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Aes (ace) Cloud-Dancer: An Arcadian goddess.
Aes eru nai’i illitha vernae isha, cerra nai esha arae ilvae loe, shie’i junno sen: An Arcadian anesthesia charm.
Afterburner: An alcoholic drink.
Alainna: An Arcadian member of the Church of Nihil.
Alliance News Network or ANN: The primary CWA news network.
Anai’i (ah-nah-EYE-ee): Literally “unblooded,” referring to anyone not of Cavain’s blood, and translates roughly to peasant.
Anandrou or Gripper: The Arboran engineer of the Blue Phoenix.
Anslin Sky-Knight: An Arcadian god.
Ansilla: The twelfth month of the Arcadian calendar.
Arborus: Gripper’s lost homeworld, perhaps a rim planet.
Arcadia: The capitol city of the fairy White Kingdom, located on Illisem. Also used to describe the system in which the kingdom is located.
Arcadians: A near-extinct race of fairies native to Illisem who dominated the governing of the White Kingdom.
Arianna: A Lyran receptionist for Haven Field.
Assssh ks ree (Ah-sh kiss ree): “Put that down!” Jinn.
Aver (aye-VER): The official language of the CWA.
Axis: The multi-leveled central world of the galaxy and the capitol of the Central World Alliance.
Baliend: A Dailon child whose name translates to mean fire-bird.
Bannon 3: The official name of the planet Stray
Beven: An old Hyzaari god and the name of one of their moons.
Blastphalt: A heat-resistant road surfacing.
Blue: Gripper’s nickname for Kessa.
Blue Phoenix: A cargo ship.
Bren: A Nihilist in the Gharib cathedral.
Bristler’s Call: A Prian song.
CAID: Central Alliance Identification Department.
Caitiff: A pirate ship.
Caiwynn: An Arcadian prostitute.
Calloren, Anthem: An Arcadian knight fallen on hard times.
Cavain: The demi-god mythical patriarch of the Arcadian royal family and founder of the White Kingdom.
Cavainna: The royal family of the White Kingdom.
Cavainna, Arlinn: An Arcadian knight and Maeve’s father.
Cavainna, Beltain: A princess of Arcadia and Maeve’s mother.
Cavainna, Caith: A prince of Arcadia, killed by the Devourers.
Cavainna, Illain: King of the White Kingdom at the time of its fall.
Cavainna, Maeve or Smoke: A princess of Arcadia, serving now on the Blue Phoenix as first mate.
Cavainna, Titania: A princess of Arcadia.
Cedrophin: A chemical stimulant.
Cenmarks or Cen: The currency of the CWA, a contraction of central marks.
Centra, Logan A: A Prian police officer.
Central World Alliance, CWA or Alliance: The conglomerate government of the 36 settled core worlds.
Cha-Gri: A type of Lyran chair.
Chem: Short for chemical, synonymous with drug.
Church of Nihil: A new religion that preaches the meaninglessness of existence and the comforts of death.
Claws: Gripper’s nickname for Tiberius.
Coldhand, Logan or Freezer: A Prian bounty hunter.
Color: A slang term for money.
CSY: Central Standard Year.
CWA Armed Forces or CWAAF: The army of the CWA.
Dailos: A dark world that circles a dying blue giant. A founding core world.
Dailons: Androgynous humanoid aliens with deep blue skin, black hair and eyes and no external ears.
Darson, P: A first lieutenant of the CWAAF.
Datadex: A microcomputerized pad for displaying and altering text and simple graphical data.
Delberry: A berry that grows on Jinn that ferments into a potent and mildly magical wine.
Denron: A CWA colony world.
Devourers: The mysterious beings that consumed and destroyed the White Kingdom one hundred years ago.
Dove: The Prian slang term for women.
Docinia: A Prian holiday.
Dryad: The extinct earth fairies of Arcadia.
Ellona: A fictional bird from The Still Wind.
Elsa: A Nihilist servant in Gharib.
Emberguard: A subsect of the Church of Nihil.
Enarri (en-are-IH) or enarrii (en-are-EE) (plural): An Arcadian word that translates roughly to “beloved.”
Ephrya (eh-FREE-ah), Jessica: A secretary on Prianus.
Erris All-Singer: The Arcadian creator god.
Eru nai’i Shae (AIR-oo nah-EYE-ee shay): “Homage to a Night.” Arcadian.
Fair Ones: An archaic Mirran slang term for fairies.
Femfriend: Slang for girlfriend.
Fethru, Vyron: A Dailon man.
Fibersteel: A kind of microwoven steel.
Fly Off: An obscene Prian hand gesture.
Freezer: Gripper’s nickname for Coldhand.
Fyre (fire), Orthain: An Arcadian knight.
Gais, Sergeant: A Prian police officer.
Gavriel: Master and founder of the Church of Nihil.
Gharib: A city on Stray.
Giadeen: A CWA colony world.
Glassteel: Tempered glass reinforced with the same microstrands of steel used to create fibersteel mesh.
Grale, Channik: The Lyran founder of Stray.
Hadra: One of the founding worlds of the CWA.
Hadrians: A dark-skinned human race native to Hadra, one of the strongest races of the galaxy.
Haven Field: An airfield on Level One of Axis.
Hawk: The Prian slang term for men.
Herra: A Dailon, Kessa’s older sister.
Hyzaar: An oceanic core world and one of the founding worlds of the CWA.
Hyzaari: The human race native to Hyzaar.
Illisem: The central planet of the White Kingdom.
Illonium: A strong, but heavy metal alloy.
Illius: A police officer on Prianus.
Il’sha narii (ill-SHAH nar-EE): “The serpent strikes!” Arcadian.
Isha shae varii lae marnavae. Eira eru enarri (ish-AH shay var-EE lay mar-NAH-vay. ear-IH AIR-oo en-are-IH): “ In the darkness, the Nameless waits. In the graves lay those she loves.” Arcadian.
Ivory Spire, The: The body responsible for training Waygate adepts in the White Kingdom.
Ixth: Homeworld of the Ixthians, one of the founding races of the CWA.
Ixthians: A bipedal insectoid race of the CWA, a curious and intelligent race.
Ja’hiraa ilvae (Jah-hirrah ill-vay): “My honor is gone.” Arcadian, an expression of hopelessness.
Jainna: Leader of the Steelskins gang.
Jharna: A large city on Stray.
Jinn: A tree-like race of elemental mages from the outer rim worlds.
Jinthalin: A planet of the White Kingdom.
Jormaan: A CWA colony world.
Jumo: The Lyran engineer of the Temptation.
Kahl: A CWA colony world with two suns.
Karrian: An Arcadian woman.
Kessa or Blue: A Dailon woman.
Kharnig: A city on Stray.
K’Saar: A staff used by Jinn warriors.
Kyn: A strong Ixthian drink.
Kynfarr: An Ixthian colony world.
Lay of Cavain, The: An ancient and important Arcadian song.
Long Wings: An augmentation pod for Raptors equipped with SL engines and NI field generators.
Lyceum, The: The capital complex of the CWA, located on Axis.
Lyra: One of the founding worlds of the CWA and homeworld of the Lyrans.
Lyran: One of the four non-human races of the core, much like bipedal dogs or wolves in appearance.
MA: Moas Allianco, “Before the Alliance.” The calendar of the CWA began with the forming of the Alliance, roughly two hundred years ago and measures time from that mark.
Magic: The term used by the core races to describe the alien science of the rim races. The term has been adopted by many Arcadians and some Jinn.
Mainstream: A planetary digital data network.
Maiya: The fifth month of the Arcadian calendar.
Mantle: A tree grown on most CWA worlds. A sweet, amber-colored syrup is derived from the mantles tree’s sap.
Marcus, Durwin: Sarah Marcus’ husband. Deceased.
Marcus, Sarah: The owner of the Rusty Frigate.
Maria: Reginald’s falcon.
Marsonna: A common flowering shrub.
Merrid: A port city on Kahl.
Miagawa, Toku: A wanted member of the Sisterhood.
Minna: A tuber native to Hyzaar but grown on most CWA colony worlds as a staple food supply.
Mir: One of the founding worlds of the CWA.
Mirran: The human species native to Mir.
Morningfire Court: A knightly training house on Illisem.
Myles, Tiberius or Claws: Captain of the Blue Phoenix.
Nameless, The: The Arcadian goddess of death.
Nanoblade, nanoknife or nanosword: Short for nanite sword or knife. A blade engineered with a contingent of nanites that constantly work to maintain a keen edge.
Narcohol: A narcotic drink.
Narsus Shipyards: Builders and designers of fine (and expensive) custom spacecrafts. Located on Kahl.
Nnyth: A wasp-like race of the outer worlds.
Na illya ma’naari su: A lightning spell. Arcadian in origin.
Null-Inertia Field or NI Field: Artificially created fields that reduce effective mass to as little as none.
Nyad: The extinct water fae of Arcadia.
Oak District: A district of fourteen cities on Prianus, including West Oak, East Oak, Gold Oak, Oaken Greens and Skycap.
Oathsongs: Five Arcadian songs that swear a progressively more intimate relationship.
Orindell: A planet of the White Kingdom.
Orphia: Tiberius’ pet hawk.
Oslain’ii (oh-SLAIN-ee): Xartasia’s ship, translates to “vengeance.”
PA: Poes Allianco, “after the Alliance.” The calendar of the CWA began with the forming of the Alliance, roughly two hundred years ago and measures time from that mark.
Phennomethylln or phenno: A protein secreted by the Nnyth to let them survive in space.
Plastihide: A type of artificial leather.
Pounceball: A Lyran sport.
PPFC LWAP: Prian Police Flight Corp, Long Wings Augmentation Pod.
Prians: The indigenous human race of Prianus.
Prianus: A rather neglected founding world of the CWA.
Pioneer, VSS: A warship.
Pitch: A narcotic drug.
Pyrad: The extinct fire fairies of Arcadia.
Quarrus: A colony world of the CWA.
Raptor: A type of Prian fighter vessel.
Redmark: A red colored cenmark chip, denominated at 100c.
Redprint: Genetic schematics.
Reginald, Zachary: A Prian police officer. Deceased.
Rillian: An Arcadian prostitute on Stray.
Riptide: A Hyzaari ship.
Rusty Frigate: A bar on Level Seven of Axis.
Sacred Temple of Creation: An ancient Vanoran religion.
Seon: A Lyran Emberguard.
Shae ina Shae: “Night of Nights!” Arcadian, an oath.
Shae: A common Arcadian name.
Shimmer: Gripper’s nickname for Duaal.
Silver: Gripper’s nickname for Xia.
Sinnay, Duaal or Shimmer: A mage employed on the Blue Phoenix.
Sisterhood of Life or Sisterhood: A militant semi-religious feminist organization.
Slow: A chemical depressant.
Smoke: Gripper’s nickname for Maeve.
Snowmelt Festival: The Arcadian celebration at the close of winter.
Somato: A species of soft, red-skinned vegetable.
Spectrum densitometer: A model of densitometer that reads the levels of different type of light and radiation that penetrates different substances to define an area.
Ssassi: A Jinn merchant.
Starkroot: An antiseptic herb found on the worlds of the White Kingdom.
Starstalker: A model of space fighter from the Narsus shipyards.
Starwind Fabrication: A galaxy-spanning conglomerate corporation based out of Axis.
Steelskins: A gang on the lower levels of Axis.
Still Wind, The: A classic Prian book.
Stray: A fringe world of the CWA.
Sua’ii Na (Su-ah-NEE nah): The Blooming House, a manor on Illisem that belonged to the royal family.
Superluminal or SL: Meaning faster than light, used to describe swift travel.
Syalin: A planet of the White Kingdom.
Sycona: A species of tree on Arborus.
Talon: A type of Prian laser pistol, available in models 3 through 10 only to the Prian Police.
Tamlin: A city on Illisem.
Temple, Zoen: A smuggler.
Temptation: A pirate ship.
Tiercel: A male hawk or falcon.
Tower, The: The homeworld of the Nnyth, a chewed-stone hive-tower built in the asteroid belt of the Rynn system.
Tynerion: A CWA colony world.
Unbreakers: A parts and repair shop in Gharib.
Union of Light, The: The central church of the CWA, sanctioned and funded by the Alliance.
Usarral: The home world of the Jinn.
Vael (vale): The Arcadian word for knight.
Vaeli’i la (VAY-lah lah): “Honorless one!” An Arcadian insult.
Vanora: A human-native world, renamed Axis at the founding of the CWA.
Vanora White: A sleep-inducing drug that was once manufactured exclusively on Vanora, or Axis.
Veilwing: A dragonfly-like insect native to the White Kingdom.
Waygate: The technology by which the rim species travel between worlds.
West Oak: A city on Prianus.
White hart: A sacred animal of the White Kingdom.
White Kingdom: A rim world fairy government, a confederation of five worlds in a single solar system. Destroyed one hundred years ago by the Devourers.
Whisper hawk: A predatory bird favored by the ladies of Prianus.
Wynerian: A planet of the White Kingdom.
Xartasia: An Arcadian ally of Gavriel and the Church of Nihil.
Xed: An Ixthian medical technician on Axis.
Xel: An Ixthian gang leader on Axis.
Xia (Zigh-AH) or Silver: The Ixthian medic of the Blue Phoenix.
Xoe: An Ixthian bounty huntress.
Xyn: An Ixthian geneticist on Stray.
