The thousandfold thought, p.54
The Thousandfold Thought, page 54
Forbidden Road—A secret military road connecting the Scylvendi and Kianene frontiers of the Nansur Empire.
44 Epistles—The magnum opus of Ekyannus I, consisting of forty-four “letters” written to the God, including commentary and confession as well as philosophical inquiry and critique.
Fourth Analytic of Men, The—Also known as The Book of Maxims. One of the more famous works of Ajencis, containing several hundred not so very flattering “Observations of Men” and the corresponding maxim outlining the practical way to deal with each of the Men so observed.
Fourth Dialogue of the Movements of the Planets as They Pertain to Astrology, The—One of the famed “lost works” of Ajencis.
Fustaras (4061-4111)—An Orthodox agitator and proadjunct from the Selial Column.
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Gaenkelti (4068-4111)—The Exalt-Captain of the Palatial Eöthic Guard.
Gaenri—A fiefdom of Galeoth, located to the northwest near the Hethantas.
Gaeterius (2981-3045)—The Ceneian slave-scholar celebrated for his commentaries on The Chronicle of the Tusk collected under the title Contemplations on the Indentured Soul.
Gaethuni—A fiefdom of Ce Tydonn, located on the southwestern coasts.
Gaidekki, Shressa (4062- )—The Palatine of the Conriyan district of Anplei.
Gâl, Plains of—A great expanse of grasslands to the north of the Cerish Sea.
Galeoth—A Norsirai nation of the Three Seas. Following the Apocalypse, countless thousands of Meöri refugees settled the environs north of Lake Huösi. Though nominally tributary to the Ceneian Empire, surviving records indicate that the “Galoti,” as the Ceneians called them, were a fractious and warlike people. At some point in the thirty-fifth century, sedentary kingdoms began to displace the pastoral tribes along the Vindauga and Sculpa rivers. Galeoth proper did not arise until c. 3683, when King Norwain I reputedly concluded twenty years of campaigning and conquest by having his captive foes butchered en masse in the reception hall of Moraör, the great palace complex of the Galeoth Kings.
Galeoth Wars—The wars fought between Galeoth and the Nansur Empire, first in 4103-4, then again in 4106. In each case the Galeoth, under the generalship of Coithus Saubon, enjoyed early successes, only to be subsequently defeated in more decisive engagements, the last of which was the Battle of Procorus, where Ikurei Conphas commanded the Imperial Army.
Galgota, Nisht (4062- )—The Palatine of the Ainoni palatinate of Eshganax.
Gallish—The language of Galeoth, derived from Old Meoric.
Ganbrota, Murworg (4064- )—The Earl of the Thunyeri fiefdom of Ingraul.
gandoki—“shadows” (Gallish) A traditional Galeoth sport where two men, their wrists bound to either end of two poles, attempt to knock each other off their footing.
Ganrelka II, Anasûrimbor (2104-47)—The successor of Celmomas II and the last reigning High King of Kûniüri.
Ganrikka, Warthût (4070- )—A client thane of Gothyelk.
Ganyatti, Amurrei (4064- )—The Conriyan Palatine of the district of Ankirioth.
Gaörtha—The true name of the second skin-spy to pose as Cutias Sarcellus.
Garsahadutha, Ram-Sassor (4076-4111)—A Tributary Prince of Sansor, leader of the Sansori in the Ainoni contingent of the Holy War, slain at the Battle of Anwurat.
Gate of Horns—One of Caraskand’s main gates.
Gate of Pelts—One of Sumna’s famed Nine Great Gates, opening onto the Karian Way.
Gaumum, House—A Nansur House of the Congregate, with holdings scattered across the western Kyranae Plain.
Gayamakri, Sattushal (4070- )—One of the Nascenti, formerly an Ainoni baron.
Gedea—A governorate of Kian and former province of the Nansur Empire. Located between Shigek and the Anaras Spur, Gedea is a semi-arid land with interior plateaus and semi-mountainous coasts. Historically, Gedea is primarily known as the battleground between ancient Shigek and Kyraneas.
Gekas—A palatinate of High Ainon, located on the upper River Sayut.
Gerotha—The administrative and commercial capital of Xerash.
Geshrunni (4069-4110)—A Shield-Captain of the Javreh, slain in Carythusal.
Gesindal—A fiefdom of Galeoth located to the immediate northwest of Oswenta. A disproportionate number of Gesindalmen belong to the so-called Tattoo Cult of Gilgaöl—a subsect common among the Galeoth and Cepalorans—believing that skin tattooed with the sacred signs of War is immune to injury.
Ghoset—An ancient Wracu spawned during the Cûno-Inchoroi Wars.
Gielgath—An important Nansur city located on the Meneanor coast.
Gierra—The God of carnal passion. One of the so-called Compensatory Gods, who reward devotion in life with paradise in the afterlife, Gierra is very popular throughout the Three Seas, particularly among aging men drawn to the “aphrodisica,” Cultic nostrums reputed to enhance virility. In the Higarata, the collection of subsidiary writings that form the scriptural core of the Cults, Gierra is rarely depicted with any consistency, and is often cast as a malign temptress, luring men to the luxury of her couch, often with fatal consequences.
Gilcûnya—The tongue of the Nonmen Quya and the Gnostic Schools, thought to be a debased version of Auja-Gilcûnni, the so-called “ground” (or first) tongue of the Cûnuroi.
Gilgallic Gate—An immense gate located at the westernmost point of Momemn’s walls.
Gilgaöl—The God of war and conflict. One of the so-called Compensatory Gods, who reward devotion in life with paradise in the afterlife, Gilgaöl is perhaps the most popular of the Hundred Gods. In the Higarata, the collection of subsidiary writings that form the scriptural core of the Cults, Gilgaöl is depicted as harsh and sceptical of Men, continually demanding proof of worth from those who would follow him. Though subordinate to the Thousand Temples, the Gilgallic Cult boasts nearly as many priests, and perhaps receives more in the way of sacrificial donations.
Ginsil (2115-c. 2147)—The wife of General En-Kaujalau in The Sagas, who pretended to be her husband to fool the assassins coming to kill him.
Girgalla (1798-1841)—An ancient Kûniüric poet famed for his Epic of Sauglish.
Girgash—A nation of the Three Seas, located on the mountainous northern frontier of Nilnamesh, and the only Fanim nation aside from Kian.
Girgashi—The language of Fanic-Girgash, a derivative of Sapmatari.
Girgilioth—A ruined city on the south bank of the River Sempis, which was once the capital of Kyranean-occupied Shigek but was destroyed following Kyraneas’s demise in the Apocalypse.
gishrut—A traditional Scylvendi drink made from fermented mare’s milk.
Gnosis—The branch of sorcery once practised by the Gnostic Schools of the Ancient North but now known only to the Schools of Mandate and Mangaecca. Unlike Anagogic sorcery, Gnostic sorcery is leveraged through the use of the Abstractions, which is why Gnostic sorcerers are often referred to as Philosopher Magi. The Gnosis was first developed by the Nonmen Quya, who imparted it to the early Norsirai Anagogic sorcerers during the Nonman Tutelage, 555-825.
Several Gnostic Cants are: the Bar of Heaven, the Bisecting Planes of Mirseor, the Cirroi Loom, the Ellipses of Thosolankis, the Odaini Concussion Cant, the Seventh Quyan Theorem, and the Weära Comb.
See sorcery.
Gnostic Schools—Those Schools that practise the Gnosis. Only two such Schools, the Mangaecca and the Mandate, survive, though prior to the Apocalypse some dozen or so Gnostic Schools were in existence, the Sohonc foremost among them.
Goat’s Heart, The—The famed book of fables by Protathis.
God, the—In Inrithi tradition, the unitary, omniscient, omnipotent, and immanent being responsible for existence, of which Gods (and in some strains Men) are but “aspects.” In the Kiünnat tradition, the God is more an abstract placeholder than anything else. In the Fanim tradition, the God is the unitary, omniscient, omnipotent, and transcendent being responsible for existence (thus the “Solitary God”), against which the Gods war for the hearts of men.
Gods, the—Supernatural inhabitants of the Outside possessing human characteristics and figuring as objects of ritual and worship. See Hundred Gods.
Goken the Red (4058- )—The notorious pirate and Thunyeri Earl of Cern Auglai.
Golgotterath—The nigh impregnable stronghold of the Consult, located to the north of Neleöst Sea in the shadow of the Yimaleti Mountains. Called Min-Uroikas by the Nonmen during the Cûno-Inchoroi Wars, Golgotterath did not become significant to human history until its occupation by the Mangaecca School in 777, who excavated the Incû-Holoinas and raised vast fortifications about it. See Apocalypse.
Gonrain, Hoga (4088- )—The second-eldest son of Earl Gothyelk.
gopa—A red-throated gull common to the southern Three Seas, and notoriously ill-mannered.
Gotagga (c. 687-735)—Great Umeri sorcerer credited with the birth of philosophy apart from what had been purely theological speculation. According to Ajencis, Men explained the world with characters and stories before Gotagga and with principles and observations after.
Gotheras, Hoga (4081- )—The eldest son of Earl Gothyelk.
Gothyelk, Hoga (4052- )—The Earl of Agansanor, and leader of the Tydonni contingent of the Holy War.
Gotian, Incheiri (4065- )—The Grandmaster of the Shrial Knights and Maithanet’s representative in the Holy War.
Grandmaster—The title bestowed upon the administrative rulers of the Schools.
Great Desert—See Carathay Desert.
Great Factions—The general term used to refer to the most powerful military and political institutions of the Three Seas.
Great Kayarsus—The vast system of mountain ranges that forms the eastern frontier of Eärwa.
Great Library of Sauglish—The archive founded by Carû-Ongonean, the third Umeri God-King, c. 560, and transformed by Nincaerû-Telesser II (574-668) into the cultural heart of the Ancient North. At the time of its destruction in 2147, it was rumoured to be as large as some small cities.
Great Names—The epithet for the ranking caste-nobles leading the various contingents of the First Holy War.
Great Ocean—The ocean to the west of Eärwa, largely uncharted beyond the coastline, though some claim the Zeümi have mapped its extent.
Great Pestilence—Also known as the Indigo Plague. The devastating pandemic that swept Eärwa following the death of the No-God in 2157.
Great Ruiner—A folkloric name of the No-God among the surviving tribes of Men in the Ancient North.
Great Salt—A particularly harsh region of the Carathay Desert bordering traditional Chianadyni.
Great Ziggurat of Xijoser—The largest of the Shigeki Ziggurats, raised by the Old Dynasty God-King Xijoser c. 670.
Griasa (4049-4111)—A slave belonging to House Gaunum, and a friend of Serwë’s.
Gunsae—A long-abandoned Ceneian fortress located on the Gedean coast.
Gurnyau, Hoga (4091-4111)—The youngest son of Earl Gothyelk, slain in Caraskand.
H
haeturi—The Nansur name for the bodyguards assigned to high-ranking officers in the Imperial Army.
Hagarond, Raeharth (4059-4111)—The Galeoth Earl of Usgald, slain at Mengedda.
Hagerna—The vast temple complex located in Sumna, housing the Junriüma, the many Colleges, and the administrative machinery of the Thousand Temples.
Hamishaza (3711-83)—A renowned Ainoni dramatist, remembered for his Tempiras the King and his jnanic wit, which was rumoured to be unparalleled.
Ham-Kheremic—The lost language of ancient Shir.
Hamoric—The language group of the ancient Ketyai pastoralists of the eastern Three Seas.
“[the] hand of Triamis, the heart of Sejenus, and the intellect of Ajencis”—The famous saying attributed to the poet Protathis, referring to the qualities all men should strive for.
Hansa—A slave-girl belonging to Cutias Sarcellus.
Hapetine Gardens—One of many architectural idylls on the Andiamine Heights.
Hasjinnet ab Skauras (4067-4103)—The eldest son of Skauras ab Nalajan, slain by Cnaiür urs Skiötha at the Battle of Zirkirta in 4103.
Hatatian (3174-3211)—The infamous author of the Exhortations, a work that eschews traditional Inrithi values and espouses an ethos of unprincipled self-promotion. Though long censured by the Thousand Temples, Hatatian remains popular among the caste-nobility of the Three Seas.
Haurut urs Mab (4000-4082)—An Utemot memorialist when Cnaiür was a child.
Heights of the Bull—One of the nine heights of Caraskand.
hemoplexy—A common disease of war characterized by intense fevers, vomiting, skin irritation, severe diarrhea, and, in the most extreme cases, coma and death. Also known as “the hollows” or “the hemoplectic hand.”
Heörsa, Dun (4078- )—A Shield-Captain of the Hundred Pillars, formerly a Galeoth thane.
Heresiarch—The title of the leader of the Cishaurim.
Heron Spear—A powerful artifact of the Inchoroi Tekne, so named because of its unique shape. The Heron Spear first appears in the Isûphiryas as Suörgil (Ihrimsû, “Shining Death”), the great “spear of light” taken by Cu’jara Cinmoi from the corpse of Sil, the Inchoroi King, at the battle of Pir Pahal. For millennia the Heron Spear lay in the possession of the Nonmen of Ishoriol, until it was stolen by Cet’ingira (see Mekertrig) and delivered to Golgotterath c. 750. Then in 2140 it was stolen again by Seswatha (see Apocalypse), who believed it to be the only weapon capable of destroying the No-God. For a brief time it was thought destroyed at the catastrophic Battle of Eleneöt Fields, but it reappeared in 2154 in the possession of Anaxophus V, High King of Kyraneas, who used it to slay the No-God at the Battle of Mengedda. For centuries it resided in Cenei, a treasured possession of the Aspect-Emperors, only to be lost once again when the Scylvendi sacked Cenei in 3351. Its whereabouts are presently unknown.
Hethanta Mountains—A large mountain range located in central Eärwa.
Hifanat ab Tunukri (4084-4111)—A Cishaurim sorcerer-priest and servant of Anasûrimbor Moënghus, slain at Caraskand.
High Ainon—A Ketyai nation of the eastern Three Seas, and the only nation to be ruled by one of the Schools, the Scarlet Spires. Founded in 3372 after Sarothesser I defeated General Maurelta at the Battle of Charajat, High Ainon has long been one of the most populous and powerful nations of the Three Seas. The agricultural production of the Secharib Plains combined with that of the Sayut Delta and River Valley supports both an extensive caste-nobility (noted for their wealth and their obsession with jnan) and an aggressive mercantilism. Ainoni ships can be found berthed in every port in the Three Seas. During the Scholastic Wars (3796-3818), the School of the Scarlet Spires, which is based in the capital, Carythusal, managed to destroy the army of King Horziah III and assumed indirect control of the nation’s primary institutions. The nominal head of state, the King-Regent, answers directly to the Grandmaster.
High Kunna—The debased version of Gilcûnya used by the Anagogic Schools of the Three Seas.
High Sakarpean—The language of ancient Sakarpus, a derivative of ancient Skettic.
High Sheyic—The language of the Ceneian Empire, a derivative of ancient Kyranean.
High Vurumandic—The language of the Nilnameshi ruling castes, a derivative of Vaparsi.
