《The Fallen Ascending》Not a Chapter: An Index of Important Things
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Author Note: The start of a glossary/character/place index of important places, people, and concepts in the story. Will be edited and expanded upon as the story progresses and grows. (And if you guys know of something I missed, which you feel should be in here, feel free to bring it up and I'll add it to the listing where it belongs.)
People of the House of Dancing Flames:
Mik’hail Flamedancer – our hero!
Ky’rus Flamedancer – his father
Lady Eveningstar – his mother
People of the House of Andor:
De’Nara – firstborn princess and Mik’Hail’s first love.
Le’Nara – secondborn princess.
Lady Crystal Lavaliere – bought by Le’Nara for Mik’hail. Used to be known as Lady Annette Fairweather.
People of West Gondor:
Sammy – Begger which gave Mik’Hail his tour
Swallow – Slave girl who works in the admission building first floor
DINO (Dangerous Idiot Number One) – rare male wizard. Also known as Mageflame
Mageflame – wizard name of the male wizard at school. Also known as DINO.
Mongo – warrior roommate (dumb, big, average wealth/status. Family are caskers)
Skeet – warrior roommate (poor/low status background. Mother is whore, father unknown.)
Sarah – black haired female summoner. Friend of Dino. Father is a Knight of the Rose who may become a commander of his own chapterhouse.
Jess – big breasted blond. Healer/Alchemist. Friend of Dino. From a common family.
Named Weapons:
Heartblade – sword of strange ore created by Mik’Hail and carried by Crystal. Contains a piece of his soul and one can feel his heartbeat when holding the hilt.
Azure Skyrose – Le’Nara’s staff. Alabaster blue stone staff, with a crystal orb on top, filled with fire and air mana that burns bright like the blazing sun in the shape of an eternal rose.
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Snowflake Razor – De’Nara’s sword. Pure white stone reformed and altered countless times to become stronger and sharper than the strongest steel. A razors edge on the curved blade, with a serrated saw tooth top and jagged spiked sides. Completely unsuitable for use with any scabbard; De’Nara had a bracer enchanted which can store and summon the blade at a moment’s notice.
Terms of Time:
Hours of the Day
o Night – 12:00 AM
o Mid-night – 3:00 AM
o Morning – 6:00 AM
o Mid-morn – 9:00 AM
o Noon – 12:00 PM
o Mid-noon – 3:00 PM
o Evening – 6:00 PM
o Mid-even – 9:00 PM
Days – 9 days of the week, which are collectively called a ‘ninan’.
o First Day
o Moon Day
o Third Day
o Fourth Day
o Monarch’s Day (Commonly referred to as King’s Day or Queen’s Day, depending on which land one is in.)
o Sixth Day
o Seventh Day
o Sun Day
o Last Day
Ninan – a period of nine days, which in most places are considered to be a ‘week’
Month – four ninans; 36 days. They are generally referred to as “Month of …”
o Life (spring)
o Earth
o Fire (summer)
o Order
o The King
o Chaos (autumn)
o Air
o Death (winter)
o Water
o The Queen
Year – ten months; 360 days
Celebration of the Phoenix – end of year celebration that occurs at day 361 and goes for the next several days to keep calendar and planetary rotations in alignment, as dictated by the scholars. Sometimes 5 days, sometimes 6.
Places:
Andor – the kingdom north of Tameriel, with close ties to the Isle of Dancing Flame. De’Nara and Le’Nara are both princesses from the royal family there, and Mik’Hail is the Heir’s Champion.
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Gondor – the kingdom south and west of Tameriel, and where the character is going to school at
• West Gondor – the western city where the character goes to school.
• West Gondor School of Learning – the school the character attends
• The Eagle House Dorm – the dorm he’ll be staying in (Room #204), located on 6th Northwest Street.
Tameriel – the closest point to the Isle of Dancing Flame. A coastal city with lots of inland wilderness.
The Isle of Dancing Flame – where our character started his new life at; his family’s island.
Termonolgy:
Moon days – the period when a woman is on her menstrual cycle.
Knight Orders:
Knight of the Rose – knights sworn to protect and watch over the people of the land.
Knight of the Crown – knights sworn to the king.
Holy Knights – knights sworn to the church/Gods.
Money Denominations:
Andorian Queen’s Jeweled Crown – 1,000 gold
Andorian King’s Jeweled Crown – 500 gold
Andorian Queen’s Crown – 100 gold
Andorian King’s Crown – 50 gold
Andorian Platnium Coin – 10 gold
Andorian Gold Coin – standard coinage
Andorian Silver Coin – 1/10 gold
Andorian Copper Coin – 1/100 gold
Andorian Pin – 1/10 copper; only used for exchange amongst the very poor
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