Glossary/Author's Note
#15 of Uprising
Glossary of terms found within the book and a quick note from (me) the author.
If you've gotten to this point, then I certainly hope you enjoyed what you read.
Bruha - (pronounced Broo-ah) Adult female ork
Brun - (pronounced broon) Adult male ork
Calf - A tarous that is not yet an adult of either gender.
Dredey - A large desert dwelling mammal, the dreydey resembles a horse with longer limbs and slimmer neck. They are usually white or grey with black striping along the legs and underbelly. They tend to be shy, solitary creatures. They are also venomous, having two small hollow fangs that inject poison. This is used as a defensive measure against predators as the dreydey is an herbavore.
Eidra - The name of the world.
Eilam - (pronounced eye-lamb) A three-legged mountain goat domesticated by dwarves
Hyolf - a large and dangerous predator semi-domesticated by the orks. Used as mount and companion.
Kordox - (pronounced cord-ox) A large, shaggy oxen-like mammal domesticated by the tarous. It is used for wool, milk, and a beast of burden. Kordox meat is traded or sold to other races.
Mare - Adult female horse or kentaur
Necromancer - A practitioner of the forbidden dark arts who can raise the dead back to life, often using them as puppets or slaves.
Ork - Orks were once a peaceful race before the event that has become known as The Great War. They are now warlike and aggressive. Skin colors are various shades of gray, brown and blueish green. Their bottom canines have developed into large tusks several inches in length.
Reebird - A small feathered mammal that makes tunnels underground and lives in colonies. Not actually a bird.
Stallion - Adult male horse or kentaur
Tarin - (pronounced Tare-in) An individual tarous of any age or gender.
Tarous - (Pronounced Tare-oh-s) A peaceful plains-dwelling race that resembles an anthropomorphic bovine in appearance. Almost strictly vegetarian.
Vragni Frostaxe - Ancient ancestor of modern dwarves that has become godlike in legend. His name is often invoked in curses. "By Vragni's beard!"
Wyvern - A reptilian beast that resembles a dragon except that they are smaller and have two limbs where dragons have four legs. Both species have wings and thick armored scales.
Author's Note : First of all, thank you so much for reading this book and I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. Nadrah Wolfcaller has been waiting a long time for her story to be told properly, and it's finally being told.
Nadirah has been with me for a very long time, although it took a few years for her to reveal all of her secrets to me. When I first created Nadirah, I knew she would be something special and important, so I chose her name very carefully. In fact, Nadirah means precious and rare. Which is exactly what she is. She is a precious and rare character that has wormed her way into my heart, and despite her imperfections, hopefully yours as well.
The world she lives in is a very hostile and unfriendly place, but like our own world, it has it's splendors and wonders as well. In following books of this series I hope to explore more of Eidra to expose both it's light and it's shadows. I hope you'll continue the journey with me.
I also can not thank my two artists enough. They do such absolutely amazing work and I feel both of them deserve much more recognition.
Amorrah Wolfmoon's website is I urge you to have a browse through her gallery and commission her for your own character or species drawings. She's a wonderfully nice person and offers great rates for her hard work.
Elba Gutierrez-Preciado can be found at where she displays her jaw-droppingly beautiful artwork. I also urge you to commission this artist if you're looking for a more realistic style. She is very detail oriented and her picture of Nadirah, which I used for the cover, is overwhelmingly beautiful. She brought my girl to life. More of her artwork will be featured in the limited edition of the book.