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A Bene Gesserit term describing a pre-born child whose psyche has been overwhelmed and possessed by an ancestral persona...
A broad, flat plain in the northern lowlands of Mars, chosen as the Ares III landing site for its smooth, open terrain....
Warriors from the small nation of Ademre who hire themselves out as mercenaries across the Four Corners. Adem fighters a...
Capital of the Union, the largest and most powerful city in the Circle of the World. It houses the Agriont, the Lords' R...
The vast empire on the Counterweight Continent, inspired by Imperial China and Japan. Ruled by successive Emperors and r...
The ancient citadel at the heart of Adua, housing the Closed Council chambers, the University, the House of the Maker, a...
A location in the world of Cittàgazze where a significant battle takes place between forces allied with Lord Asriel and ...
One of the disciplines taught at the University, focusing on the study and manipulation of chemical substances and their...
A massive biosoft storage device - a single solid lump of biochip with virtually infinite storage capacity. It functions...
The people and culture of Alethkar, the dominant kingdom on Roshar. The Alethi are a martial society organised into ten ...
One of the most powerful kingdoms on the continent of Roshar, home to the Alethi people. It is a land of stone and storm...
A specialisation within the Materialki order of Grisha, focused on the manipulation of chemical substances. Alkemi can c...
Allomancy is a magic system native to the world of Scadrial in which practitioners, known as Allomancers, gain supernatu...
The Swan Haven, a harbour city of the Teleri Elves in Aman. Site of the first Kinslaying, where Fëanor and his followers...
The capital of Amadicia and stronghold of the Children of the Light. A city dominated by Whitecloak influence and the se...
A region in the Therin world, part of the broader geography beyond Camorr....
A viewing instrument constructed by Mary Malone using lacquered seed-pod sap, allowing her to see sraf with the naked ey...
The Hill of Sight, a peak on the western shore of the river Anduin near the Falls of Rauros, bearing an ancient seat of ...
A philosophical concept and practical testing principle holding that to know a thing well, one must know its limits. In ...
The form of electrical energy used in Lyra's world, derived from the word amber. It serves the same function as electric...
A mining station in the Belt where Fred Johnson, then a UN Marine colonel, led the assault that killed the station's sur...
One of the largest and most powerful nations in the Westlands, ruled by a queen from the capital Caemlyn. Elayne Trakand...
The Great River of western Middle-earth, flowing south from the Grey Mountains through Wilderland, past Lothlórien and G...
The Flame of the West, the sword of Aragorn reforged from the shards of Narsil by the Elven-smiths of Rivendell. Anduril...
Calla Bryn Sturgis's seven-foot-tall Messenger Robot, bearing the North Central Positronics stamp. With a gold body, sil...
The Iron Prison, the great subterranean fortress and armoury of Morgoth in the north of Middle-earth during the First Ag...
The Union's northern province, bordering the North across the River Whiteflow. Sparsely populated and frequently fought ...
A witch or wizard who can transform into a specific animal at will. Becoming an Animagus requires years of study and pra...
The Disc's largest and most important city, a teeming, chaotic, deeply corrupt metropolis on the banks of the River Ankh...
A Protogen stealth ship that attacked the Scopuli and destroyed the Canterbury, setting the entire series in motion. Its...
The magic system of the Arelene people on the world of Sel, practised by the Elantrians - those transformed by the Shaod...
The advanced division of the University where students study the arcane arts in earnest. Gaining admission to the Arcanu...
The military dictator who rules Tal Verrar, holding power through control of the city's formidable navy and garrison. Th...
The nation surrounding the city of Elantris on Sel. Once prosperous under Elantrian rule, Arelon fell into political cha...
The third crewed NASA mission to Mars, in which a small team lands to live and work on the surface for a planned stay be...
A massive flying warship built at Camp Half-Blood, designed to carry a crew of seven demigods on a quest of vital import...
The Heart of the Mountain, a great white jewel discovered beneath Erebor by the Dwarves of Thorin's line. It shone with ...
The North-kingdom of the Dúnedain, founded by Elendil at the end of the Second Age alongside the South-kingdom of Gondor...
The semi-mythical ancestor of Roland Deschain and all gunslingers, the ancient High King who united all the kingdoms of ...
The High King who united the Westlands under a single empire a thousand years before the main events. His death led to t...
A remote, glacier-covered island in the Out Islands where the dragon IceFyre was trapped in ice. The island contains Eld...
The fortress and gathering place built by Lord Asriel in another world to serve as the base for his war against the Auth...
A port city in the far east of Essos, at the mouth of the River Ash by the Shadow Lands. It is a place of dark sorcery a...
A sweet-smelling healing herb also known as kingsfoil, found in Middle-earth wherever the Númenoreans once dwelt. Its cu...
A colony world beyond the ring gates that develops its own local power structures and economy. It becomes a site of unde...
The ruined capital of the Old Empire, once the greatest city in the world. Aulcus now stands as a haunted shell of its f...
A coloured energy field displayed by Culture drones that indicates their emotional state or intentions. Blue-grey for fr...
Mechanical creatures created by the divine craftsman Hephaestus or his children. Automatons range from small helper devi...
The magic system of the world of Nalthis in which practitioners use BioChromatic Breath - a piece of Investiture that ev...
An extraordinarily complex game that gives its name to the Empire of Azad. So complex, subtle, flexible, and demanding t...
Mysterious sentient structures that appear throughout the world, trapping powerful beings within their grounds. Azath Ho...
A ter'angreal used by the Seanchan to control channellers. It consists of a bracelet and necklace connected by a silvery...
The isolated mountain homeland of the Adem, a warrior culture with strict codes of emotional control and martial discipl...
The primordial power of creation that once existed as a unified force in the Cosmere. Adonalsium was shattered in an anc...
The war of unification in which Aegon Targaryen and his sister-wives Visenya and Rhaenys conquered six of the seven king...
The political alliance of baronies governed by the gunslingers, centred on New Canaan and Gilead. It fell to John Farson...
A golden era of peace and technological marvels powered by the One Power, when men and women channelled together and Aes...
Old Tongue for 'dedicated.' The people of the Aiel Waste, descendants of pacifists who served the Aes Sedai during the A...
A conflict from 976 to 978 NE, triggered when King Laman of Cairhien cut down Avendoraldera, a sapling of the great chor...
A vast, harsh desert east of the Spine of the World, homeland of the Aiel. Called the Three-fold Land by its inhabitants...
The Great Music, the act of creation by which the world was brought into being. Ilúvatar proposed themes of music to the...
The Holy Ones, the angelic spirits created by Ilúvatar before the beginning of the world. At his bidding, the Ainur sang...
The seven formal divisions within the Aes Sedai, each designated by a colour and following a distinct philosophy. The Bl...
The mental discipline required for sympathy, described as 'the riding-crop of the mind'. It is the ability to believe so...
An ancient order based in King's Landing, known for producing wildfire, a volatile and intensely flammable liquid. Once ...
The practice of creating potions, poisons, and chemical compounds in the Therin world. Alchemists produce substances ran...
A rare truth-telling instrument resembling a large compass, with thirty-six symbols around its face and four hands. Thre...
The Breaker prison in End-World, also called Blue Heaven or the Devar-Toi. A luxurious prison where psychics unknowingly...
A viewing instrument crafted by Mary Malone from lacquered seed-pod sap that allows the user to see Dust (sraf) directly...
Rare objects or creatures that magnify a Grisha's power. When a Grisha bonds with an amplifier - typically made from the...
An ancient order dedicated to the greater good, supposedly disbanded by the Tehlin Church but possibly still operating i...
Beings of pure consciousness, formed from Dust over aeons. Angels are not supernatural in the traditional sense but are ...
Rare devices from the Age of Legends that allow a channeller to safely handle more of the One Power than they could unai...
The hardest currency on the Discworld outside the Agatean Empire. One hundred pennies equals one dollar. The sequin-size...
The magical ability to teleport from one location to another, requiring concentration on destination, determination, and...
The University's vast library, guarded by Master Lorren and his gillers. It contains the Stacks, Tomes, and restricted s...
The principal settlement on Arrakis, long-time seat of planetary government. Located within the protection of the Shield...
The desert planet, third planet of Canopus, and the sole source of the spice melange in the known universe. Called 'Dune...
The craft of building devices powered by sympathy, practised in the Fishery under Master Kilvin. Arcanists who excel at ...
Beings of immense power who have transcended normal mortality, including gods, demi-gods, and powerful mortals who have ...
One of Ankh-Morpork's most prestigious Guilds, with the motto NIL MORTIFI, SINE LVCRE. Its light and airy building in Fi...
A rare and precious metal on Scadrial, the condensed physical form of the Shard Ruin's power. When burned by an Allomanc...
A race of non-individualised beings whose job is to make sure the universe functions properly and does not just do what ...
An extraordinarily rare and expensive spirit, considered one of the finest drinks in the Therin world. Bottles of Auster...
The first angel, an ancient being of Dust who told those who came after him that he was the Creator of all things. Over ...
Bene Tleilax technology used to grow gholas and produce synthetic melange. The tanks are among the most closely guarded ...
The wizarding prison, a fortress on an island in the North Sea guarded by Dementors. Its inmates over the years include ...
A legendary hero from the age of the Long Night who is said to have forged the flaming sword Lightbringer to defeat the ...
A nine-stringed musical instrument popular throughout the Imperium, particularly associated with Gurney Halleck, the Atr...
Amos Burton's home city on Earth and a recurring touchstone throughout the series. One of the most dangerous cities on t...
The Dark Tower, the great fortress of Sauron in the land of Mordor. Built during the Second Age with the power of the On...
A specialised Fremen signalling device used by spice scouts to mark spice blows in the desert. Included in the Fremkit, ...
A Belter freighter involved in the Ilus/New Terra expedition. It serves as an orbital platform during the colony conflic...
A Laconian vessel that vanishes during transit through the ring gates during the early days of the Laconian exodus from ...
Earth's universal basic income programme that provides housing, food, and medical care to the vast majority of the plane...
The assault by Roland's ka-tet on the Devar-Toi, the Breaker prison in Thunderclap. With the help of rebel Breakers incl...
The climactic battle at the end of The Hobbit, fought at the foot of the Lonely Mountain (Erebor) after the death of the...
A decisive battle during the War of the Ring, fought at the fortress of the Hornburg in the valley of Helm's Deep. The f...
The greatest battle of the War of the Ring, fought on the fields before Minas Tirith. The forces of Mordor besiege the c...
A three-day battle between Union and Northern forces fought around the ancient standing stones called the Heroes. It is ...
An island in the Bay of Ice off the northwestern coast of the North, held by House Mormont. The island is heavily forest...
A prestigious French wizarding school located in the Pyrenees mountains. Beauxbatons accepts students from across France...
Originally built as the generation ship Nauvoo by the Mormon Church at Tycho Station, it was commandeered by the OPA and...
A vast region in the northwest of Middle-earth during the First Age, home to the great Elven kingdoms of Doriath, Gondol...
A creole language spoken throughout the Belt, blending English, Romance languages, Chinese, Hindi, and others - reflecti...
Humans who live and work in the asteroid belt and outer planets of the Sol system. Generations of low gravity have given...
A people of the upper Anduin valley, followers and descendants of Beorn, the great skin-changer who could take the form ...
The vast, frozen wilderness north of the Wall, stretching to the unmapped lands of the far north. It is home to the free...
The rainbow bridge connecting Midgard (the human world) to Asgard, the realm of the Norse gods. The Bifrost is both a me...
A wealthy trading city at the mouth of the Rain Wild River, home to the Old Trader families who hold exclusive trading r...
Biological software - organic computing components that blur the line between technology and living tissue. Biosofts rep...
The Morannon, a great fortified iron gate set in the stone rampart that bars entry into Mordor at the pass of Cirith Gor...
Lethal intrusion countermeasures that can kill a hacker by inducing braindeath. McCoy Pauley earned the nickname Dixie F...
The first of five rebellions led by the descendants of Daemon Blackfyre, a legitimised bastard son of King Aegon IV Targ...
A philosophical notion suggesting that a weapon bears no guilt for the violence it causes - the responsibility lies with...
A psychotic monorail train created by North Central Positronics, and a distant cousin of the cyborg Guardians of the Bea...
The monorail path along which the insane Blaine the Mono carried Roland's ka-tet from the Cradle of Lud southeast along ...
Belter slang for execution by being thrown out of an airlock into the vacuum of space. Bobbing is a particularly feared ...
A catastrophic attack on Earth using stealth-coated asteroids, the most devastating act of war in human history. The att...
A powerful guild of sorcerers based on the Isas Scholastica in Karthain. They hire out their services as mercenaries and...
One of the ten orders of the Knights Radiant on Roshar, limited to only three members at any time. Each Bondsmith bonds ...
An extremely dangerous alchemical substance that reacts violently and unpredictably when exposed to various common mater...
The Gzilt holy book, delivered by meteorite during their dark ages. Remarkably accurate in its predictions, it holds eno...
The hole drilled into the Dark One's prison by Mierin Eronaile (Lanfear) and Beidomon during the Age of Legends, seeking...
The wealthiest and most powerful of the Free Cities, built upon a cluster of islands in a lagoon at the northwestern tip...
The third planet in the Rosharan system, also known as Damnation. The prison of the Fused and Odium, from which the Deso...
The headquarters of the Twenty-First Nome, a training facility for Egyptian magicians located in a mansion in Brooklyn, ...
One of the six coastal duchies that make up the Six Duchies, ruled by the Farseer family from Buckkeep Castle. Buck is t...
The Sleeping Goddess, an Elder deity whose body is the earth itself. She sleeps in an eternal slumber, and her dreams sh...
The most devastating weapon in a channeller's arsenal. Balefire burns its target out of existence and also destroys the ...
Maiar fire spirits corrupted by Morgoth in the earliest days of the world, among the most terrible of his servants. They...
Supernatural beings counted among the undead and other 'foster children of the night' who frequent establishments like B...
The lawless entertainment and criminal district of Ketterdam, a maze of gambling dens, pleasure houses, fighting pits, a...
An enormous serpent also known as the King of Serpents. A basilisk's gaze is instantly fatal to anyone who looks directl...
The final battle of the Second Wizarding War, fought at Hogwarts between Voldemort's forces and the defenders of the sch...
A pivotal battle in the history of Mid-World, regarded as the last stand of the gunslingers. The events at Jericho Hill ...
Six invisible lines of force that hold the Dark Tower in place and maintain the structure of all reality. Each connects ...
The oldest Guild in Ankh-Morpork, and also the richest, since beggars never buy anything they can beg. It has a strict c...
The asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, home to millions of workers and their descendants who mine ice, ore, and vol...
A secretive civilisation known for mastery of genetic manipulation. The Tleilaxu produce gholas, Face Dancers, and twist...
A popular wizarding sweet that comes in every conceivable flavour, from pleasant ones like chocolate and peppermint to r...
Dog-like creatures native to Mid-World with the ability to mimic human speech. The ancient word for them is throcken. Th...
The innate Investiture that every person on Nalthis is born with. A single Breath is barely noticeable, but accumulated ...
A city on the continent of Genabackis, significant to the Tiste Andii. Its history is intertwined with the events of Mem...
The training facility for male channellers (Asha'man), established by Rand al'Thor on a farm south of Caemlyn. Under the...
The most dangerous of the Wizard's Rainbow glass balls, a sphere of deep dark magic. Very likely the most terrible objec...
A vast corrupted region north of the Borderlands, extending from the Mountains of Dhoom to Shayol Ghul. Warped by the Da...
A shape-shifting creature that takes the form of whatever a person fears most. Nobody knows what a boggart looks like in...
The General Oblation Board's research station in the far north, where kidnapped children are subjected to intercision - ...
A witch's ability to enter and share the mind of another living creature, seeing through its eyes and experiencing its s...
The cataclysm that ended the Age of Legends, caused by male Aes Sedai driven mad by the Dark One's taint on saidin. In t...
The ancestral castle of the Farseer kings, perched on a cliff above Buckkeep Town and the sea. A vast, ancient fortress ...
The extinct alien civilisation that created the protomolecule, the ring gates, and the vast network connecting habitable...
An extremist revolutionary faction that advocates for the complete destruction of the existing social order through fire...
The Weasley family home near Ottery St Catchpole, a ramshackle, magically extended house that Harry considers the best h...
The great crusade against computers, thinking machines, and conscious robots, begun in 201 BG and concluded in 108 BG. L...
Kvothe's Adem sword, whose name means 'the break in a line of verse' - also called Saicere in Adem. It is an ancient bla...
One of Jupiter's Galilean moons and a significant Belter settlement. Home to various OPA-affiliated communities and indu...
A major Therin city-state built upon Eldren ruins, crisscrossed by canals and bridges of Elderglass. Ruled by Duke Nicov...
The field of red roses surrounding the Dark Tower at the centre of all worlds. The name means 'the Red Fields of None' i...
Human-taheen hybrids also known as Low Men, the can-toi have human bodies but the heads of louse-infested, red-haired ra...
An ageing ice hauler owned by the Pur'n'Kleen Water Company, running water from Saturn's rings to Ceres and the Belt. Th...
The title given to the ruler of the criminal underworld in Camorr. The Capa maintains order among the city's thieves and...
Capital of the North and seat of whoever holds the title of King of the Northmen. A fortified town where power changes h...
Also known as the Castle on the Abyss, the Last Castle, and the Rooms of Ruin, this imposing fortress in End-World abuts...
A world-reshaping event on Scadrial that marked the transition between the Final Empire era and the modern era. The enti...
In the Fool's cosmology, the individual whose actions serve as the turning point that shifts the world from one future p...
A location in Lyra's world where the physicist Mary Malone observes shadow particles using a computer interface she name...
A magical metal mined from Mount Olympus, used to forge weapons that are deadly to monsters, gods, and other divine bein...
The largest station in the Belt, built inside a dwarf planet spun up to provide gravity. Home to millions, it serves as ...
An ancient hunting language used as a secret tongue by the Bene Gesserit and adapted by the Fremen of Arrakis. Derived f...
A militaristic duchy to the south of the Six Duchies and north of Bingtown, ruled by the Duke of Chalced. Chalcedean cul...
The Bene Gesserit Chapter House on Wallach IX, the last surviving facility of what was once a network of twelve chapter ...
The ritual bonfire lit during the Festival of Reap in Mid-World. The term means 'Come Reap' in the old tongue. In the da...
A shelter for homeless youth in Boston that also serves as a safe haven for Norse demigods and einherjar operating in th...
Enormous crustacean creatures found on the Shattered Plains of Roshar. They are among the largest land animals on the pl...
A bar in Chiba City frequented by expatriate console cowboys and other denizens of the technological underworld. The Cha...
Poisoning administered in a drink, one of the standard methods of assassination in the Imperium alongside chaumas (poiso...
The priestly caste of Chelgrian society, responsible for religious and spiritual matters. Their influence extends deeply...
A strategy game played throughout the Imperium, often compared to chess but with greater complexity. Cheops was favoured...
A Japanese city whose black clinics represent the cutting edge of illegal medical technology - nerve-splicing, implants,...
The Northern tradition of settling disputes through single combat within a marked circle. The challenger and the challen...
The name for the known world, encompassing the Union, the North, Styria, the Gurkish Empire, and the distant lands beyon...
The legendary enforcers of the Amyr, recognisable by the bloody hands painted on their tower shields. The Ciridae posses...
A high pass through the Mountains of Shadow on the western border of Mordor, guarded by a watchtower of the same name. G...
The great seat of learning in Oldtown where maesters study and earn their chains. Founded thousands of years ago, the Ci...
A distant island fortress that serves as the stronghold of the Servants, who are Whites or descendants of Whites. Clerre...
The Union's ruling body of twelve members who advise the king on all matters of state. In practice, they govern the Unio...
The branch of cloud-pine wood upon which witches fly, essential to their ability to travel through the air. Each witch h...
Capsule-style accommodation common in Chiba City - cheap, minimal sleeping pods. White fibreglass coffins racked in indu...
One of the three Realms of existence in the Cosmere, shaped by the thoughts and perceptions of conscious beings. In this...
The military divisions within Camp Jupiter's Twelfth Legion, numbering five in total. Each cohort houses its members in ...
A Misting on Scadrial who can burn steel, allowing them to Push on nearby metals. Coinshots earn their name from the com...
Humans who bond with dragons and undergo physical transformation, developing scales, elongated features, and other draco...
A fundamental force in the Cosmere's Spiritual Realm that links people, places, and things together. Connection determin...
The most powerful and feared arm of the Magisterium, responsible for enforcing orthodoxy and suppressing heresy. The Cou...
A hacker who operates in cyberspace, using a deck to penetrate corporate data systems for profit. Cowboys cultivate a re...
A recorded copy of a person's mind stored in ROM, preserving their personality, knowledge, and conversational patterns a...
A ritual combat practised in the North to settle disputes over leadership. When a chief's authority is challenged, the m...
A phenomenon in the Malazan world where multiple powerful forces - gods, Ascendants, armies, magical entities - are draw...
Massive windstorms on Arrakis caused by the interaction of the planet's rapid rotation with its extreme temperature diff...
The political entity that governed the Known Universe for over ten thousand years under the Padishah Emperors of House C...
Pirates and raiders based in the port-city of Umbar, south of Gondor. Originally of Númenorean blood, they became bitter...
Groups of Skill-users who link their minds together to work magic collectively, amplifying their power far beyond what a...
The acceleration couches found throughout every ship in the series, designed to keep occupants alive during high-g manoe...
A lawless mining town in the Far Country, divided between two rival bosses and governed by whoever can afford the most f...
A gambling den in the Barrel district of Ketterdam, owned and operated by Kaz Brekker. The Crow Club serves as the base ...
Culture ships choose their own names, which typically reflect the wit, irreverence, and philosophical nature of their Mi...
The coastal region encompassing the Rain Wilds, Bingtown, and surrounding areas, known for the toxic and mutagenic prope...
A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of operators worldwide. A graphic representation of data abstra...
The hardware interface used by console cowboys to access the matrix. Decks translate neural impulses into digital signal...
One-eyed giants from Greek mythology who exist in several varieties within the Riordanverse. Some cyclopes are savage mo...
The capital of Andor, built on rising hills with both an Inner City (the old city) and a New City less than two thousand...
A nation east of Andor, and its capital city. Its sigil is a many-rayed golden rising sun on a field of blue. The Cairhi...
Third planet of Delta Pavonis, ancestral homeworld of House Atreides. A lush, ocean-rich world of temperate climate, it ...
A farming community in the Borderlands between Mid-World and Thunderclap, terrorised by the Wolves every generation. Its...
A powerful male sa'angreal also known as the Sword That Is Not a Sword, housed in the Stone of Tear. The Prophecies of t...
The ancestral seat of House Lannister, carved from a great stone hill overlooking the Sunset Sea on the western coast of...
The legendary fighting retreat led by Fist Coltaine across Seven Cities, protecting tens of thousands of Malazan refugee...
An area of rolling downland in the Ramtops region, known locally as 'the wold' in old speech. It is sheep-farming countr...
A hidden chamber beneath Hogwarts built by Salazar Slytherin, accessible only to Parselmouths. It houses a Basilisk and ...
The act of drawing upon and directing the One Power. Channellers weave flows of the Five Powers - Earth, Air (Wind), Fir...
The study and exploration of Great A'Tuin, the giant turtle upon whose back the four elephants stand that in turn suppor...
The original inhabitants of Westeros, a diminutive, long-lived, non-human race who lived in harmony with nature long bef...
A military organisation also known as the Whitecloaks, headquartered in the Fortress of the Light in Amador, Amadicia. T...
The Combine Honnete Ober Advancer Mercantiles, the universal development corporation controlled by the Emperor and Great...
The two great sa'angreal statues, the most powerful ever created. The male statue, attuned to saidin, stood near Tremons...
A city in a parallel world, also called the City of Magpies, where the subtle knife was forged. Citta'gazze has been dev...
The semaphore system that has become the principal method of communicating over long distances on the Discworld. Clacks ...
The removal of the Dark One's taint from saidin. Using the principle that two opposite evils attract and destroy each ot...
Foul scavenging creatures that inhabit mountain regions and cliff faces across several worlds. They are carrion eaters, ...
Both a communal rice-planting song and dance, and a word for rice itself. In the Calla it is a lively communal celebrati...
The nation containing the University, Tarbean, and much of the story's central geography. It is governed by a king in Re...
A weave of the One Power that compels the subject to do the channeller's will. Though not considered an ethical use of t...
Old Tongue for 'the Return.' The name given by the Seanchan both to the fleet of thousands of ships and to the hundreds ...
A spire of grey stone and green ice ten miles high at the Disc's Hub. It rises through the clouds and supports at its pe...
The Order of the Living and the Dead, one of the three Grisha orders. Corporalki manipulate the human body and wear red ...
The sacred knife of the Fremen, manufactured from a tooth of a dead sandworm. Made in 'fixed' (treated for storage) and ...
An ancient, malevolent being trapped in a great tree in the Fae, able to see all possible futures and choosing its words...
Also called heartstone, an indestructible substance created during the Age of Legends. Any force applied to break it, in...
Shapeshifters who can divide their consciousness into multiple animal forms simultaneously, such as a swarm of rats or a...
The process by which a child's daemon takes on a permanent, fixed animal form, typically occurring during adolescence. B...
A Union outpost on the Gurkish border, strategically important but difficult to defend. Glokta is sent there as Superior...
The primary newspaper of the British wizarding community, delivered by owl each morning. Its reporting is not always rel...
A city of Men at the foot of the Lonely Mountain (Erebor), closely linked to the Dwarf-kingdom within. Dale was destroye...
A devastating civil war fought between rival Targaryen claimants to the Iron Throne, pitting Rhaenyra Targaryen against ...
A category of magic considered dangerous and morally questionable, including curses, hexes, and the three Unforgivable C...
A symbol depicting a skull with a serpent emerging from its mouth, used as the emblem of Lord Voldemort and his Death Ea...
The common caste in Vorin kingdoms on Roshar, characterised by dark-coloured eyes. Darkeyes make up the majority of the ...
A major city on the continent of Genabackis, known as the City of Blue Fire for the gas-lit flames that burn along its s...
The ancestral greatsword of House Dayne of Starfall, forged from the metal of a fallen star. Unlike Valyrian steel blade...
An annual feast held at Raven's Reach by the duke of Camorr, the one occasion each year when he opens his tower. Three h...
A vast expanse of stagnant pools and treacherous bogs lying between the Emyn Muil and the gates of Mordor. The marshes h...
A Fremen device used to reclaim water from the bodies of the dead, known also as the Huanui. Under Fremen custom, a body...
A divinatory tool used to read the shifting alignments of power in the Malazan world. Each card in the Deck represents a...
The hardware used by console cowboys to access cyberspace. Ranging from cheap models to the premium Ono-Sendai Cyberspac...
The offspring of a god and a mortal human, also called half-bloods. Demigods inherit some of their divine parent's power...
A highly addictive narcotic substance derived from the denner tree. Denner resin produces intense euphoria and is devast...
Flat electrodes placed against the skin, typically strapped across the forehead, that interface the human nervous system...
Recurring catastrophic wars on Roshar in which the Fused (cognitive shadows of ancient Singers inhabited by Odium's Inve...
The Breaker prison located in Thunderclap, also known as Algul Siento or Blue Heaven by the taheen and can-toi who guard...
A Shard of Adonalsium that once resided on Sel, embodying love, loyalty, and devotion. Its Vessel was Aona. The Shard wa...
The leader of a ka-tet in Mid-World culture, the one who commands and takes responsibility for the group's actions and w...
A restriction built into North Central Positronics technology that limits the amount of information a device or robot ca...
A species of wolf far larger and more intelligent than their common cousins, once found throughout Westeros but now conf...
The Discworld itself - a flat, circular world resting on the backs of four enormous elephants (Berilia, Tubul, Great T'P...
A Culture technology for teleporting matter from one location to another. Displacement is risky, particularly in hypersp...
A teleportation technology used by Culture ships and installations to instantaneously move objects or people from one lo...
A device used to communicate over distances by modulating the nerve impulses of a trained bat or bird, allowing it to ca...
Kanedias's sword, forged by the Maker himself and capable of cutting through virtually anything. Bayaz retrieves it from...
House-elves are bound to serve wizarding families unless presented with clothing by their master, which sets them free. ...
A dark fortress in southern Mirkwood, used by Sauron as his base of operations during the Third Age while he rebuilt his...
A Shard of Adonalsium that once resided on Sel, embodying control, authority, and rulership. Its Vessel was Skai. Like D...
The MCRN Donnager is a Donnager-class battleship and flagship of the Martian Congressional Republic Navy's Jupiter fleet...
Both Mid-World and Keystone Earth contain numerous doorways between worlds, divided into two types: Magical and Mechanic...
The combined power of the Shards Devotion and Dominion on Sel, which was forced into the Cognitive Realm rather than bei...
The Hidden Kingdom, a great Elven realm in the forests of Beleriand during the First Age, ruled by King Thingol and Quee...
The southernmost of the Seven Kingdoms, a hot and arid land separated from the rest of Westeros by the Red Mountains. Do...
A pure-energy superspecies long retired from normal galactic life, whose conceit is to cordon off and preserve certain p...
An ancient civilisation whose technological ruins dot the mountains of the Far Country. The Ghost People inhabit their a...
A large horn of Valyrian steel and dragonglass, banded with red gold and covered in Valyrian glyphs. Said to have the po...
A massive domed structure atop the Hill of Rhaenys in King's Landing, built during the reign of Maegor the Cruel to hous...
Immense, intelligent creatures central to the world's ecology and magic. True dragons are born from serpents who cocoon ...
Fearsome reptilian creatures bred by Morgoth during the First Age as weapons of war. The first and greatest was Glaurung...
A term for those of Valyrian blood who are not of noble birth, particularly the bastards and descendants of dragonlords....
Massive serpentine monsters from Greek mythology, far larger and more dangerous than common monsters. Drakons are among ...
Places that are spoiled, useless, or both, yet paradoxically also places of extreme power. Susannah Dean describes them ...
The process by which Roland drew the members of his ka-tet from our world into Mid-World through three magical Beach Doo...
The ancestral seat of House Bolton in the North, a grim fortress known for its dungeons. The Boltons' sigil of a flayed ...
A magical liquid metal used by the Bondsmagi. It can be sculpted into shapes, formed into needles, or spread across surf...
A biological modification standard in Culture citizens, allowing them to secrete various drugs directly into their blood...
The magical dimension that exists alongside the mortal world in Egyptian mythology, central to the Kane Chronicles. The ...
The six coastal territories that comprise the Six Duchies: Buck, Bearns, Rippon, Shoaks, Tilth, and Farrow. Each duchy i...
A specialisation within the Materialki order of Grisha, focused on the manipulation of solid materials such as metal, gl...
A wizarding school located in northern Europe, known for its acceptance of the Dark Arts in its curriculum. Durmstrang d...
A slang term used primarily by Belters to refer to Martians, derived from Mars's dusty surface. Like most interplanetary...
A phenomenon associated with the ring gates where ships or matter passing through the gates simply vanish without arrivi...
The Men of the West, descendants of the Númenoreans who survived the downfall of their island kingdom and founded the re...
The external physical manifestation of a person's inner self or soul in Lyra's world, taking the form of an animal. Ever...
One of the four distinct types of light on the Discworld, also called 'the light fantastic'. It is the opposite of light...
The primordial force of evil, imprisoned by the Creator outside of time and the Pattern. Known by many names - Shai'tan,...
Non-channelling humans who have pledged themselves to the Dark One. Organised in secretive cells with their own internal...
Shadowspawn created from lupine stock corrupted by the Dark One. Blacker than night and the size of ponies, they run in ...
The nexus point of all existence, standing at the centre of all worlds where all six Beams converge. Roland's ultimate d...
Three legendary magical objects from the Tale of the Three Brothers: the Elder Wand (the most powerful wand in existence...
Dark creatures that feed on human happiness and can consume a person's soul with the Dementor's Kiss. They guard Azkaban...
The hidden wizarding shopping street in London, accessed through the Leaky Cauldron. It houses Gringotts bank, Ollivande...
A small demon in a box that can store information, appointments, record conversations and memos. The Mark V version, kno...
Chaos, entropy, and dissolution - the opposite of order and the White. Both a place (the wasteland around Castle Discord...
A restaurant in New York City that serves as a front for the Crimson King's forces. Beneath it lies a passage to Fedic i...
Also called the Kingdom of the Sun and the Old Kingdom, its name means 'Child of the Djel' after the river that flows th...
The cataclysmic destruction of the Valyrian Freehold, the greatest civilisation in the known world. In a single day, the...
The vast central grasslands of Essos, home to the Dothraki horse lords. An ocean of grass stretching from the Free Citie...
A large, heavy, lizard-like creature sometimes mistaken for a dragon. The draccus feeds primarily on trees and plants, w...
A creature of the Dark One, made by twisting human stock. A Draghkar appears as a large man with bat-like wings, too-pal...
The legendary black sword wielded by Anomander Rake, Son of Darkness. Forged by the Elder God Draconus, Dragnipur chains...
The common name for obsidian, a naturally occurring volcanic glass. Dragonglass is one of the few substances that can ki...
An enormous volcanic mountain near Tar Valon, created when Lews Therin Telamon destroyed himself with the One Power at t...
Enormous fire-breathing reptiles, once the ultimate weapon of the Valyrian Freehold and later the Targaryen dynasty. Dra...
A volcanic island fortress in Blackwater Bay, the westernmost outpost of the Valyrian Freehold and the ancestral seat of...
The ability to enter and navigate Tel'aran'rhiod at will, to observe and interpret prophetic dreams, and to enter the dr...
A watering hole more than halfway from Cairhien to Tar Valon, and the site of a pivotal battle. A large contingent of Sh...
The abode of the Disc's gods, situated atop Cori Celesti. A stuccoed Valhalla wherein the gods face eternity with the ki...
Mysterious elementary particles that are attracted to consciousness, settling on adults and objects of human workmanship...
A sturdy, proud race created by the Vala Aule, who could not wait for the coming of Ilúvatar's Children. Though Ilúvatar...
A sealed, pressurised spacesuit worn for any activity outside the Hab. It supplies oxygen, regulates temperature and shi...
Great birds who serve as emissaries of Manwë, King of the Valar. The Eagles are intelligent, noble creatures who interve...
Humanity's homeworld, still the most politically powerful body in the solar system but groaning under thirty billion peo...
Humans transformed by protomolecule infection into something faster, stronger, and harder to kill than any ordinary pers...
Cannibalistic practitioners of dark magic who consume human flesh to fuel their supernatural abilities. They serve as en...
A Culture ship or Mind that has declared itself outside normal Culture conventions, pursuing its own interests and decli...
One of the ten orders of the Knights Radiant on Roshar, associated with the Surges of Abrasion and Progression. Edgedanc...
The capital of Rohan, a fortified town built on a hill in the shadow of the White Mountains. At its summit stands Meduse...
A versatile Culture technology used for sensing, communication, manipulation, and offensive purposes. A warship's electr...
Warriors who have died bravely and been chosen to reside in Valhalla, the hall of the slain, in the Norse afterlife. Ein...
A once-magnificent city on Sel that served as the home of the Elantrians, people who were transformed by the Shaod into ...
The oldest generation of deities, predating the current pantheon of Ascendants. Elder Gods include K'rul, Mael, Burn, an...
A mysterious, indestructible glass-like material left behind by the Eldren, found throughout Therin cities. In Camorr it...
An ancient, vanished race that built the cities humans now inhabit. Some of their ruins may be over twenty thousand year...
A civilisation that broke away from the Culture, dedicated to the principle of seeking out and being changed by contact ...
The largest and most important city on Scadrial in the post-Catacendre era, situated in the Elendel Basin. It is a bustl...
The languages devised by Tolkien for the Elves of Middle-earth, the most fully developed of all his invented languages. ...
A paradise within the Underworld reserved for heroes and the virtuous dead. Elysium offers eternal happiness and peace t...
A wealthy trading city and significant centre of commerce in Styria. Emberlain's prosperity makes it a prize worth fight...
A small village in the Two Rivers district of Andor, home to Rand al'Thor, Mat Cauthon, Perrin Aybara, Egwene al'Vere, a...
Shape-shifting female monsters who disguise themselves as beautiful women to lure and consume mortals. Empousai have one...
The Idiran expansionist campaign that led to the Idiran-Culture War. The Idirans sought to bring order to the galaxy thr...
A Shard of Adonalsium residing on Nalthis, embodying the act of giving and bestowing gifts. Endowment is the source of B...
The highly efficient fusion drive technology invented by Solomon Epstein that enabled humanity's expansion beyond Earth ...
A philosophical and political principle central to Culture society, holding that no being - biological or artificial - i...
The Lonely Mountain, a great peak in the northeast of Middle-earth and the site of one of the wealthiest Dwarf-kingdoms....
An Elven realm in the Second Age, also known as Hollin, lying west of the Misty Mountains near the gates of Moria. Home ...
A spinning asteroid station in the Belt, smaller and seedier than Ceres. Site of the protomolecule's first large-scale d...
The catastrophic events on Eros Station that drive a large part of the first half of Leviathan Wakes and shape the polit...
A Therin city with a strong theatrical tradition, home to the Old Pearl theatre. Father Chains sends the young Gentleman...
The vast eastern continent, home to the Free Cities, the Dothraki Sea, Slaver's Bay, and the ruins of Old Valyria. Daene...
One of Jupiter's moons, home to a major United Nations naval base and military installation beneath its icy surface. Eur...
The mythical father of Juvens and Kanedias, who established the First Law forbidding direct contact with the Other Side ...
An Outside Context Problem - something so far beyond a civilisation's understanding or capabilities that it cannot be ad...
The term used in Lyra's world for what our world calls physics or natural science. All scientific enquiry in Lyra's worl...
The seat of House Arryn in the Vale of Arryn, perched atop the Giant's Lance mountain. It is considered impregnable due ...
A Half-elven mariner of the First Age, son of Tuor and Idril of Gondolin, and father of Elrond and Elros. Eärendil saile...
The capital of Altara, lying on the southern coast at the mouth of the River Eldar. Most buildings are white, some bande...
A travelling people of performers, musicians, and storytellers, regarded by settled folk with a mixture of fascination a...
An ancient civilisation that lived alongside dragons in a symbiotic relationship, their bodies gradually changed by prol...
The most powerful wand in existence, one of the three Deathly Hallows. Its allegiance passes to whoever defeats its prev...
The Firstborn Children of Ilúvatar, who awoke by the shores of Cuivienen under the stars before the rising of the Sun an...
A wealthy trading city on the Therin continent, known for its commerce and political intrigue. Emberlain's prosperity ma...
A figure of supreme evil in Tehlin theology, representing darkness, chaos, and destruction. According to church teaching...
The far eastern reaches beyond Thunderclap where the Dark Tower itself stands. The man in black refuses to speak of the ...
Ancient tree-like beings, the Shepherds of the Trees, created to protect the forests of Middle-earth from those who woul...
A music venue in Imre where performers can earn their talent pipes by impressing the owner, Stanchion. It is the social ...
A tiny but influential city state on the rimward coast of the Circle Sea, between Djelibeybi and Omnia. Its major export...
The Order of Summoners, one of the three Grisha orders. Etherealki manipulate natural forces and wear blue kefta. They i...
An unnatural storm that moves from west to east - opposite to the highstorms - summoned during the events of Words of Ra...
Devices on Roshar that use captured spren within gemstones to produce magical effects. They range from simple heating or...
The common name for Materialki Grisha, who manipulate physical materials rather than the human body or natural forces. F...
A Laconian warship that conducts a catastrophic antimatter experiment in the Tecoma system under orders from High Consul...
The collapse of gunslinger civilisation at the hands of John Farson, known as the Good Man. Farson rose from a stage-rob...
The destruction of the hidden Elven city of Gondolin during the First Age, one of the most tragic events in the wars aga...
The hour when every visible inch of Elderglass in Camorr throws off enough supernatural radiance to bring on a second su...
An ancient forest at the southeastern end of the Misty Mountains, home to the Ents and one of the oldest woodlands in Mi...
The remote western wilderness beyond the Near Country, home to the Ghost people and the ruins of the Dragon People. The ...
The royal family of the Six Duchies, who have ruled from Buckkeep for generations. The Farseer line carries a hereditary...
A deserted village in End-World that abuts Castle Discordia, located on the far side of Thunderclap along the Path of th...
A Scadrian magic system in which practitioners, known as Feruchemists, store personal attributes (such as weight, speed,...
A region of the Underworld where the wicked are sent to suffer eternal punishment for their crimes in life. The Fields c...
The earliest age of Middle-earth's recorded history, spanning from the awakening of the Elves to the overthrow of Morgot...
'It is forbidden to touch the Other Side directly.' The fundamental law of magic established by Euz, violation of which ...
The experience of brain death while jacked into cyberspace, typically caused by hostile ICE destroying a hacker's neural...
Capa Barsavi's headquarters, an old galleon converted into a fortress. Its reception hall has coffee-coloured hardwood f...
A magical transportation system connecting fireplaces throughout the wizarding world. Users throw Floo Powder into a lit...
The perilous journey across the Shadow Fold that travellers and military convoys must undertake to reach West Ravka. Cro...
Small carved wooden beads and trinkets crafted by the Fool, often given as gifts that carry deeper significance. Some ar...
The visions and predictions made by the Fool, a White prophet who believes FitzChivalry Farseer is the Catalyst who will...
A magic system from the Rose Empire on Sel in which practitioners called Forgers create soulstamps - intricately carved ...
An ancient Elder Race obsessed with their concept of justice, which they impose through a form of sorcery that compels o...
The war initiated by Marco Inaros and his Free Navy faction, beginning with the asteroid bombardment of Earth that kills...
A fiercely independent colony world beyond the ring gates. Under its governor Payne Houston, it resists Laconian authori...
An orbital spindle-shaped space station - brothel and banking nexus, pleasure dome and free port, border town and spa. L...
The social and governance practices of the Fremen within their underground cave communities. Each sietch was led by a Na...
The basic desert survival kit carried by Fremen of Arrakis. Packed in a small bundle with shoulder straps weighing appro...
Geodesic dome structures that are part of the Sprawl's skyline, named after Buckminster Fuller. The Sprawl's towers and ...
A shape-shifting mimic created by the Bene Tleilax. Face Dancers can alter their appearance to imitate any human. Later ...
A secretive guild of assassins based in the House of Black and White in Braavos. They worship the Many-Faced God - death...
The otherworld parallel to the mortal realm, home to Felurian, the Cthaeh, and creatures of legend. Time moves different...
The military arm of the Faith of the Seven, consisting of two orders: the Warrior's Sons, a knightly order, and the Poor...
The dominant religion of the Seven Kingdoms south of the Neck, brought to Westeros by the Andal invasion thousands of ye...
The largest town on Toman Head, standing on a spit of land at the very tip of the peninsula on the Aryth Ocean. Its popu...
An independent city-state on the Plains of Maredo, situated on an island in a lake. Its sigil is a woman's golden hand, ...
The rigid rule of class distinction enforced throughout the Imperium: 'A place for every man and every man in his place....
Fremen death commandos, pledged to give their lives to right a wrong. Under Paul Muad'Dib, they become his personal guar...
A magical potion also known as liquid luck. When consumed, it makes the drinker extraordinarily fortunate for a period o...
The thousand-year authoritarian regime established by the Lord Ruler (Rashek) on Scadrial. The Empire is built on a rigi...
The all-female military force created by the God Emperor Leto II. Leto chooses women because he believes they are less s...
The University's artificery workshop run by Master Kilvin, where students build sympathy lamps, bloodless devices, heat ...
A northern nation inspired by Scandinavian cultures, fiercely hostile to Grisha. The Fjerdans view Grisha as unnatural a...
A concentration or meditation technique where the mind is cleared of thoughts, sometimes aided by focusing on a candle o...
A standard spaceflight manoeuvre where a ship accelerates towards its destination for the first half of the journey, the...
The Guild of Fools and Joculators and College of Clowns, with the motto DICO, DICO, DICO. Located on the corner of God S...
The vast, ancient forest bordering the Hogwarts grounds, home to centaurs, Acromantulas, Thestrals, and other magical cr...
A rare Talent among channellers - the ability to foretell the future with absolute certainty. Paradoxically, Foretelling...
A horrifying process used by the Red Ship Raiders in which captives are stripped of all human emotion, empathy, and conn...
The known world, encompassing the Commonwealth, Vintas, the Cealdish territories, Modeg, and the small kingdoms. Its nam...
The four houses of Hogwarts - Gryffindor (courage), Slytherin (ambition), Ravenclaw (wisdom), and Hufflepuff (loyalty) -...
A silver ter'angreal in the shape of a foxhead with only one eye showing, given to Mat Cauthon by the Eelfinn. It blocks...
Nine independent city-states on the western coast of Essos, most founded as colonies of the Valyrian Freehold: Braavos, ...
The people who live beyond the Wall, called 'wildlings' by those south of it. They reject the authority of the Iron Thro...
The official language of the Imperium, evolved from ancient Terran languages including English and Slavic roots with inf...
The currency of the wizarding world. Gold Galleons are the largest denomination, followed by silver Sickles and bronze K...
Tiny humanoid spies from a world allied with Lord Asriel, standing no more than a hand's span tall. They ride dragonflie...
The name given to Giedi Prime after the fall of House Harkonnen and the ecological restoration of the planet. Once an in...
Jupiter's largest moon and the primary food production centre for the outer planets, its vast mirror arrays and undergro...
A military confrontation on Jupiter's moon Ganymede triggered by a protomolecule-enhanced soldier attacking both UN and ...
A Laconian warship captured by the underground resistance and used as their primary combat vessel. Under the command of ...
A technology used in Culture spacecraft and suits that creates a protective gel-like force field around occupants during...
Large gemstones that grow naturally within certain creatures on Roshar, most notably chasmfiends. They are enormously va...
A large continent and theatre of war for the Malazan Empire, home to free cities such as Darujhistan and Pale. It is the...
Smaller Culture vessels operated by Contact, designed for exploration and diplomatic engagement with other civilisations...
A branch of the Magisterium responsible for the experiments at Bolvangar, colloquially known as the Gobblers. The Board,...
The largest class of Culture ship, essentially mobile habitats carrying billions of inhabitants. GSVs contain entire lan...
A bar in the Sprawl that serves as a famous gathering place for console cowboys. Case spent most of his nineteenth summe...
The process of using Wraithstone smoke on animals, primarily beasts of burden intended for urban service. Minutes after ...
The native people of the Far Country, displaced by Union settlers pushing westward. They live in the mountains and worsh...
A remote chain of islands far south, home to pirate havens including Port Prodigal. Locke and Jean are sent there by the...
A race of enormous humanoid beings who dwell beyond the Wall, standing as tall as twelve feet or more. Giants are covere...
The children of Gaia, the earth mother, born specifically to oppose and destroy the Olympian gods. Each giant was create...
A colossal structure built by the ancient Werpesh that encircles an entire planet in Gzilt space. Hundreds of kilometres...
An Elven sword forged in the First Age for Turgon, King of Gondolin. Known as the Foe-hammer, Glamdring was feared by th...
Tall, twisted candles of dragonglass found at the Citadel in Oldtown, said to have been brought from Valyria. When lit, ...
One of the sons of Euz who delved into forbidden knowledge and communed with the Other Side, bringing ruin and destructi...
The most famous and reputedly the finest of the free companies of Essos, founded in 212 AC by Aegor 'Bittersteel' Rivers...
A hidden Elven city of the First Age, founded by Turgon of the Noldor in a secret mountain valley in Beleriand. The most...
The colloquial name for the mysterious entities that destroyed the Ring Builders billions of years ago. These beings exi...
A term referring to death itself, reflecting the grim philosophy prevalent throughout the Circle of the World. The conce...
The Olympian deities who rule from Mount Olympus and have both Greek and Roman aspects. In the Riordanverse, the Greek a...
The harbour of Mithlond on the western coast of Middle-earth, maintained by Cirdan the Shipwright. From the Grey Havens,...
An immensely destructive weapon that tears through the energy grid underlying hyperspace, manifesting as devastating ene...
The classification system for Grisha abilities, divided into three main orders: Corporalki (the Order of the Living and ...
A sacred custom of hospitality throughout Westeros, by which a host may offer no harm to a guest beneath their roof, nor...
A mutated human who guides heighliners through foldspace using spice-induced prescience. Navigators consumed such vast q...
Professional associations that regulate nearly every trade and activity in Ankh-Morpork, from the Assassins' Guild (whic...
The sacred litany drilled into every gunslinger apprentice during training: 'I do not aim with my hand; he who aims with...
The rigorous programme of physical, mental, and spiritual development undertaken by boys of the line of Eld from age six...
A vast empire to the south, ruled by the Emperor and guided by the prophet Khalul. It wages holy war against the Union a...
The deadly political machinations and power struggles that characterise governance in the cities of the Therin continent...
The creative force of the universe, sometimes understood as God. Gan bore the world and moved on. The Manni call the wor...
Known as the Magical Kingdom, the Diamond City and the Fortunate Country. It nestles on the delta of the Vieux river, su...
A being grown from the cells of a dead person in Tleilaxu axlotl tanks. Initially lacking the original's memories, extre...
A rare and terrifying type of Shadowspawn created by Aginor specifically to kill Aes Sedai. Only six were ever made. A g...
Homeworld of House Harkonnen, the planet of Ophiuchi B (36). A heavily industrialised world with a polluted environment,...
The great city-state where Roland grew up, seat of his father Steven Deschain and centre of gunslinger civilisation. It ...
A village in the West Country where the Potters lived and died, where Dumbledore grew up, and where Godric Gryffindor wa...
A prescient vision of the only future in which humanity survives as a species. The Golden Path demands extraordinary sac...
Among the rarest of Ankh-Morpork's minority groups, created by priests or holy men from clay animated by a spell or holy...
The 'high-handed enemy,' a poison needle used in the Bene Gesserit test of human awareness. The subject places their han...
A type of Shadowspawn - ordinary humans who have given their souls to the Dark One. This sacrifice makes them so unremar...
The universal truce enforced under the power balance maintained by the Spacing Guild, the Great Houses, and the Imperium...
The ability to see prophetic visions in dreams, sometimes called 'the sight' or 'green dreams.' Those with greensight re...
Number twelve, Grimmauld Place - the London townhouse of the Black family, used as headquarters for the Order of the Pho...
The goblin-run wizarding bank beneath London, with vaults deep underground guarded by dragons and enchantments. It is co...
Twelve enormous entities stationed at each end of the six Beams. Originally magical beings, some were replaced with tech...
The pressurised surface habitat for the Ares III crew - a canvas-and-frame dome holding living quarters, equipment and l...
The governing body of the White Tower, composed of three Sitters from each of the seven Ajahs. The Hall votes on major d...
A vibrant kingdom on Nalthis, known for its wealth, colour, and the Court of Gods where the Returned reside. The capital...
The barony seat of Mejis, a beautiful coastal town on the edge of the Clean Sea. From High Street one can see the bay, t...
The vast territories to the south of Gondor, a land of deserts, grasslands, and jungles. Its peoples, the Haradrim, are ...
Winged creatures who torment the dead in the land of the dead, feeding on their guilt, misery, and shame. They were plac...
A colossal ruined castle on the northern shore of the Gods Eye in the Riverlands, built by Harren the Black over forty y...
The highest student positions at Hogwarts, appointed in seventh year. One boy and one girl are chosen from among the pre...
One of Laconia's Magnetar-class battleships, serving as the imperial flagship. Armed with magnetic field projectors capa...
A type of Corporalki Grisha who can manipulate the human body at a distance, slowing or stopping hearts, rupturing blood...
A set of self-replicating entities that run out of control and attempt to convert all matter into copies of themselves. ...
Levels of enhanced ability on Nalthis gained by accumulating BioChromatic Breaths. Each Heightening grants new passive a...
A deep gorge in the White Mountains of Rohan, defended by the ancient fortress of the Hornburg and the long earthwork kn...
A Scadrian magic system that steals Investiture from one person and transfers it to another through the use of metal spi...
The magic practised by the Magi, drawing power from the world itself to produce effects ranging from fire to telekinesis...
A House in the Deck of Dragons governing the realm of Hood, the God of Death. Hood's Realm is where mortal souls journey...
A House in the Deck of Dragons associated with the Tiste Liosan and the realm of Thyrllan. Its power represents the aspe...
One of the Houses in the Deck of Dragons, representing the realm of Shadow and its patron, Shadowthrone. The House inclu...
The seat of House Tyrell in the Reach, formerly held by House Gardener before Aegon's Conquest. Situated on the banks of...
One of ten powerful nobles who share rulership of Alethkar on Roshar, each governing a princedom. The highprinces operat...
A scarlet steam locomotive that transports students between London and Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It de...
An older system of magical classification that predates the Deck of Dragons, used primarily by the peoples of Lether. Ho...
A Shard of Adonalsium that settled on Roshar, embodying oaths, bonds, and promises. Its Vessel was known as Tanavast, wh...
The God of Death and King of High House Death, a Jaghut who claimed the Throne of Death in the ancient past. His realm i...
A legendary artefact said to have the power to bring down the Wall if blown. According to free folk legend, Joramun blew...
A brand of computer hardware commonly used in the Sprawl, including portable terminals and cyberspace decks. Hosaka repr...
The Inquisition's headquarters and prison beneath Adua, where confessions are extracted through methods Glokta knows int...
Kanedias's sealed tower in the Agriont, impossibly tall and containing artefacts from the age of the Magi. Bayaz opens i...
The central Mind that controls and coordinates an Orbital, managing everything from weather and gravity to communication...
A remote-controlled assassination device consisting of a hair-thin metal sliver measuring five centimetres or less, powe...
The Adem school of the Ketan in the mountains of Ademre, where Kvothe trains under Vashet and earns the right to carry a...
A ubiquitous personal communication and computing device used throughout human-occupied space. Hand terminals serve as p...
A ruined settlement on Storrold's Point beyond the Wall, once the only place approaching a town in the lands of the free...
The branch of witchcraft practised most notably by Granny Weatherwax, which relies not on spells and potions but on unde...
Enormous cargo carriers of the Spacing Guild, large enough to carry entire fleets within their holds. Heighliners travel...
The manager of the Hotel Valhalla, responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Norse afterlife's warrior hall. Helg...
The highest military rank in the Malazan Empire below the Empress herself. High Fists command entire theatres of war and...
The formal, ancient language of Gilead and the gunslinger caste. The language of command, ritual, and civilisation. When...
Massive storms that regularly sweep across Roshar from east to west, carrying devastating winds, lightning, and debris. ...
A magical creature with the front half of a giant eagle and the hind half of a horse. Hippogriffs are proud beings that ...
A monastic order based in a hidden valley in the high Ramtops, who guard the books from which history is derived - over ...
A small, peaceful folk of Middle-earth, averaging about three and a half feet tall, with large hairy feet and a love of ...
The only entirely wizarding village in Britain, situated near Hogwarts. Students from third year upwards may visit on de...
The Discworld's midwinter festival, occurring at the turn of the year. Children leave out a glass of wine and a pork pie...
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, a thousand-year-old castle in the Scottish Highlands where young witches and...
The fundamental scientific principle underlying defensive shields and suspensors. A shield permits entry only to slow-mo...
Objects in which a Dark wizard has concealed a fragment of their soul, created through the act of murder. Voldemort crea...
A legendary golden horn bearing the inscription 'The grave is no bar to my call' in the Old Tongue. When blown, it summo...
An ancient horn dropped by Cuthbert at the Battle of Jericho Hill. Roland, in his grief and bloodlust, let it lie in the...
One of the oldest noble houses in Westeros, claiming descent from the Andal kings who conquered the Vale thousands of ye...
Small magical beings bound in servitude to wizarding families, freed only when presented with clothing by their master. ...
A magical letter that, upon opening, loudly screams its message in the sender's amplified voice before bursting into fla...
Intrusion Countermeasures Electronics - defensive software protecting corporate and institutional data systems in cybers...
The ancestral Valyrian steel greatsword of House Stark, a massive two-handed blade used primarily for ceremonial executi...
Sacred oaths sworn by the Knights Radiant that deepen the bond between a Radiant and their spren. Each order of Radiants...
The defining conflict in Culture history, fought between the Culture and the Idirans. It resulted in massive destruction...
The first habitable world settled through the ring gates, officially designated New Terra by the United Nations but call...
The mortal ancestors of the T'lan Imass, a prehistoric human-like race who waged war against the Jaghut. To pursue their...
A development of the Suk Medical Schools: the highest conditioning against taking human life. Initiates are marked by a ...
A rare magical metal consecrated in the Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus on the Capitoline Hill in Rome. Like celestial...
The interstellar governmental structure encompassing the Known Universe, established after the Butlerian Jihad under the...
The inner, more civilised region centred on Gilead and the baronies, where the gunslingers held power and the Affiliatio...
A collection of blades carried by a skilled Suli acrobat and spy, each named after a different saint. The knives represe...
A type of Etherealki Grisha who can manipulate combustible gases to create and control fire. Inferni do not create fire ...
A Belter term for people from Earth and Mars, the inner planets of the Sol system. Inners are generally better resourced...
A flying vehicle developed by Lord Asriel's forces in his republic, controlled by the pilot's conscious intentions rathe...
A secretive SC committee of powerful Minds that coordinates responses to existential threats. Described as probably the ...
The term for civilisations that are active participants in galactic affairs, as opposed to those that have Sublimed, gon...
One of Jupiter's moons - the setting for a number of the events of Caliban's War whose particular shape, and whose parti...
A method of long-distance communication used by demigods, involving the creation of a rainbow through which the goddess ...
A substance of particular significance in Temerant, as it is harmful to creatures of the Fae realm. Iron burns and weake...
The most powerful financial institution in the known world, founded by the descendants of escaped slaves who established...
A harsh and barren archipelago off the western coast of Westeros, home to the ironborn. Ruled from Pyke by House Greyjoy...
A core tenet of ironborn culture, holding that a man's worth is measured by what he takes through combat and raiding rat...
The people of the Iron Islands, a hard and warlike seafaring culture who worship the Drowned God. The ironborn have a lo...
A fair and fertile land on the western borders of Mordor, between the river Anduin and the Mountains of Shadow. Once a g...
The formidable fortress-palace at the heart of Fjerda's capital, Djerholm. Built on a series of concentric rings rising ...
A picture-making box that operates via a small demon with a good eye for colour and a speedy hand with a paintbrush, imp...
A clan of extremely similar-looking servants from Uberwald, all called Igor, who pass on secrets of incredibly skilled s...
Both a country and its capital city on the Sea of Storms. Its sigil is nine golden bees arranged in a diamond on a field...
Eru Ilúvatar, the Creator, the supreme being who brought the Ainur (the Valar and Maiar) into existence through his thou...
Tiny demons employed throughout Discworld technology as the working mechanism inside various devices. They provide the l...
The town across the Omehi River from the University, home to the Eolian music house and the social life that students ca...
The fundamental nature or purpose that defines each Shard of Adonalsium. A Shard's Intent shapes its power and gradually...
The horrifying process of severing the bond between a person and their daemon, developed by the General Oblation Board (...
The fundamental magical energy of the Cosmere, the power of creation itself. All magic systems in the Cosmere are differ...
Harry's cloak, inherited from his father, which renders the wearer completely invisible. Unlike ordinary invisibility cl...
The seat of the King of the Seven Kingdoms, forged from the swords of Aegon the Conqueror's defeated enemies, melted tog...
The great sea bordering the Therin continent. The Therin people migrated onto the continent from across it. Executed cri...
A fortress at the southern end of the Misty Mountains, centred on the tower of Orthanc, an unbreakable pinnacle of black...
A planet renowned for its machine culture and advanced technology. Ix pushes the boundaries of the Butlerian Jihad's pro...
The act of connecting to cyberspace via a deck and dermatrodes, projecting one's disembodied consciousness into the matr...
A legendary sietch on Arrakis, declared taboo by the Fremen generations before the ecological transformation. Originally...
An ancient, powerful race hunted nearly to extinction by the T'lan Imass. The Jaghut are solitary by nature, their civil...
A powerful southern nation ruled by a Satrap, known for its wealth, decadence, and political intrigue. Jamaillia origina...
A religious order on the Therin continent devoted to the worship of one of the Twelve Gods. The Jeremites maintain templ...
Known as the Good Man despite being anything but, John Farson was the greatest enemy of the gunslingers during Roland's ...
The largest planet in the solar system, orbited by moons that serve as critical locations in human expansion. Its moon I...
One of the sons of Euz and a figure of great importance in the ancient history of the Circle of the World. Juvens was kn...
The complex Aiel code of honour and obligation, literally 'honour and obligation' in the Old Tongue. Ji'e'toh governs ne...
One of the grandest and wealthiest colleges of Oxford University in Lyra's world, and Lyra's home for the first twelve y...
The cocktail of drugs automatically administered by crash couches during high-g burns. It prevents blackouts and blood v...
A dangerously addictive drug derived from processed jurda (a stimulant plant from Novyi Zem) that temporarily amplifies ...
An Elder God known as the Maker of Paths, whose blood was used to create the warrens - the system of sorcery that most m...
The Imperial capital world of House Corrino, a geologically stable planet known for its lush gardens and the opulence of...
The legendary artificer and son of Euz who built the House of the Maker, forged the Divider, and created the Seed. His w...
An ancient city on the shores of the Amathel, seat of the Bondsmagi. Notable for its Elderglass suspension bridges and t...
An electromagnetic weapon that accelerates a dense projectile to extraordinary velocities, capable of devastating target...
The greatest city of the ancient Elderlings, long thought lost. Built on both sides of a river with Elderling magic, Kel...
A small but wealthy island nation whose capital is Ketterdam, the commercial centre of the Grishaverse. Kerch society re...
The nomadic hordes of the Dothraki, each led by a khal. A khalasar can number tens of thousands and moves across the Dot...
A powerful figure and one of the Magi, who rules the Gurkish Empire from behind the scenes as the Prophet. Khalul wields...
The City of Bells, a city-state on Roshar ruled by King Taravangian. Known for its hospitals and the Palanaeum, one of t...
The Dwarrowdelf, the greatest and grandest of all the mansions and mines of the Dwarves, also known as Moria. Founded by...
An ancient ironborn tradition for selecting a new king or ruler, in which captains and kings gather to present their cla...
Three catastrophic events in the First Age when Elves slew Elves, driven by the terrible Oath of Fëanor and the lust for...
A computer nexus that was the target of the Screaming Fist military operation, where prototypes of the programs cowboys ...
The title given to the wielder of the subtle knife, traditionally passed from one bearer to the next through combat. The...
The shuttle from the Canterbury that Holden and his crew used to investigate the Scopuli's distress signal. Their absenc...
A martial institution tied to the Faith of the Seven, by which a man is anointed with holy oils and sworn to defend the ...
A narrow side street branching off Diagon Alley, devoted to the Dark Arts. Its shops sell sinister items, and the alley ...
Massive, brutish creatures on Scadrial created through Hemalurgic processes. They are characterised by their blue skin, ...
The elected governing assembly of Karthain, consisting of nineteen representatives from nineteen districts. Elections ar...
Legendary sea creatures of enormous size said to inhabit the deep waters around Westeros and beyond. Sailors tell tales ...
The Lord Ruler's palace in Luthadel, known as the Hill of a Thousand Spires for its distinctive forest of sharp metal to...
The currency of Kerch, used throughout Ketterdam and its trading networks. In Ketterdam, everything has a price in kruge...
A Chinese-made virus and icebreaker program, described as user-friendly and a one-shot cassette. It unfolds as polychrom...
The Elder Warren of Shadow, shattered in an ancient war and fragmented into countless pieces. It is the ancestral realm ...
The Elder Warren of Darkness, home realm of the Tiste Andii. It is one of the oldest sources of magical power in existen...
A musical instrument of deep personal significance, representing both artistic passion and emotional connection. The lut...
Destiny or fate - the fundamental force governing the universe in Roland's world. Ka drives the formation of groups, the...
Formal feud or vendetta under the rules of the Great Convention. A system of regulated warfare between noble Houses with...
The formal name for the Prophecies of the Dragon, which foretold that the Dark One would be freed again and that Lews Th...
A group of people bound together by ka, sharing a common destiny. Literally 'one made from many'. Roland forms his ka-te...
The distinctive coloured robes worn by Grisha in Ravka, serving as both uniform and status symbol. Each Grisha order wea...
The Adem martial art, a system of named fighting forms passed down through centuries of refinement. Each form has a name...
The bustling, corrupt port city of the island nation of Kerch, and the primary setting of the Six of Crows duology. A ce...
The particular version of Earth where time flows in only one direction and certain critical events must happen. It is th...
The life-force, the shared essence of a ka-tet, and a state of spiritual attainment. Roland had progressed through the k...
A secret organisation that harboured women put out of the White Tower and runaways from it. Its ruling body was called t...
The capital of the Seven Kingdoms, situated on the east coast of Westeros where the Blackwater Rush meets the sea. Found...
Both an individual country and the name of a great continent between the Circle Sea and the Rim Ocean. The word 'Klatchi...
A tiny, sleek autonomous weapon platform, small enough to be mistaken for a ship drone. Knife missiles are self-directed...
Literally 'Shortening of the Way,' the Bene Gesserit term for the superbeing they sought through millennia of selective ...
A habitable world beyond the ring gates, claimed by the rogue Martian admiral Winston Duarte as the foundation for his b...
Common soldiers in Union armies who carry scaling ladders during siege operations. The term has come to represent the ex...
A lake in Lyra's world, near the village where the gyptians gather....
A laser weapon that was the primary armament of military forces before the widespread adoption of the Holtzman Effect Sh...
Surgebinding techniques that manipulate gravitational forces on Roshar. A Basic Lashing changes an object's gravitationa...
The great alliance formed at the end of the Second Age between the Elves under Gil-galad and the Men of Gondor and Arnor...
The palace of the Crimson King, also called the Court of the Crimson King, the Forge of the King, and the Red King's Cas...
An alliance of eight nations south of the Gurkish Empire, formed to resist Khalul's expansion. The member states include...
A descendant of a demigod - someone with divine blood that has been passed down through multiple generations rather than...
The magical art of navigating and interpreting the layers of a person's mind, extracting thoughts, feelings, and memorie...
An extremely rare god metal on Scadrial associated with the Shard Preservation. When consumed by a person, it grants the...
Corpses on Nalthis that have been reanimated through Awakening using a single Breath and a specific Command. They follow...
The legendary sword of Azor Ahai, the hero who defeated the darkness during the Long Night thousands of years ago. Accor...
The ruling caste in Vorin kingdoms on Roshar, distinguished by their light-coloured eyes. Lighteyes hold political power...
One of the ten orders of the Knights Radiant on Roshar, associated with the Surges of Illumination and Transformation. L...
A key element of Bene Gesserit mental training, recited to subdue primal terror and maintain control under extreme stres...
Magical sailing vessels built from wizardwood - timber harvested from dragon cocoons. After three generations of a famil...
Culture slang for situations where biological beings create complications that would not arise if only Minds were involv...
Voodoo spirits that manifest within cyberspace, central to Count Zero and Mona Lisa Overdrive. Entities like Legba, Baro...
Vicious crustacean creatures that inhabit the beaches of the Western Sea, resembling a cross between scorpions and giant...
A legendary band of Northern warriors who followed Logen Ninefingers, comprising some of the most fearsome Named Men the...
A Valyrian steel bastard sword that was the ancestral weapon of House Mormont of Bear Island for five centuries. It is l...
The capital city of Mars and Alex Kamal's hometown. A domed metropolis on the Martian surface that represents the ambiti...
Another name for the can-toi, the rat-headed human-taheen hybrids who serve the Crimson King. The term comes from their ...
A ruined great city on the River Send, fallen into violent tribal warfare between factions called the Pubes and the Gray...
A large, sentient, and extremely dangerous travelling chest made from sapient pearwood, which follows its owner (origina...
Earth's moon and the seat of the United Nations government. Luna hosts the UN's administrative complex and serves as the...
A Misting on Scadrial who can burn iron, granting the ability to Pull on nearby metals. Lurchers can draw metal objects ...
The capital city of the Final Empire on Scadrial, dominated by the Lord Ruler's palace and the imposing Kredik Shaw. It ...
The primary world in which Lyra Belacqua grows up, similar to our own but with key differences including visible daemons...
One of the Free Cities of Essos, an island city known for its pleasure houses and its people's great beauty. The Lyseni ...
The principle that all libraries everywhere are connected by the bookwormholes created by strong space-time distortions ...
An enormous underground maze originally built by Daedalus beneath the island of Crete, which has since expanded to stret...
A small mountain kingdom on the Sto Plains side of the Ramtop mountains, with a population of roughly 600 including huma...
A grey, joyless underworld where the ghosts of all who die are confined by harpies who torment them with their worst mem...
The assembly of noble Houses that forms the legislative and judicial arm of the Imperium. Together with the Emperor and ...
Also known as Tarmon Gai'don, the prophesied final confrontation between the Dragon Reborn and the Dark One. Fought on t...
Elvish waybread, a sustaining food prepared by the Elves for long journeys. Thin cakes wrapped in mallorn leaves, lembas...
The Adem philosophical code of right action. It cannot be defined precisely or reduced to rules - it must be felt rather...
Capital of the Letherii Empire on a separate continent, a mercantile civilisation obsessed with debt, commerce, and the ...
The ability of channellers to combine their flows of the One Power into a circle. While the combined flow is not as grea...
The residence and training ground of Ravka's Grisha, located on the grounds of the Grand Palace in Os Alta. With its dis...
A rare gift among certain individuals, the Long Eye refers to the ability to perceive events at a distance or receive vi...
A legendary winter that lasted a generation, thousands of years before the events of the story. During the Long Night, t...
The traditional greeting in Mid-World, with the proper response being 'And may you have twice the number.' It marks a sp...
R'hllor, the heart of fire, a deity worshipped primarily in Essos but gaining followers in Westeros through the red prie...
The Golden Wood, an Elvish realm on the banks of the Silverlode and the Great River Anduin, ruled by Galadriel and Celeb...
The Martian Congressional Republic Navy, the military space force of Mars. The MCRN is known for its advanced technology...
An Elder God of the Seas, one of the most powerful beings in existence. He has largely withdrawn from divine affairs and...
The title held by the ruler of Vintas, one of the most powerful political positions in the Four Corners. The Maer comman...
Also known as the Bends o' the Rainbow or the Wizard's Rainbow, these are thirteen magical glass balls - one for each Gu...
A chain of many metals worn around the neck by maesters of the Citadel, with each link forged from a different metal to ...
An order of scholars, healers, and learned men trained at the Citadel in Oldtown. Maesters serve as advisors, physicians...
The twelve apprentices of Juvens, taught the High Art in the distant past. Bayaz, Khalul, Yulwei, Zacharus, and Cawneil ...
Laconian warships constructed using protomolecule-derived technology from the orbital shipyards above Laconia. Armed wit...
A messianic title meaning 'The One Who Will Lead Us to Paradise', a concept recurring among peoples suffering oppression...
Long, thin shafts of spiceplastic used by the Fremen for capturing, mounting, and steering sandworms. Ranging from 1.35 ...
The grand ancestral home of the Malfoy family, located in Wiltshire, England. The imposing estate features extensive gro...
One of the most powerful corporations in the solar system, with interests spanning shipping, mining, and colonial develo...
The Culture's own language, more subtle and precise than most other tongues. It has a complex pronoun system and has exi...
The second human world, a century into a multi-generational terraforming project that defines Martian identity and milit...
The rocket that lifts a surface crew off Mars to meet their orbiting ship. It is landed ahead of the astronauts and slow...
The lander that carries a crew down from orbit to the Martian surface at the start of a mission....
A Culture Orbital whose Hub Mind formerly served as the Mind of a war-adapted GSV that survived near total destruction a...
The Warren of Shadow and Illusion, one of the paths of sorcery in the Malazan world. It grants power over shadows, decep...
Derogatory slang for the physical body, used by console cowboys who prefer the bodiless exultation of cyberspace. The el...
A deeply insulting term in Culture society referring to a Mind that is perceived as manipulating biological beings for i...
The converted Nauvoo/Behemoth, permanently positioned in the slow zone at the hub of the ring gate network. It serves as...
The largest of the three great slaver cities of Slaver's Bay, located in the east of Essos. Built of coloured brick, it ...
Also called Skill stone, a substance used by the Elderlings to build their cities and create Skill pillars (waypoints fo...
One of the most notorious pleasure houses in Ketterdam's Barrel district. The Menagerie is known for the beauty of its w...
A general term on Scadrial for anyone who possesses abilities related to the Metallic Arts. This includes Mistborn, Mist...
A small chip or module that can be slotted into a socket behind the ear to provide instant knowledge or skills. Microsof...
The traditions, courtesies, and social practices that persist across Mid-World even as the world has moved on. These inc...
The Union's central heartland province, encompassing Adua and the most fertile agricultural land. It is the political an...
The duke of Camorr's secret constabulary, led by the Spider. They operate in black and make surprise visits to nobles an...
A powerful medicinal drink used throughout Westeros as a painkiller and sleeping draught. Administered by maesters to th...
Originally Minas Ithil, the Tower of the Rising Moon, a beautiful fortress of Gondor in the mountains above Ithilien. It...
The Tower of the Guard, the greatest surviving city and fortress of Gondor during the War of the Ring. Built on a hill w...
Vastly powerful artificial intelligences that run Culture ships, Orbitals, and other habitats. A Mind's thoughts and mem...
A great forest east of the Misty Mountains, originally known as Greenwood the Great. It becomes Mirkwood after the shado...
A supernatural force that obscures the mythological world from mortal perception. The Mist causes ordinary humans to see...
A distinctive garment worn by Mistborn on Scadrial, made of many layered strips of cloth that ripple and flow in the win...
A person on Scadrial who can burn exactly one Allomantic metal. Unlike a full Mistborn, a Misting is limited to a single...
Mysterious fog that descended upon Scadrial every night during the Final Empire, covering the land in a thick, swirling ...
Creatures from mythology that continue to exist in the modern world, hidden from mortal perception by the Mist. Monsters...
A massive floating mountain fortress that serves as the home of Anomander Rake and the Tiste Andii. It drifts through th...
Alchemical explosives produced by the Moranth, allies of the Malazan Empire. They come in several varieties including cu...
A cursed weapon carried by the Nazgûl, designed to break off a fragment in the victim's body that works its way towards ...
Formally the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Mormon Church commissions the construction of the Nauvoo a...
A realm in the mountains to the east of the Six Duchies, ruled by its own royal family including Sacrifice Kettricken. T...
A highly offensive slur used against witches and wizards born to Muggle parents. The term implies that Muggle-born magic...
Sentient diamond-shaped creatures who use large seed-pod wheels to travel across their world. They have a trunk-like app...
Lesser angelic spirits who serve the Valar, of the same order but lesser in power. Many Maiar are bound to specific Vala...
The island city from which the Malazan Empire takes its name, located in the southern seas. Once the capital of the Empi...
A fallen Borderland nation that was overrun by Shadowspawn in 953 NE and completely absorbed by the Blight by 957 NE. It...
A magical plant with a root that resembles a small, ugly human being. When uprooted, a Mandrake's cry is fatal to anyone...
A religious sect of great travellers who seek holes in the world and passage between realities. They dress in dark Quake...
A magical map of Hogwarts created by Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs (Lupin, Pettigrew, Sirius, and James Potter) t...
A technique whereby a channeller conceals the fact that she is embracing the True Source, hiding her ability to channel ...
The Order of Fabrikators, one of the three Grisha orders. Materialki manipulate physical materials and wear purple kefta...
A barony on the Clean Sea in the Outer Baronies, where Roland was sent as a young man with Cuthbert and Alain. His love ...
The 'spice of spices,' found only on Arrakis and the most valuable commodity in the universe. Produced by the lifecycle ...
A class of Imperial citizens trained for supreme accomplishments of logic, serving as 'human computers' in a civilisatio...
The power of creation itself - making something from nothing, violating the fundamental rules of the Small Science. Merz...
The collective term for the three magic systems of Scadrial: Allomancy (burning metals to produce various effects, power...
The vast central geography of Roland's world. Once green and fertile, Mid-World has 'moved on' - decaying and losing its...
The governing body of magical Britain, housed in an underground complex beneath London. Its departments include Magical ...
The arm of the Bene Gesserit charged with sowing infectious superstitions on primitive worlds. On Arrakis, it planted th...
An Allomancer who can burn all sixteen Allomantic metals, as opposed to a Misting who can burn only one. Mistborn are ex...
A precious silver metal found only in the mines of Khazad-dûm (Moria), prized above gold for its beauty, lightness, and ...
The vast, white, blinding desert that Roland crosses while pursuing the man in black. The apotheosis of all deserts, hug...
The dark realm of Sauron in the southeast of Middle-earth, a barren land enclosed on three sides by mountain ranges - th...
The great Dwarf-kingdom of Khazad-dûm beneath the Misty Mountains, the most magnificent of all Dwarven realms. Its vast ...
The tendency on the Discworld for things to take on a shape and behaviour determined by their innate 'morphic field' - a...
Also called Orodruin (Mountain of Fire), a great volcano in the heart of Mordor where Sauron forged the One Ring in its ...
A non-magical person. The wizarding world is hidden from Muggles by the Statute of Secrecy. Attitudes toward Muggles ran...
A parallel world inhabited by the mulefa, gentle, intelligent creatures who use large seed-pod wheels to travel across t...
An Ankh-Morpork Guild with the motto ID MVRMVRATIS, ID LVDAMVS. Its Guild House is purely an administrative centre. The ...
Twisted offspring of Trollocs in which the human stock resurfaces, tainted by the Shadow's evil. Eyeless and pale, they ...
Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Tests, the highest level of examinations taken by Hogwarts students in their seventh year. ...
The leader of a Fremen sietch, whose authority was maintained through demonstrated strength and wisdom. A Naib could be ...
A Northman who has earned a fearsome reputation through combat, recognised by a name that carries weight beyond the one ...
The unofficial thirteenth god in the Therin pantheon, patron of thieves, tricksters, and the crooked. Not formally recog...
The deeper, wilder magic of knowing the true name of a thing and speaking it to command its nature. Unlike sympathy, whi...
Westerosi naming conventions vary by region and culture. Bastards receive regional surnames - Snow in the North, Rivers ...
A petroleum-based fuel used in Lyra's world for lamps, heating, and various industrial purposes. It serves a similar rol...
A fundamental force on the Discworld: the power of story itself. On the Disc, things tend to happen because that's how s...
The body of water separating Westeros from Essos. Major ports include King's Landing, Dragonstone, and Braavos. The Free...
The ancestral sword of the kings of the Dúnedain, forged by the Dwarf-smith Telchar of Nogrod in the First Age. Elendil ...
The Necklace of the Dwarves, a fabulous piece of jewellery created by the Dwarves of Ered Luin in the First Age. King Th...
A vast stretch of swampland that separates the North from the rest of Westeros, held by House Reed of Greywater Watch. I...
The food and drink of the Greek gods, used by demigods as a healing remedy. Nectar tastes like the drinker's favourite f...
The second Tessier-Ashpool AI, counterpart to Wintermute. While Wintermute is the aggressive, planning intelligence, Neu...
The UN designation for the first colony world settled through the ring gates, known to its Belter colonists as Ilus. The...
A district or zone in Chiba City that serves as a hub for the black-market technology trade. New Tokyo is where console ...
Paper currency that circulates endlessly through the closed circuit of the world's black markets. In the Sprawl, legitim...
The lawless entertainment district within Chiba City, with Ninsei as its heart. Described as a deranged experiment in so...
A powerful spren on Roshar associated with the Shard Cultivation, residing in the Valley. People seek out the Nightwatch...
The realms of Norse mythology, connected by the World Tree Yggdrasil. They include Midgard (the human world), Asgard (ho...
A street in Chiba City's Night City district, serving as the main strip of the criminal and technological underworld. Ni...
A district or chapter of the House of Life, the ancient Egyptian magician organisation that has guarded the mortal world...
The lands beyond the Union's northern border, home to the Northmen. Harsh, cold, and violent, it is governed by whoever ...
The largest of the Seven Kingdoms, stretching from the Neck to the Wall. Ruled from Winterfell by House Stark, the North...
Also called Pictsies and, among themselves, the Wee Free Men. Small, red-haired, blue-skinned men who always smell like ...
The symbiotic bond between a sapient spren and a human on Roshar that creates a Knight Radiant. The bond grants the huma...
The world of Warbreaker, influenced by the Shard Endowment. On Nalthis, every person is born with a single Breath (a uni...
A massive generation ship commissioned by the Mormon Church, built at Tycho Station under Fred Johnson's supervision, in...
The nine Ringwraiths, once great kings and sorcerers of Men who were given nine of the Rings of Power by Sauron. The Rin...
Frontier territory west of the Union, settled by farmers and ranchers pushing into land that was not empty when they arr...
A device implanted within the brain that provides expanded cognitive capabilities and connectivity. Neural laces can tra...
The small, remote village where the Waystone Inn stands and where Kvothe lives in hiding under the name Kote. It is the ...
Shadow soldiers created by the Darkling through merzost, the forbidden power of creation. Unlike ordinary shadow manipul...
A mystically significant number that recurs throughout the series. It appears in room numbers, dates, counts, and names....
A spacecraft invisible to prescient vision and other detection. Developed during or after the Scattering, no-ships funda...
A powerful technology company that built much of the ancient infrastructure of Mid-World, including Blaine the Mono and ...
A distant continent inspired by the colonial Americas and West Africa, known for its jurda farms and relatively tolerant...
A great island kingdom raised from the sea by the Valar as a gift to the Men who fought against Morgoth in the First Age...
Ordinary Wizarding Levels, standardised examinations taken by Hogwarts students in their fifth year. Each subject is gra...
A divine agreement made between the Almighty and the ten Heralds of Roshar. It bound the Heralds to return to Braize bet...
The eighth colour, the colour of magic itself, visible only to wizards and cats. Described as a fluorescent greenish-yel...
People who carry the hereditary ability to use the Wit, the magic of bonding with animals. Old Blood communities live di...
The civilisation that preceded the Imperium, before the Butlerian Jihad destroyed all thinking machines. The Old Empire ...
The ruined civilisation east of the North, once ruled by Kanedias the Maker and later by his apprentices. Bayaz's quest ...
The Great Old Ones, a technologically advanced civilisation that preceded Roland's time and left behind the remnants of ...
The oldest city in Westeros, located at the mouth of the Honeywine in the Reach. It is home to the Citadel, where maeste...
Enormous war-beasts from the far south of Middle-earth, used by the Haradrim as living siege engines in battle. Also kno...
The home of the Greek gods, which in the Riordanverse exists atop the Empire State Building in New York City, accessible...
A Japanese corporation that manufactures the premier cyberspace decks used by console cowboys. Their Cyberspace 7 model ...
The premier brand of cyberspace deck used by console cowboys. Case's Ono-Sendai Cyberspace 7 is described as next year's...
The assembly of Union nobles who vote on matters of state, including the election of new kings. Each lord commands one v...
The spirit of prophecy that delivers quests and predictions to demigods. Originally housed in a mummy at Camp Half-Blood...
A massive ring-shaped habitat built to orbit a star, with the inner surface providing living space through centripetal f...
The tower of Isengard, a pinnacle of unbreakable black stone built by the Númenoreans in the Second Age. Rising five hun...
The ancient capital of Gondor, built on both banks of the river Anduin between Minas Anor and Minas Ithil. Once a great ...
Talins' chief rival among the Styrian city-states, ruled by Duke Rogont, the Prince of Prudence. It leads the League of ...
A fortified city in Angland that serves as the Union military headquarters during the war against Bethod. Refugees from ...
A rare mineral that negates magic in its vicinity, making it extremely valuable for neutralising sorcerers. It is mined ...
The collective ancestral memories accessible to Bene Gesserit Reverend Mothers, passed down through genetic memory along...
The source of raw, dangerous power that the First Law forbids touching directly. The particular history of who has drawn...
Mysterious beings that inhabit the Skill-river and the margins of the Skill realm. They are drawn to Skill-users and can...
The chaos and destruction that exists beyond the ordered universe maintained by the Dark Tower and the Beams. The Outer ...
The people of the Out Islands, an archipelago to the north-west of the Six Duchies. Their culture is clan-based and seaf...
A threat so far beyond a civilisation's experience that it cannot be comprehended, let alone dealt with. The Culture's u...
A life-support machine in the Hab that produces breathable oxygen by splitting carbon dioxide, keeping the air supply re...
A smooth white ter'angreal about a foot long, used by the White Tower to bind Accepted to the Three Oaths upon becoming ...
The magical art of closing one's mind against external penetration, the defence against Legilimency. Snape attempts to t...
The Shard of Adonalsium whose Intent is divine hatred or passion, and the primary antagonist of the Stormlight Archive. ...
A non-human race of gentle giants known for their love of knowledge, extraordinary stonework, and deep connection to gro...
The nameless nature deities worshipped primarily in the North and by the Free Folk beyond the Wall. Worship centres on w...
The language spoken during the Age of Legends. After the Breaking of the World, a simpler common tongue gradually replac...
The Elder Warren of ice, associated with the Jaghut. Omtose Phellack represents stasis, preservation, and isolation - al...
The force drawn from the True Source that drives the universe and turns the Wheel of Time. It is divided into two halves...
The master Ring forged by Sauron in the fires of Mount Doom during the Second Age, into which he poured much of his own ...
The 'Accumulated Book,' the religious text produced by the Commission of Ecumenical Translators. It contains elements of...
Corrupted creatures bred by Morgoth in the First Age, possibly from captured and tortured Elves. Orcs are cruel, cowardl...
Sharpened throwing plates used as weapons by the women of Calla Bryn Sturgis, named after Lady Oriza. They have fluted c...
An aircraft capable of sustained wing-beat flight, commonly called a 'thopter. The standard aerial workhorse of the Impe...
The capital city of Ravka, located in the eastern part of the country. It contains the Grand Palace (seat of the Ravkan ...
Also called White Walkers, ancient beings of ice and cold from the Lands of Always Winter, far beyond the Wall. They app...
The Ravkan Grisha term for non-Grisha people, roughly meaning 'the abandoned.' The word reflects the Grisha belief that ...
Point defence cannons - the standard close-range weapons mounted on virtually every ship in the series. They fire stream...
A formal conversation or negotiation in Mid-World, carrying more weight and ceremony than casual talk. To palaver is to ...
A city on the continent of Genabackis that was the site of a devastating siege by the Malazan Empire. The battle saw Moo...
The docile, seemingly mindless form of the Singers, used as servants and labourers across Roshar. The Everstorm restored...
An earlier uncrewed NASA Mars lander (with its small Sojourner rover), sent decades before the Ares missions and long si...
The part of the Culture that split away at the start of the Idiran War, renouncing conflict altogether. Hundreds of year...
Marco Inaros's flagship during the Free Navy conflict. A Martian corvette stolen from the MCRN, it serves as the command...
A regularly occurring day of public execution in Camorr, when criminals are hanged from the Black Bridge before the Pala...
One of the Free Cities of Essos, located on the western coast across the narrow sea from King's Landing. Pentos is ruled...
A stable point where all three Realms - Physical, Cognitive, and Spiritual - intersect, typically formed by a concentrat...
A Misting on Scadrial who can burn the metal pewter, granting enhanced physical strength, speed, endurance, and durabili...
A crystal phial given to Frodo by Galadriel in Lothlórien, containing the light of Eärendil's star - itself the light of...
A small, irregular moon of Saturn where the protomolecule was first discovered. Phoebe is not a natural satellite but a ...
The most tangible of the three Realms in the Cosmere, corresponding to the material world that most people inhabit. It f...
A smoking herb cultivated by the Hobbits of the Shire, first grown successfully by Tobold Hornblower of Longbottom aroun...
A chain of islands between Bingtown and Jamaillia that serves as a haven for pirates who prey on trading ships. The isle...
A hidden railway platform at King's Cross Station in London, accessible by walking through the barrier between platforms...
A complex potion that allows the drinker to assume the physical appearance of another person for approximately one hour....
A lawless pirate haven and den of thieves, smugglers, and privateers. Features prominently in Red Seas Under Red Skies a...
An everyday object enchanted to transport anyone who touches it to a predetermined destination at a specific time. Portk...
The enforcement arm of the Inquisition, responsible for carrying out arrests, interrogations, and the physical work of m...
The elite guard of the Roman legion at Camp Jupiter. Praetorians serve as the camp's leadership and military commanders,...
Students selected in their fifth year to serve as role models and authority figures within their house. Each house has t...
A prophecy central to the Heroes of Olympus series, foretelling that seven demigods (Greek and Roman) will unite to prev...
An alien technology billions of years old, sent to Earth's solar system before complex life evolved. Neither purely biol...
A Belter water hauling company that operates ice freighters between Saturn's rings and the stations of the Belt. The Can...
A wizard or witch with no Muggle ancestry. Pure-blood ideology holds that magical bloodlines should remain uncontaminate...
The seat of House Greyjoy on the Iron Islands, built upon a headland and several sea stacks connected by rope bridges. T...
The Seeing Stones, seven indestructible crystal spheres made by the Noldor in the Blessed Realm and brought to Middle-ea...
The armoured bears, a race of sentient polar bears who live in the Arctic kingdom of Svalbard. Panserbjorne are master m...
A navigational instrument used by the Fremen for desert travel on Arrakis, included as a standard component of the Fremk...
The language of snakes, an extremely rare ability associated with Dark wizards and the line of Salazar Slytherin. Harry ...
A haunted passage beneath the White Mountains, home to the spirits of the Dead Men of Dunharrow - oath-breakers who refu...
A guardian of positive energy conjured by the Patronus Charm (Expecto Patronum), the only known defence against Dementor...
The great tapestry woven by the Wheel of Time from the threads of human lives and events, encompassing every possible re...
A stone basin used to review extracted memories, which appear as silver threads drawn from the temple with a wand. Dumbl...
An alchemical creation of Nicolas Flamel that produces the Elixir of Life and can transform any metal into gold. Hidden ...
A magnificent scarlet and gold bird with remarkable magical properties. Phoenixes are capable of carrying immensely heav...
A dangerous alchemical compound that, when ingested, removes a person's inhibitions and judgment while leaving them othe...
A pirate vessel that sails the waters around the Therin continent. Life aboard the Poison Orchid follows the harsh codes...
Ancient gateways predating the Age of Legends that connect to parallel worlds - realities that might have existed had di...
The Bene Gesserit system of nerve and muscle training that grants practitioners supreme control over their bodies. Begin...
The ability to perceive future events, enhanced by melange consumption. Paul Muad'Dib possesses the most powerful presci...
The primordial magical force that existed before the ordered universe, sometimes called the soup of creation. When the P...
A prophecy closely associated with Azor Ahai, foretelling a future leader who will deliver the world from darkness. The ...
Number four, Privet Drive, Little Whinging, Surrey - the Dursley family home where Harry grows up in the cupboard under ...
Also known as the Karaethon Cycle, a collection of prophecies foretelling the rebirth of the Dragon and the events surro...
A prophecy known to the witches that a child will play a decisive role in the fate of all worlds, and that this child mu...
A city state on the Sto Plains, notable enough to have its own herald in the College of Heralds and its own City Watch. ...
An ancient trading city in southeastern Essos, situated on the strait between the Summer Sea and the Jade Sea. Qarth sty...
Also known as the Hand of the Light, the Questioners are the inquisitorial branch of the Children of the Light. They use...
An alternative wizarding magazine generally regarded as eccentric and unreliable. It publishes stories about creatures a...
The process by which a liveship awakens to full sentience after absorbing the memories and emotions of three generations...
The premier international Quidditch competition, held every four years. National teams from across the wizarding world c...
A specialist section of Contact dealing with matters of the dead - preserved personalities, virtual afterlives, and rela...
The ancient tongue of the Noldor and Vanyar Elves, developed in Valinor and brought back to Middle-earth by the returnin...
The wizarding sport played on broomsticks, with four balls (Quaffle, two Bludgers, and the Golden Snitch), seven players...
A pleasant little city in a wine-growing area overlooking the Rim Ocean, where wild geraniums fill its sloping, cobbled ...
A radioisotope thermoelectric generator: a sealed unit that makes steady heat and electricity from decaying radioactive ...
The prophesied end of the Norse world, a catastrophic battle between the gods and the forces of chaos that will result i...
A great acidic river that flows through the Rain Wilds, its waters toxic and corrosive to most materials. The Rain Wild ...
Families who live in the toxic Rain Wilds along the Rain Wild River, harvesting Elderling artefacts from buried cities. ...
A region of dense, treacherous jungle along the Rain Wild River, where the remnants of Elderling civilisation lie buried...
The remnant of the Dúnedain of Arnor, wandering guardians who protect the lands of Eriador, including the Shire, from th...
A Culture warship class, fast and heavily armed. In peacetime many are demilitarised and reclassified as Very Fast Picke...
A vast desert in Seven Cities, also known as the Holy Desert. It was once an inland sea and holds deep layers of history...
The primary method of long-distance communication in Westeros, using trained ravens to carry messages between castles. E...
The primary nation in the Grisha trilogy, a vast empire inspired by Imperial Russia. Ravka is divided by the Shadow Fold...
A racing pinnace originally belonging to Julie Mao, designed for speed above all else. Later used by Bobbie Draper and C...
A street-level operative, typically female, who has been extensively modified with combat-oriented cybernetic enhancemen...
The most fertile and populous of the Seven Kingdoms, stretching from the Dornish Marches to the mouth of the Blackwater ...
The physical, non-virtual universe, as distinct from simulated or virtual environments. In Culture society, where virtua...
The catastrophic event in which the Knights Radiant abandoned their oaths, breaking their bonds with their spren and lea...
Warriors from the Out Islands who attack the Six Duchies' coastline in ships with red-painted keels. They are notorious ...
The conflict between the Six Duchies and the Outislander Red Ship Raiders, who attacked coastal villages and Forged thei...
The loose, dusty, rocky soil covering the surface of Mars. It is fine, dry and lifeless, with none of the organic materi...
A term with multiple meanings in the Dark Tower mythos. In Wizard and Glass, it is an alternative name for the Big Coffi...
A form of personality adjustment or rehabilitation used in the Culture for minds that have become damaged or dangerous. ...
People on Nalthis who have died and been sent back to life by the god Endowment, each carrying a divine Breath. They are...
The process of re-embodying a dead person from a stored mind-state into a new physical body. Made possible by neural lac...
The highest general rank within the Bene Gesserit Sisterhood, attained through surviving the Water of Life ceremony. A R...
The collective term for Camorr's criminal underworld, encompassing over a hundred gangs under Capa Barsavi's authority. ...
The unknown extradimensional force that destroyed the Builders. Existing outside conventional spacetime, they respond to...
A network of approximately 1,300 wormhole portals connecting star systems, constructed by the protomolecule from the mas...
The vast, featureless pocket of space at the centre of the ring gate network, accessible through any of the thirteen hun...
A massive alien structure located at the centre of the slow zone, serving as the hub of the ring gate network. The stati...
The great sorcerous ritual that transformed the mortal Imass into the undead T'lan Imass, granting them immortality at t...
The last outpost of civilisation in River Barony, ruled by the ancient matriarch Aunt Talitha. Its citizens are elderly ...
The most sacred and powerful river in the Underworld, upon which even the gods swear binding oaths. Bathing in the River...
A major waterway northwest of Calla Bryn Sturgis that divides into two branches. The western branch, the Devar-Whye, run...
The ancestral seat of House Tully in the Riverlands, situated at the confluence of the Tumblestone and the Red Fork of t...
A Martian corvette-class warship (originally the MCRN Tachi) captured by James Holden and crew during the Eros incident....
The horse-lords of Rohan, supreme cavalry of Middle-earth, descended from the Northmen of Rhovanion. Granted the land of...
The central journey of the Dark Tower series: Roland Deschain's relentless pursuit of the Dark Tower, which has consumed...
The frontier region beyond the Elendel Basin in Scadrial during the Mistborn Era 2 period. A lawless area of small towns...
The corporation granted an exclusive charter by the UN to exploit the resources of Ilus/New Terra, the first world settl...
A range of jagged peaks, upland lakes, dense forests and little river valleys so deep that daylight has no sooner reache...
A large nation inspired by Tsarist Russia, ruled by a monarchy and home to the only standing Grisha army in the world. R...
The cosmological framework describing the three Realms that make up reality in the Cosmere. The Physical Realm is the ma...
The royal castle in King's Landing, seat of the King on the Iron Throne. Built on Aegon's High Hill, it is named for the...
A notorious act of treachery during the War of the Five Kings, in which guests were murdered by their hosts in violation...
The philosophical ideal articulated by Lord Asriel and ultimately embraced by Lyra: that there should be no Kingdom of H...
A grand festival or celebration in the cities of the Therin continent, often featuring feasting, performances, and elabo...
A hidden city deep in the Aiel Waste, built by the Jenn Aiel (the Clan That Is Not). Aspirants to clan chief or Wise One...
Magical rings forged during the Second Age. Sauron, disguised as Annatar ('Lord of Gifts'), taught the Elven-smiths of E...
A spell performed to summon and bind Death. It is generally done with reluctance, because senior wizards are usually ver...
The hidden valley refuge of Elrond Half-elven, called Imladris in Elvish, located in the foothills of the Misty Mountain...
A fertile but war-ravaged region in the centre of Westeros, ruled from Riverrun by House Tully. Lacking natural boundari...
The civil war that ended Targaryen rule, also called the War of the Usurper. Triggered when Prince Rhaegar Targaryen abd...
A magical room on the seventh floor of Hogwarts that appears only when someone has genuine need of it, transforming to s...
A single, extraordinary rose growing in a vacant lot in New York City. It is the representation or twin of the Dark Towe...
The world of the Stormlight Archive, dominated by the Shards Honor and Cultivation (with Odium imprisoned there). Roshar...
A noble family in Camorr who become entangled in the schemes of confidence tricksters. The Salvaras represent the wealth...
The larval form in the sandworm lifecycle of Arrakis, also called 'little makers'. Sandtrout are flat, leathery creature...
The giant creatures of Arrakis, also known as Shai-Hulud or 'makers', central to the planet's ecology and the production...
The ringed gas giant whose gravity captured the extrasolar object Phoebe, preventing the protomolecule from reaching Ear...
Nature spirits with the upper bodies of humans and the legs and horns of goats. In the Riordanverse, satyrs serve as pro...
A common expression of gratitude in Mid-World, closely related to the more formal 'thankee-sai.' Both phrases reflect th...
A Fremen priestess who supervised all ceremonies involving water and served as the spiritual guide of the sietch. The Sa...
A raw measure of a Named Man's or warrior's reputation and prowess in the North. A man's scale reflects the number of no...
One of the Dra'Azon Planets of the Dead, preserved behind a Quiet Barrier as a monument to destruction. Its inhabitants ...
The final conflict of the War of the Ring, in which the returning Hobbits - Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin - find the Shi...
A military operation in which cyberspace warfare was pioneered. The prototypes of programs cowboys use to crack industri...
The age following Morgoth's defeat, marked by the rise and fall of Númenor, the forging of the Rings of Power, and Sauro...
'It is forbidden to eat the flesh of men.' The law against creating Eaters - humans transformed by cannibalism and the H...
An arrangement between Capa Barsavi's criminal underworld and the nobility of Camorr. The Right People refrain from robb...
An artefact of immense destructive power created by Kanedias the Maker, capable of channelling energy from the Other Sid...
Enormous trees in the mulefa world that produce the large circular seed pods used by the mulefa as wheels. The trees dep...
A Misting on Scadrial who can burn bronze, granting the ability to detect nearby Allomantic pulses. Seekers can identify...
A major media and entertainment corporation that holds the Dixie Flatline's ROM personality construct in a heavily iced ...
A genetically modified servant race created by the Chelgrians, used as domestic workers and labourers. Their existence r...
Sea creatures that are the larval stage of dragons in the Elderling lifecycle. Serpents travel vast distances across the...
A subcontinent and the setting of much of Deadhouse Gates and House of Chains. Seven Cities is a hot, desert-dominated l...
The common name for the realm of Westeros, though in truth there are nine distinct regions united under the Iron Throne....
A network of dank vaults and tunnels beneath an old graveyard in Camorr, serving as the orphan kingdom of the Thiefmaker...
The name given to Dust in Will's world by physicists such as Mary Malone, who studies them as a form of dark matter. Sha...
Primitive, aggressive creatures also known as Flatheads, dwelling in the wilds beyond civilised lands. They are squat, p...
The transformation that turns ordinary people into Elantrians, marked by glowing skin, silver hair, and access to AonDor...
Warriors on Roshar who wield Shardblades, Shardplate, or both. Possessing even one Shard elevates a person to the fourth...
A brutal form of entertainment in Tal Verrar where participants fight in a pool filled with sharks. The spectacle attrac...
A personal force field generated by the Holtzman Effect that forms the primary defence against physical attack throughou...
A large placid basin of water at the heart of Camorr where hundreds of floating merchants slowly follow one another coun...
A term closely related to the Touch, referring to psychic abilities and extrasensory perception. The word connects the D...
The calendar system used by the Hobbits of the Shire, counting years from the founding of the Shire in the year 1601 of ...
A dilapidated building on the outskirts of Hogsmeade, widely believed to be the most haunted dwelling in Britain. Locals...
A nation bordering Ravka to the south, known for its advanced scientific understanding and military strength. Shu Han ha...
A major religion on Sel that teaches unity through obedience and hierarchy. Founded by Dereth, a disciple of Shu-Keseg, ...
One of the most important Fremen sietches on Arrakis, located in the desert interior. Under the leadership of Naib Stilg...
A sign, symbol, or identifying mark in Mid-World. Siguls serve various purposes - they can be personal emblems, marks of...
The Wood-elves, Elves who never crossed the Misty Mountains on the great journey westward and remained in the forests of...
Simulated stimulation technology that allows users to experience another person's full sensorium - sight, hearing, touch...
A species native to Roshar who can change their physical forms by bonding with different types of spren. They possess a ...
An exclusive, multi-level gambling house in Tal Verrar run by Requin. Patrons must work their way up through ascending f...
A city in Styria known for its intrigue, trade, and cosmopolitan character. Sipani serves as a hub of commerce and espio...
A coastal kingdom ruled by the Farseer dynasty, comprising six duchies: Buck, Bearns, Rippon, Shoaks, Farrow, and Tilth....
The oppressed lower class of the Final Empire on Scadrial, forced into lives of servitude and labour under the Lord Rule...
The use of Skill magic to implant a compelling instruction directly into another person's mind, overriding their will. A...
The use of Skill magic to heal injuries and illness by reaching into another person's body and encouraging it to mend. S...
Standing stones carved from memory stone that allow Skill-users to travel instantly between locations. They function as ...
A vast current of Skill energy that flows through a metaphysical realm, accessible to those with strong Skill ability. I...
The ability to enter the mind of an animal and control its body, a rare gift found most commonly among the free folk bey...
One of the ten orders of the Knights Radiant on Roshar, associated with the Surges of Gravitation and Division. Skybreak...
A small, fast, weaponised drone that serves as a bodyguard and companion to Culture citizens, particularly those operati...
The descendants of those exposed to the poisonous fallout of the Old Ones' Great Cataclysm. Their appearances vary enorm...
The vast spherical space at the centre of the ring gate network, where the speed limit is enforced by the alien technolo...
A Misting on Scadrial who can burn copper, creating an invisible cloud that hides Allomantic pulses from detection by Se...
A solar day on Mars, used as the basic unit of time throughout the mission. A sol runs slightly longer than an Earth day...
Humanity's home star system, encompassing Earth, Mars, the asteroid belt, and the outer planets. By the time of the stor...
Beings who possess the ability to shapeshift into a single alternate form, typically a powerful creature such as a drago...
One of the many front companies in our world serving the Crimson King. The Sombra Corporation, along with its real estat...
A Surgebinding ability on Roshar that allows the user to transform one substance into another by accessing the Surge of ...
A Chelgrian device implanted in individuals that captures and preserves the personality at death. Rather than reviving i...
The primary currency on Roshar, consisting of small gemstones encased in glass beads. Spheres serve a dual purpose as bo...
The ordeal undergone during the Water of Life ceremony, in which a Bene Gesserit must transmute a deadly poison within h...
A natural eruption on the desert surface of Arrakis that exposes a pre-spice mass to the air and sunlight, triggering it...
A group of islands south of Jamaillia known for their production of valuable spices and exotic goods. They are an import...
A meditative state practised in Ademre where one empties the mind of conscious thought and intent, allowing the body to ...
The most abstract of the three Realms in the Cosmere, containing the ideal essence and Connection of all things. Locatio...
Fragments of a Shard's power that have been broken off and gained a degree of autonomous sentience. Spren on Roshar are ...
The Boston-Atlanta Metropolitan Axis (BAMA), a massive urban conurbation stretching along the US eastern seaboard. Home ...
Mechanical surveillance devices used by Mrs Coulter and the Magisterium, crafted to resemble insects. They are powered b...
A type of Etherealki Grisha who can summon and control wind and air currents. Squallers are essential for powering Ravka...
The mulefa's name for the golden particles visible in their world, identical to Dust or shadow particles. Sraf flows thr...
The city guard of Ketterdam, responsible for maintaining order in the Barrel and the rest of the city. Widely considered...
A distant territory of the Union, far to the south and west across the sea. Starikland is a frontier land where the Unio...
A type of powerful, fast-moving storm unique to Mid-World, characterised by steep and sudden drops in temperature accomp...
Fearsome beings on Scadrial created through extensive Hemalurgy, most recognisable by the steel spikes driven through th...
The Lord Ruler's combined religious and governmental apparatus, staffed by obligators and Steel Inquisitors. The Ministr...
A Fremen survival shelter designed to recover moisture from the air and from the breath of its occupants while providing...
An Elven knife of the First Age, found by Bilbo Baggins in a troll-hoard along with Glamdring and Orcrist. Though only a...
Statues carved from memory stone by Elderling artisans or Skill-users who poured their consciousness into dragon-shaped ...
Culture citizens can choose to have their consciousness backed up and stored digitally, allowing them to be revived afte...
The ancestral seat of House Baratheon in the Stormlands, formerly held by the Storm Kings of House Durrandon. Legend hol...
A powerful, godlike spren on Roshar who controls the highstorms that sweep across the continent. He is a Splinter of Hon...
A region in the southeast of Westeros ruled from Storm's End by House Baratheon. Known for its fierce and frequent storm...
A mountain range in the Four Corners that separates Ademre from the rest of the world. The Stormwal's harsh weather and ...
Mysterious alien creatures found on the planet Laconia, products of the protomolecule's ancient builders. These small, d...
A mercenary or bodyguard who has invested heavily in combat cybernetics and weapons modifications. Street samurai blend ...
An extremely rare metal forged in the River Styx in the Underworld, capable of absorbing the essence of monsters rather ...
A continent of warring city-states south of the Union, dominated by the rivalry between Talins and Ospria. Its politics ...
The conflict that engulfs Styria during Best Served Cold, driven by Monza Murcatto's campaign of revenge against Duke Or...
The process by which an entire civilisation transcends the physical universe, moving to a higher plane of existence know...
A physician trained at the Suk School of Medicine on Kaitain, identifiable by a diamond tattoo on the forehead and hair ...
The Suk School of Medicine, founded on Kaitain in 2401 to train physicians who could be trusted to attend the Imperial F...
A region within the Gurkish Empire, contributing to the vast southern power's military and cultural might. The Gurkish l...
The seat of House Martell in Dorne, located where the Greenblood meets the sea. Unlike the great fortresses of other reg...
The primary magic system of Roshar in which Knights Radiant bond with sentient spren to gain access to two of the ten fu...
A branch of magic taught at the University that involves inscribing runes onto objects to create permanent sympathetic l...
Extremely rare and powerful devices that function like angreal but on a vastly greater scale. The increase in power prov...
The female half of the One Power, drawn from the True Source. Unlike saidin, channelling saidar requires surrender - a w...
The male half of the One Power, drawn from the True Source. Channelling saidin is described as a struggle against a ragi...
Figures of religious veneration in Ravkan culture, many of whom were actually Grisha whose powers were reinterpreted as ...
Third planet of Gamma Waiping, the original homeworld of House Corrino and later designated the Imperial Prison Planet. ...
Roland's revolvers, inherited from his father Steven Deschain. The stocks are sandalwood, yellow and finely grained, des...
The soldier-fanatics of the Padishah Emperor, drawn from the brutal environment of the prison planet Salusa Secundus. Th...
The world of the Mistborn series, shaped by the Shards Preservation and Ruin. During the time of the Final Empire, Scadr...
A term for the great diaspora of humanity into uncharted space, far beyond the boundaries of the known Imperium. The Sca...
A small ship owned by the OPA and used by Julie Mao in her work with the Belt independence movement. The Scopuli's parti...
Dangerous spider-like creatures made of dark, hard material resembling obsidian. Scrael are extraordinarily fast and dea...
Seven disc-shaped seals made of cuendillar (heartstone), each marked with the ancient symbol of the Aes Sedai, that serv...
One of the youngest Guilds in Ankh-Morpork, with the motto NIL VOLVPTI, SINE LVCRE. Despite the name, it does not suppor...
A land lying three thousand leagues west of the main continent, and its people. Founded when Artur Hawkwing's son Luthai...
A dark curse that slashes the target as though struck by an invisible sword, inflicting deep, potentially fatal wounds. ...
The world of Elantris and The Emperor's Soul, influenced by the Shards Devotion and Dominion (both Splintered by Odium)....
A secretive organisation of worldhoppers who believe in non-intervention across the Cosmere's worlds. They oppose those ...
The capital of Vintas and seat of Maer Alveron, divided into Severen-High and Severen-Low. Kvothe travels there as a you...
Old Tongue for 'the Place Where the Shadow Waits.' Formerly known as Aridhol, capital of one of the Ten Nations, its peo...
The Cognitive Realm, a parallel dimension that exists alongside the Physical Realm throughout the Cosmere. In Shadesmar,...
Also called the Unsea, a vast swath of impenetrable darkness that splits Ravka in two, stretching from north to south ac...
Large predatory felines found in the mountainous regions of Westeros, particularly the Mountains of the Moon in the Vale...
Living constructs created by the Forsaken Aginor during the War of the Shadow, designed to serve the Dark One. They incl...
The great sandworms of Arrakis, also called the Old Man of the Desert. Specimens can grow over 400 metres long. The sand...
Magical weapons on Roshar that can cut through any non-living material and sever the soul of living things, leaving the ...
Magical armour of immense strength found on Roshar, granting its wearer superhuman durability and strength. Like Shardbl...
A vast expanse of plateaus separated by deep chasms on the eastern edge of Roshar, where the Alethi wage a war of attrit...
A mountain in the Blasted Lands, far north of the Blight, where the Dark One's prison lies close to the world. During th...
An ancient, nested structure of concentric spherical shells built around a central core, with different species inhabiti...
A weave of the One Power used to cut another channeller off from the True Source. The shielded person can still sense th...
The homeland of the Hobbits in the northwest of Middle-earth, a fertile, well-ordered country of gentle hills, tilled fi...
A Fremen cave dwelling and community stronghold on Arrakis. The word literally means 'place of assembly in time of dange...
Three jewels of surpassing beauty crafted by Fëanor, greatest of the Noldor, from silima - a crystalline substance that ...
The Elvish language of the Sindar (Grey Elves) of Beleriand, which became the common Elvish tongue of Middle-earth after...
A powerful magical ability linked to the Farseer royal bloodline, allowing telepathic communication, the manipulation of...
A dangerous Belter sport in which pilots use minimal-thrust craft to slingshot around celestial bodies at extreme veloci...
The Discworld has gods in the same way other worlds have bacteria - there are billions of them, tiny bundles containing ...
The term used by the Grisha for their abilities, deliberately distinguished from magic or witchcraft. Grisha manipulatio...
A sentient, thousand-year-old hat that sorts new Hogwarts students into the four houses by reading their minds. It belon...
Invisible predatory entities in the world of Citta'gazze that feed on the Dust (consciousness) of adults, leaving them a...
Large mobile factories used to collect melange from the Arrakis surface. Called 'crawlers' for their buglike appearance,...
Cognitive entities native to Roshar, manifestations of natural forces, emotions, and concepts given form by human percep...
St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries is the primary wizarding hospital in Britain. Located in London be...
The International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy, the law requiring the wizarding world to remain hidden from Muggles. Enf...
Advanced heat-sink and radar-absorbing technology that renders ships nearly undetectable in the vastness of space. Steal...
The homeland communities of the Ogier, scattered across the Westlands. Stedding have a unique property: the One Power ca...
The processes of permanently removing the ability to channel from a woman (stilling) or a man (gentling). Both were long...
A body-enclosing garment essential for desert survival on Arrakis. Its micro-sandwich fabric captures and recycles body ...
A small duchy on the Sto Plains, notable for its proximity to both Sto Lat and Ankh-Morpork. Its coat of arms features a...
A walled city kingdom twenty miles hubwards of Ankh-Morpork, clustered around a castle built on a rock outcrop that poke...
The immense fortress guarding the city of Tear, from which the High Lords ruled. Said to be the earliest fortress built ...
The ambient Investiture of Roshar, carried by the highstorms that regularly sweep across the continent. Stormlight infus...
A knife with two edges: one that can cut through any material in the physical world, and another that can cut windows be...
The Arctic island kingdom of the panserbjorne (armoured bears), a frozen land of ice and rock. Under the usurper king Io...
Small, explosive creatures that are presumed to use their detonation as a defence mechanism, though this certainly does ...
The University's primary magical discipline, using mental focus to create links between objects and transfer energy betw...
An ancient race of proto-humans who performed the Ritual of Tellann over 300,000 years ago, transforming themselves into...
A Fremen ritual challenge, derived from the concept of Tahaddi al-Burhan, meaning the ultimate test or challenge. Under ...
Creatures that belong neither to the natural world nor to the magical Prim, described as misbegotten beings from somewhe...
A rare Corporalki Grisha ability that allows the user to alter physical appearances - reshaping bone, changing skin colo...
A strategy board game played throughout the Four Corners, particularly popular among the educated and nobility. Tak is c...
A powerful Therin city-state west of Camorr, ruled by an Archon and home to the Sinspire, an exclusive gambling house. L...
The most powerful city-state in Styria, seat of Duke Orso and later of Monza Murcatto as Grand Duchess. Its wealth and m...
The deepest region of the Underworld, a primordial abyss that is both a place and a being. Monsters that are killed refo...
A system beyond the ring gates where Laconian forces conduct an antimatter experiment aboard the Falcon. The experiment ...
The dominant religious institution in the Four Corners, devoted to the worship of Tehlu and the teachings of his faith. ...
The Warren of Fire, one of the paths of sorcery available to mages in the Malazan world. It grants power over flame and ...
A reclusive, enormously wealthy first-generation high-orbit family that owns most of Freeside and the Villa Straylight. ...
The age of the declining Elven kingdoms and the rise of Men, ending with the War of the Ring and the departure of the Ri...
A term sometimes used to refer to Ravka's navy, the seafaring branch of its military forces. The Third Army relies heavi...
A legendary, semi-mythical thief identity created for Locke through deliberate rumour-mongering by the Sanza twins. With...
Styria's most famous mercenary company, commanded at various points by Monza Murcatto, Nicomo Cosca, and Faithful Carpi....
A mysterious figure associated with greensight and the weirwood network. The Three-Eyed Crow appears in prophetic dreams...
A supernatural battle rage experienced by warriors on Roshar, particularly the Alethi. It manifests as an intoxicating r...
Seats of divine authority within the Houses of the Deck of Dragons and the older Holds. Claiming a Throne grants immense...
A Fremen device used to attract sandworms, consisting of a spiceplastic stake pointed at one end and attached to a sprin...
A type of Etherealki Grisha who can manipulate water in all its forms, summoning waves, controlling currents, and even f...
A Misting who burns tin to enhance their senses. Tineyes can see in near-darkness, hear whispered conversations at great...
The Children of Shadow, an Elder Race who claim the realm of Kurald Emurlahn as their own. They are related to the Tiste...
Saturn's largest moon and a significant human settlement in the outer system. Titan serves as a waypoint for traffic mov...
The ancient race of powerful beings who ruled before the Olympian gods, led by Kronos. The Titans were overthrown and im...
A sweet wine favoured by the scholars of Jordan College, frequently served at high table and in the Master's lodgings. I...
The primary ship-to-ship weapon in the Expanse, consisting of self-guided missiles carrying nuclear warheads or conventi...
The Tower of the Angels in Cittàgazze, where the subtle knife was forged and kept by the Guild of the Torre. It is a tal...
The ability to read minds, see into the past and future, and sense things hidden from ordinary perception. It is half em...
Martial competitions popular throughout Westeros, featuring jousting, melee combat, and archery contests. Tourneys serve...
A magical detection charm placed upon all underage witches and wizards in Britain. It alerts the Ministry of Magic whene...
A small farming community in the Commonwealth, unremarkable in most respects. Trebon becomes significant when unusual an...
The largest Rain Wild settlement, built in the branches of enormous trees above the Rain Wild River. It serves as the ce...
An ancient practice of drilling a hole in the skull, referenced in the world of Cittàgazze as a means of gaining second ...
A legal custom in the Seven Kingdoms whereby the accused may demand that their guilt or innocence be decided through sin...
A period of divine punishment during which the god Apollo is cast down to earth in mortal form and must survive without ...
A great river system in the centre of Westeros, formed by the junction of the Red Fork, Blue Fork, and Green Fork. The T...
Huge, brutish creatures bred by Morgoth in the First Age, perhaps in mockery of the Ents. Strong but dim-witted, most Tr...
The sanctuary planet (or planets) for defeated Houses Major and Minor, established under the terms of the Great Conventi...
The climactic battle at the end of the Idiran War in which two stars were destroyed, generating supernovae that killed b...
A pair of castles straddling the Green Fork of the Trident, connected by a stone bridge, and the seat of House Frey. The...
A massive mobile construction platform in the Belt, headquarters of Tycho Manufacturing and Engineering. Under Fred John...
A Free City built on an island in the Stepstones, known for its dyers and its people's fondness for dyeing their hair in...
A person around whom the Wheel of Time weaves the threads of surrounding lives, forming a Web of Destiny. A ta'veren's p...
The corruption placed on saidin, the male half of the One Power, by the Dark One's backlash when Lews Therin and the Hun...
Silver pipes earned by performing at the Eolian to the satisfaction of the audience and the owner. They mark a musician ...
Specific abilities in the use of the One Power that go beyond ordinary channelling. The best known is Healing, but many ...
An island city on the River Erinin, home of the White Tower and the Aes Sedai. Built on an island created by the same ca...
A large port city where Kvothe spends three years as a street orphan after the murder of his troupe. Its dockside slums ...
The Old Tongue term for the Last Battle, a wide-ranging war prophesied in the Karaethon Cycle. It foretold that the Drag...
The World of Dreams, also called the Unseen World, a realm that permeates and surrounds all other possible worlds. It is...
The Elder Warren of fire, associated with the T'lan Imass. The Ritual of Tellann is what transformed the Imass from mort...
The principal writing system used by the Elves of Middle-earth, devised by Fëanor in the Undying Lands and later revised...
Devices crafted during the Age of Legends that use the One Power to perform specific functions. Unlike angreal and sa'an...
A company formed to protect the rose in the Keystone World, officially the firm of Deschain, Dean, Dean, Chambers and Oy...
A polite expression of gratitude in the common speech of Mid-World. 'Sai' is an honorific roughly meaning sir or madam. ...
The basic and traditional unit of magical strength, universally established as the amount of magic needed to create one ...
Winged skeletal horses visible only to those who have witnessed death. They pull the Hogwarts carriages and Luna Lovegoo...
Formally the Guild of Thieves, Burglars and Allied Trades, with the motto ACVTVS ID VERBERAT ('Whip it quick'). Despite ...
A weak spot in the fabric of reality where the barrier between worlds has worn thin, producing a disturbing warble. Foun...
Three binding oaths sworn by every Accepted upon becoming full Aes Sedai, enforced by the Oath Rod (a ter'angreal). They...
A mysterious chest in Kvothe's room at the Waystone Inn with no visible lock, key, or hinge. He cannot open it despite t...
The formal or classical language of the Therin world, used as a polite affectation in written communications. Phrases ar...
A dark, blighted region between the Borderlands and End-World where time and reality are unstable. The Wolves ride out o...
The Children of Light, an Elder Race connected to the warren of Kurald Thyrllan. They are the most zealous and warlike o...
Homeworld of the Bene Tleilax, a secretive civilisation known for genetic manipulation. The planet is closed to outsider...
The passage between worlds, or the dark spaces between them. Going todash means travelling between realities, sometimes ...
The termination point of Blaine the Mono's route, located in an alternate version of our world's Kansas. After Roland's ...
A Talent allowing instantaneous transportation between locations by creating a gateway - a hole in the Pattern that conn...
A magical competition between Hogwarts, Beauxbatons, and Durmstrang, revived in Goblet of Fire after a centuries-long hi...
Monstrous creatures of the Shadow, created during the Age of Legends by blending human and animal stock using the One Po...
The Chandrian's attack on Kvothe's family and their Edema Ruh troupe, the defining trauma of his life. The event drives ...
Power drawn directly from the Dark One. Only the Dark One can grant access to it, and only he can detect its use - it is...
A wandering people also known as the Tinkers or the Travelling People, who follow a pacifist philosophy called the Way o...
A law enforcement agency that monitors and regulates artificial intelligences. They enforce the principle that when an A...
The Therin pantheon, including Perelandro (Father of Mercies), Aza Guilla (who numbers the dead), Iono (Lord of the Gras...
A remote region in western Andor, bordered by the Mountains of Mist, the River Taren, and the White River. Isolated and ...
Telperion (the Silver Tree) and Laurelin (the Golden Tree), the great trees that lit the Blessed Realm before the creati...
The United Nations Navy, the military space force of Earth and its governing body, the United Nations. The UNN operates ...
A Northern coastal town that serves as the Dogman's seat of power and later Rikke's. Strategically important as a port a...
Refers to the higher dimensions beyond the three spatial dimensions and one time dimension of normal space. The Ulterior...
A great port-city south of the mouth of the Anduin, originally a colony of Númenor and later part of the Gondorian empir...
The realm of the dead, ruled by Hades. In Riordan's version, the Underworld is accessed through various entrances includ...
A magical doorway located in the arroyo country of the borderlands near Calla Bryn Sturgis, housed within a Doorway Cave...
The dominant nation-state in the Circle of the World, governed by a king and the Closed Council from Adua. It controls M...
Earth's governing body, administering a planet of thirty billion people through a vast bureaucracy. The UN controls the ...
Nine powerful spren of Odium on Roshar, each associated with a specific corrupting influence. They are ancient entities ...
The ancient city-tower of the Knights Radiant, rediscovered during the events of the Stormlight Archive. Urithiru is an ...
A larger, stronger breed of Orc first appearing in the late Third Age. Unlike ordinary Orcs, the Uruk-hai can endure sun...
A vast kingdom five or six times the size of the Sto Plains, stretching all the way to the Hub. It is so thickly foreste...
The labyrinth of tunnels, chambers, and forgotten spaces beneath the University where Auri lives. Its geography defies e...
The collective name for Valinor and the island of Tol Eressea, the blessed realm in the uttermost West where the Valar d...
Three curses whose use on another human being carries a life sentence in Azkaban: the Killing Curse (Avada Kedavra), the...
A plot of land on the corner of Forty-sixth Street and Second Avenue in New York City, owned by Calvin Tower, that conta...
The only city of the Dothraki, located beneath the Mother of Mountains in the heart of the Dothraki Sea. No bloodshed is...
A Union industrial city where the Breakers' uprising erupts in A Little Hatred. Its mills and factories represent the ne...
A workers' revolt in the industrial city of Valbeck, triggered by appalling factory conditions and stoked by the Breaker...
A fertile region in the east of Westeros, protected by the Mountains of the Moon and ruled from the Eyrie by House Arryn...
The hall of the heroic dead in Asgard, where warriors who die bravely (einherjar) feast and fight in preparation for Rag...
The most powerful banking house in the Circle of the World. Its loans fund wars, shape governments, and influence the ba...
The second planet from the sun, which becomes the protomolecule's workshop after Eros is redirected into its surface. Fo...
A stone dragon carved by King Verity from raw memory stone in the Mountains, into which he poured his life, memories, an...
The private residence at the zero-gravity tip of the Freeside spindle, home to the Tessier-Ashpool family. A labyrinthin...
A theoretical concept for massive self-sustaining habitats that could travel through interstellar space without relying ...
A term used throughout Rosharan history to describe the enemy forces that fought humanity during the Desolations. The na...
The oldest and arguably the most powerful of the Free Cities, situated at the mouth of the Rhoyne in southern Essos. Fou...
The dominant religion in eastern Roshar, particularly in Alethkar and Jah Keved. Vorin teachings emphasise the importanc...
The Blessed Realm, the land of the Valar in the uttermost West of the world. Also called the Undying Lands, Valinor is t...
The lost civilisation of the Valyrian Freehold, the greatest empire the world had ever known, centred on the volcanic pe...
An extensive network of roads built by the Valyrian Freehold using dragonflame to fuse stone into a smooth, durable surf...
A legendary metal forged in the ancient Valyrian Freehold using dragonfire and magic. Valyrian steel blades are lighter,...
Undead beings originally dominant in Uberwald alongside the werewolves. The Uberwald League of Temperance, also known as...
The teacher responsible for the intellectual and philosophical education of gunslinger apprentices in Gilead, complement...
Strikingly beautiful magical beings who can entrance and beguile those around them, particularly men. When angered, Veel...
A city on the Therin continent, part of the network of city-states that make up the political landscape. Like other Ther...
A powerful kingdom ruled by the Maer Alveron from Severen, where Kvothe spends much of The Wise Man's Fear. Its nobility...
A Bene Gesserit technique of vocal control that compels obedience through precisely selected tone shadings. It bypasses ...
Eyeless, winged predators that inhabit the Shadow Fold, drawn to and devouring anyone who attempts to cross the darkness...
The study of wands and their properties. Each wand is unique, crafted from a specific wood and containing a magical core...
An island nation in the Grishaverse, somewhat isolated from the continental conflicts between Ravka, Fjerda, and Shu Han...
A conflict across multiple civilisations over the existence of virtual Hells - simulated afterlife environments of torme...
A large-scale campaign of professional assassination conducted between two Great Houses of the Landsraad under the forma...
The ancient war between the forces of the Light and the Shadow during the Age of Legends. The war ended when Lews Therin...
The Alethi campaign on the Shattered Plains to avenge the assassination of King Gavilar by the Parshendi. The war lasted...
A major multi-sided conflict that engulfs Westeros following the death of King Robert Baratheon, with five claimants vyi...
A specific form of skinchanging in which a person enters the mind of a wolf or direwolf. The term is sometimes used loos...
A breed of great demonic wolves in Middle-earth, allied with Orcs and Goblins throughout all three Ages. Wargs serve as ...
The sources of magical power in the Malazan world, alternate dimensions or pathways that mages access to fuel their sorc...
The collective term for all who serve the Crimson King, bearing his sigil of the staring crimson eye. This broad categor...
The comprehensive system of water conservation that formed the foundation of Fremen culture on Arrakis. Every aspect of ...
A life-support machine that recycles waste water back into clean, drinkable water for the crew....
Metallic counters representing the volume of water released by a body processed through a deathstill, manufactured in de...
The code of conduct and tradition followed by the gunslingers of Mid-World, rooted in the legacy of Arthur Eld. The Way ...
The quiet country inn in Newarre where Kvothe, as the innkeeper Kote, tells the story of his life to Chronicler over thr...
Also called Amon Sul, the Weather Hills' highest peak, located in the wilds of Eriador between the Shire and Rivendell. ...
A mysterious figure operating from the shadows, pulling strings behind the Breakers' revolutionary movement throughout t...
The Bene Gesserit martial arts techniques, so named by outsiders who witnessed their seemingly supernatural fighting abi...
A species of pale tree with white bark and blood-red, five-pointed leaves found throughout Westeros, particularly in the...
A pool of concentrated liquid Investiture located beneath Kredik Shaw in Luthadel. It accumulates power from Preservatio...
A wealthy region of western Westeros ruled from Casterly Rock by House Lannister. The Westerlands owe their prosperity t...
The vast ocean bordering Mid-World to the west, along whose lobstrosity-infested beaches Roland made his way northward i...
The western continent and setting of the primary narrative, stretching from the Wall in the north to Dorne in the south....
The traditions and social practices that govern life in the Seven Kingdoms. These include the feudal bonds between lord ...
The main continent where the Wheel of Time story takes place, stretching from the Aryth Ocean to the Aiel Waste. Divided...
A prosperous trading city situated on the western coast, serving as a vital link in maritime commerce. Westport's strate...
A massive uprising in Seven Cities against Malazan occupation, led by the prophetess Sha'ik. The rebellion drew upon the...
A prophetic figure who appears once in a generation, born as a White with the gift of seeing possible futures. The White...
Rare individuals born with extremely pale skin and colourless eyes who possess the ability to receive prophetic visions....
A volatile, green-burning substance produced by the Alchemists' Guild in King's Landing. Wildfire burns with intense hea...
Openings cut between parallel worlds, created by the subtle knife or by other means. Each window is a doorway from one w...
One of the ten orders of the Knights Radiant on Roshar, associated with the Surges of Adhesion and Gravitation. Windrunn...
The deep, intimate connection formed between a Wit-user and an animal companion through the Wit magic. The bond allows s...
The Lord of the Nazgûl, chief of the nine Ringwraiths and Sauron's most powerful servant. In the Third Age he establishe...
Practitioners of a practical, earth-based magic centred in the Ramtops mountains, the Disc's equivalent of rural highlan...
A common name for Maerlyn's Grapefruit, the Pink Bend of Maerlyn's Rainbow that played a central role in Roland's time i...
The material from which liveships are constructed, harvested from the cocoons of sea serpents in the Rain Wilds. Wizardw...
A complex potion that allows a werewolf to retain their human mind during transformation, making them harmless during th...
A chalky white material found only in conjunction with glass-lined tunnels abandoned by the Eldren. When burned, its smo...
A colossal barrier of ice stretching three hundred miles across the northern border of the Seven Kingdoms, standing seve...
Ninth planet of Laoujin, site of the Mother School of the Bene Gesserit. The order's primary training centre where young...
The centuries-long conflict in Beleriand during the First Age, driven by the Noldor's quest to recover the Silmarils fro...
The great conflict at the end of the Third Age, precipitated by the discovery that the Ring found by Bilbo Baggins in Go...
The final battle of the First Age, in which the Valar at last intervened directly against Morgoth. The Host of Valinor, ...
A warrior bonded to an Aes Sedai through a weave of the One Power, also known as Gaidin. The bond grants enhanced physic...
Also called skinchangers, people with the rare ability to enter the minds of animals, seeing through their eyes and cont...
The liquid exhalation of a sandworm at the moment of its death from drowning. Lethal to most humans, it can be transmute...
A network of paths through a dimension outside the normal world, connecting Waygates near Ogier stedding and major citie...
Shape-shifting creatures found predominantly in Uberwald, who can switch between human and wolf form. They have historic...
The cosmic force that weaves the Pattern of Ages, driven by the True Source. The Wheel has seven spokes, each representi...
The force of good and order opposed to the Crimson King and chaos. Callahan invokes it against vampires, and an old woma...
The headquarters of the Aes Sedai in Tar Valon, and by extension the Aes Sedai organisation itself. A collaboration betw...
Among the Atha'an Miere (Sea Folk), women who are almost always able to channel and are skilled in Weaving the Winds - t...
The ancestral seat of House Stark in the North, one of the oldest and largest castles in the Seven Kingdoms. Built over ...
Aiel women who serve as healers, counsellors and leaders within their communities. Selected by other Wise Ones, they mus...
A magic of connection between humans and animals, allowing a bonded pair to share thoughts, senses, and emotions. The Wi...
Long-lived women who can fly using branches of cloud-pine and who live in clan communities across the north of Lyra's wo...
A rare ability allowing a human to communicate directly with wolves, mind-to-mind and over great distances. Wolfbrothers...
Masked raiders who ride out of Thunderclap every generation to steal one twin from every set in the Callas. The children...
A recurring phrase describing the entropy and decay affecting Roland's world. Time, direction, and distance have become ...
Individuals who travel between worlds in the Cosmere, typically through the Cognitive Realm (Shadesmar). Worldhoppers ap...