Regulator

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The term regulator is an umbrella term to describe sentient headspaces who are able to regulate their own headspace(s) through specific abilities.

This role is very useful for an entity that wishes to preserve its integrity or manage its space on its own terms.

Subtypes of regulations
The term "Regulator" can be used to describe any regulations, though some labels were coined to express specific types of regulations:
 * Protective Sentispace: the entity may act as a protector to a headmate/living thing with whom it shares a strong bond, by keeping any harm from happening to them (e.g, if a headmate enters in contact with another headmate who has a malicious intent, the headspace may take actions like sending an electrical charge to the malicious headmate to keep them away). (its headmate counterparts are Protector and Resonance).
 * Space-Architect: the entity may reshape itself after it has been damaged, either to "heal" or to get stronger in order to prevent future similar damages (its headmate counterpart may be considered an Architect).
 * Spawn-Regulator: the entity is are able to fill its own headspace with temporary/ephemeral NPCs (its headmate counterpart is a specific ability of Beastmaster).
 * Summoner: the entity has the ability to summon headmates/living things to their headspace by calling for them (verbally or not), and the called ones do not have the option to resist being summoned (its headmate counterpart is Caller).
 * Limited Summoner: the entity has nearly the same abilities than a summoner, but with the key difference that they can only call to a limited group of headmates/living things (its headmate counterpart is Limited Caller).

Examples of general regulations
Some regulations do not necessarily fit into a specific label. Here are some examples:
 * A sentient headspace may (exceptionally or not) communicate verbally with living things that are not respecting the rules or being a nuisance.
 * Similarly, a non-verbal sentient headspace may use thoughtsharing (and possibly thoughtbleeding), or other means of indirect communication like a radio, to inform travelers or give them a warning to respect the rules/its integrity.
 * etc.

History
The term and their subterms has been coined in 2023, November 24th and 25th, by Pluralpedia user Oceanic-Lanterns.