Emergents Registry

Single source of truth for every Emergent character — the higher kingdoms that sit above the Fundaments on the ladder of complexity (computation, life, mind, civics, …). If a song, image prompt, or story disagrees with a file here, the file here wins.

Read first: .supernal/docs/EMERGENTS_SCOPE.md — the ladder frame, the generalized selection test, naming/placement, and the build order.

Scope (the generalized test). An Emergent character must be a member of a finite, canonical, textbook-stable set that its domain is built from — its "periodic table." If it is an instance, an application, or a value-judgment, it is scenery or story, not a character. (This is the Fundaments test, widened just enough to travel beyond physics. The Fundaments registry stays narrow; Emergent characters live here, never there.)

Logix (computation) — kingdom Logix

The "periodic table" of computation: the bit (on/off) and the logic gates (little yes-or-no deciders). Everything a computer does is these, stacked. The deep hook: the universal gates (NAND, NOR) can build every other gate — so the whole machine hides inside one humble character.

Kid-grokkable framing. A gate is a tiny doorkeeper deciding whether to turn a light on. Switches come in (on / off); the gate's rule decides the output light. Concrete imagery: light switches, doorkeepers, click.

Status: sketch (established in the pilot song meet_the_logix.md; attributes may still shift). Individual character files to come as songs firm up — for now the roster lives inline, mirroring the Fieldix pattern.

Category: Logics (bits + gates)

The Bit (the dyad — everything is built from these two):

Wun — the 1, the on state, the lit light. Bright, eager, "I'm on!" Half of every number, letter, picture, and song inside the machine.
Zerro — the 0, the off state, the dark light. Calm, still, "I'm off — and that counts too." The other half of everything. Wun and Zerro are a polarity dyad, like charge's + and −; the whole machine is just these two flipping fast.

The Gates (the deciders — a closed, canonical set):

Nando (the hero — NAND, "not-and") — the universal gate. Humble, unassuming, secretly almighty: "stack just me, again and again, and I can be every other gate — the whole computer hides in me." The Hydro of Logix — the simplest piece from which all the rest are built. Pronounce NAN-doh.
Andy (AND) — the strict one. Output is on only when both switches are on. Catchphrase: "both of you on, or I stay dark."
Orla (OR) — the easygoing one. Output is on when at least one switch is on. "any one of you'll do."
Nottie (NOT / inverter) — the flipper. One switch in, the opposite comes out. "you give me on, I hand you off." Owns the "flip it" idea so the rest of the kingdom can stay in positive on/off framing.
Xoro (XOR, "exclusive-or") — the picky one. Output is on when exactly one switch is on — one, but never both. "just one of you — that's the trick."
Norra (NOR, "not-or") — the other universal gate, Nando's quiet twin; on only when both switches are off. Also builds everything on its own.

Category: Machinics (architecture) — future

The von Neumann parts, a second closed set one level up from the gates (gates → machine): a CPU "brain" (does the steps), Memory (holds what's known), the Clock (keeps the beat that everything marches to), the Bus (carries messages between them). Not yet songified — sketch only, pending a Logix-proves- the-pattern decision in EMERGENTS_SCOPE.md.

Sociologix (society) — kingdom Sociologix

The "periodic table" of society: a scale ladder of nested entities — each scale a proper entity, a whole made of smaller wholes (a holon). Built the Wait But Why way (see EMERGENTS_SCOPE.md §6): anthropomorphize each scale as a "creature made of creatures," using fresh neutral names to dodge loaded social language.

Build the value-neutral scale spine first. The loaded composite entities (corporation, the state, the nation-as-power) wait for a later, structural pass — see Collectics below.

Category: Holonics (the scale spine — each is a whole and a part)

In order, small to large; every character is made of the one below and part of the one above:

Indi — the individual, one person (the social "atom"). Made of cells (the crossover down to Vivix / the Fundaments); a whole self, and a part of a family.
Fami — the family / household. A few Indis who bond and stay; a whole home, and a part of a community.
Villa — the community / neighborhood / village. The families near you, the folks who wave; a whole that "knows your name," and a part of a city.
Polis — the city. Many Villas stacked — towers, buses, a thousand strangers sharing streets; a whole metropolis, and a part of a country.
Natio — the country. Cities holding hands across one land, coast to coast; a whole nation, and a part of the world. (Geography-neutral: land / map / coast, not power / politics.)
Munda — the world / all humanity (Tim Urban's Human Colossus): every country at once, all our know-how stitched into one big shared brain. The largest creature made of creatures — the giant called "We."

Category: Collectics (composite entities) — future, firewalled

Entities that cut across the scale spine rather than nesting by headcount: the canonical social institutions (family, market, school, faith), the corporation (people + capital + purpose), and the sociotechnical entity ("tech + people" fused — where Sociologix meets Logix). These carry political loading and take the structure-not-values firewall (see EMERGENTS_SCOPE.md §4). Not yet rostered — sketch only.

Vivix (life) — kingdom Vivix

The "periodic table" of life's code: the four DNA bases, a closed canonical set of exactly four letters that pair in a fixed way — A always locks with T, G always locks with C. Each base needs its one partner to complete a rung; the two strands twist into a double-helix "twisty ladder." This is the same bonding dance as molecules, one rung up — the cleanest Fundaments↔Emergents crossover.

By the Fundaments rule, biology is scenery in the physics base — which is exactly why life gets its own Emergent kingdom here rather than a slot among the atoms.

Category: Vivics (the four bases — they pair)

Addy — Adenine (A). Locks only with Tess (T).
Tess — Thymine (T). Locks only with Addy (A).
Gwen — Guanine (G). Locks only with Cyto (C).
Cyto — Cytosine (C). Locks only with Gwen (G).

(The pairing rule A–T / G–C is the closed canonical fact. Bond-count detail — G–C has 3 hydrogen bonds vs A–T's 2 — is omitted from the song as an archetypal simplification; Cyto's "two halves of one" is doo-wop framing, not a bond claim.)

Status: sketch (established in docs/the-emergents/stories/vivix/meet_the_base_buddies.md).

Mathix (mathematics) — kingdom Mathix

The pieces mathematics is built from. The first crew: the five Platonic solids — the only five 3-D shapes where every face is identical and even. Out of all of space exactly five fit the rule, and there can never be a sixth — math's own tiny closed club. Kid hook: they're the dice shapes.

Category: Mathics (the five Platonic solids)

Tetra — tetrahedron, 4 triangular faces (the d4); sharp little pyramid, lands point-up.
Cubo — cube, 6 square faces (the everyday d6).
Octa — octahedron, 8 triangular faces (the d8); two pyramids base-to-base.
Dodeca — dodecahedron, 12 pentagon faces (the d12); fat and round.
Icosa — icosahedron, 20 triangular faces (the d20); the giant.

Status: sketch (docs/the-emergents/stories/mathix/meet_the_mathix.md).

Musix (music) — kingdom Musix

The "periodic table" of melody: the seven solfège notes — do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti — the canonical "Do-Re-Mi" set. Each is one step higher in pitch; past ti you land on a new do and the seven repeat up the octave. Alone, single notes; overlapped and stacked, harmony — and every song.

Category: Musics (the seven solfège notes)

Do — the home note (tonic), low and warm; where songs are born and return.
Re — one step above Do.
Mi — a step above Re; sunny.
Fa — a step above Mi.
Sol — a step above Fa; bright midpoint anchor.
La — a step above Sol.
Ti — top step, just below the new Do. (Sung "Tee" so Suno doesn't say "tie.")

Status: sketch (docs/the-emergents/stories/musix/meet_the_musix.md).

Grammix (language) — kingdom Grammix

The parts of speech — the canonical word-jobs every sentence is built from. Each character does exactly one job; snap the right ones together and a thought appears. Schoolhouse Rock is the warm precedent.

Category: Grammics (the parts of speech)

Nouna — the noun: a person, place, or thing.
Verbo — the verb: the action / doing word.
Adjie — the adjective: describes a noun (which one? what kind? how many?).
Adverbia — the adverb: describes a verb (how/when/where); often -ly. (Sung "Ad-VER-bee-uh".)
Interjecto — the interjection: a sudden burst of feeling (Wow! Yikes! Hooray!). (Sung "In-ter-JEK-toh".)

(Pronoun and conjunction are the obvious next characters if the kingdom expands — "Conjunction Junction" is the ready precedent.)

Status: sketch (docs/the-emergents/stories/grammix/meet_the_grammix.md).

Counts

Logix: 8 sketch characters — 2 bits (Wun, Zerro) + 6 gates (Nando, Andy, Orla, Nottie, Xoro, Norra). Machinics: future.
Sociologix: 6 sketch characters — the Holonics scale spine (Indi, Fami, Villa, Polis, Natio, Munda). Collectics: future / firewalled.
Vivix: 4 sketch characters — the Vivics DNA bases (Addy, Tess, Gwen, Cyto).
Mathix: 5 sketch characters — the Mathics Platonic solids (Tetra, Cubo, Octa, Dodeca, Icosa).
Musix: 7 sketch characters — the Musics solfège notes (Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Ti).
Grammix: 5 sketch characters — the Grammics parts of speech (Nouna, Verbo, Adjie, Adverbia, Interjecto).

Category taxonomy

Kingdom	Category name	Notes
Logix	Logics	bits + logic gates (the deciders)
Logix	Machinics	architecture: CPU, memory, clock, bus (future)
Sociologix	Holonics	scale spine: individual → family → community → city → country → world
Sociologix	Collectics	composite entities: institutions, corporation, sociotechnical (future, firewalled)
Vivix	Vivics	the four DNA bases (A–T, G–C pairing)
Mathix	Mathics	the five Platonic solids (d4/d6/d8/d12/d20)
Musix	Musics	the seven solfège notes (do-re-mi-fa-sol-la-ti)
Grammix	Grammics	the parts of speech

What does NOT belong in this registry

Fundaments characters (atoms, molecules, forces, fields, …). They live in docs/_registry/characters/index.md and stay there.
Instances ("a computer," "my laptop," "a law"). Scenery.
Applications ("a video game," "a website"). Scenery — they may appear in songs, but they are not members of a closed canonical set.
Value-judgments. The test: is this a member of a finite, canonical, textbook-stable set the domain is built from? If not, it is not a character.

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