A Listing of Persons, Places, Things, and Gods
Aäno: maid at Edonomee; daughter of Kevo
Adremaza: the master of the Athmaz’are
Aisava, Csevet: a courier; Later Edrehasivar VII’s secretary
Aizheveth: Witness for the Wisdom of Choharo; scholar of the second rank
Akhalarna: a god
Alcethmeret: the emperor’s residence within the Untheileneise Court
Alchenada: a noble house
Alchenin: a noblewoman
Amalo: a city in Thu-Athamar
Anmura: god of the sun and god of war
Anmur’theileian: a fortress built by the elves in the Evressai Steppes; called Memory of Death and Carrion-Bones by the Nazhmorhathveras
Anvernel: a country across the Chadevan Sea
Ashedro: a city in Thu-Athamar; seat of a university
Ashevezhko: the Barizheise goddess of the sea
Athmaz’are: the institution of the mazei of the Ethuveraz
Athamara: a river of the Ethuveraz; meets the Istandaärtha at Cairado
Atterezh, Clemis: the emperor’s Master of Wardrobe
Aveio: a town in Thu-Evresar
Avris: one of the emperor’s edocharei
Bakhoree: a manor belonging to the Drazhada in Thu-Cethor
Barizhan: the Ethuveraz’s southern neighbor; the land of goblins
Barizhin: the languague of Barizhan
Bazhavada: a noble house
Bazhevar, Dalera: nephew of the Count Bazhevel
Bazhevel: a count of Thu-Tetar; father of Stano Bazhevin
Bazhevin, Stano: fiancée of Ciris Drazhar; daughter of the Count Bazhevel
Belmaliven IV (dec.): Belmaliven Zhas, the 123rd Emperor of the Elflands; brother of Belmaliven V; father of Belvesena XI and Belmaliven VI
Belmaliven V (dec.): Belmaliven Zhas, the 124th Emperor of the Elflands; brother of Belmaliven IV
Belmaliven VI (dec.): Belmaliven Zhas, the 126th Emperor of the Elflands; son of Belmaliven IV; brother of Belvesena XI
Beltanthiar III (dec.): Beltanthiar Zhas, the 113th Emperor of the Elflands; defended by Hanevis Athmaza from Orava the Usurper
Beltanthiar V (dec.): Beltanthiar Zhas, the 121st Emperor of the Elflands; a child emperor who did not live to see adulthood
Belthelema IX (dec.): Belthelema Zhas, the 88th Emperor of the Elflands; husband of Valestho Drazharan
Belu: a soldier of the Hezhethora
Belvesena XI (dec.): Belvesena Zhas, the 125th Emperor of the Elflands; son of Belmaliven IV; brother of Belmaliven VI
Berenada: a noble house
Berenar, Eiru: the Witness for the Treasury; later Lord Chancellor; husband of Anzhevo Berenaran
Berenaran, Anzhevo: wife of Eiru Berenar
Benevolence of Marigolds: a Barizheise steamship
Beshelar, Deret: First Nohecharis to Edrehasivar VII
Bralchenar, Evrenis: an airship worker; a follower of Curnar
Bromada: a noble house
Bromar: the Witness for Foreigners
Bucarezh: a comic novelist
Cairado: a city in Thu-Athamar
Cala Athmaza: First Nohecharis to Edrehasivar VII
Calestho: a town in Thu-Evresar
Cambeshada: a noble house
Cambeshin, Dinan: a playmate of Ino Drazhin
Carcethlened, Amu: a Barizheise poet
Celehada: a noble house
Celehar, Thara: a Witness for the Dead; kinsman to Csoru Drazharan
Celehel: a count of Thu-Cethor; father of Csoru Drazharan
Celvaz: a country bordering the Ethuveraz
Ceredada: a noble house
Ceredel: a marquess of Thu-Cethor
Ceredin, Csethiro: great-niece of Arbelan Drazharan; daughter of the Marquess Ceredel
Cetho: the city surrounding the Untheleneise Court
Cethora: a river of the Ethuveraz; meets the Istandaärtha at Zhaö
Cetho Workers League: an organization of the working class people of Cetho
Ceth’ulimeire: the ulimeire of Cetho
Cethoree: a manor belonging to the Drazhada; Arbelan Drazharan was relegated here by Varenechibel IV
Chadevan Sea: the ocean of Barizhan’s southern coast
Chavada: a noble house
Chavar, Nurevis: son of Uleris Chavar
Chavar, Uleris: Lord Chancellor of the Ethuveraz
Chavel: a viscount of Thu-Athamar; brother of Uleris Chavar
Chevarimai: a god whose cult was suppressed
Choharo: a city in Thu-Istandaär
Cloud Horses, the: a bar in Amalo
Clunethada: the principal house of Thu-Athamar
Clunethar, Orchenis: Prince of Thu-Athamar; husband of Uleviän Clunetharan
Clunetharan, Ebreneän (dec.): sister of Varenechibel IV
Clunetharan, Uleviän: daughter of the Duke Tethimel; wife of Orchenis Clunethar, Prince of Thu-Athamar
Convent of the Lighthouse-Keepers: a convent for votaries of Ashevezhkho in Urvekh’
Corat’ Arhos: Cruelty of Water; the sea serpent
Corat’ Dav Arhos: the palace of the Great Avar of Barizhan
Corazhas: advisers to the emperor; the Corazhas is composed of seven Witnesses: the Witness for the Judiciate, the Witness for the Prelacy, the Witness for the Universities, the Witness for the Treasury, the Witness for the Athmaz’are, the Witness for Foreigners, and the Witness for Parliament
Csaivo: goddess of rivers, water, birth, and healing
Csedo: a town in Thu-Istandaär
Csovar, Tanet: the Witness for the Emperor
Cstheio Caireizhasan: goddess of the stars, of wisdom, and of magic
Curnar (dec.): a philosopher; executed in the reign of Varevesena
Dachen Mura: the Greater Jewels of the emperor
Daiano: a town in Thu-Cethor, north of Ezho; noted for its mineral springs
Dalar, Evru (dec.): husband of Oseian Dalaran; lover of Thara Celehar
Dalaran, Oseian (dec.): wife of Evru Dalar
Danivada: a noble house
Danivaran, Aro: a noblewoman
Danivin, Thiriän: Aro Danivaran’s daughter
Dazhis Athmaza: Second Nohecharis to Edrehasivar VII
Deshehar: the Witness for the Parliament
Dorashada: a noble house of Thu-Cethor
Drazhada: the ruling house of the Ethuveraz
Drazhar, Cora: page boy in Csoru Drazharan’s household; Maia Drazhar’s third cousin
Drazhar, Ciris (dec.): second son of Varenechibel IV and Pazhiro Drazharan (third son of the emperor); fiancé of Stano Bazhevin; killed in the crash of the Wisdom of Choharo
Drazhar, Ermezhis (dec.): an archduke of the Drazhada; an invalid
Drazhar, Idra: Prince of the Untheileneise Court; son of Nemolis Drazhar and Sheveän Drazharan; brother of Ino Drazhar and Mireän Drazhar
Drazhar, Maia: only child of Chenelo Drazharan and Varenechibel IV (fourth son of the emperor); relegated by his father first to Isvaroë (with Chenelo Drazharan) and then to Edonomee (with Setheris Nelar); see also Edrehasivar VII
Drazhar, Nazhira (dec.): elder son of Varenechibel IV and Pazhiro Drazharan (second son of the emperor); killed in the crash of the Wisdom of Choharo
Drazhar, Nemera (dec.): see Varenechibel IV
Drazhar, Nemolis (dec.): Prince of the Untheileneise Court; son of Varenechibel IV and Leshan Drazharan; husband of Sheveän Drazharan; father of Idra Drazhar, Mireän Drazhar, Ino Drazhar; killed in the crash of the Wisdom of Choharo
Drazharan, Arbelan: first wife of Varenechibel IV; put aside for barrenness and relegated to Cethoree
Drazharan, Chenelo (dec.): second legitimate daughter of Maru Sevraseched, the Great Avar of Barizhan; fourth wife of Varenechibel IV; mother of Maia Drazhar; relegated to Isvaroë by Varenechibel IV, where she died
Drazharan, Corivero (dec.): an empress; an opera, The Dream of the Empress Corivero, was written about her
Drazharan, Csoru: fifth wife of Varenechibel IV; kinswoman to Thara Celehar
Drazharan, Leshan (dec.): second wife of Varenechibel IV; mother of Nemolis Drazhar and Nemriän Imaran
Drazharan, Parmeno (dec.): an empress
Drazharan, Pazhiro (dec.): third wife of Varenechibel IV; mother of Nazhira Drazhar, Ciris Drazhar, and Vedero Drazhin; died in childbirth
Drazharan, Valestho: the empress of Belthelema IX
Drazharan, Sheveän: Princess of the Untheileneise Court; wife of Nemolis Drazhar; mother of Idra Drazhar, Mireän Drazhin, and Ino Drazhin
Drazhin, Ino: younger daughter of Nemolis Drazhar and Sheveän Drazharan; sister of Idra Drazhar and Mireän Drazhar
Drazhin, Mireän: elder daughter of Nemolis Drazhar and Sheveän Drazharan; sister of Idra Drazhar and Ino Drazhar
Drazhin, Vedero: daughter of Varenechibel IV and Pazhiro Drazharan
Duchenada: a noble house
Duchenel: a count of Thu-Cethor
Duchenin, Loran: second daughter of the Count Duchenel; niece of Uleris Chavar
Ebremis: master chef of the Alcethmeret
Echana: a lieutenant of the Untheileneise Guard
Edonara: the marshes of western Thu-Evresar
Edonomee: a manor belonging to the Drazhada; Maia Drazhar and Setheris Nelar were relegated here by Varenechibel IV
Edrehasivar VI (dec.): Edrehasivar Zhas, the 182nd Emperor of the Elflands
Edrehasivar VII: Edrehasivar Zhas, the 209th Emperor of the Elflands; see also Maia Drazhar
Edretanthiar III (dec.): Edretanthiar Zhas, the 172nd Emperor of the Elflands
Edrethelema III (dec.): Edrethelema Zhas, the 185th Emperor of the Elflands; the architect of the current Untheileneise Court
Edrethelema IV (dec.): Edrethelema Zhas, the 186th Emperor of the Elflands; son of Edrethelema III; builder of the Untheileneise Court
Edrethelema V (dec.): Edrethelema Zhas, the 187th Emperor of the Elflands; son of Edrethelema IV; builder of the Untheileneise Court; had Lisethu Pevennin put to death
Edrethelema VI (dec.): Edrethelema Zhas, the 188th Emperor of the Elflands; son of Edrethelema V; builder of the Untheileneise Court
Edrethelema VIII (dec.): Edrethelema Zhas, the 192nd Emperor of the Elflands; a child emperor who did not live to see adulthood
Edrevechelar XIV (dec.): Edrevechelar Zhas, the 201st Emperor of the Elflands; great-great-great-great-great-granduncle of Maia Drazhar
Edrevechelar XVI (dec.): Edrevechelar Zhas, the 203rd Emperor of the Elflands; father of Varenechibel I
Edrevenivar (dec.): Edrevenivar Zhas, the 157th Emperor of the Elflands; known as Edrevenivar the Conqueror; united the eastern and western Ethuveraz
Erimada: a noble house
Esaran, Echelo: steward of the Alcethmeret
Esha: one of the emperor’s edocharei
Eshoravee: a manor belonging to the Tethimada
Esret: a Barizheise page boy in the service of Vorzhis Gormened
Estelveriär: a country bordering the Ethuveraz
Esthoramire: the prison of the Untheileneise Court
Ethuveraz: the Elflands
Ethuverazhid Mura: the crown of the Elflands
Ethuverazhid Zhas: the Emperor of the Elflands
Ethuverazhin: the language of the Elflands
Evresartha: a river of the Ethuveraz; meets the Istandaärtha at Ezho
Evressai Steppes: home of the Nazhmorhathveras
Ezho: a city in Thu-Cethor; founded in the gold rush of Varenechibel III’s reign
Glorious Dragon: the ship of Shaleän Sevraseched
Gormened, Nadaro: wife of Vorzhis Gormened; cousin of Chenelo Drazharan
Gormened, Vorzhis: Barizheise ambassador to the Untheileneise Court; husband of Nadaro Gormened
Habrobar: a maker of signets
Halezh: a master of the Clocksmiths’ Guild
Halezho, Avro: a member of the Clocksmiths’ Guild; sister of Nedaö Vechin
Hanevis Athmaza (dec.): nohecharis of Beltanthiar III
Haru: servant at Edonomee
Hezhethora: the traditional guards of the Great Avar of Barizhan
Honor of Csedo: an airship
Ilinveriär: a country bordering the Ethuveraz
Imada: a noble house
Imaran, Nemriän: daughter of Varenechibel IV and Leshan Drazharan; wife of the Marquess Imel
Imel: a marquess of Thu-Athamar; husband of Nemriän Imaran
Inver: a soldier of the Hezhethora
Isheian: servant in the Alcethmeret
Ishilar: a corporal of the Untheileneise Guard
Istandaärtha: the principal river of the Ethuveraz
Isthanada: a minor house
Isthanar: the Witness for the Universities
Isvaroë: a manor belonging to the Drazhada; Chenelo Drazharan and Maia Drazhar were relegated here by Varenechibel IV
Kevo: cook at Edonomee; mother of Aäno
Khel-Avezher: self-styled king of the Chadevan pirates
Khever: a groom in the Untheileneise Court
Kiru Athmaza: Second Nohecharo of Edrehasivar VII; replacement for Dazhis Athmaza; a cleric of Csaivo
Lanthevada: a noble house
Lanthevel: a marquess of Thu-Athamar; Presider of the House of Blood; uncle of Iviro Lanthevin
Lanthevin, Iviro: niece of the Marquess Lanthevel
Leilis Athmaza: tutor of Idra Drazhar
Lohaiso: a city of Thu-Evresar
Loyalty of Lohaiso: an airship
Mazan’theileian: the hall of the Athmaz’are in the Untheileneise Court
Michen Mura: the Lesser Jewels of the emperor
Michen’theileian: the emperor’s audience hall
Mich’othasmeire: the Temple of All Gods in the Untheileneise’meire
Narchanezhen, Atho: an airship worker; a follower of Curnar
Nazhmorhathveras: the People of the Night Sky, the inhabitants of the Evressai Steppes; at war with the Ethuveraz
Nazhcreis Dein: a witch of the Nazhmorhathveras; albino
Nelada: a minor house
Nelar, Setheris: relegated to Edonomee with Maia Drazhar by Varenechibel IV
Nelaran, Hesero: wife of Setheris Nelar
Nelozho: a town in Thu-Cethor
Nemer: one of the emperor’s edocharei
Neraiis: a servant in the household of Csoru Drazharan
Nethen Ford: a ford of the Tetara
Nethenada: a noble house
Nethenel, Pazhis: a count of Thu-Tetar
Nevennamire: the prison beneath the Untheileneise Court
Olchevada: a noble house
Omdar: a comic novelist
Orava: known as the Usurper; the only magic-user ever to attempt the throne of the Ethuveraz
Orimada: a noble house
Orimar: the Courier General
Ormevada: a noble house
Orshan: goddess of crops and farmers
Orthema, Verer: Captain of the Untheileneise Guard; husband of Reneian Orthemo
Orthemo, Reneian: wife of Captain Verer Orthema
Orseva: a senior canon of the Untheileneise’meire
Oshet: a Barizheise gardener in the Alcethmeret
Osreian: goddess of the earth, of earthquakes and disaster, of artists and makers
Ozhis: a novice of the Athmaz’are
Parliament: the Parliament of the Ethuveraz comprises two houses, the House of Blood and the House of Commons
Pashavada: a noble house
Pashavar: the Witness for the Judiciate; husband of Ailano Pashavaran
Pashavar, Corvis: a young nobleman
Pashavaran, Ailano: wife of Lord Pashavar
Pashavel: a duke of Thu-Cethor
Pelar: Witness for the Wisdom of Choharo; scholar of the second rank
Pelchara: servant at Edonomee
Perenched, Ursu: natural daughter of Maru Sevraseched; a sea captain’s wife
Pevennada: an extinct noble house
Pevennin, Lisethu (dec.): a lady of the last house to lead a rebellion against the Drazhada
Polchina, Evet: a master of the Clocksmiths’ Guild
Porcharn: a country bordering the Ethuveraz
Puzhvarno: a city in Thu-Athamar, near Eshoravee
Radiance of Cairado: an airship
Reshema: a courier
Rohethada: a noble house
Rohethar, Idra: father of Sheveän Drazharan
Rohetharan, Zharo: mother of Sheveän Drazharan
Rosharis: the head groom of the Untheileneise Court
Salezheio: goddess of wind, winter, couriers, and storytellers
Sehalis Athmaza: Adremaza of the Athmaz’are
Selthevis: the secretary of Maru Sevraseched
Sevesar: Witness for the Wisdom of Choharo; scholar of the second rank
Sevezho: a town in Thu-Istandaär
Sevraseched, Holitho: a natural daughter of Maru Sevraseched; a votary in Urvekh’
Sevraseched, Maru: the Great Avar of Barizhan; father of Shaleän Sevraseched, Thever Sevraseched, Ursu Perenched, Holitho Sevraseched, Chenelo Drazharan, and Nadeian Vizhenka
Sevraseched, Shaleän: a natural daughter of Maru Sevraseched; a sea captain; her ship is the Glorious Dragon and her home port Solunee-over-the-Water, where she has a wife
Sevraseched, Thever: elder legitimate daughter of Maru Sevraseched
Shulihada: a noble house
Shulivar, Aina: an airship worker; a follower of Curnar
Solichel: a count of Thu-Tetar
Solunee-over-the-Water: a port across the Chadevan Sea
Sonevet Athmaza: the Witness for the Athmaz’are
Sorchev Zhas (dec.): a ruler of Csedo before the unification of the Ethuveraz
Stone Tree, the: a teahouse in Amalo
Strength of Rosiro: an airship
Talar: a Drazhadeise armsman
Tativada: a noble house
Tativin, Aizheän: a friend of Vedero Drazhin
Teia: a Barizheise page boy in the service of Vorzhis Gormened
Telimezh: Second Nohecharis to Edrehasivar VII
Tetara: a river of the Ethuveraz; meets the Istandaärtha near the border with Barizhan
Tethimada: a ducal house of Thu-Athamar
Tethimar, Eshevis: son of the Duke Tethimel
Tethimar, Teru: the Archprelate of Cetho
Tethimel: a duke of Thu-Athamar; one of the wealthiest landowners of the Ethuveraz
Tethimin, Paru: daughter of the Duke Tethimel
Thorchelezhen: a junior canon of the Untheileneise’meire
Thu-Athamar: a principality of the Ethuveraz
Thu-Cethor: a principality of the Ethuveraz
Thu-Evresar: a principality of the Ethuveraz
Thu-Istandaär: a principality of the Ethuveraz
Thu-Tetar: a principality of the Ethuveraz
Ubezhada: a noble house
Ubezhar, Odris: a friend of Eshevis Tethimar
Ubezharan, Hesero: wife of Odris Ubezhar
Ulis: the god of death and the moon
Ulzhavada: a noble house
Ulzhavel (dec.): a viscount of Thu-Cethor; committed suicide after being banished by Varenechibel IV
Untheileian: the hall of the Ethuverazhid Zhas, the emperor; the center of the Untheileneise Court
Untheileneise Court: the palace of the Emperors of the Ethuveraz; also houses the Judiciate, the Parliament, the Corazhas, the Mazan’theileian of the Athmaz’are, and the Archprelacy of Cetho
Untheileneise Guard: the guards of the Untheileneise Court; mostly, but not entirely, ceremonial
Untheileneise’meire: the othasmeire of the Untheileneise Court
Upazhera: a tributary of the Cethora
Urvekh’: a town in Barizhan, on the coast
Usharsu Athmaza (dec.): Adremaza of the Athmaz’are in the reign of Edretanthiar III
Ushenar: a doctor in the Untheileneise Court
Uvezho: a town in Thu-Cethor
Valno: a town in Thu-Evresar; where Akhalarana fell to earth
Varenechibel I (dec.): Varenechibel Zhas, the 204th Emperor of the Elflands; son of Edrevechelar XVI
Varenechibel II (dec.): Varenechibel Zhas, the 205th Emperor of the Elflands; son of Varenechibel I
Varenechibel III (dec.): Varenechibel Zhas, the 206th Emperor of the Elflands; son of Varenechibel II
Varenechibel IV (dec.): Varenechibel Zhas, the 208th Emperor of the Elflands; son of Varevesena; husband, in sequence, of Arbelan Drazharan, Leshan Drazharan, Pazhiro Drazharan, Chenelo Drazharan, Csoru Drazharan; father of Nemolis Drazhar, Nemriän Imaran, Nazhira Drazhar, Ciris Drazhar, Vedero Drazhin, Maia Drazhar; killed in the crash of the Wisdom of Choharo
Varevesena (dec.): Varevesena Zhas, the 207th Emperor of the Elflands; son of Varenechibel III; father of Varenechibel IV, Ebreneän Clunetharan
Vechin, Nedaö: an operatic soprano from Zhaö
Velvet: a horse
Veremnet: a game preserve in Thu-Cethor
Versheleen: islands in the Chadevan Sea
Verven’theileian: the Hall of Consultation, the meeting room of the Corazhas
Veschada: a noble house of Thu-Athamar
Veschar, Ciret: a friend of Eshevis Tethimar
Virenada: a noble house
Vizhenka: a captain of the Hezhethora; husband of Nadeian Vizhenka
Vizhenka, Nadeian: daughter of Maru Sevraseched; wife of Captain Vizhenka
Volsharezh: a “captain” in the Courier General’s office
Vorenzhessar: a town in Thu-Cethor, north and west of Ezho; birthplace of Reneian Orthemo
Wisdom Bridge: the bridge over the Istandaärtha
Wisdom of Choharo: an airship
Zhaö: a city in Thu-Athamar
Zhavanin, Suler: nursery maid of Mireän Drazhin and Ino Drazhin
Zherinada: a noble house of Thu-Tetar
Zhidelka: a Barizheise silk merchant and former pirate