Ogea (OH-gee-uh): A Reader who comes to the Hollows at Northsun to relate the stories of dispensations past.

Olan Forant (OH-lahn FOHR-ahnt): Heir to the throne of Destick’Mal in the last days of the Mal Wars, who also held the Bourne at Mal Point South from sweeping east around the Divide into the middle kingdoms.

Olear (oh-LEER): Sheep herder from the Hollows.

On the iron: Colloquial phrase meaning ‘it’s cooking,’ referring specifically to the skillet or pan used.

One, the: See Quietus.

Ophal’re’Donn(Ofahl-ray-DAWN): The bridge crossing the Lesule River into Stonemount.

Outbuilding: Used to describe both an outhouse, and buildings built on the edge of a town, or at the periphery of activity.