Content Altitude System

Content Altitude System

Content in this vault exists at four levels of depth. The altitude is not labeled explicitly in filenames—it emerges from the document’s scope and how it links to other documents.

Continental The highest altitude. These documents establish universal truths about Thrapsus—the hook, the themes, what makes this world distinct. A reader should be able to understand what Thrapsus is from these documents alone.

Regional Documents covering specific peoples, territories, or how major elements connect. These establish truths about a culture, a geographic area, or a system (trade, warfare, religion) as it operates across the continent.

Local Specific settlements, ruling structures, notable figures, or events within a region. A village, a noble house, a battle, a trade route. These documents assume the reader may not have read the regional context—provide enough grounding to stand alone.

Primary Source Ground-level documents written by inhabitants of Thrapsus. Journals, ship logs, ledgers, letters, field notes. These have voice, bias, and personality. They are the raw material that chroniclers at higher altitudes synthesize into official record.