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ClankersSocieties and people who make use o machines powered by steam, diesel, and clockwork.

Germany and Austria-Hungary are the leading Clanker powers.

Clanker WordsW

A walking machine. In other words, a orm o transport that uses legs instead o wheels.

l d D d oughtThe largest and most power ul class o military walker.

l d F ig t A smaller class o military walker, more or pursuit than combat.

l d Co v tt A small training walker.

U-bo t A German abbreviation or underboat, or what we would call a submarine.

M ch iThe Clanker word or all things mechanical.

e ct iDitto, but electricity.

Steampunk takes place in imaginary worlds where technology went in di erent directions thanin our own world. Inspired by proto-science fction like HG Wells and Jules Verne, steampunk

imagines steam power, clockwork, and other Victorian technologies achieving amazing levels osophistication. Other orgotten technologies, like airships, are also popular.

Wh t i t mpu ?

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DarWInIsTsSocieties and people who use Charles Darwinstechnique or altering the li e threads ospecies, making use o abricated animalsinstead o machines. England and France are

the leading Darwinist powers.

Darwinist Terms

Bo f A scientist who makes abricated animals.

Mo y luddit A person in a Darwinist society who nds

abricated animals ungodly or rightening.

ai b t Any abricated animal that fies.

Hyd og B th A abricated animal that creates its ownhydrogen in order to become lighter than air.

Hux y a c dOne o the rst hydrogen breathers, designedby Thomas Huxley. Made rom the li e threadso jelly sh.

e ph ti

A dra t animal based on the elephant.lupi Tig qu

A combat animal based on both the wol andthe tiger.

M mmothi A dra t animal based on the extinct woolymammoth, used in colder climates.

M g liz dReptiles that can carry and repeat messagesusing the voice o the sender. Like a parrot,

but a lizard.F ch tt B tFabricated bats used in combat. They dropfechettes (small, sharp metal bolts) on theenemy.

Natural Beasts in the Book

Budgi A kind o bird, o ten used as pets.

thy ciThe scienti c name or the Tasmanian tiger, adog-like predator ound in Australia.

Naval Terms

Bo uThe head o training and equipment aboarda ship.

k xo An alarm.

s xt t A device or navigating using the stars.

MiddyShort or midshipman, a young boy taken intothe navy as an apprentice o cer.

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How to curse like a middie:

C t

Crap. (variations clart-rag, clart-sna fing)B i g spid !

A general curse o surprise and disbelie .

Bum- gSomeone who you would like to see dipped inclart.

God Wou d An old curse, sometimes shortened toZounds!

Some Scottish Terms

y c umNonsense.

P ooZits.

squic A very small amount. A bit.

T tti bogi A scarecrow.

s opClothes.

C v -boot ,F cy bootSomeone too clever (or ancy) or theirown good.

Other Terms

P im , Qu t

( ci g t m )These are all parries (de ensive maneuvers) in

encing. They involve blocking the end o theopponents sword with the blade o yours.

Mo g tic M i g A le t-handed marriage between two peopleo unequal social rank ( or example, a nobleand a commoner). In a morganatic marriage,the children do not inherit titles or lands.

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