Xiluh

[SDragon]

The main reason it took me so long to answer Llum's question, really, is that "shortcut" wasn't the best choice of words, by any means. I simply meant that they try to avoid the proper path to shamanism.

Remember, trying to earn that power without religious help, and actually earning it, are two different things.

[SDragon]

Bump. New logo. What do you guys think of it?

[Steerpike]

Awesome!  You make it yourself??

[SDragon]

Well I didn't make the fonts, but otherwise, yes. Thanks!

[Ghostman]

The title text blends into the background on the left too much, the 'X' is almost invisible. Like the style, though.

[SDragon]

I'll have to keep that in mind when I make the next copy of it. Thanks. Now, to revive a fan favorite part of the setting...

BADGE TIME!

Okay, so I'm having a bit of trouble keeping track of who has earned a Xiluh badge so far, so if you have, feel free to disregard this list. Oversights may happen :p

There hasn't been much activity, really, but I found six people who have earned badges: Drama Llama (Seraphine), Llum, Ninja D, Steerpike, Vreeg, and Xeviat. Congratulations!

[Seraph]

Aha!  Many thanks!  Could you direct us to the code for that badge?  

[SDragon]

Yep, hold on just a bit and I'll get to that.

Edit-- Just checked to see who's earned badges in the past, and it seems Llum is the only one on the above list that already had one. I didn't have Epic Meepo on that list because, well, I thought he already had one. Since he didn't... well, he does now. This makes the full list of Xiluh badge recipients:

Drama Llama (Seraphine)
Epic Meepo
Joker (Troll, HORSE, etc.)
Llum
Luminous Crayon
Ninja D
Phoenix
Steerpike
and Vreeg

The code for the badge is here:

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[SDragon]

Updated the first post with the new name for halflings. I think I might still need an adjective form of the word, but that can be discussed in the language thread

[SDragon]

Added some notes on humans and habatei. Also, there's this:

Yirgamil is a hive of a certain type of beetle. This beetle relies heavily on communication with others of its kind, and thus cannot survive without contact with the rest of the hive. Because of the structure of this hive, Yirgamil is considered to be a creature unto itself. As such, there is no name for the beetles that form Yirgamil.

As Yirgamil is not merely a single entity, it is almost incapable of death. This has allowed time enough for it to develop the ability to speak. Although it is capable of profound revelations, it seems fond of incoherent strings of words.

[SDragon]

for those that are interested, I've got some ideas brewing. Soon, I'll be able to put those ideas where they belong, and then work on them until I can post them here.

tl;dr: more to come soon!