In-Universe Dictionary

## TERMS

* **Astraea**- The world where the majority of The Arcana is set; basically Astraea is their Earth.
	+ **Astraean**- The **script** used in Astraea as their primary language, aside from English.
* **Belvoire Academia**- The school of the magical arts in Astraea; similar to *Hogwarts*.
* **Belvoire**- the country the story is set.
* **Wicca**(**n**)- **Witchcraft** or all things **magic**.
* **Mage**- Witches, wizards; everyone who **practices** and **uses magic**. Mages come of age at around **17**, and often go through **physical changes** like **brighter** or **different colored** irises of the **eyes**. There are **three** **kinds** of mages' blood statuses:
	+ **Pure-Blood**- Born from **parents** who are **both mages**; this is the mages' **highest class**. The examples for this are Kellan Xalvador, his parents, and Aerith.
		- **Warlocks**- Under the pure-blood umbrella are the Warlocks, which are the **most despised** type of mage in Belvoire. They're known to **abuse** their magic just to get what they want. The best example of this is Lucio Damaris.
	+ **Half-Blood**- Born from **one pure-blood parent** and **one non-blood parent**. The best example of this is Sapphire Chauvera.
		- **Familiars**- Under the half-blood umbrella are the familiars; familiars are **humans turned into animals** for whatever reason to serve their masters- the mages. The best example of this is Indirah Alnazar as *Blanca*.
	+ **Non-Blood**- Born from **parents** who are **neither** mages; also known as an **ordinary human** in the story. The examples of this are Xylon Lozano (who got accepted just because he made a deal with an Arcana), and Izaiah Alnazar (who has a great desire for avenging his parents and Indirah for their kidnapping).
* **Arcana/Arcane**- Its literal meaning is "**secret/s**" or "**mystery/ies**".
* **Tarot Cards**- These tarot cards tell the **past**, **present**, and **future** of a person. There are **two kinds** of tarot cards:
	+ **Major Arcana**- The major arcana, also known as the deck's "**trump cards**" include **22 cards**: the **Fool**, the **Magician**, the **High Priestess**, the **Empress**, the **Emperor**, the **Hierophant**, the **Lovers**, the **Chariot**, **Strength**, the **Hermit**, **Wheel of Fortune**, **Justice**, the **Hanged Man**, **Death**, **Temperance**, the **Devil**, the **Tower**, the **Star**, the **Moon**, the **Sun**, **Judgement**, and the **World**
	+ **Minor Arcana**- The minor arcana have **56 cards** in total and it has **four types**: The Suit of **Wands/Rods/Staffs**, **Cups/Goblets/Vessels**, **Swords/Blades**, and **Pentacles/Coins/Disks**. Each suit has an **ace**, a number of **2 through 10**, a **page**, **knight**, **queen**, then a **king**.
* **Elemental Houses**- These are the houses or **teams** that students are sorted into in their **first-year**. Per zodiac's sign's element, there's one house: **Ignis** is for the **fire zodiacs** (Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius), **Terra** for the **earth zodiacs** (Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn), **Ventus** for the **air zodiacs** (Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius), and **Aqua** for the **water zodiacs** (Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces).
	+ **Cardinals**- Cardinals are the acting **leader** of each **house**, lead by a president. It's known that the professors in Belvoire had been Cardinals themselves (Professor dela Vega had canonically been House Ventus' Cardinal, and Headmaster Mythos had been the Cardinal in House Ignis).
		- Cardinals and the president are considered the student councils of Belvoire.
* **Volley Vortex**- This is a sport in Astraea, which is a **combination** of Earth's **soccer** and **volleyball**. Throughout the game, the players wear **shoes** that have **wings** on either side of the ankles so they could **fly**. The ball is **passed** onto the members of a team using basic **volleyball** and **soccer movements** (which means arms, hands, legs, foot, and even head are used for passing the ball). The goal is a whirlpool or a *vortex* of air that sucks the ball in, resulting to a team's point. The team to first score **25 points** (as you would in volleyball) wins.