A powerful guild of sorcerers based on the Isas Scholastica in Karthain. They hire out their services as mercenaries and...

A major Therin city-state built upon Eldren ruins, crisscrossed by canals and bridges of Elderglass. Ruled by Duke Nicov...

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 magical liquid metal used by the Bondsmagi. It can be sculpted into shapes, formed into needles, or spread across surf...

A mysterious, indestructible glass-like material left behind by the Eldren, found throughout Therin cities. In Camorr it...

A Therin city with a strong theatrical tradition, home to the Old Pearl theatre. Father Chains sends the young Gentleman...

An ancient, vanished race that built the cities humans now inhabit. Some of their ruins may be over twenty thousand year...

The hour when every visible inch of Elderglass in Camorr throws off enough supernatural radiance to bring on a second su...

Capa Barsavi's headquarters, an old galleon converted into a fortress. Its reception hall has coffee-coloured hardwood f...

A remote chain of islands far south, home to pirate havens including Port Prodigal. Locke and Jean are sent there by the...

A small, elite gang of confidence tricksters trained by Father Chains at the Temple of Perelandro. They specialise in el...

The process of using Wraithstone smoke on animals, primarily beasts of burden intended for urban service. Minutes after ...

The great sea bordering the Therin continent. The Therin people migrated onto the continent from across it. Executed cri...

An ancient city on the shores of the Amathel, seat of the Bondsmagi. Notable for its Elderglass suspension bridges and t...

The elected governing assembly of Karthain, consisting of nineteen representatives from nineteen districts. Elections ar...

The duke of Camorr's secret constabulary, led by the Spider. They operate in black and make surprise visits to nobles an...

A regularly occurring day of public execution in Camorr, when criminals are hanged from the Black Bridge before the Pala...

The collective term for Camorr's criminal underworld, encompassing over a hundred gangs under Capa Barsavi's authority. ...

An arrangement between Capa Barsavi's criminal underworld and the nobility of Camorr. The Right People refrain from robb...

A network of dank vaults and tunnels beneath an old graveyard in Camorr, serving as the orphan kingdom of the Thiefmaker...

A large placid basin of water at the heart of Camorr where hundreds of floating merchants slowly follow one another coun...

An exclusive, multi-level gambling house in Tal Verrar run by Requin. Patrons must work their way up through ascending f...

A legendary, semi-mythical thief identity created for Locke through deliberate rumour-mongering by the Sanza twins. With...

A powerful Therin city-state west of Camorr, ruled by an Archon and home to the Sinspire, an exclusive gambling house. L...

The formal or classical language of the Therin world, used as a polite affectation in written communications. Phrases ar...

The Therin pantheon, including Perelandro (Father of Mercies), Aza Guilla (who numbers the dead), Iono (Lord of the Gras...

A chalky white material found only in conjunction with glass-lined tunnels abandoned by the Eldren. When burned, its smo...