# Glossary

### Telár

The Telár are the ancestors of the Aëdr, who rose to prominence on the planet of Telarhïs Prime.

### Aëdr

The name Aëdr is used to describe the empire as it swelled beyond the bounds of Telárhis Prime to cover most of the local galaxy.

### Amensï

Amensï is a collective term given to all lesser intelligent and semi-intelligent alien races encountered by the Aëdr during the Expansion Wars. Most were eradicated or subsumed into the empire in servitude.

### Faënar

The Faënar are not a creation of Rhïarrh in the same sense as His earlier experiments. Rather, the are effect of His rage and will reaching out from the Void into the material universe.

### Holórhïn

Better known as the Star Titans, terrifying beings each created by Rhïarrh from the death of an entire star system.

### Ihrysïnn

A small group of Rhïan who were slain and reawakened to serve the will of the Star Titan Unnakharesh.

### Jïnnaïar

A small subset of the Vaïar who attained spirit form and now dwell in the northern polar regions, protecting the Symmetron.

### Kheïtanni

Those Aëdr who fought with the Násr against Rhïarrh in the War in Heaven. They awoke years after their tragic fall.

### Lánaraï

Those Aëdr who fought with Rhïarrh in the War in Heaven. They were left stranded on Vónekh VII.

### Lulúkhaï

The unquiet spirits of former Aëdr warriors who fell in the cataclysm. They are doomed to fight forever, even though they scarcely remember which side they fought for.

### Mórin

Formerly slaves in the Lánaraï city of Telárkharóth, they rebelled and took the city for their own. They turned from Rhïarrh to serve the Násr Móri.

### Myrmaïar

A substantial subset of the Vaïar who attained a marine form and now dwell in the oceans surrounding the continent of Kheïtan.

### Násr

The ruling caste of the Aëdr who forsake their physical bodies to be entombed in great machines, making them theoretically immortal.

### Rhïan

The second attempt by the Lánaraï to create a subservient race was successful. While some Rhïan continue to serve, they have largely outgrown servitude through sheer numbers.

### Rhïarrh

Rhïarrh was orginally one of the Násr but both lost His political status and later, his corporeal form, remaining as only a reflection in the Void.

### Rhómethïan

Rhïarrh’s first experiment in creating life to fuel His armies produced the Rhómethïans. Intriguingly, they are physically similar to the Rhïan.

### Vaïar

The first disastrous attempt by the Lánaraï to create a subservient race resulted in the Vaïar, a strange winged race who escaped their would-be masters.
