He Whose Mawla I Am [Footnotes] by AlexanderNorthAH, literature
Literature
He Whose Mawla I Am [Footnotes]
Footnotes for He Whose Mawla I Am.
1. Uyghur Hawaii? Uyghur Hawaii.
2. The tuntian of Talmantun has only been prevented from becoming a full oghuz by the fact that the majority of its population still speaks an archaic dialect of Manchu (though it's now written with the Aramaic-derived Uyghur alphabet) and continues following a mix of Buddhism and shamanic traditions, the latter of which have been intermixed with some native practices. Since it's one of the original rebel colonies that formed Kökteyerler, though, it gets treated like an oghuz anyway.
3. The Duwamish and their local allies chose to join Kökteyerler shortly before its revolution, which has allowed them to preserve more of their culture than one might expect. Their saimuuqix was named the Khanate of Sia'l after a significant Duwamish nobleman of the time.
4. The Skykomish tried to rally an alliance of Southern Lushootseed-speaking peoples against the early Uyghur colonists; as punishment, they were expelled to the far
Choose Your Own Future History #0 by AlexanderNorthAH, literature
Literature
Choose Your Own Future History #0
I've been tossing this idea around for a few months, since I thought it might be a fun medium-effort side project I won't have to break my brain over, and in light of recent/current events I'm thinking this may be the kind of thing that helps some of you folks remember that there is a future that'll be worth experiencing. You're probably aware of what the CYOH concept is from seeing other examples thereof in the past (and if not, you can probably infer what it entails due to having basic reading comprehension skills), so I won't bother with a boringly long and drawn-out explanation of the basic premise here. Instead, I'll skip ahead to the part where I explain that I'll be running this CYOH a little differently, specifically by letting you, the audience, have more direct involvement in what does and does not happen. Instead of me giving you situations and outcomes to vote on, you'll be the ones who supply the potential outcomes, and- in the interest of both fairness and keeping things