the core	the god's own sign, copied from its Symbols line — not the cataloguer's invention
	solid ring	Aethon-Emergent — emerged from the substrate
	beaded ring	Belief-Emergent — crystallised out of mortal belief
	square frame	neither house — filed outside both
	filled centre	Aethon itself: the substrate, not a god
	wide bar above	counted a greater deity
	narrow bar above	counted a lesser deity
	ring open at the crown	still forming — belief has not finished making it
	ring open at the foot	coming apart — a Tired One, or a god fading
	bead below	a vassal — serves another god
	fine outline, empty	named in the world, never written

Seals are assembled from strokes rather than chosen from a set, so a god you only half know can be drawn with fewer strokes instead of hidden behind a lock. A seal says what a god is, never what it currently thinks: neither alignment nor position on the Reweaving is a stroke. Alignment is a classification an institution applies rather than anything visible by looking, and a stated position is a stance on one live question — which several gods are lying about. Both are on the record and both can be sorted by.

Seals are assembled from strokes rather than chosen from a set, so a god you only half know can be drawn with fewer strokes instead of hidden behind a lock. A seal says what a god is, never what it currently thinks: alignment is not a stroke. It is a classification an institution applies rather than anything visible by looking, so it stays on the record, where it can be read with that caveat attached.

people	of	stands	lives	how common
Aasimar	Primordial Cradle with celestial channel-connection	—	—	Rare
Astral Elf	Elysian Wilds	—	500–800 yrs	—
Centaur	Elysian Wilds or Primordial Cradle	5–6 ft	80–120 yrs	—
Changeling	Elysian Wilds	4–5 ft	—	Uncommon
Dark Elf	Elysian Wilds	—	500–800 yrs	Rare
Dragonborne	Primordial Cradle	6–7 ft	70–90 yrs	Rare
Dwarf	Primordial Cradle	4–5 ft	300–450 yrs	Concentrated
Eladrin	Elysian Wilds	5.5–6.5 ft	—	Rare
Elves	Elysian Wilds	—	500–800 yrs	Widespread
Fairy	Elysian Wilds	1.5–2 ft	100–200 yrs	Rare
Genasi	Primordial Cradle with elemental-plane ancestry	5–6 ft	100–150 yrs	Uncommon
Gith	Astral Sea	6–7 ft	—	Extremely rare
Gnome	Primordial Cradle	3–4 ft	300–500 yrs	Distributed
Goblin	Primordial Cradle	3–4 ft	50–70 yrs	Distributed
Goliath	Primordial Cradle	7–8 ft	80–100 yrs	Concentrated
Halfling	Primordial Cradle	3–4 ft	100–150 yrs	Widespread
Human	Primordial Cradle	5–6 ft	60–90 yrs	Ubiquitous
Kenku	Astral Sea or Primordial Cradle	4.5–5.5 ft	50–70 yrs	Uncommon
Leonin	Primordial Cradle	6.5–7.5 ft	70–90 yrs	Uncommon
Locathah	Primordial Cradle	4.5–5.5 ft	40–60 yrs	—
Moon Elf	Elysian Wilds	—	500–800 yrs	Widespread
Orc	Primordial Cradle	6–7 ft	50–70 yrs	Distributed
Plasmoid	Primordial Cradle	—	40–60 yrs	Rare
Satyr	Elysian Wilds	5–6 ft	100–200 yrs	Rare
Sea Elf	Elysian Wilds	—	500–800 yrs	—
Sethai	Primordial Cradle	—	100–140 yrs	Concentrated
Species Overview	—	—	500–800 yrs	—
Sun Elf	Elysian Wilds	—	500–800 yrs	Widespread
Tabaxi	Primordial Cradle	5–6 ft	60–80 yrs	Widespread
Tiefling	Primordial Cradle with Threnody-lineage connection	—	—	Uncommon
Tortle	Primordial Cradle	5.5–6.5 ft	50–70 yrs	Distributed
Wood Elf	Elysian Wilds	—	500–800 yrs	—

A god is an argument, and an argument is well drawn as a seal — one composed mark, meaning carried by strokes you learn to read. A people is not an argument, and it is not a picture either: nothing in this vault says what a folk looks like, so nothing here draws one. What the pages do state is a stature, a lifespan, an origin and how common the folk is, and this room is set in type rather than illustrated. Every dash above is a page with nothing to say on that line — add it and it fills in.