ESTRENDOR: \es-tren-door\ Northern wastes

ETCHER: Member of the Black Diamond thieves’ guild

ETHELRED, LANIS: \eth-el-red\ Former king of Warric, co-regent of New Empire, Imperialist

EVERTON: Alias used by Arista, Hadrian, and later Royce

EVLIN: City along the banks of the Bernum River

FALINA BROCKTON: Real name of Emerald, waitress at The Rose and Thorn Tavern

FALQUIN: Professor at Sheridan University

FANEN PICKERING: \fan-in\ Middle son of Count Pickering, killed by Luis Guy

FAN IRLANU: Visionary of Oudorro, seer, fortune-teller

FAQUIN: Inept magician who uses alchemy rather than channeling the Art

FAULD, THE ORDER OF: \fall-ed\ Post-imperial order of knights dedicated to preserving the skill and discipline of the Teshlor Knights

FENITILIAN: Monk of Maribor, made warm shoes

FERROL: God of the elves

FINILESS: Noted author

FINISHER: Stealthy Ghazel fighter

FINLIN, ETHAN: Member of the Black Diamond, stores smuggled goods, owns windmill

FLETCHER: Maker of arrows

FORECASTLE: Raised portion in the bow of a ship containing living quarters of senior crew members

FORREST: Ratibor citizen with fighting experience, son of a silversmith

GAFTON: Imperial admiral

GALEANNON: \gale-e-an-on\ Kingdom of Avryn, ruled by Fredrick and Josephine, member of the New Empire

GALENTI: \ga-lehn’-tay\ Calian nickname attributed to Hadrian

GALEWYR RIVER: \gale-wahar\ Marks the southern border of Melengar and the northern border of Warric and reaches the sea near the fishing village of Roe

GALIEN: \gal-e-in\ Archbishop of the Nyphron Church

GALILIN: \gal-ah-lin\ Province of Melengar formerly ruled by Count Pickering

GAUNT, DEGAN: See Degan Gaunt

GEMKEY: Gem that opens a gemlock

GEMLOCK: Dwarven invention that seals a container or entrance and can only be opened with a precious gem of the right type and cut

GENTRY SQUARE: Affluent district of Melengar

GERALD BANIFF: Primary bodyguard of Empress Modina

GERTY: Midwife in Hintindar who delivered Hadrian, married to Abelard

GHAZEL: \gehz-ell\ Ba Ran Ghazel, the dwarven name for goblins, literally: Sea Goblins

GHAZEL SEA: Southern body of water east of the Sharon Sea

GHENT: Ecclesiastical holding of the Nyphron Church, member of New Empire

GILARABRYWN: \gill-lar-ah-bren\ Elven beast of war; one escaped Avempartha and destroyed village of Dahlgren before being killed by Thrace

GILL: Sentry in the Nationalist army

GINLIN: \gin-lin\ Monk of Maribor, winemaker, refused to touch a knife

GLAMRENDOR: \glam-ren-door\ Capital of Dunmore

GLENMORGAN: 326 years after the fall of the Novronian Empire, this native of Ghent reunited the four nations of Apeladorn; founder of Sheridan University; creator of the great north-south road; builder of the Ervanon palace (of which only the Crown Tower remains)

GLENMORGAN II: Son of Glenmorgan. When his father died young, the new and inexperienced emperor relied on church officials to assist him in managing his empire. They in turn took the opportunity to manipulate the emperor into granting sweeping powers to the church and nobles loyal to the church. These leaders opposed defending Delgos against the invading Ba Ran Ghazel in Calis and the Dacca in Delgos, arguing the threat would increase dependency on the empire.