The Unholy Consult (Aspect-Emperor #4)

Ku?ti—A Scylvendi tribe of the northwestern Steppe.

Kurigald—A fiefdom of Galeoth, located on the eastern shores of Lake Hu?si.

Kurrut—A small fortress in the Gedean interior, built by the Nansur after the fall of Shigek to the Fanim in 3933.

Kurwachal—“Altar” (A?rsic). One of the most fortified towers of Dagliash.

Kushigas, Ersa (4070—4111)—Man-of-the-Tusk, Palatine of the Conriyan province of Annand, slain at Anwurat.

Kusjeter (4077—4111)—Man-of-the-Tusk, Count-Palatine of the Ainoni province of Gekas, slain at Anwurat.

Kussalt (4054—4111)—Man-of-the-Tusk, groom to Prince Coithus Saubon, slain at Mengedda.

Kutapileth—An administrative district of eastern High Ainon, noted for its iron and silver mines.

Kutigha (4063—4111)—A Thousand Temples informant for the Scarlet Spires.

kut’ma—In benjuka, the “hidden move” that seems insignificant but actually determines the outcome of the game.

Kutnarmu—The generic name for the unexplored continent south of E?rwa.

Kyranae Plains—A fertile region drained by the River Phayus and extending from the southern Hethanta Mountains to the Meneanor Sea. Its peoples have given birth to three great empires: ancient Kyraneas, the Ceneian Empire, and most recently the Nansur Empire.

Kyranean—The lost language of ancient Kyraneas, derived from ancient Kemkaric.

Kyraneas—A lost nation of the ancient Three Seas, located on the River Phayus, with a capital first at Parninas then at Mehtsonc. Culturally linked and long tributary to Shigek, Kyraneas expanded to include much of her erstwhile ruler’s empire, and was at the height of her power at the time of the Apocalypse. With the loss at Mehsarunath in 2154 and the destruction of Mehtsonc shortly after, the fate of the ancient kingdom was sealed, even though the Kyranean High King, Anaxophus V, managed to defeat the No-God the following year. See Apocalypse.

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Labyrinth—See Thousand Thousand Halls.

Lance, the—A Scylvendi constellation in the northern sky.

Languages of Men—Until the Breaking of the Gates and the migration of the Four Nations from E?nna, the Men of E?rwa—called the Emwama in The Chronicle of the Tusk—were enslaved by the Nonmen and spoke debased versions of their masters’ tongues. No trace of these languages remains, nor does any trace of their original, pre-bondage language. The great Nonman history, the Is?phiryas, or the “Great Pit of Years,” suggests the Emwama originally spoke the same tongue as their kin across the Great Kayarsus. This has led many to believe that Thoti-E?nnorean is indeed the primeval language of all men.

THOTI-E?NNOREAN—the mother tongue of all Men, and the language of the Chronicle of the Tusk.



VASNOSRI - language group of the Norsirai peoples.



AUMRI-SAUGLA - language group of the ancient Norsirai peoples of the Aumris Valley.



UMERITIC - lost language of ancient ?merau.



K?NIüRIC - lost language of ancient Kuniüri.



D?NYANIC - language of the D?nyain.



NIRSODIC - language group of ancient Norsirai pastoralists ranging from the Sea of Cerish to the Sea of Jorua.



AKKSERSIAN - lost language of ancient Akksersia, and “purest” of the Nirsodic Tongues.



CONDIC - language group of ancient pastoralists of the Near Istyuli Plains.



E?MNORIC - lost language of ancient E?mnor.



ATRITHI - language of Atrithau.



SKETTIC - language group of ancient pastoralists of the Far Istyuli Plains.



HIGH SAKARPEAN - language of ancient Sakarpus.



SAKARPIC - language of Sakarpus.



OLD MEORIC - lost language of the early Meorn Empire.



MEORIC - lost language of the late Meorn Empire.



GALLISH - language of Galeoth.



THUNYERIC - language of Thunyerus.



TYDONNI - language of Ce Tydonn.



CEPALORAN - language group of pastoralists of the Cepaloran Plains.



NYMBRICANI - language of the Nymbricani clans.



KENGETIC - language group of the Ketyai peoples.



KEMKARIC - language group of the ancient Ketyai pastoralists of the Northwestern Three Seas.



KYRANEAN - lost language of ancient Kyraneas.



HIGH SHEYIC - language of Ceneian Empire.



LOW SHEYIC - language of the Nansur Empire and lingua franca of the Three Seas.



SOROPTIC - lost language of ancient Shigek.



HAMORIC - language group of the ancient Ketyai pastoralists of the Eastern Three Seas.



HAM-KHEREMIC - lost language of ancient Shir.



SHEYO-KHEREMIC - lost language of the lower castes of the Eastern Ceneian Empire.



CONRIYAN - language of Conriya.



NRONI - language of Nron.



CIRONJIC - language of Cironj.



CENGEMIC - language of Cengemis.



SANSORI - language of Sansor.



OLD AINONI - language of Ceneian occupied Ainon.



AINONI - language of High Ainon.



SHEM-VARSI - language group of the ancient pastoralists of the Southwestern Three Seas.



VAPARSI - lost language of ancient Nilnamesh.



HIGH VURUMANDIC - language of Nilnameshi ruling castes.



SAPMATARI - lost language of Nilnameshi labouring castes.



SHEYO-BUSKRIT - language of Nilnameshi labouring castes.



GIRGASHI - language of Fanic-Girgash.



CINGULI - language of Cingulat.



XERASHI - lost language of scriptural Xerash.



SHEYO-XERASHI - language of Xerash.



SHEMIC - language group of the ancient non-Nilnameshi pastoralists of the Southwestern Three Seas.



PROTO-CARO-SHEMIC - language group of the ancient pastoralists of the Eastern Carathay Desert.



CARO-SHEMIC - language of the scriptural pastoralists of the Carathay Desert.



KIANNI - language of Kian.



MAMATI - language of scriptural Amoteu.



AMOTI - language of Amoteu.



EUMARNI - language of Eumarna.



SATIOTHI - language group of the Satyothi peoples.



ANKMURI - lost language of ancient Angka.



OLD ZEüMI - language of ancient Zeüm.



ZEüMI - language of the Empire of Zeüm.



ATKONDO-ATYOKI - language group of the Satyothi pastoralists of the Atkondras Mountains and surrounding regions.



SKAARIC - language group of the Scylvendi peoples.



OLD SCYLVENDI - language of ancient Scylvendi pastoralists.



SCYLVENDI - language of the Scylvendi.



XIANGIC - language group of the xiuhianni peoples (the Lost Nation).





Languages of Nonmen—Without doubt, the Nonmen, or C?nuroi, tongues are among the oldest in E?rwa. Some Aujic inscriptions predate the first extant example of Thoti-E?nnorean, The Chronicle of the Tusk, by more than five thousand years. Auja-Gilc?nni, which has yet to be deciphered, is far older still.

AUJA-GILC?NNI—the lost “ground tongue” of the Nonmen.



AUJIC—lost tongue of the Aujan Mansions.



IHRIMS?—tongue of Injor-Niyas.



GILC?NYA—tongue of the Nonmen Q?ya and the Gnostic Schools.



HIGH KUNNA—debased version of Gilc?nya, used by the Anagogic Schools of the Three Seas.





Larsippas, Memplei (4086— )—A physician-priest assigned to the Andiamine Heights.

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