Open Questions

Overview

This page collects all the questions that need to be resolved as development continues. Use this as a working checklist.

Characters

Names Needed

Character	Current Status	Notes
The TV Commentator	TBD	Working options: Marcus, Eli, Solomon, Victor
Luden’s bond-brother	TBD	His death is pivotal
The Architect’s true name	TBD	Should land like tragedy
The Instrument’s true name	TBD	Should land like tragedy
The Emissary	TBD	Watcher in human guise
The [Original Name] species	TBD	What Watchers were called before
The Sovereign	TBD	Philosopher Monarch
Specific Ordermasters	TBD	Need names for all five

Character Decisions

Question	Options	Notes
Which Thirteen member is POV?	Ordermaster / Lord Commander	Recommend: Lord Commander who voted against coverup
True Believer background?	Convert for love / Dying / Ideological	Recommend: Converted for love
Who is the mole?	TBD	Which Order? Living or reanimated?
Luden’s original Order?	One of the four	Before becoming Exemplar
Bond-brother’s Order?	Probably Current	The spiritual connection suggests

The Orders

Question	Current Status
Ordermaster names (all five)?	TBD
Headquarters names?	TBD
Ceremonial colors/symbols?	TBD
How many Knights in each Order?	TBD
What happened to the sixth Order?	TBD

World Building

Question	Current Status
Galactic currency name?	TBD
Capital world/system name?	TBD
How many worlds in civilization?	TBD
Calendar system?	TBD
Primary Linkstone sources?	TBD
Prominent alien species?	TBD

The Watchers

Question	Current Status
Original species name?	TBD
What do they look like?	TBD
Specific role in pre-war civilization?	TBD
The lullaby title?	TBD
Original lyrics (any)?	TBD
Do they stay after the war?	TBD

The Enemy

Question	Current Status
The Architect’s physical form?	TBD
Where are they located during trilogy?	TBD
Is the Instrument reanimated or living?	TBD
What drove the Architect to this philosophy?	TBD
Can Reanimated ever be freed?	TBD

The Pact

Question	Current Status
What is the Sovereign’s sacrifice specifically?	TBD
Who is “the child of the threshold”?	Possibly True Believer POV
Where is “where worlds touch”?	TBD
How does the weapon actually work?	TBD
What does the signal look/sound like?	TBD

Story Structure

Question	Current Status
First or third person?	Recommend: Third limited
Word count targets per book?	TBD
Trilogy title?	”Matters of Life & Death”? Or different?
Are the book titles final?	The Deadman’s Call, The Watcher’s Song, The Herald’s Cry

The Beacon Scene

Question	Current Status
What planet is the cave on?	TBD
How did Luden get there?	TBD
How did the bond-brother die?	TBD
What does the beacon look like specifically?	TBD
What does the mark on Luden’s neck look like?	TBD
What does the mark do?	TBD

Miscellaneous

Question	Current Status
Can civilians use any of the technology?	TBD
How are new gestures discovered?	TBD
The ritual song’s name?	TBD
What’s in the Abyss (deepest Archive level)?	TBD
What are the primary trade goods?	TBD

Recently Resolved

Move questions here once resolved, with the answer:

Question	Answer	Date Resolved
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