Glossary

Vowel pronunciation:

  • A [ah]
  • E [long a]
  • I [ee]
  • Y [short i]
  • O [oh]
  • IR [ir as in shirt]
  • YR [ear]
  • AI [long i]
  • AO [ow as in cow]

Vocabulary

  • atyssie (ah TISS ee ay') : Large, heavily furred ungulate once found only in the northernmost areas of Risst, now commonly found throughout the Brrerxsnarr and Naorirh Renn regions.
  • ahleh (ah LAY) : sudden snowstorm
  • aissys (ice SIS) : snowflake
  • aost (owst) : predatory bird, akin to Terran snowy owls
  • dinao (deen OW) : cliff
  • dykowa (di' KOH wa) : breeze
  • fa'in (fah EEN) : dawn
  • gralthis (grahl THEES) : Mixed drink, mellow and sweet, very strong, purple
  • graltineth (grahl' TEE naeth) : Two to four player strategy game
  • g'tyllai (guh' TILL i) : ancestors, those of the past
  • hawl (hall) : thief
  • ihlesst (ee LAYST) : star
  • ihli (ee LEE) : island
  • karyl (kar IL) : to flow
  • kar'yhn (kar IN) : river
  • kh'ssa (kuh SAH) : lightning
  • klymerrs (klee MAYRSS) : icicle
  • kohyi (koh YEE) : ice crystal
  • kraa (krahh) : mountain
  • kr'raor (kir ROWR) : meeting, introduction
  • lihkehsn (leek' AY sin) : storm
  • mol (mohl) : warm
  • maesao (mah' ay SOW) : gold; golden
  • naor (nowr) : silver
  • nir (nir) : fury, rage
  • niyr (nee EER) : scout
  • ohl (ohl) : green
  • QaAni (kuh' AHN ee) : demon
  • renn (rayn) : forest
  • Risst (reest) : home
  • rarirh (ra RIR) : bark, dead tree
  • rirrh (rir) : enterprise
  • r'nal (rih NAHL) : Rissteran alcoholic drink, slightly stronger than vodka
  • rraosol (rer' ROW sohl) : wind
  • r'ti (ruh TEE) : Small, chicken-like avian
  • sh'ralt (shrahlt) : foggy, smoky, obscure
  • silyr (sil EAR) : diamond, diamond-hard
  • sol (sohl) : dancer
  • sorne (sor NAY) : broadleaf evergreen tree
  • s'rao (srow) : blizzard
  • sraodozl (srow DOH zil) : snowfall
  • ssiss (sees) : fire
  • taimi (tie MEE) : wing
  • tesyf (tay SIF) : hoarfrost
  • tladahl (tla DAHL) : stormcloud
  • tri'hai (tree HI) : alien, foriegn
  • trihl (treel) : spark
  • xsnarr (iks SNAR) : plain, field, flat
  • yem (ih AYM) : sunlight
  • yhn (in) : water, ocean, lake

Rissteran Geography

  1. Sh'ralt Kraa - Smoker Mountains, home of Sh'raltai
  2. Ssissli - Fire Island, home of the Ssisslai
  3. Brrerxsnarr - Ice Plains, home of the Xsnarrai (sense a pattern?)
  4. Naorirh Renn - Silverbark Forest, home of the Naorirhai
  5. Mo'l Yhn - Warmgreen Water, home of the Yhnai, if they still exist
  6. Trilesst Yhn - Sparklestar Water, the last remaining lake on Risst. It alone remains unfrozen. Named for the glittering fish that inhabit it.

The Rissteran Races

Naorirhai
This is the most populous race of tigrids. Like all cold-dwellers, they have heat absorption abilities of the highest calibre. They are from the forested Naorirh Renn region, and have the additional ability to psychokinetically bend light waves around themselves, resulting in invisibility. A legendary few can extend this field of influence to those around them. They, like all mainland Rissterans (or Risstai, as they call themselves), are anthropomorphic white tigers. Most members of this race have green to blue manes, with rare black-maned individuals. Their eyes also varyr from green to blue.
Xsnarrai
The tigrids of the Brrerxsnarr region are renowned for their psionic abilities. All are telepathic, and many are telekinetic as well. A few are clairsentient and a handful have psychometry. In appearance, the Xsnarrai have manes and eyes of some variation of blue.
Sh'raltai
There is some speculation that the wings which separate this race did not come about by evolution, but through genetic engineering. But the truth of this has been lost to the legends and myths of Sh'ralt Kraa. Of the ice-dwellers, they are the least populous, numbering even less than Ssisslai. Their wings match the colors of the Rissteran sky, from true blue to deep violet, eyes and manes usually matching. However, individuals with multi-colored wings are not unheard of.
Ssisslai
The indigenous inhabitants developed "extra powers" similar to the Naurirhai. But once the two cultures rediscovered each other, Ssissli was overrun by tigrids from all parts of the mainland who were throwbacks to their ancient ancestors. As a result, many Ssisslai have combinations of powers. They favor the other half of the G'tyllai, they are tawny with fire powers. Becuase of the mixing of races on SSissli, any mane and eye color from light green to deep violet is possible.
Yhnai
These tigrids hid themselves and their colony well, using their ancient technology. Most expeditions to find evdence of them have turned up nothing. If they still exist, they appear to be tigridversions of tradttional earth merfolk. Anything else is unknowable.

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