Importance of Pleasing the Misses, The: A play by Leda Stolz, filled with sexual innuendo, The Importance of Pleasing the Misses has seen little time on stage, but is quite popular in Brechalon in book form.

Iguanodon: Iguanodons are the most common Birmisian dinosaur.  They are bulky herbivores that shift from bipedality to quadrupedality.  They average about 3 tons and 30 feet long for adults, with rare specimens up to 45 feet long.  They have large narrow skulls and toothless duckbill mouths, and range in color from olive green to redish-brown.  Iguanodons live in herds of 20 to 100 individuals.

Iguanodon Heath: Located ten miles west of Port Dechantagne in Brech Birmisia, Iguanodon Heath is a large open plain where visitors can see vast herds of dinosaurs.  Famous for the large numbers of iguanodon, the heath is also home to large groups of saltasaurus, triceratops, and ankylasaurs.

In Search of the Rainbow: A book of poetry by Leda  Schraam.

Intruder: A long Freedonian novel, Intruder by Anarosa Freedman is considered anti-Zaeri in theme.

Isle de Fortann: A large island in the Thiss beside Brech City, Isle de Fortann is home to Fort Tharbin, which protects the city from any invasion that might come upriver.

Isle of Winds, The: A tiny, rocky island, the Isle of Winds was the center of a magic dampening zone.  In 1499, the fortress of Schwarztogrube was constructed on the island.  By 1750, Schwarztogrube had become a prison for wizards and sorcerers.  Near New Years day in 1899, Schwarztogrube and the Isle of Winds disappeared of the face of the world.  At first it was believed that some act of god was responsible, but it was later discovered to have been the work of an escaped sorceress—Zurfina the Magnificent.

It All Turned to Dust: A long and rather depressing novel by Mirsannan writer Raphael Ragone.

Ixec: Ixec was a warrior empire built upon the ashes of the abandoned Doglon city-states.  Taking much of its culture from earlier empires, Ixec reveled in blood sacrifice and torture.  Ixec was one of the few regions not visited by Magnus the Great, so was unaffected by the spread of the Zaeri religion.  Beginning in 266, Kafirites began proselytizing in Ixec, and by around 1000, two thirds of the populace had been converted.  In 1192, Kafirism became the official religion.

Jaquesville: A small town in Brechalon.

Jaquesville, S.S.: One of the cargo ships making the run from Brechalon to Birmisia.

Journey to Enclep, A: A book by Mirsannan author Shia Toler.

Jungles of Brick: A book by Maddchen Schaub which tells the story of several families living in a mouldering brownstone apartment building.

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

Kafira Kristos: Born about -20, Kafira Kristos became a Zaeri Imam about year 5.  After a few years, she began teaching a variant of Zaeri that called for a belief in an afterlife, a life devoted to God, and a disregard for worldly affairs.  She became a target of the Xygian clergy and was charged with heresy and crucified in year 13.  Within three years, she had become the focus of a religious movement that swept across the world.  Today, Kafirism is the dominant human religion.

Kafira and the Barbarians: A religious text by Liana Reuter, rife with inaccuracies.

Kafira Mass: The major holiday in Kafiradom, Kafira Mass celebrates the birthday of Kafira Kristos.  Though her true date of birth is unknown, it is almost universally celebrated on Kafirius 25^th.

Kafira’s Cross: A religious text by medieval writer Kenitra Madoff, Kafira’s Cross is widely read across Sumir.

Kafira’s Family: A text by Freedonian writer Liana Rueter, considered both historically inacurrate and heretical.

Kafiradom: A common term for the part of the world in which the worship of Kafira dominates religion.  In modern times, Kafiradom is synonymous with the entire human world.

Kafirius: Kafirius is the twelfth month of the modern reformed calendar.  It has 30 days.  Kafira Mass, the highest holy day of the Kafirite religion is Kafirius 25^th.  Kafirius 25^th is also the birthday of Saba Colbshallow.

Kasselburg: A beautiful city in western Freedonia, Kassleburg sits on a plateau in the Halyon Mountains.  Kasselburg University is a noted institution of science and fine arts.  Kasselburg is known to most Brechs for the potato dish named for it.  Isaak Wissinger lived and worked in Kasselburg before being forced into Zurelendsviertel.

Keiman, Abban: A popular Brech writer, Abban Keiman writes extensively on life in Brechalon.  Most of his works contain numerous religious references and parallels.

King’s Oval Park: King’s Oval Park is a large venue of cricket in the northern portion of Brech City.  King’s Oval Park is located on Scrum Boulevard, and is arranged for use by up to a dozen cricket matches and two rugby games.

King’s Warehouse: Located just off Contico Boulevard, the massive storage facility of King’s Warehouse is a distribution site for food to the poor.

Kiss Me Before I Die: A book by Dallorian writer Lamis Warlick, Kiss Me Before I Die is very popular in both Brechalon and Freedonia.

Klumb, Indrajit: The son of a Freedonian father and a Mirsannan mother, Indrajit Klumb moved to Borazon becoming one of that country’s most popular authors and serving in the Borazon Parliament.

Korlata: One of the Donnata city-states, Korlata is the birth-place of democracy, and is justly famous for its art and architecture.

Kutambata: A village in central Enclep, Kutambata is the source for much of the world’s white opthalium.

Dallar: A country on the northwestern tip of Sumir,  Dallar was originally a successor state of Magnus the Great.  Most people of Dallar speak both Zurian and Mirsannan.  Dallar adopted Kafirism as its official religion in 160.

Dallaman, Empire of: The Dallaman Empire began as a relatively unimportant part of Zaerphon which began expanding as Zaerphon broke apart (-1800).  Dallaman established new artforms and architectural styles, and fought a series of wars against Tu-Riven.  Dallaman was still a distinctive society when conquered by Magnus the Great (-42).

Darwin’s Emporium: From the establishment of Port Dechantagne until its proprietor’s death, Darwin’s Emporium was a seller and exporter of a variety of products made with dinosaur hide.  Because of this, it was a popular stop for tourists to Birmisia, and maintained extensive trade relations with many of the surrounding lizzie villages.

DeAlonzo, Arjen: A popular Mirsannan novelist.

Death and Destruction: A massive novel by Lan Bonnano, Death and Destruction tells the story of a doomed family and their last six generations.  It is the longest novel that most people in Brechalon have ever heard of.

Death in Brech, A: A Death in Brech is a novel by Garson Hoek that tells the story of the disenfranchised working class in Brech City.

Decius: Decius is the tenth month of the modern reformed calendar.  Like all the months except Hamonth, it has 30 days.

Decimark: A gold ten mark coin of the United Kingdom of Greater Brechalon.  The obverse features an image of King Tybalt and the reverse a cross wreathed in laurels.

Derby, The: The Derby is a novel by Twyla Gaskell set in modern Brech City.

Desperation’s Daughter: The best known work of Isaak Wissinger.

DeRemillard, E.R.: A Mirsannan author who writes extensively about Brechalon.

Derich, Kingdom of: Splitting away from Rundaria in 544, Derich combined with Rundarr (Rundaria) and Lowess in 1794 to form Freedonia.

Detsky, Ebrahim: A Zaeri Brech writer, Ebrahim Detsky is best known for his novels Night of the Snake and Rabbits Under the Fence.

Diary of a Photographer, The: A book by Dorrit Quinn that follows a photographer named Byric, in his travels across Brechalon.

Dietle, Wadsworth: A Freedonian writer, Wadsworth Dietle is best known for his tales of nature and the struggle of man against nature.  Many of his title characters are animals.

Dionoserin: Dionoserin is a potion of mind control brewed by sorcerers and wizards.

Disposal, The: A book by Maddchen Schaub highlighting the abuses of modern orphanages.

Doctor and Priest: A detective story by Umeko Mahanian.

Dodson, Phoebus: A seventeeth century physicist and mathematician, Phoebus Dodson’s books form the core of scientific education from students from Brechalon to Freedonia.  Though his writing is considered stuffy, his scientific theories were a hundred years ahead of their time.

Doggie Doggie: Doggie Doggie is a game played by children with a stick (as a bone).  Once child plays the part of the dog, while the others hide the bone.  The children sing “Doggie, doggie, where’s your bone,” while the dog tries to find it.

Doglon: An ancient civilization at the southern tip of Sumir, Doglon was culturally related to the Olgon. Doglon was never united, consisting of small states that vied with each other for power.  They cleared the dense jungle to create their cities and extensive tracts of land for farming.  About -2300, they were overthrown by one of their subject races—the Ixec.

Donnata: The ancient land founded approximately -7000 along the northern coast of modern Freedonia, Donnata was originally a group of quarreling city-states.  United under an emperor about -5000, Donnata ushered in the Bronze Age.  Few of their cities remain, though a great deal of pottery and statuary has been preserved in museums.

Dormouse, S.S.: The S.S. Dormouse is a modern Brech cargo ship hired by the Dechantagne family to bring additional supplies and colonists to Birmisia.  It made several such trips during the first years of the Brech colony there.

Dorridgeville: Dorridgeville is a large town at the northern tip of the Duchy of Booth on Mirilon.  Dorridgeville is the stopping off point for adventurers and soldiers of fortune on their way to Enclep and beyond.

Dragon: Dragons are immense creatures of magic.  They superficially resemble reptiles, and are covered with scales.  Dragons however are hot-blooded, with body temperatures approaching 120 degrees.  Dragons are primarily carnivorous but can eat practically anything.  They have such a perfect digestive system that they have no need to exude waste.  There are several different varieties of dragon, including Gold, Silver, Flame, Green, Night, Steel, and Coral.  Dragons can breathe fire and possess a secondary breath weapon which varies according to the species.  Dragons are extremely long-lived, essentially immortal, and are worshipped as gods by primitive cultures around the world.  They are extremely intelligent and often are able to cast magic spells.  Dragon eggs have no set gestation period and may survive for centuries before hatching.  Upon hatching dragons are usually about 24 inches in length.  A full-grown dragon may weight 90 tons and reach 150 feet from nose to tail barb.

Driconda: Driconda was a civilization that rose in the arid valleys of southwest Sumir.  The Driconda culture may date back to -6500.  About -3200, they consolidated into an empire ruled by a Sun King.  Around -2100, a mountain people called the Olgon conquered Driconda.

Drum, The: A novel by Isaak Wissinger.

Durcy Square: A popular gathering place for dealers of magical artifacts, Durcy Square is located just off Prince Tybalt Boulevard in Brech City.  It is a gathering place for hedge wizards seeking employment.

East of Enclep: A book by Shia Toler, for most Brech readers, East of Enclep was their first introduction to Mallon.

East Wills: One of four district areas in the city of Redgepool.

Eclipse: An eclipse is an astronomical event that occurs when an astronomical object is temporarily obscured, either by passing into the shadow of another body or by having another body pass between it and the viewer.  The term eclipse is most often used to describe either a solar eclipse, when the Moon’s shadow crosses the Earth’s surface, or a lunar eclipse, when the Moon moves into the Earth’s shadow.  Both types of eclipses can enhance the power of magic cast beneath them, though a solar eclipse will do so to a much greater extent than a lunar eclipse.

Enclep: The island of Enclep is more than twelve hundred miles long and three hundred fifty miles wide at its thickest point.  The northern reaches, which are the only portions of the island visited by ships from Sumir, are lined with white sandy beaches everywhere except the rocky outcropping of the deep-water port that the Royal Brechalon Navy had leased from the natives for its use.  The interior of the island holds vast rain forests of tropical plants and tall sweeping palm trees and is filled with all manner of natural treasures.  The brown-skinned natives in the north live simple lives of hunting, gathering, and trading with the visiting ships.  They worship animal spirits, particularly whales.  The south is dominated by a number of feudal kingdoms.  Strong cults devoted to a single animal spirit are the norm here.  Enclep is the source of White Opthalium.  Most tea imported to Sumir comes from Enclep.

Essenbad, L.Z.: One of Freedonia’s fleet of massive airships, the Essenbad patrolled the northern seas around Enclep.

Café Carlo: Café Carlo has been a popular dining spot in the Great Plaza of Brech City for almost three hundred years, though the name has changed repeatedly during that time.  It is a relatively expensive, high-class establishment under the proprietorship of Carlo Byrd.  Prior to that, it was known as Café Renee.  After the death of Carlo Byrd, it became Francesco’s Café.

Café Renee: (see Café Carlo)

Camora: A country in southern Sumir, Camora became independent from the Zur Empire in 995.  Today, Camora is a relatively poor nation, though it is reaping the benefits of trade alliances with Greater Brecahlon.

Carriage, Steam-powered: Steam-powered cars have almost completely replaced horse-drawn cars throughout Brechalon.  There are a variety of sizes and configurations of steam cars, as there were horse-drawn varieties.  Most have the furnace, boiler, and firebox located in the rear.

Cartonia: A continent in the southern hemisphere.

Children of the Streets: The most popular book by Maddchen Schaub, Children of the Streets tells the story of orphaned street urchin.

Church of Kafira: The Church of Kafira, also known as the Holy Kafirite Church, is the worldly organization of Kafira’s followers.  It is among the oldest institutions in the world and has played a prominent role in the history of Western civilisation.  The Church hierarchy is led by the Pope and includes Cardinals, Patriarchs, and Bishops. The Church teaches that it is the one true church, divinely founded by Kafira Kristos that its bishops are the successors of Kafira’s apostles and that the Pope is the sole successor to Saint Ulixesr who has apostolic primacy.  The Church maintains that the doctrine on faith and morals that it presents as definitive is infallible.  There are a variety of doctrinal and theological emphases within the Church, including the Southern Kafirite Churches, the personal ordinariates and religious communities such as the Egerians, the Julienites and the Lamarans.  The Kafirite Church is Trinitarian and defines its mission as spreading the Gospel of Kafira Kristos, administering the sacraments, and exercising charity.  Kafirite worship is highly liturgical, focusing on the Mass or Divine Liturgy during which the sacrament of the Eucharist is celebrated. The Church teaches that bread and wine used during the Mass become the body and blood of Kafira through transubstantiation. The Church practises closed communion and only baptised members of the Church in a state of grace are ordinarily permitted to receive the Eucharist.  Kafirite social teaching emphasises support for the sick, the poor, and the afflicted through the corporal works of mercy. The Kafirite Church is the largest provider of education and medical services in the world.  Kafirite spiritual teaching emphasises spread of the Gospel message and growth in spiritual discipline through the spiritual works of mercy.

Citizen’s Safety Award: The Citizen’s Safety Award is given to citizens of Brech City who display Brech pluck and bravery in bringing law-breakers to justice.

Cold Soldiers: A book by Isaak Wissinger.

Contico Boulevard:A major thoroughfare in Brech City, Contico Boulevard runs from Hexagon park to the edge of Blackbottom.

Contracting Universe, The The Contracting Universe, at 653 pages, is the shortest scientific work by Phoebus Dodson.  In it he proves that the universe is in a constant state of contraction that will eventually force it all into a tiny dense mass the size of a cricket ball.

Cordwell: The County of Cordwell is one of 66 regional divisions within The United Kingdom of Greater Brechalon.  Cordwell is the location of the city of Bentin and the nearby Royal Military Base.  It sits on the eastern coast of the island of Brechalon.

Cricket: Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on a roughly circular field, at the center of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch.  Each team takes it in turn to bat, in which they attempt to accumulate as many runs as possible, while the other team fields, attempting to prevent the batting team scoring runs.  Teams may bat once or twice each depending upon the format of the game.  Each turn is known as an innings.  The game progresses as one member of the fielding team known as the bowler delivers the ball to the batsman down the length of the pitch.  The batsman then attempts to strike the ball with his bat in order so that the ball either reaches the boundary or enables him to run to the other end of the pitch and thus accumulate runs.  The batsman may continue batting until he is dismissed.  Once ten batsmen from the batting side have been dismissed, the team is said to be all out and the two teams change roles.

Cricket, Mirsannan: Mirsannan Cricket is a variety of cricket played by children, usually in poorer neighborhoods, in which they use ad-hoc materials and locations for play.

Crown Street: Crown Street is a thoroughfare in Brech City just south of Saint Admeta Park.  The Palace of Ansegdniss is at the end of Crown Street, while along its length are the homes of the King’s ministers.  Number 3 is the home of the Lord Treasurer.  Number 4 is the home of the Second Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer.  Number 7 is the home of the Foreign Minister.  Number 8 is the home of the Judge Advocate General.  Number 14 is the home of the Prime Minister.