Page 1 of When the Moon Hatched (The Moonfall #1)

G L O S S A R Y

AGE & TIME EXPLAINED

- AS/After Stone

The tracking of time/phases—after the Aether Stone was gifted to the Neváns.

- BS/Before Stone

The tracking of time/phases—before the Aether Stone was gifted to the Neváns.

- Aurora Ribbons

A band of silver, luminous ribbons that are tethered to both poles of the world (north and south) and orbits the world on this axis. The aurora ribbons are what folk use to track their sleep/awake time.

- Aurora Cycle

A complete aurora cycle is the amount of time it takes for the aurora ribbons to orbit the entire world once. An aurora cycle is equivalent to our twenty-four hour day.

- Aurora Rise/Rising

The time of the aurora cycle when the aurora is dawning on the eastern horizon.

- Aurora Fall/Falling

The time of the aurora cycle when the aurora is setting on the western horizon.

- Dae

The time of the aurora cycle when the aurora is tracking through the sky overhead. This is the time when the folk of this world are often awake.

- Slumber

The time of the aurora cycle when no aurora ribbons paint the sky. This is the time when the folk of this world sleep.

- Phase

1,000 aurora cycles (akin to a year). The aurora ribbons grow marginally thicker over the course of the phase, then thin out on the thousandth cycle. This ebbing rhythm tracks the phase from start to finish.

- Eon

100 phases / 100,000 aurora cycles.

- Age explained

1 phase of life = 1,000 aurora cycles.

24 phases of life = 24,000 aurora cycles.