10 — Reference
Data Reference
All canonical enumeration tables consolidated in one place — pipeline layers, moons, schools, tiers, institutions, factions, ethnicities, wealth, biomes, materials, contamination grades, and more.
This document contains the canonical data tables for the Terheia pipeline. IDs are stable canonical references — use them when building programmatic tools or cross-referencing across documents. Tables use consistent column naming throughout.
Canonical Counts
canonical_counts
| Category | Count | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Moons | 5 | One per magical resonance category |
| Factions | 11 | 3 Reverie, 4 Accord, 4 Crown |
| Magic schools | 5 recognized + 1 suppressed | Divine split into two traditions; Psionic exists but is unrecognized by Accord policy |
| Magic tiers | 4 | Novice through Guru; applies to recognized schools only |
| Nodes | 47 | Subterranean; connected by underground channels |
| Cultures | 13 | Global |
| Ethnicities | 6 | Plus mixed and unspecified |
| States | 20 | Political entities |
| Institutions | 4 | Accord, Crown, Reverie + Hexe Bound (independent) |
| Magic prevalence | 25% | Of the population capable of magic |
Pipeline Layers
pipeline_layers
| ID | Name | Order | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| pipeline_01 | Cosmology | 1 | Moons and magical resonance |
| pipeline_02 | World | 2 | Geography, nodes, substrate |
| pipeline_03 | Society | 3 | States, cultures, factions, institutions |
| pipeline_04 | Infrastructure | 4 | Materials, architecture, transport, communication |
| pipeline_05 | Life | 5 | Flora, fauna, ecosystems |
| pipeline_06 | Objects | 6 | Generated world objects |
| pipeline_07 | Narrative | 7 | Story mechanics |
Moons
moons
| ID | Name | Emotional Baseline | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| moon_velquor | Velquor | Analytical detachment | Cognitive clarity and emotional distance |
| moon_namaris | Namaris | Aggression tolerance | Increased conflict endurance |
| moon_orrivane | Orrivane | Emotional contagion | Shared emotional amplification |
| moon_saelura | Saelura | Ritual stabilization | Stillness, observance, memory |
| moon_threnis | Threnis | Relational sensitivity | Grief awareness and interpersonal perception |
Magic Schools
magic_schools
This table contains officially recognized schools only. The Accord recognizes five. Psionic exists in practitioner literature and documented use — its absence from this table is the record of institutional policy, not empirical absence.
| ID | Name | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| school_elemental | Elemental | Physical manipulation | Thermal, magnetic, atmospheric control |
| school_nature | Nature | Biological manipulation | Channel healing and environmental resonance |
| school_arcane | Arcane | Structural manipulation | Mathematical substrate perception and alteration |
| school_divine_protective | Divine Protective (Restoration) | Orthodox divine | Entropy reversal, shielding, preservation |
| school_divine_necrotic | Divine Necrotic | Heterodox divine | Boundary perception and death analysis |
| (unrecognized) | Psionic | Consciousness manipulation | Operates on neural/cognitive substrate. No ID assigned. No certification pathway. Cannot constitute a recognized violation. |
Magic Tiers
magic_tiers
Applies to recognized schools only. Psionic practitioners hold no canonical tier.
| ID | Name | Rank | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| tier_novice | Novice | 1 | Basic channel perception; perception access only |
| tier_adept | Adept | 2 | Directed manipulation; most professionals operate here permanently |
| tier_master | Master | 3 | Environmental influence; multi-layer techniques; rare |
| tier_guru | Guru | 4 | Structural reality alteration; institutionally significant; sometimes classified |
Institutions
institutions
| ID | Name | Category | Philosophy | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| inst_accord | The Accord (Azure Accord) | Research | Knowledge must be controlled | Classification authority over schools and tiers; Psionic exclusion is Accord policy |
| inst_crown | The Crown (Oathbound Crown) | Governance | Truth must be simplified and enforced | Law, military, public narrative |
| inst_reverie | The Reverie (Verdant Reverie) | Cultural | Knowledge belongs to communities | Decentralized; integrates its factions |
| inst_hexe_bound | Hexe Bound | Independent | Knowledge belongs to the dead | Tolerated by all, trusted by none; sole Psionic residue detector |
Factions
factions
| ID | Name | Institution | Moons | School | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| fac_wayfarers | Wayfarers | Reverie | Saelura, Threnis | Nature | Nomadic seasonal circuits |
| fac_rooted | Rooted | Reverie | Threnis, Orrivane | Divine Protective | Settled diaspora in Crown/Accord territory |
| fac_speakers | Speakers | Reverie | Orrivane, Velquor | Arcane | Itinerant mediators; cross-institutional |
| fac_rationalists | Rationalists | Accord | Velquor | — | Dominant Accord voice; denies astrological interpretation |
| fac_theorists | Theorists | Accord | Velquor, Saelura | — | Mystical research; Rationalists consider soft |
| fac_archivists | Archivists | Accord | Saelura | — | Preservation over discovery |
| fac_reformists | Reformists | Accord | Threnis, Orrivane | — | Controlled disclosure; institutionally suppressed |
| fac_devout | Devout | Crown | Saelura* | — | *Claims interpretive authority over all five moons; no other faction recognizes this |
| fac_pragmatists | Pragmatists | Crown | Namaris | — | Faith as political instrument |
| fac_militarists | Militarists | Crown | Namaris | — | Doctrine through force |
| fac_syncretics | Syncretics | Crown | Orrivane, Threnis | — | Absorbed local traditions; Devout consider heretical |
Ethnicities
ethnicities
| ID | Name | Geographic Association |
|---|---|---|
| eth_menneske | Menneske | Northern cultures |
| eth_renlei | Renlei | Eastern cultures |
| eth_umutu | Umutu | Equatorial cultures |
| eth_tangata | Tangata | Oceanic cultures |
| eth_yamana | Yamana | Southern cultures |
| eth_unsaan | Unsaan | Mountain cultures |
Wealth Strata
wealth_strata
| ID | Name | Tier | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| wealth_prestige | Prestige | 1 | Elite wealth; institutional leadership level |
| wealth_upper | Upper | 2 | High socioeconomic; senior professional |
| wealth_baseline | Baseline | 3 | Middle class; stable professional |
| wealth_lower | Lower | 4 | Working class; constrained access |
| wealth_peripheral | Peripheral | 5 | Frontier subsistence; minimal institutional access |
Biomes
biomes
| ID | Name | Climate | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| bio_mountain | Mountain | Alpine | High elevation; deep substrate; Unsaan association |
| bio_forest | Forest | Temperate | Dense woodland; Nature school resonance |
| bio_steppe | Steppe | Dry grassland | Open plains; Elemental exposure; Yamana association |
| bio_desert | Desert | Arid | Minimal precipitation; crystal concentration |
| bio_river_valley | River valley | Fertile | Agricultural; contamination transport risk |
| bio_coastal | Coastal | Maritime | Ocean proximity; portal hub locations |
Materials
materials
| ID | Name | Category | Magical Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| mat_stone | Rune stone | Mineral | Stores magical instruction |
| mat_crystal | Crystal | Mineral | Energy storage and reservoir |
| mat_metal | Amplifier metal | Metallic | Magical conduction |
| mat_wood | Resonant wood | Organic | Nature channel alignment |
| mat_glass | Memory glass | Mineral | Magical memory retention |
| mat_linen | Woven linen | Organic | Ritual and medical use |
Transport Systems
transport_systems
| ID | Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| trans_echo_portal | Echo Portal | Rapid transit | Node-connected portal network; intercity |
| trans_airship | Airship | Aerial | Long-distance cargo and passenger; node-independent |
| trans_grand_beast | Grand Beast | Land freight | Biological heavy transport; slow, reliable |
| trans_river_barge | River Barge | Water freight | River trade; agricultural and bulk goods |
Communication Methods
communication_methods
| ID | Name | Range | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| comm_courier | Courier network | Continental | Physical message transport; highest accuracy |
| comm_rune_relay | Rune relay | Regional | Encoded magical messaging |
| comm_memory_crystal | Memory crystal | Archival | Magical information storage (not transmission) |
| comm_encoded_scroll | Encoded scroll | Secure | Ciphered written communication |
Military Units
military_units
| ID | Name | Role | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| unit_elemental | Elemental formation | Battlefield shaping | Environmental manipulation at scale |
| unit_necrotic_assessor | Necrotic assessor | Forensic | Death and contamination analysis |
| unit_nature_healer | Nature healer | Medical | Casualty stabilization; fractions technique |
| unit_portal_engineer | Portal engineer | Logistics | Portal deployment and maintenance |
Contamination Grades
contamination_grades
| ID | Grade | Channel State | Trajectory | Triage Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cg_1 | 1 | Peripheral channels; sensation disruption | Stable; no self-limiting mechanism | Low-watch |
| cg_2 | 2 | Peripheral plus early central involvement | Stable; substrate cooperating | Moderate |
| cg_3 | 3 | Central and peripheral affected | Compressing; rebuild intervals shrinking | High — a compressing grade 2 outranks a stable grade 3 |
| cg_4 | 4 | Core somatic architecture compromised | Acute; local field effect present | Critical — patient becomes secondary field source |
Object Generation Pipeline
object_generation_pipeline
| ID | Stage | Order | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| obj_01 | Moon | 1 | Cosmological emotional resonance |
| obj_02 | Biome | 2 | Geographic environment |
| obj_03 | State | 3 | Political jurisdiction |
| obj_04 | Culture | 4 | Cultural framework |
| obj_05 | Faction | 5 | Faction ritual and ideological inflection |
| obj_06 | Institution | 6 | Institutional presence |
| obj_07 | Wealth | 7 | Socioeconomic status |
| obj_08 | Ethnicity | 8 | Population identity |
| obj_09 | Material | 9 | Object construction material |
Technology–Magic Lexicon
tech_magic_lexicon
| ID | Earth Technology | Terheia Equivalent |
|---|---|---|
| tech_ledger | Ledger | Tome |
| tech_database | Database | Archive codex |
| tech_photo | Photograph | Painted portrait |
| tech_battery | Battery | Crystal reservoir |
| tech_train | Train | Portal network |
| tech_radio | Radio | Rune relay |
| tech_hospital | Hospital | Healing ward |
Cultures
cultures (Story Spine Validator enumeration)
The thirteen canonical cultures recognized in the Story Spine Validator schema. State objects must use one of these culture values.
| Culture | Notes |
|---|---|
| Khangai | Steppe tradition |
| Binh | River delta tradition |
| Kaumaio | Oceanic tradition |
| Kiagbo | Equatorial tradition |
| Wildlands | Frontier tradition |
| Aqaqbi | Desert tradition |
| Facao | Southern tradition |
| Ichiro | Eastern island tradition |
| Chizhou | Eastern continental tradition |
| Eori | Northern forest tradition |
| Kesula | Mountain tradition |
| Flost | Northern coastal tradition |
| Charvile | Western continental tradition |