The last Brother-Leader of the Seneschal was Jayme.
CAELUM STARSON: eldest son of Axis and Azhure, born at Yuletide. Caelum is an ancient word meaning 'Stars in Heaven'. Caelum is now dead.
CARLON: main city of Tencendor and one-time residence of the kings of Achar. Situated on Grail Lake.
CAULDRON LAKE, The: the lake at the centre of the SilentWoman Woods. Now destroyed.
CAZNA: wife to Belial. Now dead.
CHAMBER OF THE MOONS: chief audience and sometime banquet chamber of the ancient royal palace in Carlon. It was the site where Axis battled Borneheld to the death.
CHARONITES: a little-known race of Tencendor, they inhabited the UnderWorld. When Drago managed to kill Orr in the chamber of the Star Gate, the race became extinct.
CIRCLE OF STARS, The: see 'Enchantress' Ring'.
CLANS, The: the Avar tend to segregate into Clan groups, roughly equitable with family groups.
CLOUDBURST SUNSOAR: younger brother and assassin of WolfStar SunSoar.
COHORT: see 'Military Terms'.
COROLEAS: the great empire to the south of Tencendor. Relations between the two countries is usually cordial.
CREST: Icarii military unit composed of twelve Wings.
CREST-LEADER: commander of an Icarii Crest.
DANCE OF DEATH, The: dark star music that is the counter point to the Star Dance. It is the music made when stars miss their step and crash into each other, or swell up into red giants and implode. Only WolfStar and Azhure can wield this music, although both lost the ability to do so when the TimeKeepers destroyed the Star Gate.
DAREWING FULLHEART: senior Crest-Leader and Strike Leader of the Icarii Strike Force DEMONIC HOURS:
Dawn: ruled by Mot, a time of hunger.
Mid-morning: ruled by Barzula, a time of tempest.
Midday: the time of the greatest Demon of all, Qeteb.
Mid-afternoon: ruled by Sheol, a time of despair.
Dusk: ruled by Raspu, a time of pestilence.
Night: ruled by Rox, a time of terror.
DISTANCES:
League: roughly seven kilometres, or four and a half miles.
Pace: roughly one metre or one yard.
Handspan: roughly twenty centimetres or eight inches.
DOME OF THE MOON: a sacred dome dedicated to the Moon on Temple Mount of the Island of Mist and Memory. Only the First Priestess has access to the Dome, and it was in this Dome that Niah conceived Azhure.
DRAGONSTAR SUNSOAR: second son of Axis and Azhure. Twin brother to RiverStar.
(Also known as Drago.) DragonStar is also the name of the son StarLaughter SunSoar was carrying when she was murdered by her husband, WolfStar.
DRIFTSTAR SUNSOAR: grandmother to StarDrifter, mother of MorningStar. An Enchanter and a SunSoar in her own right and wife to the SunSoar Talon. She died over three hundred years before the events of this book.
EARTH TREE: a sacred tree to both the Icarii and the Avar. It once lived in the extreme northern groves of the Avarinheim forest, close to the cliffs of the Icescarp Alps, but was destroyed when Qeteb created the wasteland.
EARTH TREE GROVE: the grove which held the Earth Tree in the northern Avarinheim where it bordered the Icescarp Alps. It was where the Avar (sometimes in concert with the Icarii) held their gatherings and religious rites.
ENCHANTRESS, The: the first of the Icarii Enchanters, the first Icarii to discover the way to use the power of the Star Dance. She bore three sons, the eldest of whom founded the Acharite race, the middle founded the Charonite race, and the youngest founded the Icarii race. The Enchantress also gave birth to twin daughters. Also known as Urbeth.
ENCHANTRESS' RING, The: an ancient ring once in the possession of the Enchantress, now worn by Azhure. Its proper name is the Circle of Stars, and it is intimately connected with the Star Gods.
ENCHANTERS: the once magicians of the Icarii people — with the destruction of the Star Gate all have now lost their powers. All Enchanters have the word 'Star' somewhere in their names.
ENCHANTER-TALONS: Talons of the Icarii people who are also Enchanters.
ENEMY, The: the name given by the TimeKeepers to the ancient ones who trapped Qeteb and then fled with his life parts through the universe. It was the Enemy who crashed into Tencendor during Fire-Night. ESCATOR: a kingdom far away to the east over the Widowmaker Sea.
EVENSONG: daughter of Rivkah and StarDrifter SunSoar, sister to Axis and wife to Talon FreeFall SunSoar.
FARADAY: daughter of Earl Isend of Skarabost and his wife, Lady Merlion. Once wife to Borneheld and Queen of Achar, Faraday now aids DragonStar. She is also the mother of Isfrael, conceived during her brief and tragic affair with Axis.
FERNBRAKE LAKE, The: the large lake in the centre of the Bracken Ranges. Also known by both the Avar and the Icarii as the Mother. Now a dessicated garden.
