The Unholy Consult (Aspect-Emperor #4)

Three Flutes—Name of the three enclosed waterfalls that track the length of the Vast Ingressus in Ishterebinth.

Three-Headed Serpent—The symbol of the Scarlet Spires.

Three Hearts of God—A term referring to Sumna, the Thousand Temples, and the Tusk.

Three Kingdoms—Collective name for K?niüri, A?rsi, and Sheneor, the nations that Nanor-Ukkerja I created for his sons in 1556.

Three Seas—Specifically, the seas of Meneanor, Oncis, and Nyranisas, located in south central E?rwa. More generally, the (primarily Ketyai) civilization that has thrived in this region since the end of the Apocalypse.

Three Sickles—The famed symbol of Triamis the Great, and by extension, the Ceneian Empire.

Threesie—The name given to Nansur who sign on for a third fourteen-year term of service in the Imperial Army.

Thresholds—The torture chamber of Ishterebinth, designed so as to be invisible to the Gods, and so to spare Nonmen interrogators the burden of their sins.

Throseanis (3256—3317)—A late Ceneian dramatist, famed for his Triamis Imperator, a dramatic account of the life of Triamis I, the greatest of the Ceneian Aspect-Emperors.

Thunyeric—The language of Thunyerus, a derivative of Meoric.

Thunyerus—A Norsirai nation of the Three Seas located on the northeastern coasts of the Meneanor Sea. According to Thunyeri legend, their peoples migrated down the length of the Wernma River, continually pressured by the Sranc tribes that largely rule the great forests of the Dameori Wilderness. For two hundred years the Thunyeri plied the Three Seas as pirates and raiders. Then, in 3987, after three generations of Inrithi missionaries had largely converted them from their traditional Kiünnat beliefs, the tribes elected their first King, Hringa Hurrausch, and began adopting the institutions of their Three Seas neighbours.

Tikirgal ab Ramitju (4101—4132)—Ordealman, Grandee of Makreb’at-Akii, killed in the days leading up to the disaster at Irsulor.

Tirummas, Nersei (4075—4100)—The eldest brother of Nersei Proyas, and Crown Prince of Conriya until his death at sea in 4100.

Titirga (c. 1055—c. 1119)—The second Grandmaster of the Sohonc, childhood pupil of Noshainrau the White, and the famed Hero-Mage of ?merau, reputed to be the most powerful sorcerer, Man or Nonman, to have drawn breath. He is rumoured to have been murdered by his great rival, Shae?nanra, and buried in the ancient ruins of Viri.

Tokush (4068—4111)—The Master of Spies to Ikurei Xerius III.

Toll—Orthodox pamphlet circulated during the Unification Wars, containing the Imperial Appraisal detailing the numbers of dead woman and children counted following the Sack of Sarneveh in 4120.

topoi—Locations where the accumulation of trauma and suffering has frayed the boundaries between the World and the Outside.

Tracery—D?nyain ritual practiced at Ishu?l used to determine who among the Brethren would sire children.

Tractate, The—The writings of Inri Sejenus and his disciples, forming the second part of the Inrithi scriptural canon. The Inrithi believe The Tractate to be the prophesied culmination of The Chronicle of the Tusk, an amendment of the Covenant of Gods and Men for the realities of a new age. Among its seventeen books are various accounts of the life of the Latter Prophet, many parables for the purposes of moral instruction, and Inri Sejenus’s own explanation of the “Intervention” he himself represents: that mankind, as it matures, will become more and more able to worship the God in His “singular multiplicity.” Given that The Tractate was written more as a testament to the divinity of Inri Sejenus’s vision than out of any real commitment to historical rigour, it is impossible to assess the veracity of the text. Zarathinius and, more recently, Fanim commentators have pointed out several glaring inconsistencies in the text, but nothing that Inrithi apologists have not been able to explain away.

Trail of Skulls—See saka’ilrait.

Triamarius I (3470—3517)—The first of the Zerxei Emperors, acclaimed by the Imperial Army following the assassination of Trimus Meniphas I in 3508. See Nansur Empire.

Triamarius III (3588—3619)—The last of the Zerxei Emperors of Nansur, murdered by palace eunuchs. See Nansur Empire.

Triamic Walls—Caraskand’s outermost fortifications, raised by Triamis the Great in 2568.

Triamis Imperator—The famed drama by Throseanis, based on events in the life of Triamis the Great.

Triamis the Great (2456—2577)—The first Aspect-Emperor of the Ceneian Empire, famed for his conquests and for declaring Inrithism the official state religion in 2505. See Ceneian Empire.

Triaxeras, Hampei (4072— )—The Captain of Ikurei Conphas’s bodyguard.

Trimus, House—A Nansur House of the Congregate.

Trinkets—See Chorae.

Triple-Crescent—The symbol of the Anas?rimbor of Trys? in Far Antiquity.

Troinim—Name of the three low hills upon which the Library of Sauglish was raised.

Trondha, Safirig (4076—4117)—Man-of-the-Tusk, Galeoth thane, client to Earl Anfirig of Gesindal.

Trucian Dramas, The—The magnum opus of Xius, a near antique poet and playwright.

Truth Room—An interrogation chamber located deep in the catacombs beneath the Andiamine Heights.

Trys?—The ancient administrative capital of K?niüri, destroyed in the Apocalypse in 2147. Arguably the greatest city of the Ancient North and, with the exception of Sauglish, ?merau, and Etrith, also the oldest.

Tshuma (4073—?)—Man-of-the-Tusk, one of the Nascenti, formerly a Kutnarmu mercenary. He returned to his homeland in 4118 declaring his intention to convert his nation, but was never heard from again.

Tsonos (?—?)—Son of Imimor?l, legendary Ur-King of Siol, and the name given to the Kinning-most-High-and-Deep, the bloodline of so many Nonman Kings that it has become a necessary condition of any claim of royal authority.

Tsuramah—“Hated One” (Kyranean). The ancient Kyranean name for the No-God. See No-God.

Turret, the—The primary citadel of the Library of Sauglish, raised by Noshainrau in 1058.

Tusam—A village in the In?nara Highlands destroyed by Fanim raiders in 4111.

Tusk, the—The premier holy artifact of both the Inrithi and Kiünnat traditions, and the most unholy in the Fanim tradition (where it is referred to as Rouk Spara, or “Cursed Thorn”). Since the Tusk bears the oldest extant version of The Chronicle of the Tusk, which in turn is the oldest human text, its provenance remains an utter mystery, though most scholars agree that it predates the coming of the Tribes to E?rwa. It has been installed in the holy city of Sumna throughout most of recorded history.

Tusking—Legendary event following the mass execution of Fanim captives on the Holy Kalaul of Caraskand, where Anas?rimbor Kellhus marked Tusks in blood upon the foreheads of the faithful.

T?tmor, Beotha (4071— )—The New Imperial Consul of Ce Tydonn.

T?thorsa, Beotha (4089—4121)—Man-of-the-Tusk, Tydonni Thane in the First Holy War.

Tutseme—The pigeon dialect of slaves and caste-menials in Carythusal.

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