An Ember in the Ashes Informational Text

An Ember in the Ashes Glossary

Mask- The term Mask refers to the highly trained soldiers of the Empire.  At the age of six, children are chosen to begin training to become masks.  They are mostly male, but there is one female once in a generation.  The Masks get their name from a mask that they wear over their face.  This comes from the mask that Typhus I wore when he began the Empire.  These masks eventually bind to the faces of these soldiers so that they can never run away with out being seen.

Augre- These guys are nuts.  They are the religious figures of this story.  So far, we know that they have been around for something like one thousand years.  They also have the ability to read minds and have visions into the future.

Scholars- The Scholars are a group of people who have been conquered and oppressed by the Martials.  The point of view character Laia is a Scholar.  Before the Empire took over, the Scholars were a group of people who valued knowledge over anything else.  They were not prepared for war when the Empire invaded.

Martials- This is the members of the Empire.  They are equivalent to the members of the Roman Empire.  They are the invaders.

Resistance- These are a group of Scholars that live in the Catacombs and are trying to subvert the Empire.