Pronunciation and World Guide

There are some new words with the Motherlands, including the cultures and locations! We have a living pronunciation guide that will evolve as the game grows!

Cultures

Haathorei (Ha-tho-ray): Elephant like, 7-12 foot tall people, native to planets around Vutoa (the indigenous name for the Mother Lands)

Hapaloch (Hap-uh-lock): Pale, cephalopod figures, that live in subterranean lakes and bodies of water.
Hyaenole (High-yuh-knowll): Hyena-like humanoids that are natives to the Motherlands.
Mansegene (Man-suh-gen-ay): Created centuries ago as companions to the Ancients, these ceramic and silicone androids are truly sentient, and have evolved an entire society and culture of their own.
Misajai (Me-SAH-jai): Musalians who choose to ritually bind themselves to a symbiote native to this world in their teen years, forming a bond that allows them to Share someone’s thoughts, experiences and emotions via touch.
Musalians (moo-SAH-lee-ins): After arrival in the motherland the musalians were first approached by the people called the Hyaenole. The descendants of Mansa Munsa.
Progenitor (Pro-jeh-nuh- tr): Divine beings that do exist in a physical form in the Motherlands.
Solanci (So-LAWn-see): The evolved plant-like hybrids who have adopted and changed from originally being Musalians.

Locations

Aminari (Ah-mi-nah-re): A Solanci founded city also called “The viridescent city”. The city was built on a massive hill and because of this has been built into layers all piled up.
Ha-Linz (Ha-LINz: ): A Hyaenole founded city home to the massive archive of Primatbe. The city itself floats due to a magnetic current that keeps the entire city levitating 
Kataam (Kuh-tahm): An area of widespread grasslands. Expensive plains. A tropical area with small or dispersed trees and this makes it so that sunlight consistently does reach the ground.
Malisuuna (Ma-lee-soon-ah): A Musalian founded city. One of the most notable buildings is a large black dome seen near the center, the onyx moon theatre.
Nuul nuual (new-l new-al):
One of the first areas recommended by the Hyaenole for where to settle. In some ways it is visually similar to Kataam, with large areas that are grasslands.
Osalomm (O-sah-lowm): A desert area that thrives with a variety of life and in rare times you may find the occassional oasis. There are rivers that run through this desert area and many of them converge in a single place which is where the city of Aminari was founded.
Primatbe (Pre-mawt-bay): An archive dedicated to different trade skills and stories of different crafts across different worlds.
Vutoa (Vuh-toe-uh):  Name of the planet they live on called this by the Hyaenole but Musalia was a name adapted later by the Musalians.

In the pronunciation if it would be a soft g we pronounce it with the j phonetically, if it’s a hard g it appears as a g in the pronunciation.

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Tanya DePass is the founder and Director of I Need Diverse Games, a non-profit organization based in Chicago, which is dedicated to better diversification of all aspects of gaming. I Need Diverse Games serves the community by supporting marginalized developers attend the Game Developer Conference by participating in the GDC Scholarship program, helps assist attendance at other industry events, and is seeking partnership with organizations and initiatives. Tanya is a lifelong Chicagoan who loves everything about gaming, #INeedDiverseGames spawn point, and wants to make it better and more inclusive for everyone. She founded and was the EIC of Fresh Out of Tokens podcast where games culture was discussed and viewed through a lense of feminism, intersectionality and diversity. Now she’s a co-host on Spawn on Me Podcast. Along with all of that, she’s the Programming Coordinator for OrcaCon, she often speaks on issues of diversity, feminism, race, intersectionality & other topics at multiple conventions throughout the year. Her writing about games and games critique appears in Uncanny Magazine, Polygon, Wiscon Chronicles, Vice Gaming, Paste Games, Mic, and other publications.

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