Character Registry

Single source of truth for every Fundaments character. If a song, image prompt, or story disagrees with a file here, the file here wins — update the file or update the other work, but don't let drift hide.

Scope: Fundaments characters represent physical fundamentals only — atoms, molecules, states of matter, forces, spacetime. Not biological entities, not narrative props, not individual visible-light colors. A tree, a cow, or a child may appear in a song to interact with Fundaments characters, but they are scenery, not characters. Don't registry them.

Subatomics (subatomic particles) — kingdom Subatomix

Proto — proton, +1 charge, defines which element you are
Neutro — neutron, zero charge, the stabilizer of the nucleus
Electra — electron, -1 charge, does all the chemistry
Nucleo — nucleus, the tiny dense core where Proto and Neutro live

Elementix (atoms)

Hydro — 1 proton, pale-yellow bouncer, inside every star
Helia — 2 protons, peachy cream, balloon-floaty squeaky-voice loner
Carbo — 6 protons, grey-silver, soft as pencil OR hard as diamond
Nitro — 7 protons, pale blue, fills the sky AND goes BOOM
Oxya — 8 protons, warm red-orange, breath and fire
Sodio — 11 protons, silver-white, fizzy with one spare spark
Magnesio — 12 protons, leaf-white flash, the green secret at the heart of every leaf (sketch)
Phosphoro — 15 protons, glow green, match-head spark and the DNA ladder's rails (sketch)
Sulfo — 16 protons, sulfur yellow, stinky-egg volcano prankster (sketch)
Chlora — 17 protons, green-yellow, zappy with one empty spot
Potassio — 19 protons, lilac spark, banana funk and nerve sparks, K from kalium (sketch)
Calcio — 20 protons, bone white, sturdy marching builder of bones and teeth (sketch)
Ferro — 26 protons, rust red, magnetic, in your blood and Earth's core
Auri — 79 protons, rich gold, never rusts, diva of the Elementix

Moleculics (molecules)

H2 — two Hydros bonded, the simplest molecule
Aquo — H₂O, water in all three states
CarboDioxy — CO₂, breathed out by us, breathed in by plants (formerly "Carboxy" / "CarboTwoxy" / "Dioxy")
Methano — CH₄, burp gas, swamp gas, stove gas
OxyDuo — O₂, the air we breathe (aliases: O-2, O2, di-oxygen)
Salty — NaCl, Sodio + Chlora bonded into safe crunchy crystal

Matterics (states of matter)

Solidic — deep-blue cube, molecules locked tight
LiQuo — aqua blob, molecules slide and glide
Aiery — light-purple cloud, molecules spread wide
Plasmo — purple electric, ionized gas of stars and lightning

Forcics (fundamental forces) — kingdom Forcix

Gravita — pulls every mass toward every other mass
Electromaggie — lightning + magnets, two forces as one
Strongy — holds the atomic nucleus together
Weaklo — gentle transformer, powers the sun

Spacetimics (fabric of reality) — kingdom Spacetimix

Spaceo — the fabric of space, bends and stretches (space-face of Spacetimeo)
Tempo — the flow of time, one-way river (time-face of Spacetimeo)
Spacetimeo — the fused relativistic form; Spaceo and Tempo are aspects of one fabric. Appears in songs about black holes, light speed, relativity, gravity-as-curvature

Fieldix (fields & the EM spectrum)

Fieldix covers fields and waves — the electromagnetic spectrum in full, not just visible light. Individual colors are NOT characters. What matters: radio, microwave, infrared, visible light (as a band), UV, X-ray, gamma. The existing song rainbow-wavelics.md covers the visible slice; future songs should cover the spectrum that actually runs modern life and the cosmos.

Songified 2026-06-11 as the Fieldix kingdom album (stories/fieldix/), one character per EM band, in order of increasing energy. Status: sketch (established in draft songs; attributes may still shift). Individual character files still to come — create them as the songs firm up.

Radio — longest wavelength, lowest energy; radio/TV/phone signals, walkie-talkies, music (NOT WiFi — that's Micro)
Micro — microwaves; cooks food by spinning water molecules, radar, WiFi
Infra — infrared; the heat you feel, TV remotes, thermal/night cameras
Visible — the one band the eye sees; the whole rainbow is this single band (NOT seven color-characters)
Ultra — ultraviolet; sunburn (sun safety), vitamin D, germ-zapping
Xero — X-rays; pass through skin, stopped by bone (bone shadows); doctors use small doses + a lead apron. Sung as "X-ray"; "Xero" is the canonical name (pronounce EX-er-oh)
Gamma — shortest wavelength, highest energy; born in stars and nuclear reactions; aimed to zap cancer cells

Counts

42 characters total — 30 canonical + 12 sketch (5 Elementix: Magnesio, Phosphoro, Sulfo, Potassio, Calcio; 7 Fieldix: Radio, Micro, Infra, Visible, Ultra, Xero, Gamma)
Subatomics: 4 · Elementix: 14 · Moleculics: 6 · Matterics: 4 · Forcics: 4 · Spacetimics: 3 · Fieldix: 7 (sketch)

Category taxonomy

Each kingdom uses its own -ics/-ix suffix vocabulary for the category field.

Kingdom	Category name	Notes
Subatomix	Subatomics	subatomic particles
Matterix	Elementix	atoms
Matterix	Moleculics	molecules (combinations of Elementix)
Matterix	Matterics	states of matter
Forcix	Forcics	fundamental forces
Spacetimix	Spacetimics	fabric of reality
Fieldix	Fieldics	fields, waves, EM spectrum

What does NOT belong in this registry

Biological entities (trees, cows, bacteria). They may appear in songs as scenery.
Narrative props (the Sun as a character, a scientist, a kid). Scenery.
Individual visible colors (Reddo, Blueo, etc.). The visible spectrum is ONE band of Fieldix, not 7 characters. Songs can name colors; they aren't Fundaments.
Anything that isn't a physical fundamental. The test: is this a member of a finite, canonical set in physics? (elements, molecules, forces, fields, phases, spacetime dimensions)

Schema conventions

date_established is always a quoted ISO date string ("YYYY-MM-DD")
element_symbol and protons appear on every Elementix
formula appears on every Moleculic
aliases: [] is added wherever casing or naming drift has been observed

Status legend

canonical — established in a published or near-final song with visual guide alignment
sketch — appears in a draft song but attributes may still shift
future — mentioned/planned, not yet songified
retired — used to appear, no longer canon