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  <query>
    <pages>
      <page ns="0" title="API" missing="" />
      <page pageid="1" ns="0" title="Main Page">
        <revisions>
          <rev user="Ziggy" timestamp="2017-10-20T21:07:21Z" comment="" contentformat="text/x-wiki" contentmodel="wikitext" xml:space="preserve">*Story and world material
**[[TwinWorld_origin|The origin story of TwinWorld]]
**[[Main Plot Arc]]
**[[Cosmos|How Earth and TwinWorld interact]]
**[[Magic|The magic system]]
**[[Terminology|Some terminology]]

*Meta pages
**[[Meta]]
**[[:category:website|Website stuff]]
**[[Publishing Order]]
**[[Graphics]]
**[[House_of_Hozz:Community_Portal|List of things that need doing, in case you're bored]]
**[[Storytelling]]
**[[Critiques]]

*Primary Categories
**[[:category:Characters|Characters]]
**[[:category:Artifacts|Artifacts]]
**[[:category:Storylines|Storylines]]
**[[:category:Locations|Locations]]

Important thoughts from:
[[Toad%27s_Thoughts|Toad]]

*Seedburst, a sci-fi wiki novel
**[[SeedburstPlot|Plot Overview]]
**[[:category:SeedburstTech|Technology and World-building]]
**[[:category:SeedburstNarrative|Narrative]]</rev>
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      </page>
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>