The Tyrant Philosophers/Objects

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Entry	Appears in	Notes
Alborandi palisade	Days of Shattered Fait ch 15	a wooden wall enclosing the Alborandi presence at the Waygrove; staved in by an ogrodon during the fight
ammie	House of Open Wounds ch 3-15; Lives of Bitter Rain ch 1	a rolled flatbread, standard army ration; Masty gives one to Klimmel to defuse tension
Angler's Eye	Pretenders to the Thro ch 8-27	referenced in the Boat Songs alongside "the face of the crab god"; a beacon beaming out through the fog (likely the Lighthouse, though the chapter does not equate them)
animated wooden crab	Days of Shattered Fait ch 48	a mule-sized wooden crab wielded by an old Beast Artist, tearing Pal soldiers apart
arcanolite	House of Open Wounds ch 2	a tripod-mounted lens device on the watchtower used to activate the Dead Eye; described as "a telescope wearing an extra pair of spectacles"
arctinic lamp	House of Open Wounds ch 8	a workshop lamp with three heads emitting a soft blue/teal glow that heats metal to malleability; powered by a tablethi; used to sculpt war-grade bronze and steel "like clay"
argamesh	House of Open Wounds ch 6	an alchemical ingredient that must dissolve properly or the reaction cannot "enter the third house"
bezoar specials	House of Open Wounds ch 17	a medicine for sky-sickness, kept in a small box; available via Confiscations
Bile of the Earth	Pretenders to the Thro ch 8	a thick black liquor from Austentarn; wells up between rocks in mines; "you have never had anything with more kick, or rarer"
Black flask	House of Open Wounds ch 1-41	Ollery's flask of lethal pain-killers; "a quiet draft from the black flask because there's no help here but a cessation of pain"
Blue salts	House of Open Wounds ch 12	a stronger stimulant that "hiss and seethe against the back of" the throat; causes Jack to cry tears of blood
bonecutter	House of Open Wounds ch 12-13	a Palleseen weapon whose blast edge caused surface amputations on the wounded
charged rod	Days of Shattered Fait ch 39	a concealed ranged weapon; the Emir-Jarl of Farasland was killed by one
Charms necklace	City of Last Chances ch 9
circle chalk	City of Last Chances ch 3	a conjuration-related item available from Mother Guame's; used as a low-value stake
clappa	House of Open Wounds ch 6	a powdered substance; "a noseful of powdered clappa" serves as a narcotic for officers
corpselight lamps	Days of Shattered Fait ch 20	lamps in the House of Hard Angles that feed off ghosts to produce light
Crabshell	Pretenders to the Thro ch 2-36	the Leachan ancestral armour and sword; polished and reassembled by Usrach; adorned with a mannikin bearing a "hideous gurning face"; contains a demon that requires the heir's name to function as a battle-guide
dawn-charge chime	Pretenders to the Thro ch 40	a device measuring celestial light, set to chime at a threshold of ambient radiance to signal the start of a dawn offensive; unofficially adopted throughout the Sway
demon jar	Days of Shattered Fait ch 12	a clay vessel shaped like a skull, sealed with sigils, used to imprison demons; Flint drinks from one after emptying it
Devil Jack's amulet	Pretenders to the Thro ch 3	worn at his belt where a knife would go; "you couldn't look quite at" it, eyes water, light twists, designs unreadable; described as a key to "the gates of Hell"
dhanver	House of Open Wounds ch 10	yellow crystalline condiment, "tart," must be pinched onto sauce not eaten from a spoon because they "react against the silver"
Drathel's bandoliers	Days of Shattered Fait ch 44	three bandoliers heavy with uncharged tablethi, worn under her jacket for harvesting the crypt's accumulated power
fireberg	House of Open Wounds ch 33-34	Loruthi artillery projectile; each impact the size of "a modest townhouse"; produces massive craters and ashen smears of soldiers
Firesian bile	House of Open Wounds ch 6	a yellow alchemical substance that eats wood; measured with metal spoons
flint ramaht	Days of Shattered Fait ch 21	the sharpest variety of ramaht; "will strip the skin from your throat and the paint from your walls"
gaun thistle	House of Open Wounds ch 10	a substance Banders keeps in a crate and plans to sell to a Fellow-Monitor
ghost-eater arrow	House of Open Wounds ch 9	A weapon that kills by being "eaten up" into the victim's body; the spy was struck by one while escaping
ghost-launcher	House of Open Wounds ch 41
Gil's hidden blade	Days of Shattered Fait ch 4	a small razor strapped under her arm, carried during the duel; she uses it to sever her bonds at the prison doors
Godflesh	Days of Shattered Fait ch 37	the divine substance in the preserved organs of Kakrops; Drathel estimates it could "refill every tableth on the Successor Coast"
Hackle Throne	House of Open Wounds ch 30-48; Lives of Bitter Rain ch 5	the Bracite throne; "cold and uncomfortable, even with the cushion they gave him"
Haggle	Pretenders to the Thro ch 10	the cheapest liquor in Eres Ffenegh; "so poor you should be paid to drink it, not the other way round"; loved by dock types
henq salts	House of Open Wounds ch 6	pale blue crystalline alchemical ingredient; the darker variety curdles the mixture
Hus	Days of Shattered Fait ch 1-45	the strong Cotto liquor the pirates drink; tastes of fish; not named in the chapter text but identified by the reference
isfel	House of Open Wounds ch 10; Pretenders to the Thro ch 29	a greenish powdery condiment, "root and leaf, ground"
ivrel	House of Open Wounds ch 10	a condiment Lochiver demands seconds of
Jagged Hand That Feeds	Days of Shattered Fait ch 48-50	Cotto pirate vessel on open ocean; site of the godflesh ceremony
Kakrops Jars	Days of Shattered Fait ch 39-41	containers holding the body of the god Kakrops, kept in a monastery at the foot of the falls, protected by the Usrani monks; Berkely demands their seizure
Kaleithi's necklace	Lives of Bitter Rain ch 10	a necklace of gold and amber in the spiralling shape of a tree; Kaleithi's personal jewellery; given to Angilly by an Alborandi monk and passed to the Alkhand
Kepi of the Kepishi	Days of Shattered Fait ch 21	a small hat worn by foreigners (Kepishi); seen on Croskin's misshapen head; draws Dekamran's eye
Lancewort Specials	Pretenders to the Thro ch 8	purple-black lozenges smelling of aniseed; bring "extreme sharpness of mind for a relatively short span" followed by headaches, double vision, nightmares; used by Aspel for "Very Hard Sums"
Leaping Demon matches	City of Last Chances ch 17	Ilmari brand of matches; used by Hellgram in his divination
Lilac salts	House of Open Wounds ch 12	a further stimulant beyond blue; keeps the user sleepless; fortified the student who overextended
Maric's rope scar	House of Open Wounds ch 3	a weal on Maric's throat suggesting a hanging or attempted execution
Maserley's demons	House of Open Wounds ch 14	leathery, thorn-skinned, shambling creatures that snap and snarl; ride in formation during the retreat, exuding dry heat and a mephitic stench
mid-grade adduction catalyst	House of Open Wounds ch 46	a medical supply in crates; Ollery sends Banders on a deliberate fool's errand to fetch four nonexistent crates
Mirror Throne	Days of Shattered Fait ch 3-31	the scallop-backed throne of Usmai; "a dreadful, hungry weight that drew all the world to it"; surrounded by a still pool crossed only by the Alkhand and his guards
Mordant	Days of Shattered Fait ch 40-50	the Pal ship anchored at the sea wall, sent to receive the jars; overrun by Cotto
Naturae	Days of Shattered Fait ch 27	the slender packet ship that brought Annet and Dalry; formerly a blockade runner against the Loruthi navy, a smuggler, and a carrier for the Commission; now "pretending to wear the uniform"
Ochelby's ward	City of Last Chances ch 10	priceless protection manufactured by Palleseen artisans for the ambassador's passage through the Anchorwood; lost by Sage-Archivist Ochelby; not found in Ivarn Ostravar's rooms
ogrodon	Days of Shattered Fait ch 11-33	enormous scale-hided, shield-headed beasts with ramming horns, used by the Ibaleth to carry howdahs and as the armoured fist of Usmai's military; the Usmiat call them by this name
Oloumanni blend	Days of Shattered Fait ch 17	a tea Oathan had been saving; brought out only for "serious" occasions
Oloumanni-Alta blend	House of Open Wounds ch 2; Days of Shattered Fait ch 27	the very best tea, from plantations in the Oloumanni territories; the chief reason Oloumann was added to the Palleseen Sway; scarce in the camp
Orange salts	House of Open Wounds ch 12-13	a fizzing stimulant in paper twists, taken orally; first grade of the escalation
Pal folding stool	Pretenders to the Thro ch 30	a type of seat from the Palleseen army; God perches on one in the medical tent; Jack associates them with war memory
Pal work lamps	Days of Shattered Fait ch 45	work lamps used in the House's bowels.
pearl knife	Days of Shattered Fait ch 50	at Loret's belt; shines in the evening sun
Purple salts	House of Open Wounds ch 12	mentioned as beyond lilac; the previous day's maximum dose
Ramaht	Lives of Bitter Rain ch 9; Days of Shattered Fait ch 8
Rectitude	Lives of Bitter Rain ch 3	a Palleseen supply carrack attacked by the Red Grieving Bat Society the previous month
Red	House of Open Wounds ch 12	a stimulant beyond lilac, "to come"; Ollery confirms they have it
red salts	House of Open Wounds ch 13-41	the next escalation in the Butcher's stimulant regime; "What comes after the red?" / "Nobody knows"
resistance linen	City of Last Chances ch 3	material associated with resistance networks; Fleance "shouldn't be airing" it
rummell	House of Open Wounds ch 22-23	ration drink of rum and herbs, "very good for you, stops your fingernails falling off," strong especially when heated
sacred fire	House of Open Wounds ch 21	the fire that had burned for ten thousand years at the High Fane; Tallifer smuggled it out, dropped it in flight, and Mazdek the Chastising Flame appeared where it went out
Sage's badge	Lives of Bitter Rain ch 6	the insignia of the Sage-Invigilator rank; given to Angilly along with promotion papers
scrimshawed shark ring	Days of Shattered Fait ch 8	given by Hullseer Orhuhst to Kilbery as payment; a curved shark carved from bone
Shantrov Sirovar's painting	City of Last Chances ch 18	a painting by Shantrov depicting a knight on a road surrounded by inviolable darkness; Ruslav uses it as a mental anchor to see through the Reproach's illusions
shark ring	Days of Shattered Fait ch 10	a token given to Kilbery by the Cotto; Kilbery considers giving it to Enshili at the palace but loses his nerve
shark rum	City of Last Chances ch 15	drink Dostritsyn always has
sigil-copper-plaques	Pretenders to the Thro ch 33	five copper plaques engraved with precise glyphs, placed across enemy-held streets to "spread a net" of ward-work; too exacting to survive being fired from artillery, hence placed by hand
skia	Lives of Bitter Rain ch 8; Days of Shattered Fait ch 4-7	long straight duelling sword, the province of women; has a hooked claw pommel for close-quarters tricks
Sonori	House of Open Wounds ch 8-46	nine-foot-tall humanoid war machines, originally built in the bell foundries of temples in Jarokir to fight the invading Pal forces; hollow bodies that sound like dirgeful bells when they move; heads shaped like Pal soldiers in peaked caps but with the original "howling, horrible face" below the brim; adopted into Pal service after the conquest of Jarokir
Stavers	House of Open Wounds ch 21	artillery; "great bundles of treated rods on wheeled carriages, horse-drawn or hauled by hand"
straw doll	City of Last Chances ch 2	a worthless piece of "occult dressing" hung on the wall of Mother Guame's circle house; substituted for the true warding bundle in Ochelby's satchel while he was in his undergarments
tablethi	City of Last Chances ch 1-42; Lives of Bitter Rain ch 5; Days of Shattered Fait ch 3-50; Pretenders to the Thro ch 2-41	uncharged units of power, "grey and lustreless," "familiar from across the city since the Occupation"; used in lamps, batons, and apparently as storage for decanted divine essence
tablethi-charge	Days of Shattered Fait ch 35	power source used in the Salient's wardroom to run cooling devices mistaken for lamps.
tablethi-fire	Days of Shattered Fait ch 2	fuel source used in lanterns behind red glass to light the dueling circle; described as giving "a properly hellish aspect"
the Alder	House of Open Wounds ch 6-50	a long, flexible whip made from the treated roots of the mobile, predatory trees of Jarokir; stays supple forever if properly cared for
the Allorwen dressing gown	House of Open Wounds ch 37	a garment once belonging to a Lord of the White Manor; charged with tablethi, potent enough to make "a truculent demon just about have exploded on contact"
the aristocrat's cutlery	House of Open Wounds ch 10	a silver set with scrollwork and forks bearing "two curved tines, like trailing fishtails," obtained by Ollery in trade for a pox cure from a "particularly pox-ridden Sage-Inquirer"
the bell	Lives of Bitter Rain ch 1	a hollow rounded torso of a former temple construct, struck by a hammer on a water clock; rendered useless by the rain
the bellows engine	House of Open Wounds ch 43	a vast iron bellows with ridged pipes rammed into Runkel's opened torso, cranked by three Whitebellies to mechanically inflate and collapse his chest cavity
the big stone-cracker	Pretenders to the Thro ch 11	a large siege weapon that can be "wheeled" into position once resistance is pushed back
the Bitter Sisters' pet	City of Last Chances ch 14	an unnamed creature kept in the pit; bird's-nest of angular legs too dense to see its body; a blunt grasping hand-with-eyes instead of a head; long whip-like feelers; feeds on chunks of meat (sheep, pig, or worse); "politically omnivorous" appetites; known to be proactive about feeding times
the bone wand	City of Last Chances ch 5	a wand carved with scenes of Loruthi hunting walrus, unknown provenance; stolen from Blackmane's shop.
the box	House of Open Wounds ch 5-43	carried by Maric Jack on his back; has sinister little pigeonholes; Tallifer feels an irrational pull toward it and something jostles and complains inside
the bronze sigil	City of Last Chances ch 46	"a twisted shape of verdigrised bronze" about a foot across, mounted atop a splintered carriage-shaft spar; it looks "occult" and resembles "the sort of symbol you'd see as part of a warding circle to keep things out. Or in"
the bug tongue	Days of Shattered Fait ch 33	a living, broad, segmented creature with claw-legs found inside a Louse Speaker's mouth; Flint discovers it still alive after killing the emissary
the Butcher's alchemical paraphernalia	House of Open Wounds ch 51	the travelling medicine-kit carried by the Butcher and his boy
The caged bird	City of Last Chances ch 17	Dostritsyn's bird hung on his back; keens and beats its cage as the Reproach's power peaks
the cat	Pretenders to the Thro ch 17	Abellaime's childhood pet, killed by her family
the centipede-demon	City of Last Chances ch 7	a creature five men long, kept half-starved in the pit at the Fort; came from the Anchorwood (or was a conjurer's last work); kills Useless
the clay phial	City of Last Chances ch 19	a small clay vessel with a wax stopper carried by Nihilostes; "distances the mind from the body. Hunger, pain... Brings clarity of thought, too. Which may not be a blessing."
the conjuring circle	City of Last Chances ch 44
the consecrated knife	City of Last Chances ch 42	from Hellgram's medical kit; used to carve healing sigils into his own forearm
the coral-and-shell knife	Days of Shattered Fait ch 40	a knife with a coral hilt carved as octopus tentacles and a six-inch pearlescent shell blade; used to cut Loret open; given to her by Orhuhst after the rite; "the ridiculously delicate knife that she knew she couldn't have broken with a smith's hammer"
the cord	Days of Shattered Fait ch 11	a weapon associated with the Halberandi monks and the old Moeribandi wholeness-of-body doctrine; kills without shedding blood
the crab armour	Pretenders to the Thro ch 4	armour of the Os-Fferegh, "that crab stuff," with residual magical "potence"; Lovern returned it to the Carcers, angering the Stoat
the creature in the pit	City of Last Chances ch 34	a glittering winged thing with vast eyes, a scorpion's tail, claws, fangs, and a carpet of limbs; kept alive in the Fort's pit to consume the dead; the Sisters call it "our own bug god"
the cruet	House of Open Wounds ch 10	a Jarokiri-made condiment set: an intricate fretwork wooden box with human and animal faces peeking between slats, eight silver jars each inscribed with a different serpent, the contents named in Jarokiri characters spelling out Pel words; Ollery's prized possession, "well beyond non-regulation and into actual punishable unorthodoxy"
the cursed centipede monster	Days of Shattered Fait ch 44	the Warden's "pet" or "creature," imprisoned within the House's walls, which the Under-warden intends to free
the Duke's scaffolding	City of Last Chances ch 41	execution platform where Kosha was hanged
the falchion	Days of Shattered Fait ch 2	Tarcomir's sword; "not quite an Usmiat clavar"; a curved hacking blade used in Loruthi combat style
the folding glass	Days of Shattered Fait ch 17	a stolen spyglass fit with a tableth; Kilbery used it to watch the coronation from a rickety roof
the four-panelled corselet	Days of Shattered Fait ch 17	Usmiat noble cavalry armour; worn by Gorbudan at the pools ceremony
the gold-shod sceptre	City of Last Chances ch 39	a faculty regalia item "formerly used only at particularly formal faculty dinners"; Gowdi uses it to kill a Palleseen officer
the gown of jet and filigree	Pretenders to the Thro ch 34	woven by an infernal artisan depicting Hell as a demon sees it; the contract for its weaving took a month to negotiate
the greenstone-plated skull	Lives of Bitter Rain ch 7-9	Oparan's brother's skull, plated in greenstone, worn as regalia; allegedly contains the brother's bound ghost
the Hand	City of Last Chances ch 36-45; Days of Shattered Fait ch 21-33; Pretenders to the Thro ch 11	a magical/mystical phenomenon that shatters the barricade at the moment Ivarn is preparing to declaim poetry
the howdah	Days of Shattered Fait ch 48	the seat atop the ogrodon; Flint rides in it with an Ibaleth mahout and sharpshooters
the Indweller mask	City of Last Chances ch 36-48	a small eyeless mask, "a piece of wood, really, barely carved, painted with faded hues," that belonged to the Indweller killed by Ochelby; Culvern forces Hegelsy to wear it as the one outstanding matter the Indwellers require resolved before reopening the Anchorwood to Palleseen traffic
the Indweller's staff	City of Last Chances ch 6	carried into the Anchorage; taken from unresisting fingers by soldiers
the island	House of Open Wounds ch 16-32	a half-mile flattened disc of rock studded with crystal stelae on its underside, descending from the sky to serve as transport for the whole Forthright Battalion across the sea
the jade-topaz-amber necklace	Lives of Bitter Rain ch 7	Kaleithi's ornate necklace of interlocking spirals suggesting a tree; she removes it during the rite
the Jar	Pretenders to the Thro ch 12	metallic container in the chest of the corpse Fessel possesses; used to command the Dead Companies.
The Lapwing crest	City of Last Chances ch 17	emerald cut into a necklace Dostritsyn finds on a corpse; the Lapwing is "the bird of ill omen, never used by any family or faction since"
the Lich Queen's cloak	Pretenders to the Thro ch 6	a mantle of tarnished scales over geometric patterns of black, gold, jade, and turquoise; the patterns are a script never fully translated into Pel; carries the message of ritual, religion, and gods; its mere presence in the command tent unsettles Dantell
the Loruthi Snakepot	Pretenders to the Thro ch 12	left-over Loruthi siege engine, a cauldron-like device that fires segmented spiral stones shattering into thirty shards.
the mechanical tree	Lives of Bitter Rain ch 5	a copper-framed mechanical artifice in the Wolf Palace antechamber with jewelled birds that sing at random intervals; charms Angilly initially, then infuriates her by the nineteenth repetition
the ornamented skull	Days of Shattered Fait ch 13	Oparan's constant companion, a carved skull he crooks around in his arm; its ornate surface lets the blind man "see" it with his fingers
the painting	City of Last Chances ch 14	left for Ruslav by Lemya; depicts a lone figure on a haunted mountainside, a ruinous castle, a moon, deep perspective; Ruslav uses matchsticks to try to burn it; feels his emotions are "imprinted" on the canvas
the Pal artifact	City of Last Chances ch 29	an unnamed Palleseen object of enormous value that Blackmane demands from Ivarn; the Pals searched Ivarn's rooms for it; Ivarn admits he never possessed it
the Pal batons	City of Last Chances ch 35	the weapons of the occupation, named as a possible "clean death" Shantrov would prefer
the pearl-bladed knife	Days of Shattered Fait ch 42	carried by the Pal girl; after Wattery's death its blade "swirled with clouded red as though the demonist's blood was diluting into an infinite sea"
the rapier	Days of Shattered Fait ch 2	Gil's service weapon; "not quite a skia"; a long straight needle-blade
the Rationant	Pretenders to the Thro ch 9	a Pal ship wrecked in the bay outside Eres Ffenegh, proof that Pal blockade attempts have been broken
the Reckoner's scales	Days of Shattered Fait ch 7	balancing scales with weights; the Reckoner loads them until the arms tilt and balance, knitting wounds at a distance; a precise transaction with no tips
the Salient	Days of Shattered Fait ch 35-50	mentioned as the sister ship of the Mordant
the sceptre of office	Days of Shattered Fait ch 14	the heavy gilded symbol of the Alkhand's authority, placed by Oparan's hand in the tent; he uses it to shatter Sorthist's skull
The seams coat	Pretenders to the Thro ch 35	a specially stitched uniform made for Istreddy for the assault, whose panels part when the wearer transforms into a Lycanthropist beast
the serpent necklace	Days of Shattered Fait ch 30	a thick articulated-serpent chain with jasper eyes, part of the war chest
The servant with the brass plate	City of Last Chances ch 22-23	presents a plate to Gowdi, who taps her pipe out on it
The servant with the samovar	City of Last Chances ch 1-28	pours expensive tea
The seven binding stones	Pretenders to the Thro ch 41	seven chunks of masonry on the face of the Pandaemonium, inscribed with Abellaime's wards, anchoring her conquest of the ancient sea temple; destroyed by artillery directed through Aspel's mathematics
the ship's bell	House of Open Wounds ch 10	"the old ship's piece" Ollery's boy rings from outside the tent to call the department to dinner
the spectral sword	City of Last Chances ch 44	a sword Hellgram can "call from nowhere"; used to direct the creature at Carelia
the sword	Pretenders to the Thro ch 26
the Sword of Ffen	Pretenders to the Thro ch 7	the champion's sword, now physically present but spiritually empty after the Pals decanted it; Kiff carries it in a sack with plates
the Tarsier	Days of Shattered Fait ch 17	left the dock the previous night; the Alkhand's people came angry the next morning
the three-horned beast	House of Open Wounds ch 13	a five-to-ten-ton war creature with a scythe-beaked turtle face, three metal-capped horns, a bony shield with rivetted shields, an iron-plated howdah carrying batons and spearpoints; destroyed the hospital tent and left Jack between the lines
the Under-warden's device	Days of Shattered Fait ch 7	a hand-held tool that clicks, sparks, and gives off a "faltering blue radiance"; used to cauterise wounds; loses power quickly
the Under-warden's machine	Days of Shattered Fait ch 44	a grid of stolen magical components wired with copper, linked to the House's architecture via sigils and chalked alien-notation calculations on a wall-sized chalkboard, designed to breach the House's spiritual containment
The Uniform	City of Last Chances ch 43	defined in the new contract as "the uniform of the Palleseen army"; the demons' task is to destroy at least seven wearers of it
the vast fish-like creature	City of Last Chances ch 46	a thing with "a vast fish-like eye" and "a great slash of a mouth filled with wedge-shaped teeth" that breathes behind Brocklesby in the Wood
the vials of preserved rest	City of Last Chances ch 42	two small vials Hellgram decanted a year before, containing "the freshness of a well-rested morning"; he drinks them to buy vitality for the upcoming fight
the war chest	Days of Shattered Fait ch 30	Gorbudan's accumulated treasure from Mantekor; gold coins, a serpent-shaped chain with jasper eyes, rings, armlets, onyx monkey game pieces
the Warden's collection	Days of Shattered Fait ch 20	the Under-warden hoards occult religious artefacts and ritual items from across the Successor Coast; obtained "not by free trade and ready coin"
the Warden's sword	Days of Shattered Fait ch 6	carried by the masked figure; "a sword that shone in the dark with its own light, conjured from air"
the White Petal Crown	Lives of Bitter Rain ch 9-10	the crown of the Alkhand; Gorbudan is accused of placing it on his own brow
the Widow's kerchief	Pretenders to the Thro ch 32	red with black embroidery "like a spiderweb"; used as a blindfold to permit perception of Hell
the wooden house	House of Open Wounds ch 3
ulmel	House of Open Wounds ch 6	a substance applied to the Alder before use; disinfectant and painkiller
Vhon grain spirit	House of Open Wounds ch 18	a spirit added to army tea to evade the alcohol ban; undetectable by smell but severely intoxicating
Vorkovin's handler's notebook	City of Last Chances ch 49	in which the Invigilator takes "prim, neat" notes of his every move
Windsaw	Days of Shattered Fait ch 8-11	a Tesemer fighting beast kept by Teerasla in the palace mews; launched from her wrist "fast as baton-shot," kills birds by impaling them with its killing arms
Basilisk wasps	Days of Shattered Fait ch 5-20	wasps whose stings turn flesh to grey stone; their nests are clay that bakes hard as rock; Oparan was blinded by them thirty years ago and the residual stone dust now poisons his blood and lungs
baton	City of Last Chances ch 1-36; House of Open Wounds ch 36; Days of Shattered Fait ch 2-22	a weapon carried by Pallesand soldiers; fires bolts of pale magic powered by tablethi; the Anchorwood beasts are immune to its fire
bone buttons	House of Open Wounds ch 1	inscribed bone fragments set into a fracture to fasten it; "digested by the woman's blood over a week."
chamfron	City of Last Chances ch 10	forehead-plate armour worn by the demon steed
Charged engine	Pretenders to the Thro ch 27	Palleseen artillery piece, referenced when a stray strike hits the city
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clavar	Lives of Bitter Rain ch 8	curved hacking sword used in men's duelling; the Usmiri word is the root of the Palleseen equivalent
clockwork mannikin	House of Open Wounds ch 31	a lacquered box topped by a tiny automaton performing a sword drill or dance; a Bracite craftwork souvenir
coloured stones	Pretenders to the Thro ch 9	the tokens placed in a box by common clan members to elect their grandee (the "key to the fancy front door")
copper flasks	House of Open Wounds ch 46	containers (carried on a bandolier) for sealing ghosts before firing; Prassel's "handful of coppers"
copper jars	House of Open Wounds ch 33	small copper vessels carrying trapped souls ("Each one a soul. Each one a trapped ghost ravening for more life, touch, sight"); Prassel collects them from the hospital
coppers	House of Open Wounds ch 35-42	the material or entities among which a "containment breach" occurred during the battle, contributing to Killingly's possession
courier skiff	Lives of Bitter Rain ch 9	swift vessel carrying word from Peor; brings news of the war declaration
demon hounds	City of Last Chances ch 39	dogs kept as guards; released by the fighting and maddened by blood
demon steed	City of Last Chances ch 10-35	the coach's horses, actually demons; they shriek "more like hawks than horses" and evaporate at the wards of the Reproach
demon-breeds	City of Last Chances ch 32	horned horses of the Armigers; "their coats metallic in the wan light, their heads jutting with horns"; their contracts are burned into the coachman's whip
falx	Days of Shattered Fait ch 3-16	the long-bladed, long-hafted two-handed weapon carried by Lhisamena and the Tesemer; "a brutal hacking thing, save they danced with it"
Fetishes	City of Last Chances ch 9
Fish honey	Pretenders to the Thro ch 5
flag of parlay	City of Last Chances ch 37	Palleseen flag of negotiation, "halved black and white"; the two halves mean "Either, you accept our terms, or you fall"
Flags and banners with the names of Ilmari heroes	City of Last Chances ch 22	stitched by Gownhall students, unfurled as defiance against the Pal soldiers stationed in three houses
flying islands	Days of Shattered Fait ch 18	Palleseen technology or magical constructs mentioned as a threat to Usmai; Tarcomir had advised Gorbudan on magically challenging ways to deal with them
forge-lid shields	City of Last Chances ch 39	improvised shields made from forge lids, carried by the Siblingry marchers
ghost batteries	House of Open Wounds ch 33-35	Palleseen artillery using copper jars of trapped souls launched by crane-thing trebuchets; yesterday's technology repurposed for tomorrow's war
Ghost-mines	House of Open Wounds ch 12	mines that produce "howling spirits briefly hissing about the field"; calibrated against the living, ineffective against already-inhabited corpses and Sonori
ghost-throwers	House of Open Wounds ch 46	artillery pieces that fire ghost-cannisters; they rattle when the main guns sound
gilded mail	Pretenders to the Thro ch 40	the Dead Company's armor; "their feet and the rattle of their mail"
Great-batons	House of Open Wounds ch 12	weapons that "spit searing energy at every enemy position"
hand-lamp	House of Open Wounds ch 23	a portable light source, powered by tableth
hookloper	Days of Shattered Fait ch 11-13	a Tesemer mount, horse-sized, six-legged, flat-sided, carapaced, with mantis-like hooked forelimbs; "land-shrimps" with great speed and stable gait
kava	City of Last Chances ch 30	a drink, "a vice from home," brought to Hegelsy's office as a peace offering
knucklebug	Days of Shattered Fait ch 16	animal kept in pens by village households; serves as waste-devourer and table protein (the source of "nice pink meat")
medical moonshine	House of Open Wounds ch 44	the Butcher's flask, from which Banders takes a swig during the hospital crisis
monkey-face cloak clasps	Pretenders to the Thro ch 3	wizened little monkey faces worked in bronze with ruby eyes; worn on Devil Jack's cloak; they bite Arduin's hand
onion-skin	Lives of Bitter Rain ch 6	the paper stock the administration uses for orders and dispatches, "remarkably hard for forgers to play games with"
Orvechin's boots	City of Last Chances ch 28	Orvechin's big, steel-reinforced, hardwearing work boots; perpetually stained with street muck, factory grime, and the "peculiar tacky residue" left where demons are held; he wears them deliberately as a "badge of office" and a provocation on Armiger carpets
palanquin	Pretenders to the Thro ch 6-31	the conveyance in which Prassel rides, shared with The Dead Emperor
paper charms	City of Last Chances ch 17	temporary Allorwen warding written on paper by the cheapest scribes; limited potency, one night only, vulnerable to moisture; provided by Meraqui
possession grenades	City of Last Chances ch 42	a weapon Hellgram threw in the war; the mechanism by which the Indweller ghost currently drives Fleance's body
rail-side engines	Pretenders to the Thro ch 21	naval artillery mounted on the Fisher King fleet's ships
ram	City of Last Chances ch 32	a metal-shod wooden cylinder with four brass handles and a tableth socket, used by Palleseen soldiers to breach the Gownhall gate
rat-killers	City of Last Chances ch 44
Ritual chalk	City of Last Chances ch 9
ritual wards	City of Last Chances ch 29	"string wrapped around sticks and herbs, decorated with trinkets and charms"; forest-wards made by the Indwellers, vanishingly rare and expensive; Blackmane provides them for Dorae and Tobriant
shuttling press	City of Last Chances ch 38	a machine described by Father Orvechin as having killed three men and a child in the factories
Skull-shaped clay jars	Days of Shattered Fait ch 9	three stoppered orange clay jars shaped like skulls, used as surrogate demon-vessels in the Day of Milk and Flowers rite; formerly real skulls with bound demons
status-marks	Lives of Bitter Rain ch 3	forehead markings Angilly drew on herself as situational disguise during surveillance
Tableth-charged mortars	House of Open Wounds ch 12	Pal artillery hurling incendiaries and bonecutter shot
thaumatic gauge	House of Open Wounds ch 9-42	A new device of glass lenses and tablethi worn on the head; Thurrel calls it "thaumatic gauge" and is irritated when Jack calls it a "Hat"; measures and analyses magic; the same type was used by the Perfector of Ilmar
the amulet	Lives of Bitter Rain ch 4	a polished bronze sacred object torn from a Jarokiri temple of the sacred flame; retains divine potency because it was never drained by Decanters; Woret wields it as a weapon
the Amulet at Jack's belt	Pretenders to the Thro ch 12	sparks "in outrage at the disrespect" when a Helaseach conjurer shoves him.
The demon sword	Pretenders to the Thro ch 37	a sentient blade in the woman's scabbard, "mutinous," "eager to taste the air, and battle," "lusted for battle so fiercely"; promises Erd Mannet silently, "I would fight you"
the fire monster	Pretenders to the Thro ch 1	an elemental creature of fire that Varinecthes captured and bound into the tower's foundations centuries ago to provide heat; it breaks free when his grief and rage wake the tower's power
the garotte	House of Open Wounds ch 24	a thin wire used for strangulation; one cultist nearly tangles it in his pocket
the general's coat	City of Last Chances ch 35	an old Ilmari general's coat, too broad for Shantrov's shoulders, which Vidsya forces him to remove
the Mask	City of Last Chances ch 6-47; House of Open Wounds ch 24	taken during the succession ritual in the Pools
the mirror	City of Last Chances ch 5-44	an enchanted mirror; Blackmane insists he never had it; Ivarn Ostravar arranged for the Palleseen to take it from his shop; the Vultures demand it
the necropolis doors	Pretenders to the Thro ch 20	twenty-foot-tall stone gates inscribed with histories usable to teach advanced necromancy; sealed from the inside by a power the narrator could not challenge
the Occupiers' tokens	City of Last Chances ch 3	new Palleseen currency, described as "tacky little"; old Ilmari coin is now unspendable
the ornate writing desk	City of Last Chances ch 5	an Orcoba-period desk with an inspirational literary imp bound within; stolen from Blackmane's shop.
the regulation chair	House of Open Wounds ch 38	a torture device strewn with cords, tablethi, clamps, probes, and hooks; "the whole toolkit that allowed you to subject someone to extreme excruciation without actually hurting them, really"; powered by "harnessing a few magical currents" through tablethi
the rubber stamp	House of Open Wounds ch 3	a new Palleseen administrative innovation; rubber imported from Oloumann; Banders loves its springy feel and once peppered a requisition form with authorisations
the strongbox	House of Open Wounds ch 49	Maserley's military contracts are kept in a strongbox in his tent; Caeleen's contract is not there but on his person
the three candlesticks	Pretenders to the Thro ch 24	conjuring beacons worked into intertwined serpents and rose stems; visible from the depths of Hell no matter how bright the fires; all three are required to function
the ward	City of Last Chances ch 25-44	a talisman Fleance believes can "salvage a new life from the mess he'd made"; the single object driving his search; not in Johanger's rooms
the water clock	Lives of Bitter Rain ch 1	drives the bell; defeated by deluge-season rain
the wooden box	House of Open Wounds ch 2-4	a shrine God inhabits; contains the wooden box and a couple of co-tenant gods He loathes; the Palleseen would confiscate it if they knew
the wooden frames	House of Open Wounds ch 24	two frames driven into the earth at the hollow, used to bind the prisoners; replaced on the cart after the rescue
the wooden object	City of Last Chances ch 40	a carved or assembled item of wood placed on Culvern's desk by an Indweller with "a clack of wood on wood"; its nature and purpose are unexplained; Culvern's first instinct is to "take this apart and sift it for magic"
Tomes	City of Last Chances ch 9
unnamed dead Pal soldier	House of Open Wounds ch 15	corpse with a ghastly open mouth lying in the hollow with Jack, Masty, and Banders
unnamed demon	House of Open Wounds ch 15	a conjuration from the Realms Below flies overhead making a high weeping noise; avoided
vineroot biscuits	City of Last Chances ch 30	an imported luxury from elsewhere in the Sway, Brockelsby's favourite, also part of the interdepartmental peace offering
warding bundle	City of Last Chances ch 2-36	a rare and expensive protective item ("sticks and feathers, carven wood and precious metals") that prevents the Anchorwood beasts from attacking; made by "a dozen artisans and enchanters"; the shadow-markets of Ilmar swarm with fakes