ONTOLOGICAL GLOSSARY
Four Fractions
1. Outer God
Ontological Category:
Non-conceptual / pre-conceptual
Not:
a being
a personal entity
a conscious will
an ideological symbol
a personification of force
Is:
A form of existence that precedes concepts, incapable of being fully represented by language, value, or systems of meaning.
The Outer God does not possess concepts.
It is the condition in which concepts fail to form.
2. Four Fractions
Ontological Category:
Meta-conceptual / structure of fragmented meaning
Not:
personal gods
a cosmic race
individuals
a source of truth
absolute entities
Is:
Four modes of fragmentation within conceptual reality following the failure of singular meaning.
The Four Fractions are the way the universe survives after unity collapses.
They still exist within concepts, yet are aware of their limitations.
3. Gods of Fractions
Ontological Category:
Reflective conceptual entities
Not:
absolute creators
pure cosmic will
Outer Gods
metaphysical solutions
Is:
The manifestations of awareness within each Fraction.
They are not the source of fragmentation, but the consciousness of fragmentation itself.
They hold power, yet no longer believe they are the answer.
4. The Story
Ontological Category:
Meta-ontological / guardian of continuity
Not:
a literal author
a personal God
an omniscient narrator
a ruler of outcomes
Is:
The principle that preserves the continuity of meaning without imposing meaning.
The Story does not recreate reality—it preserves reality's livability.
It stands between will and life.
5. The Writing (Anastasia)
Ontological Category:
Local ontogenesis / point of initial actualization
Not:
a cosmic symbol
a metaphysical instrument
an avatar of The Story
the center of universal meaning
Is:
The first actualization of the world in the form of concrete life.
The Writing is not the explanation of the world, but the reason the world begins.
It is a beginning without a claim to truth.
6. Imperium Xenomorp
Ontological Category:
Instrumental expansive structure
Not:
absolute evil
a metaphysical antagonist
a cosmic entity
Is:
A system that converts existence into function.
The Imperium exists as long as expansion is considered valuable.
It is aware that even growth has limits.
7. Cicatrix Apertum
Ontological Category:
Post-traumatic condition of reality
Not:
an event
a place
an object
Is:
The state of the world after the wound stops bleeding but never fully closes.
Cicatrix apertum is the structural memory of reality.
Not healing—but the integration of the wound.
8. War
Ontological Category:
A recurring process without final purpose
Not:
a meaningful conflict
a path toward resolution
an instrument of justice
Is:
The continuation of action after reasons collapse.
War persists because the structure of the world has not found a way to stop.
9. Meaning
Ontological Category:
Local, temporary construct
Not:
universal truth
the foundation of reality
an eternal principle
Is:
Something chosen, not discovered.
Meaning is only true to the subject that bears it.
10. Small Lives (Anastasia, Elita, Seraphine)
Ontological Category:
Concrete non-instrumental existence
Not:
symbols
allegories
cosmic ethical boundaries
Is:
Lives that continue without becoming claims of meaning.
Their existence is passive resistance against totalization.
11. The Universe
Ontological Category:
A system of consistent uncertainty
Not:
just
inherently meaningful
fully repairable
Is:
Something consistent within its own uncertainty.
The universe does not judge—it simply continues.