Editing Horizon:Volume 1B Glossary

==Glossary==
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===A===

*Academy: An educational facility. Used as the center of political and military power. Tend to have many branch schools.
*Academy Rules: The basic laws upheld between academies. Agreed to by the Testament Union.
*Apocalypse: The end of the world. 1648 when the Testament’s history descriptions end.
*ATELL: The smallest unit of ether. Used for spells.

===B===

*Blessings: The amount of ether needed for a human to exist for one hour. 3600 ATELL. Conversion unit for a spell’s ATELL consumption.

===C===

*Catholic (Old Faith): The old mainstream version of Tsirhc.
*Chancellor’s Officers: An organization led by the chancellor which leads the academy and performs work such as defense.
*Contradiction Allowance: The foundational ability of the world. Allows the simultaneous existence of all sorts of physical laws.

===D===

*Divine States: Former name of the Far East.
*Divine Weapon: A weapon that, unlike a normal weapon, has a unique ability.

===E===

*Edel Brocken (Overlooking Magic Mountain): Magic brand. Location of headquarters unknown.
*Emperor: A divine individual who is said to control the ley lines using the Imperial Regalia in Kyou. Does not interfere with the world.
*England: Uses a floating island and does not control any Far Eastern land or Far Eastern daimyo.
*Ether: Component that makes up contradiction-allowing space.
*Ether Engine: An engine that uses ether’s space-altering ability. The effect changes based on the internal crest.
*Ether Fuel: Ether that has been purified into fuel. Used as External Blessings or for ether engines.
*Ether Reactor: A reactor that extracts and purifies ether from the air. Has a lower output than a ley line reactor, but is relatively safe.
*External Blessings: Blessings accumulated outside of oneself. Ether fuel is an example.

===F===

*Fan Gang: Qing brand. Durable but a bit rough.
*Far East: Name of the Divine States after the Harmonic Unification War.
*Fino Alba (Star of Mechanical Devices): K.P.A. Italian brand. Their use of springs is their selling point.

===G===

*God of War: A giant humanoid machine that people combine with to move.
*Graduation: No limit for nations other than the Far East. Far Easterners must graduate at 18.

===H===

*Harmonic Territory: Locations where the fallen Harmonic World Divine States unified with the real world while breaking apart.
*Harmonic Unification War: A war between the harmonic world residents and the real world (Divine States) residents after the destruction of the harmonic world. The harmonic world residents won and began a provisional rule over the Divine States.
*Harmonic World: A former alternate space that copied the Divine States. Preserved through ley line control.
*Hexagone Française: Mouri clan + France.
*History Recreation: Recreating the Testament descriptions to maintain the path the world takes.
*Holy Spells: Tsirhc spells. The Catholics are related to the Testament and holy individuals while the Protestants derive power only from the Testament.

===I===

*Inherited Name: The name of a historical figure given to an appropriate individual for the history recreation.
*Internal Blessings: blessings stored within oneself.
*IZUMO (Izumo Industries): The Far East’s largest corporation. The headquarters for Far Eastern shrines and the corporation that built the Musashi.

===J===

*Judge/Judgment: Means “understood”. Used by criminals.

===K===

*K.P.A. Italia: Association of Aki States + Union of Italian City States.

===L===

*Ley Line: The thicker of the pathways through which ether flows.
*Ley Line Reactor: A reactor that extracts and refines either from ley lines. Can easily cause lay line mutations and destroy everything within several kilometers if they explode. Due to their instability, they are banned by the Tsirhc religion.
*Logismoi Óplo: Weapons of mass destruction created on the motif of the seven deadly sins.

===M===

*Magic: Folk spells currently under persecution in Europe.
*M.H.R.R.: Hashiba clan + Holy Roman Empire.
*Mikawa: Located between India and the Middle East. Because it had been named as the controller of the Far East, it acts as a residential area for the Far East, and the Testament Union has acknowledged its high autocracy, but because of the Testament's description, it allied with P.A.ODA. As P.A.ODA had half-ceded from the Testament Union, it became a neutral country in a half locked-country status to both the Testament Union and P.A.ODA.
*Mlasi: A later non-Tsirhc religion that also worships the Testament.
*Mouse: A spirit beast device to act as an intermediary between the Shinto religion and its musicians. Other religions use different names.
*Musashi: Aerial city ship. The sole independent territory allowed for the Far East.
*Musashi Ariadust Academy: The Far East’s representative academy which exists on Okutama of Musashi.
*Musician: A religion’s worshiper.

===O===

*Offering: Providing a god with something they will enjoy or Internal Blessings.
*Orei Metallo/Water: Ore or water containing ether. Can be used as ether fuel.

===P===

*P.A. ODA: Oda clan + Ottomans.
*Peace of Westphalia: The peace treaty that ended the Thirty Years’ War.
*Protestant (New Faith): A new style of Tsirhc created to escape the corruption of Catholicism and to adjust to the new age.
*Provisional Council: Group of adults who act as bureaucrats toward Musashi’s student council, chancellor’s officers, and student committees.

===Q===

*Qing: China.

===R===

*Religion: Organizations or groups that worship a god or the Testament.

===S===

*San Mercado (Pure Metropolis): Tres Españan brand.
*Shinto: Far Eastern religion. Worships the Far Eastern gods and uses divine music spells.
*Shirasago Enterprises: IZUMO’s shrine brand.
*Sign Frame: Spell device needed to use each religion’s basic protection.
*Song of Passage: Prototype of a fairy tale created in the Far East during the Edo period.
*Spirit Spell: Primitive spells used by talking to and borrowing the power of spirits, which are ether with a will of its own.
*Spell: Causing a miracle in a certain space by processing ether.
*Student Council: The organization that handles an academy’s domestic and foreign affairs.
*Substitution: Offering something to please a god instead of using Blessings to activate a spell.
*Sviet Rus: Uesugi clan + Russia.

===T===

*Tercio: The popular formation in this era. Formed by around a thousand people, the infantry are packed closely together, pikemen surrounded by riflemen. Excels in defensive capability, but slow. It's common to use it in groups of 3 squads or more.
*Tes/Testament: Means “understood”.
*Testament: A history book that provides the history of the earth’s previous age. There are seven pairs and excerpts.
*Testament Descriptions: History of the earth’s previous age that is automatically updated by the Testament. However, it stopped updating after the description for 1648.
*Testament Union: An organization meant to lead the history recreation.
*Testamenta Arma: Weapons that use the ability of the Testaments.
*Tres España: Oouchi and Ootomo clans + Spain. Currently includes Portugal.
*Tsirhc: A religion which places the Son of God at the top. Worships the Testament.

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