Mentack Glossary

KM — the Card Era. Year 0 is the year the first true card was made; negative dates come before it.

People with no natural elemental affinity — the majority of society.

A certified master of card craft — production, activation, and seal knowledge.

A specialist who tracks Void creatures and seals Void leaks.

The historical period since the first true card was made in 0 KM.

The standard currency of the world.

The plant whose fibers carry seal power — the raw material of every true card.

A symbol-structure that guides raw magic safely — the foundation of all card work.

An elementless card of pure seal work — the oldest and most universal card type.

A card carrying one of the seven catastrophe-born elements.

The inheritance of a deck — technique, seal style, selection, and worldview, not everlasting cards.

The reality-corroding substance that taints plants after a Void Gate opens.

The insult society uses for those who returned from the Void.

A passage between the world and the Void dimension.

The seven great disasters (318–421 KM) that gave birth to the elements.

A mixed settlement where different lineages live together — like Velora.

The forbidden zone where the world thins against the Void.

The great international authority for defense, crisis, and card-law cooperation.

A card whose production, sale, or use is a grave crime.