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 The HK had built a civilization of sorts across the archipelago, consisting mostly of widely spaced estates or homesteads; there were a few local capitals, mostly trade hubs or favorable sites, as well as the Great Citadel carved into Mt. Aduruth; this was their major population center and the seat of their rulers.
-While mek'Tarae has not reappeared within the worldbuilding project, its influence continues to be felt. The name of the Citadel, its general organization, and the nature of its center in [[geopolitical:citadel:Oldstone]] are all heavily inspired by mek'Tarae. As for the [[organization:hzataalar|Friends of the Future]] - the forerunners of the Hzataalar of the worldbuilding setting - they too have acquired a [[universe:oghiras|world]] to use as a private meeting place, which bears more than a passing resemblance to mek'Tarae's landscape.
+While mek'Tarae does not exist as it did in Amberworld within the worldbuilding project, the [[organization:hzataalar|Friends of the Future]] - the forerunners of the Hzataalar of the worldbuilding setting - too have acquired a [[universe:oghiras|world]] to use as a private meeting place, which bears more than a passing resemblance to mek'Tarae's landscape. Additionally, the name of the Citadel, its general organization, and the nature of its center in [[geopolitical:citadel:Oldstone]] are all heavily inspired by mek'Tarae.
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 Alas, the cosmic apartments no longer have a place, as such. That said, the essential ideas behind the above cosmology remain intact: beings outside our universe, the [[extrinsic:|Extrinsics]], control, or at least affect, it at their whim; they inhabit realms that reflect their own nature; they are less limited than the gods. (I haven't yet decided whether gods truly exist or what their nature is if they do, but they would be bound within a particular universe, rather than being outside it.)
-The two most powerful Extrinsics are still [[extrinsic:Order]] (aka [[mythology:imperial_religion:lamnar:Seluurin]]) and [[extrinsic:Chaos]] (aka [[mythology:imperial_religion:lamnar:Khezri]]), though they are far less benevolent than their Amberworld counterparts; not necessarily malicious, either, but not really concerned with how mortals feel about what is done to them, in the same way that a human walking across a field would be hard-pressed to care about whether he or she is stepping on any ants. The Dark Powers, another creation of Wyvr's, are reflected in [[extrinsic:Hunger]] (aka [[mythology:imperial_religion:lamnar:uvuun]]).
+The two most powerful Extrinsics are still [[extrinsic:Order]] (aka [[mythology:imperial_religion:lamnar:Seluurin]]) and [[extrinsic:Chaos]] (aka [[mythology:imperial_religion:lamnar:Khezri]]), though they are far less benevolent than their Amberworld counterparts; not necessarily malicious, either, but not really concerned with how mortals feel about what is done to them, in the same way that a human walking across a field would be hard-pressed to care about whether he or she is stepping on any ants. The Dark Powers, another creation of Wyvr's, are reflected in [[extrinsic:Hunger]] (aka [[mythology:imperial_religion:lamnar:Uvuun]]).
 The connection between the Chosen and their supposed patrons is less clear-cut in the worldbuilding project than it was for Amberworld. While it is generally implied that Order and Chaos are at least partially responsible for their creation and that their division into Srians and Kaeans reflects this fact, the question of why they did so remains opaque. Certainly, they have no need for mortal agents to do their work for them - partly because their influence is already pervasive, and partly because they are not as directly antagonistic toward each other - and evidently do not feel any great obligation to protect or aid them. It is possible, should the RPs in the current setting result in a meeting with them, a mortal may be in a position to ask for and receive answers. It is equally possible that the answers, once received, may be heavily biased, misrepresented, even outright falsehoods, or possibly may not even be comprehensible to mortals.