Chaal: A substance used by a haizda mage to control the responses of his human victim.

Cumular Mountains: A high mountain range that marks the northwestern boundary of the Southern Peninsula.

Dendar Mountains: The high mountain range about seventy leagues southwest of Valkarky. In the foothills is the large kulad known as Karpotha. More slaves are bought and sold here than in all the other fortresses put together.

Dexturai: Kobalos changelings that are born of human females. Such creatures, although totally human in appearance, are susceptible to the will of any Kobalos. They are extremely strong and hardy and have the ability to become great warriors.

Eblis: This is the foremost of the Shaiksa, the Kobalos brotherhood of assassins. He slew the last king of Valkarky using a magical lance called the Kangadon. It is believed that he is more than two thousand years old, and it is certain that he has never been bested in combat. Members of the brotherhood refer to him by two other designations: He Who Cannot Be Defeated and He Who Can Never Die.

Erestaba: The Plain of Erestaba lies just north of the Shanna River, within the territory of the Kobalos.

Fittzanda Fissure: This is also known as the Great Fissure. It is an area of earthquakes and instability that marks the southern boundary of the Kobalos territories.

Note: The fissure is north of the Shanna River, but both have been described by Browne as boundaries between Kobalos and human lands. It is likely that the borders have changed many times over the long years of conflict.—Grimalkin

Galena Sea: The sea southeast of Combesarke. It lies between that kingdom and Pennade.

Gannar Glacier: The great ice floe whose source is the Cumular Mountains.

Ghanbalsam: A resinous material bled from a ghanbala tree by a haizda mage and used as a base for ointments such as chaal.

Ghanbala: The deciduous gum tree most favored as a dwelling by a Kobalos haizda mage.

Haggenbrood: A warrior entity bred from the flesh of a human female. Its function is ritual combat. It has three selves, which share a common mind; they are, to all intents and purposes, one creature.

Haizda: This is the territory of a haizda mage; here he hunts and farms the human beings he owns. He takes blood from them, and occasionally their souls.

Haizda mage: A rare type of Kobalos mage who dwells in his own territory far from Valkarky and gathers wisdom from territory he has marked as his own.

Homunculus: A small creature bred from the purrai in the skleech pens. They often have several selves, which, like the haggenbrood, are controlled by a single mind. However, rather than being identical, each self has a specialized function, and only one of them is capable of speaking Losta.

Note: In Valkarky, I encountered the homunculus that was a servant to Slither. The one that could speak was like a small man, and it reported directly to the mage; another took the form of a rat and was used for espionage. I found it easy to control and subvert to my will. There was a third type, which was able to fly, but I did not see it. Such a creature could be used to gather information about us at long range. The three selves of the homunculus share one mind (as did the haggenbrood); thus, whatever it sees is instantly known back in Valkarky.—Grimalkin