Terminology

The following page contains definitions of various terms specifically to the Phantonics series.

A

 * Ability: A mysterious power that can emerge from an individual upon a person "awakening" their inner phantons. (PREVIOUS WEB NOVEL ONLY)
 * Awakening: A transformation phantons can go through within an individual. This unlocks the capability to use Abilities (Previous Web Novel)/Concepts (Current Web Novel) as well as increase the person's durability and vitality.

C

 * Chaon: Considered the opposite of the phanton. They are highly unstable particles responsible for the existence of Chaonic Entities. Humans are not supposed to interact with them normally, yet are able to under certain conditions.
 * Chaonic Entity: A being created from and composed of chaons, such as the Blood Bull. Under Unity's Class System, they are known as "Corruptors."
 * Class System: Categories created by Unity that help separate Conceptors with different types of powers. Also used to categorize Phantonic Entities as "Spectors" and Chaonic Entities as "Corruptors."
 * Concept: A mysterious power that can emerge from an individual upon a person "awakening" their inner phantons. (CURRENT WEB NOVEL ONLY)
 * Conceptor: One who has awakened to a Concept.
 * Core: A small silver ball made up of phantonite. These balls have unique phantonic code programmed into them, and when they react to the phantons of the user, they will transform into various weapons and shapes.

E

 * Earth: The Concept of Winona Caldera, which grants her the power to control the earth and its components (stone, dirt, sand, etc.)
 * Elemental: A secret Conceptor class created by Elliot Rizzo to watch over certain individuals with power over the elements (Fire, Water, Lightning, Earth, and Air).
 * Emitter: A Conceptor class allows for the creation of a substance or power from nowhere.
 * Enhancer: A Conceptor class that increases a trait of the human body to an extreme degree.

F

 * Fire: The Concept of Faye Roswell, which grants her the power to produce and control flames.
 * Friction: The Concept of Christopher Serpenti, which grants him power over the physics of friction.

G

 * Ghost: A Phantonic Entity created by phantons remaining on the earth's surface and merging back together after one passes. Also referred to as a "Spirit".

I

 * Influencer: A Conceptor class that influences an outside factor or law.
 * Intelligent Occurrence: When phantons gather into the form of a ghost and are able to freely interact with the world around them. They usually hold a lot more phantonic power than a residual occurrence, although it is still difficult for them to leave the area where their phantons originally gathered.

L

 * Lightning: The Concept of Brandon Shepherd, which grants him the power to produce and control electricity.

P

 * Phanton: Particles existing within each person. They are responsible for the existence of Abilities and Phantonic Entities.
 * Phantonic Entity: A being created from and composed of phantons, such as Ghosts/Spirits. Under Unity's Class System, they are known as "Spectors."
 * Phantonics: The study of the phanton.
 * Phantonite: A special kind of material that was artificially produced. It reacts heavily to phantons, and can even change and expand its shape based on the values presented to it. Phantonite is used in almost everything related to phantonic technology and is even used to construct weapons for Unity.

R

 * Residual Occurrence: When phantons gather into the form of a ghost and occasionally replay events of that person’s life. They are usually weaker and are indefinitely stuck to the area where their phantons gather.
 * Royal Armory: The power used by Charlotte Ouderkirk, which allows her to create phantonic duplications of a wide variety of weapons.

S

 * Spirit: Another term for "Ghost".
 * Steam: The Concept of Pamela Roswell, which grants her the power to produce and control steam.
 * Storage: The Concept of Derek Sommers, which grants him the capability of storing phantons within his body and releasing them. Using the overall concepts of myths within Requiem, Derek can replicate the rings from the tale "Wrath of the Summer Storm" and create phantonic duplications of their power.

U

 * Unity: A group in the Phantonics universe made up of powerful people, both with Concepts and without. Stationed in Nexus City, the main goal of the group is to protect Requiem from threats, mainly those caused by chaonic activity.

W

 * World Mirror: The strange power that is found within Adam Grayson, which grants him the usage of silvery-white energy that can heal his body from injuries and grant him enhances physical prowess. The mysteries surrounding the World Mirror are a major plot point of the series.

X

 * Xavier’s Ceiling: A theoretical barrier in between the exosphere and thermosphere that is undetectable by humans and technology. The theory of its existence came about during a study of phantons leaving the earth’s surface. At this altitude, they seem to disappear, yet show the same kind of behavior as a ghost being formed before doing so. It was named after the scientist who discovered the phanton, Xavier Ouderkirk.