Glossary of terms

This lists terms that are in use in the official TDM setting. For terms related to mapping, see Glossary.

• "Blue-coat" -- slang for a member of the City Watch.

• "Box-man" -- slang for someone skilled in cracking safes.

• "Dodger" -- slang for criminal who has (so far) escaped capture.

• "Eagle" -- slang for a member of the City Watch.

• "Glass" -- slang for gems or jewellery.

• "Keshka Brotherhood" -- a foreign gang that rules all illegal activity in their territory. Known for cutting the left hand off those who oppose them.

• "Mandrasola" -- an addictive drug, used most often by aristocrats.

• "Mandrake" -- slang for Mandrasola.

• "Picklock" -- street slang for a criminal skilled in opening locks and safes

• "Prowler" -- street slang for a criminal who roams the streets at night looking for things easy to steal.

• "Snakesman" -- street slang for a criminal who uses his small size to slip into places he isn't supposed to be.

• "Taffer" -- a trouble-maker, usually used to refer to someone young or mischievous. Can also extend more broadly to law-breakers and ne'er-do-wells.