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* '''Talayi''':
* '''Talayi''':
race (talayan) <br>
race (talayan) <br>
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* Ta'Raekhet:
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* '''[[Overview|Ta'Raekhet]]''':
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southwestern continent, heavily desert and plains <br> Ancient Egypt, Persia, Babylon. Kingdom of [[Chemer]] is there. <br>
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southwestern continent, heavily desert and plains <br> Ancient Egypt, Persia, Babylon. Kingdom of [[Chemer]] is there. Ta'Reakhet translates roughly to "Land of Battle" in Egyptian. <br>
* '''Terik-moi''':
* '''Terik-moi''':
extinct elven culture, rumored to have become the sea <br>
extinct elven culture, rumored to have become the sea <br>

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A

  • Akanee Isles:

island group between Katavyan and Ta’Raekhet continents.

  • Aneskis:

kestrel clans

  • Argentine Collegia and Science Museum:

Compilers of the Encyclopedia Etiquetta

  • Argentinian Oath:

oath taken by scribes

  • Aryoch:

Creator of all things, the Creator god that willed himself into being. Antithesis of H'Coyra.

Kingdom on Mitralon continent

  • Askakedja Mountains:

Major mountain chain on the continent of Mitralon. Location of Askagard.

  • Athene:

one of the three moons of Primordiax. Smallest, and closest. Appears to be the same size as the other two.

B

  • Balancok:

an herb

  • Beaver, Giant:

rare indigenous Mitralon mammal

  • Belladine:

a gem

  • Bellamane:

Goddess of Passion

  • Beydir:

Human Sub-culture

  • Blorthoi the Great:

King, dwarvish

C

  • Catfolk:

feline humanoid race

  • Centipede, Stinging Fire:

arthropod

city and kingdom (Chemerite) on the Ta’Raekhet continent, alternately “City of Ashes” or the “Well of Bones”

  • Cicada, Holymna:

winged insect

  • Cogson:

mechanical creature

  • Coinname:

leklek distinction

  • Crown:

1. measurement of weight = 2 pounds
2. unit of Askardic currency

  • Cricket, Golden:

insect

  • Cricket, Redfooted:

insect

D

  • Darlen Jien, Lady:

a dryad noble, assassinated over tail-clipping prohibition

  • Diam:

unit of weight measure; 1/5th of a pound, 1/10th of a rand

  • Diaxwood:

conifer with waxy leaves, produces black wood

  • Dragon, Blue:

indigenous to Mitralon, rare

  • Drocta:

Unit of Chemerian currency. The Drocta is a heavy, round, silver coin adorned on its obverse face with a large desert scarab. The carapace of the scarab is plated to faintly refract light in a rainbow of hues. The coin has a thick, smooth edge.

  • Duin:

stegadonk handlers

  • Dryad:

arborial humanoid race

E

  • Emerthyst:

gemstone

  • Encyclopedia Etiquetta:

collection of ten volumes detailing over * 1000 years of leklek customs and etiquette practices

  • Everwood:

conifer variety

  • Evyrwoods:

Coniferous forest on Mitralon continent

  • Evyrwood Lake:

lake on Mitralon continent

  • Eyries:

Kestrel homes

F

  • Faeyora:

Goddess of Renewal

  • Faeyorite:

gemstone

  • Fam-mar:

Salamae spots

  • Ferami:

Human Sub-culture

  • Fish, Blooddart:

Mitralon, fish, extremely rare

  • Fish, Dryer:

native of Ta’Raekhet

G

  • Gearson:

mechanical creature

  • Gemane:

one of the three moons of Primordiax. Largest, yet farthest away. White with purple tinges, has a ragged red scar. All three moons appear to be the same size.

  • Goblin:

humanoid creature

  • Gran:

approximately one mile

  • Grrtz:

lukoi tribe, named for Lukoi historical leader Tertz Grrt. (All lukoi tribe names end in the letter Z.)

  • Grul Terro:

lukoi despot

H

  • H'Coyra:

The Unmaker, Aryoch’s counterpart, a by-product of Aryoch willing himself into being

  • Hihn:

highly advanced trulloc style of architecture, emphasizing complex geometric principles

I

J

  • Jelatin:

gelatinous creature

  • Jitamo Redhat:

first leklek sailor; famous for his "Voyage to the Edge of the World"

K

southeastern continent. Asian and Jungle. Kingdom of Troj is here, also where ancient Kingdom of Luxor was.

  • Kelai Proudfoot:

catfolk prophet

  • Keres Pits:

terrain feature of Ta’Raekhet

  • Kestrel:

humanoid avian race

  • Krahtes:

author of “A Scholar's History”

  • Krymian:

barbaric human culture

  • Kryping:

kestrel cosmetic feather dyeing

  • Kyar River:

Katavyan continent river

L

  • Leklek:

short-stature humanoid race

  • Lizard, Dune:

indigenous reptile of Ta’Raekhet

  • Lockr Lake:

Askagardian lake

  • Locust, Rashash:

winged grasshopper

  • Lukoi:

race, also known as the lupkyn

  • Lukoitown:

section in each town comprised of lukoi

  • Lupkyn:

race, also known as the Lukoi

M

  • Mae:

slang for Salamae

  • Mai'grom:

Trulloc for “Mother Orb”, or Primordiax

  • Mayfly, Emerald:

winged insect

  • Millipede, Flat-backed:

arthropod

  • Minna:

authoress of "City of Ashes"

  • Mithril:

metal

This is the largest and northernmost continent. Norse, Medieval, and Celtic. The Kingdom of Askagard is here.

  • Moiyan:

Human Sub-culture

  • Monstropede:

arthropod

  • Moondrop:

a flower

  • Mortajari:

kestrel family

  • Mother Orb:

trulloc term for Primordiax

  • Mudin:

Beydir shaman and witch doctor, who passes on oral traditions

  • Mysmirel:

Goddess of the Moon

  • Mymirine:

gem

N

  • Nanane:

Ferami for ‘no name’. A warrior having lost all status.

  • Nemian Colony:

lost dryadic colony, reputed to still possess arcane dryadic powers

  • Niccolo Venici:

Patriarch of the Venici sub-culture

  • Nitnoy:

a type of pet that embodies the creation elements of the world

O

  • Omenstone:

gem

  • Oozling:

gelatinous creature

  • Ortias:

the second moon of Primordiax, "The Blood Moon", medium-sized, and between the other two, making all three moons appear to be the same size

P

  • Payuut:

tropical storms of Katavyan

  • P'chai Bahn:

(talayan) five-roomed building where 13-year-old males eat, sleep, and take classes together

  • Penguin, Mello:

rare Mitralon sea bird

  • Phinaou Boss:

possibly the greatest leklek tinker to ever live

  • Pokka:

Primordiax’s chicken counterpart, flightless bird with pointy beak and three toes

  • Pokow Soong:

"Mountain of Deadly Heights", the highest mountain peak in Primordiax, located on Katayvan.

  • Primordiax:

the planet

  • Primordium:

metal

  • Pseudoscorpion, Golden:

insect

Q

R

  • Rand:

measurement of length equal to 10 inches

  • Rand, King:


  • Randsroot:

herb

  • Rexelios:

God of Trials

S

  • Sahblen Plate:

continental tectonic land mass

  • Saht t'lon:

a slow, graceful meditative dance that tones muscles and develops strength, flexibility, and grace (talayan)

  • Salamae:

race

  • Spider, Apaxian:

arachnid

  • Spider, Camel:

arachnid

  • Spider, Desert Dun: arachnid
  • Spider, Harvest:

arachnid

  • Spider, Sand:

arachnid native of Ta’Raekhet

  • Sathu:

unit of Trojan currency

  • Savants' Table:

lukoi political body

  • Scorpien:

humanoid race

  • Sekems:

catfolk family

  • Shavin:

lukoi cosmetic fur-trimming practice

  • Sheevans:

catfolk fanatics

  • Slemor:

race-specific mount

  • Springteeni:

mechanical creature

  • Spydar silk:

fabric

  • Statue of Phinaou Boss:

one of the greatest masterpieces of the realm; built by lekleks

  • Stegadonk:

gigantic lizards with flat plates that line their backs

  • Stratoraz:

gemstone

  • Stratos:

God of the Sun

  • Sylanim:

demi-god who brings gifts to lukoi during Xatmus

T

  • Talayi:

race (talayan)

southwestern continent, heavily desert and plains
Ancient Egypt, Persia, Babylon. Kingdom of Chemer is there. Ta'Reakhet translates roughly to "Land of Battle" in Egyptian.

  • Terik-moi:

extinct elven culture, rumored to have become the sea

  • Terroz:

lukoi tribe. (All lukoi tribe names end in the letter Z.)

  • Tertz Grrt:

historical lukoi ruler of Chemer

  • Thum:

measure of length, shorter than a rand ; approximately 2 inches

  • Thurmogard:

dwarven nation

  • Triad:

universal unit of currency

Kingdom, city; located on Katavyan

  • Trulloc:

humanoid race

U

  • Universal Gyrodynamics Academy:

Academy for advances in science and fizziks. Advanced studies in gyrodynamics offered here. Also where people go to advance the world's technology.

V

  • Venici:

Human Sub-culture, named after its patriarch, Niccolo Venici

  • Void minions:

undead creature

  • Vol:

minion of H’Croya

W

  • Walking Stick, Xenos:

psiclyd insect

  • Wasp, Trojan:

insect

  • Woodlouse, Rusted:

insect

X

  • Xatmus:

lukoi celebration every 12 years of exchanging gifts, commemorating creation by a nature god

Y

Z

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