by Cam Baity
V-Stalker a Foundry surveillance automaton with powerful olfactory sensors, highly adept at tracking.
Ward of Broken lighthouse beacon of the Housing of the Broken. Its precious sungold reflector was stolen long ago.
Watchmen Foundry-made automatons with advanced intelligence that serve a variety of functions from menial labor to foot soldier, capable of complex multitasking.
The Way an ancient and nearly extinct religion that worships a deity named Makina. The fundamental tenets of the faith have to do with living a compassionate life, finding one’s spiritual function, and serving the rest of creation.
Waybound a term for those devoted to the ancient religion of the Way.
Waypoint ancient altars of the Way scattered across Mehk, where travelers once made devotional offerings in exchange for blessings from Makina.
whist a ceremonial shawl that has the remarkable ability to mute all sound, bestowed by the Waybound to the loved one of a martyr.
wryl a gargantuan, oceanic mehkan creature with a dangerous array of tusks. Because they have simple brains that can be mechanically modified to make the creatures docile, pirates and marauders often use wryls as a deadly means of conveyance.
Wycik a remote mehkan hamlet built amid the Arcs, considered primitive.
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CAM BAITY is a screenwriter, an Emmy Award winning animator, and his short films have played around the world, including at Anima Mundi in Brazil and the BBC British Short Film Festival. His credits include major motion pictures like Team America: World Police and The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, and popular television shows such as Robot Chicken and Supermansion. Cam writes for the Dreamworks TV series, Trolls.
BENNY ZELKOWICZ studied animation at CalArts and made the award winning film, The ErlKing, which screened at Sundance and Lincoln Center. He directed and starred in the BBC/CBC animated series Lunar Jim, and worked on The LEGO Movie as well as several TV shows including Robot Chicken and Moral Orel.
Together, they are the authors of the first two books in this series, The Foundry’s Edge and Waybound. Learn more about Cam and Benny at www.CamandBenny.com.