In the game: help glossary Also slang terms street slang words
Words your character would know, from Abzu to yeoman.
Type help glossary/<word> to read one entry, for example help glossary/sixer.
abzu
The Abkal's name for Nous, used by many unguilded divers too. It carries the sense of another realm, closer to a spirit world than a machine, so those who see Nous that way tend to call it Abzu. See help glossary/nous and help diving.
arcadia
The residential district of the sixers, the guild members.
babble
The pidgin language of Suburba.
the burning
The catastrophe about 400 years ago that scorched the surface and drove the survivors underground. The calendar counts from it, so the year is 386 AC.
chrome
Cyberware: implants, mechanical prosthetics, neural taps, and any other hardware fitted into flesh.
church of the nine
The official name of the city's one religion, run by Sepulchre. See help religion.
delos
The floors owned by the Six Guilds.
deshret
The whole city, every district together.
diving
Going into Abzu. Other cyberpunk worlds call it decking. See help diving.
dragoons
The elite regiment of the Lictorate.
the founders
The nine people who led the survivors underground and founded Deshret. Most became Saints.
harran
The language Sepulchre uses for its rites, and, rumour says, for occult ritual too.
the hum
The low sound that runs through the whole city. The Church says it is the breath of Saint Marrow. See help the hum.
the lictorate
The state police, army, and city watch of the Pagos, all in one.
ninefold
A follower of the Church of the Nine.
nisabic
The language of government records and archives.
nous
The realm of cyberspace laid over the real world, and the network every Tessera connects to. Nous is what the guilds call it. The Abkal and many unguilded divers call it Abzu, and the two names are mostly interchangeable. See help diving.
the pagos
The government of Deshret, dominated by the nine Great Houses.
palatine
The district of the Great Houses and the elite, at the very bottom of the city. Also called the deeps.
pith
A tuber ground into pithmeal and baked into bread and frycakes. Slum staple.
pneumatikon
The huge geothermal steam engine and pressure grid that powers the city's lights and life support. It runs on crystals mined by House Qamarat.
saints
The nine Founders, venerated by the Church. Most of the faithful choose one as a patron. See help saints.
seals
Eight holy sigils, each tied to a Saint. See help seals.
shinar
The common tongue of Deshret.
sixer
A full member of one of the Six Guilds.
slummer
Someone who lives in Suburba outside guild employment and House patronage.
splicer
Someone with non-human DNA, from cat ears to a full animal head. See help splicers.
splintering
The Church's rite that brings the faithful back after death by guiding a shard of the soul into a new body. See help religion.
sprites
Spirit-like programs, something like familiars, that divers use to act inside Abzu.
suburba
The slums at the top of the city.
the surface
The scorched, poisoned wasteland outside the upper airlocks. The Church teaches it is cursed forever.
vatling
Cultivated meat grown by Mythos.
yeoman
A contract worker for a guild or a House, without full membership.
For the guilds, see help guilds. For the Houses, see help great houses.
On the Agora: https://agora.underspire.net/t/glossary/51