Diamond Heart, Frozen Souls
Glossary
Glossary
Characters
Royal Family (Alphabetical Order)
Adam (AD-um)
Life-sustaining essence
King, Aquielle Sanctum
Bradleigh (BRAD-lee)
Haven of growth &
renewal
Princess, Aquielle
Sanctum
Bria (BREE-uh)
Strength, vigor & nobility
Carrier of the Moonstone compass
Brian (BRY-an)
High, noble
Eiradia military advisor
Catiese (Kah-TEES)
Elegance, grace
Queen, Aquielle Sanctum
Kennedy (KEN-uh-dee)
Helm guiding through turbulent waters
Princess, Aquielle Sanctum
LaNara (La-NAIR-rah)
Melodic, nature-inspiring
Princess, Eiradia &
Verdant Heights
Linzell (Lin-ZELL)
Shield, Symbol of
strength & legacy
King, Verdant Heights
Sin: Lust
Lyriael (LEER-ee-uhl)
Song of Light
Queen, Vaelwyn
Mae (May)
Growth, nurturing, spring
Eiradia Visionary
Maria (Muh-REE-uh)
Pre-Curse
First light
Queen, Eiradia
Maria (Muh-REE-uh)
Post-Curse
Fallen light
Queen, Eiradia
Sin: Pride
Nicholas (NIK-oh-lus)
Victory of the people
Prince, Aquielle Sanctum
Sorelle (Sor-ELL)
Remembrance made radiant
Manifestation of Maria’s truest self
Sins (Alphabetical Order)
Avaris (ah-VAHR-iss)
Excessive greed
Wealthy merchant.
Sin: Greed
Banchoo (BAN-choo)
Incompleteness,
suppression,
Wealthy merchant
Sin: Gluttony
Blaize (BLAYZ)
Fire, rage
Warrior
Sin: Wrath
Dormius (DOHR-mee-us)
To sleep
Aquivers & Lunthar Commander, Aquielle Sanctum
Sin: Sloth
Gravidos (GRAH-vee-dohs)
Heavy weight of longing
Renowned sculptor
Sin: Envy
Subjects (Alphabetical Order)
Cecelia (Seh-SEE-lee-uh)
Wisdom & music
Emotional & spiritual
guide
George (JORJ)
Loyal & honest protector
Eiradian warrior &
tactician
Jack (JAK)
Favored one
Verdant Heights
warrior & tactician
Virelda (vee-REHL-duh)
Essence of life
Renowned painter
Ruinbound (Alphabetical Order)
Pre-pain Cryon
(CRY-on)
Black diamond
King, Gelidorn
Post-pain Cryon
(CRY-on)
Frost, cold, ice crystal.
Glacial Tyrant of Gelidorn
Shadowborn (SHAD-oh-
born)
Regret relived
Manifestations of regret
Syphron (SY-frawn)
Inevitability of cold chaos
Chaos given form
Skyborn (Alphabetical Order)
Skyborn (SKY-born)
Born of the sky
Guardians chosen by heart
Navoris (NAV-oh-riss)
Storm of compassion
Bradleigh’s Skyborn
Solenrya (SOH-leh-NEER-uh) Bringer of celestial light
LaNara’s Skyborn.
Solvane (SOL-vayn)
Silent Wave
Nicholas’ Skyborn
Sorelya (sor-ELL-yah)
Soars through sorrow
Maria’s Skyborn
Thalorin (THAHL-or-in)
Steadfast Tide
Adam’s Skyborn
Umbar (OOM-bar)
Land-bound guardian
Linzell’s Skyborn
Varnok (VAR-nok)
Embered Sentinel
George’s Skyborn
Velastrae (VELL-uh-stray)
Star-Sailing One
Catiese’s Skyborn
Virelen (VEER-eh-len)
Emerald Flame
Kennedy’s Skyborn
Artifacts (Alphabetical Order)
Art (Alphabetical Order)
Corrupt Statue (Gravidos)
A fractured monolith of sorrow that breathes despair, its form twisting truth into a presence that feeds on fear and memory.
Perfect Statue (Gravidos)
An immaculate marble figure of flawless beauty, untouched by sorrow and distant in its unyielding perfection.
Painting (Virelda)
A living canvas of contrast where ruin and renewal coexist, revealing beauty shaped through both suffering and light.
Banner (Alphabetical Order)
Banner of Three Crest (BAN-ner of Three)
Unity forged through difference
Embodies the alliance of Eiradia, Verdant Heights and Aquielle Sanctum.
Crests (Alphabetical Order)
Aquielle Sanctum Crest
(Ah-kee-ELL SANK-tum)
Adaptability, unity, water mystic.
Signifies clarity and fluidity
Eiradia Crest (AIR-ah-dee-uh)
Land of eternal frost and renewal
Reflects serenity, clarity, and resilience
Gelidorn Crest (GEL-ih-dorn)
Land of ancient grief and frozen time
Symbolizes the frozen monument to loss.
Vaelwyn (VAYL-win)
Song of Sorrow
Memorializes tranquility and twilight beauty.
Verdant Heights Crest (VER-dant Heights)
Land of blooming legacy
Represents the golden see of endurance
Nature (Alphabetical Order)
Blooming Tree (BLOO-ming tree)
Living memory; reflection of truth & renewal
Blossoms reflect moments of transformation.
Calarian Bloom (kuh-LAIR-ee-uhn bloom)
Flower of legacy, hope, and soul-bound love
Radiant flower woven from the shared love and strength of Maria, Catiese, and LaNara
Crown of Clarity (Crown of CLARE-ih-tee)
Enduring fragility
Lavender wreath crown, symbolizing enduring love
Tree of Echoes (TREEZ uhv EH-kohz)
Resonant miracle trees of concord
Resonates to truth, memory and love; blooms when these are in concord
Spirits (Alphabetical Order)
Heart of Waters (HEART of WAH-ters)
Living heart of memory & restoration
Encases destructive forces within crystalline peace; channels restorative memory across realms
Realm Mirror (relm MIR-ur)
Realm reflection
Bound to Eiradia and Gelidorn, forged of silver mist and liquid memory
Lantern Spirits (LAN-turn Spirits)
Guardians of Remembrance
Symbols of remembrance, appearing during moments of emotional clarity & hope.
Mirrorwell (MIR-or-well)
Reflection pool of memory & emotional clarity
Sites of deep emotional confrontation
Moonstone Compass (MOON-stone Compass)
Guide to emotional truth
Awaken in response to emotion, legacy, and unresolved truth
Water Spirits (WAH-ter Spirits)
Memories of the Flow
Emotional guardians and symbols of change.
Water Weavers (WAH-ter WEE-vurs)
Voices of the Flow
Commune with water as a living force, channeling tides, memory, and emotional resonance.
Waystones (Awakened)
Reflects shared truth, aligned intent, or honored vows.
Waystones (Dormant)
Resonance has receded inward.
Militaries (Alphabetical Order)
Aetherion Cryst – Female Division (AY-theer-ee-on)
Constellation’s Vigil
Female Celestial fleet of Eiradia
Aetherion Guard (AY-theer-ee-on)
Constellation’s Vigil
Male Celestial fleet of Eiradia
Aquiviers (ah-KWEE-vee-urz)
Keepers of the Sun’s Ascent
Guardians of Aquielle Sanctum in the hour of the Sun’s triumph.
Lunthar (LOON-thar)
Keepers of the Moon’s Advance
Guardians of Aquielle Sanctum in the hour of the Moon’s triumph.
Sentinel (SEN-tuh-nel)
Verdant Oathbearers
Unisex Elite guardians of Verdant Heights - Silver helms embody steadfast strength, gold helms radiant clarity
Umbral (UHM-bruhls)
Despair Forged into Armor
Phantom enforcers of Cryon’s will
Kingdoms (Alphabetical Order)
Eiradia (Eir-a-dee-a)
Ice and radiance
Crystalline towers, aurora skies, glimmering snowfields. A kingdom of ancient light and resilience. Ruled by Queen Maria.
Gelidorn (JEL-ih-dorn)
Frozen Thorn
Embodies the slow decay of hope. Ruled by King Cryon
Vaelwyn (VAYL-win)
Song of Sorrow
Tranquil realm steeped in twilight beauty warm rivers wind through crystalline bridges and floating gardens, where sculptural cities of living stone hum with gentle energy. Ruled by Queen Lyriael.
Verdant Heights (VER-dant KREST)
Lush and green / Peak or high point
Nature’s spirit weaves through its soil and stone. Ruler(s): Linzell.
Battlefields (Alphabetical Order)
Abyssal Echoes (uh-BISS-uhl EH-kohz)
Grief-born phantoms of the deep
Umbral final battlefield
Ashen Hollow (ASH-en HALL-oh)
Frozen ground of sacrifice
Forms within the borderland scar between Eiradia’s ascendant sky-reaches and the enduring soil of Verdant Heights. Soil bears the weight of surrender
Blighted Barrens (BLIE-ted BAR-ens)
Cursed deadlands
Spreads outward from regions of Gelidorn Mark where vitality failed under sustained grief.
Crestfall Crossing (CREST-fall CROSS-ing)
Collapsed passage of pride
Suspended within the contested threshold between Aquielle Sanctum’s flowing domains and the grounded reaches of Verdant Heights, where the Celestine Arch once unified passage. Now veiled in mist, it exists as a fractured hinge-space, yielding passage only when unity, memory, and shared purpose briefly restore coherence.
Crimson Verge (CRIM-son VERJ)
Edge of rage
Manifests along the volatile boundary where Verdant Heights’ endurance meets the advancing influence of the Infernal Wrathfields, a jagged extremity where emotional pressure fractures the land and rage seeps upward through stone before settling into scorched soil.
Despair’s Abyss (deh-SPAREZ uh-BISS)
Chasm of forsaken hope
Yawns open where Eiradia’s light thins and Gelidorn’s corruption presses inward, forming a deep rift where mercy collapsed under despair and resolve could no longer hold. From its depths, hopelessness presses outward, thinning light, sound, and will.
Echoing Plains (ECK-oh-ing PLAINS)
Fields that remember
Stretches across an open expanse of Eiradia where sky and wind dominate, unshielded by elevation or forest. This was the first ground upon which the realms stood together, leaving the land saturated with layered memory that lingers and amplifies what is carried across it.
Emberfall (EM-ber-fall)
Dying fire / Falling fire
Occupies the ash-choked approaches of a corrupted volcanic hollow within Verdant Heights, where sacred fire once rose in balance but now settles as ash. The land reflects collapse rather than eruption, channeling regret instead of renewal.
Frostspire Ridge (FRAWST-spire RIDGE)
Ice-bound wall
Forms a high, unstable divide between Eiradia’s controlled light and Gelidorn’s encroaching corruption, where frost, shadow, and conflicting influences converge. Energy and connection with light destabilize here, fracturing strength rather than allowing it to flow.
Glutton’s Maw (GLUT-unz MAW)
Hunger that devours
Opens at the core of Gelidorn, a consuming ravine where Cryon’s hunger first eclipsed restraint. The Maw draws energy, desire, and emotion inward until nothing remains, its pull felt wherever consumption replaces sustenance.
Infernal Wrathfields (in-FUR-nul RATH-feeldz)
Burning rage fields
A volatile expanse where rage broke free of restraint and never settled again. Fire surges laterally across fractured ground, carried by storms and pressure rather than erupting from a single source. Shared by Verdant Heights and Gelidorn, this is a place where anger never sleeps.
Pride’s Pinnacle (PRYDZ PIN-uh-kul)
Height of arrogance
Rises at Eiradia’s most elevated reaches, closest to the horizon’s influence and farthest from grounding soil. Once a point of unity, it became the summit where pride fractured the realm, turning ambition and insecurity into pressure and division.
Seasorrow Shoals (SEE-sor-row SHOALS) — Weeping tides
Forms along the coastal reaches of Aquielle Sanctum, where shallows were overtaken by grief-laden tides during Cryon’s first rise. The waters spiral not with storms, but with sorrow, drawing memory and balance inward.
Shattered Glade (SHAT-tered GLAYD)
Broken sanctuary
Lies within the forested heart of Verdant Heights, where growth once protected sacred oaths. The Glade fractured when betrayal rooted itself deeper than trust, turning shelter into silence.
Sloth’s Hollow (SLAWTHS HOL-low)
Valley of forgotten motion
Settles within a low, stagnant basin of Eiradia, where motion slows and ambition dissolves. The Hollow lingers suspended—neither rising toward light nor falling fully into corruption.
Causeways (Alphabetical Order)
Heartwood Causeway (HART-wood KAWZ-way)
Bridge of vow and root
Spans the living gorge where Eiradia’s ascendant light descends toward Verdant Heights’ rooted endurance, linking the Echoing Plains with the Moonvine terraces below. The bridge exists only when horizon-borne intention meets grounded truth, awakening through aligned vow, memory, and trust—and dimming when those bonds falter.
Pearl Causeway (PERL KAWZ-way)
Living sea-bridge of accord
Arises across the inner waters where Aquielle Sanctum’s tides reach toward Eiradia’s luminous shores, forming a living span that breathes with the sea. It exists through aligned currents—whether shared accord or intimate vow—and remains stable only while intention stays uncorrupted.
Family Tree of Queen Maria
Royal Lineage: Kingdom of Eiradia
Queen Maria
Ruler of Eiradia; bearer of the diamond heart; resolute and compassionate
King Linzell
Ruler of Verdant Heights; steadfast and emotionally grounded
Children of Queen Maria & King Linzell
Queen Catiese
Ruler of Aquielle Sanctum; calm, strategic, emotionally resilient
Married to: King Adam (ruler of Aquielle Sanctum)
Princess LaNara
Warrior-Healer and Wielder of the Gift of Light; bold and protective
Partner: Jack (high-ranking soldier)
Children of Queen Catiese & King Adam:
Nicholas — Exceptional strength; struggles with self-control
Kennedy — Foresight and vision; sees branching futures
Bradleigh — Empathic healer; struggles with compassion fatigue
Extended Family (Maternal Line)
Princess Mae
Queen Maria’s younger sister; compassionate and wise
Brian
Mae’s husband; loyal and self-sacrificing
Child of Princess Mae & Brian:
Bria — Fierce, resilient; struggles with identity and abandonment