diff --git a/src/TODO_READ_THIS_SHITRN_OMG b/src/TODO_READ_THIS_SHITRN_OMG
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9970c30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/TODO_READ_THIS_SHITRN_OMG
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+rename nlTok.tokType to nlTok.tType
diff --git a/src/noether/lexer/lstream.nim b/src/noether/lexer/lstream.nim
index 5bc79f2..862eb7b 100644
--- a/src/noether/lexer/lstream.nim
+++ b/src/noether/lexer/lstream.nim
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import std/streams
 import std/options
 
-include tokens
+include tok
 
 type
   # Character streaming for the nlTokStream
diff --git a/src/noether/lexer/tokens.nim b/src/noether/lexer/tok.nim
similarity index 97%
rename from src/noether/lexer/tokens.nim
rename to src/noether/lexer/tok.nim
index 6e18151..dc5d00a 100644
--- a/src/noether/lexer/tokens.nim
+++ b/src/noether/lexer/tok.nim
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ type
     SQUO, # ' Single Quotation Marking
     DQUO, # " Double Quotation Marking
     GRVA, # ` Grave Accent
+    HASH, # # Number Sign (Hashtag)
         
   nlTok = object
     tokType*: nlTokType
@@ -92,5 +93,7 @@ proc getTokType(c: char): nlTokType =
     result = nlTokType.DQUO
   of '`':
     result = nlTokType.GRVA
+  of '#':
+    result = nlTokType.HASH
   else:
     result = nlTokType.WORD
diff --git a/src/noether/lexer/tokstream.nim b/src/noether/lexer/tokstream.nim
index 443d3fb..4b7832b 100644
--- a/src/noether/lexer/tokstream.nim
+++ b/src/noether/lexer/tokstream.nim
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 include lstream
 
-import os # TEMP import
-
 type
   # Provides a stream-like interface for lexing nlToks
   # Internally reliant on the functionality of nlLStream
diff --git a/src/noether/parser/arborist.nim b/src/noether/parser/arborist.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..42888c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/noether/parser/arborist.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Attempt to form an nlAST from a nlTokStream
+proc arborise(tokStream: nlTokStream): nlNode = 
+  for tok in toks(tokStream):
+    case tok.tokType:
+    of nlTokType.DQUO:
+      # Attempt to parse string literal
+      parse_strl()
diff --git a/src/noether/parser/nodes.nim b/src/noether/parser/nodes.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fdb78e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/noether/parser/nodes.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+from ../lexer/tok import nlTok
+from ../lexer/tokstraem import 
+
+type
+  # NOTE: by the end of parsing NO nodes should
+  # NOTE: have nlNodeType.NONE
+  nlNodeType = enum
+    NONE, # Placeholder Value
+    TERM, # Indicates the tree has terminated
+    STRL, # String Literal
+    CHRL, # Character Literal
+  nlNode {.acyclic.} = ref object of RootObj
+    nType: nlNodeType
+    toks: seq[nlTok] # nodes store the tokens that build them
+    left, right: nlNode
+
+proc parse()
+