Kabila Horse: a breed from the Jina Kabir Hills in Minho, more or less Arabian-like in appearance and capabilities; they are generally between fourteen and sixteen hands high at the shoulder. They are trained as war-horses and for the Hunt.

Kabir: a sometime emirate in the Jina Kabir Hills, at other times it is the Kabir District of Minho.

Kabiri: the people of the Jina Kabir Hills, see Handbook.

Kabirlan Road: a class E road (unsuited to wagons) that runs from Kinsilang to Kabir Jang in the Jina Kabir Hills, down through the Hills to Zalir'na, then (as a class D wagon road) to Leska and ultimately to Zur Danath. It is called the Danathan Road from Leska southward.

Kaihran Hills: a range of rugged hills or low mountains, jumbled sedimentary rocks with volcanic intrusions, to the southwest of the Kerang River. Part of the Hills is in Chan-Kerang Province, but most is in Sjima. They are heavily forested and have not been explored in recent times.

Kailan Boars: a type of wild pig found around the edges of the Twisted Lands. They are large, standing four or sometimes as much as six feet at the shoulder, with tusks as long as a man's forearm. In color they are usually a reddish brown, often mottled with black. They often develop a taste for meat, are frighteningly intelligent, never have good dispositions, and are extremely dangerous.

Kaltapa Leather: leatherwork produced in the Emirate of Kaltapi, usually recognizable by extremely high quality and artistry, normally richly colored and ornamented.

Kaltapi: emirate in northern Ratan.

Kanar Steppe: the last stretch of highland between Lirith Kai and the Ratani Scarp at its southern end, a fairly dry and sparsely-grassed area. Its northern boundary is officially the valley of the Ahdal Zoar; on the south it merges with the Tulan Steppe.

Kang Sio River: a northern tributary of the An-Kiu, entering from the east. The Kang Sio is wholly contained within Angsin Province, rising on the west slope of the Blue Hills. It is generally considered to be about 300 miles long and has three forks. It carries a moderate volume of water for its size and has a swift current due to the strong slope of the land in the region it drains; it is generally fairly clear, carrying little sediment. The surface freezes in the winter, forming ice thick enough to support a man on a horse. It invariably rises in flood in the spring.

Kang Sio River Trail: an intra-provincial road, grade E. This road runs from the mouth of the Kang Sio on the An-Kiu up the river through Angsin Province to the Forks of the Kang Sio, then turns south to enter Liho Province and join the Great West Road. The road is officially passable for wagons, but only just, and one of the key bridges is questionable.

Kano or Kanocha: gold coinage. When someone is said to have money, kanocha, the implication is that the person is rich.

Kanchani: slang term for a rich man or a free spender.

Kanokira: a triangular golden coin, second most valuable of the standard Adantri coinage; a gold quarter. The kanokira has the raised image of a sword on one side and a crown on the other. The name of the emperor during whose reign it was minted is shown under the crown. It is worth twenty-five silver rings (mejiminas, or just minas) and is an equilateral triangle with blunt points, about three-quarters of an inch on each side.

Kanolara: the most valuable Adantri coin, the gold shield. The kanolara shows the head of an emperor (the one who ruled when the coin in question was minted) on one side and a sword circled by a crown, along with the name of the emperor in question, on the other. It is worth one hundred silver rings (mejiminas, or just minas) and is about an inch and a quarter in diameter (a little bigger than a US quarter).

Kanrao Horses: a breed of carriage horses raised in Pelang by the Kanrao family. They were said to have been bred originally as chariot horses. They are of medium size (mostly about fifteen hands), quick and strong, and pure black in color.

Karani: a name which the people of eastern Minho apply to themselves collectively, irrespective of race, as opposed to the Kwalani, or people of the west.

Karan Valley: not the valley of a separate river but a section of the An-Kiu Valley lying between the An-Kiu and the various hills that separate it from the Karndiz Steppe. The land is gently rolling and slopes to the west toward the An-Kiu; it is fertile, but a little dry, and the wines produced here are merely "okay" instead of superb. The region is distinguished (for travelers) by the stone granaries which are built on high stilts; although many explanations are given to the curious tourist, this was probably done to aid in protecting the grain from rodents. The Karan is found in Minho and Danath provinces and parts of it are also known under other names.

Karanway: a class C/D road that runs from Tal Ning north of Miroi Chang through Minho Province and East Aryai into Zalir'na in Danath. Until it reaches Talis Jiro in Danath, it more or less follows the An-Kiu on the east bank, through what is called the Karan Valley. It is suitable for wagon traffic.

Karanzardara Horses: a subvariety of the Zarlyn horses, noted for their speed over long courses and much used in Hunts. They are bred in the Kara District of Fan Zirlyn.

Karndizal: a sometime emirate on the Karndiz Steppe.

Karndizali: the people of the Karndiz Steppe, see Handbook.

Karndiz Steppe: the plateau between the foot of the Ratani Scarp and the hills which mark off the eastern edge of the An-Kiu Valley. It slopes gradually toward the west and is dry, though crossed by several stream beds that at some seasons run bank-full; they are normally spotted with pools and seeps, choked with brush, and fringed with hardy trees. Between the "water"-courses the land is dry, sandy or stony, and sparsely grassed. In some places, the Steppe is clearly marked off from the river valley, by topographic features and the availability of water; in others it merges insensibly with the valley. The northern end of this steppe is considered to lie on the Nin Ho Tiran River; in the south it is said to run to the valley of the Ahdal Zoar. The land to the south of the Zoar, which differs little from the Karndiz, is known as the Kanar Steppe.

Karsamian Way: a branch of the Teelorian which connects it with the Great West Road. The Karsamian, like the Teelorian, is a class C road, suitable for wagons and kept in fairly good repair.

Kekolo Hills: The northern, or Simtakkan, outliers of the Sahelana Hills, the Kekolos are of red sandstone and yellowish limestone mostly, although the black lava of the Zey-Kamars intrudes somewhat on the northern parts. In height, they vary from five hundred or so feet above the plateau on which they stand at the north to a thousand feet or more as they blend into the Sahelanas south of Badanna. Eons of erosion have webbed the hills with unexpected narrow canyons and hollowed them with caves. Wherever there is soil in the hills there is grass, and a thicket of the Kekolo scrub oak, which is thorny and scarcely grows more than shoulder height at its best. The thickets make most of the area impassable to men, mounted or afoot, but it is a paradise for wild pigs. There is little surface water here; the streams run only immediately after a rain, and most of the wild creatures find their water in caves.

Kemisari: members of a "recognized minority," a race/culture within the Empire which has chosen to retain its cultural identity and participate in the life of the Empire in only a limited manner. A kemisari may choose to become an adaniri, but may not later go back to the earlier status without incurring the suspicions of both the Adantri and his/her former fellow kemisari.

Kerang River: a southern tributary of the An-Kiu, entering from the west just above the Delta. The Kerang is about 700 miles long and runs fast and deep. The upper valley of the river is steep and sharply-contoured, but the lower valley, in Chan-Kerang Province, is broad and more gently sloping. The Kerang is considered navigable as far as Renlang Falls, a rather short distance. Boats which are launched above the Falls have no difficulty with the next 300 or so miles of the upper river. Occasionally timber felled on the upper river will be floated down and across the Falls.

Kerang Road: a road, officially a Provincial Highway of class D, running up the valley of the Kerang River from Tilal Ming to Tilu Kirang; above Chan Hisar the quality of the road deteriorates sharply. During the period following the Civil War, the provinces on the Kerang River were largely ignored, and the road by which they were reached was allowed to decay; as yet, there has not been both the interest and the resources to improve it; there is some speculation that perhaps the people of the area do not want it improved.

Keridif: a small fish of the southern Trier Sea which is smoked and eaten bones and all (the bones are very soft after preparation). Strong-flavored and strong-smelling, they are an acquired taste.

Kesho: a common noodles-and-sauce or rice-(or other grain)- and-sauce dish; with sapani it is one of the staple foods of the Empire. Kesho can be prepared with such a variety of sauces that it may be either a dish "only fit for peasants" or a gourmet treat.

Khriatrin Mountains: mountain range located beyond the northern border of Lirith Kai, at the headwaters of the River of Fires. This range is said to be the home of a tribe of dwarves.

Ki-Lang River: a small tributary of the Loa Horosh, perhaps a hundred miles in length and a refreshingly clear stream for the area. It is also called the Ki-Lang Fork of the Loa Horosh.

Kinaro Trail: a class E trail, unsuited to wagons, which crosses the Kinaru Hills from the Salenian Way to Tarin Long on the Silu Tan River. The eastern part of the trail forms the boundary between Virang and Miroi provinces; the western separates Kinaru and Sianlia districts of Tarin-Tan Province.

Kinaru Hills: hills to the east of the Silu Tan River, forming the watershed between it and the An-Kiu. They are relatively low, produced by the faulting and folding of sedimentary strata that accompanied one of the earlier Chaos Wars or other catastrophic events with which the continent had been wracked from time to time. The abrupt fault-faces of the Kinarus face the Silu Tan to the west; their eastern slopes are more gentle. The Kinaru Hills are well-watered and mostly forested. Though left to nature, they are not truly wilderness; deer are sometimes hunted here, game birds, and very occasionally a feral boar, but they are not considered to have any dangerous game animals.

Kingdom of Danath: the nation founded when the Ten Baronies united. It was more or less coterminous with the present Danath Province. It later united with the Sun Kingdom and other small nations in the lower An-Kiu Valley to form the Empire of Lirith Kai.

Kingsblood Horses: a special breed of horses raised and trained in Angsin Province. They are tall--sixteen to eighteen hands, and red in color, and they are much favored by cavalry officers (those who can afford them) and for use in the mounted Hunt. The Sun Legion is all mounted on Kingsblood Horses.

Kiniar: a province in the southern An-Kiu Valley. It is also the race-name for the people native to that province, see Handbook.

Kiniar Leather: leather of high quality, whether actually produced in Kiniar Province or not.

Kiniar Plain: a stretch of gently rolling highland between the An-Kiu Valley (it is one to two hundred feet above the valley at its western edge) and the somewhat disconnected line of hills (including the Dzo-Djadal, Ilnkanar, and Hurin Hills) that mark the western edge of the Kanar Steppe. The Kiniar Plain is considered to be bounded on the north by the Ahdal Zoar in Danath Province and on the south by the Hadal Hrinar.

Kinro: god of the Kiniar people.

Kinsang River: the lower, permanently flowing (nearly) part of a stream that flows (when it does) more than 300 miles from the Ratani Scarp to the An-Kiu. The upper, intermittent reaches of the river are called the Ahdou Harin. The Pass of Kinsang by which the river comes through the hills and falls from the height of the Karndiz Steppe to the An-Kiu Valley is considered to be the divider between the Du Dizar Hills and the Jina Kabir Hills. Except during flood periods, the river is only of moderate depth and fairly clear. The whole course of the river is in Minho Province (unless the Karndiz Steppe is claiming independence at that time).

Kipu: the jungle donkey, a beast of burden developed in the jungles of the Naowei. It is pony-sized, medium brown in color with darker dapples on its back and flanks, and is sturdier than it looks, agile but not fast, and of a skittish and stubborn disposition.

Kirman: a deity of unremembered function who is honored at a shrine behind the Fall of Zindra; he is now besought to confer "good luck" on worshippers. His shrine has been for many centuries a point of pilgrimage.

Ki-Tai: a small but fierce mountain feline, somewhat like a lynx, found in the Jade Panther Hills and the Han Torra Khang. Though not foolhardy, it is without fear and will attack a human if cornered.

Kitika: a fur-bearing animal about the size and general shape of a coyote, found in the Shialinsar Hills of Harin-Tiran. The kitika are hunters, usually pack hunters, and known for their cunning; if a pack once decides to venture out from the hills, they came become a serious drain on the herds of the Harinzans. Their fur, which in the winter is long, thick, and a rich reddish-brown in color, is much valued. A few hunters in the hills have reported success in training kitika pups, caught very young, as hunting dogs, but most claim that they are unreliable, eventually turning on their masters or at least running away.

Kitten Society: a nationally known warrior society; see under warrior societies.

Kitten Monkeys: small monkeys--body about the size of a house cat--with long, prehensile tails. They are trapped young in the jungles of the Naowei and tamed to be sold as pets. They are quite intelligent and become very affectionate but are full of mischief.

Kiv: the formal word for Teva, which see.

Kobalu Hills: a large area of mountainous and hill terrain on the western edge of the Naowei. It is mostly jungled and is not a part of the Empire of Lirith Kai.

Kodaru Trail: a pack trail from Dinal Jiro over the mountains into Korulan Province; it is closed during the winter months and dangerous at all times.

Ko Hira Hills: an area of malpais near the Han Ko River, within the Simtakka Valley. This lava is much worn and eroded but still an inhospitable region for travelers. Fortunately, it is small.

Kojoka: a tribe of Hadarana and Sahala provinces, semi-nomadic herdsmen.

Kojoka Plain: a local name for the northern part of Hadarana and the southern part of Sahala provinces. It is a rolling grassland dotted and streaked with trees which runs from the foot of the Han Torra Khang to the Lendo River on both sides of the Lalhartha River.

Kojomon: a domesticated (more or less) animal of the western plains, similar to cattle but more similar to buffalo. They are generally larger than cattle and have humped shoulders and thick necks; colors vary tremendously. Their horns, which are black, range between two and three feet in length (extreme cases have had horns four feet long) and are flattened and curved like a scimitar, though not quite so sharp on the edges; they are very strong. The kojomon has an unreliable temper and is frequently dangerous, especially to strangers.

Kokelo: a Lubanese tribe of Dansho District, Dansho-Riba Province; they are very warlike.

Komindi: the fifth day of the week, equivalent to Friday. It is named after Komin Grimhand, fifth emperor of the Harin Dynasty.

Korril: a fish of southern the Trier Sea, considered good eating but `common' (i.e., abundant and inexpensive). It is usually harvested in the late summer and dried for eating during the winter; though scorned by the "high-class" eaters, it is a staple in the fishing villages up and down the coast.

Ko Shang Monastery: in the Blue Hills at the head of the Bell River.

Kudath: the Drahnore god of death and the dead. He is held to judge the souls of the dead. The High Priest is called the Silence of Kudath.

Kura: one of the Ten Baronies of the Kingdom of Danath, in the days before the formation of the Empire. It was sometimes called the Barony of Kura, and sometimes the Emirate of Djalgour. It was located along the valley of the Ahdal Gourin, in the days when that was a permanent stream.

Kurdak: the race of the Darkuran Basin; related to the Tildak.

Kurnso: common name for the eighth month. See Kuron-So.

Kuron-So: commonly Kurnso, the eighth month, named after the Kurons who formed the seventh dynasty; they only ruled in the south. It is more or less the same as August.

Kwalani: a name which the people in eastern Minho apply to the people of western Minho as a group, regardless of race, as opposed to the Karani, the easterners.