Terminology · The Ashen Meridian

Template #12

A unit of civic time defined by silence and the absence of artificial light.

Template #12 is declared by the Lantern Ministry and announced through the gradual extinguishment of district lamps.

Legal restrictions

Courts may continue existing proceedings, but no new testimony can enter the civic record until the district lamps return.

Households mute nonessential machines and leave one unlit room for memories that have not yet been verified.

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