Encyclopedia for World of Kairas
Welcome, welcome! I’m your guide and it is an honor to take you on a tour of Kairas. I’m ready to fill your noggin with myths, facts, and everything in between. Don’t get distracted though. Or let me get distracted. It’s easy to do. Trust me. ~ Laysa, Curator
Terms
Arenai: a species of diverse and passionate individuals. Oblong, long, and triangle-shaped faces with straight noses and sharply pointed ears that lean towards the sky.
Hair of snow-white, light gray, or shades of sky blue. Cold wisps of air emanate from their skin. Created by King.Brix/Brixan: a species of diverse and passionate individuals. Typically quiet, hardy folk, they are the masters of the lands. Earth-, stone- and sea-toned skin. Created by The Farmer.
Caster(s): people who use spellwork magic
Celestials: Beings with nearly translucent skin and wings of swirling with liquid gold. Created by Noble Endurance.
gnomes: a species of diverse and passionate individuals. They live mostly underground on the continent of Frovenzi. Jewel-toned skin and a fondness for inventions. Created by the Trickster.
Cors: a species of diverse and passionate individuals. Tall, long-legged with wings that match their skin and hair. They tend to be traders/sellers traveling the world. Created by the Knowing Messenger.
Divine Consul: deities who grant divine magic
Orison(s): people who use divine magic
Holy Speaker: Shawia’s divine leader
Holy Veil of Shadows (the Veil): hell, or somewhere like it
Hylo: realm of spellwork
king coin/kings/quarter king: currency
mechwork: mechanical creations, typically of gnomish origin
Order of Stone, the (aka the Order): an organization of Brix in Shaw who keep order
Shattering, the: cataclysmic event in world history
Speaker(s): political position in Shawia
spellwork: non-divine magic
Vault, the: underground system of cities where the gnomes live in Frovenzi
Locations
Kairas: the world in which the series is set. Creation of Kaira, mother deity.
Continents
Erto: continent to the west
Tovo: continent to the north
the Changed Lands, Frovenzi: continent to the east that houses the below nations and their cities
Arovein: original gnome city under the Vault, built over the last hundred years or so
Bellows, the: nothern-most mountain range on Frovenzi
Camdene: militant nation, majority War worshipping
Dragon’s Roost Mountain
Hadu: northeast gnome city under the Vault
Kerryan: nothern coastal nation, majority Lawbringer worshipping
- Stolen Lands, the
- Wild Woods, the
- Zumi: gnome city, hosts the Vault underneath and the Twin Forest above land.
- Shawia: nation on the continent of Frovenzi
Halles: city in southern Shawia near the Wild Woods
- Olafstrey: northern city in Shawia
- Old District: walled area of Olafstrey that’s an exact replica of the Holy Speaker’s childhood town
Shaw: capital city in Shawia
Smeeclyst: city in Shawia
Swimwey: large trade city in Shawia
Womodeck: city in Shawia
