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Guilty Gear Terminology and Nomenclature

—A-Country:—Suspected to be the remnants of the United States of America, though diminished in some form due to certain unknown events.

—Apocalypse:—Has the dual-meaning of the end of and annihilation of existence, but also refers to the evolution and changes of all life. That Man (the Gearmaker) refers to an Apocalypse as the 3rd party that intervenes and is the actual cause of evolution of life. It is the existence that causes life to adapt (or be put in a dire situation). Another term for this is “God”. See also D.N.A., Missing Link.

—Assassins Guild/Assassins Organization/Assassins Syndicate:—See Soshiki.

—Avoid Notes:—Originates from Music Theory applied to Magic. It is a specific note or tone that causes Dissonance, or uneasiness, on a chord, often leading the listener to wish for a conclusion to the sound with a much better sounding chord (similar to Dramatic Horror Music). A large grouping of Avoid Notes is formally called a "Cacophony" or Music that is harsh to the ears and difficult to interpret. See also Key Signature, Twelve Steps, Cube.

—Backyard:—An encapsulating term that refers to the source of Limitless energy known as Magic. It is the codex or source of transferred information that comprises most of the world as physical manifested data, in other words it is the source of what makes the real world exist. The world itself is said to be a virtual space, resulted from the information conveyed from the Backyard. Upon entry to the Backyard, the extremely restricted data pressure is immense and anyone who enters must be “tuned” to the frequency the Backyard emits in order not to be crushed by the dense information contained within it. That Man is known to have kept and constructed the Cube within this location. See also Tuning, Cube.

—Barrier:—A unique spell chord that restricts and bends space and prevents entities from entry or exit. See also Master Ghost, Ghost, and Dimensional Prison, Fourth.

—Blackard Company:—See Vitae.

—Blacktech:—A term for contraband technology from the old world before Magic was discovered. See also Zepp.

—Blood Seal:—See Dimensional Prison.

—Capture Unit:—A small low-defense soul entity that spreads it’s influence to “Ghost Chambers” throughout a region…often referred to as the physical manifestation of a Master’s intent. See also Servant, Master Ghost.

—“Child of Light and Darkness”:—The Gearmaker dubs this title to Dizzy. For what purpose remains unknown. See also Gear, Gearmaker, “Illegitemate Child of a Merciless Apocalypse”.

—Chronicle:—A title given to historians who are said to live longer than the natural human life-span. Immortal beings given the task of observing history. See also Undying Disease.

—Chord:—Originally attributed to music, but now refers to complex Magic incantations. In music theory, a Chord refers to any minimum of three notes played at once. Chords can be played as triads (three notes), quatrads (four notes), and as many as six notes at once, it's a linkage of more than 2 tones. See also Twelve Steps.

—Cosmic Barrier:—See Barrier, Fourth.

—Creator of Justice:—See Gearmaker.

—Crusades:—Refers primarily to the 100 years span of time that humanity fought the maverick weapons of their own creation known as Gears. Also refers to the original Holy Wars that took place in the 11th Century. See also Gearmaker, Herald of Destruction.

—Cube:—An artificial isolated space created by That Man within the Backyard that seems to contain chord data on Gears. Cannot be accessed without the Key (Prime Field) of Gear Data. Structured after Sol Badguy’s (Frederick’s) Gear D.N.A. composition. See also Avoid Notes, Gearmaker.

—Decentralized Control:—A subset term from Sociology’s Control Theory. The concept is that decision-making and governance is distributed to individuals, but influences the mass as a whole. See also Singing.

—Diatonic Composition:—Originates from Music Theory to characterize how a song is composed and played. On a Piano it means you only play using the White Keys, it can be compared to Chromatic Scales which includes Halfsteps or Black Keys. Diatonic Composition in particular means that the song is very easy to compose, or in Magic terms in Guilty Gear...a Diatonic Compositon would be a very common spell or low-level summon.

—Dischordation:—Or simply, being dischorded. Frustration, Chaos, or Pain. The term is used by Valentine to express what little emotions she has. It also refers to Dissonance...an inner reaction to Feedback or Noise between Gears. See also Noise.

—Dimensional Prison:—A unique form of sealing Barrier that untilizes a blood seal enchantment that puts a target (usually a Gear or criminal) in physical stasis. See also Barrier, Fourth, Nth Mapping.

—D.N.A.:—Abbreviated Deoxyribonucleic Acid, an acid that contains the genetic instructures used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms (with exception of R.N.A. viruses). Gear D.N.A. is unique in that it is the fusion of Human and Animal D.N.A. with Magic Chords and complex Tuning. See Gear, Gear Cells, Prime Field.

—Dragon Install: Unique to Sol Badguy, it is an inner chord enchantment that brings out the full potential of his Gear Body, however, each time Sol accesses the chord, he becomes less and less human as a result…this is the encroachment that Raven mentions. This also appears to have an impact on his physical self. See also Limiter.

—Encroachment: A phase or event that causes something to get larger and larger to a point it can cause detrimental effects or intrudes upon the original physical structure of an object or life form.—See Dragon Install.

—Feedback:—Suspected to be telepathic communication, either between Gears or Vizuel. Feedback in music theory can also refer to repeatable phrases, similar to an Echo. See also Noise.

—Five Context:—See Five Element Configuration.

—Five Element Configuration:—The five elements of Magic: Fire, Lightning, Water, Wind, and Ki. This is the working theory of composition of the Twelve Steps. It originates from thorough research of the Magic energy extracted from the Backyard. See also Backyard, The Twelve Steps.

—Flame of Corruption: The little-known historical title given to the Gear Prototype, known to few others as Sol Badguy and one of the key scientists to the Gear Project, Frederick.

—Forbidden Magic:—See Hi-deigokutsuipo, Kinjuu, Research Scores.

—Fourth/4th: In Music Theory this refers to music intervals (a combination of any 2 notes) either as a "Perfect Fourth" (consists of 5 Halfsteps), an "Augmented Fourth" (consists of 6 Halfsteps augmented by 1), a "Diminished Fourth" (consists of 4 Halfsteps diminished by 1) or an "Augmented Third", (an "Enharmonic" Interval with a "Perfect Fourth" that also contains 5 Halfsteps). In particular a "Perfect Fourth" is called a Diatessaron in Greek and refers to the way the notes are neither played in Minor or Major, but simply Perfect. The 4th Interval in Guilty Gear simply describes the level of space (or intervals thick) Cosmic Barriers set in place take up. See also Barrier, Twelve Steps.

—Gear:—A form of Bioweapon of mass destruction. In the formulative years prior to the Crusades, Gears were created for the purpose of serving mankind either as a military force or for heavy labor. Gears come in several types, species, and classifications: Command, Megadeth, Toxic, Flying, Large, Humanoid, Normal, and Prototype are the known classes so far. Gears are formed from the fusion of Human D.N.A., animal D.N.A., and complex magic chord tuning structures. See also Youkai.

—Gear Cells:—The inner chord composition of a Gear. Said to bear genetic data unique to gaining access to the Backyard. See Backyard, Prime Field.

—Gear Cell Containment Device:—See Limiter.

—Gearmaker:—The historical title given to the head scientist who created the Gears. He bears the onus of instigating the Great War known as the Crusades. He is often referred to as “That Man”. See also Gear Project.

—Gear Project:—A project that began in 2014 with the intent on granting a cure for all disease and granting humanity immortality, however the result lead to the Bioweapons of Mass Destruction known as Gears. See also Gear.

—Ghost/Empty Ghost:—Refers to a vessel pillar/container used to spread one’s own chord magic incantation influence. Once captured restores a Master’s life force and powers when they are nearby. See also Master Ghost.

—Guild:—A generic term for a collective of representatives to various organizations. The United Nations Senate can also be referred to as the Guild, but to some extent it refers more to the Assassins Organization directly.

—Haitoku no Honoo:—See Flame of Corruption.

—Headache:—See Dischordation, Noise, Singing.

—Herald of Destruction:—The historical title of Justice, the leader of the Gears during the Crusades. Her song was able to control a legion of creatures, and her power was without question. Her Gear code designation was “Number 01”. See also Crusades.

—Hi-deigokutsuipo:—Otherwise known as the 6 Forbidden Magics. In exchange for invoking the chords of these spells, the user will sacrifice an innate ability in exchange for stronger powers…but in reality they are allowing their bodies to become “host” to a quasi-Gear Organism that will incubate in their body for a certain time until the Kinjuu fully develops. When this occurs it is uncertain (albeit likely) if the host will die immediately upon the Kinjuu’s birth, as the relationship can be a parasitic-symbiotic one. There is said to be a reverse method of this that involves a human becoming a parasite to a Youkai organism, but the results have so far proven fatal.

—“His Holiness”:—A term of endearment of Raven referring to his master “That Man”. See also Gearmaker, Undying Disease.

—HPC Server:—Stands for “High Performance Computing”. A backup system drive that contains the Gearmaker’s Memories. See also Gearmaker, Retrograding.

—Humanoid:—Human-type Gears said to be very destructive and consumptive of resources in nature. See Gears.

—“Illegitimate Child of a Merciless Apocalypse”:—That Man dubs this name on to Valentine. See also Apocalypse.

—Jinki:—Another name for a Divine Tool or Sacred Treasure, see also OutRage.

—Karasu:—See Undying Disease.

—Key Signature:—Originates from Music Theory applied to Magic. Key signatures are written in the far left of a composition page in order to inform the musician which Key Scale they are to play music in as a reference. It can be either Major or Minor, dictated as Sharps or Flats, but never both. In Guilty Gear, it was used as a guide to determine frequencies for enchantments or to determine resonance/dissonance with the Cube, See Research Score, Twelve Steps.

—Ki:—Translates from Japanese as “Life Energy”. Its origins as a breathing technique that enhances human strength originate from the Orient (China), and although recognized as one of the Five Element Configurations, it is little understood. Jam Kuradoberi, Chipp Zanuff, and Kliff Undersn are known wielders…also those of Japanese bloodlines are said to have the innate ability to use Ki. See Five Element Configuration.

—Kinjuu:—translated as “Forbidden Beast”. They are the result of invoking the Forbidden Magics. So far there are two known beasts. Shadow Organism Eddie, Hair Organism Angra…there are more likely four more that have yet to be revealed. See also Hi-Deigokutsuipo.

—Limiter:—Fully dubbed a Gear-Cell Containment device used by Sol Badguy to maintain his human appearance, looks similar to head guard equipment. Though he can take off the Limiter and still remain human for short intervals, each time he accesses the powers of his gear body, he becomes less and less human. In theory, it is a device that causes Dissonance with the Chord that activates Dragon Install (thus acting as a Seal and keeping him human), but this Dissonance appears to react to other 'sealed' Gears, causing Feedback, Dischord, or Noise, which results in giving Sol a Headache whenever they are not in their true forms. See also Dragon Install, Dischordation, Avoid Notes, Feedback, Noise.

—Maiden of the Grove:—Suspected to be the Gear with a large bounty found in 2181, Ky Kiske is known to having had sexual relations with her. She is said to be a replication of Justice, the Herald of Destruction. (However, whether or not she is Justice’ daughter or if she is in fact Dizzy is unknown for now).

—Main Core:—The core construct or central physical portion or vital point of a Gear. If the core of a Gear is destroyed, the Gear will die, however not all Gears have easily exposed cores.

—Makai:—See Underworld.

—Master Ghost:—The physical manifestation and containment of a life-form’s soul and consciousness after being subjected to the Chord incantation method known as Soul Sinker. Master Ghosts can summon a variety of assisting military units known as Servants and Capture Units. However, if for any reason the Master Ghost is destroyed, the Master of the Master Ghost will be killed. Unique to Master Ghosts however is a Barrier of influence that only allows Servants of an enemy Master Ghost to damage the barrier, however the Enemy Master Unit can only damage the Master Ghost once the Barrier is torn down. See also Soul Sinker.

—Master Unit:—The actual existence projecting the Master Ghost. Masters have unique abilities of Summoning, Retrieval and Re-Summon, and various other complex enchantments during Soul Sinker. Masters are also unique in that even if their corporeal forms are destroyed by the enemy, a Master can revive, so long as the Master Ghost they are bound to still exists. Unfortunately they are still unable to effectively tear down Barriers and activate Ghosts without the help of Servants. See also Barrier, Ghost, Master Ghost, Servant.

—Merciless Apocalypse:—See Apocalypse, Missing Link.

—Missing Link:—A term used to describe gaps in evolution that are not explained, those species that have Missing Links are said to not survive and not evolve. “The Missing Link” is also the subtitle of the first Guilty Gear game. See also Apocalypse.

—Nightwalker:—An ancient respectful title for Nosferatu, otherwise known as Vampires. Not to be confused with Darkstalkers which refers to another fighting game entirely. See also Youkai.

—Noise:—A telepathy or dissonant-like trait unique to Gears. It’s the term Sol Badguy uses when reacting to Command Type Gears’ enchantment songs and Feedback they emit (theoretically as a result of hiding in a diminished 'sealed' form). Valentine can also sense the Noise that Sol Badguy emits. Sol also calls it a “rough feeling”. Not to be confused with I-No’s calling everyone “Noise” as an insult. See also Feedback, Limiter.

—Nth Mapping:—The curving or bending of time-space around physical matter to the Nth degree based on Einstein's Theory of Relativity. Similar to a 'slingshot'. See also Barrier, Space Curve.

—Organ:—A display device that military organizations use for tactical information. In simple terms it is a map.

—Ouroboros Loop:—See Barrier, Research Scores, Space Curve, Twelve Steps.

—OutRage:—the alternative name of the Eight Sacred Treasures in their combined state. Created by Frederick when the Gear Project was restarted Although not all of the OutRage are considered weapons, they are all Magic Chord Amplification tools that can Resonate with one another as well as certain War Relics. See also War Relic.

—Parallel Recognition:—The working scientific concept of how living beings identify with one another, relates to Sociology’s concept of Control Theory. See also Singing.

—Phase:—In Music theory applied to Magic Chords, this is the frequency of music. See Singing.

—Phenomena/Phenomenon:—Refers to reactions from subject matter…usually used by scientists to determine the results of a test.

—P.W.A.B.:—See Post-War Administration Bureau.

—Post-War Administration Bureau:—A former orgnization founded by the United Nations as a means to clean up and resolve international desputes. Officially it was dismantled due to it’s illegal practices in Gear manufacturing, now still an undercover organization associated with the Assassins Organization and other illegal enterprises.

—Prime Field:—Core genetic Gear D.N.A. In particular the D.N.A. ascribed to the Herald of Destruction, Justice, as well as the Prototype Gear and it’s constructed Archetype. Sol Badguy, The Maiden of the Grove, and Sin are said to bear this Prime Field. Not to be confused with Boundary Contact Mediums also called Prime Fields in the BlazBlue universe.

—Quarantined Space:—See Cube.

—Quota:—A casual term used by bounty-hunters to refer to how much money (in World Dollars) they earned in a day’s time.

—Research Scores:—Extremely complex chord key signatures retrieved from the Backyard by Dr. Paradigm for the purpose of analyzing the Cube. The power in these scores appears to exceed even the scale Forbidden Magic and can undo complex Barriers and Brainwashing Enchantment Songs. They also appear to contain a Historical Record of the first time Humankind accessed Magic. See Barrier, Cube, Hi-deigokutsuipo, Key Signatures, Twelve Steps.

—Retrieve and Re-summon:—Refers to the unique ability Master Units have of containing their Servants in a small space to travel large distances the Servants themselves could not cover in as little time. Similar to putting something in your pocket. See also Servant, Master Ghost.

—Retrograding:—A term used to refer to the process of reversing a living being’s physical age (namely That Man’s). The results vary but often require a backup of the person’s memory. See also Gearmaker, HPC Server.

—Sacred Treasure:—See OutRage.

—Seal:—See Barrier, Dimensional Prison.

—Servant:—An extention of a living being’s magic taking physical manifestation in the form of a military unit. This form of summoning cannot be done without the use of a Master Ghost via the Soul Sinker incantation method. Servants have the unique ability to tear down Barriers erected by Enemy Master Ghosts. See also Barrier, Capture Unit, and Master Ghost.

—Shuusen Kanrikyoku:—See Post-War Administration Bureau.

—Shokusei Kagejin:—Translated from Japanese as “Shadow Beast Organism”. See Hi-deigokutsuipo, Kinjuu.

—Singing:—Refers to a Command Type Gear’s innate ability to influence magical entities around it. The exact ability is referred to as ‘parallel recognition and decentralized control of a wide area’. In simple terms it is Brainwashing or Enchantment. If the phase or frequency of the enchantment is removed, the spell no longer affects the individual exposed to the song. See also Gear, Vitae, Youkai.

—Soul Cycle:—Refers to Zappa’s unique Spirit Medium fighting style in which the various ghosts that possess his body gain souls to increase their power and summon even greater entities. See also Ghost, Master Ghost.

—Soul Link/Soul Chain:—A term used when two entities share the same life force. The term originates from Guilty Gear Isuka for Teams of players.

—Soul Sinker:—A containment of a living being’s Soul and Consciousness. See also Master Ghost.

—Soshiki:—Another name for the Assassins Organization. What little of the Soshiki is known can be traced back to ties with the United Nations, A-Country, Zepp, the Mafia, and several other political entities, both recognized and illegal.

—Sublimation:—Disintegration or deconstruction of a living object via hacking through the Backyard. Most often Gears were the targets of this act, resulting in their deaths. The goal is often to obtain a Gear’s Prime Field, as it was said to hold the “Key” to the “Cube” found within the Backyard.

—Space Curve:—A warp in the space-time continuum that causes temporary time freeze. Also known as an Ouroboros loop. See also Barrier.

—Syndicate:—See Soshiki.

—Teleportation:—Transport from one location to another via rapid jumping from one space to another via long distance dimensional travel that in fact restricts the time-space interval. Said to defy the 12 Steps Incantations. See also Twelve Steps.

—“That Man”:—See Gearmaker.

—The Great War:—Another term for the Crusades, the battle between Humanity and their maverick-weapons, the Gears. See also Crusades.

—Tuning:—Refers to the range and pitch of Chord Magic Incanation. Individuals must be 'tuned' in order to adjust to the density of information located in the Backyard. See also the Twelve Steps, Backyard.

—Twelve Steps:—A quantum term for the 12 Semitones standard of Magic incantation (originating from Western Music Theory). Comparatively they refer to the basic Magical elements that make up the world on a physical level. Anything beyond the 12 Steps is considered a violation of the laws of Magic Particle Physics. In Music theory they are called HalfSteps or Chromatic Scales. Music is constructed by starting off with a single tone with an additional twelve tones that are higher or lower in pitch in the composition, while the Key Signature sets the scale in which they are played. Although altogether they are called "12 Halfsteps", or "Six Whole Steps" apart from each tone. See also Backyard, Chord, Tuning, Five Element Configuration.

—Tribe:—Another name for one’s own private army. Similar to a PMC (Private Military Company). See also Servant.

—Underworld:—A pocket of subspace that contains life forms known as Youkai. See also Backyard, Youkai.

—Undying Disease:—The eponymous historic title given to the Chronicle known as the Immortal Raven. He cannot be killed and thus he regenerates all wounds inflicted upon himself. He is given the intimate name “Karasu” (Japanese kanji for Raven) by “That Man”. See also Gearmaker.

—Virtual Space/Virtual Reality:—See Backyard.

—Vitae:—A drug extracted from Gear experimentation and given to humans, destributed by the Blackard Company. The results appear to cure many maladies but can cause lethal physical reactions/mutations if a patient is exposed to a Command Type Gear’s “song”. See also Singing.

—Vizuel:—A semi-sentient army of beings formed within the Backyard from the quasi-Gear existence known as Valentine. It is said they are the physical manifestation of the girl’s ill intent towards those who oppose her. It is unknown if they are Gears themselves, but they do have powers that rival the Gears.

—War Relic:—An encapsulating term that refers to exotic weaponry (sentient or otherwise) created during the Crusades. So far only a small collective of existences bear that title. Dragon Slayer (owned by Kliff Undersn), Flament Nagel (partnered with A.B.A.), Fenrir (fused with Tyr). Though closely related to Jinki (Divine Tools, otherwise known as the 8 Sacred Treasures), they do not bear that amount of power, but can rival it or resonate with it at times. See also OutRage.

—“Wheels that move the World”:—A term Raven refers to as a Chronicle in reference to those people in history that have a role to play, or as I-No refers to them “Players on the Stage”. See also Flame of Corruption, Gearmaker, Undying Disease.

—Youkai:—A Japanese word that refers to nonhuman entities such as demons, ghosts, mushi, vampires etc. that appear to have historically existed in Mankind’s ancient folklore. They are known to wield mystical powers and tied highly with dark magic arts and have existed since ancient times. They bear human traits, but also share animal traits as well. It was recently discovered these beings were born in the dense information dimension known as the Backyard. Youkai have a composition very similar to and can be influenced by Gears. See also Backyard and Gear.

—Zepp:—Otherwise known as the Zeppian Airship Empire, Zepp was founded around 2073 with an effort to preserve the ancient technologies lost to mankind once Magic was discovered. Its mission was to preserve BlackTech, not simply as contraband, but as useful relics. Somewhere along its dark history, Zepp got its hands dirty in Gear manufacturing and illegal experimentation. To what extent is not fully known, but it bears history with the P.W.A.B. and the Assassins Organization. As of 2182, Zepp has reformed the corrupt government it once had and formed an alliance with A-Country as the New Zeppian Republic.

Final Note: I may update this entry as necessary in order to fix things or change data. Feel free to point out or correct anything.

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