Sin’niroiha (?—?)—“First Among Peoples” (Ihrims?). Nonman King of Nihrims?l, initially, and thence Ishoriol through his marriage to the sorceress Tsinir?, who would bear him Nil’giccas, his only son, and at long last unite all Mansions under the Blood of Tsonos. He is also famed as the longtime foe of Cu’jara Cinmoi, for refusing the Inoculation, and for rallying the C?nuroi after the Breaking of the Second Watch and the disaster of Pir Minginnial.
Sin-Pharion—“Angel of Deceit” (Ihrims?). Nonman epithet for Aurang following the Womb-Plague.
Siol—The Nonman Mansion from which, according to tradition, all other Mansions save Nihrims?l are derived, and thus called the “House Primordial.” Located deep in the northeastern Kayarsus, Siol was the perpetual bulwark against the Mannish hordes to the east, heir to a ruthless martial ethos that would see its Sons conquer all E?rwa save Nihrims?l (which famously endured the One-Thousand-Year-Siege). Even as Nonmen are more profound in their commitment to authority, so are they more savage in rebellion. The Is?phiryas chronicles the slow fracture of the Tsonos Dynasty as the interests of each diverged, eventually becoming as distinct as the Nihrims?li (or “Dark Nonmen”). Thus the Sons of Tsonos ceased to recognize their common Kinning, and begin to wage war one against the other.
Siol remained pre-eminent, but more as a provender of human slaves and a perpetual aggressor than as a font of wealth and wisdom. Commercially, the Mansion would be eclipsed by Cil-Aujas, Illiser?, and Ishoriol, the “House Eschatological,” which would culturally eclipse Siol as well. If one believes, as many scholars do, that Siol is the “Gate of Thayant” referred to in the Tusk, then its “Breaking” literally marks the beginning of human civilization in E?rwa.
Siqu—Generally, the term referring to Nonmen who find themselves in the service of Men, usually as mercenaries or in some advisory capacity. Specifically, those Nonmen who participated in the so-called Nonman Tutelage from 555 to 825. See Nonman Tutelage.
Sirol ab Kascamandri (4004— )—The youngest daughter of Kascamandri ab Tepherokar.
Siroyon, Halas (4098— )—Ordealman, Prince of Erras, General of the Famiri in the Great Ordeal of Anas?rimbor Kellhus.
Sirro (2367—2415)—Female Seleukaran poet, naturalist, and philosopher, famed author of The Holy Crone, burned by the Thousand Temples on suspicion of practicing witchcraft in 2415.
Skafadi—A Kianene name for the Scylvendi.
Skafra—One of the principal Wracu, or Dragons, of the Apocalypse, finally slain by Seswatha at Mengedda in 2155.
Skagwa—A fiefdom on the Thunyeri Sranc Marches.
Skaiyelt, Hringa (4073—4111)—Man-of-the-Tusk, eldest son of King Rauschang of Thunyerus and leader of the Thunyeri contingent of the Holy War. Claimed by disease at Caraskand.
Skala (4069-4132)—Cepaloran named Exalt-Captain of the Palatial E?thic Guard by Xerius III following the death of Gaenkelti.
Skalateas (4069—4111)—A member of the Mysunsai School, murdered in the Ansercan countryside by the Scarlet Spires.
Skauras ab Nalajan (4052—4111)—The Sapatishah-Governor of Shigek and the first principal antagonist of the First Holy War, slain at Anwurat. A veteran of many wars, he was deeply respected by both his allies and his enemies. The Nansur called him Sutis Sutadra, the “Southern Jackal,” because of his Black Jackal standard.
Skavric—The language group of the Scylvendi peoples.
Skettic—The language group of ancient pastoralists of the Far Istyuli Plains, a derivative of Nirsodic.
Sketti Empire—Norsirai empire arising from the collapse of the White Cond in Myclai in 1097, extending along the northern coasts of the Cerish Sea.
Skilura II (3619—68)—Also called “the Mad.” The most cruel of the Surmante Emperors of Nansur, whose deranged antics led to the Granary Revolts of 3668 and the accession of Surmante Xatantius I to the Mantle.
Skin Eaters—Famed company of Scalpers.
Skinny—Scalper argot for Sranc.
Ski?tha urs Hannut (4038—79)—The father of Cnaiür urs Ski?tha, and former Chieftain of the Utemot.
Skogma—An ancient Wracu thought destroyed during the C?no-Inchoroi Wars.
Sk?lsirai—“Shield-People” (Aorsic). Common epithet used by the Aorsi to describe themselves.
Skuthula the Black—An ancient Wracu spawned during the C?no-Inchoroi Wars, one of the few Dragons known to have survived the Apocalypse, though his present whereabouts are unknown. Widely thought to have inspired the Nonman use of “Snakes” to refer to the species given his elongated form and serpentine movement.
Sk?tiri—Name of the nine-hundred and ninety-nine ensorcelled plates of bronze girding the stoneworks of the Turret, the great citadel of the Library of Sauglish, in Far Antiquity.
Sk?tsa the Elder (4053—4129)—Girgallic Priest from Sorweel’s childhood.
Sky-Beneath-the-Mountain—Name of the iron platforms that famously gird the downward face of the Ilculc? Rift in Ishterebinth. See Hanging Citadels. Also referred to as the “Sky-Beneath.”
Slave Laws—Canon of Imperial decrees laid out by Anas?rimbor Kellhus in 4124 extending a variety of legal and religious protections to slaves. Subsequently repealed by Anas?rimbor Esmenet in 4132 in an attempt to control the Great Yatwerian Sedition.
Slog—Scalper slang for expeditions against the Sranc.
Slough, the—Sickness suffered by those too near the Scalding of Dagliash, characterized by convulsions, hair loss, anal or oral expulsion of blood, severe ulceration, and blindness—all symptoms suffered by the Nonmen at the beginning of their ancient wars with the Inchoroi, according to some deepest verses in the Is?phiryas:
The Vile hath called the very Starving down upon the Bone of the Land, mountains of fire cast upon our Eight Holy Mountains, breaking into black vapour that delivers woe unto our Slaves, who clutch themselves wailing, breaking red blood, holding fast their falling skin.
Snakeheads—An Inrithi epithet for the Cishaurim.
Sobel—An abandoned province north of Atrithau.
Sodhoras, Nersei (4072—4111)—Man-of-the-Tusk, Conriyan Baron and cousin of Prince Nersei Proyas.
soggomant—Name (possessing no known origin) of the gold-hued, but otherwise impenetrable, metal used to construct the Inc?-Holoinas.
Soggomantic Gate—See Minror.
Sogian Way—A Nansur coastal road first constructed in the age of Kyraneas.
Soholn—Ancient road constructed by Nanor-Ukkerja I that once ran from Trys? to the province of ?nosiri.