Sarcellus, Cutias (4072—99)—A Knight-Commander of the Shrial Knights, murdered and replaced by Consult skin-spies.
Sare?tic Library—In the time of the Ceneian Empire, one of the greatest libraries in the known world. The so-called “script law” of Iothiah forced, on punishment of death, all visitors bearing books to surrender them for copying and inclusion in the Library. Though the Sareots were massacred when Shigek fell to the Fanim in 3933, Padirajah Fan’oukarji III spared the Library, thinking it the will of the Solitary God.
Sarosthenes (4064—4112)—Man-of-the-Tusk, ranking member of the Scarlet Spires, killed at Shimeh.
Sarothesser I (3317—3402)—The founder of High Ainon, who overthrew the yoke of the Ceneian Empire in 3372 and ascended the Assurkamp Throne as the first Ainoni King.
Sasheoka (4049—4100)—The Grandmaster of the Scarlet Spires, assassinated in 4100 by the Cishaurim for reasons unknown, and predecessor to Ele?zaras.
Saskri River—A major river system in Eumarna, with headwaters in Eshgarnea and draining the Jahan Plains.
Sassotian (4058—4111)—The General of the Imperial Fleet during the First Holy War, slain at the Battle of Trantis Bay.
Sathgai (c. 2100—c. 2170)—The Norsirai name for Uthgai, Chieftain of the Utemot and legendary Scylvendi King-of-Tribes, who led the People under the No-God during the Apocalypse.
Satiothi—The language group of the Satyothi peoples.
Satyothi—The black-haired, green-eyed, black-skinned race predominantly concentrated in the nation of Zeüm and the southern extremities of the Three Seas. One of the Five Tribes of Men.
Saubon, Coithus (4069—4132)—Man-of-the-Tusk, seventh son of King Coithus Eryeat of Galeoth and titular leader of the Galeoth contingent during the First Holy War. Ordealman, Believer-King of Caraskand, and Exalt-General of the Great Ordeal of Anas?rimbor Kellhus.
Sauglish—One of the four great ancient cities of the Aumris Valley, destroyed in the Apocalypse in 2147. From the early days of the Nonmen Tutelage, Sauglish was established as the intellectual capital of the Ancient North, home to the first Gnostic Schools and to the Great Library of Sauglish. Commonly referred to as the “City of Robes,” for the way Sauglishmen eschewed trousers in imitation of the Siqu. See Library of Sauglish and Apocalypse.
Saxillas, Clia (4089— )—Captain of the Inchausti, the private bodyguard of the Holy Shriah.
Sayut River—One of the great rivers of E?rwa, originating in the Southern Great Kayarsus and draining into the Nyranisas.
Scald, The—Name given to the vast explosion responsible for destroying Dagliash.
Scaralla, Hepma (4056—4111)—Man-of-the-Tusk, ranking high priest of Akke?gni during the First Holy War, taken by disease at Caraskand.
Scarlet Magi—A name for Schoolmen belonging to the Scarlet Spires.
Scarlet Spires—The most powerful School of the Three Seas and de facto ruler of High Ainon. The roots of the Scarlet Spires reach as far back as ancient Shir (to this day traditionalists within the School refer to themselves as the “shiradi”). In many ways the development of the Scarlet Spires exemplifies the development of every Three Seas School, that of loose networks of sorcerous practitioners becoming progressively more organized and insular in the face of chronic, religiously motivated persecution. Originally called the Surartu—“Hooded Singers” (Ham-Kheremic)—the Scarlet Spires secured the river fortress of Kiz in Carythusal c. 1800, and emerged from the chaos surrounding the Apocalypse, the collapse of Shir, and the Great Pestilence as one of the most powerful factions in ancient Ainon. Sometime around 2350, Kiz was severely damaged in an earthquake and subsequently covered with red enamel tiles in the reconstruction, thus leading to the School’s now-famous moniker.
Scholastic Wars—A series of holy wars waged against the Schools from 3796 to 3818. Called by Ekyannus XIV, the Scholastic Wars saw the near-destruction of several Schools and the beginning of the Scarlet Spires’ hegemony over High Ainon.
Schoolmen—Sorcerers belonging to the Schools.
Schools—Given the Tusk’s condemnation of sorcery, the first Schools, in both the Ancient North and the Three Seas, arose out of the need for protection. The so-called “Major Schools” of the Three Seas are the Circle of Nibel, the Imperial Saik, the School of Mandate, the Mysunsai, and the Scarlet Spires. The Schools are among the oldest institutions in the Three Seas, surviving, by and large, both because of the terror they inspire and by their detachment from the secular and religious powers of the Three Seas. With the exception of the Mysunsai, for instance, all the Major Schools predate the fall of the Ceneian Empire.
Scindia—The Scylvendi-dominated land to the immediate west of the Hethanta Mountains. The name itself is a relic of early Kyranean times, when the Scylvendi yet shared the Jiünati Steppe with the White Norsirai.
Scintya—Ancient White Norsirai pastoralists who, driven from their own lands by the Scylvendi, plagued the High Norsirai cities of the River Aumris for generations.
Scions—Kidruhil company belonging to the Great Ordeal consisting entirely of treaty hostages, the male heirs of nations obligated to the Kellian (or “New”) Empire.
Scorpion Braid—A mummer’s trick, consisting of a rope soaked in a poison that makes the jaws and claws of scorpions seize when they grasp it.
Scoulas, Biaxi (4075—4111)—Man-of-the-Tusk, second Knight-Commander of the Shrial Knights, slain at Mengedda.
Scu?ri Campus—The main parade ground of the Imperial Precincts in Momemn.
Sculpa River—The northernmost of the three major river systems draining into Lake Hu?si.
Sk?lsirai—“Shield-people” (A?rsic). Name the ancient Aorsi used to refer to themselves.
Scylvendi—The dark-haired, pale-blue-eyed, and fair-skinned race predominantly concentrated in and around the Jiünati Steppe. One of the Five Tribes of Men.
Seat, the—A symbolic name for the station of Shriah.
Secharib Plains—The vast alluvial tablelands that sweep north from the River Sayut in High Ainon, noted for their fertility (sixty-to seventy-fold crop yields) and dense population.
Second Apocalypse—System Resumption. The hypothetical catastrophe that will inevitably befall E?rwa should the No-God ever walk again. According to the Mandate tradition, Anas?rimbor Celmomas, the High King of K?niüri during the Apocalypse, prophesied that the No-God will in fact return. The prevention of the Second Apocalypse is the Mandate’s ultimate goal.