the Sound of Starfall gLossary
Places and Events
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Edura - (eh-dur-ah) The Easternmost continent of the Known World. Known as “the heart of existence.”
Yehven - (yeh-ven) Before it had expanded to a continent wide empire, Yehven was only a modest city located where The Raas River meets The Old Sea. After the Sorcerers disappeared, The Warlocks that ruled Yehven moved thousands of miles up river to the Golden City of Ailar and named their empire for the city of their birth.
Ailar - (ale-ar)The Golden City. A grand and luxurious city paved in gold and shaded by ivory statues, glass towers, and pyramids of solid gem. Built by the Sorcerers to withstand time itself and swollen with mystery.
Meylara - (may-lAR-ah) A slaver city. Slaves are bred and bought and sold here as a main export. Many strange magics are conjured in the dusty dark alleyways and crowded streets of Meylara, and people often travel here to find answers that have otherwise eluded them. The Meylarran people tend to have an aura of mystery to them as well, populated mostly by mongrels and inbreds of mixed ancient bloods; the Sorcerers have subjugated them out of fear and misunderstanding since the skies were new.
The tunnels - The name for the labyrinth of connected tunnels and underground palaces chiseled into the bedrock beneath Ailar and its surrounding mountains. The Warlocks believe the tunnels were carved out by the Sorcerers, but other theories have left the truth ambiguous.
The Starfall - The Abori’s name for their ritual in which a mage of Nature pulls a star down from the sky to erase all below it.
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Characters:
Adeqor - (a - deh - kor), A Warlock of Ailar, married to Sera. Once a high ranking user of magics famous for his work with Insa. Has been locked away in self imposed exile for twenty-seven years.
Sera - (s - AIR - ah), A Warlock of Ailar, married to Adeqor.
Yora - (yore - ah), A Warlock of Ailar, married to Ren.
Ren - A Warlock of Ailar, married to Yora.
Nine - (like the number 9), Servant to Adeqor.
Bazal - (bah - zil), A Warlock of Ailar. Leader of the Hundred Masters, and old friend of Adeqor and Sera.
Insa Rolin - (in - sah Roe - lin), A Warlock of Ailar. Famous for his adept use of magics. Considered a hermit and isn’t bothered by the Empire as long as he doesn’t bother them. Considered the most powerful wizard alive.
Dante - (DON - tay), A Warlock of Ailar.
Mose - (m - ohz), An enslaved man of Yehven. Brother to Cleo.
Cleo - (klEE - oh), An enslaved woman of Yehven. Sister to Mose.
Marton - (mar - tun), A Golden Guard in the service of Ailar. Brother to Lyanna.
Lyanna - (lee - ann - ah), An enslaved woman of Yehven. Sister to Marton.
Oliander - (oh - lee - and - err), A prophet of Karaat. Known for brainwashing folk and starting death cults within the ranks of Warlocks.
Myril - (meer - ill), An enslaved man of Yehven.
Creon - (cree - on), The Grand Emperor of Yehven and King of Ailar.
Na'reen - (nAH - reen), An Abori Warrior.
Benji - (ben - jee), A Golden Guard of Ailar.
Ellorin - (el - oh - rin), A Warlock of Yehven. The Queen of the Banshee.
Eralis - (eh-rAH-lis), The leader of the Ailaryan Order. A prophet of Karaat.
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The Peoples of Old:​
Sorcerers - A race of Makers that served the Creator God Karaat. The Sorcerers vanished from the earth many centuries ago and are believed by the Warlocks to have become gods.
Warlocks - A race of magic users conjured up by the Sorcerers as a tribute to the Creator Gods.
Soothsayers - Nothing is known of the soothsayers other than that they know all things. The Soothsayers live in the shadows of the past and dream in the darkness of many tomorrows. Sometimes they speak.
Singers - A people who are bred and trained to live in the dark inner echo chambers of the gemstone pyramids and project their voices upwards to the clouds. Using magics, the Warlocks breed the Singers to be blind, deaf, and immobile with remarkably big chests and lungs as well as vocal coords that are as strong as steel. Warlocks extract the vocal cords of dead Singers and use them as unbreakable bow strings.
Draku - A race created by Insa Rolin and hidden away. Little is known about Draku other than their strange resistance to fire.
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Cults & Gods:
The Abori - A mysterious death cult from the wild lands of the north beyond the Shaded Arbor. They sing songs and conjure magics in the name of Nature and her children. It is prophesied that the Abori will bring the Starfall and invade the great Golden City of Ailar.
Dream eaters - A cult of Abori who have mastered the Old Ways and know how to visit others in their dreams. They work tirelessly, passing down their practice from generation to generation, to continue their slow assault on the minds of the Warlocks. Each night, the dream eaters send nightmares of an Abori invasion to the sleeping minds of Warlocks. Every night the dream eaters channel visions of extermination and of violence and as they are transmitting it with magics into the minds of their enemies, they are worn down with it themselves.
Yehvenki Empire - The flaming bull banners of the Yehvenki Empire fly over most of The Remembered Lands. Ruled by the race of Warlocks, Yehven has not known a threat in more than a millennia.
Aristocrats - The ruling class elite of the Warlocks. The classification is usually defined by bloodlines traced back to the very first Warlocks.
The New Order - The group of ruling class elite gathered by Grand Emperor Creon from all across Edura to hide from the starfall and live out the dark days in the tunnels.
The Ailaryan Order - A rebel order created by Eralis to overthrow the New Order and take the tunnels for themselves.
Creators - The Creators fell into the earth before the sky was born and only rarely surface.
Karaat - (kah-rat) The Creator God. Karaat gifts mortal beings with the gift of magics in exchange for undying respect and worship.
The Old One - A god of The Abori. The Old One birthed the ocean with a single tear and all of the land with a strand of hair.
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Words:
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Haruka - Obedience
Ventes - Destroy
Irill Tur Sa’Illes - Speak true and enter