In literature, the term "salient" is employed to denote aspects that are striking, prominent, or of pivotal importance. It is often used literally to refer to projecting landforms or defensive positions in military narratives, as when battle orders describe an attack on the left of the salient ([1], [2], [3]), or when topographical features of a battlefield are identified ([4], [5]). At the same time, authors use "salient" more abstractly to indicate the most notable or characteristic aspects of a personality, argument, or artistic work—for instance, when capturing the defining traits of a character ([6], [7]) or recapitulating key points in a discussion of aesthetics or narrative structure ([8], [9]). This dual use underscores the word's ability to capture both physical prominence and the essence of an idea or appearance, whether in a literal fortification's angle or the figurative outline of an individual's character ([10], [11]).