Glossary

Proper nouns are the same in every language. Common nouns are translated.

Action Points (PA): The resource every action costs in battle. Heroes regain some each round.
anchor: A place in Ethernis built by every past bearer of the same kind of promise. It answers your oath and lends you its Echoes.
anchorstone: The standing stone of a village. On Oath Day it lights up in the colour of the anchor that answers.
ash: What a broken oath leaves behind. Ash freezes the land and the people it touches.
Astra: Shards of fallen stars. Offered at a threshold, they call heroes whose anchors share their promise.
Echo: A skill borrowed from an anchor: the echo of what past bearers of the same promise once did. Echoes are lent, never owned.
Ethereal Path: Each hero's progression board: a constellation of nodes that raise stats, unlock Echoes and lead to a specialization.
Ethereal Realm: The name the game's menus give to Ethernis.
Ethernis: The realm of promises, on the other side of the world. Every sincere oath is answered from there.
First Anchor: One of the oldest and greatest anchors. The seven Aurath rule from the thresholds of First Anchors.
Lantern Night: The autumn festival of Saelen, when every house hangs a light for the lost.
Lume: A dust of tiny lights shed by everyday promises that were kept. It is the money of Thalvessa.
oath: A sincere promise sworn to an anchor. It lends power for as long as it is kept.
Oath Breaker: A hero's ultimate Echo: for a heartbeat, they break their own rule. It can be used at most twice per battle.
Oath Day: The spring festival of Saelen, when sixteen-year-olds swear their first oath at the anchorstone.
Oath Tale: A hero's own short story, unlocked as their Oath Tier rises.
Oath Tier: A hero's rank, from I to X. Each renewal of the oath raises the level cap and opens new zones of the Ethereal Path.
Oathwarden: An officer of the Ivorne who presides over Oath Day. Zephyra is one.
Resonance: A hero's role in combat: Vanguard, Reaper, Echo Weaver, Harmonist, Templar or Muse.
Starcall: Offering Astra at a threshold so that the bearers of matching anchors feel the pull and come. Each banner is a constellation.
Stardust: What is left when a star answers a second time. It can be exchanged in its own shop.
Thalvessa: The world of the game: one great continent and the archipelago of Ilaroa.
the Aurath: The seven rulers of Thalvessa, heirs of the founders, each with absolute power over one thing.
the Iskarn: A movement that breaks oaths on purpose, convinced that every oath has been turned into a chain. Hunted in every region.
the Ivorne: The church of Theyra, which watches over oaths and collects the tithe of the marches.
the Nhal: The century erased from history three hundred years ago, and the script it left carved in stone.
the Stilled: People and places frozen grey by ash.
the Stillness: The grey, motionless state that ash brings to everything it touches.
threshold: The place where an anchor touches Thalvessa.
tithe oath: The oath through which the Ivorne collects its tithe from the marches.
unsworn: Someone who holds no oath. They borrow no Echoes.
vow line: The one sentence of a hero's oath, such as Runa's "I will stand where the blow falls."