Also called 'faeries' or simply 'faes'.
These are spirits that are human in appearance and have magical powers. Unlike familiars [refer to Familiar], faes serve and guide the light planetouched [refer to Planetouched] and other magic-wielding healers. They are generally benevolent and quite harmless.
In the story, faes are a class of 'demoted angels'. According to a legend, a group of angels revolted against God. The Gates of Heaven were ordered shut; those still in Heaven remained angels, those in Hell transformed into demons, while those caught in-between became the fae folk.
Also called 'familiar spirits' or 'animal guides'.
These are supernatural beings that serve and guide witches, the planetouched [refer to Planetouched], and magic-wielders in their practice of magic. Familiars can appear in numerous guises, most often as an animal, and also at times as a human.
When serving witches and dark planetouched, they are often thought to be malevolent; but when working for light planetouched and magic-wielding healers, they are believed to be benevolent. The former is often categorized as a demon, while the latter a faerie [refer to Fae Folk].
Pyewacket is Lucien Salverson's familiar.
Planetouched are
mortal creatures whose lineage trace back to outsiders or extraplanar creatures
such as demons, celestials, and elementals. These outsiders tend to be
inter-fertile, which means they are able to mate with just about any other
creature. If the offspring of this unusual union proves to be itself fertile, a
planetouched will be born.
The resulting
half-blooded offspring are often exceptionally powerful, like half-demons
[refer to Cambion], half-celestials,
or half-elementals.
The offspring of a
planetouched and a normal human is planetouched. The offspring of two
planetouched is also a planetouched, who usually takes after one of the
parents. They may carry the recessive bloodline of the other parent and pass it
on to their offspring.
A Dark Planetouched is
an offspring of a fiend, demon, elemental or other extraplanar creature that
possesses dark magic. A Light Planetouched is an offspring of a celestial,
elemental, or other extraplanar creature that possesses light or healing magic.
Lucien Salverson is a dark planetouched.
A first-generation mortal with human and demon ancestry.
Lucien Salverson is a Cambion.
In the story, Gehenna is the abode of the damned in the afterlife. Here, souls who face judgement are subjected to hellfire, where it will destroy the wicked. However, it is also a place of purification, where a soul can be released from further torture.
A field of energy unique to mortal beings. The color of a human's aura varies. It reflects the health, mood, personality, character traits, as well as the spiritual development of a human. Sometimes, the color changes when a human experiences a strong or repressed emotion.
Plants and other sentient beings like animals, also have faint aura.
Also called "fillers", these are chapters you can opt to read or not read, because they only serve to extend the time between certain plot points of the main story, or between the end of one major arc and the beginning of a new one. In short, nothing major happens to affect the progress of the main story or to develop the main characters or other significant characters.
List of Special Chapters:
1. The Memory Box. Hunter and Lucien go through the letters and memorabilia inside the green wooden box.