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 (The author mostly regrets the names ve used to use. Ve rightly assumed they weren't important for the story, but underestimated how distracting bad names are to adult human beings.) (The author mostly regrets the names ve used to use. Ve rightly assumed they weren't important for the story, but underestimated how distracting bad names are to adult human beings.)
  
-<fc #ff0000>**Warning**: Unmarked spoilers ahead.</fc>+<color #ff0000>**Warning**: Unmarked spoilers ahead.</color>
  
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 Nekenalos used to be called Lossos. The "los" in "Nekenalos" has the exact same etymological basis as "Lossos" - //Lossos// essentially just means //planet//. Enough people assumed the author was trying to make a point with the English word 'loss' that ve decided to put an end to that, though. Nekenalos used to be called Lossos. The "los" in "Nekenalos" has the exact same etymological basis as "Lossos" - //Lossos// essentially just means //planet//. Enough people assumed the author was trying to make a point with the English word 'loss' that ve decided to put an end to that, though.
  
-Lossos originally had three continents: Cetaros, Sefusaris and Anacondas. They correspond, to some degree, to the largest continents on Nekenalos today: Cetaros, Sefusa and Asheenagiji. You can tell from the replacement names which names the author found tolerable and which names ve wanted to set on fire. (It's worth noting that 'Anacondas' is pronounced 'A-na-con-**dass**' and not 'A-na-**con**-dahs' like the plural of the snakes. The author is still very fond of how this //sounds//, but that's simply no excuse for the name. At time of writing this article ve firmly intends to drop a shout-out to this name into //The Sky's Umbilical Cord//, however.)+Lossos originally had three continents: Cetaros, Sefusaris and Anacondas. They correspond, to some degree, to the largest continents on Nekenalos today: Cetaros, Sefusa and Asheenagiji. You can tell from the replacement names which names the author found tolerable and which names ve wanted to set on fire. (It's worth noting that 'Anacondas' is pronounced 'A-na-con-**dass**' and not 'A-na-**con**-dahs' like the plural of the snakes. The author is still very fond of how this //sounds//, but that's simply no excuse for the name. Ve has totally dropped a shout-out to this name into //[[https://schlaugh.com/umbilical/starburst-1|The Sky's Umbilical Cord]]//, however.)
  
 Tabraan and Vatenas are entirely new. Tabraan and Vatenas are entirely new.
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 In the original books, the [[:kavkem|kavkema]] were known as **Deinodons** and were a faction, not a species. They loosely encompassed all carnivorous species of dinosaurs (in disregard for the era they might have lived in), although some individual carnivore characters weren't allied with the Deinodons. In the original books, the [[:kavkem|kavkema]] were known as **Deinodons** and were a faction, not a species. They loosely encompassed all carnivorous species of dinosaurs (in disregard for the era they might have lived in), although some individual carnivore characters weren't allied with the Deinodons.
  
-With a heavy heart, the author has settled on a single sapient species of carnivorous dinosaurs, knowing this to be sorely necessary for plausibility. While Evenatra could have uplifted many more carnivores to sapience, there was no reason at all for her to do so.+With a heavy heart, the author has settled on a single sapient species of carnivorous dinosaurs, knowing this to be sorely necessary for plausibility. While Evenatra could have uplifted many more carnivores to sapience, there was no reason at all for ver to do so.
  
 Another very striking difference between kavkema and Deinodons is their level of technology. While the Deinodons were greatly outnumbered by their nemesis faction, they were technologically //matched// by them - the dinosaurs on Lossos generally had technology that exceeded that of humans, across the board. Out of a far better economic understanding, the author has taken technology away from the kavkema and turned them into a nomadic culture constantly on the literal run. Another very striking difference between kavkema and Deinodons is their level of technology. While the Deinodons were greatly outnumbered by their nemesis faction, they were technologically //matched// by them - the dinosaurs on Lossos generally had technology that exceeded that of humans, across the board. Out of a far better economic understanding, the author has taken technology away from the kavkema and turned them into a nomadic culture constantly on the literal run.
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 ==== Terenyira ==== ==== Terenyira ====
  
-[[:character:Terenyira]] is rather a bit friendlier than ve used to be, back when she was uncreatively called **Terrorantula** (although, at time of writing this article, the author firmly plans to cram a tongue-in-cheek shout-out to this awful name in //The Sky's Umbilical Cord//). While her old incarnation was certainly very clever, she wouldn't have been willing to make deals with Deinodons - but this is largely because her motivations have been changed.+[[:character:Terenyira]] is rather a bit friendlier than she used to be, back when she was uncreatively called **Terrorantula** (although a tongue-in-cheek shout-out to this awful name has been crammed into //[[https://www.schlaugh.com/umbilical/immuration-9|The Sky's Umbilical Cord]]//). While her old incarnation was certainly very clever, she wouldn't have been willing to make deals with Deinodons - but this is largely because her motivations have been changed.
  
 In the old books, her motivation was presumably to get rid of the Deinodons to ensure Nekenalos belonged to the Stycophysises and no one else. This goal doesn't even feature in the reimagined Terenyira, whose goals are instead to destroy Threadwielders and to protect the Nayabaru - which has the //effect// that she is decimating the kavkema, but this is merely an accident of implementation. In the old books, her motivation was presumably to get rid of the Deinodons to ensure Nekenalos belonged to the Stycophysises and no one else. This goal doesn't even feature in the reimagined Terenyira, whose goals are instead to destroy Threadwielders and to protect the Nayabaru - which has the //effect// that she is decimating the kavkema, but this is merely an accident of implementation.
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 [[:character:Evenatra]] used to be known as **Aquaeros** (which the author feels is one of the few acceptable names in hindsight). [[:character:Evenatra]] used to be known as **Aquaeros** (which the author feels is one of the few acceptable names in hindsight).
  
-One of the only things that have changed about her (except for turning her into a Threadwielder, of course) is the speed at which she can shape-shift, which is now approximately //glacial//.+One of the only things that have changed about ver (except for turning ver into a Threadwielder, of course) is the speed at which ve can shape-shift, which is now approximately //glacial//.
  
 ==== Ysikary ==== ==== Ysikary ====
  
-[[:character:Ysikary]] didn't exist at all in the original continuity. She was added because Terenyira couldn't have come from nowhere and Evenatra certainly isn't quite so poor at planning that she would create her purely on accident (e.g. as an attempted servant who then begins to do the exact opposite of what she was designed to do).+[[:character:Ysikary]] didn't exist at all in the original continuity. Ve was added because Terenyira couldn't have come from nowhere and Evenatra certainly isn't quite so poor at planning that she would create her purely on accident (e.g. as an attempted servant who then begins to do the exact opposite of what she was designed to do).
  
 ==== Valcen ==== ==== Valcen ====
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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. [[: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. 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 ==== ==== 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]]. 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: 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, she 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.   * **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.   * 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.
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