spinerake - landwalker name for flarke
starfan - fish with deadly spines
takker - large snake
tiwi - insects that make a hive
veez - cute, telepathic pet that can speak
vorn - wolf-like animals
woodfish - tasteless fish
yern - deer-like, limited telepathy
yeryer - venomous sea creature
zapper - stinging insect
CLOTHING
circ - circular overgarment worn by Circlian priests and priestesses
octavestim - garb of the Priests of Gareilem
tawl - overgarment worn draped over shoulders fastened at throat
tunic - dress for women, shirt for men
undershift - undergarment for women
FOOD
coopa - Dunwayan drink
firespice - spice from Toren
flatloaf - dense bread
nutmeal - paste made from nuts, Si
rootcakes - patties of boiled and fried roots
wafercakes - fried, flaky pastry
DRINK
ahm - drink of Somrey, usually warmed and spiced
drai - Elai drink
fwa - Dunwayan drink
jamya - ceremonial drink of Pentadrians
kahr - Sennon drink
maita - stimulating non-alcoholic drink
teepi - Siyee drink
teho - drink of Sennon
tintra - Hanian drink
tipli - Toren drink
DISEASES
hearteater - disease that attacks lungs
lungrot - disease that, funnily enough, rots the lungs
woundrot - the festering of a wound
BUILDINGS
blackstone - stone that is dark-colored
safehouse - place where Dreamweavers can stay
wayhouse - place for travellers to stay in
whitestone - stone that is pale-colored
OTHER
canar - Sennon coin
sleepease - sleeping drug
smokewood - recreational drug
Many thanks:
“The Two Pauls” and Fran Bryson who read the roughest of the rough drafts. Also to Jennifer Fallon, Russell Kirkpatrick, Glenda Larke, Fiona McLennan, Kaaren Sutcliffe, Tessa Kum for their feedback. To all the readers, especially all my friends on Voyager Online. And, finally, to Diana Gill and the Eos team, and to Matt Stawicki for the fabulous cover illustrations.
TRUDI CANAVAN is the author of the bestselling Black Magician trilogy - The Magician’s Guild, The Novice, and The High Lord - as well as Priestess of the White and Last of the Wilds, Books One and Two of her Age of the Five trilogy. She lives in a little house on a hillside, near a forest, in the Melbourne suburb of Ferntree Gully in Australia. She has been making up stories about things that don’t exist for as long as she can remember, and was amazed when her first published story received an Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Short Story in 1999. A freelance illustrator and designer, she also works as the designer and Art Director of Aurealis, a magazine of Australian Fantasy & Science Fiction. You can visit her website at www.trudicanavan.com.
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