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GLOSSARY

Agrios —the name of the Severe God

Ard Draoi —High Druids

Aristaeus —King of Hestia, Father of Ghloir and father-in-law to Moire

Athrú Ash —the change back, when Technology was outlawed

Banhead —white haired, pronounced “ban-ud”

Be whole —be well, farewell

Bite —a fermented drink made from parfruit

Bo —like bovine, a bull or cow

Bratach —a white cloth marking a dwelling as occupied or claimed

Briartails —similar to rabbits

Dormiteras —a cloud that puts dragons, people, and beasts to sleep

Dredged —drunk, plastered

Everfolk/Everkind —Hestians with magic, usually original Hestians who were turned immortal by Agrios . Stealing an Everkind’s power for yourself does not make you one of the Everfolk

Farcláid —pronounced far clod

Faybowse —pronounced fay bowz—intentional death, to purposefully find death

Foadaan —Harvest celebration

Ghloir , pronounced Lor—King of the Fae on Earth, son of King Aristaeus

Ground lightning —electricity from the heart of Hestia

Guardian Academy —training school for the king’s dragon riders

Guardian Riders —the king’s dragon riders

Gevri —limitless hibernation in a cell created of, and connected to, the heartstone of Hestia

Iphocles —pronounced Iffo-cleez

Millenarians —anyone who has lived over a millennium

Morning fruits —berries, staunchberries

Mother —Mrs.

Moonless Quarter —four times a year when both moons are dark

Parfruit —a juicy fruit similar to a peach or nectarine, but the flesh is red

Ristat —the capital city

Skylith —small messenger dragons

Spinners —funnel clouds of dust that could invite spirits of the dead to linger until the cloud died, until the energy was spent

Starwings —similar to butterflies

Sunbasin —the largest city in the south

Telemond —an hallucinogen, also known as Time and Dragonflight. Using it is referred to as Star-chasing

The dusted and the dustless —the poor and rich

The Soundless —the area in the east under the DeNoy’s control

Uncast —possessing no magical powers

Younglings —anyone living their natural first years, up to age 100