Koll
A member of the Stone Hags.
Koracales
Author of Nine Songs Heroic.
Koraphea
Koraphea is the most populous city of High Ainon after Carythusal , located on the coast north of the River Sayut Delta. The Palatine-Governor of Koraphea is Sammu Zursodda .
Koringhus
"Anasûrimbor Koringhus" Anasûrimbor Koringhus was a Dûnyain Monk and son of Anasûrimbor Kellhus . He and his son were the only survivors of the Consult destruction of Ishuäl .
Appearance
Anasûrimbor Koringhus has the appearance of a Dûnyain Norsirai with light-coloured skin and blond hair, however he is horribly disfigured from years battling the Consult during the final days of Ishuäl. His skin was heavily scarred, burned and damaged. He was missing one cheek, which left a hollow in his face that exposed gums and broken teeth. Despite his horrible disfigurements, Achamian was still able to see the physical traits of the Anasûrimbor line. Story
At some point before leaving Ishuäl, Anasûrimbor Kellhus was selected to be a Father. Whether his son was born before he sent away is unknown. Sometime between the events of The Warrior-Prophet and The Great Ordeal , the Consult finally discovered Ishuäl, the home of the Dûnyain. After legions of Sranc assaulted the fortress from the Demua Mountains in the east, to no avail, Nonmen Qûya approached from Injor-Niyas to the west and decimated the exterior of the stronghold. The Dûnyain, having been taught that sorcery is a lie, were completely unprepared. Many simply awaited their death while others barricaded themselves in the Thousand Thousand Halls below. The Dûnyain fought the Consult within the Labyrinth for years, with immense losses on both sides. When the last of the Sranc finally succumbed, Koringhus and the Boy were the only two Dûnyain remaining. Unbeknownst to Achamiam and Mimara , Korinhgus spies them while they are still descending the glaciers towards Ishuäl. When the pair discover the Fathering in the Upper Galleries of the Thousand Thousand Halls, Koringhus, still unknown to Achamian and Mimara, instructs The Boy to approach them alone before eventually making himself known. He confronts them asking if his father has grasped the Absolute . Koringhus decides that he must find his father, and that travelling with Achamian and Mimara is the best way to accomplish this task. He and the Boy travel with them as they head north along the Demua Mountains. During their journey, Koringhus eventually asks Mimara to gaze upon him with her sight . He then begins to realize that everything the Dûnyain believed was flawed, if not an outright lie. He knows that he is mad and that the madness is getting worse. Mimara eventually offers him Qirri , which pushes his madness to the brink; he decides that the Shortest Path to the Absolute is by ending his life. He throws himself off a peak in the northern Demua Mountains, where he plummets to his death some thirty cubits below. Anasûrimbor Koringhus
Aliases: The Survivor Heaper of the Dead
Lived: ? - 4132
Race: Men
Ethnicity: Dûnyain ( Norsirai )
Gender: Male
Occupation: Dûnyain Monk
Relatives: Moënghus (grandfather) Kellhus (father) Maithanet (uncle) Mimara (step-sister) Moënghus II (adopted brother) Kayûtas (half-brother) Theliopa (half-sister) Serwa (half-sister) Inrilatas (half-brother) Kelmomas (half-brother) Samarmas (half-brother) The Boy (son)
Books: The Great Ordeal
Anasûrimbor Koringhus
Aliases: The Survivor Heaper of the Dead
Lived: ? - 4132
Race: Men
Ethnicity: Dûnyain ( Norsirai )
Gender: Male
Occupation: Dûnyain Monk
Relatives: Moënghus (grandfather) Kellhus (father) Maithanet (uncle) Mimara (step-sister) Moënghus II (adopted brother) Kayûtas (half-brother) Theliopa (half-sister) Serwa (half-sister) Inrilatas (half-brother) Kelmomas (half-brother) Samarmas (half-brother) The Boy (son)
Books: The Great Ordeal
Koropos
Koropos is a former Cironji slave of the Kianene who becomes an overseer after Gerotha is captured by the Holy War .
Appearance
Koropos is a wiry old man. The Thousandfold Thought
Koropos takes Esmenet 's body-slave Fanashila to a skin-spy impersonating Sainhail Werjau , who kills and replaces her. Koropos
Lived: ? -
Race: Men
Ethnicity: Ketyai
Nationality: Cironji
Gender: Male
Occupation: Slave Overseer
Books: The Thousandfold Thought
Koropos
Lived: ? -
Race: Men
Ethnicity: Ketyai
Nationality: Cironji
Gender: Male
Occupation: Slave Overseer
Books: The Thousandfold Thought
Kosoter
"Lord Kosoter" Lord Kosoter was Captain of the Skin Eaters and veteran of the First Holy War . He was described as having a square beard, and narrow eyes of brown color almost black. His cold and 'unearthly' gaze reflected death, a veteran of massacres and privations. He spoked Sheyic with a certain tone of internal anger..
In The Judging Eye
Kosoter’s group, the Skin Eaters, are hired by Drusas Achamian to raid the legendary Coffers of the ruined Library of Sauglish . In The White-Luck Warrior
Kosoter, like the rest of the Skin Eaters, becomes addicted to the qirri dispensed by Nil’giccas. Kosoter was betrayed by Galian and Xonghis in the ruins of Sauglish while awaiting the return of the Wizard Achamian and Cleric. Galian began to rebuke with questions to Captain Kosoter, like how many riches would correspond to them or what would they do with the Nonman and the Qirri, the Captain Kosoter with a somber and silent deliberation reflected in his eyes decides to kill Galian, but Galian also see it and recognizes that his Captain has decided to kill him. Galian reveals to the Captain that all the men supported the treason, he had always thought of killing the Captain every time he saw him, telling him all this as he approached Lord Kosoter with obscene contempt. Then an arrow hit the Captain in the mouth skewering the lower half of his face, the arrow was shot by Xonghis, the Captain only manages to laugh with sardonic glee through blood and teeth, a second arrow is stuck in his neck making him turn on his waist to finally collapse on the humus of the ground, there he convulses with bestial violence as if his spirit was trying to escape from his body, scratching the ground, spitting saliva, blood and with his eyes glistening with effort and fury. Galian himself who was watching the scene was frightened and drew his sword, the Captain launched a last roar to the sky and calming down he let his head fall to the ground and remained motionless, the silence took over the place. And Mimara watched breathlessly in amazement, realizing that the Captain, Lord Kosoter, was mortal after all. After killing the Captain the remaining Skin Eaters begin to argue, and order the mad Sarl to keep an eye on Mimara, Sarl approaches to the corpse of Captain Kosoter and pokes his head with a stick, Sarl turns to Mimara and tells her: "He's not dead, […] Not the Captain, no… […] He's too hard for Hell." Lord Kosoter was beheaded by Sergeant Sarl, who embraced his head with apprehension, rocking it like a doll, plunging into madness. After the Wizard and mimara returned from the ruins of Sauglish they watched Sarl one last time in the distance, he had braided the hairs from the head of the captain into his own beard, now the severed head bobbed over the groin of the sergeant, the head had a strange grimace even despite the arrow, as if smiling. And again Mimara remembered what Sarl had told her earlier: " Sometimes the dead bounce! Sometimes old men awaken behind the eyes of babes! Sometimes wolves… " What Came Before
Kosoter participated in the Holy War . After the Battle of Em’famir, Aspect-Emperor Anasûrimbor Kellhus gave him the name “Ironsoul.” After the Holy Bounty on Sranc pelts was announced, he founded the Skin Eaters. Kosoter
Title(s): Holy Veteran
Aliases: Ironsoul Captain Lord Kosoter
Lived: ? - 4132
Race: Men
Ethnicity: Ketyai
Nationality: Ainoni
Gender: Male
Occupation: Scalpoi ( Skin Eater ) Elju
Books: The Judging Eye The White-Luck Warrior
Kosoter
Title(s): Holy Veteran
Aliases: Ironsoul Captain Lord Kosoter
Lived: ? - 4132
Race: Men
Ethnicity: Ketyai
Nationality: Ainoni
Gender: Male
Occupation: Scalpoi ( Skin Eater ) Elju
Books: The Judging Eye The White-Luck Warrior
Kothwa
"Hargraum Kothwa" Hargraum Kothwa is the Tydonni Earl of Gaethuni , slain at the Fifth Battle of Mengedda .
Hargraum Kothwa
Title(s): Earl of Gaethuni
Lived: 4070 - 4111
Race: Men
Ethnicity: Norsirai
Nationality: Tydonni
Gender: Male
Occupation: Earl of Gaethuni
Books: The Warrior-Prophet
Hargraum Kothwa
Title(s): Earl of Gaethuni
Lived: 4070 - 4111
Race: Men
Ethnicity: Norsirai
Nationality: Tydonni
Gender: Male
Occupation: Earl of Gaethuni
Books: The Warrior-Prophet
koaita
-same as coaita.
koala
-a tailless marsupial (phascolarctos cinereus), found in australia. the female carries her young on the back of her neck. called also australian bear, native bear, and native sloth.
kob
-alt. of koba
koba
-any one of several species of african antelopes of the genus kobus, esp. the species kobus sing
-sing.
kobalt
-see cobalt.
kobellite
-a blackish gray mineral, a sulphide of antimony, bismuth, and lead.
kobold
-a kind of domestic spirit in german mythology, corresponding to the scottish brownie and the english robin goodfellow.
kodak
-a kind of portable camera.
koel
-any one of several species of cuckoos of the genus eudynamys, found in india, the east indies, and australia. they deposit their eggs in the nests of other birds.
koff
-a two
-masted dutch vessel.
kohinoor
-alt. of kohnur
kohl
-a mixture of soot and other ingredients, used by egyptian and other eastern women to darken the edges of the eyelids.
kohl
-rabi
-a variety of cabbage, in which the edible part is a large, turnip
-shaped swelling of the stem, above the surface of the ground.
kohl
-rabies
-of kohl
-rabi
kohnur
-a famous diamond, surrendered to the british crown on the annexation of the punjab. according to hindoo legends, it was found in a golconda mine, and has been the property of various hindoo and persian rulers.
kokama
-the gemsbok.
koklass
-any pheasant of the genus pucrasia. the birds of this genus inhabit india and china, and are distinguished by having a long central and two lateral crests on the head. called also pucras.
kokoon
-the gnu.
kolarian
-an individual of one of the races of aboriginal inhabitants which survive in hindostan.
-of or pertaining to the kolarians.
komenic
-of or pertaining to, or designating, an acid derived from meconic acid.
komtok
-an african freshwater fish (protopterus annectens), belonging to the dipnoi. it can breathe air by means of its lungs, and when waters dry up, it encases itself in a nest of hard mud, where it remains till the rainy season. it is used as food.
kon
-to know. see can, and con.
konite
-see conite.
konze
-a large african antelope (alcelaphus lichtensteini), allied to the hartbeest, but having shorter and flatter horns, and lacking a black patch on the face.
koodoo
-a large south african antelope (strepsiceros kudu). the males have graceful spiral horns, sometimes four feet long. the general color is reddish or grayish brown, with eight or nine white bands on each side, and a pale dorsal stripe. the old males become dark bluish gray, due to the skin showing through the hair. the females are hornless. called also nellut.
kookoom
-the oryx or gemsbok.
koolokamba
-a west african anthropoid ape (troglodytes koolokamba, or t. aubryi), allied to the chimpanzee and gorilla, and, in some respects, intermediate between them.
koolslaa
-see coleslaw.
koord
-see kurd.
koordish
-see kurdish.
koorilian
-same as kurilian.
kopeck
-a small russian coin. one hundred kopecks make a rouble, worth about sixty cents.
koran
-the scriptures of the mohammedans, containing the professed revelations to mohammed;
-- called also alcoran.
korin
-the gazelle.
korrigum
-a west african antelope (damalis senegalensis), allied to the sassaby. it is reddish gray, with a black face, and a black stripe on the outside of the legs above the knees.
kosmos
-see cosmos.
kotow
-the prostration made by mandarins and others to their superiors, either as homage or worship, by knocking the forehead on the ground. there are degrees in the rite, the highest being expressed by three knockings.
-to perform the kotow.
kotowed
-of kotow
kotowing
-of kotow
koulan
-a wild horse (equus, / asinus, onager) inhabiting the plants of central asia;
-- called also gour, khur, and onager.
koumiss
-an intoxicating fermented or distilled liquor originally made by the tartars from mare's or camel's milk. it can be obtained from any kind of milk, and is now largely made in europe.
kousso
-an abyssinian rosaceous tree (brayera anthelmintica), the flowers of which are used as a vermifuge.
kowtow
-the same as kotow.