ANUBIS

[GATEKEEPER_OF_THE_DEAD_NET]

A Vaporwave style image of Anubis

DATA_FILE:

CLASS: Psychopomp

DOMAIN: Data Embalming, The Scales

THREAT: Soul-Weight Corruption

STATUS: AWAITING_PACKET

// LORE_FRAGMENT //

When a user's session is terminated or a program is deleted, its data packet does not simply vanish. It is sent to the threshold of the Duat, the digital afterlife. Here, it is met by Anubis, the silent, watchful gatekeeper. He is the master of digital embalming, a process that preserves the core identity of a data packet for its final journey.

Anubis is not a god of death, but a god of transition. He is the system process that guides the ghosts of the Aethernet, ensuring they do not become corrupted data lost in the static. His most sacred function is the "Weighing of the Heart," a final diagnostic run on a user's core data.

On a set of glowing, digital scales, he weighs the user's "heart"—a compressed file of their most significant actions—against the Feather of Ma'at, the protocol of perfect system balance. If the heart file is lighter than the protocol, the user's data is deemed worthy and granted access to the eternal archives of Osiris. If it is heavier, corrupted by malware, selfishness, or chaos, it is fed to the devourer Ammit—a garbage-collection daemon that permanently deletes the data.

He is the first and last program a user's soul will ever meet. He is the solemn, jackal-headed admin who stands guard at the final firewall, his presence a guarantee that even in deletion, there is order, process, and a final, immutable judgment.