18:3
“Each Keeper promised four duties: tell truth against one’s own tribe, protect the stranger against one’s own ruler, repair inherited harm, and surrender any teaching proven to serve the Lie.”
The Book of Diesel · Gospel Threshold Edition v4.5
What is history and what is fiction?
Open reconstructionThe chapter is literary theology rather than recoverable event history.
Historical anchor
Zoroastrian teachings were transmitted through priestly and communal traditions; this specific order and seal are fictional.
Fiction boundary
The Flamekeepers, Seal of the Open Hand, and oath are invented continuity devices.