FERRYMAN, The: the Charonite who plied the ferry of the UnderWorld. His name was Orr, and was one of the Lesser immortals. Orr is now dead after being struck by the Rainbow Sceptre in the chamber of the Star Gate.
FESTIVALS of the Avar and the Icarii:
Yuletide: the winter solstice, in the last week of Snow-month.
Beltide: the spring Festival, the first day of Flower-month.
Fire-Night: the summer solstice, in the last week of Rose-month.
FIRE-NIGHT, The: see 'Festivals'.
FIRST, The: the First Priestess of the Order of the Stars, the order of nine priestesses on Temple Mount.
The First, like all priestesses of the Order, gave up her name on taking her vows. Niah of Nor once held this office.
FIVE FAMILIES, The First: the leading families of Tencendor: led, in turn, by Prince Askam of the West, King Zared of the North, Prince Yllgaine of Nor, Chief Sa'Domai of the Ravensbund and FreeFall SunSoar, Talon of the Icarii. The delicate balance between these families was greatly upset when Zared seized the throne of Achar.
FLULIA: one of the nine Icarii Star Gods, Flulia is the Goddess of Water.
FLURIA, The River: a minor river that flows through Aldeni into the River Nordra.
FORESTFLIGHT EVERSOAR: a member of the Lake Guard.
FORTHEART: one of the Alaunt, and mate to Sicarius.
FORTRESS RANGES: the mountains that run down Achar's eastern boundary from the Icescarp Alps to the Widowmaker Sea.
FREEFALL, Talon: son of BrightFeather and RavenCrest SunSoar, husband of EvenSong SunSoar.
They have no children.
GAPFEATHER: a member of the Lake Guard.
GATEKEEPER, The: the Keeper of the Gate of Death in the UnderWorld and mother of Zeherah. Her task is to keep tally of the souls who pass through the Gate. She is one of the Lesser immortals.
GHEMT: a game played with sticks and dice in a circle of diamond-shaped spaces.
GOLDMAN, JANNYMIRE: Master of the Guilds of Carlon. One of the most powerful non-noblemen in Tencendor.
GORGRAEL: the Destroyer, half-brother to Axis, sharing the same father, StarDrifter. Axis defeated him in a titanic struggle for control of Tencendor forty years before current events.
GORKENFORT: a major fort situated in Gorken Pass in northern Ichtar.
GORKEN PASS: the narrow pass sixty leagues long that provided the only way from Ravensbund into Ichtar. It is bounded by the Icescarp Alps and the River Andakilsa.
GRAIL LAKE, The: a massive lake at the lower reaches of the River Nordra. Beneath its waters it harboured the Maze, which has now risen and destroyed the Lake.
GREATER, The: the nine Star Gods.
GRYPHON: a legendary flying creature of Tencendor, intelligent, vicious and courageous.
Gorgrael recreated them to defeat Axis, but they were all destroyed by Azhure.
GUNDEALGA FORD: a wide shallow ford on the Nordra, just south of the Urqhart Hills.
GUSTUS: Captain of Zared's militia.
GWENDYLYR: wife of Duke Theod of Aldeni, and mother of their twin sons.
HAGEN: once a Plough-Keeper in the (now destroyed) village of Smyrton who was husband to Niah. He was accidentally killed by Azhure some forty-three years ago.
HANDSPAN: see 'Distances'.
HERME, Earl of Avonsdale: son of Earl Jorge, mentor of Duke Theod of Aldeni and friend to King Zared.
HORNED ONES: the almost divine and most sacred members of the Avar race. They live in the Sacred Grove.
HSINGARD: a ruined town situated in central Ichtar.
ICARII, The: a race of winged people. They are sometimes referred to as the People of the Wing.
ICEBEAR COAST: the hundred-league-long coast that stretches from the DeadWood Forest in north-western Ravensbund to the frozen Tundra above the Avarinheim. It is very remote, and very beautiful.
ICESCARP ALPS, The: the great mountain range that stretches across most of northern Achar.
ICESCARP BARREN: a desolate tract of land situated in northern Ichtar between the Icescarp Alps and the Urqhart Hills.
ICEWORMS: massive worms of ice and snow created by Gorgrael.
