Aitás – Underworld

Arus – magical power inherent in the races of Etruscan descent

Bergoia – treacherous spirit created from the death of a Malandante.

Blood Bound – An ancient tradition tying two souls and their fates together for all eternity by mingling blood during sex.

Boschetta – a group of thirteen streghe (coven)

Enu – humans of magical Etruscan descent

Eteri – Etruscan for foreigner, used to describe regular humans

Decurio – legion rank of commander

Fata – elemental beings of magical Etruscan descent such as folletti (fairies) and linchetti (night elves)

Goddess Gift – magical abilities including but not restricted to scrying, healing, far-seeing, affinities to herbs and crystals

Involuti – Founding gods of the Etruscans, those from whom all other Etruscan deities were descended; Uni, Tinia, Turan, Menrva and Summamus

Lassi – ghosts of family ancestors

Lucani – Etruscan werewolves; created from the union of streghe and salvanelli (satyr); they form the Etruscan army, based on the ancient Roman Legion

Malandante – descended from the Etruscans but born with a bent toward evil, with a taste for power and wealth

Praenuntio – Goddess Gift of foresight

Pugio – a Roman dagger

Speculator – spy

Sicarius – assassin

Streghe – Women of Etruscan descent endowed with Goddess Gifts

Versipellis (pl. versipelli) – literally “skin shifter”; includes Etruscan lucani, Norse Berkserkir (bears) and French loup garou (wolves)