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ultramontano: (Spanish) a person or nation that is on the other side of the Pyrenees Mountains that separate the Spanish kingdoms from the Frankish kingdoms.
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Occitan: the language spoken by those living in Occitania, which is a Frankish kingdom Italy's Occitan Valleys, Monaco, and Spain's Val d'Aran.
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nexus: a computer network of the Sittiri or Key’ari, which are in Neubawni and Chanzoe respectively and which can be accessed through an incom or direct terminal interface.
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recorder: a small, robotic recording device that looks and acts like a beetle while maintaining a remote incom connection to the nexus or person using the recorder.
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Mohammedan: an archaic term for a follower of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, which has been replaced by the terms Muslim and Islamic.
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Castigos: a street gang in Toledo.
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armorer: a person who makes or repairs arms or armor
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Aragonese: the people or language of Aragon, a medieval kingdom in eastern Spain.
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muttawa: (Arabic) the government-authorized religious police responsible for the enforcement of sharia law in cities of the Almohad Caliphate.
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gravitas: an Avar-Tek master-level bio-implant that provides local control over gravity.
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froneesis: an Avar-Tek specialist-level bio-implant that increases computational speed, memory, and communication speed with a nexus.
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alcalde: (Spanish) a municipal magistrate who acted as both a judge and mayor in Spanish medieval kingdoms.
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Miramamolin: a nick-name for Muhammad al-Nasir, the fourth Almohad caliph from who ruled from 1199 until his death in 1213.
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Almohad Empire or Almohad Caliphate: a Moroccan Berber-Muslim dynasty founded in the 12th century in the Atlas Mountains in 1120.
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albarrana: (Arabic) a castle tower separate from the castle but joined to it by means of a high bridge.
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vespers and compline: sunset and bedtime prayers of daily church service of canonical hours.
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Miramamolin: Muhammad al-Nasir, ruler of the Almohad Empire.
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impasuko: the temporal rift of all rifts, the final apocalyptic event that the Sittiri fear.
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Leonese: one from the Leon, a kingdom on the eastern border of Castile.
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encryption key: a long code usually held within a crystal memory device unlocks a cryptographic lock and allows access to various levels of cybernetic or nexus data and control.
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Chanzoe: the administrative headquarters of the Key’ari faction.
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incom: an Avar-Tek implant that allows a form of telepathy.
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tag: the process of programming and sending a recorder to lock onto and monitor a person or thing for the purposes of observation.
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Epi: the second major timeline or history of the planet Earth. It is preceded by the Avar timeline and followed by Earth timeline.
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cor-abat: a full-body, medical treatment that uses Avar-Tek to prolong life reverse the damages of aging. Although it is almost completely effective, repeated use leads to various forms of psychosis.
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Avarian: of or pertaining to the world of Avar, its inhabitants, its technology, or a group that has roots in Avar, such as the Sittiri or Key’ari.
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atabals: a kettledrum used by Moors in war.
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pleb: anyone not an Avarian such as a Sittiri or Key’ari.
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barutis: an Avar-Tek specialist-level bio-implant that increases strength and stamina; a person who has a barutis bio-implant is known as a “brute.”
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nanite: a microscopic robotic device that measures in size from 0.1–10 micrometers and is constructed of molecular components on the of nanoscale level.
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plexus bed: an Avar-Tek device that allows the reliving of other peoples’ memories or full immersion into a computer simulation run at an accelerated rate.
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uskit'r: (Old Norse) curse meaning “feces.”
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Al-Andalus: Muslim Spain
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nexus: the computer networks of the Sittiri or Key’ari, which are in Neubawni and Chanzoe respectively and which can be accessed through an incom or direct terminal interface.
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Avar and Epi: To alternate histories created by time travel.
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verisuit-jellaba: a verisuit in the form of a traditional long, loose-fitting outer robe with full sleeves worn in the Maghreb region of North Africa by both sexes.
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kinesis: an Avar-Tek specialist-level bio-implant that increases speed and agility; a person who has a kinesis bio-implant is known as a “slick.”
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stun-falcata: a stun-stick in the form of a short, sickle-shaped sword, the favored weapon in the pre-Roman Iberian Peninsula.
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musa fretr: (old Norse) a curse meaning “mouse fart”
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cor-abat: a full-body, medical treatment that uses Avar-Tek to prolong life reverse the damages of aging. Although it is almost completely effective, repeated use leads to various forms of psychosis.
Table of Contents
Part 1 Kingdom of Castile
Chapter 1 Francisco
Chapter 2 Francisco
Chapter 3 Miyuki
Chapter 4 Francisco
Chapter 5 Francisco
Chapter 6 Miyuki
Chapter 7 Francisco
Chapter 8 Miyuki
Chapter 9 Francisco
Chapter 10 Francisco
Chapter 11 Miyuki
Chapter 12 Francisco
Chapter 13 Miyuki
Chapter 14 Francisco
Chapter 15 Francisco
Chapter 16 Angelo
Chapter 17 Ceolwulf
Chapter 18 Francisco
Part 2 Almohad Empire Al-Andalus
Chapter 19 Francisco
Chapter 20 Francisco
Chapter 21 Francisco
Chapter 22 Angelo
Chapter 23 Francisco
Chapter 24 Francisco
Chapter 25 Angelo
Chapter 26 Ceolwulf
Chapter 27 Miyuki
Chapter 28 Miyuki
Chapter 29 Miyuki
Chapter 30 Francisco
Chapter 31 Ceolwulf
Chapter 32 Miyuki
Chapter 33 Francisco
Chapter 34 Angelo
Part 3 Almohad Empire Al-Maghrib
Chapter 35 Francisco
Chapter 36 Ceolwulf
Chapter 37 Francisco
Chapter 38 Ceolwulf
Chapter 39 Francisco
Chapter 40 Francisco
Chapter 41 Francisco
Chapter 42 Angelo
Chapter 43 Francisco
Chapter 44 Miyuki
Chapter 45 Francisco
Chapter 46 Angelo
Chapter 47 Miyuki
Chapter 48 Angelo
Chapter 49 Francisco
Chapter 50 Angelo
Chapter 51 Francisco
Chapter 52 Miyuki
Chapter 53 Francisco
Chapter 54 Miyuki
Chapter 55 Francisco
Chapter 56 Miyuki
Chapter 57 Francisco
Chapter 58 Miyuki
Chapter 59 Ceolwulf
Glossary
The Eski Poem
Map