gopa—A red-throated gull common to the southern Three Seas, and notoriously ill-mannered.
Gotagga (c. 687—735)—Great Umeri sorcerer credited with the birth of philosophy apart from what had been purely theological speculation. According to Ajencis, Men explained the world with characters and stories before Gotagga and with principles and observations after.
Gotheras, Hoga (4081—4125 )—Man-of-the-Tusk, eldest son of Earl Gothyelk.
Gothyelk, Hoga (4052—4112)—Man-of-the-Tusk, Earl of Agansanor, and leader of the Tydonni contingent of the Holy War, slain by Fanayal ab Kascamandri at the Battle of Shimeh.
Gotian, Incheiri (4065—4112)—Man-of-the-Tusk, Grandmaster of the Shrial Knights and Maithanet’s representative in the Holy War, slain by an arrow to the armpit in the Battle of Shimeh.
Gow-gow seeds—From the gow-gow fruit, chewed throughout Ainon and Sansor as a mild stimulant.
Grandmaster—The title bestowed upon the administrative rulers of the Schools.
Great Desert—See Carathay.
Great Entresol—The massive chamber formed by the juncture of the Vast Ingressus and the Chthonic Manse in the heart of Ishterebinth, once the hub for all the Mansion’s commercial activity, but since reduced to the primary point of congregation for Erratics.
Great Factions—The general term used to refer to the most powerful military and political institutions of the Three Seas.
Great Gate of Wheels—The sorcerous portal of the Coffers, notorious for using trapped souls, “proxies,” to proof the gate against Chorae. According to legend, the doors did not so much host sorceries, as continually cast and recast them.
Great Kayarsus—The vast system of mountain ranges that forms the eastern frontier of E?rwa.
Great Library of Sauglish—The archive founded by Car?-Ongonean, the third Umeri God-King, c. 560, and transformed by Nincaer?-Telesser II (574—668) into the cultural heart of the Ancient North. At the time of its destruction in 2147, it was rumoured to be as large as some small cities.
Great Names—The epithet for the ranking caste-nobles leading the various contingents of the First Holy War.
Great Ocean—The ocean to the west of E?rwa, largely uncharted beyond the coastline, though some claim the Zeümi have mapped its extent.
Great Ordeal—Immense military expedition dedicated to the destruction of Golgotterath and the Unholy Consult undertaken by Anas?rimbor Kellhus I in 4132.
Great Pestilence—Also known as the Indigo Plague. The devastating pandemic that swept E?rwa following the death of the No-God in 2157.
Great Ruiner—A folkloric name of the No-God among the surviving tribes of Men in the Ancient North.
Great Salt—A particularly harsh region of the Carathay Desert bordering traditional Chianadyni.
Great Teacher—Epithet for Ajencis.
Great Ziggurat of Xijoser—The largest of the Shigeki Ziggurats, raised by the Old Dynasty God-King Xijoser circa 670.
Griasa (4049—4111)—A slave belonging to House Gaunum, and a friend of Serw?’s.
Grojehald—Horselord Tower on the Sakarpic Pale, overrun by Sranc in the winter of 4129.
Grooming Laws—Traditional edicts governing the appearance of Zeumi caste-nobles, typically invoked in times of cultural paranoia, often as a way to imprison or execute malcontents.
Gropers—Pejorative referring to the thousands of Numaineiri Orthodox blinded at the command of Anas?rimbor Kellhus during the Unification Wars.
Gunsae—A long-abandoned Ceneian fortress located on the Gedean coast.
Gurnyau, Hoga (4091—4111)—Man-of-the-Tusk, youngest son of Earl Gothyelk, slain in Caraskand.
G?swuran, Obw? (4178— )—Ordealman, Grandmaster of the Mysunsai in the Great Ordeal of Anas?rimbor Kellhus, renowned for his religious zealotry, a character trait never before seen in the so-called “Mercenary School.”
Gwergiruh—The accursed Gatehouse of ?bil Maw, the Extrinsic Gate of Golgotterath. First raised c. 800, the subsequently expanded and rebuilt over the ensuing centuries, now some seventy cubits high, shaped as a cleft pentagon, with ?bil Maw at its centre.
H
haeturi—The Nansur name for the bodyguards assigned to high-ranking officers in the Imperial Army.
Hagarond, Raeharth (4059—4111)—Man-of-the-Tusk, Galeoth Earl of Usgald, slain at Mengedda.
Hagerna—The vast temple complex located in Sumna, housing the Junriüma, the many Colleges, and the administrative machinery of the Thousand Temples.
Halarinis—“Summer Stair” (Ihrims?). The road leading to Cirr?-nol, the mall before the Soggomantic Gate.
Halikimm?, Grinar (4103— )—Ordealmen, famed for being a one-time champion of the Sranc Pit in Carythusal.
Hamishaza (3711—83)—A renowned Ainoni dramatist, remembered for his Tempiras the King and his jnanic wit, which was rumoured to be unparalleled.
Ham-Kheremic—The lost language of ancient Shir.
Hamoric—The language group of the ancient Ketyai pastoralists of the eastern Three Seas.
Hanalinq? (?—?)—The legendary wife of Cu’jara Cinmoi, whose death symbolizes the beginning of the C?no-Inchoroi Wars.
“[the] hand of Triamis, the heart of Sejenus, and the intellect of Ajencis”—The famous saying attributed to the poet Protathis, referring to the qualities all men should strive for.
Hanging Citadels—The manse of Ishterebinth chambering the downward faces of the Ilculc? Rift, housing the Ishroi of Ishterebinth, and famed in Far Antiquity for the assemblage of suspended iron platforms flooring the plummet of the Rift, the Sky-Beneath-the-Mountain.
Hansa—A slave-girl belonging to Cutias Sarcellus.
Hapetine Gardens—One of many architectural idylls on the Andiamine Heights.
Harapior (?—4132)—Lord Torturer of Ishterebinth under Nin’ciljiras.
Harnilas, Xarotas (4187—4132)—Ordealman, Kidruhil Captain of the Scions, a unit consisting of treaty hostages.
Harsunc—“Fish Knife” (A?rsic). Name given to the River Sursa, both for its appearance from the ramparts of Dagliash, and for the slaughters it occasioned.
Hasjinnet ab Skauras (4067—4103)—The eldest son of Skauras ab Nalajan, slain by Cnaiür urs Ski?tha at the Battle of Zirkirta in 4103.
Hatatian (3174—3211)—The infamous author of the Exhortations, a work that eschews traditional Inrithi values and espouses an ethos of unprincipled self-promotion. Though long censured by the Thousand Temples, Hatatian remains popular among the caste-nobility of the Three Seas.
Haurut urs Mab (4000—4082)—An Utemot memorialist when Cnaiür was a child.
Heights of the Bull—One of the nine heights of Caraskand.
Heilor—The acropolis of ancient Kelmeol, and the famed home of the Three Auguries.
hemoplexy—A common disease of war characterized by intense fevers, vomiting, skin irritation, severe diarrhea, and, in the most extreme cases, coma and death. Also known as “the hollows” or “the hemoplectic hand.”
Hemr?t ab Urmakthi (4089—4132)—Ordealman, Prince of Girgash, killed in the days preceding the Battle of Irsulor.