Ark of Fools: Lexicon
- Ageless: "native" inhabitant of the Skin
- Airwards: local "north" in the Interior
- Akadazia: local name of the demi-plane in the Interior.
- Anniversary: "New year's day" as defined in Face
- the Ark: nickname for the body of Armaz-Daka (the dead god) (including
the Interior)
- Armaz: the good-aligned half of the dead god.
- Astral year: 360 days, 12 months of 30 days, 5 weeks of 6 days
- Barefoot priest: a Dirtside priest not affiliated with any temple, often
a mendicant.
- Country cleric: similar to a "barefoot priest", except they tend to
be less nomadic, and somewhat wealthier.
- Daka: the evil-aligned half of the dead god.
- Dirtsider: vulgar Skinside term for an inhabitant of the Interior.
- Earthwards: local "west" in the Interior
- Ephemeral: any mortal non-astral dweller. Used mainly to refer to
Akadazians (natives of the Interior.)
- Exile: anyone from some other plane who ended up on the Ark.
- Firewards: local "south" in the Interior
- Glieth-berry: local plant, not found anywhere else in the planes.
Revered by local druids as a holy plant. Edible berries. Tart.
Glieth-berries are small, shaped and colored like drops of blood --- green
when new, bright red when ripe, dark red when fermenting. Skin smooth when
new, wrinkled when fermenting. They grow on thorny bushes that like to
grow on the edge between forest and meadow, in temperate zones.
- Graymorning oak: local type of oak, found in the eastern mountains,
adapted to the watery conditions there.
- Into the Silver: going into the true astral plane from the Skin.
- Local year: Akadazian year, varies from about 6 astral months to 2 astral
years.
- the Pit: alternative name for the Underskin (the hollowed out true
physical interior of the dead god, as opposed to the demiplane Akadazia.)
- Silver Key: the emblem of the Ancient and his Sworn. Also an actual
magical item. Used in any other plane, it transports up to 8 people back
to the astral plane, similar to the plane shift spell. It is
physically shaped like a large silver key (the type that looks like
a rod with things sticking out).
- Skinsider, Skinny: anyone on the Ark not living in Akadazia.
- Waterwards: local "east" in the Interior
Acknowledgements: Thanks to the players, especially Marisella, for
adding to this list!
Copyright © December 2001, Celeste Chang --- Revised ---
December 22, 2001
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