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Don't know a word or are confused by some terms you keep seeing. Here is a pretty complete list of most the terms you will stumble across in this shop.

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• Velox
  • The planet on which raptors reside. It's surface is mostly covered with water broken by the great archipelago and other scattered islands.
• Raptor
  • The general term used to describe the dominant species that roams both the land and water.
• Land Bound
  • Term to describe raptors that breathe air. They also commonly sport feathers in various places.
• Water Bound
  • Term to describe raptors that breathe water. They also commonly sport fins in various places.
• Magic
  • A natural form of energy that exists on Velox used to alter the state of things to suit a raptors purpose.
• Soul
  • Condense magic at the core of all things, living and non living. It is basically the source that tells or defines what something is and how it acts. Sorta like a code. Souls code can be manipulated by raptors by applying magic via spells and rituals.
• Spell
  • A focused application of magic a raptor uses to manipulate the world around them to better suit them. Spells refer to the temporary effects that can be achieved.
• Enchanting
  • An application of magic to a non-living item that permanently affix or alter the purpose of said item. Such as increased tool durability, sharpness, transmitting sound, ect.
• Transmutation
  • An application of magic that completely and permanently change one thing to another. Such as turning iron to steel. This works best and is simpler on non living material. However, some rituals and enough magic can bring life to the lifeless and vic versa.
• Ritual
  • Higher end magic makes use of circles, and other types of foci to accomplish complex magic heavy effects. Typically Monarchs are the ones that can easily do these types of magic but under certain circumstances they can be otherwise archived.
• Foci
  • Anything used to help focus magic into a spell or ritual. Most commonly incantations, gemstones, and circles. But anything that aides a raptor in focusing mind and magic considered a foci.
• Tribe
  • A group of raptors gathered under a leader(s).
• Role
  • Description of a raptor's job or jobs.
• Monarch
  • Title given to raptors that have reached the pinnacle of growth. They are most often leaders of tribes and possess massive magic reserves allowing them to use the larger and more permanent magics.
• Emergence
  • A special process that is not fully understood. This process causes a raptor to cocoon themselves and they will undergo a change and emerge later as a Monarch.
• Kaleidoscope
  • The largest, oldest, and basically the tribe that all raptor society is built around. Their settlements are the largest and are neutral zones for all. They are also the keepers of raptor history and are the culture/religious centers.
• Trait
  • Templated physical traits that raptors can have any number of.
• Mutation
  • Unique/Custom drawn physical edits that raptors can exhibit.
• More
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