The term "**Nayabaru**" means two different things depending on context. It can //either// mean the second sapient species of [[planet:Nekenalos]], or the meta-culture that this species predominantly shares. In latter sense, [[character:Terenyira]] is a Nayabaru.

===== Species =====

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(image courtesy of [[https://www.deviantart.com/concavenator|Concavenator]])

In //[[:A Thread Between The Stars]]//, [[character:Valcen]] describes the Nayabaru as having a //"stunted mental flexibility"//((See //A Thread Between The Stars//, the //Satellites// chapter.)) and //"inherent neurological shortfalls"//((See //A Thread Between The Stars//, the //Satellites// chapter.)). The visiting [[:Threadwielder|Threadwielders]] use this attribute as a hopeful assurance that the planet will be still be recognisable when they get there after over a hundred years of absence (a trick that, as [[character:Jeneth]] privately laments, the [[:human|humans]] of [[planet:Earth]] likely cannot promise him).

===== See also =====

  * [[:Nayabaru:Naya|Language and glyphs]]
  * [[:Nayabaru:Society]]
    * [[:Nayabaru:society:Tattoo|Tattoo System]]
    * [[:Nayabaru:society:Titles|Titles]]
    * [[:Nayabaru:society:sexuality|Sexuality, procreation, and family values]]
    * [[:Nayabaru:society:Banners]]
    * [[:Nayabaru:society:Naming]]
    * [[:Nayabaru:society:Architecture]]
  * [[:Nayabaru:Technology]]
  * [[:Nayabaru:Subcultures|Regional differences and relations to the kavkema]]