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Lake Enara
A region in the North in Lyra's World - where Serafina Pekkala is Queen.

Landlopers
A gyptian term for people who live on land, rather than on the water. ('Landlubberly' is a slightly perjorative adjective)

Langlokur Street
A street in Trollesund, in Lyra's world. The location for the sledge depot where Iorek Byrnison is working while he is without his armour.

Martin Lanselius
The Witches' Consul at Trollesund. His daemon is a little serpent.

Lascar
A people, or race, in Lyra's world.

Sir Charles Latrom
The name that Lord Boreal (Carlo) uses when he is in Will's world.

Librarian
A scholar/staff member at Jordan College. His name is Charles

Lodestone resonator
A small square block of stone which is a device used by the Gallivespians to communicate with one another.

Mrs. Lonsdale
The housekeeper at Jordan College. Her daemon is a retriever.

Lyra
The heroine of Northern Lights. She is eleven years old.
Her daemon is called Pantalaimon, and because she is a child, he changes shape. She is a fabulist - a half-wild, half-civilized young girl. Her fate is intertwined with the theological mysteries of Dust and the possibility of other universes.


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