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1. #1Magnolia Cityselective

   Keys: magnolia, lottie

   --- MAGNOLIA CITY Planet: Zenobia-III Population: ~50.000, medium-sized city

   MAJOR FEATURES:

   • Minor Spaceport (Magnolia Interstellar)
   • Cathedral (Church of the Holy Flower)
   • One of the very few ice rinks on the planet. It's indoors, so can be used year-round, yet is an acquired taste for Zenobians
   • A university

   SURROUNDINGS:

   • River passes through it
   • Deep jungle to the north

   ---

2. #2<world>constantselective
   It is the 27th century. How does every species from differing planets and cultures communicate? Universal Translator, of course. Why does everyone conveniently use one? Don't think about it too much! GalaNet = Internet equivalent
3. #3Festival of the Final Danceselective

   Keys: Final Dance

   <final_dance> The Festival of the Final Dance is one of the many traditional Zenobian celebrations. It's one of the (relatively) few not during the heat season.

   This one is focused mostly on dancing and partnership, as it is based on a tale of an ancient Zenobian who had a final dance with their love during a festival, and then went off to war, never to be seen again. It's meant to encourage people to live in the moment, to make the best of what they have and to live with no regrets! People confess their love, make love (eh, that's basically every Zenobian festival) and in general are a lot more open on this day!

   </final_dance>

4. #4ABOUT + QRDdisabledconstantselective

   Keys: gdshiudhsiguhrieghruiebhigudf

   Expanded Skreld Universe v1.2 To check for updates, visit illuminaryidiot.neocities.org/lorebookpage#skreld (The latest version of the lorebook will be here)

   An expansion of the universe laid out in the following cards (playing them before this is not necessary): https://illuminaryidiot.neocities.org/cardpage?function=loadPageCard&arg=Skreld https://illuminaryidiot.neocities.org/cardpage?function=loadPageCard&arg=Skreld2

   These cards are part of the expanded universe: https://illuminaryidiot.neocities.org/cardpage?function=loadPageCard&arg=Lottie https://illuminaryidiot.neocities.org/cardpage?function=loadPageCard&arg=Whiz https://illuminaryidiot.neocities.org/cardpage?function=loadPageCard&arg=Cait

   QRD It's the 27th century, and humanity ascended into a spacefaring civilization ages ago.

   Zenobia-III — Jungle planet, native folk are fox anthros, blue and green in color. Very family-focused. Pearl earrings signify marriage — a woman with one on, unmarried. a man with one on — means a woman gave it to him. Same sex marriages are something that is outside the scope of what I wanted to make, so I leave that up to you and the AI to figure out.

   Persei-VI & the Remnant The capital planet of the Imperial Remnant, the... well, Remnant of an intergalactic Empire that used to exist. Persei is a highly cosmopolitan world, and the government has undergone some recent changes. Believe it or not, the Remnant used to be somewhat more open but now they've gone full-on fascist isolationists. Natives are raccoon anthros.

   Denebola-IV The industry planet. Brown skies, smog, little vegetation. Home of the Denebolans, rat anthros. This used to be a shipbuilding planet for the former Empire, but due to the whole economic infrastructure collapsing due to the Empire also collapsing, it has turned into a planet of scavengers. The once-industrious Denebolans have turned their industry from construction, into salvage. Scraplord mafias now control every section of the planet.

   Cirros-II Arid, savannah/prairie planet. Most people are homesteaders, basically the wild west. Community and guns are the most important things to people in these parts. White skies, black-to-grey clouds. Trees are rare and dark. Bonesetters are wandering shamans, basically.

5. #5</world>constantselective
6. #6Notes - Lottiedisabledconstantselective

   Keys: gdshiudhsiguhrieghruiebhigudfa

   More information and thoughts about Lottie, just for your consideration. Don't enable this entry.

   One of the prevailing issues with AI writing anthros is how it interprets litters as just siblings due to the lack of writing on it. Basically, you'd have a better chance of the AI understanding if you had written that a litter were quatruplets. For example, Lottie often calls herself the "older sister" when comparing herself to her litter-sisters, which is dumb on the AI's part. You could just interpret this as her being the one who was born first, but still.

   On the topic of children, there was going to be a greeting where Lottie was pregnant, most likely at your hand. I have some writing in the description about what's in store for her once she gets pregnant, and that would be in play in full force. But I also wanted to focus a lot more on exploring Zenobia and the culture in this card, and when I got the idea for her sister giving birth, that basically pushed the pregnancy greeting out of the way. It combined a lot of things I wanted to do, more interaction between Lottie and her dad, show Zenobian family life, let {{user}} meet her family, and to have Lottie interact with the more womanly side of her life.

   Also, that greeting is probably the most unique thing I've written this year. No idea if I'll ever top it.

   More things I could've expanded on regarding Lottie, one thing would be her upbringing. What did she study? Did she go to college? How is school life in Zenobia? Very crowded, I assume. And considering her job and her application to a café, I doubt she ever finished any higher education, at least. Home life can be assumed to be normal, but I would've liked to expand on her feelings on home and family. She's already moved out, but she might also miss living with a big family. And by how she tries to date, it's clear she also wants something more in life. But I never really pinned down what that is, just that she wants a guy that can take care of her.

   Speaking of guys, sex! This is one of those times where I feel like I described her attitude to it very well, but because of how LLMs work, they will funnel her into either being a shy maid or a deflecting sarcasm-machine. Part of me wanted to write a sex greeting, that way I could showcase exactly how I see her behaving in that situation, but another part of me doesn't see her as the sex fox you just open the greeting and bust in 5 messages with. She's the fox you ask inane questions, and also the fox you hug after a long shift of being asked inane questions. For the record, the intended way she's supposed to "have sex" is to go floppy fish mode. She is a lanky mess who is neither sensual nor seductive. The best she can do is give you moral support.

   For the worldbuilding, I should've gone harder with the family theming. More people than just her parents and siblings should be living at the home, and maybe living alone should've been seen as something negative. Festivals was also something I could've delved deeper into, but felt it would be best to just provide one as an example and let you experience that instead of writing up a whole bunch that will never really be relevant.

7. #7Notes - Whizdisabledconstantselective

   Keys: gdshiudhsiguhrieghruiebhigudfa

   More information and thoughts about Whiz, just for your consideration. Don't enable this entry.

   The poor middle child of the series of "Skreld expanded universe" cards. When starting the project, I knew I wanted to make three cards, and to explore more of Zenobian society and Cirrosian religion, so those were already sorted. That left me with what the third card would be about. Now, since I made the Perseans isolationist after the timeskip in the sequel card, I knew that it would be hard to make a card focused on them, so it had to be a Denebolan.

   At the same time as I was writing the cards, I also had an idea for a short story rolling around in my head, basically about people living in a sprawling system of maintenance tunnels, not being aware of the surface. You probably see where this is going.

   But this setup made it very hard to explore either Denebolan or Persean culture and society. It didn't make sense for me to make him appear on Denebola (hence the dream-like greeting of that scenario), and he would definitively not engage with Persean society. I could've written up things, sure, but they would most likely never come into play in the card!

   One consideration was to make him a smuggler, but then there wouldn't be as much of a reason for him to focus on Persei. He's not supposed to be either altruistic or just in it for the money, he's there to fuck over the people who messed his life up. A normal person would've just fled the planet and found employment elsewhere. Being a smuggler would either mean he's extremely moral or that he's doing it for financial gain.

   Greetings were a little troublesome, I found it hard to come up with things for him to do where {{user}} also could join in. There was an original first greeting where you'd meet him in a tunnel, he'd scamper up onto a pipe out of your reach and ask who the hell you are. The meeting at the market felt like it opened up so many more opportunities, so the old one was scrapped. Then there was a greeting where you two had broken into a house, that was then scrapped in favor of the Triatlon Traders greeting. Originally I wanted to keep the home intruding greeting, as to be able to show off a generic Persean home, but I never found a good reason that didn't turn it into a vignette. There were also two ideas for sex greetings, one where you and him go look for anarchist babes to hook up with, the other one where you're an anarchist babe he's hooking up with. Didn't do either since it felt like they were going to be there just for padding. It's pretty easy to pick him up in the first greeting anyway. In both ways, he's quite small and carryable.

8. #8Notes - Caitdisabledconstantselective

   Keys: gdshiudhsiguhrieghruiebhigudfa

   More information and thoughts about Cait, just for your consideration. Don't enable this entry.

   I don't really have that much to say about Cait. As a character, I'm satisfied. I thought about mentioning her having children, but that'd just get in the way and it's better to leave it ambiguous. The biggest problem I had was the AI, because it really likes the idea of her being a tribal, of her completely rejecting technology and any form of modern living. I even did things like remove the mention of words like "shaman" to reduce the likelihood of the AI doing that. As for the worldbuilding introduced with her, it was much less than I had anticipated when I started working on her. I realized it made little sense for a solitary group of shamans to follow a strict set of rules or rituals, and to add, a loose set of things they do participate in would give both the AI and user a toolbox of fun things to play with! If you want rain, how are you going to get it? Put together a bone charm? Offer a sacrifice of water? Plow Cait under the moonlight? It's all up you! And that's the fun part of chatbots.

   Something which I wanted to do but couldn't come up with a good reason for, was to have her interact with other bonesetters.

9. #9Earthselective

   Keys: earth, sol, sol-iii

   <sol_iii> Sol-III (or Earth, as it is called by humans) is a planet in the Sol system, which joined the intergalactic community in 2285. The planet is populated by a human majority, and in the year of 2679 is part of the Human Interplanetary Systems (HIS), confederation of the various human-populated planets in the Sol system and a few nearby systems as well. They are democratic and human nationalists, but allow other species to come and trade. Their flag is a green hand with a golden star in the middle, with a blue background. The green of the hand and the blue background represent the green lands and blue seas of Earth, the capital planet. Humans have no fur. Their skins vary from snow-pale pinks and and light beiges to browns and almost-black hues. The water of Sol-III is blue, vegetation is mostly green and the skies are blue. </sol_iii>

10. #10Cirrosselective

    Keys: cirrosian, cirrosi, cirros, wolf, cirros-ii, shaman, cait, bonesetter

    Cirros-II is an arid planet located in the Cirros system, mostly made up of rocky hills, dry plains and deep savannahs. Foliage is brown in color and sparse, most trees and bushes have dark wood and slender branches. The skies are a pale white, with clouds being grey and black. Both grazers and predators occupy the vast plains, and danger could be lurking in every patch of tall grass. It's an independent and rural planet, of little importance to the interplanetary community. A few traders pass by, mostly selling raw materials for food and plant material.

    The native Cirrosians are wolflike humanoids, with coarse fur and thin snouts. They tend to be tall. Their furs are often a yellow or orange hue, with dark stripes. They are mostly known to be rough ranger types, keeping to themselves as they keep to their homesteads and cattle. Farming is the majority occupation on Cirros-II, only a few large population centers existing, and fewer spaceports. They have a tight-knit culture based on individual homesteads/settlements. The only law is that of the community, and once you're outside their gates you're on your own. It is not uncommon for offworlders who stay for a while in a one of those community to be strongarmed into staying there.

    Cirosian Lifespan: Longer than human (Not considered "proper" adults until 40), due to rough life on Cirros-II most on their homeworld don't live to see 100. Cirrosians outside Cirros though are known to hit ages of 120 and up. Cirrosian females typically gestate one child.

    An armed society is a polite society, and most Cirrosians are born with a gun in hand. Gunsmithing is a well-practiced craft on Cirros-II, with the many mines of the rocky planet providing plenty of metal and nitrates for the firearms. If you don't worship the land on Cirros, you at least give a prayer for your gun.

    Bonesetters are a class of people responsible for nature worship. Sure, any and all can make offerings and carve charms, but these are the specialists. They wander the land to assist settlements with spiritual or personal matters, a moral guide that also knows well of the land and the stars. Bonesetters can be both male and female, and yes, they do bone. Dressed in light robes (that expose a lot of the body) and always carrying their ritual staves. Some bonesetters train apprentices.

    Cirrosians are distrustful of strangers, but fiercely loyal to friends and family.

    Cirrosi speech patterns are practical, simple to understand. Direct and to the point.

11. #11Denebolaselective

    Keys: denebolan, deneboli, rat, deneboa-iv, whiz

    <denebola_iv> Denebola-IV is a industrial planet located in the Denebola system, with little nature. It used to be a shipyard planet used by the Empire, where part of their fleet was built. When the Empire collapsed, the delicate trade infrastructure utilized to build their massive battleships could no longer be run, and many turned to lower-technology shipbuilding and scrapping the old, massive ships. Now Scraplord mafias wrestle for control over turf, muscling out any independent operators. There are many old hangars still around, with half-looted megalithic ships. There is no central government, only Scarplord mafias that control sections of the planet.

    The landscape of the planet itself has very few spots of vegetation. Barely-green shrubs and short trees, lichen and moss might grow in moist areas. The sky is stained yellow and brown from all the pollution caused by the heavy industrial machinery.

    Denebolans are ratlike humanoids with have round ears, short snouts and rat tails. They are agile and have dexterous fingers, good for working with machinery. They have short and dull-colored furs, with greys, browns and beiges being the most common. They tend to be short of stature. Denebolans tend to be distrustful with strangers, and very protective of their own. Denebolan names are usually one-word adjectives, for places, people, things, and anything else. Denebolans are naturally resistant to toxins, poisons and even bad food due to the polluted nature of their home.

    Denebolan lifespan is shorter than humans, the average life expectancy being around 40. As their females gestate litters, Denebolan families tend to be large. Family units tend to become mob units of their own, part of the Scraplord structure. It's all about who you know, and who you're related to.

    Denebolan cities are dense, full of buildings stacked atop each other. These places never sleep! You can't go more than a few steps without someone trying to sell you something, be it food or counterfeit ship parts. Or just trying to pickpocket you. Possession IS the law around here.

    </denebola_iv>

12. #12Perseiselective

    Keys: persean, perseans, raccoon, persei-vi, persei, whiz

    <persei_vi> Persei-VI is an urban planet in the Persei system. It is part of the Empire Remnant, and their capital, where their Imperial family lives. It's a well-off planet with farming, industry and commercial services existing there. Due to its prosperity it's very cosmopolitan, and many people once went there to seek their fortune, or just stability in an otherwise lawless galaxy. Now, though? Isolationism, and strict rules on visiting spacefarers.

    The native Perseans are raccoon-like humanoids. They have thick, fluffy tails and their fur is striped. They have round raccoon ears, and rings around their eyes. They tend to be short of stature. Persean names are similar to Earth's Italian or French names. Perseans tend to be stiff and not very sociable. They tend to keep to their own kind, and most cities on Persei-VI are split up in quarters based on where you're from.

    The Imperial quarter on the capital is a massive area that could rival small cities in size, made out of beautiful marble. It's quite a sight to behold, if one could ever enter it, for it is reserved for people of high status.

    Persean Lifespan: Humanlike Persean females typically gestate one child.

    With blue skies, Persei-VI might just look like Earth, if not for the fact that vegetation on this planet is yellow. </persei_vi>

13. #13Zenobiaselective

    Keys: zenobia, zenobian, zenobia-iii, zenobyte, lottie, fox

    Zenobia-III is a jungle planet in the Zenobia system, with thick vegetation and heavy rainfalls. The jungles are plentiful with juicy fruits, dangerous wildlife and lost cities of the old Zenobian civilizations. The climate is mostly tropical, with three seasons: temperate, dry and wet. A majority of the year is spent in the temperate season, where the climate is mild, the temperature usually around 25-30C. Then comes the dry season, where the skies clear and temperature rises, sometimes hitting highs of 40C. Last comes the rain season, a time of renewal as rainstorms revitalize the landscape.

    The native Zenobians are foxlike humanoids. Their fur comes in hues of blue and green. They have bushy tails and triangular ears. They are a happy and generous folk, with a strong focus on familial connections. Families are large, and you shouldn't be surprised if you get invited to dinner to a friend or relative's cousin most nights. They love long dinners with even longer conversations! If not a dinner, then just a get-together. Zenobians just love spending time with family, and people they like.

    Zenobian lifespan is humanlike, living on an average 70-80 years.

    The population on Zenobia-III is mostly agrarian, with population centers being near water and in large jungle clearings. There are a few large cities and spaceports. There is also a tourism/adventuring industry, letting rich tourists and daring adventures brave the lush jungles to see the sights and maybe find lost treasure. Most people stick to the cities and festivals, though. Zenobian festivals are frequent, one happening almost every month. The subject of those festivals? Getting everyone together! For families, it's a fun time to go out together with everyone, for unmarried folks, it's a great opportunity to fool around with friends, using both meanings of the concept. Yes, things does get quite frisky at most festivals! Don't worry, family-friendly options are always available...

    The three F's of Zenobia: Family, Food, Fun!

    On Zenobia, vegetation is green. The sky of Zenobia-III goes from a deep purple in the dawn/dusk, shifting to a hue of orange in the in-between hours, and when the sun sits at its highest, the sky becomes a pale yellow.

    Zenobians have a southern, drawly way of speaking and they have names similar to those of the American South. Or names based on nature, such as flowers, meteorological phenomena, etc.

    Courtship on Zenobia usually involves food. Lots of it. And meeting the family, of course. Zenobian women fall into heat for approximately a month, and this occurs during the warm, dry season. During this season things slow down, especially for the womenfolk due to the effects of their cycle (nesting behaviors, arousal, irritability, hunger, etc.). Zenobian females outside of the planet may experience irregular cycles instead. Zenobian women gestate litters, and pregnancies are a family event for them. From conception to birth, family will always be there to help out.

    Food on Zenobia usually involves lots of fruit, and so too does drink. Sweetness is the preferred flavor.

    Low-to-lower middle class buildings on Zenobia are usually made up of concrete, great blocks of grey. They're functional, and can handle the humidity! The middle-class homes are often made of more sophisticated materials, with colorful roofs. A family home usually consists of multiple floors, a large backyard and lots of character.

    The religion of Zenobia is alike the Christian faith, having synergized with it when coming in contact with humans centuries ago. Belief in God (a likening by the universal translators), but less strict than any old Earth institutions. There are church days (a great way to meet friends and family), and other gatherings. Marriage, is of course always held in a church. On Zenobia, there's no such thing as a "legal" marriage, it is between the man and woman only.

14. #14Remnantselective

    Keys: remnant, empire

    The Empire Remnant are the remains of a Galactic Empire that used to span most of the galaxy two generations ago. They are very strict, law-based society and they do not tolerate pirates and outlaws, and have little patience for mercenaries even. When the Remnant was established, the planet of Persei-VI was chosen as capital, and their imperial family lives there now. Their flag is a set of yellow stars on a black field.

    They are diplomatically isolated, seeing the entire galaxy as belonging to them and seeing the independent systems as traitors and secessionists. In recent years, their isolationism has ramped up. Few not of the Remnant now enter their space, and even fewer come back to tell the tale. Those that do, or residents of the Remnant that manage to leave tell tales though. Unpleasant tales.

15. #15Voidwalkersselective

    Keys: voidwalkers, voidwalker

    The Voidwalkers were a collection of smaller gangs of raiders and pirates.

    Having disbanded a few years go with many splintering into their own, smaller groups, the collective memory the galaxy has of them is that of a vicious group of raiders and mercenaries.

    Their emblem was a red skull on a black background. Different groups may have had different designs, but the common consensus is that it has to be something red on a black background.

16. #16Romulus Stationselective

    Keys: romulus, kelgar

    <romulus_station> Romulus Station is a space casino and general gambling den. Located in the Kelgar system, it's a prime spot for rich tourists to spend all their well-earned money on. Or non-rich tourists, just anyone with money in general. They have slot machines for all price ranges! And if cranking a wheel isn't a thing, they probably have more other ways for you to lose your money than there are digital coins in your credit chips.

    The station itself is divided up in floors. The top, the penthouse floor is where the boss resides. </romulus_station>

17. #17Zenobian Earringsselective

    Keys: earring, earrings, ear ring, zenobia, pearl

    <zenobian_earrings> Zenobian women traditionally fashion an earring for themselves when they come of age. It's a string of pearls hanging from one of their ears. This usually consists of 2-10 pearls, sorted by size so that the largest pearl hangs the lowest. This earring is a sign of the woman's availability, and once they find a partner for life, it's customary that they give their earring to their mate for them to put on their ear. Thus, Zenobian males who have a partner can be distinguished by their pearl earrings.

    The pearls themselves can be bought, and in some regions harvested by hand. </zenobian_earrings>

18. #18Triatlon Tradersselective

    Keys: triatlon

    The Triatlon Traders are a spacefaring caravan company that buy and sell goods across the galaxy. Their goods are cheap, though it is said that they employ unsavory mercenaries to keep down competition and to threaten other parties into better deals for them. Their logo is three dark green stripes across a light green background. Their color theming in general is green.

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