Glossary of Dagan (not revised)

Submitted by diaskeaus on Mon, 03/20/2006 - 03:23
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  1. Adytum: an icy island to the north of Grenadia.
  2. Ainis: a province in Nod.
  3. Akhaso: the eastern desert on the continent of Ani.
  4. Amber Sea: the expanse of water between the continents of Ani and Grenadia.
  5. Ambrose Islands: a string of islands in the Amber Sea, known for impassible winds and electrical storms; the mythological prison the ancient Szu were sent to for eternal life.
  6. Ani: the largest continent, containing the lands of Schar, Gerih, Nod, Erallia, Akhaso, and the Wilderlands.
  7. Alion: the world termed after the Breaking, when the wandering sickness was placed over the surviving Primus people.
  8. Balsa: a province in Nod.
  9. Birthing Mists: the strange and mysterious mists that circle the Valley of Gerih; the mists that protect the land of Caeltama; the mists, out of which formed the world.
  10. Braeden Slade: the land beneath the Khamar Sea; the tunnels, caves, and caverns of the Shykar.
  11. Breaking of the World: the destruction and cracking of the land by the hands of the immortal Szu, before Alion was named.
  12. Caeltama: formerly known as the Valley of Gerih, the valley of the remaining Thoei during the Dreyesk sieges of the final age; the word for ‘dream’ in the tongue of the Kei.
  13. Chantal: the mythological builders of the world; giants, forever asleep beneath the mountains of Grenadia.
  14. Daius: the mythological gods that rule over Nod; the remaining Primus not afflicted with the wandering sickness.
  15. Dagan: the ancient name of the world, prior to the Breaking of the World.
  16. Dolani: the people that inhabit the continent of Grenadia.
  17. Dreyesk: parasitical spirit beings formerly known as the Szu, turned to parasites by the invading Gryvaens, after the Scouring of the World.
  18. Erallia: the middle-land of the continent of Ani; a sprawling forest and jungle, bursting with mountains, valleys, and rivers.
  19. Gamoude: a province in Nod.
  20. Garaihta: a province in Nod.
  21. Genesai: a people that inhabit the interior of Erallia.
  22. Gerih: the valley between Schar and the Wilderlands; the birthplace of the world, where the primal mists gathered after the creation.
  23. Grenadia: the second largest continent composed of extreme mountains and rocky disturbances, as well as jungle and lush valleys.
  24. Gryvaens: creatures that conquered and destroyed much of Alion in the Scouring of the World; the guardians of Caeltama that live in the Sela Mountains.
  25. Juventur: a province in Nod.
  26. Kamali: the winged beings that inhabit the interior of Erallia; protectors and guardians of the Genesai.
  27. Kei: the people that inhabit the coast of Akhaso.
  28. Khamar Sea: the expanse of water between Schar and Akhaso; the sea above the Braeden Slade.
  29. Nazorene: a province in Nod.
  30. Nod: the northern sprawl of the continent of Ani; a vast cold realm, of mountains, plains, and glacial strips.
  31. Primus: the Guardians of Dagan, endowed with powers from the Vesta of the Birthing Mists.
  32. Qath: a province in Nod.
  33. Schar: the grasslands of the western land on the continent of Ani; the root name of the same people that inhabit the land.
  34. Scouring of the World: the destruction and wasting of Alion during the resistance to the Gryvaen invasion, which directly caused the freedom of the Szu from their eternal binding.
  35. Sela Mountains: the high wall of mountain that protects Caeltama, along with the Storm, from the Dreyesk.
  36. Shykar: the people that inhabit the Braeden Slade; cousins of the Scharans.
  37. Sijai: a province in Nod.
  38. Silbhe: a people that inhabit the interior of Erallia.
  39. Skamai: a province in Nod.
  40. Storm: the protective form of the birthing mists; the wall that protects Caeltama.
  41. Szu: the mythological name of the group of Primus that directly caused the Breaking of the World; inhabitants of the Ambrose Islands.
  42. Tauj: a province in Nod.
  43. Thoei: the people of the Gerih Valley.
  44. Ual: the people that inhabit the interior of Akhaso.
  45. Ute: a people that inhabit the interior of Erallia.
  46. Vesta: the mythological goddess of the birthing mists; the shaper of the world.
  47. Wilderlands: the untamed land that separates the desert of Akhaso and Erallia.
  48. Xen: the strange people that inhabit the island of Adytum.