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• Arabian Desert
• St. James Square
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• Hornby Island
• Socotra Island
• Vancouver

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• Anu-gìn-a-nir: (pronounced ah-NU-jeen-ah-near) The Tear of Anu – The legend is that after the world had been destroyed by a great conflict, the sky god Anu recreated it as a beautiful garden, but he wept when he realized that his perfect world was destined to change over time, just as it always had. A young Mătu woman came across him in his grief, and she tried to console him. Even though she did not succeed, to show his gratitude that she would even try, he took the last tear that fell from his cheek, and gave it to her as a gift.That’s the legend. The Tear of Anu itself is an ancient jewel that was likely worn as an amulet. It is a teardrop shaped stone of deep sky-blue lapis lazuli, highly polished, and with three distinct streaks of gold coloured pyrites running diagonally across its face.
• Anzû: (pronounced an-ZUH-who) This is the name for the all the creatures, whether Pazoân, Skogsrå or Ra-Anzû, just as ‘human’ is the term for all of us, no matter our race or culture.
• Årkigara: (pronounced are-KEY-gar-ah) This is the name of the Pazoân child who George and Alicia meet in the desert ruins
• Gal-ūd: (pronounced gal-OOD). This was a tricky one to translate, but it appears to be two distinct words: gal, which, when used as an adjective, means great or mighty and ūd, which, as a noun, refers to time, but can also refer to weather, the sun, or a storm demon. My best guess is that in this case the term gal- ūd means ‘great time storm’. However, if the adjective had followed the noun, which is a more common practice in Pazoân jargon, then I would say it meant ‘great sun-storm demon’, but the uncommon word order suggests an ambiguous, though probably intended, multiple meaning.
• Imaru: (pronounced EYE-mar-oo) – This word is notoriously difficult to translate. The literal translation to English is ‘deep’, but it also means hidden, forgotten, and may even refer to the mythical netherworld.
• Ka: is pronounced, well, pretty much how it looks like it should be pronounced. The Pazoân and other Anzû see this as a ‘life force’, but it’s actually temporal mass, and removing it from humans (or any living thing, for that matter) is very harmful, but I won’t bore you with the physics explaining what temporal mass is… well not yet, anyway.
• Loðarr: (pronounced lawz-THAR). This is the name the Skogsrå call themselves. Note: The letter ‘ð’, called ‘eth’, might look like an ‘o’ with a tail, or a ‘d’ that got bent out of shape, but it’s actually an unrelated letter that’s pronounced ‘zz-th’. Just think of it as sounding a little like a bumble bee with a lisp.
• Løventöskr: (pronounced low-ven-TAW-sker). This roughly translates as Lion’s tooth
• Lúmñíri: (pronounced loom-NYEAR-ee) This is the title of the summoners of storms, the Pazoân high priests who produce storms for transporting physical beings through space and time
• Mătu: (pronounced maw-TOO) – This is what the creatures call humans, and it is the same word whether referring to one human, or to many humans. It is generally regarded as quite derogatory.
• Mušḫuššu: (pronounced Mush-CHU-shish-uh) The Dragon. This is the Pazoân title for the position and responsibilities the creature holds, not its personal name.
• Niðhöggr: (pronounced neezth-WHO-ger) The pejorative name the Skogsrå use for the Pazoân, usually shortened to höggr (the plural is niðhöggär – pronounced neezth-WHO-gaar)
• Pazoân: (pronounced paw-ZO-uh-han)
• Skogsrå: (pronounced skogs-<g>rrr-UH) The ‘r’ should be rolled in pronunciation to the point where it might even sound as if a second ‘g’ is in the name.
• Uadelig: (pronounced OO-ah-duh-lig) – This is a Skogsrå word, similar to the Pazoân term Mătu, but in this case, it refers only to humans not owned by any Anzû. It roughly translates to ‘commoner’
• Ulgara Lugal: (pronounced OOL-gar-ah loo-GUL) Lugal is a title meaning ‘king’ or ‘great one’
• Ùru: (pronounced OOR-oo). This word simply refers to a signal or watchtower fire. The Pazoân do not require visible light to see (they are able to see reflected time), so these fires would only be lit on special occasions for ceremonial reasons.

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1. J. W. Kingsley (Author)

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• Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Action & Adventure
• Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Science Fiction

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