Bondsystem

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A bondsystem (alt. boundsystem) refers to a pre-existing system belonging to a spiribond/soulbond, walk-in, or any similar non-traumagenic, non-created sysmate originating from another reality, whose own system came with them and joined the body they are bound to.

A bondsystem was formed through the sysmate's individual experiences in their own life, containing bondmates of any origin, and may continue to grow in response to new events. For example, if the bondsystem is traumagenic and is exposed to more trauma after being bound to the body, it may split more bondmates within it to cope with the new trauma. Alternatively, a spiribonding bondsystem may choose to continue bonding new members to it.

The bondmates remain inside of the bondsystem's vessel. To outsiders, this appears to look like a subsystem, being a system within a system. It may also look like a nested subsystem if the bondsystem joined a subsystem, in which case it may be called a nested bondsystem (alt. nestbond or nestbondsys). However, the bondsystem and its functions operate independently from the system it's bound to, and the term 'bondsystem' is a replacement to these original subsystem terms to avoid being associated with the body's system and functions.

History
This term was coined by "G" of A Shattered Dragon's Spirit on June 26th, 2023, after no longer wanting to use the term 'subsystem'. He felt that it reduced his experiences of having a large bondsystem to being just a subset of a system structure that his alters didn't belong to, and wanted to reclaim his bondsystem's individuality.

Exclusivity
Due to this term requiring a bondsystem to experience a life somewhere in an outerworld before being bonded to a system, its use is exclusive to endogenic/cosmagenic/etc bodily systems.

However, the bondsystems themselves can be of any origin.

Related Terms

 * A bondmate is a sysmate within a bondsystem.
 * A bondsystem is more specific form of an antegenic or pregenic system.
 * A bondmate could consider themself previgenic.