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'''Mistlings''' are [[life form]]s made of [[life|living]] [[dreammist]], believed to form spontaneously from the [[ambient m ...r, believe that the color and features of the dreammist ''are determined'' by the ambient magic, which makes these two explanations essentially equivalen

...re unusual among Didduan life forms in that they are apparently unaffected by the [[world]]'s [[mester|mestral]] transformations; the uuari remains activ ...ve learned how to distinguish between them, based on slight differences of shape and pattern of luminosity.

...m of an inanimate object. Some deeplings have the ability to change their shape, but this is not a power the Bathybius chooses to give most of them. Whatever their shape, deeplings do have one thing in common. Like the Bathybius itself, they ar

...rior has a number of other features suspended in it, though the nucleus is by far the largest. The others are mostly visible as red and black specks, wi ...rude to envelop food and draw it to its interior, and to move itself along by gripping the surface ahead with a sticky pseudopod and pulling the rest of

...y unwanted deformity, the inhabitants of Cocoro have their freakish shapes by choice, and many of them have moved to Cocoro because it was the only place ...generally circular in shape, though with the outlines made a little rough by much smaller craters, subsequent erosion, and preexisting irregularities.

...to their secondary species but lacking in their primary. Any damage taken by a turnskin in one form will remain present in the other, which more than on ...e an usual resistance to physical damage, though almost always accompanied by a particular weakness that can overcome it. Furthermore, all turnskins hav

...any native life at all remains in question; it's conceivable that ''all'' life in Icathiria was originally brought there from elsewhere—including th ...rs, and attractors. Within each galaxy are normal [[star]]s, many orbited by normal [[planet]]s. Nebulas, quasars, and other familiar celestial feature

...or may not resemble the posterior and anterior parts of two existing life forms (the former with horizontal posture and the latter upright); if they do, th ..." beings, or simply as "taurs". None of these terms, however, is accepted by a majority of [[etorist]]s, and the last two in particular are [[etymology|

...ʊlk/}}) is a large [[landmass]] completely surrounded by [[gas]] or by [[vacuum|nothingness]], and with more or less uniform [[gravity|gravitation ...ld English]] root.) Nevertheless, overall "wolk" is the form most favored by [[geographer]]s.

...st common and straightforward include [[transfigurement]]—changes of shape—, [[transmutation]]—change of substance—, and [[transmagn ...a]]. The specific case when one [[living being]] is transfigured into the shape of another type of living being (such as a [[human]] into a large wolf) is

...(pronounced {{IPA|/ˈmɛrədʒɚ/}}) is a [[life form]] found on the [[world]] of [[B'gor]], resembling a gigantic caterpill ...the [[Metal Marsh]] that meregers are naturally found. The metal they get by invading [[mine]]s or scavenging abandoned [[machinery]], although since th

...rarely inhabited above one kilometer or so, though there are some hardy [[life form]]s that thrive in the dizzier heights. Fresh water exists in vessels ...eights. At sea level, thick carpets of moss, [[alga]]e, and other growths by the sides of the spines form floating surfaces thick and stable enough to b

...te for a prolonged period thereafter. (This is, in fact, often brought up by opponents of the unfinished-business theory as evidence against the theory. ...longings are chosen from a finite set of what the specter often carried in life and/or had on them at the time of death. In any case, whatever clothing th

...nd. The typical Charotian [[rew]] is separated from its nearest neighbors by millions of [[kilometer]]s, and is in most ways a self-contained world, alt ...dard name used by [[cosmologist]]s, and each canonical axis is referred to by the initial letter of one of the two associated conspects. The canonical a

...ngs have an unusual method of [[reproduction]], replenishing their numbers by causing larger organisms to split into a number of new sanhvin. ...Most obviously, the sanhvin's skin is intensely colored, the hue varying by individual: red, blue, green, yellow, purple, or orange.

...somehow the purposes of its creator, the Bathybius, though the exact means by which it serves those purposes remains unknown. ...which, in a way, it is). It is said to look especially eerie when backlit by one of Dadauar's three [[moon (Dadauar)|moon]]s, at which time it appears t

...r, many of them are artificially connected, both by sea and air travel and by [[parvum in multo|pim]] tunnels beneath the surface. ...re in discrete but adjacent patches called [[monal]]s of constant size and shape. Currents keep them constantly in motion, and any quantity of halm passing

...D0;reɪt/}} or {{IPA|/ˈvɑːrət/}}) is a [[life form]] with a [[body]] which (in its usual [[posture]]) has distinct horizo ...259;rˈætɪk/}}). When it's necessary to specify that a life form is ''not'' a varate, it is said to be avarate ({{IPA0|/eɪ&#x02C

...earth and rock and other natural objects into new forms, particularly the forms of structures suitable for human habitation. Achieved through the power of ...ce that would otherwise collapse of their own weight. The shapes produced by the ritual of landshaping can be as elaborate as the landworker's skill in

...ome handicraft as a hobby, and may even make a little supplementary income by occasionally selling some of their works, only the most skilled and renowne ...or two different crafts, usually family trades that have been passed down by their ancestors. One might specialize in clockwork; another in [[woodcarvi