Episode 08 Glossary
Characters
Rue: Recovers memories of his Veyan life, Valence Avorinth, the War of Fangs, and a child he tried to save. He joins a second Crystallic fragment to his own and awakens speaking the name Alokia.
Valence Avorinth: The twice-crowned Veyan leader who calls Rue his son and leads the final assault upon Kypheron with a spear blazing like the sun.
Alokia: A name that rises from Rue's lost memories after his night at the Raggedy Rat. Rue feels a deep ache attached to it and knows he must find the person it identifies.
Brill: A field agent of the Arcanium who intercepts the companions in Gavra, guides them to Phineas Moon, and chooses to continue traveling with them after his ring responds to the Crystallic.
Kyle: A dependable, blue-robed Arcanium member assigned as Brill's backup inside the clock tower.
Kaphthalda: A senior Arcanium scholar who describes the order's study of metaphysics, light, darkness, prisms, and medicine.
Phineas Moon: The Light Bender and leader connected to the Arcanium. He summons the companions east, joins his Crystallic fragment to Rue's, and warns them about the dangers across Tyve.
Piccolo: A barrel loader released after eight years of labor in the Shattered Isles. He confirms that black-glint shipments left the mines under Yore and Gander's mark.
Clot: A Shattered Isles miner who escapes with a black glint and reaches the party near death. Brill's Juice slows his corruption, and Clot carries the stone to an Arcanium safe house.
Lendo Malorian: Zandra's quiet, masked bodyguard. He destroys the black-armored figure following the companions through Gavra, then disappears into the night.
Ernan: Beaten while attempting to guard George Felrick. He loses the captive to unknown attackers but rejoins the companions for the journey east.
George Felrick: Taken from Ernan by multiple unknown assailants before the party returns to the Blooming Petal.
Selendra Cassiandros: Offers the party a skiff if respected citizens vouch for their character and one person agrees to travel with them.
Silas Palligref: Remains beside Selendra, recognizes the companions, and supports their inclusion in the expedition despite the threat visible beneath his performance.
Gods and Religion
Sethis: The forgotten Veyan goddess of twilight and new beginnings, shown holding both Lunaris and Sarexis. Phineas connects her ancient identity to the deity now worshipped as Eth.
Eth: The modern goddess of new beginnings. Phineas claims that this familiar form preserves only part of Sethis's older identity.
Sarexian Eclipse: Phineas says he has prayed to the eclipse for years while waiting for the people foretold by the light.
Cult of the Iron Chain: Fanatics guarding the sealed Dio Ostium. Phineas warns that every follower will die rather than allow the door to open.
Dead and Buried Gods: The party's invocation of Umtheras in an earlier campaign is acknowledged as a permanently expended act of collective will, establishing that such divine appeals cannot be repeated.
Organizations and Societies
Arcanium: A secretive order operating from Gavra's clock tower and other hidden locations. Its members study the balance of light and darkness, medicine, metaphysics, and dangerous artifacts.
Yore and Gander: The company whose ouroboros marks the barrels Piccolo loaded in the Shattered Isles and the guards Clot narrowly avoids near the wharf.
Velpa Trading Company: The power controlling much of the Shattered Isles' labor and shipping system. Its operations remain connected to the mines and returning vessels.
Dread Stalkers: Remain at the Blooming Petal with Zandra while the companions follow Brill east.
Plague Artists of Slyphus: A western mainland power Phineas associates with a plague made more virulent and terrible.
Sorcerers of Keph: Northern blood sorcerers whom Phineas describes as dangerous and untrustworthy.
Houses of Tyve: Mainland houses that Phineas believes conceal or protect additional pieces of the Crystallic.
Creatures and Nature
Panthex: Phineas Moon's immense bioluminescent companion, resembling a combination of bear and panther.
Nana: Vyr's bat companion. Vyr sews a perch inside her cloak so Nana can travel concealed.
Cathis: A strange Velkommen animal resembling a rooster that walks upon massive arms. Its prepared body is served as a local delicacy.
Triune Bears: Large mountain bears deterred by the smell of burning Vinterweed.
Black-Armored Pursuer: A figure that appears human outside the lamplight and armored within shadow. Lendo destroys it, after which both body and armor dissolve back into darkness.
Items and Technology
Crystallic Fragments: Rue's fragment and Phineas's fragment snap together without a seam, briefly turning crystalline before returning to metal. The combined artifact remains far from complete.
Mechanical Compasses: Rue and Phineas possess nearly identical spheres that open into directional devices. Each points toward a different unseen destination.
Eye of the Panthex: A fist-sized sapphire-like gift produced by a Panthex and given to Th'Marck. It can shine in the darkest places.
Juice: An Arcanium antitoxin that slows Clot's black-glint corruption but does not cure it.
Brill's Ring: A subtle Arcanium signet recognized by Gavra's eastern guard. It also flashes when the Crystallic pieces join.
Light Bender's Hat: Phineas's top hat, given to Brill as a possible symbol of the title's continuation.
Vinterweed: A spearmint-and-skunk-scented mountain herb that can be burned to deter bears.
Fire Root: A Velkommen root that can be steeped into tea to warm travelers in the mountain cold.
Tax Ledger: A northern-sector audit paper Whisper steals after the disguised scribe passes him the clock-tower message.
Magic and Cosmology
Rue's War of Fangs Memory: Rue remembers protecting Valence Avorinth and the Veyan army as they confront Kypheron within an immense volcanic caldera.
Rue's Creation Magic: Rue forms a corporeal duplicate of Whisper's key from light and shadow, demonstrating an exactness that astonishes Phineas.
Joining of the Crystallic: Separate fragments attract one another like magnets and restore themselves into a seamless piece capable of activating Sethis's temple.
Fading Glints: Phineas believes Tyve's light is weakening in connection with Rue's awakening.
Plague of the Soul: Phineas describes the Plague as inner darkness made manifest, consuming a person's light until nothing remains.
Threefold Tree: A temple manifestation with silver, natural, and gold-dripping trunks. Its gold pulls Rue into a vision of a Veyan woman being burned from existence by light.
Ordos Mirror Survivor: A coda reveals that one person survived the shattering of an Ordos mirror three years earlier and emerged from a bloodlike enclosure while hostile voices spoke through the void.
Locations and Realms
Gavra Clock Tower: The concealed Arcanium branch where Brill, Kyle, and Kaphthalda meet the companions.
Raggedy Rat: A lower-district Gavran tavern where Piccolo's return is celebrated and Clot brings the party a black glint from the Shattered Isles.
Shattered Isles Mines: The collapsed mining complex where workers uncovered a cavern of black stones and guards killed those who saw too much.
Triune Mountains, Trident of Gavra: Three mountains east of the city containing Velkommen and the Caverns of Shadow.
Velkommen: A welcoming lumber village at the foot of the Triune Mountains whose residents provide food, Vinterweed, and Fire Root.
Caverns of Shadow: Hidden caves opened through Brill's ritual phrase and the movement of three concealed stones.
Temple of Sethis: An ancient Veyan sanctuary within the Caverns of Shadow. The Crystallic opens its lower chamber beneath a statue of Sethis.
Dio Ostium: The Door of God leading toward Tyve's interior, sealed for centuries and guarded by the Cult of the Iron Chain.
Dragdah: Phineas's lost homeland, where betrayal sealed his kin alive and left the Forgotten Dead within its halls.
Keph and Slyphus: Mainland destinations associated respectively with blood sorcerers and plague artists.
History and Lore
War of Fangs: The Vey, led by Valence Avorinth, confront Kypheron in a volcanic battlefield and attempt to end the dragon war with the sun-bright spear.
Piccolo's Return: Piccolo survives eight years of labor, rebellion, and fire in the Shattered Isles, proving that release from the colony is possible but extremely rare.
Clot's Escape: Clot survives the collapse of the mines, an underground sea, and a tentacled monster before smuggling a black glint back to Gavra.
The Light Bender's Warning: Phineas directs the party away from a rushed crossing and identifies several mainland threats, possible sources of knowledge, and routes toward the Crystallic.
Sethis and the Vey: The hidden temple demonstrates that Sethis was once central to a people erased from Tyve's remembered history.
Lost Crystallic Fragment: A hooded traveler delivers another fragment to a small green goblin beyond a black desert, proving that other pieces remain in distant hands.
