Calamondin (fruit)

Calamondin (calamansi), Citrus mitis, is an acid citrus fruit. This plant is grown more for its looks than for its fruit edibility and performs well as a patio plant or when trimmed as a hedge. It is hardy to 20 degrees F and is hardier to cold than any other true citrus species only the trifoliate orange and the kumquat are more tolerant to low temperatures. The edible fruit is small and orange, about one inch in diameter, and resembles a small tangerine.

I asked Mr. Felis for a word that could be the subject of a book and fell alphabetically between “botany” and “cat”. This was what he picked.

The Coriland Times

The Coriland Times is one of the largest national newspapers in the United Kingdom of Coriland. It is famous for its through provoking exposés. While they are known as a newspaper with “socialist leanings” the owner of the City Press (Frank Pulzar) is deeply in the pockets of the “new money” industrial barons and often uses his paper as a mouth piece for the special interests of business.

Olde Tronkish

A pictorial dead language created by an advanced human culture which was destroyed over one millennia ago when the fae rose to power. Each symbol is said to have no less than 400 different meanings depending on the context and there are over 8000 glyphs.

For example, a shell like glyph with two curls at the bottom (which is commonly seen on cave walls) can be translated as “danger” or “fresh cheese” depending on the orientation and use in the sentence.

The head scholar on this language was Professor William Campbell of Illestrad and the University of Carlsbridge (deceased). It is said that he passed his knowledge of this incredible language onto his “children”. However, the previous statement is odd as Professor Campbell only had one child, a biological son.

Drommand (currency)

Like the drossler, the drommand is a unit of currency used in Coriland. There are about fifty drommands to a drossler. It is ubiquitous as the US twenty dollar bill, the twenty pound note in the UK or the fifty euro note in the EU. However, none of these monetary values are exactly equivalent to the amount of goods you could buy with this amount of money.

Drossler (currency)

A unit of currency used in Coriland similar to the American dollar, the British pound or the EU Euro. Currently, the coin is made of gold with the head of King William Drossler the Third (deceased) embossed on the front. Usually, after the death of a monarch, new coins would be minted, but the noble families have reason to believe Queen Tiara Lily (who is not a blood-borne noble) inherited her throne under “dubious circumstances” (read: assassination of her husband), so the Upper House is dragging their feet on the new design approvals just to spite her.

The drossler is uncommonly used in day to day life as store clerks rarely have enough of the smaller coins to make change for this one.