A-F

Achoti: Term of endearment meaning "my sister" (referenced in Genesis and Songs)

Agamere: Kingdom outside of the Rhaškan Empire, home to the Ordobavian Queen

Alga-Bak: Language spoken in the Balkisk Kingdom

Anaya Sea: Ancient body of water near the former Jalgani Empire

Balkisk (Kingdom): Southern kingdom in the Rhaškan Empire

Bayit Ohr: Winter holiday in Yahadism

Bimah: The raised platform in a Yahadi synagogue from which the holy scrolls are read

Black Perphona: Healing plant

Cedyz Forest: Southwestern forest in the Balkisk Kingdom known for its Falag pine trees

Chuppah: Canopy often used in Yahadi wedding ceremonies

Council of Cussot: Religious Ozmini council

Ctihodný: Honorific used for knights

Devil’s Alphonsa: Poisonous plant

Dybbuk/im: Disembodied human spirit that, because of former sins, wanders restlessly until it finds a haven in the body of a living person

Eskravé: Yahadi village where Malka lives

Falag pine: Type of tree in the Cedyz Forest that grows unnaturally fast

Fanavi people: Marginalized ethnicity in Ordobav

Feast of Lots: Spring holiday in Yahadism celebrating the Shabhe Queen

G-K

Goldenmase: Plant known for its sweetness

Hajek: Popular Ozmini reformer

Jalgani: Ancient polytheistic empire

Jašni (river): River near Eskravé popular for fishing

Kandus: A traditional Ordobavian dress

Kefesh: A contentious form of Yahadi mysticism

King Manek: King Valski’s father and the former Holy Imperial Leader romanticized for the kingdom's growth under his leadership

Kratzka Šujana: The name of the forest bordering Eskravé before it became cursed

Kraž-Yadi: A type of creole/dialect spoken by the Yahad in Ordobav

Kražki: Language of nobility and municipality and church

Kroj/e: Traditional Ordobavian outfit, often includes an apron (Fěrtoch), skirts (serka), blouse with puffy sleaves (Rukavce), decorative short vest (Lajblík). Can also include a dress (Kandus) and a tailored jacket (Jupka). 

L-P

Léčrey celebration: Annual Ordobavian celebration of the prince's saint's blessed birth

Lei: Capital city of the Vigary Kingdom

Leirit river: River which divides the forest Mavetéh

Maharal: Revered rabbi in Valón who created the golem Nimrah

Manta plant: Plant known for its hallucinogenic effects

Mavetéh: Name the Eskraven villagers gave to the forest bordering their village after the curse

Q-T

Mázág: The Kražki name for the forest Mavetéh

Medvadi: Slur for the Yahadi people

Naška Slova: A town in the Orzégali Mountains made famous by its miracle healer

Odborný: Honorific used for a magister/scholar

Order of the Paja: Group created by the Ozmini Church to collect tithes from around the

Ordobav (Kingdom): Most powerful kingdom in the Rhaškan Empire

Ordon: Currency used in Ordobav

Orlon clock: Large clocktower at the center of Valón

Orzegali: Northwestern mountain range in Ordobav

Ozminism: Dominant monotheistic religion of the Kingdom of Ordobav

Qehillah: Yahadi municipality in Ordobav

Rav: Honorific for a rabbi

Rayga: the name given to the monster in the forest bordering Malka's village

Revaç: Hired assassins who collect golden teeth with each kill

Rhaškan Empire: Empire ruled by religious monarchy

Rota: Patch used to identify the Yahad

Sabbath: Yahadi day of rest and worship

Seefa Narach: Holy book of Yahadi mysticism

Shabhe Queen: Heroine of the Feast of Lots story

Shalkat: Demons who sneak into books left open and corrupt the words and magic within them

Shektal: Central marketplace in Eskravé

Shul Amichati: Ancient temple from the time of the Jalgani Empire

Shul Bachta: Synagogue in Valón where Nimrah lived

Tannin: Mythical water dragon whose presence in a body of water foretells destruction

Triorzay: The Ozmini God

U-Z

Valón: Capital city of the Kingdom of Ordobav

Vasicati: Ozmini afterlife for the righteous

Vigary (Kingdom): Northern Kingdom in the Rhaškan Empire

Vyš: Capital city of the Balkisk Kingdom

Wenaska: Patron Saint of Ordobav

Yahadism: Minority ethnoreligious group spread across the Rhaškan Empire

Yahrzeit: Anniversary of a death in the Yahadi religion

Yedid Nefesh: Term of endearment, meaning "beloved of the soul" (Referenced in a 16th century piyyut)

Yohev: The Yahadi God