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|range                  = Cwej: The Series
|range                  = Cwej: The Series
|series in range        = Down the Middle (anthology)
|anthology              = Down the Middle (anthology)
|series number in range = 1
|series number in range = 1
|number in series      = 16
|number in series      = 16
|image                  = The Ursine Brood (short story).jpg
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|main character        = [[Chris Cwej]]
|main character        = [[Chris Cwej]]
|featuring              = [[Ursine Brood]]
|enemy                  =  
|enemy                  =  
|setting                =  
|setting                = [[Cwejopolis]], [[Planet of the Ursine Brood]]
|writer                = [[Gerard Power]]
|writer                = Gerard Power
|editor                = [[Hunter O'Connell]]
|editor                = [[Hunter O'Connell]]
|publisher              = Arcbeatle Press
|publisher              = Arcbeatle Press
|illustrator            = [[Kern McCarthy]]
|illustrator            = [[Kern McCarthy]]
|release date          = [[28 October (releases)|28 October]] [[2020 (releases)|2020]]
|release date          = 28 October 2020
|series                = ''[[Cwej: The Series]]''
|series                = ''[[Cwej: The Series]]''
|prev                  = The Eternal (short story)
|prev                  = The Eternal (short story)
|next                  = The Trauma Deception (short story)
|next                  = The Trauma Deception (short story)
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the sixteenth short story in ''[[Down the Middle (anthology)|Down the Middle]]''.
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the sixteenth short story in ''[[Down the Middle (anthology)|Down the Middle]]''. It marked a turning point in the anthology's narrative, beginning a sequence of connected stories which close the book.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Chris Cwej]]
* [[Chris Cwej]]
''to be completed''
* [[Larles]]
* [[Kwol]]
* The [[Ursine Brood]]
* [[Cwej-Ursa]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
''to be added''
* Cwej is supposed to go an adventure at the [[Gowlbone Castle]] on the inner surface of the [[Omnium Sphere]] in the [[51st century]], in which a washed-up [[Cwej (species)|Cwej]] has to rescue [[Bicktöv the Millionth]] from the [[Primordial Liberation Front]].
* Larles and Kwol's abstract sculpture of the [[Grigori Goddess]] resembles a large 3D [[asterisk]].
* Chris knows of some Cwejen who have deserted, including one who became a [[DJ]] on [[Thoros Minor]].
* One [[Cwej-Plus]] becomes a [[preacher]] for Ursa.
* The [[Superior]]s' initial production of the Cwejen had consumed a literally infinite military budget, with [[tetradimensional diffraction comb]]s specially bred and even skilled [[Temporal Engineering|temporal engineers]] retroactively conceived specifically for the project.
* The Superiors have [[TARDIS Graveyards|specialist shipbreakers to euthanise timeships]] once they become senile or defective.
* When he was very young, Chris had had a beloved [[teddy bear]].


== Story notes ==
== Story notes ==
* An online-exclusive illustration for the story was created by artist [[Kern McCarthy]] and released through the series's official Facebook page.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/chris.cwej.series/photos/a.119461952893492/138215724351448</ref>
* An online-exclusive illustration for the story was created by artist [[Kern McCarthy]] and released through the series's official Facebook page.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/chris.cwej.series/photos/a.119461952893492/138215724351448</ref>
* In-line with the story's religious themes, [[Cwej-Ursa]]'s final regeneration resembles an {{W|Ophanim}}.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
* Chris is aware that one [[Cwej (species)|Cwej]] ran off to start a family in [[New New York]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Gridlock (TV story)|Gridlock]]'')
* [[The Vicinity]] was "[[Matrix data slice|caesarean-sliced]]" ([[TV]]: ''[[Dark Water (TV story)|Dark Water]]'') from the [[Superior]]s' "[[The Matrix|great mother-computer]]" ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Toy Story (short story)|Toy Story]]'') which is made of [[crystal]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Nth Doctor]]'', ''[[The V Cwejes (short story)|The V Cwejes]]'')
* Chris and other [[Cwejen]] possess low level [[psychic power]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[SLEEPY (novel)|SLEEPY]]'', et al.)
* Ursa arrived on the planet in a crashed "[[Type 70|70-Form]]" [[mother-engine|timeship]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Embrace the Darkness (audio story)|Embrace the Darkness]]'', et al.) which resembles a gray metallic cylinder without its [[Chameleon circuit|camouflage unit]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]'')
* A 70-form is an outdated model from Chris' perspective. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'')
* [[Mother-engine|The crashed timeship]] has its [[dimensional transcendentalism]] leaking. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]'')
* Chris analogizes the [[Ursine Brood]] as a "[[Faction Paradox|Faction Christopher]]" to the "[[Great House|Little House of Cwejes]]". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'')
* In preparation for the mass production of the Cwejen, Superior occultists used the surviving "[[Black Scrolls of Rassilon|black scrolls]]" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'') to invoke the aid of entities from the [[Old Time]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Guide to the Dark Times (short story)|The Guide to the Dark Times]]'', et al.)
* Chris speculates that [[Cwej-Ursa]]'s long process of [[regeneration]] was influenced by traces of the [[bear]] [[body bepple]] he'd had for a few months as a young man. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Original Sin (novel)|Original Sin]]'')
* Chris' trauma from this story continues into [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Trauma Deception (short story)|The Trauma Deception]]''.


== External links ==
== External links ==
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The Ursine Brood was the sixteenth short story in Down the Middle. It marked a turning point in the anthology's narrative, beginning a sequence of connected stories which close the book.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Story notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • An online-exclusive illustration for the story was created by artist Kern McCarthy and released through the series's official Facebook page.[1]
  • In-line with the story's religious themes, Cwej-Ursa's final regeneration resembles an Ophanim.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/chris.cwej.series/photos/a.119461952893492/138215724351448
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