba, dividing the world in half.

ENIFIR   Anjine’s handmaiden, wife of Guard-Marshall Vorannen.

ENOCH DEY   crewman aboard the Dyscovera.

ERIETTA   one of the five reaches of Tierra, mainly rangeland, led by Destrar Unsul.

ERIMA   ur-sikara from Lahjar, successor to Lukai.

EYE OF UREC   symbol painted on the sails of Uraban ships.

FASHIA’S FOUNTAIN   important shrine to Urecari faith.

FENNAN   prester in the village of Windcatch.

FIRUN   old Aidenist slave at Gremurr mines, household servant to Tukar.

FISHHOOK   symbol of the Aidenist church.

FROST GIANTS   legendary titans who live in the cold, can bring winter with a breath.

FYIRI   prominent sikara aboard the Al-Orizin.

GART   young son of Destrar Unsul.

GOLDEN FERN   fern with mythic properties, supposedly planted by Urec before he became the Traveler. Anyone who finds the fern is destined for greatness.

GOLDEN FERN   first ironclad warship in Uraban navy.

GREAT DESERT   arid wasteland in the south of Uraba.

GREMURR   secret Uraban mines on the northern coast of the Middlesea, in Tierran territory.

GRIGOVAR   member of the Al-Orizin’s crew, former reef diver from Lahjar.

HANNES   prester serving aboard the Dyscovera, once saved by Criston Vora. Years earlier, he also lived in Ishalem as a spy learning about the Urecari faith.

HIST   subcomdar of the Tierran army.

HUTTAN   soldan of Inner Wahilir, husband of Kuari, charged with building a large church in Ishalem.

IAROS   nephew of Destrar Broeck, heir apparent of Iboria.

IBORIA   one of the five reaches of Tierra, the region to the far north, led by Destrar Broeck.

ILRIDA   daughter of Destrar Broeck, second wife of King Korastine and mother of Prince Tomas; she died of tetanus.

IMIR   former soldan-shah of the Urabans, father of Omra, now retired.

INFINITA   sturdy sailing ship designed for a voyage to Terravitae.

INNER WAHILIR   one of the soldanates of Uraba.

ISHALEM   the holy city considered the center of both the Aidenist and Urecari religions, burned in a great fire and now reclaimed by Uraba.

ISTALA   second daughter of Adrea by Omra.

ISTAR (1)   young wife of Zarif Omra, died in childbirth.

ISTAR (2)   First Wife of Soldan-Shah Omra, mother of Saan, Adreala, and Istala; formerly Adrea, wife of Criston Vora.

IYOMELKA   mysterious woman living on an isolated island, mother of Ystya.

JAVIAN   cabin boy aboard the Dyscovera.

JENIROD   eldest son of Destrar Unsul of Erietta.

JERARD   old prester aboard the Luminara, killed by a sea serpent.

JIKARIS   khan of the Nunghal-Ari.

JORON   third son of Ondun, who remained behind in Terravitae when Aiden and Urec sailed away.

KEL   rank of captain in the soldan-shah’s palace guards.

KEY TO CREATION   mysterious powerful object sought by Urec and Aiden.

KHALIG   Uraban merchant, chosen by Kel Unwar as a messenger to Calay to deliver Tomas’s head.

KHENARA   port city on Oceansea coast of Uraba.

KIRK   Aidenist church.

KJELNAR   Iborian shipwright, builder of Dyscovera and her first mate.

KORASTINE   king of Tierra, father of Anjine and Tomas.

KRAKEN   enormous monster from the depths of the sea.

KUARI   First Wife of Soldan Huttan from Inner Wahilir.

LAHJAR   port city on Oceansea coast of Uraba, the farthest settlement south.

LANDING DAY   Aidenist festival commemorating the landing of Aiden’s Arkship.

LANNI   wife of Sen Aldo na-Curic.

LEO NA-HADRA, SEN   old Saedran scholar, adviser of King Korastine, teacher of Aldo na-Curic.

LEVIATHAN   terrible sea monster that destroyed the Luminara.

LIGHTHOUSE AT THE END OF THE WORLD   isolated outpost where Mailes watches the rest of the world through a magical lens.

LITHIO   First Wife of Soldan-Shah Imir, mother of Omra.

LUKAI   former ur-sikara of the Urecari church, killed after a plot to poison Omra.

LUMINARA   magnificent exploration vessel dispatched from Tierra to discover the world, sunk by the Leviathan.

MAILES   keeper of the Lighthouse at the End of the World, exiled by Ondun and cursed to remain there.

MATEO BORNAN   childhood friend of Anjine, now subcomdar in the Tierran army, liaison to the throne.

MIA   sailor aboard the Dyscovera.

MIDDLESEA   vast sea to the east of Ishalem.

MISSINIA   one of the soldanates of Uraba.

MORAY   slave galley in the Middlesea, captained by Belluc.

NAORI   second wife of Soldan-Shah Omra, mother of his sons.

NIKOL NA-FENDA, SEN   Saedran chartsman on the Luminara.

NUNGHAL   race inhabiting the Uraban continent to the south of the Great Desert. They are composed of two branches, the nomadic Nunghal-Ari and the seafaring Nunghal-Su.

NUNGHAL-ARI   nomadic branch of the Nunghals.

NUNGHAL-SU   seafaring branch of the Nunghals.

OCEANSEA   vast sea to the west of Ishalem.

OLABAR   capital city of Uraba.

OLA NA-TEN, SEN   Saedran physician.

OLBA   turbanlike head covering, usually white, worn by Urecari men.

OMIRR   Soldan-Shah Omra’s eldest son, by his second wife Naori; the zarif of Uraba.

ONDUN   creator of the world; father of three sons, Aiden, Urec, and Joron.

OUTER WAHILIR   one of the soldanates of Uraba.

PELITON   capital city of Erietta Reach.

PILGRIM’S PATH   processional path up the hill to the Arkship in Ishalem.

POL   young son of Destrar Unsul.

PRESTER   an Aidenist priest.

PRESTER-MARSHALL   leader of the Aidenist church.

QUANAS   captain of the Sacred Scroll.

RAATHGIR   name of the Iborian ice dragon, whose horn is said to be a talisman to ward off sea serpents.

RAATHGIR   ironclad ship from Gremurr, captained by Iaros.

RAGA VAR   mountain scout in Corag.

RA’VIR   Tierran children raised by Urecari to become spies and saboteurs, named after an opportunistic bird that lays its eggs in other birds’ nests.

REEFSPUR   Tierran coastal fishing village.

ROVIK   kel of the soldan-shah’s palace guards.

RUAD   outcast of the Nunghal-Su.

RUDIO   former prester-marshall of Aidenist church, killed by a sea serpent.

SAAN   son of Criston and Adrea.

SACRED SCROLL   Tierran trading ship where Alisi was held captive.

SAEDRANS   “Ondun’s Stepchildren,” independent people not descended from either Aiden or Urec. Saedrans serve as chartsmen, engineers, doctors, apothecaries, and other scientific professions.

SAPIER   grandson of Aiden, founder of Aidenist church. In a legend, he caught a sea serpent with a fishhook and rode it to safe waters.

SAPIER’S GLORY   flagship of Tierran navy.

SAPIER’S LIGHTHOUSE   one of two lighthouses at the mouth of Calay harbor.

SAZAR   leader of a clan of rivermen; he calls himself the “river destrar.”

SEN   term of respect and accomplishment for Saedrans.

SHARIQUE   wife of Yuarej soldan Andouk, mother of Cliaparia.

SHAY, CAPTAIN ANDON   captain of the Luminara, killed by the Leviathan.

SHENRO   destrar of Alamont Reach.

SHERUFA NA-OA, SEN   Saedran scholar in Olabar.

SHIELTAR   former soldan-shah, grandfather of Omra.

SHIPKHAN   captain’s title among the Nunghals.

SIESCU   destrar of Corag Reach.

SIKARA   priestess in the Urecari church.

SILAM HENNER   crewman aboard the Dyscovera.

SIOARA   port on the Middlesea, capital of Inner Wahilir.

SOELAND   one of the five reaches of Tierra, a group of islands.

SOLDAN   leader of one of the regions of Uraba.

SOLDAN-SHAH   the soldan of soldans, leader of all Uraba.

SONHIR   leader of the undersea people of the sunken Saedran continent.

STONEHOLM   capital city of Corag Reach.

TAVISHEL   former destrar of Soeland Reach, killed in naval attack of Ishalem.

TEACHER   mysterious hooded figure in charge of Omra’s ra’vir program.

TERRAVITAE   the original land where Ondun created his people, from which Aiden and Urec departed on their voyage.

TIERRA   the northern continent, composed of five reaches; its population follows the Aidenist religion.

TOLLI   name used by Anjine as her alternate childhood identity.

TOMAS   son of King Korastine and Ilrida, brother of Anjine, grandson of Destrar Broeck, murdered by Kel Unwar.

TRAVELER   wandering old man who leaves tales of his travels, rumored to be either Aiden or Urec.

TYCHO   name used by Mateo as his alternate childhood identity; also, a cat raised by Queen Anjine.

UNFURLING FERN   symbol of the Urecari church.

UNSUL   destrar of Erietta Reach.

UNTRA   former soldan-shah, grandfather of Imir.

UNWAR   kel in the Uraban military, captain of the horse soldiers.

URABA   the southern continent, composed of five reaches; its population follows the Urecari religion.

UREC   one of the two brothers who sailed from Terravitae to discover the world. The descendants of his crew populated Uraba.

URECARI   follower of Urec’s Log.

UREC’S LOG   Urecari holy book.

UR-SIKARA   lead sikara of the Urecari church.

VICKA SONNEN   daughter of Calay blacksmith Ammur Sonnen.

VILLIKI   third wife of Soldan-Shah Imir, mother of Tukar.

VORANNEN   marshall of the Calay city guard, married to Enifir.

WEN NA-CURIC   younger brother of Aldo.

WILKA   wife of Destrar Broeck, lost in a snowstorm.

WILKA   ironclad flagship from Gremurr, captained by Destrar Broeck.

WINDCATCH   small Tierran fishing village on the Oceansea coast, original home of Criston Vora.

XARIES   a Uraban board game similar to chess.

XIVIR   soldan of Missinia, father of Burilo.

YSTYA   beautiful young woman living on an isolated island, daughter of Iyomelka.

YUAREJ   one of the soldanates of Uraba.

YURA NA-CURIC   Aldo’s mother.

ZADAR   workmaster in the Gremurr mines.

ZARIF   Uraban title of prince.