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
E
- Elysia: Heaven
- Ember twig: a small twig topped with an alchemical compound for a quick strike flame
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)
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
S
- Shards: damn (from many shards of a broken reflection)
- Shav: colloquial term for the Abandoned/wild tribes who are not part of the compact and are generally hostile to it.
- 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.