Banal
Lacking in originality
Lockstep
A way of marching with each person as close as possible to the one in front
Tangible
Perceptible by touch
Cannibalism
The eating of human flesh by another human being
Heirloom
A valuable object that has belonged to a family for several generations
Incinerators
An apparatus for burning waste material
Cavernous
Huge
Syndrigast
The official name for a peculiar person, with some kind of special, supernatural skill that distinguishes him/her from common people
Coerlfolc
The official name for common people, who have no peculiar abilities
Ymbryne
A particular kind of syndrigast, always women, who can change into birds and have the power to manipulate time
Hollowgast
Grotesque monsters and former traitor peculiars who attempted to use time loops to cheat death and become entirely immortal, they feed on peculiars, and it is rumored that they reversed time back to before their souls were formed.
Wight
A hollowgast who has gorged on enough peculiars to revert back to its human form, it often serves hollowgasts, seeking out peculiars for them to eat, and is distinguished by its white eyes.
Loop
Certain points in time that repeat over and over, created and presided over by ymbrynes so that their peculiar wards can remain safe
Fishmonger
Someone who sells fish for food
Ornithologist
Someone who studies birds
Moniker
A familiar name for a person
Homonculus
A tiny person
Impunity
Exemption from punishment
Connoisseur
An expert in a field
Venerable
Profoundly honored
