Appendix: Glossary

Aedile: An odd member of an oppidum who limits corruption. Basically a non-Tremere in a Tremere-dominated oppidum, or a Tremere in a non-Tremere oppidum.

Archizupan: A title, grand chieftain, held by the leader of the Serbs.

Azdaja: Any Infernal dragon

Ban: A noble title, meaning prince or governor, depending on location.

Bogomilism: A Divine faith considered a heresy by the Christian Church.

Bolyar (pl. bolyeri): A Bulgarian nobleman

The Book of Legacies: A list of the resources of House Tremere.

The Book of Placements: A list, used in conjunction with the Book of Legacies, noting what has been loaned to each member of the House.

The Book of Places to Avoid: A list of places within the Tribunal that are too dangerous for magi to safely travel through. Maintained by the Survey Group.

Broukolak: A type of humaniform, infernal vampire (Bulgarian term)

Cives: A magus-citizen of the Tribunal, with the fullest range of rights and duties.

Colona: A magus, usually young, who has been permitted to settle in the wilder parts of Transylvania. Colona have fewer rights than magi with other covenants.

Covenant: The legal agreement by which a magus lives in the Tribunal, specifying rights and duties. The five usual covenants give the statuses of cives, socii, hospite foederate, and colona.

Curantis: An official of the Tribunal appointed to manage the Zenodochii network.

Curator: A Tribunal official, appointed for life, who oversees the museum oppidum of Tablinum.

Cult of Zalmoxis: An ancient mystery cult of a resurrected hero, native to the Tribunal.

Decebalus, Treasure of: The treasure of an ancient king, rumored buried under a river in the Transylvanian Tribunal.

Decennial: A meeting every ten years to determine the future course of House Tremere.

Dhampir (pl. dhampiri): The child of a vampire, also called a vampirdzhi.

Fectores (sing. Fector): Either an alliance of non-Hermetic wizards organized by House Tremere, or else a Hermetic tradition of House Ex Miscellanea; either way a specialist vampire hunter.

Foederate: A magus whose rights and duties derive from a historical agreement, made when their covenant joined the Tribunal.

Gadja: A swollen bag filled with gelatinous blood; a stage in the lifecycle of many types of vampire.

Hochmeister: Literally, "high master." In this supplement, it refers to the leader of the Teutonic Order.

Hospite: A magus whose rights and duties in the Tribunal derive from work they have been hired to do by the Tribunal or House Tremere, or a foreigner allowed to stay in Hungary by the king, in exchange for service or taxes.

Ice Harvesting: The Storm Wizard hedge tradition's method of harvesting Auram vis.

Kukudhi: A powerful vampire able to live among humans undetected.

Legata: The representative of, and in emergencies, temporary heir to, the Prima of Tremere.

Lictor: A magus who has dedicated a long portion of his life to hoplitism.

Mansio: A coaching house for magi, managed by a Redcaps.

Moroi (pl. moroii): A Vlach vampire.

Oppidum (pl. Oppida): A place where magi live together, likely called a "covenant" in other Tribunals.

Pax Draconis: The current state of relative peace between the two major types of dragon in the Tribunal, enforced by an ancient Roman dragon.

Pecheng: An ethnic group of migratory horse warriors, dispossessed of their original territories by the Cumans, who now serve the Hungarian king or various covenants.

Perun: The Slavic lightning god**.**

Platenik (pl. platenici): A Slavic vampire.

Pricolici: A Vlach bestial vampire.

Rotation: The Tremere habit of coming home to Transylvania every decade or so, more formal in some areas than others.

Sabotnik (pl. sabotnici): A person immune to the direct powers of many vampires and possessing 'The Sight'; often a vampire hunter.

Socii: A magus whose rights and duties in the Tribunal derive from their role as a Redcap, Quaesitor, or dedicated hoplite.

Strigoi: The most general Vlach word for a vampire or witch.

Survey Group: The Tremere vexillation responsible for identifying all of the resources in lands controlled by the House.

Szelkers: An ethnic group of migratory horse warriors, left behind as a beachhead by the retreating Huns, now allied to the Hungarian throne.

Taltos: A type of folk magician native to the Tribunal; arguably extinct in the ancient meaning of the term.

Tengrist: A follower of the gods of the steppe horsemen.

The [Transylvania] Chronicle: A record of Tribunal history and Peripheral Code rulings. The authoritative copy is kept at Tablinum.

Tsar: "Emperor and autocrat of all Bulgarians and Vlachs;" the ruler of Bulgaria.

Varcolac (pl. varcolaci): A Vlach werewolf.

Veles: The Slavic death god, sometimes draconic in form.

Vila: A female fairy, a "white lady."

Vlach: A Romanian.

Voivode: A prince, governor, or count depending on location.

Vukodlak (pl. vukodlaci): A Slavic bestial vampire or hedge magician.

Zduhacz: A spirit, or a vampire in its spiritual form.

Zenodochium (pl. Zenodochii): A traveler's safe-house run by the Tribunal which contains magical items and casting tablets to aid injured magi.

Zmaj: Any Magical dragon.

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Appendix: Glossary