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"Claravianism"

religion

I've mentioned that some Wayfarers regard terms such as claravianism and claravism to be mildly o...

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Sketch of a yinrih in a tree

meta

This is probably the last edit I'm making to this drawing. I was bothered by the fact the branch ...

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Human religious communities on Hearthside

humans

The first permanent human religious institution to be established at Focus was a Catholic mission...

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Human wayfarers

humans

HolyHandGrenade! wrote: 2025-09-18T20:49:59+00:00 Have any humans ever converted to or co-opted o...

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Picture of a Womb Nest

biology

A yinrih womb nest, a highly derived egg-sac with its own simple heart and circulatory system. A ...

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thoughts on childhood amnesia

biology

Wondering if childhood amnesia is a thing, or amnesia generally. For now it is since I included i...

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Visualizing the Noosphere

religion

The internet map This is perhaps the closest thing to what I imagine the noosphere "looks like". ...

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A day at the market

culture

Here's a bit of lore since I'm feeling a tad better (at least about my testing issues, I always h...

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More on Gender Roles

culture

Pre-theophany gender roles were simple. Men had worldly authority and women had spiritual authori...

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swole healers

biology

If you look at pictures of furless chimpanzees, you'll notice that they're very muscular. I assum...

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An Atavist saying

religion

"Some yearn for a yesterday that never was. Others desire a tomorrow that will never come. The re...

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Worldbuilding born of rage and frustration

Science and Tech

The primary means of asynchronous long-form text communication (think email) and real-time voice ...

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Oaths in the Knights of the Sun

religion

In the past, when the Knights of the Sun acted as a private security force for the Bright Way, a ...

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The high perch

religion

The high perch is both a literal perch and a metaphor for the authority of the high hearthkeeper....

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The proper way to enter a room

culture

When a yinrih enters a room, the polite thing to do is to stick the muzzle through the curtain an...

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Sunshine of Hearthside

people

I'm busy writing part 2 of Beating the Heat, and I'm starting to do "real" writer-type stuff that...

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The Fall of the Bright Way (WIP)

religion

So, more tossing stuff at the wall. I should really detail some of the other groups, but this ide...

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Orbital Colonies and Wayfarers' Haven

focus

Spacers (Commonthroat qGKqJqg, {huff long rising strengthening growl, huff, long high weak growl,...

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Sketching the rest of Focus

focus

I've been stumped for the longest time trying to lay out the rest of Focus, so I decided to take ...

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YSO (Yinrih Standards Organization)

xenoergonomics

The standard direction for vulpithecine screw threads is reversed compared to humans. It's counte...

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