Artorian's Archives Omnibus
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Earl – Is senior to a Baron. Each Earl has three barons under their power. (Addressed as ‘My Lord/Lady’)
Baron – Senior to knights, they control a minimum of ten knights and therefore their land. (Addressed as ‘My Lord/Lady’)
Knights – Sub rulers of plots of land and peasants. (Addressed as ‘Sir’)
Oak – A set of wood elves that embody the purest spirit of flamboyance. Rules might exist, but Oak won’t care to listen.
Olgier – A trader from Rutsel, whose greed greatly exceeds his guile.
Olive – A wood elf who is very down to earth. A little greasy, he likes to dig holes and hidden pathways.
Oversized infernal corvid – Really big raven with the Infernal channel. D-ranked creature. Intelligent. Moody.
Pattern – A pattern is the intricate design that makes everything in the universe. An inanimate object has a far less complex pattern that a living being.
Phantomdusk Forest – A world region that borders The Fringe. It is comprised of vast, continent-sprawled greenery that covers multiple biomes. Any forest region connecting to this main mass is considered part of the whole, if entering it has a high mortality rate.
Presence – In terms of aura, this refers to the combined components that aura encompasses. Ordinarily a Mage-only ability. Presence refers to the unity of auras and them acting as one.
Ra – Lunella’s first daughter, who causes an amount of trouble equal to the amount of breaths she takes.
Ranger – Typically an adventurer archetype that is able to attack from long range, usually with a bow.
Ranking System – The ranking system is a way to classify how powerful a creature has become through fighting and cultivation.
G – At the lowest ranking is mostly non-organic matter such as rocks and ash. Mid-G contains small plants such as moss and mushrooms while the upper ranks form most of the other flora in the world.
F – The F-ranks are where beings are becoming actually sentient, able to gather their own food and make short-term plans. The mid-F ranks are where most humans reach before adulthood without cultivating. This is known as the fishy or “failure” rank.
E – The E-rank is known as the “echo” rank and is used to prepare a body for intense cultivation.
D – This is the rank where a cultivator starts to become actually dangerous. A D-ranked individual can usually fight off ten F-ranked beings without issue. They are characterized by a “fractal” in their Chi spiral.
C – The highest-ranked Essence cultivators, those in the C-rank usually have opened all of their meridians. A C-ranked cultivator can usually fight off ten D-ranked and one hundred F-ranked beings without being overwhelmed.
B – This is the first rank of Mana cultivators, known as Mages. They convert Essence into Mana through a nuanced refining process and release it through a true name of the universe.
A – Usually several hundred years are needed to attain this rank, known as High-Mage or High-Magous. They are the most powerful rank of Mages.
S – Very mysterious Spiritual Essence cultivators. Not much is known about the requirements for this rank or those above it.
SS – Pronounced ‘Double S’. Not much is known about the requirements for this rank or those above it.
SSS – Pronounced ‘Triple S’. Not much is known about the requirements for this rank or those above it.
Heavenly – Not much is known about the requirements for this rank or those above it.
Godly – Not much is known about the requirements for this rank or those above it.
Refining – A name for the method of separating essences of differing purities.
Rune – A permanent pattern made of Essence that creates an effect on the universe. Try not to get the pattern wrong as it could have… unintended consequences. This is another name for a completed Inscription.
Rosewood – Wood elves with an unbreakable passion for fashion, and making clothes.
Royal Advisor – A big bad. Direct hand to the Mistress, the Queen and Regent in charge of the Ziggurat. Lover of the Cobra Chicken, and Swans.
Salt Village – The main location of Artorian’s Archives one, where the majority of the story takes place. It is located in the Fringe, and is a day’s journey from the Lapis Village.
Salt Flats – A location in the Fringe. The Salt Village operates by scraping salt from the Salt Flats, a place where the material is plentiful. It is their main export.
Scar – Known as ‘The Scar’. A location in that Fringe that includes the Salt Flats as one of its tendrils. It is rumored to be a kind of slumbering dungeon.
Scilla – A small girl that lives in Chasuble. She is afflicted by an effect that caused her irises to permanently turn pink.
Sequoia – Wood elves that will not be forgotten, even without them speaking.
Shamira – Scilla’s mother. She is a resident of Chasuble, and not particularly happy about the conditions there.
Sproutling – A title for a child in the Fringe who has not yet been assigned a name, and thus is not considered an adult. Until a certain key event, this includes the famous five: Lunella, Grimaldus, Tychus, Wuxius, and Astrea.
Skyspear Academy – An Academy present on the world’s tallest mountain.
Socorro – A desert in the central-band, eastern portion of Pangea. It used to be a place for something important. Now there is only sand, and ruin.
Soul Stone – A highly refined Beast Core that is capable of containing a human soul.
Switch – A village Elder of the salt village in the Fringe region. She croaks rather than speaks. Though that’s only if she speaks. Usually she complains. Loudly, and in plenty. If forced to interact with Switch, consider stuffing one’s ears with beeswax.
Tank – An adventurer archetype that is built to defend his team from the worst of the attacks that come their way. Heavily armored and usually carrying a large shield, these powerful people are needed if a group plans on surviving more than one attack.
Tibbins – An Acolyte in the Choir. He has a deep passion for all things culinary, and possesses a truly unique expression. He means well, but there’s something about his poor luck that keeps getting him in someone’s firing line. Sweet, loves to cook, and loyal to a fault. Tibbins is just in the wrong place at the wrong time. His voice tends to tremble when he is uncertain.
Vizier Amon – A big bad. Direct hand to the Mistress, the Queen and Regent in charge of the Ziggurat. Things will get better before they get worse. Unless maybe one can pull the strings of a few favors. Sang with serpentine tongue. His time as grand vizier was short, becoming more nope than rope.
Yvessa – An elven name that means: ‘To bloom out of great drought.’ She is a choir-cleric going up the ranks, and holds incredible promise. A girl of destiny. A demon-lord with a spoon. A caretaker who gains wisdom beyond her years from the kind of abyss she has to deal with. Her voice gains energy as she ages, as does her spirit.
Ziggurat – Both the name of a region, and a large building central to it. Ziggurat is the current raider stronghold where all their activities are coordinated from. The hierarchies here are simple and bloody, but the true purpose of the place is to serve as a staging area for necromancer needs.
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