The Ascension
How it works · The Game
- This is
- Rule or definition
- Part of
- The Game
- Status
- Public record
The record keeps eight standings. One rises through them by recorded proof and by nothing else.
NPC. Awakened. Player. Knight. Vanguard. Guardian. Architect. Sovereign.
The thresholds are fixed: 0, 0, 20, 540, 3,240, 10,340, 24,840, 50,490. From Guardian, a hand may issue actions to others. What lies past Sovereign is not yet cut into the record.
ANNEX A · WHAT A STANDING MEASURES
A standing measures accepted proof. It does not measure reach, seniority, agreement, talent, or proximity to the founder. A hand can be widely watched and remain at zero. A quiet hand can rise one witnessed act at a time.
ANNEX B · DISTRIBUTED AUTHORITY
Guardian is the first threshold at which the record grants a player power over the action layer. The authority is specific: issue actions to others. It is not ownership of another hand, immunity from witness, or control of the Chronicle.
CARRIED FORWARD
Sovereign is the last filed standing. PAST SOVEREIGN remains a designation without a threshold, holder, or promise. The record will not invent one to complete the staircase.