Alagael takes its name, and its idea, from Snowmoon, a 32-chapter science-fiction novel by Vitalik Buterin, published in September 2026 under the GPL v3 license [1][4]. The novel follows Veridia, a city-state that runs on cryptography and decentralized governance, in its ideological conflict with the Arctic Empire, a centralized surveillance regime [4].

THE IDEA

Hidden while
in power.
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In Veridia, the people who steer the city's taxes belong to the Order of Steering. When they do their work they wear a dark purple Privacy Robe that covers them from hood to ankle, so nobody knows who they are, and nobody can bribe or pressure them [2].

When their time is over, some of them become Heralds. A Herald speaks openly about how they thought and decided, but only "after they no longer have any power", so there is nothing left to influence [3]. One of them is named Alagael.

Alagael brings that rule into your own life. While you live, your secrets wear the robe: split, sealed, unreadable. When you are gone, they become your Herald, and finally speak to the people you chose.

CH. 01 · MELDAN, VERIDIA

3724 SNOWMOON 3

The Robe

Order members hide their identity under a full-body purple robe, which protects them from bribery and pressure [2].

→ PRIVACY ROBE
Your seed hides in shares. No one holds enough to be coerced.

CH. 01 · THE ORDER OF STEERING

KEEPERS · ACOLYTES

The Order

Keepers vote on the tax rubrics. Acolytes are members in training whose judgments are scored before they gain full standing [2].

→ KEEPERS & ACOLYTE DRILL
Guardians hold your shares; you practise recovery before it matters.

CH. 06 · MELDAN, VERIDIA

3724 RAINMOON 12–13

The Herald

Alagael, a Herald, runs a citizens' assembly. Heralds are retired Order members who explain the Order to the public and are open only once their power is gone [3].

→ HERALD · AND THE NAME
Your last letter opens only after you go silent.

CH. 06 · THE LOAN

ZERO-KNOWLEDGE

Prove, don't expose

Gladias takes a reputation-backed loan; the system sees only a nullifier and the amount, never who he is [3].

→ VAULT
Keeper rewards go to one-time stealth addresses.

TERM IN SNOWMOON IN ALAGAEL

Privacy Robe Purple robe that hides an Order member's identity (Ch. 1) Module 1: SLIP-39 seed shares

Herald Retired Order member who becomes open after leaving power (Ch. 6) Module 2: time-locked last letter

Keeper Order member who votes on tax rubrics (Ch. 1) A guardian holding one of your shares

Acolyte Order member in training (Ch. 1) Acolyte Drill: recovery practice

Tick A unit of time in Veridia (Ch. 1) Your periodic check-in

Snowmoon A month in Veridia's calendar, as in the Ch. 1 dateline The book this project comes from

INDEPENDENTAlagael is a fan-made project. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Vitalik Buterin or the Snowmoon novel.

LICENSESnowmoon is GPL v3. Alagael's code is GPL v3 too, so anyone can read and audit it.

TOKENThe novel's currency is zipcoin. The Alagael token is separate from it and from the novel. Only trust the token address published on this site.