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Gallusar
The Devourer of Stories; a parasite of meaning who feeds on repeated myth.
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Core Terms
Glossary
A compact reference for the recurring language of Heroes of the Dark Ages: the terms that make the world legible across web pages, pitch materials, and future content.
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Terms of the Severance
Glossary
A compact lexicon for the names, wounds, and laws that shape the Severance.
Narrative Function
The glossary keeps the mythic language consistent, so each page, trailer, hero story, and game system speaks from the same lore foundation.
Cosmology
World Terms
The Severance is Gallusar’s shattered pocket universe. The Edge is its central war-belt. The Scriptium is the writing engine at the heart of each side. Legacy Shards are cultural memory made geographical.
These terms should stay stable across the website, decks, trailers, and in-game text.
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Terms of the Severance
Severance / Edge / Scriptium / Legacies
A compact lexicon for the names, wounds, and laws that shape the Severance.
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Terms of the Severance
Bard / Hero / Epic / Tragic
A compact lexicon for the names, wounds, and laws that shape the Severance.
Player and Hero
Identity Terms
Players are Bards. Heroes are stolen story-beings. Epic and Tragic are interpretive forces, not simple good and evil.
This language differentiates HotDA from generic hero arena framing.
Systems
Progression Terms
Echoes are recovered fragments of lost story. Hidden Verses are Enheduanna’s deliberate refusals. The Bard Link is the second voice that connects player and hero.
These terms allow progression, unlocks, and collectibles to feel like lore rather than menus.
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Terms of the Severance
Echoes / Hidden Verses / Bard Link
A compact lexicon for the names, wounds, and laws that shape the Severance.
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Enheduanna
The First Bard; captive creative source and hidden rebel inside the Severance.
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Bard
The player identity; a second voice that creates choice inside repetition.
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Echo
A fragment of lost story that resisted Gallusar’s consumption.
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Hidden Verse
A forbidden Echo hidden by Enheduanna as proof of refusal.
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The Nine Mouths
Emotional engines that corrupt feelings into cages for Gallusar.
Key Line
“Consistency makes the myth feel ancient before the player has read a single page.”