The following glossary entries may contain light spoilers for the worldbuilding and characters of Phoenix Rising.

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

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

Astralei, spirit plane

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

Political Powers and Organizations of Eldura

Alessandra, the dark goddess, power centralized in Scourge

Cities United – Respite, Beacon, Sanctuary, Palais, Vestige, Bastion, Verita

The Five Faces of the Pentacle – Sorceress, Oracle, Creatrix, Druidess, Healer; figureheads of the Academia Magica and rulers of the recently centralized peoples of Lis-Maen, including the various druid conclaves

The Witches of the Emeraude – collected into covens, each ruled by a grand matron

Unaffiliated peoples of the Glade of Shadows, including the Sapphire Circle (powerful druid conclave) and the dryads

Lorekeepers – collective of secret keepers who slip between borders to preserve the lore, magic, and history of Eldura

Deities

Alessandra, “the dark goddess,” goddess of negation

Cassandra, goddess of fate, patron deity of the saudad (travelers)

Fenrir, god of wolves, creator of the daimon (great wolves) and Lycan (first humans, progenitors of werewolves)

Lilith, demigoddess and revolutionary figure for the Shadowlands fae, daughter of Arrakis (goddess of spiders) and Nyx

Rasvana, goddess of dragons

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 (mother of the Shadowlands fae, sometimes referred to as Umbral fae) and grandmother of Yvayne, Enid (mother of the Brightlands fae, sometimes referred to as lummenfae) and mother of Lilia, Lyric (mother of druids whose magic transferred to the prime plane)

Ravenna, deposed queen of the Shadowlands who now shelters in hiding

Fantasy Peoples & Cultures

This section can also be thought of as fantasy races, but I know that can mean different things in different contexts.

Creatures

dracat – winged cats with a mix of feathers and scales

daimon – great wolves or dire wolves, one of the first “peoples” to walk the planes of life; giant wolves with a similar sentience to two-legged peoples, with different traditions and magical abilities depending on plane of origin and individual daimon

cervidae – mounts used in Lis-Maen that are a mix between a deer and a horse, all cervidae bear antlers that grow various types of plants and flowers

Connections to Other Series