Riyria Revelations 02 - Rise Of Empire

MURIEL: Goddess of nature, daughter of Erebus, mother of Uberlin

 

MYRON LANAKLIN: Sheltered monk of Maribor with indelible memory, son of Victor, sister of Alenda

 

MYSTIC: Name of Arista’s horse

 

NAREION: \nare-e-on\ Last emperor of the Novronian Empire

 

NARON: Heir of Novron who died in Ratibor in 2992

 

NATIONALISTS: Political party led by Degan Gaunt that desires rule by the will of the people

 

NATS: Nickname of the Nationalists

 

NEST, THE: Nickname of the Rat’s Nest

 

NEVRIK: \nehv-rick\ Son of Nareion, the heir who went into hiding, protected by Jerish Grelad

 

NEW EMPIRE: Second empire uniting most of the kingdoms of man, ruled by Empress Modina, administered by co-regents Ethelred and Saldur

 

NIDWALDEN RIVER: Marks the eastern border of Avryn and the start of the Erivan realm

 

NIMBUS: Tutor to the empress, assistant to the imperial secretary, originally from Vernes

 

NIPPER: Young servant assigned primarily to the kitchens of the imperial palace

 

NOVRON: Savior of mankind, demigod, son of Maribor, who defeated the elven army in the Great Elven Wars, founder of the Novronian Empire, builder of Percepliquis, husband of Persephone

 

NOVRONIAN: \nov-ron-e-on\ Pertaining to Novron

 

NYPHRON CHURCH: The worshipers of Novron and Maribor

 

NYPHRONS: \nef-rons\ Devout members of the church

 

OBERDAZA: \oh-ber-daz-ah\ Tenkin or Ghazel witch doctor

 

OLD EMPIRE: Original united kingdoms of man, destroyed one thousand years in the past after the murder of Emperor Nareion

 

ORRIN FLATLY: Ratibor city scribe

 

OSGAR: Reeve of Hintindar

 

OSTRIUM: Tenkin communal hall where meals are served

 

OUDORRO: Friendly Tenkin village in Calis

 

PALACE OF THE FOUR WINDS: Home of Erandabon Gile in Dur Guron

 

PARKER: Quartermaster of Nationalist army

 

PARTHALOREN FALLS: \path-ah-lore-e-on\ The great cataracts on the Nidwalden near Avempartha

 

PATRIARCH: Head of the Nyphron Church who lives in the Crown Tower of Ervanon

 

PAULDRON: A piece of armor covering the shoulder

 

PERCEPLIQUIS: \per-sep-lah-kwiss\ The ancient city and capital of the Novronian Empire, named for the wife of Novron, destroyed and lost during the collapse of the Old Empire

 

PERCY BRAGA: Former Archduke and Lord Chancellor of Melengar, expert swordsman, uncle-in-law to Alric and Arista, killed by Count Pickering, commissioned the murder of King Amrath

 

PERIN: Grocer from Ratibor

 

PERSEPHONE: Wife of Novron

 

PICKERING: Noble family of Melengar and rulers of Galilin. Count Pickering is known to be the best swordsman in Avryn and believed to use a magic sword.

 

PICKILERINON, SEADRIC: Noble who shortened the family name to Pickering

 

PLESIEANTIC INCANTATION: \plass-e-an-tic\ A method used in the Art to draw power from nature

 

POE: Cook’s assistant aboard the Emerald Storm

 

POLISH: Head of the Black Diamond thieves’ guild in Ratibor

 

PRALEON GUARD: \pray-lee-on\ Bodyguards to the king in Ratibor

 

PRICE: First Officer of the Black Diamond thieves’ guild

 

QUARTZ: Member of the Ratibor thieves’ guild

 

RATIBOR: Capital of the kingdom of Rhenydd, home to Royce

 

RAT’S NEST, THE: Hideout of the Black Diamond thieves’ guild in Ratibor

 

RED: Old elkhound, large dog frequently found in kitchen of imperial palace

 

REEVE: Official who supervises serfs and oversees the lands for a lord

 

REGAL FOX INN, THE: Least expensive tavern in affluent Hill District in Colnora

 

REGENT: Someone who administers a kingdom during the absence or incapacity of the ruler

 

RENDON, BARON: Nobleman of Melengar

 

RENIAN: \rhen-e-ahn\ Childhood friend of Myron the monk

 

RENKIN POOL: Citizen of Ratibor with fighting experience

 

RENQUIST: Soldier in the Nationalist army

 

RENTINUAL, TOBIS: History professor at Sheridan University, built catapult to fight Gilarabrywn

 

RHELACAN: \rell-ah-khan\ Great sword given to Novron by Maribor, forged by Drome, enchanted by Ferrol, used to defeat and subdue the elves

 

RHENYDD: Poor kingdom of Avryn, now part of the New Empire

 

RILAN VALLEY: Fertile land that separates Glouston and Chadwick

 

RIONILLION: \ri-on-ill-lon\ Name of the city that first stood on the site of Aquesta but was destroyed during the civil wars that occurred after the fall of the Novronian Empire

 

RIYRIA: \rye-ear-ah\ Elvish for two, a team or a bond, name used to collectively refer to Royce Melborn and Hadrian Blackwater

 

RONDEL: Common type of stiff-bladed dagger with a round handgrip

 

ROSE AND THORN, THE: Tavern in Medford run by Gwen DeLancy, used as a base by Riyria

 

ROSWORT: King of Dunmore

 

ROYALISTS: Political party that favors rule by independent monarchs

 

ROYCE MELBORN: Thief, one-half of Riyria

 

RUFUS: Ruthless northern warlord, intended emperor for the New Empire, killed by a Gilarabrywn in Dahlgren

 

RUFUS’S BANE: Name given to the Gilarabrywn slain by Thrace/Modina

 

RUSSELL BOTHWICK: Farmer from Dahlgren

 

SALDUR, MAURICE: Former bishop of Medford, former friend and advisor to the Essendon family, co-regent of the New Empire

 

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