The last thing you want to do when exploring a new country or meeting new people is mispronounce everything! But boggswoggle, even for the best of us, pronunciation is hard. Check out this handy dandy pronunciation guide for the peoples, places, and creatures of Leira, created and approved by the chief Xanthen scholars of the Whyndburg Mountains* so you can avoid unnecessary (and sometimes fatal) mistakes.
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*Dwarves take things like introductions – and therefore pronunciation – very seriously.
From A to Z …
Note: The following information has been collected, collated, and organized into its current form by Xanthen Scholar Vallus Formidious Ranieron Agamemnon
A …
Achtoem: Ak-TOE-m (slave camp on east coast, south of Serrin Vroi)
Adulnae: Ad-ul-NYE (elite fighting forces of the Whyndburg Mountains)
Aliyah Peregrine: Ah-lee-ah (daughter of Lucas, sister of Cade, and member of the Underground)
Al Tachaad: All Toch-ADD (slave camp on south border of Whynburg Mountains)
Amos McElhenny: A-moes Mackle-A-nee (traveling peddler, former outlaw)
B …
Balaam: BAY-LEM (Amos’s pack donkey)
Birdie: Bird-ee (orphan girl found abandoned as a baby in Dunfaen Forest)
Brog: Brawg (tavern keep of the Whistlin’ Waterfly in Hardale
Bryllhyn: Brill-HIN (Waveryder village on the west coast of Leira)
C …
Caran: Cah-RON (ruler of the Whyndburg Mountains)
Cade Peregrine: KAYD Perry-grin (son of Lucas, brother of Aliyah, leader of the Underground)
Cadhel Gidhar: Ka-DEL Gid-AR (major fortress of the dwarves of the Whyndburg Mountains)
Ced Roym: Ked ROI-IM (slave camp in the nordlands, east of the River Adayn)
Carhartan: KAR-har-TAHN (Second Marshall of the Khelari, formerly known as Oran)
D …
Dalton: DAL-ton (Innkeeper of the Sylvan Swan)
Dacheren: Dac-er-REN (slave camp located in the foothills of Mount Eiphyr, near Serrin Vroi)
Dizzier: DIZZ-ee-AIR (Ky’s assigned older brother in the Underground)
Drengreth: DREN-GRETH (former camp of the Songkeeper Artair and his outlaw band; site of a massacre)
Dunfaen Forest: DUN-FAIN (Forest that lies between the Midlands and the Nordlands)
E …
Emhram: EM-RAN (Master Singer whose Song created the world)
F …
Fjordair: F-YORE-DARE (knife wielding Langorian pirate)
Frey: (A saif – SAY-FE – downy gray, antlered beast with cloven hooves, the body of a horse, and slim-legged built of a deer)
G …
George Eregius Waltham III: EAR-e-JEE-us WALL-THEM (yellow cat)
Gull: (gray-eyed archer and member of the Underground, prone to whistling)
Gundhrold: GUND-CHROLD (last of the griffins, Protector to the Songkeeper)
H …
Hardale: (small town in the Midlands, home to the Sylvan Swan Inn and the Whistlin’ Waterfly Tavern)
I …
Dah Inali: Dah In-AH-LE (Saari warrior of the Sigzal tribe, brother to Sa Itera)
Sa Itera: Sah IT-ER-AH (chieftain of the Sigzal tribe and wife to Matlal Quahtli)
J …
Jirkar Mundibus Icelos Creegnan: JER-kar MOON-DI-BUS EES-los CREEG-NIN (twin brother to Nisus, Commander of the Fifth Cohort of the Adulnae)
K …
Kerby: (Nordland town, east of the Westmark Bridge over the River Adayn)
Khelari: KHILL-AR-EE (soldiers that serve the Takhran)
Kurt: (Elder of the “Two Terrors,” son of Madame and Dalton)
Ky Huntyr: KY HUN-TER (street-wise thief from the town of Kerby)
L …
Langoria: LAHN-GOR-IA (pirate island to the south west of Leira)
Leira: LEER-uh (world created through Song by Emhran)
M …
Mahtem: Ma-TEM (title for desert chief)
Meli: MELL-EE (Ky’s assigned little sister in the Underground)
Migdon Hipicarious Listarchus Noonan: MIG-don HIP-I-care-E-ous List-AR-kus NOON-IN (Advance scout of the Third Cohort of the Adulnae)
Miles: (Younger of the “Two Terrors,” son of Madame and Dalton)
Muldhwait: MULL-CH-WAIT (slave camp on the east coast of Leira)
N …
Nar-Kog: (twin cities built on opposite cliff walls in a narrow cleft of the mountains in the Vituain Desert)
Nisus Plexipus Molineous Creegnan: NEE-SOOS PLEX-I-pus Moe-LIN-E-ous CREEG-NIN (twin brother to Jirkar, Xanthen Chancellor to the Caran)
O …
Nah Obasi: Nah Oh-BAH-si (freed slave, former Saari warrior)
Oran: Oh-RAN (young member of Artair’s outlaw band)
P …
Paddy: PAD-DEE (member of the Underground, Syd’s assigned elder brother)
Q …
Matlal Quahtli: Matt-LAAL QUAT-li (high ruler of the desert tribes)
Quillan: Quill-IN (Songling who lives in the Whyndburg Mountains, in Mogrinvale
R …
Rab: (Gull’s assigned older brother; died in the Cade’s big raid to steal the sword)
Rav: (Zahar’s brother)
Rhudashka: RUE-DASH-KA (Langorian pirate lord)
S …
Saari: SAAR-EE (the desert tribes)
Serrin Vroi: SAIR-IN VROY (city on the east coast of Leira, set at the base of Mount Eiphyr, home of the Takhran’s fortress)
Shantren: SHANN-TREN (gifted Singers who serve the Takhran)
Siranos: SEAR-an-NOS (dwarven fortress consisting of twin shell keeps connected by a bridge spanning a mountain pass)
Slack: (older girl Underground runner who wields a hatchet)
Syd: (Paddy’s assigned little brother)
Syd-Drisil: SID DRIS-SYL (slave camp, south of Serrin Vroi and north of Dunfaen Forest)
Sym Yandel: SIM YAAN-DELL (expert tracker of the Vituain Desert)
T …
Takhran: TAH-KHRAHN (warlord of the north and ruler in Serrin Vroi, master of the horrors in the Pit below Mount Eiphyr)
Thallus Liturgis Xyamphene Noonan: THAL-US LIT-ur-GIS ZI-AM-PHEEN NOON-IN (commander of Siranos and Migdon’s uncle)
V …
Vituain Desert: VIT-OU-IN (rugged expanse of sand and mountains, home of the Saari tribes)
W …
Whyndburg Mountains: WIND-BERG (Northern mountain range, home of the dwarves)
X …
Xanthen: ZAN-THEN (elite scholars of the Whyndburg Mountains, including strategists, philosophers, artisans, inventors, etc.)
Z …
Zahar: Za-HAR (former Songling of the Nordlands turned Shantren)