Celmomas and his Second Ordeal were destroyed on the Fields of Elene?t in 2146. The Heron Spear, which could not be used because the No-God refused to give battle, was lost. K?niüri and all the great and ancient cities of the River Aumris were destroyed the following year. The Nonmen of Injor-Niyas retreated to Ishterebinth. E?mnor was laid waste the following year, though its capital, Atrithau, raised on anarcane ground, managed to survive. The list continues. Akksersia and Harmant in 2149. The Me?ri Empire in 2150. Inwe?ra in 2151, though the city of Sakarpus was spared. The Shiradi Empire in 2153.
The Battle of Kathol Pass, fought primarily by the remnants of the Me?ri and the Nonmen of Cil-Aujas in the autumn of 2151, would be mankind’s only victory during these dark years, one which was entirely undone when the Me?ri turned on their benefactors and sacked the ancient Nonman Mansion the following spring (which gave birth to the myth that the Galeoth, the descendants of those Me?ri refugees, were forever cursed with treachery and fractiousness).
Though defeated at the Battle of Mehsarunath in 2154, Anaxophus V, the High King of Kyraneas, managed to save the core of his host and flee southward, abandoning Mehtsonc and Sumna to the Scylvendi. The Tusk was evacuated and brought to ancient Invishi in Nilnamesh. Though the historical record is scant, Mandate scholars insist that it was at this time that the High King admitted to Seswatha that his knights had rescued the Heron Spear from the Fields of Elene?t eight years previously.
Perhaps no single event from these dark times has inspired more acrimony and debate among Three Seas scholars of the Apocalypse. Some historians, the great Casidas among them, have called this the most monstrous deception in history. How could Anaxophus conceal the only weapon that could defeat the No-God while the greater part of the world died? But others, including many belonging to the Mandate, argue precisely the opposite. They admit that Anaxophus’s motive—to save Kyraneas and Kyraneas alone—was more than a little suspect. But they point to the fact that had he not hidden the Heron Spear, it would surely have been lost in the catastrophes following the Fields of Elene?t and the destruction of the Second Ordeal. According to extant accounts, not once did the No-God expose himself to battle during this time. It was the years of attrition that forced him to intercede in the Battle of Mengedda.
Whatever the case, the No-God, or Tsuramah as the Kyraneans called him, was destroyed by Anaxophus V in 2155. Freed of his terrible will, his Sranc, Bashrag, and Wracu slaves dispersed. The Apocalypse had ended, and Men set out to recover what they could of a ruined world.
Apple Garden—A courtyard grove of the Fama Palace famed for the ancient dolmens found within it.
apples—Galeoth slang for severed heads gathered as trophies.
Apportioning—Once the ritual division of spoils between conquering Ishroi, now debased into a slave auction.
Araxes Mountains—A range forming the eastern frontiers of both Ce Tydonn and Conriya.
Arcastor, Linn? (4095—4132)—Ordealman, Earl of Gesindal, killed and the Battle of Imweor.
Archipontus of W?l—Bridge on the River Nary once famed across the Ancient North, now a ruin in the Meori Wilderness.
Architect—An epithet used by skin-spies to describe their Consult makers.
Arithmeas—The Prime Augur to Ikurei Xerius III.
Ark-of-the-Skies—See Inc?-Holoinas.
Arobindant, the—Traditional name given to the now-obliterated Siolan fortress overlooking Golgotterath during the First and Second Watch.
Arsoghul, Nepimit (4097—4132)—Ordealman, Satrap of Hawis’amparesh, killed in the days preceding the disaster at Irs?lor.
Arweal (4077—4111)—Man-of-the-Tusk. One of the Nascenti, formerly a client thane of Earl Werijen, claimed by disease at Caraskand.
Ascension—The direct passage of Inri Sejenus to the Outside as described in “The Book of Days” in The Tractate. According to Inrithi tradition, Sejenus ascended from the Juterum, or the Sacred Heights, in Shimeh, though The Tractate seems to suggest that Kyudea and not Shimeh was the location. The First Temple was purportedly raised on the very location.
Asgilioch— “The Gate of Asga” (Kyranean from Kemkaric geloch) The great Nansur fortress, dating back to Far Antiquity, guarding the so-called Southron Gates in the Unaras Spur. Perhaps no Three Seas fortress can claim such a storied past (which includes, most recently, stopping no fewer than three Fanim invasions). Over the years the Nansur have coined many epithets for the famed stronghold, among them Hubara, or “the Breakers.”
Aspect-Emperor—The title taken by Triamis the Great in the twenty-third year of his rule (when the Shriah, Ekyannus III, formally institutionalized the so-called Emperor Cult) and adopted by all his successors. The title also taken by Anas?rimbor Kellhus I following the capitulation of Shimeh to the First Holy War.
Athje?ri, Coithus (4089—4112)—Man-of-the-Tusk. The Earl of the Galeoth region of Gaenri, and nephew to Coithus Saubon. Legendary hero of the “Pommel Psalms,” a series of lays recounting his many deeds of valour during the First Holy War.
Atikkoros—“Tower of Horses” (Kyranean). Oldest structure in the Petotic, the traditional residence of the Conriyan Kings, originally the citadel of the ancient Shiradi fortress of Impux?, and famed to this day for its megalithic “tower wall” construction. The Kyranean name dates to the time of the Ceneian Empire, when the citadel was renamed to commemorate the 2543 defeat of the Famiri on the Plain of Shorimurra.
Atkondo-Atyoki—The language group of the Satyothi pastoralists of the Atkondras Mountains and surrounding regions.
Atkondras Mountains—Perhaps the greatest range west of the Kayarsus, running from the Sea of Jorua to the Great Ocean, and effectively sealing Zeüm from the rest of E?rwa.
Atrithau—The ancient administrative and commercial capital of what was once E?mnor, and one of two Norsirai cities to have survived the Apocalypse. Atrithau is peculiar in that it is built upon what is called “anarcane ground,” which is to say, ground that renders sorcery impotent, found at the foot of Mount Ankulakai. It was originally founded c. 570 as the fortress Ara-Etrith (“New Etrith”) by the famed Umeri God-King Car?-Ongonean.
Atrithi—The language of Atrithau, derived from E?mnoric.
Atsushan Highlands—The arid hill country of the Gedean interior.
Attong Plateau—“Missing Tower” (from Kyranean att anoch). Also known as the Attong Gap. The famous opening in the Hethanta Mountains, and the traditional invasion route of the Scylvendi.
Attrempus—“Tower of Respite” (Kyranean). The sister fortress of Atyersus, founded in 2158 by Seswatha and the nascent School of Mandate, and held in trust by House Nersei of Conriya since 3921.
Atyersus—“Tower of Warning” (Kyranean). The sister fortress of Attrempus, founded in 2157 by Seswatha and other Gnostic survivors of the Apocalypse. Atyersus is the primary stronghold of the Mandate.
Auja-Gilc?nni—The lost “ground tongue” of the Nonmen. See Languages of the Nonmen.
Aujic—The lost tongue of the Nonmen Aujan Mansions.