Glossary of the Ward

The words Veyrhold uses after dark. (Creative interpretation.)

Canon status: creative interpretation. These terms are this site's invention, built around the app-canon words "Black Warden" and "Veyrhold".

Black Warden

The sworn guardian of Veyrhold; the office Nyra Veyl holds. The "black" is the armor; the "warden" is the oath. (App canon: the title itself.)

The ancient city the Warden keeps. (App canon: the name and "ancient city".)

The body of sworn guardians under the Black Warden who patrol Veyrhold's nights.

A violet-flamed lantern carried on patrol and hung at every wall stair. Light denies the threats cover.

The dead lands beyond the walls, where the threats gather. See the Pale.

The crescent-moon-and-sword mark of the Ward, carved on the Great Gate and the oath altar. See the Sigil.

The vow every warden swears kneeling before the sigil altar. See the Oath.

The fortress-barracks built into the Great Gate; the Ward's headquarters.

The service tunnels inside the walls, patrolled in pairs and spoken of in whispers.

The street of the lampwrights; the only street that never fully darkens.

The gate bell that rang with no hand on the rope; the Ward never opens the gate for a bell alone.

One who has broken the Warden's oath — the Ward's one unforgivable crime. See Oathbreakers.

Midnight by the Ward's reckoning; the changing of the watch.

"Black Warden", "Veyrhold", "ancient city": app canon. All other terms: creative interpretation.