I Summon the Sea (The Thorn and the Shadow #1)
Glossary and Pronunciation Guide
GLOSSARY AND PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
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NAME PRONUNCIATION:
Amaryll: A-ma-reel (from Amaryllis, a type of lily)
Axwick: Ax-wick
Jai: J-aa-ee (short for Jayen: J-aa-yeen)
Mera: Mee-rah (it means ‘day’)
Phaethon: Pha-ee-thon (ancient Greek god of light)
Rae: r-ey
Remi: Ree-mi
Rouen: Roo-en
NOTE ON ITALICS: they indicate thoughts, but at times, also mind-to-mind communication.
NOTE ON STRANGE WORDS JAI USES SOMETIMES: Words that the protagonist doesn’t recognize are not in the Glossary, nor the names of unknown fish and birds particular to this world.
GLOSSARY:
Anaktor (a-naa-ktor): palace.
Anax (aa-nax): king.
Charybdis (ka-reeb-des): a sea monster who created gigantic whirlpools to suck in its victims.
Dara (daa-rah) from Darako (daa-rah-koh), also called Great Dara: enormous (house-sized), winged dragons that fell through the sky during the last Reversal and into this world. Keeping to themselves, like the Eosphors, they have never descended to the ground until now. They appear to have metallic scales, a possible link to the Eosphors (see further down).
Darakin (da-ra-keen): small (dog-sized), winged dragons. They probably also fell through the sky, but it’s not certain.
Drak: medium-sized (horse-sized) flying dragons with crests, origin unknown, probably also entered this world with the last Reversal.
Eosphor (Eeo-sphor): Eosphors are humanoid, winged beings that fell through the openings of the sky during the last Reversal. Alien and strange, partly made of metal, they keep to themselves and live on the firmament. They are said to be dragon lords.
Faefolk: the fae in this world fell through the sky with the last Reversal and immediately conquered the world for themselves.
Finnfolk (or seafolk or merfolk—also generally waterfolk or watersprights): it comprises all magical humanoid and non-humanoid creatures living in the water.
Humanfolk: the original inhabitants of this world, now subjugated to the fae.
Lumina (loo-mee-na): lesser fae, small, twisted, and malevolent faeries that tend to live in the wild, only occasionally haunting towns and cities.
Maikosa (ma-ee-ko-sa): fierce girl.
Nokke (naw-kkee) also known as calpa (cal-pah) or kelpy (keel-pee): watersprights in the form of colorful horses.
Nine Worlds (or Hollow Worlds): nine hollow worlds, like bubbles or boxes, one stacked on top of the other, made of precious metals and gems. Between the worlds, instead of glue, there are dark passages and caverns where people sometimes wander and get lost, through which the dead souls pass from one world to be reborn in another. With each Reversal, large gates open, and all chaos breaks loose.
Pillar: the Nine Worlds are kept together through a gigantic pillar that pierces all nine of them. The Pillar revolves, and everything in each world gravitates toward it. It also provides the light, though it dims during the night.
Reversal: once every thousand years, the Nine Worlds tip over, and the top world becomes the bottom world. Water, soil, and creatures often fall through the narrow passages between worlds—but in times of Reversal, large gates open close to the Pillar, causing sudden, rapid, and mass channeling of elements and creatures from world to world.
Sylkie (see-lkee): also known as selkie, seafolk who can shift between a marine and humanoid form.
Telchin (tel-kin): telchins are powerful humanoid beings who have existed since the creation of the Nine Worlds. The purpose of their existence is to guard the gates opening between the worlds in times of Reversal, as well as the randomly opening passages in the spaces between the worlds and the passage of dead souls. It is rumored that they also move the threads of fate. Therefore, they often act as priests and holy men.