Last week, a reader asked about a pronunciation guide for The Awakened. With all the characters and places involved, I thought it was a great idea for a blog post. So, here is a mostly-alphabetical list. If you are currently reading the series and run across a name that’s not on the list, just let me know and I’ll update this post. If you haven’t started reading yet, don’t let the quantity of names turn you away! Where possible, I tried to introduce characters and places in a measured way so as not to overwhelm readers. Hopefully I succeeded.
a — sad, apple
ä — father, bother
ā — may, ache
ai — air, dare
e — empty, trend
ë — early, word
ē — bleach, pizza
i — bliss, pyramid
ī — sight, blind
o — awesome, frost
ō — open, close
u — put, book
ŭ — under, tug
ū — stew, blue
ŕ — ariba, rojo
Adair Lorus [ŭ-dair lō-ŕŭs]Adussk [a-dŭsk]Aelia [ā-lē-ŭ]Ajani [ä-jä-nē]Ampur [am-pūr]Arden [är-den]Aulus Sentiun [o-lŭs sen-tē-ŭn]Bahari [bŭ-hä-ŕē]Bastul [bŭ-stūl]Berit [ber-it]Calvus [kal-vŭs]Cerrar [se-rär]Coen [kō-en]Dacien [dā-sē-en]Donagh [don-ag]Durio [dëŕ-ē-ō]Ebnisha [eb-ni-shŭ]Equitus [e-kwi-tŭs]Garust [gair-ŭst]Grumio [grū-mē-ō]Gryllus [gril-is]Gursha [ger-shŭ]Horace [hō-ris]Jorn [yōŕn]Kael [kāl]Kaliel [ka-lēl]Korgan [kōr-gen], Korg [kōrg]Lemus [lē-mŭs]Leoran [lē-ō-rŭn]Maeryn [maiŕ-ŭn]Magnus Calidon [mag-nŭs kal-i-don]Matsuri [mat-sū-rē]Narian [nair-ē-ŭn]Noster [nä-stër]Quartus [kwōr-tŭs]Rainer [rā-nër]Saba [sä-bŭ]Soren [sō-ren]Suriku [sū-rē-kū]Syvak [si-vŭk], Syvaku [si-vŭ-kū]Thaddius [tha-dē-ŭs]Trenus [tren- ŭs]Trupo [trū-pō]Ukiru [ū-ki-rū]Zula [zū-lŭ]
These next names are mentioned at the end of Book Three, and are subject to change with future books. In the course my research I’ve found various spellings and several places in historical texts where two different names may actually refer to the same being.
The Wandering Stars
Ananel [a-nŭ-nel]Arakiba [ŭ-rä-kē-bä]Armaros [äŕ-mä-ŕōs]Asael [az-ā-el]Baraqujal [bä-ŕä-kwi-yäl]Batarel [bä-täŕ-el]Danel [dan-el]Ezeqeel [e-ze-kēl]Jomajael [jō-mä-yā-el]Kokabiel [kō-kä-bē-el]Rameel [rŭ-mēl]Ramiel [rä-mē-el]Samsapeel [sam-sä-pēl]Sariel [sä-rē-el]Satarel [sä-täŕ-el]