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Jorune Glossary Alligre Forest - Forest in Ellih district of Heridoth. § Allonkarb, Khodre - Late father of the current dharsage of Burdoth. alpha isho - Ambient flows of low frequency isho used for slow speed travel by crystal schooners. Alsyla Bay - Bay off coast of Ardis and Lusail, where Lusail River flows out to sea. § ambreh - Limilate that adds 3 points to Education. Used when learning languages or skills dependent on memory. Effects last three hours. ambri - Yellowish lichen from which ambreh limilate is made. from White Wolf magazine's "Segment Jorune amulet - Shanthic amulets are designed to protect one person from one type of beast or evid. an - [shanthic] Stone. Anamber - Area in Lelsh neighborhood of Ardoth. Has most beautiful and expensive housing outside of Citadel. anasan - [Thowtis] Freedom. Anasan - Woffen realm on the peninsula south of East Trinnu Jungle Lands. A stable warp connects Anasan to the primary woffen realm of Lundere. Its location is a secret, although some non-woffen have been allowed to pass through. aniln - Crystal spheres deep within caverns of LaShalta, shanthic primal home below Lundere. from Shanthas of Jorune annaphon - Cork to create advanced reco or genon. from Jorune Earth-tec anniton - Cork to create bio-tec creatures classified as primitive animals. from Jorune Earth-tec arbrey - Disk of dung from an arbrey stack. Used for cooking and heating. Burns without toxic byproducts. from Jorune Earth-tec arbrey stack - Bio-tec creature that eats rotting garbage to produce flat, circular slabs of fuel material used in poor areas for cooking and heat. from Jorune Earth-tec Ardis - Province of Burdoth surrounding the capital of Ardoth. Encompasses Sychill and the Essanja. Ardoth - First true human city. Now the capital of Burdoth and location of the Drenn Wall. Populated by all races of Jorune, either as residents or as emissaries of other governments. § Ardoth Bay - Bay on which Ardoth is located. An arm of the Essajean Sea. Ardothian Bazaar - Central marketplace in the old section of Ardoth. Called the Claysis. Ardothian Council - Primary advisors to Dharsage, with seats held by Dobre, Gauss, Heridoth, Lundere, Lusail, North Khodre, the Sobayid, South Khodre, and Tan- Iricid, and an observer from Temauntro. Ardothian Red Capes - An elite unit of Burdothian palace guard which answers directly to office of Dharsage. Arilell, Sar - Ardis Dharsage at time of 3161 Sydran rebellion. 300KRS - 300¯ Kelvin Return System. Used to return an Earth-tec cryo-bin to room temperature. from Jorune Earth-tec Abahth - The blount language. Accaptas Mountains - Range in Burdoth separating the Essanja from the rest of Ardis. Achk - Port city in Temauntro. IR Aciloss Klade - Private yord services. Member of Lorgin Klades. from Compation: Ardoth acubon - Fresh water aquatic race mutated from humans. Found in Lake Dau-uh-dey in Khodre. aerator - Very large Earth-tec device that improves durlig crop yields by turning dirt around the root, providing fresh nutrients in the process. afrid - Cork to create worm-like creature. from Jorune Earth-tec Aggum Klade - Tarro trainers (mostly bronth). Member of Pesade Klades. from Compation: Ardoth Agis River - Water system running the length of the Gauss Valley, emptying at Salam’arine. § ah - [Chaun-tse] Home. Ah Kahn - Cygran settlement in northern Temauntro. Ah Toor - Cygran settlement in northern Temauntro. ahdis - Speaker; orator. ahgoobung - Dobren root from which gawdieth limilate is created. ahiln - Berry poisonous to shantha and most native life. from Shanthas of Jorune ahji - Banana-like fruit from Dobre. from Essays ahji sickness - Illness caused by spores carried by ahji. It causes nausea, vomiting, fever, and an outbreak of swollen, fluid-filled welts. People who have had ahji sickness often remain pockmarked and weak. from Compation: Burdoth ahsk - Stalk on corondons head capable of throwing dyshas. Ailaudra - City on Elluce River in Lusail province of Burdoth. § Albah - Essle city on tip of Saybah Peninsula. Ald - Neighborhood of fine incleps, restaurants, and banking services in Old City District of Ardoth. alert pod - Spherical unit that establishes a movement perimeter. It will sound an alarm if any creature enters the protected area, but is not triggered by movement of animals merely in the general area. all season clothing - Clothes which regulate temperature for wearer. Comfortable from -20¯F - 110¯F. Distinguishing visual feature is slight silver tinge along seams. Allidoth - City on Burdoth’s east coast with excellent stone quarries. § Arkin - Lively trading neighborhood of Shandane District of Ardoth. Thivin created a cutthroat retail atmosphere and the public benefits. Comprised of Laprendell, Persis, Tocour, and Wolton areas. armor - Metal armor is expensive because of the relative scarcity of metal on Jorune. Leather (bochigon, cattle, clemmisin, corondon, locure, lothern or thombo), carapace, ring mail, or plate armor protect against physical attack. E-rep or deflector armor are Earth-tec resins and plastics that protect against energy weapons, but offer minimal protection against blades or bludgeons. Clear crystal chunks may be incorporated into armor to protect against isho attacks. arrigeh - Plant from which arrigish limilate is made. arrigish - Limilate developed to promote healing in most races (except ramian; see shirm-eh). ashalta - [shanthic] Focus; heart. Ash-shen Sea - Sea to southwest of Anasan and southeast of West Trinnu Jungle Lands. Asmir Yordeh Klade - Law klade in Gauss Valley and Ardoth. from Essays Assydre Bay - Bay of northern Burdoth. Site of S’nabla, Scolia and Sydra. Assydre Sea - Particularly rough sea bordering Burdoth’s north coast. Difficult to travel because of isho storms, violent weather and swift currents. Astilene - Klade - Locksmiths (gates, grates and locks). Member of Kipkle Klades. from Compation: Ardoth atra - [shanthic] Isho light; glowing isho. attack cell - Larger version of power cell, capable of producing 1,500,000 joules of energy. 8,000 are believed to still exist on Jorune. from Jorune Earth-tec Atterol Iscin Klade - Most prestigious klade in Ardoth, located in Tocour area of Arkin. While its ties to Gauss Valley Associates were severed almost 1,000 years ago, Atterol continues to be the - place to study. Auklin - City on western edge of Lake Dau-uh-dey in South Khodre. Vortex of human scum in the Khodres. CB Auklin - Powerful competitors to the Carissey family in Khodre before the arrival of the Ardothian mining families. auss - Harvest season; autumn. Austin - Area in Vintch neighborhood of Ardoth. awehf - [Thowtis] Criminal." Woffen diyorda. awss - Public meeting center of a town or city, usually in the middle of the city. awthew - [Thowtis] Woffen who has become a wretched one (alcoholic) from overuse of stomeh and wholl. They tend to be loud, but non-violent. They walk with a hunch. awthew-tie - Limilate, made from stoma and parthage wine extract, developed to cure awthew in woffen. Produces nausea if alcohol is ingested. Causes sickness but returns user to normal walking and alertness. Aycra - Cooperative Jaspian-cygran port settlement in northern Temauntro. Aylon - (1) Capital of Jasp; home of merchant and exploration fleets; home port for crystal schooners. (2) Old city fortress of Jasp in a deep fjord of Dowseh Bay. aylon - Far place. Aylon Strait - Water that separates mainland Jasp from large island of Jasa. Ayloni - Of or relating to Aylon. Ayns Mountains - Branch of Liggit Mountains, above Glounda Forest. CB baht - [Boru] Bronth family group, usually thirty to forty members. Bakstan - Military fortification in Anasan. CB balweze - Melon whose top leaves cause indigestion for woffen. bargeer - [boccord] Adulthood. Barrij Klade - Rope and net makers. Member of Bohod Klades. from Compation: Ardoth battle harness - Powered combat armor; battle suit. from Compation: Ardoth Bay 27 - Popular kerning bay in Clavis with low entry fee (3 yules) and instruction available on hourly basis (8 yules/hour). CA Bay Cryshell - Expensive kerning bay (10 yule entry fee) at the Citadel in Ardoth. Directly connected to Lower Manser. Baysis - City in the Sobayid on border of East Trinnu Jungle Lands. Maustin Caji trained here during the Energy Weapons War. beagre - Two-legged scavenger filling position of rat on Jorune. Those found in cities are comfortable living on garbage and the refuse of civilization. Those found in the wild tend to move in packs and will attack en masse if hungry enough. Starving beagre are used for entertainment in sherja exhibitions in some unsavory establishments. beaster - Person who hunts especially dangerous creatures. bebbermise cream - Type of sweet Oriem cream candy sold at Bep Clep. from Compation: Ardoth bebbic - Shellfish found off Sychills coast. from Essays Belli Klade - Potters. Member of Cassadon Klades. from Compation: Ardoth Bennin - Northernmost port of North Khodre. A cooperative Jaspian-Khodren port. Bep Clep - Very fashionable shop in Manser shopping neighborhood of Ardoth. beta isho - Extremely high energy isho that creates fast moving channels for travel. bibibit - Thriddle teaching toy: Wire with beads, used to teach sets and numbers. from Compation: Ardoth biffid - Type of fish. from Essays binders - Earth-tec plastic handcuffs/manacles. from Jorune Earth-tec binkers hamn - Fried flat steak made of minced durlig heart, pillit, and meat byproducts. Known to make the unskilled palate ill. No one quite knows where the dish originated, but it is sold in the Clavis area of Shandane District in Ardoth. bio-tec - Human technology of creating new creatures and plants through use of corks and incupods. bio-tec buddy - Slang for reco. bio-tec cycle - Technique for reproducing existing bio-tec creatures, or for creating new ones. Basic genetic information is encoded into a corks central material, cork is carried into position on incupod by busk, and bio-form grows in incupod. Birth of genon or reco occurs when incupod splits open and new life form dries and begins responding to its programming. Recos or genons can be forced to produce corks of themselves by application of TRoJaX, which cuts lifespan of creature to 1/10th normal. from Jorune Earth-tec birch-bulb - Bitter red food root from the Essanja. Also used to create a strong red dye for cloth. from Compation: Burdoth birl stranded grass - Food necessary for Cushindell moths to produce Cushindell silk. It grows in marshland and must be constantly tended. from Compation: Ardoth bit - Smallest unit of currency. 1/100th of a gemule. Physically a crude, ugly crystal with rough exterior. Not considered currency in quantities greater than 100. black bogs - Treacherous series of swamps and bogs in Voligire. blaster - Earth-tec plasma weapon. Bleece - Island off Sychill’s coast. Its coral reefs make it dangerous; it is avoided. blosh - Symbol understood by crugar and woffen to represent woffen suffering at hands of the crugar at the Ninindrue Plague Slayings. blount - First of Iscins animal creations, an intelligent bipedal frog. boccord - Mutant human race characterized by superior strength. bochigon - Large, incredibly stubborn pack animal capable of self defense. Brought to Jorune by lamorri as riding mounts. bochigon dung disease - Septic infection of open wounds first discovered when bochigon were used by Shandane at Mairamin in 3017. By tradition, this was the cause of Shandanes death in that battle. from Compation: Burdoth boc-rod - Crystal fragment capable of storing energy. Used by crill as defense against isho storms or isho attack. body isho - One of the three dysha forms; must contain Launtra. Most common use is as a touch or trickle discharge into body of target or caster. Bohod Klade - Weavers specializing in Cushindell silk sails. Member of Bohod Klades. from Compation: Ardoth Bohod Klades - Group of klades primarily supporting fisherman and merchant vessels. Mother house in Old Aylon, Jasp. Some member klades: Barrij, Bohod, Shelt, Shoukt, and Yampher. from Compation: Ardoth bohor ahandi - (boh-HOOR a-HAN-dee) [Boru] Long game. bohor-ahandi - (boh-HOOR a-han-DEE) [Boru] Endless battle or war. boji - [shanthic] Wild plant whose leaves are used in curing skin and thailiers of corondon for use as weapons and armor. Bolpey Channel - Narrow passage that connects the Essajean Sea to Ardoth Bay. Bolpey Kerning Bay - Low class, dangerous kerning bay in Arkin. Bolphey - Archaic spelling of Bolpey. § bolt - One of the three dysha forms, most common to Desti group. Manifests as raw isho in long, thin forms approximately 2'-4' long. Bomoveris, Carl - Associate of Iscin. True cause of Iscin’s death in crugar tradition. Bomoviri - Crugar equivalent of a devil or demon; an insult. Reference to the true cause of Iscins death according to crugar religious tradition. Bord - Island in Sychill Sea off southwest Dobren coast. Claimed by Dobre. Hot, flat, and infested with tarro. Rich in tin and grapes used for parthage wines. Borkelby - Popular muadra leader from early in the 35th century. The Borkelby tarro, discovered by him in the Hobeh south of Dobre, is named for him. Borkelby tarro - Largest of the tarros. Common to south Dobre. Borlim - Lake port city in North Khodre. Almost everyone here is involved in shipping. CB Boru - The bronth language bosin - [Boru] Great watcher." Tarro trainer. Bow - Small fishing village near Ardoth. CA Bream Flat Dharlerrin - Dharlerrin in fields south of Ardoth engaged in durlig farming. CA breather - Earth-tec device designed to permit an air- breather to remain submerged in water by providing a supply of oxygen for up to twelve hours. Breather fits over users mouth. Requires a function cell to operate. bronth - Iscin race, descended from the bear. Bryne Klades - Sobayid klades with outlet in Lower Manser in Ardoth. They offer keosko, linryte and rusper. from Compation: Ardoth Bryne Streeter - Human diyorda of Lower Manser. from Compation: Ardoth brynk - Hardwood valued for making musical instruments and longbows. Burdoth - Realm controlled by humans; most powerful realm of the continent. “Realm of Man” by title, but home to all races. Burdoth holds most Earth-tec known to exist. Controlled by Dharsage of Burdoth. Burdoth is made up of four provinces: Ardis, Gauss, Lusail, and the Sobayid. Burroo - Island off coast of Dobre claimed by Dobre. Hot, flat, and infested with tarro. Rich in vintch, russip, and tin. bursler - Genon designed to locate water, burrow down to it, gorge on the liquid, return to the surface, and die. After death a bursler seals and creates a container of pure water for observant travellers. from Jorune Earth-tec busk - Beetle-like bio-tec creature that exists to implant corks into receiving dimple of an incupod. byritt - Chunk of deep fried durlig flavored with crethin and other spices. A popular fast food. ca - (ka-) [shanthic] Group." Usually used in terms of moon sects (e.g., Ca-Tra, shanthas of the moon Tra), but occasionally in reference to other groupings of people or inanimate objects sharing a common trait. caaniln - Three day period between birth of a shantha and the young shanthas emergence from the placential sack in which it is born. from Shanthas of Jorune Cabralon - Boccord city in northeast Doben-al. Ca-Desti - Shanthic sect of The Red Harbinger; color of the cult and moon is red. This cult can be found in LohOden, south of Dobre. Ca-Desti were makers of thosks and early evids. Ca-Du - Shanthic sect of The Illuminator; color of the cult and moon is amber. Makers of blades and keeper rods, and tenders of herds. Found in south Dobre, Crendor, Ros Crendor, and East Trinnu Jungle Lands. cagoaci - [shanthic] That which is against the naull." Darkness in isho. from Shanthas of Jorune Ca-Gobey - Shanthic sect of The Protector; color of the moon is black, color of the cult is brown (though they occasionally wear black). Builders of great shanthic cities, and creators of warp maps and isho receivers. Found in Drail and central Lundere. caji - [shanthic] Student." Dysha-weaving occupation available only to muadra. caji entropy - Silly dice game used by player characters to increase their caji characters isho. caji houser - Person who owns an inclep that welcomes caji in particular. Ca-Launtra - Shanthic cult of The Flow; color of the sect and moon is green. Tenders of plants and makers of limilates. Found in Delsha, Drail and Thantier. Cali-Shafra - Battle Lands of the Ancients, near site of current day Ninindrue in Gauss Valley. Sacred to shantha. calmra - White wine which also serves as an antidote for toxins found in fish caught in Ardoth Bay. calprin - Yord investigator. Calpy Mountains - Range southwest of Sychill and north of Accaptas Mountains of eastern Burdoth. Calpy River - Northern tributary of Essanja River. CB calt - Yord squad leader. Cammiger Day - 41 Mullin of each year, when merchants and clep owners in Ardoth display their wares outdoors. from Compation: Ardoth cankle - Grey sugar-like crystal used to nourish recos and genons. canther - The large hump on a cleashs back. The aroma and sparkle given off by it are said to be how cleash control the scarmis. carapace - Hard protective shell of an insect, crustacean or other living thing. Several races on Jorune have natural carapace that serves as armor (e.g., cleash). Cardis, Marshill - Unpopular appointment to replace Rhan Harsri as chell of Ardoth. § Carissey - (1) Oldest city in North Khodre. Nearly all crystal mined in Khodre is shipped through here. (2) Former name of Khodre region. CB Carissey - Longest established family house in present- day North Khodre. Probably of Thantierian origin. Carissey Bight - Open waterway along north coast of North Khodre. Cartan, Esilla Jaimare - Prince Khodre’s wife and Dharsage Dhardrenn’s mother (deceased). § Ca-Shal - Shanthic cult of Keeper of the Ancient Order; color of the sect and moon is blue. Creators of elip ston and crundorra. Found in eastern Lundere, Voligire and southern Gilthaw. cashiln - [shanthic] Walking. Cassadon Klades - Group of klades with mother house in Gauss, Burdoth. Some member klades: Belli, Clerbish, Oriem, and Shelp. from Compation: Ardoth Cathoon aloow spew atwoo oow tawep swoola nooh tac [Thowtis] Cathoon drinks quick and fast." Tongue-twister palindrome used for amusement at shenters. from Playing the Iscin Races Ca-Tra - Shanthic cult of The Warp Maker; color of the sect is white and color of the moon varies. Makers of cle- eshtas and controllers of warps. Found in Doben-al, Burdoth and Anasan. Ca-Tra have dedicated themselves to serve as sholari and trade their teachings to recover shanthic relics held by human, Iscin, and lamorri races. Characters will most often encounter Ca-Tra. Cattletross, Penzer - Chell of Lelligire responsible for his fleet’s destruction in the Ramian War in 3473. § Cavris - - City in the Sobayid province of Burdoth, on border of the Doben-al and East Trinnu Jungle Lands. They specialize in Earth grains and flowers, and crystals charged secretly in the East Trinnu Jungle Lands. § Central Oiders - Middle class neighborhood in Oiders District of Ardoth. Cerin - Small port on northwestern shore of Ponteer. One terminus of Ponteer Trail. Cerridus, Sea of - Location of the island of Tan-Iricid. challisk - Small metal plate, made from Earth colony spacecraft hulls, given to citizenship applicants in Burdoth. chaln - (chauln) [Chaun-tse] Clumsy. Chaln (shauln) lmagri - The only large crugar city. Originally named Imagri, it was renamed after Chaln Docha’s death in 3438. Chaln Docha - (shauln DOE-shah) - Born Eris 51, 3406; died Auss 65, 3438. Famous crugar warrior who led his troops into Burdoth. Mispronouncing the “sh” as “ch” makes his name translate to “clumsy idiot.” Chaun-tse - (shawn-TZE) The crugar language. chausis - Fast ship devised by salu and built by salu or following salu plans. Favored by bronth. chawgis - [Boru] Battle tactics school. chell - (shell) Title similar to mayor. Chen Ichi - (shen EE-chee) Crugar form of the Iscin religion. chil powder - Hot spice made from perpya leaves. Popular with jer, who say it keeps them moving and kills any possible infection from jungle molds or bacteria. Children of Iscin - Bio-engineered races created by the scientist Iscin: blount, bronth, crugar, tologra, and woffen. chiv - (chiv) [Rorch-ko] Tusk." Boney growth that appears on ramian at time of cheever. They are taken as a mark of danger by intelligent races. chiveer - (chiv-EAR) [Rorch-ko] Period of ramian madness apparently related to their reproduction cycle. Results in a vicious blood lust toward any creature unfortunate enough to be in the ramians path. It lasts a few months and is marked by the growth of chivs. Chiven Rachu-eh - (chiv-en RAW-chew-eh) [Rorch-ko] Master of one's self." Ramian who resist cheever, known by the purple stain of burst blood vessels in their temples. chooi - [Chaun-tse] Crugar name for dharmee. from Essays chote - Plant whose leaves can be rolled and placed in the nose to make rancid odors tolerable. Choulise - In woffen lore, the children of Choundra, who tormented woffen, bronth, tologra and blount after Iscins death. from Playing the Iscin Races Choulth - City in South Khodre on Temauntro border, on west face of Dowtroughs. Named for the crugar clan still dominant in the region. CB Choun Pwa - (shown pwah) Crugar holy day, traditionally the day of Choundra's death. Observed on 70 Auss. Choundra - (SHOWN-drah) Crugar who murdered the scientist Iscin. His name is used as a curse by crugar for their own kind, and is particularly vicious from the lips of cygra. He is officially honored by Chen Ichi. chri - (shree) [Chaun-tse] Crugar name for arrigeh, the plant from which the arrigish limilate is made. The root acts as a mild painkiller when chewed. chwikich - (SHWEE-kik) Tall shrubs scarmis plant near their camps so group members can rub against them. Cie - (kye-) [shanthic] Irregular form of ca. Used only before words beginning with vowels. Cie-Ebba - Shanthic cult of The Sender; color of the cult is yellow and color of the moon is silver. Builders of teaching devices and shanthic computers. Found in the Shuul between Lundere and Dobre. Citadel - See Cryshell. Clavis - Residential neighborhood in Shandane District of Ardoth. Known for many restaurants. Comprised of Lola and Sharben areas. Claysis - The Ardothian Bazaar. Claysis - The Ardothian Bazaar. The name has been adopted by several nations friendly to Burdoth as the name for their central marketplaces. cle - Feminine form of dhar. Used as a prefix to denote power. cleash - Insidious creatures which infest the East Trinnu Jungle Lands and the Ice Fields of Gilthaw. cleash capsule - Small shelled chemical pod extruded by cleash through a small orifice in the abdomen. There are several types used as weapons. cleash egg - Actual egg from the cleash. The unhatched offspring turn crystalline when heated over flame. The resulting crystallized eggs are used in trade and make popular wedding gifts among humans. from Essays cle-eshta - [shanthic] Shanthic device that acts as a sort of energy magnifying glass. clemmisin - Low slung, hairy carnivore, possibly distantly related to lothern. These large, muscular but passive creatures roam desolate lands of the Hobeh. Their thick hide can be made into armor (+1 to protective value), but it is quite expensive and difficult to obtain. The thick, stringy hair, shaved from hide before making armor, is often saved to make rope. from Essays clep - A store or shop. Clerbish Klade - Performers (actors, singers, musicians, dancers, jugglers). Member of Cassadon Klades. from Compation: Ardoth clet - Common name for clettip. cletch - Taxation. clettip - Small plucked string instrument from Anasan. Cliffs - Wealthy enclave just outside wall of Old Aylon fortress in Jasp. cluslum whistle chant - Music of Gloundan natives, which evolved from Sydran pearlice shrine sings. cluster - Common name for a gemcluster. Cobenall - Ardoth’s seediest kerning bay, located in Vintch neighborhood. WW coddin - Small grass thriddle hut. Codeshen Klade - Tailors. Member of Pesade Klades. from Compation: Ardoth coditch - Corn-like staple crop of the thriddle population. coditch-hoc - Core of coditch plant. Often carved into jewelry and ornaments. from Compation: Burdoth coghtodd - Big, round, flat, slow-moving pincher bug found in Cushindell Marshes. Coise - Mining town in the Sobayid province of Burdoth. Has a relatively high proportion of muadra. coleel - Opaline gems produced only by acubon in a process they refuse to reveal to the rest of the world. Cole-tishlie - [shanthic] War of the Tribes." The Great Shanthic Wars from 3100-2100 BC. from Shanthas of Jorune colmon - Army legion commander. [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ] |