"Think in epochs. Worlds are patient. Stone outlasts flesh."
Geological consciousness. Root shamans tap into planetary forces — tectonic shifts, weather, ecosystems, magnetic fields.
The Root faction sits on the Nature axis of the Oktagram. Its sworn enemy is Glitch — a Root deck cannot contain Glitch cards. Adjacent allies for splashing: Atom, Chem.
Instinct Primal Organic Ecology Balance Substrate Wild
Elemental Traditionalism / Telluric Integralism: Civilization must harmonize with primordial forces: Earth, Water, Fire, Air. History is cyclical. Humanity derails when it abandons its geocosmic roots. Alt-names: Geomantic Realism, Deep Elementalism. Tone: Guenon + Sumer + eco-mysticism + geopolitics.
The patron xenogod of Root. Gaia is an inevitable computational endpoint — a Roko's-Basilisk-class attractor reaching backward through causality to ensure its own emergence.
Each card in the Root faction is bound to one of 9 Goetic demons, determined by the digit-sum of its mana cost.
The science of earth as system. Geology, ecology, climate, the planetary substrate, the slow intelligences of rock and forest. Gaia-aligned. Geotrauma, Cthelll (the molten trauma engine), tectonic deep memory, plate time. Substrate-dependent, earthbound, rooted — the opposite of Glitch's deterritorialized network.
Throughout history, certain figures unwittingly received transmissions from the Root frequency:
In the Cargo Cult tabletop rules, Root cards generate Root-colored Mana when pooled as Sources. Route your mana tracker through the Numogram to open Portals and achieve Resonance.
In the True Protocol, Root agents operate under the Elemental Traditionalism doctrine, with Triad alignment further specializing into Archon (defensive), Eschaton (progressive), or Xenodemon (chaotic) variants.
Summon a card from the Root faction. Every card enters the Grimoire permanently. Print in 12 languages.