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GLOSSARY.ORG
BY: Andrew Leker
FOR: Mark Wallace

ABSTRACT: Jorune glossary w/notes
PLACES:


Accaptas Mountains: A range of Mountains In the Essanja.
Agis: A river running the length of the Gauss Valley.
Ailaudra: A city In Lusail.
Albah: A city on the tip of Sychill.
Allidoth: A city on Burdoth's east coast.
Alligre: A forest in the ElIih in Heridoth
Ardis: Burdoth's most powerful province.
Ardoth: The biggest, most influencial city on Jorune.
Assydre: The name of a Bay and Sea north of Lusail.
Auklin: A city near the border of Temauntro.
Ayns: A mountain range bordering the Liggits.
Baysis: A city in the Sobayid that borders the East Trinnu Jungle Lands.
Bleece: An island oft of Sychill's coast.
Bolpey: The channel between Polpedroth and Sholis.
Borlim: A city In the Carricy region.
Burdoth:The main realm of humans on Jorune.
Burroo: An island off the coast of Dobre.
Calpy mnts.: A mountain range southwest of Sychill.
Carissey: A city on North Khodre's border.
Carvis: A city in the Sobayid.
Choulth: A city on the Temauntro Border.
Coise: A city on the east of the Sobayid, bordering Heridoth.
Corgis Bay: The bay from which the Dobrens launched their attack on
Polpedroth.
Cosahmi: A city to the west of the Kuggin Mnts.
Cryshell Citadel: The name of the citadel in Ardoth.
Curili: The island off the coast of Heridoth where the Klein-Khodre Accord
was signed.
Cushindell: A marsh in S'syrda.
D'Lang: An island off of Dobre's coast.
D'LOO: Another Is land off of Dobre's coast.
Dantrellas: A mountain range in Heridoth.
Dau-ah-deh, lake: The lake between North and South Khodre.
Delbah: A city on the Sychill peninsula.
Delmre: Phalmre's neighboring city in Lusail.
Delvine:A small military base at the base of the Accapta Mountains.
Dertha: One of the river branches at the base of the Accaptas.
Doo'sah: A Dobren city.
Dosoi: An island oft of Heridoth's coast.
Dowsen: A city in Heridoth at the end of the Dantrellas.
Dowtrough: The mountain range that sepe rates the Dobe n-al from Temauntro.
Durlis: A city in the Gauss Valley
Ehvans: An island off the coast of Dobre that has a SkyRealm above it.
Esh'eye or Esh-eye Bay: The name of the bay in Heridoth where the Ardoth ian
flag-ship Camder was sunk. The small city of Ellemin is located at the end of
this bay. The sandy beaches extend for miles around the bay's rim.
Eshellu: The name of the road from Coise to Koistra.
Ess'ejee: A city located in the Essanja on the east coast.
Essan: One of the feeders of the Essanja River.
Essanja: A sub-province of Burdoth.
gaaz: The name of the bazaar in Allidoth?
Gaish-aca: Ancient Burial Grounds
Gauss Valley: A major province of Burdoth.
Glounda: A heavily forested province of Burdoth and the name of the city
located in the center of the forest.
Grendis: A town located off of the Ayns Mountains, a branch of the Liggits.
Gmnder: The underbelly of the locure.
Herbis: A city located at the mouth of the Hoodo river in south Dobre.
Heridoth: Burdoth's neighboring realm. Heridoth has been the site of war for
many centuries.
Hermoore: An island located southeast of Heridoth.
Hie Plains: The location where the battle of Sholis was waged. The plains are
located between Coise and Koistra on the Eshellu, east of Marramin
Hoit: A small community located between Monerey and Allidoth.
Hoodo: The river that empties Into the sea at the Dobren city of Herbis, just
off the island of Coomis.
Jasp: A realm far to the northwest of Burdoth, beyond Temauntro.
Joble: A thivin Intensive gambling community located southeast of Sobay. A
very popular place for recruits on leave and woffen.
Jorune: The name of the planet, the name of the game.
Kaigon: A city located at the southern mouth of the Gauss Valley. Kaigon has
been destroyed many times by crugar invasions.
Kask: A human city located on the Temauntro border.
Kauthnie: A small, durlig farming community in the Gauss Valley.
Khaun Gauss: An ancient city located in the Gauss Valley. The first casualty
of the crugar invasion of Burdoth at the beginning of the Energy Weapon's
War.
Kirlan: The most beautiful (the only beautiful) city in either North or South
Khodre.
Koistra: A heridothian city located on the bay.
Korrid: A city on the east coast of Heridoth. The people of Korrid have for
centuries forced their power through the Sommint Valleys.
Krayll Road: The road connecting Arodth and the Gauss Valley.
Kuggin Mountains: the range to the west of the Gauss Valley.
Kyis: A river on Heridoth's eastern coast that passes throuQh the city of
york.
Kymay: The seas off the eastern coast of Heridoth.
Laindis: A city located in the Sobayid, named after Laindra Elayn.
Laird Mountains: The mountains on the Sychill peninsula.
Lelligire: A major city located on the north coast of the Lusail province.
Liggit Mountain Range: Mountains located on the east of the Gauss Valley.
Liggnie: A small town located in the northern Gauss Valley. Liggnie was
attacked by a Dhar Corondon in 3414.
Loo'hoss: The straights between Udah and Sychill.
Lundere: The woffen realm located east of Dobre.
Lus'ikai: A city located on the Ailmin river, a branch of the Lusail. Spijill
juice comes from Lus'ikai.
Lusail: The name of the northern province of Burdoth bordered by the Lusail
river. Lusail is broken down into S'sydra and Lusail, for the S'sydrans do
not like to think of themselves as part of the eastern Lelligirian province.
Mairamin: The ancient ruins of the Ardoth/Sholis battle of the 31st century.
Marshill Cardis: A hard-nosed appointment to replace Prince Khodre while he
sailed to Sholis. Marshill's name is hated by muadra because he was the one
to give the order to expel muadra from Ardoth.
Maustin Caji: Caji who left Ardoth when trouble began for muadra soon after
the humans gained the Earth-Tec. They traveled to south to the Sobayid, and
revsss the Ways of Gends,
mayoo: A game enjoyed by thivin.
Maytrish: The figure of legend who brought to people of the Gauss Valley to
spare their newborn muadra. She was Gauss' wife.
Meard: A city on the southern tip of Heridoth's eastern coast.
Ments: The range of mountains southeast of the Ellih that border the Sommint
Valleys.
Miedrinth: A city located in the Sobayid, just on the border of the East
Trinnu Jungle Lands. The jers of Miedrinth are the jungle runners.
Monerey: A city of humans located on Burdoth's eastern coast.
Nayine, The Finger: A finger-shaped island located east of the Dantrellas in
Heridoth.
Phalmre: A city located on the outskirts of the Cushindale Marshes in
S'Sydra. 
Pirdis Marshes: Another name for the Suh'Larvan Marshes of Lusail. 
Polpedroth: A city located on the south of the Essanja. Polpedroth was
destroyed by Dobrens and Lunderians during the Energy Weapons War.
Reet: An island located off the north coast of Lusall. The people of T'Sulya
are Lelligirian colonists who have long since dropped their allegiance to
Lelligire.
Rirris: A city on the West Face of the Dowtroughs on the Temauntro Border
near South Khodre.
Roise Mountains: A mountain range off of the Liggit Mountains, located south
of Syls Valley in Burdoth.
Ros Crendor: A boccord habitatlon located north of the Doben-al.
S'Nabla: A town In northern Lusail (S'sydra) where the pihl berries for the
sarla dark wine is grown.
S'sydra: The western half of the Lusail province is referred to as S'sydra by
its Inhabitants, who still do not see themselves as part of a Lelligirian
province.
Salam'arine: A city located at the northern tip of the Gauss Valley, directly
on Samile Bay.
Sallen: A city located in the north of Lusail, on the coast of the Assydre
Sea. The fine clay here is used for a variety of exports.
Samile: The small sea located west of the Suh'Larvan and Cushindell Marshes,
and north of Salamarine in Burdoth.
Saybah: A city located on the Sychill peninsula, just inland of the island
Sorsle.
Scolia: A city located in Lusail, from which the prized Scolian Rusper is
produced.
See'iss: The desert located between the realm of Thantier and the West Trinnu
Jungle Lands.
Seecre: A city located north of the Glounda Forest.
Seld: A small island held by the Essejeans for centuries.
Shen: The part of Ardoth where most foriegners reside.
Shendarri SkyRealm, The: A SkyRealm located in a valley of the Accaptas
Mountain Range.
Sholis: A once great city located in the Ellih of Heridoth. Sholis was
devastated during the Energy Weapon's War.
Sillipus: A large island located south of Masan and Dobre.
Simbi: A large city located south of York which has benn under the historical
domination of York.
Sobay: An ancient city for which the Sobayid is named. Sobay is located in
burdoth.
Sobayid: One of Burdoth's four provinces.
Sodrin: A city located in Lusail at the meeting of the Lusail River and the
Alsyla Bay.
Soitie: The name of the Mountain range where Marramin is located in Heridoth.
Som mint Valleys: The name of the Valleys between the Ments and the Elleor
Mountain Ranges in central Heridoth.
Sood: An Island located in Sychill Sea.
Sorcle: A small Island located off the Sychill peninsula, just off shore of
Saybah.
Strude Mountains: A southern continuation of the Dantrellas in Heridoth.
Sychill: The province and city located in northern Burdoth.
Sydra: A city located in Assydre Bay in Lusail. This city was devastated by
Gire invaders in 3113 and then scavanged by Lelligirians after the war.
Syls Valley: The valley where Elds is located, between the Ayns and Roise
Mountain Ranges.
Syra Legion of Lusail: A maln battle legion.
T'sulya: The city located on the island of Reet.
Tah: The plains located between York and Meard.
Tarberi Bay: The bay at Hoit which is fed by the Turrus River on Burdoth's
east coast.
Telmin: The location of the ramian defeat in 3474.
Temauntro: The huge wildemess region west of the Doben-al.
Thantier: A realm of humans located on the sea of Cerridus.
Thodic Mountains: The mountains that border Thantier on her north.
Thooh'sa: The large stone construction located just out of Sydra.
Tlon: The Dobren capital city.
Trethl: The road to Sychill.
Trinn us, The East Trinnu Jungle Lands: A large jungle region located to
Burdoth's south.
Trosoe: Lelligire's old name, before the renaming after the Invasion of 3113.
Turrus: The name of the Gloundan river which flows through Hoit into the bay.
Udah: A Dobren city located just across the channel from Sychill.
Vamdree: A small town located in Heridoth's south, just off the border of the
East Trinnus.
Yobreh: Lundere's capital city.
Yods: The lands directly south of York and Simbi.
York: The city located on Heridoth's east coast that dominates Simbi and led
to Dobren Involvement in the beginning of the Energy Weapons War.
Yorkni: The land around York.
Yucen: The land south of the Yicid Mountains In southern Heridoth.
Yucids: The mountain range located in the south of Heridoth.


OBJECTS, INSTITUTIONS, WORDS IN THE SOCIEITY

ahji: A banana-like fruit from Dobre.
arrigae: The plant from which the arrigish limilate is made.
arrigish: A healing limilate.
Asmir: The name of a Law KIade in the Gauss Valley and in Ardoth. 
baiweze: a melon-like fruit.
Baysis: A city in the Sobayid that borders the East Trinnu Jungle Lands. 
beagre: creatures that cause a problem in Auklin, Sodrin, and Mar. 
bebbic: A shell-fish found off of Sychill's coast.
birl, stranded grass: what Cushindell silk-moths eat if they are to produce
silk.
Boru: the bronth language.
Brynk, hardwood: A very strong and beautiful wood found almost exclusively in
Drail. Brynk grows in small numbers outside of Phalmre in Lusail.
Calmra: A white wine made in Sychill.
Camder: A flagship of Prince Khodre's that was sunk in the Battle of Esh-eye.
Chaun-Tse: The crugar language. Chaussis, Salu: A type of ship favored by
salu. 
chell:A mayor of a city.
choc'i: What crugar call Dharmees. 
cluslum whistiechants: The music of the Gloundans. 
coditch: A thriddle favorite, much like corn.
coghtodds: An insect found in S'sydra. They are big, mean, round, flat,
slow-moving, pincher-bugs that are inclined to bite.
coleel: Rare acubon gems.
condrij: A soldier.
creshi: A vicious fish found off of Lusail's northern coast.
Crith: Winter.
darf: Aquatic life found off of Sychill's coast.
dharmee: A mean creature found in the Sobayid.
duradon: A large, flying Jorune native that grabs creatres and drops them to
their deaths. Duradon are present in small numbers in western Essanja.
Eelshon Sheevid: A beast of Glounda.
Essles: The early people of the Essanja who traveled to the mountains of the
Lairds in Sychill. Their ancestors were the Jar'hars who traveled Burdoth's
eastern coast as vagavonds.
fadri: A thriddle teacher 
farg: A horrible swamp creature
gauthi: an insect beaded In thivin gauthi rugs.
giggit: A creature sought by thriddle for their giggit pipes. Found in the
East Trinnu Jungle Lands. Gire: Ramian on the move.
glispeen: A form of native Jorune tree that has an acidic bark.
Gobey: One of Jomne's moons.
Goseen limilate: Used as a male contraceptive.
granthix: A large, bulbuous insect found in the Cushindell Swamp.
grenn, locurian: A disease brought about through contact with the locure
creature.
Grunder: The underbelly of the locure.
hilc: A limilate that must be ingested for native Jorune foods to be digested
in the stomaches of Terrans.
hishtins: Boccord who offer their services to caji Interfereing and
critiquing orbs. 
hocs, coditch: The core of a coditch plant.
huldrin: Small thriddle communities.
illidges: Drinking establishments for humans; as opposed to shenters, which
are institutions for  woffen drinking. 
inclep: An inn.
Isho: The energy of Jorune crystals from which shanthas and muadra draw their
orbs and bolts. Jahadda Pharmacy Klade: A limilate kiade which originated in
Gauss Valley, but now has a center  in Ardoth.
Jarhars: The group of people who preceded the essles in the Essanja. They
were a violent, waring people who assaulted Burdoth's eastern coast, but were
driven back.
jers: Jungle runners. Those of Miedrinth who make a living off of the East
Trinnu Jungle Lands. kayedi: A bochigon's favorite snack.
kayum: A red root that grows In Ailaudra and is shipped to Sodrin for
transport to Lelligire to be used as a red stain. The root has a horrible
bittery taste.
keether: A limilate which inhibits the body's ability to hold onto Isho.
Shipped to Sychili from  Udah. 
kern: To expell excess, unwanted Isho.
kerning bays: Places in cities where kerning and dysha practice are
permitted. 
kesht: The highest status or honor in Ardothian society. Ardoth's original
leaders were kesht. 
kim: A unit of local government that operates under the chell.
klade: A form of labor and living that dates back to the earliest days of the
Gauss Valley. Klades spread throughout Burdoth, though they are still
considered a Valley institution.
kole post-wood: Grown in the Dobren city of Udah and the island of Seld..
Excellent for use in  ship construction. 
limilate: Any medicine or drug. Usually of complex composition, requiring
sophisticated creation. lirgin: A beetle that inhabits the fur of the farg.
lystra: The person in charge of a county.
malmis: The sticky goo that forms in the bottom of rusper barrels.
Mar'sey: Khodre's Ardothian flag ship during the Energy Weapon's War.
Maustin Caji: Caji who left Ardoth when trouble began for muadra soon after
the humans gained the Earth-Tec. They traveled to south to the Sobayid, and
revsss the Ways of Gends,
mayoo: A game enjoyed by thivin.
Mullin: The season of Summer.
Ninindrue Plague Slayings: The crugar massacre of woffen in 2934 in the city
of Ninindrue. Caji Gends came to the woffen's aid.
parthage: Wines of Miedrinth. pearlice shrine sings: The music of the
Sydrans. 
pibber: Tiny animal pets found in Glounda. 
pichi: A hot flavored root found on the island of Do'soi.
pihi berry: The berry from which sarla dark wine is made in S'Nabla. 
Plencia Food Klade: One of the oldest kiades in the Gauss Valley. 
pungers: Climbing insects from the Cushindell Marshes that pack a powerful
bite.
querrid: Any creature that obtains information for thriddle. Querrids made
their first appearance in Ardoth in 3475, when thriddle were permitted back
into the capital after the Warp Flash of 3475.
rusper: An ale-like drink made from the russip root of Lusail and Dobre.
russip: The root from  which rusper is taken.
sallsa: A fish found of the Sychill peninsula. A large flat rippler that must
be cleaned before being eaten: cleaning, boning, leaching out toxins.
sarla white wine: Taken from the pihl berries of S'Nabla. 
screetching: What tarro do when distraught or mis-behaving. 
Shal: A moon of Jorune.
Shambo: A popular thivin game.
shast: What woffen shenter keepers are called. 
Shenter: A woffen Institution for drinking, especially stomeh. 
shirm-eh: A plant necessary for ramian if they are to heal. 
sho-sen: The Isho wind.
silk moth, of Cushindell: The moth-like creature that produces the silk form
which many Lelligirian fabrics are created.
simra-vintch: A vintch variety found all around. Simra-vintch can be used for
making clothing.
Sis-naun: The Gloundan martial art.
SkyRealm: A large crystal formation that floats above the surface of Journe
balanced by crystal repulsion. See "The SkyRealm Kolivisondra" for details.
slutch: An enormous, slug-like creature with a hard shell. Found in the
Essanja.
spillij: A intoxicant produced in the city of Lus'ikai in Lusail. 
Storuli Blade KIade: One of the ancient KIades of Gauss Valley. 
Syra Legion of Lusail: A main battle legion.
T'sulya: The city located on the island of Reet.
talmaron: A flying creature, relative of the duradon.
tarro: Native Jorune creatures that are given to screeching.
Thailierian armor: Armor made from the chestplate of the Dhar Corondon. 
thivin: A race of Intelligent creatures known for their gift with crafts,
music and gambling. Their existances in Burdoth date back only three or four
hundred years.
thon: A limilate which Increases a person's strength.
Tivis: The time of trading with thivin in the Sobayid.
tla-tlic: A long, narrow spine-fish found off of Sychill's coast.
tootles: An edible worm which is grilled and eaten In the towns and cities
outside of the Cushindell Marshes.
Tra: A moon of Jorune.
trevice fern: A poisonous plant.
Vanda's Talons (Sobayid/Doben-al): A cohort.
Yordeh: Lawyer.
yords: Laws.


         PEOPLE

Allonkarb: Prince Khodre's last name.
Cattletross, Penzer: An ex-chell of Lelligire.
Chain Docha: The crugar leader that brought his people to Burdoth.
Choundra: The name of the crugar responsible for Iscin's death.
D'Serris: One of the families that traveled to Carricy.
Dhardrenn, Khodre: Dharsage ruler of Burdoth.
Dharmery, Lailia: Saress Khodre's mother.
Esilla Jaimare Cartan: The name of Prince Khodre's wife.
Gauss, Peter: The name of the human of the valley who discovered Isci n's
journals and the secret of durlig.
Gends, Caji: The first muadra to learn dyshas. He was trained by Sho
Copra-tra, Sholari of Tashka.
Harboh: The name of the Dobren General who signed the Accord of Klein-Khodre.
Harsri: Prince Khodre's #1 during his absense. Hated by muarda for their
expulsion after the sinking of the Camder.
Ho-Trid, Kirra: A thriddle advisor to the dharsage, and Khodre Dhardrenn's
mentor.
Iscin: The Bio-Tec engineer who created woffen, bronth, crugar, and blount.
The name Iscin is now taken on by those of learned ability.
Khodre Dhardrenn: The dharsage ruler of Burdoth. Born late 3444.
Lailia Dharmery: The mother of Saress Khodre. Ruler of South Khodre, ruler of
Kirlan.
Laindra Elayn: A women of the city of Laindis who in ancient times traveled
the east, and scultped figures of the creatures she saw.
Marshill Cardis: A hard-nosed appointment to replace Prince Khodre while he
sailed to Sholis. Marshill's name is hated by muadra because he was the one
to give the order to expel muadra from Ardoth.
Maytrish: The figure of legend who brought to people of the Gauss Valley to
spare their newborn muadra. She was Gauss' wife.
Penzer Cattletross: The chell of Lelligire responsible for his fleet's
destruction in the Ramian War of 3472.
Rhan Harsri: The temporary ruler of Ardoth during Khodre's stint to Temauntro
during the Energy Weapon's War.
Sal mansi T'san: The Sydran leader who took his people out of Elds and into
the Glounda Forest.
Saress Dharmery (Khodre): Daughter of Prince Khodre and Lailia Dharmery.
Shandane: The name of the Sholisian General who, in 3007, saved Ardoth from
demise at the hands of the crugar.
Trohan, Rhan: The current chell of Ardoth. A great guy.