The Unholy Consult (Aspect-Emperor #4)

Jiünati Steppe—A vast region of semi-arid plains extending northward from the Carathay Desert to the Istyuli Plains, and inhabited by Scylvendi pastoralists since the early years of the Second Age.

jnan—An informal code of manner and speech understood by many to be a “war of word and sentiment.” Adeptness at jnan is understood, particularly by the more refined subcultures of the Three Seas, to be the key determinant of status among individuals who are otherwise of equal caste or station. Given that the God is believed to be manifested in the movement of history, and history is determined primarily by the disparate statuses of men, for many jnan is understood as a sacred and not simply an instrumental enterprise. Many others, however, especially the Norsirai of the Three Seas, regard jnan with contempt, as a “mere game.” Jnanic exchanges are typically characterized by concealed antagonism, the appreciation of irony and intellect, and the semblance of detached interest.

Joktha—A port city on the Enathpanean coast.

Jorua Sea—A great inland sea located in mid-western E?rwa.

Journals and Dialogues—The collected writings of Triamis I, greatest of the Ceneian Aspect-Emperors.

Judges—The name given to Zaudunyani missionaries.

Jukan—The God of sky and season. One of the so-called Compensatory Gods, who reward devotion in life with paradise in the afterlife, Jukan rivals Yatwer in popularity among subsistence farmers yet is scarcely represented in major urban centres. The priests of Jukan are readily recognizable by their blue-dyed skin. The Marjukari, an extreme ascetic branch of the Jukanic Cult, are notorious for living as hermits in the mountains.

Junriüma—Also known as the Vault-of-the-Tusk, the ancient fortress-temple that houses the Tusk, located in the heart of the Hagerna in Sumna.

Jurisada—A governorate of Kian and former province of the Nansur Empire. Located on the southeastern end of the Eumarnan Peninsula, Jurisada is an intensively agricultural region, densely populated, and thought to be a land of “spiritual sloth” by many Kianene.

Juru—God of virility and fertility. One of the so-called Compensatory Gods, who reward devotion in life with paradise in the afterlife, Juru is popular among aging caste-noble men, and possesses only a handful of temples, most of them found in major cities. It is often mocked as the Mistress Cult.

Juterum, the—The so-called Sacred Heights in Shimeh, where, according to scripture, Inri Sejenus ascended to the Nail of Heaven.

Juürl, Holy—A founding scripture of the Nonmen, relating the story of Imimor?l, and the divine origins of their race. Very little of the text has been translated into Mannish tongues, though the opening verses, “The Invocation to Imimor?l,” are well known to Three Seas scholars:

Run, and breath becomes a blade.

Weep, and eyes become coals.

Live, and skin grows old.

Shout, and heart becomes sound.

Dance, and limbs become twirling gowns.

Love, Imimor?l! Leap, Deep Father!

Live, lest this skin grow old!

We are the beast that ponders what he prowls.

Dance for us, Deep Father!

Shout so that we might weep and know.





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Kahiht—The name given to so-called World-Souls in the Inrithi tradition. Since the God manifests himself in the movement of historical events in Inrithism, to be Kahiht, or a world historical individual, is considered sacred.

Kairil—Ancient ?meri road that traverses the once-fertile plains of the lower River Aumris.

Kalaul—The great campus of the Csokis temple complex in Caraskand.

Kamposea Agora—A great bazaar adjacent to the temple complex of Cmiral in Momemn.

Kanampurea—A palatinate in the Conriyan interior, famed for its agricultural productivity, traditionally held by the brother of the Conriyan King.

Kansha?va—A district of Nilnamesh.

kanti—A kind of antelope common to the Famiri grasslands.

Karian Way—An old Ceneian road running through the province of Massentia that once linked Sumna to Cenei during the reign of the Aspect-Emperors.

Karyot—A palatinate of High Ainon, located on the upper Sayut and forming the Jekhian frontier.

Kasalla, Porsentius (4062—4112)—Man-of-the-Tusk, one of the Nascenti, formerly a Captain in the Imperial Army. Killed at the Battle of Shimeh.

Kasaumki, Memshressa (4072—4121 )—Man-of-the-Tusk, one of the Nascenti, formerly a Conriyan knight.

Kascamandri ab Tepherokar (4062—4112)—The Padirajah of Kian, slain by the Warrior-Prophet at the Battle of Tertae Fields.

Kayarsus Mountains—See Great Kayarsus.

Ke—The wooded reserve of the Conriyan King in Aoknyssus.

Kellian Reconstitution—The reformation of the School of Mandate into the “Imperial School” in 4124 by Anas?rimbor Kellhus.

Kelme?l—The ancient capital of the Me?ri Empire, destroyed in the Apocalypse in 2150.

Kemkaric—The language group of the ancient Ketyai pastoralists of the northwestern Three Seas.

Kengetic—The language group of the Ketyai peoples.

Kensooras—“between dogs” (Sakarpic). Sakarpi name for suicidal melancholy.

Keopsis, Sut (4089— )—Imperial Exalt-Counter under Anas?rimbor Esmenet.

Kepfet ab Tanaj (4061—4112)—The Kianene officer who betrayed Caraskand to Coithus Saubon and the First Holy War in 4111.

Kerathotics—The native Inrithi minority of Shigek prior to the First Holy War.

Kerioth—A major port city on the south coast of Eumarna.

Kethantei—A palatinate located in south central Conriya, noted for its wine and fruit production.

Ketyai—The typically black-haired, brown-eyed, dark-skinned race predominantly concentrated about the Three Seas. One of the Five Tribes of Men.

Khemema—A region of Kian and former province of the Nansur Empire. Located to the south of Shigek, Khemema marks the point where the great Carathay Desert reaches the Meneanor Sea. Sparsely inhabited by desert tribesmen (see Khirgwi), Khemema’s only source of wealth derives from the regular trade caravans that travel between Shigek and Caraskand.

Khirgwi—The tribesmen of the eastern Carathay Desert, often tributary to the Kianene but ethnically distinct.

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