Shadowplay

Quarry Square—a meeting-place in Funderling Town

Qul-na-Qar— ancient home of the Qar or Twilight People

Raven’s Gate—entrance to Southmarch Castle’s inner keep

Reheq-s’lai—Wanderwind Mountains

Rimetrail—a magical river that separates Everfrost from Xandos

Royal Highway—sometimes called King Karal’s Road, in Syan, leading all the way to Tessis

Sailmaker’s Row—a street near the docks in Great Xis

Salt Pool— underground sea-pool in Funderling Town Sandy Head

Sania—a country in Xand

Sessio—an island kingdom in the south of Eion

Settesyard—capitol of Settland

Settland—small, mountainous country southwest of the March Kingdoms; ally of Southmarch

Shadowline—line of demarcation between lands of Qar and human lands

Shehen—“Weeping,” Qar name for Yasammez’ house

Shivering Plain—site of a great Qar battle

Siege of Always-Winter—a mythical castle

Silent Hill—a place behind the Shadowline

Siris—Akuanis family county in northeastern Hierosol

Sirkot— legendary city in the southernmost part of Xand

Skimmer’s Lagoon— body of water inside Southmarch walls, connected to Brenn’s Bay

Sleep—the city of the Dreamless

Smoking Islands—an archipelago in the sea, far southwest of the Kracian Peninsula

Southmarch—seat of the March Kings, sometimes called “Shadowmarch”

Square of Three Gods—town square in mainland Southmarch

Stoneless Spaces—from Funderling myth, a place of banishment

Sublime Canal—the main canal in Xis, which runs through the Orchard Palace

Summerfield Court—ducal seat of Gailon and the Tolly family

Syan—once dominant empire, still a powerful kingdom in center of Eion

Tessis—capitol city of Syan

Theogonian Gate—a city gate in Hierosol

Torvio—an island nation between Eion and Xand

Tuan—native country of Shaso and Dawet

Tyrosbridge—a principality near the northern Syannese border

Ugenion —Syannese town

Wedge Road—Chert and Opal’s street

Wharfside—a district of mainland Southmarch

Whitewood—a forest on the border between Silverside and Marrinswalk

Willowburn—Elan M’Cory’s family home

Wolfstooth Spire—tallest tower of Southmarch Castle

Xand—the southern continent

Xis—largest kingdom of Xand; its master is the autarch (adjective, “Xixian”)

Zan-Ahmia—country in Xand

Zan-Kartuum—country in Xand

THINGS

Adelfa—head of a Zorian sisterhood

Arrow Count—a Qar ceremony

Astion—a Funderling symbol of authority

Bandit-King of Torvio, The—a play

Black Wrack—a Skimmer wine

Blueroot—favorite Funderling teaherb

Book of Regret—a semi-mythical Qar artifact/text

Book of the Fire in the Void—“the source of the music that governs even the gods”

Book of the Trigon, The—a late-era adaptation of original texts about all three gods

Council of the Twenty-Seven Families—the leaders of Hierosol

D’shinna—Tuani word for fairies

Demia’s Candle—a holiday

Dragonfly—a Shadowline horse

Earthstar—spear of Kernios

Eddon Wolf—the symbol of the Eddon family (silver wolf and stars on black field)

Ever-Wounded Maid—a famous story

False Woman, The—a tavern in Tessis

Fireflower—immortality among the Qar’s ruling family

Firmament, The —a theater in Southmarch

Four Sisters Courtyard—a large courtyard in the Hierosoline palace

Gestrimadi—religious festival in March Kingdoms

Golden Enomote—an enomote (about two dozen) soldiers who guard the ruler of Hierosol

Great Zosimia—a holiday, known for religious drama

Hierosoline— the language of Hierosol, found in many religious services and scientific books, etc., and the root to the common speech of Eion

Hours of Refusal—a Zorian prayer

Kerneia—a holiday Kori-doll—effigy thrown onto Eril’s Night bonfire

Kossope—a constellation

Kossope House—a dormitory for servants working in the Hierosoline citadel

Kulikos or Kulikos Stone—a reputedly magical object

Life and Death of King Nikolos, The—a play

Little Zosimia—a holiday, known for religious drama

Mantis—a priest, usually of the Trigon

Mihanni—object from Mihan