Glossary and Dramatic Personae
Mar. 13th, 2003 10:37 amA quick and casual glossary and dramatis personae for
Sythyry's journal so far. Sorry about the lack of sorting.
Name | Summary | Details |
Cani | Prime Species | Dogfolk. See the World Tree web page |
Gormoror | Prime Species | Bearfolk. See the World Tree web page |
Herethroy | Prime Species | Cricketfolk (3 genders: male, female, co-lover). See the World Tree web page |
Khtsoyis | Prime Species | Aerial cephalapods. See the World Tree web page |
Orren | Prime Species | Otterfolk. See the World Tree web page |
Rassimel | Prime Species | Raccoon folk. See the World Tree web page |
Sleeth | Prime Species | Non-anthropomorphic panther folk. See the World Tree web page |
Zi Ri | Prime Species | Miniature dragons. (one sex: hermaphrodite) See the World Tree web page |
Sythyry | Zi Ri student | The fictional author of this journal. Zie is about thirty World Tree years old (twenty Earth years) |
Vheshrame | City | A big, important city-state, where most of the action takes place, and where Sythyry is going to school |
Hezimikkinen | Zi Ri | Hezimikkinen and Sythyry are siblings. Hezimikkinen is several centuries older. |
Choinxeia | World-Branch | The world-branch (equivalent of "continent" on the World Tree) that Vheshrame is on |
Teapot Street | Street | Where Sythyry et al's apartment is. |
Dustweed | Herethroy | Sythyry's roommate: an ugly, unpopular Herethroy studying Aquador and Herbador. Sythyry thinks zie's a co-lover (the third Herethroy gender). |
Thery | Rassimel woman | Teltheryan oa Vinness, studying literature and theology; Sythyry's apartment mate, Havune's roommate within the apartment; Yarwain's girlfriend. |
Iska | Rassimel woman | Very foreign student Sythyry rejected as a roommate. |
Havune | Cani man | Sythyry's apartment mate, Havune's roommate. |
Lady Melicanthe ky Hybrasil | Rassimel woman | Court painter to the Duke of Vheshrame. In-world justification for M.C.A. Hogarth, who did the LJ icon of Sythyry. |
Nestrune Kreslink | Rassimel man | Crown Prince of Daukrhame; classmate of various people |
Sprowlween Hall | Building | One of the academic buildings. The Green Tile Classroom is in it. |
Koimarth | Cani | Professor of Tempador |
Yarwain | Rassimel man | Student; Thery's boyfriend |
Amberwave | Herethroy co-lover | One of Sythyry's parent's servants; Sythyry got "special services" from zir until zie complained. |
Spirshash | Orren man | Classmate and occasional love interest of Sythyry's; married to 2-3 other Orren |
Whisli | Orren | ![]() |
Flooosh | Orren woman | Baker; friend of Sythyry; occasionally played by ![]() |
Cafe du Fronde | Cafe | Student Hangout |
chub-beetles | beetle | One of Sythyry's favorite takeout foods |
~mother~ | Zi Ri | One of Sythyry's parents; the one zie grew up with. |
Oostmarine | Orren man | Spirshash's husband |
Tillissa | Orren woman | Spirshash's wife |
Real-Eel | Orren woman | Advanced student; Sythyry's occasional love interest; former girlfriend of Nestrune |
offirrah | condiment | Fermented snakes with garlic and hot pepper. Yum! |
Glikkonen | Zi Ri | Sythyry's grandparent; almost as old as the universe, very famous. See the World Tree sourcebook. |
Milkrather Grill | Cafe | A bad place to get sallad. |
Pazi-Pazi | cat | Sythyry's pet cat. |
Tethezai | Rassimel woman | Art student; painter of a portrait of Sythyry's roommates. Occasional vehicle for M.C.A. Hogarth again. |
transaffectionate | sexual orientation | Attracted to people of other species. A World Tree analog of "homosexual" or "bisexual", but of course species matters more than gender. Transaffection is perfectly acceptable in some places for some species, absolutely abhorrent in others, and everywhere in between. In a cosmopolitan place like Vheshrame, it is generally tolerated, though not taken as seriously as cisaffectionate attachments. |
Poptaloop | bun | little sticky buns with a dot of sweet bean paste at the top |
Sneaky Veffu | mouse | Any mouse sighted in Sythyrys' apartment |
Ghirbis Vlaan | Rassimel woman | One of Sythyry's Evil Neighbors |