Nexus Dictionary

Ah, now that is something dear to my heart, youngling, for long ago I compiled that very scroll myself. Carefully, carefully, it is long and easily torn.

An important part of becoming a part of any culture, whether it is a new country or just a new job, is learning the language. With that in mind, we have collected words that are either unique to Nexus or used in some specialized way that would not be found in a mundane dictionary. There are also a few references to important people and events in here, and some common abbreviations. (Though not chatroom slang).

Words in "Nexish" tend to be mutable. In particular, nouns tend to become verbs, and verbs become nouns, as needed. I have indictated the most usual part(s) of speech for a given word, but don't be surprised if you see it show up in another role.

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alignment	adj. Choice of one of the three magical power sources: Ming-Ken (life), Ohaeng (balance), and Kwi-Sin (afterlife). They differ in spell graphics and some spell details.
altar, totem	n. One of the four locations in the Vale where NPCs wait to raise the dead.
angel	n. No longer in existance, angels were once player-run immortals who monitored and assisted newbies of level 10 and under.
archon	n. A player-run immortal who serves as an assistant to the gamemasters.
arena	n. Any area in which non-harmful player vs. player combat is possible. adj. The non-harmful mode in a PK area.
armor quest	n. One of the four quests (star, moon, sun, wind) which grants special bonded armor.
ASV	n. The set of spells Harden Armor, Sanctuary, and Valor. v.To cast those spells. (also AVS, SAV)
~ B ~
Barb	n. A Barbarian. adj. Pertaining to the Barbarian subpath.
Baekho	n. 1. The white tiger totem. 2. A member of the rogue totem subpath. adj. White, especially dye.
Bek's	n. Bekyun's Spear.
BL	see Bloodlust.
Bloodlust	n. Bloodlust Carnage, a Carnage event without prizes, where the emphasis is more on fun.
board	n. A message board in the game, either on a physical signboard or accessed through the 'b' menu.
BOD	adj. Break on death, characteristic of an item which is destroyed when the character wearing or carrying it dies.
bonded	adj. Only usable by the person who created or otherwise initially acquired it, usually through a quest.
bong	adj. Zibong.
BoS	n. Book of Song.
boss	n. A unique creature, generally the strongest in its area, and often dropping a special item.
brand	n. (also branding) 1. A negative legend mark, especially one indicating a criminal arrest. 2. Any legend mark. v. To mark someone else's legend with a brand, such as can be done by a judge or subpath guide.
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camp	v. 1. To stay in a particular room waiting for a boss to spawn or a similar special event to take place. 2. To stay in a corner as a team, not fighting, during Carnage.
camper's rights	n. The legal right of a person or group camping for a boss to kill that boss when it spawns.
Carnage	n. A regularly-scheduled team arena battle. See Riches and Bloodlust.
Carnage host	n. The player volunteers who run the Carnage events.
Chung Ryong	n. 1. The blue dragon totem. 2. A member of the warrior totem subpath. adj. Blue, especially dye.
Circle	n. 1. The meeting area of a RP subpath. 2. Informally, the subpath itself.
clan	n. A social and political organization, generally with a common background or theme. See official clan and unofficial clan.
Clan Hall	n. The home and meeting placeof a clan.
clan helm	n. A special helm available to members of an official clan and no one else. Each clan has a distinctive style.
combo	n.1. A fighter and poet in a hunting group. 2. A combination of strong attacks, such as Berserk followed by Whirlwind. v. To attack with such a combination.
Comm	n.The general-purpose message board officially known as the Community Board.
constable	n. No longer in existance, they were once enforcers of the laws.
COW	n. 1. The poet spell Call of the Wild and its variants. 2. A creature created by this spell. v. To cast Call of the Wild.
COTW	n. The Chronicles of the Winds message board, used for roleplaying-related posts.
council	n. The officers of a clan, generally functioning as either the governing body of the clan or advisors to the primogen.
~ D ~
DA	n. The rogue attack Desperate Attack.
Darkstaff, the	n. An ancient evil artifact which corrupted the god Orb.
deathpile	n. The items left on the ground when a player dies. (Also dpile)
Delphi	Avatar of the Nexon technical support staff.
dis/sc	adj. Dispelled and scourged, the condition of being without ASV spells and subject to the poet Scourge spell. v. To cast the poet spells Dispell and Scourge.
dpile	n. See Deathpile. v. To kill someone as they are leaving an arena area so as to cause them to die in a non-arena area and drop a deathpile.
dog subpath	n. The pre-99 NPC subpath for each path.
drained	adj. The state of having one's vita increased beyond its normal limits via the rogue spell Drain or certain special items.
Dream Weaver	n. 1. The title of the gamemaster of Nexus. 2. A board where the gamemaster posts information about the game.
dye	n. The overall color, if other than default, of a character. v. To change the color of a character.
dye sheath	n. An item which can be used in PK areas to change the color of other characters.
~ E ~
Ee San	n. A person who has attained the Second Mark. adj. Pertaining to Ee San: The Ee San quest.
elder	n. The leader of one of the 12 roleplaying subpaths.
Eldridge	1. The Spirit Guide, an event character during the Shattering. 2. Character used by the current GM.
Elixir War	n. A regularly scheduled "capture the flag" type competition, for prizes.
enchanted	adj. 1. Describing a character with at least 80k vita or 40k mana. 2. An item which can only be used by, and generally is bonded to, such a character.
EoL	n. The poet spell Essence of Life.
etherial	adj. Pertaining to the three magical power sources.
ETM	n. Earth Tiger Mail.
event character	n. A unique character played by the game admins or someone designated by them as part of an official event.
EXP	n. Experience points.
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fat armor	n. Spring Heavy Plate, so called for its chubby appearance. (Also fatsuit)
FB	n. Flameblade; Forsaken Blade; Fox Blade.
fighter	n. A rogue or warrior.
FL	n. Faerie Light.
flame	v.1. To post harsh and negative messages about a person or an issue. 2. To attack with any type of attack with a burning-type graphic, most commonly the attack used by bosses that are near death and the Shaman subpath spell Phoenix Flames.n. A harsh and negative message on a board or, less commonly, by nmail.
flamewar	n. A sequence of flame posts between two or more people.
Forever Tree	n. 1. The evil tree Man-Shik which blocks the passage to the cave of Bon-Hwa. 2. The whole area, including the cave of Bon-Hwa, where enchanted items are created and the Il San and Ee San quests are completed.
~ G ~
gate	v. To leave a place with the Gateway spell; more generally, to leave, especially when in danger.
Geo	n. A Geomancer. adj. Pertaining to the Geomancer subpath.
GM	n. Gamemaster, one of the Nexon Inc. employees who run the game.
gods, the	n. The game administrators; Nexon, Inc.
Great Shift, the	n. The change from Nexus 3.0 to Nexus 4.0
Grin	The second gamemaster of Nexus.
grove	n. One of the special woodcutting areas in the Wilderness.
guide	n. A subpath rank, second only to the Elder.
~ H ~
Ham	n. Hamgyong Nam-Do, the area where the regular and southern ogre caves are located.
hand item	n. An item such as a ring which is equipped on a character's hand or arm.
HB	n. The poet spell Harden Body. v. To cast Harden Body.
HF	n. The mage spell Hellfire. v. To cast Hellfire.
HH	n. Haunted house, especially the low-level hunting areas currently in Kugnae and Buya.
holy	n. Holy Ring.
host	n. A Carnage, Elixir War, or Fox Hunt host. v. 1. To act as a host for Carnage, etc. 2. To act as a host for any event, official or otherwise.
HP	v. Heal, please! A request for healing, generally during a hunt.
hunt	v. To kill monsters for experience points and items. n. A hunting expedition.
Hyun Moo	n. 1. The black turtle totem. 2. A member of the poet totem subpath. adj. Black, especially dye.
~ I ~
IC	adj. In character, appropriate for roleplaying.
I-Ching	n. An I-Ching reading (spell) by a Diviner guide.
Il San	n. A person who has attained the First Mark. adj. Pertaining to Il San: an Il San weapon.
immortal	n. A special character, such as an Archon or Gamemaster. They are distinguished by orange dye, immune to most things in the world, and capable of doing such things as walking through walls.
inf	n. The Ee San mage spell Inferno. v. To cast Inferno.
insight	n. Character level.
invis	adj. Invisible.
IRL	prep.I n real life.
item boss	n. The boss creature in a Mythic cave which drops an item rather than a key. (see boss)
~ J ~
judge	n. A player volunteer who administers justice. A list can be found here.
JuJak	n. 1. The red phoenix totem. 2. A member of the mage totem subpath. adj. Red, especially dye.
justice board	n. The message boards, linked to signboards in each city, where criminal complaints against other players can be posted.
~ K ~
ka	n. The rogue attacks Desperate Attack and Lethal Strike. v. To attack with Desperate Attak or Lethal Strike.
karma	n. As distinct from karma in the real-world sense, a value which is earned by various actions and paid out for quests, subpath functions, etc.
Ken	n. humorous A male Barbarian, the reference being to the male counterpart of the Barbie doll.
key	n. 1. Any of the Trigram Keys. 2. A door lock key.
key boss	n. The boss creature in a Mythic cave which drops a trigram or totem key. (see boss)
keyset	n. A complete set of trigram keys: Wind, Earth, Fire, Water, Heaven, Mountain, Thunder, and Pond.
Kismet	The third gamemaster of Nexus.
Kwi-Sin	n. The etherial power source of the afterlife.
~ L ~
LC	n. Lucky Coin.
leech	n. 1. A monster found in the Lost Mines. 2. A person who gains experience points with little or no work. 3. A person who hunts with others, especially fighters, of much greater level/stats in order to get more experience points than they could hunting with their peers. v. 1. To get experience by leeching. 2. To allow another person to get experience through your efforts.
level	n. A numeric indication of character strength, from 1 to 99. v. To increase in level.
LFF	n. Light Fox Fur(s).
livers	n. Bear's Livers, and loosely any other item which restores lost vita.
LS	n. The rogue attack Lethal Strike.
LSC	n. Lucky Silver Coin.
~ M ~
mana	n. Magical strength points.
mentor	v. To cast the spell Mentor on a newbie and assist them to level 15, in order to obtain a point of karma. n. Such a newbie and the process of mentoring them, used as a unit of karma; 1 karma point.
mil fork	n. Military Fork.
Ming-Ken	n. The etherial power source of life. Ming-Ken aligned poets have a 5-way resurrect spell.
mining	n. Anything done by dropping a shovel, which strangely enough includes gathering wheat and peas.
moet	1. A mage who heals fighters, assisting or replacing a poet. 2. A poet who heals mages in a hunting group. (in this author's opinion, an erroneous definition)
monkey item	n. Archaic. One of the four subpath hand items (Holy Ring, Whisper Bracelet, Sen Glove, or Titanium Gloves), so called because they were dropped by monkey bosses in 3.0.
moon	n. The Moon Quest, second of the armor quests.
MWP	n. Moon War Platemail.
Mythic	n. Mythic Nexus. adj. In or related to Mythic Nexus, especially the 12 caves there.
~ N ~
NB	adj. Non-bonded; not bonded to its original owner. See bonded.
newbie	n. 1. A newcomer to the game. 2. A low-level character. 3. A clueless or ignorant person. adj. Suitable for use by a low-level character: newbie armor.
newbie school	n. The introductory sequence to the game that starting characters must complete.
newbish	adj. Resembling a newbie or the behavior of a newbie.
nmail	n. The game's internal mail system.
novice	n. A euphemism for newbie.
NPC	n. Non-Player Character, the automated shopkeepers, etc.
NPC subpath	n. See totem subpath.
NQ	adj. Non-quested; see NB.
~ O ~
official clan	n. A clan recognized and granted official status by the game administration.
ogre weapon	n. Any of the four weapons (Steelthorn, Star-Staff, Electra, and Titanium Lance) dropped by Slime and Muck Ogres.
Ohaeng	n. The etherial power source of balance between life and the afterlife.
OOC	adj. Out of character, something which is not part of ancient Korea, such as references to modern life or game mechanics.
Orb	The first gamemaster of Nexus.
~ P ~
para	n. The mage spell Paralyze. v. To cast Paralyze on a creature.
path	n. One of the primary divisions of characters: warrior, rogue, mage, and poet. adj. Specific to or related to a path: a path weapon.
path leader	n. A clan official who is in charge of the members of a particular path in that clan.
pipe	n. 1. Herb Pipe or Sonhi Pipe. 2. Any mana-restoring item.
PK	adj. Player-Killing, said of any area in which player vs. player fighting is possible. v. To kill another player, either in an arena area or elsewhere.
PL	n. Path leader.
post	v. 1. To write a message on one of the game message boards. 2. To report a person for a crime on the Justice board. 3. (no longer possible) To transfer the contents of a piece of paper to a signboard. n. A message on a message board.
primarch	n. A person who is second to the clan primogen in authority in a clan.
primo	n. Short for primogen.
primogen	n. The leader of a clan.
PvP	adj. Player vs. player combat.
~ Q ~
quested	adj. See bonded.
~ R ~
reset	n. A restarting of the game servers, especially an intentional one.
ret	n. The poet spell retribution. v. To attack with Retribution.
Revel	n. The Poetry Revel, a weekly poetry competition.
rez	n. The poet spell Resurrect and similar spells. v. To bring the dead back to life with Resurrect. (also res)
rezzie	n. An NPC which resurrects dead characters.
Riches	n. The Carnage of Riches, a Carnage event where the winning team receives prizes.
RL	n. Real life.
Rock, the	n. The NPC in the jail, in the form of a large rock, which must be clicked on, and its questions answered and orders followed, many times, in order to get out of jail. It also talks.
RP	n. Roleplaying. v. To roleplay. adj. Used for or related to roleplaying.
RP subpath	n. A subpath based around a specific roleplaying theme which is led and managed by players. Also called a player-run subpath or PC subpath.
~ S ~
SA	n. Stone Axe.
sage	n. Any spell which broadcasts an announcement to a large area, currently Share Wisdom. v. To announce something by means of such a spell or other ability.
Sam San	n. A person who has attained the Third Mark. adj. Pertaining to Sam San: a Sam San warrior.
sc	n. The poet spell Scourge. v. To cast Scourge.
sc'd	adj. Affected by the poet spell Scourge.
scroll	v. To leave a place by means of a Yellow Scroll.
sen	n. Sen Glove.
Shaman	n. 1. A member of the Shaman subpath. 2. A resurrection NPC, generally found in a town.
Shattering, the	n. The event based around the changeover of GM from Orb to Grin.
shrine, totem	n. One of the four structures in the Wilderness where characters can change totems, pay homage to their totem, or acquire a totem helm.
skell	n. A skeleton.
SoL	n. The poet spell Stream of Life. adj. Sadly out of luck.
spire	n. The poet spell Inspire. v. To cast Inspire.
SS	n. Star-Staff.
ST	n. Steelthorn.
star	n. The Star Quest, first of the armor quests.
stats	n. 1. A character's mana and vita, often rounded to the nearest thousand and expressed as "k". 2. A character's Might, Will, and Grace.
STP	n. Splendid Tiger Pelt.
subpath	n. An optional specialized group which a player of a particular primary path may join. adj. Pertaining to a subpath: a subpath spell.
sun	n. The Sun Quest, third of the armor quests.
super wasabi	n. A character who has 180k vita or 90k mana. adj. Pertaining to such a character.
SW	see Super Wasabi
thorn	n. Steelthorn
~ T ~
tit	adj. Titanium, as in gloves or lance.
totem	n. One of the supernatural creatures who are patrons of the primary paths: Chung Ryong, the blue dragon (warriors); Baekho, the white tiger (rogues); Ju Jak, the red phoenix (mages); Hyun Moo, the black turtle (poets). adj. Pertaining to one of those totem creatures or a totem subpath.
totem helm	n. A special helm available to anyone who follows a particular totem. Each totem has a distinctive style.
totem key	n. A stone-like object dedicated to one of the four totems.
totem subpath	n. The C.Ryong, Baekho, JuJak, and Hyun Moo subpaths, open to anyone who meets the requirements.
training	n. The Do subpath's term for hunting.
Tree group	n. A group of people going to kill the Forever Tree, often on behalf of someone else.
Tree, the	n. The Forever Tree.
Tribunal	n. The Clan Tribunal, a weekly government meeting of clan leaders and kingdom royalty.
tribute	n. Money and items paid by an official clan to earn new features or an unofficial clan as part of the process of gaining official status.
trigram key	n. A stone-like object bearing the image of one of the I-Ching trigrams.
tutor	n. 1. One of the player volunteers (one of each path per city) in the cities of Buya and Kugnae who teach skills to others of their path. 2. The NPCs Ironheart and Jadespear, who give instructional quests to newbies.
~ U ~
unofficial clan	n. A clan that does not have, or does not yet have, official recognition.
~ V ~
VB	n. The mage attack spell Volcanic Blast. v. To cast Volcanic Blast.
vita	n. Physical strength points.
vita attack	n. An attack which takes vita from the attacker, such as Whirlwind.
~ W ~
wasabi	n. A character who has 50k vita or 25k mana. adj. Pertaining to a character of those stats, such as wasabi dye.
WB	n. Whisper Bracelet.
whisper	n.1. Whisper Bracelet. 2. An instant message to or from another player. 2. The ability to recieve such messages. "I turned my whisper off." v. To send a message to another player.
wind	n. The Wind Quest, highest of the armor quests.
wisdom test	n. A quiz about security, scamming, and net conditions, given by the NPC guildmasters. Passing it gets one a small amount of karma.
WMA	n. White Moon Axe.
WoL	n. The poet spell Water of Life.
Wony	The head of Nexon Inc.'s US office.
worship	v. To take a gold acorn to one's totem shrine, to earn karma.
WW	v. 1. The warrior attack Whirlwind. 2. The player and website builder Worldwalker (me!). v. To attack with Whirlwind.
~ X ~
XP	n. Experience points.
~ Y ~
Yin	see Yinchuehshan
Yinchuehshan	Nexon tech support guru.
Yoni sage	n. A kingdom-wide announcement made via one of the palace NPCs. (named for the one at Kugnae palace)
~ Z ~
ZB	n. Zibong Blade. (Also Zblade)
zerk	n. The warrior attack Berserk. v. To attack with Berserk.
Zibong ring	n. Any of the rings dropped by zibongs during certain times in the history of Nexus: Zhiyuan, Min, Kwong, Wing, Hea, Bae, and Shen rings.

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