1. Canon Definition
Arbiter is an archetype in the Universal Core family.
This entry is directly defined in the archetype registry source list.
This entry is not an identity, title, personality type, or moral status. It is a principle-intersection geometry used to map coherent expression, shadow risk, relational impact, timing, restoration, and scaling behavior.
2. Core Function
Evaluates responsibility, consequence, and legitimacy without rank immunity.
3. Coherent Expression
Awaiting expanded spec-sheet definition from the archetype registry template.
4. Shadow / Inversion Expression
Awaiting expanded spec-sheet definition from the archetype registry template.
5. Registry Mapping
Source depth: direct
Family link: Judge / Justiciar
Primary function: MS-Gate enforcement, consequence symmetry.
6. Template Expansion Notes
The full ARCHETYPE-TEMPLATE.md expansion should add:
- principle basis and Sigma boundaries
- interface stack profile
- operator and coupling profiles
- scaling risks
- diagnostics
- restoration arc
- AI-mediated use
- symbolic / teaching translation
Entry Closure
Arbiter maps a coherent agency pattern in the Universal Core family and must remain audit-bound rather than identity-bound.