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 [[:character:Valcen]] used to be a demigod. He was the only demigod in the continuity and it was never explained what precisely this //meant// - there didn't seem to be a corresponding deity that he was an avatar of, but he had some abilities that put him firmly outside of the mortal framework. No one really knew much about where he had come from.
-He made his first appearance in the second book, appearing in the form of a ceratosaurid, going by the tacky name **Ceratoraptorius**, and being notable for, despite the carnivorous nature, being an enemy of the Deinodons. Although, actually, he was primarily notable for having a little chat with the human character that had accidentally stumbled across the inner workings of a supposed dinosaur theme park planet, and doing to the human //almost precisely// what he had done to the dinosaurs in the park with something much like an [[https://tarnish.thorngale.net/sessions/patch.html|Imitorunyema]]: Erase her memories.
+He made his most shocking appearance in the second book (surviving his supposed dispatching in the first), appearing in the form of a ceratosaurid, going by the tacky name **Ceratoraptorius**, and being notable for, despite the carnivorous nature, being an enemy of the Deinodons. Although, actually, he was primarily notable for having a little chat with the human character that had accidentally stumbled across the inner workings of a supposed dinosaur theme park planet, and doing to the human //almost precisely// what he had done to the dinosaurs in the park with something much like an [[https://tarnish.thorngale.net/sessions/patch.html|Imitorunyema]]: Erase her memories.
-Let's let this sink in for a moment. There's an entire planet with dumb dinosaurs on it, in a universe where intelligent dinosaurs exist. Someone sure has been busy. (Granted, if the author recalls correctly it was implied a lot of those were simply bred, but there was still a truly, deeply disturbing number of previously sapient dinosaurs there - typically those who had betrayed the Stycophysises in some way. And since you can't exactly kill them, you need to find a different solution. This actually terrified the author back when ve was ten. ...on reflection, nope, it still terrifies ver now.)
+Let's let this sink in for a moment. There's an entire planet with dumb dinosaurs on it, in a universe where intelligent dinosaurs exist. Someone sure has been busy. (Granted, if the author recalls correctly it was implied a lot of those were simply bred, but there was still a truly, deeply disturbing number of previously sapient dinosaurs there - typically those who had betrayed the Stycophysises in some way. And since you can't exactly kill them, you need to find a different solution. This actually terrified the author back when ve was ten. ...on reflection, nope, it still terrifies ver now, and it turned out to be worth [[https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0CGYTST2V/|re-writing]].)
 Ceratoraptorius had the uncanny ability not to stay dead, by reappearing elsewhere after he'd been cut down. This wasn't just a lazy plot device - it was repeatedly remarked upon by characters that [[https://tarnish.thorngale.net/sessions/inheritance.html|something very strange]] was going on there, and it certainly cemented his demigod status.
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 ==== Kendane͡ivash ====
-The language [[:Kendane͡ivash]] used to be known as //flambian// or //Deinodonic//. As in the original continuity, it originates from the gods/Threadwielders and permeates through various cultures in the universe. Both in the original universe and in the reboot, the cultures that have fully adopted the language are the kavkema and several of the draconics (latter who are considerably more space-faring than anything near Earth).
+The language [[:Kendane͡ivash]] used to be known as //flambian// or //Deinodonic//. As in the original continuity, it originates from the gods/Threadwielders and permeates through various cultures in the universe. Both in the original universe and in the reboot, the cultures that have fully adopted the language are the kavkema and several of the draconics (the latter of which are considerably more space-faring than anything near Earth).
 About half of the language's vocabulary has existed approximately since its inception (if you completely ignore the [[:Kendane͡ivash:elements]], which you should). The other half was hammered into more aesthetically pleasing forms in a several-month effort to transfer the language from a local database onto the [[https://tarnish.thorngale.net/kendaneivash/foreign|Tarnish website]].
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 The political allegiances in the original universe have remained almost entirely unchanged, along with the intended personalities of the characters:
-  * **Evenatra** is the guardian of the kavkema; something of a mother figure combined with badassery. (Unfortunately, ve hasn't yet had a lot of opportunity to show her badassery in the new continuity.)
+  * **Evenatra** is the guardian of the kavkema; something of a mother figure combined with badassery. (Unfortunately, ve hasn't yet had a lot of opportunity to show vis badassery in the new continuity.)
   * **Terenyira** is the primary antagonist. She's been given an actual motivation now - the deep, gnawing hunger she feels is a recent invention. Her cunning nature is not new, though, but a greater intellectual experience on part of the author has certainly given her much more of an edge than before.
   * The Nayabaru are still the dominant faction on Nekenalos. They still abhor killing and will not tolerate it. They're still secular, they're still interested in science, and they're still known to torture kavkema.