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--- glossary [2025/11/07 20:30] – created admin
+++ glossary [2026/06/08 22:23] (current) – Added the sun, moon, star deities and the definitions for the elemental deities. "Mortalkind" changed to "Humanity/Humankind" as the catch all name for sapient mortals. The name for humans (as in homo sapiens) changed to "Dullmen". "Metempsychosis" hasbee admin
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-  * The Eldmourne
+=== General RP Terms ===
-  * The Ouroboros Cycle
+  * **OOC** - //out of character.//
-  * Halcyon
+  * **IC** - //in character.//
-  * The Esuroth
+  * **Emote** - //message sent in which you roleplay.//
-  * The Wandering Path
+  * **Metagaming** - //using out of character knowledge for in character gain.//
-  * Trine
+  * **Powergaming** - //using powers your character does not have or abusing in character powers.//
-  * Apogee
-  * Interval
+=== Lore Terms ===
-  * Zenith
+  * **The Eldmourne** - //Halcyon's ancient mourning of countless dead worlds.//
-  * Astral Zenith
+  * **The Ouroboros Cycle** - //also known as the Eldmourne Cycle, the cycle of destruction and creation which affects the entire realm save for Halcyon.//
-  * Lunara Zenith
+  * **Halcyon** - //the only place in the realm that is immune to the Ouroboros Cycle, the town built on the corpse of a dead old god.//
-  * Solara Zenith
+  * **The Esuroth** - //also known as the Esurient Mist or the Esurient Fog, the entity which destroys and consumes the world.//
-  * Stellara Zenith
+  * **The Orith** - //the entity which creates after the destruction.//
-  * The Waters
+  * **The Wandering Path** - //the path path surrounded by the Orith's mist and saves those who are lucky from the destruction of the Esuroth by taking them to Halcyon.//
-  * The Wilds
+  * **Trine** - //three days; one ooc day.//
-  * The Flames
+  * **Apogee** - //seven trine; one ooc week.//
-  * The Winds
+  * **Interval** - //one quarter of a zenith; about one ooc month.//
-  * Mortalkind
+  * **Zenith** - //One year; four ooc months.//
-  * Elvenkind
+  * **Astral Zenith** - //three years; one ooc year.//
-  * Ork'khaan
+  * **Lunara Zenith** - //year of the moon; a year of pure night.//
-  * Humankind
+  * **Solara Zenith** - //year of the sun; a year of pure day.//
-  * Hearthborne
+  * **Stellara Zenith** - //year of the stars; a year of dusk.//
-  * Realmseeker
+  * **The Sun** - //The Sun, also literally the sun god//
-  * Reborn
+  * **The Moon**- //The Moon, also literally the moon goddess//
-  * Rebirth
+  * **The Stars**- //The Stars, also literally the star god/goddess//
-  * Pallid
+  * **The Waters** - //Goddess of the waters//
-  * Hallowed
+  * **The Wilds** - //Goddess of the wilds//
-  * Profane
+  * **The Flames** - //Twin god and goddess of fire//
-  * Wretched
+  * **The Winds** - //God/Goddess of the wind//
-  * Rhapsodic
+  * **Humanity** - //the catch all name for all of the sapient mortal creatures in the realm of Eldmourne.//
-  * Distorted
+  * **Elvenkind** - //the elves.//
+  * **Ork'khaan** - //the orcs, trolls, goblins, etc.//
+  * **Dullmen.** - //the humans.//
+  * **Hearthborne** - //a commoner; a person who lives a domestic life.//
+  * **Realmseeker** - //an adventurer or person of social, political, or economical importance.//
+  * **Metanoia** - //a transformation or rebirth into a creature that is no longer mortal.//
+  * **The Pallid** - //the vampires.//
+  * **The Empyrean** - //the celestial; both angels and demons/fiends.//
+  * **The Hallowed** - //the more angelic empyrean.//
+  * **The Profane** - //the more demonic or fiendish empyrean.//
+  * **The Wretched** - //the undead; lichdom, wraithdom, etc.//
+  * **The Rhapsodic** - //the feylike, elemental, and therianthropic.//
+  * **The Distorted** - //the eldritch or aberrant.//