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Dictionary of Weird Sun
Astral Matter: Also known as bright matter, stardust, sungold, spellgold. Objects imbued with great mystical power. Always Mana Enhancers.
Astral Plane, the: See Weirdspace.
Brand: One of the godlike corporations that rule Selene.
Brandhand: A brand's subcontracted employee.
Bright: Magical, of magical aptitude.
Bright Matter: See Astral Matter.
Brightwing: (Politics) Magic-friendly, usually less tech-friendly. Also brightside.
Brilliant: Very bright.
Brilliant Families: The arch-magical top crust of Cytherean society.
Chronic: Short for parachronic. A being from our Earth (or at least solar system) in another dimension.
Cytherean: Of Venus.
Dark: Without magic.
Dismal: Synonym of dark, usually in relation to Venus' weirdless minority.
Darkwing: (Politics) Less magic-friendly, usually more tech-friendly.
Dark side: (Archaic) Darkwing.
Dark Matter: The nonbaryonic substance from which tritonium is enriched.
Dog: (Mars) Battlesuit. Also Martian Marine.
Dogfight: (Mars) Battlesuit combat.
Earthling: Throughout civilized Sola, the most common name for terrestrials.
Exoid: Short for exosolaroid. A being from another star system in our universe.
Freak: (Slang) Xenont.
Freakish: (Slang) Weird.
Hound: (Slang) Martian Marine.
Junk: Matter, including people, dragged into the reality well.
Junkberg: Mountain that forms below stable inward weirdways. Some consist of pretty much any random stuff pulled from across the multiverse, others inexplicably restrict their output to one or more categories of intercosmic junk, such as lawn clippings or phone salesmen. Junkbergs also exist in deep space; these are called junkballs.
Junkhunter: One who procures valuable junk. Usually a brandhand.
Mage: Sophont capable of thaumatic weirdness manipulation ("spellcasting")
Magitech: Magic that has taken the place of technology. Venus is the prime example, Europa a less pronounced one.
MMF: Martian Military Forces.
Moniker: Marine callsign.
MX: Short for 'malevolent xenont'. MMF-speak for vampires, werewolves, fae, demons etc; has spread throughout Martian society.
Moonway: An Earth-Selenopolis weirdway.
Nemesis: (Archaic) Santur.
Ontoclysm, the: The coming of the weirdness that followed the Great War.
OSF: Short for ontostatic field. Tritonium-based technological antimagic shield.
Oz, the: See Weirdspace.
Ozblade: Also weirdblade. A sword of pure focused weirdness. A trademark of the Cytherean aristocrat.
Ozhole: See weirdway.
Pyramid, the: Common term for Cytherean society. Also refers to the Great Pyramid of Zenith.
Pyramid's Peak, the: The 177-strong ruling council of Venus, composed of the Brilliant brightest.
Reality stabilizer: See OSF.
Santur: The Black Sun, Sol's dark matter companion. Object of fascination, if not worship, by the Santurites.
Shroud: OSF, usually a large one. "The Shroud" refers to the entirety of OSF coverage on Mars.
Skiff: Slang for spacejellies, from astroscyphozoa.
Solaroid: Any being born under the Weird Sun.
Solaront: Solaroid sophont.
Sophont: An intelligent creature or species. (GURPS IQ above 5)
Spacejelly: Giant jellyfish-like spacebound nonsapient manavore with instinctive power over gravity. One of Sola's most common spacecritters. Cythereans sometimes domesticate them.
Spellborg: Spellware-only weirdborg.
Spellware: Weirdware that only grants the power of spellcasting, i.e. wand implants.
Spellgold: See Astral Matter.
Sunchild: A solaront with extremely great mystic power, allegedly because of a special relationship with the Sun. Includes Maria Moreño, the Emperor, Bruce Braxton and Omicron. Many others remain unconfirmed.
Sunfarer: Also ilionaut or helionaut. Those who travel the Sunway to other stars.
Sungold: See Astral Matter.
Sunway: Weirdway from the Sun's photosphere to those of other stars. The only known avenue of practical interstellar travel.
Stardust: See Astral Matter.
Synoid: From greek synithis ("ordinary", "usual"). The opposite of xenoid. A non-weird being. The prefix syn- or syni- is the antonym of xeno- (Synexoid, synisolaroid).
Syn: The physical dimension; opposite of Xen or Weirdspace. See also Cosmos, Normspace, etc.
Synichauvinism: In xenopositive communities, Mars (not to mention Kuiper) is commonly described as "synichauvinist imperialism".
Synithic: Opposite of xenotic.
Synont: Synoid sophont.
Taikatana: Japanese for "reality sword". These blades are so sharp, they can slice through the local ontography like a knife through butter. Wielded by Imperial Jovian Navy Army infantry, Samurai and Robotto.
Technomagic: Magic working in tandem with technology. Selene and Titan use this.
Thaumatic: Of or pertaining to spellcasting.
Thaumaturgy: Weirdcraft by spellcasting.
Thaumont: (Uncommon) Spellcaster.
Theogony: Godmaking. Every worshipper performs this constantly, consciously or unconsciously. Its scientific application is the basis of Brand rule on Selene.
Theome: A weird type of meme, responsible for the power vested in objects of worship.
Theometics: The scientific theory of theomes. Theometic manipulation is the base of conscious theogony or god-building.
Tritonium: An utterly black, magic-slaying substance. A component of most counterweird technology.
Weird Age: By consensus, the current historical epoch, starting from the Ontoclysm. Short-circuited the Diamond Age, which was just kicking in post the Transhuman Age and Information Age.
Weird: 1. Of or pertaining to magic and the supernatural. 2. (archaic) Out of place, unusual.
Weirdborg: Recipient of weirdware.
Weirdcraft: Any kind of weirdness manipulation.
Weirding, the: See Ontoclysm.
Weirdless: Dark.
Weirdling: See Xenont.
Weirdness: Magic and the supernatural; that which pertains to magic and the supernatural.
Weirdo: Slang for xenont. Usually considered offensive.
Weird War, the: Martian designation for the war of 2170-72.
Weirdware: Magical cybernetics.
Weirdway: A magical gate to another place, time, or parallel universe.
Weirdspace: The magical, or mental, dimension. Also known as spellspace, the Oz, Xen, the Astral Plane, etc.
Weirdstorm: More or less randomly appearing weirdways, usually fleeting. Some chronics call them 'banestorms'.
Xen: See Weirdspace.
Xenectomy: Kuiperian-developed tritonium-based treatment to permanently remove xenontic taint. Expensive; nasty side effects. Its effect on mana-dependent creatures is not fully understood.
Xenont: Any creature in any way on the essential level shaped by or shaping weirdness, either by magical abilities or mana-dependence. The prefix xen- or xeno- may be added to other words for nuance (xenexoid, xenoparach).
Xenomutant: Type of xenont; mutant creature warped weirdly by exposure to "oz-rays"; twisted through the mental dimension, often magically attuned to or even fused with a particular concept or feeling. Requires mana to survive.
Xenontic: Of or pertaining to xenonts.
Xenotic: Synonym of weird.
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