Southron

Rodrik is unusual in being a worshipper of the Faith of the Seven that holds sway in the southlands, rather than the old gods of the forest who are worshipped in the north, and is a knight, which is also unusual as that is mainly a southron custom. ❋ Adam Whitehead (2009)

Men said he was no civilized man at all, but a Cimmerian, one of those barbaric tribesmen who dwelt in the gray hills of the far North, and whose raids struck terror in their southron neighbors. ❋ Howard, Robert E. (2003)

"If that is a southron, I don't aim to let him get back and tell his pals he's seen us." ❋ Turtledove, Harry (2002)

"Well, if you won't let those southron spalpeens set themselves, when are we to move?" ❋ Turtledove, Harry (2002)

Due west, in Parthenia Province, another southron army loyal to Avram laid siege to Pierreville. ❋ Turtledove, Harry (2002)

Yes, that was the unicorn, and there sat the southron, still mounted. ❋ Turtledove, Harry (2002)

George had been a tower of strength then; without him, General Guildenstern's whole army, and the southron war effort east of the mountains, might well have gone to pieces in the aftermath of the defeat. ❋ Turtledove, Harry (2002)

  "Was that a southron scout on unicornback there, sneaking off into the woods before we could get a good look at him?" ❋ Turtledove, Harry (2002)

That southron—if there had been a southron, if Ned hadn't been imagining things—had gone in a couple of hundred yards from where Ned was now. ❋ Turtledove, Harry (2002)

He'd done as much hard fighting as any southron officer in the war. ❋ Turtledove, Harry (2002)

As he rode toward the woods now, he leaned forward and a little to one side, using this mount's body as a shield in case that southron had a crossbow aimed at him. ❋ Turtledove, Harry (2002)

Before the war, southron mages had done most of their work in manufactories, which didn't suit them for battle magic. ❋ Turtledove, Harry (2002)

A few of them sneaked across the river and raided southron outposts on the far bank. ❋ Turtledove, Harry (2002)

"Scratch one southron," somebody called, and the rest of the riders took up the cry. ❋ Turtledove, Harry (2002)

They didn't look like men who'd been able to keep all of eastern Franklin and Cloviston in an uproar behind southron lines, or like men who'd routed a southron army three times the size of their own in Great River Province. ❋ Turtledove, Harry (2002)

In the early years of the war, northern prowess at wizardry had helped hold back southron numbers. ❋ Turtledove, Harry (2002)

He'd ridden into southron-held Luxor, on the banks of the Great River, and come within inches of capturing the enemy commander there. ❋ Turtledove, Harry (2002)

But he was also far and away the best wizard in Doubting George's army—maybe the best wizard in any southron army. ❋ Turtledove, Harry (2002)