SciFi and Fantasy Stories: Glossary

GLOSSARY

A little summery of the most important names, places and facts...

Kimid:
Second planet of the Soshell Sun.

Vakoja:
Humanoid inhabitants of the planet Kimid. Former the only humanoid race aside normal animals on Kimid until the appearance of the Great Shadow.

Great Shadow:
Mysterious and very powerful being. To this day no one knows its real name, appearance or its reasons for attacking Kimid. Current whereabouts...unknown!

First Darkness:
The era in which the Great Shadow brought disaster on Kimid for the first time and uncountable innocent lost their lives or souls! The exact dates of that era have gone missing throughout the history!

Gods:
The Vakoja believe in an universal source of life that fills the universe and out of this source many deities have been born onto this world. They are called Hoshgarh...Gods!

Shekan and Jenter:
Twins...two moons that look exactly like each other except for a slight difference in the colour of light they are shining. Shekan's light is a bit redder than that of his sister Jenter...and her light shines a bit softer than that of her brother.

Nefriyuase:
Heaven's eyes. A very rare event when Shekan and Jenter are full and shine bright in the night sky like two great eyes looking down on Kimid. It is said that, as all life is influenced by the Twins, this night is a very spiritual time...full of wonders and strange events.

Beast:
Evil creatures brought onto Kimid mostly by the Great Shadow. But there are some who originally were Vakoja defeated by their own hate and cruelty and transformed into those awful beings.

Daemonimis Saiin:
A special demon clan which showed very high intelligence and power and in difference to normal demons the Saiin Tribe was not blindly fighting for the Great Shadow but out of their own choice!

Esgar:
Kind of spiritual aether...everything in the universe created by the Source of Life has this energy and is surrounded by it. It gives the possibility to use one's own spiritual powers and the forces of the nature...we would call it magic! It was once sealed away from the ancient mages of the Vakoja, so that the people would never reach a level of power high enough to hurt each other.
The seal was broken eventually by the Dark Master.

Sogorf:
The fourteen heavenly seals summoned by the ancient high mages to seal the Esgar deep into the planet...forever!

First Battle of Gods:
The first encounter of the Great Shadow and the nameless Hero. Where it happened is unknown!

Second Darkness:
The time after the return of the Great Shadow. This period only lasted for a few years.

Second Battle of Gods:
The second and last fight between the Great Shadow and the nameless Hero. In the end the Evil was sealed into another dimension, causing the death of the Hero and his comrades.

Island of SaAhna:
Biggest of the many islands in the Central Sea. Became the greatest stronghold of the Great Shadow and was completely destroyed during the Second Battle of Gods. Today the only reminder of the great fight is the huge SaAhna Vortex, a great everlasting whirlpool in the Central Sea.

Nurmeies (always plural):
Special kind of lava rocks that contain a very rare form of a crystalline ore that has the ability to absorb, save and emit sun and moon light! Usually very uncommon it can be found in volcanic areas.

Chohomaneth:
The name of the group of four small continents in the middle of the Great Hanath Ocean.

Perhia:
One of the Chohomaneth. The biggest of the four small continents lying in the western area of the Central Sea.

Island of Ischris:
Island of the Darkness. Lying on the far end of the Manusa Sea only a few have ever reached the shores of that island. It was believed to be the centre of the Great Plague.

Manusa Sea:
Dangerous Area within the Central Sea. Known and feared for its unpredictable and very strong storms. The most awful part of the Manusa Sea is the Route of the Storm Goddess...unless the winds calm a little and become “normal” storms that area is impossible to pass.

Sagun:
A brutal beast from a canine blood line without any real intelligence. Very strong and ruthless. The Sagun are able to walk on to feet and so they are able to wield weapons or use their lethal claws. A Sagun has always a long yellowish horn on the back of his neck. It is rumoured that it must be poisonous.

Irgrim:
A blood tunnel. Legend tells us that the Irgrim are the remains of the Great Shadow's spit. They can be used to travel great distances in a few moments, but a blood tribute must be offered to the Irgrim in order to be able to use it. Throughout history many mages and monks travelled the whole world to destroy all of them.

...to be completed...