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Aura
Or-ah
1. The first of the original fairies.
2. Creator of Shaman.
3. One of the deities of Shaman.
4. First Chair of the Council of Originals.
See also: original fairy, divinity

Council of Originals
Kown-sil of Oh-ridg-ih-nals
1. A ruling group consisting of all the original fairies which exists on Earth and sets the laws for all of fairykind. Created to protect and unite fairykind.
See also: original fairy, Aura, Gwythr

Divinity
Div-in-it-ee
1. The power possessed by all original fairies unless they lose it.
2. Also referred to as 'magic', the ability to do almost anything.
3. Magic in its purest form, created from stardust.
See also: original fairy

Fairy Fort Also: inactive fairy fort, deactivated fairy fort, dormant fairy fort, active fairy fort.
Fair-ee fort
1. An area of land chosen as the "home" of a divine being which is infused with magic.
2. Inactive fairy fort: A territory which was previously a fairy fort, but which the resident divine has left or no longer calls "home". The territory retains some of its magic.
3. Deactivated fairy fort: See inactive fairy fort.
4. Dormant fairy fort: A territory which was previously a fairy fort, but which the resident divine has left or no longer calls "home". This territory has been left for so long that it has lost all its magic.
5. Active fairy fort: See fairy fort. A fort in which the resident divine still lives and is fully magical.

Familiar
Fam-ih-lee-ar
1. The name given to the innermost section of a fairy's soul when it has left the fairy's body and adopted the physical form of an animal.

Gwythr
Gwih-ther (th is the soft th as in teeth)
1. An original fairy who has not entered Shaman.
2. Chairman of the Council of Originals and Judge of the Star Chamber.
See also: original fairy, divinity

Magical Tesco
Madg-ih-kal Tes-koh
1. An imaginary place which does not exist on the game, but is considered to be where fairies can receive items not produced in Shaman, e.g. knives and forks.
2. A way of explaining anything in Shaman.

Mallos
Mal-os, Mal-es
1. An original fairy.
2. One of the deities of Shaman.
3. A bit of a dickhead.
See also: original fairy, divinity

Omni
Om-nee
1. A mysterious man who only appears in Shaman once a real life year to host the Omniety competition. Believed to control ancient magic and thus have the ability to override divinity.
2. Slang OOC nickname for the Omniety competition.
See also: Omniety

Omniety
Om-ny-eh-tee
1. A competition held once every real life year on Shaman's birthday, 14th March.
2. The largest and most epic competition Shaman has to offer.
See also: Omni

Original fairy
Oh-ridg-oh-nal fair-ee
1. Name given to a member of the 20 or so very first fairies in existence.
See also: divinity, Aura, Mallos, Gwythr.

Per-aa Nakht
Per-ah-ah Nah-kht (kh sound as in the Scottish 'loch' or the German 'ach')
1. Literal meaning of "Palace of Strength" or "Strong King" in Ancient Egyptian.
2. The name of Gwythr's empire in version 6. Per-aa Nakht has the base territory Shady Labyrinth.

Realm of the Dead
Relm of the ded
1. The place to which the soul travels upon death. It's understood that this is neither Hell nor Heaven, but some kind of judgeless purgatory. Can only be accessed through death or a rip.
See also: rip

Rip
Rip
1. A hole in the fabric of time and space which allows a traveller to move between two fixed points in time and space. Generally used to move between worlds/universes, but can be used for time travel.
See also: realm of the dead, divinity.

Set-Merut
Set-Meh-root (r is a rolling 'r', like in French or Welsh)
1. Literal meaning of "Place of Love" in Ancient Egyptian.
2. The name of Aura's empire in version 6. Set-Merut has the base territory Apeliotes Island.

Shaman
Shay-man, Shah-man
1. The land of Shaman, created by Aura and set in a world far from Earth as a sanctuary for fairykind.
2. The name given to a fairy in the time when humans and fairies lived together in peace.
See also: Aura

Shamanite
Shay-man-ite, Shah-man-ite
1. OOC term; the name given to a member of the roleplaying game, Shaman.
2. IC term; the name given to any fairy who lives on Shaman.

Sky Citadel
Sky See-ta-del
1. The building network constructed by Joel in the trees at the heart of Epitome Jungle.
2. The inactive fairy fort of Poppy.

Star Academy
Star Ak-ad-em-ee
1. A school for gifted fairies of all ages where a variety of subjects can be studied or taught.
2. Lost Inlet.

Star Chamber
Star Chaym-ber
1. The high court set on Earth which presides over the Council of Originals and deals particularly with crimes of the original fairies.
See also: Council of Originals, Gwythr

Time Paradox
Tiym Pah-rah-docks
1. (In the context of Shaman) When a person goes back in time to set up the apparatus which makes it possible for him to travel in time in the future.
See also: rip