Alien Romance Box Set: Alien Former: Sci-Fi Alien Romance (Books 1-5)
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Words and Terms from the Erin-Vulur Tribal Language
Burtazzik: An Erinye word that means literally “covered with death”, is used the same as the Panamerican phrase: “Booby-trapped.”
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Burug: A large predatory insectoid creature, native to Chalice/Ravanur. Can be anywhere from the size of an average city bus to the size of a small building. The Erin-Vulur hunt them for food and crafting materials such as their chitinous armor.
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Chalice/Ravanur: Chalice is a moon of the gas giant Tisiphone, tidally locked into its orbit and permanently on the dark side of the planet, eclipsed from the sun. The Erin-Vulur call the moon Ravanur, and often refer to it as “the great mother”, or “our dead mother”. Chalice is completely encased in a global glacier, giving the false impression that the planet has no terrain. In fact, the planet has valleys, mountains, continents, and seas, but all of these things are currently encased in a seemingly permanent ice age.
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The Deepseeker: One of the Elders of the Erin-Vulur ruling council. This ancient shaman has been alive as long as anyone can remember, and frequently ventures into the deep tunnel networks searching for “magicks”, which he brings back and uses to assist his people. The nature of these magicks is as yet unknown.
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Dukkar: A seal-like creature, native to Chalice. Raised by the Erin-Vulur to farm their milk and meat. They live in deep crevices in the ice, where nearby geothermal vents create liquid water for them to swim in.
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Erin-Vulur: A tribe of the carnivorous humanoid natives of Chalice, whose mythos claims they were brought to the frozen world by their central god, Palamun.
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Erinye: pronounced “Ay-RIN-ya”, the name for the overall species of carnivorous humanoids that sparsely populate Chalice, gathered into tribes that live beneath the frozen glacial surface of the moon.
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Kazakatta: A ritual tool used by ancient Erinye priests to tear out the hearts of the corrupted.
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Ketika: A straight-bladed ritual dagger still in use by the Erinye.
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Palamun: The Erin-Vulur name for Tisiphone, the gas giant around which Chalice orbits. This name is often used in curses or epithets by the tribesmen. Palamun is also referred to as “the great father”, or “the veiled one”, and is the central god of the Erin-Vulur religion.
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Stormcaller: Acolytes of one part of the three-part Erin-Vulur religion. They can be men or women, though women have the greatest aptitude for the powers bestowed upon them. A stormcaller is largely immune to Chalice’s lethal outdoor temperatures, and can call up specific winds and direct them at their command. Stormcallers can also summon up armor and weapons made of a black ice harder than any steel, which seems to grow right out of the glacier as they need it.
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Utrezbekan: An Erinye adjective meaning “damned”.
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Vulyak: A shaggy, goat-like creature with a thick wooly pelt like that of a terrestrial yak. They live in small herds in pockets under the ice, where the tops of buried volcanic mountains allow the existence of entire ecosystems in relative warmth.
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Vulyak Dwert: An Erin-Vulur phrase that translates to “goat shit”. Usually used as a curse, similar to saying “bullshit” in English
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