Glossary (Rabydosverse)

Here is a list of terms used in the Rabydosverse's works.

A

* AI - "ay-ai/ei ai" - "artificial intelligence". In the Rabydosverse, it usually refers to the "brain" of a robot.
	+ For larger computers, the "AI" or "brain" is known as a "nexus".
* alka, alkas - a Baltic temple, like the various temples in Marnos that worship the local gods.
	+ They are similar to kapische, being sacred fields in front of large statues of gods or blessed trees.
* araukoz - an artificial species of small blue gryphon that behaves like a chicken.
* Arnadjanai - a race of blonde humanoid aliens with super strength.
* Arnoi, Arnie - an Arnadjanai.
* Aksiparce Migration, Aksiparche Migration - the great migration under the icy continent of Velskeprodia, where a primitive race survived by growing food on underground vents and hunting beasts. This race became the ancestors of the Slavs and Tuksharans.
	+ Their migration was named after the Aksi-Parcaines or Aschiparchije, the attested name of their people.
* antæsad - a "rainbow war", a Wonao holy war or crusade against a great evil.
	+ Examples include Motakol's unification, the Wonao revolutions against Tuksharan colonialism, the Wonao counter-attacks, the liberation of Bujan, and stopping the Black July killings.
* atheocracy - state atheism or "militant atheism", especially one that is fixed on a strict dogma (similar to the Soviet Union) and is hostile to any spiritual belief, including atheists who inevitably fail to meet its harsh standards and then fight back; a dictatorship that wages war on all religion. Considered the polar opposite of theocracy, where the same was done to serve a cruel god.
	+ While fictional, two examples of this are Red Ardesch and Klesha.
	+ Examples of the opposite, theocracies, are Zarijana under the mad priest Kartir, the Black Pillars and the Grabgoss Church, and the Igarin Empire. Though not as harsh as these, some Novantirna civilisations may count simply for being theocracies.
	+ Secular states may have no official religion, but they also refuse to make atheism official. Even if their culture *is* traditionally atheistic, such as Nandegakko, they are *not* atheocracies.

B

* Black July - July 1892 AT/2692 AT, the month of terror when angry mobs slaughtered anyone who behaved like a Terran as a warmonger.
	+ This was considered as proof that giving in to reckless hate would turn a person to someone worse than a Terran.
* Bujanid, Buyanid - related to the early Kingdom of Bujan founded by Koschei the Red, or the Bujanid Empire.
	+ Bujanski is for modern Bujan.
* Bujanski, Buyanski - related to the country of Bujan, especially its modern-day monarchy; the Slavic language of Bujan; the Slavic people of Bujan.
* buspusher - Bujanski slang for "a loser".

C

* Celestial - an angel, a heavenly being that is less than a god or a deity. May usually refer to the Eimares beings and their civilisation, the earliest civilisation in the Galaxy's history.
* Chaos - the dangerous forces that lurk outside the universe. Usually the very substance of Hell, an aggregate dimension composed of dangerous energies.
	+ To avoid conflict with the Warhammer franchise, the author considered using different terms for "Chaos", such as "Ulon" (Tuxavin for "taint"). "Chaotic" would be replaced by "ulonic" or "olonic".
* Chaos creature - a monster from the very energies of Hell or the Void. It is different from demons by the substance they were made from, even though demons can also distort physics around them to feed on whatever they see.
	+ Some names that the author proposed might be "cochreat", "codjed" (from "chaos creature"), etc.
* chur - a Slavic idol
* Churchbearer - a devotee of the two religions in Bujan under Wannaenid rule, being the Tyrskan Church and the Church of Q. Later any monotheist from Terran religions.
	+ "Churchbearers" were subjected to punishments over persecuting the native Bujanski peoples. They were also hated for abusing children, such as starving them to death to force them to pray to the Terrans' gods.
* Common - the Cyrillic alphabet, widely used in Palkyras and many other nations since the Zvestarid Standardisation.
* condominium - a place ruled by more than one country or ruler. Examples of condominiums on Jerde include:
	+ Tselan Province (Bujan, Meninsko Een)
	+ Ajoltar (Porashon, Turodaron)
	+ various Wonao territories (very common as a cultural tradition)
	+ the Border Library (Turodaron, Zaqo)
* co-regionalism - the Denlotian utopia and final goal. It consists of Jerde being ruled by regional alliances of independent nations who support each other, with no single global authority. Eventually, they will also permit freer travel and trade to any alliance or member they consider more trustworthy.
	+ This was what the Denlotians proposed instead of "multipolarity" (multiple superpowers who dominate global authority), global theocracy, communism, a master race, an aristocracy, or a world government.
	+ The Denlotia was supposed to break up into alliances or leagues. While it was hundreds of countries who used very similar laws, over time it became more like an alliance as regional powers had more authority.
* Cyan Senate - one of two powerful galactic empires during the Jauparturnid Era, millennia before the present.

D

* Darros - a great continent far east from Vozolaz; or the large empire at the northeastern edge.
	+ This continent may resemble an easterly counterpart of the Americas between Europe and Asia, but is primarily based on Slavic, Chukchi, Mayan, and Turkic cultures.
	+ The country of Darros itself was based on Russia, specifically mediaeval Muscovy.
* Day of Resolution - a massacre held by the supporters of the Denlotia to punish everyone who offended them in the past, by killing them in the most brutal manner possible.
* demon - a creature from "Hell". Not as powerful and savage as a Chaos creature, but still very savage and beastly. Its only thoughts consist of killing and eating.
	+ Rabydosverse demons look more like surreal abominations, swirling, brightly-coloured maws that corrode anything nearby.
	+ Many demons also take a more humanoid form, but they do not have the stereotypical horns and wings from European art. They look more like punks and Slaaneshi daemonettes with their neon hair, their jaws, and their claws.
* Denlotia - an alliance of powerful and poorer nations who used a mixture of excessive wealth, strict and harsh laws, and comfortable conditions to build the most prosperous society on Jerde.
* Dharma - law, justice, order, duty, as taught in Hindu and Buddhist scriptures.
	+ In Bujan, Hinduism is always and simply known locally as "Dharma", the oldest recorded name for the religious system. To differentiate it from "dharma" as in "law" or "duty", it is sometimes called "Sanatana", "Mahadharma" (the Great Way), or "Satyadharma/Satjadharma" (the True Way).
	+ Hinduism is treated with great respect and admiration in Bujan, because it is seen as a disciplined and fair practice, akin to chivalry. It is considered as an equal to Rodnovery, the Bujanski Slavs' native religion.
	+ "Sandharma", shortened from "Sanatana Dharma" (eternal law or way), is a commonly-used name for the Hindu religion elsewhere on Jerde. It can also be interpreted as "the harmonious way" (san- + dharma), as harmony and peace are seen as the inevitable result of justice (resolving all problems).
	+ Most Jerdiskar do not call it "Hinduism", as they only heard it from Terrans. Not even the Hindu-majority Porasonids know it as "Hinduism", but as "Sandharma" or "Dharma".
	+ Anything related to Dharma, or Hinduism, is known on Jerde as Dharmic or Sandharmin.
	+ "Darna" is a Lithuanian or Marnosyn word related to "Dharma". Like its Hindu counterpart, it teaches that harmony must be practiced, especially by resolving conflict and stopping evil.
* Drevnoprije, Drevnopridanje - "ancient traditions", Tradition, the Bujanski practice of wearing archaic clothing in spite of the futuristic lifestyle of their country. It is also reflected in the love of artistic creativity.

E

* Ecumene - an alliance of five or six of the most powerful nations of the Eighth Age on Jerde. Having mastered the technology of the defeated Aspuruks, these humans went on galactic expeditions to find the Londurilli and Norse humans beyond the stars.
* Eimarin - the Celestials' language; anything related to the Celestials or their Empire, the Eimaranda Empire.
* Ēosomê - ("YOH-soh-may") A tribe of Wonao people who live in northwestern Bujan; or their language, widely used as one of the national languages of the country.
* Esami - a great continent east of Darros and far west from Vozolaz. It is also west of Bujan and Pinoguni.
	+ Esami corresponds with South and Eastern Asia.
* Exiles:
	1. Nandegakkovians who fled the conquest of their world to the Igarin Empire. They later became a distinct civilisation, being more willing to practice religion and sorcery.
	2. Descendants of Jerdiskar who fled the Ontemazei War and the Jauparturnid wars against the world. Many of them sought to conquer the survivors' nations.

F

* farano - a white fern worshipped by Heronoi
* Far East - the lands and continents east of Vozolaz and Randros; the continent of Darros; specifically, Rukania.
	+ In ancient history and legends, Rukania's predecessors were collectively known as the Far East. They are often depicted in Gauvajut and Vozonid legends as distant nations sitting on the edge of a world map, and crossing the ocean east of Rukania immediately places any traveller in the western end of the map.
	+ Vozolaz's antipodes are somewhere between Rukania and Olossa. So if someone were to dig a hole straight through the planet Jerde and its fiery core, they might end up in Rukania. When this was first found in satellite images shared in the less-advanced Gauvajut civilisation, it led to a folk tale where three fools dug a hole into the Earth to find Hell, but ending up digging out to a Rukanian castle at the other end of the world.
* Far North - The continent of Velskeprodia, buried in ice and snow due to its polar location away from constant sunlight.
* Far South - Rabydos and nearby countries, as the southernmost parts of the supercontinent of Palkyras.
* Far West - the lands and continents west of Vozolaz and Randros, especially the continent of Esami or Laron.
	+ The author did so to mock the "Far East" or "Orient" trope associated with Chinese people, his ethnicity.
	+ Bujan, Irajon, and Pinoguni are considered as part of the Far West.
	+ Rukanians also use "Far West" to mock Gauvajuts and Vozonids, for treating them like an exotic people from the edges of their maps. Since satellite data did prove that Vozolaz is almost the antipode of Rukania, Rukanians mock Vozonids by dividing Vozolaz into two, split by the edges of their maps.
* Five Needs, 5 Needs, 5N - Five important requirements for all businesses in many Jerdiskar countries to be allowed to operate, especially with a license from a government.
	+ They are "Water, Food, Power, Health, and Light".
	+ Water is by providing enough access to taps, the right number of toilets by the size of a building, and a water filter.
	+ Food is by providing clean food.
	+ Power is by having no disruptions.
	+ Health is by ensuring good safety and hygiene for both workers and customers.
	+ Light is by ensuing easy, excellent, and fast access to any Internet service. If the host cannot pay, the government will do it for them by quickly upgrading any Internet devices. If the host still refuses to allow anyone to improve their Internet for a rather cheap fee, he might be thrown into prison for up to a few weeks, and then shamed by the public.
* five provinces, central provinces - five provinces in the middle of Bujan notorious for isolating themselves out of hatred of the Terrans.

G

* girsas - a sort of gauntlet that is used as a little computer, specific to Marnos and the Lampguard.
* glass-horse - artificial, black carnivorous horses
* godsdarn, godsdamned, gods damn it - a strong swear word
	+ "Gods damn it, Vladimir! Did I not tell you to stop messing up the wires?!"
	+ "Gods darn you, Snowflake, stop wandering into the wild!" (from an upset Siangwaanian farmer to his horse)
* gökase - anime, the Japanese form of animation.
	+ From Japanese ugokasu (動かす), "to move", so gokase means "something that moves", literally "animated".
	+ While gokase is a harmless work of art in Jerde, in the five provinces of central Bujan, it was banned because of its popularity with Qyuvian Terrans.
* Green Years - the era that began with the Ontemazei bombardment of the world, and ended with the Exile conquest of Jerde. Named for the greenish skies caused by the plant toxins,
* Grey Toll - the two mass killings of Terrans, criminals, and terrorists by the government of Palguenia, using an army of Terran defectors who use time gauntlets to freeze time and teleport themselves across the world. In two instances, at noon and midnight on Palguenia, thousands of such people were killed, yet were replaced with more Terrans who arrived from various portals.
* grifa - a member of a blue humanoid race of aliens, with four genders and that lays eggs.
	+ plural: grifajes
	+ Another term for grifajes is "Igarinoid".
* griff - a smaller breed of gryphon
* gryphon - an avian creature resembling a lion with the wings, claws, and head of an eagle.

H

* Hell - a dangerous collection of dimensions formed by more lethal energies. It is sometimes known as the Aggregate, as it is a clumsy cluster of realms and behemoths that always melt and eat each other.
* Heronoi - a race of blonde humanoid aliens with flammable blood.
* hirhueh - a dragon in Novantirna and Malendor culture and religion. Venerated for its association with the sea god Makravalas.
* holojector - a small machine that displays holograms.
* Holy Bogi - the Svjannōje Bogi, the Holy Gods; the Slavic pantheon venerated and loved in Bujan as creator-deities.

I

* Imbar - Heaven, in Vozonid mythology.
* immortal - a person with an extended lifespan, or someone who cannot die of old age.
* indegy - various "independent energies" that are not bound by the laws of physics or various universes. They are conveniently known as "magic".

J

In the Rabydosverse's conlangs, "j" is mostly used for the "y" consonant. "Dj" in some words, like "Arnadjanai", is still "j" as in "jam".

* Jauparturnid - related to a Vozonid empire before the Green Years.
* jauporoz - the Vozonid word for "gryphon", a sacred animal in Vozonid religion.
* Jerde ("YER-day") - the terrestrial planet where many of the Rabydosverse's stories take place.
* Jerdiskar ("YER-dis-kar") - any inhabitant of the planet Jerde; related to Jerde.
* judicial-medical complex, JMC - the system in modern Bujan that links all moderators of websites to the healthcare sector and court systems in the Bujanski government.
	+ They mediate online blocks to observe which side is the offender to be punished.
	+ They also provide psychological counselling and medical appointments with nearby clinics.
	+ The term is a play on "military-industrial complex".
	+ In Bujanski, this is known as Tseliprāvjo Razdæl (TsPR), "Section of healing and justice"

K

* karki - the Vozonid word for "spinel"
* karkite - a substance made from spinel gems mixed with rytoryntar as a fuel for lasers and some digital devices,
* keraunomania - an obsession from lightning mutants to be surrounded by electricity and electrocute other things.
* kolobnik - an extreme or crazy jousting fan; a hooligan.
	+ From the Bujanski word "kolobok", meaning "football", as the term originally referred to insane soccer fans. Later, it was extended to jousting hooligans due to their similar misbehaviour.
* kolovrat - a sacred symbol used in Bujan and some Slavic countries to worship their gods.
	+ Due to the desecrations of the Terrans, many laws were set up in Bujan to restrict the use of this holy symbol. For example, kolovrats cannot be used as tattoos, placed below eye or chest level, or placed in a bathroom or near a rubbish dump. They are nowadays more often seen at Rodnover religious settings, like temples, shrines, and prayers.
	+ The Bujanski were especially angry and sad that their holy symbol was used by the Terrans during Wannaenid rule, to represent supremacism, violence, and hatred towards the natives. Sometimes they even take plain kolovrat images and place them in shrines, praying to them as idols of Svarog, one of the Bujanski gods.
	+ Porasonids and other nearby peoples tend to look away or cover their eyes from any kolovrat, and avoid even touching the symbol due to it being extremely holy. They believe that the symbol itself is an image bearing the very divine presence of the sun god, Lord Svarog, himself!
* Konjor, Konjor Supercorporation - a galactic empire that dominated the central Galaxy during Sarmelonid times millennia ago; a subject from that empire; anything from that empire; or its language, Kuelgon.
* korurai - a sacred whirlpool symbol used by Wonao people to worship their gods.
	+ According to Wonao belief, righteous people and heroes should be sent on coffin-boats to whirlpools to ensure their souls ascend to Heaven to be with the Gods. Some even claim that this is a requirement for any hero to become a god.
	+ The Wonao people also venerate the kolovrat in spite of their non-Slavic descent, due to the similar shape of the symbol to the korurai. Likewise, many years of syncretism and coexistence led to the korurai being worshipped by Bujanski Slavs as an native equivalent of the kolovrat.
* Kuelgon - the main race of the Konjor Supercorporation; its homeworld; or their language.
* Kyrvos - another name for the Kyrvotins' home planet, or the southern polar continent south of Palkyras.
* Kyrvotins - a bird-like race of aliens.
* Kyrvotin Invasion - the invasion of the Galaxy by the extra-dimensional Kyrvotin aliens, leaving much of the Galaxy in ruins.

L

* Lampguard - a military order that tries to protect Jerde.
* Losyval - the abugida script used by Vozonid languages.
* luban (pl. lubany) - cents in Bujanski currency, equivalent to the penny for British pounds.

M

* Maganwelian - anything related to the Galactic Community, a later empire established from the Igarin Empire's collapse.
* magic - supernatural abilities, usually by distorting reality.
* Malendor, Malendor Supercorporation - an ancient, technological empire that ruled the eastern Galaxy; a subject or anything from that empire.
* mecha - a large robot
	+ Any humanoid machine smaller than a standard mecha should be nothing more than a powered suit or armour.
* minema - a smaller cinema, a sort of movie room
	+ From "mini cinema".
	+ Established during early Denlotian times so people would not need to pirate films or spend a lot on going to a cinema. Later, prices of tickets went up in some minemas as an "artist fee" to support the creators of any film released there.
* monoi - a monotheist warmonger. During Denlotian times, monotheism was mostly associated with the invaders from other worlds, summoned by some warlords as cannon fodder and living weapons of hatred and destruction.
	+ This term was also applied towards atheists, who were also associated with the Terran armies.
	+ The attitude of a stereotypical "monoi" is "hate". Hatred of society, hatred of one's own people, hatred of everyone else, fear of God, disgust towards society for never matching to God's standards, and disgust at society and everything for seeming so "backwards". A "monoi" would be very happy to torture the typical polytheist Jerdiskar, destroy their Gods and their holy sites, to force him to worship his God or be killed brutally to earn a place in that God's heavenly domain.
	+ The monoi would not care about how advanced a society is from its technology, or how livable and fair it is to all of its people to make a happier and peaceful realm - without the God he worships, everything there is repulsive to him.
	+ For the atheist "monoi", he will also hate society because of the presence of the Gods in every aspect of Jerdiskar life. Yet even as the Jerdiskar never again force him to pray to the Gods, he seeks to destroy the presence of the Gods and force everyone never to worship them again - anything religious reminds him of evil religious people who abuse their faith to dominate others. Such religious tyrants were also the very "monoi" who are now despised in Jerdiskar society as enemies and warmongers.
	+ Although polytheism is considered normal on Jerde, any polytheist who behaves similarly to the monoi will also be considered as monoi. Such evil people, who desecrate the Gods with their cruelty, paranoia, and hunger for power, are known as "polloi", and are also rightly hated as terrorists for their rejection of cooperation and peace.
	+ That was also applied to the Saffron Front. In spite of their Hinduism (which is respected throughout Jerde for its classical art and discipline), their violent attitude made them seem no different than the Black Pillars and their enemies, and unworthy of being in Jerde's international community, so they were not attacked, but isolated. They later became a peaceful nation who helped the other regions, only going to war to fight for their allies or to stop any threat.
* mutant - a person whose genetics were altered, giving them superpowers or enhanced characteristics. Most "mutants" on Jerde tend to be healthy people who have either one of three sets of powers: fire, lightning, or invisibility ("shadow"). A few are born with two or all three power sets, and a few are even able to control time.
	+ From 2021 onwards, the author decided to replace "mutant" with "sdachel" (from the Bujanski word for "one who is altered"), to avoid conflict with Marvel. He will also use other contemporary terms for "mutants", depending on the era and setting of the work.
	+ Due to the religiousness of various cultures across Jerde, many mutants believe that their powers were given to them from the Gods. Some even believe that it also makes them demigods, making them more arrogant and abusive.

N

* Naonaere - a Wonao tribe that lives in southeastern Bujan. Amaril's ethnic group.
* naturalism, naturalist - the coined word for the traditional polytheist religions on Jerde.
	+ Not "nudity", but "being of a natural religion". To Jerdiskar, monotheism, syncretism, and "cult religions" (like worshipping pop culture characters) are seen as unnatural.
* Notluna - Hell, in Wonao mythology. Depicted as an endless ice waste.
* Novantir - capital homeworld of the Malendor Supercorporation
* Novantirna - language of the Malendor Supercorporation, or related to the Novantirna people who are its majority

O

* Oh my gods, My gods, Gods, by the gods - various interjections
	+ "Oh my gods, are you sure this movie ticket is for me?!"
	+ Polytheism is considered normal to many nations across Jerde.
* Old Hiranol - the Ēosomê term for a great war in ancient Bujan. Notorious for horrific murders, such as the widespread practice of human sacrifice and cannibalism, the Old Hiranol became a nightmare to later Wonaos as a warning of what will happen to them if they became more reckless and brutal.
* Old World - the negative aspects of society before the Terran Invasion, forcibly eliminated to prevent any further harm or corruption.
	+ These range from fraud and racism to even inconvenient and petty offences like banning phones during work, and online trolling.
	+ Even basic morals like responsibility, gratitude, and patience were seen as Old Worlder, self-destructive lies used by elderly people to take advantage of others before their eventual demise.
* Old Worlder - a person who supports the attitudes of the Old World.
* Old Worldish, Old Worlderist - more similar to the Old World.
* Onor - Vozonid word for "king"
* Onoronor - Vozonid word for "emperor"
* Ontemazei - a race of artificial plant aliens created as dolls.
* Ontemazei Bombardment - the toxin bombardment of Jerde by the Ontemazei Empire, leading to the Green Years.
* Ontemazei War - the war between the growing Ontemazei Empire, against the other two galactic powers, the Cyan Senate and the Jauparturnid Empire.
* Ontie - Ontemazei.
* orange province - any of several provinces that voted to allow Terrans to live and be protected, during the July massacres.
	+ Because orange is a traditional colour of happiness in Wonao symbolism, and it is similar to saffron, the holy colour in Hinduism. It therefore symbolises forgiveness and undoing of sin, and making peace with people who were hurt and the rest of Bujan.
* O-rated, O-rating - the strongest and worst rating any film or TV show in Bujan can have, because it tends to have extremely horrific violence.
	+ The "O" is from "očenǐ obvæda", which means "very offensive", or "very disgusting". It is basically how such media are seen by most Bujanski, due to their formalistic, proper culture.
	+ Such films appeal to the Arnadjanai appetite for fighting and violence, making it legal for Arnadjanai as young as 13 or 16 to watch such films even alone in a cinema. In their case, they usually suffer from no ill effect. The lack of artistic merit or aesthetic value makes such films too disgusting to a typical Arnadjanai, more so than the gruesome violence.
	+ One example of such stupid films include "Violence at Orkisk", Paxoti's favourite movie.
* other-ender - a sort of fanatic, usually of Terran origin, who wages war against anything considered "traditional".
	+ Named by the Denlotia after being the supposed opposite of fanatical traditionalists from Terra.
	+ Red Ardesch, and the Denlotia (to some extent), would also fall under this category, even though the latter still retains a number of "conservative" values. Bujan would have also become an other-ender nation due to its cultural hatred of conservative ideology, yet it did not due to its love of "tradition".
	+ The Serpentians were the most obvious example of otherenders, specific to Bujan.
	+ Associated with pink hair, rainbows, loud noises, screeching, graffiti, and neon against dark colours. These were originally symbols of rebellion against their rulers back in Terra.

P

* Palkyras - the supercontinent where Vozolaz is located on.
	+ Corresponds to North and South America, with parts of Europe and Egypt.
* penance - a punitive and corrective system practiced in Bujan and other countries in Jerde, where an offender faces social restrictions and is ordered to complete a task for the people they hurt.
	+ While it originated from Denlotian times, its adoption in modern Bujan was out of defiance against Terrans who ruled over Bujan.
	+ In the same way as Bujanski culture forces everyone to be accountable to those they hurt, and to prove their intentions in order to be forgiven; certain crimes may also lead to death because they are seen as too destructive, and out of hatred towards such offenders.
* Pentarchy - five founding members of the Ecumene.
* plague-walker - a "zombie" or a "wight", a mindless creature that eats other people. Either a diseased corpse, or a corpse reanimated by dark sorcery.
* Praviljestvo - "Properness", "Formalism", the national philosophy of modern Bujan that focuses on good and proper manners.
	+ This is the "conservatism" that is practiced by modern Bujanski, most likely to undo the madness of Black July.
	+ Bujanski may claim they hate "conservatism", but in practice, they also add "it is only allowed as manners, never as an ideology".
* Predanistvo - "Civilised Behaviour", the usage of traditions to improve yourself and help others become better.
* Predankije - "Backwardsness", the misuse and distortion of traditions to seize power and dominate others.
	+ This is the "conservatism" Denlotians and their Bujanski students hate, as opposed to simply tradition.

Q

* Qyuvian - related to the Church of Q, a Maeranoi theocracy; its subjects; and its form of American English.

R

* raintown - underground cities in Bujan where people hid from typhoons. Precursors to the burrow-cities of later history across the world, though as temporary shelters.
* Randros - a large continent east of Palkyras, the home of Ardesch. It is north of Rifandi and west of Darros.
	+ Corresponds to Europe and the Middle East.
* raptor - a rideable carnivorous lizard, or any animal resembling or related to the raptors.
* rauna - a crime, in Bujanski law.
	+ Examples include blasphemy, vandalism, speeding, brawling, and stealing.
* Red Ardesch - a pseudo-communist empire that waged war on most of Jerde during the Sixteenth Age, as a punishment to the world for its sins.
* redshelf, redlist - to restrict a work from being displayed in public venues, like television stations and cinemas.
	+ In Denlotian law, this is "halfway between permitting the work and banning the work". Many controversial works that are not seen as too obscene or offensive end up being "redshelved".
	+ The name comes from the Denlotia placing banned books in shelves painted red. Anyone who wanted to read the books can only do after getting a permit from the government, simply by asking a librarian and signing an agreement not to be influenced by the books' contents.
	+ Two modern examples of "redshelving" are Siangwaan, where some political books are banned for glorifying the Thralondian Empire; and Bujan, where works promoting Terran religions or "family values" are not allowed in cinemas or television stations. The former was from a local superstition that claimed that demonic spirits will possess anyone who reads militarist works, and the latter was out of hatred towards the Terrans for massacring Bujanski people with those same beliefs as their justification.
	+ Notably, religious works from the Terran churches and almost anything using the words "family values" were among various works that are redshelved in Bujan. So people in Bujan may only access those works from some libraries, after being granted permission by any librarian for vowing to reject their influences.
* Rifandi - a continent south of Randros and east of Palkyras.
	+ Corresponds to Africa.
* Rodnover - a follower of native Slavic religion or its revival.
	+ In Bujan, it is also the name for anyone who worships the Slavic gods.
* Rodnovery - the native religious beliefs of the ancient Slavic peoples; a modern neopagan religion in Europe that reconstructs said beliefs
	+ Also the official name of Bujan's state polytheist religion, or the various related religions of the Slavic peoples.
* Romuva - the native religious beliefs of the ancient Baltic peoples; a modern neopagan religion in Lithuania that reconstructs said beliefs
	+ Also the official name of the traditional polytheist religion of Marnos, hence their veneration of gods such as Perkunas, Saule, and Kruonis. In spite of the popularity of Romuva in Marnos, and Marnosyn government officials regularly visiting temples for prayers, their republic is a secular state.
* rōnzo - an abomination or a great sin, in Bujanski law. This is a crime that is worse than a rauna because it may involve lethal harm or trauma, or it may eventually escalate to more killing.
	+ Examples of rōnzo include murder, torture, abuse, fraud, and cannibalism.
	+ "Terran sins", like rudeness, using slurs, posting death threats online, and recklessly blocking online users, are also considered as rōnzo.
* Rumai Kor - the native polytheistic religion of the Wonao people, the indigenous people of Bujan.
	+ It can mean "way of the gods".
	+ Its opposite is known as "Rumai Jel", meaning "the way of pain", referring to serious and lethal sins such as cannibalism, fraud, and sadism.
* rytoryntar - a blue crystal that expands to a wide patch when exposed to sunlight. Often harvested and ground into a powder, which is made into a fuel for nearly all vehicles and machines on Jerde.
	+ It replaced petroleum and nuclear power as it was more cleaner and produced more energy than both of them combined.
	+ In Bujan, it is known as "tolpashi", fuel-glass or firewood glass.

S

* Sandharma - Sanatana Dharma ("the eternal law"), or Hinduism.
	+ The author chose this name in an in-universe context because he thought it did not make sense for Hinduism in the Rabydosverse to be known as "Hinduism", especially as Prisapura's (the equivalent of India) place names would be different from Earth.
	+ Another would be that Hinduism is much more well-known and respected on Jerde. So in some countries like Bujan, Hinduism is just known as "Dharma".
* Sandharmin, Sanatani - Hindu; a Hindu.
* Sarmelonid - related to the Sarmelonid Empire; the language of the Sarmelonid Empire, now a classical language; a person from the Sarmelonid Empire.
* sdachel - a mutant, one who generates energy blasts from their body through their hands and fingers.
* Section 8 - a blasphemy, an act of blasphemy, an abomination
	+ Referring to a section in the Bujanski constitution that forbids desecration of holy symbols.
	+ The term usually refers to kolovrats that are misused as hate symbols by the enemies of Bujan. The kolovrat also happened to be one of the holiest symbols in Bujanski religion, that the frequent abuse of the symbol was why Bujanski restrict its usage to protect its sanctity.
	+ Bujanski folklore warns that people who use the kolovrat for murder will end up being cursed by the gods. The ground they stand on will shine with heavenly light, burning the evildoer to ash. This legend was the basis for an eight-armed mine that burns any enemy that steps on it.
* Serpentians - the other major Maeranoi culture in Bujan during Wannaenid tyranny, characterised by their love of pop culture and (especially the Serpents army) Soviet traditions and hatred towards the native people.
* skybarge - a large, zeppelin-like airship used as transport.
* sun-horse - a mythological horse that burns with the Sun's heat and flames. Also refers to cloned horses with fire for manes, used in ritual ceremonies or sacrifices.

T

* Terra - various dystopian worlds similar to Earth.
	+ The word "Terra" is a collective for those various worlds, rather than one specific planet.
* Terran - Warmongering, dystopian humans from other dimensions used as soldiers and murderers.
* Terran Invasion - The summoning of various Terran armies from other dimensions at the end of World War III, to be used to destroy the planet and its civilisations.
* Terranisation, Terranised - To become as selfish and corrupt as a Terran.
* theocracy - a government that is managed by religious officials; a society that enforces a specific religion.
	+ In Jerdiskar society, the opposite of this is an "atheocracy", a tyranny that destroys religion. They are considered opposites because of their extreme and forceful attitude, whether to torturously obey a religion or destroy all religion.
* Thralondian Invasion - the various wars waged by the Thralondian Empire to attack the continent of Palkyras. Specifically, they refer to the wars against Vozolaz and Heronoja.
* Tornarin Bombardment - the bombing of Palkyras by the Tornarin Empire to weaken its nations for conquest and subjugation.

U

* unitheism - a monotheist religion, in Denlotian speech. "Monotheism" has a negative connotation for being the term used by the Terran invaders, so the word "monoi" means "a monotheist warmonger".
	+ Jerdiskar monotheists who are given full respect include Zoroastrians, Trismegians (followers of the propher Hermes Trismegistus), Daranians, some Hindus, and Rifandian nations.
* un-Terran - a Terran who defects to the Jerdiskar and chooses to accept a process, where he must renounce any beliefs that are hostile to Jerdiskar.
	+ "Penance" for un-Terrans usually involves construction work, an extra income tax, repairing, and public apologies to various people whom the un-Terrans had offended.
* "uoka" - The Terran word "woke", transcribed in several Jerdiskar languages and defined as "refusal to convert to Terran religions".
	+ In Denlotian times, this word also evolved to "scorched". Originally, it referred to otherenders, but as the Americans summoned by the warlords waged war on other Jerdiskar, it became a slur towards Jerdiskar people for refusing to convert or be Americanised.
	+ Later, Wannaenids abducted Terrans who used this word, mocking them as they were press-ganged into soldiers. In the Bujanski War of Independence, anyone who angrily complained about "uoka" would be interrogated by the natives, about who did they accuse. The Terrans' definitions ended up as a mocking manual, where the descriptions mocked the Terrans' beliefs.

V

* vaidilos - a Baltic priest; a priest in the Marnosyn religion.
	+ Priestesses are known as vaidilutes.
* Vampiric Plague - in the Fourth Age, an infestation of vampires that led to so many deaths and cannibalistic killings in Sevraeja.
* veche - a council in ancient Slavic cultures.
	+ The Bujanski council of rulers is known as the Royal Veche, which chooses three princes as candidates to be voted by the people in royal elections. The winning prince becomes the start of the next dynasty for 100 years, after which a new royal election will be held.
	+ The Holy Veche is the "synod" of Bujan's Rodnover state religion. It has thirty-three high priests who represent each traditional province. One of them is elected as Supreme Volkhov, the high priest of Bujan. He may also be known as "pontifex" or "archbishop".
* venchasi - the Bujanski currency; a crown
	+ Equivalent to the sterling pound from the United Kingdom.
* Vjormoz - Hell, in Vozonid mythology
* Void storm - a sort of storm caused by distorting physics, causing the fabric of a universe to literally tear open.
* Voidgate - a sort of interdimensional portal.
* volkhov - a higher ranking priest in Rodnover groups and temples.
	+ Bujan organises its priesthood in a hierarchy. So a volkhov is usually akin to a head priest of a shrine or temple, and also a counsellor. Above him is the Arch-volkhov of his province, a council of thirty-three in total to represent Bujan's traditional provinces.
	+ The Supreme Volkhov is the head of the Bujanski state religion, elected by the council and people for several years.
* Vozolaz - a large country located at the middle of the continent of Palkyras; any of its empires, especially the Sarmelonid Empire.
* Vozonid - related to the cultures and peoples of the Vozonid civilisation; a person from Vozolaz or its cultures.
* Vozonthanau - the Vozonid polytheist religion.

W

* Wannaenid - relating to a technologically-advanced, militarist empire to the northeast of Bujan's archipelago; the language or Vozonid people of that country.
	+ The term "Wannaenid" comes from a word that means "to hide", so it means "the hidden ones". Wannaenids refer themselves as "Vozonids", and the Wannaenid Empire as the "Vozonid Empire".
* wight - a nature spirit, or a spirit that is not as powerful as a god or a deity.
	+ Unlike wights in fantasy literature (undead beings), Rabydosverse wights are depicted as beautiful spirit people who represent the forces of nature and live in plants. This depiction was influenced by the Norse Asatru religion, along with fantasy elves, the Na Tuk Gong of Malaysia, and dryads.
	+ Better terms for Rabydosverse wights would be "fairies" or "fey".
* Wonao, Wonaos - the native peoples of Bujan and the nearby islands.
* workhouse - an apartment lot funded by various governments as an affordable residence for the poor, homeless, and jobseekers to raise their own personal savings. All of them provide comfortable conditions to help its residents focus on improving themselves.
* Wraithstorm, First Wraithstorm - the release of Burendil III's wraith, mangling and killing thousands of people on the continent of Palkyras.

X

* xe, xem, xeir - pronouns for the fourth gender for grifajes, the drones. Drones are more masculine.
	+ -xoy

Y

* yearban - to ban an offender for a single year, to give them time to change and comfort other members; a ban that lasts for up to one year.
	+ This was a Bujanski custom elevated into the country's laws, for any person who did not commit worse crimes or has made certain mistakes. It was done out of opposition to Terrans' obsessions with bans and blocks.
	+ In Bujanski law, this limit applies to online blocks, bans, and mutes; and also in real life for venues, shops, and public spaces. After exactly a single year, the "offender" may be allowed, and more so if they have shown any proof of good behaviour. This was derived from Bujanski demanding proof and evidence as part of their culture of justice.

Z

* Zavtrana - the proposed name of Bujan used by a pro-Terran rebellion that seeks to annex it as a colony of Darros.
	+ It caomes from the Russian word "zavtra" (завтра), which means "tomorrow".
* ze, zem, zeir - pronouns for the third gender for grifajes, the carers. Carers are more feminine.
	+ -zey, as in "fanzey".
* Zed, Z - the 26th and last letter of the Latin alphabet, used as a symbol by various Terran warmongers, from the Terran Empire to the Zavtranians and Tyrskans who invaded Bujan.
	+ The Tyrskans also used Z letters as symbols, but by the time of their rule over Bujan, the Z emblem evolved into a figure eight or an infinity symbol, symbolising their centuries-long biological agelessness.
* Zvesta - the kingdom that preceded modern Bujan.
* Zvestarid - anything from Zvesta; its people or language.
* Zvestarid Standardisation, Standardisation - the widespread adoption of Zvestarid technology and measurements in the year 800 BT.

## Author's coined words

These were words that the author made up. For other languages, the author created many words for Japanese (Pinogunian), Russian (Bujanski and Sevraejan), and even Sanskrit (Porasonid).

* misatychia - hatred of failure
* indegy - (from independent and energy) - various energies that are not bound by the laws of physics or various universes.
	+ The author thought that this might be a term used by atheistic civilisations to describe the "magical" forces that people were able to harness - including the same magic used by one ally of the Londurilli who was also an atheist civilisation.
* indevention (from independent and invention) - an invention or discovery that was independent from an earlier discovery. One example is the discovery of zero among the Mayans and Indians, long after it was first discovered by the Babylonians.
* keraunomania (?, from "keraunos" and "mania", Greek for "lightning" and "obsession") - Rabydosverse mutants who suffer from this seek to be bathed in electricity and electrocute anything and anyone unfortunate enough to be near them.
* unitheism (from "uni" and "theism") - Denlotian term for tolerated monotheist religions, like some Hindu faiths, Trismegism, and Zoroastrianism.
* phenism (from "phenotype" and "racism") - Denlotian term covering all forms of abuse or hatred against others, for their skin colour or physical descent.
	+ This was done in response to some fanatical American warlords refusing to punish abusers from minority backgrounds, as they insisted that only abusive and violent actions by majority members can be punished as "racism". Some more fanatical ones even claim that any attacks by minority members is "justice against imperialism", which only made Denlotians hate the warlords even more.
	+ So in the Denlotia - if a majority and a minority person abuses another person for his ethnic or racial descent, both of them (not the minority or majority person only) will be punished, only for committing the crime. That is considered to be "fair" - punish people ONLY for the crime.
* ethnism ("ethnic" and "racism") - Denlotian term for racism directed at ethnic groups specifically.
* minema (mini-cinema) - a smaller cinema that shows movies

### Second Age

* Eimarin glossary
* Assuwelli glossary
* Autean language
* Prumthesan language
* Anevondir glossary

### Sixteenth Age

* Gauvajut glossary
* Late Gauvajut glossary
* Ardeschi glossary
* Zarijanian glossary
* Denlotian glossary
* Ataranoi language

### Sarmelonid era

* Igarin glossary
* Kuelgon glossary
* Old Novantirna language
* Novantirna glossary
* Nandegakkovian glossary
* Archaic Sarmelonid glossary
* Sarmelonid glossary
* Anchanokke language
* Rukthanian language

### Jauparturnid era

* Ontemazei glossary
* Porasonid glossary

### The Chambers

* Rabydosian language
* Umbirabian language
* East Umbirabian language

### Azdortil

* Gimbarsian glossary
* Vovtarlan glossary
* Arantarese glossary
* Wannaenid glossary
* Bujanski glossary
* Eosome glossary
* Naonaere glossary
* Koedaker glossary
* Makkadalish glossary
* Arnadjanai glossary
* Wonao glossary
* Rukanian glossary
* Sevraejan glossary

### Unicorn Farmhand

* Siangwaanian glossary
* Josolchir glossary
* Tuxavin glossary

### Race to the Lamp

* Marnosyn glossary
* Heronoi glossary

### The Blue Worm

* Hothrovian glossary
* Daleskarnian glossary