Fragments of Alchemy Appendix

Glossary of Terms

A

Alchemical Oath – A promise that is sworn using an Alchemist's or Chemist's Kundalini, making it a binding Oath that can only be broken with dire consequences. Also known as an Oath. The first Oath a Chemist swears is an Oath sworn to the Keeper to keep Alchemy a secret and to only teach Alchemy to his or her own Protégé. Chemists also swear an Oath when they make their Chimaeras while on their Joint Trial.

Alchemists – The people who can perform Alchemy.

Alchemy – The magic of this world. Alchemy has a special Code of Conversion Circles and Code Words that are kept secret so that only people who have been trained in Alchemy can perform Conversions. There are seven Fragments (or categories) of Conversions, and each Fragment has five, six, or seven Conversion Circles, which have different Code Words. Most Conversions require a Component, which is like an ingredient that makes the Conversion have a variety of results. See Fragments of Alchemy and Conversions and Components for more information.

Alchimaera – A game played with cards and dice and holographic Chimaeras.

Amaranthine – See Fragments of Alchemy.

Amaranthine Alchemist/Chemist – Someone who teaches or studies the Amaranthine Fragment.

Anima(single)/Animarum(plural) – Alchemists who work with the Code Keeper to keep Alchemy a secret from Recreants and protect the Keeper's secrets. They also protect Blackthorn and Burtree from Shadow Alchemists. See Code Keeper.

Astral Dreamer – Alchemists who work for the Keeper to view and record Infinimages in the Crystal Realm. They study the images looking for moments in the future and then record their sightings in the Cyrstal Chronicles. This is a collection of prophecy books kept in the tree trunk of Blackthorn and Burtree's giant dead tree. They are kept in the Crystal Realm, not in the Earthen Realm, for safe keeping, and guarded by the Keeper with powerful Conversions.

Augur – A Chemist who has Advanced to level four.

Aurulent – See Fragments of Alchemy.

Aurulent Alchemist/Chemist ­– Someone who teaches or studies the Aurulent Fragment.

Azure – See Fragments of Alchemy.

Azure Alchemist/Chemist – Someone who teaches or studies the Azure Fragment.

B

Blackthorn and Burtree – The magical society of Alchemists, and the school where Chemists learn Alchemy. The Sacred Halls of Alchemy located at Blackthorn and Burtree are underneath the city of Bergen, Norway.

Breaker – See Code Breaker.

Burgeoning Notebook – An Alchemical notebook that is enchanted to do a number of magical things, including add pages as the user needs them, sort the pages of notes into sections for each Fragment of study, and renew the accompanying eraser so it will never need to be replaced, and renew the accompanying pencil so it will never need to be sharpened.

Bursar – A Chemist who has Advanced to level 3.

C

canitris – A kind of Chimaera (Alchemical beast) made from a dog and hawk. It has the head, body, legs and tail of the dog and the wings of the hawk. The most famous canitris is Simargl.

caprequos – A kind of Chimaera (Alchemical beast) made from a goat and horse. It has the head, body, tail, and legs of the horse, with the hooves and horn of a goat (and the beard if male). The horns of the goat come together to make a single horn on the caprequos. Unicorn is a famous caprequos.