diff --git a/Aurora.json b/Aurora.json
index c1ed4a30..b803ebda 100644
--- a/Aurora.json
+++ b/Aurora.json
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
     "linkSources": "Source/Alloc.cpp",
     "actions": [
         {
-            "if": "win32",
+            "if_": "win32",
+            "filter": {  "platforms": "win32"} ,
             "then": {
                 "links": ["Bcrypt.lib", "UxTheme.lib"]
             }
diff --git a/Include/Aurora/Debug/Debug.hpp b/Include/Aurora/Debug/Debug.hpp
index 5186f0e9..3c529506 100644
--- a/Include/Aurora/Debug/Debug.hpp
+++ b/Include/Aurora/Debug/Debug.hpp
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 
 namespace Aurora::Debug
 {
+    using OSError_t = AuPair<AuUInt64, AuString>;
+
     /**
        Retrieves a print-friendly callstack of the last trap (either innocent exception or fatal mem access)   <br>
        On Win32, this information is always available                                                          <br>
@@ -34,7 +36,7 @@ namespace Aurora::Debug
     /**
         Retrieve the last system error (IE: Win32, GetLastError())
     */
-    AUKN_SYM AuString GetLastSystemMessage();
+    AUKN_SYM OSError_t GetLastSystemMessage();
 
     /**
         Prints the current error state of the thread including: <br>
diff --git a/Include/Aurora/IO/FS/Resources.hpp b/Include/Aurora/IO/FS/Resources.hpp
index da28af7c..65dc1979 100644
--- a/Include/Aurora/IO/FS/Resources.hpp
+++ b/Include/Aurora/IO/FS/Resources.hpp
@@ -10,16 +10,35 @@
 namespace Aurora::IO::FS
 {
     /**
-     Suffixes a global read/writable path with nameSpace and a splitter
-     */
-    AUKN_SYM bool GetSystemDomain(AuString& path);
+     * @brief Provides an application specific storage path for sharing data amongst Aurora applications sharing the same branding info (defer to the init structure)
+    */
+    AUKN_SYM bool GetSystemDomain(AuString &path);
 
     /**
-        Suffixes a global read/writable path with within a home/sandbox directory
+     * @brief Provides an application specific storage path for local application data, isolated for your Aurora application brand info (defer to the init structure)
     */
-    AUKN_SYM bool GetProfileDomain(AuString& path);
+    AUKN_SYM bool GetProfileDomain(AuString &path);
 
 
-    AUKN_SYM bool GetSystemResourcePath(const AuString& fileName, AuString& path);
+    AUKN_SYM bool GetSystemResourcePath(const AuString &fileName, AuString &path);
 
+    /**
+     * @brief Pulls the application directory as defined by the operating system standard file system hierarchy
+    */
+    AUKN_SYM bool GetAppData(AuString &path);
+
+    /**
+     * @brief Pulls the users home directory, untouched 
+    */
+    AUKN_SYM bool GetUserHome(AuString &path);
+
+    /**
+     * @brief Global application data that requires no special permissions to access
+    */
+    AUKN_SYM bool GetWritableAppdata(AuString &path);
+    
+    /**
+     * @brief Global application data that requires special permissions to access, usually configured by a system account during installation
+    */
+    AUKN_SYM bool GetRootAppdata(AuString &path);
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Include/Aurora/Locale/Locale.hpp b/Include/Aurora/Locale/Locale.hpp
index 1bc6eb8c..8d1dd1e4 100644
--- a/Include/Aurora/Locale/Locale.hpp
+++ b/Include/Aurora/Locale/Locale.hpp
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ namespace Aurora::Locale
     {
         LocalizationInfo(const AuString& language, const AuString& country, const AuString& codeset, const ECodePage codePage) : language(language), country(country), codeset(codeset), codepage(codePage) {}
 
-        const AuString& language;
-        const AuString& country;
-        const AuString& codeset;
-        const ECodePage codepage;
+        const AuString& language; /// ISO 639
+        const AuString& country;  /// ISO 3166
+        const AuString& codeset;  /// 
+        const ECodePage codepage; /// Potentially eSysUnk; noting that eSysUnk is valid and handlable by the internal backend
     };
 
     /*
diff --git a/Include/AuroraMacros.hpp b/Include/AuroraMacros.hpp
index 75f9f790..028ffc52 100644
--- a/Include/AuroraMacros.hpp
+++ b/Include/AuroraMacros.hpp
@@ -121,6 +121,12 @@
     #endif
 #endif
 
+#if !defined(NO__INLINE)
+    #if !defined(auline)
+        #define auline AU_INLINE
+    #endif
+#endif
+
 #if !defined(AU_FWD)
     #define AU_FWD(var) std::forward<decltype(var)>(var)
 #endif
diff --git a/Source/Debug/Debug.cpp b/Source/Debug/Debug.cpp
index 294fb7c2..4f197318 100644
--- a/Source/Debug/Debug.cpp
+++ b/Source/Debug/Debug.cpp
@@ -15,7 +15,13 @@
 
 namespace Aurora::Debug
 {
+    static StackTrace gLastStackTrace;
+    static AuUInt32 gStackTraceFence;
+    static AuUInt32 gFenceId;
+    static AuThreadPrimitives::SpinLock gLock;
+    static AuString gLastExceptionMessage;
     static AuUInt32 gFenceOSError = -1;
+
     AuUInt32 GetOSErrorFence()
     {
         return gFenceOSError;
@@ -28,6 +34,7 @@ namespace Aurora::Debug
         AuString ret;
     #if defined(AURORA_PLATFORM_WIN32)
         char *err = nullptr;
+
         if (!FormatMessageA(FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER | FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM,
             NULL,
             error,
@@ -66,6 +73,7 @@ namespace Aurora::Debug
         ret.second = GetOSErrorStringWin32(lastError.first);
         
         gFenceOSError++;
+        gFenceId++;
         return lastError = ret;
     }
 
@@ -116,9 +124,9 @@ namespace Aurora::Debug
         return gFenceCError;
     }
 
-    AuOptional<int> TryFetchCError()
+    AuOptional<AuUInt32> TryFetchCError()
     {
-        static int lastError = 0;
+        static AuUInt32 lastError = 0;
         
         auto errorNumber = errno;
         if (!errorNumber)
@@ -132,15 +140,16 @@ namespace Aurora::Debug
         }
         
         gFenceCError++;
+        gFenceId++;
         return lastError = errorNumber;
     }
 
-    AuOptional<int> TryGetOrFetchCError()
+    AuOptional<AuUInt32> TryGetOrFetchCError()
     {
-        static AuOptional<int> lastErrorError;
+        static AuOptional<AuUInt32> lastErrorError;
         static AuOptional<AuUInt32> lastErrorFence;
 
-        AuOptional<int> tempError = TryFetchCError();
+        AuOptional<AuUInt32> tempError = TryFetchCError();
 
         if (!tempError)
         {
@@ -161,9 +170,40 @@ namespace Aurora::Debug
         return tempError;
     }
 
+    void ReportStackTrace(const StackTrace& trace, const AuString& message)
+    {
+        AU_LOCK_GUARD(gLock);
+        gLastStackTrace = trace;
+        gLastExceptionMessage = message;
+        gStackTraceFence++;
+        gFenceId++;
+    }
+
     AuUInt32 GetFenceId()
     {
-        return GetCErrorFence() << 8 ^ GetOSErrorFence(); // preserve lowest 8 bits, or in new additional bits, overlapping bits can get fucked
+        return gFenceId;
+    }
+
+    AUKN_SYM AuString GetLastErrorStack()
+    {
+        return StringifyStackTrace(GetLastStackTrace());
+    }
+
+    AUKN_SYM StackTrace GetLastStackTrace()
+    {
+        AU_LOCK_GUARD(gLock);
+        return gLastStackTrace;
+    }
+
+    AUKN_SYM AuString GetLastException()
+    {
+        AU_LOCK_GUARD(gLock);
+        return gLastExceptionMessage;
+    }
+
+    AUKN_SYM OSError_t GetLastSystemMessage()
+    {
+        return TryGetOrFetchOSError().value_or(OSError_t{});
     }
 
     AUKN_SYM void PrintError()
@@ -204,7 +244,7 @@ namespace Aurora::Debug
 
     AUKN_SYM void _PushError(AuUInt address, EFailureCategory category, const char *msg)
     {
-        LastError error{ address, category, msg ?  msg : "" };
+        LastError error {address, category, msg ? msg : ""};
     
         // Oi, developer
     #if defined(DEBUG)
diff --git a/Source/Debug/Debug.hpp b/Source/Debug/Debug.hpp
index b6aa0af1..6792a22a 100644
--- a/Source/Debug/Debug.hpp
+++ b/Source/Debug/Debug.hpp
@@ -16,20 +16,19 @@ namespace Aurora::Debug
         AuString dbg;
     };
 
-    using OSError_t = AuPair<AuUInt64, AuString>;
 
     AuUInt32 GetOSErrorFence();
     AuOptional<OSError_t> TryGetOrFetchOSError();
 
     AuUInt32 GetCErrorFence();
-    AuOptional<int> TryGetOrFetchCError();
+    AuOptional<AuUInt32> TryGetOrFetchCError();
 
 
-    void ReportStackTrace(const StackTrace &trace);
+    void ReportStackTrace(const StackTrace &trace, const AuString &message);
 
     
     AuOptional<OSError_t> TryFetchOSError();
-    AuOptional<int> TryFetchCError();
+    AuOptional<AuUInt32> TryFetchCError();
 
     void CheckErrors();
 
diff --git a/Source/Debug/ExceptionWatcher.Win32.cpp b/Source/Debug/ExceptionWatcher.Win32.cpp
index b45c803f..a8890fc0 100644
--- a/Source/Debug/ExceptionWatcher.Win32.cpp
+++ b/Source/Debug/ExceptionWatcher.Win32.cpp
@@ -328,6 +328,8 @@ namespace Aurora::Debug
 
             }
 
+            ReportStackTrace(entry.wincxx.stack.backtrace, entry.wincxx.str);
+
         #if defined(STAGING) || defined(DEBUG)
             bool isInternal = true;
         #else
diff --git a/Source/Debug/Panic.cpp b/Source/Debug/Panic.cpp
index eec377b5..707fa4c2 100644
--- a/Source/Debug/Panic.cpp
+++ b/Source/Debug/Panic.cpp
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ namespace Aurora::Debug
         #if defined(AURORA_COMPILER_GCC) ||  defined(AURORA_COMPILER_CLANG)
             __builtin_trap();
         #else
-            std::exit(0xDEAD);
+            std::terminate();
         #endif
     #endif
     }
diff --git a/Source/IO/FS/Resources.cpp b/Source/IO/FS/Resources.cpp
index 3b62e38d..bd4c45ed 100644
--- a/Source/IO/FS/Resources.cpp
+++ b/Source/IO/FS/Resources.cpp
@@ -24,8 +24,12 @@ namespace Aurora::IO::FS
     #if defined(AURORA_PLATFORM_WIN32)
         static void Win32FixGlobalAppDataAcl(const std::string &path);
     #endif
-
+        
     static AuString gHomeDirectory;
+    static AuString gUserHomeDirectory;
+    static AuString gUserWritableAppData;
+    static AuString gGlobalWritableAppDirectory;
+    static AuString gAdminWritableAppDirectory;
     static AuString gApplicationData;
     static AuOptional<AuString> gSystemLibPath;
     static AuOptional<AuString> gSystemLibPath2;
@@ -120,12 +124,15 @@ namespace Aurora::IO::FS
         }
         return Locale::ConvertFromWChar(directory);
     }
-    
+
     static void SetNamespaceDirectories()
     {
         gHomeDirectory   = GetSpecialDir(FOLDERID_RoamingAppData);
         gApplicationData = GetSpecialDir(FOLDERID_ProgramData);
         gSystemLibPath   = GetSpecialDir(FOLDERID_System);
+        gUserHomeDirectory = GetSpecialDir(FOLDERID_Profile);
+        gAdminWritableAppDirectory = gApplicationData;
+        gUserWritableAppData = gHomeDirectory;
     }
 
 #elif defined(AURORA_PLATFORM_LINUX) || defined(AURORA_PLATFORM_BSD)
@@ -186,6 +193,8 @@ namespace Aurora::IO::FS
             homedir = getpwuid(getuid())->pw_dir;
         }
 
+        gUserHomeDirectory = homedir;
+
         // XDG Base Directory Specification
         // $XDG_CONFIG_HOME defines the base directory relative to which user-specific configuration files should be stored. If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is either not set or empty, a default equal to $HOME/.config should be used.
         // $XDG_DATA_HOME defines the base directory relative to which user-specific data files should be stored
@@ -198,6 +207,10 @@ namespace Aurora::IO::FS
         // Fedora (2011?): https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/UsrMove
         SetUnixPaths(gUserLibPath, gUserLibPath2, "/usr/local/lib");
         SetUnixPaths(gSystemLibPath, gSystemLibPath2, "/usr/lib");
+
+        gGlobalWritableAppDirectory = "/opt";
+        gAdminWritableAppDirectory = kUnixAppData;
+        gUserWritableAppData = gApplicationData;
     }
 
 #else
@@ -279,6 +292,50 @@ namespace Aurora::IO::FS
         ChangeDir();
     }
 
+    AUKN_SYM bool GetAppData(AuString &path)
+    {
+        path.clear();
+        if (gUserWritableAppData.empty())
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        path = gUserWritableAppData;
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    AUKN_SYM bool GetUserHome(AuString &path)
+    {
+        path.clear();
+        if (gUserHomeDirectory.empty())
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        path = gUserHomeDirectory;
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    AUKN_SYM bool GetWritableAppdata(AuString &path)
+    {
+        path.clear();
+        if (gGlobalWritableAppDirectory.empty())
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        path = gGlobalWritableAppDirectory;
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    AUKN_SYM bool GetRootAppdata(AuString &path)
+    {
+        path.clear();
+        if (gAdminWritableAppDirectory.empty())
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        path = gAdminWritableAppDirectory;
+        return true;
+    }
+
 #if defined(AURORA_PLATFORM_WIN32)
     static void Win32FixGlobalAppDataAcl(const std::string &path)
     {
diff --git a/Source/Memory/Heap.cpp b/Source/Memory/Heap.cpp
index 2f7a2536..8652d253 100644
--- a/Source/Memory/Heap.cpp
+++ b/Source/Memory/Heap.cpp
@@ -127,12 +127,12 @@ namespace Aurora::Memory
         heap_ = o1heapInit(base_, length,
             [this](const O1HeapInstance *const handle) -> void
             {
-                SysAssertDbg(this->mutex_ ? true : false, "missing mutex");
+                SysAssertDbg(this->mutex_, "missing mutex");
                 this->mutex_->Lock();
             },
             [this](const O1HeapInstance *const handle) -> void
             {
-                SysAssertDbg(this->mutex_ ? true : false, "missing mutex");
+                SysAssertDbg(this->mutex_, "missing mutex");
                 this->mutex_->Unlock();
             }
         );
diff --git a/Source/RNG/RNG.cpp b/Source/RNG/RNG.cpp
index fd6d7b34..4902da62 100644
--- a/Source/RNG/RNG.cpp
+++ b/Source/RNG/RNG.cpp
@@ -45,8 +45,10 @@ namespace Aurora::RNG
 
         if (setvbuf(gDevURand, NULL, _IONBF, 0) != 0)
         {
+        #if 0
             fclose(gDevURand);
             gDevURand = NULL;
+        #endif
         }
     }
 
@@ -271,6 +273,7 @@ namespace Aurora::RNG
     void Release()
     {
     #if defined(AURORA_IS_POSIX_DERIVED)
+        if (gDevURand != NULL)
         fclose(gDevURand);
     #elif defined(AURORA_IS_MODERNNT_DERIVED) && defined(USE_OLD_NTCRYPT)
         CryptReleaseContext(gCryptoProv, 0);
diff --git a/Source/Time/Clock.cpp b/Source/Time/Clock.cpp
index e563c0bd..a70fb2c4 100644
--- a/Source/Time/Clock.cpp
+++ b/Source/Time/Clock.cpp
@@ -220,24 +220,14 @@ namespace Aurora::Time
             #endif
             {
                 LogWarn("Couldn't convert local civil time");
-                #if defined(AURORA_COMPILER_MSVC)
-                auto tm = gmtime_s(&ret, &timet);
-                #else
-                auto tm = gmtime_r(&timet, &ret);
-                #endif
-            
-                #if defined(AURORA_COMPILER_MSVC)
-                SysAssert(!tm, "couldn't convert civil time");
-                #else
-                SysAssert(tm, "couldn't convert civil time");
-                #endif
+                ret = ToCivilTime(time, true);
             }
         }
-        ret.tm_isdst = 0;
+        //ret.tm_isdst = 0;
         return ret;
     }
 
-    AUKN_SYM AuInt64  FromCivilTime(const std::tm &time, bool UTC)
+    AUKN_SYM AuInt64 FromCivilTime(const std::tm &time, bool UTC)
     {
         auto tm = time;
         time_t timet;
@@ -249,7 +239,7 @@ namespace Aurora::Time
         }
         else
         {
-            tm.tm_isdst = -1;
+            tm.tm_isdst = -1; // out of the 2 crts i've bothered checked, out of 3, this is legal
             timet = mktime(&tm);
         }