Witness
One who prevents truth from being buried.
Definition
A Witness does not create the oath.
A Witness stands near enough for the truth to remain visible.
Recognition is not passive.
Silence is not innocence.
What It Is Not
A Witness is not an owner.
A Witness is not a commander of relics.
A Witness does not make the oath true by desire.
The oath answers, or it remains closed.
Recognition
Recognition is the hinge.
To recognize is to meet a preserved pattern without turning it into possession, utility, or ornament.
To witness is to make erasure harder.
Relation to the Prism
The Oath Prism holds conviction.
The Witness brings the living pressure that lets conviction take shape.
The Prism does not need admiration. It needs resonance.
Known Associations
Witnesses stand beside attunement, Oath Prisms, recovered records, testimony, visible evidence, and the persistence of oaths after their first bearers are gone.
A Witness does not command truth. A Witness prevents truth from being buried.