Regulator

The term regulator is an umbrella term that describes sentient headspaces who are able to regulate their own headspace(s) through specific abilities.
This role is very useful for an entity that wishes to preserve its integrity or manage its space on its own terms.
==Subtypes of regulations==
The term "Regulator" can be used to describe any regulations, but some labels were coined to express specific types of regulations:
* Protective Sentispace: the entity may act as a protector to a headmate/living being, especially with whom it shares a symbiotic connection, by keeping any harm from happening to them (its headmate counterparts may be considered Protectors and Resonants).
* Space-Architect: the entity may reshape itself after it has been damaged, for example to "heal" or to get stronger to prevent future similar damages (its headmate counterparts may be considered Architects, Groundskeepers, Gardentenders).
* Spawn-Regulator: the entity is able to populate its own headspace with temporary/ephemeral NPCs or even permanent ones (its headmate counterpart is a specific ability of Beastmasters).
==Examples of general regulations==
Some regulations do not necessarily fit into a specific label. Here are some examples:
* A sentient headspace may (exceptionally or not) communicate verbally with living beings that are not respecting the rules or being a nuisance.
* Similarly, a non-verbal sentient headspace may use thoughtsharing (and possibly thoughtbleeding), or other means of mediated communication, to inform travelers, or to give them a warning to respect the rules/its integrity.
* etc.
==Related Roles==
Here are roles that could function as a subterm for Regulator, even though these were not initially coined for this purpose:
* Summoner: the entity has the ability to summon headmates/living things to their headspace by calling for them (verbally or not), and the called ones do not have the option to resist being summoned (its headmate counterpart is a Caller). It may be needed to do some emergency maintenance for example.
* Limited Summoner: the entity has nearly the same abilities than a summoner, but with the key difference that they can only call to a limited group of headmates/living things (its headmate counterpart is a Limited Caller). It may also be needed to do some emergency maintenance for example.
==History==
The term and their subterms has been coined in 2023, November 24th and 25th, by Pluralpedia user Oceanic-Lanterns.
==Gallery==
File:Regulator_by_Oceanic-Lanterns.png|alt=The flag is a blackish rectangle which is cut by a huge diamond-shape. Inside there are 7 horizontal layers divided in three parts. The first and third are straight brown lines, and the center are 2 wavy grey lines. In the middle of the central line (the 4th), there is a shape that looks like an eye, almost undetected because it is in light grey as well.|Regulator flag, by Oceanic-Lanterns.
File:Spawn-Regulator_by_Oceanic-Lanterns.png|alt=The flag is a rectangle (2 blackish corners, and 2 dark-blue corners with electronics elements), which is cut by a huge diamond-shape. Inside there are 7 horizontal layers divided in three parts. The first and third are straight brown lines, and the center are 2 wavy grey lines. In the middle of the central line (the 4th), there is a shape that looks like a portal, giving life to a human-like silhouette: a NPC.|Spawn-Regulator flag, by Oceanic-Lanterns.
Meaning of the Regulator flag: The diamond shape is a reference to the sentispace original flag. The outside of the diamond is colored in black to focus the spectator eye inside of the flag (the same way a sentient headspace is focused on a specific situation when acting as a regulator).
* The top/bottom inside the diamond are colored in brown to make it look like they are layers of ground inside a planet (as a metaphor to the sentispace needing to investigate its own ground to regulate something in itself). They are not wavy, meaning that there is no earthquake, so no cause to panic.
* The central lines inside the diamond are colored in grey as a metaphor to "this is grey area where we do not exactly known what is going on". The wavy form is a sign something is being stirred up and causing an earthquake, so a cause to panic. Thus, the eye goes over it to investigate it, smoothly and almost undetected, to assess the damages and regulate the situation.
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