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A01: ZA0: MICHAEL: A young Salemite male who assented to the physical and mental changes by which Chokhmah could achieve union with a planet- dweller, the first of the elohim to do so. Michael became the living avatar of Chokhmah, yet each retained their independent will. B'NEI ELOHIM: [Hebrew - "Sons of God"]. Angels, nephilim, and hu-mans set aside by Chokhmah to act as his agents and servants, much in the way Keter and Daat expect all planet-dwellers to be, but with en- hanced capabilities and a more authentic promise of an afterlife. SALEM: A walled city on an isle on the eastern shore of the Sea ofAramel in the far west of the Middle Lands, much similar to Tyre of Earth. Salem was ruled in turn by Gordiel, Melchiyahu, and Melchizedek before being conquered by Samael, driving Queen Lilith into exile. AVATAR: A device created by an eloah and ejected from his or herstellar body to explore and manipulate objects within that star's sys- tem. A fracture in space-time linked to the avatar permits the trans- fer of information and even part of the eloah's substance as propel- lant. A02: CHOKHMAH: [Hebrew - "Wisdom"]. The offspring of Keter and Daat,Chokhmah is the eloah who discovered the Students (humans) on the fifth largest body orbiting himself. He shares the core of Sol with his own daughter, Binah, and was the deity of Abraham and all his progeny. A03: ANGEL: Modified humans who inhabit Heaven. In genotype they possessa Z sex chromosome in place of the X but are capable of cross-breeding with humans and nephilim. In phenotype angels possess two independent reproductive systems and are much taller than human stock. A04: SERAPH: An angel of the highest rank in the highest choir. The sera-phim are essentially living avatars of the elohim. Michael was the first seraph and the only one associated with Chokhmah. Keter has suc- cessively taken possession of many angels to rule Heaven directly. A05: ANSHAR: A small teardrop shaped area of bedrock in the northernhemisphere of Heaven where the volcano Mount Anshar has burnt through the ice and thermal features keep it clear. It is reached by Chokhmah using his avatar. Angels, nephilim, and men have never discovered it. A06: SUNSET DISCOURSE: A sermon delivered by the Seraph Michael, an angelin union with the eloah Chokhmah, at dusk in the city of Salem in the far west of the Middle Land. It is chiefly a series of comparisons between "sha who embraces Chokhmah" and "hy who denies Chokhmah". A07: ZB0: LILITH: Daughter of King Melchiyahu, queen of Salem in exile upon the death of har brother Melchizedek. Wife of Seraph Michael. Died preventing a Second Deluge. Har second life was in union with Judith Gervasi following the Second World War on Earth. A08: YIN: [Plural - Yen] A female angel, differentiated from nephilim andwomen by having a pair of vaginas and uteri, one above the other, with each set associated with one ovary. Yen are signifcantly taller than human women, typically from seven to seven feet six inches tall. MELCHIYAHU: King of Salem, son of Gordiel, father of Melchizedek andLilith. He welcomed Michael to the city and spurned Lord Zadkiel's demand to hand him over to Adan, which eventually led to war. After the victory he gave the hand of his daughter to Michael in marriage. MELCHIZEDEK: Ophan, son of King Melchiyahu, brother of Lilith, sentto Earth on three occasions to establish the Abrahamic Covenant for Chokhmah. Elevated to Cherub upon the death of hyz father. Briefly ruled Salem before being struck down by forces commanded by Bezaliel. A09: BATTLE OF THE KNOT: The final clash of arms in the Adanite civilwar. After Lilith demonstrated sha could penetrate Zadkiel's defenses at will, hy held back a third of his forces to protect hyz living shield Michael. Melchiyahu then defeated the Adanite army in detail. A10: ZADKIEL: As the "Voice of Keter" the Hashmal Zadkiel Gerash was sentto Salem to counter the ministry of Michael and the resultant spread- ing influence of Chokhmah. He refused to take Keter's admonitions re- specting Lilith seriously and was defeated in the Battle of the Knot. A11: WALL OF GOD: A rift in the Belt of Heaven, west of Thalury, thattotals six vertical miles. More frequently, the Wall of God refers to the center zone of these uplands, which, south of Mt. Tureth, is a sheer cliff of stone averaging some ten thousand feet in elevation. FALLEN ANGELS: Originally a gang of dolls (juvenile yen) operatingout of Salem, headed by a rebellious young Lilith, and specializing in petty theft. When Lilith was recalibrated by Michael har Fallen An- gels evolved into a regiment-sized set of extraordinary forces. GORDIAN KNOT: Early in his reign the Cherub Gordiel hitched a wagonto a hilltop tree with a knot so elaborate no one has ever been able to untie it. At that time an oracle said (or maybe was commanded by Gordiel to say) that whoever unraveled this knot would rule all of Heaven. GORDIEL: Cherub, King of Salem. Early in hyz reign hy drove a wagonto the top of a hill overlooking the city and fastened it to a tree with a truly elaborate knot. Hy then caused an oracle to proclaim that whoever could untie this knot was destined to rule all of Heaven. BEZALIEL: An Adanite hashmal who came to lead the Eyes of Keter fol-lowing the defeat of Zadkiel at Salem in the Battle of the Knot. Where Zadkiel had not shared Keter's cautionary attitude with respect to Lilith, Bezaliel accepted it overmuch, to his fatal detriment. DEMONSTROKE - the avatar of Keter, a mechanical contrivance in theform of a dragon capable of hurling stellar plasma from Rigilkent through a shortcut in space-time. This flame is the dragon's primary means of propulsion, the wings allow it to act as a glider or gently land. DRAGONTHORN: An enormous diamond shard fashioned into the likenessof a sword. Too brittle to be an effective weapon, Keter uses con- trols embedded in the hilt to control his dragon avatar. Signals are transmitted through a fine wire that extends the length of the blade. A12: ZC0: JUDITH - Human female of cherub rank. Wife of Seraph Michael. A13: ZD0: LELIEL - Ophanim daughter of Michael and Lilith, wife of Jashen Shybear, mother of Gabriel, sister of Ithuriel. First of the Begotten B'nei Elohim. Most tireless and swift of foot of all world-dwellers. A14: Leliel chronicled the events of the War in Heaven on the White Scroll, often as an eyewitness. This is an ageless scroll of parchment, bleached white, made from flora native to Heaven. A15: The White Scroll became a relic held in the Ark of the Covenant. OPHAN: An angel of the lowest rank of the highest choir, equivalentto a count or prince. In Christian angelology an ophan is a Throne. Typically, a walled city that is not the capital is ruled by an ophan. On the field ophanim hold authority equivalent to a field marshal. A16: ZE0: ITHURIEL - Elyon male of hashmal rank, son of Michael and Lilith, brother of Leliel. Ithuriel possesses a mind of surpassing intellect. HASHMAL: An angel of the highest rank in the middle choir. Thehashmalim are equivalent to barons and rule small cities or towns and the surrounding lands. As army generals they command a division. At sea they command a squadron of ships in the capacity of admirals. A17: ARTIFACT: Also called Golden Gift, and later, on Earth, copies wouldbe called the Macro, the Artifact is a weapon made by Chokhmah with the size and appearance of the hilt of a blade. Dark energy emerged as a shaft that converted anything it touched into dark matter. A18: ZF0: GABRIEL SHYBEAR: Jen nephil of erel rank, offspring of Jashen and Leliel. Saxophonist. Spouse of Robyn. As a member of the B'nei Elo- him, Gabriel's talent is to hide and retrieve objects in a space-time pocket that is always at hand. A19: Gabriel serves Chokhmah and Binah as their herald. NEPHILIM: A human subspecies combining original stock and angels,with XZ sex chromosomes, ranging in height between six and seven feet. Like angels, nephilim have two sex organs, but one of each. The head hair of nephilim remains naturally short and they have modest breasts. A20: ZG0: REMIEL - Elyon male of ravmalak rank. Son of Michael and Judith. RAVMALAK: An angel of the highest rank in the lowest choir, equiva-lent to a Principality in the hierarchy defined by Thomas Aquinas. In terms of Earthly ranks the ravmalakim are senior enlisted, equivalent to a master chief in the navy, or a master sergeant in the army. A21: ZH0: # ARIEL: Human female of sar rank. Daughter of Gabriel and Robyn. A member of the "Groupies" who opposed Michael to the extent that they could. Ariel was slain in the Moon War and spent her much more brief second life in Heaven serving Samael under the name Joy. A22: ZI0: DORIEL - Elyon female of erel rank, daughter of Ithuriel and Ana- el. Nicknamed Dory, and also the Operator, Doriel acts as a kind of central communications hub for all B'nei Elohim. Sha is able to com- municated with any of the Begotten or Made at any time, mind-to-mind. EREL: An angel of the middle rank of the middle choir, equivalentto a Virtue in the Christian system. In military rank, the erelim correspond to a navy captain or an army colonel. The B'nei Elohim also use the designation of erel for certain nephilim or human mem- bers. A23: ZJ0: SOFIE - Sophia Krause, human female of ravmalak rank, made B'nei Eloah in 1943 in Headwater, Nebraska. Nicknamed Hunky, code named Sabotage. Sofie is able to render any mechanical device inoperative with a touch. A24: ZK0: RAPHAEL - Human male of ravmalak rank, code name Historian. Pos- sesses a talent complimentary to that of Robyn, a sort of reverse pre- cognition. Events of the past assemble in his mind. A25: Both his powers and those of Robyn are supressed when they are togeth- er, a state of affairs that each find to be supremely desireable. A26: ZL0: NURIEL - Elyon female of ish rank. ISH: An angel or nephil of the lowest rank in the lowest choir orsphere. In the Adanite army, under the Cupel system of testing, an Ish is the survivor of a trial by personal combat. Hy has the sister of hyz vanquished opponent, as well as hyz own sister, for hyz wives. A27: ZM0: BELETH - Nephil ambi of erel rank. A28: ZN0: ANAEL - nephil of erel rank. A29: ZO0: ROBYN - Kimberly Zinter, human female of ravmalak rank, made B'nei Eloah in 1943 in Headwater, Nebraska. Code named The Seer, Ro- byn is able to watch a stack of future events assemble in her mind, a panoply that constantly changes with each one of of her own actions. A30: ZP0: REBEKAH - Elyon female of malak rank. MALAKIM: Angels or nephilim of the middle rank in the lowest choir.These are master craftsyeng, veteran soldiers and sailors, or subject matter experts in the main, but they are not considered to be in a leadership role, although some may be groomed to rise higher. A31: ZQ0: SARIEL - Nephil of erel rank. A32: ZR0: YESHUA - human seraph, incarnation of Binah. A33: BINAH - An eloah who shares the star Sol with Chokhmah as her stel-lar body, and is also in union with a Levantine human named Yeshua. When she and Chokhmah create a wormhole, Binah is uniquely able to locate her end of the passage at various places in time as well as in space. A34: ZS0: AZRAEL - Nephil of sar rank. A35: ZT0: RICK - Human male of ish rank. A36: ZU0: JASHEN: Hashmal human, born Shy Bear to Wanica and Yuha of the Kuwapi people. Jashen is wed to the angel Leliel. As a member of the B'nei Elohim, the gift of Jashen is tongues. He serves Chokhmah and Binah as a translator in many times and places in both Heaven and Earth. A37: KUWAPI: [Sioux - "The Ones Who Were Chased Out"]. Inhabitants of the high plains of North America forming a group larger than a band, but smaller than a full tribe. The Kuwapi call themselves "The People" and are comprised of assorted offenders from the surrounding tribes. A38: ZV0: SHYLA - human female of ophan rank A39: ZW0: PELIAS - nephil of ish rank A40: ZX0: ELIN - nephil of sar rank. A41: ZY0: KUSHIEL - Elyon make of sar rank. A42: ZZ0: DAVID - David Morrich, a human male of ish rank who was made a B'nei Eloah in 1982 at Hanford from fluid drawn from Judith Margolies. With the ability to channel heat, and even hurl fire drawn from the heart of Sol, David has taken the code name of Pyro. MISC: ELOHIM: - Main sequence stars of classes K, G, F, and A, with a lay-er in the core organized into a form of sentient life based on exotic nuclear chemistry. Parents are linked to a child through permanent Einstein-Rosen bridges ('wormholes') with a diameter of atomic scale. MISC: GREEN DOME: A small mountain near the intersection of the states ofNebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming in North America. In 4163 BCE Ada- mu, Chava, and Kayin were taken to Heaven from Green Dome by way of a fold-door. Chokhmah continued to use the location until the 1940s. MISC: HY: Together with hym, the subjective personal pronoun used in Heav-en for dirks and yeng. For dolls and yen, the equivalent is sha and har. For young nephilim (gists and nubs) and adult nephilim (jan and ambe) the subjective personal pronouns are che and hez in every case. MISC: HYZ: The possessive personal pronoun used in Heaven for dirks andyeng. For dolls and yen, the equivalent is har, or (as a noun) hars. For young nephilim (gists and nubs) and adult nephilim (jan and ambe) the possessive personal pronoun used is hez in every case. MISC: "HEROD ANTIPATER: Nicknamed Antipas, the son of Herod the Great,king of Judea, who styled himself 'King of the Jews' which connotes divine sanction. Herod divided his kingdom among his sons in his will. Antipas ruled two separated, politically unstable regions, Galilee and Perea. MISC: AURRA FIREGEM: Human duchess of Saharad in Rammon, queen of theHouse of Sala, wife of Duke Evandr Firegem, mother of Countess Ayani of Locotin, Baron Alastor of Thorgram, and the deceased Count Aldred. Broad of face and body yet beautiful, Queen Aurra is an accomplished archer. MISC: AX MICROSCOPII: The body of the living star named Netzach, offspringof Daat and Chesed, located 12.87 light-years from Earth at coordi- nates -9.9, 0.7, -8.1. It has a luminosity only three percent that of Sol. Netzach in turn was mated with Keter to conceive Malchut. MISC: BARACHIEL: Ophan of House Larund and ruler of Sealiah Island who metthe Adanite invasion on the frontier of Rumbek and provisionally ac- cepted the truce crafted by Lilith until it was ratified by hyz father Metatron. Hy later hosted the Council of Royals at hyz Dul Valley es- tate. MISC: BELIAL: The angelic incarnation of Keter at the beginning of Binah'sincarnation as Yeshua. They met briefly in Anshar, where Belial unsuc- cessfuly dangled a number of incentives in return for a clean break from Chokhmah, including the Red Beard lands and full access to El Elyon. MISC: BELLON: One of the four great divisions of the inhabitants of Heav-en, sometimes called the Red Beards. At the time of the War in Heaven the House of Bellon numbered some seventy to eighty thousand nephilim and roughly equal numbers of humans, but only a few thousand angels. MISC: BELPHEGOR: A Seraph, the incarnation of Daat in the days of Nebu-chadnezzar II, when Lael led a remnant of the southern kingdom of Ju- dah to Heaven. Operational deception by Jashen convinced Belphegor the tablet of the Abrahamic Covenant was of supreme importance to Chokh- mah. MISC: CERES: The largest body in the asteroid belt, a minor planet with anorbit between that of the planets Mars and Jupiter. It is almost ex- actly proportional in size to Earth's moon as Earth's moon is, in turn, to Earth itself. The surface gravity is roughly 3% of Earth. MISC: CHAVA: [Hebrew - "Life"]. A woman of the North American plains tak-en to Heaven by Keter and Chokhmah as one the first settlers of Adan. The mother of many children including Kayin and Hebel, she outlived her mate Adamu by many years and learned much of the flora of Heaven. MISC: CHESED: A living star 11.83 light-years from Earth that humans cameto call Epsilon Indi. Located at galactic coordinates 7.2, -3.2, and -8.9, Chesed is an orange K class sun with a luminosity is 15 percent of Sol. Chesed mated with Daat and conceived the eloah Netzach. MISC: CREATION LITANY: A myth describing the origin of Heaven which allAdanite children are taught to memorize from an early age. When Chokhmah first took Michael on a parabolic arc to Anshar she commanded hym to recite the myth to distract hyz mind from the terrifying or- deal. MISC: DAAT: [Hebrew = "Knowledge"]. An eloah visible as the nearby starToliman (Alpha Centauri B), with 46 percent of the luminosity of Sol. Daat is the mother of Chokhmah and party to Keter's transgression. The required concealment makes Daat, necessarily, another enemy of man. MISC: DIADOCHI: Rival lieutenants of Alexander the Great who parted outhis conquests among themselves following his untimely death to form the Seleucid Empire, Pergamon, the Ptolemaic Kingdom centered at Alex- andria, and in the east the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom and Indo-Greek Kingdom. MISC: EL ELYON: Thought by Chokhmah at first to be the great deity of elo-him, with the First Covenant she learned that El Elyon is actually all of the living stars in the galaxy taken in aggregate, excluding, of course, those who like herself were deliberately kept in isolation. MISC: ELEAZAR: Levite high priest, father of Phinehas, son of Aaron, ofthe seventh generation from Abraham. He built a wooden ark or chest to cover and keep sanctified the tablet of the Covenant, and carried it about with staves assisted by his brothers Nadab, Abihu and Ithamar. MISC: ESAU: The twin brother of Yakob, son of Yishak, older by moments.Defrauded of his Birthright and his Blessing, Yakob left home in fear of Esau's retaliation, leaving Esau with any material benefits the titles conferred in any event. Later in life the two were reconciled. MISC: FIRST COVENANT: A binding agreement between Keter and Chokhmah. Ket-er granted access to the lore of El Elyon, but only to listen, never to make a query. Chokhmah agreed never to make contact with another eloah by avatar or by electromagnetic wave or neutrino transmissions. MISC: FOLD-DOOR: With a massive injection of dark energy, the space-timeumbilical between elohim can (briefly) be made wide enough for a pla- net-dweller to pass through. A person on Earth can cross to Heaven, 4.395 light-years away, as easily as passing from one room to another. MISC: GARDEN OF ADAN: A homestead in Heaven established by Adamu andChava, the first human colonists brought from Earth. A city park now marks the site where Adamu and his sons Kayin and Hebel carved a place for a small herd of bison to thrive by killing the hostile native flora. MISC: GERASHDAY: The fourth day of the five-day Heavenly week, named forthe Adanite House of Gerash. On this day, the faithful eat a double portion in preparation for the complete fast of Keterday, and any in- come earned on Gerashday is set aside for Keter through his priests. MISC: GOPHER WOOD: From gopher trees native to Heaven, gopher wood is anotably flexible building material. During the Deluge when forty Adan- ite ships built from gopher wood drifted to a stop and the waters froze around them the vessels were not splintered by the expanding ice. MISC: GREAT DELUGE: Heaven lies in a double star system with the Eggbeat-er, two asteroid swarms that constantly merge and separate. One object struck Heaven on the ice sheet near the equatorial slush zone, result- ing in a massive rainstorm that flooded the planet and subsequently froze. MISC: HARRAN: (Ancient: "Carrhae"). A trading outpost at the place wherethe road from Damascus intercepted the road between Antioch and Nine- vah, Harran grew to become a militarily significant city in the Assyr- ian empire. Melchizedek first encountered Terah and Abram here. MISC: HEAVEN: The largest rocky body orbiting Rigilkent, a world three-fourths the diameter of Earth (6,000 miles) that is almost entirely covered in ice. Only a narrow band along the equator remains unfrozen in three strips, separated by borders where the two ice caps merge. MISC: HOD: (Hebrew - "Splendor"]. The living class M2 star men call La-lande 21185 located 8.312 light years from Earth. The mother of Daat. Hod is open to El Elyon and was a potential channel to leak evidence of Keter's transgression until Daat was brought into the harem scheme. MISC: JEROBOAM I: Chief of the tribe of Ephraim in the northern hill coun-try, he declared himself to be the first King of Israel in reaction to Rehoboam declaring himself to be the first King of Judah. He had the better claim: his realm was much more populous than in the south. MISC: JEZEBEL: As the daughter of the king of Tyre and wife of Samarianking Ahab, Jezebel cemented the alliance between the Northern Kingdom of Israelites and the Phoenicians. Even while Queen, Priestess Jezebel performed the rituals that appeased Baal, the consort of Astarte. MISC: JUDAH: The fourth son of Israel (Yakob), and the founding patriarchof the Israelite tribe of the same name centered around Jerusalem. The Judahites grew to dominate the area concurrently with the destruction of the kingdom of Israel to the north comprised of ten other tribes. MISC: KETER: [Hebrew - "Crown"]. The offspring of Gevurah and Yesod, Keteris the living sun Rigilkent, also called by Chokhmah "Hasatan" - the adversary of man. Rigilkent exceeds the brilliance of Sol by 157 per- cent, and is located 4.395 light years away with one major planet. MISC: KIRODIEL: High Lord Patriarch Kirodiel Gerash, king of the city ofAdan during the War in Heaven. Hy was answerable only to Keter him- self, whether to his avatar, or later the Seraph Samael. Kirodiel presided over the judgment of Michael and revealed unrelenting preju- dice. MISC: LACAILLE 9352: A reddish star 10.73 light-years from Earth. Theseries of generative waves from Chesed and Daat that quickened Netzach also conceived an eloah in the core of this star, but it was stillborn due to the unstable convection dwarf stars use to transfer energy. MISC: LARUND: Popularly called the Brown Beards, House Larund dwells inthe entirety of the West Lands, with their capital at Rumbek. Unlike House Gerash, who are entirely of angelic stock, one-third of House Larund are nephilim, but most of these dwell near the Wall of God. MISC: LEVI: Third son of Yakob (renamed Israel), who forbade him and allhis descendants from possessing land in Canaan, thus cementing their role as priests of Chokhmah among all the children of Israel. For the Israelites, the Levites were a unifying principle of persistence. MISC: MARSAYAS: An angel of the House of Larund dwelling in the SaiphLeague in Haaretz. Hy and six others were commissioned by Belphegor to steal the tablet of the Abrahamic Covenant from Lael's group. They were equipped with cruel sharpened pipes with four twisting channels. MISC: MATTIYAHU - Also 'Levi' and later 'Saint Matthew', able to both readand write, as well as handle figures, he abandoned his employment as the sharp end of the Roman tax-collecting stick to follow Yeshua as one of the Twelve. With Yeshua he was arrested at Gad-Smane but re- leased. MISC: MERCURY: The innermost world in the Sol system, and the first ex-plored by Chokhmah. It is 3,000 miles across, and varies in distance from the sun from 0.31 to 0.47 AU every 88 days. Surface temperature ranges from -280 B0F to 800 B0F, but water ice exists at both poles. MISC: MILKY WAY: Known by the ancients as the Backbone of the Night, andthe Via Lactea by the Romans, the Milky Way is the barred spiral gal- axy currently shared by the Elohim and the world-dwellers of Earth plus their colonists. The visible portion is 100,000 light years across. MISC: PHINEHAS: Son of Eleazar, Phinehas became high priest during thetime when the extended clan of Israel's descendants began to resolve into thirteen tribes. He plated the Ark of the Covenant in gold and concealed it within a tent of animal skins and finely crafted linen. MISC: RAMMON: A land just to the east of Adan but protected by an impene-trable tulgey wood, minus the Bandersnatch. It is therefore as remote from Adan as any place in Heaven can be, and so is largely inhabited by classic humans unmodified to be angels or nephilim, ruled by House Sala. MISC: REBEKAH: Wife of Yishak and his first cousin once-removed. Mel-chizedek plied her family with many gifts from the estate of Abraham to perhaps convince her to travel to Beersheba and marry Yishak but she made her decision based on the character of his 'servant' Mel- chizedek. MISC: RIGILKENT: [also "Alpha Centauri A"]. G class main sequence star atgalactic coordinates 3.2, -3.1, -0.1. It circles a common point with a companion, Toliman, every eighty years, with a mean separation of 23 AU. The two stars share a swarm of asteroids called the Eggbeater. MISC: RINGHOUSE: The communal dwelling place of a social unit in much ofRammon, each with about eighty people, located an average of fifteen miles apart, reached by footpaths known only to locals. The ringhouse is surrounded by farms, orchards, gardens, and livestock fields. MISC: RUMBEK: Capital and chief city of Magodon, seat of the House of La-rund in the West Lands. Rumbek is coterminous with the Nine Mile Wall which forms an implacable barrier to the rest of Magodon west of the city. The islets Krone and Fanon link to Seliah Isle over bridges. MISC: SAHARAD: The capital and largest city in Rammon, situated on bothbanks where the River Loenna squeezes through a gap in the Coast Range. The river narrows, descends, and becomes whitewater there, but a clever set of stonework locks allows navigation to proceed upriver. MISC: SAMAEL: A seraph, the first angelic incarnation of the eloah Keterat the time of the War in Heaven. The art of achieving union with world-dweller flesh was taught to Keter as payment for allowing Lilith to escape Adan. Hyz invasion of Magodon precipitated the Council of Royals. MISC: SAMARIA: The hill country in central Canaan between Galilee and Ju-dea forming the southern half of what was once known as the Northern Kingdom, or the Kingdom of Israel. The capital, also called Samaria, fell to the Assyrian king Sargon in 720 BCE after a three year siege. MISC: SARAHAD: The chief city of House Sala, set on both banks of the Riv-er Loenna where it winds through the coast range of Rammon to the sea of Thalury. The coastal plain a number of leagues north and south of the river are occupied by House Bellon, the setting of endless con- flicts. MISC: SARGON II:Assyrian king whose reign (722-705 BCE) coincided with thepeak of the Assyrian empire's power. He came to power at age 43 and his rule was marked by almost constant warfare. Sargon died putting down a rebellion, but not before completing the conquest of Samaria. MISC: SEA OF ARAMEL: A body of water in the far west of the Middle Land,with many coves. Salem is built on an isle on its eastern shore. It is fed by the Dashok, which is born of melting ice in a place where the great northern and southern ice sheets of Heaven draw together. MISC: SECOND COVENANT: An experiment set up between Keter and Chokhmah toevaluate whether humans are capable of obeying a set of moral and ceremonial precepts without constant 'divine' intervention. The Abrahamic Covenant between Abram of Harran and Chokhmah was the re- sult. MISC: SIMEON: Descendants of Yakob, a tribe that dwelt in southern Canaanon the border with Egypt. Simeon did not prosper much, and remained aloof from Judah. Intermarriage with Egyptians took its toll. When Lael came to find a remnant to bring to Haaretz none could be found. MISC: STUDENTS: Periodically the Elohim discover planet-based life bytheir modulated electromagnetic radiation. With one exception these have always outside of reach. Elohim constantly watch for the rise of the Students, a new species of planet-based life within their reach. MISC: THALURY: The largest body of water in Heaven, occupying a third ofthe East Lands. It is fed from the west by the R. Loenna and from the east by the R. Bandar. Danya is the largest island. It extends from the Northern Ice to the Southern Ice with no land routes around it. ROSH: DIRECTOR: A golden sphinx that adorns the cover of the Ark of theAbrahamic Covenant. A mechanism within the lid made by Chokhmah in like manner to an avatar is able to turn the Director at the bidding of the eloah to indicate which way the bearers of the Ark should go. ELAM: First son of Lael, he became chieftain over the Laelites afterhis father was slain by Adanites. As a captive he was badly used by Belphegor. Later he ordered his tormentor slain by Jemuel, drawing Gabriel's curse that the line of the third son Rosh would rule the Remnant. ROSH: ENKAA: The name of a massive stonework dam in the land of Nath nearKabark, and the resultant artificial lake of waters backed up to the southwestern border of Shaula Wood. Reubenite colonists have cut many canals and ditches from Lake Enkaa for water to irrigate their fields. ROSH: FATHO: A city in southern Nath under the very face of the Wall ofGod, on the southern slopes of the mountain by the same name. Two forks of the River Arhena merge nigh to the city. It was founded by colonists of the lost Israelite tribe of Dan, who mine the many caves nearby. ROSH: HAARETZ: [Hebrew = "The Land"]. The land at the foot of the Wall ofGod in the West Lands, divided from Sastrom to the north by an inlet of Thalury. Beginning in 720 BCE, human colonists from Earth dwelt as neighbors of the nephilim of Alodra and angels of the Saiph League. ROSH: HAMAR: A land in southeastern Haaretz bounded on the west by theSaiph League, the north by Alodra and Nath, and on the west by the Wall of God. Ruled from Menkant and populated by five of the ten lost Israelite tribes, leading cities are Wazol, Eltan, Anitar, Rasal and Nyduly. ROSH: LAEL: A priest of the tribe of Levi dwelling in the city of Adjarain Nath. Lael was designated by the high priest to execute command- ments given directly by Chokhmah to bring to Heaven a remnant from the southern kingdom of Judah and to settle them in the north of Haaretz. ROSH: LAKE ENKAA: An artificial reservoir in Haaretz between Mount Fathoand Shaula Wood, backed up behind a massive stonework dam built by the tribe of Gad out of Kabark. The lake overflows into many canals and ditches to irrigate the land for some miles away from its shoreline. ROSH: NATH - A region in northeast Haaretz called a 'kingdom' by the fivetribes of Israelites who dwell there. It embraces Lake Enkaa and has Hadal as its capital, nigh to the Wall of God. Nath is effectively landlocked, as there are no bays or even coves along Thalury to the north. ROSH: RIVER SABIK: The largest river in Haaretz, born as cataracts in theWall of God. Flowing northwest from Wazol through Menkant, the Sabik is joined by the Arhena at Kochad. It bends west past Nyduly Wood and Atria and is joined by the river Armak and Nanki before reaching Thal- ury. ROSH: ROSH: The third son of Lael. After Rosh become high priest andjudge upon the death of Lael he deemed that his brother Elam was dis- content with the will of God in the matter and divided the office of high priest from judge that Elam might assume leadership of the colo- ny. ROSH: ROSHITES: The remnant of Judahites, Benjaminites, and Levites whowere brought from Earth by Lael after the conquest of Judah, named after Lael's third son, Rosh. They wandered for generations before founding the city of Akamar, the capital of what became the Kingdom of Menkal. ROSH: SASTROM: A land lying between the Wall of God and Thalury, separatedfrom the smaller land of Haaretz to the south by a wide finger of the sea. Ruled from the city of Jelaket, Sastrom is the heartland of House Bellon and most of the nephilim who dwell in Heaven are found there. ROSH: SAIPH LEAGUE: Independent city-states in southwest Haaretz, shat-tered remnant of a republic that replaced an earlier kingdom. The chief cities are the seaports of Eniph and Caph, the city of Mintara on the Isle of Avior, and the smaller cities of Zuben Well, Markal, and Toturo. SHYLA: BARTHULUMAWUS: One of the twelve apostles of Yeshua, also known asSt. Bartholomew. He was one of the four apostles who originally fol- lowed Yohanan the Baptizer, along with Philippos, Andreas, and Yudah of Kerioth. Barthulumawus interviewed Yeshua's brother Shimon. SHYLA: BOANERGES: [Hebrew: Bene reghesh - 'Sons of Thunder'] - A surnameapplied by Yeshua to two disciples, his cousins Yakob and Yohanan, sons of his sister Salome and her husband Zebedee, to avoid confusing them with Yohanan the baptizer or with his stepbrother Yakob son of Hilfai. SHYLA: CAPERNAUM: A town of fifteen hundred persons sited on the northernshore of Lake Kinneret which served as Yeshua's base of operations early in his ministry before he began to reach south into Judea. 'Rocky' Shimon owned a house there, where he lived with his wife and her mother. SHYLA: CLOPAS: Hebrew for "exchange" or "replacement". Upon the death ofhis father Yosef, Shimon began to use this nickname for his new step- father, Hilfai, which itself means "traverse" or "transit", and this is translated Clopas in Hebrew. The pun grieved his mother Miriam. SHYLA: GAD-SMANE: [Hebrew: "Oil press"] - A grove of giant olive trees atthe foot of Mount Olive, below the western slope, where Yeshua allowed himself to be arrested after declining to excape to Haaretz through a fold-door. This moment formed the crux of his obedience to his fa- ther. SHYLA: HILFAI: A widower in Nazareth, scribe of the Pharisees, brother ofYosef, father of Yakob, Yudah, and Miriam. When his brother died in a collapse of scaffolding in Sepphrois, Hilfai married his widowed wife and accepted his four children rather than see them become beggars. SHYLA: PHILIPPOS: A 1st Century Jew with a Greek name, Philippos of Beth-saida was a disciple of Yohanan the Baptizer until his master was ar- rested and ultimately executed by Herod Antipas. He then followed Yeshua as one of the Twelve, ultimately becoming known as St. Philip. SHYLA: SALOME: Firstborn of Yosef and Miriam, sister of Yeshua, Shimon, andYosy, wife of Zebedee, mother of Yakob and Yohanan. One of the two sisters of Yeshua mentioned in Mark 6:3, and his only full-blood sis- ter (the other being Miriam the daughter of his step-father Hilfai) SHYLA: SEPPHORIS: A city in the Galilee region four miles north of Naza-reth. Site of a revolt upon the death of Herod, the inhabitants were sold off as slaves and the city was newly populated with Roman colo- nists. Herod Antipas renamed it Autocratoris but this never caught on. SHYLA: SHIMON BEN-YOSEF: The second son of Yosef and Miriam, brother ofSalome, Yeshua, and Yosy, one of the twelve apostles of Yeshua. Later attempts to cast his mother as a perpetual virgin obscured his close kinship with Yeshua. Sometimes he is called Simon the Zealot. SHYLA: THE TWELVE: Andreia, Philippos, Barthulumawus, and Yudah were disci-ples of the baptizer. Shimon was Andreia's brother. Yakob and Yohanan Boanerges were Yeshua's cousins. Shimon and Yosy were Yeshua's broth- ers. Mattiyahu and Miriam were new. Teom was the step-brother of Yesh- ua. SHYLA: TIBERIAS: The capital city of Herod 'Antipas' Antipater, built onthe western shore of Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) about twenty miles from another urban center, Sepphoris. The existence of the two new cities, with their required logistics, impoverished the local peas- ants.