Fortress in the Eye of Time

LEXICON

Concordance for the Fortress Books

Aswydd Household

HERYN ASWYDD — Duke of Amefel, the aetheling

His twin sisters:

ORIEN ASWYDD — Duchess of Amefel;

TARIEN ASWYDD — Secondborn

THEWYDD — Heryn Aswyddʼs man

Tristenʼs Household

TRISTEN — Marshal of Althalen, Lord Warden of Ynefel

UWEN — Lewenʼs-son, Tristenʼs man, sergeant of Cefwynʼs Dragon Guard, captain of Tristenʼs guard

Tristenʼs Guard

LUSIN — Captain of Tristenʼs bodyguard

SYLLAN — one of Tristenʼs guards

ARAN — one of Tristenʼs guards

TAWWYS — one of Tristenʼs guards

ASWYS — groom

CASSAM, CASS — Uwenʼs warhorse, bow-nosed, blue roan gelding

DYS, DYSARYS — Tristenʼs warhose, black, full brother to Aryny and Kanwy

GERY — Tristenʼs light horse, red mare

GIA — Uwenʼs light horse, bay mare

LISS — Uwenʼs horse, chestnut mare

PETELLY — Tristenʼs cross-country horse, a bay of no breeding

Amefin Earls and Their Households

EDWYLL ADIRAN — earl of Meiden, remotely related to Aswydds; banner: gold sun

CRISSAND ADIRAN — son of and successor to Edwyll

AZANT — lord of Dor Elen province, which borders the ver orchard district A daughter: widowed twice, once when married only seven days

BRESTANDIN — Amefin earl

CEDRIG — elderly Amefin earl living in retirement, owner of room Tristen lodges in, then where Ninévrisë lodges in Henasʼsamef

CIVAS — Amefin earl

CUTHAN — earl of Bryn, distant relative of Aswydds

DRUMMAN — lord of Baradden, youngest of earls except for Crissand; his elder sister is Edwyllʼs wife, Crissandʼs mother

DRUSALLYN — elderly lord, married local gentry in Amefel

DRUSENAN — earl of Bryn, successor to Cuthan; wife: Ynesyne, an Elwynim

DURELL — Amefin earl

EDRACHT — Amefin earl

ESRYDD — Amefin earl

LUND — Amefin earl

MARMASCHEN — Amefin earl

MORIDEDD — Amefin earl

MURRAS — Amefin earl

PRUSHAN — Amefin earl

PURELL — Amefin earl

TARAS — earl of Bru Marden

ZERESHADD — Amefin earl

Clergy / Clerics

CADELL — Bryaltine abbot in Henasʼamef

FAISETH — Bryaltine nun

EMUIN UDAMAN — wizard/tutor/priest, Teranthine, tutored Cefwyn and Efanor

DELʼREZAN — Bryaltine nun

PACHYLL — priest, Teranthine patriarch in Henasʼsamef

Military

COSSUN — armorer

ENNYN — Guelen Guard second in Command

GEDD — sergeant in Tristenʼs guard

AMAN — gate-guard

NEDRAS — gate-guard

NESS — gate-guard

SELMWY — cousin of Ness at town gate

WYNEDD — Guelen Guard commander

Minor Officials

TASSAND — started as Cefwunʼs servant, now Tristenʼs chief of household

HAMAN — stablemaster at Henasʼsamef

Local Gentry

ARDWYS — thane of Sagany, leader of the peasant contingent from Sagany and Pacewys

Miscellaneous

AULD SYES— witch, in Emwyn village, near Althalen

PAISI — street urchin

SEDDIWY — Shadow, Auld Syesʼs child

WYDNIN — former junior archivist

Places, Titles, et cetera

AETHELING, ATHELING — title, used instead of king in Amefel; royal in their province

ALTHALEN — old Sihhë capita, where last of Sihhë died, now Tristenʼs in ruins, banner is silver Star and Tower on black

AMEFIN — of Amefel province

ANAS MALLORN — Amefin village, on riverside

ARDENBROOK — brook after Maudbrook on way to Henasʼamef

ARREYBURN — camping spot of Emuin on the way back to Henasʼamef from retreat

AVERYNE CROSSING — crossing to Guelessar from Amefel on the way out of Henasʼsamef

ARYS — district/town, Arys Emwy, Emwy village: destroyed when Ináreddrin was killed; district contains Althalen and Lewen field

ARYS BRIDGE — bridge near Emwy to west, where Elwynor rebels could enter Amefel

ARYS DISTRICT — near Heansʼamef, contains villages of Emwy and Malitarin

ASFIAD — old name for Aswyth

ASMADDION — place in the province

ASSURN FORD — river border of the province

ASSURNBROOK — river

ASWYDD, ASWYDDS — surname, Herynʼs house, also Orienʼs, Tarienʼs; there is Sihhë blood in this line

ASWYDDIN — of the Aswydds

ASWYTH — a village

ATHEL — Amefin district bordering Medidenʼs land

BARADDAN — Drummanʼs district, contains orchards

BRU MARDAN — Taras district

BRYN — Cuthanʼs estate

CEYL, TRYS — TRYS CEYL — Amefin village south of Henasʼsamef

DOR ELEN — Anzantʼs district, orchard district

DRUN, TRYS DRUN — next to Trys Ceyl, village south of Henasʼamef

EALDORMAN, EALDORMEN — council of Henasʼamef

EDLINNADD — old name for Ellinan

ELLINAN — a village

EMWY — village/district, see: Arys, Arys Emwy, Emwy village

EMWYSBROOK — brook near Emwy

FOREST OF AMEFEL — near Althalen

GRAYFROCK, GRAYROBE — nickname for Emuin

HAWWYVALE — village

HEN AMAS — old name for Henasʼamef

HENASʼAMEF — capital of the province

KATHSEIDE — old name of Zeide, fortress in Henasʼamef

LEVEY — Amefin village, part orchard, part pastrurage for flocks

LEWEN — brook giving its name to area of battle

LEWEN FIELD, LEWEN PLAIN — near Althalen, battlefield where Hausfin was destroyed

LEWENBROOK — brook

LEWENFORD — area of battle, see Lewen field

LEWENSIDE — area of battle, see Lewen field

LYSALIN — Amefin village

MALDY VILLAGE — Amefin village with crossing to Elwynor

MALITARIN — Amefin village two hours from Henasʼsamef

MALLORN, ANAS, ANAS MALLORN — Amefin village on riverside

MARGREIS — ruined village, haunt of outlaws, near Emwy

MARNA, MARNA WOOD — haunted forest

MARSHAL OF ALTHALEN — Tristenʼs title, bestowed by Cefwyn

MASSITBROOK — camping spot on way to Lewen field for Cefwyn and troops

MASTER GRAYROBE, GRAYFROCK — nickname, refers to Emuin, wizard/tutor/priest, Teranthine

MAUDBROOK — on the way to Henasʼamef

MAUDBROOK BRIDGE — bridge on the way to Henasʼamef

MEIDEN — sheep district; banner: blue with gold sun

PACEWYS — Amefin village, sent troops to Lewen field, commanded by Lord Ardwys, thane of Sagany

PADYS SPRING — one hour south of Henasʼamef, once called Batherys

RAGISAR — Amefin village

RAVENʼS KNOB — past Emwy on way to Lewen field, Lewen brook near Althalen

SAGANY — Amefin village on way to Althalen and Lewen field, sent troop to Lewen field commanded by Lord Ardwys, thane of Sagany

SAGANY ROAD — on way to Althalen and Lewen field

TAS ADEN — town in Meiden

TRYS, TRYS CEYL — Amefin town near Trys Drun

ZEIDE — shortened name for Kathseide fortress in Henasʼamef

Royalty

SELWYN MARHANEN — Cefwynʼs grandfather, king of Ylesuin; banner: gold dragon on red

INÁREDDRIN MARHANEN — king of Ylesuin, father of Cefwyn and Efanor

CEFWYN MARHANEN — third king of the Marhanen dynasty, brother of Efanor

IDRYS — Lord Commander of the Dragon Guard

ANNAS — Cefwynʼs chief of household in both Amefel and Guelessar. Later Lord Chamberlain

LASIEN — senior page at Henasʼamef

EFANOR MARHANEN — His Royal Highness, Duke of Guelessar, Prince of Ylesuin

GWYWYN — soldier, Ináreddrinʼs captain at Althalen, made captain of Efanorʼs guard at Guelemara

Lesser Royalty / Household

ALWY — Ninévrisëʼs maid and one of Cefwynʼs former lovers

BRYSAULIN — Lord Chancellor after Cefwyn is crowned

CRESSEN — Lady, one of Cefwynʼs former lovers

FISYLLE — Lady, one of Cefwynʼs former lovers

TRALLYNDE — Lady, one of Cefwynʼs former lovers

PARSYNAN — Guelen gentry, Cefwynʼs viceroy at Amefel until

Tristenʼs appointment as lord of Amefel

Horses

ARYNY — heavy, warhorse, full sister to Dys and Kanwy

DANVY — Cefwynʼs light horse

DRUGYN — Idrysʼ warhorse, black stablemate of Cass, Kanwy, and Dys

KANWY — Cefwynʼs warhorse, black

SYNANNA — blaze-faced black, usually Efanorʼs horse

Clergy/Clerics

PATRIARCH — priest, absolute head of Quinalt sect

JORMYS — Quinaltine priest, serves Efanor

BENWYN — Bryalt sect, assigned as Ninévrisëʼs priest

BAREN — Quinaltine doctrinist

NEISWYN — doctrinist among the Quinaltines

UDRYN — Quinaltine doctrinist

Military

ANWYLL — captain of the guard, assigned to Amefel under Uwen

KERDIN QWYLLʼS-SON — Kerdin, second-in-command under Idrys, captain of Guelen Guard, died at Lewen field

ESSAN — captain of Guelen Guard in Guelessar

ANDAS — soldier, eleven years in Dragon Guard; Andasʼ son, Tristenʼs banner-bearer, was killed at Lewen field

BROGI — soldier

BRYS — soldier in Anwyllʼs company

COSSELL — soldier in Anwyllʼs company

HAWITH — soldier killed at Emwy, one of Cefwynʼs men

JEONY — soldier, killed at Emwy

LEFHWYN — soldier, rode with Cefwyn at Emwy

NYDAS — soldier, rode with Cefwyn at Emwy

PELANNY — soldier, Guelen scout, presumed dead or taken by Aseynéddin at Lewen field

PEYGAN — armorer for Cefwyn at Henasʼamef, old friend of Uwenʼs, married to Margolis

PRYAS — King Cefwynʼs messenger

Minor officials / Household

MARGOLIS — wife of Peygan the armorer. One of Ninévrisëʼs ladies

MESINIS — slightly deaf clerk

TAMURIN — Cefwynʼs accountant

Other Persons

ROSYN — Cefwynʼs tailor in both Henasʼamef and Guelemara

Places, Titles, et cetera

AMYNYS — river, old boundary of Guelemara

ANʼS-FORD — town, on road between Guelemara and Henasʼamef

ANWYFAR — Teranthine retreat near Arreyburn

BLUE HALL — place, in Guelemara, in palace

CLUSYN, CLUSYN MONASTERY — Quinaltine religious house in Guelessar

CRESSITBROOK — town near Guelemara

CROWN WALL — Guelenfortʼs official limit

DARY — Guelen village at first ring road outside Guelemara

DRYSHAM — Guelen village

DURY — Guelen village

GUELEN — of Guelessar

GUELENFOLK — people of Guelessar

GUELENISH — of Guelessar

GUELENMEN — people of Guelessar

GUELESFORT — citadel in Guelemara

GUELEMARA — capital of Guelessar; banner: red with gold Castle

HIS HIGHNESS — Efanor

HOLY FATHER, HIS HOLINESS — title, highest Patriarch in Quinalt sect

LYN — soldier, messenger sent from Tristen to Idrys with Rys-sandʼs treasonous letter

MARHANEN — surname, Cefwynʼs house: Gold Dragon, surname of Cefwyn, Selwyn, Efanor, Ináreddrin

MASTER CROW, RAVEN — nickname, refers to Idrys

RED CHRONICLE — Marhanen history book “THE MERRY LASS FROM ELDERMAY” —country song played at Cefwynʼs harvesttide festival

WYS-ON-WYETLAN — Guelen village

Ruler

UMANON — lord of Imor Lenúalim, Quinaltine

Places, Titles, et cetera

HEDYRIN — river south of Imor

IMORIM — of Imor

Ruler

CEVULIRN — lord of Ivanor, southern baron, Teranthine

GEISLEYN — Cevulirnʼs man, captain of light horse, from Toj Embrel, Ivanim

ERION NETHA — friend of Cevulirn, Lord of Tas Arin in Ivanor, wounded at Lewen field

Places, Titles, et cetera

CRYSIN — horse breed of Ivanim

EMBREL, TOJ — Toj Embrel, Cevulirnʼs summer palace

IVANIM — of Ivanor

IVOR — district

IVORIM — of Ivor

TAS ARIN — town

TOJ EMBREL — Toj Embrel, Cevulirnʼs summer palace

Ruler

PELUMER — duke of Lanfarnesse

FELEYN, FELEYNʼs — a Lanfarnesseman

Places, Titles, et cetera

LANFARNESSEMEN — people of Lanfarnesse

Ruler

SULRIGGAN — lord of Llymarin, cousin to the Quinaltine Patriarch

EDWYN — nephew of Sulriggan, attends Efanor

Places, Titles, et cetera

LLYMARISH — of Llymarin

Ruler

SARMYSAR — duke of Marisal; personal banner: lily

The Nobles

PRICHWARRIN — duke of Murandys

CLEISYNDE — Lord Prichwarrin of Murandysʼniece

LURIEL–Cefwynʼs most recent lover, niece of Duke Prichwarrin of Murandysʼ

ORDINIAN — younger sister of Luriel, Duke Prichwarrin of Murandysʼ niece

Other Persons

ROMYND — Quinalt patriarch of Murandys

Places, Titles, et cetrea

ASLANEY — capital of Murandys

Places, Titles, et cetera

NELEFREÍNIAN — men of Nelefreíssan

Ruler

SOVRAG — lord of Olmern (rivermen), in Olmernhome

BRIGOTH — Lieutenant of Sovrag of Olmern

DENYN — Cefwynʼs door guard, Olmern youth, Keiʼs-son

Places, Titles, et cetera

CAPAYNETH — Olmern village, traded with Mauryl

OLMERNHOME — Sovragʼs capital

OLMERNMAN — person of Sovragʼs province

Ruler

MORDAM — duke of Osanan

Places, Titles, et cetera

WYS-IN-PALYS-UNDER-GROSTAN — a village

Ruler

MAUDYN — lord of Panys, commander of Cefwynʼs forces on the riverside

RUSYN, Lord Maudynʼs second son

Other Persons

UTA UTAʼS-SON — squire of Magan village

Places, Titles, et cetera

MAGAN — village

Ruler

CORSYWNDAM — lord of Ryssand

BRUGAN — Corsywndam of Ryssandʼs son and heir

ARTISANE — Corsywndam of Ryssandʼs daughter, one of Ninévrisëʼs ladies-in-waiting

Places, Titles, et cetera

RYSSANDISH — of Ryssand; also, an ethnic group distinct from the Guelens, but closely tied to them

SUMAS — eastern province

TEYMERYN — northeastern province

URSAMIN — northeastern province

The Regency

ULEMAN SYRILLAS — Regent of Elwynor, father of Ninévrisë

NINÉVRISË SYRILLAS — daughter of Uleman

Lesser Nobles

AESELF — lieutenant of loyal force

ANGIN — companion of Aeself, q.v.

TARWYN ASWYDD — ancient warrior

ELFHARYN — Elwynim lord, loyal to Ninévrisë, holding throne and regency for her

HAURYDD — Ninévrisëʼs man, earl of High Saissond

PALISAN — one of Ninévrisëʼs men

TASIEN — earl of Cassissan, Ulemanʼs man, captain of his army, related to Ninévrisë through her mother

YSDAN — Ninévrisëʼs man, earl of Ormadzaran

ASEYNÉDDIN — rebel earl of Elwynor, enemy of Ninévrisë, died at Lewen field; banner: Griffin

CASWYDDIAN — rebel Elwynim lord, earl of Lower Saissond, enemy of Ninévrisë, killed by Shadows at Althalen

TASMÔRDEN — Elwynim rebel lord, enemy of Ninévrisë

UILLASAN — companion of Aeself

Places, Titles, et cetera

ANSYM — bridge, at border of Elwynor

ASHIYM — place in Elwynor, seven towers, old Sihhëconnections, one tower destroyed

BANNER OF ELWYNOR — black-and-white Checker with gold Tower, quartered with blue

CASISSAN — Tasienʼs earldom

CRIESS — village near Ilefínian

ELWYNIM — of the kingdom of Elwynor

HER GRACE — title for Ninévrisë

HIGH SAISSOND — Elwynim province, Hauryddʼs home

ILEFÍNIAN — capital of Elwynor

LOWER SAISOND — Lord Caswyddianʼs province

MELSERIEDD — old name for kingdom of Elwynor, prior to Regency

NITHEN — district and hamlet near Ilefínian

ORMADZARAN — Ysdanʼs earldom

SAENDEL — bandits who served Aseynéddin at Lewen field

SYRILLAS — surname, Uleman Syrillas, regent of Elwynor, Ninévrisë Syrillas

SYRIM — bridge at border of Elwynor

Persons

HASUFIN HELTAIN — wizard, possibly a prince of Galasien, enemy of Mauryl

MAURYL GESTAURIEN — wizard, Galasieni

Places, Titles, et cetera

GALASIENI — a lost race

KINGSBANE — nickname of Mauryl

KINGMAKER — nickname of Mauryl

NINETEEN GODS — the unnamed hidden gods worshiped by wizards

SILVER TOWER — at Ynefel, Maurylʼs symbol, then Tristenʼs: black banner with Silver Tower and Star

YNEFEL — Maurylʼs tower: Silver Tower

ARACHIM — northern tribe

CHOMAGGARI — southern barbarians

CASMYNDAN, CASMYNDANIM — far southern tribe on the coast LYRA — a hill tribe

LYRDISH — belonging to Lyra

Persons

BARRAKKÊTH — one of five Sihhë-lords

ELFWYN — last Sihhë king, a halfling

HAROSYN — Sihhë king

SADYURNAN — Sihhë king (ancient) in Hen Amas

SARYNAN — Sihhë king

ASHYEL — Sihhë halfling, son of Barrakkêth

TASHÂNEN — Sihhë halfling, engineer and strategist, wrote The Art of War

ASWYN — Sihhë halfling, youngest brother of Elfwyn, thought stillborn, body inhabited by Hasufin

Places, Titles, et cetera

ARACHIS — old name, Sihhë connections

ARYCEILLAN — old name (possibly old tribe with Sihhëconnections)

DEATHMAKER — nickname for Barrakkêth

HAFSANDYR — mountains in north, original home of Sihhë

KINGBREAKER — nickname for Barrakkêth

SIHHË, SIHHËʼS — lost race, five Sihhë came down from north to rule in Ylesuin and Elwynor

BRYALT — religious sect of Ylesuin, mostly Amefin

BRYALTINE — of the Bryalts of Ylesuin

BRYSSANDIN — horse breed, used in breeding Crysin horses

BATHURYS — old name for Padys Spring

FAR SASSURY — proverb: “the back of beyond”

FIVE GODS — the unnamed gods worshiped by the people of Ylesuin

ILENELUIN, ILENELLUIN — mountain

JORYSAL — a place, and old name in histories

LENÚALIM — a river, major border between Elwynor and Ylesuin

MANYSTYS ALDUN — philosopher, wrote tome on oceans

MARCHLANDERS — refers to the southern lords and their armies, excluding Amefel

MERHAS — truth, carved on one side of Tristenʼs sword

QUINALT — a strict religious cult

QUINALTINE — of the Quinalt

SHADOW HILLS — area north of Ryssand

SHAPING — a creature or person called into being and shaped into flesh by a wizard

SPESTINAN — horse breed

STELLYRHAS — illusion, carved on one side of Tristenʼs sword

TERANTHINE — moderate religious cult WYS — any of a series of villages

WYS-ON-CRESSIT — a village in Ylesuin