Hrud Lexicon

Hrud Crystal^[1]

The Hrud Language is hardly known, spoken of primarily by former captives^[1] and trade partners. Most of the language and its terms are shrouded in mystery. The Hrud form archives for their records, which are stored at least in part on the inside of crystal prisms. ^[2]

Terms

J

Hrud term	literal translation	common translation, usual meaning, notes	source
Juuntak		Tunnel-city, often parasitically underneath another civilization's city	Xenology (Background Book), pg. 80

P

Hrud term	literal translation	common translation, usual meaning, notes	source
Poh-ha		Mass migration triggered by population growth.	Xenology (Background Book), pg. 80

Q

Hrud term	literal translation	common translation, usual meaning, notes	source
Qah	he who lingers	The only remaining god of the Hrud, who changed the Hrud to nocturnal scavengers to avoid the Yaam-khoh, and dissapeared to attend a great work 500,000 years ago.	Xenology (Background Book), pg. 80

R

Hrud term	literal translation	common translation, usual meaning, notes	source
Raheed	masstribe	The collective of all tribes before, a mass-memory of sorts	Xenology (Background Book) pg. 80
Raheed-skoh		Future event, when the tribes will unite to fight the Yaam-khoh	Xenology (Background Book) pg. 80

S

Hrud term	literal translation	common translation, usual meaning, notes	source
Ssaak	see mist	Hrud biologically generated distortion field	Xenology (Background Book) pg. 80
Slah-haii	most ancient	Hrud pantheon of benevolent gods, all of whom are slain, crippled, or forced to flee except Qah. Possibly the Old Ones or Eldar Gods.	Xenology (Background Book) pg. 80

Y

Hrud term	literal translation	common translation, usual meaning, notes	source
Yaam-khoh	Mirror Devils	Enemies of the Slah-haii, possibly the C'tan	Xenology (Background Book) pg. 80

Z

Hrud term	literal translation	common translation, usual meaning, notes	source
Zanhaad		Captive kept as a slave-cum-pet.	Xenology (Background Book) pg.80

Other Sources

• 1: Xenology (Background Book), pgs. 77-84
• 2: Perturabo: The Hammer of Olympia (Novel), ch. 3