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As a Farspeaker, Stormlight sees it as his duty to connect the human Internet with the monkey fox ansible network. In order to do this he has to figure out how the human Internet works. So he audits some net admin classes at the local college and attempts to g...

Yih has a ring. It has had some effect on yinrih culture. Winter days are darker and summer nights are brighter. The phrase "To chase the end of the ring" means to go on a fool's errand. Pascal's Commonthroat name translates to "ring light" which refers to lig...

The term <HKrqFdqg> /long rising strong growl, chuff, huff, late high weakening whine, huff, short low weak growl/ literally means "ear notch", and is used as a derogatory term for a firearms enthusiast in an analogous manner to the English term "gun nut". Old...

This symbol is referred to as the "Healer's Paw". It's meant to resemble the distinct pattern of palmar pads on a female yinrih's forepaw. The Healer's Paw is the universal symbol for health and medicine across Focus, serving a similar role as the red cross or...

Commonthroat, or one of its ancestors, was the principle language of the area around Newmans' Dale (The equatorial river basin where the yinrih first emerged) around the end of the Age of Decadence. As such, it was also the administrative language of the Brigh...

St. Cloudlight* the sensible was a figure who helped with the renewal of the Bright Way after the War of Dissolution. Not much is known of his private life, though he was famous for being a man of some girth, giving rise to quite a few jokes, some of which are...

This is a tentative symbol for the Bright Way, or possibly the Knights of the Sun. The yellow circle symbolizes a star, stars being icons of The Light. The gear represents the Bright Way's scientific and engineering endeavors in pursuit of the Great Commandm...

Here's a version of the above symbol that may be used by the missionaries.

Research monasteries are where most of the Bright Way's R&D took place. They emerged during the Golden Age, and most major scientific and technological breakthroughs could be traced back to them. Tailstone, neurogel, fusion power, force projectors, leaseminds,...

Here's a possible resolution to two mutually exclusive taboos: 1. Males may not work in medicine. 2. Females may not be in the military. So what answer is there for military medics? The same answer I seem to have for pretty much everything: Mechs! Medics on t...

Just realized that because yinrih eyes are actually arrays of quarter wave dipole antennas that means they’re able to detect polarized light. But more importantly, you can prevent them from seeing light whose polarization is 90 degrees off from the orientation...

...move and manipulate objects at the same time. Here's another attempt at depicting how the yinrih are supposed to look. The proportions aren't very good, but the rear paws are supposed to be able to rotate like that. Their wrists and ankles are like ball joi...

A possible symbol for the Partisans. I'm going for something like the White Hand of Saruman. I should try to expand the Partisans beyond being a purely anticlerical faction. The Commies at least had other planks in their platform...

The word <slmg> /yip, short low strengthening grunt, short low weak growl/ refers to any number of edible plant products in the form of a cream or spreadable paste. The substance fills a role similar to cheese or butter, and the natural flavor can range from ...

Stormlight Blackpelt was born to a family of primitive Wayfarers. Primitive Wayfarers strive to live simple lives in small self-sufficient communities. Each community of Primitive Wayfarers has their own ideas about what "simple" means. The spectrum ranges fr...

Wayfarers see the evolution of life as a teleological process, and only a small part of the evolution of the universe as a whole. They believe the universe is progressing to an ultimate point of perfect convergence. They also believe that it is their divinely ...

Yeaning Sickness is the name given to the symptoms of withdrawal after being in suspension. It is characterized by temporary blindness and an inability to move. It can last from a few hours to about a week, depending on how long one is suspended, although one ...

Here's a possible concept of what interplanetary ferries look like: a ring of engines surrounding a passenger cabin in the middle. The engines consist of two main force projectors. One is active during the first half of the journey, accelerating the craft for...