1) A gwome in Llouisiana known for its beautiful canals. 2) The planet Mars.

A language spoke in stone.

In theocratic Notgeon, the eldest unmarried daughter of any family was declared a haumstedler, her legal and social status between war widow and mental incompetent, ironically permitting her certain freedoms. But any children became wards of state. Haumstedlers were caretakers of former POWs.

Flightless migratory birds of Avalon.

Native gwome of the Legions of Reasonably Tall Men and the remarkable geologic features known as thretchlathia. Also means: Reasonably Tall

Meaning “Land Where the Sun Rises” in local Nipponic dialect.

See haumstedler.

Interpreter Villages clustered around particularly talented lichen poetry communities.

A strange rhinoceros-like herbivore distinguished by array of horns, knobs and tusks protruding from its head in all directions. Hornby species particularly diminutive.

Site of rituals for death cults.

Native language of the Princess Xæzharai (look under the Beshwa Nyelvate word at end of glossary, her preferred form).