Kaeli (kah-lee) - noun sg. and pl. - a God, deity, and immortal being.

  Antekuam (ant-e-quam) - noun sg. and pl. - a mortal being.

  Phauptum (fop-tum) - noun sg. and pl. - the process of summoning and utilizing elements from the ethereal plane.

  Phauptumorem - noun sg. and pl. - the (formal) study of elements, mechanics, make-up, and the existence of the ethereal plane; any and all research specifically about phauptum and the Ethereal Realm.

  Ethereal Realm - noun - the subject of all research pertaining to phauptum; an unseen plane of existence believed to be the origin of elements summoned through phauptum.

  Sophist (so-fist) - noun - a mortal who practices phauptum.

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  Mysticism - noun - a school or type of phauptumorem, using an algorithmic formula to summon elements in a given pattern.

  Proxonomy - noun - a school or type of phauptumorem, blending base elements and crafting unique formulas.

  Yxium - noun - the center (like the nucleus of an atom) of a phauptum, and incredibly fragile but just as difficult to locate; the heart of all phauptum, and allows it to maintain its shape in reality.

  Nyxia - noun - the creation particles of the world and exists as the base component of creation.

  Axium - The heavenly domain belonging to Talos, the God of Light.

  Gods may be: a function of the natural world; represent a function of the world that occurred without a God making it so; or exist as an exercise of creation (misc).

  Aspects represent certain functions of their parents' roles within the realm.

  There is a loose hierarchy of roles within heaven. The greater the range of the Gods' dominion, the more highly respected they are. The older Gods tend to have a much wider functional domain.