| Atiaran asked, "What is your name?"
"That is another long story," the Giant returned and repeated, "What is your need?" But Atiaran insisted dully, "Your name." Again a gleam sprang from under the Giant's massive brows. "There is power in names." |
| -- Lord Foul's Bane |
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| Acence | a Stonedownor, sister of Atiaran |
| ahamkara | Hoerkin, "the Door" |
| Ahanna | painter, daughter of Hanna |
| aliantha | treasure-berries |
| amanibhavam | horse-healing grass, poisonous to men |
| Amatin | a Lord, daughter of Matin |
| Amok | mysterious guide and servant to ancient Lore |
| Amorine | First Haft, later Hiltmark |
| anundivian yajña | lost Ramen craft of bone-sculpting |
| Asuraka | Staff-Elder of the Loresraat |
| Atiaran Trell-mate | a Stonedownor, daughter of Tiaran |
| aussat Befylam | child-form of the jheherrin |
| Banas Nimoram | the Celebration of Spring |
| Bann | a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Trevor |
| Bannor | a Bloodguard, assigned to Covenant |
| Baradakas | a Hirebrand of Soaring Woodhelven |
| Berek Halfhand | founder of the line of Lords |
| Bhrathair | a people met by the wandering Giants |
| Birinair | a Hirebrand, Hearthrall of Lord's Keep |
| Bloodguard | the defenders of the Lords |
| bone-sculpting | ancient Ramen craft, marrowmeld |
| Borillar | a Hirebrand and Hearthrall of Lord's Keep |
| Brabha | a Ranyhyn, Korik's mount |
| caamora | Giantish ordeal of grief by fire |
| Caer-Caveral | apprentice Forestal of Morinmoss Forest |
| Caerroil Wildwood | Forestal of Garroting Deep |
| Callindrill Faer-mate | a Lord |
| Cavewights | evil creatures existing under Mount Thunder |
| Celebration of Spring | the Dance of the Wraiths of Andelain on the dark of the moon in the middle night of Spring |
| Cerrin | a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Shetra |
| Circle of elders | Stonedown leaders |
| clingor | adhesive leather |
| Close, the | the Council-chamber of Lord's Keep |
| Colossus, the | ancient stone figure guarding the Upper Land |
| Cord | Ramen second rank |
| Cording | ceremony of becoming a Cord |
| Corimini | Eldest of the Loresraat |
| Corruption | Bloodguard name for Lord Foul |
| Creator, the | legendary Enemy of Lord Foul |
| Crowl | a Bloodguard |
| Damelon Giantfriend | son of Berek Halfhand, ancient High Lord |
| Dance of the Wraiths | Celebration of Spring |
| Demondim | spawners of ur-viles and Waynhim |
| Desolation, the | era of ruin in the Land, after the Ritual of Desecration |
| Despiser, the | Lord Foul |
| Despite | Power of Evil |
| dharmakshetra | "to brave the enemy", Waynhim name |
| diamondraught | Giantish liquor |
| Doar | a Bloodguard |
| Drinishok | Sword-Elder of the Loresraat |
| Drinny | a Ranyhyn, Lord Mhoram's mount, foal of Hynaril |
| Drool Rockworm | a Cavewight, finder of the Staff of Law |
| dukkha | "victim", Waynhim name |
| Dura Fairflank | a mustang, Covenant's mount |
| Earthfriend | title first given to Berek Halfhand |
| Elena | High Lord during first attack by Lord Foul; daughter of Lena |
| Elohim | a people met by the wandering Giants |
| Eoman | a unit of the Warward of Lord's Keep, twenty warriors and a Warhaft |
| fael Befylam | serpent-form of the jheherrin |
| Faer | mate of Lord Callindrill |
| Fangthane the Render | Ramen name for Lord Foul |
| Fire-Lions | fire-flow of Mount Thunder |
| fire-stones | graveling |
| First Haft | third-in-command of the Warward |
| First Mark | the Bloodguard commander |
|
First Ward of Kevin's Lore |
primary knowledge left by High Lord Kevin |
| Fleshharrower | a Giant-Raver, Jehannum, moksha |
| forbidding | a wall of power |
| Forestal | protector of the remnants of the One Forest |
| Foul's Creche | the Despiser's home |
| Furl Falls | waterfall at Revelstone |
| Furl's Fire | warning fire at Revelstone |
| Garth | Warmark of the Warward of Lord's Keep |
| Gay | a Winhome of the Ramen |
| Giantclave | a Giantish conference |
| Giants | the Unhomed, ancient friends of the Lords |
| Gilden | a maple-like tree with golden leaves |
| Gildenlode | a power-wood formed from Gilden trees |
| Glimmermere | a lake on the upland above Revelstone |
| Gorak Krembal | Hotash Slay |
| Grace | a Cord of the Ramen |
| graveling | fire-stones, made to glow by stone-lore |
| Gravelingas | a master of the stone-lore |
| Gray Slayer | plains name for Lord Foul |
| Grieve, the | Coercri, Giant city |
| griffin | lion-like beast with wings |
| Haft | commander of an Eoward |
| Haruchai | a people from whom the Bloodguard come |
| Healer | a physician |
| Hearthrall of Lord's Keep | one responsible for light, warmth and hospitality |
| Heart of Thunder | cave of power in Mount Thunder |
| Heartthew | Berek Halfhand |
| heartwood chamber | meeting-place of a Woodhelven |
| Heers | leaders of a Woodhelven |
| Herem | a Raver, Kinslaughterer, turiya |
| High Lord | leader of the Council of Lords |
| High Lord's Furl | banner of the High Lord |
| High Wood | offspring of the One Tree |
| Hile Troy | Warmark of High Lord Elena's Warward |
| Hiltmark | second-in-command of the Warward |
| Hirebrand | a master of wood-lore |
| Hoerkin | a Warhaft |
| Home | original homeland of the Giants |
| Howor | a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Loerya |
| Hurn | a Cord of the Ramen |
| hurtloam | a healing mud |
| Huryn | a Ranyhyn, Terrel's mount |
| Hynaril | a Ranyhyn, mount of Tamarantha and Mhoram |
| Hyrim | a Lord, son of Hoole |
| Illearth Stone | source of evil power found under Mount Thunder |
| Imoiran Tomal-mate | a Stonedownor |
| Irin | warrior of the Third Eoman of the Warward |
| Jain | a Manethrall of the Ramen |
| Jehannum | a Raver |
| jheherrin | soft ones, living by-products of Foul's misshaping |
| Kam | a Manethrall of the Ramen |
| Kelenbhrabanal | Father of Horses in Ranyhyn legends |
| Kevin Landwaster | son of Loric Vilesilencer, last High Lord of the Old Lords |
| Kevin's Lore | knowledge of power left by Kevin in the Seven Wards |
| Kinslaughterer | a Giant-Raver, Herem, turiya |
| Kiril Threndor | Heart of Thunder |
| Koral | a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Amatin |
| Korik | a Bloodguard |
| kresh | savage, giant, yellow wolves |
| krill, the | enchanted sword of Loric, a mystery to the New Lords, wakened to power by Thomas Covenant |
| Kurash Plenethor | region formerly named Stricken Stone, now called Trothgard |
| Kurash Qwellinir | the Shattered Hills |
| Lal | a Cord of the Ramen |
| Land, the | generally, area found on the map |
| Law of Death, the | the separation of the living and the dead |
| Lena | a Stonedownor, daughter of Atiaran |
| Lifeswallower | the Great Swamp |
| lillianrill | wood-lore, or masters of wood-lore |
| Lithe | a Manethrall of the Ramen |
| Llaura | Heer of Soaring Woodhelven |
| Loerya Trevor-mate | a Lord |
| lomillialor | High Wood |
| Lord | master of the Sword and Staff parts of Kevin's Lore |
| Lord-Fatherer | Berek Halfhand |
| Lord Foul | Lord's name for the Enemy of the Land |
| "Lord Mhoram's Victory" | a painting by Ahanna |
| Lords-fire | staff-fire used by the Lords |
| Lord's Keep | Revelstone |
| loremaster | a leader of ur-viles |
| Loresraat | Trothgard school where Kevin's Lore is studied |
| Lorewarden | teacher in the Loresraat |
| loreworks | Demondim power-laboratory |
| Loric Vilesilencer | a High Lord, son of Damelon Giantfriend |
| lor-liarill | Gildenlode |
| Lower Land, the | land east of Landsdrop |
| Maker, the | jheherrin name for Lord Foul |
| Maker-place | Foul's Creche |
| Malliner | Woodhelvennin Heer, son of Veinnin |
| Mane | a Ranyhyn |
| Maneing | ceremony of becoming a Manethrall |
| Manethrall | Ramen first rank |
| Marny | a Ranyhyn, Tuvor's mount |
| marrowmeld | bone-sculpting |
| Mehryl | a Ranyhyn, Hile Troy's mount |
| Melenkurion abatha | phrase of invocation or power |
| Mhoram | Lord, son of Variol |
| moksha | a Raver, Jehannum, Fleshharrower |
| Morin | First Mark of the Bloodguard, commander in original Haruchai army |
| Morril | a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Callindrill |
| Murrin Odonoa-mate | a Stonedownor |
| Myrha | a Ranyhyn, Elena's mount |
| Oath of Peace | oath by people of the Land against needless violence |
| Odona Murrin-mate | a Stonedownor |
| Old Lords | Lords prior to the Ritual of Desecration |
| Omournil | Woodhelvennin Heer, daughter of Mournil |
| One Forest | ancient forest which covered most of the Land |
| One Tree, the | mystic tree from which the Staff of Law was made |
| orcrest | a stone of power |
| Osondrea | Lord, daughter of Sondrea |
| Padrias | Woodhelvennin Heer, son of Mill |
| Peak of the Fire-Lions | Mount Thunder |
| Pietten | Woodhelvennin child damaged by Lord Foul's minions, son of Soranal |
| Porib | a Bloodguard |
| Power of Command | Seventh Ward of Kevin's Lore |
| Pren | a Bloodguard |
| Prothall | High Lord, son of Dwillian |
| Puhl | a Cord of the Ramen |
| Quaan | Warhaft of the Third Eoman of the Warward, later Hiltmark, then Warmark |
| Quest, the | search to rescue the Staff of Law |
| Quirrel | a Stonedownor, companion of Triock |
| Ramen | a people who serve the Ranyhyn |
| Ranyhyn | the great, free horses of the Plains of Ra |
| Ravers | Lord Foul's three ancient servants |
| Revelstone | Lord's Keep, mountain city of the Lords |
| Revelwood | seat of the Loresraat |
| rhadhamaerl | stone-lore, or masters of stone-lore |
| rillinlure | healing wood dust |
| Ringthane | Ramen name for THomas Covenant |
| Rites of Unfettering | the ceremony of becoming Unfettered |
| Ritual of Desecration | act of despair by which High Lord Kevin destroyed the Old Lords and ruined most of the Land |
|
Rockbrother, Rocksister |
term of affection between men and Giants |
| roge Befylam | Cavewight-form of the jheherrin |
| Rue | a Manethrall, formerly named Gay |
| Ruel | a Bloodguard, assigned to Hile Troy |
| Runnik | a Bloodguard |
| Rustah | a Cord of the Ramen |
| sacred enclosure | Vespers-hall at Revelstone |
| Saltheart Foamfollower | a Giant, friend of Covenant |
| samadhi | a Raver, Sheol, Satansfist |
| Sandgorgons | monsters described by the Giants |
| Satansfist | a Giant-Raver, Sheol, samadhi |
| Satansheart Soulcrusher | Giantish name for Lord Foul |
| Seven Wards | collection of knowledge left by High Lord Kevin |
| Sheol | a Raver |
| Shetra Verement-mate | a Lord |
| Shull | a Bloodguard |
| Sill | a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Hyrim |
| Soranal | a Woodhelvennin Heer, son of Thiller |
| Soulcrusher | Giantish name for Lord Foul |
| Sparlimb Keelsetter | a Giant, father of triplets |
| springwine | a mild, refreshing liquor |
| Staff, the | to distinguish from other staves a branch of Kevin's Lore |
| Staff of Law, the | formed by Berek from the One Tree |
| Stonedown | a stone-village |
| Stonedownor | one who lives in a stone-village |
| Stricken Stone | now called Trothgard |
| suru-pa-maerl | a stone craft |
| Sword, the | a branch of Kevin's Lore |
| Tamarantha Variol-mate | Lord, daughter of Enesta |
| Terass Slen-mate | an Elder of Mithil Stonedown, daughter of Annoria |
| Terrel | a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Mhoram, a commander of the original Haruchai army |
| test of truth | test of veracity by lomillialor or orcrest |
| Thew | a Cord of the Ramen |
| Thomin | a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Verement |
| Tohrm | Gravelingas and Hearthrall of Lord's Keep |
| Tomal | a Stonedownor craftmaster |
| treasure-berries | nourishing fruit found throughout the Land |
| Trell Atiaran-mate | Gravelingas of Mithil Stonedown |
| Trevor Loerya-mate | a Lord |
| Triock | a Stondownor, son of Thuler |
| Tull | a Bloodguard |
| turiya | a Raver, Herem, Kinslaughterer |
| Tuvor | First Mark of the Bloodguard, a commander of the original Haruchai army |
| Unbeliever, the | Thomas Covenant |
| Unfettered, the | lore-students freed from conventional responsibilities |
| Unhomed, the | The Giants |
| upland | plateau above Revelstone |
| Upper Land | land west of Landsdrop |
| ur-Lord | title given to Thomas Covenant |
| ur-viles | Demondim-spawn, evil creatures |
| Vailant | former High Lord |
| Vale | a Bloodguard |
| Valley of Two Rivers | site of Revelwood |
| Variol Farseer Tamarantha-mate | Lord, former High Lord, son of Pentil, father of Mhoram |
| Verement Shetra-mate | a Lord |
| viancome | meeting place at Revelwood |
| Viles | sires of the Demondim |
| Vow, the | Haruchai oath which formed the Bloodguard |
| Ward | a unit of Kevin's Lore |
| Warhaft | commander of an Eoman |
| Warlore | Sword knowledge in Kevin's Lore |
| Warmark | commander of the Warward |
| Warrenbridge | entrance to the catacombs under Mount THunder |
| Warward | the army of Lord's Keep |
| Wavenhair Haleall | a Giant, wife of Sparlimb Keelsetter, mother of triplets |
| Waymeet | resting place for travelers |
| Waynhim | tenders of the Waymeets, opponents of ur-viles though Demondim-spawn |
| Whane | a Cord of the Ramen |
| Wightwarrens | homes of the Cavewights under Mount Thunder |
| Winhome | Ramen lowest rank |
| Woodhelven | wood-village |
| Woodhelvennin | inhabitants of wood-village |
| Word of Warning | a powerful, destructive forbidding |
| Wraiths of Andelain | creatures that perform the Dance at the Celebration of Spring |
| Yeurquin | a Stonedownor, companion of Triock |
| Yolenid | daughter of Loerya |
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| Aimil | daughter of Anest; wife of Sunder |
| a-Jeroth of the Seven Hells | Lord of wickedness; Clave-name for Lord Foul the Despiser |
| ak-Haru | a supreme Haruchai honorific |
| Akkasri na-Mhoram-cro | a member of the Clave |
| aliantha | treasure-berries |
| Alif, the Lady | a woman Favored of the gaddhi |
| Amith | a woman of Crystal Stonedown |
| Anchormaster | second-in-command aboard a Giantship |
| Andelain, the Hills of | a region of the Land free of the Sunbane |
| Anest | woman of Mithil Stonedown; sister of Kalina |
| Annoy | a Courser |
| Appointed, the | an Elohim chosen to bear a particular burden |
| Arch of Time, the | symbol of the existence and structure of time |
| arghule/arghuleh | ferocious ice-beasts |
| Atiaran Trell-mate | former woman of Mithil Stonedown; mother of Lena |
| Aumbrie of the Clave | storeroom for former Lore |
| Auspice, the | throne of the gaddhi |
| Bahgoon the Unbearable | Character in a Giantish tale |
| Bandsoil Bounds | region north of Soulsease River |
| Banefire | fire by which the Clave wields the Sunbane |
| Bannor | former Bloodguard |
| Bareisle | island off the coast of Elemesnedene |
| Benj, the Lady | a woman Favored of the gaddhi |
| Berek Half-hand | ancient hero; the Lord-Fatherer |
| Bern | Haruchai lost to the Clave |
| Bhrathair, the | a people who live on the verge of the Great Desert |
| Bhrathairain | the town of the Bhrathair |
| Bhrathairealm | the land of the Bhrathair |
| Bloodguard | former servants of the Council of Lords |
| Boulder Fash | region in the Center Plains |
| Brannil | man of Stonemight Woodhelven |
| Brinn | a leader of the Haruchai; protector of Covenant |
| Brow Gnarlfist | a Giant; father of the First of the Search |
| caamora | Giantish ordeal of grief by fire |
| Cable Seadreamer | a Giant; member of the Search; possessed of the Earth-Sight |
| Caer-Caveral | Forestal of Andelain; formerly Hile Troy |
| Caerroil Wildwood | Former Forestal of Garroting Deep |
| Cail | one of the Haruchai, protector of Linden |
| Caitiffin | a captain of the armed forces of Bhrathairealm |
| Callowwail, the River | stream arising from Elemesnedene |
| Cavewights | evil earth-delving creatures |
| Ceer | One of the Haruchai |
| Celebration of Spring, the | the Dance of the Wraiths of Andelain on the dark of the moon in the middle of Spring |
| Centerpith Barrens | a region in the Center Plains |
| Chant | one of the Elohim |
| Chatelaine, the | courtiers of the gaddhi |
| Chosen, the | title given to Linden Avery |
| clachan, the | demesne of the Elohim |
| Clang | a Courser |
| Clangor | a Courser |
| Clash | a Courser |
| Clave, the | the rulers of the Land |
| Coercri | former home of the Giants in Seareach |
| Colossus of the Fall, the | ancient stone figure formerly guarding the Upper Land |
| Consecear Redoin | a region north of the Soulsease River |
| Corruption | Haruchai name for Lord Foul |
| Council of Lords | former rulers of the Land |
| Courser | a beast made by the Clave by the power of the Sunbane |
| Creator, the | the maker of the Earth |
| Croft | Graveler of Crystal Stonedown |
| croyel | mysterious creatures which bargain for power |
| Crystal Stonedown | home of Hollian |
| Damelon Giantfriend | son of Berek; former Lord |
| Dancers of the Sea | merewives |
| Dawngreeter | highest sail on the foremast of a Giantship |
| Daphin | one of the Elohim |
| Dead, the | specters of those who have died |
| Defiles Course | river in the Lower Land |
| Demondim, the | spawners of ur-viles and Waynhim |
| Demondim-spawn | Vain |
| Despiser, the | Lord Foul |
| Despite | evil; a name given to the designs of Lord Foul |
| dhraga | a Waynhim |
| dhubha | a Waynhim |
| dhurng | a Waynhim |
| diamondraught | Giantish liquor |
| Din | a Courser |
| Dolewind, the | wind blowing to the Soulbiter |
| drhami | a Waynhim |
| dromond | a Giantship |
| Drool Rockworm | a former Cavewight |
| durhisitar | a Waynhim |
| During Stonedown | home of Hamako; former village destroyed by the Grim |
| Durris | a Haruchai |
| Earthpower, the | the source of all power in the Land |
| Earthroot | lake under Melenkurion Skyweir |
| Earth-Sight | Giantish power to perceive distant dangers and needs |
| eftmound | gathering-place of the Elohim |
| eh-Brand | one who can use wood to read the Sunbane |
| Elemesnedene | home of the Elohim |
| Elena | former High Lord; daughter of Lena and Covenant |
| Elohim | people met by the wandering Giants |
| Elohimfest | a gathering of the Elohim |
| Emacrimma's Maw | a region in the Center Plains |
| Enemy | Lord Foul's term of reference for the Creator |
| Far Woodhelven | a village of the Land |
| Favored, the | courtesans of the gaddhi |
| Fields of Richloam | a region in the Center Plains |
| Findail | one of the Elohim; the Appointed |
| Fire-Lions | fire-flow of Mount Thunder |
| First Betrayer | Clave-name for Berek Halfhand |
| First Circinate | first level of the Sandhold |
| First Mark | former leader of the Bloodguard |
| First of the Search | leader of the Giants |
| First Ward | primary knowledge left by Kevin |
| Foamkite | tyrscull belonging to Honninscrave and Seadreamer |
| Fole | a Haruchai |
| Foodfendhall | eating-hall and galley aboard a Giantship |
| Forestal | a protector of the Forests of the Land |
| Foul's Creche | the Despiser's former home |
| Furl Falls | waterfall at Revelstone |
| gaddhi, the | sovereign of Bhrathairealm |
| Gallows Howe | place of execution in Garroting Deep |
| Garroting Deep | former forest of the Land |
| ghohritsar | a Waynhim |
| ghramin | a Waynhim |
| Giants | a sea-faring people of the Earth |
| Giantclave | Giantish conference |
| Giantfriend | title given first to Damelon, later to Thomas Covenant |
| Giantship | stone sailing vessel made by Giants |
| Giantway | path made by Giants |
| Giant Woods | a forest of the Land |
| Gibbon | the na-Mhoram; leader of the Clave |
| Gilden | a maplelike tree with golden leaves |
| Glimmermere | a lake on the upland above Revelstone |
| Gossamer Glowlimn | a Giant; the First of the Search |
| Graveler | one who uses stone to wield the Sunbane |
| graveling | fire-stones |
| Gravelingas | former master of stone-lore |
| Gravin Threndor | Mount THunder |
| Gray Desert | a region south of the Land |
| Gray Slayer | Lord Foul the Despiser |
| Graywightswath | a region north of the Soulsease River |
| Great Desert, the | a region of the Earth; home of the Bhrathair and the Sandgorgons |
| Great Swamp, the | Lifeswallower; a region of the Land |
| Greshas Slant | a region in the Center Plains |
| Grey River, the | a river of the Land |
| Grieve, the | Coercri |
| Grim, the | a destructive storm sent as a curse by the Clave |
| Grimmand Honninscrave | a Giant; Master of Starfare's Gem |
| Grimmerdhore | former forest of the Land |
| Guard, the | hustin; soldiers serving the gaddhi |
| Guardian of the One Tree, the | mystical figure warding the approach to the One Tree; also ak-Haru Kenaustin Ardenol |
| Halfhand | title given to Thomas Covenant and to Berek |
| Hall of Gifts, the | large chamber in Revelstone devoted to artworks of the Land |
| Hamako | sole unharmed survivor of the destruction of During Stonedown |
| Harbor Captain | chief official of the port of Bhrathairealm |
| Harn | one of the Haruchai; protector of Hollian |
| Haruchai, the | a people who live in the Westron Mountains |
| Hearthcoal | a Giant; cook of Starfare's Gem; wife of Seasauce |
| Heartthew | a title given to Berek Halfhand |
| Heft Galewrath | a Giant; Storesmaster of Starfare's Gem |
| Herem | a Raver; also known as turiya |
| Hergrom | one of the Haruchai |
| High Lord | former leader of the Council of Lords |
| Hile Troy | a man formerly from Covenant's world who became a Forestal |
| Hollian | daughter of Amith; eh-Brand of Crystal Stonedown |
| Home | home of the Giants |
| Horizonscan | lookout atop the midmast of a Giantship |
| Horse, the | human soldiery of the gaddhi |
| Hotash Slay | flow of lava protecting Foul's Creche |
| hurtloam | a healing mud |
| husta/hustin | partly human soldiers bred by Kasreyn to be the gaddhi's Guard |
| Hyrim | a former Lord of the Council |
| Illearth Stone | green stone, source of evil power |
| Illender | title given to Thomas Covenant |
| Infelice | reigning leader of the Elohim |
| Isle of the One Tree, the | location of the One Tree |
| Jehannum | a Raver; also known as moksha |
| jheherrin | soft ones; living by-products of Foul's misshaping |
| Jous | a man of Mithil Stonedown; son of Prassan; father of Nassic; ineritor of the Unfettered One's mission |
| Kalina Nassic-mate | mother of Sunder; daughter of Alloma |
| Kasreyn of the Gyre | a thaumaturge; the gaddhi's Kemper |
| Kastenessen | an Elohim; former Appointed |
| Keep of the na-Mhoram | Revelstone |
| Kemper, the | chief minister of the gaddhi |
| Kemper's Pitch | highest level of the Sandhold |
| Kenaustin Ardenol | a figure of Haruchai legend; paragon and measure of all Haruchai virtues |
| Kevin Landwaster | son of Loric; former Lord; enactor of the Ritual of Desecration |
| Kevin's Watch | mountain lookout near Mithil Stonedown |
| Kiril Threndor | Heart of Thunder; chamber of power within Mount Thunder |
| Korik | former Bloodguard |
| krill, the | knife of power formed by Loric Vilesilencer |
| Kurash Festillin | a region in the Center Plains |
| Land, the | a focal region of the Earth |
| Lake Pelluce | a lake in Andelainscion |
| Landsdrop | great cliff separating Upper and Lower Lands |
| Landsverge Stonedown | a village of the Land |
| Law, the | the natural order |
| Law of Death, the | separation of the living from the dead |
| Law of Life, the | separation of the dead from the living |
| Lena | daughter of Atiaran; mother of Elena |
| lianar | wood of power used by an eh-Brand |
| Lifeswallower | the Great Swamp; a region of the Land |
| Lord of Wickedness | a-Jeroth |
| Lord Foul | the Despiser |
| Lords, the | former rulers of the Land |
| loremaster | ur-vile leader |
| Loric Vilesilencer | son of Damelon; former Lord |
| Lost, the | Giantish name for the Unhomed |
| Lower Land, the | region east of Landsdrop |
| lucubrium | laboratory of a thaumaturge |
| lurker of the Sarangrave | swamp-monster |
| maidan | open land around Elemesnedene |
| Marid | a man of Mithil Stonedown |
| Master | Clave-name for Lord Foul |
| Master, the | Clave-name for the Creator |
| master-rukh | iron triangle at Revelstone which feeds and reads all other rukhs |
| Melenkurion Skyweir | a mountain in the Westron Mountains |
| Memla na-Mhoram-in | a Rider of the Clave |
| merewives | the Dancers of the Sea |
| metheglin | a beverage; mead |
| Mhoram | former High Lord of the Council |
| mirkfruit | papaya-like fruit with narcoleptic pulp |
| Mistweave | a Giant |
| Mithil River | a river of the Land |
| Mithil Stonedown | a village in the South Plains |
| Morninglight | one of the Elohim |
| moksha | a Raver; also known as Jehannum |
| Morin | a former First Mark of the Bloodguard |
| Morinmoss | a former forest of the Land |
| Mount Thunder | a peak at the center of Landsdrop |
| na-Mhoram, the | leader of the Clave |
| na-Mhoram-cro | lowest rank of the Clave |
| na-Mhoram-in | highest rank of the Clave |
| na-Mhoram-wist | middle rank of the Clave |
| Nassic | father of Sunder; son of Jous; inheritor of the Unfettered One's mission |
| Nelbrin | son of Sunder; "heart's child" |
| Nicor | great sea-monsters; said to be offspring of the Worm of the World's End |
| Nom | a sandgorgon |
| North Plains, the | a region of the Land |
| Northron Climbs, the | a region of the Land |
| Oath of Peace | former oath by the poeple of the Land against needless violence |
| Offin | a former na-Mhoram |
| Old Lords, the | the Lords of the Land prior to the Ritual of Desecration |
| One Forest, the | ancient sentient forest which once covered most of the Land |
| One Tree, the | mystic tree from which the Staff of Law was made |
| orcrest | Sunstone; a stone of power, used by a Graveler |
| pitchbrew | a beverage combining diamondraught and vitrim, conceived by Pitchwife |
| Pitchwife | a Giant; member of the Search; husband of the First of the Search |
| Prothall | a former High Lord |
| Prover of Life | title given to Thomas Covenant |
| Pure One, the | redemptive figure of jheherrin legend |
| Quest for the Staff of Law | former quest which recovered the Staff of Law from Drool Rockworm |
| Questsimoon, the | the Roveheartswind |
| Ramen | a people of the Land; tenders of the Ranyhyn |
| Rant Absolain | the gaddhi |
| Ranyhyn | the great horses; they formerly lived onthe Plains of Ra |
| Ravers | Lord Foul's three ancient servants |
| Raw, the | fiord into the demesne of the Elohim |
| Rawedge Rim, the | mountains around Elemesnedene |
| Reader | a member of the Clave who tends and uses the master-rukh |
| Rede, the | knowledge of history and survival promulgated by the Clave |
| Revelstone | mountain-city of the Clave |
| rhysh | a community of Waynhim; "stead" |
| rhyshyshim | a gathering of rhysh; a place in which such gathering occurs |
| Riddenstretch | a region north of the Soulsease River |
| Rider | a member of the Clave |
| ring-wielder | Elohim term of reference for Covenant |
| Rire Grist | a Caitiffin of the gaddhi's Horse |
| Ritual of Desecration | act of despair by which Kevin Landwaster destroyed much of the Land |
| Riversward | a region north of the Soulsease River |
| rocklight | light emitted by glowing stone |
| Roveheartswind, the | the Questsimoon |
| rukh | iron talisman by which a Rider wields power |
| Runnik | former Bloodguard |
| sacred enclosure | former Vespers hall at Revelstone |
| Saltheart Foamfollower | former Giant |
| Saltroamrest | bunkhold for the crew in a Giantship |
| Salttooth | jutting rock in the harbor of Home |
| samadhi | a Raver; also known as Sheol |
| Sandgorgon | a monster of the Great Desert |
| Sandgorgons Doom | imprisoning storm created by Kasreyn to trap the Sandgorgons |
| Sandhold, the | the gaddhi's castle in Bhrathairealm |
| Sandwall, the | great wall defending Bhrathairealm |
| Santonin na-Mhoram-in | a Rider of the Clave |
| Sarangrave Flat | a region of the Lower Land |
| Search, the | Quest of the Giants for the wound in the Earth |
| Seareach | a region of the Land; formerly inhabited by the Giants |
| Seasauce | a Giant; cook of Starfare's Gem; husband of Hearthcoal |
| Seatheme | dead wife of Sevinhand |
| Second Circinate | second level of the Sandhold |
| Second Ward | second unit of Kevin's hidden knowledge |
| setrock | a type of stone used with pitch to repair stone |
| Seven Hells, the | a-Jeroth's demesne; desert, rain, pestilence, fertility, war, savagery, darkness |
| Seven Wards, the | collection of knowledge hidden by Kevin |
| Sevinhand | Anchormaster of Starfare's Gem; a Giant |
| Shattered Hills | a region of the Land near Foul's Creche |
| Sheol | a Raver; also known as samadhi |
| Shetra | a former Lord of the Council |
| Shipsheartthew | the wheel of a Giantship |
| Sivit na-Mhoram-wist | a Rider of the Clave |
| skest | acid-creatures serving the lurker of the Sarangrave |
| soft ones | the jheherrin |
| soothreader | a seer |
| soothtell | ritual of prophecy practiced by the Clave |
| Soulbiter, the | a dangerous ocean of Giantish legend |
| Soulbiter's Teeth | reefs in Soulbiter |
| Soulcrusher | former Giantish name for Lord Foul |
| Spikes, the | guard-towers at the mouth of Bhrathairain harbor |
| Spray Frothsurge | a Giant; mother of the First of the Search |
| Staff of Law, the | a tool of power formed by Berek from the One Tree |
| Starfare's Gem | Giantship used by the Search |
| Starkin | one of the Elohim |
| Stell | one of the Haruchai; protector of Sunder |
| Stonedown | a village; formerly, a villaged based on stone-lore |
| Stonedownor | inhabitant of a Stonedown |
| Stonemight, the | a name for a fragment of the Illearth Stone |
| Stonemight Woodhelven | a village in the South Plains |
| Storesmaster | third-in-command aboard a Giantship |
| Sunbane, the | a power arising from the corruption of nature by Lord Foul |
| Sunbirth Sea | ocean east of the Land |
| Sunder | son of Nassic; Graveler of Mithil Stonedown |
| Sun-Sage | one who can affect the progress of the Sunbane |
| Sunstone | orcrest |
| sur-jheherrin | descendants of the jheherrin; inhabitants of Sarangrave Flat |
| Swarte | a Rider of the Clave |
| Swordmain/Swordmainnir | a Giant trained as a warrior |
| test of silence | interrogation technique used by the poeple of the Land |
| The Grieve | Coercri; former home of the Giants in Seareach |
| Thelma Twofist | character in a Giantish tale |
| The Majesty | throne room of the gaddhi; fourth level of the Sandhold |
| Third Ward | third unit of Kevin's hidden knowledge |
| Three Corners of Truth | basic formulation of beliefs promulgated by the Clave |
| thronehall, the | the Despiser's former seat in Foul's Creche |
| Tier of Riches, the | showroom of the gaddhi's wealth; third level of the Sandhold |
| Toril | Haruchai lost to the Clave |
| Treacher's Gorge | river-opening into Mount Thunder |
| treasure-berries | aliantha; a nourishing fruit |
| Trell | father of Lena; former Gravelingas of Mithil Stonedown |
| Triock | a former man of Mithil Stonedown who loved Lena |
| Trothgard | a region of the Land |
| turiya | a Raver; also known as Herem |
| tyrscull | a Giantish training vessel for apprentice sailors |
| Unbeliever, the | title given to Thomas Covenant |
| Unfettered, the | formerly, lore-students freed from conventional responsibilities |
| Unfettered One, the | founder of a line of men waiting to greet Thomas Covenant's return to the Land |
| Unhomed, the | the former Giants of Seareach |
| upland | plateau above Revelstone |
| Upper Land | region west of Landsdrop |
| ur-Lord | title given to Thomas Covenant |
| ur-viles | Demondim-spawn; evil creatures of power |
| ussusimiel | nourishing melon grown by the people of the Land |
| Vain | a product of ur-viles' breeding experiments |
| Vespers | former self-consecration ritual of the Lords |
| Victuallin Tayne | a region in the Center Plains |
| Viles | a race of beings which created the Demondim |
| vitrim | nourishing fluid created by Waynhim |
| voure | a plant-sap which wards off insects |
| Vow, the | Bloodguard oath of service to the Lords |
| vraith | a Waynhim |
| Warrenbridge | bridge leading to the catacombs under Mount Thunder |
| Wavedancer | Giantship commanded by Brow Gnarlfist |
| Waynhim | Demondim-spawn, but opponents of the ur-viles |
| Weird of the Waynhim, the | Waynhim concept of doom, destiny or duty |
| Westron Mountains | mountains bordering the Land |
| white gold | a metal of power not found in the Land |
| white gold wielder | title given to Thomas Covenant |
| White River, the | a river of the Land |
| Wightbarrow, the | cairn under which Drool Rockworm is buried |
| Wightwarren | catacombs; home of the Cavewights under Mount Thunder |
| wild magic | the power of white gold; considered the keystone of the Arch of Time |
| Windscour | region in the Center Plains |
| Windshorn Stonedown | a village in the South Plains |
| Woodenwold | region of trees surrounding the maidan of Elemesnedene |
| Woodhelven | a village; formerly, a village based on woodlore |
| Woodhelvennin | inhabitants of a Woodhelven |
| Worm of the World's End, the | mystic creature believed by the Elohim to have formed the foundation of the Earth |
| Wraiths of Andelain | creatures of living light which inhabit Andelain |
| Würd of the Earth, the | term used by the Elohim to suggest variously their own nature, the nature of the Earth, and their ethical compulsions; could be read as Word, Worm, or Weird |