THE MOTHER SERPENT – The second oldest of the Sisters. She is the guardian of the faithful. She nurtures belief and rewards the devout. She is celebrated at midsummer.

PRINCE’S (PRINCESS’S) COMPANY – Mandatory preparatory school where all children, peasant and noble alike, aged eleven to thirteen live within a restricted compound in Vos Talwyn for three years. They are taught general subjects like history, medicine, and other electives in addition to how to fight and use a weapon. The second child born to the ruling monarch oversees the Company.

QUEEN’S (KING’S) COMPANY – Voluntary military finishing school for graduates from the Prince’s Company who wish to join the Royal Army or Royal Navy. Four years of training, in addition to history, math, tactics, and other subjects. Each year, they earn a new name: hatchlets, weans, wyrlings, and wyverns.

QUEEN’S (KING’S) SHADOW – A master spy, employed by the Queen/King of Evewyn, who delivers secrets abroad and within to the queen/king. Sometimes, the Shadow is also an assassin.

REIWYN – Evewyn’s nobility

THE SANCTUARY OF THE SISTERS – The dominant religion in Evewyn. Typically shortened to the Sisters: the Demon Crone, the Mother Serpent, the Falcon Warrior, and the Twins.

SHAMANBORN – Shamans from Evewyn; no other distinction from Nuvali shamans

THE TWINS – The youngest of the Sisters. The Bright Twin (good luck) and the Pale Twin (ill luck). They appear as young girls with skin pale as the moon and hair dark as the night sky, and one can never be sure which is the bearer of ill luck or good luck. But the Bright Twin is most commonly depicted wearing stars in her hair. The Pale Twin is depicted with a silver moon. Her sister keeps her in line, but when the Pale Twin is depicted alone, it’s a bad omen.

VOS TALWYN (VOHS TAHL-WIN) – Capital of Evewyn

WEAN (QUEEN’S COMPANY) – A second-year in the Queen’s Company. They wear green sashes.

WYRLING (QUEEN’S COMPANY) – A third-year in the Queen’s Company. Their hair is long enough to be tied back into a wolf tail. They wear blue sashes.

WYVERN (QUEEN’S COMPANY) – A fourth-year in the Queen’s Company. Their hair is now long enough to earn the right to be braided with feathers, which flap behind them like the tail of a wyvern. They wear red sashes.

THE NUVALYN EMPIRE (NEW-VUH-LIN): Kingdom ruled and populated predominantly by shamans

BREATHSIPHER – A windwender who can suffocate a person by stealing the breath from their lungs. They can also steal a person’s voice, perfectly mimicking it.

BRUMYS (BROOM-IS) – A windwender who can conjure fog or create creatures out of storm clouds. They can also siphon a magical attack or spell, allowing the magic to pass through them, leaving them unharmed; doesn’t work against physical attacks.

BURNER – A firewender who can summon and manipulate fire. The most powerful can create creatures of fire and brimstone to fight for them.