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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)
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