Glossary of Duskaran Terms

Auroral Disruption: Night-side aurora intensification causing electromagnetic interference and psychic feedback. 
 Beastwalker: Individual with psychic bond to native fauna (wind serpents, thermal lizards). 
 Catch Your Breath: Game mechanic where skills reset but new complication is introduced. 
 Daywalker: Day-side specialist with exceptional thermal resistance. Salvages mining operations. 
 Deep Bonding: Psychic connection to native creatures, allowing communication and shared senses. 
 Deep Roads: Ancient tunnel network beneath Duskara's surface. Origin unknown. 
 Deepkin: Night-side cave-dwelling culture. Communicates via resonance. 
 Duskaran Accord: Political confederation uniting twilight belt and cave settlements. 
 Geothermal Warmth Circle: Deepkin community centered around geothermal vent. 
 Glowcap: Bioluminescent fungus. Primary food source in caves. 
 Psychic Burnout: Mental/physical exhaustion from overusing psychic abilities. 
 Resonance: Psychic ability to perceive and manipulate vibrations through stone. 
 Shadow Walking: Psychic ability to move unseen in low-light environments. 
 Stellar Horizon : Colony ship that brought humanity to Duskara in ~2250 CE. 
 Superstorm: Catastrophic weather event with winds exceeding 150 km/h. Common where hot and cold air masses collide. 
 Thermal Sensing: Psychic ability to perceive heat signatures and temperature gradients. 
 Twilight Belt: Habitable zone 200-300 km wide circling Duskara's meridian. Home to 80% of humanity. 
 Water Judge: Resource arbiter managing water distribution and resolving disputes. 
 Weather Wraith: Psychic manifestation in storm fronts. Echoes of dead weather workers. 
 Weather Working: Psychic ability to sense and influence atmospheric patterns—wind, pressure, storms. 
 Wind-Kin: Alliance of Beastwalker communities and bonded creature populations.