Glossary

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Personal Address:

D’amreb - person of no status

D’amrel - woman of status

D’amrem - man of status 

D’amrez - person of unknown status, or status not conferred

Religious Terms:

Kiastranelia Reliumen - a ceremony that concludes a Kiastrem initiate’s first year before they become a novice. The ceremony is not required. The ceremony includes any consenting initiates concluding their first year, any consenting Kiastrem Stancharis, Novices, or Apprentices, any consenting invited members of the congregation, and/or consenting special guests. There is an evening song service attended by all consenting beginning at midnight. Then, all ascend to the top of the Hall platform followed by participants engaging in any sexual acts they agree to with any of the consenting present. The ceremony concludes at sunrise with a second song service.

Stanchar-Ectra - The daily workings of a religious order - all of the parishes, houses, of veneration, and business aspects.

Stancharel - in any religious order, the equivalent of a priest; female

Stancharem - in any religious order, the equivalent of a priest; male

Stancharis - a group of religious persons of any order; or, a member of a religious order of unknown gender

Religious Orders: 

Primary:

Zorayah (Truth)

Lorinayah (Life)

Najaniyah (Mystery)

Secondary:

Kiastrem (Love)

Marastrem (War)

Adiastrem (Apathy)

Elemental (The Old Ways) - also, lesser orders of Magic

Water

Air

Earth 

Fire

Metal

Wood 

Light

Cloak Houses

Merchants - blue

Bankers - purple

Agriculture - green

Arts - burgundy 

Industrial - burnt orange

Attendants - yellow

Law - red

Medicine - white

Military - indigo

Education - gray (those becoming educators, but born and raised in other Cloaked houses will adopt a gray Cloak with a collar in the color of their original house.

Religious Orders - Stancharis of religious orders typically wear black pants and white shirts, often topped by a black Cloak. Those joining religious orders, even from Cloaked houses, leave their old Cloak identities behind. Most orders designate which order they belong to by the addition of black suspenders or a black tie with the mark of their order on them. Some also adopt the mark of their order on an item of jewelry, such as a medallion, or on a tattoo.

Government

The Keeper’s House is comprised of the highest official from each of the primary orders and the secondary orders, as well as two nation-wide elected officials (the top two vote getters of an election every 5 years.)The primary order block and secondary order block each have one vote, and each elected official has one vote.

The People’s House is comprised of regional representatives from each of the 11 districts of Zharengard: The Grasps, The Cliffs, The Desert, Taverta Mountains, Isle of Shaiva, The Deltas, Grand Aevum, Helarvik Peninsula, Atira Cove, Elanra Coast, The Slag

Months:

Every month has 40 days

Spring: Lumaris (first month of the year), Aetheris, Igniseris

Summer: Aquaellis, Veridanis, Erntenfestis

Fall: Flumenellis, Grunsprigaris, Gildenachtis

Winter: Caelumbris, Ferranis, Arcanis

Days of the week:

Zoranab (First day of the week), Lorinab, Najanab, Kiastrab, Marastrab, Adiastrab, Stancharab (day that people typically attend services at Order Halls).

Time

S.E. - Sealing Era

U.S.E. - Un-Sealed Era, prior to the Sealing

C.W.E. - Common World Era

Phrases/Words:

Tradanasic Fintelana: an ancient Zharengardian toast meaning, “from what has come before to where we will go.”

Magic Terms: 

Adept - one with the capacity for use of all facets of magic. Natural Adepts all have The Sight. One can book-learn to be an adept, but it is difficult. A book-learned Adept cannot acquire The Sight.

Essena - the collective name for the place all magic originates from. 

Mellum Obscura - the veil that separates magic from the rest of the world.

Smiths (Primordial magic, a lesser magic): elemental magic users. Usually only able to manipulate one element . 

Tuner (Resonant magic): one who is capable of using the magic of energy and time - the prime factors.

Weaver (Shirr magic):  a Smith with a more refined version of elemental magic. Can usually manipulate all of the elemental magics on their own, or simultaneously.

Holidays Celebrate by All Zharengard, not tied to religious Orders

Candlemark - Celebrated during the month of Caelumbris on the shortest night of the year, usually around mid-month. It is especially significant when this coincides with a Dark Moon (no moon in the sky). 

Deeproot - a holiday at the beginning of fall to acknowledge bountiful harvests and to welcome the turning of the leaves. Celebrations begin on the week preceding the first full moon of the month of Flumenellis, the holiday culminates with large bonfires, feasts, and dancing on the full moon.

The Guide of Truth

1. Only trained and registered Zorayahn Stancharel are permitted to conduct Inquiries.
2. All Inquiries must be registered with the Hall of Justice.
3. Inquisitors have four weeks to conduct initial Inquiries. Then a report must be submitted to the Inquisitors Judicial Panel for review. 
4. Inquiries approved for continuation will be considered opened for one year. 
5. For approved continuing Investigations, a weekly update will be files with the local Inquisitors Bureau. 
6. Anyone impeding an Inquiry can be held for an indeterminate amount of time and, at the conclusion of the Inquiry, charged with the highest crimes resulting from the course of the Inquiry.