Expands the map.
Explorer
Finds new terrain, gathers strange material, notices neglected possibilities, and returns with raw contact from the unknown.
There is more than we thought.Open role page
Ecology
No apex type.
Only fit.
The types are roles in an ecology, not personality ranks. A spark is not better than a hearth. A map is not better than a vessel. A boundary is not better than a song. The system needs the right role at the right time — and collapses when the wrong role leads the wrong phase.
Field Ecology
Hover a role to feel the field reach.
Each node is a function the ecology needs. The arc shows where the field reaches when that role is present; the card shows the role's gift, cost, and where to read more.
◐ Explorer ◐ ▢ Analyst ▢ ✕ Trickster ✕ ✷ Catalyst ✷ ◯ Worldmaker ◯ ◌ Enzyme ◌ △ Compressor △ ▣ Builder ▣ ▦ Operator ▦ ◈ Guardian ◈ ◍ Composter ◍
Expands the map.
Explorer
"There is more than we thought."
Finds new terrain, gathers strange material, notices neglected possibilities, and returns with raw contact from the unknown.
Open roleSees clearly.
Analyst
"Here is what is actually happening."
Detects patterns, contradictions, incentives, hidden structures, risks, and tradeoffs.
Open roleBreaks false locks.
Trickster-Hacker
"The boundary is fake. Watch this."
Detects stupid rules, stale scripts, brittle authority, fake solemnity, and hidden reversals.
Open roleOpens possibility.
Catalyst
"Wait. This can move."
Finds seams, creates ignition, generates momentum, recruits courage, and makes possibility emotionally real.
Open roleCreates inhabitable reality.
Worldmaker
"Step inside this world and feel what could be."
Creates atmosphere, myth, language, ritual, aesthetics, narrative gravity, and emotional inhabitability.
Open roleLowers activation energy.
Enzyme
"Something becomes possible here that was too defended elsewhere."
Makes transformation easier without dominating the field. Helps people soften, confess, repair, grieve, play, metabolize, and coordinate.
Open roleApplies bounded, generative pressure so a more capable version can emerge.
Developmental Compressor
"You are capable of more than this current version can carry."
Challenges, exposes weak form, demands reality contact, refuses flattering self-myths, and uses pressure in service of capacity transfer.
Open roleMakes possibility durable.
Builder
"Good. Now let's make it real."
Turns emergence into product, code, institution, ritual, process, infrastructure, or practice.
Open roleKeeps reality running.
Operator
"This will not collapse because someone did the necessary unromantic work."
Handles logistics, schedules, compliance, forms, payment, maintenance, handoffs, and reliability.
Open roleProtects fragile goods.
Guardian
"Before we change this, understand what it protects."
Protects trust, children, bodies, ecosystems, rituals, institutional memory, vulnerable people, and hard-won wisdom.
Open roleEnds what is over and returns nutrients to the field.
Composter / Hospicer
"This is dead. Let us end it cleanly, mourn it properly, and recover what can feed the next life."
Handles endings, dissolutions, shutdowns, retired identities, institutional death, failure, grief, and nutrient recovery.
Open roleSees clearly.
Analyst
Detects patterns, contradictions, incentives, hidden structures, risks, and tradeoffs.
Here is what is actually happening.Open role page
Breaks false locks.
Trickster-Hacker
Detects stupid rules, stale scripts, brittle authority, fake solemnity, and hidden reversals.
The boundary is fake. Watch this.Open role page
Opens possibility.
Catalyst
Finds seams, creates ignition, generates momentum, recruits courage, and makes possibility emotionally real.
Wait. This can move.Open role page
Creates inhabitable reality.
Worldmaker
Creates atmosphere, myth, language, ritual, aesthetics, narrative gravity, and emotional inhabitability.
Step inside this world and feel what could be.Open role page
Lowers activation energy.
Enzyme
Makes transformation easier without dominating the field. Helps people soften, confess, repair, grieve, play, metabolize, and coordinate.
Something becomes possible here that was too defended elsewhere.Open role page
Applies bounded, generative pressure so a more capable version can emerge.
Developmental Compressor
Challenges, exposes weak form, demands reality contact, refuses flattering self-myths, and uses pressure in service of capacity transfer.
You are capable of more than this current version can carry.Open role page
Makes possibility durable.
Builder
Turns emergence into product, code, institution, ritual, process, infrastructure, or practice.
Good. Now let's make it real.Open role page
Keeps reality running.
Operator
Handles logistics, schedules, compliance, forms, payment, maintenance, handoffs, and reliability.
This will not collapse because someone did the necessary unromantic work.Open role page
Protects fragile goods.
Guardian
Protects trust, children, bodies, ecosystems, rituals, institutional memory, vulnerable people, and hard-won wisdom.
Before we change this, understand what it protects.Open role page
Ends what is over and returns nutrients to the field.
Composter / Hospicer
Handles endings, dissolutions, shutdowns, retired identities, institutional death, failure, grief, and nutrient recovery.
This is dead. Let us end it cleanly, mourn it properly, and recover what can feed the next life.Open role page
How to tell them apart
Side-by-side diagnostics for the most-confused pairs.
Each pair shares a surface and diverges at the deeper move. The diagnostic question lives at the time-axis: did the person leave with more agency, or less?
Catalyst vs. Field Predator
Catalyst
"Your agency should increase in my field."
Field Predator
"Your agency should orbit my field."
Diagnostic After leaving them, do people become more capable without them?
Developmental Compressor vs. Field Predator
Developmental Compressor
"You will outgrow your need for my pressure."
Field Predator
"Your aliveness depends on staying inside my field."
Diagnostic After distance and time, does the person carry more of their own fire?
Guardian vs. Ossifier
Guardian
"This protects something alive."
Ossifier
"This must remain because it has remained."
Diagnostic Can they name the living good being protected, or only the rule?
Builder vs. Administrator
Builder
"Structure should help life become durable."
Administrator
"Structure should keep the system legible and continuous."
Diagnostic Does the structure serve the life, or has the life become subordinate to the structure?
Trickster-Hacker vs. Sociopath
Trickster-Hacker
"This false boundary is suffocating life."
Sociopath
"This boundary prevents me from extracting value."
Diagnostic Who gains agency after the hack?
Worldmaker vs. Cult Leader
Worldmaker
"Enter this world, transform, and leave with more of yourself."
Cult Leader
"Enter this world, orbit me, and call captivity belonging."
Diagnostic Are exit, dissent, and independent reality-testing allowed?