The following glossary entries may contain light spoilers for the worldbuilding and characters of Buried Heroes, Hadvarian Heist, Amber Queen, Forest Deep, Shadows Beneath, or the novellas.

Worlds & Planes

Planes of Life, three interconnected planes, Eldura, Shadowlands, and Brightlands

Negative Planes, origin planes of the negata, realms of the prime goddess Pandora, location of New Orison

Elemental Planes, one for each element, ruled over by and encompassing the power of each elemental titan

Astralei, spirit plane

Steymhorod, a land lost to shadow with the fall of Eldura, now trapped within the Shadowlands

Eldura, the name for the world in Azuria’s ancient past before the Great Flood

Verrain, ancient kingdom within the Shadowlands, now fallen

Elemental Titans

Ignis, titan of fire

Atamos, titan of air

Ilona, titan of light

Gaia, titan of earth

Thalyssa, titan of water

Nyx, titan of darkness

Verdigris, titan of nature, destroyed and transformed into the three planes of life

Izadra, titan of space, destroyed and transformed into the spirit plane, Astralei‍ ‍

Deities

Alessandra, “the dark goddess,” goddess of negation

Cassandra, goddess of fate, patron deity of the saudad

Fenrir, god of wolves, daimon, and Lycan

Malura, shadow of Cassandra, goddess of misfortune

Rasvana, goddess of dragons

Ravenna, goddess of memory and queen of the lummenfae

Selene, goddess of the greater moon

Xarmev, god of undeath

Llewelyn, prime goddess of the Positive Planes (including the Planes of Life)

Pandora, prime goddess of the Negative Planes

Archfae Sisters of Steymhorod

Four Archfae who once ruled over distinct regions of Steymhorod; their sacred sites are called fanes

Arduenne, also known as the Wolf Mother, Sister of the Mountains

Diannan, Sister of the Forest

Eronia, Sister of the Fields

Lena, Sister of the Rivers

Pantheon Supreme

Five deities officially sanctioned for worship in Andel-ce Hevra

Solar, god of power and light

Aurelius, god of commerce and profit

Luvic, god of death

Mercutio, god of knowledge

Venus, goddess of sexuality and fertility

Folkloric Heroes

Hugh & Lilia, a Lycan and a fae, respectively; heroes before the Fall of the First Age who sacrificed their love to save their peoples

Daughters of Verdigris, Evelyn (creator of the lummenfae [Shadowlands fae], mother of Ravenna, and grandmother of Yvayne), Enid (creator of the brightfae [Brightlands fae] and mother of Lilia), and Lyric (creator of druids whose magic transferred to the prime plane)

Historical Events

War of the Champions, world-defining war between the Cities United and Alessandra, occurs shortly before the Great Flood

Great Flood, rising waters worldwide that brought about the end of Eldura and, in the aftermath, saw the world reborn as Azuria

Peoples of Azuria

Champions, mortals chosen by the titans and blessed with elemental magic, heroes of the world of Eldura; deities can also appoint a champion or a Chosen who serves their will upon the Planes of Life

Daimon, great wolves or dire wolves, created by the god Fenrir who also created the Lycan

Druids, mages and those bound to the earth, live in conclaves

Guardians, twelve powerful supernatural entities that protect the peoples of the Planes of Life (includes Apollo and Lucien)

Lorekeepers, ancient order that tracks histories and unearths lost and destroyed records

Lycan, werewolves who were the first humans upon the Planes of Life, the second people of the wolf god Fenrir

Negata, people-group with horns and pointed ears, originating from the Negative Planes

Saudad, storytellers and travelers blessed by the goddess Cassandra

Soul Shepherds, founded after the War of the Champions, those who sought to uncover the hiding places of the Severed elemental champions and restore them to life