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Glossary-Locations/Items/Terminology

Glossary-Locations/Items/Terminology

(Disclaimer: these are less real world translations and more context on inspiration,)

血 雪 花

Xue Xue Hua

blood snow flower; an expensive flower significant to the culture of Northern cultivators and citizens

-commonly made into dyes in red, yellow, and pink

灼根

Zhuo Gen

scorch root; coral red dye, occasionally used in place of true red

金 冰凉 花

Jin Bingliang Hua

golden ice flower; a yellow flower that tends to bloom in late winter from blankets of snow

蛞蝓 紫

Kuoyu Zi

slug purple; a purple dye made with dried summer slugs

-made/found in the borderlands

牦牛

Maoniu

yak; the primary livestock cultivated in the North

空间 行李

Kongjian Xingli

space luggage; enchanted bags that hold ten times their physical capacity

雞 骨 玉

Ji Gu Yu

chicken bone jade; white/cream and light brown jade

妖怪

Yaoguai

strange demon; a loose classification for anything neither mortal nor celestial

-also used to refer to any animal mutated by residual energies

Yao

demon; a loose classification for anything neither mortal nor celestial

-specifically excluding Mei Shou but still not intrinsically evil

凶 魔

Xiong Mo

vicious monster; yao that are classed as too dangerous to be left alive under any circumstances

魅 兽

Mei Shou

magic beast; any yaoguai that is capable of cultivation

鬼 火

Gui Huo

ghost fire; low level ghosts found in unpopulated areas

-Tao Liu's servant class

食 尸 鬼

Shi Shi Gui

corpse eating ghost; ghouls; bodies without souls that crave raw meat

蛇精

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Shejing

snake spirit; a snake that has been mutated into a yaoguai and then learned how to shapeshift

活 死鬼

Huo Sigui

living dead ghost; dead bodies that retain their souls and attempt to move

白狐 鬼

Baihu Gui

white fox ghost; ghosts, commonly of children, that die never having been loved

鲛人

Jiaoren

shark person; carnivorous aquatic mei shou native to Southern waters

饕餮

Taotie

glutton; a carnivorous yao with a gaping maw and an insatiable appetite

商羊

Shangyang

merchant sheep; a bird that can predict (or cause?) rains, their name is occasionally used in an metaphor for an omen

池塘 龙

Chitang Long

pond dragon; commonly found in deep rivers or the skies to assist bringing rains to parched lands

-Yi Xunsu's servant class

白骨精

Baigujing

white bone spirit; vengeful ghosts of corpses that decay into skeletons

北 朝廷 殿

Chaoting Dian-Court Palace

the northern capital / home to the northern resident palace sect and northern royal family

-civilians of the North

荧 堡

Ying Bao-Stunning Citadel

the southern capital / home to the southern resident palace sect and southern royal family

-civilians of the South

天堂 塔

Tiantang Ta-Heavenly Tower

the eastern capital / home to the eastern resident palace sect and eastern royal family

-civilians of the East

Πολύανθος

Polyanthos-Polyanthus

the Oceanic Basin capital/where the god of the sun is said to reside year round

-civilians of the Oceanic Basin

浸泡 城堡

Jinpao Chengbao-Soak/Immerse Castle

the Oceanic City State capital / home of the oceanic royal family

-civilians of the South (ish)

央心

Yang Xin-Heart Center

a city at the center of the eastern continent with gates to the Undercity

-civilians of the Undercity

冻门

Dong Men-Cold Door

a village at the foot of the northeastern mountains

-civilians of the North

植物

Zhiwu-Plant

-a political sect that resides in Lu Tian City

绿田

Lu Tian-Green Field

a city known for use of cultivation in farming and their extensive library

-civilians of the North

甜阳

Tian Yang-Sweet Sun

a small village in the Eastern Borderlands

-civilians of the South

河汇

He Hui-River Converge

a trade hub on the Southern Delta

-civilians of the South

霜易

Shuang Y-Frost Exchange

a village relatively close to the Northern Palace

-civilians of the North

业内 密

Yenie Mi- Industry Secret

a small city responsible for most rice and tea grown east of the wilds

-civilians of the South

燠树

Yu Shu-Warm Tree

a village just north of the border where Northerners and Southerners blend

-civilians of the North

边境 河

Bianjing He-Border River

a river used as a natural border between nations

凉 Vanté

Liang Vante-Cold River

a river that stretches a portion of the northeast corner of the Western kingdoms before running into the wilds

凉 Vanté

Liang Vante-Cold River

a village on the bank of a river of the same name

宝蓝

Baolan-Sapphire

a mine in the Northern-Eastern mountains known for extracting precious gems and mineral deposits used in blue dyes

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