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==Natural ananome== ...the same phenomena that produced the ananome in the first place (or other phenomena of like effect) may suffice to undo the physical transformation, the mental

...with similar enchantments to those that make the dreamships possible. But natural "land" occurs as well, in the shape of the [[dreamreef]]s (just "reefs" to ==Phenomena==

...hem, but they can still be victim to [[lightning]], [[disease]], and other natural maladies. However, such degrees of disfavor are hard to come by; Vlastach .... But such harvesting should be done in a way minimally disruptive to the natural surroundings, and, if possible, sustainable. Loggers who clear-cut forests

...number]]s, and the sequences comprising the rows in which each successive natural number appears in an [[interspersion]]. There are also, however, integer s ...es. It's possible to estimate the fractal dimensions of these objects and phenomena. The fractal dimension of the coastline of [[Taiwan]] has been estimated a

...sive generations. The main driving force behind biological evolution is [[natural selection]], the process by which organisms with traits that tend to make t ...selves are more or less random, however, they provide the raw materials of natural selection which discriminates between them, as organisms with mutations tha

...that arose by a process of natural [[biological evolution|evolution]] by [[natural selection]] (that is, of the universe Biota), or which has been [[transform ...in, especially of organisms) is called [[anatomy]]. The study of cyclical phenomena in life forms' behavior and life cycles is called [[chronobiology]]. [[Eto

...omy)|conjunction]]s, [[solar flare]]s, [[meteor|shooting stars]], or other phenomena can also act as triggers. This is only one category out of myriad possibil ...mary species is more common, since this is generally the form that is more natural to the turnskin, but some turnskins prefer to live as their secondary speci

...lso be defined by cyclical changes in [[enchantment]]s or [[plane|planar]] phenomena. Where there are no obvious such cycles to draw on, instead a year may be Where the year corresponds to some climatic cycle, this cycle leads to natural subdivisions, called [[season]]s. For example, many worlds (including [[Ea

...quely low area-to-volume ratio, spheres occur often in natural objects and phenomena. Of course, these spheres may not be perfect, being slightly irregular or

...obvious in nature, such as [[electricity]]—certainly electricity is natural, but outside of technological devices it's not often directly experienced i ...of technology. Magic operates, after all, by natural laws, even if those natural laws may be poorly understood by the [[mage]]s who use them, and so the cre

...form of long-term social mobility. One of Isombren's more unusual social phenomena is a form of voluntary [[slavery (Isombren)|slavery]]—that is, the wo As a rule, the Brennish take great pride in the natural beauty of their mountainous homeland, and try to reproduce that beauty on a

...sm]], of common objects and materials, of specific emotions, concepts, and phenomena. [[Territorial god]]s are common, gods who reign over specific areas, be t ...d—gods of nature, for instance, might favor secluded glades or other natural areas. More often, however, gods dwell apart from mortals, either in dista

...dialects at the ends of the sequence are mutually incomprehensible. Such phenomena notwithstanding, the definition of a language by mutual comprehensibility r Many other phenomena that can communicate ideas or information are also sometimes referred to as

...claimed by killing the previous owner; in such cases, if the owner dies a natural death, the nearest person may become the owner, or some other criterion may ...may [[spontaneous enchantment|spontaneously become enchanted]] due to some natural processes, or talismans may even be created more or less ''ex nihilo''. Th