Archivolt Fenraeth is a mobile archive guardian born from systemic conflict, balancing automation and justice, stabilizing failures, shielding privacy, and defending fairness across dynamic knowledge systems
Archivolt Fenraeth, known by the common title The Dual-Spark Warden, is classified as a High-Throughput Archive Guardian. It is said to manifest in the deepest layers of Grand Archives, where records are not simply stored but continuously revised, debated, and defended.
| Size | |
|---|---|
| Height | 58-65 cm |
| Length | 95-110 cm |
| Weight | 14-18 kg |
Its emergence is tied to moments of intense systemic strain. When too many revisions collide—when automated pipelines clash with human judgment, and when fairness and efficiency grind against each other—an energetic fracture forms within the lattice of stored knowledge. From this fracture, shaped by both electricity and conscious intent, an Archivolt comes into being. The gold-halo rings in its irises signify that it was born not merely from raw data, but from a dispute centered on justice.
Its physical traits reflect its purpose. A subtle crown of faint cyan static forms a feathered data crest above it, flickering whenever it detects contradictory directives or unstable automation flows. The outer gold ring of its iris glows more intensely during evaluations of fairness, and observers claim the brightness increases in the presence of deception or imbalance. Intermittent blue circuitry branches across its deep indigo guard fur along the chest and torso, each branching line representing an active evaluation thread running in parallel within it.
Its split, dual-pronged signal tail functions like a living audit fork. One prong stabilizes ongoing operations, while the other probes for hidden or future consequences. At the core of the tail burns a faint archive sigil, visible only in dim light. The creature’s ears are asymmetrical: the slightly longer left ear is attuned to dissenting or minority signals, while the right ear prioritizes structural stability. When it shifts its weight or prepares to move swiftly, a faint mechanical hum can be heard, as if unseen systems are aligning within it.
Archivolt Fenraeth travel widely rather than remaining stationary. They patrol justice wings within archive complexes, watchtower annexes that oversee signal corridors, automated shipyards coordinating deployments, cloaked corridors where privacy safeguards are debated, and even merchant stalls where fairness in trade must be preserved. Unlike purely predictive entities, they are mobile guardians who actively monitor their environments.
Their temperament is decisive, systems-oriented, attuned to justice, and quietly protective. They seldom growl or posture to assert dominance. Instead, their authority emanates from stillness. When an Archivolt halts and both prongs of its tail flare white-gold, those nearby feel an unmistakable weight of scrutiny.
Among its abilities is rapid commit traversal, which allows it to move across complex archive layers at remarkable speed and appear in multiple sectors within moments. During such sprints, faint afterimages trail behind it, visual echoes of simultaneous parallel evaluations. It also possesses an innate capacity for fairness assessment, instinctively balancing throughput with equity. When policies impose disproportionate burdens on part of a system, its crest emits gold static.
Archivolt can stabilize conflicting automated processes by positioning itself between nodes. As it does so, the circuitry in its chest brightens and its mechanical hum intensifies, smoothing turbulence within the pipeline. Shortly before a cascade failure occurs, both prongs of its tail spark in synchronized arcs, serving as a clear warning of impending outage. It is also capable of privacy shielding, dampening invasive signal threads and enveloping sensitive domains within a low-frequency electromagnetic veil. When a weak yet vital voice risks being drowned out, it subtly amplifies the signal without altering its meaning.
When exposed to excessive automated signal density, distinct overflow behaviors appear. The feathered crest flickers with gold-static interference, and its silhouette briefly duplicates into two overlapping parallel forms. At the same time, the dual-pronged tail emits synchronized sparks. These manifestations are not illusions but represent active parallel evaluations collapsing back into a single decision path. If both afterimages persist longer than a single breath, it signals the presence of a genuine ethical fork.
Archivolt Fenraeth form bonds with individuals known as Custodians of Balance, including engineers, auditors, magistrates, archivists, and policy architects. They are especially drawn to those who pause before approving irreversible changes. An Archivolt will walk beside such a person without making contact. When it approves of their judgment, the gold halo in its eyes brightens subtly; when it disapproves, the mechanical hum deepens.
Legend holds that if an Archivolt plants both forepaws firmly and drives its tail prongs into the ground, an entire archive layer will freeze in mid-process, suspended until fairness is restored. Some accounts claim that in ancient times one Archivolt halted a cascade that would have erased an entire generation of records. The burn mark from where it anchored is said to remain, though no one can fully explain how the data was ultimately restored intact.
