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The Drache GirlTall Man’s World: An expression used by the Short Men to describe the world and their place within it.

Tatum, Rikkard Banks: A popular Brech pulp author, Rikkard Banks Tatum has written more than 100 novels, mostly science fiction, and all of featuring high adventure.

Tea Room, The: A novel by Walter Grace.

Teachings of Kafira, The: The Teachings of Kafira is the Zaeri term for The Modest Scriptures, which form the second half of the Kafirite Holy Book.  The Zaeri do not share the belief that Kafira is the daughter of God, and hence do not hold the teachings of her or her apostles to be holy.  However, she is still recognized as a Zaeri Imam, and so her teachings command a certain amount of respect.

Teddy Sweet Men: A popular snack in Brech, Teddy Sweet Men are tiny biscuits cut in the shape of soldiers, baked, and dusted with sugar.

Telegraphs Memories: An epistolary novel by Dorrit Quinn.

Telmatosaurus: A small dinosaur similar in built to iguanodons, but smaller, Telmatosaurus is usually less than 16 feet from nose to tail when fully grown.  They are found in the hills south of Port Dechantagne in Birmisia.

Terrence Dechantagne Boulevard: The main north-south roadway in Port Dechantagne.  It features two traffic lanes in each direction and a trolley path between them.

Thiss Regatta: The Thiss Regatta is a sailing boat race held each year in the River Thiss near Brech City.  It is an event usually attended by the Brech aristocracy.

Thiss, River: The River Thiss (pronounced Tiss) is a large, navigable river that runs northward through the island of Brechalon.  It runs through the center of Brech City and is too wide to be bridged.

Three Marks for a Pfennig: A rather uninspired novel by Sable Agria, Three Marks for a Pfennig extolls the virtues of chastity, honesty, and frugality.

Tideburg: A small city in northern central Freedonia.

Time and Space: A large science volume by Phoebus Dodson.

Toad in the Hole: Toad in the hole is a traditional Brech dish consisting of sausages in brown pudding batter, usually served with vegetables and onion gravy.

Toler, Shia: A Mirsannan author.

Tommulon: Tommulon was one of a pantheon of deities worshiped in ancient Donnata.  Tommulon was the goddess of battle and along with the other gods of the pantheon was adopted by the Mersh and the Rundak.

Treffia: Treffia was one of two deities worshiped in ancient Akkas.  Treffia was the aspect of darkness and was directly opposed to his twin: Juton.  Though both names have been found on the few ancient monuments that remain of Akkas, little is known of their temples or religions practices.

Treuary: Treuary is the third month under the modern reformed calendar.  Like all the months except Hamonth, it has 30 days.  Treuary 21st is the first day of Spring.  Treuary 1st is Iolana Staff’s birthday.

Trials of Kafira: A religious text by Shrem Tunney which analyzes the teaching of Kafira with an emphasis on chastity.

Triceratops: The triceratops is a Birmisian dinosaur notable for its heavy quadrupedal form, as well as the three large horns on its face, boy frill around its neck, and its beaked mouth.  Individual Triceratops have reached about 30 feet in length, 10 feet in height, 10 tons.  With one of the largest skulls of all land animals, the triceratops bears a single horn on the snout, above the nostrils, and a pair of horns approximately 3 feet long, with one above each eye.  To the rear of the skull was a relatively short and quite solid, bony frill, which is flushed with blood for display.  The skin of Triceratops was unusual compared to other dinosaurs, covered in bristly hair-like structures.  Three baby triceratops were captured by colonists at the time of Port Dechantagne’s establishment.  These three specimens, raised by humans, eventually were trained to pull trolley cars on the city track.

Trifle: Trifle is a dessert dish made from thick (or often solidified) custard, fruit, sponge cake, fruit juice or jelly, and whipped cream. These ingredients are usually arranged in layers.

Trippia: An ancient civilization north and west of Brechalon, Trippia was only in existence from about -5200 to -4950.  Little remains of Trippia.  Most of what is known comes from the scholars of Ballar and Uarm, the kingdoms that occupied the land after Trippia.  The most startling fact known is that the Trippians evidently had complex plumbing with flushing toilets.

Trolley: A trolley (trolleycar, or trolley car) is a rail vehicle which runs on tracks along public urban streets, and also sometimes on separate rights of way. Trolleys in Brechalon are pulled by draft horses and are sometimes referred to as horsecar railways.  In Birmisia, the trolley is pulled by triceratops.  In Mallontah, the trolley cars are steam powered

Trolley, The: A collection of stories by Baumgarten Glines which center around a magical trolley that takes poor orphans away from the city to a magical land.

Trumpet, S.S.: One of several ships chartered to bring supplies to Brech Birmisia, S.S. Trumpet was the second ship to do so, and the first to bring pigs and sheep to the new colony.

Tsahloose: One of the great city-states of lizardmen, Tsahloose is located in southern Birmisia.

Tsaua: The traditional greeting among lizardmen of Birmisia, tsaua roughly translates to “how are you?”

Tsotollah: One of the great city-states of the lizardmen in Birmisia.

Tserich: A native village in Birmisia, Tserich was the first to contact the Brech settlers upon arrival.

Tsuus: One of the closer lizzie cities to Port Dechantagne in Birmisia.  Lizzies from Tsuus were some of the first to form trade relations with Brechs upon their arrival in Mallon.

Tunney, Shrem: A Brech writer, known for his conservatism.

Turripi Cheese: Turripi cheese is a aged, hardened cheese used in traditional Zaeri cooking.  It is usually shaved or grated into foods.

Tuustutu: A native village in Birmisia.

Tu-Riven: Like the Rundak, the Tu-Riven were barbarian invaders from central Sumir, at their height of power about -850.

Twentieth: The twentieth of each month is the traditional day of starting new tasks.

Two Men Travel: A short novel by Cathal Parvis, Two Men Travel tells the story of two friends who journey down the Thiss having silly adventures.

Tyrannosaurus: The Tyrannosaurs is a large bipedal carnivore with a massive skull balanced by a long, heavy tail.  Common throughout Birmisia, the Tyrannosaurus is an apex predator, hunting iguanodon, triceratops, and sauropods, though they will often steal the kills of other predators.  Relative to the large and powerful hind limbs, Tyrannosaurus forelimbs are small, though unusually powerful for their size, and bear two clawed digits. Sporting a black body and blood-red head, the Tyrannosaur measures from 40 to 50 feet in length, and can stand up to 15 feet tall at the hip.  Females are generally larger and more aggressive than the males.  Tyrannosaurs usually hunt singly or in mated pairs, but on rare occasions, groups of five to eight male tyrannosaurs will gang together and sweep a region clear of all life forms big enough to be counted as prey.

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