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== Overview ==
== Overview ==
'''Krypton''' is a noble gas found in trace amounts within most nitrogen–oxygen worlds throughout the [[Continuum Universes]].   
'''Krypton''' is a noble gas found in trace amounts within most nitrogen–oxygen worlds throughout the [[Continuum Universes]].   
Quiet, heavy, and utterly uninterested in chemical interaction, Krypton serves as the **cosmic observer** — the gas that reacts to nothing, participates in nothing, yet remembers everything.
Quiet, heavy, and utterly uninterested in chemical interaction, Krypton serves as the '''cosmic observer''' — the gas that reacts to nothing, participates in nothing, yet remembers everything.


In Continuum metaphysics, Krypton is the **Witness Gas**, holding faint imprints of starlight, aether flares, and psionic storms within its isotopic spin states.
In Continuum metaphysics, Krypton is the '''Witness Gas''', holding faint imprints of starlight, aether flares, and psionic storms within its isotopic spin states.


== Properties ==
== Properties ==
Krypton is chemically silent, but physically expressive:
Krypton is chemically silent, but physically expressive:


* emits a distinctive **pale violet glow** under electrical or magical excitation   
* emits a distinctive '''pale violet glow''' under electrical or magical excitation   
* forms stable isotopes used as **radiation-memory markers**  
* forms stable isotopes used as '''radiation-memory markers'''  
* acts as a superb buffer gas in divine plasma systems   
* acts as a superb buffer gas in divine plasma systems   
* stabilizes volatile psionic vapors   
* stabilizes volatile psionic vapors   
* prevents resonance “echo buildup” in Aetherion spell engines   
* prevents resonance “echo buildup” in Aetherion spell engines   


Its spectral emission is so clean that Krypton is used as the **baseline color** of Eclipsite-class atmospheric auroras.
Its spectral emission is so clean that Krypton is used as the '''baseline color''' of Eclipsite-class atmospheric auroras.


=== Quantum Inertness ===
=== Quantum Inertness ===
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* but perfect preservation of energy-history through isotopic alignment   
* but perfect preservation of energy-history through isotopic alignment   


In the Continuum, this makes Krypton a **memory mirror**, not of events — but of energies.
In the Continuum, this makes Krypton a '''memory mirror''', not of events — but of energies.


== Uses and Occurrences ==
== Uses and Occurrences ==
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* cryo-aetheric preservation fields   
* cryo-aetheric preservation fields   


Krypton does not participate in magic directly, but **prevents everything else from going wrong**.
Krypton does not participate in magic directly, but '''prevents everything else from going wrong'''.


== Krypton as a Starlight Archivist ==
== Krypton as a Starlight Archivist ==
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* watching without judging   
* watching without judging   


Elvari star-archivists call Krypton **“the Breath of Forgotten Suns.”**  
Elvari star-archivists call Krypton '''“the Breath of Forgotten Suns.”'''  
Aetherion monks meditate with krypton lamps to observe their own thoughts without engaging them.
Aetherion monks meditate with krypton lamps to observe their own thoughts without engaging them.