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The bobtailed hob, bob hob, or just hob, is a vulpithecoid comparable in intelligence to a baboon. It is also roughly equal in evolutionary distance from the yinrih as baboons are from humans. The name is a human designation that refers to hobgoblins, but even...

I don't think I've given much thought to how humanity handles First Contact, so here's some brainstorming: This is how it plays out for Bob and the other hams in the park with him the night of First Contact: -Bob attempts to make a contact through a recently l...

This one holds the cloth above the ears and allows the ears to swivel.

Dying one's fur began as a practical way to adapt to different environments. Hearthsiders often dye their whole coat white, or just their ears, in order to reflect more sunlight. They also may adopt a black mask pattern on their muzzle and around their eyes to...

I was asked what I'd think if I turned into a yinrih. Here are my thoughts: Pros: + Extra thumbs. I could open jars with one hand (paw) because I could use a finger and my inner thumb to twist the lid, and the rest of my fingers and outer thumb to hold the jar...

Here are the negative and lateral (imaginary) number signs. A negative sign is an upper half circle placed before the number. A lateral sign is a lower half circle placed before the number. A full circle indicates a negative lateral number. Another tidbit: Yin...

Deep in the jungles of Newman's Dale lies a massive slab of metal and concrete, with a few crumbling ruins dotted on and around it. These are the remains of the Bright Way's "corporate headquarters" during the Age of Decadence. It was originally a massive skys...

OK, Yih's escape velocity (really escape speed because direction doesn't matter as long as you don't hit the ground) is about 10.557 km/s. Let's assume the following: 1. a yinrih can survive a constant acceleration of 6G (relative to Earth gravity) 2. a projec...

The Bright Way believes that only beings that possess souls can be conscious. While all living things have souls, only sophonts are given rational souls by the Uncreated Light and possess the fullness of consciousness. The activities of all sapient beings give...

Just some brainstorming on how vulpithecin social structure works and how it handles conflict. Just as a reminder, The childermoot is the basic reproductive unit of society. It consists of up to twelve sires and dams. The resulting offspring are called a litte...

Here's a picture of Hearthside. Most of their power comes from solar as you might expect. The City of Eternal Noon is located at the substellar point. The Eternal Hearth is the chief lighthouse for all of the Bright Way. In stead of a star hearth, the sanctuar...

I tweaked the Star and Gear a bit. It has a different color palette. The star is now gold instead of pure yellow, and there's an arch representing the Claravian halo. The normal star and gear sans arch is still the traditional holy symbol for the Bright Way, b...

At the time of First Contact, the Knights of the Sun take many different forms depending on where around Focus they happen to be. On Hearthside they serve as the law enforcement and military. In more pious enclaves like Wayfarers' Haven they serve in a similar...

I think, at least at first, the Bright Way might lose interest in the other planets of Focus after determining they're lifeless. This opens the door for Neoshamanists and other miscellaneous actors to swoop in and start getting the terraforming ball rolling. S...

It's spoopy season, so how about some good ol' fridge horror regarding metabolic suspension? What do we know about Amnions thus far? - They halt a person's metabolism while keeping the brain active. - They can present a simulacrum to the suspended person. - Th...

Adult yinrih are much more particular about their personal space compared to humans. There are a few expressions of affection involving contact shared between parents and their pups, as well as between littermates or unrelated playmates, but never between pare...

Tornadoes are called <rpLqqkjg>, from <rpLqg> (wind) + <qkj> (fell, evil). This term is the standard word referring to a tornado in Commonthroat. Yinrih synthesizing English often refer to tornadoes as fellwinds. The word comes from a particular branch of Miso...

Here's another brainstorming post. Unlike humanity, the yinrih don't have a concept of native or indigenous peoples. This is especially true on worlds other than Yih which were terraformed from lifeless rocks and populated by yinrih from scratch. There are a l...