what does that word mean?
Naturally, it wouldn't be a fantasy world without its own hyperspecific and foreign vocabulary. Read on for etymologies, contextualisations, and definitions of various words you'll come across in Misona! This is a work in progress.
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- Clade (common noun) || plural: clades
- In biology, a natural group of all the descendants of a common ancestor, which may include multiple species and/or races. In Misona, a clade refers to a unique lineage with its own customs and religious affiliations. See cliearch, coravis, deoston, human, kadeis, lunagi, merfolk, or ostelle for an example of a clade.
- Cliearch (clade) || plural: cliearchs
- A cloud person. The word is a combination of cloud + hierarch. May also refer to Cliearch.
- Cliearch (proper noun)
- The native tongue of cliearchs. Spoken entirely through the manipulation of air currents, rendering it inaccessible to learn for other clades. Certain individuals with highly attuned senses may learn to understand Cliearch, though. The term may also refer to cliearch.
- Cliearchy, The
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- (When capitalised) The shifting mass of clouds settled high in the sky, the birthplace of all cliearchs and the permanent location of the Council of Cliearchy.
- A collective term for all cliearchs, analogus to humanity or humankind
- Closea (proper noun)
- The name of the underwater kingdom. Citizens are called Closeans.
- Coravis (clade, obsolete) || plural: coraves
- The original name for the corvid people (that denoted a great many race and/or tribe such as that of the ravens or that of the magpies) before they got collapsed into the term illiary, along with kadeis. A portmanteau of corvid + avis and corvid + aves. See illiary for more.
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- Deoston (clade) || plural: deostons
- A skeleton created directly by the moon goddess (See Luella's Descent) with considerable magical potential. The Council of Telluria is made exclusively of deostons. The word is a combination of dead/death + ost- (prefix meaning bone).
- Ellipse, The (location)
- A skeletal ampitheatre that is home to the Elliptical Games that ostelles participate in for a chance to become an athlete bounty hunter.
- Familiar (common noun) || plural: familiars
- Sufficiently magical beings can enter into contracts with other, often more powerful magical beings. This is called the familiar contract, and ties one's lifespan either to their master or to their master's lineage. See Illiary, fire spirits, or Wizard for more.
- Flamish (proper noun, archaic)
- The native tongue of the fire spirits who lived in Hotlands, prior to their extinction. Very magically potent language. While some of the nuance may get lost by speakers of other clades, it is still considerably more approachable than Cliearch, though somewhat less so than Maxillaria.
- Griefwoods (location)
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- Hotlands (location)
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- Integration (common noun) || also: to integrate (verb)
- While it may generally refer to the process of joining or mixing with a different group of people, in Misona integration often refers to the specific process humans have developed for the incorporation and integration of non-Misonian humans into human society.
- Internet (WRDTYP) || plural: optional
- maybe come up with a slightly different name for it? look up the history of the internet
- Kadeis (clade, archaic) || plural: kadeis || also: kadesian (adjective)
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- Lotoum (location)
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- Luella's Descent (event)
- The name given to the visitation of the moon goddess unto Misona itself. It is also referred to as the unveiling of the moon. This is a rare and somewhat random occurance, but tends to happen at least a couple of times per century.
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- Mage (common noun, informal)
- Short way of referring to a magic user. Often implies an active user rather than just someone with the ability to perform magic.
- Magic (common noun)
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- Maxillaria (language) || plural: optional
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- Merperson (clade) || plural: merpeople or merfolk
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- Misona (WRDTYP) || plural: optional
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- Molt (verb) || plural: optional
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- Moonarch (WRDTYP)
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- Ostelle (clade) || plural: ostelles
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- Selkie (WRDTYP) || plural: selkies
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- Shard (WRDTYP) || plural: shards
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- Spirits (WRDTYP) || plural: optional
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- Telluria, Council of (proper noun)
- Composed entirely of deostons (see Deoston) and the occasional ostelle (see Ostelle) observer, the Council of Telluria rules over all skeletons in Misona. Though they prefer to keep to a more hands-off approach, they still have the power and authority to directly affect the lives of each and every skeleton, regardless of where they may reside on the planet. It is rumoured that this council is collectively powerful enough to kill otherwise immortal beings.
- Telluric Republic, The (WRDTYP) || plural: optional
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- Umatoza (WRDTYP) || plural: optional
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- Ustaad (WRDTYP) || plural: optional
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- Wingaway [Spell] (noun, informal, archaic) || plural: optional
- A wingaway, or wingaway spell, is a an informal term used to refer to a commonly used lunagi convenience spell that utilises simplified pocket dimensions in order
- Wizard (common noun)
- A curiously human phenomenon, wizards are academically certified mages who have attended and graduated special, exclusive universities. These wizards, graded and governed by