GLOSSARY

ABDINA: This is the second largest of the large Crimson Isles. It rests in the lower southern portion of the main five islands and is the second most aggressive in the region, looking to keep itself on par with Malia in almost every turn.

ABJULA: The name of the spoken and written language used by the Celetors. While the language is universally spoken, not all of the tribal communities use the written version, which itself is a flowing form of writing similar to cursive but using more generic lines and swirling, twisting lines for the creation of words. It also makes use of dots or tittles for various letters and even emphasis on certain forms of pronunciation.

The language itself is written using a stylus, also allowing for the unique shape and appearance of the language itself. It is often written on paper and papyrus and vellum, though can be found at times carved into harder substances like stone. It also has twenty-six letters and equivalent to the full range of punctuation options.

Their climate limits what can be used and done when it comes to recording information, making it often limited to important dates, events and even land claims. In such cases where things are written down very few can read them, often having the higher ranked like shamans, priests, and chieftains, know what was recorded.

ABBOT/ABBESS: Name of the high priest/priestess of Asorlok.

ABYSSAL: The native language (written and spoken) of abysmal incarnates. When it is spoken it often makes the listener’s skin crawl. It is is also used by Lords of Evil, and fiends.

ABYSS, THE: This plane is home to the cosmic element of evil. It is one of three planes that have yet to be claimed by any god and has served and continues to serve as the prison for first the enemies of Vkar and then the rest of the Tralodroen pantheon, housing those deemed unrighteous. Here dwell the fiends, abysmal incarnates and creatures, fallen titans, Lords of Evil, evil elementals, and others who have fallen into the wrath of the gods.

ADINA: One of the thirty muses created by Causilla. She has taken The Pearl Islands as her joint charge, sharing it with her musal sister, Bala. Her eyes are blue-green and hair black, which she tends to keep shorter in style, often flowing just below her ears. But to this she also adds in some feathers, attached to the end of a few tiny braids for some added color and random length. Her signing voice is contralto. Her favorite instrument is the mandolin.

ADON: The first titan who came to rule over the world of Thangaria. He was from the first generation and is the father of Omni.

ADVOTAN: A sect who follows after Ganatar that formed by a break away group of priests and a few Gartaric Knights in 189 B.V. whose legacy tends to be most prevalent in the Southern Lands with a few outposts in the Midlands. They came to believe that justice was the true manner of worship to which Ganatar called mortalkind

AEROTRIPTON: God of the elven race; Race God.

AETHONI: The name given to both humans and elves who share a blended ethnic background. Also simply known as humans or elves, the name is thought to have come from a corrupted form of ancient Dranarin that was said to mean “of blended ancestry”.

AGAPE COLLEGE: A bardic college located in Clesethius, Rexatoius.

AGAPE FELLOWSHIP, THE/AGAPISTS: A sect of Causillinites (mostly Patrious elves) who look toward Causilla as the goddess of selfless love. They look to emulate this love in their own lives by helping those who lack or need this love expressed in a tangible way in their lives. Over the centuries it has grown quite popular in the west, with inroads being made into Napow as well.

AGIS: A small island toward the northeast of the big five islands of the Crimson Isles that holds to a self-reliant mindset that sees it through the tough times in the past and modern day when Malia seeks out to dominate it along with other foreign powers.

AGUR: This Thalian Island pretty much keeps to itself. A smaller island toward the south and one of the first to be taken by Thalia long, long ago, it looks to seek out its own destiny as best is can given whatever situation it might find itself in.

AGRI: The fourth titan to rule over his race and later the Thangarian System. He is the second oldest son of Enduris, the brother to Nital and Vkar.

AKAN: One of the middle Gartaric Islands. Home to a strong minotaur population that isn’t so wild about the minotors over all.

AKANIAN EMPIRE, THE: This is the proper name given to the empire of the minotaurs who rule over Menessa It is named after their founder and first ruler, a minotaur by the name of Akan.

ALANNA: One of the thirty muses created by Causilla. She has taken the northern most landmass of Arid Land as her own personal charge. She has gray eyes and shoulder length black hair with couple small braids on her sides which she sometimes affixes feathers or other adornments to as the mood takes her. Her signing voice is mezzo-soprano. Her favorite instrument is the psaltry.

ALARIC, LORD: One of the Septet. He possess swan wings and a beard that flows to his chest in curling columns. His hair falls to just the middle of his neck and is thick with curls as well. He does not carry any weapons on his person instead preferring fine jewelry and rich attire to decorate his frame. A kind disposition but firm and strong to his convictions he is seen as a fair ruler and wise man who puts the needs of others ahead of himself. Such a trait he also extends to the deep love of his wife, Myra.

ALISON: One of the thirty muses created by Causilla. She has shares the charge of Breanna, Cardinia, Black Isle, and Irondale with her musal sister, Ashley. The hazel eyed, brown haired muse has a round face, which helps her keep a slighter younger appearance than the rest of the muses. She keeps her hair in a side ponytail, letting it drape over and down her shoulder. Which side this ponytail is on varies with her mood. Her signing voice is soprano. Her favorite instrument are bagpipes.

ALOADAE: A race of giants who makes their home in the coastlands and even under the waves in some parts of Tralodren.

ALOADIS: The native language (written and spoken) of Aloadae. Like other gigantic languages, it shares a common root with the original giant tongue but has long evolved into its own unique language through the millennia. The written form has become more block-like and rigid, being used mainly on harder surfaces, like rock and metal, since keeping written documents is rather hand to impossible under the waves unless stone or metal or other hard objects are used.

ALTEARIN: The name of the realm over which Gurthghol rules, crafted by merging the planes of Umbrium and Anomolia with the world of Ladon and the moons of Corla and Piras.

ALTORBIA: One of the six islands considered part of Colloni. The island is shared by Telborian and Elyellium.

ALUKHEIM: One of the thirteen Jotun nations. Covering the stretch of Pale Wood from its northern tip to the “bend” of Ymiria between Sigheim, Nornheim, and Tesinheim.

AMIRA: One of the thirty muses created by Causilla. She has taken Menessa as her own personal charge. She has hazel eyes and curly, reddish-blonde hair she lets fall to her shoulders. Her signing voice is mezzo-soprano. Her favorite instrument is the tabor drum.

AMMONIAN EMPIRE, THE: This empire is the territory of Anakim in Doom Maker’s Island who make their home in the Broken Hills and have their capital in Amonna.

ANALARA: A Lady of Evil and mother of Valora, who had an affair with Khuthon.

ANDRA: One of the thirty muses created by Causilla. She has taken Frigia as her own personal charge. Se has light blue eyes and dark brown hair she often keeps braided in a ponytail she drapes over her shoulder. Her signing voice is mezzo-soprano. Her favorite instrument is the double flute.

ANGEL: Angels are the direct result of the inherent nature of Paradise transforming those whom Vkar granted access to Paradise during the Vkaric dispensation. With their transformation has come a new role and place in Paradise, working with the Lords of Good and other paradisal incarnates in various capacities while carving out their own place and niche in the plane.
While there isn’t really a caste among them there is a set of three categories or orders into which each of the angels fall. Each of these orders is based upon where the angels originally inhabited and were transformed and where they make their home now. The higher the order, the greater the amount they were transformed. And unlike fiends where they were before in life did not affect their transformation, only where they situated themselves before their transformation.

ANGELIC ORDER, THE FIRST: The First Angelic Order is tied to the first heaven and comprised of Kadishim and Hashmallim. They do not have access to the cosmic element of good. These arose from the ranks of former incarnates from other planes.

ANGELIC ORDER, THE SECOND: The Second Angelic Order is tied to the second heaven and comprised of Tarshishim and Malakim. These have a more focused access to the cosmic element of good. Their ranks were filled by former loyal titans.

ANGELIC ORDER, THE THIRD: The Third Angelic Order is tied to the third heaven and comprised of Cherubim and Seraphim. They do have access to the cosmic element of good and came from a mixture of former titans, priests of the Imperial Religion, and even some mystics and titan lords.

ANGELS’ BANE: A title for Habadak, given in part for his desire to storm Paradise and make it is his own.

ANNUALIS: An annualis is an ancient device created by the titans and brought with them to Tralodren, where they adjusted the information to make the device work on the new planet. In short it’s a time keeping device meant to help keep track of hours, days, weeks and months.

ANTORA: One of the lands comprising the Southern Lands. Also known by Doom Maker’s Island.

ANTUR LAGURA: The first dranoric king, reigning (7116-6684 BV). He was followed by Enzuri Molzan.

APOTHEOM: Triptinites celebrate the ascension of the first emperor, Aero Tription into the god of their nation and race on Granaris 8th, which is believed to be the official day he received his full fledged divinity.

AMARIN: A follower of Amarism.

AMARISM: Perhaps the oldest philosophy known on Tralodren. Founded by the dranor, Amar, it first started out as means to improve livestock and plants and eventually grew through the centuries to become a mindset looking to make the perfect race. It was founded in 7008 BV.

ANARCHS: The name given to the Lords of Chaos who follow the philosophy of the total destruction of the cosmic element of order, along with the total embrace of chaos. Most tend to go insane during their pursuit of this philosophy.

ANAKIM: A race of giants who lives in the hills and mountains. Singular name for a member of the race is Anakite.

ANAKIS: The native language (written and spoken) of Anakim. Like other gigantic languages, it shares a common root with the original giant tongue but has long evolved into its own unique language through the millennia. The written form shares as strong resemblance with the older gigantic script but has a slightly more fluid, flowing feel to it.

ANGEL: The final result the touch of Paradise had upon the Lords of Good who, after long years of living and looking to master Paradise, became angels. The eight types of angels are: Cherub, Galgalli, Hashmal, Kadish, Malak, Seraph, and Tarshish.

ANOMA: The name of Gurthghol’s palace on the realm of Altearin.

ANOMOLIA: The plane formed by the cosmic element of chaos, later was merged with Ladon, and the plane of Umbrium to become the realm of Altearin. It’s denizens include: Lords of Chaos, chaotic incarnates, chaotic elementals, and chaotic creatures.

AQUILLA: The native plane of the cosmic elemental of water, later merged by Perlosa with Galicia and Thangaria’s moon to form the realm of Naiada. It’s denizens include: Lords of Water, diluvial incarnates, water elements, and diluvial cosmic creatures.

ARCHIVIST: Name of the clergy for the Order of the Golden Tome. They rise in rank from priest to chief priest as follows: Archivist to Head Archivist to High Archivist to Chief Archivist.

ARTUNIS: One of the southern Gartaric Islands. A sparsely populated island that looks more toward Thalia than to the minotors or even fellow minotaurs for trade and other things.

ASTROLOGY: A primal philosophy that created among the titans and later carried to Tralodren that taught the heavenly bodies and constellations had influence and control over one’s affairs and destiny.

ASTROLOGER: One who studies or promotes astrology.

AUDIN: One of the races of dragons that populates the more dry and hot lands of Tralodren. They spit out napalm like fire.

AUKUA: The native language of the Aquidions. which relies on facial and hand movements instead of words. Some tones are added in the manner of hums of varying pitch similar to other creatures who live under the waves, but it does not have any verbal component, making it the only known, non-verbal language on Tralodren.

The written version is a pictographic form incorporating many aquatic creatures, Aquadions in various poses, other random objects, and geometric shapes, to create a language so enigmatic as to keep all but the most dedicated sages away. It is often carved into solid objects rather than written in the traditional sense.

Stone is the most enduring substance under the waves and the Aquadions use it for important matters such as histories, calendars, the births and deaths of fellow elves, and for territory markers. Aquadions also carve these pictograms on other long lasting objects such as coral and pearls, bones, and other rust resistant precious metals.

AQUALIN: Capital of the massive Ceplinitic empire.

AQUADION: One of four races of elves who make up mortalkind who populate Tralodren. They live their whole lives under the waves and aren’t that well known or studied/interacted with.

ARCANISTS: Followers of a sect dedicated to the god, Dradin. They seek the return of the wizard kings to Tralodren, holding that Dradin wills his gift of magic to be developed to highest level, even greater than the wizard kings of old. They also believe the better times were stopped short from arriving by a premature end to The Fourth Age of the Wizard Kings.

There typically use a symbol of a crown resting above two crossed staves for their purposes of identification. This symbol has no official name, nor deemed as in need of one, though can sometimes be referred to the crown and staves.

ARCHON: The name for “the king of kings” among Aloadae.

ARCHAEA: The name for “the queen of queens” among Aloadae.

ARDORI: The plane formed by the cosmic element of fire, later was merged with the Thangarian sun, and the plane of Igneah to become the realm of Helii. It’s denizens include: Lords of Fire, conflagrant incarnates, fire elementals, and conflagrant creatures.

ARID LAND: Two nearly spooning land masses residing in the northern most section of the Midlands. It is home to the Syvani.

ARID SEA: The body of water that divides the two landmasses of Arid Land.

ASHAN PROVINCE: The southwestern section of Sargona as defined by the Galis and Hanor Rivers.

ASHLEY: One of the thirty muses created by Causilla. She shares her charge of Breanna, Cardinia, Irondale, and Black Isle with her musal sister, Allison. She has dark blue eyes and deep red hair, which she enjoys letting flow freely over her shoulders. She is a very calm muse, taking the time to enjoy the moment and never really rushing more into the next thing. Her signing voice is mezzo-soprano. Her favorite instrument is the gemshorn flute.

ASORA: Goddess of life, healing, and health, wife of Khuthon, mother of Rheminas, Vearus, Meesha, Talaya, and Perlosa. Member of the Light Gods.

ASORIA: The fifth month in the Tralodren calendar.

ASORIAN: Name given to those who worship Asora.

ASORLIN: Name given to those who worship Asorlok.

ASORLIS: The tenth month in the Tralodren calendar.

ASORLOK: God of death and decay and member of the Dark Gods.

ATALICA: The largest of the Thalian Islands is also the most powerful, taking it upon itself to rule all of them at times when the need for an archon was called upon. The most fiercely independent of the islands as well it has never had a good history of taking the rule of others over it. It might have had to in times past and in the present day but they look to cling to whatever freedoms they can find, chaffing under whatever yoke might rest upon their shoulders at the time as they seek to overthrow while they endure it. This is often easier said than done as the land is fraught with high stakes politics that can made the matter a little challenging to say the least.

ATMOSA: The native language (written and spoken) of aerial incarnates and other denizens of Avion. The language is the lingua franca of the entire plane. It has both an upper and lower case form and uses periods, commas, a form of question mark and an exclamation point. The script itself is rather flowing and more script looking in general.

ATORA: The seventh planet in the Tralodroen System.

AQUILA: The plane formed by the cosmic element of water, later was merged with Thangaria’s moon and the plane of Galicia to become the realm of Naiada.

AVINIS: The is a holy day set aside on Endaris 10th by Endari who seek to honor and thank the god of all birds for their existence. It is part celebration and part ceremony but is the only holy day the faithful venerate in a uniform fashion.

AVINITE: Endari who comprise this centuries old sect (founded 2598 BV) are part conservationist, part priest, and part zoo-keeper. Their numbers are smaller, being more monastic in their far off mountain top temples, but they endure from generation to generation nevertheless. They make their home in the tops of mountain and other high ground where they have a collection of small temple/aviaries to keep all of the birds they tend, helping make sure they are always birds in the world and even experimenting with various cross breeds as opportunity permits.

AVION: The plane formed by the cosmic element of air, later was merged by Endarien with the moon of Baluth to become the realm of Avion. It’s denizens include: Lords of Air, aerial incarnates, air elementals, and aerial reatures. Later Endari, were granted admission to the realm.

AWNTODGENEE: One of the greater Cosmic Entities. Awntodgenee is thought to be the embodiment of cosmic element of life and whom through all of reality was created. It has also sided with Asora in the use of its power for life, using Asora as a representative for its power on Tralodren. Along with Nuhl, Awntodgenee created the cosmos.

AZNI: One of the thirty muses created by Causilla. She is one of the six muses who tend to Causilla as a personal handmaiden. Azni has blue-green eyes and silver hair. Her round face is highlighted by the bobbed hair style, which is straight and smooth, like polished metal. Her signing voice is mezzo-soprano. Her favorite instrument is the flute.

AZRA: A Lord of Death who keeps the gate to Elucia.

AZRIN: One of the five devilish princes who has an interest with Tralodren, which has brought about some cults over the millennia.
Azrin resembles an old fifteen foot tall titan with clawed hands and long silvery white hair and patriarchal beard. His pale gray flesh and icy blue eyes only adds to the offsetting natural of his appearance. Though he may look old and possible feeble he is far from it and has a powerful, deep voice that also startles many when first heard given his appearance.

He wears robes and hooded cloaks, with the hood always drawn, helping to hide his face and features. The garb varies in color and design based on his mood and the occasion. He tends to enjoy keeping to boots, though, for footwear and is thought to have some hidden materials attached to his belt under his cloak or perhaps placed in hidden pockets in it. Azrin also enjoys wearing some golden bracers carved with some geometric designs and than a couple rings on each hand. Other than this he lacks any other adornment.

AZRINITE: The name of those who follow after Azrin.

BALA: One of the thirty muses created by Causilla. She has taken The Pearl Islands as a joint charge with Adina. She has hazel eyes and dark blonde hair, which she keeps plain and free of any adornment, letting it flow down onto her chest and upper back. Her signing voice is mezzo-soprano. Her favorite instrument is the frame drum.

BALAIAN ACCORDS, THE: A two year period of peace negotiations (6694 - 6692 BV) by priests of Ganatar and minotoric princes for a united nation and peace over the whole of Minoria. The end result would create the new ruling class that would dominate the nation for generations to come.

BALTAN: One of the lands that make up the Northlands.

BALUTH: The name of the moon orbiting Ellis, later to be claimed by Endarien and from made into the realm of Avion. It also was the home of the Yinrah before they were destroyed by Enduris.

BALYS: This Thalian Island pretty much keeps to itself. A smaller island toward the south and one of the first to be taken by Thalia long, long ago, it looks to seek out its own destiny as best is can given whatever situation it might find itself in.

BANDED DRAKE: One of six drakes found across Tralodren and the cosmos. This is basically a Tyrannosaurus Rex with a black bands on its tail, thus giving its name.

BARGHEST: A large black, silent dog found in Umbrium and later Altearin, a darkened creature.

BASILISK: Reptilian creature whose salvia is a neurotoxin that causes paralysis and then permanent rigor mortis upon and after death. It lives in the swampy/marshy regions of Antora, Talatheal, Menessa, Belda-thal, Napow, Rexatoius, and the Southern Hemisphere.
It also has a cosmic variant, named the horned basilisk that is a little bit larger and has a horned snout and spike plated back.

BAUS: The sixth planet in the Tralodroen System.

BAY OF SOMOSA: This is the bay around the southern portion of Sargona said to have been named by the founder of the first great city. It is a major trade and harbor port as well as military set up for the Sargonian navy.

BAXTER NATTER: The half-elven (Telborian mother and Elyellmic father) founder of Natterism.

BAXTIA: The name of the philosophy school in Haven where they instruct students in Natterism.

BEAR TRIBE, THE: A tribe of Nordicans who live in Valkoria.

BEAST CAT: A medium sized cat that makes it’s home in the Northlands. It resembles a lynx in some ways but is a bit larger and with a longer tail.

BEAST CAT TRIBE, THE: A tribe of Nordicans who live in Baltan.

BELDA-THAL: One of lands making up the Southern Lands.

BELDIAN EMPIRE, THE: One of two empires that came to define Belda-thal. This empire was a mixture of goblinoids and giants… and took place on western half of the continent.

BELHEIM: One of the thirteen Jotun nations dominating the end of the Soramati Hills and up to the northern coast and into about one forth of the most western portion of the Kelavan Hills.

BENUHUMIST: A follower of Benhuimism.

BENUHISM: A sect of Remani who hold that Rheminas and the sun are one.  This sect was formed thousand of years ago (3038 B.V.) by a Celetor named Benuhum, who while living in Draladon had a vision of the sun being Rheminas and the two being one and the same. To this end, the faith, named after the founder, has given a deific nature to the sun and holds this to be the true worship of Rheminas. It has grown in popularity among Celetoric lands and the Southern Lands as well. For the most part it is a peaceful band that in recent years has seen an evolution which calls to its adherents to become more enlightened and fight off ignorance and the darker things of this world which hinder Rheminas, like the sun, from bringing illumination to their surroundings

BETHRA: One of the five devilish princes—she being a princess—who entered Tralodren during the final part of the Titanic Age.
Bethra resembles an albino titaness with her pale white flesh and pink eyes. Her white hair is kept in dreadlocks that fall to her middle back.She enjoys wearing white sleeveless full length gowns, these with matching white leather sandals. The overall impression is one of great elegance. On her hands she wears gold rings attacked to her golden bracelets by means of some thin golden chains. This is the extent of her adornment.

BETHRIAN: The name of those who follow after Bethra.

BIGSBY HOUSE: Bigsby House is a long established place of insight and learning in Kennigton, Breanna. Tied to Bironism and seeking to promote it to those would listen, the stone structure is a modest looking affair from the outside but is well furnished on the inside and shows also the history of the philosophy and the achievements it helped to wrought since its foundation, which in turn are part of the history of Breanna as well.

BIOS: The plane formed by the cosmic element of life, later it was merged with the planet Zoe to become the realm of Bios. It’s denizens include: Lords of Life, Lords of Animals, Lords of Plants, cosmic creatures, native Tralodroen animals, Asorians, Awntodgenee, and ontogenetic creatures.

BIRONISM: A form of political and moral philosophy that was put forth by a gnome named Alfred Biron. Alfred sided with one side of this group that stated all were born inherently good and moral beings; capable of doing good and growing to even greater levels of it if not unduly limited. Inside he knew what was right and wrong and what worked best for them. Evil was then not the nature of mortalkind but the results of having that good nature frustrated. Government then was not something to help if it grew too obsessive but in turn hinder them and in so doing frustrate and lead to rebels, wrath, crime, and other social ills. Find the right government therefore and one could have harmony and peace in the land.

BIRONIST: A follower of Bironism.

BLACK COIL, THE: This is the name of symbol for Lyra. It is a coiled black spiked whip. It is always portrayed in black and on occasions where it is displayed on banners and the like, the background is gold. Otherwise the symbol is carved into two inch disc pendents made of lead, or other baser metals attached to a leather or cloth cord. It has also been known to be tattooed or branded on victims in times past as part of their torment and sign of service to Lyra.

BLACK ENSIGN, THE: Vodan’s symbol comprised of two crossed spiked maces. Each is black from head to shaft. When displayed elsewhere they are in front of a dark green colored background. When used in holy symbols the image is carved into a two inch medallion and attached to a brown cord.

BLACK ISLE: One of the Breannian Isles.

BLACK OCEAN, THE: This is a large body of water between Sargona and Thalia. It is so named because of the many troubled things that carried over the waves between the nations as they warred for territory and control of the southern hemisphere of Tralodren. The Thalians have called it as their official ocean, though others still continue to use it.

BLACK SUN, THE: Name given to the holy symbol for Gurthghol. It is a wrought iron circle with arrows pointing out of it in each of the eight directions. If used as a banner, this circle is black over a purple background. When used for priest necklaces the pendant is crafted of wrought iron and affixed to either purple stained leather thongs, cloth, or a wrought iron chain.

BLESSED STAR, THE: This sixteen-pointed star is the holy symbol for the followers of the Imperial Religion and Pantheonism. The Imperial religion sees the star made of gold over a purple background and as sixteen pointed star pendants of gold on chains of gold. In Pantheonism the star is white but is still displayed over a purple background. When used for worn holy symbols the star pendent is made out of some form of white rock (which varies) and attached to a gold chain necklace.

BLOODY SKIRMISH, THE: A twenty year period of conflict between the deltarians following The Northern Wars that basically ended their hold over the ryu and their natio (7029 - 7009 BV).

BOAR TRIBE, THE: This is the name of a group of Syvani elves who live in Arid Land who live in the southwestern section of the top landmass of Arid Land.

BOILING SEA, THE: A stretch of water that circles Tralodren near its equator. It divides the Northern Hemisphere from the southern by being so hard to traverse given under water lava geysers, seismic activity and other hazards. Most believe it impassible and hold that even if it could be successfully sailed through there are hordes of monsters just waiting for them on the other side.

BODA: The plane formed by the cosmic element of earth, later was merged with the moon, Enigmi, to become the realm of Boda. It’s denizens include: Lords of Earth, earthen incarnates, earth elemental, and earthen cosmic creatures.

BOLIN: The name of a human credited with founding the philosophy of Bolinism.

BOLINIST: Name given to one who follows after Bolinism.

BOLINISM: Named for a human named, Bolin, who founded the philosophy named after him, which seeks truth through the ultimately level of reality—that is the spiritual reality.

BOOK OF PEACE, THE: The name to one of the Holy Dyad.

BOOK OF PROSPERITY, THE: The name to one of the Holy Dyad.

BORDER WARS, THE: A series of wars and disputes that ran for a century between the giants and their lands and people in the time before The Great Shaking (8146 - 8046 BV).

BORIN: A cold dwelling dragon who called Tralodren home. They expel a blast of cold from their mouths able to instantly free anything.

BREANNA: The homeland of gnomes and halflings, one of the lands making up the Western Lands.

BREANNIAN ISLES, THE: The common name given to Black Isle, Caradina, and Irondale, which are also seen as being part of the Republic of Breanna.

BRUNHEIM: One of the thirteen Jotun nations that claims the land from the western coast above the Maheist Mountains to just beyond Ice Lake.

BRUTI: A cultic sect who follows after Khuthon. This sect was founded in the dark aftermath of the Imperial Wars (2987 BV) by a collection of refugees who had banded together in common religious belief over a revelation from an Elyellium named Brutus. He was told to have had a vision that held the truth of the true faithful of Khuthon being called to eliminate all weakness from Tralodren. This meant weak races, rulers, kingdoms, and anything else that didn’t show itself strong to the tenets of what they held to be truth. Cultic to this day, none know its real whereabouts. Some have even speculated that it has since fallen into the ashes of history yet in some circles every time a weak ruler, nation, or even village or people group suddenly fall away or die, nervous rumors often credit the Bruti.

BYTHONIC ACADEMY, THE: An academy of magic based in Bythos.

BYTHOS: An Patrician independent city on the southern coast of Napow.

 

CALLUM: The Elyellium philosopher who tried to merge the two other major philosophies (Bolinism and Cyrinism) with his own takes on some things, that has found his own band of followers.

CALLIMIST: One who follows the teachings and thoughts of Callism.

CALLISM: The name of the philosophy started by an Elyellium named Callum. Callism states that reality is a mixture of physical and spiritual realities but they can not fully be discerned, used, or enjoyed apart from the soul or mental aspect of being. The mind was what helped give it all sense and purpose and allowed one to balance between these two worlds as well as better order one’s days and life.

CALISTA: One of the thirty muses created by Causilla. She has taken Rexatoius as her own personal charge. She has gray eyes and curly, reddish brown hair. She keeps it short, letting it grow just down to the base of her ears, but not much longer than that. Her signing voice is contralto. Her favorite instrument is the citole.

CALLITORUM, THE: In a building that looks similar to a temple of some sort the followers of Callism meet in Ilia, Colloni. Here they are taught the ways of the philosophy and supposedly secret truths and even rituals that bring them to even greater understanding of what Callum taught and had great revelation of.

CAMERONISM: It is widely understood that this was the first moral philosophy on Tralodren, and from which all the others would later arise. It came about i 2768 BV on Antora by the a half-elf named Vanrin Ithana. His mixed Celetoric and Elyelmic parentage already put him into a challenging position after the Imperial Wars and with the rise of the First Great Unrest, he was seriously starting to question if there was any hope left for the world. He would later stumble upon the teachings of Cameron Goldeneye and found the first moral philosophy on Tralodren.

CAMERONIST: A follower of Cameronism.

CAMERON GOLDENEYE: The first godspawn (lesser) born on Tralodren. His mother was a Lady of Good named Crisinna and his father a giant named Malor.

CAPACITUS: The native language (both written and spoken) for expansive incarnates and the normal denizens of the Expanse; also spoken by the Lords of Space. In written form is makes use of circles, dots and lines that combine into a rather complex at times but also intriguing looking language. There are a compliment of punctuation that corresponds to periods, commas, dashes, question marks, and exclamation points. It does not have a lower or upper case form, however.

CANKERED CHALICE, THE: The symbol for Tagarin, which consists of a simple chalice often depicted as golden over a burgundy colored background. When used as a pendent the chalice is carved in bas-relief over on a bronze or brass disc about two inches in diameter. This pendent then hands from a burgundy colored cord.

CARADINA: One of the Breannian Isles.

CARINE: One of the thirty muses created by Causilla. She is one of the six muses who tend to Causilla as a personal handmaiden. Carine has medium brown eyes and light blonde hair, which she keeps long (flowing just over the tops of her shoulders), framing her square face.Her signing voice is soprano. Her favorite instrument is the lute.

CAUSILIAN FAIR, THE: This celebration started in Argos, in Belda-thal but has spread over time to other lands to small degrees, these being around a the Southern Lands. During this weeklong celebration (Casilear 13th–18th) a special time is worship is set up to honor the goddess and patroness of the arts. Coupled with this is the week long special collection of music, art, dance, and all things artistic that take place during this time making for a mixture of exhibits, performances, and marketing that best fits into the nature of the celebration. Times of renewing vows of love are also not that uncommon, nor are weddings.

CAUSILLA: Goddess of love, beauty and the arts; daughter to Ganatar and Olthon, brother to Endarien.

CAUSILLA’S SONG/THE SONG OF CAUSILLA: The name of the holy texts ascribed to the worship of Causilla. Unlike other holy texts of Tralodren, this is a collection that can be found in a variety of types: scrolls, books, tablets, etc. The Song is said to be the very words of Causilla which are to be sung (or recited in some cases) with the similarly divinely composed music that accompanies it. Said to be the very heart of Causilla those who study it find the true nature of love, and beauty and many are inspired with divine insight into new ways of understanding their creative impulses.

CAUSILLINITE: The name of the followers of Causilla.

CARDINIC CREST: The name given to the crest used by the Iron Guard. It has a white background with a wide vertical stripe at its center. Over this background rests a stylized silhouette of a descending kite. This they make use of on their shields, and other forms of identification as they have need.

CAUSILLINITE: The name of those who follow after Causilla.

CASILEAR:  The second month in the Tralodren calendar.

CELETORA: This ancient name would later be shared with other human groups of the time and later since it is understood by later sages and scholars that the gods took a collection of humans from the special dranoric guard in their capital city that were called Celetora. These were then part of the group of humans who appeared in the future, quickly taking command of certain areas and groups but later having their history lost to most along with their original name, which became Celetor.

CELETOR: The name for a group of light to dark brown-skinned humans who live in the Southern Lands and a few other pockets across the planet.

CEPHRON: One of the middle Gartaric Islands. They tend to be content to live out their lives keeping to trade and community with their fellow minotaurs, not being so brave or brazen as the other nations around them.

CENTRAL COSMOS, THE: The area of the cosmos that exists between the upper cosmos and lower cosmos.

CENTRAL PLANES, THE: A name given to the planes sandwiched between the upper planes and lower planes and are as follows from highest to lowest: Avion, Galicia, Aquila, Ardori, Igneah, and Boda. Chrona is in the exact center of the cosmos, uniquely placed between Aquila and Ardori though not touching them do its unique shape and nature.

CERULEAN SEA: This sea is found between Talatheal and Colloni and rises into the Yoan Ocean in the north and Percillian and Green Seas in the south/southeast. It is named for its blue waves.

CHARBIS: A Lord of Death who keeps the gate to Helii.
 
CHIEF PORTER: The title of the titanic mystic and later dranoric magi in charge of a portal and/or complex in which it resides.

CHIEF PRIEST: The highest ranking position in most Tralodroen religions.

CHOU CHUL: The name of the founder of a philosophy named Elementalism.

CHRONA: The plane formed by the cosmic element of time, later was merged with the plane of Sooth to become the realm of Sooth. It’s denizens include: Lords of Time, sequential incarnates, sequential elementals, and sequential creatures.

CHRONA STONES: Hard azure colored crystals found in the extreme center of Chrona. They are really an extremely condense piece of the cosmic element of time that can be tap into by those in the know for various time related affects. They are also called Time Gems.

CITY OF SPIRES, THE: The name of the capital of the realm of Sooth. In it resides The Silent Spire.

CIVIL WARS, THE: A period of conflict spanning fifty years, during which the forces of the Second Jarthalian Empire tried vying for control and new direction as a nation and people (6930 - 6880 BV). The people at this time were governed over by what was called the Triune Council.

CIVIS: The realm created by the merger of Illumina, Simetra, Ellis, and Aethia. Home to Ganatar, Olthon, the Race Gods, and their followers.

CLAN BERNHEIM: One of the eleven dwarven clans on Tralodren. These are mountain dwarves that make their home in the Maheist Mountains of Valkoria.

CLAN DIAMANT: One of the eleven dwarven clans on Tralodren. These are mountain dwarves that make their home in the Diamant Mountains of Talatheal.

CLAN DRUEHEIM: One of the eleven dwarven clans on Tralodren. These are hill dwarves that make their home in the Smarin Hills of Rexatoius.

CLAN FERNSTELLEN: One of the eleven dwarven clans on Tralodren. These are hill dwarves that make their home in the Kennington Hills of Breanna.

CLAN KAHLBERG: One of the eleven dwarven clans on Tralodren. These are mountain dwarves that make their home in the Lapis Mountains of Belda-thal.

CLAN ROLLANDHEIM: One of the eleven dwarven clans on Tralodren. These are hill dwarves that make their home in the Gifftmacht Hills of Talatheal.

CLAN STEINALLER: One of the eleven dwarven clans on Tralodren. These are hill dwarves that make their home in the Soramati Hills of Baltan.

CLAN STERNHEIM: One of the eleven dwarven clans on Tralodren. These are hill dwarves that make their home in the Kelavan Hills of Baltan.

CLAN STOLZTURM: One of the elven dwarven clans on Tralodren. These are hill dwarves that make their home in the North Hills of Breanna.

CLAN STROMHEIM: One of the eleven dwarven clans on Tralodren. These are hill dwarves that make their home in the Hazel Hills of Belda-thal.

CLAN TANZENSTEIN: One of the eleven dwarven clans on Tralodren. These are mountain dwarves that make their home in the Red Peaks of Dralodon.

CLESETHIUS: The capital of the Republic of Rexatoius, founded in 3115 B.V. by Cleseth Tripton, the brother of Aero .

COLLONI: One of the lands making up the Midlands. It is home to the Elyellium and possess six islands that encircle it: Altorbia, Tibel, Septoria, Grolen, Romalia, and Marma.

COLLONI, THE ELVEN REPUBLIC OF: The name given to the empire of the Elyellium elves, which covers all of Colloni, it’s surrounding lands and provinces scattered outside its shores.

CONFLAGRIS: Name of the sword given to rules of the Sethrin Empire; blessed by Rheminas to become a flaming sword and long since lost to the legends of the previous empires.

COURT OF HEAVEN: The name given to the five Strath who first came to rule over the Napowese. Individually they were known as the Sons of Heaven.

COSMIC CREATURES: A category of creatures comprising the various animals native to the cosmic planes and later realms they were collected into. There are sixteen sub groups in this category: abysmal, aerial, chaotic, conflagrant, cosmic, darkened, diluvial, earthen, expansive, gelidic, illuminated, magmatic, ontogenetic, ordered, paradisal, and sequential.

COSMIC CREED, THE: The name of the collected beliefs of The Cosmic Truth, often comprised into one large tome for easier reference and use.

COSMIC ELEMENTS, THE: Name given to the sixteen prime elements first created after the creation of the cosmos. Everything in the cosmos from common elements to basic substances, beings, objects, etc.—are all part and mixtures of these prime building blocks of all reality and life. The cosmic elements are further broken down into intangible and tangible cosmic elements.

COSMIC ENTITIES, THE: The collective term used for first Awntodgenee and Nuhl, the first original beings credited with the creation/formation of the cosmos. But later it came to include Malignis and Benignum, two new Cosmic Entities, though seen as lesser to the greater original ones due to them being the ones who first created all things and thus Malignis and Benignum in turn.

COSMIC ENTITIES, GREATER: The name given to Awntodgenee and Nuhl, the original Cosmic Entities and such seen as the greater of the four current ones since that two newest who join the ranks (Malignis and Benignum) are seen as much weaker because of the cosmic axiom that all things created cannot be greater than that which created them and with the Greater Cosmic Entities creating the cosmos from which the lesser entities would emerge they are deemed as weaker among the four entities.

COSMIC ENTITIES, LESSER: The name given to Malignis and Benignum, the newest addition to the ranks of the Cosmic Entities and such seen as that much the weaker because of the cosmic axiom that all things created cannot be greater than that which created them and with the Greater Cosmic Entities creating the cosmos from which the lesser entities would emerge they are deemed as weaker among the four entities.

COSMIC PORTAL: A magically creative gateway—circular in nature—that can allow travel between two different locations in the cosmos. The travel is only one way until a gate has been established in another location that allows for two way travel between the gates.

COSMIC OCULUS, THE: The name given for how the planes in the upper cosmos and lower cosmos chance since and shape until they get to the lowest planes, allowing a smaller opening above them into the greater cosmos beyond. There are really two such couli: the upper oculus and lower oculus.

COSMIC RACES: The name given to those races who are tied into the reality apart from Tralodren, these being races tied to the cosmos/realms/planes, these being: angels, fiends, gods, incarnates, muses, titans and titan lords.

COSMIC REALM: One of two types of realms, these being created by the merger of a plane(s) or world(s). They share at the same time an occupation of space and reality both in the former home of the plane/planes they combined or conquered as well as the planet (and sometimes moons) that were joined to them. This dual existence can be confusing to some but in essence there is only really one realm but it can be accessed and explored through two different locations, on the larger cosmic level and then the the more local planetary level.
The nine cosmic realms are as follows: Altearin, Avion, Bios, Boda, Civis, Helii, Mortis, Naiada, and Sooth.

COSMIC SWIRL, THE: The name of the holy symbol used by Cosmin. It’s comprised of a circle made out of white and black spirals. When on banners it was displayed on a split background of white on the left black on the right. When worn it was crafted out of polished alabaster or white marble medallions with a swirling black inlay created either out of polished black marble, onyx, or basalt. This was affixed to a chain or strap of cloth or leather worth over the neck.

COSMIC TRUTH, THE: Name given to the first official religion in the cosmos—at least as far as the titans and Tralodren are concerned. It was founded by a split among the ancient titan mystics who decided it was best and proper to venerate the Cosmic Entities, from which all reality came and was upheld. Those followed this religion were called Cosmins.

COSMIC WARS, THE: A series of wars fought across the Thangarian Empire and the cosmic planes by Vkar against the various forces and factions who would were plotting against his reign. It is said the Zorans, had a great deal of influence and input into the matter, fearing Vkar would ultimately destroy the cosmos if not stopped. Ultimately Vkar won and the Zorans were thought destroyed as a race, the Lords of Time even disappeared for a span, retuning later to make amends. These wars raged from  8620 - 8610 BV.

Out of this also came what has been known as the Vkaric Dispensation and the finalizing of the fourth generation as the official form the titans would have going forward.

COSMIN: The terms used to describe the worshippers of of the Cosmic Entities, through The Cosmic Way, which once used to dominate a good deal of the titans before the coming of Vkar and the others gods but still continued in a weakened form on Tralodren during the time of the titans and dranors there. Now there is only sporadic cults that appear on rare occasions across the millennia.

COSMOS, THE: The reality in which the Tralodren story universe is set. This includes all the planes, realms and galaxies as well as the planet of Tralodren itself.

COUNCIL OF LORDS: The council is an ancient means of organization and rule that once governed the affairs of the linnorms and even dragons to some degree. It fell from use in 3512 BV when the island it was based on after the Great Shaking (later to become the Wizard King Islands) was destroyed. Since that time the council no longer was sought to be reformed and the linnorms and dragons went their own ways in life and as a people. Another Council of Lords was formed in 6200 - 6090 BV by ryuik warlords seeking greater control and cooperation with each other over the ancient ryuik lands.

CRESTORIAN: A sect of Perlosins who hold to more of Perlosa’s aquatic nature. This sect is dedicated to the goddess of the waves, holding her to be the lady of all rivers, lakes, streams, oceans, seas, and any other body of water. They look to her not only for protection when they travel through her realm, but also seek her aid in keeping the blessings of the bodies of water for them (such as fish and other treasures of the waves) free from the contamination and despoiling by unworthy hands. They were said to be formed as sect in 4500 B.V., making them one of the oldest on Tralodren.

CRIMSON ISLANDS, THE: These are the eastern most island chain in the southern hemisphere of Tralodren. Home to the deltarians and lizardmen who make their home there.

CRIMSON FLAME, THE: The name of the crest of the Red Guard, which is used as their emblem on their shield and banners. This crimson tongue of flame is often present on a black or white background to help set it off and apart from the rest of the red they wear/carry.

CRIMSON SEA, THE: The waters in which the Crimson Isles can be found. It is named for the many years of warfare that had been waged on and round the islands which have poetically stained the waters with the shed blood.

CRISINNA: A Lady of Good who would fall in love with a giant named Malor, during the time of The First Rebirth and later give birth to a lesser godspawn named Cameron Goldeneye.

CRUCIBLE: The name of the basalt walled fortress city from which Rheminas rules over all of Helii.

CYRIN: The dranoric founder of Cyrinism.

CYRINISM: The name of the philosophy that believes in only the natural, physical reality as the truth with the soul (mind, will, emotions) being the only thing that is truth to discern reality. It is concerned with focusing on the place one is to belong and what one is to do—helping others to do the same—so that the great cosmic wheel keeps turning.
It would later be divided into Classical and Modern Cyrinism after the Great Shaking, wherein later practitioners would add in their own take to what Cyrin proposed.

CYRINIST: Name given to one who follows after Cyrinism.

DAINHEIM: One of the thirteen Jotun nations that claims the eastern portion of the northern portion of Baltan and covering above about the one third of the stretch of the Kelavan.

DALGARNA: The name of Habadak’s domain residing in the wilds of the first level of the Abyss.

DARK DECADE, THE: The period of time after The Fiendish Wars, wherein the various demonic and devilish princes ruled their parts of Tralodren until they were expelled via The Wars of Liberation. This decade ran from 7665 - 7655 BV.

DARK GODS, THE: These gods tend to support unregulated development and progress and the protection and promotion of the natural ebb and flow of such cycles while allowing the natural order to dominate all. They are lead by Gurthghol, who leads the following gods: Asorlok, Khuthon, Rheminas

DARK OPUS, THE: The name of the sacred text for Vodanians. Unlike some cults Vodan has made sure his followers have a common purpose and collection of insight they can call upon as a whole. This is a collection of historical information stating his appearing on Tralodren and creation of the deltarians and lizardmen mixed in with his will and plans for the future of the race and his returning rule to the planet. It also lists some basic understanding on how the cult should be organized and what it should be about in general.

DARK SEAL, THE: The name of the symbol for the demonic prince, Azrin, It consists of a skull without a lower jaw resting above two crossed rolled scrolls. When used on pendents the image is carved in bas relief on a two inch circular disc of varying material, and attacked to a leather thong. They do not display it anywhere else except in the rare placement in a popular gathering place where it is sometimes rudely or one masterfully carved or drawn.

DAUGHTERS OF THE MOON: A mystic sect of Perlosins who hold to the lunar aspects of Perlosa. It only allows only females, these worshipers see Perlosa as the Mistress of the Moon who holds secrets for those who are proven worthy to receive them. Given their closed groups and secretive nature it is unknown just what they do or are about. It is assumed they take a feminine take on the moon and its phases, using that and what they gleam from the Lunarium and other interactions to better and/or empower themselves in some way.

DAY OF ASH, THE: This is a solemn time (Asorlis 1st) for Remani as it marks the shortest day in the year and as such a reminded of Rheminas struggle to continually ascend to his place of greater honor and power in the pantheon and the cosmos in general. The ashes from the fires from the Feast of Flames are used to smear on their cheeks with a circle being drawn on their forehead representing Rheminas’ ultimate return. The Remani also use this day as a reminder of though they might be low and have troubles of their own like Rheminas, they too will arise to a higher level and with greater glory.

DAY OF NIGHT, THE: This celebration, keyed in with the winter solstice (Asorlis 1st) is tied into the fact of the greatest amount of darkness possible being shed on the planet (at least in the northern hemisphere) and in a symbolic way taken to as the sign of the eventual coming to greater glory and power of Gurthghol over all.

DAY OF RETURNING, THE: Dralinia 22nd is set aside for the celebration for the return of magic to Tralodren after it was banished from Tralodren with the Divine Vindication. It is believed that this is the exact day when magic was able to be cast and learned again by mortalkind, Dradin having shown great kindness to those who had once misused his gift. Naturally, such a celebration is varied in its observance in various places all over the world and it remains more of a religious holiday than civic to this day because of it along with the general split among the populous on whether magic’s return is entirely a good thing overall.

DAYS OF ORDER: These are two days (Sharealia 1st and Dralinia 1st) set aside by Gartarians to honor the gods of order who is believed to have his hand in the seasons and the balancing between them, among other things. The balance of day and night on the equinoxes are also seen as the great order Ganatar is thought to struggle to keep amid the rest of the gods and forces of the cosmos. For most this is solemn and thoughtful day filled with introspection on how one can better bring order to the chaos of their own lives.

DECIMIST: Name of a sect given to the worship of Asorlok. They look to kill all living things they can.

DECIMA: A Lady of Death who keeps the gate to the Abyss.

DEER TRIBE, THE: This is the name of a group of Syvani elves who live in Arid Land who live in the western section of the top landmass of Arid Land.

DELECTA: The name of the realm over which Causilla rules; one of the moons of Sooth

DELTARI: Native language (written and spoken) of deltarians. It is a mixture of Abyssal and Ryu, creating a rather interesting sounding and looking language. Originally, they started out speaking Ryu, as did the lizardmen, but their deeper connection to Vodan and other fiendish ways and things over the centuries corrupted them even in their speak, eventually setting them apart entirely from their forefathers and racial cousins before the Great Shaking.

More in the Southern Hemisphere can read and write Deltari than the Northern Hemisphere but even then many can notice it if placed among other written script. This is because the written form shares the same same script like shape as Ryu but has taken on more of a sharper edge and more serpentine nature to the characters, adding a sort of foreboding appearance to the language.
It has twenty-eight consonants and eight vowels, but still shares Ryu’s limited punctuation: making use of a something like a period, question mark, and comma but also adding in something like an exclamation mark to the mix.

DELTARIA: An area of land on the southeastern section of Sethra that goes back and forth from ryuik to deltarian hands throughout history.

DELTARIAN: One of the monstrous races, a reptilian humanoid created by the fiends to use as soldiers in their armies.

DEMON: These are the enemies of Vkar sent to the Abyss while still in possession of their physical body. Comprised of titans, titan lords, and various incarnates, they were warped by the cosmic element of evil and transformed into demons. This process stopped with the institution of the pantheonic dispensation. The ranks of demon are as follows: demon, greater demon, demonic lord/lady, demonic prince/princess.
Demons look like tall humanoids with large, black bat-like wings with an 18 ft. span. Their strong body ends in clawed hands and feet and they mouths are full of razor sharp teeth. A set of black bull horns jut out of their forehead, curving up and over their bald head and drawing attention to their pointed ears. Bright yellow eyes glare out from under their thick black eyebrows. Each also possesses a prehensile tail, ending in a sharp, spade-like bony spike capping the appendage.

Male demons wear tunics and breeches, these specially crafted for their wings and tail. Females don dresses or robes, again, specially crafted for their wings and tails. The colors and designs of these outfits vary based on the occasion and demon’s statue station. None wear footwear, preferring to go barefoot. They also often don jewelry such as gold earrings, nose rings, rings, and bracelets.

DEMON, GREATER: A higher ranking demon who rules over the demons. Each greater demon has thick muscles rippling with veins (these more relaxed for the female) with yellow eyes shadowed by the thick brow ridge of their forehead. They possess strong clawed hands and a hairless dark red colored body. The only hair is black and found on their head and eyebrows. Greater demons also possess large black, bat-like wings and a set of ivory bull horns (1 ft tall) that jut out from either side of their head above their pointed ears and two smaller goat like horns (4 inches) that stick out of their forehead. Instead of humanoid feet their thighs flow into a goat like leg below the knee, ending in a cloven hoof. Each also have a prehensile tail that ends in a boney spade-like point.

Greater demons usually prefer longer tunics that flow to their knees—both for males and females—these specially crafted to allow for their wings and tails. The colors and designs can and do vary, being more opulent for those who can afford them or wish to make or have a greater rank they can show off. Usually they prefer more somber and darker tones for their dress, but there have been exceptions in certain times and places. They also enjoy donning jewelry of all kinds on their person to enhance their appearance among other fiends and give them more preeminence. Favored adornments are earrings, nose rings, rings, bracelets, necklaces and caps for their horns.

DEMONIC LORD: A higher ranking demon who rules over the demonic dukes, females are known as demonic ladies.
Demonic lords are tall humanoids with a dark gray skin and a set of grayish-beige ram horns on opposite sides of their head and two sets of dark gray bat-like wings the same color as their skin. Their black hair is serpentine in its curls, matching the beards and mustaches that some lords grow. Two small horns also jut out of the sides of the male’s chin, which are noticed all the more when the demon speaks with its forked tongue over their sharp teeth.

They wear garments of rich decoration with deep, somber tones such as reds, blacks, purples, greens and grays. What is worn varies from robes and pants and tunics among males to dresses and tunics and robes with females. All this attire is of course altered to work with their wings. Added to this is the rich jewelry that sometimes includes caps for their horns. They often wear boots but shoes aren’t too uncommon given the situation or terrain. As with the rest of their clothing these are things made to impress.

DEMONIC PRINCE/PRINCESS: The highest ranking demon who rules over the all other demons in a given area, females are known as demonic princess. There are five specifically known princes on Tralodren who were brought there during the final years of the Titanic Age. These five are as follows: Habadak, Jebulon, Kaden, Narsulla, and Tagarin.

DESHI: One of the thirty muses created by Causilla. She is one of the six muses who tend to Causilla as a personal handmaiden. Deshi has pale blue eyes, triangular shaped face and shiny black hair she keeps in a loose pony tail, sometimes casting it over her shoulder. Her signing voice is mezzo-soprano. Her favorite instrument is the tabor and frame drum.

DEVIL: Beings who were sentenced to the Abyss during the Vkaric Dispensation. They were sent there still in there in just their spirit and so were corrupted along the lines of more spiritual natures first. They follow a caste system that sees the order as follows: devil, greater devil, devilish lord/lady, and devilish prince/princess

Devils are frightening fiends. Their heads are reptilian, their bodies have a deep blue skin and are akin to a standard humanoid form but with four arms each sending with a clawed hand. Their lower halves have the dark brown hind legs of a goat. Further, they have large, black bat wings with an impressive 18 foot span.

DEVIL, GREATER: A higher ranking devil who has more place and prestige in the devilish hierarchy. They will often be in service to a devilish lord or devilish prince or both.

Greater devils are sickly thin beings, resembling a skeleton clothed in pale, grayish colored leathery flesh. On either side of their head they have a set of ivory bull horns, extending for one foot, and a set of one and half foot horns behind their heads that curve upwards and slightly over their bald skulls. Their eyes are sunken into their skulls, their canine teeth are long and sharp, and their fingers and toes end in scraggly claws. Finally, greater devils also have a set of slender, transparent bat-like wings.

Males wear a pair of slightly baggy pants with sandals along with a vest. Over this some have also donned an open robed—all the clothing adapted to work with their wings and body. Females will wear sari and sandals. Both sexes enjoy various forms of jewelry, which many often use to help augment their seeming rank and station over others. When it comes to warfare, greater devils enjoy using scimitars and spiked whips in combat. For armor they use chainmail shirts and bracers with small to medium sized shields often displaying the crest of the devilish prince and/or lord they serve.

DEVILISH LORD/LADY: The second highest devils in the devilish hierarchy. Sometimes they have gone rogue and look at ruling on their own but most tend to serve a devilish prince or princess.

Devilish lords are incredibly muscular figures with a dark blue skin tone, six powerful arms, and set of black bat-like wings. Their thick, beefy legs end in sharp cloven hooves and their head and face are devoid of any kind of hair, resembling a human’s face but with pointed ears, sharp canine teeth, and a cruelly lined stoic face. They also have three sets of horns encircling their bald heads. First is a small set of horns akin to a billy goat’s, jutting six inches out of their forehead. Another is a set of bull’s horns that are on either side of their head that extend for about one foot. These are joined with a taller pair of bulls horn’s on the back of this head which curve slightly towards the front of their head as they make their 1 1/2 foot climb. All the horns are a yellowish “dirty” ivory.

Devilish lords are quite found of rich, sleeveless robes that have been specially fitted to not only work with their multiple armies but also wings. They also wear a thick belt/girdle that often times doubles as sword belt for their weapons. They wear no footwear but are found of jewelry of all types, and even look to make themselves look more regal with gold and silver filled tattoos. Devilish ladies tend to take one more jewelry and adornment than males but some males have become the exception to the rule.
When it comes to combat the devilish lords enjoy scimitars, using one for each arm. This means they do not use shields but block any forthcoming attacks with the blades. They also enjoy specially made suits of half-plate armor that help set them apart on the battle field and against their fellow devilish lords.


DEVILISH PRINCE/PRINCESS: The highest ranking devil who rules over the all other in a given area, females are known as devilish princess. While there are many of them across the Abyss there are five in particular who were first brought to Tralodren during the end of the Titanic Age and have kept up various levels of interest with the world since then. These are: Azrin, Bethra, Lyra, Morcane, and Vodan.

DIOLA: The fifth planet in the Tralodroen System.

DITRA: This Thalian Island is toward the northeastern edge of the island chain but looks westward and seeks out trying to be a powerful contender in the region, taking what lands it might and seeking to emulate Atalica while protecting itself from them in the process.

DIVINE MANDATE: The rules and orders laid out by the Court of Heaven and enforced by the rulers of Napow, called high lords.

DIVINITY: The collective term given to some of the cosmic races that have a rank in power and ability higher than other comic races and a step or two below the gods. In this else are divine like beings but of lesser rank and power than the actual gods. They share similar aspects with them in having to use a guise to travel to Tralodren as well as being able to sire godspawn.
Those comprising this group are: titan lords,

DOOM MAKER’S ISLAND: Another name for Antora, one of lands making up the Southern Lands.

DOUGLASS FULLER: Gnomish founder of Fullerism.

DUNAMA: A Lady of Death who keeps the gate to Kratos.

DURANTIS, LORD: One of the Septet. He possess dove wings and a short cropped beard that matches his short cropped hair. He prefers wearing rich robes and fine adornment to his frame, keeping two daggers in his belt an a long spear close at hand and using it in regal ceremonies and dress when not in conflict. Soft spoken and one to keep to his own thoughts it easy to see why he gets along well with his wife, Justina, so well. Not one to raise a matter on his own all that often Durantis is content to let things be presented before him and then make up his mind on a matter.

DRADIN: One of the gods of the Tralodroen pantheon, leader of the Gray Gods. He is the god of literacy, magic, learning, and knowledge.

DRADINITES: Name given to the priests and others who follow after Dradin.

DRAGON: These are the result of the fiendish prince, Azrin’s corrupting linnorms. Though the fiends have long since departed dragons still remain in the following races: Audin, Borin, Fenin, Holtin, Tullin, and Veldin.
Dragon is also the name of their written and spoken language, a mix between Abyssal and Linnorm. In general more look to speak it than write it.

DRAKE: Drakes are the collective name given to a series of reptilian creatures resembling what we might know as dinosaurs. They run the gamut in size and shape and types of terrain in which they make their home, most favoring warmer, tropical areas in general, tending to place them more in the Southern Lands and Southern Hemisphere.
There are six types of drakes on Tralodren: banded, horned, marsh, plated, sea, and winged.

DRALADON: One of the land masses comprising the Midlands. A land dominated by desert, it is the most western of the lands in the Midlands with part of it being considered to be a province of Colloni.

DRALINIA: The seventh month in the Tralodren calendar.

DRANOR: The race created to be the pinnacle of Tralodren’s creation. They feel into disfavor with the gods and were cursed then destroyed after repeated offenses. Part of their curse had them give birth to mortalkind.

DRANORIC AGE, THE: The Dranoric Age, like the Titanic Age, is named for prominent role the dranors would play in the part of history following the fall of the titans and the rise of The Shadow Years. As the only race who could use magic like the titans, they would naturally find their way into the now vanished races place in many things, even adopting much of their developments and achievements—even improving them. It would span the following years: 7250 - 5943 BV.

DRANARIN: The native language (spoken and written) of the dranors. It’s a corrupted form of this language that many modern magic and many spells have been crafted. It was universally spoken by dranors the world over. Later most of what would later become known as mortalkind, would also start out knowing this language as their first spoken tongue before developing their own langue.
As with most races, the written version was not always known by the rank and file dranors but those in power and places of station certainly knew and promoted it. The written form uses a mixture of runes and glyphs. The runes are more rigid looking with the glyphs being more fluid in appearance. The twenty-six runes are the basic letters of their language with the twelve glyphs serving to represent various sounds that are used to make up or accompany a word of letter.

In addition to these are the full gamut of punctuation, some being more common like periods, commas, colons, and semicolons, and others being slightly different versions of a question mark, exclamation mark and quotations. It is clearly distinct when seen and is used on many forms of writing both on parchment and paper and even carved into harder substances like bone, rock, metal, and the like. Naturally, it also finds its way onto enchanted and blessed objects over given the dranors connection to such things throughout their existence on Tralodren.

DRUED: The dwarven Race God.

DRUED’S DAY: Worshippers of the dwarven god hold that as soon as Drued died he rose to godhood, this means that they hold to a historical/traditional day of death as the time of his ascension as well. This festival, celebrated on Sharealia 19th, is a very respectful one set up in praise and honor of the god as well as retelling the tale of his life, sharing his exploits and boons to the race as a whole in the process.

DRUED’S STANDARD: The symbol for Drued, called Drued’s Standard/the Holy Standard, is two war hammers crossed in front of a double bladed axe. On banners and shields the background is black with the hammers being silver, the axe gold. When used for priests, a steel pendent is modeled out of the hammers and axe and attached to a steel chain.

DRUDEN: The name of those who follow after Drued.

DWARF: One of the races making up mortalkind, they make their homes in mountains and hills, organized by eleven clans. They once inhabited the origin city of Druelandia.  The eleven clans are as follows: Bernheim, Diamant, Drueheim, Fernstellen, Kahlberg, Rollandheim, Steinaller, Sternheim, Stolzturm, Stromheim, and Tanzenstein.

DWARFISH: The name of the written and spoken language of the dwarves, it is commonly spoken and written by dwarves all over the world. Each looks to learn it as well as they can as it is seen as an aspect of racial unity and a connection point to their ancient history and now fractured race. The written form of it uses only capital letters resembling a block, almost runic-like form. But they aren’t entirely runes more entirely pure characters either but something in-between. There are 32 total characters in their language and a handful of punctuation, letting them use the equivalent to periods, commas, question marks, and exclamation marks. It is clearly distinct when seen, however, and is used on many forms of writing both on parchment and paper and even carved into harder substances like bone, rock, metal, and the like.

DYADIC CREST: The symbol used by the Order of the Griffin. It is a profile of a golden griffin looking to the left in the middle of a white laurel wreath over a green background. This is symbol is placed on their shields and sometimes banners and even a few capes when worn in times past. In all cases the color scheme remains the same.

ECKIN PROVINCE: The northwestern section of Sargona as defined by the Hanor and Galis Rivers all the way up to the Shimmering Mountains of which they get the western most third.

EDMUNDIAN: A gnomish political party who followed Fullerism and saw merit in the ideas and order and regulations set forth by Edmund Kemp and the charter he crafted as well as what they held were “civic compacts” with the governed and government. Taking the name Edmundians, they choose the hawk for their symbol in keeping with the idea of a picture picture view and constant vigil the government needs to be about for the people.

EDMUNDIC CHARTER: This was the original set of rules and laws that helped to establish the first gnomish republic in 3386 B.V. Named after it’s writer, the gnome Edmund Kemp.

ELANDORIC ACADEMY, THE: An academy of magic based in Elandor.

ELLA: One of the thirty muses created by Causilla. She has taken Colloni and its surrounding isles as her own personal charge. She has hazel eyes and long red hair that drapes to the upper part of her chest and back. Her signing voice is mezzo-soprano. Her favorite instrument is the lyre.

EKURIN: A follower of Ekurism.

EKURISM: One of the Southern Philosophies. A philosophy based in the Southern Hemisphere by a minotor named Ekur who who was interested in a just society. He sought a way to create one looking to a model of a shared community and having all the aspects of that culture (art, the economy, government, etc. ) look to uphold and keep to a similar idea of moral good for the whole.

In his just society he didn’t see the need of for kings. Each man, he said, should be his own ruler, working and living in agreement with his fellow man in common bonds of peaceful relations. He advocated for a bartering system instead of coinage claiming that it was not right for coins to be used for good for it took unfair advantage of those that produced the goods and allowed others to do nothing in exchange. It also allowed for much unfair and uneven practices. Trading services and goods was the fairest and best way to live, he said.

Laws would be communal in nature in both their implementation and enforcement. All would be able to enforce the law and all would be called upon to defend their nation if it came to war but one would not go out seeking for one. Stewardship of the land and resources was also a component of his ideal society as well as a loose government of equals would be allowed to convene for larger matters of importance when matters of quick and decisive deliberation needed to be made.

ELANDOR: One of the three Telborian kingdoms of Talatheal, holding dominion over
the northeastern portion of the Grasslands of Gondad, stretching into the interior and flowing down into about halfway down the eastern coast before it’s divided by the Raven River.

ELEMENTAL: Elementals are a type of creature that wasn’t created by the Cosmic Entities but the titan lords. In their efforts to master more of the cosmic elements they were tied to they sought to actually bring life to the very cosmic elements, inspired in part by the creation of the incarnates centuries earlier at the dawn of creation.

They have limited forms of intelligence and ability and cannot speak but can make noises and understand Titan and the native tongue spoken on their plane. They also don’t have the ability to reproduce sexually but can split off into two new smaller versions of itself once their life cycle has ended. There are no Death or Life Elementals, but the other fourteen cosmic elements do have their own elemental.

ELEMENTALISM: The name of a philosophy subscribing great worth and study to the cosmic elements; founded by a Napowese man named Chou Chul.

ELEMENTALIST: One who follows the teachings and thoughts of Elementalism.

ELLIS: The name of the sixth planet in the Thangarian System and from where Olthon once ruled until it was merged with Aethia to form the realm of Civis.

ELONUM: The native language (written and spoken) of the Elyellium. This language is really an orderly and logical form of writing in which there are no lowercase letters and the twenty-six letter alphabet is written in a series of block-line lines, making perfectly straight letters and presentations. Punctuation, however, is lacking some in the process, making reading some of the text challenging in that only until recently (since 1 PV) has a period been added to the process. They don’t have any commas or other any forms of punctuation. They also use letters for their numerals, making something else unique that helps Elonum stand out among the other languages.

ELYELLIUM: The elves who live in the Midlands, namely Colloni, and parts of the Southern Lands.

ENDARIEN: God of the sky, air, birds, and weather; Light God and son of Ganatar and Olthon, sister to Causilla.

ENDARI: Name of a follower of Endarien.

ENDARIS: The third month in the Tralodren calendar.

ENDURIS: The third titan to rule over his race and later the Thangarian System. Part of the third generation of titans he is the son of Enduris and the father of Nital, Agri, and Vkar.

ENTROPIS: The native language (written and spoken) of chaotic incarnates and other denizens of Anomolia. It has both lower and uppercase form and uses periods, commas, and dashes. The script itself makes use of angles and curves to create a text that is both interesting as it is slightly unsettling. Each letter of the 30 letter alphabet has its own unique appearance that further makes for some interesting looking words and phrases when created.

ENVEAL: An abysmal incarnate resembling a blue-skinned human with a jackal’s head and bat wings covered in eyes. Often works with devils. Lives in the Abyss.

ERADELLA: A Lady of Death who keeps the gate to Paradise.

ERICKA: One of the thirty muses created by Causilla. She has taken Troll Island as her own personal charge. She has light green eyes and light blonde shoulder length hair. Her signing voice is soprano. Her favorite instrument is the harp.

EYE OF FATE, THE: Name of Saredhel’s holy symbol. It is a stylized representation of an eye. When used in banners the outline is in black, the iris is a light gray, and all is presented over a brown background. Priests wear The Eye of Fate as a pendant with a fine silver, brass, or gold chain. The pendant itself has the white of the eye made from mother of pearl with a crystal pupil and thin lines of gold, to act as the iris tying it all together. This is all held in place by the eye’s silver stylized outline.

EXALTED LADY: This is the title for the female Fulverinic rulers. The race is ruled by females and their male consorts who have done so since the start of their race.

EXPANSE, THE: One of the three unclaimed planes that has been the home of the cosmic element of space since the creation of the cosmos. It’s denizens include: Lords of Space, expansive incarnates, expansive elementals, and expansive cosmic creatures.

ENZURI MOLZAN: The second king of the dranors, following Antur Lagura, and preceding Marat Kassen. He ruled from 6684 - 6307 BV and was seen as a wise and pious king but in the end couldn’t keep the empire united, letting it crumble into disarray for Marat to rebuild and reforge. 

FACTION WARS, THE: A dranoric time of war when the various elements of their nation rose up and divided against each other during the reign of Enzuri. While started by the magi, it soon spread to other parts of the social and economic factions, breaking the nation up into three parts, each ruled by a different faction until the coming of Marat when all three were once more brought into a unified dranoric empire. These wars ran from 6350 - 6307 BV.

FADE, THE: A hazy area created on the Void side of the Expanse from the residue of various matter being disintegrated into nothingness.
 
FALL TOURNEY, THE: This week long event (Remanis 19th–24th) is just as the spring and summer tourneys but with a few varied events.

FEAST OF FLAMES, THE: Sharealia 1st is celebrated by the followers of Rheminas as the longest day and thus the sign of Rheminas’ power as demonstrated and symbolized by the sun. Flames are also part of it, bonfires being used in places to represent the eternal light of the sun and Rheminas’ power.

FEAST OF LIGHT, THE: Tied into the summer solstice (Sharealia 1st), this festival is celebrated by Gartarians as a symbolic turning point of the darkness being defeated by the light, revealing no matter how things might look, goodness and Ganatar ultimately, always wins out over his foes.

FEAST OF SHROUDS, THE: This is a four day period celebrated by Gurthers for it is seen as another mark of Gurthghol’s power in that the moon is removed (shrouded) from the sky. It is thought to be a time of greater strength for the god—when his power and will are in greater effect and so these are some high days of celebration. For many Gurthers these are also days of prophetic reinforcement of their belief that one day Gurthghol will reign supreme over all.

FENIN: The name of the dragons that live in the swamps and marshlands of Tralodren. They can expel an acid attack from their mouths.

FESTERITE: Name of a sect given to the worship of Asorlok. Look to put an end to things that do not necessarily have a physical life (ideas, kingdoms, etc.) that they seem to think are ready to pass on to Mortis.

FESTUS: A Lord of Death who keeps the gate to Boda.

FIEND: Name given to the various races who were first cast into the Abyss by Vkar and then the pantheon. In time the corruptive nature of the Abyss changed them so that they became a new race all together. Then they further split up into demons and devils based in part on there corruption and tendencies/temperament.

FIENDISH WARS, THE: The name of the sixteen year long battle that took place across ancient Tralodren when the titans summoned some fiends and demonic and devilish princes to the planet for help in their rebellion against the gods. These fiends quickly turned on them and enslaved the entire planet, leading into The Dark Decade. The wars took place from 7686-7670 B.V.

FIRST DYNASTIC WAR, THE: A time in titanic history when the sons of Enduris made a bid for their father’s throne. Ultimately, Vkar won by becoming the first god of the cosmos. The period runs from 8637-8630 BV.

FIRST GREAT DECLINE, THE: A plague stopped the forward progress started in The First Rebirth, taking out many people and even plant and animal life besides. It was eventually stopped and eradicated from the planet, allowing for The Second Rebirth to take place.
The time of the decline was as follows:  7350-7250 BV. 

FIRST REBIRTH, THE: This is the first segment of time after the fall of the titans at the end of the Titanic Age. It saw the other races making a new life on Tralodren following the remove of the titans and their culture from the world.
It would span the following years: 7650-7350 BV. 

FOUNDING DAY: Endaris 22nd is an important day in the Elyelmic life and faith in which they hold this day to the exact date when the great city of Remolos was founded in the dim, distant days of the Shadow Years. Obviously this is only true to the Elyellium as the Patrious have their own sacred day of the same name.

This name is also shared with Khulian 1st, a day marking the start of the formation of the Knights of Khuthon. Naturally, it is something that is only really appreciated and celebrated with those who honor and follow the religion of Khuthon. The day is often spent retelling of the foundation of the order, some tests of strength and, of course, the worship of Khuthon.

This is also a solemn day of reflection and honor to those in Rexatoius, falling on Endaris 1st. On this day they look to set aside a day for the founder of their nation, honoring what he did and gave up and how far they have come since then. In many ways it is a very patriotic and semi-religious affair often mixed with a self-reflective but still celebratory manner as such things tend to be in many lands and with many people. It is believed that Cleseth came to Rexatoius and set foot on it on the 1st day of Endaris and so it has been a traditional belief ever since.

FOUNT, THE: The name given by some Bolinists to the highest form of spiritual reality from which all the spiritual truth and reality come from. A reality that is higher than the gods who are merely a reflection of it.

FULLER HOUSE: Fuller House is literally the house that belonged to Douglass Fuller, a gnome who founded Fullerism that has been taken over in the centuries since to become a school to share and teach his philosophy to new generations. It, like the other two major gnomish philosophy schools have become to be well known fixtures on the Kennington cityscape throughout the generations.

FOX TRIBE, THE: A tribe of Nordicans who live on Baltan.

FRATERNAL FELLOWSHIP, THE: This is a more of a sociopolitical movement than religious sect which formed in 550 PV with a movement of priests who believed that it was time to make a move to unite all the elves under the leadership of one race—the Elyellium. To this end they have begun to make a delegation in each of the elven lands in hopes of one day being able to have enough sway to influence the elven leadership to bring about the unity of the elven race under an elven federation of sorts. Other than this they are part of the regular religion and recognize the regular order of it.

FREE REALM: One of two types of realms, these being left in their natural state, not being merged with another world or plane. These planes then lay outside the old cosmic order and as such are “free” of it, thus earning their name.
The four free realms are as follows: Delecta, Elucia, Kratos, and Thangaria.

FRIGIA: One of the lands that make up the Northlands.

FROST OCEAN: This cold body of water is what covers the vast northern portion of the world, turning into iceberg filled frosted body the further north one travels.

FULLERISM: This is the name given to an opposing moral philosophy founded by a gnome named Douglass Fuller. Fuller stated that there needed to be clear limitations on what can and cannot be done; should and should not be tolerated; these being set down by a majority so as to keep the greatest hold over all. Laws were needed to stem back the tide of dark potential and evil that could arise form unchecked lusts and ambitions while also encouraging the best of mortalkind to arise and flourish.

FULLERIST: A follower of Fullerism.

GALBA: The name of the entity who resides in the area named after her in Arid Land. She once watched over the throne of Vkar, keeping it safe from any who tried to seek out godhood. With her departure and the coming of the Elyellium it has turned more into a forward base of operations and the only true Elyelmic footprint outside their landing areas in Gray Wound that is free of Syvanic mingling.

GALGALLI: One of the eight types of angels. The race was taken by Rheminas to serve as agents of judgment and retribution/revenge. Plural form: Galgallim.

GALICIA: The plane formed by the cosmic element of ice, later was merged with Thangaria’s moon and the plane of Aquila to become the realm of Naiada. It’s denizens include: Lords of Ice, gelidic incarnates, ice elementals, and gelidic cosmic creatures.

GANARIN EMIPIRE, THE: This is the name of the empire of the minotors that was once found on what today is called Menessa but was once known as Ganara, in honor of their god, Ganatar.

GANATAR: One of the gods of the Tralodroen pantheon, leader of the Light Gods. He is the god of law, light, justice, and order.

GARTARIAN: The name given to priests and people who follow after Ganatar.

GARTARIC ISLANDS, THE: One of three island chains found in the southern hemisphere of Tralodren—this one being occupied by minotaurs but controlled by minotors. The most notable island is perhaps the Island of Judgment, which is a penal colony for the Sargonian Empire. Along with the continent of Sargona, these islands are part of the Sargonian Empire.

GLACIS: The native language (both spoken and written) of geldic incarnates and those beings native to Galicia.

GHANLAND: A kingdom that was formed by the king of Thalia in Belda-thal after he was expelled by a coup from his land. It soon grew into a rival empire that eventually put an end to the Beldians and rushed the land into civil war until the coming of the Imperial Wars put and end to both the empires.

GHOST: A soul-possessing spirit that has found a way to remain on Tralodren, oftentimes trapped in one location or given area. One of the unique brings.

GIANT: A race of tall (12’) humanoids who resemble larger than life humans in many ways. Created by Khuthon, they have since formed seven unique races: Aloadae, Anakim, Jotun, Nephilim, Rephaim, Surith, and Troll.

GILDER SPIDER, THE: The name for the demonic prince, Jebulon’s symbol. It makes use of a golden, stylized spider and is rarely seen among the cult outside of use for personal holy symbols, but when seen outside it is placed over a purple background. The spider shape itself is made out of gold and made into a pendant to be worn on a black cord. It is often only worn in gatherings, however, to keep the Jebulist hidden from the general population.

GIGANTIC WARS, THE: A time when the gigantic kingdom of Anaka tried to conquer their other non-Anakite giant kin living in the forests and plains outside their mountainous nation. It waged from 6583-6579 BV but ultimately was a failed attempt.

GNOME: Gnomes are in many respects almost smaller/miniature versions of Telborians. One of the races comprising mortalkind, they were created when the dranors tried to mate with dwarves in a last desperate attempt to save their own dying race.

This is also the name of the written and spoken language of the gnomes. The langue is very similar to Telboros. In general, it’s understood that about 50% of Gnome is very close to the language with a few minor differences in pronunciations, terminology, and spelling. The other 50% is a mixture of the ancient human tongue (about 20%) with their own unique take on most of it, and then new words they’ve developed over the centuries (20%) with the rest being comprised of other words they’ve picked up and/or altered over the years from other races and/or encounters (10%).

The result is that most who can speak and understand Telboros can understand about half of what a gnome says when speaking their their native tongue. As to why gnomes share such a similar language with Telboros, many have speculated for generations, but nothing ever concrete has surfaced outside old legends, myths, theories, and stories.


GOBLIN: Smaller version of a hobgoblin—green skinned with yellow eyes and thin black hair. They are the last and often viewed as lowest member of jarthalian line/social structure.

Goblin is also the native language (written and spoken) but the hobgoblins and goblins. While it shares some similarities with Jarlis, the native tongue of the jarthal and ogre, it has since evolved into something different, adopting some elements of other languages they came into contact with during the years of their development and finally getting formalized when large groups of goblins and hobgoblins met during the Great Unrest wherein the northern hemisphere learned and adopted the tongue of their southern cousins.

The written form is mostly used in the Southern Hemisphere but there are some who still can and do write with it in the north, these being priests and higher ups in the tribes or rank and station. It’s a clean and simple looking language when written, consisting entirely of uppercase letters—these numbering twenty-eight in total, adding in a handful of other markings used for punctuation, allowing for the equivalent of periods, commas, question marks, exclamation marks, and colons. It is quite commonly found on paper, parchment, and the like but is more uncommonly carved in harder substances—especially by those in the Northern Hemisphere.

GODSPAWN: The offspring of a divinity or god and a non-god/divinity. One of the unique brings. They are ranked in two tiers: greater and lesser.
Greater godspawn are born from a god and divinity are known and usually are thought of as getting the best of both worlds in the sense of them being akin to a demigod in a way as they aren’t so much just a simple divinity but something above them but not yet a fully fledged god either. However, they are recognized and even categorized as a divinity in general. Lesser godspawn are born from a god and non-divinity or from two godspawn (either of greater or lesser rank).

GOLDEN BAY: A smaller bay on the eastern coast of Sargona. It was named for the common transport of gold mined from the mountains and hills north of there, making their way to other locales across the southern hemisphere by way of bay and ships docked therein.

GOLDEN HALL, THE: The name of Shiril’s residence on Boda. It is a large complex made of various chambers and tunnels underground covered with precious metals, gems, and various polished stone.

GOLDEN HOUSE, THE: The Golden House was created to bring greater attention to the teachings of Ekurism and so do in a way to bring it honor and prestige among the masses of Sargona. To this end the main school building is flanked by twin minotors cast in bronze while the building itself is made of white marble and covered in gold and brass adornment—both inside and out.

GOLDEN LEAGUE, THE: A league of various groups of minotors who answered the call of one Kannan Nolris back in the early days of Tralodren following the disappearance of the titans. It was assembled to battle Trolls and later minotaurs but when the fighting was won disbanded over fears of Kannan getting any more power and lording it over them. As such, the league would be headed only by him: 7097-7023 BV. His ouster would bring about The Golden Wars.

GOLDEN LYRE, THE: The name of Causilla’s holy symbol. It is a lyre that has a sprig of roses growing up from and around it. On banners and similar forms of display the background is white, the lyre is gold, and the roses are in natural (usually red) hues. When used for holy symbols, the symbol is carved out of precious metals or stones into a pendant and affixed with a thin chain of silver or gold.

GOLDEN WARS, THE: A three year period of time (7026-7023 BV) following the ouster of Kannan Nolris from the Golden League. Factions were split on his future and the future of the league but in the end Kannan sued for peace in exchange for his exile, thus putting and end to the source of the conflict and any future league among the minotors.

GOTTHEIM: One of the thirteen Jotun nations nestled between Belheim and Dainheim.

GRACIA: The name of the final resting place for those who follow after Panthora.

GRAND ABBOT/ABBESS: Name of the chief priest/priestess of Asorlok.

GRAND ACCORDS, THE: A large meeting of nations called by Enzuri, the second dranoric king, that would eventually bring about The Tralodroen Council. It took place from 6664-6659 BV.

GRAND ACCOUCHEMENT, THE: This is simply the celebration Causilla’s birth (Asoria 12th). How they came to know this date, the priests have varied stories, though most suspect it was taken from the old traditions of the dranors who used to celebrate such matters in their pantheistic religion. No matter its pedigree it is simply a time set aside to honor and praise the goddess of love, beauty, and the arts, for her being and gifts she’s brought to all the world. Every celebration is a little differently but all hold Causilla high and many bring her gifts—these to her temples or shrines—as one might do for a normal birthday party.

GRAND BARRIER, THE: The name given to the protective shield put around the planet by the gods to keep all divinities and even cosmic races from being able to enter or leave Tralodren. It cannot be seen by non-divinities but can be seen by magic and/or divine aid.

GRAND CODEX, THE: Name given to the sacred book of the Gartarians. In this tome is a collection of laws, maxims, principles, and edicts that cover a wide range of topics from personal behavior to civil government. The Codex was said to have been handed down from the beginning of mortalkind by Ganatar himself.

GRAND PREFECT: Name of the chief priest of Aerotripton.

GRAND PRIESTESS: Name of the chief priestess of the Sisters of Remolos.

GRAND TOURNEY, THE: This is a highly popular week long event (Khulian 7th–12th) that sees it’s location changing from place to place all over Talatheal as the venue is shared by the independent cities and the kingdoms who get to host it. Unlike the other tournaments throughout the year this one is only open to the winners of the previous three who then compete with each other for great fame and reward.

GRAY GODS, THE: This faction of gods does not side with either the Light Gods or the Dark Gods instead seeking a place in the middle, neither fully supporting one outlook over the other, but making sure there could be a choice between the two positions and valuing free will and its protection very highly. Those who make up this group are as follows: Dradin, Saredhel, Siril, Endarien, Perlosa. Dradin is considered their leader.

GRANARIS: The sixth month in the Tralodren calendar.

GRATH: One of three moons that orbits the planet Baus in the Tralodroen System.

GRAY PERCH, THE: The name of Endarien’s palace on Avion. It rests on top the highest mountain on the many islands of the realm, thus lending to the name.

GRAYTON ACADEMY, THE: An academy of magic based in Grayton.

GREAT BOOK, THE: This is both the name of the symbol sacred to Dradin and the main body of scripture to which he followers subscribe.
Those who worship Dradin have one sacred tome called The Great Book. There is one master copy said to be created by Dradin himself with all others being copies supplied to various temples and shrines. Inside it teaches and instructs upon all matters worthy of study and understanding, including aspects of magic. Though bound in one book, it is said to be endless, gaining new information from those who ponder it—almost as if it was comprised of ever-expanding text which oddly never causes the book to swell any larger than its original size.

The symbol for Dradin, also called The Great Book, is an opened book with a crystal ball resting on its center. In banners the background is green. In all instances, where possible, the crystal ball is seen as a light green and the book a deep brown with vellum colored pages. When worn by priests a brass pendant is molded into the book, a small green tinted glass globe is used for the crystal ball, all being attached to a green strip of cloth or cord.

GREAT DRANORIC DECLINE, THE: This time period (6090-5943 BV) is the final years of the dranors and their empire. It it also the beginning of mortalkind as well as sets the pieces in place for the most dramatic change to come on Tralodren: the Great Shaking.

GREAT OCEAN, THE: The largest ocean on Tralodren and is assumed to wrap around the eastern section of the globe and then wrap back around to the west making a large body of water on the opposite side of the planet in the process.

GREEN SEA: This body of water is called by two different names but is located off of the western coast of Sethra and into the Crimson Isles and even the Gartaric Isles and the eastern portion of Thalia. It is called the Green Ocean by all save the ryu of Sethra who have deemed it their waters and thus given it the other name.

GRIFFIN KNIGHTS: One of two sects off of the mainline religion for Olthon. It was formed in 450 PV in Belda-thal by a group of pious warriors who merged the religion of Olthon with a militant bent to use the strength of arms to defend the peace and promote peace over regions lost to conflict and unrest. This policy has even been thought to include preemptive actions when needed. It has been slow to spread and has remained in Belda-thal since its founding.

GROLEN: One of the six islands considered part of Colloni; a multiracial embassy to Colloni.

GUILDMASTER/MISTRESS: Name of the person who runs and/or overseas a certain guild.

GURTHGALIAN: The eleventh month in the Tralodren calendar.

GURTHGHOL: One of the gods of the Tralodroen pantheon, leader of the Dark Gods. He is the god of chaos, darkness, dragons, entropy, and linnorms. He is also known as Vkar’s and Xora’s firstborn.

GURTHER: The name given to priests and followers of Gurthghol.

HABADAK: A demonic prince who is seen as a being worthy of worship by some cults. He is also created with the creation of Trolls through the corruption of some giants. His followers are called Habadakites.

Habadak resembles a titan with huge muscles and rivers of veins over his frame. His pale brown flesh has reddish hair on his shoulders, forearms and back. The same course hair covers his goat-like legs, each ending with ivory hooves. His arms are covered with black tribal tattoos and end in claws, his face is an evil and cruel expression with dark black hair and ivory horns akin to a water buffalo (each four feet in length). His eyes a a bright yellow that highlights his hook nose and bushy eyebrows; his teeth are razor sharp. A set of shinning black bat wings are attached to his back with a 30 ft. wingspan.

Habadak dresses in a simple crimson silk loincloth etched with golden runes attached to a thick leather girdle encircling his waist. He often wears golden bracelets, rings, necklaces, earrings, and other golden adornments. It is common practice for him to wear silver caps on his horns and at times he wraps his waist in a cast iron chain.

He doesn’t tend to do much for armor, adopting what he normally wears day to day into his means of protection. These are thick bracers, carved to resemble a collection of skulls, with a matching set of greaves for his lower legs. For weapons he is rather partial to longswords, preferring them as his first form of attack. He also makes use of his ability to tap into the comics element of evil for added protection and attacks.

HABADAKITE: The name for those who would side with and follow after Habadak.

HALF-ELF: The name given someone who is born of elven and human blood. The name holds true in many cases up to the fourth generation.

HALF-HUMAN: A less common and often derogatory name given for those who share both elven and human ancestry.

HALFLING: A short race of beings with slightly pointed ears and standing about 3 ½ to 4 feet tall. One of several races created by the dranors (see mortalkind) in their attempt to continue their race. They later lost their homeland and have taken to wandering the world.
Halfling is also the name of the language used by race for their spoken and written needs.

While not all might have the ability to write or read it all look to speak it as a point of cultural pride. This script is actually quite artistic looking, having both lower and upper case letters created in a smooth, curved fashion. These twenty-eight characters form the entirely of their alphabet, adding in a handful of other markings used for punctuation, allowing for the equivalent of periods, commas, question marks, exclamation marks, and colons. It is quite commonly found on paper, parchment, and the like but is more uncommonly carved in harder substances. Usually when it does appear, it is often rather artistically displayed.

HAMMER OF TRUTH, THE: The name given to Ganatar’s holy symbol. It is a gavel or war hammer in front of a four-pointed star whose longer tail extends to the bottom of the hammer’s handle. When placed on banners the star is white, the hammer gold, and the background black. When used for priest’s necklaces the image is imprinted in relief on a gold or bronze medallion with a black leather/silk strip/thong or a chain of gold/bronze.

HANNAH: One of the thirty muses created by Causilla. She has taken Draladon on as her own personal charge. She has blue-green eyes and curly, sandy blonde hair kept just long enough to touch her shoulders. Her signing voice is soprano. Her favorite instrument is the flute.

HANNAH’S STUDIO: A bardic college located in Dinoius, Draladon.

HAND OF LIFE, THE: The name given to Asora’s holy symbol. It is an open hand, palm facing outward, with a black ankh in the center. On banners the background is white, the hand flesh colored, and the ankh white. When worn by priests the symbol is carved in relief on white marble or a soft rose quartz pendant and attached to a white cloth, silk strap, or cord.

HARVEST FESTIVAL: This is a universal celebration in which all look to enjoy the fruits of their labors from the previous year and look toward the final few weeks that remain of the present year. While it is named for the harvest it is really more a mixing of year end and harvest themes and sentiments and thus fits right into with being celebrated in the middle of winter (in the northern hemisphere at least). This weeklong feast (Gurthgalian 25th–30th) is often set up with family gatherings, parties and reveling of varying degrees; dancing, song, and merriment of all types being the norm and expected.

HASHMAL: One of the eight types of angels. They govern over the Kadishim Plural form: Hashmalim. Can be found in the first heaven of Paradise.

HAVANA: One of the thirty muses created by Causilla. She is one of the six muses who tend to Causilla as a personal handmaiden. Havana has a square face, medium green eyes. and curly, bright red hair, which she lets grow to the middle of her back. Her signing voice is contralto. Her favorite instrument is the gemshorm.

HAVEN ACADEMY, THE: An academy of magic based in Haven.

HAWK TRIBE, THE: This is the name of a group of Syvani elves who live in Arid Land who live in the eastern section of the top landmass of Arid Land.

HEAD PRIEST: The third highest ranking position in most Tralodroen religions.

HEAVEN, THE FIRST: Name given to one of three divisions of Paradise, made long before the Lords of Good arrived. The first heaven is considered to be part of terrestrial nature of the plane, that is the earth, water/seas, and underground aspects of Paradise and on which many of those who end up there reside.

HEAVEN, THE SECOND: Name given to one of three divisions of Paradise, made long before the Lords of Good arrived. The second heaven is considered to be the sky and clouds above the terrestrial parts (i.e. the first heaven) of the plane. Here life can also be found in cloud based cities and other such things.

HEAVEN, THE THIRD: Name given to one of three divisions of Paradise, made long before the Lords of Good arrived. The third heaven is considered to be part of what one might call “stellar reaches” of the plane, that is to say the place where the stars and reach of outer space/the greater cosmos begins. This place is not as populated, being the resting place/ruling place for the Lords of Good.

HEART OF PARADISE, THE: The name given a place where the dead Lords of Good go to live out the rest of their existence.

HENRIAN: The name given to those dwarves that held to the way of the first king, Henry, who was said to be self-sufficient and not to be too concerned with the matters of the outside world. This mindset let to the eventual formation of what are now called mountain dwarves.

HETHIN: The name given to a group of specially trained honor guard who serve as the private body guard and army of the king of Hethland. They are Celetors taught and trained with Telborian weapons and arms and dressed in Nordic attire. They also have the distinct honor of having shields covered in the hide in the slain dragon to further set them apart. Each of the five hundred men also has a horse allowing them to be mobile and rapid in their means of service.

HETHLAND: A nation of Nordicans who live in Baltan. Their crest is a beast cat, raven, and fox portrayed in stylized form in black over two colored background—these colors being split vertically into equal parts. The raven is portrayed spread eagle under which the fox and beast cat are portrayed in profile, facing opposite directions from the other. The background colors are: white and blue.

HIBERNA: A linnorm that dwells in cold climates. The singular name for one of their race is Hibern. They can expel an icy blast from their mouths.

HIBRINIC EMPIRE, THE: This is the name of the empire of Anakim who reside in the Black Hills and have their capital in the city of Hibrin.

HIGH COUNCIL: Name of the second highest council used by the Lords of Good. Those of this council rule over one of seven larger domains of the third heaven, which are each divided into forty-nine regions. Each of these seven councils have a five person council governing them.

HIGH FATHER: Name of the chief priest of the Panian religion.

HIGH PRIEST: The second highest ranking position in most Tralodroen religions.

HILLTOWN COLLEGE: A bardic college located in Hilltown, Breanna.

HOBGOBLIN: One of the monstrous races; descendent of mixed ogrish and jarthalian blood. They are also the sires, in part, of the goblins. They possess yellowish skin and pointed ears.

HOLTIN: The name of the dragons that live in the temperate to semi-tropical forests of Tralodren. They expel an acidic breath from their mouths for their breath weapon attack.

HOLY CODE, THE: It is the purpose of Ganatar’s followers to not only live right by The Grand Codex, but also to help bring about The Holy Code to the whole world so as to bring it into alignment with the will of Ganatar. Just how this is to be done varies from follower to follower, sect to sect.

HOLY DYAD, THE: The name given collectively to the two books (The Book of Prosperity, The Book of Peace) of the sacred to the religion of Olthon.

HORNED DRAKE: One of six drakes found across Tralodren and the cosmos. This is basically a Triceratops.

HORNED GLYPH, THE: Those who worship Habadak hold to this symbol for their would be god, which is little more than a stylized imagining of the demonic prince’s face (a humanoid visage with the horns of a water buffalo) which is often carved into a small disc of iron or lesser metals for a pendent. This rests on a chain and is always worn around the priest’s neck. Laymen and other non-priests followers have been known to put the symbol on their flesh in the form of a tattoo to better show their allegiance though many more tend to keep their allegiance a hidden thing for obvious reasons.

HOUSE OF DELIGHT, THE: The magnificently splendid palace from which Causilla rules her realm of Delecta.

HYDRIS: The native language (spoken and written) of diluvial incarnates and other inhabitants of Aquila. Due to it being spoken mostly underwater it involves more sounds and subtle tonal aspects that travel better underwater and can cause some trouble for those who aren’t used to such subtle nuances in speak. This means words can be pronounced differently for slightly different meanings with just a variance in tone.

When used in written form it tends to make use of more triangular, oval, and circular shapes, these forming a set of what would be called thirty two different letters. The combination of these letters makes for words that by use of some dots and dashes over or above certain letters, help show what form of pronunciation is used for them, making the reader know what the full meaning of the word is. It also has a form of punctuation that is used for periods, question marks, and exclamation marks. Given that it is tends to be hard to write and keep things written when underwater this tongue is usually carved into hard surfaces.

ICE SEA: This is the body of water noted for its cold waves and occasional bits of ice floating about it. It is the main body of water between the Northlands until it gets into the Frost Ocean higher up outside the sight of the Northlands.

IGNEAH: The plane formed by the cosmic element of magma, later was merged with Thangaria’s sun and the plane of Ardori to become the realm of Helii. It’s denizens include: Lords of Magma, magmatic incarnates, magma elemental, and magmatic cosmic creatures.

IGNEAN: A linnorm that dwells in magma and volcanic climates. They can expel blast of fire from their mouths.

ILLUMIN: A sect who follows after Ganatar based mainly in the Western Lands. They hold Ganatar is really an illuminating deity whose light shined the truth into one’s self and the world around it. The aspects of his nature—namely justice and goodness—were reflections of that divine illumination.

ILLUMINA: The plane formed by the cosmic element of light, later was merged with Aethia, and Ellis, and the plane of Simetra to become the realm of Civis. It’s denizens include: Lords of Light, illuminated incarnates, light elemental, and illuminated cosmic creatures

IMINA: A Lady of Death who keeps the gate to Bios.

IMPERIAL OPUS, THE: Name of the holy text/scriptures upon which the religion of Aerotripton is built. Part biography, history, and insight from past grand prefects. Currently, it is bound in a collection of five thick vellum-paged books which each temple with smaller summarized versions in smaller temples and occasional important shrines.

IMPERIALIST: The name of those who follow the Imperial Religion.

IMPERIAL PRIEST: The title of the priests who served in the Imperial Religion.

IMPERIAL RELIGION, THE: The name given to worship and veneration of Vkar and Xora and later their family.

IMPERIAL STAR, THE: The name given to Aerotripton’s holy symbol. It is a four-pointed white star crossed by two arrows. On banners, shields, and other such forms of display the background is always purple, the arrows always silver-tipped and purple fletched. Priests use a white mother of pearl inland four-pointed star with silver crossing arrows as a pendant, which is often attached to leather thongs or cloth cords dyed a deep purple.

IMPERIUM, THE: This is a special unit of elven scions called who act as his personal guard and army, mirroring the Imperial Guard of the mortal elven emperors.

INCARNATES: One of the first group of beings created with the cosmic elements of life and death mingled with one of the other fourteen elements upon first creation of the cosmos, creating a living embodiment of that element. There are fourteen groups of incarnates: abysmal, aerial, chaotic, conflagrant, darkened, diluvial, earthen, expansive, gelidic, illuminated, magmatic, ordered, paradisal, and sequential.

INFERNIS: The native language (both spoken and written) of conflagrant incarnates and those native to Ardori and later Helii. The language is the lingua franca of the entire plane. It has one an uppercase form and uses more sharp angles and lines comprising the thirty letter alphabet. Along with the letters there are all the common forms of punctuation.

Because of this nature of writing in a plane and realm of fire and later magma, many have come to use it in a more spartan sense, putting down more important matters on thin sheets of metal or carved into stone; things that have to be remembered or of great import. Trivial matters that others in other realms and planes can be scribble down for leisure and/or enjoyment are not that common with these incarnates and thus their literature and written matters are drier and purposed/less flowery than text that can be found elsewhere. This is not to say that spoken form of Infernis is not a colorful and versatile language, just that the written form, in most cases, leaves much to be desired.

INCUBUS: Male version of the Ocubus; an attractive, black-winged, and horned abysmal incarnate who looks like a human male; often works with demons. Lives in the Abyss.

INTANGIBLE COSMIC ELEMENTS: Name given to eight of the sixteen cosmic elements that cannot be understood in a tangible—that is in a sensory—way. The eight elements placed in this grouping are: chaos, death, evil, good, life, order, space, and time.

IRON CITADEL,THE: The fortress city where Khuthon lives rules from on Kratos.

IRON CROWN, THE: Name given to the holy symbol of Valora. This is a crown of thorns that appears in black over a red or white background when it comes to displays. It’s also cast into a two inch diameter iron pendent for priests to wear on red or white cords.

IRONDALE: One of the Breannian Isles.

IRON GUARD, THE: A special group of gnomish knights set up to protect the Breannain Bank and the various interests of the Republic of Breanna. Based in Caradinia.

IRON SEA, THE: The body of water surrounding the Breannain Isles (Black Isle, Caradinia, and Irondale).

IRON TABLET, THE: The holy text for the religion of Drued. It is a rather good sized piece of iron carved with the basic tenets, laws, and rules that Drued expects his priests to abide by in this life. Their secondary book of note can be said to be their history both of their clans and corporately, which they revere and study from constantly for lessons about how to run their affairs in the present time.

ISLAND OF JUDGMENT, THE: A penal colony were certain criminals or prisoners of war are sent to work. It is one of the islands making up The Gartaric Islands.

ISLE OF THE MINOTAUR, THE: A nickname for Menessa, one of lands making up the Southern Lands.

IVORY TOWER, THE: This tower was built to house the bodies of all the past rulers of the Sargonian empires, this tower itself has been rebuilt more than once and is famed for its ivory paneled outer walls and pearl covered door with gold adornments. It is guarded by a taller outer wall and a portion of the imperial guard who keep watch over it and the bodies of the past rulers inside. It is ten stories tall and said to be about five stories deep which is where the bodies a laid to rest. What is above none are too sure save the emperors and a few chief priests who have conducted ceremonies for the dead. The tower rests near the palace in Arkadis.

JADIC EMPIRE, THE: This empire was founded by Pola Jadis, a wizard king in the late 600s B.V. based on Menessa. It stretched from the northern coast tp the Gilshminar River, the start of the Paradisal Peaks, and Dark Wood. It feel in 445 B.V.

JARLIS: The native language (written and spoken) of jarthals and ogres. While the writing part is done more often by those in the Southern Hemisphere the speaking part is still familiarly universal there there have developed some varied dialects among the groups—the greatest differences being between those in two hemispheres.
The writing was created by using a stylus long ago, providing wedged shaped letters and lines mixed with dots and other things that have slowly evolved over the years into what resembles a rather sophisticated language containing twenty-six letters and a collection of punctuation, allowing for a full range of understanding to what is written (periods, colons, commas, questions marks, etc.)

JARTHAL: The second race created by Khuthon after he had formed the giants. These powerful beings would in turn become the forefathers of the ogres, hobgoblins, and goblins—becoming grouped into what is called the monstrous races.

JARTHALIANS: This sect is similar to the Yineans (again founded before recorded time) save that it has the jarthal and their decedents (goblins, hobgoblins, and ogres) in place of the giants as the favored race of Khuthon.

JARTHALIAN RACES: A collective, sometimes poetic name used to describe the three main races that spun off of the Jarthalian line: goblins, hobgoblins, and ogres.

JASMINE: One of the thirty muses created by Causilla. She has taken Belda-thal as her own personal charge. She had pale brown eyes and thick black hair kept in a loose pony tail she often drapes over her shoulder, further emphasizing her swan-like neck. She has Her signing voice is soprano. Her favorite instrument is the tambourine.

JASMINE’S REST: A bardic college located in Argos, Belda-thal.

JEBULON: One of the ten fiendish princes who was brought to Tralodren during the last years of the Titanic Age. His followers are called Jebulists.

Jebulon is a fair-skinned, bulky demonic prince who has the look of someone formerly covered in muscles but has left himself go over time, covering over what was there with a layer of fat. Most of this fat is in his large gut. His bald head highlights his pointed ears and long mustache accompanied by a pointed goatee. His forehead also sports a set of goat horns. Each of his gray colored eyes is ringed with a circle of black kohl.
When it comes to combat Jebulon isn’t that concerned with armor, adopting a cuirass that’s specially made for his frame along with a specially made open faced helm that lets his goat horns stick through without hassle or incident. He prefers using axes—double headed is his first preference followed by war axes. And he always keeps a dagger close at hand.

JEBULIST: The name given to those who follow Jebulon, a demonic prince.

JELENA: One of the thirty muses created by Causilla. She has taken The Crimson Isles as her own personal charge. Jelena has medium blue eyes and thick shoulder length black hair, which she keeps in dreadlocks. Her round face helps the squint at the corner of her eyes when she smiles. Her signing voice is soprano. Her favorite instrument is the Serpent.

JOTNAR: Giants who live in the colder climates of the world, particularly the Northlands. They have thirteen kingdoms they rule in the Northlands: Alukheim, Belheim, Brunheim, Dainheim, Gottheim, Lorenheim, Nordheim, Nornheim, Sigheim, Stermheim, Tesinheim, Thrymheim, and Vorheim.

JOTIS: name of the written and spoken language of the race. Like other gigantic languages, it shares a common root with the original giant tongue but has long evolved into its own unique language through the millennia. The written form shares as strong resemblance with the older gigantic script but has a more runic looking nature to it.

JUSTINA, LADY: One of the Septet. She possess eagle wings and flowing locks which often mingle with the thin golden chains falling from her diadem. She prefers wearing outfits and adornment that reflect a regal nature and takes to carrying a long sword in times of battle, using it as part of her dress when not in combat. She is known to be fair and impartial and often the voice of reason and fairness among the other lords being a tie breaker in matters that have split the others. She is the wife of Lord Durantis.

KADEN: One of the ten fiendish princes who was brought to Tralodren during the last years of the Titanic Age. His followers are called Kadenites.

Kaden is a demonic prince with the bottom half of a large brown centipede with black legs and the top half of a olive skin titan. His gray hair is often left wild and curly but a crown of three inch ivory horns can still be clearly seen around his head. His biggest feature, though, is his three blue eyes. Two are just like and rest in the same place as normal eyes with a third eye of the same size resting above his nose and between the two other eyes below. While his top bottom half helps keep him up to fifteen feet he can raise himself higher, going as tall as twenty feet as needed, leaving just five behind him with the centipede body.

Kaden only wears a tunic on his upper half, this usually of a rich or fine design, which can vary in both color and style from time to time, place to place. He also wears silver and golden circlets that circle his forehead.

When it comes to combat, Kaden prefers segmented plate armor on his upper body. He also makes use of a small shield. For weapons he enjoys spears and short swords.

KADENITE: The name for the followers of Kaden, a demonic prince.

KADISH: One of the eight types of angels. They are the lowest ranked angels and are the most common angels found in Paradise. Plural form: Kadishim.

KALIA: One of the southern Gartaric Islands. Those who live here look to be all things to all people, trying to corner the market on the Thalians, Sethrins, and Sargonians as well as their fellow minotaurs. It is heavily populated as well.

KAMIA: One of the thirty muses created by Causilla. She is one of the six muses who tend to Causilla as a personal handmaiden. Kamia has a round face, hazel eyes, and medium brown hair which she wears in a spiked style. Her signing voice is soprano. Her favorite instrument is the fiddle.

KANARIC WARS, THE: A time of warring between the against gigantic nation of Kanoria as to who would be the next king after the throne was left empty with the previous king’s death (7888 - 7885 BV).

KANOS: One of the southern Gartaric Islands. Those who live here look to be all things to all people, trying to corner the market on the Thalians, Sethrins, and Sargonians as well as their fellow minotaurs. They tend to favor the Sethrin Empire more so than any other, however.

KANRIN PROVINCE: The more northern and central part of Sargona as defined from the eastern most two-thirds of the Shimmering Mountains to the southern coast; hemmed in be the Kaladin River to the west and the Mitas River to the east.

KASIA: One of the thirty muses created by Causilla. She has taken the northern the Thalian Islands as her own personal charge. Kasia’s pale brown eyes blend in her with her dark brown hair, which she wears in two ponytails which help frame her square face. Her signing voice is mezzo-soprano. Her favorite instrument is the trumpet.

KEELY: One of the thirty muses created by Causilla. She has taken the southern most landmass of Arid Land as her own personal charge. She has medium green eyes and silver hair which she keeps shoulder length with loose side braid on her right side. Her signing voice is Contralto. Her favorite instrument is the pan flute.

KELRIN MOORE: Gnomish scholar and philosopher who created the philosophy known as Moorism.

KENRIAN: The name of a gnomish political party that holds to the Bironism philosophy but also the “first principles” of rule and government held to be represented and espoused by Kenrick Kemp, the first ruler of Arden. They use the stag for their symbol.

KENTON NEELY: The gnomish founder of Neelism.

KEZEF: An abysmal incarnate resembling a being with a bull’s head on a human torso with a serpent’s tail. They once lived in the Abyss but now have been called to Helii to serve Rheminas as furies.

KHITINIAN EMPIRE, THE: One of three major empires found on Napow, this one controlling a good chunk of the western portion of the continent.

KHULIAN: The ninth month in the Tralodren calendar.

KHUTHIN: The name given to a follower of Khuthon.

KHUTHON: One of the gods of the Tralodroen pantheon. He is the god of strength, giants, and warfare. One of the Dark Gods. Husband to Asora, father to Rheminas and Perlosa.

KIRA: One of the thirty muses created by Causilla. She has taken Doom Maker’s Island as her own personal charge. She has dark blue eyes and black hair which she keeps shorter on the left side and longer on the right, letting it touch her shoulder. She also has black eyeliner around her eyes with a point in each cover and bow lips. Her signing voice is Contralto. Her favorite instrument is the Vielle (medieval fiddle).

KNIGHTS OF KHUTHON: The name of an order of knights based on Doom Maker’s Island dedicated to the worship and service of Khuthon.

KNIGHTS OF VALKORIA: The name of an order of knights who were based in Valkoria and dedicated to the worship and service of Panthora. They were destroyed in 753 PV and were eventually replaced in their power and influence by the Paladins of Panthora also known as Panthora’s Paladins.

KORBIN: A Lord of Death who keeps the gate to Avion.

KORLINISM: One of the Southern Philosophies. The oldest philosophy to appear in the southern hemisphere, Korlinism was first proposed by a jarthalian sage named Korlin in 5000 BV. Following the troublesome years that had followed the Great Shaking and the establishment of those who now had come to make their home in the southern hemisphere it had now created, there was much thought given to what the future might hold. Korlin was a student of history and the more he studied the matter out the more he believed to see patterns develop that lead him predict just what might be unfolding in the not too distance future…and even beyond that.

He said this was possible by stating the history was really a series of cycles that repeated over a certain series of time. All one had to do was look to the cycles of the past and they would be able to make an informed prediction at what would come down the road. Not all of these cycles were in history but also in generations and even nations as a whole. Before his death in 4863 BV he had completed a three ringed system that all turned on their won and then intersected in the middle to produce the reality one currently lived in.

Nations had a cycle they went through, generations theirs and then history itself had a pattern it followed as well. None of this allowed for any free will, and was something of a point of conjecture with those who came to follow this way of thought, these being named Korlinists after the philosophy took on the name of its founder. If things seemed fated to take place at given times then there was little room for free will and self determination as some accused Korlinists of promoting.

KORLINIST: A follower of Korlinism.

KOSMA, THE: The history of the world picking up and overlapping some of the Theogona. Created by the dranors toward their end of their time on Tralodren later parts of it were picked and further fleshed our by later scholars and scribes, helping bring the history covered up to the start of recorded time. And while not many have read it themselves, just about all know some part of it either through their religion, basic education, or other tales and myths that have been attached to it throughout the years. Kosma is said to be a form of the ancient Pacolees for order or orderly progress.

LAETHIAN GUARD, THE: A special honor guard for the king of Gondad comprised of five hundred men who had armor crafted from a linnorm named Laeth, who was killed by the then king and bestowed on them the honor.

LAETHIC CREST, THE: The Laethain Guard has a simple crest, called “The Laethic Crest” which consists of a brown scale background with a replica of Gandia resting point up over it. The sword is gold and the stylized four pointed white star, akin in many ways to that found on Ganatar’s symbol, outlines the weapon. The sword rests over a solid black circle that lies to the center of the weapon. This is the common sight on their capes and banners and shields.

LAMBARIN: Name of a gnomish political party who took inspiration from Neelism and James Lambert, the first to rule with their ideals and so took the name Lambarins for their party. They took for their symbol the peryton, which helped to show the blending of the other two parties in ideals and looks but also symbolized the more outside the box thinking that they wished to put forth and engage in with the population over all.

LANGUAGES: There are forty-two known languages used across the cosmos. These are as follows: Abjula, Abyssal, Aloadis, Anakis, Atmosa, Aukua, Capacitus, Deltari, Dragon, Dranarin, Dwarfish, Elonum, Entropis, Giant, Gnome, Goblin, Halfling, Hydris, Infernis, Jarlis, Jotun, Lavis, Linearis, Linnorm, Luminos, Minos, Napowese, Nephilis, Nordican, Pacolees, Paradis, Regulus, Repha, Rimin, Ryu, Stygian, Suris, Syvanese, Telboros, Terrin, Titan, Troll, Yinras.

LAONA: This Thalian Island pretty much keeps to itself. A smaller island toward the south and one of the first to be taken by Thalia long, long ago, it looks to seek out its own destiny as best is can given whatever situation it might find itself in.

LAVIS: The native language (both spoken and written) of magmatic incarnates and those native to Igneah and later Helii. The language is the lingua franca of the entire plane. It only has an uppercase form for its written form, using a mixture of lines, swirls, triangles and dots to form a collection of letters, numbering twenty-two in total.

Because the plane of Igneah and later the realm of Helii are so hostile to items of easy combustion, at least in general theory, writing is not done on paper or parchment but on harder objects that can withstand the heat and flame. Such things are beaten sheets of metal, rock, bone, and some things even being molded with magma as the case and need might be call for. In this way writing has been made more of a private and involved process, as has reading for many so that what is recorded is not that widely available to all but instead important matters of insight being shared are points great population connection/contact and other areas were many will be able to see and learn of what is recorded.

LAYMAN: The name given to those who are followers of a certain god and work for the religion.

LEELA: One of the thirty muses created by Causilla. She has taken Valkoria as her own personal charge. She has smokey gray eyes and white hair. Her signing voice is mezzo-soprano. Her favorite instrument is the gittern.

LENA: One of the thirty muses created by Causilla. She has taken Talatheal as her own personal charge. She has honey brown eyes and short, spiked white hair. Her signing voice is mezzo-soprano. Her favorite instrument is the lute

LICH: The spirit of a wizard who has found a way to attach his soul and spirit to the bones of his body and so stay alive long after he should be dead. One of the unique brings.

LIBRARY OF ABDULLUS, THE: This was a famed library built by the Emperor Nathor of Sethra in 874 BV that was to house all the collective knowledge of the empire as well as the official documents and laws to keep them safe and secured. This library has stood the test of time, war, and other hardships to still remain intact and used to the modern day. Its fortress like look on the outside is a strong contrast to its breath taking interior.

LIGHT GODS, THE: This is the first factions of gods to be formed and are devoted to regulated development, ordered progression, and enforcing and spreading the basic tenets of civilization. They are lead by Ganatar and are have the following gods as members: Ganatar, Olthon, Causilla, Asora, Aerotripton, Drued, Panthora. Since their formation the Race Gods have also come to join their ranks.

LINEARIS: The native language (both spoken and written) of the sequential incarnates and those who make this home on the plane of Chrona. It consists of a right to left process for reading in written form using twenty-four letters and four other markings that denote periods, commas, questions marks, and exclamation points. It does not have any lowercase letters, which are blocky in appearance and make use of smaller curved and straight lights further defining the letters.

LINNORM: The first beings created by a god (Gurthghol). They are serpent like beings with two strong arms and make their home on Tralodren.Some where taken prisoner by fiends in the time before the Great Shaking, and turned into dragons.
There are six types of linnorms: Hiberna, Ignean, Midgard, Scora, Strath, and Terresta.
Linnorm is also the name of their written and spoken language.

LINNORMIC ACCORDS, THE: A peace treaty made between the linnorms and races of Tralodren after the Titanic Wars. It would ensure peace again until the coming of the fiends and there terror across Tralodren (7850 BV )

LIRYN: The second planet in the Tralodroen System.

LIZARDMEN: A race of humanoid alligators created by the fiends when they experimented on some ryu. They are one of the races making up the monstrous races and tend to live in swampy land.

LUNARIUM, THE: Name of the holy book tied to the religion of Perlosa. It is a silver covered, pearl studded book inside of which the faithful find the understanding of the lunar cycle, the ways of winter and snow and frost, and the nature of the waves, seas, lakes and rivers that cover the world. Mixed alongside this information is also the ecclesiastical nature of the religion.

LORDS OF AIR: Titans and divinities who have become infused with some of the cosmic element of air. They are governed over by Endarien who leaves them to rule in some lesser extents for him in Avion, where they also look to delve into more of the matter of air and storms and other air related items of interest.

LORDS OF ANIMALS: Titans and divinities who have become infused with some of the cosmic element of life but have focused instead on area of animals to the exclusions of all other forms of life—even to the exclusion of other types of animals, focusing on one type of animal—one species even—in particular.

LORDS OF CHAOS: Titans and divinities who have become infused with some of the cosmic element of chaos. They vary in outlook for their given direction in life but all are ruled over by Gurthghol.

LORDS OF DARKNESS: Titans and divinities who have become infused with some of the cosmic element of darkness. They lived in Umbrium and now Altearin and are ruled over by Gurthghol.

LORDS OF DEATH: Titan and divinities who have become infused with some of the cosmic element of death. These lords have nearly all died off, save for fourteen who have been appointed special guardians of the fourteen gates through which one must pass when they die go get to their afterlife. To this end the lords that remain are as follows: Azra, Charbis, Decima, Dunama, Eradella, Festus, Imina, Korbin, Mazolyn, Perisha, Rigoro, Termis, Victus, and Vuthra.

LORDS OF THE EARTH: Titans and divinities who have become infused with some of the cosmic element of earth. They have made their home in the plane and realm of Boda, governed over by Shiril.

LORDS OF EVIL: Titans and divinities who have become infused with some of the cosmic element of evil. They are more or less powerful rulers of the Abyss who war from time to time with the higher ranking fiends to keep that command. They also are tasked with being the jailers of all who have been sent to the Abyss but as the centuries have rolled on some have become more lax in that duty to the point of general neglect.

LORDS OF FIRE: Titans and divinities who have become infused with some of the cosmic element of fire. They have made their home in Ardori and Helii governed over by Rheminas.

LORDS OF GOOD: Titans and divinities who have become infused with some of the cosmic elemental of good. They have made their abode in the third heaven of Paradise.

LORDS OF ICE: Titans and divinities who have become infused with some of the cosmic element of ice. They have made their home in Galicia and Naiada governed over by Perlosa.

LORDS OF LIFE: Titans and divinities who have become infused with some of the cosmic element of life. They have made their home in plane and realm of Bios, governed over by Asora.

LORDS OF LIGHT: Titans and divinities who have become infused with some of the cosmic element of light. They have made their home in Illumina and Civis governed over by Ganatar.

LORDS OF MAGMA: Titans and divinities who have become infused with some of the cosmic element of magma. They have made their home in Igneah and Helii governed over by Rheminas.

LORDS OF ORDER: Titans and divinities who have become infused with some of the cosmic element of order They have made their home in Simetra and Civis governed over by Ganatar.

LORDS OF SPACE: Titans and divinities who have become infused with the cosmic element of space. They are the seen to be the rulers of the mysterious Expanse.

LORDS OF TIME: Titans and divinities who have become infused with some of the cosmic element of time. They have made their home in Chrona and Sooth governed over by Saredhel.

LORDS OF TRALODREN: Titans and divinities who came to live on Tralodren and tapped into the power of Galba for their own ends—these being ruling over their own people and trying to make Tralodren their own. They were destroyed by their own efforts before the rising of the Dranoric Age.

LORDS OF WATER: Titans and divinities who have become infused with some of the cosmic element of water. They have made their home in Aquila and Naiada governed over by Perlosa.

LORNHEIM: One of the thirteen Jotun nations covering the western portion of northern Baltan from the top of the Soramati Hills up into the location where they end.

LOWER COSMIC OCULUS, THE: The name of the open space between the rings of the lower planes until they run into the solid disc shaped plane of the Abyss.

LOWER COSMOS, THE: The area of the cosmos where it starts to sink into the bottom of the spherical dome that contains it, resting under the central cosmos.

LOWER PLANES, THE: The lower planes is the name given to the planes that reside in the lower cosmos. Starting from the lost to the highest as they made their way up to the general planes they are: The Abyss, Umbrium, Anomolia, and Mortis.

LUMINOS: The native language (both spoken and written) by illuminated incarnates and other natives of Illumina. The written form is comprised of a collection of some twenty-nine characters comprising a collection of various shapes and lines. What is used for punctuation is rather simple, allowing for the equivalent of a period, comma, exclamation mark, and question mark.

LYNX TRIBE, THE: A tribe of Nordicans who live in Frigia.

LYRA: A devilish princess who was introduced to Tralodren toward the end of the Titanic Age. Also known as the Golden Lady, she has had cults on Tralodren from time to time, her followers being called Lyrinians.

She resembles a titaness with gold skin, close cropped red hair, purple eyes, and pointed ears. A cluster of small ivory horns are around and on each elbow while a barbed, prehensile tail extends some three feet behind her. She always wears luxurious looking saris—these varying in color and design. And she has plenty of tall sandals she makes use of in various colors and design as well. She also enjoys necklaces and bracelets.
When it comes time for combat Lyra uses two katars, using both at once, sometimes even against two different opponents. Her tail is also used in fighting sometimes wrapping around writs or throats or jabbing into foes for added impact. Even though the barbed part of her tail isn’t poisoned, it can still cause some pain. For armor she prefers a brigandine shirt with an half face helmet.

LYRINIAN: The name of those who follow after Lyra as their deity of choice.

MAALI: One of the thirty muses created by Causilla. She is one of the six muses who tend to Causilla as a personal handmaiden. Maali has more of a triangular sharped face with medium gray eyes and white hair she keeps in an asymmetrical style. Her signing voice is contralto. Her favorite instrument is the harp.

MAGUS: The name for a dranoric spellcaster. These followed the ways of the titanic mystics before them and gave rise to the later mages and wizards in the time following the Great Shaking.

MAGI: The plural of magus.

MALGARISM: Malgar, a hobgoblin in the Southern Hemisphere, was a strong proponent of a free will and free action to forge one’s own destiny. He was also an advocate of knowing the past fully—including your own—to see where you have come from and so better know where not to retread and instead where you can fix your sights to next.

If history was progressive, as he put forth, then it could be changed and move forward however one wished to do down it or shape it. To better emphasize this matter he put forth the argument that if everything was cycle passed than one would not be able to alter it, as the Korlinists said was something they sought to do. The very fact that things can change and even break out of so called patterns was that history was linear, moving in one direction forever.
One of the Southern Philosophies.

MALGARIST: A follower of Malgarism.

MANUAL OF MIGHT, THE: The name of the holy book sacred to the god Khuthon and Khuthins. Part philosophy, exercise regiment, martial training instructions, and weapon and armor smithing guide, it holds the foundation upon which all of the religion is founded. Written on vellum pages and bound in a heavy steel cover, the manual is a hefty tome and hard to wear down through constant use. Naturally, given the nature of its form only one book is allowed per temple with smaller copies of certain portions of the text being allow for the personal needs of other priests, smaller temples, shrines, and those followers who can afford their own copy.

MALIA: The largest of the five islands in the Crimson Isles, Malia has long sought and been the dominate power in the region for centuries. In modern times it has lost some of that luster but being so large and populous makes it hard to contend with at times. It also has the most conquest minded mind set when it goes to taking on the lizardmen and lesser islands to the west.

MALAK: One of the eight types of angels. They govern over the Tarshishim. Plural form: Malakim. Reside mainly on the second heaven of Paradise.

MALOR: A giant who fell in love with a Lady of Good named Crisinna during the time of The First Rebirth and later give birth to a lesser godspawn named Cameron Goldeneye.

MARAT KASSEN: The third and final king of the dranors. While he started out with some good intentions he eventually lead the dranors into ruins and eradication as a race from Tralodren. His reign followed Enzuri Molzan and ended in his madness: 6196 - 5942 BV.

MARMA: One of the six islands considered part of Colloni that’s mined for marble.

MARSH DRAKE: One of six drakes found across Tralodren and the cosmos. This is basically a Brontosaurus.

MARO: The first planet in the Tralodroen System.

MARONA: The mother of Sidra, she as a titaness.

MASADEAN EMPIRE, THE: A land based, giganitic-established empire ruled from Masaden, a city in the Burnt Peaks, which are found in Draladon. It was founded officially in 2070 BV and basically ruled and rules over much of the southern half of Draladon.

MASADEAN MACE, THE: The mace crafted by the aid of Rheminas and Khuthon that is used to proclaim the new king of the Masadean Empire. The one who is able to lift and wield is the one worthy of the throne.

MAZOLYN: A Lady of Death who keeps the gate to Sooth.

MEESHA: Daughter of Asora and Khuthon, sister to Vearus and Talaya (triplets), Rheminas and Perlosa.

MENESSA: The southern most land in the northern hemisphere before moving into the Boiling Sea. Also called by its nickname: The Isle of the Minotaur.

MESOS: A strong kingdom arose in the Thalian Island of Mesos long ago and has stayed in some parts throughout history as it has sought to keep enriching itself through trade and project its power abroad while adding to their own strength via various networks and pacts they seek to create over the generations.

MIA: One of the thirty muses created by Causilla. She has taken Baltan as her own personal charge. She has blue-green eyes and bobbed reddish-brown hair. Her signing voice is soprano. Her favorite instrument is the shawm.

MIDGARD: A linnorm that dwells in the oceans, seas, and some lakes. They can expel an acidic mist from their mouths.

MIDLANDS, THE: The Midlands are the landmasses that dominate the space between the Northlands and the Southern Lands, and hosting perhaps some of the most populated area on all of the northern hemisphere. It is also the place where Telborians and Elyellium have the greatest concentration. The landmasses comprising this area are as follows: Arid Land, Colloni, Draladon, and Talatheal.

MID-MOON: Another name given to the fifteenth date of each month.

MINOS: The native language (written and spoken) of minotors and minotaurs. Minotors tend to read and write the language more than the minotaurs but minotaurs aren’t entirely unknown in their understanding and use of it. Though those who write and read it have a higher percentage in the Southern Hemisphere than the Northern Hemisphere in general.

The language itself has twenty consonants and ten vowels. These are a mixture of angled and curved shapes/forms, making for a unique looking script, which also comprises a collection of punctuation that allows for the something akin to periods, commas, questions marks, and exclamation points.

MINOTAUR: One of the monstrous races, they are a corruption of the minotor race by fiends who sought to make a warrior race to fill their armies. They have the head of bull and the body of humans, standing about seven feet tall.

MINOTOR: One of the monstrous races, they were created by Ganatar when Tralodren was first formed. They have the head of a banteng, a human frame, and white swan wings.

MODERN PHILOSOPHIES, THE: After the Divine Vindication, people started returning to philosophy and carving out new places for themselves in the new world facing them. While there were some old questions that still kept getting asked, some new ones were also explored, often using a combination of two or more philosophies or even religious thoughts to bring about their desired mode of thought and consideration.

The three philosophies grouped into this category are as follows: Moorism, Natterism, and Vigilism.

MOLTA: The native language (both spoken and written) of magmatic incarnates and those who live on the plane of Igneah.

MONSTROUS PHILOSOPHIES, THE: Another term used for the Southern Philosophies, often; often seen with a negative connotation.

MONSTROUS RACES: The name of a group of beings who were created before the dranors and after the linnorms—at the same time as the giants. In time each of the original three races had at least another race spring from their line. These races are: deltarians, goblins, hobgoblins, jarthals, lizardmen, minotaurs, minotors, ogres, and ryu.

MOORIAN: Name for a follower of Moorism.

MOORISM: One of the modern philosophies founded by a gnome named Kelrin Moore, who promoted a balanced approach to life, avoiding extremes on either side of what he called “the level road.” His followers are called Moorians.

MOOSE TRIBE, THE: This is the name of a group of Syvani elves who live in Arid Land who live in the southeastern section of the top landmass of Arid Land.

MORAL PHILOSOPHIES, THE: As mortalkind developed so to did their desire to know what was right and wrong. While other philosophies had long sought out more cosmic answers for the reasons of existence, purpose, and place, moral philosophy focused on more societal and relational issues as they interacted with and stemmed from the overall moral mindset of a people. In time this concept branched away from a general study and interest of a common morality and into forms of moral government and societal structures to bring about and ensure the greatest good for all.
There are five philosophies grouped into this category: Bironism, Cameronism, Fullerism, Neelism, and Talakism.

MORAL PLANES, THE: A title sometimes used for the Abyss and Paradise collectively.

MORCANA, THE: A collection of instructions, teachings, and vague prophecies related to Morcane’s plans and the rewards for those who undertake them. In its pages is also put forth an alternative yet concise history in which he and the other fiendish princes were called by the titans to help free them from the tyranny of the pantheon. But when the pantheon saw the success they were having and the truly liberated people on the rise they panic and warred to keep their control.

MORCANE: One of the ten original fiendish princes who found their way to Tralodren during the end of the Titanic Age. Also called the Exalted One, he’s still interested in coming back and rising to the rank of god, which has cause him to create some cults from time to time. His followers are called Morcanists.

Morcane’s frame is slightly alien and strange in composition when compared with that of other devils. His medium blue skin covers both his humanoid torso and serpentine lower half. The underbelly of his tail turns a pale white; his spindly arms end in bony elongated claws. His head is bald and elongated and he has no nose or lips, instead having red eyes and a thin slit of a mouth filled with needle like teeth. He also sports to gazelle like antlers at the front of his head along with some pointed ears. A pair of black feathery and membrane like wings grow form his back. The feathers tend to dominate the top portions of the wings as they gain become more membranous as they near the lower portion of their frame.

Given his form Morcane wears no clothing, using only a black belt to help hold some personal belongings and his weapons. The rest of his attire consists of adornments: a golden circlet on his head, several rings on both hands, and a silver torc about his neck. Morcane prefers a short sword in a fight and keeps one always on his person. For armor he uses only a medium shield and shirt of chain mail altered for his wings and body.

MORCANIST: A follower of Morcane, a cultist.

MORKA: The name given to the white-furred bears altered by fiendish experiments to make them something darker and more sinister than what they had been before. They are only found in the far north of Tralodren with a history of being used by vampires in times past.

MORTALKIND: The name given to the group of races that descended from the dranors. These races are: dwarves, elves, halflings, humans, and gnomes.

MORTIS: The plane formed by the cosmic element of death, later was merged with the planet of Morta to become the realm of Mortis. It’s denizens include: Lords of Death and Nuhl.

MOUNTAIN ACCORDS, THE: The peace treaty signed between the dranors and the giants in the Soot Mountains during the last section of the Titanic Age. (7931 BV)

MUSE: Thirty divinities created by Causilla that have since spread her will, message and nature all over. She has left twenty-four to Tralodren with the rest being held in her realm where they serve as hand maidens. The terrestrial muses are: Adina, Alanna, Alison, Andra, Amira, Ashley, Bala, Calista, Ella, Ericka, Hanna, Jasmine, Jelena, Kasia, Keely, Kira, Leela, Lena, Mia, Nadila, Sana, Vanya, Velra, and Xondra. The celestial based muses are: Azni, Carine, Deshi, Havana, Kamia, and Maali.

MUSAL GATHERING: Term used for the one a century gathering of the muses on Tralodren. They started the tradition shortly after the Great Shaking and have done so every one hundred years since. The location also ways varies, but they meet for a month, discussing various matters, sharing stories, connecting again with each other, among other things.

MUSE VALLEY: A bardic college located in Lark Valley, Irondale.

MYRA, LADY: One of the Septet. She possesses the wings of a cardinal and curly hair that flows to the base of her neck. She prefers to wear outfits of rich but not outlandish make and donning the appropriate jewelry to complete her appearance. She often keeps too short swords sheathed at her side in time of peace and war and is wife of Alaric. Myra believes that there can be something good worked out of any situation and tries to find ways to bring this about, promoting the agenda of the lords whenever she can with their various efforts.

MYSTIC: The name given to the first titans who discovered and built upon spirituality and the spiritual realm of the cosmos. They would later evolve into the first priests and magic-users and form the basis for all religions and religious thought even into the modern day.

MYSTICISM: The name of the primal philosophy that formed the basis for what would later become both the foundation of later religions and magic. Those who practiced it were called mystics. 

NADILA: One of the thirty muses created by Causilla. She has taken the Gartaric Islands as her own personal charge. Nadila has medium green eyes and brown hair which she lets fall to the tops of her shoulders, displaying as collection of smaller braids throughout the otherwise straight locks. Taller than most of the other muses, she also has a slightly stronger build, which is covered with dresses, her favorite type of attire. Her signing voice is mezzo-soprano. Her favorite instruments are finger cymbals.

NAIADA: The realm of Perlosa created by merging Aquila, Galicia, and Atalla, the ancient moon of Thangaria.

NAPOW: Homeland of the Napowese and the largest landmass in the northern hemisphere. It is part of the Western Lands.

NAPOWESE: One of four types of humans who make this home on Napow and other places in the Western Lands. It is also the name of the written and spoken form of their language.
The written form can be rather complex since it was adopted from the linnormic tongue and is not used by all, usually for the more educated classes and those who deal with various matters requiring its use. It makes use of a logographic from of text that can have some varied usages for similar words and phrases, based on how they are placed in sentences or the topic of the subject being discussed. The alphabet has varied over the years as new discovers have appeared with new racial and other encounters but tends to remain steady around 30-32. It is also read from right to left.

NARSULLA: One of the ten fiendish princes who was introduced to Tralodren during the end of the Titanic Age. She is a demonic princess whose followers are called Narsullins. She also is created with the creation of the minotaurs.
Narsulla resembles a black haired, olive skinned, titaness with a black scorpion tail, tawny colored deer like hind legs from the knees down, and deer antlers growing from her head. Her green eyes are always alert. She keeps her hair long and often will keep a couple small side braids in it, further adorned with jewels or jewelry.

Narsulla enjoys wearing long sleeveless flowing gowns, these of a darker color and varied in pattern and design. Added with this is her love of fine jewelry, which again can and does vary in style and form based on her current preferences and environment.
When it comes to combat she wears a suit of brigandine armor. For weapons she has a few more options. Narsulla’s tail has a deadly stinger that when it strikes kills the victim with an extremely potent neurotoxin that stops the heart and paralyzes the body. Her performed weapon is a glaive, though she keeps some throwing daggers handy on her person as well.

NARSULLIN: The name for the followers of the demonic princess, Narsulla.

NASHAN PROVINCE: The eastern part of Sargona as defined by all the land east of the Mitas River, taking most of the Dark Hills in the process.

NATTERISM: A modern philosophy founded by Baxter Natter who said all things were guided by three things: astrology, which covered the matters of the spirit and destiny; the elements, from which all was composed; and mathematics, which held it all together and helped to keep things moving forward. If one could understand their own self through discovering where they stood on all three areas then they would be better able to find their place in the world and from there better be able to make sense of the world and how to be a better part of it.

NATTERIN: A follower of Natterism.

NEELISM: Kenton Neely came to prominence at the ripe old age of twenty-three (8893 CT | 7549 TT | 4541 AGS | 1100 BV) around Breanna for his powerful denouncing of both major gnomish moral philosophies that have risen over the previous centuries. Like many of his time he had favored one over the other, starting out a Bironist but then moving toward Fullerism when he started seeing more guidance and order was needed than what Bironism sought to put forth. However, he wasn’t one to side too long with Fullerism either as he thought it went too far the other way. Discontent and frustrated with his options, Kenton decided to make a third way for himself and others like him to follow. While he didn’t give it a name it soon became attached to his own, becoming known as Neelism. Those who followed after it becoming known as Neelians.
What Kenton taught was a balance of self and society through a series of personal laws and values in combination with a free government that imposed rules in a meaningful and effective way. Rather than look to legislate morality as he held Fullerism did or rely upon the ultimate goodness of another to keep things moving right, as held by Bironism, Kenton said that mortalkind had the free will given them by the gods to make their own choices but one needed to be protected from the choices made by others if they imposed upon another for the betterment of all.

NEELIAN: A follower of Neelism.

NEPHILIM: The name to the giants who live on the Pearl Islands.

NEPHILIS: The native language (written and spoken) of Nephilim. Like other gigantic languages, it shares a common root with the original giant tongue but has long evolved into its own unique language through the millennia. The written form shares a strong resemblance with the older gigantic script but in a more simple, some might argue cruder appearance and form.

NEMEAN ACADEMY, THE: An academy of magic based in the Nemean Woods in Rexatoius.

NEW DRUELANDIA: The name of the final resting place for those who follow after Drued.

NEW REMOLOS: The name of the final resting place for those who follow after Aerotripton.

NEW YEAR CELEBRATION: All of the world celebrates the turn of the year on Olonia 1st, some starting the night before. It is seen as a time of joy and hope for better times ahead and often accompanied with a great feast and/or family celebrations as is the custom in various lands. Olthoans embrace the holiday for seeking increased peace and prosperity for the upcoming year while thanking her for what has been manifested in the previous one.

NITAL: The fifth titan to rule over his race and later the Thangarian System. He is the eldest son of Enduris, brother to Agri and Vkar.

NIGHT OF INSIGHT: This is the only holy day celebrated by the priests and followers of Saredhel. Beginning at dusk on Dralinia 25th and lasting until dawn a mixture of ceremony and celebration occur wherein the participants celebrate what is thought to be the original date when Saredhel took on her connection to time and discerning its nature and outcome. None are too clear on how the date was come to, exactly, but it has been a long standing tradition since the time of the titans. Some even hold that those who seek to part the veil even further into greater revelation have an greater chance to do so during this time. This too is not totally validated by those who report such things.

NOMAD’S REST: Tied into the twenty year cycle of the return of the planet of Baus, this holy day is celebrated on Asorlis 27th–28th. While not holding any real significance to many people it is seen a thing of ill omen to some, having a tie to death (which is why it holds an interest to the Asorlins). To the Asorlins it is something that bodes well for things related to the god of death. None are clear on how or what goes on during these two nights given the fragmented nature of the Asorlin religion.

NORDHEIM: One of the thirteen Jotun nations claiming the land above Mirwood, stretching from the eastern coast just about where Mirwood ends.

NORDICAN: The name of the fair-skinned and haired humans who live in the Northlands. It is also the name of their language (both spoken and written).

The written form is often not used except with important matters of recording history, marking great deeds, boundary lines, graves in stone, and other such things. This is a crude looking set of runes meant to convey only the most simplest of information. It also can cause some confusion among non-Nordic readers in that the runes can also mean more than one word or idea, depending on how it is used in conjunction with other words and even the setting in which it’s used. Overall there are some forty runes—some being basic letters others conveying ideas or even a form of punctuation to the written message.

NORDIC TRIBES, THE: There are nine tribes of Nordicans found in the Northlands: the Bear, Beast Cat, Fox, Hawk, Hethland, Lynx, Panther, Raven, and Wolf.

NORNHEIM: One of the thirteen Jotun nations dominating the northern tip of the central part of Ymiria

NORTHLANDS, THE: Name given to the grouping of landmasses to the northern most point of the Northern Hemisphere of Tralodren just short of the Crown of The World. The four lands who make up this collection are: Baltan, Frigia, Troll Island, and Valkoria.

NORTHERN CAMAPAIGN, THE: A large push for land and territory put forth by the Truine Council (7915 BV ).  These wars would ultimately take about ten years and birth a new city of Logas to help safeguard their gains. It also would bring abut the Quadratic Council.

NORTHERN WARS, THE: A six year battle between the deltarians, minotors, minotaurs in the tine before the Great Shaking. It would set about events that would end the deltarians rise to power and set up The Bloody Skirmish. The Northern Wars would run from 7035-7029 BV.

NORTHPORT: Gnomish independent city on the southeastern part of Napow.

NOSRIN: This Thalian Island far to the northwest is surrounded by lesser islands and as such seeks to bring these into its political orbit while believing such actions will make a good buffer for them should they ever need one down the road (and history has shown it wise to do so). They see no harm in dealing with the Thalians nor anyone else who wishes to trade, knowing when to put proper barriers in place for protection where needed at times as well. As such the nation is rather rich and decadent in some ways more so found in other places in the Thalians Islands.

NUHL: One of the Cosmic Entities. Believed to be the living embodiment/divine-like incarnation of the cosmic element of death. It is also the patron of Asorlok, and seeks to bring about the destruction of all living things, according to what it’s pack with Awntodgenee allows. Along with Awntodgenee it created the cosmos.

NUMERALISM: A philosophy founded by a Patrician sage named Leadner Niko who taught that all things could be solved and explained by numbers. If you know the variables to plug into an equation then you could solve things such as when a person would die, when one would be born, the movement of planets, the nature of choices one could make and the route they could take and so much more. All things—all life—could be understood and even changed for the better.

NUMERIANS: A follower and practitioner of Numeralism.

OCUBI: The plural form of Ocubus.

OCUBUS: Attractive, black winged, and horned abysmal incarnate who looks like a human; often works with demons. Lives in the Abyss. Males are known as incubus and females as succubus.

OGRE: One of the monstrous races. They are the descendents of jarthals and part of the link between goblins and hobgoblins. They are shorter than jarthals but share similar traits with them, save for the ogre’s pointed ears.

OLANISM: Olan was an ogre who, in 4500 BV, came to the notion that Korlinism and Malgarism were not totally incompatible with the other and actually helped the other out in their weaknesses and holes. He had come to believe that the argument put forth by Malgar about there being no cycles in pattern was a weak one but did believe that he was right on the progressive side of linear time lines. This lead him to form what was later called Olanism—basically a philosophy that said time did indeed following a linear path but there were also parts to it that were cycle-based. These, he said were more of than not generational in natural and more thematic than actual.
One of the Southern Philosophies.

OLANIST: A follower of Olanism.

OLARIS: The one of the larger Thalian Islands toward the large clump of them; Olaris being on the southern portion of the clump. It is also very near Atalica, which has put it at odds with the great nation from time to time but it has sought harmony with its fellow nations more often than not, looking to be the greatest benefactor from all trade goods brought up from the islands south of it as it they make their way toward Atalica and beyond.

OLONIA: The first month of the Tralodroen calendar.

OLTAN: The capital of the Karduin Empire found on Anomolia and later Altearin.

OLTHON: Goddess of peace and prosperity. She is the wife of Ganatar and mother to Endarien and Causilla. A member of the Light Gods.

OLTHOAN: Name of the people who follow after Olthon.

OMNI: The second titan to rule over his race and later the Thangarian System. He hails from the second generation of titans and is the son of Adon and Regina and the father of Enduris.

OMNIAN SCROLLS: A set of seven scrolls that Omni wrote in the later years of his life after seeing a series of visions about what he believed to be the future and fate of the titans and perhaps cosmos as well.

ORDER OF THE GOLDEN TOME: Followers of a sect dedicated to the god, Dradin. This sect is very old, rumored to have been started during The Great Unrest, the exact date being unclear. It is shrouded in secrecy with only a few rumors and half-truths getting out which claim its one mission is to hoard all the knowledge and enchanted and blessed items of the world and then pass it on to an elite few (assumed to be the members of their order) who will then rise to a higher level of reality—and some rumors say, take over the world.
They are said to use an open golden book for their symbol, through very few have ever said to have seen it on any person or place, attesting, some say, to the great secrecy of the order. Others using it to as a means to dispute their exist entirely.

ORDER OF THE GRIFFIN: A group of Olthoans who have taken a more militant look to their faith.

ORDER OF THE FLAMING DAGGER: Name of a sect of assassins who worship Rheminas.
This is a secret society of sorts that has formed in a cult like fashion all over the world, predominately holding sway in Telborian lands (the Midlands). It isn’t clear when it was formed but is thought to have been around for many centuries already. This is little more than a guild of assassins who worship Rheminas by carrying out murders for others who are seeking retribution. They hold the truest worship of Rheminas is as the Vengeful One and look to perpetuate this true worship as much as they can, wherever they can.

ORDICAN: The name given to Lord/Lady of Order who seeks to hold to the belief of working toward the total destruction of chaos, thus freeing the cosmos up to take on its best and truest potential. To full embrace this truth, though, the lord has to fully take on the cosmic element of order they can which more often then not leads them into a path of madness on one end with obsessive compulsive disorders based around regimented orderly ideals on the other.

OSERICK’S DAY: Sharealia 27th is the settled upon date for the celebration of the foundation of the Gartaric Knights which is chiefly considered a holy day to the Gartaric Knights and those sects and clergy who support them.

OWL TRIBE, THE: This is the name of a group of Syvani elves who live in Arid Land who live in the western section of the bottom landmass of Arid Land.

PACOLEES: The native language (written and spoken) for the Patrious. It is a deviation from the former common elven tongue all the elves used to share at the start of recorded time. Unlike other races the Patrious tend to have more able to write and read it than other races in the world with their own language—helped by their keen interest in history and learning. But their language is still uniquely their own, being a mixture of letters and symbols that stand in for letters or sounds the have a total of 30 characters in their alphabet.
These letters and symbols combine a mixture of titan, dranor, and even the old elven tongue with even a hint of Elonum, making it seem both familiar in some ways but also clearly different and foreign. It is often written on parchment and paper as well as recorded in harder substances such as stone and the like.

PANIAN: The name of those who follow after Panthora.

PANTHEONISM: This is the name given to the order of worship and religion that sees the veneration of all the gods at once—the honoring of the pantheon. It was the dominate religion in the years following the titan’s demise, splintering in later years into what would be come a more personalized deity that took hold after the dranors and remains to this day.

PANTHEONIST: A follower and/or priests of Pantheonism.

PANTHER TRIBE, THE: A tribe of Nordicans who live in Valkoria.

PANTHORA: One of the gods of the Tralodroen pantheon. She is the goddess of humanity. One of the Race Gods.

PANTHORA’S CREST: Panthora’s symbol, called, Panthora’s Crest/the Holy Crest, is a profile of a panther in mid roar. When used in banners and shields, the panther is often gray or black on a white background. Otherwise the head is made into a pendant of bronze, marble, or oak and given to priests to wear on metal chains.

PANTHORA’S DAY: Just as the other Race Gods have their day of ascension so too does Panthora have a day honoring her apotheosis. As with Aero, the humans who celebrate her look to mark the event at the first sign of her new divine nature, tradition and history putting it to be the 24th day of the month of Granaris. This day has been set aside to honor the goddess with worship and to hear again and renew the mind to the story of the one who was set up to help humanity rebuild and flourish after the Imperial Wars.

PARADIS: The native language (both written and spoken) of the paradisal incarnates and other natives of Paradise. When spoken or read it conveys a sense of peace. It has both an upper and lower case form and uses periods, commas, a form of question mark any an exclamation point. The script itself is rather artistic looking made up of broad and thin strokes with individual letters often being combined in part to help make up the whole word.

PARADISE: The plane formed out of the cosmic element of good. It is the home of the Lords of Good, paradisal incarnates, angels, paradisal elementals, and other righteous beings who have found their way to the plane after death. It is divided into three levels, called heavens.

PATRIOUS: The elves who called Rexatoius and the Western Lands home.

PEARL ISLANDS, THE: A collection of islands found near the Western Lands.
 
PERISHA: A Lady of Death who keeps the gate to Delecta.

PERLOSA: One of the gods of the Tralodroen pantheon. She is the goddess of ice, waves, moon, and snow. One of the Gray Gods. Daughter of Asora, and Khuthon and brother to Rheminas, Vearus, Talaya, and Meesha.

PERLOSIN: The name given to those who follower after Perlosa.

PERLOSIS: The twelfth month in the Tralodren calendar.

PERCILLIAN SEA, THE: The body of water located to the south of Talatheal. None are too sure how it came by its name, but it has been known as such for centuries.

PERYTON: An aerial creature that resembles a winged elk.

PESHAN: This island of the Crimson Isles is smaller than the large five of which it is part but more westward focused, putting together a great network of trade and conquest with the islands to the west and the people who seek to use them for their own ends. Rich in many things, it has long thought it could be more of a regional player but being sandwiched between Malia and Abdina hasn’t helped it toward that end; a defensive mindset being more common place.

PHANTOM: The mental echo of a creature (animal and up) that has stayed behind in a certain area after death. Often the reason is tragic and/or highly emotional, which can be played out in their appearance, purpose, and mannerisms. One of the unique brings.
  
PLANE: The name given to the domain of one of the sixteen cosmic elements. It is on each plane that each cosmic element can be found in their purest form. Later some of the planes were merged with planets and other planes to form realms for the gods. Only three planes survived this first series of merging before being claimed by a second merging much later in Tralodroen history. These three planes are/were: the Abyss, the Expanse, and Paradise.

Originally, the planes that existed upon creation were: the Abyss, Aquila, Anomolia, Ardori, Avion, Bios, Boda, Chrona, the Expanse, Galicia, Igneah, Illumina, Mortis, Paradise, Simetra, and Umbrium.

PLATE DRAKE: One of six drakes found across Tralodren and the cosmos. This is basically a Stegosaurus.

PRIMAL PHILOSOPHIES: Sometimes called “the original philosophies” these are the most original schools of thought that arose during the earliest years of Thangaria, which later carried over into the early years of Tralodren as well. These tended to focused on the concept of what is the cosmos and trying to make sense of and find one’s place in it. Two main beaches of thought developed and were considered during this time: astrology and mysticism. As with many of the older philosophies on Tralodren these are not wildly adhered to nor even known to any great extent outside a few circles in most causes in more regions.

PRIME FORMULA, THE: What Numerians are searching for to bring about their greatest understanding of the cosmos and the ultimate betterment of it.

PROSPEROUS WREATH, THE: Name of Olthon’s holy symbol. This is a laurel wreath opening at the bottom and housing a white dove at its center, grasping a coin purse in one foot, and an olive branch in the other. The dove’s wings are spread wide and its head is turned to the left in profile. When used on banners the background is a soft blue, the wreath and olive branch are green, the coin purse brown, and the dove white. Priests wear the symbol as a bas-relief on medallions made of gold, silver, or bronze and affixed to green straps/cords of leather or cloth.

QUORILIS: This four day celebration (Perlosis 20th–23rd) ties into the appearing of the planet Quroa, which happens every ten years. The blue planet is said to be a place Perlosa likes to rest in, some even claiming that it might be the very spot of Naiada itself. This is a great time of celebration as it has come to represent at time of Perlosa drawing near to her worshippers and favoring them great blessings.

RACE GODS, THE: These are the gods who rose from up from mortalkind to become gods over the race they once lead during the Imperial Wars. They have since sided with the Light Gods and are comprised of the following: Aerotripton, Drued, Panthora.

RAVEN TRIBE, THE: A tribe of Nordicans who live in Baltan.

REALM: When the gods of what would later become the Tralodroen pantheon rose to power they became to take the realms and begin to merge them with either other planes and/or planets of the Thangarian System to create their own personal domain to live and rule.
Not all of the gods took to merging planes and worlds, some just sought to take on a planet and making it their own, transforming it into a place suitable for their desires.

The twelve realms are as follows: Altearin, Avion, Bios, Boda, Civis, Delecta, Elucia, Helii, Kratos, Mortis, Naiada, and Sooth.

RED GUARD, THE: A militant order with religious under tones tied to the linnorm Gorallis.

RED SUN, THE: The name given to Rheminas’ holy symbol. It’s a blood red sun getting impaled by a black dagger; jammed up to the hilt from above—the point of the blade sticking out underneath. Around the sun are four flares at the four cardinal directions. When used on banners and other such means of display, the background often chosen is a bright yellow or orange. The sun is blood red, the dagger black. Priests wear circular brass pendants with the symbol carved in bas-relief, wearing them with yellow, orange, or red straps/cords.

REGINA: A wife of Adon later elevated to his chief wife, and mother to Omni.

REMANI: The name of those who follow Rheminas.

REMANIS: The eighth month in the Tralodren calendar.

REPUBLIC OF BREANNA, THE: The nation of the gnomes, encompassing all of Breanna and the Breannain Isles save for the Kennington and Harken Hills, which belong to the dwarves.

REPHA: The native language (written and spoken) of Rephaim. Like other gigantic languages, it shares a common root with the original giant tongue but has long evolved into its own unique language through the millennia. The written form has altered into more of a slightly artistic looking flowing script that can catch the eye more than common language ever did.

REPHAIM: The race of giants that lives in the desert and steppe areas of Tralodren, particularly Draladon. Singular name for a member of the race is Rephite.

REXATOIUS: Homeland of the Patrious and one of the Western Lands.

REXATOIUS, THE REPUBLIC OF: The name given to the nation founded by the Patrious elves after their split from Colloni. It dominates all the land of Rexatoius.

RHEMINAS: God of fire, revenge, volcanoes, and the sun. Son of Khuthon and Asora, brother to Perlosa. He is one of the Dark Gods.

RIGORO: A Lord of Death who keeps the gate to Altearin.

RING OF MONTHS, THE: Name given to the twelve constellations that correlate to the twelve months of the Tralodroen calendar.
These constellations are as follows: The Griffin, The Frog, The Dolphin, The Warrior, The Boar, The Stag, The Basilisk, The Beetle, The Lion, The Spider, The Wolf, and The Serpent.

RING OF SEASONS,THE: Name given to the four constellations that correlate to the four seasons of the Tralodroen year. Their names and appearing are as follows:

The Virgin—Spring (Olonia 1st– Enduris 30th)
The Two Lovers—Summer (Sharealia 1st– Granaris 30th)
The Scales—Fall (Dralinia 1st– Remanis 30th)
The Hanging Man—Winter (Asorlis 1st– Perlosis 30th)

RIGHTEOUS, THE: Also called the Righteous Dead, these are the spirits of those who had sided with Vkar and later the Tralodroen pantheon in life and so earned and afterlife in Paradise, on the First Heaven.

ROC: A very large hawk like bird with a golden beak and massive wingspan who lives in the more secluded mountainous regions of Tralodren.

ROMAIN: One of the three Telborian kingdoms of Talatheal, holding dominion over the eastern portion of the Grasslands of Gondad from the Raven River to the Diamant Mountains and from there up till the halfway point on the coast as determined by the Raven River and the northern coast.

ROMALIA: One of the six islands considered part of Colloni, it’s a tiny scrub island.

SAREDHEL: The goddess of fate and time. She is the wife of Dradin and the mother of Shiril as well as one of the Gray Gods.

SCATTERED LANDS, THE: Name given to the groupings of islands found in the Northern Hemisphere of Tralodren. These two groupings are the Pearl Islands and the Wizard King Islands.

SEPTORIA: One of the six islands considered part of Colloni; an Elyelmic trade island.

SHIRIL: Goddess of metals, minerals, and earth. Daughter of Dradin and Saredhel. She is also a Gray God.

SOUTHERN LANDS, THE: Known for their spice and precious metal trade, these lands are engulfed in a more tropical climate, which grows more humid and warm the further south one goes, making Menessa a virtual jungle paradise. The lands are about equally shared with Celetors, Telborians, Elyellium, dwarves, and a collection of monstrous races and giants. Things also tend to be less organized and more corrupt with frequent pirate raids and lawless bands roving the waters and land due to the rich trade routes reaching out to all corners of the world. The lands found here are three: Belda-thal, Antora, and Menessa.

TAGARIN: One of ten fiendish princes, a demonic prince in particular, who found his way to Tralodren during the last part of the Titanic Age. His followers are called Tagarites.

TALATHEAL: The most popular of the lands making up the Midlands, often poetically called “The Isle of the Masses.”

TIBEL: One of the six islands considered part of Colloni that serves as the Telborian embassy to Colloni.

TITAN LORDS: Titan lords are titans who have come to study and then gain mastery of one of the cosmic elements, actually becoming imbued with it in a way as to be a sort of hybrid between titan and incarnate.

There are nineteen titan lords: Lords of Air, Lords of Animals, Lords of Chaos, Lords of Darkness, Lords of Death, Lords of Earth, Lords of Evil, Lords of Fire, Lords of Good, Lords of Ice, Lords of Life, Lords of Light, Lords of Magma, Lords of Order, Lords of Space, Lords of Time, Lords of Tralodren, and Lords of Water.

TRALODREN: The name of the planet created by the gods for habitation by their own unique creations.

TROLL ISLAND: One of the lands that make up the Northlands.

TULARIN: Paradisal incarnates who have found favor with the titans of old and the pantheon in modern day. They serve the pantheon, the Lords of Good, and are the trusted honor guard of Thangaria, even serving to guard the remains of the planet. Some on Tralodren would later call them guardian angels. They resemble white-winged humans. Some mortals have dubbed them “guardian angels” based on the help and work they perform for the pantheon and the followers of the gods but they aren’t really true angels. Though they are as close to an angel most mortals will get in the earthly lives.

ULISSA: The northern most of the larger Thalian Islands, the people here have been mindful of their own affairs for the most part, seeking to do what they could and keep from the fray of the back and forth that was so common in their day and age between the giants and others. They do look to trade where possible, however, being more engaged to the nations to their east, these being Sargona and even the Gartaric Islands and even The Crimson Isles and Sethra.

UMBRA: The name of one of the two moons that orbit the realm of Altearin. It used to be called Piras until Gurthghol altered it with the creation of Altearin.

UMBRIAN: The name of the pitch black darkened incarnates who make their home in Umbrium and Altearin, and look to take back their home plane from those they see as stealing it.

UMBRIUM: The plane formed by the cosmic element of darkness, later was merged with Ladon, Entroa, and Umbra and the plane of Anomolia to become the realm of Altearin. Its denizens include: Lords of Darkness, darkened incarnates, darkness elemental, and darkened cosmic creatures.

UNIQUE BEINGS: The name given to a group of creatures who don’t fall easily under the already established categories for racial group/creature classification. Those who are collected in this grouping are: ghosts, godspawn, liches, phantoms and vampires.

UNITY ACCORDS, THE: A pact made by the three Anakite kingdoms in the Soot Mountains in Tralodren’s ancient past (6730 BV). It established the desire for a universal Anakite kingdom. And this would call for the intermarrying of the royal families at a greater rate to ensure their blood would be united along with an increase in their connection to their own kingdoms and regions.

UNIVERALISM: A religion that holds to three forms of thought that sees the worship of more than one of the gods of the Tralodroen pantheon.

UNIVERSALIST: A follower and/or one who follows Universalism.

UNRIGHTEOUS, THE: Also called the Unrighteous Dead, these are the spirits of those who had rebelled or worked against Vkar and his rule or later the Tralodroen pantheon and are doomed to an afterlife of torment and imprisonment in the Abyss.

UPPER COSMIC OCULUS, THE: The name of the open space between the rings of the upper planes until they run into the solid disc shaped plane of Paradise.

UPPER COSMOS, THE: The area of the cosmos where it starts to rise into the top of the spherical dome that contains it, resting over and above the central cosmos.

UPPER PLANES, THE: The name given to the planes that reside in the upper cosmos. Starting from highest to lowest as they descend into the central planes they are: Paradise, Illumina, Simetra, and Bios.

VALERIE, LADY: One of the Septet. She possesses hawk wings with short hair. Strong of frame and mind, she often presses the matter to keep a vigilant eye on the septet’s foes, pressing for action to deal with whatever comes before them in council. She prefers to wear a mixture of toga and armor, often having greaves, bracers, and breastplate as part of the attire. She does not wear any other adornments, save her circlet. A short sword and mace rest ever ready at her side.

VALKORIA: One of the lands that make up the Northlands.

VAMPIRE: A blood-consuming monstrosity that was thought to have been extinct for thousands of years. Some think they might return and others even seek out ways to bring them back and/or about again. One of the unique brings.

VANESSA TALAK: The Telborian founder of Talakism.

VANRIN ITHANA: The half-elven (Celetor/Elyellium) founder of Cameronism.

VANYA: One of the thirty muses created by Causilla. She has taken Sargona as her own personal charge. Velra has pale gray eyes and dark gray hair, giving her a unique look. Her appearance is also augmented by her long, curly hair, which she lets grow all the way to the middle of her back. Her signing voice is mezzo-soprano. Her favorite instrument is the lyre.

VELDIN: The name of the dragons that live in the temperate to semi-tropical grasslands of Tralodren; can spit out an acidic napalm like gel from their mouths.

VELRA: One of the thirty muses created by Causilla. She has taken Thalia as her own personal charge. Xondara’s light blue eyes make a powerful contrast of her pure white hair. This hair she tends to let fall a little beyond her shoulders in serpentine curls. Her signing voice is contralto. Her favorite instrument is the hurdy gurdy.

VERNALA: This holy day falling on Olonia 1st and celebrated by those who hold to Asora. Tied into the return of spring in most of the world it has become a celebration of life triumphing over death and the perfect expression of celebration to the goddess of life herself. It isn’t uncommon to find images of the virgin as well (the constellation) as it starts its ascent on the same day, making for the official beginning of the new season clearly visible in the night sky.

VESHA: One of the northern Gartaric Islands. Vesha is a more militant minded people who look to keep vigilant with all around them. They are also bold enough to seek out trade and connections with the Thalian Islands as well as dominate their neighbor, Rhian, which they treat as more of a vassal nation than equal.

VESTIAN TOWER, THE: Vestis, a Lord of Nephron, brought forth the Vestian Tower in 4545 SC / 955 BV in order to celebrate bringing all the islands under his command. This basalt tower was constructed in the heart of Nephron and made to stand six stories tall. Made without windows its outside told of the deed done by Vestis as he sought to subdue the islands—this all being told in bas relief.

VICTUS: A Lord of Death who keeps the gate to Naiada.

VIGILIAN: A follower of the philosophy of Vigilism.

VIGILISM: One of the modern philosophies founded by Tristin Narlsmith, who supported the idea of all things being a dream and one having to be awaked to that truth to better live and enjoy their lives. His followers are called Vigilians.

VKAR: Son of Enduris, one of the rulers of the titans, Vkar was not content to merely be a Lord of Space but also became a Lord of Time and then took hold of godhood. He is the youngest son of Enduris, brother to Nital and Agri. He is also the first titan ruler to have only one wife, Xora, instead of a harem. He is also the father of the gods.

VKARIC DISPENSATION: After The Cosmic Wars Vkar used the power of his throne to make all spirits immortal. This meant animal and planet life and other non-living/sentient life would still follow The Nuhlic Dispensation but from that time on anyone with a spirit would never truly die. Instead, he decreed those who sided with him and loyal as righteous and worthy of an afterlife in Paradise. Those who were against him were judged unrighteous and sentenced to the Abyss for their afterlives.

Because souls are connected to spirits both would go to the planes and there find a new body and life awaiting them. This new body would not age and keep them at or round the same age what each race considers their adulthood—what some might call the best part or peak part of their former mortal lives. That body, however, is unable to reproduce. This was part of what the Cosmic Entities were able to introduce into the process, keeping them from having to deal with a never ending population of immortal beings. This restriction didn’t hinder anyone from having normal sexual relations, just in stopping them from producing any offspring in the process.

VLADEMARINS: Name given to those dwarves who side with the ways of the old king who sought to be more open with the nations and races around them. This line of thought eventually formed what is now known as the hill dwarves.

VOID, THE: The name for the original plane and nature of reality outside the edge of the cosmos. This endless expanse supports no life nor matter of any kind, disintegrating anything that comes into contact with it into nothingness. It was from this place that the Cosmic Entities originally emerged.

VOIDIC GRIFFIN: A griffin that lives on and near the void-ward said of the Expanse. They have the front half of a snowy white owl and the back half of a white tiger. Females have black mottled wings.

VORHEIM: One of the thirteen Jotun nations that claims the northwestern corner of Ymiria as its own.

VUTHRA: A Lord of Death who keeps the gate to Civis.

WAR OF NATIONS, THE: A thirty-six year conflict (6126-6090 BV) started by Marat who would war with all the other nations of Tralodren at that time and put them under his control, bringing them into a global dranoric empire.

WAR OF PRINCES, THE: A series of internal battles between the ruling class of the ancient kingdom of Anaka, wherein each party sought the throne and kingdom for themselves. It would rage from 6296-6226 BV. It was also the title for a time of conflict between ruling minotors from 6744-6694 BV. Which would end with the formation of the Balanian Accords wherein it was agreed they would form one ruling family over all the nation.

WARS OF LIBERATION, THE: A ten year struggle that was waged to dislodge the fiends and their princes who had taken rule over Tralodren during The Dark Decade. In the end it saw the full expulsion of all titans from Tralodren, setting up what would later become The Dranoric Age. The time frame of this battle was: 7655-7645 BV.

WAR OF THRONES, THE: A battle over who would rule the Sanarian Empire after the death of Reon, its former emperor (7947-7936 BV).

WARS OF DISCOURSE, THE: A twelve year war waged between the jarthalian Vexin and Tagalian empires. The wars were fought over the a Tagalian prince wanting to wed a Vexin princess, who wasn’t interested. She ended up killing herself in the end and the prince having to wed another princess (both against their will) to ensure a lasting peace (7969—7959 BV).

WAYFARER: Name of a sect given to the worship of Asorlok who look to help travelers and others as they believe the god of journeys wills.

WEEK OF REST, THE: Originally a time set aside from Endaris 13th–18th to commemorate the end of the Imperial Wars, it has since grown to become a time of honoring all who have fallen in battles since then and remembering the suffering that has fallen before and look to use it for future mindsets. At least that was what the intention was and still is by the priests of Olthon who started and still maintain it. In the centuries since then it has become something akin to a time of a national honor and even glorying in the kingdoms and cities for what they had done in times past. In the reflection of this nature the name of the celebration has often been changed to that of the city’s or kingdom’s name (i.e. “The Haven Festival”/“Sulsar Festival”, etc.) and turned more into a festival into a contemplative time of self reflection as it was first intended.

WESTERN LANDS, THE: Far across the Yoan Ocean these lands are shrouded in mystery and mysticism. Indeed, few have traveled across the east/west divide save merchants and bold sailors. The lands that comprise this area are almost detached into another world unto themselves, the whole area being dominated by Napowese, Patrious, gnomes, and a splattering of dwarves. The largest known continent in the hemisphere lies here, as does the richest nation in the world. The three lands found here are: Breanna (including Black Isle, Caradinia, and Irondale), Napow, and Rexatoius.

WINGED DRAKE: One of six drakes found across Tralodren and the cosmos.

WHITE SCROLLS, THE: The name given to the sacred text of the religion of Asora. These alabaster scrolls hold insight into medical, religion, and other matters of import to the worshipers of Asora.

WHITE SISTERS, THE: One of two sects of Olthoans this one comprised of female Olthoans who have dedicated their lives to total pacifism and service to those in need. They hold to the ideal that peace should be internal before it can be external and manifested in the world. To this end they stop poverty with the serving of the poor and hold back evil and violence with passive/non-violent resistance. So far their abbeys are located in Breanna and a few more scattered around The Southern Lands.


WHITE TOWER, THE: The name of the crest for the Hethin. It is a silver dragon (a Borin) with outstretched wings behind a round white tower over a deep purple background.

WIZARD KING ISLANDS, THE: A collection of islands hidden from common discovery. Once they used to be part of the larger island named Tarn.

WOLF TRIBE, THE: A tribe of Nordicans who live in Valkoria. This is also the name of a group of Syvani elves who live in Arid Land who live in middle section of the bottom landmass of Arid Land.

WYVERN: An abysmal creature that resembles a bat-winged, ostrich-like bodied reptile with a whip like tail that lives in the Abyss.

XANITH: The ninth month of the Thangarian calendar, which is also the third and final month of their fall.

XONDARA: One of the thirty muses created by Causilla. She has taken Sethra as her own personal charge. Xondara’s light blue eyes make a powerful contrast of her pure white hair. This hair she tends to let fall a little beyond her shoulders in serpentine curls. Her signing voice is contralto. Her favorite instrument is the hurdy gurdy.

XORA: The wife of Vkar, a Lady of Time and the first goddess of the cosmos. She is the one to give birth to the other gods—these being they who were born that way and not taking it upon themselves as Vkar did.

YINRIN: The eleventh month of the Thangarian calendar, which is also the second month of their winter.

YETI: The name of a gelidic incarnate that resembles a shaggy white haired humanoid; males having small billy goat like horns.

YIN: The name of the supposed creator god of the Yinrah.

YINEAN: A sect formed many centuries ago (before recorded time) by a giant named Yin who put forth that since giants were created by Khuthon, they were his special, chosen people, and all others were beneath them—weaker and inferior to them. Giants, held Yin, where the ones who were meant to rule over Tralodren in the stead of their father. Naturally, such branches of the sect are quite popular with various large groupings of giants all over Tralodren.

YINRAH: The dominate sentient being on the moon of Baluth. They were savage, twenty feet tall, medium gray-skinned cyclopes who were ultimately defeated and eradicated by the invading titans.

YINRAS: The spoken and written language of the Yinrah.

YMIRIAN: A sect of Perlosins who are based mostly in the Northlands and hold to the worship of Perlosa in more of her arctic natures and ways. This sect was formed in the Northlands by the first reported worshiper of the goddess in this land, a Nordican by the name of Ymir. Since that time back in the Shadow Years (4687 BV), the religion has flourished in the Northlands and other places of cold. They hold to the worship of the goddess as the power behind the snow and ice, and one worthy of their respect to both appease her for a survivable winter and praise her for the majestic beauty of the season as well. She is also seen as purifier of persons as well due to the whiteness of the freshly fallen snow.

YOAN OCEAN, THE: This major body of water is one of only three oceans that cover the Northern Hemisphere of Tralodren, nestled between much of the landmasses in it.  

ZARI: Spider-like expansive incarnates known for their incredible web-crafted cities. who make their home in the Expanse.

ZARIN: A type of large sea turtle; one of five native diluvial creatures.

ZEPHI: One of the aerial incarnates. They resemble bipedal flying squirrels who make their home in Avion. The singular form of the race is Zeph.

ZEPHYR: A cosmic creature that resembles a manta ray and lives on what gases and micro organisms it skims off of planets surfaces as it moves through space.

ZERVI: A sequential creature resembling a cloud leopard.

ZOE: The city from which Asora rules, also the name of the fourth planet in the Thangarian System she first came to inherit before she changed it into the realm of Bios.

ZORIN EMPIRE, THE: A Celetoric empire based in Zoar, a city found in the Bone Mountains of Draladon. It rules over just about most of the northern half of the Draladon desert, with the exception of the Red Forest and Red Mountains.

ZORAN: The fifth or lost sequential incarnate that was thought destroyed by Vkar. Not much is known of them or their past since Vkar sought to wipe out their name and memory from existence.