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This is the ever evolving glossary of terms and beings! In case you don't want to flip through your book everytime you need a definition, it's here for you. Instead of just alphabetical like in the books, it is split up by group (ie, Olympians, Creatures, places)
Guide to The Five Realms
Aether
A Primordial Deity; often referred to as creation or the first point of creation; the spark of all life
Aphrodite
Goddess of Love; Wife to Ares
Asclepius
Demigod of Medicine; Child of Apollo and Coronis (Naiad)
Artemis
Goddess of the Wild; leader of The Hunters, a group of warriors who have chosen the pack as family
Aurae
Nymphs of the sky; they can control the weather
Chaos
A Primordial Deity; the first creator and where Aether was born, holder of the gates of Tartarus (read the universe origin story here)
Deimos
God of Terror; Child of Ares and Aphrodite
Demigod
Biological child of a god and either nymph, monster, or mortal
Drachma
The coin offered in worship to the gods one must be cremated with a Drachma to pay for passage to Underworld
Gryphon
A creature that was created to guard the underworld, with a body of a lion, wings, and the head of a hawk. Poseidon stole them from Hades guard and experimented combining them with Mortals, until they could shift forms.
Eris
Titan/higher Goddess of chaos or discord; created by Chaos, she holds the raw power of the Primordial Chaos, and could be just as powerful, but struggles to control it
Fates
Fates – The three sisters that craft the threads of Mortal life; Lachesis, Clotho, and Atropos. Clotho spins the yarns, Lachesis sorts the threads and decides when to snip them, and Atropos weaves the cloth of fate.
Harpyai
A warrior race of Olympian created with beauty meant to distract, they have massive wings with colorful feathers of blades, and a beak that can snap bone
Hephaestus
God of Craft
Hestia
Goddess of the Hearth and Keeper of Olympus
Ichor
The ethereal fluid that runs through gods veins
Myrmidon
Nymphs of the underground; they are insect related and only answer to Zeus
Nephelai
Nymphs of the clouds; related to Aurae, they control clouds, help direct storms, and summon rain
Nymph
a race of Olympian with many branches of power from woodland to mountain to ocean divinities that all control aspects of Olympus
Olympus
Refers to both the full realm of Olympus and the city of Olympus (also sometimes called “The Golden City”
Oracle
Mortal or Olympian chosen to channel prophecy
Poseidon
God of the Sea; also known as “Don”
Primordial
The original beings; creators of all realms
Titan
Creation of the Primordials
Underworld
The realm of death
Zeus
God of the Sky or Thunder; King of Gods
Apate
Titan/higher God of deception, often mistaken for a minor god, many forget Apate. He is one of the only higher gods descended from two Primordials - Nyx and Erebus
Apollo
God of the Sun, primarily; Father of Asclepius
Ares
God of the Spirit of Battle; often Zeus’ right hand man; Husband to Aphrodite
Athena
Goddess of Wisdom
Centaur
A race of Olympian with the lower half like a horse, some might have wings like a Pegasi, and the top half of a Mortal. Some Centaurs have extra arms or eyes like the Giants, as they were one of the first of the Titans races to be created and experimented with
Cyclops
A race of Olympian that look like the Mortals in all ways but have elongated bodies and a single, or no, eye. They have an adept gift of intuition and were originally planned to be Oracles
Demeter
Goddess of Agriculture
Dionysus
Demigod of Pleasure
God
Creation of the Titans
Earth/Mortal Realm
The world on which mortals live; Magically tied to Olympus
Euthenia
Demigod; Child of Hephaestus
Cyclops
A race of Olympian that look like the Mortals in all ways but have elongated bodies and a single, or no, eye. They have an adept gift of intuition and were originally planned to be Oracles
Hades
God of the Dead or Souls; Ruler of Underworld
Hecate
Titan/higher Goddess of gateways and magic, primarily; one of the few gods descended genetically from the Titans Coeus and Crius and the God Zeus
Hera
Goddess of Marriage, primarily; Wife to Zeus
Hermes
Titan/higher God of travel, primarily; one of the few gods descended genetically from line of Titans
Hypnos
A Primordial Deity; known as the God of Sleep
Irohcin
A mix of ichor and blood, a term coined by the old gods
Napaea
Nymphs of the valley; they control flora and minor water life
Nereid
Nymphs of the sea; they preside over the oceans and are wards of Poseidon’s
Oceanid
Nymphs of the freshwater; they preside over the lakes and are related to Nereids
Olympian
Any being that was created in or born on Olympus, or shares genetic material with another Olympian and could survive living in Olympus; i.e. Gods, Demigods, Oceanids, Centaurs, Harpyai, etc.
Pegasi
A warrior race of Olympian
Priapus
Demigod of Gardens; Child of Dionysus
Tartarus
A prison created by Chaos for beings of any other realm
Titan God
Biological descendant of Titans; normally child of two titans but sometimes a descendant of a line of titans
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