Characters

Alana Balee: Recently introduced by to Giels and friends by Meritus. Thick and wavy, black hair. Usually quiet, except around friends.

Berian:  From northern tribes. Round-bodies. Loves the Drink. Simple. 

Bria Deo: Giels' mother and the tribe's Lead Storyteller.

Cleo ArcGola: A close, lifelong friend of Giels's, whom he considers beautiful and assumes to be his betrothed.

Danis Deo: (see Lead Elder Danis Deo)

Elder Boan Moss: Father of Samsen Moss. Impatient.  

Elder Petal Sparus: Thin, middle-aged, fussy, and serious. Suspicious of Giels.  

Elder Quickleaf Deo: Giels's cousin. Newly initiated to the Council of Seven Elders. Youngest elder at 23-years-old.

Elder Soaringflowers Daiela: Odd. Insightful.  

Elder TreeHaven: Frail. Oldest elder at 97-years-old.

Elensra (the Treespeaker): Deoan elder with the special role of communicating with trees/nature. 

Erikal TenTensen: tall, strong friend of Giels's. Highly talented with the computer and has recently grown closer to Cleo.  

Fairfox: Close friend of Cleo’s. Sprightly. Most talented with designing small devices.

Giels Deo: Protagonist and first-person narrator. Son of Danis and Bria Deo. 18 years old at the story's start. Studying to someday replace his mother as the Lead Storyteller.

Lead Elder Danis Deo: Giels's father and the Lead Elder of the Council of Seven Elders. Booming voice.

Mariette TenTensen:  Erikal's mother.

Meritus Alderas: Best friend to Erikal with prankster tendencies.

Samsen Moss: Friend of Giels's. Elder Boan Moss’s son. Shaman apprentice.  

Sansar: A leader of the Champions. Very interested in Giels and friends.

Dayodec: The mother of moons who was once a moon and who became the earth-mother, whose womb is the world below (the Underworld).  

Demobawa  &  Emonu: Mortal brothers who transformed into the Guardian after entering the Underworld.

Etargoren: The great generator and god of power. 

Glosa: Goddess of hope, balance, and the air. 

Guardian, the: Massive, winged beast that protects the Underworld from living mortals who try to enter by destroying their souls or injecting madness into them.

Hypantasos: God of slumber.  

Karranae: Mythical figure punished by the Sun.

Morgoreth: The great veil of the night. 

Sathunedri: The goddess of falling water. 

Sun, the: The giver of mortal life.  

Takka: Warrior from The Journey to Salihandron who helped mortals fight their way from the Underworld.

Tehna the Creator: Progenitor god.  

Tohillocen: Shadow goddess of rain, caves, and inner thought.

Salihandron: The Soul-herder god. The Death Escort, the Messenger, the Spirit-Vehicle, The Great Breath (proper noun, referring to air from the Wind Cave, also another name for the god). Gender undefined or changeable. 

Moon Gods:

Palis: Dark, medium-sized moon. God of the hidden heavenly veil. The heavenly passage.

Sahra: Light blue, medium-sized moon. The twilight moon, only visible in the evening on the horizon. Every day she evades Morgareth's advances and love.

Emba: Pale, large moon. The largest moon and most feminine. The way-finder.

Dorel: Blue, small moon. God of the firmament. Palis's sister.

Hola: Pale, medium-sized moon. Shunned by Deyodec, and helped bring upon Dayodec's fall, whereupon Deyodec, cast out from the heavens, became the earth.

bestid: A powerful Champion's vehicle that can transport a couple hundred people.

Billincen Device: a magical item, owned by the Deo family, made up of a bobbing, chrome metal rod whose center point balances on a small pewter pyramid. It seems to serve no purpose.

boromount: a giant, grazing beast.

Boromount Plateau: a plateau along the coast of the Western Sea populated by boromounts. It is the site of the Wind Cave.

cab (also, cabin vehicle): the type of floating vehicle used in the Deo.

the Champions: mortals who live in the Underworld.

chromadium: a metal alloy, silver and chrome-like in appearance.

the commons: see Deo Commons.

computer-spirit: the spirit that resides in every computer of the world between the earth and sky.

the Dare Furthur: Erikal's largest cab.

the Council of Seven Elders: the governing body of the Deo.

the Deo, the Deo Forest: the land inhabited by the Deo tribe.

Deoan: relating to the Deo tribe. Also, the language spoken.

Deo Commons: a large unpopulated forest of Deo trees in the center of the Deo, mainly used for socializing.

Deo tree: a medium-height tree with smooth, tan/brown bark and broad leaves.

do-it-all: a small floating device having several basic tools. Generally cylindrical in shape.

the Drink: an intoxicating beverage.

dusk-raptor: a small two-legged creature with soft plumage (dinosaur-like).

elder: one who sits on the Council of Seven Elders, also called a shaman.

the Equis: a lavish ceremony celebrating the change from summer to winter.

gort: a type of stew.

kite: an enormous, soaring, feathered creature.

the Lost Forest: a hilly region to the west of the Deo.

the Lost Tribe: an unknown, mysterious tribe that lives in the Lost Forest.

machine-spirit: the spirit that resides in a machine or device. Typical for all devices.

the Maze of Azer: a place intended to disorient people who attempt to enter the Underworld. Home of the Guardian.

mechwork: the inner workings of a machine. Also used to describe the machinery of the Underworld.

the Mirror People: the Talis Tribe's name for the Lost Tribe.

the Noalaa: the traditional name of the Lost Tribe.

the Oria: odd, monotone people who help the Champions.

the Original People(s): an ancient tribe. The first people to inhabit the mortal world.

payadekka: a large rodent that inhabits the Rambles.

ramble-rodent: see payadekka.

the Rambles: a marsh to the east of the Deo.

the Silver Dare: Erikal's cab.

Sunfire light: a bright, artificial light, usually on cabs.

the Talis: a tribe on the southwestern coast known for their magical abilities.

tassel-goat: a knotty-haired, modest-sized, four-legged herd animal that grazes on moss, often found in the Deo Commons.

the Wind Cave: mystical cave on the Boromount Plateau who's persistent breath is Salihandron's. The pathway to the Underworld. The most forbidden place to enter.

wing-facet: a sheet metal plate, normally as part of a grouping, often oval or with rounded corners, and often curved, essential for the levitation action of cabs and other devices.