Moonbase

A base established on a moon. In particular, the two bases established by the Autobots on the two moons of Cybertron prior to Transformers: The Movie. Given the highly original names "Moonbase One" and "Moonbase Two" (!!), these were to be the base of operations for recapturing Cybertron from the Decepticons. They were meant to be secret, but the Decepticon Laserbeak was able to infiltrate them. Before any attack could be launched, the moons were devoured by Unicron.

Jazz: "Some ginormous planet-looking thing has just showed up in the suburbs of Cybertron"

Bumblebee: "And it's attacking Moonbase 1!"

(TransFormers: the Movie)

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Drakkarim

Singular Drakkar. A human or humanoid people in the Lone Wolf world, who live in a number of kingdoms in western Magnamund such as Nyras, Nyvoz and Ghatan. They are warlike and are aligned to and ruled by the Darklords; as a result, they often appear in the Darklord armies as far afield as Sommerlund and Anari.

Drakkarim warriors wear heavy armour and grated helmets which mask their faces. They wield heavy weapons such as maces and axes, and are more powerful and intelligent than Giaks. Thus, they are often used for special operations such as siege warfare and as a vanguard. A special unit, the Death Knights, are especially feared.

Lone Wolf stood to face the three Drakkarim warriors as they charged through the breach in the wall.

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trolling

Hunting for trolls.

Trollers hang around under bridges with troll guns at night (since trolls turn to stone in daylight), in the hope of bagging a troll head as a trophy.

As a VERY endangered (i.e. nonexistent) species, trolls are protected by law, and trolling is therefore illegal.

The police arrested two hobbits yesterday on charges of trolling.

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fatback

Late 60's, early 70's style funk rhythm guitar, often accomplished using a wah pedal and 9th chords. Listen to the theme of "Shaft."

That dude's layin down some bad-ass fatback.

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RFID

Spy-chip - possibly the scariest technology coming into use right now. They're tiny chips, some as small as a third of a millimetre, which can be hidden inside objects, packaging and even people, and which give a unique identity symbol if triggered by a scanner. In other words, every banknote, shoe or pair of jeans might have a unique ID allowing anyone with a scanner to track it - the government could find out your whereabouts and where you bought your clothes, criminals could scan you to find out how much money you were carrying and ID cards, passports etc could contain chips which could be scanned from a distance.

Currently being introduced by WalMart in products and packaging, with 100 other companies interested. Euro banknotes might contain the chips. A version which can be injected in humans, the VeriChip, is now being tested, and several US states including New York are discussing forcibly injecting the chips in homeless people.

It stands for Radio Frequency ID.

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IAB

IAB - something someone says when they come back from being away from their computer. Similar to the use of "BRB" but for when you come back, not leave. Translates to "I Am Back"

"iab, so where were we?"

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Shadakine Empire

A large realm in southern Magnamund, covering most of the eastern half of the continent at the time of the World of Lone Wolf gamebooks. The capital is the city of Shadaki, and it also contains a number of other major cities such as Ghol-Tabras. In addition, it controls the formerly free cities such as Andui, Forlu and Karnali and a number of desolate areas such as Lara and the Lissan Plains.

The Empire is ruled by the Wytch-King Shasarak by means of fell magic and the fearsome Shadakine army. Particularly important are the Shadakine Wytches, who control each city partly by means of the powerful influence of the Kazim Stones they possess. Shasarak has also called demons to his aid, has opened a portal to the demonic plane and is a powerful magician in his own right.

The Shadakine Empire at its peak stretched from the Tentarias, the northern border of Southern Magnamund, to the south coast of the continent.

After the fall of Shasarak, most of the area became a single realm under the rulership of the wizard Grey Star, but Shadakine supporters continued to cause unrest. The free cities returned to their independence.

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