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In play: help glossary. Also slang, terms, street slang, words.

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  abzu                                                
  arcadia                                             
  babble                                              
  the burning                                         
  chrome                                              
  church of the nine                                  
  delos                                               
  deshret                                             
  diving                                              
  dragoons                                            
  the founders                                        
  harran                                              
  the hum                                             
  the lictorate                                       
  ninefold                                            
  nisabic                                             
  the pagos                                           
  palatine                                            
  pith                                                
  pneumatikon                                         
  saints                                              
  seals                                               
  shinar                                              
  sixer                                               
  slummer                                             
  splicer                                             
  splintering                                         
  sprites                                             
  suburba                                             
  the surface                                         
  vatling                                             
  yeoman                                              

Words your character would know, from Abzu to yeoman.

Type help glossary/<word> to read one entry, for example help glossary/sixer.

abzu

The proper name for what many call the Matrix: a realm of cyberspace laid over the real world. Most people think of it as something closer to a spiritual realm than a machine. See 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.

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

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