Altuinq: Larg a human forced into rapport with a Larg
Allst: Tall, large leafed tree of the north
Ammokko: Dglai mother ship
Argyll: Human country on the eastern coast of the northern continent on Rybak
Atropos: The fate that cuts the thread of life
Avuzdel: Lind Central Spying Unit, a quasi-secret order within the Lind nation
Bamana: Fruit grown in the southern continent, very like a banana in shape and texture
Battle of the Alliance: Battle between the Larg and the convicts of the south and the settlers and the Lind of the north at the beginning of the second summer of mankind on Rybak
Battle of the Ford: The Larg attacked the Kingdom of Murdoch in AL503 and were defeated at the Ford of the river that runs between the Duchies of Cocteau and van Buren.
Battle of Trumpet Keep: When the Larg invaded Vadath in AL10 the Armies of the North met them at David’s Keep that was renamed Trumpet Keep after the battle was won.
Battle of the Gorge: When the Larg invaded Lind in AL167 they were defeated at this battle. Also known as the Battle of Fountains Head
Black Cat: An Inn at Vada
Black Star: Honour Star awarded to brave vadelns (deceased) of the Vada
Blue Flag: The flag raised above human habitations to tell searching Lind that there is a human there who wishes to be considered for vadeln-pairing
Blue Lind: Tavern in southeast Argyll
Book of Laws: The Holy Book of the priests if the Island of Hallam
Book of the Fallen: Book held in the Inner Sanctum of the Vada in which is recorded details of those who have died in the line of duty
Boton Lai : Probe of the Diaglon
Brai: Lai : Black skinned rtath of the Diaglon
Chela: Lind claw, they have five on each paw. They resemble the claws of an earth cat in that they can tract and retract
Ceja: Yes
Clotho: The fate that spins the thread of life
Conclave: Ruling Council of the Kingdom of Murdoch, chaired by the King or Lord Regent. All Murdochian Dukedoms are entitled to a seat on Conclave as is the Lord Marshall. All seat-holders are entitled to one vote.
Contrap: Weapon invented by Arthur Knott and used to defeat the south during the Battle of the Alliance in AL2
CP: Command Post; in a battle this is where the commander of the army is located
CPO: Chief Petty Officer
Crtath: Welcome (informal)
Daga: Lind den
Daiglon: Lai : Planet where the Lai and the others come from
Daki: Section of the Avuzdel
Dalina: Blue flowers resembling snowdrops
Dalinabell: Merchant ship that plies her trade between the Kingdom of Murdoch and Argyll
Dantrapper: Forest in southwestern Lind
Dedta: Welcome (formal)
Deld: Dglai : a measure of gravitational levels
Dglai :Lai and Dglai : Green skinned rtath of the Daiglon
Dhrehl: Season
Dom: Temporary pack home
Domta: Permanent pack home
Domta Holad Winston: The settlement in Vadath where medicine is taught and founded by Winston Randall in AL2
Douglastown: Town in northern Argyll with a Garda detachment
Dugo: Small prickly, dense and fast growing bush, prevalent in the north
Dune Mountain: Bobbly peak near Pointy Peak and close to the town of Dunetown
Dunetown: A village along the Southern Trade Route in Argyll, outside which the Little Rover Inn is situated
Eastern Isles: A prosperous and large group of islands in the Great Eastern Sea and allied to the Kingdom of Murdoch
Elda(s): Leader(s) of packs and Lind nation
Eln: Mate
Express: A service set up during the early years and modelled on the “Pony Express” of the American mid-west in the nineteenth century with the additional service of ‘immediate’ messages using the Lind’s telepathic abilities
Farquharstown: A small village in Argyll about thirty miles north of Settlement
Fealtatis: Fealty ceremony at the Court of Murdoch (the giving of homage and the taking of fealty to and from the King or Queen)
Fifty-first Ryzck: Known as the Susa’s Own and who perform tasks directly ordered by the Susa of the Vada
Fireoil: A substance that burns even in the wettest of conditions
Fort: Defensive site where the crew and families of the WCPS Electra fled to before being overrun by the convicts some months after landing on Rybak (Wolves) : it became the ruling centre and capital of the Kingdom of Murdoch (Trumpet) – the principal royal palace is situated here.
Forty: Sanduntan
Fountains Head: Waterfall in southwestern Lind and the location of the most westerly Holad station in the Lands of the Lind
France Street: A street in the old part of Stewarton
Galland Confederation: A prosperous and large group of islands in the Great Eastern Sea and allied to the Kingdom of Murdoch
Garda: Regular army of Argyll, its headquarters are at Settlement
Gingrootbeer: Spicy soft drink
Goddess: Deity worshipped on the Island of Hallam
Great Eastern Sea: Vast ocean east of Argyll containing hundreds of islands
Gtran: Large vicious cat-like predators that inhabit the snowy mountain ranges of the northern continent
Gtratha: High Council of Lind
Gtrathlin: Leader of the Gtratha
Greenfruit: A northern fruit that is available during winter and summer
Hallam: Northern island in the Great Eastern Sea
Hand: Measurement used to calculate the height of both Lind and horses and measuring four inches
Hero of Galliard: Weaponsmaster Rhian, later Susa of the Vada. Galliard is a small island in the Great Eastern Sea
Holad: Medical section of pack
Holland Street: A street in the old part of Stewarton
Hope’s Point: An area to the east of Dunetown
Ilyei Estuary: Inlet on the southern coast of Vadath where lie a fishing village and a Vada Supply Station
Innellan: A port on the eastern seaboard of Argyll
Inner Sanctum: The room within the Vada Stronghold where is kept the records of those serving and who have once served with the Vada. It also contains the books containing those vadeln who have died in the pursuit of their duty
Intoxication: Armed merchant and passenger ship that plies its trade between the Islands and Settlement
Jeza: Eat
Jezdic: Zebra like intractable animal
Juvenis: First Staticum (year) officer trainees of the Garda of Argyll
Kala: Caffeine drink made from the nuts of the allst tree
Kohort: Larg – Cohort of Larg warriors, usually numbering at least 800
Kohortangan : Larg : Army commander
Kran: Dglai : Commander
Kranan: Larg : Leader of kohort (kohort) squad
Kranj: Larg : Part of kohort, numbering eight
Kura: Docile, woolly, short-legged goat-like animal
Lachesis: The fate that assigns a person’s destiny
Lai: Legendary beings of Lind mythology
Lai: Lai : Golden skinned rtath of the Daiglon
Larg: Larg : Warlike wolf-like denizens of southern continent
Largan: Larg : Leader of all the Larg
Lian: Woods or forests
Lin: Litter of Lind pups
Lind: Peace loving wolf-like denizens of northern continent
Lindling: Human word for Lind young, not often used
Lindar: Warrior section of pack. All Lind, male and female over thirteen summers fight in one of the three ryz of the Lindar of their pack
Lisya: Other litter of Lind pups from the same parents
Litjda: Bitter tasting poison
Little Sisters of the Poor: Nursing Order of Nuns from the Kingdom of Murdoch. They wear white habits
Little Rover Inn: Inn a
t Dunetown belonging to Innkeeper Talan and where Zak, Zala, Tala, Hilla, Rilla and Zilla grew up
Ltscta: Lind youngling
Lucky Lind: A pub at the Vada port
Lungtrel: Multi coloured river fish
Malinon: Northern bird that sings a fine tune
Malinon: Argyllian merchant ship
Middle Sea: Sea between the northern and southern continents
Militia of Argyll: Made up of the general population, the Militia is responsible for helping the Garda in their own Ward and can be called up in time of need
Militia of Vadath: Made up of men and women of fighting age and who have not paired with a Lind, the Militia is responsible for aiding in the defence of the northern continent
Murdoch: Human Country in the southern continent ruled by the ex-convicts (and their descendants) from the WCPS Electra
Nad: Nothingness
Nadlian: Area of land with no trees, grasslands
Nahoko: Lai : Probe of the Diaglon
Numbers 1:10 ; Dun, Vad, Lok, San, Rak, Olf, Tak, Zan, Echt, Duntan
Ondis: Insects that live in swarms and who look like and live s similar life to the locusts of planet Earth
Order of the Grey Nuns: Teaching Order of Nuns of the Kingdom of Murdoch
Pilli: Small, edible darting red fish found in the rivers of the northern continent
Pison berry: Poisonous green berry, which resembles the greenfruit
Plodder: Name given to the type of travelling horse that Baron Ross favoured for long journeys
PO: Petty Officer
Pointy Peak: Pointed mountain near Dunetown and used by mariners as a reference point for navigation
Port Charles: Eighth ward port in Argyll
Port Lutterell: Main port of eastern Argyll, most of its traffic is composed of merchantmen plying their trade between the mainland and the islands, also the base for the Argyllian Navy
Priests of the Holy Temple: Rulers of the Island of Hallam and members of a strict religious sect
Ptatch: Ride
Quorko: Lai and Dglai : Scout ship of the Dglai
Raging Jezdic: An Inn at Vada
Rai: Lai : Blue skinned rtath of the Diaglon
Raki: Section of the Avuzdel
Relentless: Pirate slaver-galley
Rdha: A snack meal
Relm: A piece of paper or parchment of letter size
Rhan: Sun (day)
Rhed: Hot
Redgeworg: Dangerous soporific drug
Rhedhrehl: Summer season
Ricca: A rice-like crop grown in the south
Rtath: Pack
Rtatha: Pack-range
Rtathen: Pack-mates
Rtathlian: Pack-woods
Rudtka: Larg : Small southern burrowing animal like a rabbit with short ears
Ruza: Hero
Rocksprings: Mining camp in the northern mountains of Argyll
Rybak: Planet Wolf, home of the Lind and the Larg and named after James Rybak who found it
Ryz: Battle line
Ryzck: Troop of Vada : made up of thirty-four vadeln-pairs and one commanding vadeln-pair
Ryzcka: Vada Troop Commander
Saint Joan: Religious township in northern Argyll where Susa Julia was born
Saneln: Family unit of four, two humans and two Lind, mated
Satalrdn: Many
Sbnai: Lai : Red skinned rtath of the Daiglon
Senis: Second Staticum (year) officer trainees of the Garda of Argyll
Sheld: Dglai – a measure of gravitational levels
Silver Star: Honour Star awarded to brave vadeln-pairs of the Vada
Silver Star: An Inn at Vada
Sitrep: Situation report
Slammer: Army slang for jail
Smaha: Red numbing medicinal root
Southern Trade Route: This runs from Settlement at the southeasterly tip of Argyll to Vada, the Stronghold of the Vada in Vadath.
Standard: Language spoken by the humans when they arrived on Rybak – as the years progressed the language has shifted to take account of words of Lindish and of the Larg
Stasya: River which flowed into Stewarton during the early years, by the seventh century barely a trickle because of the dam which was built in AL200 to provide a clean water supply for the growing town
Staticum: The year designations of officer trainees in the Garda. Training takes two years and in the first year they are designated First Staticum, in their second year Second Staticum. First year trainees take the rank Juvenis, second year trainees the rank Senis
Stickleweed: Maroon coloured, fast growing weed whose leave stick to clothes, hair and fur
Stewarton: City of Argyll, situated inland beside Lake Stewart
Stronghold: A name used to describe the section within the town of Vada where the Vada HQ is
Summoner of Death: The name for the Boton amongst the Avuzdel
Supply Station: Vada stations that are dotted around Argyll, Vadath and Lind for the use of travelling vadeln-pairs
Susa: Commander of a Lindar, of the Vada and of the three sections of the Avuzdel
Susalai: Supreme Commander of the Avuzdel
Susyc: Overall Commander of the Armies of the North
Symington: Baronage located in the Duchy of Brentwood
Tan: 0 (Zero)
Tarklei: River in southwestern Lind
Technicians Guild: Guild in Argyll and responsible for all technical matters
Thed: Cold
Thedhrehl: Winter season
The Exam: The leaving exams sat by all most of those in Argyll and Vadath wishing to go on to further education, the usual age for sitting these is sixteen
Thibaltines: Enclosed Order of Nuns of the Kingdom of Murdoch. They wear black habits
Three of Five: Dglai :Numerical name of the unmanned beacon the Dglai sent out into space to seek out suitable planets for invasion
Tran: Moon (night)
Tranet: Edible freshwater flatfish
Vada: Cavalry (Lind/human)
Vadath: Country between Argyll and Lind on the northern continent, ruled jointly by humans and Lind
Vadeln-pair: Paired life-mate (Lind/human), often shortened to vadeln or pair
Vadryz: Squad of Vada : made up of eight vadeln-pairs
Vadryza: Vada squad commander of which there are four in each Ryzck; of eight vadeln-pairs each
Valdka: Cloudy white alcoholic drink
Valley Farm: A farmstead in the northern mountains of Argyll destroyed by bandits
Volat: Needless slaying of any creature
Vuz: Idiot (if spoken loudly)
Vuz: Small striped river animal (if spoken softly)
Walda: A long thick leafed grass grown in both northern and southern continents and used for fodder, thatching and other myriad uses
Waldathorn brocade: A brocade based on the walda grass
Whitebush: A plant that generated white roots that can be cooked and eaten
Western Isles: A prosperous and large group of islands in the Great Eastern Sea and allied to the Kingdom of Murdoch
Wral: Large bear-like animals that inhabit the riverbanks of the snowy mountains of the northern continent
Wylie Harbour: Busy and prosperous harbour in southern Argyll
Xrndli: Vulture-like raptor, after a battle they descend on the field and eat the dead
Zandi: Bright coloured snakes that live in the northern continent
Zarova: Long necked camel-like meat animal
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APPENDICES
The Rybakian Year
First Month of Summer: Dunrhed
Second Month of Summer: Vadrhed
Third Month of Summer: Lokrhed
Fourth Month of Summer: Sanrhed
Fifth Month of Summer: Rakrhed
First Month of Winter: Dunthed
Second Month of Winter: Vadthed
Third Month of Wint
er: Lokthed
Fourth Month of Winter: Santhed
Fifth Month of Winter: Rakthed
A Rybakian year is ten months long. There are only two seasons, summer and winter. The year begins with Dunrhed, the first month of summer because tradition states that this was the month of landing. There are four weeks, each ten days long, in a Rybakian month. A week is called a tenday.
The Rybakian Day
Midnight Bell : First Nightbell : Second Nightbell : Third Nightbell : Fourth Nightbell : Dawn Bell : First Bell : Second Bell : Third Bell : Fourth Bell : Noon Bell : Sixth Bell : Seventh Bell : Eighth Bell : Ninth Bell : Eve Bell : Eleventh Bell : Twelfth Bell : Thirteenth Bell : Fourteenth Bell : Midnight Bell
The Dukedoms of the Kingdom of Murdoch in Order of Precedence
North Baker: South Baker: Smith: Cocteau: Van Buren: Gardiner: Brentwood: Sahara (Vacant): Duchesne: Graham
Extract from the Genealogical Chart of the Royal Family of Murdoch AL580 to AL607
King Elliot X (527-601) m. Contessa Janet van Buren (530-89)
* King Elliot XI (b547) m. Contessa Mary Kirkton of the Eastern Isles (b550)
** Elliot (567-574)
** Paul (b568) m. Contessa Susan Baker (b572)
*** Elliot (b590)
*** Susan (b593)
*** Mary (b596)
*** Janet (b599)
** Mary (571-593) m. Duke Raoul van Buren (b571)
** Janet (b575) m. Earl Marcus Galland (b575)
** Xavier (b580) m. Daughter-Heir Harriet Baker (b585)
* Janet (b550) m. Duke James Kirk of the Western Isles (551-92)
* Robert (b552) m. Daughter-Heir Eileidh Brentwood (b560)
* Mary (554-99) (Nun)
* David (b555) m. Kellessa Bethany Ross (b560)
** Bethany (b580) m. Duke-Heir William Duchesne (b580)
** Ian (b586) m. Kellessa Denise Brentwood (b590)
*** Pierre (b607)
* Anne (b558) m. Duke Pierre Cocteau (b554)
Members of the Ruling Conclave of Murdoch AL599
Head of Conclave (with casting vote) – King Elliot the Tenth (b527): North Baker – Duke William (b550): South Baker – Prince-Duke Xavier (b557): Smith – Duke David (b550): Cocteau – Duke Pierre (b554): Van Buren – Duke Raoul (b546): Gardiner – Duke Alastair (b531): Brentwood – Prince-Duke Robert (b552): Sahara – Crown-Prince Elliot (b547): Duchesne – Duke William (b540): Graham – Duke Charles (b580): Lord Marshall : Count Peter Duchesne (b565): Primate – Archbishop Tom Brentwood, Primate of Murdoch (b540)