Aeor was a flying city of mages who sought to destroy the gods before they themselves were destroyed during the Calamity. Aeor crashed into Eiselcross.
Age of Arcanum is the previous age before the Calamity and the Divergence, a period known for its widespread use of magic and dangerous conflicts between prosperous mortal nations and the gods.
All-Hammer is the alternative title for the god Moradin.
Arch Heart is the alternative title for the god Corellon.
Asmodeus is the Betrayer God of domination.
Assembly refers to the Cerberus Assembly.
Augen Trust is the spy network of the Dwendalian Empire, used to expose those responsible for creating unrest and sowing rebellion within the empire.
Aurora Watch is the trained guard and military arm of the Kryn Dynasty.
Avandra is the god of luck, freedom, and change.
Bahamut is the god of justice, protection, and honor.
Bane is the Betrayer God of conquest and tyranny.
Betrayer Gods are the deities that turned to the dark, evil side of creation.
Biting North is the northern, arctic region of Wildemount that is comprised of the Greying Wildlands and Eiselcross.
Blightshore is the far-eastern shore of Eastern Wynandir once known as the Miskath Strand, scarred with deep corruption from the experiments of the Betrayer Gods.
Blood Hunters are mistrusted monster hunters that live outside society, using blood magic to stalk their quarries.
Bright Queen Leylas Kryn is the head of Den Kryn and heralded as the leader of the Kryn Dynasty of Xhorhas.
Calamity is the name given for the collective wars and ensuing cataclysms that occurred at the end of the Age of Arcanum, which nearly destroyed all life and civilization across Exandria.
Cerberus Assembly is a collection of eight powerful mages who work within the Dwendalian Empire under King Bertrand Dwendal, but often pursue their own interests.
Change Bringer is the alternate title for the god Avandra.
Children of Malice is a faction of followers of Lolth who are driven to undermine and ruin the Kryn Dynasty for their turning from the Spider Queen.
Claret Orders is a loose faction of Blood Hunter organizations.
Clovis Concord is the governing body of the Menagerie Coast, comprised of a union between the marquises who independently rule the major coastal cities.
Cobalt Soul refers to the Library of the Cobalt Soul.
Concord (Concordian) refers to the Clovis Concord (and members of that particular faction).
Consecution is the Kryn ritual of binding a soul to a
Corellon is the god of spring, beauty, and the art.
Crown refers to the rulership of King Bertrand Dwendal and the Dwendalian Empire.
Crownsguard are the trained guards who patrol the Dwendalian Empire and are often assigned to enforce laws in particular locations and cities.
Dawn Father is the alternative title for the god Pelor.
Diarchy of Uthodurn is a society of elves and dwarves in the Flotket Alps of the Greying Wildlands.
Divergence is the term used to describe the moment that Prime Gods, after banishing the Betrayer Gods from Exandria following the Calamity, left Exandria and manifested the Divine Gate.
Divine Gate is the boundary established by the Prime Gods between Exandria and the Outer Planes, preventing all major divinity from setting foot on the world.
Draconblood are the former ruling class of dragonborn in Draconia before its fall, known for their tailed bodies and guile.
Draconia was the once majestic dragonborn nation that now lays in ruins within the Dreemoth Ravine.
Dranassar were tall, beautiful humanoids whom Bane transformed into goblins, hobgoblins, and bugbears to create his armies.
Dunamancy is the arcane study and mastering of dunamis and dunamis-related magic.
Dunamis is the mysterious arcane energy of potential, probability, and gravity studied and harnessed by spellcasters of the Kryn Dynasty.
Dwendalian Empire refers to the Dwendalian Empire that rules over Western Wynandir.
Dynasty refers to the Kryn Dynasty of Xhorhas.
Eastern Wynandir is the eastern region of Wildemount, which includes Xhorhas and the Miskath Strand (Blightshore).
Eiselcross is the cluster of icy islands that makes up the northern region of the Biting North.
Elder Evils are ancient, esoteric entities of maddening malevolence that exist beyond the fringes of Exandria, their will subtly corrupting the minds and dreams of mortals.
Empire refers to the Dwendalian Empire.
Empire Gods refers to the members of the Prime Deities pantheon that remain approved for worship within the Dwendalian Empire. This includes Erathis, Bahamut, Moradin, Pelor, Ioun, and the Raven Queen.
Erathis is the god of law, order, and civilization.
Everlight is the alternative title for the god Raei.
Exandria is the name of the world that includes the continent of Wildemount. It exists on the Material Plane.
Expositors are highly trained spies and infiltrators working for the Cobalt Soul.
Ghor Dranas was the central city of the Betrayer Gods and their armies. Destroyed in the Calamity, it has been rebuilt as the city of Rosohna.
Glassblades are the trained soldiers and rangers that serve the Diarchy of Uthodurn.
Golden Grin is an Exandria-wide secret society that works to destroy political corruption, check the abuse of power, and inspire everyone to rise.
Greying Wildlands is the southern region of the Biting North.
Gruumsh is the Betrayer God of savagery and slaughter.
Ioun is the god of knowledge, philosophy, and lore.
Julous Dominion was the society that resisted Dwendalian expansion in the mid-500’s PD before being conquered and absorbed into the empire.
Ki’Nau are the indigenous island people who reestablished society along the Menagerie Coast after the Calamity.
King generally refers to King Bertrand Dwendal.
King Bertrand Dwendal is the current ruler of the Dwendalian Empire and Western Wynandir.
Knowing Mentor is the alternative title for the god Ioun.
Kord is the god of strength, contests, and storms.
Kryn refers to the Kryn Dynasty faction of Xhorhasian citizens and soldiers under its banner.
Kryn Dynasty is the faction of largely drow and wastefolk that rules most of Xhorhas.
Law Bearer is the alternative title for the god Erathis.
Lolth is the Betrayer God of deceit and spiders.
Library of the Cobalt Soul is a network of acolytes and scholars that believe in the gathering and open sharing of information and lore, many of whom worship Ioun.
Luxon is a pre-pantheon entity of light that is worshiped by the Kryn Dynasty.
Melora is the god of wilderness and nature.
Marquet is the distant, largely arid continent far to the southwest of Wildemount.
Marquis is generally the title of a city leader within the Clovis Concord.
Marquessian refers to the language of Marquet, architecture and crafts from Marquet, or denizens who descend from citizens of Marquet.
Miskath Strand is the far-eastern shore of Eastern Wynandir, scarred with deep corruption from the experiments of the Betrayer Gods. This region is now known as Blightshore.
Molaesmyr is the ruined and cursed elven city that once ruled over the Greying Wildlands from within the forest now called the Savalirwood.
Moon Weaver is the alternative title for the god Sehanine.
Moradin is the god of craft and creation.
Myriad are a scattered but powerful network of criminals and thieves throughout Wildemount.
PD denotes a year that has occurred “Post-Divergence.” For example, the Chroma Conclave’s attack on Tal’Dorei occurred in 815 PD.
Pelor is the god of the sun, summer, and the harvest.
Platinum Dragon is the alternative title for the god Bahamut.
Prime Deities are the gods who turn to the more orderly, good, and balanced view of creation.
Quajath is a massive worm creature of powerful will sealed within the ice of Eiselcross.
Raei is the god of atonement and compassion.
Raven Queen is the god of winter, fate, and the transition of death.
Ravenites are the surviving dragonborn previously held as a lower, slave-class under the Draconbloods of Draconia before its fall, known for their tailless bodies and hardy physique.
Revelry is the faction and banner that most operating pirates across the Menagerie Coast are united under.
Righteous Brand is the military army of the Dwendalian Empire.
Scars of Scale and Tooth is a new faction of Ravenites and survivors of the destruction of Draconia, centered around the city of Xarzith Kitril.
Sehanine is the god of moonlight, illusions, and misdirection.
Starosta is the title of a settlement leader within the Dwendalian Empire.
Storm Lord is the alternative title for the god Kord.
Tal’Dorei is a continent southwest of Wildemount, across the Lucidian Ocean.
Taskhands are high-ranking military leaders within the Kryn Dynasty, sometimes assigned to preside as judges in times of conflict.
Tharizdun is the Betrayer God of madness and destruction.
Tiamat is the Betrayer God of greed, envy, and wealth.
Torog is the Betrayer God of imprisonment, torture, and enslavement.
Tribes is a term often referring to the Tribes of Shadycreek Run.
Tribes of Shadycreek Run is a collection of crime families that runs through the Dwendalian Empire and the Greying Wildlands.
Truscan Vale is the far western plain within the Marrow Valley that is largely controlled by the Truscan noble family.
Uk’otoa is a powerful serpent that is sealed within the Lucidian Ocean.
Umavi are consecuted members of the Kryn Dynasty who have been reborn and lived enough lifetimes to believe they are perfect souls.
Uthodurnian relates something to the society of the Diarchy of Uthodurn.
Wastefolk are nomads who have adapted to life in the wastes of Xhorhas, which they call them home.
Western Wynandir is the western, central valley of Wildemount, which includes the Zemni Fields and the Marrow Valley.
Wild Mother is the alternative title for the god Melora.
Wildemount is the continent described in this volume and the setting for the second campaign of the hit series Critical Role.
Zhelezo are the standing military of the Clovis Concord up and down the Menagerie Coast.