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(Faedian). He sometimes travels with the demi-god Antigonos. See
page 19 for more information.
Gavrinn Farr (Gahv-rin Far): An order of warrior monks who
devote their mental and physical energies toward protecting
others. They previously protected only pilgrims seeking
enlightenment, but they have since come to use their mental
disciplines and mord’oi blades to defend those who cannot defend
themselves. See page 41 for more information.
Gilded Company: Notorious heroes (or villains, depending
upon the storyteller), this band of adventurers gained its name
from the universal gold trim of their armor and clothing. Led by an
enigmatic human warrior named Esteel Lytokees, a man rumored
to be the only mortal offspring of Sallous Yar, the Gilded Company
wanders the Archduchy, liberating artifacts from tombs and ruins,
unraveling plots, and generally geing in everyone’s faces. See
page 41 for more information.
Gods’ Fall: The term used to describe the cataclysm that
heralded the gods’ exile from Gallentros, their heavens. This time
of troubles is also called the Great Madness.
Grijj (Grihj): A deity of the collective Horde, Grijj is the god of
assassination, murder, slavery, and poison. He is also called the
Stalking Dream and the Midnight Cloud (Faedian). See Horde and
page 17 for more information.
Hagglers: Another name for the goblinoid bakad. See Bakad
and page 59 for more information.
Halicsvol (Hal-ics-vol): A deserted village now filled with
nasty ghosts, specters, and evil spirits. See page 25 for more
information.
Harrimast (Hahr-rih-mast): The Midwyn raiders’ pirate god, an
aspect of Demedreas. Harrimast was first introduced (named, that
is, for Freeport’s generic God of Pirates) in Green Ronin’s Black Sails
Over Freeport. See Demedreas and page 15 for more information.
Hiltaenos (Hill-tay-nos): Meaning “Warder of Light” in the Old
Rilgoth tongue, the walled town of Hiltaenos was constructed by
Spiros’ faithful aer the defeat of Sallous Yar at Fire Eye Mountain.
Hiltaenos lies on the westernmost point of the Path of Faith, a road
connecting Hiltaenos to SpirosBlaak. Hiltaenos appears as a series
of small, cramped-together fortresses rather than an orthodox
metropolis. Duke Paratros Daelian XXVI rules the Duchy of
Hiltaenos. See page 25 for more information.
Horde, The: The collective entity known as the Splintered God
and They-Of-The-Many. The Horde is comprised of the following
seven deities: Dooned, Grijj, Jestale, Mikret, Poden-mol, Tennefron,
and Zackria. See page 16 for more information.
Iguanalons (Ih-gua-nah-lons): A race of peaceful lizardfolk who
live in the Swamp of Woe. Their society is matriarchal. See page 68
for more information.
Inquisition of Swords: The Inquisition of Swords is an order
of blindly devoted priests who worm out heretics and pagans
throughout the Archduchy of SpirosBlaak. See page 41 for more
information.
Jestale (Jess-tale): A deity of the collective Horde, Jestale is the
god of pestilence, infestation, and disease. He is also called the
Roing Lord, the Plague Walker (Faedian). See Horde and page 17
for more information.
Kannis (Kah-niss): Called the Stout Stone, Kannis is considered
to be a holding of the entire Archduchy, beholden to no one duke.
Kannis is a vital extension of man’s taming of the Wildlands. Truly
lile more than an immense citadel constructed upon the crest of
a rising, 300-foot, wooded escarpment with its civilian buildings
and roads stretching down the ridge’s eastern slope, Kannis guards
against trouble from the west and north. Lord Marshal of the
Western Watch Gaffidious Bordistole rules the city. See page 26 for
more information.
Appendix: Glossary 155
Kav (Kahv): A generic term that encompasses the kavbroed and
kavraen races. See pages 47 and 70 for more information.
Kavbroed (Kahv-brohd): The “born” lycanthropes (natural
lycanthropes). Kavbroed are nearly universally human in
humanoid form. See page 70 for more information.
Kavraen (Kahv-rain): The “cursed” lycanthropes (those afflicted
with lycanthropy). Kavraen can be of any humanoid race. See page
70 for more information.
Kirvos (Kihr-vos): Kav comprise the citizenry of the
independent Duchy of Kirvos. The werewolf Duke Ryshon Misska
II leads them. As Kirvos resides near the dangerous Pharran
Vode, the city itself is contained by a high palisade with an even
taller rampart behind. The city sits upon a series of three wide
hills, granting it an excellent view of all approaches. Beyond the
walls are the town’s orchards, crops, and the walled stockades
that house the slaves that work them. Crude homes, shops, inns,
and taverns line Kirvos’ dirt streets, and only kav may visit the
establishments (other races must be accompanied by a kav): In
Kirvos, the prejudices that condemn kav just about everywhere
else are reversed, relegating humanity and other races to secondclass
status (if even that). See page 27 for more information.
Kith of Witchfinders: Granted an unfeered license to seek
out arcane spellcasters and outlawed supernatural, the power
wielded by these predators is unrivaled throughout Vas by all
save the uppermost echelons of the See itself. See page 42 for more
information.
Kutsutema (Kuht-sue-tame-ah): The goddess of deception, lies,
and seduction. She is also the mother of Panathon and Shivanos
and Phaetos’ consort. Kutsutema’s other names include: the
Whispering Mistress, the Obsidian Harlot, and the Will Taker
(Faedian). See page 16 for more information.
Lavayne (Lah-vain): A race birthed from dwarven, elven, and
human bloodlines. The gods Arkanocles and Spiros forged this
race as a weapon to use against Sallous Yar. Lavayne means “Theyof-the-blood”
in the sacred language of Gallentros. See page 73 for
more information.
Logothos (Loh-goth-thos): The god of knowledge, learning,
and secrets. His other names include: the Hand of Inner Sight, the
Keeper at the Gate, and the Wise Jackal (Faedian). See page 14 for
more information.
Meleatan (Mel-lay-tan): Built upon the rising crest of a series
of especially steep cliffs, Meleatan is unquestionably the center
of seafaring trade and shipbuilding in the Archduchy. The
remarkably wide city is surrounded by a short stone wall with
most of its defenses turned seaward, including cannon positions
mounted in forts atop the cliffs and within tunnels carved into
the sheer faces beneath. The city is known as the City of Sails, and
Duke Mospar Dargonsovis rules the duchy of its name. See page
28 for more information.
Mentors (Men-tors): A race of small, gray-skinned, psionically
endowed humanoids. They formerly lived in subterranean caverns
in the Great Below, but they abandoned their underground homes
to make new lives in the Archduchy of SpirosBlaak, where they now
work to educate the humanoids they formerly preyed upon. They
are commonly called grays. See page 74 for more information.
Merithia (Mer-ith-ia): An advanced human civilization that
once ruled much of Dracos thousands of years ago. See Eden
Studios’ Akrasia: Thief of Time and Wonders Out of Time for more
information.
Midwyn (Mid-win): A group of humans who live in a chain
of islands south of Archduchy of SpirosBlaak who make their
living through piracy. Freeport (See Green Ronin’s Freeport: City
of Adventure) is among their biggest cities. See page 66 for more
information.