Arx Lexicon

A

• Abandoned: those not part of the compact. There are many Abandoned tribes who aren’t wild and warlike, who are settled and "civilized"
• Abyss: Hell
• As...
  • As serious as an Oathlander about praying.
  • As careful as a Lycene with a drink she didn't pour herself.
  • As serious as a Lycene about their poison taster selection.
  • As cheerful as a Redrain wrestling a bear.

E

• Elysia: Heaven
• Ember twig: a small twig topped with an alchemical compound for a quick strike flame. Expensive and handmade

F

• Flec: derived from reflection, it is a curse meaning oath-breaker, two-faced, or liar

G

• Goodman/Goodwoman: Oathlands polite address for commoners

L

• Leviathan: the Thrax Fleet (also a sea monster)
• Limerance's Libertia: Birth control in Arvum. Plant. 100% effective. Can be brewed, chewed, taken as a powder, etc. (bbread theme/33)
• Lycene Plait: French braid

M

• Mercy: Mercies of Lagoma. The great healers of Arvum. A religious order dedicated to the healing arts. They worship Lagoma.
• Messere: Lycene gender-neutral polite address for commoners.
• Mother of Mercy: The chapter head of a chapter for the Mercies of Lagoma (think red cross/healing nuns)

N

• Nervous as an Oathlands pig: jumpy, scared; colloquial expression, ala 'long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs'.

P

• Presented to the Sea: House Thrax's favored method of execution.
• Prodigal: Abandoned who have rejoined the Compact and bent the knee

Q

• Queen of Endings and (Mother of) Beginnings: AKA Death. The goddess of death, souls, and reincarnation. A goddess that was forgotten but has been found.

S

• Shards: damn (from many shards of a broken reflection)
• Shav: colloquial term for the Shav'Arvani, Abandoned/wild tribes who are not part of the compact and are generally hostile to it.
• Shining Lands: Afterlife
• Silk: a non-flattering commoner term used to refer to a noble

T

• The Thirteenth: Tehom, god of the dark reflection. Saying "Tehom" is considered very bad luck.

W

• Whisper: Courtiers that are accepted as respected companionship for even the greatest of nobles.