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human zoologists eventually have to tackle the taxonomy of life on Yih. The first thing to do is give the yinrih a scientific name. Tree dwellers are in the same genus as yinrih, so they share the first scientific name. For the genus, several names have been p...

Tod was hatched into a family on one of the moons of Welkinstead. His sires and dams were representative of most Allied Worlds citizens in that they weren't particularly religious. Despite this, his dams insisted they at least go to the local lighthouse on the...

Tod made his way to a row of greenery facing the steps leading up to the lighthouse just as Focus spread its distant feeble rays over the ground. He hid out of sight until the front doors burst open, soldiers and locals alike pouring out and chatting amongst t...

Yinrih are not accustomed to wearing shoes. They find the loss of tactile information unpleasant. Yinrih that have to walk while wearing something that covers the palms of their paws initially react about how you'd expect a dog to react when wearing boots for ...

While the Bright Way held a monopoly on interplanetary travel during the age of decadence, terrestrial transport and logistics lay outside their control. Personal vehicles are much rarer in yinrih society compared to my terminally car-dependent hometown Eart...

Exovoviviparans are a clade of animals roughly as broad as Earth mammals. They're known for reproducing via womb nests, hence the name. They also bear fur, although they're not the only animals to do so. Yinrih and tree dwellers are members of this clade. Othe...

There are two Commonthroat words that yinrih use to refer to themselves. The most basic is <qgKqg>, which is analogous to the word "man" or "human", it's a common name referring to anyone of their species. the other is <sfq-Jq-g>. This word has two morphemes (...

Code: Select all G rnL rDB-0 rLPq-p rNlr-0 hgq rLPq-p rNlrGH-p rNlrGH-p must not say-AUTH light-3D good-AUTH for light-3D goodness-3D goodness-3D Do not say "The Light is good", for The Light is goodness itself G rnL rDB-0 rLPq-p qC...

Unlike Earth holy days to which the spring feast is often compared like Easter and Passover, which are reckoned according to the northern hemisphere spring equinox, the Bright Way's spring feast is celebrated during local spring, meaning while the northern hem...

Humans use anesthetic to make the blindingly painful and mentally scarring experience of having your eyes sliced open, viscera exposed, or limbs hacked off more tolerable. This is accomplished by inducing unconsciousness in the patient. Since yinrih can't los...

Here's a left front paw print (female). The writing claw is straight, so it doesn't leave a mark on the ground. I might have to redesign the male forepaw pads, as a single large pad would make it hard to flex the thumbs.

Here's a left rear paw print (both genders). It's not too different from the forepaw, although the palm (sole) is slightly longer and there's a regular claw on the index finger analog. When walking bipedally the thumbs are perpendicular to the rest of the foot...

I think this is the new arrangement of palmar pads for male forepaws. On another note, after doing tons of research into apes and monkeys (by which I mean reading Wikipedia articles and watching bunches of YouTube videos) I realize that comparing yinrih to pos...

Yinrih don't separate the concepts of science and philosophy. They see science as depending on philosophy as it rests on what are ultimately axiomatic assertions, above all that the senses accurately reflect reality. For them this is even more of a leap of fai...

It's said that converts are the most zealous, and Firefly was certainly no exception. When he returned to Focus, he began a campaign of extermination against, not only Wayfarers, but anyone not sufficiently godless. Of particular note was his treatment of the ...

Human culture is far more varied compared to Yinrih culture thanks to the fact that we scattered into isolated communities long before inventing writing, and longer still before eventually rediscovering each other and initiating the process of globalization. ...

The Bright Way's approach to epistemology can be summed up as follows: 1. All animals' intelligence is limited. 2. We are animals. 3. Therefore, our intelligence is limited. An example often cited is how pet Forest Flyers are afraid of thunder. They'll cower i...

Academic childermoots are moots set up as schools, where the sires and dams are educators who conceive their own students. Ideally, the future parents receive pedagogical training in preparation for forming such a moot, and seek out potential mates with simila...