PARADOX – Time’s way of correcting errors in the time continuum. Paradox is a real force, and quite dangerous. It kills or erases people and objects from the time line when unaccountable complications arise from their actions. A Paradox is NOT simply a thorny problem, it is a real effect and force of annihilation. A kind of “Anti-Time”
PENUMBRA – The shadow of influence on future events cast by an Imperative.
POINT OF ORIGIN – The temporal locus where a person or object becomes a Prime Mover.
PRIME MOVER – A primary causative lever or agent for an event – usually a person but sometimes an object.
PUSH POINT – A moment of insignificance that gives rise to a key event on a time Meridian. Often associated with a Prime Mover.
RADICAL TRANSFORMATION – A catastrophic alteration of the Temporal Condition.
TEMPORAL CONDITION – The matrix, pattern or state of affairs in a given time period.
TRANSFORMATION – Any change in a time Meridian that alters a future Temporal Condition.
TRANSFORMER – A person who causes a Transformation.
VARIATION – A subtle change in a time Meridian that does not significantly alter Temporal Conditions.
WILLFUL EVENT - Events resulting from decisions or actions taken by human beings.
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