Into Eden: Pangaea - Book 1 (47 page)

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Glossary of Terms

Nephilim

Nephilim are the descendants of fallen angelic beings and humans or animals. Those of human ancestry are giants which are referred to as, “gi-nef.” Those of animal ancestry are referred to as, “an-nef.”

An-nef

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  Bull-heads
  
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  Jackal-heads
  
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  Lion-heads
  
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  Panther-heads
  
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  Ram-heads
  
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  Wolf-heads
  

The sub-species of an-nef are identified by the animals that they are descended from. References to these sub-species are general terms not identifying gender. Bull-heads, for example, is a generic term references both male and female bull-heads, although a female bull-head may be referred to individually as a “cow.”

People

Abijah - Son of Asa, one of Jesse’s best friends

Able - Of the house of Farin, Sheriff of Whitehurst

Adah – Daughter of Kenan

Akan - Man in Dirty Lady

Anubis - Jackal-head Eden general

Arkin - Sheriff’s deputy in Whitehurst

Asa - Chief Steward of house of Nashon

Baki - Man in Dirty Lady

Black (Sir) - Stranger in Whitehurst

Beka - Nashon’s youngest wife

Caleb - Seth’s business partner

Canaan - Emperor in Eden, a ram-head

Castor – Unclean spirit, brother of Pollex

Chronus - Black dog (spirit-host) in New Sodom

Dragon-slayer - Dog in Dirty Lady

Elan – Of the house of Scribner, a farmer south of
Whitehurst

Empress - Singer in Dirty Lady

Enoch – Jesse and Perez’s uncle (brother to Nashon) and now a spirit residing in a dog

Eunice - Perez’s mother

Future - The Prophet’s dog (Atlantan Shepherd)

Green (Lord) - Human alley of Eden

Helita – Tamar’s sister

Herc - Man in Dirty Lady

Herculous the First – First emperor of Atlantis, a gi-nef

Herculous the Second – Second emperor of Atlantis, son of Herculous the First

Hezron - General and governor of the Foothills province

Irad - Man in the Gray Knight

Jakar - Bull-head smuggler

Jared - Dark man in Bastrap

Jehoshaphat - Big dark man in Bastrap

Jesse - Son of Nashon and Tamar

Josiah - Jesse’s full brother, eldest of Tamar

Kenan - Chief of dark people tribe in Bastrap

Lamech - Shopkeeper in Whitehurst, owner of the
Razor’s Edge

Lawrence - Wolf-head that lives in Mountain Shadows

Long Nose - Enoch’s first host’s name, a black dog

Man-stalker - Werewolf

Merana - Dark girl in Bastrap

Meroni - Jesse’s first cousin (daughter of Helita) and his
fiancée

Mizriam – Emperor of Eden that started the An-nef
War, a bull-head

Moab - From the house of Ner, jackal-head in New
Sodom

Nashon – Gi-nef and father of Josiah, Jesse and Perez

Obed - Dark man in Bastrap

Paron - Doctor in Albion

Perez - Jesse’s half brother, son of Eunice

Pollex – Unclean spirit, brother of Castor

Powder-puff - Dog in Dirty Lady

Prophet (the) - Prophet that lives on Fog Mountain

Rahab - Panther women in Eden

Rama - Seth’s wife

Ramos - Canaan’s prophet, a lion-head

Rathburn - Foreman pulling sunken boats from the
Elmer

Ruben - General Hezron’s armor-bearer and head of the
fortress armory

Seth – Of the house of Klietos, man that Jesse meets
in Whitehurst

Solomon - Enoch’s son

Tamar - Jesse and Josiah’s mother, favorite wife of
Nashon

Tubal - Sheriff of Mountain Shadows

White (Sir) - Stranger in Whitehurst

Zerah - Jackal-head centurion of Eden, second in
command under Anubis

Zillah - Kenan’s wife

Places

Atlantis –

1. 1.
   Empire stretching from the Northern Sea to the
   Foothills region
   
2. 2.
   Capitol city of Atlantis, sometimes referred to as
   simply, “the City”
   

Bastrap - Town on Fog Mountain where the dark
people live

Cardassian Mountains - Mountains separating the city
of Atlantis from the provinces to the south

Dirty Lady - Inn in River Bend

Eastern Sea - Ocean to the east of Pangaea

Elmer - River running from foothills outside of Albion
through the territories south of Atlantis

Emperor’s Inn - Inn in Whitehurst

The Gray Knight - Inn in Mountain Shadows

Green Highway - Main road through Eden

Horse-head Rock - Rock formation on Southern
Highway

Hospitality House - Inn in Whitehurst

Mavenport - Town in the territories on the Eastern Sea

The Mountain Rest - Inn in Mountain Shadows

Trail’s End - Inn in Whitehurst

Mountain Road - Road over Fog Mountain via
Prophet’s Pass

Mountain Shadows - City on the slopes of Fog Mountain

Nara Desert - Desert between Whitehurst and River
Bend

New Sodom – Capitol city of Eden

Northern Highway - Road running between Albion and
Atlantis

Pecan Grove - Small town between Albion and
Whitehurst

Pishon - Great river of Eden

Razor’s Edge - Weapons shop in Whitehurst on Sword
Street

River Bend - Town on Elmer, close to Mountain
Shadows

River Gihon - River in New Sodom, tributary of the
Pishon

River Road - Road paralleling Fog Mountain and Elmer
River

Riverfront - Inn in River Bend

Robber’s Row - Street in River Bend

Silent Maid - Inn in Mountain Shadows

Sodom – Former capitol of Eden

Southern Highway - Road running between Albion and
Mountain Shadows

Sword Street - Street in Whitehurst

Territories – Land between Atlantis and Eden

Whitehurst - First major town south of Albion

Things

Copper - Atlantan currency, one-hundred coppers to a
denarius

Denarius – Basic gold currency of Atlantis, worth one
day’s wages, plural: denari

Eden mark – Eden currency worth approximately one
half a denarius

Mountain silver pound - Currency minted in Mountain
Shadows, equal to twenty coppers