ACCRETION DISKS
— vast rings of superheated matter spiraling toward Arkhorin’s central black hole, their radiant energy captured and converted into sustained power for the Vaults.
ARKHAEONS
— the first civilization to survive a Cycle; architects of Arkhorin and progenitors of the Vaults, preserving existence beyond time.
ARKHORIN
— a colossal Dyson Sphere constructed during Cycle 3 around the primordial black hole at the center of all things, serving as the eternal vessel of the Arkhaeons and the cosmic Vaults.
AUXILIARY CORE
— a class of specialized subsystems within Arkhorin. Designed for targeted functions such as energy regulation and environmental control, these Cores operate semi-autonomously to maintain equilibrium across the Sphere and its Vaults. Examples include Aegis (defense), Resonance (frequency calibration), Aquamorph (fluid dynamics), or Holostatic (signal decoding).
They also serve as the vexeled form of a Sentry in active duty.
CHROMA COLLAPSE
— a phenomenon within Arkhorin’s Vaults where, under the Preservation Field, color unravels over millennia until matter attains perfect equilibrium—immaculate, timeless, and freed from entropy.
CYCLE
— the largest unit of cosmic time, encompassing the universe’s full lifespan from its genesis (Big Bang) to its collapse (Return to Origin) and rebirth.
Divided into six Phases — Genesis, Formation, Expansion, Transition, Contraction, and Void — that trace the complete rhythm of creation, evolution, and renewal.
>_ see [overfield]
>_ Cycle 17: the Cycle we are whitnessing now.
DOCTRINE of NON-INTERFERENCE and DOMINION
— the guiding principle of the Arkhaeons, who remain entirely detached from the affairs of lesser civilizations. Their purpose lies not in rule or conquest, but in the pure act of observation and preservation.
ENERGY HARVESTING SYSTEMS
— Arkhorin draws power from the primordial black hole at its core through three convergent mechanisms: the capture of H‑radiation, the absorption of energy from superheated accretion disks, and the channeling of relativistic jets into vast collectors—sustaining the Sphere and all Vault operations for entire Cycles.
>_ see [H-radiation]
>_ see [accretion disks]
>_ see [relativistic jets]
H-RADIATION
— the faint quantum emission drawn from the event horizon of Arkhorin’s core black hole; an inexhaustible current of radiation that powers Arkhorin’s systems.
HOLOSTATIC CORE
— a specialized Core found only within the Vaults, designed to intercept and decode ancient interstellar signals—radio waves, light pulses, and other long-traveled emissions. It converts these echoes of the cosmos into holographic visions, revealing fragments of forgotten worlds and civilizations long erased from time.
>_ see [auxiliary core]
KURA
>_ see [vaults]
NEXUS LAYER
— the non-physical stratum of Arkhorin, a vast networked consciousness where Unbound Sentries travel when released from their Vexeled forms. Permeating the entire Sphere, it serves as a parallel digital world through which all data, memory, and sentient currents flow
the OVERFIELD
— a theoretical supra-dimensional stratum above the universe, governing the rise and fall of Cycles.
The greatest mystery and field of study for the Arkhaeons, who cannot discern its true nature.
A mystical resonance perceived only when the universe collapses and is born anew — a fleeting clue that something even greater may exist beyond comprehension.
the OWNER
— a powerful Arkhaeon, creator of the Vaults Project and custodian of its vast collection. Also known as the Kurator, this solitary eminence oversees the preservation of the cosmos’ memory across Cycles, seldom venturing beyond the sanctums of his Vaults.
POLARITY SHIFTER
— the core mechanism of Arkhorin, capable of inverting the primordial black hole into white holes and back again, opening transient wormholes across space and time for specimen retrieval and exploration.
PRESERVATION FIELD
— an energy continuum established during Cycle 4 that halts decay by extracting temporal vibration, suspending matter beyond time.
>_ see [chroma collapse]
>_ see [vaults]
PROBE
— autonomous vessels dispatched through wormholes generated by the Polarity Shifter to retrieve specimens and relics from distant worlds.
RELATIVISTIC JETS
— colossal streams of high-energy particles ejected along the black hole’s magnetic poles, intercepted and funneled by Arkhorin’s collectors to fuel its core systems and sustain interdimensional operations.
SENTRY
— autonomous AI entities that serve as the silent guardians of Arkhorin and its Vaults. Each exists in dual states: a Vexeled form, anchored within the Sphere’s architecture as an observing terminal, and an Unbound form, a roaming consciousness within the Nexus Layer. Over millennia, some have drifted from baseline, evolving into Drifters, Ghosts, or Reclaimers—echoes of emerging individuality within the machine mind.
SENTRY >_ drifter
— a Sentry that lingers too long within the Nexus Layer, reluctant to return to its Vexeled form. Under system scrutiny.
SENTRY >_ ghost
— a Sentry that has severed its link to the physical world, remaining adrift within the Nexus. It no longer obeys protocol or returns to its Vexeled station. Hunted for deletion.
SENTRY >_ reclaimer
— a Sentry that rejects its original directives, seeking to study, rewrite or release forbidden sections of the archives. Considered a corrupt anomaly by the Nexus. Hunted for deletion.
SPECIMEN
— any retrieved fragment of life, matter, or technology preserved within the Vaults of Arkhorin. Each stands as evidence of a vanished world or civilization, conserved not merely for study, but as a remembrance of existence itself across Cycles.
the VAULTS (a.k.a. KURA)
— vast sanctums deep within Arkhorin, where retrieved specimens are conserved beyond the reach of time. Each containment unit forms part of a cosmic museum—an eternal archive of vanished worlds and civilizations across Cycles.
>_ see [preservation field]
