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The hearthkeeper walks down the central aisle, striking the ground with the aspergillum held in her tail as she walks. When the hearthkeeper reaches the sanctuary steps, an acolyte pulls back the sanctuary curtain obscuring the star hearth. The hearthkeeper as...

Womb ships don't do atmospheric re-entry the same way as human spacecraft. They fully engage their reverse force projector array to bleed off all their kinetic energy until their ground speed is zero, then they drop like a stone into the atmosphere over the in...

So here's what fur patterns have come up in the lore so far: - solid black (Stormlight) - solid red (Sunshine) - red with black ears and black socks (Tod) - assorted brown shades * fawn with black mask (Sunshine's original coat color before I decided to ma...

So we're coming up on one year of this project. I thought I'd celebrate by posting my original overview of the setting that I posted on the worldbuilding subreddit. A lot has changed since then, and there's a ton of outdated lore. The taboo regarding eating in...

The more I think about it, the more the idea of knighthood being linked to mechs in the same way it's associated with horses in European culture makes sense. I've also decided that mechs as a concept evolved out of powered armor, with armor getting bigger and ...

The martial aspects of knighthood are largely downplayed outside of Hearthside, but some, such as Lodestar, undertake mech pilot training as a way to maintain tradition, and besides, who doesn't want to stomp around in a big metal robot? The cockpit is located...

There's a bit of a shibboleth between spacers and yinrih who live planetside regarding body language. Spacers are more prone to gesticulate while talking. They may do this with only their front paws, or use all four paws and their tail at once. When on a plane...

A helmet used with yinrih powered armor. A few things to note: There are ear guards. While this sacrifices some of the ears' motility it keeps them from getting damaged. Note the colored chevrons on the back of the ear guards. These aren't present when conceal...

Overbrooding syndrome is a psychological condition characterized by a hypertrophied parenting instinct. While it's stereotypically associated with female empty-nesters, it can manifest in either gender and occur at any age after reaching maturity. Before First...

There are a number of socieoeconomic conditions that could reasonably be called slavery around Focus. One practice during the age of decadence was a form of debt servitude whereby those who could not pay their tithes to the local lighthouse would be pressed i...

Sweetwater is the second planet from Focus after Hearthside. The world was the next planet to be terraformed afterNewhome. Early in Focus's history, the planet was bombarded by dozens of large comets, giving it a surface completely covered in ocean. Unlike New...

Here's a simple womb ship layout. There is extra storage in a basement that can be accessed through removable floor panels. Exposed flat surfaces are covered in paw loops that allow anchoring and movement. The interior is small enough that paw cabling isn't ne...

The yinrih's hatred for footwear truly knows no bounds. Hot pavement? Make concrete with a very high albedo so it doesn't absorb heat from the sun, or plant shade trees along walking paths to prevent the sun from shining on the path altogether. And what about...

Going up, analog style. Since yinrih are arboreal, climbing is second nature to them. While stairs may exist, for example, separating the nave and sanctuary of a lighthouse, ladders are the preferred way to ascend when elevators aren't available. Since a sing...

Saint Aurora's Draft is a drink made by drying, crushing, and brewing the seeds of a certain bush. This concoction is nigh undrinkably bitter, even given the yinrih's feeble gustatory system. It is both a diuretic and an aperient, in addition to causing heart...

Maybe yinrih draw humans like this just like we draw animals with human characteristics.