Appendix

PEOPLE

Adcock—one of the royal guard under Vansen’s command.

Agate—Funderling woman, a friend of Opal’s.

Agnes—daughter of Finneth and Onsin.

Anazona—Briony’s youngest maid.

Andros—a priest, proxy to Lord Nynor.

Angelos—an envoy from Jellon to Southmarch.

Anglin—Connordic chieftain, awarded March Kingdom after Coldgray Moor

Anglin III—King of Southmarch, great-grandfather of Briony and Barrick.

Amssa—Queen of Southmarch, Olin’s second wife

Antimony—a young Funderling temple brother

Argal the Dark One—Xixian god, enemy of Nushash

Autarch—Sulepis Bishakh am-Xis III, monarch of Xis, most powerful. nation on the southern continent of Xand

Avin Brone—Count of Landsend, the castle’s lord constable

Axamis Dorza—a Xixian ship’s captain


Back-on-Sunset-Tide—Skimmer extended family

Barrick Eddon—a Prince of Southmarch

Barrow—a royal guard

Baz’u Jev—a Xandian poet

Beetledown—a Rooftopper

Big Nodule (Blue Quartz)—Chert’s father

Blackglass—a Funderling family

Boulder—a Funderling.

Brambinag Stoneboots—a mythical ogre.

Bratchard, Lord—a nobleman.

Brenhall, Lord—a nobleman.

Brigid—a serving-woman at the Quiller’s Mint.

Briony Eddon—a Princess of Southmarch.

Brother Okros—physician-priest from Eastmarch Academy.


Caddick—soldier of the Southmarch royal guard, known as “Longlegs.”

Calkin—a Skimmer.

Caradon Tolly—Gailon’s younger brother.

Caylor—a legendary knight and prince.

Chaven—physician and astrologer to the Eddon family.

Chert (Blue Quartz)—a Funderling, Opal’s husband.

Cheshret—Qinnitan’s father, a minor priest of Nushash.

Child of the Emerald Fire—a Qar tribe.

Chryssa—Chief Acolyte of the Hive Temple in Xis.

Cinnabar—a Funderling magister.

Clemon—famous Syannese historian, also called “Clemon of Anverrin.”

Cloudwalker—another name for Perin, the sky god.

Collum—Willow’s younger brother.

Collum Dyer—one of Vansen’s soldiers.

Comfrey M’Neel—a noblewoman.

Conary—proprietor of the Quiller’s Mint.

Cononc, Sivonmc, and Iellic tribes—”primitive” tribes who lived on. Eion before conquest by the southern continent of Xand

Cusy—chief of the Favored (eunuchs) of the Royal Seclusion in Xis


Daman Eddon—Merolanna’s husband, King Ustin’s brother

Dannet Beck—Raemon Beck’s cousin

Dawet dan-Faar—envoy from Hierosol

Dab Dawley—a Southmarch guard

Dawtrey—a legendary knight, sometimes called “Elf-spelled”

Derla—wife of Raemon Beck

Dimakos Heavyhand—one of the last chieftains of the Gray Companies

Donal Murray—onetime captain of the Southmarch royal guard

Droy Nikomede—a.k.a. “Droy of Eastlake,” a Southmarch noble

Durstin Crowel—Baron of Graylock

Dunyaza—Qinnitan’s friend, an acolyte of the Hive


Earth Elders—Funderling guardian spirits.

Eats-the-Moon—a Qar of the Changing tribe.

Ellis—Merolanna’s maid.

Elan M’Cory—sister-in-law of Caradon Tolly.

Ena—a young Skimmer girl, Back-on-Sunset-Tide clan.

Enlo—god of the harvest.

Erivor—god of waters.

Euan Dogsend—Chaven’s friend, “the most learned man in Blueshore.”

Evander—Syannese count, envoy to Southmarch.

Ever-Wounded Maid—a character out of legend.

Evon Kinnay—friend of Gailon Tolly, son of Baron of Longhowe.

Ewan—Finnith’s son.


Falk—a Southmarch guard.

Fergil—son of Finneth and Onsin.

Ferras Vansen—Captain of the royal guard.

Finton—Raemon Beck’s younger son.

Finn Teodoros—a writer.

Finneth—a woman of Candlerstown.

Funderlings—sometimes known as “delvers,” small people who specialize in stonecraft.


Gailon Tolly, Duke of Summerfield—an Eddon family cousin

Gar Doiney—a scout

Gil—a potboy at the Quiller’s Mint.

Galhbert Perkin—Count of Craneshill, Lord Chancellor of Southmarch

Gowan M’Ardall—an earl, his fiefdom is in Helmingsea

Grandfather Sulfur—a Funderling elder of the Metamorphic Brothers

Gray Companies—mercenaries and landless men turned bandits in the wake of the Great Death

Great Mother—goddess worshipped in Tuan

Greenjay—a Qar of the Trickster tribe

Gregor of Syan—a famous bard

Grenna—a lady’s maid

Guard of Elementals—a tribe of the Qar

Gwatkin—soldier of the Southmarch royal guard

Gyir—a Qar, Yasammez’s captain, a k a “Gyrir the Storm Lantern”

Gypsum—a Funderling family


Habbili—a god, the crippled son of Nushash

Haketam—people of the Haketan tribe in Xand

Hammerfoot—a Qar, of Firstdeep.

Hand of the Sky—a Rooftopper deity.

Hanede—Shaso’s daughter.

Harry—Chaven’s manservant.

Harsar—Ynnir’s counselor.

Hasuris—a Xixian storyteller.

Havemore—Brone’s factor.

Hendon Tolly—youngest of the Tolly brothers.

Heryn Millward—a Southmarch royal guard.

Hesper—King of Jellon, betrayer of King Olin.

Hiliometes—a legendary demigod and hero.

Hisolda—Anissa’s midwife.

Hornblende—Funderling, Stonecutters Guild foreman.

Hull-Scrapes-the-Sand—Skimmer extended family.


Iaris—an oracle of Kermos, a semi-saint.

Idrin—young son of Gowan of Helmingsea.

Ivar Brenhill—a knight and nobleman of Silverside.


Jeddin—chief of the autarch’s Leopard guards, also known as “Jin.”

Jem Tallow—a Southmarch guard officer.


Karal—King of Syan killed by Qar at Coldgray Moor.

Kaspar Dyelos—Chaven’s mentor, a.k.a. “Warlock of Krace.”

Kellick Eddon—great-grandnephew of Anglin, first of Eddon family March Kings.

Kendrick Eddon—Prince Regent of Southmarch, eldest son of King Olin.

Kermos—earth god.

Kert hillmen—a wild tribe that lives northwest of Kertewall.

King Nikolos—Syan monarch who moved the Trigonarchy out of Hierosol.

Krisanthe—Queen Meriel’s mother, the twins’ grandmother.

Kupilas—god of healing.


Lander III—son of Karal, King of Syan, a.k.a. “Lander the Good,” “Lander Elfbane.”

Lapis—Chert’s mother.

Layhn—uncle of Tyne Aldritch.

Laybrick—a Southmarch guard.

Leotrodos—Perikalese scientist friend of Chaven.

Lepthis—an Autarch of Xis.

Lew—a Southmarch guard.

Lindon Tolly—father of Gailon, former First Minister of March Kingdoms.

Lily—Anglin’s granddaughter, queen who led Southmarch in time of Gray Companies.

Little Carbon—a Funderling craftsman.

Little Raemon—Raemon Beck’s oldest son.

Lord of the Peak—a Rooftopper deity.

Lorick Eddon—Olin’s older brother, who died young.

Ludis Drakava—Protector of Hierosol.

Luian—an important Favored in the Seclusion, previously known as “Dudon.”


Madi Surazem—goddess of childbirth.

Matthias Tinwright—a poet, a k a “Matty.”

Mayne Calough—a nobleman and knight.

Meriel—Olin’s first wife, daughter of a powerful Brennish duke.

Merolanna—the twin’s great-aunt, originally of Fael, widow of Daman Eddon.

Mesiya—moon goddess.

Metamorphic Brothers—a Funderling religious order.

Mica—Schist family member, Hornblende’s nephew.

Mickeal Southstead—a Southmarch guard.

Mistress Jennikin—Chaven’s housekeeper.

Moina Hartsbrook—a young Helmingsea noblewoman, one of Briony’s ladies-in-waiting.

Mokori—one of the autarch’s stranglers.

Mormng-in-Eye—a Qar of the Changing People.

Muchmore—a Southmarch scout.


Nevin Hewney—a playwright.

Nodule—Chert’s brother, a k a “Magister Blue Quartz.”

Nose, Grand and Worthy—a Rooftopper dignitary.

Nushash—Xixian god of fire, patron god of the autarchs.

Nynor—Steffans Nynor, Count of Redtree, Lord Castellan of Southmarch Castle.


Old High Feldspar—a wise elder of the Funderlings, now deceased.

Old Pyrites—a Funderling acquaintance of Chert and Opal.

Olin—King of Southmarch and the March Kingdoms.

Onsin—a Candlerstown blacksmith, called “Oak-arms.”

Opal—a Funderling, Chert’s wife.


Panhyssir—Xixian high priest of Nushash.

Parnad—father of current autarch, Sulepis, sometimes known as “the Unsleeping.”

Pedar Vansen—Ferras Vansen’s father

Perin—sky god, called “Thane of Lightnings”

Pinimmon Vash—Paramount Minister of Xis

Prusus—scotarch of Xis, sometimes called “Prusus the Cripple”

Pumice—a Funderling guildsman

Purifiers—fanatics who banded together to punish Qar and others for the Great Death.

Puzzle—court jester to the Eddon family


Qar—race of non-humans who once occupied much of Eion

Quicksilver—important Funderling family

Quiet People—a name for the Qar Qinnitan—an acolyte of the Hive in Xis


Raemon Beck—member of a Helmingsea trading family

Rafe—Ena’s friend, Hull-Scraped-the-Sand clan

Raven, Prince of Birds—character from legend

Robben Hulligan—a musician, friend of Puzzle

Rocksalt—a Funderling peddler.

Rooftoppers—little-known residents of Southmarch Castle

Rorick—Earl of Daler s Troth, an Eddon cousin of Brennish ancestry, related to Meriel.

Rose Trelling—one of Briony’s ladies-in-waiting, a niece of Avin Brone

Rugan—the High Priestess of the Hive

Rule—Avin Brone s informant

Rusha—a hairdresser in the Royal Seclusion


Sanasu—widow of Kellick Eddon, known as “Weeping Queen”

Sandstone—a Funderling family

Sawney Wander-Eye—a Skimmer

Schist—a Funderling family, one of them is chorister of Funderling Town.

Sedimentary—a Funderling clan made up of several families

Selia—Anissa’s maid, also from Devonis

Shaso dan-Heza—Southmarch master of arms

Silas of Perikal—semi-legendary knight

Sni’sni’snik-soortah—Rooftopper name for “Rooftoppers.”

Sisel—Hierarch of Southmarch, chief religious figure m March Kingdoms.

Siveda—goddess of night.

Sivney Fiddicks—a nobleman and knight.

Skimmers—a people who make their livings on and around water.

Stone Circle People—a Qar tribe.

Stone of the Unwilling—a Qar of the Guard of Elementals.

Surigah—Xixian goddess.

Sveros—old god of the night sky, father of Tngon gods.


Talc—Schist family member, Hornblende’s nephew.

Tanyssa—a gardener and errand-runner in the Royal Seclusion.

Three Highest—reference to the gods of the Tngon.

Timoid, Father—Eddon family mantis (priest)

Toby—Chaven’s assistant.

Tricksters—a tribe of the Qar.

Trigon—priesthoods of Perin, Erivor, and Kernios acting in concert.

Trigonarch—Head of Trigon, chief religious figure in Eion.

Tully Joiner—a man of Candlerstown.

Turley Longfingers—a Skimmer fisherman, Back-on-Sunset-Tide clan.

Twelve Families—governing body of old Hierosol.

Twilight People—another name for the Qar.

Tyne Aldritch—Earl of Blueshore, an ally of Southmarch.


Uncle Flint—Chert’s uncle.

Upsteeplebat, Queen—monarch of the Rooftoppers.

Ustin—King Olin’s father.

Utta—a.k.a. “Sister Utta,” a priestess of Zoria and Briony’s tutor.


Whispering Mothers—Qar, known as “They who nurse the Great Egg.”

Widow Rocksalt—a Funderling.

Willow—a young woman.


Yasammez—Qar noblewoman, sometimes known as “Lady Porcupine,” or “Scourge of the Shivering Plain”

Yellow Knight—nemesis of Silas of Perikal

Ynnir the Blind King—lord of the Qar, “Ynnir din’at sen-Qin, Lord of Winds and Thought,” a.k.a.”Son of the First Stone”

Young Pyrite—a Funderling


Zoria—goddess of wisdom

Zmeos—a god, Perin’s nemesis

Zosim—son of Erilo, god of playwrights and drunkards.


PLACES

Akans—an island between Xand and Eion.


Badger’s Boots—a Southmarch inn.

Basilisk Gate—main gate of Southmarch Castle.

Beetle Way—street in Funderling Town.

Bird Snare Market—a marketplace in Xis.

Brenland—small country south of the March Kingdoms.

Brenn’s Bay—named after a legendary hero.


Candlerstown—Daler’s Troth town.

Cascade Stair—in the Funderling Depths.

Cat’s Eye Street—a street in Xis.

Chapel of Erivor—Eddon family chapel.

Chamber of Cloud-Crystal—in the Funderling Depths.

Cloud-Spirit Tower—a tower in Qul-na-Qar.

Coldgray Moor—legendary battleground, from a Qar word, “Qul. Girah.”

Creedy’s Inn—tavern in Greater Stell


Dale House—Daler’s Troth town, seat of Earl Rorick

Deep Library—a place in Qul-na-Qar


Eastmarch Academy—university, originally in old Eastmarch, relocated to Southmarch at the time of the last war with the Qar

Eastside Gate—one of the gates of Candlerstown

Eion—the northern continent

Emberstone Reach—in the Funderling Depths


Fael—a nation in the heartland of Eion

Faneshill—a large town south of the Settland Road

Farmers’ Hall—an ornamental hall in the Throne Hall

Feather Cape Row—a street in Xis

Firstdeeps—a place in Qar lands

Fitter’s Row—a street in Southmarch

Free Kingdoms—the kingdoms of Eion which have not fallen under the Autarch’s rule.

Funderling Town—underground city of Funderlings, in Southmarch


Garden of Queen Sodan—a garden in the Royal Seclusion of Xis

Great Gable—Rooftopper sacred spot

Greater Stell—Dalter’s Troth town

Gypsum Way—a street in Funderling Town i.


Hangskin Row—a street near the Old Tannery Dock.

Hawkshill—Daler’s Troth town.

Hidden Hall—part of the Rooftopper kingdom.

Hive—a temple in Xis, home of the sacred bees of Nushash.

Hierosol—once the reigning empire of the world, now much reduced; its symbol is the golden snail shell.

Holy Wainscoting—Rooftopper sacred spot.


Jellon—kingdom, once part of Syannic Empire.

J’ezh’kral Pit—a place out of Funderling myth.


Krace—a collection of city-states, once part of Hierosoline Empire.

Kertewall—one of the March Kingdoms.


Landsend—part of Southmarch, Brone’s fief, colors red and gold.

Lily Gate—gate leading out of the Seclusion into the city of Xis.

Little Stell—Daler’s Troth town.

Lower Ore Street—a main street in Funderling Town.


Marash—a Xandian province where peppers are grown.

March Kingdoms—originally Northmarch, Southmarch, Eastmarch, and Westmarch, but after the war with the Qar constituted by Southmarch and the Nine Nations (which include Summerfield and Blueshore)

Market Road—one of Southmarch’s main roads.

Market Square—main public space in Southmarch.

Marrmswalk—one of the March Kingdoms.

Marsh Road—main road in Candlerstown. Maze—in the Funderling Depths.

Moonstone Hall—in the Funderling Depths.

Mount (the), a k a Midlan’s Mount—rock in Brenn’s Bay upon which Southmarch is built.

Mount Xandos—mythical giant mountain that stood where Xand now lies.


Northmarch Road—the old road between Southmarch and the north.


Oak Chamber—a council chamber.

Observatory House—Chaven’s residence.

Old Tannery Dock—Skimmer name for dock near the Tower of Autumn.

Olway Coomb—a battle-site in Marnnswalk.

Ore Street—a main street in Funderling Town.

Oscastle—a city in Marnnswalk.

Quarry Square—a meeting place in Funderling Town.

Qirush-a-Ghat—cavern towns of the Qar, name means “Firstdeeps.”

Qul-na-Qar—ancient home of the Qar or Twilight People.


Raven’s Gate—entrance to Southmarch Castle’s inner keep.

Redtree—an Eddon holding.

Reheq-s’lai—Wanderwind Mountains.

Rose Garden—at the center of the Lesser Hall, sometimes called “Traitor’s Garden.”


Sailmaker’s Row—a street near the docks in Great Xis.

Salt Pool—underground sea pool in Funderling Town.

Sama—a country in Xand.

Scented Garden—a garden in the Seclusion of Xis.

Seclusion—home of the wives of the autarch.

Sessio—an island kingdom in the south of Eion.

Settland—small, mountainous country southwest of the March Kingdoms, ally of Southmarch.

Shadowline—line of demarcation between lands of Qar and human lands.

Shehen—”Weeping,” Qar name forYasammez’s house.

Shivering Plain—site of a great Qar battle.

Siege of Always-Winter—a mythical castle.

Silent Hill—place behind the Shadowlme.

Silk Door—a place beneath Funderling Town.

Skimmer’s Lagoon—body of water inside Southmarch walls, connected to Brenn’s Bay.

Silverside Road—thoroughfare leading, among other places, between Southmarch and Summerfield.

Southmarch—seat of the March Kings, sometimes called “Shadowmarch.”

Square of Three Gods—town square in mainland Southmarch.

Stonecutter’s Door—an exit from Funderling Town.

Squeakstep Alley—a street in Southmarch.

Summerfield Court—ducal seat of Gailon and the Tolly family.

Sunken Garden—a Southmarch castle garden, Erilo’s shrine is there

Sun’s Progress Square—a plaza in Great Xis.

Suttler’s Wall—a Southmarch town near the Blueshore border.

Syan—once-dorninant empire, still a powerful kingdom in center of Eion.


Tessis—capitol city of Syan.

Three Gods—a triangular plaza in Southmarch; a populous district around that plaza.

Three Brothers Road—thoroughfare leading, among other places, between Southmarch and Summerfield.

Tin Street—a street in Southmarch.

Torvio—an island nation between Eion and Xand.

Tower of Autumn—one of the four cardinal towers of Southmarch Castle.

Tower of Spring—one of the four cardinal towers of Southmarch Castle; Amssa’s residence.

Tower of Summer—one of the cardinal towers of Southmarch Castle.

Tower of Winter—one of the cardinal towers of Southmarch castle.

Tribute Hall—hall outside Briony’s bedroom passage.

Tuan—native country of Shaso and Dawet.


Wedge Road—Chert and Opal’s street.

Wharfside—a district of mainland Southmarch.

White Desert—vast desert that covers much of the center of Xand.

Whitewood—a forest on the border between Silverside and Marrinswalk.

Wolfstooth Spire—tallest tower of Southmarch Castle.


Xand—the southern continent.

Xis—largest kingdom of Xand; its master is the autarch.


THINGS and ANIMALS

Astion—a Funderling symbol of authority.


Blueroot—favorite Funderling tea-herb.

Book of Regret—a semi-mythical Qar artifact/text.

Book of the Tngon—a late-era adaptation of original texts about all three gods.


Cloudchip—a type of crystal.


Dado—a dog, raised by Briony.

“Dasmet and the Girl With No Shadow”—a Xandian folktale.

Days of Cooling—legendary time in Funderling history and myth.

Days of the Week—in the Eionic calendar, there are three ten-day periods in each month, called “tennights.” Therefore, the twenty-first day of August in our calendar would be more or less the third Firstday of Oktamene. (See the explanation under “Months” for more information.). Firstday, Sunsday, Moonsday, Skyday, Wmdsday, Stonesday, Fireday, Watersday, Gods day, Lastday.

Demia’s Ladder—a constellation.


Earth-ice—a type of crystal.

Eddon Wolf—the symbol of the Eddon family (silver wolf and stars on black field)

“Ever-Wounded Maid”—a famous story.


Family of Stones and Metals—a Funderling scheme of classification

Feast of the Rising—Xixian festival at the end of the rainy season

Firegold—a mineral Fireworm—a poisonous snake.


Great Death—plague that killed a large part of Eion’s population

Great Golden Piece—part of the Rooftopper’s crown jewels


Harrier—a hunting hound

Hierosoline—the language of Hierosol, found in many religious services and scientific books, etc.

History of Eion and Its Nations—book by the historian Clemon

Horns of Zmeos—a constellation, also called the Old Serpent


K’hamao—a drink, part of Funderling ritual

Kettle—Barrick’s horse

Kloe—a cat.

Kossope—a constellation.

Kuhkos or kuhkos stone—a reputedly magical object


Lastday—Funderling day of rest.

Lander’s Hall—a near-mythical setting for stones of knightly adventure

“Lay of Kermos”—a famous story and song, part of the funeral service

Leaf, Singers, White Root, Honeycomb, Waterfall—-Flint’s names for constellations

Lymer—a hunting hound.


M’aarenol—a location, possibly a mountain, in Qar lands

Maker’s-pearl—a stone used by Funderlings for decoration.

Mantis—a priest, usually of the Trigon.

Meadowsweet—a common wildflower.

Months—each Eion month is thirty days long, divided into three ten-nights, with five intercalary days between the end of the year— Orphan’s Day—and the first day of the new year, also known as Firstday or Year Day Thusly month/month correspondents are liable to differ by a few days the first day of Trimene in Southmarch is not the exact same day as March 1 on our calendar.: Eimene—-January, Diniene—February, Trimene—March, Tetramene—April, Pentamene—May, Hexamene—-June, Heptamene—-July, Oktamene—August, Ennamene—September, Dekamene—October, Endekamene—November, Dodekamene—December.

Mordiya—Tuani for “uncle,” can be honorary or actual.

Morning Star of Kirous—Jeddin’s ship.

Mossbrew—a strong Funderling drink.


Neverfade—a small white wildflower. Pass-evil—hand sign made to avert bad luck.


Pentecount—a troop, numbering fifty.

“Perin’s great planet”—Pennos Eio, largest planet in the skies.

Perinsday—a spring holiday.

Podensis—a Hierosoline ship.

Procession of Penance—a holy festival.

Puffkin—a cat.


Quiller’s Mint—a tavern.


Rack—a dog, raised by Briony.


S’a-Qar—language of the Qar.

Sandy—a river on the Blueshore border.

Seal of War—a Qar gem, object of great importance.

Screaming Years—an era of Qar history

Shining Man—center of the Funderling Mysteries

Shivering Plain—a famous Qar battleground

Silver Thing—part of the Rooftopper’s crown jewels

Skyglass—Funderling name for a type of crystal

Snow—Briony’s horse.

Sun’s Blood—an elixir prepared by the priest of Nushash


Vuttish longboat—a raiding boat used by Vuttish islanders in the northern ocean.


Whitefire—the sword of Yasammez.

Wildsong Night—a holiday evening, in the days after Winter’s Eve

Wolf’s Chair—throne of Southmarch Castle.

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