gobozkoy—moment of decision
mayutafiüri—ligaments of conflict
trutu garothut—flexible unit cohesion (literally, “men of the long chain”)
trutu hirthut—inflexible unit cohesion (literally, “men of the short chain”)
War-Cants—The Gnostic sorceries developed in Sauglish (primarily by Noshainrau the White) for the express purpose of waging war and overcoming opposing sorcerers. See Gnosis.
Wards—The name given to defensive sorceries in contradistinction to offensive sorceries, or Cants. See sorcery. The most common types of Wards (found in both Anagogic and Gnostic sorceries) are: Wards of Exposure, which provide advance warning of intruders or imminent attacks; Shield-Wards, which provide direct protection against offensive sorceries; and Skin-Wards, which provide “protection of last resort” against all types of threat.
Warling—In traditional Kunniat faith and the Girgallic Cults of both Inrithism and Zaudunyani-Inrithism, the name given to those ritually committed (typically as children) to the aegis of Gilga?l, God of War.
Warnute—A fiefdom of Ce Tydonn, one of the so-called Deep Marches of the Upper Swa.
“war of word and sentiment”—The explanation of jnan found in Byantas’s Translations.
Water—Euphemism for displays of the Ps?khe. Versions include, “Accursed Water,” and “Water-that-is-Light.”
Wathi Doll—A sorcerous artifact common to Sansori witches, also known as a “murder doll,” either because a human sacrifice is required for its manufacture (a soul is imprisoned as the artifact’s animus) or because the Dolls are often used as remote assassins.
Wayward, the—See Erratic.
Weal—Name given to those suffering memories of the wars against the Inchoroi.
Weeping Mountain—Epithet for Ishterebinth.
Werigda—A Norsirai tribe from the Plains of Gal.
Werijen Greatheart, Rilding (4063— )—Man-of-the-Tusk, Tydonni Earl of Plaide?l.
Werjau, Sainhail (4070— )—Man-of-the-Tusk, one of the Nascenti, formerly a Galeoth thane.
Wernma River—An extensive river system in east central E?rwa, draining vast tracts of the Dameori Wilderness and emptying into the Meneanor Sea.
Whelming—A hypnotic trance instrumental to D?nyain Conditioning, and a purificatory rite of induction for the Zaudunyani.
“When sorcerers sing, men die”—The traditional expression used to refer to the fact that sorcery is destructive rather than constructive.
Wiglic—Legendary founder of the Holca, the first Man to possess the second heart that is reputedly the source of their physical strength.
White Jihad—The holy war waged against the Nansur Empire by Fan’oukarji I and the Kianene from 3743 to 3771. See Kian.
White Lord of Trys?—An honorific of the K?niüric High King.
White-Sun Palace—See Korasha.
White Yaksh—The traditional tent of Scylvendi tribal chieftains.
Whore, the—A popular name for the Goddess Anagk?. See Anagk?.
Wight-in-the-Mountain—The accursed shade of Gin’yursis, the long dead Nonman King of Cil-Aujas.
witches—The name given to women who practice sorcery, despite their persecution by both the Thousand Temples and the Schools.
wizards—The name given to men who practice sorcery independent of any School, despite their persecution by both the Thousand Temples and the Schools.
World Between—The world as it exists “between” our perceptions of it, or “in itself.”
World-Breaker—A name for the No-God. See No-God.
World-Curse—“Urimculis” (Ihrims?). Name given to the etching upon the Inc?-Holoinas.
Worldhorn—A ceremonial sorcerous artifact belonging to the A?rsic House of the Anas?rimbor and lost in the destruction of Shiarau in 2136.
Worm, the—A vernacular name for the great slums of Carythusal.
Wracu—“Serpent” (Ihrims?, wracu’jaroi, or “firesnake”). Also known as Dragons. Immense, fire-spitting, winged reptilian monstrosities created by the Inchoroi during the ancient C?no-Inchoroi Wars to destroy the Nonmen Quya, then subsequently wielded by the No-God during the Apocalypse. Very few are thought to have survived.
Wreoleth—The capital of the ancient Aorsi province of Illawor, and for a time, the commercial capital of the Far Antique nation. Overrun in the Fall of Aorsi in 2136, a good many refugees dared return to the city during the Investitures of Golgotterath in the time of the Generals. More than half the population had returned when System Initiation occurred in 2142. Most still believed Golgotterath was doomed when the No-God and His Horde engulfed them, trapping them in what would come to be called the Accursed Larder-of-Men, a tract where the Sranc could not go, allowing them to eke out a hard living on that hard land, so that they might be picked as ripened fruit, and fed to whomever—whatever—needed them.
Writ of Psata-Antyu—The proclamation issued by the high clergy of the Thousand Temples at the Council of Antyu (3386) that limits the power of the Shriah. The Writ was motivated by the cruel excesses of Shriah Diagol, who held the Seat from 3371 until his assassination in 3383.
Wutmouth River—The immense river joining Lake Hu?si to the Meneanor Sea.
wutrim—A Scylvendi word meaning “shame.”
Wutte?t—The legendary Father of Dragons, the Unholy Archetype used by the Inchoroi to culture and brood all other Wracu. Also known as the Black-and-Golden, the Terrible.
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Xatantian Arch—The triumphal arch marking the ceremonial entrance to the Scu?ri Campus, which depicts the military exploits of Emperor Surmante Xatantius. See Xatantius I.
Xatantius I (3644—93)—The most warlike of the Surmante Emperors of Nansur, Xatantius enlarged the Nansur Empire to its greatest extent, pacifying the Norsirai tribes of the Cepalor and for a time even managing to hold the far southern city of Invishi (though he failed to entirely subdue the Nilnameshi countryside). Despite his military successes, his continual wars exhausted both the Nansur people and the Imperial Treasury, inadvertently laying the groundwork for the disastrous wars against the Kianene following his death. See Nansur Empire.
Xerash—A governorate of Kian and former province of the Nansur Empire. Located north of Eumarna on the Meneanor coast, Xerash is primarily known, through The Tractate, as the violent and debauched neighbour of Amoteu during the time of Inri Sejenus. See Amoteu.
Xerashi—The lost language of scriptural Xerash, a derivative of Vaparsi.
Xerius—See Ikurei Xerius III.
Xiangic—The language group of the Xiuhianni peoples.
Xijoser (c. 670—c. 720)—An Old Dynasty God-King of Shigek, known primarily for the Ziggurat bearing his name.
Xinemus, Krijates (4066—4112)—Man-of-the-Tusk, Conriyan Marshal of Attrempus.
Xinemus, Nersei (4121— )—Only son of Nersei Proyas, heir to the throne of Conriya.
Xinoyas, Shressa (4081—4119)—Orthodox Palatine of Etara-Anplei, famously butchered before his own children by the Aspect-Emperor.