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These are common terms, abbreviations, signs or contractions used both
IC'ly and OOC'ly in Rocky Crater and many other PBeM's.
AIVAS: Artificial Intelligence Voice Address System (a computer)
ATS: The AIVAS Technical School (at Star Peak Hold)
BoD: Board of Directors
Candies: Candidates
FVSH: Fairview Seahold
Flight: Mating Flight (capitalized)
flit / flitter: Firelizards
Hallmaster: The Craft Master in charge of a Crafthall.
HallSecond: The Hallmaster's assistant, usually a Master as well.
IC: In Character
LWH: Lady Weyrholder
LWL: Lord Weyrleader
NPC: Non-Player Character (an 'extra')
OOC: Out of Character
PBeM: Play by E-mail
PC: Player Character
PNPC: Personal Non-Player Character (affiliated to a PC)
RCWh: Rocky Crater Weyrhold
RL: Real Life
SL: Storyline
SPH: Star Peak Hold
SPO: Star Peak Observatory
TSS: The Seamen's School (at Fairview Seahold)
weyr: Where a dragon sleeps
Weyr: The collective 'Weyr' (i.e.: Fort, Ista, Igen, and Southern)
Weyrhold: A holding which is (usually) held by a dragonrider. (i.e.: Honshu, Rocky Crater, etc.)
Weyrwoman: Leader of the Weyr or Weyrhold
weyrwoman: A woman residing in the weyr
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