Gender and Pronouns

This is a list of all genders that appear in Genders.xml and their associated pronouns. Pronouns not associated with a specific gender are pulled from PronounSets.xml. A table is provided to understand what each row is used for in the context of language.

Plural	Is actually multiple entities. (Pseudo-plural is not truely plural)
Person Term	What one of this gender is referred to.
Immature Term	What an immature/young person of this gender is called.
Formal Term	What you politely call someone of this gender.
Offspring Term	What the offspring of this gender are called.
Sibling Term	What a sibling of this gender is referred to.
Parent Term	What a parent of this gender is called.

Subjective	"She went to Grit Gate."
Objective	"You are water-bonded with him."
Possessive Adjective	"Her Issachar rifle rusted."
Substantive Possessive	"Kindrish is hers."
Reflexive	"He can only blame himself for eating the Cloaca Surprise."
Pseudo-Plural	"Sam needs to drink some water because they are dehydrated." vs. "Sam needs to drink some water because she is dehydrated."

Genders

Neuter

Default Pronouns: It/its

Plural	no
Person term	human
Immature Person term	child
Formal Address term	friend
Offspring term	child
Sibling term	sib
Parent term	progenitor

Note: This gender uses the bare indicative, so these terms will never be called, preferring to refer to the object as "it" instead.

Neuter character of note: Euclid

Neuter-exclusive creatures of note: mimic, pulsed field magnet, memory eater, decarbonizer, galgal

Base gender for: Insects, Crabs, Fish, Spiders, Clams, Worms, Star Krakens, Urchins

Nonspecific

Default Pronouns: They/Them/Their

Plural	no
Person term	human
Immature Person term	child
Formal Address term	friend
Offspring term	child
Sibling term	sib
Parent term	progenitor

Nonspecific characters of note: Neek, Shem -1, Mayor Haddas, Warden Une, Rainwater Shomer

Male

Default pronouns: He/Him/His

Plural	no
Person term	man
Immature Person term	boy
Formal Address term	friend
Offspring term	son
Sibling term	brother
Parent term	father

Male character of note: Saad Amus, the Sky-Bear

Male-exclusive creatures of note: boar, apple farmer

Female

Default pronouns: She/Her

Plural	no
Person term	woman
Immature Person term	girl
Formal Address term	friend
Offspring term	daughter
Sibling term	sister
Parent term	mother

Female character of note: Tillifergaewicz

Female-exclusive creatures of note: snailmother, fire ant queen, miner Mk I II III, apple farmer's daughter

Base gender for: Miners

Plural

Default Pronouns: Plural/They/Them/Their

Plural	yes
Person term	people
Immature Person term	children
Formal Address term	friends
Offspring term	children
Sibling term	sibs
Parent term	progenitors

Plural-exclusive creatures of note: prism perch

Collective

Default Pronouns: Plural/They/Them/Their

Plural	yes
Person term	humans
Immature Person term	children
Formal Address term	friends
Offspring term	children
Sibling term	sibs
Parent term	progenitors

Males

Default Pronouns: Plural/They/Them/Their

Plural	yes
Person term	men
Immature Person term	boys
Formal Address term	friends
Offspring term	sons
Sibling term	brothers
Parent term	fathers

Females

Default Pronouns: Plural/They/Them/Their

Plural	yes
Person term	women
Immature Person term	girls
Formal Address term	friends
Offspring term	daughters
Sibling term	sisters
Parent term	mothers

Females characters of note: Wardens Esther

Hindren Male

Default Pronouns: He/Him/His

Plural	no
Person term	man
Immature Person term	faun
Formal Address term	buck
Offspring term	son
Sibling term	brother
Parent term	father

Hindren Male characters of note: Kesehind, Angohind

Hindren Female

Default Pronouns: She/Her

Plural	no
Person term	woman
Immature Person term	faun
Formal Address term	my doe
Offspring term	daughter
Sibling term	sister
Parent term	mother

Hindren Female character of note: Agate Severance Star

Hartind

Default pronouns: They/Them/Their

Plural	no
Person term	hartind
Immature Person term	faun
Formal Address term	hartind
Offspring term	child
Sibling term	sibling
Parent term	parent

Hartind character of note: Lulihart, hindren pariah

Elverson

Default pronouns: Ey/Em/Eir

Plural	no
Person term	person
Immature Person term	child
Formal Address term	friend
Offspring term	child
Sibling term	sibling
Parent term	parent

Elverson character of note: Vivira

Base gender for: Mopango

Pronouns

It/Its

Subjective	it
Objective	it
Possessive Adjective	its
Substantive Possessive	its
Reflexive	itself
Pseudo-plural	no

They/Them/Their

Subjective	they
Objective	them
Possessive Adjective	their
Substantive Possessive	theirs
Reflexive	themself
Pseudo-plural	yes

Plural/They/Them/Their

Subjective	they
Objective	them
Possessive Adjective	their
Substantive Possessive	theirs
Reflexive	themselves
Pseudo-plural	no

He/Him/His

Subjective	he
Objective	him
Possessive Adjective	his
Substantive Possessive	his
Reflexive	himself
Pseudo-plural	no

Character of note that uses He/Him/His: Oboroqoru, Ape God

She/Her

Subjective	she
Objective	her
Possessive Adjective	her
Substantive Possessive	hers
Reflexive	herself
Pseudo-plural	no

Characters of note that use She/Her: Q Girl, Yla Haj

Ey/Em/Eir

Subjective	ey
Objective	em
Possessive Adjective	eir
Substantive Possessive	eirs
Reflexive	emself
Pseudo-plural	no

Sie/Hir

Subjective	sie
Objective	hir
Possessive Adjective	hir
Substantive Possessive	hirs
Reflexive	hirself
Pseudo-plural	no

Xe/Xem/Xyr

Subjective	xe
Objective	xem
Possessive Adjective	xyr
Substantive Possessive	xyrs
Reflexive	xemself
Pseudo-plural	no

Characters of note that use Xe/Xem/Xyr: Asphodel, Earl of Omonporch, Sixshrew, Frondzie

Ze/Zir

Subjective	ze
Objective	zir
Possessive Adjective	zir
Substantive Possessive	zirs
Reflexive	zirself
Pseudo-plural	no

Trivia

• There is an option in the code which allows newly animated objects (from Spray-a-Brain or a nano-neuro animator) to generate an entirely new neogender and neopronouns, but it is currently disabled.

• Oboroqoru, Ape God uses He/Him pronouns, but has a unique gender not listed in Genders.xml:

Person Term	god
Immature Person term	godling
Formal Address term	lord
Offspring term	Son
Sibling term	Brother
Parent term	Father