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-In many ways, the [[chosen:|Chosen]] are what [[avishraa:|Avishraa]] was built on - not least because Shyriath-the-character, for whom the setting was built, was one. [[https://www.schlaugh.com/~/veZIjAD|@pinkgothic]] has gone into the OOC history of the Chosen before, but I wanted to touch on this subject again, mostly because, in the current continuity, there are some things that have changed since their [[amberworld:|original conception]].
+In many ways, the [[chosen:|Chosen]] are what [[universe:mikurmiya:avishraa|Avishraa]] was built on - not least because Shyriath-the-character, for whom the setting was built, was one. [[https://www.schlaugh.com/~/veZIjAD|@pinkgothic]] has gone into the OOC history of the Chosen before, but I wanted to touch on this subject again, mostly because, in the current continuity, there are some things that have changed since their [[amberworld:|original conception]].
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 The Chosen, obviously, still exist, and they still play a oversized part in the Avishraa worldbuilding project, but there are certainly some differences.
-First, they still come in [[chosen:srian|Srian]] and [[chosen:kaean|Kaean]] flavors with differences in behavior, but overall these matter less now than they did before; the two kinds are generally able to live together and interbreed as two varieties of one condition, rather than as two separate conditions that are remarkably similar. That isn't to say that they don't cause each other grief sometimes, or that some of each prefer only to live around their own kind, but overall their self-identity is more "Chosen" than either "Srian" or "Kaean".
+First, they still come in [[chosen:#srians|Srian]] and [[chosen:#kaeans|Kaean]] flavors with differences in behavior, but overall these matter less now than they did before; the two kinds are generally able to live together and interbreed as two varieties of one condition, rather than as two separate conditions that are remarkably similar. That isn't to say that they don't cause each other grief sometimes, or that some of each prefer only to live around their own kind, but overall their self-identity is more "Chosen" than either "Srian" or "Kaean".
 This has a lot to do with the emphasis of the project. The original setting was driven by the conflicts between different groups of Chosen, with everyone else in the background; for the worldbuilding project, however, I wanted to explore the relationship between the Chosen and the other inhabitants of Avishraa. The Chosen have too much in common with each other, and too much to fear from the takmar, who greatly outnumber them, to fight over things like Srian/Kaean differences (though there will certainly be other things that will come up).
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 That's why, instead, they're visually indistiguishable from other than being small. This first becomes apparent at about one cycle of age (five or six Earth years), so as it is, Chosen children tend to be at a disadvantage in all-takma environments. (It also means that unusually small individuals tend to be branded as "witches" regardless of their actual magical ability.) The Chosen also (mostly) have a rather higher chance of developing cancer than their non-magical cousins. In the few settlements in which large numbers of Chosen live together, this isn't as much of an issue, as the lifegivers can cure cancers, as they can many other things, with relative ease; those Chosen not in a position to either be or see a lifegiver, however, have to rely on luck.
-Third, as @pinkgothic has mentioned, the [[culture:organization:hzataalar|equivalent]] of the Hzataalar Kaea hasn't really come along - yet. The nucleus of the movement, however, has formed around [[person:dlyss|Dlyss]], an Oracle - a Chosen with the extremely rare [[chosen:magic:span|talent of manipulating time and space]]. With the help of the [[person:zadireth|modern incarnation of Zadireth]], her husband and chief facilitator, she is trying to spur the Chosen of the Citadel to take up her vision of inevitable war between the Chosen and the rest of takmakind. This will, eventually, include similar kinds of "self-perfecting" alterations to reduce the gap in physical capabilities.
+Third, as @pinkgothic has mentioned, the [[organization:hzataalar|equivalent]] of the Hzataalar Kaea hasn't really come along - yet. The nucleus of the movement, however, has formed around [[person:dlyss|Dlyss]], an Oracle - a Chosen with the extremely rare [[chosen:magic:span|talent of manipulating time and space]]. With the help of the [[person:zadireth|modern incarnation of Zadireth]], her husband and chief facilitator, she is trying to spur the Chosen of the Citadel to take up her vision of inevitable war between the Chosen and the rest of takmakind. This will, eventually, include similar kinds of "self-perfecting" alterations to reduce the gap in physical capabilities.