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Still under construction, but here’s the list so far! 🙂

“Nekhal s’threnai.”

“Blood offered, not forgotten.”

Tharzhei’ir (pronounced: THAR-zhay-eer) ///Meaning: “Thorn’s Breath” It refers to the Spiny Thornsap plant.

• Thar = thorn
• zhei = breath / vapor / sigh
• ’ir = herb or essence

Velru’unath (pronounced: VEL-roo-oo-nath)/// Meaning: “Sleep from Shadow”

• Velru = shadow / veil
• ’unath = sleep / rest / stillness

Zharukh ka’Rheven Father of Kings: (Title applied to Thocomerius)

• Zharukh = father, patriarch, progenitor
• ka’ = of / belonging to
• Rheven = kings (plural of Rhev, “king”)

Natural Poison: “Ashk’Thirun” (deathsap, or essence of death)

• Ashk = death
• Thirun = sap, essence

Zul’narathi – “Bloodbound sisters of fire” – The witches’ name for themselves.

• Zul (blood) + nara (fire) + suffix -thi (sisterhood or order)
• Almost whispered when spoken aloud.

🜃 Na’khareth Al’Dir (nah-KHAH-reth al-DEER) Meaning: “The House of the Hidden Thread”

• “Na’khareth” = hidden, veiled, shrouded
• “Al’Dir” = loom, thread, or weaving (implying fate or manipulation)
• Think of this as the proto-Virehnai equivalent of the Invisible Hand or the Weavers of Destiny.

“Dreth’khal, ves’taraan… orr Virehn’nai.”

“What survives, endures… as do the Virehnai.”

—often spoken solemnly before sacrifice, oath, or vengeance.

Tual’Sa’virehn “Hall of the Blood-Bound” /// This is the name of the first temple in Sumeria, where the Vel’sheth came into being.

• Tual = chamber or hall
• Sa = shelter / sacred dwelling
• Virehn = blood (as in “of the blood”)

Ashen’kai’el “The Forbidden Flame” or “Flame-That-Should-Not-Be” ///  The actual site of Becoming. Lost. Hidden. Both sacred and cursed. The birthplace of the Virehnai, where the knife cut first and magic changed everything. They hid it in ancient times to prevent an evil spirit, Setha’Zan, from coming into the world, and today (hint, hint: for the TIME BEING) it’s still hidden. When it is unearthed, finally, is when The Godmakers comes into play, and the archaeologist, and Melanie from Magic Abounds end up on a dig there, trying to keep it from coming into the world, aided by Thoth and Neith.)

• Ashen = forbidden / sealed / blighted
• Kai = oath / binding / magic
• El = flame / divine spark

Zar’kenet ai Virehn (“Blade of Becoming” or literally “the cut that made the blood”)

It’s actual name:

• Zar = blade, edge, or tooth
• Kenet = to become, to transform
• Ai Virehn = of the blood → This name would appear in ancient rites, texts, whispered in reverence. It’s the poetic, reverent term—the kind you’d find carved into old stone tablets, or whispered in ritual.

It’s slang name:

Ash’kulat

(“Witch fang” / “Cursed tooth”)

• Ash = witch or poison (same root; slightly derogatory)
• Kulat = fang, claw, or cursed relic → Used with a sneer or a curled lip. It’s the “don’t touch that thing” name, the one the elders mutter with disgust or fear. It’s the word said when someone wants to blame witches for the state of the world. You might even have older Virehnai refuse to speak its ritual name, using only Ash’kulat as a warning.

“Anel’shar Vireth ka’sul ai’maret.”///When Robbie is judged

(“Let your name pass from your kin like ash in wind.”)

“Setha’ra Virehn ka’anel.”

(“May their blood carry the flame forward.”)

“Virehn setha. Setha’ra alin.”

This is a more familiar/familial form of Setha’ra Virehn ka’anel.

(“Their blood is life. Their flame is with me.”)

Khes’tara Virehnai: Becoming of blood – the name of the ritual that makes you a Virehn.

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