ARTOR THE PLOUGHMAN: the now disbanded Brotherhood of the Seneschal taught that Artor was
the one true god. Under His sway, the Acharites initiated the ancient Wars of the Axe and drove the
Icarii and Avar from the land. Artor was killed by Azhure and her hounds.
ASKAM, Prince of the West: son of Belial and Cazna. Now dead.
AVAR, The: the ancient race of Tencendor who live in the forests of the Avarinheim and Minstrelsea.
The Avar are sometimes referred to as the People of the Horn. Their Mage-King is Isfrael.
AVARINHEIM, The: the northern forest home of the Avar people. It was destroyed when
Qeteb was resurrected.
AVENUE, The: the processional way of the Temple Complex on the Island of Mist and
Memory. The term The Avenue’ comes to have a slightly different meaning by the end of Crusader.
AVONSDALE: Once a province in western Achar. It was administered by Earl Herme.
AXE-WIELDERS, The: once the elite crusading and military wing of the Seneschal, led by Axis as their
BattleAxe.
AXIS: son of the Princess Rivkah of Achar and the Icarii Enchanter, StarDrifter SunSoar.
Once BattleAxe of the Axe-Wielders, he assumed the mantle of the StarMan of the
Prophecy of the Destroyer. After reforging Tencendor Axis formed his own house, the House
of the Stars before beginning a new existence as the Star God of Song. Having lost all his powers
due to the invasion of the Timekeeper Demons, Axis is once again a mere mortal.
AZHURE: daughter of WolfStar SunSoar and Niah of Nor, and Goddess of Moon. She is married to
Axis. Their children are Caelum (now dead), Drago, RiverStar (now dead) and Zenith. As With
Axis, Azhure is once again merely mortal now the Star Dance is dead.
AZLE, River: a major river that divided the provinces of Ichtar and Aldeni. It flows into the Andeis Sea.
BANES: the religious leaders of the Avar people. They wield magic, although it is usually of the minor
variety.
BARROWS, The Ancient: the burial places of the ancient Enchanter-Talons of the Icarii people. The
Barrows were destroyed when the Demons broke through the Star Gate.
BATTLEAXE, The: once the leader of the Axe-Wielders. The post of BattleAxe was last held by Axis.
See ‘Axe-Wielders’.
BARZULA: one of the TimeKeeper Demons, Barzula is the Demon of mid-morning, and of
tempest.
BEDWYR FORT: a fort that sat on the lower reaches of the River Nordra and guarded the entrance to
Grail Lake from Nordmuth.
BELIAL: lieutenant and second-in-command in Axis’ army during the fight against Gorgrael. Belial was
the father of Askam and Cazna. Now dead.
BELTIDE: see ‘Festivals’.
BETHIAM, Princess: wife to Prince Askam of the West.
BOGLE MARSH: a large and inhospitable marsh in eastern Arcness. Faraday emptied its
strange creatures into Sanctuary to escape the Demons.
BORNEHELD: Duke of Ichtar and King of Achar. Son of the Princess Rivkah and her husband, Duke
Searlas, half-brother to Axis, and husband of Lady Faraday of Skarabost. After murdering his uncle,
Priam, Borneheld assumed the throne of Achar. Now dead.
BRACKEN RANGES, The: the former name of the Minaret
Peaks.
BRACKEN, River: the river that rises in the Minaret Peaks andflows into the Widowmaker Sea.
BRIDGE, The: the bridge that guards the entrance into Sigholt is deeply magical. She will throw out a
challenge to any she does not know, but can be easily tricked.
BROTHER-LEADER, The: the supreme leader of the Brotherhood of the now disbanded Seneschal.
The last Brother-Leader of the Seneschal was Jayme.
CAELUM STARSON: eldest son of Axis and Azhure, born at Yuletide. Caelum is an ancient word
meaning ‘Stars in Heaven’. Caelum is now dead.
CARLON: main city of Tencendor and one-time residence of the kings of Achar. Situated on Grail
Lake.
CAULDRON LAKE, The: the lake at the centre of the SilentWoman Woods. Now destroyed.
CAZNA: wife to Belial. Now dead.
CHAMBER OF THE MOONS: chief audience and sometime banquet chamber of the ancient royal
palace in Carlon. It was the site where Axis battled Borneheld to the death.
CHARONITES: a little-known race of Tencendor, they inhabited the UnderWorld. When Drago
managed to kill Orr in the chamber of the Star Gate, the race became extinct.
CIRCLE OF STARS, The: see ‘Enchantress’ Ring’.
CLANS, The: the Avar tend to segregate into Clan groups, roughly equitable with family groups.
CLOUDBURST SUNSOAR: younger brother and assassin of WolfStar SunSoar.
COHORT: see ‘Military Terms’.
COROLEAS: the great empire to the south of Tencendor. Relations between the two countries is usually
cordial.
CREST: Icarii military unit composed of twelve Wings.
CREST-LEADER: commander of an Icarii Crest.
DANCE OF DEATH, The: dark star music that is the counter point to the Star Dance. It is the
music made when stars miss their step and crash into each other, or swell up into red giants and
implode. Only WolfStar and Azhure can wield this music, although both lost the ability to do so
when the TimeKeepers destroyed the Star Gate.
DAREWING FULLHEART: senior Crest-Leader and Strike Leader of the Icarii Strike Force
DEMONIC HOURS:
Dawn: ruled by Mot, a time of hunger.
Mid-morning: ruled by Barzula, a time of tempest.
Midday: the time of the greatest Demon of all, Qeteb.
Mid-afternoon: ruled by Sheol, a time of despair.
Dusk: ruled by Raspu, a time of pestilence.
Night: ruled by Rox, a time of terror.
DISTANCES:
League: roughly seven kilometres, or four and a half miles.
Pace: roughly one metre or one yard.
Handspan: roughly twenty centimetres or eight inches.
DOME OF THE MOON: a sacred dome dedicated to the Moon on Temple Mount of the Island
of Mist and Memory. Only the First Priestess has access to the Dome, and it was in this Dome
that Niah conceived Azhure.
DRAGONSTAR SUNSOAR: second son of Axis and Azhure. Twin brother to RiverStar.
(Also known as Drago.) DragonStar is also the name of the son StarLaughter SunSoar was carrying
when she was murdered by her husband, WolfStar.
DRIFTSTAR SUNSOAR: grandmother to StarDrifter, mother of MorningStar. An Enchanter and a
SunSoar in her own right and wife to the SunSoar Talon. She died over three hundred years before
the events of this book.
EARTH TREE: a sacred tree to both the Icarii and the Avar. It once lived in the extreme
northern groves of the Avarinheim forest, close to the cliffs of the Icescarp Alps, but was destroyed
when Qeteb created the wasteland.
EARTH TREE GROVE: the grove which held the Earth Tree in the northern Avarinheim where it
bordered the Icescarp Alps. It was where the Avar (sometimes in concert with the Icarii) held their
gatherings and religious rites.
ENCHANTRESS, The: the first of the Icarii Enchanters, the first Icarii to discover the way to use the
power of the Star Dance. She bore three sons, the eldest of whom founded the Acharite race, the
middle founded the Charonite race, and the youngest founded the Icarii race. The Enchantress
also gave birth to twin daughters. Also known as Urbeth.
ENCHANTRESS’ RING, The: an ancient ring once in the possession of the Enchantress, now worn
by Azhure. Its proper name is the Circle of Stars, and it is intimately connected with the Star Gods.
ENCHANTERS: the once magicians of the Icarii people — with the destruction of the Star Gate
all have now lost their powers. All Enchanters have the word ‘Star’ somewhere in their
names.
ENCHANTER-TALONS: Talons of the Icarii people who are also Enchanters.
ENEMY, The: the name given by the TimeKeepers to the ancient ones who trapped Qeteb and
then fled with his life parts through the universe. It was the Enemy who crashed into
Tencendor during Fire-Night. ESCATOR: a kingdom far away to the east over the Widowmaker
Sea.
EVENSONG: daughter of Rivkah and StarDrifter SunSoar, sister to Axis and wife to Talon FreeFall
SunSoar.
FARADAY: daughter of Earl Isend of Skarabost and his wife, Lady Merlion. Once wife to Borneheld
and Queen of Achar, Faraday now aids DragonStar. She is also the mother of Isfrael,
conceived during her brief and tragic affair with Axis.
FERNBRAKE LAKE, The: the large lake in the centre of the Bracken Ranges. Also known by both the
Avar and the Icarii as the Mother. Now a dessicated garden.
FERRYMAN, The: the Charonite who plied the ferry of the UnderWorld. His name was Orr, and was
one of the Lesser immortals. Orr is now dead after being struck by the Rainbow Sceptre in
the chamber of the Star Gate.
FESTIVALS of the Avar and the Icarii:
Yuletide: the winter solstice, in the last week of Snow-month.
Beltide: the spring Festival, the first day of Flower-month.
Fire-Night: the summer solstice, in the last week of Rose-month.
FIRE-NIGHT, The: see ‘Festivals’.
FIRST, The: the First Priestess of the Order of the Stars, the order of nine priestesses on Temple Mount.
The First, like all priestesses of the Order, gave up her name on taking her vows. Niah of
Nor once held this office.
FIVE FAMILIES, The First: the leading families of Tencendor: led, in turn, by Prince Askam of the