Cet’ingira (?— )—See Mekeritrig.
Ce Tydonn—A Norsirai nation of the Three Seas, located north of Conriya on the eastern shoreline of the Meneanor, founded in 3742 in the wake of Cengemis’s collapse. The first mention of the Tydonni is found in Casidas’s Annals of Cenei, where he mentions their raids across the River Swa. Descendants of White Norsirai refugees from the Apocalypse, the Tydonni are thought to have occupied the southern regions of the Dameori Wilderness for centuries, prevented by their native fractiousness from causing much difficulty for their southern Ketyai neighbours. At some point in the thirty-eighth century, however, they united, and with little difficulty overwhelmed the Men of Cengemis at the Battle of Marswa in 3722. It wasn’t until King Haul-Namyelk finally succeeded in unifying the various tribes under his absolute authority in 3741 that Ce Tydonn proper came into existence.
Perhaps the most peculiar and distinctive predilection of the Tydonni is found in their racial beliefs. Ti dunn literally means “struck iron” in their tongue, reflecting their belief that their people have been purified by the crucible of their long wandering through the Dameori wildernesses. They hold that this gives them “privileged blood,” rendering them morally, intellectually, and physically superior to other races. This has made the Tydonni cruel overlords of the Cengemi, who have often rebelled against them.
Chalahall—Most famed of the Hundred Heavens named in The Chronicle of the Tusk. In the Book of Songs, it is “Where the soil sings and Men breathe most deep,/ where heartbreak melts into slow smiling joy,/ and pain dwells as a wise old friend in memory.” It is sometimes named as the province of Onkhis, and sometimes Yatwer.
chanv—An addictive narcotic popular among the Ainoni aristocracy, although many eschew it because of its uncertain origins. Chanv reputedly sharpens the intellect, extends one’s lifespan, and drains the body of all its pigment.
Charamemas (4036—4108)—The famed Shrial commentator and author of The Ten Holies. Achamian’s replacement as Proyas’s tutor in exoterics in 4093,
Charapatha, Sasal (4100— )—Ordealman, Believer-Prince of Nilnamesh, general of the Nilnameshi contingent in the Great Ordeal of Anas?rimbor Kellhus. Named the “Prince of One Hundred Songs” for his exploits during the Unification Wars, Charapatha was one of the few survivors of the Battle of Irsulor and the destruction of the Ketyai-of-the-South in 4132.
Charcharius, Trimus (4052—4114)—Patridomos of the House Trimus.
Chargiddo—A large fortress located on the frontier of Xerash and Amoteu beneath the Betmulla Mountains.
Chemerat—An ancient Kyranean name for Shigek, meaning “Red Land.”
Chepheramunni (4068—4111)—Man-of-the-Tusk, King-Regent of High Ainon, nominal leader of the Ainoni during much of the First Holy War, claimed by disease at Caraskand.
Chiama—Walled town on the River Sempis, destroyed by the First Holy War in 4111.
Chianadyni—A governorate of Kian and one-time tributary of the Nansur Empire. Located to the west of Eumarna and east of Nilnamesh, Chianadyni is the traditional homeland of the Kianene and, after Eumarna, the wealthiest and most populous governorate in Kian.
Chigra—“Slaying Light” (Arghurzoi). An ancient Sranc name for Seswatha.
Children of E?nna—An epithet for Men in The Chronicle of the Tusk.
Children of the Ark—An epithet for the Inchoroi.
Chinjosa, Musammu (4078— )—Man-of-the-Tusk, Count-Palatine of the Ainoni province of Antanamera, appointed King-Regent of High Ainon shortly after Chepheramunni’s death in the winter of 4111.
chirong—Traditional Ainoni form of combat.
Chogiaz—Aghurzoi name for the River Sursa. See Sursa River.
Chorae—Artifacts of the Ancient North, also known as “Trinkets” (to the Schools) and “The Tears of God” (to the Inrithi). In appearance, Chorae are small iron spheres, one inch in diameter, that are banded by runes written in Gilc?nya, the holy tongue of the Nonmen Quya. Chorae are extraordinary in that they render their bearer immune to all sorcerous Cants and instantly kill any sorcerer who comes into contact with them. Although the principles behind their creation (they belong to a lost branch of sorcery called the Aporos) are no longer understood, thousands are believed to circulate in the Three Seas alone. The Chorae play a pivotal role in the political balance of power in the Three Seas, insofar as they allow the non-scholastic Great Factions to check the power of the Schools.
Chorae bowmen—Specialized units that use Chorae affixed to the end of arrow shafts or crossbow bolts to kill enemy sorcerers. Chorae archers are a staple of almost every military organization in E?rwa.
Chorae Hail—Name given to the infamous barrage that killed the Sixty-One—more than a third of the Sohonc—attempting to overthrow ?bil Maw, the Extrinsic Gate of Golgotterath, during the Second Great Investiture in 2142. Though following the command of Anas?rimbor Celmomas, the incident is widely cited as Seswatha’s greatest blunder during the Apocalypse.
Chorgah, Namogritti (4098— )—Ordealman, and the of Lord Palatine of Eshganax.
Chronicle of the Tusk, The—The most ancient extant human text in E?rwa, and the scriptural foundation for all mannish faiths save Fanimry. As the oldest literate work, its provenance is almost entirely unknown. Even its language, Thoti-E?nnorean, has become an ancient relic, rendering the Tusk the subject of endless interpretative dispute. Many Inrithi commentators have pointed out that it must have been a collective work, cobbled together from many (likely oral) sources over a period of many years. According to a handful of sources, the Nonmen believe it to be corrupted by the Inchoroi, an arguably successful means to effect their extinction. Like most scriptures, its popular interpretation is highly selective and idealized. It consists of the following six books:
Book of Canticles—The old “Tusk Laws” regarding every aspect of personal and public life, which were superseded in the Inrithi tradition by the revised strictures of The Tractate, and then amended once again by the Zaudunyani. It famously opens:
And lo, the Chieftains of Men gathered in the tent of meeting that hath been struck below the mountain where the bull bellows, and thus spake Angeshrael, saying, these are the words of the Hunter, who comes as pounding upon the horizon, declaring the pact binding God to God according to Man, and how souls shall reap as they had sown. And these were the laws of purity and offering and diet and conduct between all the walks that move us through life. And these were the laws of what may or may not be lawfully thought.