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== A ==
 
== A ==
; [[Alezarv]]: presumably a Knight Radiant{{ref|b|sa1|e|39}}
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; [[Alezarv]]: presumably a Knight Radiant{{epigraph ref|sa1|39}}
 
; [[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}}|}}
 
; [[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}}|}}
 
; Attractors: type of fabrial
 
; Attractors: type of fabrial

Revision as of 16:34, 19 August 2014

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

This is a list of all topics mentioned or seen in The Stormlight Archive.

There is also lists for people and places.

A

Alezarv
presumably a Knight Radiant[1]
Askarki

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.

SigzilCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
Attractors
type of fabrial

B

Battah
Vorin name of the Herald Battar
Behardan
maybe NohadonCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
blackrock
a form of stone?Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
Breakneck
A Vorin game using stonesCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have contentCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
brushpen
a writing implement used by Vorin women

C

causal betrothal
a relaxed? betrothal in Vorin cultures
chouta
Herdazian foodCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
citylord
a lighteyes in charge of a city (mayor)
clearchip & clearmark
currency
crem
crembrick
bricks made from crem
cremstone
stone made from crem
cremwater
water with crem in it

D

darkborn
those with dark eyes
death rattles
caused by Moelach?
decayform
a Parshendi form
dreamstorm
horse suggested to KaladinCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
drynets
a sailors curse wordCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
duelmaster
the official at a duel?
dullform
a Parshendi form
dunnard
insult relating to dun spheres?Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have contentCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content

E

Eighty's War
between Emul and Tukar, started six years agoCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
Enthir
"a square, stringed instrument"Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content; Wit owned one

F

femalen
Parshendi mate-pairs
firemark
Firestorm
Gavilar's bladeCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
flamestance
Flangria
A type of soulcast meatCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
forms

G

gancho
gerontarch
"A Selay gerontarch?" Szeth had to kill one. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
gloombringer
gon
gravitationspren & gravityspren
gtet
Thaylen swordCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content

H

Hapron Street
the street imagined by the beggar in KasitorCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
hatredspren
spren of OdiumCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
havah
Vorin dressCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have contentCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
heterochromatic
highjudge
highspren
A type of sentient spren attracted to those who follow the law.
hogshide
material used in boots
honu
a type of lavis grain liquorCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
Herdies
That's what Lopen calls the slaves, bridgemen and such peopleCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
holetental
"Is of the holetental. For him only," Rock told the others about Kaladin's skillsCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
Honored Dead
a posthumous accoladeCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content

I

Parap-shenesh-idi
glyphs used to spell Parshendi in the Stormwarden's scriptCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
ironstance
Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content

J

jasnagynistic
Jeksonofnone
A bird in a menagerie Shallan visitsCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
jesel
day
jesesach
date
jesesan
date
jeseses
date
Jezerezeh
Vorin name for Jezrien

K

kabers
cardgame Yalb played with some guards in KharbranthCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
kadasix
presumably Emuli gods, "If the Prime Kadasix may provide, Baxil thought"Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
Kammar
An ancient fighting stance designed to defeat enemies without harming themCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
King's Boon
a prize at a particularly epic duel?
King's Testers
scholars who test Taravangian for intelligenceCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content

L

Laial
a glyph used by SebarialCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
lait
an outcropping of stone which protects an area from the brunt of a highstorm
lakefish
any fish from the PurelakeCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
Last Legion
A historical army of the ParshendiCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
lastclap
catching a shardblade between handsCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
lavis
a cereal crop
lavis polyp
ledgerworm
liespren
Lifebrother
mentioned by Taravangian, a vorin god Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
Lightday
The end of the Weepings? Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content

M

Maakian
Follower of a religion Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
Mabrow
Mabrow Pigherder, a citizen of Hearthstone Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
malen
Parshendi genderCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
mancha
herdazian greetingCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have contentCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
Mari's Two Lovers
A song sung by members of Bridge FourCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
mateform
Mederia
Rosharan scholar which Shallan disapproves ofCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
mediationform
michim
a guessing gameCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
middlefest
celebration in the middle of the WeepingCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
Middlefest Fair
Celebration in the middle of the WeepingCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
midpeace
moonheight
moonset

N

nanha
Lopen's mother
(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. ** Meg (talk) 20:16, 15 April 2014 (UTC) **)
Nar street
Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
nightform
nimbleform

P

Pailiah
The Vorin name of the Herald Paliah someCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content, Pali Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
parap
glyph
polestone
The ten gemstones that are used in Surgebinding and Soulcasting
prestorm
pricity
Prime Aqasix
title of Azir rulerCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
Proving Day
A historic event relating to the HeraldsCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content

Q

quq
trailing syllable in Tigzikk's nameCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content

R

researchpair
reverser
Fabrial
Rhythms
Parshendi thing
riddens
Right of Challenge
Right of Travel
Right to Learn
a mandate by the Heralds so that darkeyes can learn trades
Ring
group that sent WyndleCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content

S

Sakisa
one of Balat Davar's axehoundsCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
Santhid spren
sebes
first glyph of SebarialCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
shadowdays
shalashian
shamanate
shamespren
shardhammer
shash
shellheads
shenesh
middle glyph of ParshendiCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
Sja-anat
Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
skullbearer
skullplate
Sons of Honor
Group Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
Spray
Horse which Kaladin learnt to rideCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
stonewalker
shin curse on non-shin
stormblessings
stormcoat
stormform
stormlands
stormleavings
stormpause
stormshield
stormshutter
stormspren
stormtop
stormwagon
stormwall
Stormwarden
People who predict the weather
stormwarden script
featured on some art
stormward
stormwater
symbolhead
Salas
the smallest and dimmest moon of Roshar, violet in color Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
shadowdays
time "years before the Last Desolation" Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content, "The Desolations had happened during the near-mythical shadowdays" Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content, "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." Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content, Derethil was a king during the shadowdays Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
Shardblade
A sword which cuts through stone and souls.
Shardplate
Armour used by Shardbearers
Slickrock
Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content9
Smokestance
A sword fighting styleCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
Stonewalker
A Shin curse on those that walk on stone.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content

T

Takama
A traditional, skirt-like garment.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content Aladar wears one.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content Amaram's guards also wear them.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
Talat
Possibly a reference to Talenel? Part of the curse "Talat's hand" used by Shallan.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
tana
part of the Unkalaki term "tana'kai"? "is like a king, but more"Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have contentCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have contentCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
tet
A Veden honorific denoting "second son"
toparchy
Turi
nickname for SebarialCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
tyvnk
A Thaylen word meaning "sullen", the name given by Rysn to her pot of grassCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
takama
skirtlike garment Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
Ten Deaths
something mentioned byCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
tenner
nickname for tenth dahnCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
trailman
"Trailman's flute" Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
Truthless
A curse placed on Shin
Tyvnk
means sullen, Rysn's grassCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content

U

ulatu
a garment worn by Lin DavarCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have contentCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
Princess Unulukuak’kina’autu’atai
Alias used by ShallanCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content

V

Vargo
nickname for TaravangianCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
vathahese
grunts relating to Zen-daughter-Vath
vesture
vinestance
a stance with defensive footingCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
virture
vizier
a minister of Azir, wikipedia: Vizier
vizierate
the ruling class of Azir
voidspren

W

wastescum skirmishes
a conflict in the north of Alethkar?Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
Windstance
A sword fighting style preferred by DalinarCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
warcamp
warform
warleader
warpair
weevilwax
substance used to seal thingsCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have contentCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have contentCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
windblades
geographic feature of Kholinar
winehouse
lighteyes wine bar
workform

Y

Yaezir
The name given to the Herald Jezrien in AzirCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
Ysperist
followers of a religion.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
yu-nerig
Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content

Notes

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