Dream Dictionary

====Dream Dictionary====

Originally composed mainly by Taryag and Lyra-Chimp

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A

Agoknight - A strong mare to be feared. 1,000XP when collapsed.

Alteror - A talisman that is used to bind an effect to a dreamer temporarily.

AoE - Alliance of the Eclipse

Apprentice - To study under someone in order to attain something, i.e. acceptance into a house, to become a teacher.

Art - Spell

Ascension - 1.) The gaining of a new sphere. 2.) Being raised from knight to ruler

Avatar - A body-like shell that protects your soulsphere

Awaken - To enter the City of Dreams.

B

Banishing - One of the many things that can be done with essences. A core belief of some of the houses.

Blade - 1.) An edged melee weapon created with one of Gatesmasher, Fateslayer, Soulreaper, Dreamblade [arts]. 2.) To fight with a blade 3.) To duel with blades. 4.) To hunt nightmares with a blade.

Bogrom - Stronger than emphants, but still fairly weak. 250XP when collapsed.

Boundary Mists - The “stuff” that’s in between shards; many have ventured into them, but none have returned.

C

Chak - (slang) Chakram; the preferred weapon for most dreamers - a missile like object intended to harm others.

Chaos - The ‘stuff’ that surrounds the City of Dreams; nightmares

Cleansing - One of the many things that can be done with essences. A core belief of some houses.

Cloudsbreak - Where dreamers live

CoD - Cenotaph of Dread

Codex - An item that bears an inscription, much like a piece of parchment. Can come in two forms: a Codex of Learning or a Codex which is inscribed by a dreamer.

Coherence - Coherence is measured in DreamSoul. This is what keeps your avatar formed.

Collapsed - Reduced to a soulsphere - a loss of coherence.

Crest - What a dreamer wears on his/her chest, signifying the house he/she is in.

D

Dark Mare - AKA “Kotoke,” more intelligent than nightmares, and much more fierce.

Day Mare - AKA “Datoke,” less intelligent than dark mares, but moreso than regular mares. Very fierce.

DoL - Dreamers of Light

Drain - The act of removing the strength from an essence and transferring it to yourself. Accomplished through the art of Drain Essence.

Dream - Another name for the City of Dreams or Underlight. “The dream.”

Dreamer - A citizen of the City of Dreams.

DreamStrike - An art that permanently kills the dreamer it is evoked on.

DreamSeer - 1.) The focus which uses Insight as its source of elemental energy. Teachers of this focus have night-colored halos. 2.) The principal art for dreamers whose focus is Insight.

DreamSoul - Life-force. This elemental energy keeps our avatars formed and coherent.

DreamWright - A dreamer able to create/alter the city at will.

DS - 1.) See DreamSeer. 2.) Abrieviation sometimes used in reference to dreamsoul, "ds ellies"

DST - Dream Standard Time, ((PST))

E

Elders - Those who survived the Great Loss. Often a person of considerable power.

Elemen - A talisman that is used to restore elemental force; different colors determine what is restored.

Emphant - The weakest of the mares, worth 50XP when collapsed.

Enlightened - The belief that the dream is but one of many planes of existence. A core belief of some of the houses.

EP - Evernight Plateau

Essence - Whenever a mare or dreamer is collapsed, they drop something called an essence. These are very powerful, and should be guarded carefully.

Evoke - How we cast arts.

F

FA - Free Action; combats the arts of Paralyze and Stagger.

FateSender - 1.) The focus which uses Lucidity as its source of elemental energy. Teachers of this focus have ruby colored halos. 2.) The principal art for dreamers whose focus is Lucidity.

Flame - An art used by dreamers to create a missile-like object (similar to a chakram) that causes damage to other dreamers/mares. The name is different for each focus: GK - FlameShaft, SM - FlameSear, DS - TranceFlame, FS - FlameRuin.

Float - When a dreamer is collapsed, they are said to be floating. When you “float someone,” you collapse them. Usage: “Don’t make me float you, boy.”

Focus - Your focus determines which arts you can learn, as well as your role in the city. There are four focuses: Willpower (GateKeeper), Resilience (SoulMaster), Insight (DreamSeer), Lucidity (FateSender).

Forge - The act of creating a talisman; only very powerful, worthy dreamers have this ability.

FreeSoul - The belief that the dream has no effect on the waking world. A core belief of some of the houses.

Free Spirit - A dreamer who is not a member of any house.

FS - See FateSender.

Fuzzy - Slang for SoulSphere.

G

GateKeeper - 1.) The focus which uses Willpower as its source of elemental energy. Teachers of this focus have gold colored halos. 2.) The principal art for dreamers whose focus is Willpower.

GK - See GateKeeper.

GoE - Gathering of the Entranced.

Great Loss - When the city was destroyed, killing nearly all it’s inhabitants. See Loss, the Great.

Guardian - AKA “Knight” - denoted by a night-blood crest. A high-ranking member of a house.

Guild - A group of dreamers who are of the same focus. Each focus has their own guild hall which only they can access, and even then, only select members of the focus have the ability.

H

Halo - A revolving circular type object that denotes that the person you’re looking at is a teacher.

HC - House Calenture.

Horron - Currently the strongest of the nightmares. 5,000XP when collapsed.

House - A group of dreamers with the same beliefs who’ve sworn their loyalties to one of the 8 houses in Underlight.

I

Illumination - The belief that the dream has an effect on the waking world. A core belief of some of the houses.

Imprisoning - One of the many things that can be done with essences. A core belief of some of the houses.

Insight - The elemental energy that is the major source of power for DreamSeer arts.

J

JP - The art of Join Party, which allows you to be connected to the person you evoke it on.

K

KoES - Keepers of the Eternal Shadow

L

LC - Lost Caves

LoS - Library of Souls

Loss, the Great - The day in which all the dreamers of the City of Underlight were killed when an onslaught of Chaos hit the city. We are still trying to rebuild from the loss.

Lucidity - The elemental energy that is the major source of power for FateSender arts.

M

Major (art) - An art that can only be learned by members of the focus.

Mare - See Nightmare.

Maren - The language that the mares speak.

Minor (art) - An art that can be learned by all foci, but at a higher orbit than those of the minor focus’s art.

MT - Master teacher - signified by double halo.

N

Newly Awakened - AKA “NA”; A new dreamer.

Nightmare - Creatures of chaos that seek to harm dreamers.

O

Oath, Teachers - The vow all teachers must take before they are ordained.

OoSM - Order of the Sable Moon.

Orbit - Mini-levels - one tenth of a sphere, a unit of advancement.

P

Para chak - A chakram that also paralyzes when you’re hit by it.

Plane - A group of rooms that are in the same location. Example: Evernight Plateau.

Plateau - Raising an art from 9 to 10, or 19 to 20, etc. Can only be done by a teacher.

PoR - Protectors of the Radiance.

Portal - The “doors” in Underlight.

Prime - Prime artifact; if one wakes holding a prime, the prime is dropped.

Q

R

Resilience - The elemental energy that is the major source of power for SoulMaster arts.

Restore - SoulMaster art, which helps you regain coherence (dreamsoul).

Reweave - SoulMaster art, which helps restore durability to your shields.

RF - Resist Fear; combats the art of Scare.

Ruler - Denoted by a night-abyss crest. The highest ranking member of a house.

S

Sanc - Sanctuary

Seneschal - Denoted by a blood-abyss crest. Only Elders hold this position in a house.

Shamblix - A mighty nightmare whose power is almost unrivaled. 2,500XP when collapsed.

Shard - The place in CloudsBreak where each individual dreamer lives.

SM - See SoulMaster.

SoulMaster - 1.) The focus which uses Resilience as its source of elemental energy. Teachers of this focus have emerald colored halos. 2.) The principal art for dreamers whose focus is SoulMaster.

SoulSphere - When your DreamSoul reaches 0, you are said to be a SoulSphere. As a SoulSphere, you have no corporeal form, and therefore cannot use arts or perform actions.

Sphere - A unit of advancement. Newly Awakened dreamers have no sphere. The highest known sphere is the ninth. Each sphere is made up of ten orbits.

Storm - A sudden loss of connection to the dream.

T

Talisman - Items in Underlight.

Task - In order for a teacher to grant you an art, you must complete a task or a quest. Every task from every teacher is different. It is your right to refuse a task if you do not wish to do it.

Teacher - Who you go to to learn arts. Gold halo=GK teacher; Ruby halo=FS teacher; Emerald halo=SM teacher; Night halo=DS teacher.

Tehthu - Leader of the darkmares.

Thresh - Threshold

Train - When a teachers grants you an art or plateau, they are said to be training you.

Trance - ((AFK))

U

UoC - Union of the Covenant.

Underlight - Another name for the City of Dreams.

V

W

Wake - To exit the dream.

Willpower - The elemental energy that is the major source of power for GateKeeper arts.

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Z