An astronomer who played an important role in the early life of Amory Frontage.

A type of Tehachapic sphaltway. Often thought of as senging, but chaves came in other forms as well.

The game originally invented by the Benchmakers of Awaswra to pass the time, but gradually adopted by many cultures—even some without benches.

A shape that to linear eyes looks like a simple compressed crescent curve, the eyes of the Chéj-Asos people perceive as an equilateral triangle.

Some geographic areas are hard to define because of this quality, which represents the extent to which different dimensions and qualities of existence perform a kind of cantilever beyond those borders.

Chief of the Manhattaan Future Nation.

A frontier in other dimensions or jemvelac which, when crossed, changes the crossing individual’s relationship with Time. Term is often used interchangeably with ywreng, though not all ywrengs are chronofrontiers.

A fearsome night predator who is known for draining the blood of goats.

The non-Jihn Wranglikan spelling of the full name of the Jihn Wranglikan sect.

A type of insect similar to the ones in our universe, different primarily in the variation in the lengths of their life cycles. They are not restricted to 5, 13 and 17 year cycles—or even precisely regular cycles.

Architectural design for a judicial center by an older version of Gnel Wrangor.

Husk(s).