Dylon

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The Dylon were a prominent species-nation in the Oburron and Jenner paracosm who were notable for being able to wield a limited form of magic. The species originated in summer 2014 imaginative play/proto-larping between Kerry and his younger brother, who insisted on creating a character with magic despite BHH otherwise being a science fiction universe. The Dylon were the dominant power in a region of the universe called Magitown and important local allies to the Evon.

Kerry's younger brother named the Dylon after a brand of fabric dye. Ergo, the shared "-on" ending with the Evon was a coincidence, though the Unlon and Telephonion were later named by Kerry to continue the pattern. Like the Evon, who before mid-2016 used the ad hoc "language" now known as Skovajan, the Dylon had an ad hoc conlang. One word survives, albeit transcribed in Evonian spelling: the name Inioluae (ee-nee-oh-LOO-uh), meaning something like "brave warrior", with the right to use this name being awarded to the Evon after they killed a Dalek. It was customary for outsiders to address any Dylon as "Mr Dylon" and not to ask their names.

The word "Dylon" persisted as the name of a species-nation in the background lore of the Acteriendian BHH roleplays but most of the details about the species had been erased from the canon when magic was removed.