#literary glossary

• Fierceness — The quality, trait, or state of being fierce; harshness, violence, doughtiness, fiery nature, or overwhelming intensity of a physical or mental manifestation. It represents an abstract concept used in poetic prose or classical texts to shade the untamed force of a character, conflict, or natural phenomenon.
• Arda — A proper name designating a major river in the Balkan Peninsula, a tributary of the Maritsa, rising in the Rhodope Mountains (Bulgaria) and flowing through northeastern Greece and a section of Turkey. In the context of J.R.R. Tolkien's high-fantasy legendarium, the term represents the mystical name of the entire created Earth, including continents and seas, configured as the structural realm for the history of Elves and Men.