AOIKE POND a pond on the Nayoro Peninsula, where shigu salua grows
AOYUMI RIVER a river that runs just outside Kosenkyo
HOSHINOMIYA PALACE also known as the Star Palace; home to and headquarters of the Star Readers
ICHINOMIYA PALACE home of the First Prince
JUCHI RO GAI the Mud Dwellers of Nayugu
KANBAL a country north of New Yogo, over the Misty Blue Mountains
KOSENKYO capital of New Yogo; the name means “shining fan”
MORIBITO the Yogoese name for the Guardian of the Spirit
NAHJI a bird sacred to the Yakoo
NAYORO PENINSULA where the action takes place
NAYUGU to the Yakoo, a world that overlaps with Sagu. Although normally Nayugu is invisible to people in Sagu, the two interact and affect one another.
NEW YOGO the country on the Nayoro Peninsula founded by Torugaru and Nanai
NINOMIYA PALACE home of the Second Prince
NYUNGA RO CHAGA the Yakoo name for the Guardian of the Spirit
NYUNGA RO IM the Yakoo name for the Water Spirit
OGI NO KAMI the royal district of Kosenkyo; the name means “the handle of the fan”
OGI NO NAKA the district of Kosenkyo where the nobility live; the name means “the center of the fan”
OGI NO SHIMO the district of Kosenkyo where the commoners live; the name means “the edge of the fan”
RARUNGA the Egg Eater; it dwells in Nayugu but can cross over to Sagu
SAGU to the Yakoo, the visible world, where humans live
SAHNAN head of the Aoyumi River; in Yakoo, “the water’s source”
SANNOMIYA PALACE home of the Third Queen
SHIGU SALUA a kind of water plant with a distinctive flower and smell
SHURIKEN a sharp metal throwing dart
TEN NO KAMI the supreme god of the Yogoese
TENDO the Yogoese Law of the Universe
TO RO GAI the Land Dwellers of Sagu
TORINAKI RIVER a river that runs along the east side of Kosenkyo
YAKOO the indigenous people of the Nayoro Peninsula
YASHIRO a village in New Yogo where many Yakoo live
YOGO the people who colonized the Nayoro Peninsula; also, the country from which they came. The name means “land blessed by Ten no Kami.”
YONA RO GAI the Water Dwellers of Nayugu