Battle Magic

Hanjian ? port city on Storm Dragons Ocean, southeastern Yanjing

Heibei ? Yanjingyi god of luck

Imperial ? language common to the countries around the Pebbled Sea, all part of the Kurchal empire before its fall; home language for Briar and Rosethorn

infantry ? foot soldiers

Inxia ? kingdom to immediate north of Yanjing

Kajura ? nation to south and west of Kombanpur

Kanzan ? Yanjingyi goddess of healing

kaq ? Trader-talk slang, someone useless, non-Trader; an obscene term

knap ? to chip stone with sharp blows, as when shaping flint or obsidian to form an edge

Kombanpur ? Parahan’s home in the Realms of the Sun, to the south and west of Gyongxe and Yanjing

Lailan ? Chammuran goddess of water, mercy, and healing

Lakik ? Briar’s trickster god

La Ni Ma ? southern Gyongxe sun goddess

Ganas Rigyal Po, Snow King (southeast husband)

Ganas Gazig Rigyal Po, Snow Leopard King (west)

Kangri Skad Po, Talking Snow Mountain King (middle)

lathe ? the arch or bow part of a crossbow

Long ? present ruling dynasty of Yanjing, also Yanjingyi term for dragon

lugshai ? craftspeople, Trader-talk

mage ? someone who has received formal training in the use of magic at a school or through a succession of teachers who are trained by schools

midday ? lunch

Mila ? Living Circle goddess of the earth and growing things

mimander ? Trader mage

Mohun ? Chammuran god of silence, stone, dark and secret places

momo ? Gyongxin dumpling with various stuffings

nanshur ? mage in tiyon

neb ? Briar’s slang for “nose”

Ningzhou ? language of Yanjingyi imperial court

numia ? Banpuri for “little sister”

pahan ? Chammuri for “teacher,” “mage”

palanquin ? covered and enclosed platform chair with cushions, set on rods front and back, used to carry people

pipa ? four-stringed musical instrument; strings are plucked with a plectrum, or pick

prebu ? Banpuri for “master/mage”

puissant ? powerful, mighty

Qayan ? kingdom to north of Yanjing

qi ? (kee) Yanjingyi court dialect for power, magic

qus ? Zhanzhi (Evvy’s birth dialect) for “maggots”

Raiya ? Kombanpur goddess of mercy and kindness

Realms of the Sun ? lands, including Kombanpur, south and west of the Drimbakang mountains

regular(s) ? regular army, professionally trained soldiers, not recent volunteers or those recently drafted to fight

semjen ? Gyongxin for “animals”

sep(s) ? Banpuri for “louse (lice)”

Shaihun ? Chammuran god of desert, winds, sandstorms, serious mischief and destruction

shakkan ? miniature tree formed like an elongated S pointing to the right of viewer

shaman ? someone from a tribal society who is a medium between the real world and the spirit world and who also does magic; in the tribes between eastern Sotat and Yanjing, shamans practice magic in groups, often by dancing

Storm Dragons Ocean ? ocean to the east of Yanjing

takamer ? Chammuri, rich person

tiyon ? common language spoken between eastern Laenpa to the Storm Dragons Ocean, and from the Sea of Grass to the southern Realms of the Sun

waigar ? foreigner in tiyon

Yithung ? kingdom to far northeast of Yanjing

yujinon ? rotters, lowlifes, incompetents (Chammuri)

zadan ? bomb

zayao ? explosive powder

zernamus(es) ? Chamurri slang: tick-like parasite

Zhanzhi ? Evvy’s home province

Zhanzhou ? language of Evvy’s home province

Acknowledgments

Thanks to my Scholastic editors Anamika Bhatnagar, who got things rolling, and Kate Egan, who saw it through, and the wonderful Scholastic gang, including the Boss, David Levithan, and Emily Seife, our concertmistress.

Thanks and sorrow to Judy Gerjuoy, who did research on historical China, including menus, for me, and couldn’t stick around to read the end result.

To the Sunday night Bollywood gang: Bruce, Kathy, Cynthia, Tim, Craig, Catherine, Julie, and Cara, because of the characters and actors and just plain relaxing fun.

To Bruce Coville, my writing partner, whose patience, good humor, and excellent advice helped keep the story on track and contributed some strong reality testing, and to Bruce and Kathy for admitting me to vacations at the lake, which soothe my brain.

To Cara Coville, Julie Holderman, Tim the Spouse-Creature Liebe, and the fans on my “Dare to Be Stupid” Live Journal, for bailing me out when I get stuck and remembering what I have forgotten. To Andy Samuel, who makes sure I can find things in my office.

And to Tim, who still puts up with me. It’s thirty-one years in August, and you haven’t come to your senses yet.

Tamora Pierce

March 12, 2013