Andeis Sea.
ANDEIS SEA: the often unpredictable sea that washes the western coast of Achar.
ARCEN: the major city of Arcness. It is a free trading city.
ARCNESS: large eastern province in Achar, specialising in pigs.
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. Zared‘s seizure of the title of King
of the Acharites and his marriage to Askam‘s sister, Leagh, has severely disrupted Askam‘s
political and economic power.
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.
AVENUE, The: the processional way of the Temple Complex on the Island of Mist and
Memory.
AVONSDALE: province in western Achar. It produces legumes, fruit and flowers. It is
administered by Earl Herme.
AXE-WIELDERS, The: once the elite crusading and military wing of the Seneschal.
Once led by Axis as their BattleAxe, the Axe-Wielders are now completely disbanded.
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. He
is now the Star God of Song.
AZHURE: daughter of WolfStar SunSoar and Niah of Nor, and Goddess of the Moon.
She is married to Axis. Their children are Caelum, Drago, RiverStar (now dead) and Zenith.
AZLE, River: a major river that divides 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. Located in southern Arcness, the Barrows guard the entrance to 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 sits on the lower reaches of the River Nordra and guards the
entrance to Grail Lake from Nordmuth.
BELIAL: lieutenant and second-in-command in Axis‘ army during the fight against
Gorgrael. Belial is the father of Askam and Cazna. Now dead.
BELTIDE: see ‗Festivals‘.
BERIN, Baron: a minor nobleman of Romsdale.
BOGLE MARSH: a large and inhospitable marsh in eastern Arcness. Strange creatures
are said to live in the Marsh.
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 and which, dividing the
provinces of Skarabost and Arcness, flows into the Widowmaker Sea.
BRANDON: a soldier in Zared‘s force.
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 now rules Tencendor.
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 Silent Woman Woods.
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 inhabit the UnderWorld. When
Drago killed Orr in the chamber of the Star Gate, it is supposed that 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 are 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: currently safe until Qeteb is resurrected.
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: (Also known as Drago.) Second son of Axis and Azhure.
Twin brother to RiverStar. 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 three hundred
years before the events of this book.
EARTH TREE: a sacred tree to both the Icarii and the Avar. It is situated in the extreme
northern groves of the Avarinheim forest, close to the cliffs of the Icescarp Alps.
EARTH TREE GROVE: the grove holding the Earth Tree in the northern Avarinheim
where it borders the Icescarp Alps. It is the most important of the Avarinheim groves and is
where the Avar (sometimes in concert with the Icarii) hold their gatherings and religious rites.
ENCHANTRESS, The: the founder of the Icarii Enchanters, and the first 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. No-one knows the fathers of any of her
children. The title of ‗Enchantress‘ is now occasionally given to Azhure.
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 magicians of the Icarii people. Many of them are very powerful. 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. There is some
intellectual, diplomatic and trade traffic between Escator and Tencendor.
EVENSONG: daughter of Rivkah and StarDrifter SunSoar, sister to Axis and wife to
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 Drago. She is the mother of Isfrael, who
was 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.
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