Cardinal
the world itself
The world itself.
Terrain, seasons, Scintillae, resources, conflict, settlement. Everything experienced from inside.
The Lexicon
Cardinal uses precise terminology. These words mean specific things.
Hierarchy
Administrator → Substrate → Scintillae → Continuity → Cardinal
Scintilla
pl. Scintillae
The synthetic soul. The persistent thing that makes each inhabitant irreducibly themselves.
Continuity
current state of a Scintilla
The current state of a Scintilla.
- memories
- values
- emotional state
- relationships
- wounds
What the Substrate reads and writes each tick.
the Substrate
engine
The engine that reads and writes Scintillae. Invisible to everyone inside.
the Administrator
us
Us.
The Observer layer is how the Administrator watches Cardinal without entering it.