Riyria Revelations 02 - Rise Of Empire

BAILIFF: Officer who is employed to make arrests and administer punishments

 

BALDWIN: Lord whose landholdings include Hintindar

 

BALLENTYNE: \bal-in-tine\ Ruling family of the earldom of Chadwick

 

BANNER: Crew member of the Emerald Storm

 

BA RAN ARCHIPELAGO: Island of the goblins

 

BA RAN GHAZEL: Goblins of the sea

 

BARKERS: Refugee family living in Brisbane Alley of Aquesta; father Brice, mother Lynnette, sons Finis, Hingus, and Wery

 

BARTHOLOMEW: Carriage maker of Tarin Vale, father of Amilia

 

BARTHOLOMEW: Priest in Ratibor

 

BASIL: Officers’ cook on the Emerald Storm

 

BASTION: Servant in the imperial palace

 

BATTLE OF MEDFORD: Skirmish that occurred during Princess Arista’s witch trial

 

BATTLE OF RATIBOR: Skirmish between Nationalists and Imperialists

 

BELINDA PICKERING: Extremely attractive wife of Count Pickering, mother of Lenare, Mauvin, Fanen, and Denek

 

BELSTRADS: \bell-straads\ Noble family from Chadwick, including Sir Breckton and Wesley

 

BENTLY: Sergeant in the Nationalist army

 

BERNARD: Lord Chamberlain of the imperial palace

 

BERNICE: Former handmaid of Princess Arista, killed in Dahlgren

 

BERNIE DEFOE: Topsail crew member of the Emerald Storm, former member of the Black Diamond thieves’ guild

 

BERNUM HEIGHTS: Wealthiest residential district in Colnora

 

BERNUM RIVER: Waterway that bisects the city of Colnora

 

BERYL: Senior midshipman on the Emerald Storm

 

BETHAMY: King reputed to have had his horse buried with him

 

BIDDINGS: Chancellor of the imperial palace

 

BISHOP: Lieutenant aboard the Emerald Storm

 

BLACK DIAMOND, THE: International thieves’ guild centered in Colnora

 

BLACKWATER: Last name of Hadrian and his father, Danbury

 

BLINDEN: Quartermaster’s mate on the Emerald Storm

 

BLYTHIN CASTLE: Castle in Alburn

 

BOATSWAIN: Petty officer who controls the work of other seamen on a ship

 

BOCANT: Family who built a lucrative industry from pork, second wealthiest merchants in Colnora

 

BOTHWICKS: Family of peasant farmers from Dahlgren

 

BRAGA, PERCY: See Percy Braga

 

BRECKTON: Sir Breckton Belstrad, son of Lord Belstrad, brother of Wesley, commander of the Northern Imperial Army, knight of Chadwick, considered by many to be the best knight of Avryn

 

BRIGHT STAR, THE: Ship sunk by Dacca

 

BRISTOL BENNET: Boatswain on the Emerald Storm

 

BRODRIC ESSENDON: Founder of the Essendon dynasty

 

BUCKET MEN: Term for assassin used by the Black Diamond thieves’ guild

 

BULARD, ANTUN: See Antun Bulard

 

BURANDU: \bur-and-dew\ Lord of the Tenkin village of Oudorro

 

BYRNIE: Long (usually sleeveless) tunic of chain mail worn as defensive armor

 

CALIAN: \cal-lay-in\ Pertaining to the nation of Calis

 

CALIANS: Residents of the nation of Calis, darker in skin tone, with almond-shaped eyes

 

CALIDE PORTMORE: Folk song often sung while drinking

 

CALIS: \cal-lay\ Southern-and easternmost of the four nations of Apeladorn, considered exotic; in constant conflict with the Ba Ran Ghazel

 

CAPSTAN: Spoked wheel on a ship that turns to raise the anchor

 

CARAT: Young member of the Black Diamond thieves’ guild

 

CASWELL: Family of peasant farmers from Dahlgren

 

CENZARS: \sen-zhar\ Wizards of the Old Novronian Empire

 

CHAMBERLAIN: Someone who manages the household of a king or nobleman

 

COLNORA: \call-nor-ah\ Largest and wealthiest city of Avryn, merchant-based, grew from a rest stop at a central crossroads from various major trade routes

 

CONSTANCE, LADY: Noblewoman, fifth imperial secretary to Empress Modina

 

CORA: Dairymaid at the imperial palace

 

CORNELIUS DELUR: Rich businessman, rumored to finance Nationalists and involved in black market, father of Cosmos

 

COSMOS SEBASTIAN DELUR: Son of Cornelius, also known as the Jewel, head of the Black Diamond thieves’ guild

 

COXSWAIN: Helmsman of a racing ship

 

CRANSTON: Professor at Sheridan University, tried and burned for heresy

 

CRIMSON HAND: Thieves’ guild operating out of Melengar

 

CROWN CONSPIRACY, THE: Play reputed to be based on the murder of King Amrath, follows the exploits of two thieves and the Prince of Melengar

 

CROWN TOWER: Home of the Patriarch, center of the Nyphron Church

 

CUTTER: Moniker used by Merrick Marius when a member of the Black Diamond thieves’ guild

 

DACCA: Fierce seafaring people who live on the island of Dacca, south of Delgos

 

DAGASTAN: Major and easternmost trade port of Calis

 

DAHLGREN: \dall-grin\ Remote village on the bank of the Nidwalden River, destroyed by Gilarabrywn

 

DANBURY BLACKWATER: Father of Hadrian

 

DANTHEN: Woodsman from Dahlgren

 

DAREF, LORD: Noble of Warric, associate of Albert Winslow

 

DARIUS SERET: Founder of the Seret Knights

 

DAVENS: Squire who Arista had a youthful crush on

 

DAVIS: Crew member of the Emerald Storm

 

DEACON TOMAS: Priest of Dahlgren, witnessed destruction of Gilarabrywn, proclaimed Thrace Wood as the Heir of Novron

 

DEFOE, BERNIE: See Bernie Defoe

 

DEGAN GAUNT: Leader of the Nationalists, sister of Miranda

 

DELANCY, GWEN: See Gwen DeLancy

 

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