Total pages in book: 247
Estimated words: 231436 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 1157(@200wpm)___ 926(@250wpm)___ 771(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 231436 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 1157(@200wpm)___ 926(@250wpm)___ 771(@300wpm)
Handmaidens: The Blood Queen’s personal guards. Not all are Revenants, but many are. Those who are wear painted masks on the upper halves of their faces that look like wings.
Heartmates: Like soulmates. Two halves of a whole. When the Arae look upon the threads of fate and see all the many different possibilities of one’s life, they can sometimes see what may come of the love between two or more souls. And in that union, they see possibilities that can reshape the realms by either creating something never seen before or ushering in great change. Almost considered more of a legend. So rare it became a myth for a very long time.
Huntsmen: A division of the army that ferries information between the cities and escorts travelers and goods.
Iliseeum: The realm of the Primals, gods, godlings, and mortals who serve them. Accessed through the Primal mist or a gateway in the human realm that takes the traveler to a specific place in Iliseeum. In the time of the gods, there were access points in Sera’s lake and the Bonelands—the area that eventually became Atlantia.
Kardia: The piece of the soul—the spark—that all living creatures are born and die with that allows them to love another not of their blood—irrevocably and selflessly.
Liessa: Means Queen.
Meyaah: Means my.
Mortals: Born of the flesh of a Primal and the fire of a draken. Most carry a dormant ember of Primal essence within them, except for the third sons and daughters. In them, the ember isn’t always dormant. There is no explanation for this, but it is why they were the Chosen used for Ascension.
Revenants: Considered abominations of life and death. Kolis’s magical creation. Originally, they were the Chosen who disappeared—those with an ember of eather. They died and came back changed after being given god blood. They can survive almost any wound, even mortal ones, and can resurrect regardless of injury. Their only weakness is draken blood. Kolis called them his “works in progress,” saying he needed his graeca to perfect them. It was also stated that the blood of a King, or at least one destined to become a King, was needed to ensure they reached their full potential, though that’s not entirely true. Callum was the first Revenant, created when he took his life out of grief, and Kolis gave him his blood. Though he is different, given he wasn’t a third son. Millicent is also different than other Revenants because she was a first daughter and transitioned differently, as well. Revenants do not need to eat, nor do they need blood or any other comforts, and normal Revs do not have a soul—their pale eyes are like windows to their true nature, showing they are not alive.
Rises: Mountainous walls constructed from limestone and iron mined from the Elysium Peaks and used to protect cities within the kingdoms.
Senturion: The Atlantian warrior lines. Born, not trained. Made up of multiple bloodlines: Primordial (can summon elements during battle), Cimmerian (can call upon the night, blocking out the sun to blind their foe), Empaths (able to read emotions and turn them into weapons, could also heal, were favored by the deities, and feared by others. They were also exceptional fighters—braver and bolder than any other line. Often called Soul Eaters), Pryo (able to summon flames to their blades), Unnamed Others (could call upon the souls of the ones who were slain by the ones they fought).
Shades: Shadowlike souls that refuse to pass the Pillars of Asphodel to face judgment. Because of this, they cannot return to the mortal realm nor enter the Vale. Therefore, they stay in the Dying Woods and are driven mad by unending hunger, thirst, and their desire to live, turning them dangerous. If they are destroyed, there is no redemption, and no coming back.
Shadowlands: The Primal of Death’s Court. Contains the city of Lethe and the Vale and Abyss beyond the Pillars of Asphodel.
Shadowstep: A Primal willing oneself where they want to go and then simply stepping into that reality.
Shadowstone: Black stone used in weapons that can kill a god. One of the strongest materials around, if not the strongest. Created with dragon fire before the time of the draken. It’s what all life forms turned into when burned by dragon fire. Basically, the organic material became like slag and soaked into the ground, leaving deposits of stone. Shadowstone was thought to only be vulnerable to itself and the bones of the Ancients but can be destroyed with eather wielded by a powerful god or Primal. One of the largest deposits in the mortal realm is in Sera’s lake, though the Shadow Temples are also made of it. There are vast deposits in the Mountains of Nyktos and the Elysium Peaks, as well.
Sirens: Guardians of the Vale.
So’lis: Means my soul.
The Ascended/Vamprys: Mortals who underwent the Ascension. Pale skin and fathomless, fully black eyes. Ageless, unnaturally fast, and strong, they’re nearly immortal. They do not walk in the sun and are prone to bloodlust.