Key Terms

Agrugag

A large, razor taloned carrion bird used by the Ukni for military purposes, including harassment and pursuing routed armies

Anqi

The language of Nezhu

Arikhe

An Onguloch: the belly

Arkuloch

The Dark God's firstborn children

Ashravid

The men in charge of a single Zechor of twelve soldiers

Azrajin

The people of Azrajid

Azrajir

The language of Azrajid

Balkat

The purity that resides in all human beings, made manifest in physical form. A vehicle for manifesting the Yolkhav.

Banorg

An Onguloch: the lungs

Chadurb

The Ukni navy

Chakaltun

A three bank, black galley equipped with a ram and a Nekrotz

Cuwai

The large, hook roped ballistae on Nezhuan Water Stallions. Fires bolts into the enemy ship that are used by Nezhuan soldiers to board the vessel.

Diengu

A Pan Chui tribe residing close to the Western Pan Rin Garrison

Doshen

Lightly armed vanguard marines of the Divine Navy

Dranek

Xumari throwing knives that are popular across the Khavasak

Drtva

The language of Datyavam, Kusadha, and Vyadalam

Dulvar

A hard, segmented armor grafted onto the skin that is similar in appearance to the carapace of an insect

Dura’ishi

The fourth highest rank of the Nashragha officer corps, commanding a Hechor of 120 soldiers

Plural: Dura’ishia (/duraiʃia/)

Eptosyus

A sacred sword

Fankuon

Mages who employ the Fantok

Fantok

The magic used by the peoples of the Skjlda Mountains. The Fantok is taught to Vigdril mages by the Lithir, spirits of the Adranta Forest

Fjeldur

Ofryr's Zuthruhk enchanted war axe

Gesatir

The highest rank in the Ukni armed forces, Gesatir’s command large armies and high value fortifications. While Gesatirs are technically part of the infantry command hierarchy, they have authority over all military forces under their jurisdiction

Geshake

An Onguloch: the stomach

Ghashratuj

Takus’ one and a half handed longsword. It has special properties that relate to fire

Ghazra

An ecstatic school of Azrajin magic characterized by the belief that intuition and inspiration alone can guide one to the highest truths, favoring trance states and ecstasies as the medium to manifest their powers

Ghazradin

The practitioners of the Ghazra

Golugz

A three man long, hull-piercing ballista typically placed on Thasak ships

Grevaburz

The coven of the highest ranking members of the Dark God’s priesthood. The members of the Grevaburz dwell well within the tower Saghburzakh, using secretive, dangerous Zuthruhk magic to unnaturally prolong their lives

Haghuj

Standard issue Ukni shield. The Haghuj is rectangular with a concave bend, and is made from Shieldwood with Highkiln Steel plating. They are usually decorated with black paint bearing the lion serpent emblem in red for traditional infantry, and variable color patterns for specialty soldiers such as those of the Arkuloch

Haisakulz

Upper caste Haivekh

Haisakur

Middle caste Haivekh

Haisakuv

Low caste Haivekh

Haivekh

People living within the bounds of the Khavasak

Havrech

The staff used by Ka’inulz to control Onguloch

Hechor

A military grouping of 120 soldiers

Ibakhin

An Onguloch: the molars

Khagulz

The elite division of soldiers in large Ukni hosts

Ka’in

A male priest of Saklugz

Ka’inulz

A high priest of Saklugz

Kartuthgra

A one-handed thrusting sword with a longer, slightly thinner blade than a Tuthranus

Kechor

A military grouping of 1,200 soldiers

Korvadun

The Ukni intelligence service, including spies, informants, and anyone else who works with the division. While the Korvadun also function outside of the military, such as when they operate in conquered cities (where they would fall under the command of the local Dissatir), they are typically organized as a auxiliary branch of the Ukni military. This is especially true regarding their actions against enemy cities or when gathering intelligence relevant to the Dark God’s wars.

Kosharav

The building that functions as the center of Sheniv communal life

Krash

A foul, murky black Ukni liquor. Krash produces a more violent strain intoxication than alcohol; with less motor loss, and a greater dulling of one’s inhibitions

Kul

A horse

Kulbakkas

Heavy cavalry

Singuler: Kulbakkuj (/kʊlbəkkud͡ʒ/)

Kuln

A term for both light and heavy cavalry

Singular: Kulj (/kʊld͡ʒ/)

Kulnarn

Light cavalry

Singular: Kulnarj (/kʊlɳard͡ʒ/)

Lagoswyr

A bipedal Wyrspawn that, unlike the other breeds of Wyr, possesses both the capacity to imitate human speech and communicate directly with the Dark God. In addition to their claws, which have opposable thumbs similar to humans, the Lagoswyr can use their tails to deliver devastating puncture wounds. The Lagoswyr often act as emissaries for the Dark God, interacting with human spies and initiating small scale strikes.

Lagovrun

Brown gems used by Korvadun agents and Ukni spies to communicate with each other

Lithir

Forest spirits

Lochanar

The fortresses which house the Raghash of the Arkuloch: the essence that is drawn from the Saghburzakh when they are brought into the physical world

Luchor

A military grouping of 12,000 soldiers

Lyndsbek

The language of Harlynd

Matik

The language spoken in Sheniv communities

Mazur

A fallen star

Merocha

The Sheniv initiatory ritual to the practice of the Yolkhav

Minair

Navarid magic

Minairoi

Practitioners of the Minair

Namapha

The magic used by the Pan Chui tribes

Nalburz

A top level grouping of Ukni forces, roughly equivalent to “host” or “army group”. For example, if one Kechor of 1,200 soldiers is sent off on its own, it becomes a Nalburz. If that same Kechor is then brought back into a larger army, joining two Luchors of 2,400 soldiers, then they would cease to be a Nalburz and the term would apply to the entire army group that they were a part of

Nangbyana

The language of Nangbe

Naraghun

Auxiliary forces: archers, peltasts, spear throwers, screeners, the military of conquered nations, scouts, healers, spies, messengers, etc

Navirz

The language spoken on the Navarid Isles. A close cousin of Peris.

Nashragha

Ukni infantry. Soldiers of the Nashragha fight with heavy armor, a Tuthranus shortsword, and a Haghuj shield

Nekrotz

A wide, pivoting platform with stakes in the unanchored end. Used aboard Chakaltun ships, where the Nekrotz is swung out and staked into the decks of the enemy ship, allowing the marines onboard to storm the vessel en masse

Nektanulz

High priestess

Nezlugz

The language spoken by the servants of the Dark God and the peoples of his conquered territories. Owing to the Khavasak’s geopolitical dominance, Nezlugz is also a lingua franca spoken across the world, with most educated people across Aios having at least a rudimentary understanding of it

Nitla

The Language of Nitlam

Nitlana

The people of Nitlam

Nura’ishi

The third highest rank in the Nashragha officer corps. Nura’ishi typically command a Kechor of 1,200 infantrymen or some smaller fortresses

Onguloch

The Dark God's second born children

Ourosai

The fragments of an ancient celestial object. The Ourosai are one of the few things capable of damaging an Onguloch

Pan Chui

A blanket term for the indigenous tribes of the Pan Rin rainforest

Peris

The language spoken in the city states of the Velian Plain. A close cousin of Navirz

Qinzha

A tethered, Zuthruhk enchanted spear bound to the wielders arm

Quansai Stone

A sacred stone with magical powers venerated by the Pan Chui

Quha

An incendiary canon

Raghash

The fire that binds the Arkuloch to the physical world, located upon the Sighada at the center of each Lochanar. Literally “the unity of fire”, “the fire that is in union (with Saklugz)”. The Raghash of the Saghburzakh is Saklugz himself.

Safid

The priests, teachers, and communal leaders of the Sheniv

Sasada

A spear made with a Highkiln Steel shaft and a Fire Obsidian tip

Satiragha

The second highest rank in the Nashragha, typically commanding an individual Luchor; small, independent armies; or a single medium sized fortification. Like the Gesatir, in situations where Satiragha command entire armies, they have jurisdiction over all of the other branches of the military that are part of the host

Sheniv

A merchant people who live in enclave communities across Aios

Shugatyad

The practitioners of the Vijnav

Sighada

The central altar of the Lochanar

Sruln

The slaves, condemned criminals, and other undesirables who screen the advance of the Nashragha by rushing in ahead to screen the infantry’s advance by throwing javelins into the enemy formation. The Sruln are seen as expendable by the Ukni command, and as such they are not given any kind of protection or secondary weaponry.

Tekik

A torture device comprised of two man-and-a-half-long sword-like blades bearing blades that are slightly upturned and bent inwards. The Tekik is anchored to a solid foundation with a special mechanism to angle the stakes in such a way as to skewer the victim through the shoulders and left in place as their body weight slowly pulls them downward, stretching the shoulders apart as they are slowly skewered

Teznak

A Yolkhav technique. The practitioner physically separates from their body, attaching their wills to the movement of the Balkat

Thasak

Three story, pontoon-linked tower ships with ballistae and flame communication systems

Thevruloch

A thin, long-necked creature with a large stomach and a tiny throat, the Thevruloch are beings designed by the Dark God to harvest the power of sacrifices done in his name and the name of his children. The Thevruloch’s strange biology means that they can never retain enough nourishment to sate their hungers, leaving them in a perpetual state of desire while the majority of what they consume is channeled into Saklugz and the Arkuloch.

Thoredes

Kleamis’ war hammer

Tukbharan

The soldiers responsible for training, handling, and managing the Agrugag and other birds employed by the Ukni for military ends

Turubak

A hybrid between a pike and a sword with a large hook-bottomed blade on one side and a smaller blade on the other.

Tuthbhuri

One handed scimitar used by both branches of Kuln as a secondary weapon

Tuthranus

The standard issue shortsword of the Nashragha. Four and a half hands long and made from Highkiln Steel

Ukni

Saklugz' military forces

Upajra

A school of magic practiced in Datyavam

Upajrana

The practitioners of the Upajra

Vachun

Medical personal and other non-combat logistical staff

Vigdril

The nomadic tribes of the Skjlda Mountains and Adranta Forest

Vijnav

Shugatyad magic

Vokto

The spiderweb tattoos worn by members of the Ukni

Vukatraj

A hooked blade that can ensnare enemy weapons

Wyr

A serpentine beast bred in the Galghad that can grow into multiple different sub-species

Wyrmejh

A large, serpentine variety of Wyr nearly one man in diameter and six to eight men in length. Acting as a brood mother for the Wyr’s spawning grounds, a single Wyrmejh protects each of the Galghad’s Wyr nests

Xumer

The fertile floodplains around the Amakhset River

Xumera

The language of Xumer

Xunjin

Mages who practice the Xunju

Xunjin

Nezhuan magic

Yolkhav

The Sheniv school of magic

Yolmat

The sacred written tradition of the Sheniv

Yuzra

A Sheniv community, typically fenced off or otherwise segregated from the surrounding city.

Zechor

A military grouping of 12 soldiers

Zevot

The ruling council of Safids and Sheniv elders in each Yuzra

Zonos

Navarid ballista used across Aios

Zuthruhk

The system of magic used by the Dark God and his servants