Orna leather - a conductive form of leather that is light and functional and favored by the Neyeb for shoes and slippers
Para - rulers and overseers of the Tue-Rah. Their purpose is to protect the Para and those who tend, those selected from the Central Races to tend to the Tue-Rah and prevent its misuse.
Pinchat - a deeply offensive slur
Psychic stones - small stones that are sensitive to imprinting when subjected to certain procedures by those with telepathic, prophetic, foreseeing, illusionist, and other similar abilities
Putalt - an insult meaning that one intentionally only uses some of their intellect and is willfully stupid, foolhardy, and cruel
Rulpevro - a form of depression
Seyal Vawtrian - a Vawtrian who is particularly gifted in becoming any living creature that primarily lives on land. Has added strength and weight. Often the broadest and having more aggressive or tenacious temperaments.
Sikalt - someone who creates a problem and then leaves without dealing with it or someone who avoids a problem they are making worse
Skelro - a large winged ram-like creature used for transportation of people and supplies
Spertha - a nine foot tall creature from Libyshan mythology. It has tentacles on its head and back as well as six outer arms and legs with spine tipped feathers. Three yellow eyes. Black and grey teeth stick out at odd angles from the mouth. Strange vocalizations that strike terror in the heart.
Talts - thick reed ranged weapons for delivering darts similar to blow guns but with poison or sedative soaked sides that coat the darts as they pass
Tomarangs - bladed weapons with hinges that allow them to be turned into hatchets or boomerangs
Tra- a blue perpetual renewing energy source from Ecekom
Trolnan - a Vawtrian training practice that involves various challenges and may sometimes include live non Vawtrian opponents
Tue-Rah - an interdimensional portal that connects the worlds through time and space. Every world has one primary Tue-Rah and a number of smaller sub Tue-Rahs. It is alive in one sense and capable of making its own decisions, but it can be controlled through the temples and certain devices
Vespyr - a term of endearment that indicates frustration with the individual, meaning someone who is stubborn and incorrect but still loved and belonging
Viskaro/Viskare - a Vawtrian term for the spouse of a Vawtrian. It is used after the locking has completed or when an arrangement has been made, and essentially means "most beloved one."
Waste - a Vawtrian term for destroying an individual at the cellular level and turning that individual into dust
World Tamers - those who go to uninhabited worlds and build homes there to tame the world and prepare for others who wish to come and live there
Zethkik - a mentally weak and overly indulged young person
About the Author
J. M. Butler is an adventurer, author, and attorney who never outgrew her love for telling stories and playing in imaginary worlds. She is the author of the epic fantasy romance series Tue-Rah Chronicles including Identity Revealed, Enemy Known, and Princess Reviled along with independent novellas Locked, Cursed, and Alone, set in the same world. She has also written numerous fantasy tales such as Mermaid Bride, Little Scapegoat, Through the Paintings Dimly, Why Yes, Bluebeard, I’d Love To, and more. For the most part, she writes speculative fiction with a heavy focus on multicultural high fantasy and suspenseful adventures. She lives with her husband and law partner, James Fry, in rural Indiana where they are quite happy with their three cats.
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www.jmbutlerauthor.com
Also by J.M. Butler
The Tue-Rah Chronicles
Identity Revealed
Enemy Known
Princess Reviled
Tue-Rah Tales
Locked
Alone
Cursed
Standalones
The Mermaid Bride
Through the Paintings Dimly
The Celebrity
Little Scapegoat
Anthologies
Once Upon Now
Vices and Virtues
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