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Glossary
(Fictional and Nonfictional)
Angel : A soul who manifests benevolent energy
Anicorpus : The animal form a demon takes to move more freely on This Side. Not to be confused with Familiar. (see: Familiar)
Archduke of Hell : High-ranking demon
Babylonian Empire : An empire that dominated the Mesopotamia region between the 19th and 15th centuries BCE and again between the 7th and 6th centuries BCE
Before Common Era (BCE) : Recorded history leading up to Year 0
Brethren, The : Twelve high-ranking demons who serve directly under Archduke Casziel and command his legions
Common Era (CE) : Year 0 to present
Crossing Over : Moving between This Side and the Other, usually by dying. Only powerful demons can move back and forth at will, while others will Cross Over when summoned.
Demon : A soul who manifests malevolent energy
Dji
Familiar
: A demon’s animal companion, e.g. fly, snake, goat. Not every demon has a familiar.
Forgetting
: The wiping of all memory of the Other Side and all previous lifetimes prior to begi
God
:
The Benevolent Unknown
Grimoire
: A book of spells that may also contain incantations for summoning spirits or demons
Hammurabi
: A
king of the First Babylonian dynasty, reigning from approximately 1792 BCE to
1750 BCE
Heaven
: The collective term for all angels on the Other Side. Not an actual place.
Hell
: The collective term for all demons on the Other Side. Not an actual place.
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Larsa
: Sumerian city-state conquered by the Babylonian king Hammurabi in 1699 BCE
Lesser servitor
: The lowest, most base demons, mindless in their hunger for human pain. They serve in the legions of more powerful demons as foot soldiers and resemble starved, stray dogs or hairless rats. Also known as imps.
Mesopotamia
: The region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, home to ancient civilizations such as the Sumerians and the Babylonians, now modern-day Iraq
Oblivion
: Ceasing to exist completely. Ultimate and permanent nonexistence. “Death for the dead.” Only very powerful demons can send another to Oblivion and only when that demon is in his/her human form.
Other Side
: The realm a soul returns to after death, between lifetimes. The realm of angels and demons. The human mind ca
Rim-Sin I
: King of Larsa, reigned from approximately
1758-1699 BCE
Servitor
: Any demon in service to a more powerful demon. High-ranking demons might have legions of servitors.
Sumer
: Ancient civilization that existed in the region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers called Mesopotamia, now modern-day Iraq
This Side
: Life on Earth
Veil, The
: A crude and overly simplistic explanation of the barrier between This Side and the Other Side
Utu
: Sumerian god of light
Ziggurat
: Mesopotamian temple, architectural precursor to the pyramids
Zu
: The “storm-bird.” A demon of Sumerian lore.