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People, Places, and Pronunciations
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People
- Aidan MacAllister: (A den) a nobleman and traveling musician;
- Alfrigg: (AL frihg) a Udema leather merchant;
- Alys Adair: (AL iss) daughter of a Senai merchant house;
- Callia: (CAL lee ah) a girl of the streets;
- Davyn: (DAH vihn) an Elhim clerk;
- Desmond: a Dragon Rider of the Twelve Families; Lara's brother;
- Devlin: Aidan's cousin, the King of Elyria;
- Donal: (DON ahl) King Devlin's son, crown prince of Elyria;
- Garn MacEachern: the High Commander of Elyria's dragon legions;
- Gerald Adair: son of a Senai merchant house;
- Goryx: (GORE ihx) a sadistic jailer;
- Gwaithir: (GWAY thihr) a harpmaster;
- Iskendar: (iss KEN dahr) the oldest of the Elhim;
- Lara: (LAH rah) a young woman of the Twelve Families;
- Mervil: an Elhim tailor;
- Narim: (NAHR ihm) an Elhim;
- Nyura: an Elhim companion of Iskendar;
- One Who Guides: the Elhim deity, also called "the One";
- Ruarc: (ROO ark) Aidan's uncle; late king of Elyria;
- Rueddi: (ROO dee) a Dragon Rider, friend of Desmond;
- Tarwyl: (TAR will) an Elhim clerk and loremaster;
- Zengal: a Dragon Rider of Cor Neuill;
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The Seven Gods
- Audun: (OW duhn) goddess of sea and storm;
- Jodar: (ZHOE dahr) god of war;
- Keldar: (KELL dahr) god of wisdom;
- Roelan: (ROO lahn) god of music;
- Tjasse: (tee YAH say) goddess of love;
- Vanir: (VAHN ear) god of fire;
- Vellya: (VELL yah) goddess of earth;
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Words
carag: mountain;
cir: lake;
cor: valley;
dekai'cet: (deh kie SET) the bloodstone that is bound to a particular dragon;
gallim: (gall IHM) Elhim name for a person not of their race;
jenica: (JEN ick ah) dragonsbane, a sour herb that grows in the Carag Huim;
causes dragons (and humans) to to be groggy and sick;
kai: (KIE) the Ridemark name for a dragon;
kai'cet: (kie SET)a bloodstone, a red gem that is used to control dragons;
Ridemark: common name for the Twelve Families; also for the
red dragon tattooed on the wrist of every member of the Twelve families;
Senai: the tall, dark-haired noble caste of Elyria;
Twelve Families: the twelve subclans of the Ridemark;
Udema: the stocky, blonde middle caste of Elyria;
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Places
- Aberthain: small kingdom southwest of Elyria; a vassal state;
- Aberswyl: capital city of Aberthain;
- Camarthan: medium-sized trading city in Catania;
- Carag Huim: (KAR ahg HWIM) mountain range on the western border of Elyria;
- Catania: the western region of Elyria;
- Cir Nakai: (SEAR nah KIE) a lake in the Carag Huim; the lake of fire;
- Cor Damar: a dragon camp (also Cor Damar, L'Clavor);
- Cor Neuill: (CORE no EEL) a large dragon lair north of Camarthan;
- Cor Talaith: (CORE tall LAYTH) a high valley in the Carag Huim; the Elhim's home;
- Elyria: (ell EAR ee ah) the most powerful of the modern kingdoms;
- Eskonia: ancient northern kingdom now an enslaved subject state of Elyria ;
- Fandine: (fan DEEN) a dragon camp for injured dragons;
- Florin: ancient coastal kingdom now an enslaved subject state of Elyria;
- Gondar: a southern kingdom at war with Elyria;
- Lepan: a large river port city in Elyria;
- Mazadine: (MAH zah deen) a Ridemark prison outside of Lepan;
- Vallior: (VAL ee or)the royal city of Elyria;
- Yr: (EAR) ancient name for the wild lands west of the Carag Huim;
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