Kelboon (Af-Kelboon): (7110– ) a male Quintaglio mathematician, one of Sal-Afsan’s children. [1]

kev: an old Quintaglio word for "bright." [3]

Kevo: one of the original Fifty Packs. [3]

Kevpel: the fourth planet of the Quintaglio sun, a ringed gas giant. [1]

Kev’toolar: a province in southeast Land. Provincial color: light blue. [1]

kiit: Jijaki term for the super-strong blue building material developed for their interstellar ramjets. [2]

Kijititatak Gikta: a Jijaki children’s television program, featuring an animated character named Tilk. [2]

kiloday: one thousand Quintaglio days (about one and a third Earth years). [1]

kilopace: one thousand paces (about one kilometer). [1]

Klimsan: "Klimsan the Scaly" (Sar-Klimsan), a previous imperial hunt leader; also "the smooth-skinned Klimsan," another previous imperial hunt leader. [1]

Kreeb River: a meandering river that forms part of the border between Arj’toolar and Fra’toolar; Pack Carno roams along its north shore. [1]

Kroy: (7098–7128) female apprentice governor from Arj’toolar. [2]

kurpa leather: fine leather taken from wingfinger bodies. [1]

lancer: a wingfinger-derived reptile indigenous to the south pole with elongated fourth fingers that it uses for spearing fish. [2]

Land: name given to the single continent of the Quintaglio home world, roughly oval in shape, measuring some 3,000 kilopaces from the harbor of Capital City to the westernmost tip of mainland Fra’toolar and 1,200 kilopaces from its northern edge to the Cape of Belbar in the south. [1]

landquake: earthquake. [1]

Landquake, Great: the larger of two landquakes to rock Capital City in kiloday 7110. [1]

language, Other: in the language of the Others, successive degrees are shown by repetition. The introduction of the syllable "na" into the middle of a word signifies negation. Among the words Kee-Toroca learns are de-kat (fine), eb (plus), ga-san (sailing ship), gan-noth (explain), glees (interrogative for "how righteous is this?"), hak-al (bullet), hoos-ta (good), hoos-na-ta (bad), jar-dik (threat), joth-shal (trick), kas-tak (discharge a weapon), lees-tash (blind), lesh (face), rak-sa (father), sas (your), sek-tab (correct), sek-na-tab (incorrect), sil-don-kes-la (rowboat), tar (is), thash-rath (an epithet), and the numbers bal (one), lod (two), ker (three), and farg-sol (twelve). [3]

language, Quintaglio: related nouns usually end in the same suffix, for example: -aja (most types of wood), -’mar (mountain chain), -o (Pack), -pel (planet), -staynt (type of building), -ter (proper name for a sailing ship), -tok (small town), -’toolar (province). [1]

Laree (Dee-Laree): the officer in charge of palace accounts under Dy-Dybo. [3]

Larsk: A sailor who came to be known as The Prophet. In kiloday 6959, he was the first Quintaglio to sight the Face of God. He returned to Land at what later became Capital City and established a religion and a dynasty based on worship of the Face. [1]

Lastoon (Mek-Lastoon): ( –7126) the bloodpriest of Pack Tablo in Edz’toolar. [2]

lastoontal: a strategic board game. [1]

latark: Quintaglio term equivalent to "giddyup." [1]

Lee (Len-Lee): the governor of Kev’toolar. [3]

Lends (Len-Lends): (7079–7110) Empress, the mother of Dy-Dybo; she was killed when a roof collapsed on her in the small landquake of 7110. [1]

liar’s night: even-night. [2]

liar’s tint: a reference to the color blue. [1]

lifeboat: name given to the cabs traveling up and down the Jijaki tower. [3]

limpid floater: jellyfish. [3]

Lirpan (Nom-Lirpan): a senior palace advisor in Dy-Dybo’s administration, in charge of provincial relations. [2]

Lizhok: a female, second of seven apprentices to Tak-Saleed. [3]

Loodo: a Pack in southern Mar’toolar; Nav-Mokleb hatched there. [3]

Lubal: largest of the original five hunters. Associated with the color red. She was gored by a hornface. As she lay dying, she prophesied the coming of The One. [1]

Lubal, Temple of: an ancient temple in Capital province, located on the west side of the Ch’mar volcanoes; known for the Spires of the Original Five. It was mostly buried by lava in the eruptions of 7110. [1]

Lubalite: an adherent of the Hunter’s religion, a worshiper of the original five hunters following the precepts outlined in the Edicts of Lubal. [1]

Lub-Kaden: one of five Quintaglio gliders used in the battle against the Others. [3]

madaja: a type of sacred tree, the wood of which is used for the floors of Halls of Worship. [1]

Madool (Cat-Madool): a member of Pack Tablo in Edz’toolar. [2]

makaloob root: holding one of these roots in the mouth can quell nausea. [1]

Maliden (Mek-Maliden): (7047–7128) a male Quintaglio who served as imperial bloodpriest until his death. [2]

maritime rookery: a breeding facility for homing wingfingers situated north of Capital City and run by Pos-Doblan. [3]

Matark: Lubal’s hornface riding mount; also a constellation depicting same. [3]

Mar’toolar: an almost completely landlocked province in central Land, known for its great plains. The only place on Land where agriculture is practiced extensively. Provincial color: pink. [1]

Master of the Faith: the High Priest and spiritual advisor to the Emperor or Empress; presides over Capital City’s Hall of Worship. During Afsan’s lifetime, the Masters of the Faith were Det-Yenalb (up to 7110), Det-Bogkash (from 7110 to 7128), and Det-Edklark (beginning in 7128). [1]

Mekt: one of the original five hunters; she was the first bloodpriest until she repudiated the job as inappropriate for a layer of eggs. Associated with the color purple. [1]

Mekt, Cape of: in southern Fra’toolar, near the site of the space ark. [2]

Mokleb (Nav-Mokleb): developer of "the talking cure"; a female psychologist from Pack Loodo in Mar’toolar who treated Sal-Afsan. [3]

Mondark (Dar-Mondark): the palace healer. He treated Sal-Afsan in 7109 after Afsan had felled a great thunderbeast

and again in 7130 when Afsan’s head was kicked by a hornface. [1]

moons: the Face of God has fourteen natural satellites orbiting around it, including the Quintaglio world (the innermost moon), Big One (second closest to the Face), Sprinter, Swift Runner, Dancer, Gray Orb, the Guardian, and Slowpoke (the outermost moon). [1]

Morb: ( –7131) the chief of security for the Others. [3]

Nasfedeter: the sailing ship that in 7110 transported Dy-Dybo from Jam’toolar to Capital City to take the throne. [1]

Nesster: (7098–7128) male, the apprentice governor of Mar’ toolar. [2]

newsrider: a Quintaglio who travels from Pack to Pack on a runningbeast, bringing news. [1]

nictitating membrane: the semi-transparent inner Quintaglio eyelid. [1]

Noltark (Pal-Noltark): a male painter whose book The Wing-fingers of Land supposedly contains a painting of every species of wingfinger. [3]

Novato (Wab-Novato): (7094– ) a female Quintaglio from Pack Gelbo who invented the far-seer in 7105 and became leader of the exodus project in 7110. [1]

Nunard rift: part of the subduction zone between the two tectonic plates that form the continent of Land; an old royal marble quarry, known for pristine white stone, was located near it, but was closed after a series of landquakes. [1]