| Amulet of Arion | See Mystic Gem of Ahri’ahn |
| Angels | Soldiers of Heaven created from Light by the Presence |
| Anti-crisis energy | Positive energy linking every being to each other and to the past |
| Anti-Life | Negative component hurled through dozens of planes of actuality when the Old Gods split the Source |
| Antimatter | Matter composed of particles the opposite of positive matter |
| Antimatter Universe | Antimatter cosmos and counter-world where good is evil and evil is good |
| Apex Predators | Fierce warriors capable of claiming multiverses on Perpetua’s behalf |
| Apokolips | Dark and menacing planet formed from the remains of Ungrund |
| Bear Tribe | Prehistoric tribe of which Anthro became chieftain |
| The Black | See The Rot |
| Black Apple | Hidden energy of forbidden knowledge |
| Boom Tube | Extra-dimensional travel portal opened by a Mother Box |
| The Burning | Powerful and barbaric original race on Mars |
| Central Power Battery | Reservoir for the power of the green energy of the Emotional Spectrum |
| Chronovores | Time predators |
| Claw of Aelkhund | Mystical artifact dating back to the Ice Age |
| The Clear | Elemental union of all underwater life (see Parliament of Waves) |
| Codex Omniversa | The record of histories of dying multiverses |
| Collective Unconscious | Force of creation granting us wisdom and knowledge |
| Connective energy | See Anti-crisis energy |
| Controllers | Offshoot of the Maltusians that believed evil should be destroyed, not just contained |
| Cosmic Raptor | Judge of the Source sent to seal Perpetua and the Totality inside the Source Wall |
| Cosmos | The totality of existence |
| The Creator | See The Presence |
| Cretaceous Period | Third and final period of the Mesozoic Era spanning roughly 145 to 100 million years ago |
| Crisis energy | Energy that strives to shatter connection and make only one moment important |
| Cro-Magnon | The first early modern humans |
| Death Force | Hidden energy bringing death to all living things |
| Demons | Angels cast from Heaven that became malevolent entities |
| Dinosaurs | Diverse group of reptiles that first appeared in the Triassic Period and evolved to become the dominant life form on Earth |
| Direct-Crisis energy | See Crisis energy |
| Djinns | Created from smokeless fire by the Presence |
| DNA | Molecule carrying genetic instructions used in the growth and development of living organisms |
| Doom | Ethical component of Multiverse defined by self-interest and personal gratification |
| Earth | Term used to collectively refer to the various Earths within the Multiverse |
| Earth-33 | See Earth-Prime |
| Earth-Prime | Keystone Earth from which all other Earths theoretically emerge (“our” Earth) |
| Element X | The purest form of creation itself |
| Emotional Spectrum | Force of creation giving the Multiverse feeling |
| End of Time | The last point in time |
| The Endless | Seven siblings that are living embodiments of the cosmic forces by which they are known: Dream, Death, Destiny, Despair, Desire, Delirium, and Destruction |
| The Entity | See White Entity |
| Fire of Olgrun | One of seven aspects of Olgrun hidden in an artificial planetoid (Warworld Prime) |
| First Lantern | Name given to Volthoom, the first creature in the multiverse to wield a power ring |
| First World | Age in which GodWorld formed |
| Galaxy | System of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas, dust, and dark matter bound together by gravity |
| Godwave | Cosmic force of divine energy resulting the Second World of Urgrund splitting in two |
| GodWorld | World in proximity to the Source that formed from native elements outside of normal time and space |
| Great Darkness | The one true source of darkness in the Omniverse |
| Great Heart | See Central Power Battery |
| The Green | Elemental union of all plant life (see Parliament of Trees) |
| Green Bell of Uthool | Mystical artifact to which the demon Abnegazar was bound |
| Green Martians | Peaceful branch of Martians genetically created by the Guardians of the Universe |
| The Grey | Collective unconscious from a destroyed planet that arrived on Earth 251 million years ago |
| Guardians (of the Universe) | A group of immortal Oans that has been trying to bring order to the universe for eons |
| Halla’s | Intergalactic police force using power guns that channeled emerald energy |
| The Hands | Agents of The Presence created to create multiverses |
| Heaven | Eternal realm that is the final destination for just souls |
| Hell | Alternate realm that is the final destination for damned souls |
| Holy Grail | Holy relic forged by the Neanderthal shaman, Rheelai, in 33,000 BCE |
| Hypertime | Web of timestreams outside the Multiverse |
| Invisible Spectrum | Hidden energy feeding on buried primal emotions |
| Judges | Cosmic guardians tasked to enact judgement when a multiverse’s balance of good and evil shifts |
| Jurassic Period | Second period of the Mesozoic Era spanning roughly 200 to 145 million years ago |
| Justice | Ethical component of Multiverse defined by fellowship, empathy, fairness, and shared goals |
| Krona’s Gauntlet | Weapon created by Krona that harnesses willpower from the Emotional Spectrum |
| Life Force | Force of creation connecting all living things down to their souls |
| The Light | Infinite whiteness at the dawn of creation |
| Lords of Chaos | Powerful elemental forces representing the concept of chaos (or darkness) |
| Lords of Order | Powerful elemental forces representing the concept of order (or light) |
| Maltusians | Early civilization possessing great intelligence and mental power |
| Manhunters | Android peacekeeping force manufactured by the Guardians |
| Mantle of the Savior | Robes created for Arion’s destiny by Calculha and his mages |
| Massacre of Sector 666 | Destruction of all organic life in Sector 666 by Manhunters after they’d been reprogrammed by Krona |
| The Melt | All pervasive force described as a mesh of countless smaller morphogenetic fields, each one a blueprint which guides the formation of atoms into molecules, molecules into cells, cells into tissues, organ, systems |
| Mesozoic Era | Second-to-last era of Earth’s geological history, lasting from about 252 to 66 million years ago |
| Metagene | Biological variant acting as a catalyst for “genetic change,” resulting in metahuman abilities |
| Metahuman | Human with super powers |
| Metavirus | Metagene that could be passed from host to host via touch |
| Milky Way | Galaxy that contains countless stars and planets, including Earth |
| Monitor-Mind | See Overvoid |
| Monitor Sphere | Realm of nothingness inhabited by Perpetua’s children: Mar Nov, Alpheus, and Morpheus |
| Morphogenetic Field | Biological (and potentially social) field that contains the information necessary to shape the exact form of a living thing, and may also shape its behavior and coordination with other beings |
| Mother Box | Sentient, autonomous computers manufactured by natives to Apokolips or New Genesis |
| Mother Star | Queen of a highly advanced species of starfish-like aliens that wander the galaxy conquering planets |
| Multiverse | Multiple universes existing in the same physical space |
| Mystical Gem of Ahri’ahn | Piece of the Negative Gemstone from Darkworld created by Jheryl as a gift to Arion |
| Neanderthal | Extinct species or subspecies of archaic humans |
| Negative Gemstone | Gemstone into which Ahri’ahn was sent by his father and which possesses the magical energy of Darkworld |
| New Genesis | Bright and welcoming planet formed from the remains of Ungrund |
| Night | Personification of the endless darkness that existed before the Omniverse was born |
| Oans | Immortal species that evolved on the planet Maltus, then made an exodus to the planet Oa |
| Old Gods | Glorious race of beings during the Second World that brought GodWorld into a golden age of cultural and scientific advancement |
| Omniverse | Vast cosmic construct that embodies existence itself |
| Ornitho-Men | Birdlike creatures with the heads of bald men, circa 100,842,246 BCE |
| Orrery of Worlds | Area of the Multiverse that contains universes vibrating in the same space, all at different frequencies |
| Overvoid | Massive cosmic consciousness in which the Omniverse floats |
| Parliament of Bones | See Parliament of Limbs |
| Parliament of Decay | Advisory council protecting The Rot |
| Parliament of Life | Ancient rite that convened forces that infuse the natural world with power |
| Parliament of Limbs | Advisory council protecting The Red |
| Parliament of Trees | Advisory council protecting The Green |
| Parliament of Waves | Advisory council protecting The Clear |
| Pillar of Life | Phenomenon that gave Nommo of Kor immortality in Africa 8,000 years ago |
| The Presence | The ultimate creator known by many other names from religion and mythology |
| Promethean Galaxy | One of the most remote regions of space lying near the Source Wall |
| Promethean Giants | See Apex Predators |
| Psions | Alien race evolved from the genetic manipulation of Maltusian immortals |
| Qward | Planet located at the very center of the Antimatter Universe that serves as an opposite to the planet Oa |
| The Red | Elemental union of all animal life (see Parliament of Limbs) |
| Red Jar of Calythos | Mystical artifact to which the demon Ghast was bound |
| Red Saturnians | Clones of Green Martians living on a moon of Saturn |
| The Rot | Elemental force strongly associated with death |
| Second World | Age in which life appeared on GodWorld |
| Seven Connective Energies | See Seven Forces of Creation |
| Seven Forces of Creation | Power that is gathered around two poles: Anti-Crisis (or Connective) energy and Crisis (or Direct-Crisis) energy |
| Seven Hidden Energies of Creation | Forces that oppose the Seven Forces of Creation |
| Silver Wheel of Nyorlath | Mystical artifact to which the demon Rath was bound |
| Sixth Dimension | The highest plane in Perpetua’s multiverse which acts as her control room |
| Sol | Star ignited by the Godwave |
| The Source | The great energy of creation that lives in all things |
| Source Wall | Boundary separating the Omniverse from everything else |
| Space Sector 2814 | Area of the universe in which Earth resides, as classified by the Guardians of the Universe |
| Speed Force | Force of creation giving the Multiverse motion |
| Sphere of the Gods | Force of creation giving the Multiverse magic |
| Still Force | Hidden energy based on entropy and inertia |
| Still Zone | Homeostatic continuum existing outside the parameters of space/time |
| Stone Age | Broad prehistoric period during which stone was widely used to make tools |
| Stygian Passover | The ravaging of planets and transformation of their populations into the undead by Lady Styx and her legions |
| Stygomorph | Biological death engines bred by the Arakacian Terror Fleet |
| Sun-Eater | Weapon created by the Controllers when they left Oa. |
| Super-Celestials | See The Hands |
| Tear of Extinction | See Death Force |
| Tenth Metal | See Element X |
| Third Dimension | Multiversal plane of Earth and its universe, as well as innumerable other planets and galaxies |
| Time | Personification of time itself |
| Timeless Ones | Group of benevolent space travelers that bound the Demons Three on Earth a billion years ago |
| Totality | The oldest energy source in existence |
| Triassic Period | First period of the Mesozoic Era spanning roughly 252 to 201 million years ago |
| Ugrund | See GodWorld |
| Ultraviolet Spectrum | See Invisible Spectrum |
| The Voice | See The Presence (also, the most common manifestation of The Presence in the lower realms) |
| Void Wind | Hidden energy that extinguishes magic |
| WarWorld Prime | Artificial planetoid hiding the Fire of Olgrun |
| White Entity | Living embodiment of the Source nested within the planet Earth |
| White Martians | Savage branch of Martians genetically created by the Guardians of the Universe |
| White Saturnians | Clones of White Martians living on a moon of Saturn |
| World Forge | Realm of dark matter from which all the worlds in the Multiverse have been created |
| X-Element | Strange material that possesses teleportation abilities |
| Xan | Super-civilization of people who lived in sky cities and built the half-android, half robot, Eterno, a billion years ago |
| Yellow Impurity | Created by Paralax when he was imprisoned within the Central Power Battery on Oa |
| Zamarons | Female members of the Maltusians who left their mates on Oa |
| Zodiac Crystals | Ancient Atlantean gemstones with mystical properties |
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