A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
A
- Aapa – Slang for grandfather. Primarily used by pukas.
- Abinoth– The sixth month of the year.
- Abog Union – A group of mercenaries with offices in Dockhaven, Guunaat, and Imt Hold.
- Aelde – Type of tree with dark, almost black wood.
- Aessatal – One of the Duin. Revered by sailors, pilots, and dreamers.
- Akka – Powerful stimulant drug swallowed or snorted as pink powder. Turns users' mouth and lips green during use.
- Aliara Rift – See Rift, Aliara.
- Alsolon – The twelfth month of the year.
- Amazaze – A scion of the Duar and member of the Victalyassa. Said to bring disease.
- Anti-agathics – Substance taken to unnaturally prolong life. Features unpleasant side effects after decades of use.
- Arra, Mount – Mountain in the Ritora Doublet.
B
- Bane – Zoetic augmentation in which a venom gland is transplanted from one species to another.
- Balototh – The fourth month of the year. The first month of summer.
- Baluut – Zoet used for both flight and underwater travel.
- Bankal – Raider clan that keeps largely to the Twilight Sea.
- Beached – Any sailor without a crew or ship. Also often used to refer to a member of the Billidoc Coalition who has taken to land.
- Belforn (King) – Leader of the Norian revolution against the Orasian occupation. Late monarch of The Nors.
- B'hintal Dadeyah – Ismae's green moon.
- Big Island, The – One of Dockhaven's islets. Home to much of the city's commerce.
- Billidoc Coalition – Organization dedicated to trade.
- Billidoc, Moid and Calla – Historical figures revered for having been the first to initiate trade after the cataclysm.
- Binnacle – Slang for leader.
- Blalal berries – Bog-grown fruit used to make caba.
- Bleuurin – A type of meat pie.
- Boodle – Slang for loot.
- Book of Omatha, The – A mythical tome created by the Duin, Omatha. Also known as “The Book.”
- Brana – Potent anesthetic administered by chewing the plant’s leaves. Known for causing hallucinatory dreams.
- Bubs – Slang for breasts.
- Bung – Slang for landlord.
- Bym – Slang for an attractive woman.
C
- Caba - Red, bubbly liquor distilled from blalal berries.
- Calla - The primary coin of the known islands. Worth 40 coppers. Silver stamped on both sides with the face of Calla Billidoc.
- Calla Billidoc - See Billidoc, Moid and Calla.
- Cap-light/Capacitance light - Light source that requires winding to create electrical current.
- Carapace - Hard outer covering of the idrit beetle, cut and molded for use as body armor.
- Carsuure, Idra - Character in Things They Buried and They Eat Their Own. Female chivori. Mayor of Dockhaven.
- Celebar - The second month of the year.
- Chella Stond - See Stond, Chella
- Chellarin - Bowed stringed instrument large enough to need to be played while sitting down.
- Chit - Zoet used to record and share audio or video messages.
- Chiva'vastezz, Dominion of - Large chain of islands to the west. Populated primarily by chivori. The oldest continuous government on the planet.
- Chivori - Species of sentient people. Slim and delicate with skin tones in shades of grey.
- Cloviist - Uninhabited island in the northern Middle Sea.
- Cozener - A cheater or trickster.
- Cuundatay Vial - artifact purported to contain the tears of the Sisters of Augury.
D
- D'Nell - Character from They Eat Their Own. Female karju. Flark's steward.
- Daisy - Character from They Eat Their Own. Female puka. Member of the Billidoc Coalition and Flark's divested wife.
- Danurak - The eighth month of the year.
- Dibuc - Zoet used to devour organic waste materials of all sort. Primary use in is toilets.
- Dockhaven - City built on a small chain of islands in the center of the Middle Sea. The hub of Ismae's commerce. Often referred to as the Haven.
- Dobencourt, Pitta - Character from They Eat Their Own. Female karju. Head of one of Dockhaven's founding families and a city councilor.
- Dobencourt, Grehv - Character from They Eat Their Own. Male karju. Roughish third husband of Pitta Dobencourt.
- Dobencourt, "Handsome" - Character from They Eat Their Own. Male karju. First husband of Pitta Dobencourt.
- Dobencourt, Lurtair - Character from They Eat Their Own. Male karju. Travelogue writer and second husband of Pitta Dobencourt.
- Dobencourt, Vesven - Character from They Eat Their Own. Male karju. Flark's bodyguard and nephew of "Handsome" Dobencourt.
- Dormah - Ismae's white moon.
- Douse – Slang for idiot or fool.
- Draas - Species of primative sentient people. Large and bulky with scales, long claws, and dangerous tails.
- Dreg - Character from They Eat Their Own. Male chivori. Thung Toh operative.
- Dross - Slang for junk.
- Duar, The - The second faction of Ismae deities. The Duar entered the history of Ismae toward the end of the First Epoch.
- Duin, The - One of two factions of Ismae deities. The Duin are credited with the creation of many of the species on Ismae.
- Duke, The - See Imythedralin, Sylandair.
- Dullahan - A scion of the Duar and member of the Victalyassa. Said to bring battle.
E
- Ebb Weave - Fabric woven from silk of the zoetic wok spiders.
- Egress - Zoetic system of travel said to have been created by the Duin.
- Eita, Republic of - Small island chain to the south. Populated primarily by chivori. Sometimes referred to as The Lonely Mews.
- Eitan - Descriptor for anyone from the Republic of Eita.
- Emat, Klarin - Female karju. Wife of Skeln Emat.
- Emat, Skeln - Male karju. Famed Dockhaven architect.
- Erylkin - A scion of the Duar and member of the Victalyassa. Said to bring accidents.
- Estoan - Sect that follows the teachings of the Duin, Estoas.
- Estoas - A scion of the Duin. Revered by the Estoans.
- Etylon - The tenth month of the year. The first month of winter.
F
- Faisa - Capital of the Duchy of Isay. Named for its first duchess Faisa Isay.
- Falak - The ninth month of the year.
- Farspeech/farspeaker - The ability to communicate over long distances using the mind. Found in about 10% of pukas.
- Fayrill - One of Mintryl Marthoth's shipping vessels. Raided by the Yenderot.
- Feck - Slang for something worthless.
- Fen - Slang for an attractive man.
- Fext - A scion of the Duar and member of the Victalyassa. Said to inspire murder.
- Fid - Slang for penis or for an unpleasant man.
- Fist - See Haus, Victuur.
- Flark - Character from They Eat Their Own. Male puka. Unpleasant and obscenely wealthy landlord to much of the Rabbles.
- Flibuul - Male puka. Late major-domo of the Orono estate.
- Flimmel root - A mild edible root plant.
- Fohmsquah - Character from Things They Buried and They Eat Their Own. Female puka. Professional domestic.
- Frabo - Male karju, minikin. Barfly and gossip, often found at the Bitter Barnacle on Dockhaven.
G
- Gam - Slang for sex.
- Garra - Type of tree with reddish, water-resistant wood.
- Gen - Slang for information.
- Goby - Slang for a person acting like a parasite; a hanger-on.
- Gorta - A scion of the Duar and member of the Victalyassa. Said to bring famine.
- Grat - Slang word for expressing greatfulness. Short for gratitude or "you have my gratitude."
- Grehv Dobencourt - See Dobencourt, Grehv.
- Grifmuel, Jodidar - late Mucha expert in opoli and zoetics. Innovator/inventor of many opoli driven technologies and zoetic genomes. Mentor to Kluuta Orono.
- Gudgeon - Slang for dupe.
- Gup - Slang for a child, young person, or unexperienced person.
- Gutter baby/babies - Slang for a homeless or street person.
- Guunaat - Ukur's primary port city. Populated primarily by the Estoans.
H
- Haasteboah - Jungle island on the south edge of the Middle Sea.
- Half-seas over/half-seas - Slang for extreme inheibriation.
- "Handsome" Dobencourt - See Dobencourt, "Handsome."
- Haus, Muunoa - Mother of Victuur Haus.
- Haus, Uuron - Character from Things They Buried. Male karju. Part of Victuur Haus' crew.
- Haus, Victuur - Character from Things They Buried. Male karju. Affiliated with the Thung Toh and the Estoans.
- Havener - Descriptor for anyone from Dockhaven.
- Heat eater - Zoet used to pull heat from any space. Most commonly used in refrigeration.
- Hergis Savesti - See Savesti, Hergis.
- Hiisi - Species of primitive sentient people. Tall and flat-faced with fur and skin in shades of brown and black.
I
- Idra Carsuure - See Carsuure, Idra.
- Imt - Once leader of the Duin. He purportedly died at the end of the War of Whispers when Opoli was destroyed.
- Imt Hold - Primary port of the island of Imtnor.
- Imythedralin, Sylandair - Character from Things They Buried and They Eat Their Own. Male chivori. Duke of Isay.
- Inbar - The first month of the year and of spring.
- Indeu, Mabiyn - Character from They Eat Their Own. Female karju. Flark's bodyguard.
- Ink - Slang for chivori blood, which is bluish-black.
- Ipesia - Mintryl Marthoth's pleasure barge. Home to the annual quartern-long new year's celebration.
- Ironwood - Type of tree with pale, almost white wood.
- Iruund - Groomsman at the Orono estate.
- Isay - Duchy on the island of O'atlor in Chiva'vastezz. Held by Duke Imythedralin.
- Ismae - Planet on which these stories take place.
- Isnarin - Character from They Eat Their Own. Male chivori. Dockhaven socialite and information broker.
J
- Jajal - One of the most revered of the Duin. Considered the All Mother by her adherents.
- Javit - Character from They Eat Their Own. Rhochrot. Mintryl Marthoth's fleet administrator.
- Jig - Slang for a job or assignment.
- Jodidar Grifmuel - See Grifmuel, Jodidar.
- Joggle - Slang for sex.
- Jykiini - Also known as shadow dolls. Servants of the Duar. According to Ismae lore they come in the night and steal the spirits of the living.
K
- Kalaflak - The seventh month of the year. The first month of autumn.
- Kaniral - One of the Duin. Revered by diplomats, leaders, judges, and the Estoans.
- Karju - Species of sentient people. Mostly broad and muscular with skin tones from pale pink to dark brown.
- Khuit - Thick, bitter yellow liquor.
- Klarin Emat - See Emat, Klarin.
- Kluuta Orono - See Orono, Kluuta.
- Kosa - Euphoric drug smoked as tar. Known for stimulating vibrant dreams.
L
- Lady Orilausko - See Orilausko (Lady).
- Lav - Slang for washroom. Short for lavatory.
- Leb - One of the Duin. Died in the War of Whispers. Revered by leaders, arbiters, and builders.
- Leloloom - One of the Duin. Revered by sailors, merchants, and the Billidoc Coalition.
- Lodestone Cloud - Device for circumventing magnetic locks.
- Lower Rabble - See Rabble, Lower.
- Lumia algae - Zoet that generates pale, aqua light.
- Lurtair Dobencourt - See Dobencourt, Lurtair.
- Luugrar - Character from Things They Buried and They Eat Their Own. Male karju. The Dockhaven Thung Toh's contract house manager.
- Lusca - Zoet used to separate seawater into salt and freshwater.
- Lyntyyl - Game played with cards and dice.
M
- Mabiyn Indeu - See Indeu, Mabiyn.
- Mag-pistol/rifle - Weapon that uses a battery and magnetic slide to fire slugs. Sometimes powered by opoli.
- Malpockey, Sigrin - Male karju, minikin. Member of the Grey Boots gang. Nemesis and bully to Schmalch.
- Marastrava (Queen) - Monarch of the Nors. Daughter of the late King Belforn.
- Mardo - Male karju. Metalwright in Dockhaven’s Lower Rabble neighborhood.
- Margle tart - Pastry shell filled with pink cream.
- Marthoth, Mintryl - Character from They Eat Their Own. Male karju. Owner of the Ipesia and Marthoth Air & Sea.
- Marthoth Air & Sea - One of Ismae's leading shipping concerns.
- Medibar - The third month of the year.
- Mids/middays - Midday rest enjoyed by chivori.
- Minikin - Members of the karju species who were born and developed smaller than the average karju.
- Mintryl Marthoth - See Marthoth, Mintryl.
- Moid Billidoc - See Billidoc, Moid and Calla.
- Monicene - Major city on the island of Elnor.
- Moocha - Slang for mother. Primarily used by pukas.
- Morsel plate - Appetizers.
- Mucha - Organization dedicated to intelligence and learning. And drastic fashion statements.
- Muddler - Character from They Eat Their Own. Male karju. One of the Dockhaven Thung Toh.
- Muunoa Haus - See Haus, Muunoa.
N
- Nest, The - One of Dockhaven's islets. Home to government buildings and the city's wealthy.
- Nib - Slang for a barbula, the part of a beard that grows between the lower lip and chin.
- Nihal Savesti - See Savesti, Nihal.
- Nimomyne - One of Mintryl Marthoth's shipping vessels. Raided by the Yenderot.
- Nireer, Til - Male karju. Expedition partner and husband to Spaul Rimadour. Second mayor of Dockhaven.
- Nireer's Island - Small island to the north of Dockhaven. Named for the city's second Mayor.
- Nors, The - Long chain of small islands between Oras and Dockhaven. Populated by a general mix of species. One of the newest recognized governments on Ismae.
- Norian - Descriptor for anyone from the Nors.
- Nushgha - Guardian of the Grounds at Orono estate.
- Nys - A scion of the Duin. Revered by writers and artists, especially those seeking inspiration.
- Nyyata Untere - See Untere, Nyyata.
O
- O'atlor - An island in the Dominion of Chiva'vastezz.
- Omatha – One of the Duin. Revered by intellectuals, poets, and musicians.
- Ooma - Slang for grandmother. Primarily used by pukas.
- Opoli
- Opoli - Cause of the global cataclysm. Formerly Ismae's primary moon, now debris rings around the planet.
- opoli - A reactive substance found in debris from the moon's explosion.
- Optic coupling - Zoetic augmentation directly linking baluuts with their wranglers and pilots.
- Oras, Empire of - Large chain of islands to the east. Populated primarily by karju. Xenophobic.
- Orasian – Citizen of the Empire of Oras.
- Orilausko (Lady) - Character from They Eat Their Own. Female chivori. Mystic, former member of the Seers of Dream and Waking, and one-time advisor to the Empress of the Dominion of Chiva'vastezz.
- Orono, Kluuta - Character from Things They Buried. Male karju. Zoeticist.
- Ossein - Zoetic augmentation that can mend or grow new bone. Often used for body-decorative purposes, such as horns.
- Ossquere - Large northern island in the Dominion of Chiva'vastezz.
P
- Paash - Stimulant and hallucinatory drug made by soaking brana leaves in a themot solution and smoked.
- Perilon - The eleventh month of the year.
- Pipe, The - Narrow stretch of land connecting Dockhaven's Big Island and Lower Rabble.
- Piru & Tokimer - Scions of the Duin. Revered by gamblers, thieves, and anyone seeking to improve their luck.
- Pitta Dobencourt - See Dobencourt, Pitta.
- Pohlit - One of Mintryl Marthoth's shipping vessels.
- Pong - Slang for a bad odor.
- Prick, The - One of Dockhaven's islets. Warehouse district and home to the destitute and the worst the city can find.
- Puddle - Slang for a weak and/or worthless person.
- Puka - Species of sentient people. Short and hairless with skin tones in muddy shades of green and brown.
Q
- Quim - Slang for vagina or for an unpleasant woman.
- Quincitaba - Green and overly sweet liquor.
R
- Rabble, Lower - One of Dockhaven's islets. Home to Sylandair and Aliara as well as much of the city's lower class.
- Rabble, Upper - One of Dockhaven's islets. Home to Pukatown and much of the city's lower class.
- Reeve - Slang for sex.
- Rej Wehn - See Wehn, Rej.
- Reye - Groundskeeper at the Orono estate.
- Rhochrot - Species of sentient people. Massive and four-legged with skin tones in shades of browns and greys. Non-binary, single-gendered species.
- Rift, Aliara - Character from Things They Buried and They Eat Their Own. Female chivori. Affiliated with the Thung Toh.
- Rimadour, Spaul - Male karju. Founder of Dockhaven and its first mayor.
- Ritora Doublet - A pair of islands in the northmost reaches of the Dominion of Chiva’vastezz.
- Ruru Yhezzeho - One of the Duar. Keeper of the depths.
S
- Savesti, Hergis - Character from Things They Buried. Male karju, minikin. Affiliated with the Mucha.
- Savesti, Nihal - Character from Things They Buried. Female karju.
- Saxelyt - One of the Duin. Revered by artists, gamblers, and con men.
- Saypa - the beginning of chivori puberty, when their gender is established and they go from asex to male or female.
- Scale - Slang for stealing or burgling.
- Schmalch - Character from Things They Buried and They Eat Their Own. Male puka. Street thief, follower of Spriggan.
- Seers of Dream and Waking, The - Sect that follows the Sisters of Augury. All members are chivori and mystics.
- Sigrin Malpockey - See Malpockey, Sigrin.
- Sisters of Augury - A trio of scions of the Duin. Revered by mystics, specifically the Seers of Dream and Waking.
- Skeln Emat - See Emat, Skeln.
- Sklintara e cono - A savory seafood dish.
- Spark - Slang for genetic material.
- Spaul Rimadour - See Rimadour, Spaul.
- Spriggan - A scion of the Duin. Revered primarily by thieves.
- Spriggans - Sect that follows the teachings of the Duin, Spriggan.
- Stond, Chella - Female karju. Dockhaven socialite. Broker of information and undermarket contracts.
- Suul - Raider clan that keeps largely to the Sea of Dawn.
- Sviroosa - Character from Things They Buried and They Eat Their Own. Female puka. Domestic to Sylandair and Aliara.
- Syl - See Imythedralin, Sylandair.
- Sylandair Imythedralin - See Imythedralin, Sylandair.
T
- Tatumi - Character from Things They Buried. Male hiisi.
- Tehtaemah - Island to the south. Prone to high temperatures. Home to a large proportion of rhochrot.
- Themot - Stimulant drug swallowed or snorted as yellow powder. Used by puka farspeakers to extend the range of their abilities.
- Thung Toh - Secret organization dedicated to doing jobs no one else can.
- Til Nireer - See Nireer, Til.
- Tilen, Mount - Inactive volcano and primary mountain on Ukur.
- Tippled/tippler - Slang for drunk.
- Toff - Slang for a rich, spoiled person.
- Toroth - The fifth month of the year.
- Traus - Character from They Eat Their Own. Male chivori. The Dockhaven Thung Toh's liaison.
- Trawler - Slang for someone looking for sex in a non-professional manner.
- Trinite - A powerful explosive.
- Trull - Slang for a prostitute, male or female.
U
- Ukur - Island to the north. Home of the Estoans and the Mucha.
- Ukur-Tilen - City at the top of Mount Tilen. Home of the Mucha Colleges.
- Undermarket – Slang for the unsanctioned or illegal trade of goods and services.
- Untere, Nyyata - Character from Things They Buried. Female chivori. Part of Victuur Haus' crew.
- Upper Rabble - See Rabble, Upper.
- Uuha - Boiled seabird eggs stuffed with creamed crabmeat. Usually part of a morsel plate.
- Uuron Haus - See Haus, Uuron.
- Uurost - Euphoric drug administered by smoking the plant's flowers.
V
- Vazztain - Descriptor for anyone from Chiva'vastezz. Also the native language its people.
- Velarin - Mid-sized bowed stringed instrument.
- Vesven Dobencourt - See Dobencourt, Vesven.
- Victalyassa – A group of five scions of the Duar.
- Victuur Haus - See Haus, Victuur.
- Vinex - Capital arcology of the Dominion of Chiva'vastezz.
- Voshar - Country that was lost during the cataclysm. Formerly found in the area of the island Tehtaemah.
- Voshari - Species of sentient people. Extinct after the War of Whispers. Four-legged and willowy with bluish skin, white hair, tails, and quills.
- Vosharilim - Capital city of Voshar.
- Vrasaj - Traditional greeting. Vazztain root.
W
- War of Whispers - Legendary conflict between the Duin and the Duar that led to the destruction of Opoli and the Cataclysm.
- Wehn, Rej - Character from Things They Buried. Female karju. Part of Victuur Haus' crew.
- Wetac - Originally one of the Duin, he sided with the Duar in the War of Whispers. He purportedly died when Opoli was destroyed. Revered by madmen and reckless warriors.
- Wide-Eyed Lessee - Flark's yacht.
- Wuukuster / Wuuk - Male karju. Antiquities authenticator employed by Duke Imythedralin.
X
Y
- Yenderot - Raider clan that keeps largely to the Middle Sea.
Z
- Zemi - Slang for luck, juju, or magic.
- Zhuuve - Brown liquor available in even the cheapest of dives.
- Zoet/zoetics - Branch of science dealing with altered genomes. Includes body modification and development of new genomes.
- Zoet parlor - Business where zoetic body augmentations or repairs are performed.
- Zootie - Slang for a party.