Terminology

This page lists the terminology that is used in the story and their meanings.

## Figures Terminology

### Others

* **Servants**: Middle class households typically employ one or more servants who help with the cooking and housework, while upper class households employ multiple servants. Servants receive room and board and are expected to work hard for very little pay. Servants are organized into a hierarchy, with a butler, housekeeper, and head cook holding the highest positions.
* **Firemen**: On standby at all times in the Riarte Opera House, due to the risk of fire breaking out. The firemen at the theatre keep preparing for other possible dangers aside from fire, much like other workers in the rest of the city. In the event of fire, everyone must be warned. Hence, the fire horn is extremely loud. You must evacuate when you hear the horn.
* **Office Boys**: People who serve the audience in the Riarte Opera House, just as the servants do in wine shops. However, as some office boys serve aristocrats, they often look down at audiences who are not, and act obnoxiously.
* **Women**: Expected to submit to their husbands and raise their children well.
* **Witch Doctors**: Witch doctors are mostly found in town. What differentiates them from normal doctors is that they use spells and charms instead of needles and medicine. People say that witch doctors used to be Magicians, and though magic is hardly used these days, a great deal of the knowledge is still being passed down. Besides treating illnesses and wounds, with doctors also drive away evil with strange rituals, and see into the future.
* **Magicians**: Magicians believe in the mystery of the universe, and pursue supernatural power.

## Academia Terminology

### Medicine

* **Opium**: Easily found in chemists' stores. Opium is taken as a recreational drug, but it is also used as a household medicine or as an anesthetic. The most common way to use it is to mix it with water or wine, and it is treated as a cure-all.

## Culture Terminology

### Food

* **Absinthe**: A liquor that is loved by artists. It is an anise-flavored spirit derived from the flowers and leaves from the wormwood plant. Its green color has led to being nicknamed the 'green fairy'.
* **Brandy**: A popular spirit, often consumed after meals. It is produced by distilling wine. Brandy has 35-60% ABV. The most famous types of brandy are Cognac and Armagnac, which are produced in Levamont.
* **Gin**: Made with rye and scented with juniper berries. Gin is popular since it can be made on the cheap with low-quality grains. It is especially loved by the poor because it is relatively cheaper than other drinks.
* **Spices**: Those who can afford it, use a lot of spices on their food.

## Geographical Terminology

### Tyrth

* **Uthlim**: Home to many smaller villages, large plains, forests and roads that lead between the different kingdoms. Covers most of Tyrth.
* **Ryum**: Tyrth's second most powerful kingdom, but the smallest in size, only consisting of a single capital city, the rest being villages which lie around the outskirts of the city. Ryum is home to mostly humans, due to the fact that Ryum has been in almost constant conflict with its neighboring kingdom, Arwent.
* **Arwent**: The largest and most powerful kingdom in Tyrth, and, while it is labelled the kingdom of the elves, it is actually very open to any type of humanoid being living there. They have been established the longest, and are the powerhouse of the land. Arwent has many different cities and villages, all of which lie within the border.
* **The Riarte Opera House**: Although it's called the 'Riarte Opera House', you can also ask any horse drawn carriage to 'Please take me to the Academy of Music' to find it. This majestic, beautiful building also symbolizes the Academy of Music.
	+ **Box Seats**: Most expensive seats. And this wasn't because of their excellent view or great acoustics. They were costly due to one reason; showing off to others. Whoever sat in the Box Seats enjoyed showing others that 'I can afford to sit in such an expensive seat' and flaunt their looks to others in the audience, while watching others in different Box Seats. Hence, Box Seats played a major role in high society.
		- **Box Five**: This seat has the best view of the stage of all the boxes. It is exclusively reserved for the Phantom.
* **Pub**: A pub, or public house, is primarily where people get together to drink and socialize. There are no entry restrictions and people can play fun games or exchange information, besides drinking.
* **The Beaux-Arts**: Refers to the Academy of Fine Arts, one of the academies under the Institute of Levamont. Beaux-Art means beautiful art. Under the Academy of Fine Arts, there is the Music Academy, which is situated at the Riarte Opera House. The opera house managers must've felt like they were treading on thin ice whenever the Fine Arts members came to visit, as they were important audience members and mentors, but at the same time sponsors of the theatre.