Plural of Xthaedra. A creature composed of all edges and angles but no volume and completely without metabolism, but great gifts of wisdom, conversation and empathy. Capable of travel through solids, but always had to maintain contact with a stone when traveling through air.

The five-and-a-half winged bird that can fly through Time and Ferylemt.

The national poet of Adalanta.

A language spoken in the gwome known as the Inland Empire—and the previous power: Ehdaybobo.

Time frontier.

Distrykt notable for containing the gwome Umtevel.

Traditional shorthand for Distrykt of Yout Indiana.

The time when there is no moon in the sky and no light nearby, so the stars themselves light up the night landscape.

Appendages typical of the Rabansg—one of the things that distinguishes them from cetaceans.

One of the cultures in the Lands of Exiles covered by the Wardington Accords.