Lexicon Under Construction

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I am busily beavering away at The Iron Dragon's Mother these days. So I don't have a lot of news to report, except things like:

I moved my fingers on the keyboard a lot today.

More keyboard action.

Yep. Still writing.

But if you want to get a sense of what I'm up to, maybe the following partial lexicon will help. As I write, I keep a list of neologisms, proper names, and odd words as an aid to the eventual proofreader. Also to make sure I remain consistent.

Here's where the word-hoard stands at present:

A

the Abyss

the Academy

Aerth

Aerugo

Aleister Crowley

Alqualondë

the Amberwine

Lieutenant Anthea

Ashling

Astarte

Atil-Khazaran

Atlantean

Aurvang Hogback, Shorty (a red dwarf)

Averno

B

banshees

basilisk

bat-riders

the Battle of Zhoulu

Beltaine

Ben Morgh

Bessie Long Gone

birth-gate

the Black Stone

the Bohemian coast

Bolshy Kitezh

the Book of Air

the Book of Steel

Brianna

Brocielande, Brocielandean (adj.)

bullbeggar

C

Caitlin of House Sans Merci, Caitlin, Katiboo

Candlemas-daisies

centaurs

Château Sans Merci

Clever Gretchen, Gretchen

Cockaygne

the Conquest of Penthesilea

Corpse-Eater Squadron

crone, crones

cyborg hounds

D

Daughter of Night

Daughters of Lilith

Declaration of Corruption

the Dogger Bank

the Dowager

Dunvegan, the flag of

Dvārakā

E

Eidum

Elektra, daughter of Olympia, daughter of Hephaesta, of the line of Hekate

elf, elf-lady, full-elven

the Empyrean

Esme

Eve, Mother Eve

Evoe

the Examiner

F

feriers

Fingolfinrhod, Rod, Roddie, Fin-fin

Fiona

Wing Commander Firedrake

fire-giantess

fire spirits

fire-worms

Dame Fortuna

G

the Garden

Gatling gun

Gdansk

geas

gendarmerie

gillyflowers

Louise Glück

the Governance of Babylon

Gretchen, Clever Gretchen [not Gretel!]

Graywand

Grimalka

the Guardian of the Gate

gwisin

H

haints

the Hanged God

Hans

heavenreich

Lady Hel

Helen V.

Helheim

hex-house

hex-word

hippocamp

Her Absent Majesty’s Dragon Corps

hobs

hob-lanterns

horned-god’s paintbrush

the horns of Elfland

Hot-Box Hannah

hulder

humble-bees

I

the Industrial Revolution

Innis Thule

Innis Thule AFB

J

jack roller

jungle buzzard

K

Kawasaki Fūjin

Kernunnos

kobold, kobold’s carry

L

Lemurian

Lion City

Llys Helig

Loosh

the Lords of the Forge

the Lords of the Rails, a Lady of the Rails

Lucius Shepard

the Lurker Within

lux aeterna

M

Maeve

magic, magick, magickal, magicks (depending on usage)

Meririm Phosphoros

Meryl

Monocorn

moondust  

Mother Eve

Mother Sunshine  

N

naginis

Fata Narcisse of House Syrinx

Nettlesweet Underwood, Nettie

nightmare  

Nuit de Crystal

O

ogres

Olous

Olympia

P

Patek Tank Américaine

Pavlopetri

Perdita

Pheia

poppet

Port Royal

Power

Q

Queen Mab’s lace

Quicksilver of House Carcassonne

R

Rabbit of House Oneiros

rattler

Raven

Rungholt

rusalka

S

Saeftinghe

Samsāra

Sans Merci (Lord San Merci, Lady Sans Merci, Chateau Sans Merci, Charlotte of House Sans Merci, etc.)

Saoirse

Satie’s Gnossiennes

satyrs

Scythian lamb

the Second Kentauroi War

Shorty, Aurvang Hogback

the Siege of Mount Othrys

sirens

Snake

snow sprites

old Spite

spirit candle

surgeon-archimage

sweetling  

T

Tartessos

Thonis Heracleion

thumblings

tian

titans

toadflax

Tylwyth Teg, Teggish (adj.)

U

Ultima Thule

Unicorns

urym lens and thummyn stone

V

Velcro

Veneta

W

the Wędrowiec Zmroku  

white ladies (a flower)

the White Ladies

woods-fey

Word of Power

Worm (dragon)

wyvern

Y

Ys

Ysault

Z

Zmeya-Gorynchna, of the line of Zmeya-Goryschena, of the line of Gorgon, Zmeya-Gorynchna, 1108, the Worm, the dragon

The final list, I'm sure, will be much longer.

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