Atlantis Unmasked (42 page)

Landwalkers
—Atlantean term for humans.

 

Miertus
—Atlantean slang for excrement.

 

The Seven
—the elite guard of the high prince or king of Atlantis. Many of the rulers of the other six isles have formed their own guard of seven in imitation of this tradition.

 

Shape-shifters
—a species who started off as humans, but were cursed to transform into animals each full moon. Many shape-shifters can control the change during other times of the month, but newly initiated shape-shifters cannot. Shape-shifters have superhuman strength and speed and can live for more than three hundred years, if not injured or killed. They have a long-standing blood feud against the vampires, but old alliances and enemies are shifting.

 

Thought-mining
—the Atlantean ability, long lost, to sift through another's mind and memories to gather information.

 

Vampires
—an ancient race descended from the incestuous mating of the god Chaos and his daughter, Anubisa, goddess of the night. They are voracious for political intrigue and the amassing of power and are extremely long-lived. Vampires have the ability to dematerialize and teleport themselves long distances, but not over large bodies of water.

 

Warriors of Poseidon
—warriors sworn to the service of Poseidon and the protection of humanity. They all bear Poseidon's mark on their bodies.