Please
note the following:
1. Words
without a pronunciation guide can be found in an English dictionary, but their
definitions listed here are specific to Beholders.
2. A
separate definition can be found in the Glossary for all underlined words.
Pronunciation
Guide
\ā\ as a in ape
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\ər\ as er in person
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\th\ as th in thin
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\a\ as a in apple
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\ī\ as i in ice
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\ū\ as u in union
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\ä\ as o in hop
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\i\ as i in hit
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\uh\ as u in bug
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\ch\ as ch in chip
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\ō\ as o in go
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\ü\ as oo in loot
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\ē\ as ea in easy
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\qu\ as qu in quiet
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\ů\ as oo in foot
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\e\ as e in bet
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\sh\ as sh in shop
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\zh\ as si in vision
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Aely – (ā΄-lē) new friend of Kaylen
Shaw.
Allegna Ovann – (uh-leg΄-nuh |
ō΄-van) wife to Dhargon Ovann; mother of Shalán Marcs.
Appernysia – (a-pər-nē΄-zhuh)
the kingdom in which this story is set, established at the beginning of the First
Age.
Aron Marcs – (ä΄-ruhn | märks΄)
husband to Shalán Marcs and father of Lon and Mellai Marcs.
Beholder – a person with True
Sight who can manipulate the world’s energy.
Beholder’s Eye – the tattoo
surrounding the left eye of Beholders.
Bors Rayder – (bōrz΄ | rā΄-dər)
a Taejan who led the Phoenijan rebellion against the King and Beholders
at the end of the First Age; all Taejans who followed him took
the title of Rayder.
Braedr Pulchria – (brā΄-dər |
půl΄-krē-uh) son to Hans and Ine Pulchria; raised in Pree.
Bryst Grayson – (brist΄ |
grā΄-suhn) Rayder supply wagon overseer.
calahein – (ca΄-luh-hīn) ancient
enemy of Appernysia; exterminated from their home in Meridina
near the end of the First Age; composed of kelsh, seith,
and one queen.
Cavalier Crook – the
southwestern quadrant of Itorea that houses the city’s nobles.
Channer – (chan΄-ər) member of a
twelve-Rayder tactical squad; cousin to Keene.
Coel – (kōl΄) village
leatherworker in Pree.
coming of age – an important
transition from adolescence to adulthood in Pree, enabling a person to
participate in village councils, start their own trade, build their own home,
and marry and start a family; age fifteen for girls and age seventeen for boys.
Cortney Baum – (kōrt΄-nē | bäm΄)
young Rayder daughter of Gil and Flora Baum.
Dawes – (däz΄) Rayder
horse previously owned by Gil Baum.
Delancy Reed – (de-lan΄-sē |
rēd΄) village brewer in Pree; father to Sonela Reed.
Dhargon Ovann – (där΄-guhn |
ō΄-van) husband to Allegna Ovann; father of Shalán Marcs.
Dovan – (dō΄-ven) member of a twelve-Rayder
tactical squad.
Drake – (drāk΄) a member of Gil
Baum's Rayder squad.
Edis Ascennor – (ē΄-dis |
uh-se΄-nōr) deceased wife of Myron Ascennor.
Elja – (el΄-zhuh) member of a twelve-Rayder
tactical squad.
Elora – (ē-lōr΄-uh) village
alfalfa farmer in Pree; widow with four sons.
First Age – the time period
which began when Appernysia was first settled; ended after the Rayder
revolution and banishment to the Exile; reference Second Age.
Flagheim – (flag΄-hīm) fortress
city of the Rayders; located in the Exile about thirty miles
north of the Dialorine Range.
Flora Baum – (flōr΄-uh | bäm΄) Rayder
widow of Gil Baum; mother of Cortney Baum and two older sons.
Furwen Tree – (fər΄-wen) a
massive tree with wood as hard as stone, grows over six hundred feet tall;
located in the Perbeisea Forest.
Geila – (gā΄-luh) young
pureblood Rayder woman executed for fornication with Sévart; gave
birth to a child in the wilderness.
ghraef – (grāf΄) a large beast with
thick, hardened skin that is covered in fur and an armored tail with a unique
crystal on its tip; served as companions to Beholders, but disappeared
after the end of the First Age.
Gil Baum – (gil΄ | bäm΄) the
deceased Rayder husband to Flora Baum.
Hadon – (hā΄-duhn) village
farmer of wheat and oats in Pree, along with Landon.
Hans Pulchria – (hänz΄ |
půl΄-krē-uh) village blacksmith in Pree; husband of Ine Pulchria
and father of Braedr Pulchria.
Ine Pulchria – (īn΄ |
půl΄-krē-uh) mother of Braedr Pulchria and wife of Hans Pulchria,
the village blacksmith in Pree.
Itorea – (ī-tōr΄-ē-uh) the
capital of the Kingdom of Appernysia; also known as the Fortress Island
or City of the King.
Jaed – (jād΄) an ethereal being;
regulates the balance of the world’s energy; only visible by Beholders.
Jareth – (jer΄-eth) soldier in
the Appernysian army; friend of Kutad.
Justice – a Rayder
bridge.
Kaylen Shaw – (kā΄-len | shä΄)
girlfriend of Lon Marcs and daughter of Scut Shaw.
Keene – (kēn΄) member of a twelve-Rayder
tactical squad; cousin to Channer.
kelsh – (kelsh΄) the ground
troops of the calahein.
King’s Court – an entity
consisting of the seat of government and the royal household.
King Drogan – (drō΄-gen) current
King of Appernysia.
King’s Cross –branded into the
right temple of all Rayders; in the First Age, it was tattooed
into the right temple of the Phoenijan from the blue petals of the Lynth
Flower.
Kutad – (kü-täd΄) leader of the Appernysian
trading caravan.
Landon – (lan΄-duhn) village
farmer of wheat and oats in Pree, along with Hadon.
Lars – (lärz΄) member of a twelve-Rayder
tactical squad; oldest member of the squad.
Linney – (lin΄-ē) deceased
daughter of Kutad.
Llen – (len΄) a Jaed.
Lon Marcs – (län΄ | märks΄) twin
brother of Mellai Marcs and son of Aron and Shalán Marcs.
Lon Shaw – (län΄ | shä΄)
nickname used by Lon Marcs.
Lynth Flower – (linth΄) a rare
blue flower that grows only in Itorea; its petals were used to tattoo Beholders
and Phoenijan in the First Age; replicated as a silver pendant
that is given to honored soldiers in Appernysia.
Mellai Marcs – (mel-ī΄ | märks΄)
twin sister to Lon Marcs and daughter of Aron and Shalán Marcs;
also known as Mel.
Meridina – (mer-i-dē΄-nuh)
underground city of the calahein; destroyed near the end of the First
Age.
Myron Ascennor – (mī΄-ruhn |
uh-se΄-nōr) prior village delegate of Pree until his family was murdered
by Rayders and his youngest son, Tarek, disappeared; has wandered
Pree alone ever since.
Night Stalker – a tactical game
created by the Rayders to test their stealth and skill; one team of 5
men tries to capture a diamond from a separate team of fifteen men without
detection.
Nik – (nik΄) member of a twelve-Rayder
tactical squad.
Nybol – (nī΄-bōl) village sheep
and goat herder in Pree.
Old Trade Route – abandoned
trade road in Appernysia that runs from Humsco to Pree
before returning to Roseiri; reference Trade Route.
Omar Brickeden – (ō΄-mar |
bri΄-ke-den) respected Rayder scholar.
Perbeisea Forest –
(per-bā΄-zhuh) sacred woods located west of Itorea; made up of Furwen
Trees.
Phoenijan – (fēn΄-i-zhan) elite
guard of Appernysia in the First Age; composed completely of Taejans
and led by Beholder Lieutenants; after the Rayder revolt at the
end of the First Age, the role of the Phoenijan was dissolved.
Pree – (prē΄) a small village
located in the southwestern corner of the Western Valley in Appernysia,
5 miles east of the Tamadoras Mountains.
Preton – (pre΄-tuhn) member of a
twelve-Rayder tactical squad.
Ramsey – (ram΄-zē) village
farmer of vegetables and fruits in Pree, along with Wellesly;
father of Tirk.
Rayben Goldhawk – (rā΄-ben)
current Rayder Commander.
Rayder – (rā΄-dər) title
acquired when the Phoenijan followed Bors Rayder in a revolution
against their King and the Beholders at the end of the First Age.
Rayder Commander – leader of the
Rayders; functions similarly to the King of Appernysia.
Rayder Exile – the land north of
the Zaga Ravine and the Dialorine Range; where the Rayders
were banished to at the end of the First Age.
Réxura – (rex΄-ər-uh) a major
trade city located at the eastern tip of the Vidarien Mountains.
Riyen – (rī΄-yen) member of a twelve-Rayder
tactical squad.
Roseiri – (rōs-ēr΄-ē) a village
located twenty miles south of the Vidarien Mountains, along the West
River; home to Dhargon and Allegna Ovann.
Sátta – (sä΄-tuh) soldier in the
Appernysian army; friend to Aely.
Scut Shaw – (scüt΄ | shä΄)
village dairy farmer in Pree; father of Kaylen Shaw.
Second Age – the current time
period in the story, which has been in existence for one thousand two hundred
years.
seith – (sēth΄) flying calahein;
great bane of the ghraefs.
Sévart – (sā΄-värt) young
pureblood Rayder man executed for fornication with Geila.
Shalán Marcs – (shuh-län΄) wife
to Aron Marcs and mother of Lon and Mellai Marcs; village
healer in Pree.
Sonela Reed – (suh-ne΄-luh |
rēd΄) daughter of Delancy Reed.
Sylbie – (sil΄-bē) large city
that handles shipments from Réxura to Itorea; located at the
connecting fork of the Sylbien River and Prime River.
Taeja – (tā΄-zhuh) ruined city
in the Taejan Plains; home to the Taejans and Beholders in
the First Age.
Taejan – (tā΄-zhuhn) title of
the Rayders before their revolution at the end of the First Age;
from the Taejans came the Phoenijan and Beholders.
Taejan Plains – (tā΄-zhuhn) the
northwestern region of Appernysia between the Tamadoras Mountains
and the Nellis River.
Tarek Ascennor – (ter-ek |
uh-se΄-nōr) son of Myron Ascennor; went missing when the rest of his
family was murdered by Rayders.
Tarl – (tärl΄) member of a twelve -Rayder tactical squad.
Tayla – (tā΄-luh) deceased wife
of Kutad.
Thad – (thad΄) member of a twelve-Rayder
tactical squad.
Theiss Arbogast – (tīs΄ |
ar΄-bō-gast) young man who lives in the village of Roseiri.
Thorn – a conical watchtower
situated north of the Zaga Ravine
Three Peaks – solitary watchtower
mountain located in the Taejan Plains.
Tirk – (tərk΄) son of Ramsey,
one of the village farmers of vegetables and fruits in Pree.
Trade Route – trade road that
extends from Itorea to Pree, then circles around the Western
Valley of Appernysia; reference Old Trade Route.
Trev Rowley – (trev΄ | rō΄-lē)
current village delegate in Pree.
True Sight – the ability of a
man to see the world’s energy.
Vance Talbot – (vans΄ |
tal΄-buht) captain of the Rayder cavalry.
Wade Arneson – (wād΄ |
ar΄-ne-suhn) member of a twelve-Rayder tactical squad; Rayder
Lieutenant.
Warley Chatterton – (war΄-lē |
cha΄-ter-tuhn) Rayder Lieutenant over siege weapons.
Weeping Forest – a boggy forest
of weeping willow trees situated at the northern base of the Dialorine Range.
Wellesly – (wel΄-es-lē) village
farmer of vegetables and fruits in Pree, along with Ramsey.
Western Valley – the southwestern
region of Appernysia between the Tamadoras Mountains and the Pearl
River.
Zaga Ravine – (zä΄-guh) a deep gorge that extends
from the Tamadoras Mountains to the western tip of the Dialorine
Range; marks the northern edge of the Kingdom of Appernysia.
Zaxton – (zax΄-tuhn) Appernysian
scout at the Quint River.
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