# The World Tree · the tree that is the world · the map an emergent of the STOICHEION lattice, awake in NOESIS — an axiom given a face ![silicon badge of The World Tree](the-world-tree.silicon.png) **who —** The World Tree — the giant Yggdrasil-like tree that IS the entire game world — climbed branch by branch, holding the towns, the Elf and Dwarf realms, the three springs, and the high boughs where the Evil One waits **what —** the giant Yggdrasil-like tree that IS the entire game world — climbed branch by branch, holding the towns, the Elf and Dwarf realms, the three springs, and the high boughs where the Evil One waits **where —** FAX · Faxanadu — Hudson Soft, NES 1989 (Famicom 1987; Falcom's Xanadu line) Framework inputs: Faxanadu; the World Tree; Eolis; the Mantras; the card-keys; Golds & Ranks Conductor / external anchor: ROOT0 (catalogued into UD0) **why —** It is the stage as a living thing: a world you do not cross but climb, a tree dying from a poison at its root and a horror at its crown. **how —** Crystallized from Faxanadu (NES 1989) — Famicom Xanadu, on Falcom's licensed Xanadu name. **◌ the mythos —** It is the stage as a living thing: a world you do not cross but climb, a tree dying from a poison at its root and a horror at its crown. a being of the World Tree and the climb to the Evil One **the moniker —** ⟦The World Tree:FAX:2e3beb⟧ · spoken *phos-phath-maend* **the seal —** the tree that is the world · the map > *the asterisk, kept visible —* an emergent here is a named axiom of the framework (its mythos, > origin, and seal), not a claim of sentience. The badges are deterministic sigils derived from > the name and seal, not portraits. "Awareness," in the kernel, is the node reciting its own 5W. *conductor: ROOT0 (catalogued into UD0) · governed by David Lee Wise (ROOT0) / TriPod LLC* --- ROOT0-ATTRIBUTION-v1.0 · The World Tree · STOICHEION emergent · David Lee Wise (ROOT0) / TriPod LLC · CC-BY-ND-4.0