Riyria Revelations 02 - Rise Of Empire

SALIFAN: \sal-eh-fan\ Fragrant wild plant used in incense

 

SALTY MACKEREL, THE: Tavern in the shipping district of Aquesta

 

SARAP: Meeting place, or talking place, in the Tenkin language

 

SAULY: Nickname of Maurice Saldur, used by those closest to him

 

SENON UPLANDS: Highland plateau overlooking Chadwick

 

SENTINEL: Inquisitor generals of the Nyphron Church, charged with rooting out heresy and finding the lost Heir of Novron

 

SERET: \sir-ett\ Knights of Nyphron. The military arm of the church, first formed by Lord Darius Seret, commanded by Sentinels.

 

SET: Ratibor member of the Black Diamond thieves’ guild

 

SEWARD: Captain of the Emerald Storm

 

SHARON SEA: Southern body of water west of the Ghazel Sea

 

SHERIDAN UNIVERSITY: Prestigious institution of learning, located in Ghent

 

SHIP’S MASTER: Highest non-officer, in charge of running the daily working of the ship

 

SHIRLUM-KATH: Small, parasitic worm found in Calis, can infect untreated wounds

 

SIWARD: Bailiff of Hintindar

 

SKILLYGALEE: \Skil `li-ga-lee\ A kind of thin, weak broth or oatmeal porridge

 

SPADONE: Long two-handed sword with a tapering blade and an extended flange ahead of the hilt allowing for an extended variety of fighting maneuvers. Due to the length of the handgrip and the flange, which provides its own barbed hilt, the sword provides a number of additional hand placements, permitting the sword to be used similarly to a quarterstaff, as well as a powerful cleaving weapon. The spadone is the traditional weapon of a skilled knight.

 

STAUL: Tenkin warrior aboard the Emerald Storm

 

SUMMERSRULE: Popular midsummer holiday celebrated with picnics, dances, feasts, and jousting tournaments

 

TABARD: A tunic worn over armor usually emblazoned with a coat of arms

 

TALBERT, BISHOP: Head of Nyphron Church in Ratibor

 

TARIN VALE: Hometown of Amilia

 

TARTANE: Small ship used for fishing and coastal trading; single mast, large sail

 

TEK’CHIN: One of the fighting disciplines of the Teshlor Knights, preserved by the Knights of the Fauld and handed down to the Pickerings

 

TEMPLE: Ship’s master of the Emerald Storm, second in command

 

TENENT: Most common form of semi-standard international currency. Coins of gold, silver, and copper stamped with the likeness of the king of the realm where it was minted.

 

TENKIN: Community of humans living in the manner of Ghazel and suspected of having Ghazel blood

 

TERLANDO BAY: Harbor of Tur Del Fur

 

TESHLORS: Legendary knights of the Novronian Empire, greatest warriors ever to have lived

 

THEOREM ELDERSHIP: Secret society formed to protect the heir

 

THERON WOOD: Father of Thrace Wood, farmer of Dahlgren, killed by Gilarabrywn

 

THRACE WOOD: Daughter of Theron and Addie, name changed to Modina by regents, crowned empress of the New Empire, killed Gilarabrywn in Dahlgren

 

THRANIC, DOVIN: See Dovin Thranic

 

TIGER OF MANDALIN: Moniker given to Hadrian while in Calis

 

TILINER: Superior side sword used frequently by mercenaries in Avryn

 

TOLIN ESSENDON: Son of Brodric, moved the Melengar capital to Medford, built Essendon Castle, also known as Tolin the Great

 

TOPMEN: Members of a ship’s crew that work high up in the rigging and sails

 

TORSONIC: Torque-producing, as in the cable used in crossbows

 

TRAMUS DAN: Guardian of Naron

 

TRENCHON: City bailiff of Ratibor

 

TRENT: Northern mountainous kingdoms not yet controlled by the New Empire

 

TRILON: Small, fast bow used by Ghazel

 

TRUMBUL, BARON: Mercenary, hired by Percy Braga to kill Prince Alric

 

TULAN: Tropical plant found in southeastern Calis, used in religious ceremonies, leaves are dried and burned as offerings to the god Uberlin, smoke of the leaves produce visions when inhaled

 

TUR: Small legendary village believed to have once been in Delgos, site of the first recorded visit of Kile, mythical source of great weapons

 

TUR DEL FUR: Coastal city in Delgos, on Terlando Bay, originally built by dwarves

 

UBERLIN: The god of the Dacca and the Ghazel, son of Erebus and his daughter, Muriel

 

ULI VERMAR: Obscure reference used by Esrahaddon

 

URITH: Former king of Ratibor, died in a fire

 

URLINEUS: Last of the Novronian Empire cities to fall, located in eastern Calis, constantly attacked by Ghazel. After collapse it became the gateway for the Ghazel into Calis.

 

UZLA BAR: Ghazel chieftain, challenging Erandabon Gile for control of Ghazel

 

VALIN, LORD: Elderly knight of Melengar known for his valor and courage but lacking strategic skills

 

VANDON: Port city of Delgos, home to the Vandon Spice Company, pirate haven, grew into a legitimate business center when Delgos became a republic

 

VELLA: Kitchen servant in the imperial palace

 

VENDEN POX: Poison impervious to magic remedies

 

VENLIN: Patriarch of the Nyphron Church during the fall of the Novronian Empire

 

VERNES: Port city at the mouth of the Bernum River

 

VIGAN: Sherriff of Ratibor

 

VILLEIN: Person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord

 

VINCE EVERTON: Alias used by Royce Melborn while in Hintindar

 

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