Chapters (31)
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Title Page
- Part One - “to achieve the ruin of the Earth”
- Chapter 1. - The Burden of Too Much Time
- Chapter 2. - Unfinished Needs
- Chapter 3. - Bargaining with Fate
- Chapter 4. - After Unwisdom
- Chapter 5. - Preparations
- Chapter 6. - Seek Deep Stone
- Chapter 7. - Crossing the Hazard
- Chapter 8. - Caverns Ornate and Majestic
- Chapter 9. - Hastening Doom
- Chapter 10. - By Evil Means
- Chapter 11. - Private Carrion
- Chapter 12. - She Who Must Not
- Part Two - “Only the damned”
- Chapter 1. - Those Who Endure—
- Chapter 2. - Trying to Start Again
- Chapter 3. - —Whatever the Cost
- Chapter 4. - Attempts Must Be Made
- Chapter 5. - Inheritances
- Chapter 6. - Parting Company
- Chapter 7. - Implications of Trust
- Chapter 8. - The Amends of the Ranyhyn
- Chapter 9. - Great Need
- Chapter 10. - The Pure One and the High God
- Chapter 11. - Kurash Qwellinir
- Chapter 12. - Sold Souls
- Glossary
Vespers: self-consecration rituals of the Lords
Vettalor: Warmark of the army opposing Berek Halfhand
viancome: meeting place at Revelwood
Victuallin Tayne: a region in the Center Plains
Vidik Amar: a region of the Earth
Viles: monstrous beings which created the Demondim
vitrim: nourishing fluid created by the Waynhim
Vizard, the: one of the Insequent
Voice of the Masters, the: a Haruchai leader; spokesman for the Masters as a group
voure: a plant-sap which wards off insects
Vow, the: Haruchai oath of service which formed the Bloodguard
vraith: a Waynhim
Ward: a unit of Kevin’s lore
Warhaft: commander of an Eoman
Warlore: Sword knowledge in Kevin’s Lore
Warmark: commander of the Warward
Warrenbridge: entrance to the catacombs under Mount Thunder
Warward, the: army of Lord’s Keep
Wavedancer: Giantship commanded by Brow Gnarlfist
Wavenhair Haleall: a Giant, wife of Sparlimb Keelsetter, mother of triplets
Waymeet: resting place for travelers maintained by Waynhim
Waynhim: tenders of the Waymeets; rejected Demondim-spawn, opponents and relatives of ur-viles
Weird of the Waynhim, the: Waynhim concept of doom, destiny, or duty
were-menhir(s): Giantish name for the skurj
Whane: a Cord of the Ramen
white gold: a metal of power not found in the Land
white gold wielder: title given to Thomas Covenant
White River, the: a river of the land
Whrany: a Ranyhyn stallion; mount of Bhapa
Wightburrow, the: cairn under which Drool Rockworm is buried
Wightwarrens: home of the Cavewights under Mount Thunder; catacombs
wild magic: the power of white gold; considered the keystone of the Arch of Time
Wildwielder: white gold wielder; title given to Linden Avery by Esmer and the Elohim
Windscour: region in the Center Plains
Windshorn Stonedown: a village in the South Plains
Winhome: Ramen lowest rank
Woodenwold: region of trees surrounding the maidan of Elemesnedene
Woodhelven: wood-village
Woodhelvennin: inhabitants of wood-village
Word of Warning: a powerful, destructive forbidding
Worm of the World’s End, the: creature believed by the Elohim to have formed the foundation of the Earth
Wraiths of Andelain, the: creatures of living light that perform the Dance at the Celebration of Spring
Würd of the Earth, the: term used by the Elohim to describe their own nature, destiny, or purpose; could be read as Word, Worm, or Weird
Yellinin: a soldier in Berek Halfhand’s army; third-in-command of the tenth Eoman, second Eoward
Yeurquin: a Stonedownor, companion of Triock
Yolenid: daughter of Loerya
Zaynor: a Haruchai from a time long before the Haruchai first came to the Land