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KEYWORDS

❆ Yahn: MC's realm.

❆ Navar: The toxic plane outside MC's realm.

❆ Navaric beasts: Creatures foreign to Yahn. Often crazed monsters birthed in the Navar which prowled into Yahn through a tear/weakness in the veil.

❆ Var: Energy elementals draw from the Navar to fuel their powers, and strengthen their bones and flesh.

❆ Elementals: Individuals with the ability to draw var from the Navar. Some may wield the power to control an element while having high resistance to its damaging effects.

❆ Latency: Level of affinity elementals have with the Navar. High latency indicates the potential for the body to handle prolonged usage of the var, while low latency indicates a faster occurrence of flagging.

❆ Flagging: Physical and mental, wear and tear an elemental experiences upon exceeding their body's capacity to withstand the var's pressure.

❆ Comprehension: Indicates the growth potential of an elemental, and the level of one's ability to wield an element as a part of oneself. It ranges from being a Proficient Elemental to reaching the illustrious rank of Elemental Truth, becoming a Named Elemental.

[Note: The above also influences the rate of learning elemental skills and weapon techniques.]

❆ Witches: Rare individuals born with a total affinity for the Navar. They possess a unique ability to command the Navar and its phantasmagoric denizens, to varying extents.

❆ Mages: Individuals born with the ability to control mana with which they grasp and wield navaric phenomena.

Navaric phenomena: Occurrences within the Navar; ranging from something as simple a mild gush of wind, to the bizzare activities of unfathomable phantasmagoric entities.

❆ Arcanists: Individuals faithful to the 'god of magic'. They are able to draw runic inscriptions and recreate navaric phenomena using magic circles.

[NOTE: Unlike mages who undergo tasking soul meditations to strengthen their craft, arcanists lean towards the intellectual comprehension of arcana. Arcanists experience far less mana consumption in the manipulation of navaric phenomena.]

❆ Luen: MC's continent.

❆ Naveth: A continent west of Luen across the corrupted seas.

❆ Regulon: MC's empire, composed of the nations: Nauvaus, Severas, Regis, and Derias.

❆ Nauvaus: MC's kingdom, north of Regulon, ice elemental haven.

❆ Severas: East of Regulon, shadow elemental haven.

❆ Regis: South of Regulon, fire elemental haven.

❆ Derias: West of Regulon, a light elemental haven.

❆ Xagerios: A Magic Empire far east of Luen; touted children of the 'god of magic'.

❆ Mechanis Argen: A steam-punk faction within Xagerios that stands in opposition to the Xageri Imperial Household and its allies.

❆ Nirians: Naturally powerful beast men, augmented with the ability to draw var from the Navar. Now banished from Nauvaus due to their act of treason against House Ages.

❆ Var dragons: The first dragons on Yahn. Powerful entities who dwelled peacefully in Luen, and created the Elemental human race.

❆ Origins: Four valiant knights who led the defense of Luen and the Var dragons, against the Navethian celestials and their dark forces. They eventually founded the four kingdoms now part of Regulon.

❆ The Ancestor: The Knight of Ages, leader of the knights and founder of Nauvaus. Blessed and deified through the unanimous support of the Var dragons, now said to dwell in his domain within the Northern star.

❆ Mount Avalon: Burial ground of Ages, the Var dragon of frost.

❆ A Lord of Avalon/Ancestor's Chosen/Chosen: An individual of 'unquestionable' character who challenged the Ancestor's trial within Mount Avalon, prevailed and received a portion of the Ancestor's divine power in the form of an item, usually a sword.

❆ Silver Sacristy: Official religious and paramilitary organization of Nauvaus, they ensure that commoners retain faith in the Ancestor, and provide crucial administrative and logistical support to ATAN... Two weeks after a Chosen is warped out of the mount, the Sacristy assigns him/her an epithet, offering insights into their future. After which he/she officially becomes a Lord of Avalon.

❆ ATAN: The Armies of the Atrocious North.

❆ Swordbearer: A most trusted aide of a Lord of Avalon, chosen to bear the divine item temporarily, and help shoulder the madness that comes with divinity.

❆ Sentinels: Elemental guards of religious significance which a Lord of Avalon appoints for himself; a maximum of two is allowed. They must have attained elemental mastery.

❆ Yellow scribes: Most pious and gifted individuals representing the Sacristy in the management of all administrative tasks. They are the only ones allowed to write in the Yellow Book.

❆ Yellow book: It is known to be the most accurate source of history, containing anecdotes and secrets witnessed by the Yellow scribes during their travels. The only eyes that may peruse its contents are those of the acting Holy Keep, kings, emperors, and Lords of Avalon.

❆ Holy Keep(Hk): The Head of the Sacristy for a duration of ten years. Selection is made by the outgoing Holy Keep amongst the hierophants.

❆ Re'obata: Birthplace and home of the witches. Although they share a cooperative relationship with the Sacristy, House Ages, and the Seasults. They are mostly seclusive.

❆ Bluestone: A navaric crystal capable of storing concentrated amounts of var. It served as a source of power for runic inscriptions.

❆ Varstone: A worn-out bluestone, unrechargeable. Now merely capable of providing illumination.

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CELESTIAL CLASSIFICATIONS

❆ Domain god: A deity of a higher realm, e.g., the god of death/undeath.

❆ god: The main deity of a normal realm, e.g., the god of Yahn.

❆ Angel: A high-servant of a god, created from and for the god.

❆ Ambassador: A high-servant of a fallen god/pseudo-god

❆ Pseudo-god: A god who has lost his realm or an ambassador/angel who has absorbed the essence of a dead god.

❆ Demigod: An extremely rare child of a domain god, realm god, or pseudo-god.

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ELEMENTAL RANKINGS

❆ Elemental Proficiency: (Entry, Intermediate and High)

❆ Elemental Mastery: (Entry, Intermediate and High)

❆ Elemental Domination: (Entry, Intermediate and High)

❆ Elemental Truth (Named)

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NOBLE STATUS INDICATORS

❆ Ja(Imperial)

❆ El(Royal)

❆ Re(Ducal)

❆ Lo(Marquis)

❆ Co(Count)

❆ Du(Viscount)

❆ Be(Baron)

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LANGUAGES

❆ Nuru: Nirian

❆ Elven: Elves

❆ Daki'an: Dragon/Witch speak

❆ Kadi'an: Advanced Witch speak

❆ Common tongue: The prevalent language in Yahn.

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