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This is a list of all topics mentioned or seen in [[The Stormlight Archive]]. |
This is a list of all topics mentioned or seen in [[The Stormlight Archive]]. |
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<div class=navaid>For a complete list see [[:Category: Stormlight Archive]]</div> |
<div class=navaid>For a complete list see [[:Category: Stormlight Archive]]</div> |
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There is also lists for [[Stormlight Archive/people|people]] and [[Stormlight Archive/places|places]]. |
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== A == |
== A == |
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; [[Alezarv]]: presumably a Knight Radiant{{ref|b|sa1|e|39}} |
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=== From Oathbringer === |
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; [[Askarki]]: {{quote|The Emuli are a certain tribe of the Askarki people, and they're ethnically Makabaki - dark-skinned, like myself. Their kingdom borders my own, and I visited there many times in my youth.|[[Sigzil]]{{ref|b|sa1|c|55}}|}} |
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; ''aboshi'': Shin honorific for a divinity{{book ref|sa3|106}} |
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; ''Adoda'': root word of [[Adolin]]s name, meaning 'light'{{book ref|sa3|106}} Adodal and Adodan were suggestions from [[Ishal]] |
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== B == |
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; ''afah'lik''i: [[Unkalaki]] for spren?{{book ref|sa3|37}} |
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; Battah: Vorin name of the Herald [[Battar]] |
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; ''ali'i'kamura'': [[Unkalaki]] for a particular spren?{{book ref|sa3|37}} |
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; Behardan: maybe [[Nohadon]]{{ref|b|sa2|c|47}} |
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; [[blackrock]]: a form of stone?{{ref|b|sa2|c|39}} |
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; [[Breakneck]]: A [[Vorin]] game using stones{{ref|b|sa1|c|25}}{{ref|b|sa1|i|6}} |
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; brushpen: |
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== C == |
== C == |
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; [[chouta]]: [[Herdazian]] food{{ref|b|sa2|c|18}} |
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=== From Oathbringer === |
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; citylord: |
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; ''chortana'': pejorative for woman?{{book ref|sa3|121}} |
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; clearchip & clearmark: currency |
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; ''cremhole'': cuss for mouth{{book ref|sa3|40}} |
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;crembrick: |
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;cremstone: |
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;cremwater: |
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== D == |
== D == |
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;darkborn: |
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; ''drynets'': a sailors curse word{{book ref|sa2|31}} |
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; decayform: |
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; ''duelmaster'': the official at a duel? |
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; [[dreamstorm]]: horse suggested to [[Kaladin]]{{ref|b|sa2|c|25}} |
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; drynets: a sailors curse word{{ref|b|sa2|c|31}} |
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=== From Oathbringer === |
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; duelmaster: |
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; ''deevy'': word meaning cool - 40, 117, 120 |
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; dullform: |
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; ''disclike animals'': some kind of crab/crustacean{{book ref|sa3|106}} |
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; dunnard: insult relating to dun spheres?{{ref|b|sa2|c|47}}{{ref|b|sa2|c|53}} |
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== E == |
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; [[Enthir]]: "a square, stringed instrument"{{ref|b|sa1|epilogue}}; [[Wit]] owned one |
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== F == |
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;femalen: [[Parshendi]] mate-pairs |
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;firemark: |
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;[[flamestance]]: |
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; [[Flangria]]: A type of soulcast meat{{ref|b|sa2|c|46}} |
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== G == |
== G == |
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; gancho: |
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; [[gerontarch]]: "A [[Selay]] gerontarch?" [[Szeth]] had to kill one. {{ref|b|sa1|i|6}} |
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; ''gloombringer'': |
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; gloombringer: |
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; ''glories within'': a Shin curse {{book ref|sa1|i|6}}{{book ref|sa2|i|10}} |
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; gon: |
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; gravitationspren & gravityspren: |
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; ''greenvine'': A pejorative for raw recruits.{{book ref|sa2|12}}<!-- sa2: 12, 18, 46, 76 --> |
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; [[gtet]]: [[Thaylen]] sword{{ref|b|sa2|i|3}} |
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=== From Oathbringer === |
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; glyphic radicals: I-2 |
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== H == |
== H == |
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; Hapron Street: the street imagined by the beggar in [[Kasitor]]{{ref|b|sa1|i|5}} |
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; hatredspren: spren of [[Odium]]{{ref|b|sa2|c|24}} |
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; ''heterochromatic'': should probably be an external redirect |
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; [[havah]]: [[Vorin]] dress{{ref|b|sa2|c|1}}{{ref|b|sa2|c|37}} |
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; ''highjudge'': A lighteyed woman? who acts as kind of a referee and moderator at official duels. Only her word counts in the arena.{{book ref|sa2|56}} She begins and ends a duel.{{book ref|sa1|58}} |
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;heterochromatic: |
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; ''Herdies'': That's what [[Lopen]] calls the slaves, bridgemen and such people{{book ref|sa1|59}} |
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;highjudge: |
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; ''holetental'': "Is of the holetental. For him only," [[Rock]] told the others about [[Kaladin]]'s skills{{book ref|sa1|73}} Possibly refers to the Knights Radiant. |
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;[[highspren]]: A type of sentient spren attracted to those who follow the law. |
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=== From Oathbringer === |
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;hogshide: material used in boots |
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; ''Haravingian'': a type of sword in [[Feverstone Keep]]{{book ref|sa3|56}} |
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;[[honu]]: a type of [[lavis]] grain liquor{{ref|b|sa2|c|81}} |
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; ''Highmarshal'': title |
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; Herdies: That's what [[Lopen]] calls the slaves, bridgemen and such people{{ref|b|sa1|c|59}} |
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; holetental: "Is of the holetental. For him only," [[Rock]] told the others about [[Kaladin]]'s skills{{ref|b|sa1|c|73}} |
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== I == |
== I == |
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; Parap-shenesh-idi: glyphs used to spell [[Parshendi]] in the Stormwarden's script{{ref|b|sa2|c|52}} |
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; [[ironstance]]:{{ref|b|sa2|c|14}} |
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== J == |
== J == |
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;jasnagynistic: |
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; ''jesel'': day |
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; Jeksonofnone: A bird in a menagerie [[Shallan]] visits{{ref|b|sa2|c|45}} |
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; ''jesesach'': date |
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; jesel: day |
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; jesesach: date |
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; jesesan: date |
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; jeseses: date |
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; Jezerezeh: Vorin name for [[Jezrien]] |
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== K == |
== K == |
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; [[kabers]]: cardgame [[Yalb]] played with some guards in Kharbranth{{ref|b|sa1|c|8}} |
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; ''kukori'': Presumably a Shin word (meaning yet unknown). [[Szeth]] used it once. He said, "You speak like a kukori."{{book ref|sa1|i|6}} |
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; [[kadasix]]: presumably Emuli gods, "If the Prime Kadasix may provide, [[Baxil]] thought"{{ref|b|sa1|i|7}} |
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; [[Kammar]]: An ancient fighting stance designed to defeat enemies without harming them{{ref|b|sa1|i|1}} |
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== L == |
== L == |
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; Laial: a glyph used by [[Sebarial]]{{ref|b|sa2|c|40}} |
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; [[lait]]: an outcropping of stone which protects an area from the brunt of a [[highstorm]] |
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: ''lavis polyp'' |
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; lakefish: any fish from the [[Purelake]]{{ref|b|sa2|c|12}} |
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; ''ledgerworm'' |
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; lastclap: catching a sword swing{{ref|b|sa2|c|44}} |
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; [[lavis]]: a cereal crop |
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:; lavis polyp |
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; ledgerworm: |
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;[[liespren]]: |
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; Lifebrother: mentioned by [[Taravangian]], a [[vorin]] god {{ref|b|sa1|c|71}} |
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; [[Lightday]]: The end of the [[Weeping]]s? {{ref|b|sa1|c|44}} |
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== M == |
== M == |
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; [[Maakian]]: Follower of a religion {{ref|b|sa1|c|48}} |
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; ''mancha'': [[herdazian]] greeting{{book ref|sa2|12}}{{book ref|sa2|46}} |
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; [[Mabrow]]: Mabrow Pigherder, a citizen of Hearthstone {{ref|b|sa1|c|37}} |
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; ''moonheight'': |
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; malen: [[Parshendi]] gender{{ref|b|sa2|i|1}} |
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===From Oathbringer === |
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; mancha: [[herdazian]] greeting{{ref|b|sa2|c|12}}{{ref|b|sa2|c|46}} |
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; ''mafah'liki'': [[Unkalaki]] word |
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; [[Mari's Two Lovers]]: A song sung by members of [[Bridge Four]]{{ref|b|sa1|c|27}} |
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; ''moolie'': |
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; mateform: |
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; ''mossing'': using [[firemoss]]-redirect to firemoss?{{book ref|sa3|41}} |
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; [[Mederia]]: Rosharan scholar which [[Shallan]] disapproves of{{ref|b|sa1|c|29}} |
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; mediationform: |
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; [[michim]]: a guessing game{{ref|b|sa2|c|71}} |
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; middlefest: celebration in the middle of the Weeping |
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; midpeace: |
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; moonheight: |
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; moonset: |
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== N == |
== N == |
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; nanha: [[Lopen]]'s mother |
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; ''nanha'': A polite title used in front of the name of a married darkeyed woman, like "Mrs." in English. In this case, the word should be capitalized. It appeared several times in [[Kaladin]]'s flashback chapter "The Butcher".{{book ref|sa1|25}} [[Elhokar]] also used "nanha" to call [[Lopen]]'s mother.{{book ref|sa2|87}} |
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::(Elhokar calls Lopen's mother 'nanha' but I don't think it's her name (even she's Herdazian and not Alethi): see |
::(Elhokar calls Lopen's mother 'nanha' but I don't think it's her name (even she's Herdazian and not Alethi): see http://coppermind.net/wiki/Alethi and there: Nanha. ** [[User:Meg|Meg]] ([[User talk:Meg|talk]]) 20:16, 15 April 2014 (UTC) **) |
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; Nar street: {{ref|b|sa2|c|43}} |
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; nightform: |
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=== From Oathbringer === |
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; nimbleform: |
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; Nar: Alethi name suffix meaning "like unto"{{book ref|sa3|52}} |
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== P == |
== P == |
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; Pailiah: The Vorin name of the Herald [[Paliah]] some{{ref|b|sa2|c|14}}, Pali {{ref|b|sa2|i|14}} |
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; ''prestorm'': |
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; parap: glyph |
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=== From Oathbringer === |
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; polestone: The ten gemstones that are used in Surgebinding and Soulcasting |
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; ''penhito'': 121 |
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; prestorm: |
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; ''proto-Thaylo-Vorin'': I-2 |
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; pricity: |
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; ''Passion of Mercy'': [[singer]] clemency{{book ref|sa3|122}} |
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; Prime Aqasix: title of [[Azir]] ruler{{ref|b|sa2|i|9}} |
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; [[Proving Day]]: A historic event relating to the [[Herald]]s{{ref|b|sa1|c|5}} |
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== Q == |
== Q == |
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; quq: trailing syllable in [[Tigzikk]]'s name{{ref|b|sa1|i|9}} |
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== R == |
== R == |
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; researchpair: |
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; ''Rener's miracle'' a highstorm put out a fire{{book ref|sa2|i|12}} |
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; reverser: [[Fabrial]] |
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; ''researchpair'' |
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;[[Rhythms]]: [[Parshendi thing]] |
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; ''riddens'': |
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; riddens: |
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=== From Oathbringer === |
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;[[Right of Challenge]]: |
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; Rekher: glyph{{book ref|sa3|52}} |
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;[[Right of Travel]]: |
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; ''rocksplitter'': makework - 46 |
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;[[Right to Learn]]: a mandate by the [[Herald]]s so that darkeyes can learn trades |
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== S == |
== S == |
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; [[Sakisa]]: one of [[Balat Davar]]'s [[axehound]]s{{ref|b|sa2|c|48}} |
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;''shalashian'' |
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; Santhid spren |
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;''shellheads'' |
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; sebes: first glyph of [[Sebarial]]{{ref|b|sa2|c|40}} |
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; ''skullbearer'' |
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; [[shadowdays]]: |
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;''skullplate'':A carapace covering on the head of [[Singer#Warform|Warform]] singers. |
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;shalashian |
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; ''stormblessings'': |
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;shamanate |
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; ''stormcoat'' |
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;[[shamespren]]: |
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; ''stormlands'' |
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;shardhammer: |
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; ''stormleavings'': |
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;shash: |
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; ''stormpause'': |
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;shellheads |
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; ''stormshield'' |
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; shenesh: middle glyph of Parshendi{{ref|b|sa2|c|52}} |
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; ''stormshutter'' |
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; [[Sja-anat]]: {{ref|b|sa2|c|4}} |
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; ''stormtop'': |
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;skullbearer: |
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; ''stormwagon'': heavy sheltered wagons |
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;skullplate: |
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; [[stormwall]]: change redirect to subsection and bold? |
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;[[Sons of Honor]]: Group {{ref|b|sa2|c|88}} |
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{{gld|Stormwarden|People who predict the weather}} |
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;[[Spray]]: Horse which [[Kaladin]] learnt to ride{{ref|b|sa2|c|25}} |
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{{gld|stormwarden script|featured on some art}} |
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; stonewalker: shin curse on non-shin |
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; ''stormward'': eastward |
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; stormblessings: |
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; ''Stonewalker'': A [[Shin]] curse on those that walk on stone.{{book ref|sa1|prologue}} Is commonly used by Szeth to merely refer to those who are not Shin. |
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; stormcoat: |
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=== From Oathbringer === |
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; stormform: |
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; ''stormwood'': driftwood from highstorms{{book ref|sa3|i|1}} |
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; stormlands: |
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; Shin Thoroughbreds: {{book ref|sa3|10}} |
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; stormleavings: |
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; stormpause: |
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; stormshield: |
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; stormshutter: |
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; [[stormspren]]: |
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; stormtop: |
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; stormwagon: |
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; stormwall: |
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;[[Stormwarden]]: People who predict the weather |
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;[[stormwarden script]]: featured on some art |
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; stormward: |
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; stormwater: |
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; symbolhead: |
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; [[Salas]]: the smallest and dimmest moon of Roshar, violet in color {{ref|b|sa1|c|2}} |
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; [[shadowdays]]: time "years before the Last Desolation" {{ref|b|sa1|c|3}}, "The Desolations had happened during the near-mythical shadowdays" {{ref|b|sa1|c|19}}, "So far as Dalinar understood, they had few pieces of art or writing dating from the shadowdays, The Way of Kings being one of the oldest, and the only complete text. And even it had survived only in translation; they had no copies in the original tongue." {{ref|b|sa1|c|28}}, Derethil was a king during the shadowdays {{ref|b|sa1|c|57}} |
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; [[Shardblade]]: A sword which cuts through stone and souls. |
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; [[Shardplate]]: Armour used by [[Shardbearer]]s |
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; Slickrock: {{ref|b|sa1|c|1}}9 |
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; [[Smokestance]]: A sword fighting style{{ref|b|sa1|c|19}} |
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; Stonewalker: A [[Shin]] curse on those that walk on stone.{{ref|b|sa1|prologue}} |
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== T == |
== T == |
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; [[Takama]]: A traditional, skirt-like garment.{{ref|b|sa2|c|38}} Aladar wears one.{{ref|b|sa2|c|8}} Amaram's guards also wear them.{{ref|b|sa2|c|52}} |
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; Talat: Possibly a reference to Talenel? Part of the curse "Talat's hand" used by Shallan.{{ref|b|sa2|c|54}} |
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; ''Tet'': A Veden honorific denoting "second son" |
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; tana: part of the Unkalaki term "tana'kai"? "is like a king, but more"{{ref|b|sa2|c|46}}{{ref|b|sa2|c|45}}{{ref|b|sa2|c|61}} |
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; ''trailman'': "[[Trailman's flute]]" {{book ref|sa1|57}} |
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; tet: A Veden honorific denoting "second son" |
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=== From Oathbringer === |
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; toparchy: |
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; [[Iri#Religion|tidereader]]: a mystic oracle in [[Iri]]{{book ref|sa3|16}} |
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; Turi: nickname for [[Sebarial]]{{ref|b|sa2|c|40}} |
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; ''tuanalikina'': [[Unkalaki]] phrase - fourth son or younger{{book ref|sa2|12}}{{book ref|sa3|37}} |
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; tyvnk: A Thaylen word meaning "sullen", the name given by Rysn to her pot of grass{{ref|b|sa2|i|3}} |
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; ''Thaylen high admiral'': {{book ref|sa3|107}} |
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; [[takama]]: skirtlike garment {{ref|b|sa1|c|25}} {{ref|b|sa1|c|54}} |
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; Ten Deaths: something mentioned by{{ref|b|sa1|c|19}} |
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; tenner: nickname for tenth dahn{{ref|b|sa2|c|2}} |
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; trailman: "[[Trailman's flute]]" {{ref|b|sa1|c|57}} |
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; [[Truthless]]: A curse placed on [[Shin]] |
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; Tyvnk: means sullen, [[Rysn]]'s grass{{ref|b|sa2|i|3}} |
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== U == |
== U == |
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; ulatu: a garment worn by [[Lin Davar]]{{ref|b|sa2|c|19}}{{ref|b|sa2|c|48}} |
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=== From Oathbringer === |
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; Princess Unulukuak’kina’autu’atai: Alias used by [[Shallan]]{{ref|b|sa2|c|28}} |
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; ''Uma'ami tukuma mafah'liki'': [[Unkalaki]] phrase of respect towards spren{{book ref|sa3|37}} |
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== V == |
== V == |
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; Vargo: nickname for [[Taravangian]]{{ref|b|sa2|i|14}} |
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; ''Vathahese'': [[Vathah]]'s grunts, Shallan learned "to interpret those, which was essential to speaking Vathahese."{{book ref|sa2|48}} <!--- p. 552 ---> |
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; vathahese: grunts relating to [[Zen]]-daughter-[[Vath]] |
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; ''vesture''? |
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; vesture: |
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; ''<del>virture</del>'': |
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; [[vinestance]]: a stance with defensive footing{{ref|b|sa2|c|57}} |
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{{gld|vizier|a minister of [[Azir]], [[wikipedia: Vizier]]}} |
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; virture: |
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{{gld|vizierate|the ruling class of [[Azir]] -- make sure word is in section and bold?}} |
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; [[vizier]]: a minister of [[Azir]], [[wikipedia: Vizier]] |
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=== From Oathbringer === |
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; [[vizierate]]: the ruling class of [[Azir]] |
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; Venar: someone [[Shallan]] makes up in retort to [[Adolin]]{{book ref|sa3|21}} redirect to shallan and mention in page? |
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; [[voidspren]]: |
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; ''Viim cachi eko'': phrase said by [[Evi]]{{book ref|sa3|66}} |
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== W == |
== W == |
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; [[wastescum skirmishes]]: a conflict in the north of [[Alethkar]]?{{ref|b|sa1|6|16}} |
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; ''warleader'': |
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; [[Windstance]]: A sword fighting style preferred by [[Dalinar]]{{ref|b|sa1|c|19}} |
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; ''warpair'': |
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; warcamp: |
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; ''winehouse'': lighteyes wine bar |
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; warform: |
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=== From Oathbringer === |
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; warleader: |
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; ''Word of Passion'': {{book ref|sa3|120}} |
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; warpair: |
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; [[weevilwax]]: substance used to seal things{{ref|b|sa2|prologue}}{{ref|b|sa2|c|47}}{{ref|b|sa2|c|88}} |
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; windblades: geographic feature of Kholinar |
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; winehouse: lighteyes wine bar |
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; workform: |
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== Y == |
== Y == |
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; Yaezir: The name given to the Herald Jezrien in [[Azir]]{{ref|b|sa2|i|9}} |
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=== From Oathbringer === |
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; [[Ysperist]]: followers of a religion.{{ref|b|sa1|c|48}} |
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; ''Yezier princess'': |
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; [[yu-nerig]]: {{ref|b|sa2|c|49}} |
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== Notes == |
== Notes == |
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[[Category: Indexes]] |
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{{indices|partial}} |
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[[Category:Glossary Subpages]] |