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Glossary
- Alteng:
- Language of what are now the western provinces of the Empire.
- Belkhani:
- People from the province of Belkhan, recruited by the Empire as heavy cavalry.
- Bashkai:
- Forest dwellers recruited by the Empire as light infantry.
- Cacade:
- Ten decades.
- Caltrop:
- Four pointed metal object, designed so that one point is always pointing up to injure a man or horse that steps on it.
- Captain:
- Middle level officer.
- Cat:
- (Cataphract) Heavy horse archer/lancer.
- Commander:
- High ranking officer commanding a legion or unit of comparable size, a fortification, or an army. (Empire)
- Decade:
- Unit of ten.
- Helper:
- Male associate of the Order. Typically farmer on Order land.
- Hetman:
- Commander of Bashkai.
- Highborn (1):
- Noble (Empire).
- Highborn (2):
- Dialect of Tengu used by nobles.
- Ilash:
- Plains nomads in their own language ("people").
- Karl:
- Inhabitant of the kingdom of Kaerlia (Imperial slang).
- Lady:
- Adult member of the Order.
- Lady Commander:
- Commanding officer of the Order.
- Lashi:
- Plains language.
- Leatherback:
- Slang for light cavalry (leather armor). Empire
- Maril:
- Neighbors of Kaerlia to the southeast. Mercenary heavy cavalry.
- Monster:
- Slang for (big) counterweighted trebuchet.
- Most Noble:
- Member of the Imperial family.
- Nightbell:
- Hallucinogenic mushroom.
- Octave:
- Unit of eight.
- Order, the:
- A female military order, self-ruling, now mostly in Kaerlia.
- Paramount:
- Top level of the Vales legal hierarchy. A lawman must be associated with a paramount, a landowner with a lawman, in order to connect to the legal system. The association are voluntary in both directions. Each paramount is associated with a specific vale for historical reasons.
- Pavise:
- Large shield for an archer, supported by a prop.
- Rock thrower:
- traction trebuchet.
- Senior Paramount:
- The Mainvale paramount.
- Siege bow:
- Very heavy crossbow, slow rate of fire.
- Sister (1):
- Any Lady of the Order.
- Sister (2):
- Within the Order, close comrade.
- tatave:
- Eight octaves (Order).
- Tengu:
- Imperial language.
- Turtle (1):
- Infantry formation with a roof of shields. (Empire)
- Turtle (2):
- (slang) Legionary. (Empire)
- Twenty-year man:
- Retired legionary.
- Westkin:
- Plains nomad. (Vales)
- Wolf:
- Member of the Royal Messengers (Wolf's head badge). (Kaerlia)<.dd>
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