In the world of Silent Kingdom, there exists a unique language called Silta Language (= Siltav?a).
Many of the proper names appearing in this work are derived from Silta, and their meanings and origins are deeply tied to the story’s background.
In this note, the name origins of these proper nouns are presented, with their etymology based on Silta.
Amna
Basic Information
- Name: Amna
- Age: Appears ~70
- Affiliation: Mountain Village
- First Appearance: Book 1, Ch.1
- Role: Storyteller; Maya’s foster grandmother
Name Information
- Name Meaning: Blank
- Name Origin: Blank
Baleon
Basic Information
- Name: Baleon
- Age: mid-40s
- Affiliation: traveling merchant caravan
- First Appearance: Book 1, Ch.7
- Role: Aide to Fael
Name Information
- Name Meaning: Blank
- Name Origin: Blank
Celukha
Basic Information
- Name: Celukha / Oral variant: Seluka
- Age: mid-40s
- Affiliation: Falconer Clan
- First Appearance: Book 1, Ch.4
- Role: Chief of the Falconer Clan; father of Eryn & Eryna
- Partner Hawk: Orfal
- Contracted Spirit Bird: Ke? Nepher? (only upon succession as clan chief)
Name Information
- Name Meaning: “The sky’s sovereign”
- Name Origin: A compound of Celo (Siltav?a: sky, in the common tongue) + Kha (the revered one, archaic meaning “king” in Old Silta). The suffix -kha carries the resonance of Ke? Kha (Siltav?a: “King of Heaven”), with “Ke? Kha” and “Celukha” echoing in the same three-beat rhythm.
Elomia Tazmir
Basic Information
- Name: Elomia Tazmir
- Age: Unknown
- Affiliation: Unknown
- First Appearance: Not yet
- Role: A royal court scribe of a certain kingdom
Name Information
- Name Meaning: Blank
- Name Origin: Blank
Elvarnoth
Basic Information
- Name: Elvarnoth
- Age: Unknown
- Affiliation: Unknown
- First Appearance: Not yet
- Role: Name of a king
Name Information
- Name Meaning: Blank
- Name Origin: Composed of El (Siltav?a: supreme), var (Siltav?a: severance / boundary), no (Siltav?a: order / tranquility), and th (Siltav?a: termination / conclusion).
Eryn
Basic Information
- Name: Eryn
- Age: 9
- Affiliation: Falconer Clan
- First Appearance: Book 1, Ch.4
- Role: Falconer girl; Maya’s friend
- Partner Hawk: Taril
Name Information
- Name Meaning: “Little song of the wind”
- Name Origin: Diminutive of Eryna, the queen of the wind spirits; inspired by the lore that “Eryna’s speech was always a song.”
Eryna
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Basic Information
- Name: Eryna
- Age: 24
- Affiliation: Falconer Clan
- First Appearance: Not yet
- Role: Elder sister of Eryn; daughter of the clan chief; generational leader
- Partner Hawk: Korun
Name Information
- Name Meaning: “Name of the queen of the wind spirits”
- Name Origin: Named by her father, the clan chief, after Eryna from ancient lore.
Fael
Basic Information
- Name: Fael
- Age: late-50s
- Affiliation: traveling merchant caravan
- First Appearance: Book 1, Ch.7
- Role: Leader of the traveling merchant caravan
Name Information
- Name Meaning: A name related to the wind
- Name Origin: Contains Ael (Siltav?a: wind).
Kiv
Basic Information
- Full Name: Kivilril / Common Name: Kiv
- Age: 9
- Affiliation: Nutwood Hamlet
- First Appearance: Book 1, Ch.5
- Role: Boy of Nutwood Hamlet; Maya’s friend
Name Information
- Name Meaning: “Little forest”
- Name Origin: The full name Kivilril contains Vil (Siltav?a: forest/tree).
Maya
Basic Information
- Name: Maya
- Age: 9
- Affiliation: Mountain Village
- First Appearance: Book 1, Ch.1
- Role: Protagonist (boy)
Name Information
- Name Meaning: Blank
- Name Origin: Blank
Melvil
Basic Information
- Name: Melvil
- Age: late-30s
- Affiliation: Mountain Village
- First Appearance: Book 1, Ch.3
- Role: Hunter; a caring uncle-like figure to Maya
Name Information
- Name Meaning: A name related to the forest
- Name Origin: Contains Vil (Siltav?a: forest/tree).
Orythea
Basic Information
- Name: Orythea
- Age: Unknown
- Affiliation: Unknown
- First Appearance: Not yet
- Role: Name of a woman from the borderlands
Name Information
- Name Meaning: “Mother who embraces the voice”
- Name Origin: Ory (Siltav?a: voice) + thea (Siltav?a: mother earth).
Rüh
Basic Information
- Name: Rüh
- Age: in his 80s
- Affiliation: Dogs’ Valley
- First Appearance: Book 1, Ch.3
- Role: Chief of Dogs’ Valley
- Title: Rülphas Narel (Siltav?a: Friend of the Mountain Dogs)
Name Information
- Name Meaning: “One closest to Rülphas”
- Name Origin: Rüh is derived as a contracted form from Rülphas (Siltav?a: mountain dog, ancient beast), symbolizing his closeness — both spiritual and ancestral — to the legendary mountain dogs.
Ryah
Basic Information
- Name: Ryah
- Age: Unknown
- Affiliation: Unknown
- First Appearance: Not yet
- Role: Name of a young girl
Name Information
- Name Meaning: “Sprout of the earth”
- Name Origin: Blank
Serio
Basic Information
- Name: Serio
- Age: 17
- Affiliation: traveling merchant caravan
- First Appearance: Book 1, Ch.7
- Role: Apprentice merchant; owner of Lolo, a small creature
Name Information
- Name Meaning: Blank
- Name Origin: Blank
Silmira
Basic Information
- Name: Silmira
- Age: Unknown
- Affiliation: Unknown
- First Appearance: Not yet
- Role: Name of a woman from a hidden village
Name Information
- Name Meaning: “Daughter embraced by the quiet moon”
- Name Origin: sil functions as the internal element of Isil (Siltav?a: moon), carrying the nuance of a “quiet moon”; combined with mira (Siltav?a: daughter).
Taruen
Basic Information
- Full Name: Trolavill Taruen
- Age: late-70s
- Affiliation: Nutwood Hamlet
- First Appearance: Book 1, Ch.5
- Role: Elder of the hamlet; addressed as “Master”
Name Information
- Name Meaning: “Moss-covered bark”
- Name Origin: Taruen symbolizes nature’s aging; Trolavill is a title meaning “elder of the forest.” Contains Vil (Siltav?a: forest/tree).
Zeris
Basic Information
- Name: Zeris
- Age: Unknown
- Affiliation: Unknown
- First Appearance: Not yet
- Role: Name of an assassin
Name Information
- Name Meaning: Blank
- Name Origin: From Zer (Siltav?a: darkness) + Isil (Siltav?a: moon) → originally Zerisil (Siltav?a: “black moon”), later shortened to Zeris.
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