[Dead Sea Scrolls]
The book which SEELE appears to be using as its guide. SEELE followed what was written,
built the Evas and moved on to fighting the Angels. It seems it also contains writings
concerning the Angels which would attack. It is also called "Secret Dead Sea
Scrolls" in the SEELE organization. In reality, the "Dead Sea Scrolls" were
excavated in 1947 from the Qumran Caves near the Dead Sea, a lake in Israel. It contained
the Old Testament and the Apocrypha - religious writings not contained within the Bible.
There were rumors that the Vatican was hiding some of its contents, but in 2001, the
entire manuscript was finally published.
[Dummy Plug]
A false entry plug developed to mobilize an Eva unmanned. The personality of the First
Child, Rei Ayanami, is implanted in them. However, since it's impossible to digitize a
human soul, this plug is merely a "dummy," which mimics thought patterns. But
for the Evas, which lack wide utility as a weapon due to the limited number of qualified
individuals, this system could be considered quite advantageous. It seems as its core, a
clone of Rei is used.
[Dummy System]
A system that imitates a pilot's thought patterns and falsely puts an Eva into a
synchronized state. The system loaded on Unit-01 was an imitation of Rei Ayanami's
personality. In the battle against the Thirteenth Angel, by the orders of NERV Commander
Gendo Ikari, This system was unleashed for the first time. However, its actions were so
highly different from Rei Ayanami's piloting, that it could be mistaken as going berserk.
It seems the only things it can be ordered to do are simple things, like commencing an
attack.
[Entry Plug]
The cockpit case that an Eva pilot boards It is shaped like a long, thin capsule, and once
the pilot is aboard, the interior is filled with L C.L By inserting this into the spinal
cord of the Eva, a pilot is placed on board The unit In a human, the spinal cord, together
with the brain, make up the central nervous system. It serves as a relay of the stimuli
transmissions for sensory perception and motion between the peripheral nerves and the
brain, as well as to govern the reflex functions. By synchronizing with the Eva from the
center of nerves, the pilot controls the unit as a pseudo-body. In an emergency it also
serves as an escape capsule and is equipped with a parachute and jettison rocket.
[Evangelion]
Its formal name is Multipurpose Humanoid Decisive Weapon Synthetic Human Evangehon. They
were built over the course of 14 years at The cost of astronomical expenditures in order
to protect mankind from the Angels. They were constructed in utmost secrecy by the Special
Duty Organization NERV, and their operation is left entirely to that organization as well
The Evas can deploy AT fields, just like Angels, and also have the capability to
neutralize them but eligible pilots are limited to 14-year-old boys and girls, who have no
mother Normally, they function on the power supplied through the umbilical cable. In an
emergency, they can sever the cable and operate on an internal battery, but that limits
them to about 5 minutes of operability. The naming of the Evangelion is seen as having
been taken from Adam's wife in the Old Testament, Eve,and the term "evangel".
[Fruit of Knowledge]
According to the Old Testament, at the center of the Garden of Eden was a tree that knew
good and evil, the "Tree of Knowledge," which stood alongside the "Tree of
Life." Adam and Eve are tempted by the Devil in the form of a snake to eat the fruit
on the Tree of Knowledge, and they are driven from Paradise. "Science," which
Gendo proudly calls "man's strength" and Fuyutsuki ridiculed as having
"caused the Second Impact," is surely the "Fruit of Knowledge" that
man obtained. It is mankind's fortune and also the original sin of having revolted against
God. The "Fruit of Life," which exists alongside the Fruit of Knowledge, is said
to confer eternal life to those who eat it. There are some writings implying God banished
humans, who had obtained knowledge, from Paradise in order to protect the Tree of Life. It
is also said that any who eat both the Fruit of Knowledge and the Fruit of Life will
become a being equal to God.
[Gehirn]
The investigative organization of the Human Instrumentality Committee. It has branches all
over the world and Gendo Ikari, Yui Ikari, and Naoko Akagi are its initial members.
However, its existence is not publicly known, and it normally operated using such places
as the Artificial Evolution Laboratory as camouflage. Later, Kouzou Fuyutsuki, Ritsuko
Akagi, and Misato Katsuragi also join It worked to propel Project E and the Human
Instrumentality Proiect forward. In 2010, when Dr. Naoko Akagi completed the Magi. Gehirn
was dismantled the day immediately after and was put under the control of the Special Duty
Organization NERV, which was the executive organization of the projects. Gehirn means
"brain" in German, hut the fact thai it was dismantled when they had obtained
NERV's brain, the Magi, is quite meaningful.
[Geo Front]
A deep underground city built in a giant space 6km long and 0,9km tall, which expands
underneath the city of New Tokyo-3. At its center is NERV Headquarters and there are
forests and a lake sprawling around it. Furthermore, there are numerous high-rise
buildings growing directly towards the ground on the ceiling, which is called the ceiling
city. They are one and the same as the buildings on the surface of the ground, which have
been housed underground when the Angels attack. Car trains and monorails are used for
transportation from the surface to Geo Front. However, This space was not constructed
artificially. It is a previously existing giant spherical space, which had become buried
by a landslide, and how it was formed is unknown.
[Giant of Light]
A giant humanoid object seen when the Second Impact was occurring. It is thought To be the
First Angel, Adam. Its entire body is shrouded in light, and its actual form is unknown,
but its appearance is very similar to that of the Evangelions. Also, a dark circular shape
can be seen on its chest, which could conceivably be the core.
[Human Instrumentality Committee]
An organization established after the Second Impact, which is chaired by Kiel Lorenz and
reports directly to the U,N,, in order to push the Human Instrumentality Project forward.
The Committee is composed of the Chairman and four other men from America, France,
Britain, and Russia. The organization seems roughly the same as SEELE. Special Duty
Organization NERV operates as an group that reports directly to this Committee.
[Human Instrumentality Project]
As it literally says, a project to supplement what is missing from mankind to become a
"perfect existence " It has been propelled along in utmost secrecy by the Human
Instrumentality Committee, SEELE, and Gendo Ikari's people.
[L.C.L.]
The liquid which fills the entry plug after a pilot has gotten on board. It is viscous and
has an unpleasant smell similar to blood. After the pilot is on board, it is electrically
charged, changing its molecular configuration. Through this process, the L.C.L. manifests
the ability to directly link the pilot to the Eva mentally and to provide oxygen directly
to the lungs. It also serves to shelter the pilot from psychological attacks and physical
impacts, which is why it conjures images of amniotic fluid in a mother's womb.
Furthermore, the liquid filling the area around the feet of the giant crucified at The
bottom of Terminal Dogma is likewise L.C.L.
[Lilim]
The word Kaworu Nagisa used in reference to mankind. According to legend, they are the
children Adam had with his first wife. Lilith. The name given to demons They are also said
to attack newborns and seduce men in their sleep causing them to have wet dreams.
[Lilith]
The giant crucified on the red cross under NERV Headquarters. Her shape is similar to that
of humans, but the formation of her lower half has been halted by the Spear of Longinus.
Before the Spear was removed, countless spherical bodies of tissue had grown on her
abdomen, each of which had what looked like The lower half of a person growing out of it.
Right after Unit-00 removes the Spear, giant legs and a bulging stomach form. Her face is
covered by a mask depicting SEELE's crest and her hands are nailed to the cross.
Incidentally, in the Torah, it is written that Lilith (Lilit) is Adam's first wife, and it
is also said that demons and ghosts were born between them.
[Magi]
A supercomputer developed by Dr, Naoko with a personality implant OS. It could be called
the Special Duty Organization NERV's brains, and it considers, examines, and resolves
numerous pending problems and projects. Besides the original Magi system, which is set up
at NERV Headquarters, There are also Magi systems set up in Germany, America, China, and
Matsushiro, another location in Japan.
The distinguishing characteristic of this system is that human dilemma is recreated by the computer. Magi is composed of three computer systems, Melchior-1, Balthazar-2, and Casper-3, and all final decisions are left to those three to confer over. In these three machines are inputted the thought patterns of Dr. Naoko Akagi, the developer as a scientist, as a mother and as a woman Incidentally Magi refers to the three wise men from the East, who foretold the birth of Jesus in the New Testament. The names Melchior. Balthazar, and Casper are also taken from each of the wise men.
[Marduk Institute]
An advisory body which was established to select Children - Eva pilots - that reports
directly to the Human Instrumentality Committee. Rei Ayanami (First Child), Asuka Langley
Sohryu (Second Child), Shinji Ikari (Third Child), and Toji Suzuhara (Fourth Child) were
chosen. However, in actuality, it is a dummy organization with no actual body, and NERV
itself had been selecting the Children. The Fifth Child, Kaworu Nagisa, was an irregular
number, who was sent in directly by SEELE = Human instrumentality Committee. Furthermore,
Marduk is the name of a god in Babylonian mythology, who possesses over 50 names. The
Marduk Institute had not 50, but 108 dummy corporations.
[Nē Weapons]
Of the weapons that the U.N. Forces and the Strategic Defense Force have, these have the
greatest destructive power. Among the varieties are Nē mines, Nē depth charges, Nē
aerial mines and Nē bombs. With the Third Angel Sachiel and the Seventh Angel Israfel,
they were technically at least effective enough to slow them down. However, despite the
fact the Nē bombs used against the Fourteenth Angel Zeruel were detonated at close range
by Unit-00's suicide attack, they had no effect whatsoever.
[New Tokyo-2]
The city built in what was formerly Nagano Prefecture to be the new capital in place of
the old Tokyo, which was annihilated by the Second Impact and the new types of bombs which
were dropped a week later. Having given up on reviving the old Tokyo, the interim Japanese
government began construction in 2001 and by 2003, it had come to pretty much fill the
role of the capital. According to the Second Capital Transfer Project that was approved in
2005, the plan is to transfer to New Tokyo-3, which is being built. Neighboring the city
is Matsushiro, where NERV's facilities are amassed and the Magi System and experiment site
are there.
[New Tokyo-3]
The city being built in Hakone to become the new capital of the nation of Japan, in place
of New Tokyo-2. However, it is actually a fortress city specifically for countering
Angels. Even with the high-rises in the center of the City, many are Eva support
facilities called armament buildings and numerous intercept weapons are placed in the area
as well. Below the city is the vast Geo Front (deep underground city) and at its center,
the Special Duty Organization NERV Headquarters can be found. In the city of New Tokyo-3,
there are a small number of residents, who had moved in even before its construction, but
most of them are involved with NERV in one way or another. However, due to the repeated
Angel attacks quite a number of people have become scattered. The greater part of it was
annihilated in the explosion caused by the Sixteenth Angel Armisael and Unit-00.