Rivenrock: deep cleft splitting Melenkurion Skyweir and its plateau; there the Black River enters Garroting Deep

River Landrider, the: a river of the Land, partial border of the Plains of Ra

Riversward: a region north of the Soulsease River

Rockbrother: Swordmainnir name for Stave

Rockbrother, Rocksister: terms of affection between humans and Giants

rocklight: light emitted by glowing stone

roge Befylam: Cavewight-form of the jheherrin

Rohnhyn: a Ranyhyn; mount of Bhapa after Whrany’s death

Roveheartswind, the: the Questsimoon

Rue: a Manethrall of the Ramen, formerly named Gay

Ruel: a Bloodguard, assigned to Hile Troy

Ruinwash, the: name of the River Landrider on the Lower Land

rukh: iron talisman by which a Rider wields the power of the Sunbane

Runnik: a Bloodguard

Rustah: a Cord of the Ramen

Sablehair Foamheart: a Giant, also called Filigree; mate of Soar Gladbirth; mother of Exalt Widenedworld

sacred enclosure: Vespers-hall at Revelstone; later the site of the Banefire

Sahah: a Cord of the Ramen

Saltheart Foamfollower: a Giant, friend of Thomas Covenant

Saltroamrest: bunk hold for the crew in a Giantship

Salttooth: jutting rock in the harbor of the Giants’ Home

Salva Gildenbourne: forest surrounding the Hills of Andelain; begun by Sunder and Hollian

samadhi: a Raver, Sheol, Satansfist

Sandgorgons: monsters of the Great Desert of Bhrathairealm

Sandgorgons Doom: imprisoning storm created by Kasreyn to trap the Sandgorgons

Sandhold, the: the gaddhi’s castle in Bhrathairealm

Sandwall, the: the great wall defending Bhrathairain

Santonin: a Rider of the Clave, one of the na-Mhoram-in

Sarangrave Flat: a region of the Lower Land encompassing the Great Swamp

Satansfist: a Giant-Raver, Sheol, samadhi

Satansheart: Giantish name for Lord Foul

Scend Wavegift: a Giant; one of the Swordmainnir; killed by Longwrath

Search, the: quest of the Giants for the wound in the Earth; later the quest for the Isle of the One Tree

Seareach: region of the Land occupied by the Unhomed

Seasauce: a Giant; husband of Hearthcoal; cook of Starfare’s Gem

Seatheme: dead wife of Sevinhand

Second Circinate: second level of the Sandhold

Second Ward: second unit of Kevin’s hidden knowledge

setrock: a type of stone used with pitch to repair stone

Seven Hells, the: a-Jeroth’s demesne: desert, rain, pestilence, fertility, war, savagery, and darkness

Seven Wards, the: collection of knowledge hidden by High Lord Kevin

Seven Words, the: words of power from Kevin’s Lore

Sevinhand: a Giant, Anchormaster of Starfare’s Gem

Shattered Hills, the: a region of the Land near Foul’s Creche

She Who Must Not Be Named: an ancient bane slumbering under Mount Thunder, now composed of many lost women

Sheol: a Raver, Satansfist, samadhi

Shetra: a Lord, wife of Verement

Shipsheartthew: the wheel of a Giantship

shola: a small wooded glen where a stream runs between unwooded hills

Shull: a Bloodguard

Sill: a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Hyrim

Sivit: a Rider of the Clave, one of the na-Mhoram-wist

skest: acid-creatures serving the lurker of the Sarangrave, descended from the jheherrin