Engram

An engram is any fully self-contained program for soulfire manipulation, typically encoded within flamescript to produce a complex effect like state manipulation, chemical processing, or computation. Notably, this also includes memories, thoughts, and sensory records; anything that could constitute cognitive activity. Each is further classified according to their modus operandi:

Alteration Engram

An engram almost exclusively embedded into soulplanes through the use of ichor, in order to redefine local rules of reality. These are exceptionally common in applications of phlogistic computing, used to construct large visualiasation spaces and provide extra memory volume for capable reckoners. One could list as many applications as there are uses for a controllable reality, although their scope is limited by the creator's skill, power, and imagination.

Epistemic Engrams

There is a special classification for alteration engrams performed within a soul plane: epistemic engrams. These bend the conscious plane within for the purpose of altering cognitive processes, and primarily deal with the processing of mental information, including sensory reprocessing, data formatting, algorithmic manipulation, and further computational processes. Such engrams form the foundation for modern analytical procedures, and as such are commonly used by scribes, but can also find use in sensory enhancers for warriors or artists, or improved everyday memory.

Infusion Engrams

Infusion engrams, in contrast, infuse soulfire to become manipulable, pluripotent energy. Within a soul plane, driver engrams provide strength, speed, and regeneration. Without the soul plane, dynamic engrams induce motion in objects, particles, and fields in contact with the user’s halo.