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Ohh I love the Garden of Agesmeneth! It sounds nice!
Cansee = A distance that is as far as you “can see.”
Caves of Osden Shorn = Caves underneath the temple of Osden Shorn.
Cries Unia = Wooden tablets nailed to roadside trees where Harrold King posts his laws.
Fires of Espritan = A hot, volcanic path that leads to the Pastures of Prepahr.
Garden of Agesmeneth = A small little garden off the path on the way to Mount Rillmorrey. It is full of old and gnarled apple trees.
Hoomin = What the people of Cloven Grave call themselves. We call ourselves people, or humans. They call themselves hoomins.
Joust & Dangle = A fierce game of jousting that takes place on the deep lake of Lakinren Bae between two armoured opponents. They come at each other on long, fast boats powered by 12 men behind them who row in rhythm. Just moments before the boats pass each other, the rowers lift their oars straight up. The two opponents, standing on the prow of their boats, try to jab the other one overboard with their lance. The jousters are attached by a rope around their ankle. A sauvetage boat goes to the immediate rescue of the loser who dangles upside down in the water. The rope is attached to a crane and they are lifted out of the water by the use of a pulley.
Lakinren Bae = The broad, deep lake around which the hoomin of Cloven Grave, High Grave and Low Grave live.
Morning Meal, Middin Meal, Evening Meal = Breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Moss Blossoms = Jewels that grow up out of the moss. Planted and gathered by the Impissh Nissen.
Night People = A magical race of people who are rumored to live in the Quorum Range. The hoomin of Cloven Grave whisper among themselves that they have skin the color of the night. Their eyes shine like stars and they wear their shining black and curly hair cut close to their heads.
Osden Shorn = The large, sprawling estate where Harrold King lives under the self-imposed protection of 400 guards. It was built long ago as a temple to house the once wise kings and queens of Cloven Grave.
Pastures of Prepahr = A meadow that grows at the steep base of Mount Rillmorey. There is a beautiful tree with pure white fruit that grows in the middle of it.
Rendering = Once a week the people of Cloven Grave are required by law (so says Harrold King) to bring everything they grow, weave, milk or make to Osden Shorn where it is collected then handed out to people in small little portions. Harrold King keeps the rest for himself. Of course.
Sea of Longriden = A sea that spreads out on the other side of the Quorum Range. Its salty taste makes its way to Lakinren Bae through an underground tunnel.
Searing Ruwen = Explosive fires that shoot up out of the ground unpredictably. They are at the mouth of the pass that leads into the Quorum Range.
Shoomin = A month.
Waters of Arbiter = The waterfall that must be passed under in order to get to the Pastures of Prepahr.
Yarren = A year.