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Retconning Daenism, the Bidar, and Geraja
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Something I forgot about are the major schools of Daenism, which may need a slight renaming – though luckily these schools are pretty undeveloped at this point, and so as with the retcon overall, this shouldn't be very disruptive.

Currently:
  • Mahayana (Wikipedia: "Great Vehicle") is Mazdayana (Old Wiki: "The Aldegarian name of the school means "Vehicle of Wisdom")
  • Theravada (Wikipedia: "School of the Elders") is Upayana (Old Wiki provides no info/etymology)
  • Zen (Wikipedia: [similar to current in-game explanation]) is Zenshō (Old Wiki: "Daênâ was initially translated as 禪那 (Chánnà, Zenna, Seongna), later simplified as 禪 (Chán/Zen/Seong)")
  • Vajrayana (Wikipedia: "Diamond Vehicle or Thunderbolt Vehicle") has no equivalent.
As always, I am open to any name proposal, but this is my proposal for Pali/Sanskrit names for these schools if Daenism is to be moved to Vascania (and thus cannot be Aldegarian/Avestan):
  • Mahayana (Mazdayana) = Maitrayana ("Benevolent Vehicle")
  • Theravada (Upayana) = Thanavada ("Foundational School")
  • Zenshō can remain the same.
  • Vajrayana (unnamed) = Vasiyana ("Vehicle of Mastery/Power")
Other in-game forms of Daenism, or Daenism-adjacent religions, do not need to be renamed (i.e. Sundarat Dharma, Xsampan Daenism, Tenshism, Seongyo, Sindo-Daenism, etc.). Regional forms of Daenism generally should just be referred to as such: Yingdalan Daenism, Kimlienese Daenism, Hanzai Daenism, Kyo Daenism, etc.

Should also just note that, with permission and should this retcon be approved, I'm happy to work on this religion generally, as I seem to be the most interested in it... Happy to make wiki articles and so on, just give me the green light lol.
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RE: Retconning Daenism, the Bidar, and Geraja - by Wu Han - 06-02-2026, 08:14 AM