Glossary

Pronunciation key: underline = syllable with emphasis. Uppercase vowel = hard. Lower case vowel = soft.

blue month: one cycle of blue moon, varies from 30 to 90 days.

Canisaria: [cAn-is-ar-E-uh] native country of wolves and wolflings.

cowry catchers: manatee shelts.

Danda-lay: [dan-da-lA] cliff faun capitol.

Diven-rah: [di-ven-rah] a ruin, old shelt capitol of Filinia.

fauns: shelts with hooves, e.g. wood faun (dear shelt), swamp faun (goat shelt), cliff faun (sheep shelt), Shavier (pegasus shelt).

fealiday: [fEl-i-dA] cat shelt, also plural.

Filinia: [fil-i-nE-uh] native country of cats.

Iron Mountain: a desert city, centaur capitol.

Kazar: [kA-zar] a swamp, home of the swamp fauns and lizard riders.

Laven-lay: [la-ven-lA] wood faun capitol.

lizard riders: alligator shelts.

nauns: shelts with neither hooves nor paws, e.g. manatee shelts.

panauns: shelts with paws, e.g. cat shelts, wolf shelts, fox shelts.

red month: one cycle of red moon, about 60 days

Sardor-de-lor: [sar-dor-dA-lor] a ruin, old wolfling capitol of Canisaria before it fell to the cats

Selbis: a ruin, the old wizard capitol.

shelt: any two-legged creature having a humanoid body from the waist up and resembling some kind of animal from the waist down. Shelts have pointed, tufted ears.

watch: a period of time approximately four hours long. Shelts count four watches for the day and two watches for the night.

wolfling: a wolf shelt.

yellow month: one cycle of yellow moon, about 15 days.