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==Notes==
==Notes==
* Only attested in [[Last Light]]. The phrase "ayende alkarye" is officially rendered "do not falter". Given the contained ''kar'' (harshness, suffering), the context, and the [[-ye]] suffix as an abstract intensifier, alkarye likely means something like "hopelessness" or "despair" — a state one must not fall into.
* Only attested in [[Last Light]]. The phrase "ayende alkarye" is officially rendered "do not falter". Given the contained ''kar'' (harshness, suffering), the context, and the [[-ye]] suffix as an abstract intensifier, alkarye likely means something like "hopelessness" or "despair" — a state one must not fall into.


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Latest revision as of 03:12, 20 August 2026

alkarye

Out of Universe

✓ Canonical — Attested in canon.

Old Tongue

Noun

alkarye

  1. hopelessness
  2. despair

Attestations

Sul'imsoen, ayende alkarye
"Stay true, do not falter"
— Alkarye (Last Light)

Notes

  • Only attested in Last Light. The phrase "ayende alkarye" is officially rendered "do not falter". Given the contained kar (harshness, suffering), the context, and the -ye suffix as an abstract intensifier, alkarye likely means something like "hopelessness" or "despair" — a state one must not fall into.