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Garouoma—a Sharonian city located on the Narhathan Peninsula; roughly equivalent to Cordoba, Spain.
Garsulthan—a Manisthuan word which translates roughly as "real politics." Its practitioners believe that all international relations ultimately rest upon the balance of military power and that morality and ethics must take second place to that reality when formulating foreign policy.
Gartasa Mountains—the Sharonian analogue of the Iberian Mountains in Spain, separating Teramandor from Delkrathia.
Garth Showma Institute—the Academy established by Magister Halathyn vos Dulainah at the site of Showma Falls in New Arcana. It is the second-largest magical academy anywhere and its prestige is rapidly overtaking that of the Mythal Falls Academy.
Garth Showma—a large and powerful duchy and city in the universe of New Arcana. Located at the Arcanan equivalent of Niagara Falls and the headquarters site of the Arcanan Army.
Garthan—the non-magic users of the Mythlan culture. They make up at least eighty percent of the Mythlan population but possess only extremely circumscribed legal rights.
Gerynth—a city in the southern portion of the Andaran Kingdom of Yanko roughly analogous to Durango, Mexico.
Gorhadyn Protocol—a Mythalan assassination technique.
Grand Ternathian Canal—the Sharonian equivalent of the Suez Canal.
Grocyra—the Sharonian equivalent of Siberia.
Grocyran Plain—the Sharonian equivalent of the West Siberian Plain.
Gulf of Shurkhal—the Sharonian equivalent of the Gulf of Aden.
Hammerfell Lake—the Arcanan equivalent of Lake Huron.
Harkala—the Sharonian equivalent of India. The ancient Harkalian Empire extended from India through Afghanistan and into Iran.
Hell's Gate—the Sharonian name assigned to the universe where their survey perso
High Commandery—the high command of the Union of Arcanan's Army. Essentially, the equivalent of the Pentagon and the Chiefs of Staff, rolled into one. Traditionally, the High Commandery is heavily dominated by a senior Andaran officers.
Hilmar—the Arcanan equivalent of South America.
Hinorean Empire—the smaller of the two empires which dominate Uromath. The Hinorean Empire includes the Sharonian equivalent of western India and Bangladesh, Burma, Thailand, the Philippines, and Malaysia.
Hook of Ricathia—the Sharonian equivalent of the southern side of the Strait of Gibraltar; the transtemporal equivalent of Morocco and Ceuta, Spain.
Horn of Ricathia—the Sharonian analogue of the Horn of Africa between the Gulf of Adenand the Indian Ocean.
Hummer—a magically enhanced bird developed from normal hummingbirds by Arcanan sorcerers as high-speed, highly aggressive "carrier pigeons."
Hurkaym—a small town/communications post located at the trans-temporal site of Palermo, Sicily, in the Salym Universe expressly as a Voice link between Fort Tharkoma and Fort Losaltha.
Hurlbane—a Ricathian deity associated with the Queens of Bolakin. She is a warrior goddess who protects the Bolakini (see Bolakin, Queens of), and her clergy have always been very influential in the Bolakini city-states. Hurlbane's High Priestess, for example, advised the Queens of Bolakin to ally withTernathia thousands of years ago.
Ibral Strait—the Sharonian equivalent of the Dardanelles Ibral's Blade—the Sharonian equivalent of the Gallipoli Peninsula.
Indelbu: Ternathian port city; the trans-temporal analogue of Belfast Inkara—the Arcanan equivalent of the island of Great Britain.
Isseth—a kingdom situated between Harkala and Arpathia in the Sharonian equivalent of #Kashmir, Tajikistan, and northeastern Pakistan.
Isseth-Liada—a portal exploration company owned/sponsored by the Kingdom of Isseth.
Ithal Mountains—the Sharonian analog of the Hejaz Mountains.
Janu River—the Sharonian analog of the Rhine River.
Jerekhas—the Sharonian analog of the island of Sicily.
Journeyman—a formal rank for Arcanan practitioners of sorcery who have completed their formal education but have not contributed a new application of sorcery. The majority of sorcerers do not progress beyond this rank. (See also "novice," "magister," and "magistron."
Judaih—a city in Sharona located on the site of Ghat, Libya.
Juhali—a volcanic island on Sharona; the Sharonian analog of Krakatoa.
Kanaiya—a duchy in central Lokan, consisting of much of the central portion of the equivalent of Manitoba. Its capital, also called Kanaiya is located on the eastern shore of Lake Kanaiya.
Karmalia—the Sharonian analog of Hungary.
Kerllian Accords—the Andaran military accords drafted centuries ago by the Andaran Commander of Armies Housip Kerellia and adopted by the Union of Arcana as the official standard for treatment of POWs and as the code of conduct to be followed by Arcanan perso
Kershai—the ancient Mythalan word for "lightning;" the release code for a black dragon's breath weapon.
Kingdom of Shartha—a Ricathian kingdom in Sharona; it occupies roughly the area of Somalia, eastern Ethiopia, and most of Kenya. (See also "Lubnasi.")
Kosal River—the Arcanan analogue of Spain's Ebro River.
Kythia—a region of Arcana roughly equivalent to Gujarat, India.
Lake Arau—the Sharonian equivalent of Lake Baikal.
Lake Kanaiyar—the Arcanan equivalent of Lake Wi
Lake Wind Daughter—the Arcanan equivalent of Lake Michigan.
Larakesh—the site of the first Sharonian trans-temporal portal on the Ylani Sea. The Sharonian analog of Varna, Bulgaria.
Larkima—the ancient Mythalan word for "strangle;" the release code for a yellow dragon's breath weapon.
Lifter—a Sharonian telekinetic Talent. Most Lifters can handle only very small objects; a very small percentage of exceptionally powerful Lifters can manipulate objects wing is much as thirty or forty pounds.
Limathia—a kingdom in New Farnal, located between the Sharonian equivalent of #Chile and Argentina. One of the Directors of the Portal Authority is from Limathia.
Lissia—the Sharonian equivalent of Australia; the main landmass of the Lissian Republic, which also includes New Zealand, the islands of Oceania, and a fair percentage of the South Pacific Islands of Polynesia. Shaylar Nargra-Kolmayr's mother is Lissian.
Lokan—an Andaran kingdom whose territory covers the equivalent of most of Canada and Alaska, but sweeps down to include Oregon and most of California, as well.
Losaltha—the Sharonian city located at the entry portal of the Salym universe. Located roughly at the trans-temporal location of Barcelona, Spain.
Lubnasi—an ancient independent city-state located within the boundaries of the Kingdom of Shartha
(see above) in Sharona. Like the Bolakini city-states (see "Bolakin, Queens of"), Lubnasi was an ancient treaty partner of Ternathia, which is the historic guarantor of its independence.
Lugathia: a province of the Ternathian Empire, equivalent to France.
Magister—a formal title earned by Arcanan practitioners of sorcery. It requires the completion of an arduous formal education and the creation of at least one new, previously unknown application of sorcery. There are additional ranks within the broader title of magister. (See also "novice,"
"journeyman," and "magistron.")
Magistron—a formal title, equivalent to "magister," but reserved for those whose Gift and training are specialized for working with living things. There are additional ranks within the broader title of magistron. (See also "novice," "journeyman," and "magister.")
Mahritha—the Arcanan-explored universe co
Manisthu, Kingdom of—the dominant political unit of the Manisthu Islands.
Manisthu Islands—the Arcanan analogue of Japan.
Marnilay—a Sharonian goddess, "Sweet Marnilay the Maiden" is one of the Ternathian Double Triads, which are the foundation of the religion for at least half of Sharona, as Ternathia once controlled and/or colonized so much of that world.
Mbisi Sea—the Sharonian equivalent of the Mediterranean Sea.
Melwain the Great—the Andaran equivalent of King Arthur. Melwain lived well over a thousand years ago and is revered as the perfect example of Andaran honor.
Mind Healer—a Sharonian with a complex of Talents which permits him to treat mental disorders.
Mithanan—the Mythlan god of cosmic destruction.
Monarch Lake—the Arcanan equivalent of Lake Superior.
Mother Jambakol—an Arcanan evil goddess or demoness, both worshiped and feared in Hilmar. She is the personification of destruction, vengeance, and hatred.
Mother Marthea—a Sharonian deity. In the Shurkhali pantheon, she is revered as the water-bringer and life-bringer. She is called the Mother of Rivers, the Mother of Springs, and the Mother of the Sea.
Revered as Mother of the Sea, she brings wealth in the form of pearls and coral, and watches over Shurkhali ships. She is viewed as a mother of abundance, whether from the sea, agricultural crops, or herds and flocks.
Mount Karek—a mountain peak west of Fort Salby in the Ithal Mountains.
mul—"warrior" in ancient Mythalan. As a part of a Mythlan's name, it indicates that he springs of one of the family lines of the multhari warrior caste. If the individual is also shakira, the higher caste indicator vos is used for most purposes instead of mul, but the proper formal usage is "vos and mul," so a shakira officer named Sythak of the Yuran line would properly be "Sytyhak vos and mul Yuran," but would normally be referred to as "Sythak vos Yuran."
Mulgethia: a Ternathian province, equivalent to Germany/ Switzerland.
Multhari—the second most important caste group of Mythalan society. The multhari are the military caste. Some members of multhari are also shakira. These normally tend to dominate the upper ranks of the Mythalan military.
Mythal Falls Academy—the oldest and most prestigious magical research and teaching Academy in Arcana.
Mythal River—the Arcanan equivalent of the Nile River.
Mythal—the Arcanan equivalent of Africa. Mythal is dominated by a caste-based society which enshrines the total superiority of the shakira magic-using caste to the garthan caste of non-magic users.
Mythal Falls—the Arcanan equivalent of Victoria Falls.
Mythalan Hegemony—the supranational Mythalan political body representing all Mythalan states.