SMYRTON: formerly a large village in northern Skarabost, it was destroyed by Azhure for its close association to the Plough God, Artor.
SORCERY: see 'Magic'.
SPIKEFEATHER TRUESONG: once a member of the Strike
Force, SpikeFeather spent years as Orr's apprentice. No-one knows the waterways as well as he does.
SPIREDORE: one of the magical Keeps of Tencendor. Azhure's tower.
STAR DANCE, The: the source from which the Icarii Enchanters derive their power. It is the music made by the stars in their eternal dance through the heavens. Unfortunately, the music of the Star Dance died when the TimeKeepers plunged through the Star Gate and destroyed it.
STARDRIFTER: an Icarii Enchanter, father to Gorgrael, Axis and EvenSong.
STAR FINGER: the tallest mountain in the Icescarp Alps, dedicated to study and worship. Formerly called Talon Spike.
STAR GATE: one of the sacred sites of the Icarii people, situated underneath the Ancient Barrows.
It was a portal through to the universe, but was destroyed by the Timekeeper Demons.
STAR GODS, The: the nine gods of the Icarii. See separate entries under Axis, Azhure, Adamon, Xanon, Narcis, Flulia, Pors, Zest and Silton. They have now lost all their powers.
STARGRACE: daughter of CloudBurst & niece to WolfStar.
STARKNIGHT: WolfStar's father and Talon; murdered so WolfStar could assume the throne at a relatively young age.
STARLAUGHTER SUNSOAR: wife of WolfStar, murdered and thrown through the Star Gate four thousand years before current events. Now she has returned with the TimeKeeper Demons.
STARMAN, The: Axis SunSoar.
STARS, HOUSE of the: Axis' personal House.
STARSON: the title Axis gave to Caelum, but which truly belongs to DragonStar.
STRAUM ISLAND: a large island off the coast of Ichtar and inhabited by sealers.
STRIKE FORCE: the military force of the Icarii.
SUNSOAR, HOUSE of: the ruling House of the Icarii for many thousands of years.
TAILEM BEND: the great bend in the River Nordra where it turns from its westerly direction and flows south towards Nordmuth and the Sea of Tyrre.
TALON, The: the hereditary ruler of the Icarii people (and once over all of the peoples of Tencendor).
Generally of the House of SunSoar.
TALON SPIKE: the former name of Star Finger.
TARANTAISE: a rather poor southern province of Achar.
TARE: small trading town in northern Tarantaise.
TARE, PLAINS of: the plains that lie between Tare and Grail Lake.
TEKAWAI: the preferred tea of the Ravensbund people, made from the dried seaweed of the Icebear Coast. It is always brewed and served ceremonially.
TEMPLE MOUNT: the plateau on the top of the massive mountain in the south-east corner of the Island of Mist and Memory. It houses the Temple Complex.
TEMPLE OF THE STARS: one of the Icarii sacred sites, located on the Island of Mist and Memory.
TENCENDOR: once the ancient name for the continent of Achar before the Wars of the Axe, and, under Axis' leadership, the reforged nation of the Acharites, Avar and Icarii.
THREE BROTHERS LAKES, The: three minor lakes in southern Aldeni.
THEOD, Duke of Aldeni: grandson of Duke Roland who aided Axis in his struggle to unite Tencendor.
TIMEKEEPER DEMONS, The: the TimeKeepers are a group of six Demons: Sheol, Barzula, Rox, Mot, Raspu and their leader, Qeteb. Hundreds of thousands of years previously, on a distant world, they had ravaged at will until the people of that world (called the Enemy by the TimeKeepers) had managed to trap Qeteb and dismember his life parts — warmth, movement, breath and soul — before fleeing with them in space craft through the universe. The remaining five Demons followed the craft to Tencendor and managed to resurrect Qeteb. See also
'Demonic Hours'.
TIME OF THE PROPHECY OF THE DESTROYER, The: the time that began with the birth of the Destroyer and the StarMan and ended with the death of Gorgrael.
TREE FRIEND: a role Faraday played during the time of the Prophecy. She was instrumental in bringing the forests behind Axis.
TREE SONG: whatever Song the trees choose to sing you. Many times they will sing the future, other times they will sing love and protection. The trees can also sing death.
TYRRE, SEA of: the ocean off the south-west coast of Achar.
UNIT: see 'Military Terms'.
