Here is a Guide I made of all the names, people, places, lore, etc… I could find for now of The Lost Journals of Ven Polypheme (The Floating Island through The Dragon's Lair, so beware of SPOILERS). I will continue to add on to this. I decided after considering and considering on actually doing this guide, starting it, posting it, than tearing it down, why not have a Ven Polypheme Guide? ![Big Smile [:D]](/emoticons/emotion-2.gif)
(If you find something incorrect, or want to correct something, please, feel free to do so by posting a reply. Also feel free to print this out for easy access. Remember, this isn't completed, so more will be added and something’s may be corrected later).
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-Mri Niun.
The Ven Polypheme Dictionary Guide
A
Abandoned Pier - Where Ven goes to see Amariel, which is located in Kingston.
Agrarian - Means Dirt Pushers.
Albatross - The sea bird that followed Ven from Vaarn all the way to the Island of Serendair, where it is said to be a someone watching him from afar, it is also had helped the Serelinda and the merrow to find Ven in the sea after the attack of the Fire Pirates. By sailor standards, an albatross is the soul of a dead sailor come back as a seabird.
Albert Hio - Nicholas Cholby's roomate.
All the World's Magic - One of the books that Ven and King Vandemere end-up working on in the future.
Alton Polypheme - Family's Chief model maker.
Alvarran - King of the Lirin, also known as Alvarran the Intolerant, because he does not have a lot of pastience and does not suffer foolishness well.
Alvarran the Intolerant and the Unfair - Alvarran calls himself in proving his point to Ven to not appear as unfair. His name is already long enough, without Ven accusing him of being unfair as well.
Amariel - The Merrow that saves Ven from drowning in the sea after the Fire Pirates attack the Angelia.
Ambergris - Whale vomit.
Angelia - The ship Ven Polypheme did the Inspection on and that was attacked by the Fire Pirates.
Asa - The fisherman who can cut gills into the face so one can breathe under water.
Archipelago -
Arms of Coates - A shop in the Outer Market within The Gated City. A place that sells many different types of weapons and armour.
Auntie Hepatica - Saeli's Gwadd aunt.
B
Balatron - One of the small islands off the coast of Serendair, near the sight of the Sleeping Child, the largest of the three northern islands.
Belladonna - A plant of the Thief Queen that can be used as a tonic for illnesses of the eyes.
Betula Nana - Saeli's Gwadd Grandmother.
The Big One - What the Gwadd call Clovis.
Black Tent - Madame Sharra's tent located in The Gated City.
Bless your beard - A Nain blessing.
The Book of All Human Knowledge - One of the books that Ven collects lore and stories for of the races of the Island of Serendair.
Bramble - The beard of the Nain.
Breeze - One of the oldest and most feeble of the horses in the stable of The Crossroads Inn.
Brenda Polypheme - Brenda, one of the younger Polypheme's Ven had to share a room with in Vaarn. Is the head of Pitch, the department where bitumen, tar, and resin from trees.
Briala - One of the small islands off the coast of Serendair, near the sight of the Sleeping Child.
The brightest light in the darkest shadow is yours - Refers to that the Downworlders are the king's, or they are the brightes light inside the darkest shadow.
Burglar Row - A street located in the Inner Market of The Gated City of Kingston.
C
Cadwalder - Is about fifteen, and is house steward of Hare Warren. Tries to set Ven up for thievery in The Floating Island.
Cap'n - How Char pronounces Captain.
Captain Faeley - The Captain of the Angelia.
Captain Snodgrass - The husband of Trudy Snodgrass and the Captain of the Serelinda, the ship that rescues Ven from the sea.
The Castle Elysian - The Castle that is set high up on a cliff, overlooking the sea. It is where King Vandemere resides as High King, in Kingston.
Castenen - The Nain city that Magnus Polypheme left.
Cecil Bean - Saeli's Gwadd little brother.
Ciara - A girl that works with Felitza in the kitchen.
Char - The best friend of Ven Polypheme.
Charles - The father of Ven Polypheme's mother.
Charles Magnus Ven Polypheme - The main character of the Lost Journals of Ven Polypheme, a Nain Explorer who helped King Vandemere collect stories and information/lore for his books, The Book of All Human Knowledge and All the World's Magic.
Chief Vizier - Graal, the Vizier of High King of Serendair, King Vandemere.
Clem - Short pronounciation of Clemency.
Clemency - One of Ven Polypheme's friends from the Crossroads Inn, who is a clericand a house steward.
Clovis - A farmer in the Wide Meadows, that Ven and his friends meet while heading towards the Kingdom of Nain. His farm is disturbing to Saeli and the rest of the friends, such as the cows that all look a like and the way how to food is grown. Clovis is also flamming the lands around him to make more fields to farm, which the ashes spread to other places and causes huge wild fires to erupt. Which causes the Lirin to believe that a dragon by the name of Scarnag is attacking the lands.
Mr. Coats - The owner of Arms of Coates located within The Thieves Market.
Coin Road - A road located in the Inner Market of the Gated City of Kingston.
Constable Knapp - Who went and released Ven's friensds from the jail.
The Crossroads Inn - The inn that Ven Polypheme calls his second home. The inn is said to be a magical place and is located before the crossroads, near the Great River that bisects the island of Serendair.
Cutpurse Street - A street located in the Inner Market of The Gated City of Kingston.
D
Dark A'Way - A street located in the Inner Market within the Gated City of Kingston.
Dalton Polypheme - Does the drafting.
Deadly Nightshade - Huge, starlike blossoms of white and purple, one of the plants that the Theif Queen keeps in the Raven's Nest.
Deebuld - Ordered to shoot the "skinny one," in The Thief Queen's Daughter.
Dill - One of the Spice Folk that McLean introduces Ven to in The Floating Island. One of the two mischievous boys.
Dirty Prat - What Ven calls the Raven that is perched on Gregory A. Snograss's headstone in The Thief Queen's Daughter.
Don't Be An Idiot School - A term Char uses to express the point of trusting no one in the Thieves Market.
Downworlders - People who are outcast of The Gated City, who live below the ground in tunnels that stretch all throughout the island of Serendair.
The Dragon's Lair - Where Scarnag lives and the title of Elizabeth Haydon's third book in The Lost Journals of Ven Polypheme series.
Dragon Scales - Hold the power to see the future, which is in the possession the Seren Reader, Madame Sharra. The scales are tattered at the edges, and are shaped like an oval and appear gray. But if you hold one in the light the scale gives off a rainbow shine (like light passing through a glass prism) but with a dominant color. The scale's surfaces are scored with many fine lines, and have images on them.
Dream Seller - A place located in The Gated City that "sells," dreams.
Dry World - What Amaries refers to Ven's world as.
E
Easton - Largest main city in east Serendair.
Elspeth - The Lirinved Princess and daughter to Alvarran.
Elysian - Serendair's castle of the Human King, located in west Serendair, near Kingston.
The Enchanted Forest - Where the Lirin call home, and where the great tree of Sagia is, the Oak of Deep Roots. As well as its Gaurdian, Marisynos a dragon who lost its egg to the Nain from the High Reaches. The Enchanted Forest is really called Yliessan by the Lirin.
The Endless Mountain - A scale Madame Sharra gave to Ven Polypheme in the book The Dragon's Lair. The scale is slightly concave, and etched into its face were symbols in a language, and a line drawing of many mountains.
F
Faeley - Captain of the ship the Angelia.
Fairy Forts - When a field is cleared, a farmer leaves a single tree standing to serve as a home for fairies that live in the field.
Feliza - Is the kitchen girl of the Crossroads Inn and whom Char has a major crush on.
Felonia - The Thief Queen. She has pale skin, long blond hair looped in what looked like nooses, and black eyes. She also has long, red nails, love beautiful but deadly plants.
Fennel - One of the Spice Folk that McLean introduces Ven to in The Floating Island. One of the two mischievous boys.
Fern - One of the Spice Folk that McLean introduces Ven to in The Floating Island.
Fewer Lane - A lane located in the Inner Market of the Gated City of Kingston.
Fire Pirates - The Fire Pirates attacked Ven Polypheme on his first Inspection on the vessel of Angelia.
Finlay - One of the dogs of the Arms of Coats who makes sure that no one brings things in AOC that shouldn't be in AOC.
Five World Trees - Where a tree stands at a place where time began.
Flax - The smallest of the Spice Folk. A baby barley able to sit up.
Flax seed - Very fine seed, tiny and soft as silk. One uses them to scatter them on places (such as the floor), to keep the Spice Folk busy.
Fleethe sidriel mux, atonan var. Nidley, hrenx - Means kindly stop dumping your horse dung in the river, it's disgusting.
The Floating Island - Where Ven and the ship, the Serelinda, travel to to collect Living Water. The Floating Island is fleeting, but appears at times when you least expect it to do. It travels all over the world on the sea, picking up many different things, which one must not touch or take off the island.
Legend says that when the wind blew back the sea, revealing the land, a tiny piece of the earth floated to the top of the waves, that tiny piece of earth was The Floating Island. The island was born when land was born, at the very beginning of the world, and is the child of both wind and water. It floats about the sea at the pleasure of the wind. It is said that if you put your name on the wind inside the cave of The Floating Island, it will be carried far and wide, across the whole world, even to places that are unknown. Into the ears of everyone the wind touches. The island is filled with all differnet types of trees/plants that are growing in differnet stages, some just sprouting, others changing in color as if in Autumn. There are many differnent types of birds as well.
There is also a cave, that the inside is similar to the inside of a conch shell. At the very bottom of the cave is a small pond filled with moving silver water, surrounded only by glowing moss. The pond/spring is fed by ice deep below, ice left over from the earliest days of the world.
Forget-Me-Not - A Spicefolk who's brother is Sweet William.
Fountain - Located near the Town Square in Kingston.
G
Galliard - See Royal Vizier.
Gardens - Located near the Town Square in Kingston.
Garson - A Nain with a large, very long beard that greets Ven on top of the battlement.
Ganrax - The Dragon the Nain brought from their ancient home from the Northland, whom they cared a great deal for. But they left him alone in a cave and had to seel it shut with him inside to keep Garnax from following the Nain Explorer's. Garnax grew viscious after being left behind by the Nain, and called himself Scarnag to wreck his vengeance on the Nain who left him behind.
The Gated City - The Market of Thieves, located in Kingston.
Gaurdian of the Mountain - A formation in a giant irregular rock that seemed to be naturally formed in the shape of a man's face, craggy and bearded. Located in the cliff of Elysian.
Gertrude Snodgrass - The wife of Captain Snodgrass, also known as Trudy Snodgrass.
The Grave of the Sleeping Child - The sight where Melita lies in the seas west of Serendair, off the coast of Kingston.
Graal - The Ancient Seren vizier for King Vandemere, who is very fond of Nain.
Great Dial - An ancient cloak of sorts that worked like a sundial, only lit by the shadows of the fires that burned in mines within the earth.
The Great Overward - The continent where Ven grew up.
The Great River - The river that bisects the Island of Serendair.
Gregory Snodgrass - The son of Trudy and Oliver Snodgrass who died...
Grumpy - The name Ven calls Char in the morning in The Thief Queen's Daughter.
Gwadd - A small, tiny race with heart-shaped faces who live in the Wide Meadows. They are very secretive, shy and take care of the plants and speak by using blooming flowers to express their emotions.
Gwaddlands - Located in the Wide Meadows, where the Gwadd dwell.
H
Halfland - When Melita fell into the Island, the majority of the landmass was destroyed and was engulfed by the sea, only almost half of the landmass was left.
Hare Warren - Who looks after and gaurds the Crossroads Inn, he is also responsible for the obdience of the rules, he also works at night as the watchman and stablekeeper.
Hare Warren House Rules - Make your bed daily, keep your room clean, lock your door, do not touch anyone else's belongings, report all infractions to steward, even your own, no females in Hare Warren, no food in the rooms, likewise no spirits, no teasing the cat or Spice Folk, mind your own business, behave like gentlemen, NO EXCUSES!
Henry - The jailer that attends and brings Ven Polypheme food, ink and paper in the dungeons of Elysian.
Het - A word Tuck says to the horses in the book The Dragon's Lair.
The Hidden Passage - Inside the King's garden, inside a maze of hedged bushes where King Vandemere gives Ven a new mission in The Thief Queen's Daughter.
The High Reaches - The mountain range where the Nain occupy and live in the far northern reaches of Serendair.
Hippocampus - Horses with tails like a merrow, only bigger and stronger (sea horses).
The Hollow Mountain - Referring to the Floating Island, it being hollow inside, much like a conch shell.
I
Ida - The Thief Queen's Daughter. Ida isn't her real name, or at least, she doesn't know her full name. She is a petty thief that lives with Ven and his friends at the Crossroads Inn, where she hides from her mother because she doesn't want to marry.
Inner Market - The Inner Market of the Gated City, the Thieves Market. Where the more daring shoppers venture in to buy rarer items.
The Inn's safe - Is hidden below the bed of Mrs. Snodgrass which is triggered by a mechanism in the bedpost.
Inspection - When one of the sons of Polypheme inspects the newly made ship on the sea.
The Island of Serendair - The landmass south of the Northland and west of the Great Overward.
J
Jack-rule - The Jack Rule is given to the youngest son, it was calibrated precisely to the Great Dial in the Nain kingdom of Castenen. It is made of thin wood and metal measuring sticks, which was fastened together with an intricate system of oddly shaped hinges and pins, allowing it to extend more than the length of his arm. It also contains a knife, a glass that both magnifies and sees afar, and a few other surprises.
Jasper Polypheme - One of the sons of Pepin Polypheme, who is in charge of factory finances.
Jaymes Polypheme - One of the son's of Pepin Polypheme, who is in charge of painting.
Jeremy - The old man who dropped Ven and Char off at the Crossroads Inn for the first time.
Jonathan Conroy - Had a room next Ven in The Crossroads Inn.
K
Keekee - A money Saeli got in The Gated City in the Inner Market, keekee is always hidden in Saeli's graid and goes everywhere with her.
Keyhole Gate - The gate the leads to The Inner Market.
Kingston - The huge port, capital city of Serendair, on the shores of the Grave of the Sleeping Child, Melita.
King of the River - Regis.
King Vandemere - The young, High King of Serendair who sends Ven out to collect stories and wonders for his two books, All the World's Magic and the Book of All Human Knowledge.
Kiosk - Vendors or the like set up in The Gated City to cell goods.
Kiran berry - Grows in bad soil, in harsh conditions, in little light and almost no water. The berries are on a bush, and are dark red. They grow deep underground.
Kisses - A booth where one can recieve a kiss from a white-haired woman, or what appeared to be a woman within the Inner Market.
Kith - People who are at home in the wind, and are therefore harsh the way the wind cane be sometimes.
Krebs - Is the man that helped Ven shoot a hose from a barrel filled with quickline at the Fire Pirates Ship.
Knuckles - Is the way how Nain measure.
L
Lavery - Thomas Lavery.
Lazybones - The name Char calls Ven in the morning in The Thief Queen's Daughter.
Leighton Polypheme - One of the younger Polypheme's Ven had to share a room with in Vaarn. Works in Varnish.
Leo - Brown tabby cat that is Murphy's friend.
Lewis - The boatswain of the Angelia.
Lewis Craig - Had a room next to Ven in The Cross Roads Inn.
The Lightstone - A stone that Ven recieves from King Vandemere in The Thief Queen's Daughter.
Light Tower a & b - Huge light towers that are located in Kingston.
Linus Poo-poo Polypheme - One of Pepin Polypheme son's.
Lirin - The people who lived in wide fields and forest, sometimes cities. Lirin are slender of form, have delicate faces and large eyes.
Lirindarc - Tall, slender people with broad shoulders and lean, muscular arms and legs. Their skin is brown from the sun, and hair, eyes and clothing all blended in with the color of grass.
Living Water - Water that is collected from The Floating Island by the captain Snodgrass, who takes it back home to his wife to keep her healthy and young.
Lucinda, Ciara, Emma, and Bridgette - The girls of Mouse Lodge.
Lucy Dackenbiggle - Who kissed Char when he was nine.
Luther Polypheme - Is the the third-oldest Polypheme son. And is in charge of security of the factory, and cannot read. This was caused by probably being dropped on his head when he was little.
M
M - Murphy scratches the letter M on Char's leg in the morning in the book The Dragon's Lair.
Macedon - Ruler of the Downworlders.
The Magical Confectionery - Located in a large stone building with a glass window across the front. Its a shop where Ven and Char buy sweets and candy, located in Kingston.
Magnus the Mad - Ven Polypheme's great-grandfather. Who was called so because the Nain thought he was Mad because he left the city of Castenen to be a ship maker in the Great Overward.
Magnus Polypheme - Ven's great-grandfather, chose to leave Castenen and live in Vaarn.
Maisie Haggerty - The prettiest Nain girl in Vaarn.
The Market of Thieves - Located in Kingston, where on Market Day, on Wednesday it is opened to the public to go shopping, but must leave by the end of the day or will never be let out again.
Marius - The man who went to the Floating Island with Ven, Char, the Captain Snodgrass to say his name within the island itself so all the world will know him as the greatiest warrior who ever lived.
Marisynos - Gaurdian of Sagia, the Oak of Deep Roots.
Master Polypheme - What Thomas Lavery calls Ven Polypheme.
Matilda - One of Pepin Polypheme's daughters, who is in charge of making sails.
Maurice Whiting - The man who had worked with Cadwalder to have Ven arrested. He also owns the White Fern Inn, and owns viscious gaurd dogs too.
McLean - The blind Lirin Singer who resides in The Crossroads Inn.
Meadow Folk - Little people who gather the sunlight when the light is ripest-they alone know the day of the Harvest. Light is their source of power. They use Dandelions to collect the sunlight. And then they use the last crop of light-power to grow the dandelions.
Megalodon - An ancient shark/monster, a deep sea shark from the time before history. Each of its teeth is bigger than a hand, and he has a thousand of them. He is possessed of a hunger that can devour a ship and its occupants without a moment's difficulty. Vibrations or noise draws his attention.
Melita - The sister star of Oelendra, that fell into the Island of Serendair and took almost half of it with it. It is said that it will rise again to devour the rest of the island.
Mermaid - The human word for a Merrow.
The Mermaid's Purse - A wonderful place to eat within The Gated City of Kingston that makes terrific clams.
Merrow - The true name of a Mermaid.
Mouse Lodge - Where Ven and his friend's sleep at the Crossroads Inn.
Mr. Whiting - The man who had worked with Cadwalder to have Ven arrested. He also owns the White Fern Inn, and owns viscious gaurd dogs too.
Mr. Snodgrass - The captain of the Serelinda.
Munx - A gaurd dog or "doorbell," of Arms of Coats.
Murder - What a group of crows is called.
Murphy - The cat that resides in the Crossroads Inn. A ginger cat, by the way, who used to catch rats on Mr. Snodgrass ship, Serelinda, until he was brought back to the Crossroads Inn. Murphy is able to talk, and often keeps the Spice Folk from bothering Char.
Mynah Coates - Owner of Arms and Coates.
N
Nain - Short beings who live deep within the mountains. They are excellant miners and are naturally etuned to the earth, able to form rock and mold it like wet sand. Nain are even considered young when in human standards they are very old.
Nainfolk - Another word for Nain.
Namer - Is the highest form of a Singer. Who tells the truth as it is and can never lie.
Nicholas Cholby - The Crossroad's Inn messenger.
Nick - Short name for Nicholas.
Nigel Polypheme - Who dropped Luther Polypheme on his head when he was a baby.
Northland - The section of land located beyond the Island of Serendair, to the far north, it is where the Nain fled from a great evil to Serendair into the High Reaches.
O
Ogre Bruce and the Magic Wheelbarrel - A song sung by a brightly clothed man within the Gated City of Kingston.
Old Max - Cannot read and is in charge of painting the name of the ship on the new vessel.
Older Sister - Corn, beans, and squash.
Osgood No! Polypheme - One of the son's of Pepin Polypheme.
Otis - The barkeeper of the Cross Roads Inn.
Outer Market - The outer market of the Thieves Market, where on Market Day, in the middle of the week, can come in shopping. Its the safest place in the Gated City to shop.
P
Paints of the Creator - Fire, water, wind, earth and the light of the star, which is called ether. The five elements that make up the world.
Pepin Polypheme - Ship maker from Vaarn; father of Charles Magnus Ven Polypheme and son to Magnus the Mad.
Percy - A Downworlder.
Petar Da-daa Polypheme - One of the son's of Pepin Polypheme.
Pincher A'Way - An alleyway located in the Inner Market of the Gated City of Kingston.
Polywog - T1he name Ida (AKA: The Thief Queen's Daughter) gives to Ven in the book, The Floating Island.
Praste zi limina noduley - Means that Amariel's accent is terrible and her grammar is too.
Prilla - One of the Spice Folk that McLean introduces Ven to in The Floating Island.
Puffball - One of the Spice Folk that McLean introduces Ven to in The Floating Island.
Q
The Queen of Thieves - A ratty gray scale, the edge glows with a faint violet light. On its surface is the sketched image of a woman in rich robes on a throne, a crown on her head and a sinister smile on her face. Her hands, which rested on the arms of the throne, ended in long, cruel-looking talons. The scale signifies a change of possession. Either you will be gaining something, or losing it.
Querrel - One of the island north of Melita, the Sleeping Child (star).
R
The Rat King - Macedon of the Downworlders.
Raven's Nest - The hideout of the Raven's Guild.
Red Cap - Is given to someone to keep so the Merrow/Selkie can grow legs. But if a Red Cap is given to a human, than the Merrow will slowly change into a perfect house wife/maid unless you get the Merrow and the Cap back to the sea in time.
Revenant - A person or thing that has died, but who lives on in an unatural and unholy way after death. Something that returns from the grave-ussually because there is something in their lives that remained unfinished when they died.
The River King - The King that is in charge-of and takes care of the Great River of the Island of Serendair. Ven and his friends meet the River King, Regis because they needed to cross the Great River to escape further notice of the Thief Queen's spies.
The River King's Riddle - Fleethe sidriel mux, atonay var. Nidley, hrenx. It means; Kindly stop dumping your horse dung in the river. It's disgusting.
Rosemary - One of the Spice Folk that McLean introduces Ven to in The Floating Island.
Rover - Rovers are odd people, strange nomads that cannot seem to stay in one place for long. Rovers are known for making puzzle boxes, also called a Rover Box, that is a box-cube puzzle that holds what is most valuable to them.
Royal Pain - The name Idal calls Ven in The Thief Queen's Daughter.
Royal Puzzle Room - Where King Vandemere keeps all of his puzzles.
Royal Reporter - Ven Polypheme.
The Royal Vizier - Galliard, a regal Kith who is a subsitute for Graal, who is training to be a Vizier.
S
The Sad, Strange Tale of Simeon Blowfellow and the Lost Slipper - A Gwadd Tale.
Saeli - The Gwadd that dwells at the Crossroads Inn, she is later hunted by the Thief Queen herself.
Sailors' Rest - An inn for sailors in Kingston.
Scales of Madam Sharra's Deck - Most of the scales in the deck were given freely by the dragon they (the scale/s) came from to do something noble that saved the world (to learn more about this, read Elizabeth Haydon's Symphony of Ages: Requiem for the Sun or The Assassin King). A little bit of each dragon's magical lore, the power it could use that came from the earth itself, is still in the scales. Each time a new dragon is born in the world, the scales grow in power. That power dwindles as each dragon dies as well. If the dragon race is destroyed, the scales will be nothing more than cards with images on them no one can see any longer.
Scale within the Rover's Box - A scale (perhaps black) with an image of a key on it.
Scariest Person in Town - Luther Polypheme.
Scarnag - The dragon that attacks the Nain in The Dragon's Lair, the word Scarnag means scourge, a cause of great suffering, like a plague, an earthquake, a war. Scarnag is also a Librarian and loves to read.
Screaming Raven's - The release of the birds is a signal to the constable of Kingston and all gaurds that a particulary dangerous and violent criminal is loose in the Gated City.
Scroggins - The sailor Ven and Char traveled to the island of Serendair with, who sent a messege back to his wife and newborn child.
Sea dragon - Live in the sea, who have great hordes of sparkling treasure taken from shipwrecks.
Selkie - Similar to a merrow, but with a gentler nature, they can look like seals because of the capes they wear.
Serelinda - The ship that picks-up Ven from the sea and takes him to The Floating Island and the Island of Serendair.
Seren - The star the island of Serendair is named for. It is a blue-white star.
Seventh Sea - What Trudy Snodgrass jokes about herself being known from the Seventh Sea to the Crossroads Inn as the legendary wife.
Singer - A person who is only able to tell the truth.
Skywalk - An elevated street located in the Gated City.
Sleeping Beauty - The name Trudy Snodgrass calls Ven in The Thief Queen's Daughter.
Spice Folk - The Spice Folk are very neat beings, and they can't stand messes. But the Spice Folk are very annoying little fairy-like beings that cause mischief at the Crossroads Inn for Ven and his friends.
Star of the Sea - Amariel, the name of the Merrow that saves Ven's life after his ship, Angelia, was attacked by Fire Pirates.
Steal Away - An alleyway where things that are stolen can be found in the Inner Market of the Gated City of Kingston.
The Stolen Alleyway - An alleyway located in The Gated City of Kingston.
Storysinger - Who tell the truth as they know it and is the lower form of a Namer.
Stuff-of-Dreams - A plant of the Thief Queen that gives lovely night visions iwth it aroma.
Stupid git - What Ven Polypheme calls the Raven thats perched on Gregory A. Snodgrass's headstone in The Thief Queen's Daughter.
Sweet William - A Spice Folk, also known as Bill who is a brother to Forget-Me-Not.
T
Telescope - A twisted telescope of the River King, that shows real places you'd been to that you dream about.
Time Scissors - A scale of Madame Sharra's deck.
Thicket - A word for a long beard for Nain.
The Thief Queen - Felonia, the queen of the Market of Thieves or also known as The Gated City.
The Thief Queen's Daughter - Ida.
The Thief Who Stole a Piece of the Sun - A story of how the Downworlders stole a piece of the sun in chapter 23 of the Theif Queen's Daughter. The story goes that a thief of a Downworlder stayed too long after hunting for food and goods at night when he shall the sun in the morning and chased after it till a King appeared. The King helped him by telling him how to catch the sun, and with the help of a young Singer, and a few gifts from the King himself to protect him, he stole a sliver of the sun and other items (but lost some into the sea), after his Singer was blinded from gazing up at the sun. The road the Singer sung to the sun disapeared and the two fell towards the world below. But were saved in the end by the king himself and the Piece of the Sun was brought down to the Downworlders.
Thieve's Cant - A language used by the people in the Gated City.
Thirteen - How many Polypheme brothers there are in total.
Thomas Lavery - First mate of the Angelia. Helped Ven gather weapons while the Angelia was being attacked by Fire Pirates.
Thoughts, Moments, Glances, Youth, Knowledge, Identity, Time, Shirts and Childhood - Booths that sell "stolen," things listed above in the Inner Market of the Gated City of Kingston.
Town Gate - The gate that leads into the Gated City, that is located within Kingston.
Town Square - Located in the middle of Kingston.
Trolls - "Supposendly," live under the bridge of the Great River, it is also rumored that they love cookies.
Trudy Snodgrass - The wife of Captain Snodgrass. She is in charge of the Crossroads Inn, but is cursed. She is small, roundish woman with red hair that is turning gray at the temples.
Tuck - Vandemere's chief forester and protects Ven and his friends from the Theif Queen in the book The Dragon's Lair, Tuck is a Lirinved.
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Ultimate Adventure - The thing that is so amazing, so inspiring, so wonderful, so magical that is satisfies Ven's curosity once and for all.
Unicorn - A horse with a horn on its head that was on one of the cakes in The Magical Confectionery.
Unkindness of Raven's - What a group of ravens is called.
V
Vaarn - The city port in the Great Overward where Ven Polypheme and his family resides.
Ven - Means and in Nain.
Ven Polypheme - The famous Nain explorer who helped comprise the Book of All Human Knowledge and All the World's Magic with King Vandemere.
Ven Polywog - The nickname Ida gave to Ven in The Floating Island.
Vernon - One of the son's of Pepin Polypheme. Who is in charge of the factories foundry.
Vincent Cadwalder - Stewart of the boys' house at the Crossroads' Inn, what's-it Lodge.
Vizier - Graal, the Ancient Seren Vizier for King Vandemere.
W
Walking-Around-Money - The money King Vandemere gave to Ven and his friends for use in The Gated City, and what King Vandemere called it (money).
Waylon - A tall, treelike vine of innocent-looking red berries, The Thief Queen's favorite plant.
Westland - Where the inn and Kingston are and the lands beyond it to the east.
Wharves - Located south of Light Tower a in the city of Kingston.
White Fern -
White Fern Inn - The inn that is also white washed and belongs to Witherspoon. The inn stands a ways back on the road that leads to the Crossroads Inn, where it is competition to get service. The owner of the inn also made the Crossroads Inn seem forbidding and dangerous by sending his dogs out disguised as "phantom-like-wolves," to chase and attack Guest of the Inn, that is, until Ven and his friends discovered what he was up to.
Wide Meadows - Is a large stretch of grassy plains located outside of Easton.
The Windmill - A scale of Madame Sharra's Deck. The edge of the scale glows a pale blue, and the image on the scale is a mill on a river with four sheets of blades, turning to grind grain. The scale means that you are someone who unifies diverse people and things. Alos that you are transforming, growing and changing.
Witherspoon - The Owner of the White Fern Inn, who is a very large man with a bulbous nose and bright orange hair. He also tried to go to The Floating Island on the ship, the Serelinda, but wasn't permitted by the Captain, Mr. Snodgrass because he promised Ven that he could go instead.
Wonder - Glass globe the size of an apple, within the glove is a pinprick of light burning so powerfully that it stung to look at. It contains a piece of the sun, and belongs to the Downworlders.
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Y
Your Majesty - What Felonia, the Theif Queen tells Ven and his friends to refer to her as in The Thief Queen's Daughter.
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"Fire-child, star-child, what is kel? Sword-bearers, song-weavers, that is kel."
-The Faded Sun trilogy by C.J.Cherryh.
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*Keeper of The Dictionary of All Symphony of Ages Knowledge & The Ven Polypheme Dictionary Guide.*