A playground to get lost in while daydreaming http://constructed.world/ 2026-04-22T09:53:02+00:00 http://constructed.world/ http://constructed.world/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=wiki:logo.svg text/html 2026-04-19T20:32:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:allied_worlds&rev=1776630763&do=diff Allied Worlds A political and economic union of most of the inner planets of Focus. polities text/html 2026-04-08T18:16:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:ansible&rev=1775672173&do=diff Ansible An ansible is a device used to communicate instantaneously between two arbitrary points in space via the Underlay. science_and_tech text/html 2026-03-08T18:21:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:atavism&rev=1772994073&do=diff Atavism Atavism is one of the major belief systems found among yinrih. The central tenet common to most strains of Atavism is the rejection of sapience and the desire to return to being irrational animals. There are two major branches of Atavism, The Atheists and the Misotheists. text/html 2026-03-08T18:21:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:balanced_base_27&rev=1772994073&do=diff Balanced base 27 Balanced bace-27 (BB27) is used in vulpithecine computing in a similar manner to hexadecimal. Yinrih computers are based on Balanced Ternary instead of binary, where each digit can represent -1 (written T), 0, or 1. Balanced base-27 uses 27 digits which can represent the decimal range -13 to +13. The Yinrih Internetworking Protocol (YIP) uses BB27 to represent YIP addresses. text/html 2026-03-08T18:21:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:balanced_ternary&rev=1772994073&do=diff Balanced Ternary Yinrih computers use balanced ternary logic, where the smallest unit of information is the trit (ternary digit). It's called “balanced” because each trit can be -1 (written T), 0, or 1. science_and_tech text/html 2026-03-08T18:21:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:barking_trees&rev=1772994073&do=diff Barking Trees The barking trees are a grove located within Newman's Dale. At one time the area was home to several steadtree hermits, each located just within ear shot of the others. They differed in theological school, and would often call out to one another arguing, lending the grove its name. It is strongly suspected that Greenleaf, one of the instigators of the War of Dissolution for the Pious Dissolutionists, lived here for a time, which may explain his blunt condemnation of the High Heart… text/html 2026-04-02T23:37:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:bright_way&rev=1775173050&do=diff Bright Way The Bright Way is the oldest, and historically most widespread, religion among yinrih. It is a monotheistic faith with a strongly apophatic theology. Its clerics, called hearthkeepers, are tasked with tending star hearths (ceremonial nuclear fusion reactors). This along with the fact that the clerical state is reserved for females, draws comparisons to the Vestal Virgins of ancient Rome. Its followers are referred to as Wayfarers. text/html 2026-04-20T21:18:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:capital_complex&rev=1776719918&do=diff Capital Complex The Capital Complex is a dwarf planet that is the capital of Partisan Territory. text/html 2026-04-12T00:41:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:childermoot&rev=1775954485&do=diff Childermoot A childermoot is a moot that has a litter. text/html 2026-03-08T18:21:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:colossus&rev=1772994073&do=diff Colossus A colossus is a cynoidomorphic structure with a full-sized lighthouse on its back. The word for these structures in all major yinrih languages has gone on to mean giant or titan, and is used to indicate anything imposing or intimidating. The first Colossus was built at Moonlitter by the Knights of the Sun as a war memorial honoring the knights who joined the Pious Dissolutionists at the plea of Iris the Hearthsider. It's a fully working mech, much larger than normal, powered by the text/html 2026-04-11T14:26:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:commonthroat&rev=1775917573&do=diff Commonthroat Commonthroat is the most widely spoken language among yinrih. Because yinrih do not use their teeth, tongue, or lips when speaking, they refer to languages as throats rather than tongues. The yinrih are not united as a species, and Focus, their home star system, is home to several political powers that speak different languages. Commonthroat is the official language of the Allied Worlds, a political union of most of the inner planets that currently enjoys a degree of cultural and e… text/html 2026-04-18T00:50:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:commonthroat_examples&rev=1776473411&do=diff Commonthroat Examples Greetings, Hearthkeeper. May the sun warm your back. sLq sbrP-rmK-qn L scr-rmK-p qGq-b Frk-p qN salutation custodian-hearth-2 may star-hearth-3.DIST warm-NONAUTH back-3.DIST yourI bring you joyful tidings. Mqd-sd-l rGq sFq-g sCsC rDq-qn rainbow-FEMALE_NAME-1 bring news-3.INDF joyful female_superior-2. text/html 2026-04-11T14:10:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:commonthroat_vowel_pronunciation_table&rev=1775916631&do=diff Commonthroat Vowel Pronunciation Table Vowel Pronunciation Table RomanizationTimingTone Strength Phonationb short low weak whine B long low weak whine c short low strong whine text/html 2026-03-08T18:21:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:cosmological-epistemological_symmetry&rev=1772994073&do=diff Cosmological-epistemological symmetry There is a symmetry between cosmology and epistemology in the Bright Way. A species' noosphere is paired with the epistemological Realm of the Known, the physical universe with the Realm of the Knowable, and the Empyrean with the Realm of the Unknowable. text/html 2026-03-08T18:21:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:cyberarcheology&rev=1772994073&do=diff Cyberarcheology Much like humanity, the yinrih's information age dawned around the same time they achieved spaceflight. Through the millennia their internetwork has grown in size and complexity as they settled throughout Focus, and by the time of First Contact they have amassed 95 thousand Earth years of digital information. text/html 2026-03-08T18:21:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:damsback&rev=1772994073&do=diff Damsback Damsback (Commonthroat rDfFrkg lit. back continent) is the continent on the planet Yih on which the Yinrih evolved. The use of the term “back” (as in anatomy) refers to vulpithecine dams carrying their kits on their back, and is used in a similar way to the English text/html 2026-03-08T18:21:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:dewfall&rev=1772994073&do=diff Dewfall The Dewfall is the Claravian womb ship that makes First Contact with humanity. text/html 2026-03-13T15:26:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:dry_stone&rev=1773415612&do=diff Dry Stone Between the time of the Kindling and the Theophany, the majority of yinrih lived along the southern bank of the River, but the population extended as far south as the border between the jungle and southern grasslands. One of the earliest trading systems to emerge was the exchange of large flat rocks from southern shires with fruits from riparian trees that did not grow so far south. text/html 2026-03-08T18:21:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:ear_notch&rev=1772994073&do=diff Ear notch The term ear notch, a calque of the Commonthroat word HKrqFdqg /long rising strong growl, chuff; huff, late high weakening whine; huff, short low weak growl/ is used as a derogatory term for a firearms enthusiast in an analogous manner to the English term text/html 2026-04-03T23:48:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:erickson&rev=1775260134&do=diff Erickson, Texas Erickson is the small Texas town that the Dewfall lands in. Rather, a park outside of town. It's just large enough to justify the presence of a small college. The residents are very protective of their little guests, and it's largely thanks to them (and their many, many guns) that the missionaries remain unmolested. text/html 2026-03-08T18:21:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:fire_of_understanding&rev=1772994073&do=diff Fire of Understanding In the Bright Way, the Fire of Understanding, also called sapience, is a gift given by the Uncreated Light to certain species of living things allowing them to reflect upon themselves and think symbolically. It differentiates irrational animals from text/html 2026-04-08T11:52:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:focus&rev=1775649148&do=diff Focus Focus (from Latin for hearth) is the human designation for the yinrih's home star. The word may refer to the star itself or to the system as a whole. The word is a reference to a poetic term in Commonthroat for a star hosting a life-bearing world text/html 2026-04-20T20:05:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:gestures&rev=1776715556&do=diff Gestures Paws Because yinrih are quadrupeds, gestures involving the paws and legs are less common, but some do exist. In the Allied Worlds, the act of jamming the pad of the outer thumb into the ground, sometimes called “the one-digit stomp” is a vulgar gesture similar to the middle finger. It imitates crushing an insect, and is used to express contempt. text/html 2026-03-08T18:21:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:great_commandment&rev=1772994073&do=diff Great Commandment The Great Commandment (Commonthroat qKJHGDFg /huff, long high weakening growl, long low weakening growl, long high strengthening whine, short low weak growl/) is the most sacred precept of the Bright Way. It states that the Uncreated Light has kindled the text/html 2026-03-08T18:21:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:hame&rev=1772994073&do=diff Hame A hame is a badge of honor granted to a healer. It is a cloak made from the pelt of a celebrated healer, usually the foundress of a college or other well-regarded alumna. To have one's pelt made into a hame is the highest posthumous honor a healer can receive, and to be given a hame is the highest honor a living healer can receive, especially if the hame was worn by, or better yet, made of, a saint. text/html 2026-04-19T20:39:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:hearthside&rev=1776631194&do=diff Hearthside Hearthside is the innermost planet of Focus. It is tidally locked, and its capital, the City of Eternal Noon, is located at the substellar point. Hearthside is the center of religious government of the Bright Way. Hearthside was founded as an experiment in ecclesiastical utopianism. The government was set up to reflect the ancient power structure of a yinrih shire, where a group of male patriarchs governed secular affairs while being advised by a female shaman. Hearthside has two le… text/html 2026-03-08T18:21:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:high_hearthkeeper&rev=1772994073&do=diff High Hearthkeeper The High Hearthkeeper is the leader of the Bright Way. text/html 2026-03-08T18:21:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:high_hearthkeeper_lucy&rev=1772994073&do=diff High Hearthkeeper Lucy Lucy was the human-pronounceable name of the high hearthkeeper in office at the time of the Dewfall's arrival on Earth. She succeeded High Hearthkeeper Brightsun. She was given the name Lucy at the first interspecies ecumenical conference in the City of Eternal Noon. Rather than risk offense or ridicule by picking a name herself, she asked one of the human attendees to name her. The name was likely a reference to Saint Lucy, given in honor of the Bright Way's affinity fo… text/html 2026-03-08T18:21:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:ink&rev=1772994073&do=diff Ink Ink is a fragrant blue-black musk that yinrih excrete from their writing claws. Before achieving sapience, this ink was used to mark territory. Over time, a written language evolved out of this scent-marking behavior. To a human, a yinrih's ink smells strongly of petrichor (the earthy smell of rain). To other yinrih, however, ink presents a complex array of odors that identify the writer's age, gender, reproductive status, and even mood at the time of writing. The composition of one's ink … text/html 2026-04-17T13:08:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:inner_belt&rev=1776431328&do=diff Inner Belt The inner belt is an asteroid belt between the orbits of Welkinstead and Moonlitter. It is claimed by the Spacer Confederacy text/html 2026-03-08T18:21:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:kit&rev=1772994073&do=diff Kit A kit is a juvenile yinrih or tree dweller between the time of conception until the age at which it is weaned. Afterward they are referred to as pups or puppies until they reach sexual maturity. text/html 2026-03-08T18:21:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:knights_of_the_sun&rev=1772994073&do=diff Knights of the Sun The Knights of the Sun (Commonthroat rGHqg lit. 'Armored ones' or 'mech pilots') often simply Knights are a Claravian order of warrior monks. text/html 2026-04-12T00:39:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:lighthouse&rev=1775954380&do=diff Lighthouse A hearthkeeper's duty is to bring physical and spiritual light and warmth to her congregation. This is accomplished through lighthouses, places of worship of the Bright Way. They evolved out of the open bonfires tended by shamans prior to the Theophany. These bonfires grew into sheltered hearths as the yinrih's society advanced. With the discovery of electricity the hearths evolved into small power plants distributing electricity to the homes of the faithful. These plants burned foss… text/html 2026-03-08T18:21:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:light_sculpture&rev=1772994073&do=diff Light sculpture Hearthside is a tidally locked world, meaning the sun is frozen in the same place in the sky, with its elevation determined by latitude. This lack of movement makes it easier to incorporate sunlight into art and architecture. Hearthside is famous for light sculpture, which uses reflected, refracted, filtered, or diffracted sunlight in interesting ways. text/html 2026-03-08T18:21:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:ludd_laws&rev=1772994073&do=diff Ludd Laws Ludd Laws are laws put in place by various governments throughout Focus to regulate the introduction of yinrih technology to Earth. text/html 2026-03-08T18:21:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:mass_router&rev=1772994073&do=diff Mass router For an explanation of the mass router in narrative form, see The Mass Router. A mass router is a means for transporting matter instantly between two arbitrary points in space. It does this by shunting a bubble of realspace containing the matter to be routed into the underlay, dividing that bubble into smaller bubbles that can take different paths to reach the same destination. These bubbles appear discontinuous when observed from within the underlay, but remain continuous from an o… text/html 2026-04-19T20:40:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:moonlitter&rev=1776631237&do=diff Moonlitter Moonlitter is the sixth planet from Focus, an Ice giant with many moons. It is an independent state, but is caught in the cold war between the Allied Worlds and Partisan Territory. The capital of Moonlitter is Stormburg. focus polities text/html 2026-04-21T21:44:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:nannerpus&rev=1776807840&do=diff Nannerpus The nannerpus (plural nannerpi, nannerpods, or nannerpuses), is a member of a group of terrestrial soft-bodied invertebrates that has evolved a thick skin similar to the peel of a banana. The common nannerpus has a somewhat elongated “head text/html 2026-03-13T15:24:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:neurogel&rev=1773415454&do=diff Neurogel Neurogel is a fluid used as a brain-computer interface and preservation medium by missionaries of the Bright Way during interstellar voyages. Yinrih are incapable of losing consciousness without dying, making anesthetic technologies for preserving crew during slower-than-light interstellar travel such as hypersleep unusable. text/html 2026-04-08T11:58:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:newhome&rev=1775649511&do=diff Newhome Newhome is the fourth planet from Focus, and the first planet to be terraformed. text/html 2026-03-08T18:21:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:newman_s_dale&rev=1772994073&do=diff Newman's Dale Newman's Dale (Commonthroat BdqqgKqsCFg lit. valley of new yinrih), also called the Vulpithecine Eden, is the rain forest river valley where the Yinrih evolved. It is the holiest site in the Bright Way. At the time of First Contact it is a de facto exclave of the planet Hearthside. text/html 2026-03-08T18:21:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:noosphere&rev=1772994073&do=diff Noosphere The noosphere, also spelled noösphere, pronounced /'no.ə.sfir/, also called the mind sea, is an important philosophical and metaphysical idea in most yinrih religions. Different religions define the noosphere differently, but a common thread running through all its conceptions is the progression from inanimate matter to living things and eventually to sapience, and the interconnections between individual sapient minds. text/html 2026-03-08T18:21:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:oracle_os&rev=1772994073&do=diff Oracle OS One persistent subject of interest to amateur cyberarcheologists is the so-called Oracle OS. It was said to have been programmed by a mad monk who claimed it was a conduit through which the Light could communicate with mortals. While many pieces of software claiming to be the original Oracle text/html 2026-03-08T18:21:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:order_of_farspeakers&rev=1772994073&do=diff Order of Farspeakers [The symbol of the Farspeakers] The Farspeakers are a Claravian order historically associated with maintaining telecommunication infrastructure such as interplanetary ansible networks and planet-wide realspace internetworks. Farspeakers believe that telecommunication infrastructure constitutes the text/html 2026-03-12T00:22:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:outer_belt&rev=1773274926&do=diff Outer Belt The Outer Belt is the region of Focus beyond the orbit of Moonlitter's furthest moon. Most of the region is claimed by Partisan Territory, but some dwarf planets and orbital colonies close to Moonlitter's orbit are disputed between the two polities. text/html 2026-04-08T22:54:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:outlander&rev=1775688880&do=diff Outlander This article is about the language. For a resident of the Outer Belt or Moonlitter, see The Outlands Phonology Like all yinrih languages, Outlander possesses a very small phoneme inventory when analyzed from a human perspective. The language relies instead on subtle changes in pitch and volume to carry most of the meaning. text/html 2026-04-04T12:08:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:outlander_examples&rev=1775304488&do=diff Outlander Examples OBJ: object focus AMI: amicable pronoun REV: reverential pronoun TR: transactional pronoun ATTR: Attributive particle FA: familial Light shine upon you, friend. sg Bqqbsd rkr PLr sg      Bqqb-sd        PLr 2sg.AMI illuminate-OBJ light Light shine upon you, frind text/html 2026-04-19T20:42:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:partisan_territory&rev=1776631322&do=diff Partisan Territory Partisan Territory is a polity at the edge of Focus. focus polities text/html 2026-04-03T23:51:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:perfume&rev=1775260286&do=diff Perfume With the exception of healers, yinrih don't wear clothes. While they do use things like backpacks and pocketed leg bands, the communicative function of clothing is filled by perfumes. Yinrih produce pheromones, both as an ambient musk and via their ink, that other yinrih can use to gain information about them. Approximate age, gender, emotional state, and whether or not one is currently in a text/html 2026-04-20T21:14:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:pilgrims_rest&rev=1776719651&do=diff Pilgrims' Rest A dwarf planet in the Outlands originally claimed by Moonlitter. It was eventually glassed by the Partisans in retaliation for Welkinstead establishing a military presence within Moonlitter’s borders. It is the home of Iris, Lodestar, Pascal, and (after moving from text/html 2026-03-08T18:21:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:postures&rev=1772994073&do=diff Postures [A sketch of various postures a yinrih can assume] A sketch of various postures a yinrih can assume Yinrih can assume a number of static postures when idle or when performing tasks. * standing on all fours. This is the standing position that requires the least amount of energy. It's also the position taken in order to start walking. text/html 2026-03-25T10:53:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:projectile_weapons&rev=1774435983&do=diff Projectile Weapons Unlike humans, yinrih are not accurate throwers. Wild vulpithecins prefer melee combat using their sharp iron-enriched claws as bladed weapons and their long sinewy tails as bludgeons. Rock throwing, does occasionally occur among tree dwellers, and this was also likely the case among presapient yinrih. Tree dwellers have two throwing methods: Tossing pawfuls of pebbles, usually sharp, at mid-range, aiming for sensitive parts of the face like the eyes, the wet tip of the nose… text/html 2026-03-08T18:21:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:pseudosinew&rev=1772994073&do=diff Pseudosinew Pseudosinew is a fine mesh of artificial musculature that makes up part of most powered armor worn by yinrih who work in combat roles. It can enhance dexterity and strength passively to some degree. When powered it can do that even better, as well as block small non-relativistic projectiles by reflexively tensing up when struck. text/html 2026-03-08T18:21:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:research_monk&rev=1772994073&do=diff Research monk Research monks (Commonthroat Dbrmg /late falling weak whine, chuff, short low strong grunt, short low weak growl/ lit. one who meditates, researcher) are monastics within the Bright Way who undertake scientific research in order to fulfill the Great Commandment to find other sophonts dwelling among the stars. Wayfarers regard the study of Creation as an act of worship of the Creator. Most of the text/html 2026-03-08T18:21:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:retribution_field&rev=1772994073&do=diff Retribution field A retribution field is a type of force field that absorbs the kinetic energy of incoming projectiles and projects that energy back at the attacker in the form of a pillar of light and concussive force. Retribution field generators come in a variety of form factors, from disposable granades meant to be tossed toward the attacker to systems built into powered armor. text/html 2026-03-13T15:29:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:scrutinizer&rev=1773415782&do=diff Scrutinizer This is one of the two principle posts involved in the process of elevating a wayfarer to sainthood, the other being the _promotor_. Both are appointed to oversee a particular would-be saint's cause. The job of the promotor is to gather evidence in favor of the person's holiness, while the scrutinizer's job is to attempt to refute the claims put forward by the promotor. text/html 2026-03-13T15:34:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:second_golden_age&rev=1773416049&do=diff Second Golden Age After the War of Dissolution, the Pious Dissolutionists were now in control of the Bright Way. They promptly sold off the infrastructure that wasn't seized by force or destroyed, which put quite a bit of money in their paws. Nearly all of that money was funneled into interstellar mission work, spurring a brief second golden age for the missionaries, who were exiled from their former home in the Outer Belt and were now based out of Moonlitter. However, without the sustained cas… text/html 2026-03-08T18:21:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:sophont&rev=1772994073&do=diff Sophont A sophont, also called a sapient, is an animal capable of language and self-reflection. There are only two known species of sophont, yinrih and humans. text/html 2026-04-19T20:41:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:spacer_confederacy&rev=1776631282&do=diff Spacer Confederacy A very loose collection of independent orbital colonies in the Inner Belt. focus polities text/html 2026-04-19T20:50:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:start&rev=1776631856&do=diff Lore This namespace is for more polished, canonical ideas organized more like a fan wiki. Ideas from the and namespaces may get condensed and presented here. lore index text/html 2026-03-08T18:21:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:star_hearth&rev=1772994073&do=diff Star hearth A star hearth is a ceremonial nuclear fusion reactor used in liturgies of the Bright Way. text/html 2026-03-08T18:21:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:steadtree&rev=1772994073&do=diff Steadtree The steadtree is a species of tree native to the equatorial rain forest on Yih. It is this tree that the yinrih evolved to dwell in. Fruit Steadtree fruit co-evolved alongside the yinrih's nonsapient ancestors in order to use the yinrih as seed dispersers. It's about the size of an apple, and Its flavor is uniquely adapted to the yinrih's poor sense of taste. It is mildly sweet but has a very, very strong sour flavor. Humans liken it to Warhead candies. The skin is deep bluish purpl… text/html 2026-04-03T23:56:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:stormburg&rev=1775260575&do=diff Stormburg Stormburg, also Stormboro or Stormborough, is the capital of Moonlitter. It is a floating city located on the planet itself. It is not open to the air like the cities on Welkinstead, since the atmosphere is not breathable. It is located in the eye of a perpetual cyclonic storm. No sunlight penetrates the deep clouds around it. The only natural light comes from the constant lightning from the surrounding storm clouds. text/html 2026-04-08T11:59:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:sweetwater&rev=1775649562&do=diff Sweetwater Sweetwater is the second planet from Focus. It is covered in water. text/html 2026-04-08T18:45:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:the_outlands&rev=1775673919&do=diff The Outlands The Outlands is a somewhat vague term that refers to the outermost region of Focus, comprising at least the Outer Belt. If one defines the Outlands as that region where Outlander is spoken, the planet Moonlitter would also be included, though this is rarely meant when the word is used. text/html 2026-03-08T18:21:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:the_void&rev=1772994073&do=diff The Void The Void, also called The Blind Void, is, according to Claravian doctrine, the realm of the afterlife where the souls of the lightless are sequestered. Souls in the Void are devoid of all sensation, including proprioception, with only their own regrets for company. text/html 2026-03-08T18:21:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:tree_dweller&rev=1772994073&do=diff Tree dweller Tree Dwellers (Commonthroat qgKqdqg /huff, early rising strengthening growl, huff, short high weak whine, huff, short low weak growl/ literally “forest yinrih”) are a non-sapient species closely related to the yinrih. While humans often compare them to chimps, they're more closely related to the yinrih than chimps are to humans. It's better to think of them like early hominins. They're clever, can use simple tools, and have complex hierarchical social structures, but do not conduct… text/html 2026-03-08T18:21:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:uncreated_light&rev=1772994073&do=diff Uncreated Light [While the Bright Way discourages depictions of the Uncreated Light itself, many human artists have tried.] The Uncreated Light is the most common designation for the incorporeal noncontingent exocosmic super-intellect worshiped by the Bright Way. According to Claravian theology, it dwells outside of space and time and is responsible for bringing the universe into existence. text/html 2026-03-09T18:16:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:underlay&rev=1773080183&do=diff Underlay For the architectural feature that lent its name to this realm, see Underlay (Architecture). The Underlay is what yinrih call hyperspace or subspace. Ansibles use it for FTL communication, and later it is used by Mass routers to transport matter. text/html 2026-04-08T18:26:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:underlay_architecture&rev=1775672770&do=diff Underlay (Architecture) This article is about the architectural feature of yinrih buildings, for the subspace used for FTL communication and travel named after it, see Underlay. An underlay is the open area beneath a building. Most structures are built on stilts or pylons to ensure that the lowest floor is off the ground. text/html 2026-03-08T18:21:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:vulpithecine_art&rev=1772994073&do=diff Vulpithecine art Vulpithecine art is the visual art of yinrih cultures. Yinrih do not rely on subtle facial structure to recognize one another, making them effectively prosopagnosic. In close quarters, musk is used to distinguish individuals. Gross visual features such as fur pattern and body shape are used at a distance or when olfaction is impractical. Emotion is also communicated primarily through pheromones rather than body language, though ear position is used as a secondary indicator. text/html 2026-03-08T18:21:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:weapons&rev=1772994073&do=diff Weapons I've stated previously that yinrih are not accurate throwers. They also have natural weapons in the form of their claws, so I'm not sure if spears would develop. Then again, spears were likely the first tools used by early humans (chimps also make spears by gnawing branches down to a point). Perhaps like chimps yinrih could use spears for thrusting but not throwing. text/html 2026-03-08T18:21:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:welkinstead&rev=1772994073&do=diff Welkinstead [The Planet Welkinstead] Welkinstead is the innermost of Focus's two gas giants. (Or if you want to be pedantic, it's the only gas giant, with Moonlitter being an ice giant.) Its atmosphere is rich in economically exploitable gasses. Terraforming proceeded slowly, with floating extraction platforms similar in function to oil rigs being built in the layer of atmosphere where the gasses are most abundant. These structures are held aloft by vacuum pontoons and are capable of a small de… text/html 2026-03-08T18:21:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:wind_fruit&rev=1772994073&do=diff Wind fruit [A wind fruit] Wind fruit is a pare-sized green fruit with four fleshy lobes. It has a particular sugar that gets rapidly fermented into alcohol by microbes in the yinrih's gut. Gas is a byproduct of this fermentation process, giving the fruit its name. text/html 2026-04-02T23:35:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:womb_nest&rev=1775172920&do=diff Womb nest A womb nest, also spelled womb-nest, is a highly derived egg-sac with its own simple heart and circulatory system. A central bus artery feeds oxygenated blood to the kits, and returning veins pass through a semi-permeable dermal layer to allow for gas exchange. The arrangement of kits in the womb nest is what gives text/html 2026-03-08T18:21:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:womb_ship&rev=1772994073&do=diff Womb ship Womb ships are small, single-use interstellar spacecraft used by missionaries of the Bright Way in their quest to find intelligent life among the stars. They are so named because their interiors resemble yinrih womb nests, with metabolic suspension capsules along the interior walls likened to amnions lining the interior of a womb nest. text/html 2026-03-08T18:21:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:writing_claw&rev=1772994073&do=diff Writing claw [The anatomy of the writing claw. 1: ink sac, 2: phalanges, 3: ink duct, 4: digital pad, 5: claw] The anatomy of the writing claw. 1: ink sac, 2: phalanges, 3: ink duct, 4: digital pad, 5: claw The writing claw can refer to the claw of the digit next to the inner thumb of the forepaw, or to the entire digit analogous to a human's index finger. text/html 2026-03-08T18:21:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:yih&rev=1772994073&do=diff Yih Yih (/jɪ(h)/) is the home world of the yinrih and the only other planet besides Earth known to have given rise to life. It has an axial tilt of 30 degrees, an orbital period of about 1.4 Earth years, a rotation period of about 24.38 Earth hours, and a surface gravity of 0.88g. It orbits Focus at a distance of 1.3 AU, and has a radius of 1.01 Earth radii. text/html 2026-03-27T18:52:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://constructed.world/doku.php?id=lore:yinrih&rev=1774637534&do=diff Yinrih [A yinrih in a tree ] The yinrih (/ˈjɪn.ɹi/, /ˈjɪn.ɹə/, or /ˈjɪn.ɹɪ(h)/), commonly called the monkey fox, is an arboreal animal native to the tropical rain forests on the continent of Damsback on the planet Yih. It is notable for being the only other species besides humans known to have achieved sapience.