the same territory was called the Blood Plains, after Vician’s Sin incited the Blood Wars.
Green Haven: The capital of Blood Forest, on the far side of Lach Lána.
Greenwall: The massive, living, defensive wall surrounding Dúnbheo, still known to outsiders as the Floating City, though it long ago adjoined the shores of Lach Lána.
grenado: An explosive clay flagon full of black powder with a piece of wood shoved into the top, with a rag and bit of black powder as a fuse. Can also be made with luxin and can be hurled at an enemy along an arc of luxin or in a cannon. Often filled with shot/shrapnel, depending on the type used.
Guile palace: Family palace on Big Jasper, distinct from their residence on Jaks Hill in Rath. The Guile palace was one of the few buildings allowed to be constructed without regard to the working of the Thousand Stars, its height cutting off some of the light paths.
Harbinger: Corvan Danavis’s sword, inherited when his elder brothers died.
haze: A narcotic. Often smoked with a pipe, it produces a sickly-sweet odor.
hellhounds: Dogs infused with red luxin and enough will to make them run at enemies while lit on fire.
Hellmount: A snow-capped peak far to the southwest, near the
Atashian border.
hellstone: A superstitious term for obsidian, which is rarer than diamonds or rubies, as few know where the extant obsidian in the world is created or mined. Obsidian is the only stone that can draw luxin out of a drafter if it touches her blood directly.
hippodrome: A large oval stadium, dedicated primarily to races among horses, chariots, or athletes. Often serves as a public gathering place for executions and other important state functions. They are most common in Ruthgar and Paria.
hullwrecker: A luxin disk filled with shrapnel, designed by Blackguard Nerra. It has a sticky side so that it will adhere to a ship’s hull and a fuse to allow the attackers to flee before it explodes, punching a hole in the ship’s hull and spraying shrapnel in toward the crew.
Idoss: An Atashian city, now under the control of the White King’s armies.
incarnitive luxin: A term for luxin when it is incorporated directly into one’s body. See also Appendix, ‘On Luxin.’
Jaks Hill: A large hill in the city of Rath overlooking the Great River, notable for its wealthy estates. Castle Guile dominates the area.
Jaspers, the: Two small islands in the northwestern corner of the Cerulean Sea. The Chromeria is on Little Jasper. Legend has it that the Jaspers were chosen for the Chromeria by Karris Shadow-blinder after the death of Lucidonius because they were part of no satrapy, and therefore could be for all satrapies.
javelinas: Nocturnal animals in the pig family, often hunted. Giant javelinas are rare but can reach the size of a cow. Extremely dangerous and destructive, giant javelinas have been hunted to extinction in all satrapies except Tyrea.
ka: A sequence of movements to train balance and flexibility and control in the martial arts. A form of focusing exercise or meditation.
Keffel’s Variant: A set of rules for Nine Kings to make the game especially quick.
Kelfing: The former capital of Tyrea, on the shores of Crater Lake in the southern end of the satrapy.
khat: An addictive stimulant, a leaf that stains the teeth when it is chewed, used especially in Paria.
kopi: A mild, addictive stimulant, a popular beverage. Bitter, dark, and served hot.
lacrimae sanguinis: A mysterious and singularly deadly Braxian poison.
Ladies, the: Four statues that compose the gates into the city of Garriston. They are built into the wall, made of rare Parian marble and sealed in nearly invisible yellow luxin. They are thought to depict aspects of the goddess Anat, and were spared by Lucidonius, who believed them to depict something true. They are the Hag, the Lover, the Mother, and the Guardian.
Laurion: A region in eastern Atash known for its silver ore and massive slave mines. Life expectancy for the enslaved miners is short and conditions brutal. The threat of being sent to the mines is used throughout the satrapies to keep slaves obedient and docile.
league: A unit of measurement, six thousand and seventy-six paces.
Lightbringer, the: A controversial figure in prophecy and mythology. Attributes that most agree on are that he is (will be? was?) male, will slay or has slain gods and kings, is of mysterious birth, is a genius of magic, a warrior who will sweep, or has swept, all before him, a champion of the poor and downtrodden, great from his youth, He Who Shatters. That most of