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  • 21:5221:52, 17 June 2025 diff hist +971 N Research monk Created page with "Research monks (Commonthroat <code>Dbrmg</code> /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 yinrihs scientific advancement up to and includ..."
  • 21:5121:51, 17 June 2025 diff hist +1,259 N Neurogel Created page with "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. Neurogel serves a number of functions. It suspends metabolism while keeping the brain and nervous system active, cushions the suspended pe..."
  • 21:5021:50, 17 June 2025 diff hist +1,736 N High Hearthkeeper Lucy Created page with "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 affini..."
  • 21:4821:48, 17 June 2025 diff hist +8,081 N Commonthroat/Vowel Pronunciation Table Created page with "{| class="wikitable collapsible sortable" |+ Vowel Pronunciation Table ! Romanization !! Timing !! Tone !! Strength !! Phonation |- | b || short || low || weak || whine |- | B || long || low || weak || whine |- | c || short || low || strong || whine |- | C || long || low || strong || whine |- | d || short || high || weak || whine |- | D || long || high || weak || whine |- | f || short || high || strong || whine |- | F || long || high || strong || whine |- | g || short ||..."
  • 21:4721:47, 17 June 2025 diff hist +4,628 N Commonthroat/Vocabulary Created page with "; sfcg : ''noun'' : Pup. Properly a yinrih or tree dweller between the time they are weaned and the time they reach adulthood at around 53 Terran years after conception. Also used to refer to human children. ; lPr : ''verb'' : To climb ; HJqg : ''Noun'' : Tree ; rpM : ''Adjective'' : Small ; rbfq : ''Adjective'' : Old ; spr : ''Adverb'' : Yesterday ; rpMr : ''Adjective'' : Happy ; rNlr : ''Adjective'' : Good ; P : ''Preposition'' : In. Within ; dqg : ''Noun'' : Forest ;..."
  • 21:4521:45, 17 June 2025 diff hist +2,690 N Bright Way Created page with "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. The faith was not founded by a sin..."
  • 21:4421:44, 17 June 2025 diff hist +1,629 N Atavism Created page with "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. == Atheist Faction == The Atheist faction is the smaller of the two. Atheist Atavism regards rationality as an undesirable evolutionary fluke. The ability to think abstractly and externalize thou..."
  • 19:2119:21, 17 June 2025 diff hist +444 N Focus Created page with "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 ''scrrmKg'' /yip, short low strong whine, chuff, chuff, short low strong grunt, long high strong growl, short low weak growl/ (literally ''hearth star'') Category:The Lonely Galaxy"
  • 19:1519:15, 17 June 2025 diff hist +972 N Yih Created page with "Yih (/jI(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. Yih's most notable feature is its ring, which causes darker winter days at mid-latitudes and brighter summer..."
  • 19:1419:14, 17 June 2025 diff hist +18,753 N Yinrih Created page with "The yinrih (/"jIn.ri/, /"jIn.r@/, or /"jInrI(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. <span id="name"></span> = Name = The English word '''yinrih''' (plural '''yinrih''') comes from the Commonthroat word <code>sfqJqg</code> (/yip, short high strong whine, huff, long..."
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