XEREILL GLOSSARY, LOCATIONS AND CAST
GLOSSARY
Aheya, Mother of All — the divine being worshipped on nearly all Ra-inhabited planets throughout Xereill
Aheya’s Garden – the location of the afterlife, the Eternal Garden
Religious hierarchy of Aheya’s Temple:
• Superior (head of the Temple)
• Prioress (high priestess)
• Abbess of a temple
• Regular vestals, monks and hermits
• Healers (a vestal priestess or a monk)
• Novice vestals and monks
Book of Xereill – the sacred religious text of the Ra adapted for Ra-humans
Cataclysm – a devastating nuclear war, occurred on Hente over two hundred years prior
ERIGAT – Establishment for the Regulation and Inventory of Gifts and Traditions, a semi-autonomous League of Realms (LOR) institute
League of Realms (LOR) – Founded in 601, after the Allied Realms won the Empire War, LOR is the supra-planetary government of Xereill
LORSS – the League of Realms Space Station
Ouroboros (a serpent coil) – a winged dragon biting its tail, symbol of life, worn as a pendant, received from parents as a toddler on the day of Nine Blessings
The Ra – the original humanoid species of Xereill
Chronology:
• Early Ra Era
• Middle Ra Era (golden age of Ra)
• Late Ra Era (decline)
• Human Infusion Era: -1129 to about -600 (1930 to about 1300 years ago)
• Ra-human Expansion Era: Year -626 to -1 (1300 to 700 years ago)
• New Ra-Human Era: Year 1 to Year 701 (current year)
- Age of the Empire War: Year 538 to 601
- Age of the League of Realms: Since 601, last 100 years
Ra-humans – the present-day hybrid people of Xereill, a species resulting from the crossbreeding between the Ra and humans. The crossbreeding began with the arrival and settlement of the first Terran women 2000 years ago and was completed about 1300 years ago.
Categories:
• Bionics / cyborgs – augmented Ra-humans
Born bionics are stronger and more resilient than late-life bionics.
Hive cyborgs, aka modified cyborgs or winged demons, are rogue bionics augmented with invasive brain implants and weaponized grafts (e.g. blaster arms). Both types of enhancements are banned under intergalactic law.
Enforcer cyborgs are members of the League of Realms’ Enforcer Corps.
• Organics – unaugmented Ra-humans
• Rich-bloods – Organics with one or more special abilities (gifts). Augmenting, or cyborg conversion, tends to suppress gifts.
• Proficients – a highly educated or skilled Ra-human.
• Menials – a Ra-human with little or no education.
Xereill – the local name for the Andromeda galaxy.
3 of its arms have planets inhabited by Ra-humans:
- Homeland Arm (73 inhabited planets including Ramoh and LORSS that orbits around it; 99 Allied Realms)
- Baylian Arm (9 inhabited planets; 25 Allied Realms, including Tastassi and Hente)
- Silver Path (35 inhabited planets; 158 Allied Realms)
Zeechaa - the only non-humanoid species in Xereill capable of creativity and complex speech.
SELECTED LOCATIONS
Planet Hente
Baylian Arm of Xereill
2 realms in the habitable area
REALM OF EIA
DISTRICTS:
Central District, North District, South District, East Upland, West Rocks, Frontier Zone
TOWNS:
Damoont: capital of the South District
Iltaqa: economic capital of Eia, a short ride from Orogate, Central District
Orogate: Eia’s capital city, Central District
BURGS AND VILLAGES:
Cherry Hill, Plum Orchard, Castya, Drey, Willow Pond
REALM OF TETEUM
Capital city: Lullum
OTHER LOCATIONS IN XEREILL
Enforcer Base: a separate LORSS module for the Enforcer Corps, with its own defenses and facilities (augmenting, training and medical), and living quarters.
LORSS (The League of Realms Space Station): Also called “Flying City”, the giant space station orbiting Ramoh is the seat of the League of Realms (LOR) and ERIGAT.
Several thousand people, including ambassadors, diplomats, LOR officials, staffers and their families live and work at LORSS.
Norbal: a Baylian Arm planet where Unie, Iyatt and Jancel met (capital city: Siy)
Ramoh: the main planet of the Original Ra people of Xereill
Sovyda: the cradle of the Original Ra people, home to the Proto-Ra (economic capital: Garonn)
Tastassi: a Baylian Arm planet of which Polit Horbell is recently endorsed Governor, hosts the biggest wildlife reserve and greatest biodiversity in Xereill (capital: Palm City)
Toholt: home planet of Emperor Mastredeles defeated a hundred years ago, in 601, and of Raween Cummills
Zeefede: a Silver Path planet with two warring realms. Xereill’s sole Zeechaa sanctuary.
OTHER PLANETS: Ittroise, Drecer, Oiru, Vanntor, Ju, Nekkior, Vouh
MAIN CHARACTERS
Marye Atiz: noblewoman, organic; antiques dealer, Geru Gokk’s best friend
Aviesto Bokesse the Third - Teteum’s king
Vetil Beyyder: proficient, organic; LOR official
Molm Boggond: nobleman, organic; Eia’s caretaker governor
Cemaluria Cronk: proficient, organic; LOR official, Head of ERIGAT
Zolendarlia “Zoly” Cronk: late-life bionic; daughter of Cemaluria Cronk
Raween Cummills: nobleman, organic, rich-blood; Empire War hero, former Governor of Toholt, former LOR Councilor, founder of the Circle of the Enlightened.
Superior Silne Dienoma: vestal priestess, organic; Head of the Temple of Eia, abbess of the Orogate Temple
Nollan Dreggo: nobleman, organic; former university professor, Lord Boggond’s contender for Eia’s governorship
Prioress Aynu Eckme: royal, organic; only grandchild of Eia’s last king, high-ranking vestal priestess of Aheya’s Temple
Reverend Sannya Fo: vestal, organic; abbess of the Iltaqa Temple
Achlins Ghaw: proficient, organic; reporter, editor-in-chief of the Iltaqua Gazette
Disree Gokk: proficient, organic; Hadu Gokk's wife and Geru's mother, matriarch of the Gokk clan
Geru Gokk: proficient, organic, rich-blood; heir to one of the realm's wealthiest families
Haddu Gokk: proficient, organic; industrialist, head of the influential Gokk family, Geru's father
Reverend Hedensia Goyyem: vestal, organic; head of the Healers’ Order
Scarv Gunder: proficient, organic; commander-in-chief of Teteum’s Army
Jancel Heidd: proficient, organic; commander-in-chief of Eia’s Army
Elmor Honnyd: proficient, organic, polygifted rich-blood; Raween’s best analyst
Polit Horbell: former drifter, organic, polygifted rich-blood, Governor of Tastassi
Timmis “Timm” Itkis: bionic; level-two tech smuggler and undercover agent for Head of LOR Enforcers Keiron Yaggar
Maggi Kleem: menial, Organic; “outlier”, Haysi’s best friend, receptionist and accompanist
Haysimina “Haysi” Lommen: menial, organic, rich-blood; belly dancer and tattoo artist
Chitag Mahabmet: nobleman, organic; Eia’s High Judge
Iyatt Martenn: proficient, Organic; samurai and Rateh instructor
Dodd Panrulyn: proficient, organic; LOR official
Areg Sebi: nobleman, organic; former army major and war hero, son of Eia’s previous (now deceased) Ambassador to the League of Realms
Nyssa Sebi: noblewoman, organic; Areg’s free-spirited younger sister, daughter of Eia’s previous (now deceased) Ambassador to the League of Realms
Yemella Taill: proficient, organic; Boggond’s spin doctor
Olinnie “Linni” Tann-Lo: proficient, organic, polygifted rich-blood; Superintendent of the League of Realms, former Investigator on Ittroise
Derren Thraton: born bionic, now modified cyborg; Unie’s brother
Unie Thraton: born bionic; lieutenant in the Enforcer Corps, Iyatt’s fiancée
Etana “Etti” Tidryn: menial, organic, rich-blood; laundry maid in the Gokk House
Mayka Tidryn: menial, organic; “broken” since infancy, Etana’s and Rhori’s youngest sister
Rhori Tidryn: menial, organic; Etana’s older brother, carpenter, former prize fighter
Chev Tolkeet: nobleman, organic, rich-blood; in charge of Horbell’s experimental programs
Yvory Ultek: proficient, organic; Police Chief Zorom Ultek’s wife
Zorom Ultek: proficient, organic; Eia’s Police Chief
Dann Umundo: proficient, organic; ERIGAT official, Curator of Archives
Sutor Voqras: bionic, captain of Horbell’s hive cyborg mercenaries, dispatched to Eia to command the Hive Cyborg Squadron and Lord Boggond’s security team
Lippin Wrello: menial, organic; “outlier,” Rhori’s friend, locksmith and tech genius
Keiron Yaggar: born bionic; colonel, head of the Enforcer Corps, former army colonel on Drecer
Diran Ydaranu: proficient, organic; new commander-in-chief of Eia’s Army
Aheya, Mother of All — the divine being worshipped on nearly all Ra-inhabited planets throughout Xereill
Aheya’s Garden – the location of the afterlife, the Eternal Garden
Religious hierarchy of Aheya’s Temple:
• Superior (head of the Temple)
• Prioress (high priestess)
• Abbess of a temple
• Regular vestals, monks and hermits
• Healers (a vestal priestess or a monk)
• Novice vestals and monks
Book of Xereill – the sacred religious text of the Ra adapted for Ra-humans
Cataclysm – a devastating nuclear war, occurred on Hente over two hundred years prior
ERIGAT – Establishment for the Regulation and Inventory of Gifts and Traditions, a semi-autonomous League of Realms (LOR) institute
League of Realms (LOR) – Founded in 601, after the Allied Realms won the Empire War, LOR is the supra-planetary government of Xereill
LORSS – the League of Realms Space Station
Ouroboros (a serpent coil) – a winged dragon biting its tail, symbol of life, worn as a pendant, received from parents as a toddler on the day of Nine Blessings
The Ra – the original humanoid species of Xereill
Chronology:
• Early Ra Era
• Middle Ra Era (golden age of Ra)
• Late Ra Era (decline)
• Human Infusion Era: -1129 to about -600 (1930 to about 1300 years ago)
• Ra-human Expansion Era: Year -626 to -1 (1300 to 700 years ago)
• New Ra-Human Era: Year 1 to Year 701 (current year)
- Age of the Empire War: Year 538 to 601
- Age of the League of Realms: Since 601, last 100 years
Ra-humans – the present-day hybrid people of Xereill, a species resulting from the crossbreeding between the Ra and humans. The crossbreeding began with the arrival and settlement of the first Terran women 2000 years ago and was completed about 1300 years ago.
Categories:
• Bionics / cyborgs – augmented Ra-humans
Born bionics are stronger and more resilient than late-life bionics.
Hive cyborgs, aka modified cyborgs or winged demons, are rogue bionics augmented with invasive brain implants and weaponized grafts (e.g. blaster arms). Both types of enhancements are banned under intergalactic law.
Enforcer cyborgs are members of the League of Realms’ Enforcer Corps.
• Organics – unaugmented Ra-humans
• Rich-bloods – Organics with one or more special abilities (gifts). Augmenting, or cyborg conversion, tends to suppress gifts.
• Proficients – a highly educated or skilled Ra-human.
• Menials – a Ra-human with little or no education.
Xereill – the local name for the Andromeda galaxy.
3 of its arms have planets inhabited by Ra-humans:
- Homeland Arm (73 inhabited planets including Ramoh and LORSS that orbits around it; 99 Allied Realms)
- Baylian Arm (9 inhabited planets; 25 Allied Realms, including Tastassi and Hente)
- Silver Path (35 inhabited planets; 158 Allied Realms)
Zeechaa - the only non-humanoid species in Xereill capable of creativity and complex speech.
SELECTED LOCATIONS
Planet Hente
Baylian Arm of Xereill
2 realms in the habitable area
REALM OF EIA
DISTRICTS:
Central District, North District, South District, East Upland, West Rocks, Frontier Zone
TOWNS:
Damoont: capital of the South District
Iltaqa: economic capital of Eia, a short ride from Orogate, Central District
Orogate: Eia’s capital city, Central District
BURGS AND VILLAGES:
Cherry Hill, Plum Orchard, Castya, Drey, Willow Pond
REALM OF TETEUM
Capital city: Lullum
OTHER LOCATIONS IN XEREILL
Enforcer Base: a separate LORSS module for the Enforcer Corps, with its own defenses and facilities (augmenting, training and medical), and living quarters.
LORSS (The League of Realms Space Station): Also called “Flying City”, the giant space station orbiting Ramoh is the seat of the League of Realms (LOR) and ERIGAT.
Several thousand people, including ambassadors, diplomats, LOR officials, staffers and their families live and work at LORSS.
Norbal: a Baylian Arm planet where Unie, Iyatt and Jancel met (capital city: Siy)
Ramoh: the main planet of the Original Ra people of Xereill
Sovyda: the cradle of the Original Ra people, home to the Proto-Ra (economic capital: Garonn)
Tastassi: a Baylian Arm planet of which Polit Horbell is recently endorsed Governor, hosts the biggest wildlife reserve and greatest biodiversity in Xereill (capital: Palm City)
Toholt: home planet of Emperor Mastredeles defeated a hundred years ago, in 601, and of Raween Cummills
Zeefede: a Silver Path planet with two warring realms. Xereill’s sole Zeechaa sanctuary.
OTHER PLANETS: Ittroise, Drecer, Oiru, Vanntor, Ju, Nekkior, Vouh
MAIN CHARACTERS
Marye Atiz: noblewoman, organic; antiques dealer, Geru Gokk’s best friend
Aviesto Bokesse the Third - Teteum’s king
Vetil Beyyder: proficient, organic; LOR official
Molm Boggond: nobleman, organic; Eia’s caretaker governor
Cemaluria Cronk: proficient, organic; LOR official, Head of ERIGAT
Zolendarlia “Zoly” Cronk: late-life bionic; daughter of Cemaluria Cronk
Raween Cummills: nobleman, organic, rich-blood; Empire War hero, former Governor of Toholt, former LOR Councilor, founder of the Circle of the Enlightened.
Superior Silne Dienoma: vestal priestess, organic; Head of the Temple of Eia, abbess of the Orogate Temple
Nollan Dreggo: nobleman, organic; former university professor, Lord Boggond’s contender for Eia’s governorship
Prioress Aynu Eckme: royal, organic; only grandchild of Eia’s last king, high-ranking vestal priestess of Aheya’s Temple
Reverend Sannya Fo: vestal, organic; abbess of the Iltaqa Temple
Achlins Ghaw: proficient, organic; reporter, editor-in-chief of the Iltaqua Gazette
Disree Gokk: proficient, organic; Hadu Gokk's wife and Geru's mother, matriarch of the Gokk clan
Geru Gokk: proficient, organic, rich-blood; heir to one of the realm's wealthiest families
Haddu Gokk: proficient, organic; industrialist, head of the influential Gokk family, Geru's father
Reverend Hedensia Goyyem: vestal, organic; head of the Healers’ Order
Scarv Gunder: proficient, organic; commander-in-chief of Teteum’s Army
Jancel Heidd: proficient, organic; commander-in-chief of Eia’s Army
Elmor Honnyd: proficient, organic, polygifted rich-blood; Raween’s best analyst
Polit Horbell: former drifter, organic, polygifted rich-blood, Governor of Tastassi
Timmis “Timm” Itkis: bionic; level-two tech smuggler and undercover agent for Head of LOR Enforcers Keiron Yaggar
Maggi Kleem: menial, Organic; “outlier”, Haysi’s best friend, receptionist and accompanist
Haysimina “Haysi” Lommen: menial, organic, rich-blood; belly dancer and tattoo artist
Chitag Mahabmet: nobleman, organic; Eia’s High Judge
Iyatt Martenn: proficient, Organic; samurai and Rateh instructor
Dodd Panrulyn: proficient, organic; LOR official
Areg Sebi: nobleman, organic; former army major and war hero, son of Eia’s previous (now deceased) Ambassador to the League of Realms
Nyssa Sebi: noblewoman, organic; Areg’s free-spirited younger sister, daughter of Eia’s previous (now deceased) Ambassador to the League of Realms
Yemella Taill: proficient, organic; Boggond’s spin doctor
Olinnie “Linni” Tann-Lo: proficient, organic, polygifted rich-blood; Superintendent of the League of Realms, former Investigator on Ittroise
Derren Thraton: born bionic, now modified cyborg; Unie’s brother
Unie Thraton: born bionic; lieutenant in the Enforcer Corps, Iyatt’s fiancée
Etana “Etti” Tidryn: menial, organic, rich-blood; laundry maid in the Gokk House
Mayka Tidryn: menial, organic; “broken” since infancy, Etana’s and Rhori’s youngest sister
Rhori Tidryn: menial, organic; Etana’s older brother, carpenter, former prize fighter
Chev Tolkeet: nobleman, organic, rich-blood; in charge of Horbell’s experimental programs
Yvory Ultek: proficient, organic; Police Chief Zorom Ultek’s wife
Zorom Ultek: proficient, organic; Eia’s Police Chief
Dann Umundo: proficient, organic; ERIGAT official, Curator of Archives
Sutor Voqras: bionic, captain of Horbell’s hive cyborg mercenaries, dispatched to Eia to command the Hive Cyborg Squadron and Lord Boggond’s security team
Lippin Wrello: menial, organic; “outlier,” Rhori’s friend, locksmith and tech genius
Keiron Yaggar: born bionic; colonel, head of the Enforcer Corps, former army colonel on Drecer
Diran Ydaranu: proficient, organic; new commander-in-chief of Eia’s Army