Races
- draká (“druh-KAH”)
- The original “dragons.”
- amá (“ah-MAH”)
- Human(s); the sentient inhabitants of Earth.
- dramá (“druh-MAH”)
- The race that emerged from the combination of draká and humans.
Blood manifestations
- drakón (“drah-KOHN”)
- Dramá chosen to have far greater magic and gain a drakáform.
- amón (“ah-MOHN”)
- Dramá who are not chosen, yet still have the Blood of the Covenants and cannot accurately be called “human.”
Distances
Rough equivalents.
- ild
- Inch.
- foot
- Literal translation.
- erd
- Yard—only a couple of dramá feet.
- ald
- 100 dramá feet.
- eld
- Half an English Imperial mile.
- elden
- An English Imperial mile.
Time
- dek
- Roughly 1 minute, made of 56 moments.
- deken
- Roughly 1 hour, made of 56 dek.
- day
- 28 deken.
Going deeper
If you want the full anatomy of the Blood—who bonds with whom, how power ebbs and flows across the day, and what each race becomes when it changes shape—Korinth has written it all down in the Circle of Power. Spoilers—don’t follow that link until you’ve finished book five, Dragon’s Hope.
Also worth a wander: the Seven Clans and the Hold maps.
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