Terminology

There are many terms which translate easily across all languages, having a universal meaning that can be thought of as loan-words or short-hands for other terms.

Many names of things cannot be remembered due to Physics: Detranslation phenomena. As such, they are given new names based on their remembered attributes, even if clear and specific memetic facts (such as events and identities) are unavailable. It is widely believed that speaking of the detranslated (particularly the empire) as incredibly bad luck - and as such is regarded as taboo: Typically only those who professionally deal with travellers who emerge from Elsewhere or Neverwhere are expected to know these terms.

• “Successor” - A classification of Genus Sourcia ("Sourcian") which has departed Herewhere and returned. Their exact nature is not known, only that Sourcia fear them and do not wish to speak of them.

Elsewhere is known to be an incredibly violent and young universe full of bloodshed, greed and corruption on a scale scarcely imaginable. Those who emerge from Elsewhere are generally not to be trusted until proven otherwise.

• “The Blue Empire” - A term used to describe a vast multisolar empire several hundred lightyears across which originated in elsewhere_universe_one which is purported to have performed many atrocities. They existed in a nightmarish utopia which had escaped death where even the thoughts of its citizens were property of the state. They wielded weapons which harmed spacetime itself causing several mass genocides, the destruction of entire star-systems and used an energy source which leeched energy from the Neverwhere, resulting in its stillbirth of an entire universe.
• “The Mythos” - an engineered species with forms resembling an octopus, a dragon and a caricature of human form of radical horror. They were known for their remarkably predatory behavior and incredibly advanced technology. They were developed by the Blue Empire by The Irresponsible in a race to develop a warrior species to defeat an unidentified and undisclosed threat.
• “The Katze” - Thought of as a “second version” of The Mythos, they are a super warrior species developed purely for war. Scarcely older than children but filling the vast navy of The Blue Empire, they are predominantly female and were sometimes described akin to war-maidens.
• “He Who Resisted” - Not a man, but an entire people who refused to move forward as part of The Blue Empire, protecting their own identity and their own sense of self. They were known for being loud, brash and their vast love of fire-arms.