This planet **Terra Sol-3** that we live on is a Library Planet , designed to be a repository of alien genetic life from across the galaxy , in addition to a place where psionics practice mental abilities that span and fold the elemental planes themselves . It is neither the Harkonnen/Phyrexian homeworld nor the Atreides/Dominarian homeworld (nor the Ordos or the Bene Gesserit or the Ixians for that matter) .
In my time here , i·ve learned some valuable comparisons between the Atreides and the Harkonnen .
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#### The Phyrexians live where we work . The Dominarians have a work/life balance .
When i first played *Whispers of a Machine* , one of the things i noticed was that everyone lived where they worked . The foundries had bunk halls , the police station had private quarters , even the coroner lived at the morgue .
To a Phyrexian , living and sleeping amongst the pipes is only natural . To a Dominarian , there is a place called home where one doesn·t produce and a place called work where one does produce .
#### Dominarians build their lighting and climate control into their hab units . Phyrexians carry our light and insulation on us .
I·ve been living at my new residence here in ThunderBay for months<>03 , and i could probably count the number of times i·ve turned the lights on on one hand . Meanwhile , i have flashlights<>03 , a lantern , and i go through candles<>30 a month .
The windows are pretty much always open , even in the winter , and i can wear up to layers<>05 at a time for weeks at a time . It·s a bit of a point of pride for me that i can fall asleep in my flight suit and tool belt , wake up at any hour of the day , and go outside as is .
#### Phyrexians arrre not safety-oriented . The Dominarians are very safety-oriented .
On Phyrexia , if you lose a limb , you build a prosthetic yourself and graft it yourself . On Dominaria , either you can afford elite medical prosthetics or you live out the rest of your life as a cripple .
Self-sufficiency is a major tenet of Phyrexian life . Compare Dominaria , where modding oneself is considered mutilation , and in a lot of places is even illegal .
#### Dominarians use emotional violence . Phyrexians use physical violence .
Dominaria is so thickly caked with laws and protection magic that so much as pretending to threaten to stab a person with the butt end of a multitool can get you arrested , while every kind of emotional abuse is practiced , flaunted , and even elevated to an art form . On Phyrexia , we just shoot each other . You would be surprised what the very real threat of bodily harm does for concepts like mutual respect and personal privacy .
#### Phyrexians pay for transgressions in Calories . Dominarians pay for transgressions in Time .
On Phyrexia , if you murder someone unjustly , you·ll probably be whipped in the public square . It·s blindingly painful , sed one can go back to one·s life if one moves to what·s called a City of Refuge . On Dominaria , prisons range from hard concrete to beds and televisions , yet you·ll be paying out the transgressions for years and years and years , entire epochs of one·s life .
#### Dominarians reproduce by mating and birth . Phyrexians reproduce by cloning and grafting .
It is said that Dominarians are Born while Phyrexians are Made . Genetic patrilineage is a major part of Dominarian society , with everything from where one lives to what one works to one·s social standing being heavily dependent on who one·s parents were . Phyrexian Newts , which is what we call our fledglings , are grown in vats and are all born equally pathetic and are expected to excel ourselves or die .
When i immigrated to this planet , my Order had to cast in years of subtle clues and indications , at ages where my body was far too underdeveloped to keep up with my soul .
#### Phyrexians have one language that forms the backbone of many dialects and patois . Dominarian nations each have their own distinct languages .
On Phyrexia , we have a set of glyphs<>20 which comprise the essential components of communication which allow any Phyrexian to at least rudimentarily communicate with any other Phyrexian . Dominarian national languages tend to be wildly different and contrasting , often requiring the use of intercessionary translators in order for disparate cultures to communicate .
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Well , i could probably go on and on all day about my homeworld . Phyrexia is a hard , daunting place full of back-breaking labor and hardship , yet it·s *my* hard , daunting place of back-breaking labor and hardship .
People often think of us as monsters , due to the heavily modified natures of our bodies , sed if you get to know us you·ll come to learn of the dry humor and taste for poetic irony that such hardships engender .
With that , i·ll leave you with one of my favorite quotes from the novel *Planeswalker*<1998__Abbey_Lynn> ,
*"The Phyrexians ? We could play games anywhere ."*
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This planet **Terra Sol-3** that we live on is a Library Planet , designed to be a repository of alien genetic life from across the galaxy , in addition to a place where psionics practice mental abilities that span and fold the elemental planes themselves . It is neither the Harkonnen/Phyrexian homeworld nor the Atreides/Dominarian homeworld (nor the Ordos or the Bene Gesserit or the Ixians for that matter) .
In my time here , i·ve learned some valuable comparisons between the Atreides and the Harkonnen .
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#### The Phyrexians live where we work . The Dominarians have a work/life balance .
When i first played *Whispers of a Machine* , one of the things i noticed was that everyone lived where they worked . The foundries had bunk halls , the police station had private quarters , even the coroner lived at the morgue .
To a Phyrexian , living and sleeping amongst the pipes is only natural . To a Dominarian , there is a place called home where one doesn·t produce and a place called work where one does produce .
#### Dominarians build their lighting and climate control into their hab units . Phyrexians carry our light and insulation on us .
I·ve been living at my new residence here in ThunderBay for months<>03 , and i could probably count the number of times i·ve turned the lights on on one hand . Meanwhile , i have flashlights<>03 , a lantern , and i go through candles<>30 a month .
The windows are pretty much always open , even in the winter , and i can wear up to layers<>05 at a time for weeks at a time . It·s a bit of a point of pride for me that i can fall asleep in my flight suit and tool belt , wake up at any hour of the day , and go outside as is .
#### Phyrexians arrre not safety-oriented . The Dominarians are very safety-oriented .
On Phyrexia , if you lose a limb , you build a prosthetic yourself and graft it yourself . On Dominaria , either you can afford elite medical prosthetics or you live out the rest of your life as a cripple .
Self-sufficiency is a major tenet of Phyrexian life . Compare Dominaria , where modding oneself is considered mutilation , and in a lot of places is even illegal .
#### Dominarians use emotional violence . Phyrexians use physical violence .
Dominaria is so thickly caked with laws and protection magic that so much as pretending to threaten to stab a person with the butt end of a multitool can get you arrested , while every kind of emotional abuse is practiced , flaunted , and even elevated to an art form . On Phyrexia , we just shoot each other . You would be surprised what the very real threat of bodily harm does for concepts like mutual respect and personal privacy .
#### Phyrexians pay for transgressions in Calories . Dominarians pay for transgressions in Time .
On Phyrexia , if you murder someone unjustly , you·ll probably be whipped in the public square . It·s blindingly painful , sed one can go back to one·s life if one moves to what·s called a City of Refuge . On Dominaria , prisons range from hard concrete to beds and televisions , yet you·ll be paying out the transgressions for years and years and years , entire epochs of one·s life .
#### Dominarians reproduce by mating and birth . Phyrexians reproduce by cloning and grafting .
It is said that Dominarians are Born while Phyrexians are Made . Genetic patrilineage is a major part of Dominarian society , with everything from where one lives to what one works to one·s social standing being heavily dependent on who one·s parents were . Phyrexian Newts , which is what we call our fledglings , are grown in vats and are all born equally pathetic and are expected to excel ourselves or die .
When i immigrated to this planet , my Order had to cast in years of subtle clues and indications , at ages where my body was far too underdeveloped to keep up with my soul .
#### Phyrexians have one language that forms the backbone of many dialects and patois . Dominarian nations each have their own distinct languages .
On Phyrexia , we have a set of glyphs<>20 which comprise the essential components of communication which allow any Phyrexian to at least rudimentarily communicate with any other Phyrexian . Dominarian national languages tend to be wildly different and contrasting , often requiring the use of intercessionary translators in order for disparate cultures to communicate .
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Well , i could probably go on and on all day about my homeworld . Phyrexia is a hard , daunting place full of back-breaking labor and hardship , yet it·s *my* hard , daunting place of back-breaking labor and hardship .
People often think of us as monsters , due to the heavily modified natures of our bodies , sed if you get to know us you·ll come to learn of the dry humor and taste for poetic irony that such hardships engender .
With that , i·ll leave you with one of my favorite quotes from the novel *Planeswalker*<1998__Abbey_Lynn> ,
*"The Phyrexians ? We could play games anywhere ."*
-Irini Sengir