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-**Valcen** is a [[:Threadwielder]]. Despite most of the book not being from his point-of-view, he can be considered the primary protagonist of //[[:A Thread Between The Stars]]//. His name stems from the word [[kendane͡ivash:word:valcee]] (//strength//).
+**Valcen** is a [[:Threadwielder]]. Despite most of the book not being from his point-of-view, he can be considered the primary protagonist of //[[:A Thread Between The Stars]]//. His name stems from the word //valcee// (strength).
 ===== Personality =====
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 At heart, Valcen is a scientist. The physics of the universe he lives in fascinates him, both in what it is and what it is not. He's always dreamed of making his own universe - not necessarily a self-unpacking one like the one he was born in, but something grand and exciting and altogether different.
-He's driven by curiosity and has a voracious hunger for knowledge. Occasionally, his projects, while furthering some other agenda, end up being excuses for this dabbling, such as his excursion into [[:kavkem]] neurology (as he did to create [[character:Ne͡ivat'va]] and [[character:Gazhil]]), which undoubtedly is time he could have put to better use.
+He's driven by curiosity and has a voracious hunger for knowledge. Occasionally, his projects, while furthering some other agenda, end up being excuses for this dabbling, such as his excursion into [[:kavkem]] neurology (as he did to create [[:character:Ne͡ivat'va]] and [[:character:Gazhil]]), which undoubtedly is time he could have put to better use.
-Much like [[character:Jeneth]] (or, indeed, any other Threadwielder not saturated in a mortal culture), he feels no particular empathy toward [[character:Evenatra]], [[:kavkem|kavkema]], [[:Nayabaru]] or [[:human|humans]], though it may serve him at any one time to ally with them, and he may, through his avatar, feel genuine emotions aiding him with such a decision. Nonetheless, fundamentally, he doesn't care.
+Much like [[:character:Jeneth]] (or, indeed, any other Threadwielder not saturated in a mortal culture), he feels no particular empathy toward [[:character:Evenatra]], [[:kavkem|kavkema]], [[:Nayabaru]] or [[:human|humans]], though it may serve him at any one time to ally with them, and he may, through his avatar, feel genuine emotions aiding him with such a decision. Nonetheless, fundamentally, he doesn't care.
 ===== History =====
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 An event simply referred to as '[[:Anigi]]' is described as deeply frustrating to Valcen, and a source of ongoing ostracism, exiling, and formal ban from using [[:Thread]]. By the time //A Thread Between The Stars// begins, he had fundamentally rejected the ostracism and was stemming himself against it - most notably by hoarding Thread as well as daring (cautious) incursions into the territories of other Threadwielders.
-It's implied that Valcen and [[character:Jeneth]] have enough of a personal history with each other that Valcen //"harboured the hope that [Jeneth] had changed enough to be reasoned with"//((See //A Thread Between The Stars//, the //Satellites// chapter.)) once he seeks out his help. It's also implied that Jeneth takes Valcen's ostracism seriously and feels that he deserves it.
+It's implied that Valcen and [[:character:Jeneth]] have enough of a personal history with each other that Valcen //"harboured the hope that [Jeneth] had changed enough to be reasoned with"//((See //A Thread Between The Stars//, the //Satellites// chapter.)) once he seeks out his help. It's also implied that Jeneth takes Valcen's ostracism seriously and feels that he deserves it.
 Just prior to //A Thread Between The Stars//, he's spent several avatar generations on [[planet:Sesakanala]] (a planet at the edge of [[character:Zalaagra]]'s territory), which he would only cynically describe as 'cosy', but nonetheless considers an approximation of home.
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 === 1927 ===
-Irritated and confused by the situation on [[planet:Nekenalos]] as broadcast by [[character:Evenatra]], but viewing it as an opportunity to benignly reintegrate himself into Threadwielder 'society' if he were to manage to solve the conundrum, Valcen investigates the planet. After talking to Evenatra, he tries to see if there's anything he can do about the weapon ([[character:Teranyina]]) directly, but flees before a direct encounter tests his resolve. On accident, he leaves Ne͡ivat'va behind. Rather than attempt an actual attack on his own, he leaves for [[planet:Earth]], hoping to recruit Jeneth for help.
+Irritated and confused by the situation on [[planet:Nekenalos]] as broadcast by [[character:Evenatra]], but viewing it as an opportunity to benignly reintegrate himself into Threadwielder 'society' if he were to manage to solve the conundrum, Valcen investigates the planet. After talking to Evenatra, he tries to see if there's anything he can do about the weapon ([[character:Terenyira]]) directly, but flees before a direct encounter tests his resolve. On accident, he leaves Ne͡ivat'va behind. Rather than attempt an actual attack on his own, he leaves for [[planet:Earth]], hoping to recruit Jeneth for help.
 === 1977-1978 ===
-Valcen arrives on Earth. Aware that can only convince Jeneth to listen to him if he shows sufficient respect for the local culture, he chooses to incarnate as a human and live through human culture to adulthood - a small time investment, but from his perspective a sound one. In 1978, he's born as the human //character:Anton Lusk//.
+Valcen arrives on Earth. Aware that can only convince Jeneth to listen to him if he shows sufficient respect for the local culture, he chooses to incarnate as a human and live through human culture to adulthood - a small time investment, but from his perspective a sound one. In 1978, he's born as the human //[[character:Anton Lusk]]//.
 === 2008 ===