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Cairado

**Cairado** is a city in Thu-Athamar, where the Athamara River joins the Istandaärtha River.

## Appears in

#### Novels

*The Goblin Emperor*

*The Witness for the Dead*

## Description

Cairado is named for a female spirit, while the Istandaärtha is named for a male spirit, in accordance with geographical norms in the Elflands. There are rude rhymes about this.

There's at least one wealthy benefice there.

The Wisdom Bridge is planned to be built over Cairado.

Ezho is a city at the confluence of the Istandaärtha and Evresartha rivers that sends barges to Cairado.

The airship, *Radiance of Cairado,* was named after the city and the spirit.

## Residents

* Cataro Selezhen (former) (deceased)
* Vidrezhen (former)

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Addison, Katherine. “1Extracts from a Handbook for Travelers in the Elflands.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
2. ↑ Addison, Katherine. *The Witness for the Dead*, First ed., Tor, 2021.
3. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “13. Bargaining.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
4. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “20. The Proposal of the Clocksmiths of Zhao.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
Imada

The **Imada** are a noble house of the Ethuveraz.

## Details

The Marquess Imel is a marquess of Thu-Athamar, husband of Nemriän Imaran, and brother-in-law of Maia Drazhar.

## Members

* Marquess Imel
* Nemriän Imaran (born to the Drazhada)

## References

1. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “A Listing of Persons, Places, Things, and Gods.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
Aveio

**Aveio** is a town in Thu-Evresar. Thara Celehar used to work in Aveio as a prelate of Ulis and Witness for the Dead.

## Appears in

*The Goblin Emperor*

*The Witness for the Dead*

*The Grief of Stones*

## Description

Thara Celehar noted that Aveio was far away from Amalo, and isolated. The population has been shrinking for generations.

The town had a hierophant, who appeared to be a high-ranking prelate, perhaps the highest-ranking of the local prelates. It's possible that the hierophant is the othas'ala.

Ghouls were “a frequent problem in Aveio, where the graveyards far exceeded the reach of any single prelate." During Thara Celehar's tenure there, an entire family was found mostly eaten by ghouls. Thara noted that the local othas'ala of Aveio had hated him, and only tolerated Thara because Thara was capable of quieting ghouls by himself. Thara regularly disagreed with the othas'ala on different matters, but could not say anything for fear of being censured.

Thara noted that the hierophant knew that Thara and Evru Dalar were lovers, and so would not help Evru when Evru's wife, Oseian Dalaran, abused him. When Evru murdered Oseian, Thara investigated the murder and revealed Evru's complicity. Thara's resigned his prelacy afterward.

Thara implied that Aveio did not treat female prelates well, or would not tolerate them.

## Residents

* Evru Dalar (former) (deceased)
* Oseian Dalaran (former) (deceased)
* Thara Celehar (former)

## Trivia

* Thara only witnessed for one person in Aveio: Oseian.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Addison, Katherine. “19. Thara Celehar's Grief.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Addison, Katherine. *The Witness for the Dead*, First ed., Tor, 2021.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Addison, Katherine. *The Grief of Stones*, First ed., Tor, 2022.
Borava Coreshar

**Borava Coreshar** was one of Arveneän Shelsin's patrons.

## Personality

He seemed polite and informative during Thara Celehar's questioning.

## Life

Borava frequented the Vermilion Opera and was Arveneän's newest patron. He "knew of her habit of draining her patrons dry" and didn't plan to end up that way. He gave her gifts and his time, and noted she hadn't yet grown impatient with him, but was assured by his friends that she soon would. They often went gambling together.

He left the opera with Arveneän the night she died, and they went to her boardinghouse, where she changed clothes, and then had supper at Haramanee. Then they went to Bonashee, where she abandoned him while he was gambling. He stayed at Bonashee until midnight and left without her.

During Thara's investigation into Arveneän's death, he questioned Borava at Sholavee, where Borava was playing bokh.

## Relationships

#### Arveneän Shelsin

Borava considered Arveneän unpredictable, ambitious, and lively. He admired her singing and enjoyed her company. He also noted she liked learning other people's secrets.

#### Danila Ubezhar

Someone Borava and Arveneän both knew at Bonashee.

## Trivia

* He plays pakh'palar at Bonashee, and focuses entirely on the game while he does.
* He has regular headaches, so he usually goes home at midnight.

## References

1. ↑ Addison, Katherine. *The Witness for the Dead*, First ed., Tor, 2021.
Istandaärtha

The **Istandaärtha** is the central river of the Ethuveraz, and is one of five main rivers in the Ethuveraz.

## Details

The Istandaärtha lies between Edonomee and the Untheileneise Court. The Athamara meets the Istandaärtha at Cairado. The Cethora meets the Istandaärtha at Zhaö. The Evresartha meets the Istandaärtha at Ezho. The Tetara meets the Istandaärtha near the border with Barizhan.

Weather over the Istandaärtha can be variable, which can sometimes make swift crossing by airship difficult. The river can freeze, but only did so in Ezho for the first time in living memory at the start of the reign of Maia Drazhar.

River traffic includes barges.

During the reign of Varenechibel IV, Varenechibel IV favored the idea of bridging the Istandaärtha, as a way to bring the east and west together, but the plan was not met with success due to opposition from the upper classes. The bridge was a drawbridge designed by the Clocksmiths' Guild of Zhaö, and would go over Cairado. It would greatly aid trade and peasant families who would have an easier time traveling, rather than using expensive airships. The idea was supported by the Trade Association of the Western Ethuveraz. During Maia's reign, Maia supported the project, and the plan was eventually approved by a split of the Corazhas, with Maia's deciding vote. The bridge would be called the Wisdom Bridge. Discussion of the bridge's potential creation took up much of *The Goblin Emperor*.

The Istandaärtha is considered property of the emperor.

There are rude rhymes about the Istandaärtha and the city of Cairado.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Addison, Katherine. “2. The Radiance of Cairado.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
2. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “A Listing of Persons, Places, Things, and Gods.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
3. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “18. Varenechibel's Legacies.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
4. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “20. The Proposal of the Clocksmiths of Zhaö.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
5. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “23. The Opposition of the Court.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
6. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “13. Bargaining.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Addison, Katherine. “17. Dinner with the Goblin Ambassador.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
8. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “35. The Bridge over the Istandaärtha.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
9. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “22. The Bridge over the Upazhera.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
10. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “EXTRACTS FROM A HANDBOOK FOR TRAVELERS IN THE ELFLANDS.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
Amalomeire

The **Amalomeire** is the headquarters of the religious hierarchy of the city of Amalo.

## Appears in

*The Witness for the Dead*

*The Grief of Stones*

## Description

The Amal'othala governs the Amalomeire. Although it is treated like a palace, it does not or cannot keep servants, which annoys the Amal'othala. The Amal'othala makes use of carriages, particularly when recalling certain prelates to the Amalomeire. The Amalomeire has specific colors for its livery/flags. There is contention between Orchenis Clunethar's government and the Amalomeire, given Prince Orchenis believes the Amalomeire is often incompetent.

The Amalomeire is in the south of the city, "carved into the living rock of Osreian's Spur." Visitors climb "endless switchbacks, damp with the nearness of the Zhomaikora" to reach the top of the cliff that forms the entrance and roof to the Amalomeire. The turns are marked by copper-roofed turrets, and at least one spot has a bench. The Amalomeire is seemingly unique for palaces and prelaces in that it has no trees or flowers. There is usually a canon or two waiting at the top to receive and direct visitors. Inside, a dim, spiraling staircase leads down into a millennia old warren, covered in worn stone, though some places have "elaborate stone lattices, carved to look like vines or lace.”

The Amal'othala has a private chapel/othasmeire there. There are numerous audience rooms, one of which includes "a lavishly carved secretary-desk that had been inset into the rock wall", which the Amal'othala once used to meet with Thara Celehar. There are also small waiting rooms carved out of rock, at least sometimes containing chairs for waiting.

There is also a chapel to Ulis, "dark and quiet and deep" within the place. “The chapel was itself a relic of a much older tradition in the worship of Ulis, in which one had to earn the honor of worshiping Ulis in a sacred space; the chapel could only be reached by descending a long, dark shaft, a natural chimney made into a ladder by means of handholds and footholds carved out of the rock.” The chapel had tall lanterns that burned “steadily in their sconces, carved elaborately with night creatures like bats and cougars.” There is no altar: the space itself is considered an altar.

## Trivia

* The Amalomeire paid Thara's stipend while he was a Witness for the Dead in Amalo.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Addison, Katherine. *The Grief of Stones*, First ed., Tor, 2022.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Addison, Katherine. *The Witness for the Dead*, First ed., Tor, 2021.
Aizheän Tativin

**Aizheän Tativin** was a friend of Vedero Drazhin. She built automatons.

## Appearance

Vedero noted that Aizheän was so short that a coatrack ducking its head was very useful.

## Personality

Vedero noted that Aizheän had a habit of showing people, even the Emperor, her drawings.

## Life

Aizheän attempted to build a steam-powered automaton of a unicorn using "a pipe from her furnace", though she couldn't figure out how to make it walk, and it remained "tethered to her study wall. She uses it as a coatrack". The tube Vedero used for her telescope was originally meant as a horn for the automaton, but Aizheän “found the telescoping was prone to retracting or extending itself at just the wrong moment.”

Aizheän's home could become very hot in the summer to the point that she could not conduct her experiments, so she tended to travel to the Untheilenese Court at that time.

## Trivia

* It's unclear what relation Aizheän had to Esmeän Tativin, the former secretary of the late Tomilo Ulzhavel.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Addison, Katherine. “34. Building Bridges.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English eBook ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014, p. 476.
2. ↑ Addison, Katherine. *The Grief of Stones*, First ed., Tor, 2022.
Ema Dravenezh

**Mer Ema Dravenezh** is the secretary of the Marquess Parzhadel.

## Appearance

When Thara Celehar first saw Ema, Ema was "soberly dressed" and a bit out of place while attending the Vermilion Opera.

When Thara later met Ema in person, Ema was clearly young, "with pale elven coloring except for the red-orange fire of his eyes. He was dressed in a sober-colored frogged coat, black trousers, and black, laced boots, and wore his hair with two plain tortoiseshell combs."

## Personality

Ema was possibly interested in opera, judging by his pretty regular attendance, assuming it wasn't under orders. Iäna Pel-Thenhior noted Ema was one of the more attentive audience members. Ema was polite to Thara, but nervous as well, seemingly about the idea that anyone from the Parzhadel estate could have killed Arveneän Shelsin.

## Life

Ema worked for Parzhadel and handled his appointments for at least two years prior to *The Witness for the Dead*. He also attended the Vermilion Opera in Parzhadel's place most nights, in the Parzhadeise box. Arveneän made an appointment with Parzhadel two years prior to the events of *The Witness for the Dead*, where she attempted to get one of the other Vermilion Opera singers dismissed, and Ema disapproved of her. She made another appointment to speak to Parzhadel by sending a note, but never arrived because she was murdered beforehand.

Thara later went to question Parzhadel, and met with Ema first. Ema was shocked that Arveneän was dead, and defensive over the Parzhadel household. He gave Thara the note Arveneän sent requesting the appointment. Ema also told Thara about Arveneän's appointment two years prior. When Thara requested to see Parzhadel, Ema put him off, as Parzhadel was busy.

Sometime later, Ema missed a number of Vermilion Opera performances for some reason, but eventually reappeared.

## Relationships

#### Arveneän Shelsin

Ema thought Arveneän was overdressed and "bourgeois-vulgar." He also noted she had a terrible temper and was vengeful.

#### Marquess Parzhadel

Ema seemed very protective of the Marquess.

#### Iäna Pel-Thenhior

Iäna was curious if Ema was sent to attend the Vermilion Opera in the Marquess' place or if Ema attended of his own volition, but never asked out of politeness. Iäna was worried Ema had been fired after missing so many performances, and was relieved when Ema returned.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Addison, Katherine. *The Witness for the Dead*, First ed., Tor, 2021.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Addison, Katherine. *The Grief of Stones*, First ed., Tor, 2022.
Hezhethoreise Guard

The **Hezhethora** or **Hezhethoreise Guard** are "the traditional guards of the Great Avar of Barizhan".

## Details

Hezhethorei formal ceremonial regalia includes "gleaming spiky armor and elaborately crested helmets".

Members tend to be very large in size. A full 16-man unit of Hezhethora is an eshpekh.

Ahead of Maru Sevraseched's visit to the Untheileneise Court, he sent a courier with a message of his visit, along with a number of Hezhethora.

## Members

* Belu
* Inver
* Captain Vizhenka

## References

1. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “A Listing of Persons, Places, Things, and Gods.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Addison, Katherine. “17. Dinner with the Goblin Ambassador.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
3. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “27. The Great Avar Arrives.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
The Grinds

The Grinds are the poorest of Othery's seven wards. Taking up a large swathe of land between the Imperial Docks and the Imperial Palace , the Grinds are mostly made up of narrow streets, small squalid hovels, and countless tiny workshops where dirty work is done for a pittance.

Runner's Street is the heart of The Grinds, bisecting the length of the district. The area is considered dangerous, especially away from Runner's Street, and it is rumoured that in some of the darker corners and alleyways there are even feral tribes of urban Unmen who subsist by hiding in ruined buildings during day and coming out at night to prey on the city's poorest denizens. Whether or not this is true, there are certainly plenty of dangerous thugs, burglars, muggers and copper-blades of the more mundane but equally threatening type. The City Guard do not patrol the district except in large groups.

The Six Dragons Inn is in The Grinds.
Denevis

**Denevis** was an elven novice of Csaivo in Amalo, and apprenticed to Csenaia Ulzhavar.

## Appearance

When Thara Celehar first met Denevis, Thara thought he looked about 15-16 years old.

## Life

Denevis was apprenticed to Csenaia at the Sanctuary of Csaivo in Amalo. Denevis helped Csenaia with the autopsy of Inshiran Urmenezhen. Denevis later performed an autopsy on a dead child on his own, while Csenaia supervised.

## Skills

Denevis was trained in at least parts of performing an autopsy on people.

## References

1. ↑ Addison, Katherine. *The Witness for the Dead*, First ed., Tor, 2021.
Judiciate Guard

The **Judiciate Guard** are "a small but honorable body that guarded its autonomy as ferociously as its prisoners."

## Details

The Judiciate Guard is one of the organizations that shares jurisdiction with the Untheileneise Guard and the Vigilant Brotherhood in the Nevennamire in the Untheileneise Court.

## References

1. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “32. Shulevar, Bralchenar, and Narchanezhen.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
Ebreneän Clunetharan

**Ebreneän Clunetharan** was the sister of Varenechibel IV. Formerly of the house Drazhada.

## Life

Ebreneän was one of the children of Varevesena, and a grandchild of Varenechibel III. She seemingly married into the Clunethada.

She died when her nephew, Maia Drazhar, was around 16 years old. Maia did not attend her funeral, but he wore mourning clothes when she died.

## Trivia

* Given Ebreneän's last name at the time of her death, it's possible she was the wife or mother of Orchena Clunethar, father of Orchenis Clunethar, which could make Orchenis a cousin of Maia's. She could also have married some other member of the Clunethada, which could still make Orchenis a distant relation of Maia's through marriage.

## References

1. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “2. The Radiance of Cairado.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
Cstheio Caireizhasan

**Cstheio Caireizhasan** is the Ethuveraz goddess of stars, of wisdom, and of magic, and is the guardian of the lost and the broken.

## Names

Cstheio is referred to by many names in the story:

* Cstheio
* Cstheio Caireizhasan
* The dreaming lady of the stars/the Lady of Stars
* Cstheio Czireizhasan: Although Cstheio's name is spelled "Cstheio **Caireizhasan**" in *The Goblin Emperor*, the goddess appears to be called "Cstheio **Czireizhasan**" in *The Grief of Stones*, unless this refers to a different goddess/aspect of the same goddess.

## Details

Adherents can pray to her using the mantra, "*Cstheio Caireizhasan, hear me. Cstheio Caireizhasan, see me. Cstheio Caireizhasan, know me.*" This is possibly Barizheise in origin, as Chenelo Drazharan taught it to Maia Drazhar. “One did not ask for more than awareness from the Lady of the Stars; hers was the gift of clear sight, not of mercy or protection.”

Cstheio is part of the Five-Fold Harmony, along with Anmura, Osreian, Csaivo, and Ulis.

The Pilgrimage of Stairs or the Unfinished Pilgrimage is a journey up a staircase that winds about halfway up the small mountain of Mount Kezrinin, in Ezho, and stops. The pilgrimage token for it is “a tightly braided loop of ribbon with a disc of polished and faceted clear quartz hanging from it", and the quartz symbolizes clear seeing.

Part of Sheveän Drazharan and Uleris Chavar's attempted coup against Maia involved sending Maia post-abdication to "retire to a monastery in northern Thu-Cethor," which was dedicated to Cstheio Caireizhasan. The monastery is near the Drazhadeise manor of Bakhoree.

## Trivia

* Maia's augury of favor is Cstheio.
* The Marquess Lanthevel's "elder brother became a votary of Cstheio when he was forty." Votaries are possibly any devotee of a religious calling.
* Maia was offered the opportunity to abdicate and retreat to a monastery in northern Thu-Cethor dedicated to Cstheio during the first attempted coup of his reign.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Addison, Katherine. “A Listing of Persons, Places, Things, and Gods.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
2. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “3. The Alcethmeret.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Addison, Katherine. “8. The Coronation of Edrehasivar VII.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Addison, Katherine. *The Grief of Stones*, First ed., Tor, 2022.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Addison, Katherine. “23. The Opposition of the Court.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
6. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “34. Building Bridges.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
7. ↑ “Votary.” *Merriam-Webster*, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/votary. Accessed 25 Oct. 2022.
Deprena

**Othas'ala Deprena** is the local othas'ala of Tanvero.

## Appearance

When Thara Celehar met Deprena, Deprena was elderly and stooped.

## Personality

Deprena seemed nervous, at least about the unresolved situation with the ghoul.

## Life

Deprena discovered that Tanvero's former cemetery caretaker was delinquent, and allowed a ghoul to rise. Reports of this went to Amalo, and Orchenis Clunethar sent Thara to deal with it. Thara investigated and quieted the ghoul.

Deprena wanted Thara Celehar to stay in Tanvero to replace Perchenzar, and that people would accept him because he quieted a ghoul there. Deprena believed that if he had an agreement in place with Thara ahead of time, the Archprelate wouldn't interfere with it and make Thara return to Amalo. Thara noted this was a terrible basis for a prelacy, unless ghouls were a regular occurrence. Thara also noted that because Vikheno's teachings were so prevalent in Tanvero, Deprena needed "a strong and charismatic prelate", which Thara was not.

## Relationships

#### Thara Celehar

Thara noted Deprena was the first othas'ala to *want* him to stay in their prelacy.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Addison, Katherine. *The Witness for the Dead*, First ed., Tor, 2021.
Clunethada

The **Clunethada** are a principal house of the Thu-Athamar. The current family head is Prince Orchenis Clunethar.

## Details

The Clunethada rule Thu-Athamar, including the city of Amalo.

The Warlord Tobaris Clunethar was an infamous figure in Amalo's history. “When the mysteries of Anmura were proscribed two thousand years ago, the Warlord of Amalo used it as an excuse to loot and burn the Wolves’ compound on the Hill of Werewolves, then killed everyone they found.”

Orchenis' family resides in the Amal'theileian. Prince Orchena Clunethar added a substantial addition to the Amal'theileian, including the Amal’theileianeise ostro or tram station, which greatly boosted the popularity of the Clunethada.

There is an opera named for Orchena in Amalo: the Prince Orchena Opera, or Orchen'opera.

After the Tethimadeise Conspiracy's reveal, and the extirpation of House Tethimada, as well as the death of Eshevis Tethimar and the execution of Duke Tethimel, Maia Drazhar gave custody of Tethimel's living unmarried daughters to their brother-in-law/"uncle by marriage", Orchenis.

The current Amal'othala is a cousin of Orchenis, but not a member of the Clunethada.

## Members

* Ebreneän Clunetharan (born to the Drazhada) (deceased)
* Orchena Clunethar (deceased)
* Orchenis Clunethar (Head)
* Paru Tethimin (ward of Orchenis)
* Tobaris Clunethar (deceased)
* Uleviän Clunetharan (born to the Tethimada)

## References

1. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “A Listing of Persons, Places, Things, and Gods.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Addison, Katherine. *The Grief of Stones*, First ed., Tor, 2022.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Addison, Katherine. *The Witness for the Dead*, First ed., Tor, 2021.
4. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “31. A Conspiracy Unearthed.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
5. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “34. Building Bridges.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
Ganathada

The **Ganathada** are a noble house in the Ethuveraz.

## Details

The Ganathada do not have a town residence in Amalo, "but their estate was near the last tram stop on the Kinreho line. Just as they couldn't afford a second residence, they couldn't afford to live farther out." Their colors appear to be "pale blue and gold on black."

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Addison, Katherine. *The Grief of Stones*, First ed., Tor, 2022.
Avro Halezho

**Avro Halezho** is a member of the Clocksmiths' Guild of Zhaö.

## Personality

She appeared to be friendly, polite, and very knowledgeable.

## Life

At some point Avro became an apprentice in the Clocksmiths’ Guild. The Clocksmiths’ Guild presented a proposal to the Untheilenese Court to bridge the Istandaärtha, and Avro was part of the project. When they were unable to get a formal audience with the Corazhas for it, Avro's sister, Nedaö Vechin, used her influence with Maia Drazhar to convince Maia to meet with Clocksmiths' Guild members, including Avro, to talk about it. Avro and Mer Halezh talked about the bridge with Maia and answered his questions. When Maia noted he required the agreement of the Corazhas to do anything, Avro was understanding, and noted they just wanted to give the project a proper chance, as the Corazhas often practiced a form of veklevezhek by letting ideas die unheard.

Maia later worked with members of the Corazhas to allow the idea to be formally presented to the Corazhas. Halezh, Avro, and Evet Polchina represented the Guild at the presentation. They brought along with them a functioning mini model of the bridge as planned to demonstrate for the Corazhas. Avro started the process of the bridge on the model being able to move, and the three answered questions from the Corazhas while it worked. After the model's first demonstration, Avro handled further demonstrations on request. The idea was later approved, and called the Wisdom Bridge.

## Skills

Avro knew a great deal about river traffic and how they would manage barges, even during construction.

Avro can possibly use magic.

## Relationships

#### Evet Polchina

Avro's apparent superior. They worked together to present the bridge idea to the Corazhas.

#### Mer Halezh

Avro is Halezh's co-worker and the wife of Halezh's younger brother. Avro and Halezh appear to work closely and well together.

#### Nedaö Vechin

Avro and Nedaö appear to be close and supportive.

## Trivia

* If Avro can use magic, she is possibly one of the few known/named characters in the Ethuveraz who can use magic but is not a member of the Athmaz'are.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Addison, Katherine. “20. The Proposal of the Clocksmiths of Zhaö” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
2. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “23. The Opposition of the Court.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Addison, Katherine. “26. The Clocksmiths and the Corazhas.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
4. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “35. The Bridge over the Istandaärtha.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
Edrethelema III

**Edrethelema III**, or Edrethelema Zhas, was the 185th Emperor of the Elflands.

## Life

Edrethelema III had at least one son.

Edrethelema III designed the current Untheileneise Court, though it was built “during the reigns of his son, grandson, and great-grandson, Edrethelema IV through VI.”

## Trivia

* The Nevennamire was one of the holdovers from before Edrethelema III's redesign, and still resembled the old palace.

## References

1. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “A Listing of Persons, Places, Things, and Gods.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
2. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “3. The Alcethmeret.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
3. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “32. Shulivar, Bralchenar, and Narchanezhen.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
Esret

**Esret** was a Barizheise page boy in the service of Vorzhis Gormened, ambassador of Barizhan, at the Untheileneise Court.

## Personality

Esret preferred the Court to the Corat' Dav Arhos. He was delighted by the arrival of the Hezhethora.

## Life

Esret was from northern Barizhan and was the son of a minor avar "fostered to the Great Avar's household as a sign of fealty." By the time of the dinner at Vorzhis' dav, Esret had been at the Court for two years.

Esret went with Teia and a group of Hezhethora guards to collect Maia Drazhar for the dinner. Esret was respectful but not shy to Maia, and talked to him about their histories and various other subjects.

## Skills

“Esret knew all about the Lord Chancellor’s offices and those of the Witness for Foreigners”.

## Relationships

#### Vorzhis Gormened

Esret seemed to have a close relationship with Vorzhis, in the way that Barizheise servants do.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Addison, Katherine. “17. Dinner with the Goblin Ambassador.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
Hasthemis Brulnemar

**Hasthemis Brulnemar** was the last praeceptor of the Wolves of Anmura. He committed ritual suicide to become a revethavar and guard the treasures of the wolves, and was put to rest around 2,000 years later by Thara Celehar.

## Appearance

As a revethavar, Hasthemis moaned “like the wind or like two great stones grinding together."

## Personality

In life, he was cruel and corrupt. As a revethavar, Hasthemis was surprised that Thara could hear him, but also sadistic, and liked watching victims suffer.

## Life

Hasthemis was known for his cruelty and corruption, but was also very learned, and “had founded several schools, none of which outlasted the Wolves of Anmura.”

Around 2,000 years or more before *The Witness for the Dead*, Hasthemis worked with Ulineise prelates beneath the Hill of Werewolves and committed ritual suicide to become a revethavar. He killed the prelates and began his guard over the hill, killing any treasure hunters, and possibly creating the hauntings.

Over the centuries, the revethavar grew mad and sadistic.

When Pavalo Temin blackmailed Thara to come to the hill to hopefully defeat the revethavar, the revethavar killed her, and fought Thara. Thara Witnessed for Hasthemis, found his name, and told him to rest. The revethavar begged not to be destroyed, but it was too late: it dissolved.

## Skills

As a revethavar, Hasthemis had powerful physical and mental abilities. Physically, the revethavar was strong enough to strangle adult elves to death, and swat them around like flies. Mentally, it could flay people apart like knives.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Addison, Katherine. *The Grief of Stones*, First ed., Tor, 2022.
Ermezhis Drazhar

**Archduke Ermezhis Drazhar** was an invalid member of the Drazhada from some unspecified time in the past.

## Life

“Ermezhis had contracted a wasting fever in early childhood and had been an invalid all the rest of his life”, so his rooms in the Untheileneise Court were designed to provide adequate heat. Ermezhis later passed away.

During the visit of Maru Sevraseched, the Great Avar of Barizhan, to the Court, Maru was given Ermezhis' rooms (known as the Archduke Ermezhis's Suite, located in an unfashionable quarter of the palace, and thus unoccupied) to reside in, as “it was one of the few suites in the Untheileneise Court which could be evenly and adequately heated for an elderly goblin.”

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Addison, Katherine. “27. The Great Avar Arrives.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
Cladeän Pazhilavin

**Cladeän Pazhilavin** is a member of the Pazhilavada in Amalo, daughter of Lideän Pazhilavaran, sister to Neshevis Pazhilavar, and aunt to Stava Pazhilavar and Tarazho Zemerin.

## Life

After Neshevis died, and Aiveän Zemerin, Tarazho's governess, petitioned a Witness for the Dead, Thara Celehar, to Witness for what Neshevis had planned for Tarazho, Lideän initially refused to let Thara in to see Neshevis' body, and Cladeän was rude to Aiveän about it. Cladeän eventually allowed Thara in, though she was furious, and Thara discovered that Neshevis planned for Tarazho to become a novice of Csaivo on her thirteenth birthday. Cladeän was satisfied with that.

## Relationships

#### Aiveän Zemerin

Cladeän was critical of Aiveän's decision to bring Thara to Witness for Neshevis.

#### Neshevis Pazhilavar

Cladeän was surprised that Neshevis had made the reasonable decision to sent Tarazho to become a Csaiveise novice.

## References

1. ↑ Addison, Katherine. *Min Zemerin's Plan*. 2022.
Armedis Pel-Venna

**Armedis Pel-Venna** is the husband of Cholan Pel-Venna, brother of Adreän Pel-Venna, and possibly Iäna Pel-Thenhior's zhornu.

## Appearance

Armedis was a "thin and worried-looking goblin man". He was young.

## Personality

Armedis planned to attempt to have another child with Cholan, and was hopeful for their future.

## Life

Armedis married Cholan, and after her first pregnancy resulted in a stillbirth, it created a revetheralin. Armedis was too worried about Cholan to do anything, so Adreän visited Nebeno Pel-Thenhior at the Torivontaram, possibly to speak with Iäna. While Iäna was there eating dinner with Thara Celehar, Nebeno called Iäna over to talk with Adreän. Nearly two hours later, Iäna brought Adreän out to Thara to talk with him about the possible revetheralin plaguing Cholan. Thara suggested visiting Cholan immediately.

Thara identified the revetheralin, and told Armedis and Cholan that Cholan had to leave their home, so that the revetheralin didn't kill Cholan, or find her again. Armedis was confused about why Cholan despaired, but agreed to help get Cholan out of the apartment. Adreän had Cholan come stay with her. Armedis thanked Thara for his help. He finally noted Iäna's presence, and responded with obvious dislike.

Cholan improved, and she and Armedis consulted “with a Csaiveise who specialize[d] in midwifery. They [were] determined that the next child [would] be born healthy.”

## Relationships

#### Cholan Pel-Venna

Armedis seemed to greatly love Cholan, and worried about her.

#### Iäna Pel-Thenhior

Armedis disliked Iäna, and they were not on speaking terms for old "stupid reasons".

## Trivia

* Zhornu "could mean cousin either literally or figuratively.” As Adreän is Iäna's zhornu, Armedis also could be.
* Armedis and Cholan's apartment was just around the block from the Torivontaram.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Addison, Katherine. *The Grief of Stones*, First ed., Tor, 2022.
Beronezh

**Mer Beronezh** is a member of the adult chorus at the Vermilion Opera in Amalo.

## Life

When Thara Celehar came to the Vermilion Opera to visit Iäna Pel-Thenhior, Beronezh was waiting to start work, and was worried by Thara's presence, thinking someone new might be dead.

## Relationships

#### Nanavo Rasabin

Nanavo and and Beronezh were possibly friends.

#### Shulethis Dorenar

Shulethis and Beronezh were possibly friends.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Addison, Katherine. *The Grief of Stones*, First ed., Tor, 2022.
Doru Alchenin

**Doru Alchenin** was a noblewoman who was proposed as a potential empress for Maia Drazhar.

## Appearance

Doru was possibly 42 years old in *The Goblin Emperor*.

## Life

Doru was among the many unmarried noblewomen proposed to be Maia's empress. While trying to narrow down the choices, Maia noted, “We suppose . . . that it would . . . be folly to choose a woman so near the end of her childbearing years as Osmin Alchenin.” Ultimately, the choices were narrowed down to Paru Tethimin, Loran Duchenin, and Csethiro Ceredin, and Csethiro won the majority vote in the Corazhas.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Addison, Katherine. “16. News from Barizhan.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
2. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “17. Dinner with the Goblin Ambassador.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
Bazhevada

The **Bazhevada** are a noble house of the Ethuveraz.

## Details

The Bazhevada are most notable for Stano Bazhevin's brief engagement to Ciris Drazhar, which was cut short by Ciris' murder on the *Wisdom of Choharo*. This put Stano in the awkward position of being technically neither Bazhevadeise nor really Drazhadeise, as she had not actually married Ciris. Count Bazhevel attempted to use the situation to try and arrange a marriage between his brother's eldest son, Dalera Bazhevar, and Vedero Drazhin, which Maia Drazhar refused.

Members of the family reside in both the Untheileneise Court and Amalo. Vobora Bazhevar helped direct Thara Celehar to photographers as part of Thara's investigation into the murder of Tomilo Ulzhavel.

## Members

* Count Bazhevel
* Dalera Bazhevar
* Stano Bazhevin
* Vobora Bazhevar

## Trivia

* Bazhevel has an unnamed brother who is the father of Dalera, and Dalera has at least one unnamed younger brother.

## References

1. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “A Listing of Persons, Places, Things, and Gods.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Addison, Katherine. “13. Bargaining.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
3. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “15. The Problem of Setheris.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
4. ↑ Addison, Katherine. *The Grief of Stones*, First ed., Tor, 2022.
Indamura

**Mer Indamura** is the owner of Indamura's, a gambling house in Amalo.

## Life

The night Arveneän Shelsin died, Veralis Telonar was in Indamura's, gambling, and Indamura seemingly saw him while shepherding out other customers. Thara Celehar later confirmed Veralis' alibi with Indamura, and Indamura was amused.

## References

1. ↑ Addison, Katherine. *The Witness for the Dead*, First ed., Tor, 2021.
Cremorezh

**Mer Cremorezh** was the stoneworker who made the gravestones in Ulchoranee.

## Life

After the death of Inshiran Urmenezhen and her unborn child, Ulanu, Inshiran's husband, Broset Sheveldar, under the alias Croïs Avelonar, haggled with Cremorezh about placing Ulanu's name on the gravestone. Ultimately, Cremorezh made a gravestone reading, "Inshiran Avelonaran", and beneath it, an inscription for Ulanu.

## Skills

Cremorezh's work was "clear and crisp" and he "had some interesting and recognizable idiosyncrasies in the way he formed his letters."

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Addison, Katherine. *The Witness for the Dead*, First ed., Tor, 2021.
Edrethelema IV

**Edrethelema IV**, or Edrethelema Zhas, was the 186th Emperor of the Elflands.

## Life

Edrethelema IV had at least one son.

Edrethelema III designed the current Untheileneise Court, though it was built “during the reigns of his son, grandson, and great-grandson, Edrethelema IV through VI.” Edrethelema IV is best known as one of the builders of the current Court.

## Trivia

* The Nevennamire was one of the holdovers from before Edrethelema III's redesign, and still resembled the old palace.

## References

1. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “A Listing of Persons, Places, Things, and Gods.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
2. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “3. The Alcethmeret.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
3. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “32. Shulivar, Bralchenar, and Narchanezhen.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
Lion-girl

**Lion-girls** are a race in Osreth.

## Details

Lion-girls appear to largely reside in/around Barizhan and across the Chadevan Sea from the Ethuveraz.

King Khel-Avezher brought eight lion-girls with him when he visited the Corat' Dav Arhos.

## References

1. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “17. Dinner with the Goblin Ambassador.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
2. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “28. A Letter from Mer Celehar.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
Duchenel

**Count Duchenel** was the father of Loran Duchenin and a count of Thu-Cethor.

## Life

Duchenel had at least two daughters, the second of whom was Loran. She attempted to become Maia Drazhar's empress.

When the Corazhas convened to select Maia's empress, Csevet Aisava presented "Maia's" final choices: Paru Tethimin, Loran, and Csethiro Ceredin. Uleris Chavar argued in favor of Loran, with the Witness for the Prelacy supporting him, but Csethiro had overwhelming support, and was ultimately chosen.

## Trivia

* Since Loran was Uleris' niece through Uleris' mother's line, it's possible her mother/Duchenel's partner was Uleris' sister or cousin.

## References

1. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “A Listing of Persons, Places, Things, and Gods.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Addison, Katherine. “13. Bargaining.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
3. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “14. Min Nedaö Vechin.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
4. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “17. Dinner with the Goblin Ambassador.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
Honor of Csedo

The ***Honor of Csedo*** is an airship.

## Details

When Sheveän Drazharan and Stano Bazhevin were relegated from the Untheileneise Court to Bakhoree, they took the *Honor of Csedo*.

The ship is named after Csedo, a town in Thu-Istandaär.

## References

1. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “34. Building Bridges.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
2. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “A Listing of Persons, Places, Things, and Gods.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
Bershanar

**Mer Bershanar** is the cemetery sexton of a collective cemetery in Amalo. He is married to Othalo Bershanaran.

## Appearance

Thara Celehar described him as "a broad-shouldered elven man who wore his hair in a braided club as the manufactory workers did in Lohaiso”.

## Life

Bershanaran performed the sunset funeral for Inshiran Urmenezhen and her unborn child at a collective cemetery. Bershanar and his assistant placed the headstone afterward.

## Trivia

* Bershanaran is one of the few named prelates in *The Chronicles of Osreth* to be married. Female prelates who married were often married to their cemetery sextons, as Bershanaran is.

## References

1. ↑ Addison, Katherine. *The Witness for the Dead*, First ed., Tor, 2021.
Marnis

**Marnis** possibly means "gay," and possibly also includes lesbians and other queer orientations.

## Details

Being marnis is frowned upon in the Ethuveraz, but there don't seem to be any laws around it. There is a lot of bigotry against marnei, and marnei prelates potentially face stigma.

## Known Marnei

* Evru Dalar (deceased)
* Lalo Leverin
* Pazhis Nethenel
* Reshema
* Thara Celehar
* Zhemena

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Addison, Katherine. “19. Thara Celehar's Grief.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
2. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “31. A Conspiracy Unearthed.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
3. ↑ Addison, Katherine. *The Witness for the Dead*, First ed., Tor, 2021.
Cenethis

**Brother Cenethis** is a prelate of Orshan at the Sanctuary of Orshan in Amalo.

## Appearance

Cenethis was “a thickset middle-aged man at least half goblin”, and he wore a sheath on his belt where he kept a knife he used to carve wood.

## Life

Cenethis was carving an Orshalvero when Thara Celehar visited the Sanctuary in order to walk the corn maze. Cenethis explained that Thara was welcome to spend as much time as he wished in the maze, but encouraged to return by sundown. He also invited Thara to share the Sanctuary's evening meal.

## Skills

Cenethis could carve wood, particularly to make Orshalvero.

## References

1. ↑ Addison, Katherine. *The Witness for the Dead*, First ed., Tor, 2021.
Belthelema IX

**Belthelema IX**, or Belthelema Zhas, was the 88th Emperor of the Elflands and husband of Empress Velestho Drazharan.

## Life

Valestho was "wrongly imprisoned" in the Nevennamire by "the brother of the Emperor Belthelema IX, and the emperor himself came to unlock her chains."

It's possible that no emperor since Belthelema IX visited the Nevennamire until Maia Drazhar, 209th Emperor of the Elflands, visited to meet with the imprisoned Curneisei co-conspirators who murdered Varenechibel IV, Nemolis Drazhar, Nazhira Drazhar, and Ciris Drazhar, along with their servants and the crew of the *Wisdom of Choharo*.

## References

1. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “A Listing of Persons, Places, Things, and Gods.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
2. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “32. Shulivar, Bralchenar, and Narchanezhen.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
Delemar

**Othas'ala Delemar** is the head prelate in Cemchelarna in Amalo.

## Appearance

Delemar is an old elf, and when Thara Celehar met him, Delemar wore "shabby vestements and a strand of crystal beads in his long prelate's plait--which was unorthodox, but not forbidden. He was a little stooped, but still vigorous, and his pale blue eyes were sharp."

## Personality

Delemar was severe, and believed that children should be put to work, and didn't care for the deprivations of orphans. He disproved of Thara and what Delemar perceived as Orchenis Clunethar's attempts to circumvent Aiva Vernezar. Thara noted Delemar was brazen and outspoken.

## Life

Thara visited Delemar to inquire about Pavalo Temin's school for foundlings. Delemar was rude about his perception of Thara's reason for working in Amalo, and uncaring about the potential bad conditions of the orphan girls at Pavalo's school, noting that any complaints were whiny, and the school worked as it did to train them for actual jobs. Delemar also believed that Thara had a daughter *he* was trying to get rid of, and Thara quickly left.

## References

1. ↑ Addison, Katherine. *The Grief of Stones*, First ed., Tor, 2022.
Evet Polchina

**Evet Polchina** was a master of the Clocksmiths' Guild of Zhaö.

## Appearance

At the meeting with the Corazhas, Evet was "older than Mer Halezh and showing a clocksmith's crouch: even when he straightened from his bow to the emperor, his shoulders stayed hunched." He had "a beatific smile."

## Personality

Evet seemed delighted to talk about the bridge and answer any questions about it. He was also encouraging to Maia Drazhar.

## Life

Evet, Halezh, and Avro Halezho represented the Clocksmiths' Guild at the presentation. They brought along with them a functioning mini model of the bridge as planned to demonstrate for the Corazhas. The three answered questions from the Corazhas while the model worked. The idea was later approved, and called the Wisdom Bridge.

## Skills

Evet was a respected figure among the Corazhas, and his presence reassured them that the bridge was not a cloud-fancy.

## Relationships

#### Avro Halezho and Mer Halezh

Evet was Avro and Halezh's apparent superior. They worked together to present the bridge idea to the Corazhas.

## Quotations

* “It is not foolish,” Dachensol Polchina agreed. “It is new, which is not the same thing.”

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Addison, Katherine. “26. The Clocksmiths and the Corazhas.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
2. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “35. The Bridge over the Istandaärtha.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.