Welcome to the Mortal Realms

Araug: cursed soul that inhabits a corpse

Dar et an hanchik in mene rokse: human phrase meaning, “There is a chicken in my pants.”

Delmis: goddess of love and fertility (extinct), fractured into the five season goddesses

Ek lanne thoch: (nice try, I’m not going to tell you)

Elafestir: human festival celebrating the first day of ela

Eskenti: demi-elf rebel group in Ela

Grove of Souls: sacred forest where the ashes of all elves are buried

Hampa: a leaf smoked as a drug

Helvahem: afterlife equivalent to hell

Helvati: goddess of death and chaos, rules Helvahem

Jolval: Dalvian holiday that lasts 12 days

Kardevar: Dalvian spice

Kutamir: god of the moon, created the elves

Levahem: afterlife equivalent to heaven

Lojarem: sacred life tree sprouted from Vitharen’s corpse

Luono: god of the forest

Merikal: god of the sea

Perhalia: goddess of home and family

Seluri: soul-bonded, creates a shared pathway of emotions

Silver Blight: demi-elf rebellion based in Ilmanir

Tarinthúr: elven occupation, recorder and teller of tales

Vieru miker?: human phrase meaning, “How much?”

Vitharen: first and only elven High King, gods created Lojarem and the four other races from his corpse.