Kepfet ab Tanaj (4061-4112)-The Kianene officer who betrayed Caraskand to Coithus Saubon and the First Holy War in 4111. (4061-4112)-The Kianene officer who betrayed Caraskand to Coithus Saubon and the First Holy War in 4111.

Kerathotics-The native Inrithi minority of Shigek.

Kerioth-A major port city on the south coast of Eumarna.

Kethantei-A palatinate located in south central Conriya, noted for its wine and fruit production.

Ketyai-The typically black-haired, brown-eyed, dark-skinned race predominantly concentrated about the Three Seas. One of the Five Tribes of Men.

Khemema-A region of Kian and former province of the Nansur Empire. Located to the south of Shigek, Khemema marks the point where the great Carathay Desert reaches the Meneanor Sea. Spa.r.s.ely inhabited by desert tribesmen (see Khirgwi Khirgwi), Khemema's only source of wealth derives from the regular trade caravans that travel between Shigek and Caraskand.

Khirgwi-The tribesmen of the eastern Carathay Desert, tributary to the Kianene but ethnically distinct.

Kian-The most powerful nation of the Three Seas, extending from the southern frontier of the Nansur Empire to Nilnamesh. The Kianene were originally a desert people from the fringes of the Great Salt. Various Ceneian and Nilnameshi sources refer to them as cunning and audacious raiders, the target of several different campaigns and punitive expeditions. In his monumental The Annals of Cenei, The Annals of Cenei, Casidas describes them as "courtly savages, at once disarmingly gracious and murderous in the extreme." Despite their reputation and apparent numbers (Nansur records indicate several attempts to gauge their numbers by concerned provincial governors), the Kianene spent most of their time battling amongst themselves over scarce desert resources. Their conversion to Fanimry ( Casidas describes them as "courtly savages, at once disarmingly gracious and murderous in the extreme." Despite their reputation and apparent numbers (Nansur records indicate several attempts to gauge their numbers by concerned provincial governors), the Kianene spent most of their time battling amongst themselves over scarce desert resources. Their conversion to Fanimry (c. 3704-24) would change this, and with drastic consequences. 3704-24) would change this, and with drastic consequences.

Following the unification of the Kianene tribes under Fane, Fan'oukarji I, Fane's eldest son and the first of Kian's Padirajahs, led his countrymen in the so-called White Jihad, winning a series of spectacular victories over the Nansur Imperial Army. By the time of his death in 3771, Fan'oukarji I had conquered all of Mongilea and had made serious inroads into Eumarna. He had also founded his capital, Nenciphon, on the banks of the River Sweki.

Successive Jihads would see Eumarna (3801), Enathpaneah (3842), Xerash and Amoteu (3845), then finally Shigek and Gedea (3933) all fall to Kian. Though the Nilnameshi would successfully thwart several different Kianene invasions, Fanic missionaries would succeed in converting the Girgashi to Fanimry in the thirty-eighth century. By the end of the fourth millennium Kian was easily the pre-eminent military and commercial power of the Three Seas, and a source of endless consternation not only for the much-diminished Nansur Empire but for Inrithi Princes in every nation.

Kianni-The language of Kian, a derivative of Caro-Shemic.

Kidruhil-The most celebrated cohort of heavy cavalry in the Three Seas, primarily const.i.tuted by Nansur caste-n.o.bles from the Houses of the Congregate.

Kig'krinaki-A Sranc tribe from the Plains of Gal.

Kimish (4058- )-The Prime Interrogator to Ikurei Xerius III. (4058- )-The Prime Interrogator to Ikurei Xerius III.

King-Fires-The ritual bonfires signifying kingship among the Galeoth.

King-of-Tribes-The t.i.tle given to the individual elected by the Scylvendi chieftains to lead the gathered tribes in war.

kipfa'aifan-"Witness of Fane" (Kianni) The holiest scripture of Fanimry, chronicling the life and revelations of the Prophet Fane from his blinding and exile into the Great Salt in 3703 to his death in 3742. See Fane Fane.

Kishyat-A palatinate of High Ainon, located on the south bank of the River Sayut on the Sansori frontier.

Kiskei, House-A Nansur House of the Congregate.

Kisma-The adoptive "father" of Mallahet.

Kiyuth River-A tributary of the River Sempis, running deep into the Jiunati Steppe.

kjineta-See castes castes.

Kneeling Heights-One of the nine heights of Caraskand and the location of the Sapatishah's Palace.

knight-commander-The rank directly subordinate to the Grandmaster in the Shrial Knights.

Knights of the Tusk-See Shrial Knights Shrial Knights.

Knights of Tryse-Also known as the Knights of the Ur-Throne. An ancient order of knights sworn to defend the Anasurimbor Dynasty, thought destroyed in 2147 with the Sack of Tryse.

Koraphea-The most populous city of High Ainon after Carythusal, located on the coast north of the Sayut Delta.

Korasha-Also known as the White-Sun Palace. An extensive palace complex in Nenciphon, and traditional residence and administrative seat of the Kianene Padirajahs.

Kothwa, Hargraum (4070-4111)-The Tydonni Earl of Gaethuni, slain at Mengedda. (4070-4111)-The Tydonni Earl of Gaethuni, slain at Mengedda.

k.u.meleus, Sira.s.sas (4045- )-A staunch supporter of House Ikurei, and Exalt-General prior to Ikurei Conphas. (4045- )-A staunch supporter of House Ikurei, and Exalt-General prior to Ikurei Conphas.

k.u.mrezzar, Akori (4071-4110)-The Palatine of the Ainoni district of Kutapileth, and one of the leaders of the Vulgar Holy War. (4071-4110)-The Palatine of the Ainoni district of Kutapileth, and one of the leaders of the Vulgar Holy War.

Kuniuri-A lost nation of the Ancient North and the last of the ancient Aumris empires. High Norsirai city-states developed along the River Aumris and from c. c. 300 were united under Cunwerishau, the G.o.d-King of Tryse. From 300 were united under Cunwerishau, the G.o.d-King of Tryse. From c. c. 500 the city of Umerau gained ascendancy, leading to the Umerau Empire and the cultural efflorescence of the Nonman Tutelage under Caru-Ongonean. Ancient Umeria thrived until defeated by the Cond tribesmen of Aulyanau the Conqueror in 917. The rapid collapse of the so-called Cond Yoke led to a second period of Trysean dominance of the Aumris, this one lasting until 1228, when another series of White Norsirai migratory invasions resulted in the so-called Scintya Yoke. 500 the city of Umerau gained ascendancy, leading to the Umerau Empire and the cultural efflorescence of the Nonman Tutelage under Caru-Ongonean. Ancient Umeria thrived until defeated by the Cond tribesmen of Aulyanau the Conqueror in 917. The rapid collapse of the so-called Cond Yoke led to a second period of Trysean dominance of the Aumris, this one lasting until 1228, when another series of White Norsirai migratory invasions resulted in the so-called Scintya Yoke.

The Kuniuric period proper did not begin until 1408, when Anasurimbor Nanor-Ukkerja I, exploiting the confusion surrounding the collapse of the Scintya Empire, seized the Ur-Throne in Tryse, declaring himself the first High King of Kuniuri. Over the course of his long life (he lived to the age of 178, the reputed result of the Nonman blood in his veins), Nanor-Ukkerja I extended Kuniuri to the Yimelati Mountains in the north, to the westernmost coasts of the Cerish Sea in the east, to Sakarpus in the south, and to the Demua Mountains in the west. At his death, he divided this empire between his sons, creating Aorsi and Sheneor in addition to Kuniuri proper.

Kuniuri became, largely by virtue of its cultural inheritance, the centre of learning and craft for all Earwa. The Trysean court hosted what were called the Thousand Sons, the scions of Kings from lands as far away as ancient Shigek and Shir. The holy city of Sauglish hosted pilgrim scholars from as far away as Angka and Nilnamesh. High Norsirai fashions were emulated throughout Earwa.

This golden age came to an end with the Apocalypse and the defeat of Anasurimbor Celmomas II on the Fields of Eleneot in 2146. All the ancient cities of the Aumris would be destroyed the following year. The surviving Kuniuri were either enslaved or scattered.

See Apocalypse Apocalypse.

Kuniuric-The lost language of ancient Kuniuri, derived from Umeritic.