The Registry

Archive Subsection: The Planar Registry-The Planar Registry or simply "The Registry' is a subsection of the primary Archive designed for the registration and detailed identification of extra-planar entities in all known dimensions. This Registry was designed largely in support of summoners and the ‘Exile' project – designed for the summoning, capture, and subsequent banishment of demonic entities to an isolated dimension. The Registry may be used by summoners in search of a particular extra-dimensional entity such as elementals with whom they may seek to form a contract with or bind to their service.

Most all summoning requires either the essence or name of a particular extra-dimensional entity and/or an essence of that entity's plane. The summoning of demonic entities in particular requires the use of a true name. Names are collected in a number of ways, often from entities seeking to put their rivals at a disadvantage; others are collected from scrying, coercion, or from ancient records. The registry is—for obvious reasons – a secure asset with information separated into classifications according to the danger or potential danger of the associated extra-dimensional entities. If a summoner/conjurer does not wish to or does not possess the resources to garner the name of an entity for themselves, they may purchase a name from The Registry for a cost directly equivalent to the entity's power. .

Certain identities such as those of demonic or exceedingly dangerous nature are not open to release except when specific authorization has been granted. These circumstances are rare and release will only be granted under secure conditions to authorized personnel and only when specifically requires such as for a summoning. In certain cases all personnel granted access to the entity's identity may be required to submit to a memory alteration and/or extraction if it the risk is deemed too great. It is the duty of The Registry and all its' members to ensure the security and anonymity of all recorded identities.

As with many portions of The Archive specific nodes have been constructed to act as externai storage for information. Isolated registry nodes have been provided in the event of a high-threat security breach and/or a loss of connectivity with the primary Archive. These nodes contain the physical and scripted security measures required to ensure information integrity. In the event of a high-threat casualty the system will automatically engage in node isolation which may only be overridden by the appropriate authority,

All identities within the Registry are encrypted separately with a unique Cipher format and provided a unique decryption key. These keys are held physically separate from the Registry in a series of identical but isolated nodes. These nodes are referred to as The Keys and are centrally monitored and controlled by a protocol known as The Keymaster which acts to pair identities and keys as required.