Glossary

Apys

Capital city of Cairon; seat of royal court of Queen Cleptra and Queen Sifus.

 

Cairon

Southern kingdom of the Nifdem Empire.

 

Cairon earls/patrons of Thebys

Lord Semsey (cousin of Queen Cleptra) and Lord Khepi.

 

Cairon queens

Queen Cleptra (native of Cairon) and Queen Sifus (from Swenen).

 

Hill of Tarran

Capital city of the Nifdem Empire; seat of imperial court of the emperor and empress.

 

Nifdem Empire

Large empire comprising the three kingdoms of Swenen (north), Grekenus (west), and Cairon (south).

 

Thebys

Prosperous town in Cairon; hometown of Gust.

 

Cairon gods

 

Anknet

Two-faced goddess of healers, transitions, and prepper for dead; stuck between life and death, guide for the dead; daughter of Ysys and Snet.

 

Batsa

Goddess and guardian of animals; ruler of animals, domestic and wild; progenitor of divine animals; often symbolized by horses.

 

Drska

Goddess of creative/artistic works; patron goddess of minstrels and blacksmiths.

 

Hoksys

God and guardian of earthly realm, balance, and royal leaders; represents light and sun; fertility of land.

 

Mawn

Goddess and Devourer of Souls; weighs soul of the dead against Ysys’s feather, and decides their eternal fate.

 

Net

Demi-goddess daughter of Ysys and creator of the Nifdem Empire.

 

Osys

God of death, Keeper of Dead, Lord of Underworld; husband of Ysys; father of Hoksys.

 

Snet

God of chaos, destruction, imbalance, and unchecked warmongering; represents negative parts of life; sire of the great serpent Appep, and father of Anknet.

 

Ysys

Goddess of life, love, union, birth, and fertility; heavens are her domain; wife of Osys; mother of Hoksys, Anknet, and the demi-goddess Net.