Editing Continuity/Empyrean as a Term (section)

== Analysis ==
We can evaluate the authenticity of of each statement on a few criteria:
# The in-universe sources of the statements.
# The number of sources for each statement.
# The date each statement was released.
# The in-universe date each statement was made.
# What is the most plausible, or makes the most sense.

;Alatar:
# Locke recounts first-hand in his writings that he came up with the term. Later writings by the Arcanum back this up.
# We have two sources, ''The Explorations of Alatar Locke'' and ''An Explorer's Notes'', although both are from the same collection of lore articles and were likely written at the same time.
# This information became available in November 2001.
# Alatar Locke's claims were made fairly early. While we don't have an exact date, we can estimate it at some time prior to Portal Year 1.<ref name="TheExplorationsOfAlatarLocke" /><ref name="ACDMCDLoreIntroduction" /><ref name="GeneralHistoryOfDerethVolXI">2000/12 [[The Child of Daralet]] - [[General History of Dereth Vol. XI]]</ref>
# Alatar did not know the true name of the Empyrean, so he came up with a term. Empyrean is a real word, meaning ''belonging to or deriving from heaven.'' This makes perfect sense given that Alatar was of exceptional education, and his study and exploration focused on the Empyrean.

;Elsya:
# This statement came from an apparition of Elysa, which Isparians were led to by an apparition of the Olthoi Queen, both of which were created by Aerbax in an attempt to harm Isparian collective memory.
# We have one source, the dialog from this quest.
# This information became available in January 2008.
# This statement was made by Elysa sometime while freed human slaves were still living in the underground city. Humans first began to live there in Portal Year -3.<ref name=HistoryOfAubereanVol5>2003/03 [[The History of Auberean/Volume V: New Arrivals (-540 to 13)|The History of Auberean: Volume V: New Arrivals (-540 to 13)]]</ref>
# It seems highly unlikely that someone would be able to deduce how the word of an alien language would ''sound'' based on script. It is also odd that the Empyrean would call their race by an Roulean (aka English) word that happens to describe them, if only somewhat.

;authenticity
# Alatar: We have a first hand account from the person who coined the term, and others backing up this claim.
# Alatar: We have two different sources.
# Elysa: This information was released more recently, and may have been an attempt at retcon.
# Elysa: Her discovery most likely occurred before Alatar coined the term.
# Alatar: The explanation that Alatar created a term to describe the vanished people is more plausible than Elysa determining the pronunciation of a word based on its spelling in an alien script, and that word happening to be an apt description of those people.