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門口 · Mun Hau
Threshold House
transitions — births, deaths, contract-signings, border-crossings
Sigil motif
a doorway shape, usually rectangular, sometimes split vertically into black and white halves
Drone form
triangular matte-black drones, mostly invisible to civilian eyes
Uniform
black coat over white shirt — sharp contrast, no gradients
Atmosphere
quiet rooms, contracts being signed, waiting halls, the moment before something irreversible
Standing
senior of the Eight
Public doctrine
The quietest of the Eight, and universally feared. Threshold notarizes — births, deaths, marriages, contracts of consequence, border crossings into and out of the city. Without Threshold's notary mark, certain things have not officially happened. With it, they have, irreversibly.
Private disposition
Threshold members do not wear charm-strings. The bare wrists are the polite small advertisement that Threshold does not ask favors of itself. They arrive in rooms in a way that other people in the room learn to notice. They are not, individually, villains. They are senior priests of an ancient and powerful entity, doing their job. The line between Threshold's stated interest and its actual interest is not always the line outsiders assume.
Threshold’s offices in Central are unmarked. The board members keep tea services in the back rooms of teahouses on Gough Street. The notary stamp itself is a small pressed sigil in dry oxidized silver — a doorway shape, half black, half white. Once it is set into the paper, the paper is no longer the same paper.
The Domain Court
Threshold has unusual standing in the Domain Court because most matters before the Court are, ultimately, about transitions — what is passing from whom to whom, under what terms, with what consequences. A Threshold board member rarely sits as a judge but is often the senior witness in the room.
A note on Min
Threshold has been cultivating Min, quietly and patiently, for some time. The senior member doing the cultivating is Wu Jing-wai. The cultivation is courteous. It is not idle.