Harbingers

First Appearance and Context

The phrase "the Harbingers" appears in a dictionary entry discussing the Ita (practical order), which remarks that unclear or poorly preserved information "enshrouds" the time of the Harbingers and the Terrible Events. Tour commentary along the Hylaean Way (exhibit walk) also notes reserved space for later-history sections--explicitly including the Harbingers and the Terrible Events--signaling that they are recognized topics whose details are not yet shown there.

A teacher also observes that the longstanding way novices are taught quantum theory derives from explanatory models used by the theors (scholarly researchers) who first framed it in the time of the Harbingers; other orders favor different models and terminology.

Roles/Actions and Affiliations

In sources presented to date, Harbingers are a numbered series of upheavals used as temporal markers in mathic history. Named examples include the Second Harbinger and the Third Harbinger, which bound a brief window of stability late in the Praxic Age. The specific nature, causes, or scope of the Harbingers have not been described.

Relationships

• Frequently paired in references with the Terrible Events, implying a shared historical frame or sequence without specifying direct causation.
• The broader historical arc in which Harbingers are invoked leads into the Reconstitution, which reorganizes mathic practice thereafter.

Descriptions/Characteristics

• Treated as discrete, numbered crises or turning points (e.g., "Second," "Third").
• Used primarily as chronological waypoints rather than as described institutions or persons.
• Sources emphasize uncertainty: records from that time are fragmentary or contested.

Current Status/Location

A historical label only. The Harbingers are not depicted as a currently active group; they are referenced as past markers whose details remain unclear in available sources.