Humanity Project Living Architecture Map and Current State
Joshua Alexander Milks. CONFIDENTIAL.
Last updated: June 29, 2026\.
Current focus: Phase 6 Story Spine cascade preparation (foundation-hardening per docs/ROADMAP.md); Phases 5, 5.5, and 5.6 closed — T1\_Research\_Corpus\_Master v1.1 absorbing Ch 16-77 plus Prologue plus Epilogue against verified T1\_World\_Geography\_Master v2.3 region anchors. Chunks 1, 2, 3, 4A complete. Pre-Chunk-5A Cleanup Pass mid-execution: Sessions A through D complete covering CVD v1.4 lock plus T1\_WGM v2.3 lock plus T0 plus T1 doc version cascade plus T3\_Familiars\_Named plus T3\_Creatures\_Tameable ACTIVE v1.0 promotions; Session E Wave 4c plus Wave 5 active. Chunks 5A through 5C plus post-cascade absorption verification active post-Cleanup-close. Phase 5 closed at HUM-PHASE-5-COMPLETE marker Session 5M-6. Phase 5.5 Pre-Spine Cleanup follows at Phase 5.6 close — T2 ChapterDesign plus T2 ResearchBasis wholesale archive plus cascade-era memory cleanup. Phase 6 Story Spine cascade launches at Phase 5.5 close.
Active phase: Phase 5 Restructure of canonical document architecture against locked CVD foundation. Schema-first work order. Registry and document architecture is shaped backward from the build pipelines that consume canon, then forward through the projects that feed those pipelines, then into the Story Spine 02-77 cascade, then into book processing into the corpus database, then into region page building that further populates each registry and routes downstream pipeline consumers.
Doc Lifecycle and Authority Scope
Tier 1 Foundation. Living reference at \_source/01\_Tier\_1\_Foundation/ in the canon repo, which is the authoritative home post-migration. Sessions read it directly per CLAUDE.md routing; the Drive original is the frozen migration source.
Repo placement: \_source/01\_Tier\_1\_Foundation/T1\_Architecture\_and\_State \[ACTIVE v3.3\].md. Frozen Drive original under /Humanity/01\_Tier\_1\_Foundation/.
This doc owns the canonical document architecture map, the post-Phase-5 tier and registry rosters, current restructure state, downstream project status snapshots, recent architecture changes log, strategic roadmap forward to Phase 6 plus book processing plus region building, and immediate next actions. This doc does not own canonical content. Every roster entry is a pointer; the owner doc holds the substance.
Update cadence. The architecture map updates when canonical architecture shifts or migrations complete. The state and progress sections update at session close per Phase 5 cadence. The recent changes log appends per session and compacts on phase close.
Estimated stable size: 30 to 50 pages through Restructure close, then settling to monthly cadence through subsequent build phases.
Compaction Discipline
This doc records canonical architecture state, not session history. Session-by-session change entries accumulate in Recent Architecture Changes during phase execution because the work cadence demands per-session traceability. At each phase close, the section compacts: per-session entries roll up into one phase-close entry capturing canonical outcomes, deferred entries archive, superseded entries delete. Recent Architecture Changes never carries more than 6 to 8 active entries spanning the most recent two to three phase boundaries; older history archives to a separate phase-close summary doc or migrates into the relevant T1 doc's own Recent Changes section.
The same discipline applies to T1\_AaS body content. Session-related drift flags, in-flight pending decisions, transient operational notes, and version-skew tracking entries collapse at phase close into the canonical post-phase state. Body content stays at the canonical-architecture level — what exists, what owns what, what is authoritative. Session-state ephemera lives in T99 operational docs and Recent Architecture Changes during the session; it does not persist into canonical body content past phase close.
Compaction triggers at every phase close, recorded as a git commit plus phase tag per CLAUDE.md routing (replacing the HUM-PHASE-N-COMPLETE marker files). Phase 5M close triggers the first major compaction pass against the cumulative Phase 5 session entries. Subsequent phase closes trigger subsequent compactions. Phase close compaction is mandatory, not optional.
The same compaction discipline applies to session memory: per-session notes roll up at phase close into STATUS.md plus the auto-memory index per CLAUDE.md routing. The Drive-era userMemories store, its HUM-PHASE-N-SESSION breadcrumbs, and the 30-entry cap are retired.
Architectural Principles
Six principles govern the Humanity canonical doc architecture. They sit above the tier roster so future doc additions, splits, or migrations can be evaluated against the same criteria that produced the current structure.
Single source of truth per topic. Every type of canonical content has exactly one doc that owns it. All other docs that reference that content cite the owning doc rather than duplicating its substance. When canon needs to change, it changes in one place. The Document Authority Hierarchy section below specifies the resolution order when apparent conflicts surface; the first move is always to locate the owner and defer to it.
Summary plus detail layering. For domains too large to fit one doc (questlines, weapons, region pages), a summary doc provides navigation and a detailed per-item set holds the full content. Most projects load only the summary. Detailed docs load only when a session is actively working on that specific item.
Tier-based loading. Docs are organized into tiers by purpose and loading pattern. Tier 0 structured registries and Tier 1 Foundation are the canonical core. Tier 2 through Tier 8 layer in transitional or detailed content per project need. Tier 99 holds operational guidance distinct from world canon. The Per-Project File Loading section below specifies the concrete per-project file loads that implement this principle.
Operational separation. World canon — what is true about Humanity — lives in canonical docs Tier 0 and Tier 1\. Operational guidance — how to do project work — lives in Tier 99 and per-project custom instructions. These layers stay distinct. Reference docs are not workflow docs, and workflow docs do not establish canon.
Pipeline-driven schema. Registry and document architecture is shaped backward from the build pipelines that will consume canon. The build pipeline contract set is the upstream constraint; T0 registries and T1 specs are sized and shaped to feed those pipelines without duplication or routing ambiguity. Schema additions are evaluated against pipeline consumer demand surfaced through region page build feedback, not against speculative future need.
Two-level pipeline architecture. Canonical schema layer and runtime translation layer operate as distinct layers with distinct authority. Canonical schema (T0 registries, T1 spec docs, region pages, CVD framing) describes what exists in each region and across the world per CVD pillars and layers and vision. Canonical schema is the truth surface. It does not get rewritten to fit pipeline implementation quirks. Runtime translation layer (per-pipeline Translation Docs at Tier 99\) maps canonical schema fields plus CVD pillars plus layers plus vision into the specific parameters each pipeline platform needs to generate output. Translation layer absorbs platform volatility — UE5 version updates, Meshy schema changes, AIVA parameter revisions, ElevenLabs voice model updates — without churning canonical schema. Translation layer also absorbs region-specific edge cases through inference rules that derive from canonical schema plus pillar plus layer plus vision context, rather than demanding canonical schema column expansions for every edge case. Canonical truth stays stable; translation layer adapts. Per-pipeline Translation Docs author at Phase 6 vertical slice as Flores Island region build surfaces inference cases. Subsequent regions refine the rule set. By region 5 to 10, Translation Docs stable enough to drive automation at scale. Translation Doc authority subordinates to Pipeline Contract authority where the contract specifies foreign-key mapping or state machine; Translation Doc owns runtime inference where contracts are silent.
Type A, B, C storage assignment. Every canonical doc and every section within a doc is classified A, B, or C. Classification determines storage format and consumer access pattern. The single-source-of-truth principle still applies; the dual format serves different consumers reading the same authority.
Type A is structured tables. Use when content is deterministically retrievable by ID or field value, when content feeds an executable AI pipeline like UE5, Meshy, or AIVA, when content must be exhaustively lookupable, when content changes frequently and must version-control cleanly, or when content relationships are graph-structured. Format is structured tables with row IDs, consistent schema, predictable field names, one row equal to one canonical fact. All Tier 0 registries are Type A. T1\_Trades\_Master quest gates table, T0\_Hard\_Lines, T0\_Character\_Index are examples.
Type B is prose. Use when content's meaning lives in voice, rhythm, implication, or emotional texture; when content is read by narrative-generating AI to preserve character voice; when structured form would destroy what makes it canonical; or when content is foundational interpretive material. Format is prose with section anchor IDs for retrieval-stable citation. T3\_Core\_Characters voice sections, T7\_Narrative\_Reference, T7\_Philosophy\_and\_Balance are examples.
Type C is hybrid header plus body. Use when content has both executable structured aspects and irreducible narrative voice, or when multiple AI consumers read the same doc but need different data shapes. Format is machine-readable header block, then a hard separator (HEADER END — BODY BELOW), then prose body with section anchors. Header carries doc metadata, authoritative-for domains, defers-to references, requires-loading dependencies, content-specific structured fields. Body carries narrative prose. Hard no-overlap rule: facts in header do not repeat in body as prose; body builds on header. T2 chapter canon docs, T4\_House\_of\_Velheim\_Canonical, T5 questline detailed docs, T6 weapon detailed docs are examples.
Consumer access pattern by type. Narrative consumers stop after the separator and read body. Validation and build consumers stop at the separator and read header. Hybrid consumers read both. The separator is unambiguous and machine-detectable so parsers split header from body reliably.
Document Authority Hierarchy
When canonical docs conflict, resolve by this hierarchy. Higher authority wins.
CVD. Canonical Vision Document. Top of authority on all world canon, character canon, three-path system, integrity framework, vril framework, mastery framework, hard lines, and all Section 17 hard line subsections. Locked at Phase 4 close. v1.4 ACTIVE. Supersedes all pre-restructure GDD content.
Blueprint v4.1 \[ARCHIVED\]. Procedural authority distributed at Session 5L Distribution close. T0 and T1 specs migrated by adoption to live registries and T1 docs. Folder structure and naming convention live in this doc's Drive Folder Structure section. Normalization protocol owned by T99\_Normalization\_Protocol. Migration Sequence dies as Restructure-execution-only. Reference Blueprint via /\_Archive\_2026\_04\_Restructure/\_Archive\_Blueprint\_Iterations/ only when forensic provenance is required.
Phase 5 plan. Session sequencing authority through Phase 5 close.
T1 Build Pipeline Contracts v1.0 plus T0 Schema Dictionary v1.3. Consumer-infrastructure authority on pipeline contracts and per-registry schema, iterative per CVD §0 Authority Hierarchy clarification at v1.3 lock. These docs iterate as build experience accumulates.
T1 Foundation docs. Domain-specific authority on the topic each owns, subordinate to CVD. T1\_Threads\_22\_Master\_References owns thread canon. T1\_World\_Geography\_Master owns geographic canon. T1\_Vril\_and\_Magic\_System\_Master owns vril mechanics. T1\_Trades\_Master owns trade canon. T1\_Combat\_System\_Spec owns combat canon. And so on through the T1 roster below.
T0 structured registries. Authority on structured row-level canon within the schema lock that produced them, subordinate to the T1 doc that owns the domain. T0 row data must trace to a T1 paragraph; T1 paragraphs must trace to CVD framing.
Tier 99 operational. Authority on workflow and protocol, not world canon. T99\_Story\_Spine\_Build\_Logic v3.0 owns Phase 6 cascade operational handbook through Phase 6 close.
Pre-restructure docs. Historical reference only. Cited when forensic provenance is required.
Conflict protocol. When a session finds conflicting content across canonical docs, identify the authoritative doc per this hierarchy, use its version, log the conflict in the Recent Architecture Changes section for resolution, and never silently pick a version.
Tier 0 Registry Architecture
Tier 0 is the structured-data layer. Thirty registries total at canonical folder ID 1ni2qIY44X47qZ26fxPCU7lF2RL6AEJPZ: twenty-nine Google Sheets registries plus one canonical schema-authority Google Doc (T0\_Schema\_Dictionary). Canonical per-registry schema authority lives at T0\_Schema\_Dictionary ACTIVE v1.3.
Two adjacent thread artifacts handle different cuts of thread canon. T0\_Thread\_Grid is the per-chapter occurrence map (22 by 79 cell matrix, anchor-stage classified). T0\_Thread\_Registry is the per-thread summary catalog (22 row metadata card). Both are needed; neither replaces the other.
Active populate registries (21 sheets plus Schema Dictionary doc)
Per Schema Dictionary §3.1 through §3.21. Schema Dictionary §3.1 documents the dictionary itself as a Google Doc rather than a sheet; the doc-type exception is canonical.
T0\_Schema\_Dictionary \[ACTIVE v1.3\] at gdoc 1tvUe\_6GYiBnPCeQ3sI4RgGw3jVMeHScWmeyHvWUB-EA. Universal schema specification covering universal column conventions, entity\_id format roster, populated\_from field-granular source-tracking discipline, and per-registry schema documentation across all 29 documented registries. Doc-type registry exception at /Humanity/00\_Tier\_0\_Master\_Indices/ Drive path.
T0\_Chapter\_Index \[ACTIVE v1.2\] at gsheet 14Wx6Zdk\_MuiCP4QKGcOKFvqljLGJUKPGlGzKN5LWqD4. Per-chapter row index, 79 rows covering Prologue, Ch 01 through Ch 77, and Epilogue. Thirty-three columns. Populated v1.1 in Session 5C-2.
T0\_Region\_Index \[ACTIVE v1.2\] at gsheet 16aQeY\_HdCvhoCFFZgiwMBZDJe6iOYX4datuZQ2G1mcc. Per-region row catalog. 67 data rows migrated (frozen-source populate-state, matches live CSV byte-for-byte); expands toward the 69-row Phase 5M target per §7.6 pipeline contract column adds — the final 2 rows are Josh-directed Phase 5M region-grouping decisions, not migrated-and-lost data.
T0\_Thread\_Grid \[DRAFT v1.1\] at gsheet 1sQMbFuw1bfTRQjevCNuu5Ge3xc8Rhl3nGtkcErPi-bY. Per-chapter thread anchor matrix. Twenty-two threads by 79 chapter nodes. 644 cells populated in Session 5B-2 with anchor stage classification.
T0\_Vril\_Site\_Registry \[ACTIVE v0.1\] at gsheet 1-n8G5Sh7Q8QzVOJswHsm07fZyllZbZ\_jlTQ0phj0cHQ. Per-site row catalog. 29-row scratchpad at v0.1 expands at Phase 5M Drive populate; engineering\_anomaly\_flag patches from 7-anchor list to canonical 9-anchor list per CVD v1.1 §19.1.
T0\_Inscription\_Spine \[ACTIVE v0.1\] at gsheet 1lgqI4y3JAnwEto1TvVX7a1\_S-0Gf0R7vw5vHcxPczrg. Per-chapter inscription anchor row catalog. 99-row scratchpad with 15 columns at v0.1. Drive populate at Phase 5M.
T0\_Language\_Script\_Registry \[ACTIVE v0.1\] at gsheet 1PHnC6nfyDPJTRxF1pOPY3yW14PKLyGQ0KtA-gxNwaf8. Per-language row catalog. 73-row scratchpad with 18 columns at v0.1. Drive populate at Phase 5M.
T0\_Worldstate\_Variables \[ACTIVE v0.1\] at gsheet 1Xq7m1DVmVaK-Z1I-lD8CLSGqV9v0e7n2iZdh6aRr9-Q. Per-variable row catalog. 25 rows populated in Session 5F covering five-band integrity plus three-path bucket plus convergence node state per CVD §9.2.
T0\_Antagonist\_Network\_Registry \[ACTIVE v0.1\] at gsheet 1-ldSzUT1y1JVWVgK-xZnY7IcTG5aI7J7wm9JGw3-ylQ. 62 rows by 8 columns populated in Session 5K-3.
T0\_Character\_Index \[ACTIVE v1.1\] at gsheet 1OCr30rXxL7wSH-uytb8n394YJjuoCF9h95h2M44ysbQ. 118 rows populated CHAR\_0001-CHAR\_0118 across 5K-1 plus 5K-2. Drift item from prior populate work: primary key format renames from CH\_NNNN (colliding with chapter CH\_NN format per Buildability Audit P0) to CHAR\_NNNN at per-registry populate session.
T0\_Ability\_Tree\_Registry \[ACTIVE v0.1\] at gsheet 18mlZs-USc-nTOEr0Lt5P2rpLZXYDMG6bei5tNSGnG-w. 185 rows by 27 columns populated v1.4 at Session 5G-4-D-3.
T0\_Hard\_Lines \[ACTIVE v0.2\] at gsheet 14bOfVeMvdcE6fkkfXiRxOtFVuglSa4MuldHaw4IRZWE. 120-row TSV from Session 5L close.
T0\_Weapon\_Registry \[DRAFT v0.1\] at gsheet 1XxCTm1oF4Ax8BPvWuJq\_Gqhz8FXv\_ImQ8yt\_bMbLmDw. 8-column minimum-viable schema locked at Session 5H. Per-weapon Drive populate at Phase 6\.
T0\_Familiar\_Registry \[DRAFT v0.1\] at gsheet 1eSnz-TYZbrALe8HCR4qGH7fqRlEQwr8wGi3SPVQfZpY. 33 leg-tier species plus 22 player slots plus tameable creature scope. Drive populate at Phase 6\.
T0\_Questline\_Index \[DRAFT v0.1\] at gsheet 10RVDTIagMmTw4cppsWZ5zqf9ijKsf0wL2lFbdV7bq1Y. 0 rows migrated (empty [DRAFT v0.1] placeholder — never populated in Drive source, confirmed against the frozen xlsx). The 23-row roster (Main Story plus 10 Trade plus 12 Side Questlines) is fully specified in T0_Schema_Dictionary §3.15 plus CVD §11.1 plus the T5 questline docs and populates at Phase 6\.
T0\_SFX\_Registry \[ACTIVE v1.0\] at gsheet 11r3U9pmpOV5E9ydqHxNux6lw4nePgt6ks0xfihP-or8. 17th New T0 Registry per T1\_Build\_Pipeline\_Contracts §10. Seven-category taxonomy locked (CREATURE\_VOCALIZATION added 2026-07-30, GAP-180 ruling). Drive populate at Phase 5M.
T0\_Theme\_Registry \[DRAFT v0.1\] at gsheet 12vOBIMhfF4gMTrwdd8iMnf7qxe4w20yyMQCEECs-SuI. Pipeline-spawned per AIVA §3.6. Promoted to active populate at Schema Dictionary v1.3. Drive populate at Phase 5M-3.
T0\_Voice\_Registry \[DRAFT v0.1\] at gsheet 1tVwYflSiOtldCew\_-8g7vyRZpLKFn8lhL1hRiwa2qek. Pipeline-spawned per ElevenLabs §4.6. Drive populate at Phase 5M-3.
T0\_Scene\_Spec\_Registry \[ACTIVE v0.1\] at gsheet 13pNE8LgSeX\_V0lMWjT0hHyMb5P-nDpnj-wvmCJjDX5Y. Pipeline-spawned per Cinematic §5.6. Drive populate at Phase 5M-3.
T0\_Quest\_Definition\_Registry \[ACTIVE v1.0\] at gsheet 1yRSIoYxKZ-BJbtV-Y-Jo\_TZgIsVQalpX-q0hLbV1Bk8. Pipeline-spawned per Quest Writing §6.6. Drive populate at Phase 5M-3.
T0\_Source\_Material\_Registry at gsheet 1qJTZSvfkXXqurKGl0ehjeEzxToJackgn7h2eBiUw5CA. Pipeline-spawned per Book Processing §8.6. SRC\_NNNNN ordinal format conflict-free at Schema Dictionary §2.7 explicit lock. Retention confirmed at Phase 5M-5 Phase D drift batch per the Open Decisions section.
T0\_Research\_Corpus\_Registry \[DRAFT v0.1\] at gsheet 1JRHTofo3Bqswpb67zSGrPYbVRYr0mubv3G32Q\_Z5WgM. Paired with T1\_Research\_Corpus\_Master. Created at HUM-T1-RCM-V1-COMPLETE May 16\. Schema Dictionary absorption at 5M-5 closing audit per pipeline-feed discipline.
Scope-locked registries (6)
Per Schema Dictionary §4.1 through §4.6. Schema authority documented at minimum-viable scope; full column rosters lock at per-registry populate session.
T0\_Boss\_Encounter\_Registry \[DRAFT v0.1\] at gsheet 15DOvMPu0toXM\_MZHEtZt23iDV9l5P7WQPKFCGNkb3-c. ENC\_NNN proposed prefix. Authority T1\_Combat\_System\_Spec plus T4\_House\_of\_Velheim\_Canonical. Boss-roster proposals author pre/early-cascade per Josh ruling 2026-07-03 (Claude creates adversarially-reviewed best-suggestion proposals grounded in canon re-reads plus game-design deep dives); full populate completes by MMO build phase.
T0\_School\_Registry \[DRAFT v0.1\] at gsheet 1dCYW2WPtgU-TzZ\_3quxLedCbkz4utNWG07DSm45WseY. SCH\_NNN proposed prefix. Authority CVD Pillar 4 Occult Mystery Schools. Populate at Phase 6 region page build feedback.
T0\_Cross\_Cultural\_Link\_Graph \[DRAFT v0.1\] at gsheet 1TzAouPPcAFza8-ey6UCwv3iT2e4VeHSV40wTpO5MUyY. LINK\_NNNN proposed prefix. Authority CVD §3 Component 3 plus CVD Pillar 5 plus T1\_Threads\_22\_Master\_References. Populate at Phase 6 through Section 15 Cross-Regional Connections authoring.
T0\_Creature\_Roster \[DRAFT v0.1\] at gsheet 1HH3s\_0dAk37YmmR7LE4Ij-XSGpuKYs9MNM4aiYPU6vk. CR\_NNNN proposed prefix. Absorbed Folklore\_Entity\_Registry function at Phase 5M-prep triage. Populate at Phase 6 region page build feedback.
T0\_Quest\_Seed\_Registry \[DRAFT v0.1\] at gsheet 1o0wMMlC\_5YwO7FYgqGFaVvf2tqOoSOZpck2AoEbIoqE. SEED\_NNNN proposed prefix. Authority T0\_Vril\_Site\_Registry plus T8 Section 11 and Section 18\. Populate at Phase 6\.
T0\_RNG\_Drop\_Table \[DRAFT v0.1\] at gsheet 1LJUZqgtlA2UxeormHnWfjOjqLWj-6krVQEXpgOnklZg. DROP\_NNNNN proposed prefix. Authority T1\_RNG\_Sigma\_Constraint\_System per CVD §17.13. Column lock at Phase 5M per §1.6 of T1\_Build\_Pipeline\_Contracts.
Newly spun registries (2)
Per Schema Dictionary §5.1 through §5.2. Headers locked on minimum-viable principle. Column expansion derived from region page build feedback per pipeline-driven schema principle.
T0\_Trade\_Registry \[DRAFT v0.1\] at gsheet 1WZjjs2am5ENznbZPMElE\_fVlluMJKNBqGIpqDr1zfhk. 10-row 8-column scope at v1.0 populated in Session 5I.
T0\_Thread\_Registry \[DRAFT v0.1\] at gsheet 1o2iGWK0G1USlXK8JhFK6DxTon0BoBICS6qCEeR7ZZ84. 22-row 8-column schema locked at v0.1. Populate at Phase 5M Drive populate or later session per Phase 5 plan sequencing.
Removed in Phase 5M-prep triage (4)
Folder-policy implicit-archive applied. Absent from 00\_Tier\_0\_Master\_Indices folder.
T0\_Spawn\_Probability\_Table. Function absorbed into T0\_Creature\_Roster column expansion.
T0\_Consistency\_Checklist. Function migrates to T0\_Hard\_Lines plus Schema Dictionary validation.
T0\_Authority\_Graph. Function migrates to this Architecture doc's Authority Hierarchy section.
T0\_Folklore\_Entity\_Registry. Function absorbed into T0\_Creature\_Roster folklore attribution column.
Tier 1 Foundation Architecture
Tier 1 holds the prose canonical foundation. Twenty docs in current Drive folder state at canonical folder ID 1y7MSWfLW4bxxLDFbR9uley6-FBvQPyJ4.
Foundation docs at ACTIVE state (13)
T1\_CVD\_Creative\_Vision\_Document \[ACTIVE v1.4\] at gdoc 11yzv3bVWzxQ5iR\_pKdpPwLKHd-SVJYa3tuGHJHEG7xM. CVD. Locked at Phase 4 close. Top authority for world canon, character canon, three-path system, integrity framework, vril framework, mastery framework, hard lines, output formatting standards.
T1\_Build\_Pipeline\_Contracts \[ACTIVE v1.0\] at gdoc 16q2hUknjnMXFrzdXj2yfOYrF-aZ6XuzFxJWzU1IOqj0. Consumer-infrastructure authority on the ten canonical build pipelines (§1 UE5, §2 Meshy, §3 AIVA, §4 ElevenLabs, §5 Cinematic Scene Build, §6 Quest Writing, §7 Region Page Build, §8 Book Processing, §9 Story Spine, §10 SFX). Iterative per CVD §0 Authority Hierarchy clarification.
T1\_Region\_Page\_Template \[ACTIVE v1.0\] at gdoc 1rgvDpOpsQpfUPGefehB173pfseL01ML9gqLjVeXA09I. Canonical 20-section spec for all 69 T8 region pages.
T1\_World\_Geography\_Master \[ACTIVE v2.3\] at gdoc 1Zo0VS1curH6S6OVMLOdTxzIJAhu2T7Ut\_kKBgZNPjBo. Per-chapter geographic canon plus §14 Canonical Zones Substrate Authority per Session 5L-3.
T1\_Threads\_22\_Master\_References \[ACTIVE v2.2\] at gdoc 1ErRW-7wrj656J6BPF9plS2ifRNIB0CdNJfioD6shcTo. All 22 thread canon, 6 Major plus 16 Minor, per-thread per-chapter anchors, 20 weavings.
T1\_Vril\_and\_Magic\_System\_Master \[ACTIVE v2.2\] at gdoc 15c3THWj9i51AIjuzuBl-XTxYjUakt0TxJsRgormas\_A. Vril physics, twelve-tier framework cross-cut, seven-devices six-vril-seats one-Vimana architecture, recharge sources, Vril Sight twelve-tier mapping with substrate-perception threshold at Adeptus Minor.
T1\_Integrity\_Paths\_Worldstates\_Master \[ACTIVE v2.1\] at gdoc 1qIAAC2pZp8ZlodJbhwebd\_YV2dkMkjFpNvI0uIU7Umk. Five integrity bands plus three path buckets plus convergence node mechanics plus §8.9 Pillar 12 L3 Fauna Substrate per Session 5L-3.
T1\_Ability\_Tree \[ACTIVE v1.4\] at gdoc 1ddU5wcN4OVi1BWBtKU6R6MLudtBSySyvMKRQ1Rl0mk0. Final Lock at 185 abilities — Layer A 111, Layer B 48, Layer C 26\. Promoted from T7 to T1 in restructure.
T1\_Combat\_System\_Spec \[ACTIVE v1.0\] at gdoc 1WSvDBPdm25hml3zWjQGmOyZJ2DoWaZ5R0GR8A9eWDok. 72-weapon framework, 4-weapon-to-add canonical anchors, Tier A 5 chapter-level Boss encounter anchors at Ch 8 plus Ch 23 plus Ch 38 plus Ch 55 plus Ch 65\.
T1\_Trades\_Master \[ACTIVE v1.0\] at gdoc 1Q82dtko7Cn8sZbmvo0LT58YGKsGIdscumLFI7MZcEaI. Ten-trade specification, per-trade home base assignments, twelve-tier mastery quest gate framework (120 canonical gates).
T1\_Tier\_C\_MMO\_Spec \[ACTIVE v1.0\] at gdoc 1SuUdCyg0Wx-VeH8b8nJgjVoSYvfxiai8ZwX7u\_zENHk. Three-tier architecture canon, guild integrity NPC biography variation, Tier C 100-player World Boss canonical separation from Tier A chapter-level Boss encounters.
T1\_Story\_Spine \[ACTIVE v1.0\] at gdoc 16PALzViK9bU4ZxD3JLN-ugOA0RY9CNiX\_JJYzedyRAo. Ch 02-77 plus Prologue plus Epilogue spine. Phase 6 Spine v2.4 cascade enhances the v1.0 baseline against locked CVD foundation reading T1 reference plus T0 registries (Josh ruling 2026-07-03) — never reads archived T2 CD/RB.
Foundation docs at ACTIVE single-section state (1)
T1\_RNG\_Sigma\_Constraint\_System \[ACTIVE v1.0\] at gdoc 1HXX2L85-pl2hrQHP6jLnw9QsuLrHmpkinSY46eG-MI0. Body populated at 5M-5 Phase A May 17\. Foundational mechanic spec for sigma-bounded RNG floor and ceiling per CVD §17.13.
Foundation docs at DRAFT state (4)
T1\_Tier\_B\_DLC\_Catalog \[DRAFT v0.1\] at gdoc 1mzuYKoO7P3VecjLIamZa1zE0IYOpCxIbSQeDZ9TbhIs. Demoted from prior placeholder ACTIVE v1.0 to DRAFT per 5M-5 Phase A. Tier B Solo DLC pre-identified region catalog populate target post-cascade phase.
T1\_Personal\_Dimension\_Spec \[DRAFT v0.1\] at gdoc 15OTosLoDCTinegQy5uT6LZn\_GKmKHSY5n36d8gbxlNw. Demoted from prior placeholder ACTIVE v1.0 per 5M-5 Phase A. Astral sub-space system for creature training, garden, housing. Populate target post-book-processing.
T1\_Audio\_Spec \[DRAFT v0.1\] at gdoc 1aWuVt\_M90HRaHN2QL\_WXDrZUkqCn5QNhkVpgy4veh1g. Engineering canon placeholder for audio system. Populate target Phase 6 alongside region build.
T1\_UI\_UX\_Spec \[DRAFT v0.1\] at gdoc 1IyxCUd7X6nKvla-DCMUEJrHKenJKBFF0CsL2cAwsB9g. Game UI canon placeholder. Populate target Phase 6 alongside region build.
Foundation docs promoted to ACTIVE post-migration (1)
T1\_Research\_Corpus\_Master \[ACTIVE v1.1.4\] at gdoc 1pxjjONMUFJ54GFfL1FxC6qzr6T1-ImyeZOJCNDiLm-s (repo .md copy at /01\_Tier\_1\_Foundation/ is the canonical working copy post-migration). Chunk 5B-2 close 2026-06-29 brought full per-chapter coverage of all narrative units Ch 2-77 plus Prologue plus Epilogue at the 7-subsection template (~900K). Ch 59 Africa Revisit front-half (deleted in source pre-migration) and a Ch 69-tail truncated bullet repaired as faithful recoveries. The five endgame canon flags were adversarially resolved against full canon and the doc flipped DRAFT-to-ACTIVE at v1.1.4 on 2026-06-29. Type B doc.
This Architecture doc (1)
T1\_Architecture\_and\_State \[ACTIVE v3.3\] at gdoc 1SIaCm-iKsxzxL8zQb8W0SpyFbPRbYRTML6VU1rziD-o. v3.2 PATCH at v5-Operational CI authoring session reordering Strategic Roadmap plus Workflow Sequence to Phase 5.6 finish before Phase 5.5 per concurrent-execution directive.
Pre-restructure docs retiring at Phase 5M close (3)
Folder-policy implicit-archive applied at Session 5M-4. All three absent from 01\_Tier\_1\_Foundation folder. Absorption-verify audit pass complete across all sections per outputs/5M-4\_Audit\_Findings.md.
T1\_GDD\_Core. Nine sections absorbed into CVD §1, §7, §8, §9, §10, §11 plus T1\_World\_Geography\_Master plus T0\_Chapter\_Index v1.1 plus T1\_AaS Document Authority Hierarchy.
T1\_GDD\_Systems. Eleven sections absorbed into T1\_Trades\_Master v1.0, CVD §11, T1\_Integrity\_Paths\_Worldstates\_Master v2.1, T1\_Combat\_System\_Spec v1.0, T1\_Tier\_C\_MMO\_Spec v1.0, and T1\_Ability\_Tree.
T1\_Research\_Depth\_Standards. Twelve sections absorbed into CVD §6, §6.2 high-care tier, §17.1 hard lines plus T1\_Build\_Pipeline\_Contracts cultural authenticity audit sections plus T1\_Research\_Corpus\_Master plus T0\_Hard\_Lines 120-row aggregate.
T1 placeholders removed at 5M-4 (2)
Folder-policy implicit-archive applied. Both absent from 01\_Tier\_1\_Foundation folder.
T1\_Enhancement\_Pillars. Function distributed across CVD pillars and T1 spec docs.
T1\_Grimoire\_System\_Spec. Function distributed across T1\_Vril\_and\_Magic\_System\_Master and T1\_Languages\_and\_Script\_Master.
T1 retirement at 5M-5 Phase A (1)
Folder-policy implicit-archive applied at 5M-5 Phase A. Absent from 01\_Tier\_1\_Foundation folder.
T1\_Journal\_System\_Spec. Journal mechanic canon distributed across T1\_Integrity\_Paths\_Worldstates\_Master plus T1\_Build\_Pipeline\_Contracts §1.9 journal mechanic plus T0\_Worldstate\_Variables.
Tier 2 Chapter Canon Architecture
Tier 2 holds transitional per-chapter design and research basis docs at canonical folder ID 1P2MCMvxXxni0dqwsXMSSHvy3JSKe5Oky. Status TRANSITIONAL per pre-restructure migration model; full retirement deferred to post-Phase-5.6 plus T1\_Research\_Corpus\_Master v1.1 completion per Josh Session 5M-4 directive. Cascade-era content; not read by Phase 6 Spine v2.4 cascade authoring which routes against CVD v1.4 plus T1 reference plus T0 registries.
Twelve docs total at current Drive state. All DRAFT v0.1, six ChapterDesign plus six ResearchBasis covering Ch 02 through Ch 77 in five chapter-range chunks plus a sixth covering Ch 66-77.
T2\_ChapterDesign\_Ch\_02-15 \[DRAFT v0.1\] at gdoc 12JjnZrG7vwV48a3FJ\_8YasBArBXqBmoJeCfitpNUkGU. Per-chapter design substrate for Ch 02-15 arc.
T2\_ChapterDesign\_Ch\_16-25 \[DRAFT v0.1\] at gdoc 1MNFDOQh7nDqDBEcvV-WMRR16KkgJR99ZIZyVpXeLpQ8. Per-chapter design substrate for Ch 16-25 arc.
T2\_ChapterDesign\_Ch\_26-38 \[DRAFT v0.1\] at gdoc 1bgTNTgLmvy-3\_G8WwBNbfpi0Lmb8vJXk9Tgizj\_5scw. Per-chapter design substrate for Ch 26-38 arc.
T2\_ChapterDesign\_Ch\_39-50 \[DRAFT v0.1\] at gdoc 1JnbO8SuZnB1S1ryh3oUGoONmlL4uutB1sQZ3p1wvGDU. Per-chapter design substrate for Ch 39-50 arc.
T2\_ChapterDesign\_Ch\_51-65 \[DRAFT v0.1\] at gdoc 1iatLFBg5Yawp\_B9OA4mdJhjd27lOG89UBdptmisjoJs. Per-chapter design substrate for Ch 51-65 arc.
T2\_ChapterDesign\_Ch\_66-77 \[DRAFT v0.1\] at gdoc 1doO65B\_NQEy999HEPgxNcWoMvs4J6guRtlX\_k8bo75g. Per-chapter design substrate for Ch 66-77 arc.
T2\_ResearchBasis\_Ch\_02-15 \[DRAFT v0.1\] at gdoc 1NbVesWunapfN8\_PN\_gJ7bytVmU2FGcFfwXY-8hxnXNc. Per-chapter research basis substrate for Ch 02-15 arc.
T2\_ResearchBasis\_Ch\_16-25 \[DRAFT v0.1\] at gdoc 1Uij6s8FOV\_h4KgxUWOdW48byT4vFmHjq\_uAbQTGbZJ4. Per-chapter research basis substrate for Ch 16-25 arc.
T2\_ResearchBasis\_Ch\_26-38 \[DRAFT v0.1\] at gdoc 1gkex-uDaPB5gNlwPbylgDOxcDnk-WqWsulZwhi7KE7k. Per-chapter research basis substrate for Ch 26-38 arc.
T2\_ResearchBasis\_Ch\_39-50 \[DRAFT v0.1\] at gdoc 1QZlWEaBsBe6TRjTL-bPlRqdyrC4426vqYCixuAuyfXk. Per-chapter research basis substrate for Ch 39-50 arc.
T2\_ResearchBasis\_Ch\_51-65 \[DRAFT v0.1\] at gdoc 13FIuE6uvz\_ksLSnDB1cktOc4nx0Z0WfK4um2igcVxa8. Per-chapter research basis substrate for Ch 51-65 arc.
T2\_ResearchBasis\_Ch\_66-77 \[DRAFT v0.1\] at gdoc 1u33tTDq5CWn\_xl85r9b2wCdhjDbwfhazo8EN5SfT2-g. Per-chapter research basis substrate for Ch 66-77 arc.
Retirement scheduled. Phase 5.5 Pre-Spine Cleanup wholesale archives T2\_ChapterDesign plus T2\_ResearchBasis per folder-policy implicit-archive once Phase 5.6 Corpus Doc Rebuild plus T1\_Research\_Corpus\_Master v1.1 absorption complete. Until then T2 docs serve as cascade-era forensic reference. Phase 6 cascade does not read T2 content as authoritative.
Phase 5.5 executed 2026-06-29: all 12 T2 ChapterDesign plus ResearchBasis stubs (empty 47-byte title-only files, no chapter body) deleted from the repo and the Tier 2 folder removed. Tier 2 retirement complete; the Phase 6 Spine v2.4 cascade reads CVD plus T1 reference plus T0 registries, never T2\.
Tier 3 Character Canon Architecture
Tier 3 holds character canon at canonical folder ID 1RHOD3uYcl48Vd2N\_5c1QIbndbCAjt0J4. Four docs covering core characters, supporting characters, named familiars, and tameable creatures. Type B prose at canonical reference voice per Type A B C storage assignment — third-person canonical description at canon-reference authority, distinct from close-third protagonist voice owned by T1\_Story\_Spine.
Two ACTIVE plus two DRAFT at current Drive state. Core plus Supporting locked at Phase 5K. Familiars Named plus Creatures Tameable populate post-Phase-6 alongside region page build feedback.
T3\_Core\_Characters \[ACTIVE v1.0\] at gdoc 1AjqGcR2KLggp7Tco2HRKwGSu2yK\_m8zt6iaj6oFJreg. Seven core character canonical pattern (CHAR\_0001 through CHAR\_0007). Per CVD §7 character canon plus T1\_Architecture\_and\_State Type A B C storage assignment. Phase 5K-1 lock.
T3\_Supporting\_Characters \[ACTIVE v1.0\] at gdoc 1oRoamAc7dYUsJcjPK5zdho9TLBmCR-z2W35hUp9ai\_s. 111 supporting character canonical roster (CHAR\_0008 through CHAR\_0118), Ch 02-15 populates in full at v1.0, Ch 16-77 framework stub level. Phase 5K-2 lock.
T3\_Familiars\_Named \[ACTIVE v1.0\] at gdoc 1T-H4VbYDl8qR-6Xk4\_lMe0daPowTX7DamPNjljCI85Y. 33 leg-tier species plus 22 player familiar slots roster. Authority paired with T0\_Familiar\_Registry. Populate target post-Phase-6.
T3\_Creatures\_Tameable \[ACTIVE v1.0\] at gdoc 1cvvH2EYfrbrd-k9MD5JEgeeX82z8Cq9CgMNdnE1crRI. 400-plus tameable creature roster covering Trade 1 Animal Communication tameable scope. Authority paired with T0\_Creature\_Roster. Populate target post-Phase-6 region build feedback.
Tier 4 Antagonist Canon Architecture
Tier 4 holds antagonist family canon at canonical folder ID 1X8z7BgA5UQVgs9qLBImUiaPWla1tc-hj. Single doc constituting the full Tier 4 roster. Type C hybrid storage per Type A B C assignment — structured per-chapter operational catalog at §7 through §9 alongside prose family-level canon at §1 through §6 plus §10 through §11.
T4\_House\_of\_Velheim\_Canonical \[ACTIVE v1.0\] at gdoc 1L8tUSUNCjjFG8KjnfNv2cNdW9o\_Hury0nhcBdJUbIH0. House of Velheim family canon, Cassius Velheim patriarch character canon at §5, Architect canon at §4, ten-category local agent pattern, per-chapter antagonist operational catalog at §7 through §9. Phase 5K-3 lock. Authority paired with T0\_Antagonist\_Network\_Registry (62-row populate per Session 5K-3).
Tier 5 Questline Canon Architecture
Tier 5 holds questline canon at canonical folder ID 1lYzfx7PDpjoQVkhkNzKjMjBDgVdbFkLJ. Summary-plus-detail layering per Architectural Principles — one summary doc provides navigation across 23 questlines (Main Story plus 10 Trade plus 12 Side), nine detailed docs hold per-questline content. Most project sessions load only the summary; detailed docs load only when a session is actively working on that specific questline.
Ten docs total, all DRAFT v0.1 at current Drive state. Populate at Phase 6 plus Phase 4B Quest Writing pipeline.
T5\_Questlines\_Master\_Summary \[DRAFT v0.1\] at gdoc 1y1\_om\_He98qwQAthai-CaZTUh2dqy6dNZQO4RSRTfhU. Master navigation summary across all 23 questlines.
T5\_Main\_Story\_Spine\_Detailed \[DRAFT v0.1\] at gdoc 1x7KVLJIAzLHIZVtDA4JUcj-IXP6gZ68KO9sDxaEFugM. Main Story questline detail at canonical-pattern level.
T5\_Trade\_Questlines\_Detailed \[DRAFT v0.1\] at gdoc 10HXusQooBkBawAQzknTvkRVd9gqZW8q1dqD08H2sl50. Ten Trade questline detailed roster. Authority paired with T1\_Trades\_Master twelve-tier quest gate framework.
T5\_Side\_Questlines\_Detailed \[DRAFT v0.1\] at gdoc 1mUe8qhpq1edn6hexsn\_yTJ7Vi8xwfOm6Vamjap-OvV8. Twelve Side Questline (SQ) detailed roster.
T5\_Legendary\_Weapons\_Questlines \[DRAFT v0.1\] at gdoc 1Z-MyI7Nfgiiz8Vfchj7HuIHIG-KTm66h26M6O0IBzJ8. Legendary weapon unlock-quest detail per T1\_Combat\_System\_Spec 72-weapon framework.
T5\_Familiar\_Bond\_Questlines \[DRAFT v0.1\] at gdoc 142DQ1-NWDgCRDn1oA5CKNiWQAdyB5xOyDC8yj2\_LFK0. Familiar bonding-quest detail per 22 familiar slots architecture.
T5\_School\_Curriculum\_Questlines \[DRAFT v0.1\] at gdoc 1OhLpw6mBljOgtJr0bJihL8k2ItQUCmS3HmQxOeMAs8M. Occult Mystery School curriculum questline detail per CVD Pillar 4\. Authority paired with T0\_School\_Registry.
T5\_Grimoire\_Link\_Questlines \[DRAFT v0.1\] at gdoc 1cqRfKrRfSeREhwRggwE54ilyI-LiCCmiR9PLxxaZtrc. Grimoire-system link questline detail per Pillar 12 Layer 2 investigatable depth.
T5\_Seed\_Defense\_Questlines \[DRAFT v0.1\] at gdoc 1XbVpT\_1SgDaXRCa7gR6-gSiEJ2QEAXupr4asQMQloRg. Seed-defense vril site protection questline detail. Authority paired with T0\_Quest\_Seed\_Registry plus T0\_Vril\_Site\_Registry.
Tier 6 Weapons Canon Architecture
Tier 6 holds weapons canon at canonical folder ID 1rc0oa7pkB9RfHeqAdk8gaae23EuA5dEb. Summary-plus-detail layering — one Master Index doc plus two per-category detailed docs covering 72-weapon framework split 36 Brute plus 36 Trickery/Sorcery per T1\_Combat\_System\_Spec v1.0.
Three docs total, all DRAFT v0.1 at current Drive state. Populate at Phase 6 alongside region build feedback and at Phase 4 quest writing for legendary-weapon unlock questlines.
T6\_Weapons\_Master\_Index \[DRAFT v0.1\] at gdoc 1VwAhU0E434eJFc5-rqL25HWTlXOfC9d4bu8pMeaVVI0. Master navigation index across all 72 weapons plus 4 weapons-to-add canonical anchors. Authority paired with T0\_Weapon\_Registry 8-column minimum-viable schema.
T6\_Weapons\_Brute\_Detailed \[DRAFT v0.1\] at gdoc 1Wdtq\_MC7P0Q7UjNhZ711xcvLSLthLQurfbY-DXpPBqE. Detailed per-weapon canon for the 36 Brute category. Loaded at Project 4 quest-writing sessions touching brute-weapon unlock questlines.
T6\_Weapons\_Trickery\_Detailed \[DRAFT v0.1\] at gdoc 1wwhDWu4KvSOlZ4WRJJVERs9SZFjAPdMb82YX3xCr4Xw. Detailed per-weapon canon for the 36 Trickery/Sorcery category. Loaded at Project 4 quest-writing sessions touching trickery-weapon unlock questlines.
Tier 7 Production Canon Architecture
Tier 7 holds production canon at canonical folder ID 1WbuA9KYWUhyM21XEz63gfueN--DgyJrQ. Three docs covering project-level reference materials, narrative reference content, and philosophy plus balance canon. Type B prose per Type A B C storage assignment — narrative-generating Claude sessions read these for character voice and balance philosophy guidance.
All three DRAFT v0.1 at current Drive state. Production refinement at Phase 6 alongside region build feedback.
T7\_Humanity\_Project\_Reference \[DRAFT v0.1\] at gdoc 19HcDV3IrTeiJp1hatQBEERxPs\_iIVm8CBHu3vM4mS5Q. Project-level reference material covering build-pipeline interfaces, production timeline, and project-scope orientation.
T7\_Narrative\_Reference \[DRAFT v0.1\] at gdoc 1J93BnSb2o\_zLcL6j5geCSJeMRnzMBkxBOVqFxk2tn-I. Narrative reference canon covering voice, tone, rhythm, and emotional texture. Loaded at narrative-generating Claude sessions per AI Consumer Analysis.
T7\_Philosophy\_and\_Balance \[DRAFT v0.1\] at gdoc 16YKl6lUvS0FP8KilyJHw2St\_DTuCjQORmv7h0uw5-B0. Philosophy plus balance canon covering integrity-system worldview-teaching, three-path moral framework prose, and gameplay-narrative balance principles.
T1\_Ability\_Tree previously lived at Tier 7 (T7\_Ability\_Tree) per Session 5G-pre lock. Promoted to Tier 1 Foundation at Session 5G arc complete per Phase 5 plan T1 promotion. Listed at Tier 1 Foundation Architecture section above.
Tier 8 Region Pages Architecture
Tier 8 holds region pages at canonical folder ID 1Eu1V\_f4EH6hYw7P6VL-\_dC7Dt70CdXqn. Empty pre-Phase-6. 69 region pages populate at Phase 6 region page build pace of one region per weekend, Flores Island first per T1\_Build\_Pipeline\_Contracts §7 Region Page Build pipeline plus T1\_Region\_Page\_Template v1.0 canonical 20-section spec.
Each T8 region page instantiates the T1\_Region\_Page\_Template 20-section structure. Region pages are the primary canonical output for all downstream pipeline consumers — UE5, Meshy, AIVA, ElevenLabs, Cinematic, Quest Writing, Book Processing, SFX. Region page authoring at Phase 6 surfaces pipeline consumer demand which routes into T0 registry column expansions per pipeline-driven schema principle.
T8 region pages use the Knowledge Base pattern per AI Consumer Analysis — semantic search over large region detail rather than full-load. Region detail loads on demand when a session is actively working on that specific region.
Tier 97 Concept Art Architecture
Tier 97 holds concept art reference materials at canonical folder ID 1SYL4WE8TbpQsPe4eispmwqszxqil\_Ksn. Empty at current state. Populate at Phase 6 region build alongside Meshy mesh generation plus Project 7 Art production. Concept-art reference layer per T1\_Build\_Pipeline\_Contracts §1.7 NeoStack tool surface and §2 Meshy pipeline.
Tier 98 Legal Architecture
Tier 98 holds legal documents at canonical folder ID 1IE8Z7705aHUO1ftCHlMoxIS9AjBXesZG. Empty at current state. Populate target spans crowdfunding launch (compositional copyright registration, ElevenLabs voice clone authorization per §4.4.1, MMO terms of service, partner contracts). Legal scope tracked separately from world canon — Tier 98 isolates legal artifacts from canonical content read by AI build pipelines.
Tier 99 Operational Architecture
Tier 99 holds operational guidance distinct from world canon at canonical folder ID 1lpXIPgXC5EusGYj-M2cv91B7cf6BsaNy. Ten docs in current Drive folder state plus one working-files subfolder.
T99 docs at ACTIVE state (7)
T99\_Agent\_Skills\_Integration\_Spec \[ACTIVE v1.0\] at gdoc 1KbYWMRJwqyRcc4vy0\_YOhH7AVGapkF8YYPKHMZGgfVA. Skill specification for Drive, file system, and computer use integration patterns.
T99\_Normalization\_Protocol \[ACTIVE v1.0\] at gdoc 1R6YBvqsY0d-sE430qTxDi04hRSO73nEpuZFNohYZ9fs. Migrated as an empty title-only stub; its function now lives in the CLAUDE.md normalization gate (fresh-context adversarial critic before any DRAFT-to-ACTIVE flip).
T99\_Consistency\_Validation\_Protocol \[ACTIVE v1.0\] at gdoc 1mGpSqi5osutXhiec7IjLsh4xNayFeDW0OYpNU7WPI9o. Cross-doc validation methodology.
T99\_Custom\_Instructions\_Registry \[ACTIVE v1.0\] at gdoc 1e5JfO4DvBIExUhlJ0uG1wlboOwGxft2x-UBb-VHdv30. Active and archived per-project custom instructions catalog.
T99\_Operational\_Routing\_Matrix \[ACTIVE v1.0\] at gdoc 1WXxGi9-hHGmoXQDBx\_4AAnZuyG2iTZ8VoQ-SeGaX8Ic. Project, session, and tool routing canon.
T99\_Environment\_Manifest \[ACTIVE v1.0\] at gdoc 1fKNGCImwggzdBZlcB6me5uKPvcJeHXfPmp-eDvhpzd8. Engineering environment specification. Moved into T99 at Phase 5M-prep triage.
T99\_Story\_Spine\_Build\_Logic \[ACTIVE v3.2\] at gdoc 17dyVp2r7aeJ3sKYwPq0GmtI8XuxCxXV1zsGUwHSivWg. Phase 6 Story Spine cascade operational handbook authored May 4\. Retires at HUM-STORY-SPINE-COMPLETE marker at Phase 6 close.
T99 docs at DRAFT state (1)
T99\_Project\_2\_Book\_Processing\_Workflow \[DRAFT v0.1\] at gdoc 1FcdYDS7tCDBUS\_XQd4X\_ULJjpnY2Fu89ym3nu0zCs2U. Forty-seven-thousand-character draft. Owns book processing operational spec. Pending real-corpus pilot validation against 50-book sample.
T99 transitional docs retiring at HUM-PHASE-5-COMPLETE (2)
Operational scope tied to Phase 5 execution. Folder-policy implicit-archive applies at Phase 5 close marker file.
T99\_Phase\_5\_Closing\_Sequence\_Handoff at gdoc 1vK1VUW73iUKqhxP7tqkOJJMYUKw60djqONYyFsDRFHU. Closing audit operational handbook authored at Phase 5G arc close.
T99\_Pipeline\_Contract\_Buildability\_Audit at gdoc 1HRIOltJkAQFxtgkgQXrKxu07Il6tcGOL7wyUNmPNnl0. P0/P1/P2/P2.5/P3 finding categories from pipeline contract iteration.
T99 working-files subfolder (1)
T99\_Project\_2\_Book\_Processing\_Workflow\_Files at gdrive folder ID 1SBsAk4xHRbdc5pn\_8LW7DtUNWhPmIxLO. Project 2 Book Processing working-files subfolder. Pilot-stage source-corpus processing artifacts and validation outputs. Not canonical content; operational scratchpad scope.
Tier 99 docs hold operational authority on workflow and protocol. Canonical world content lives in Tier 0 and Tier 1\.
Per-Project File Loading
Per-project canonical file load specifications finalize at Phase 5 close after all T1 docs are refined and all T0 registries are populated. The current target shape carries forward from the pre-restructure 14-to-18 file range per project, sized within Pro plan limits with comfortable headroom on Max plans.
T1\_Architecture\_and\_State is read on demand from the repo. CLAUDE.md routing plus per-skill load manifests replace per-project custom instructions.
Concept-level project loads. Specific file lists ratify at Phase 5 close.
Project 1 Foundation Reference. Tier 1 Foundation core load plus operational reference docs. General canon questions, architecture and state awareness.
Project 2 Book Processing. Tier 1 Foundation core load plus T1\_Research\_Corpus\_Master plus Tier 2 ResearchBasis docs (deferred retirement) plus questline and creature canon. Pilot through Herskovits before full library processing.
Project 3A through 3F Region Building. Tier 1 Foundation core load plus T1\_Region\_Page\_Template plus chapter-range ChapterDesign plus chapter-range ResearchBasis plus character, antagonist, questline, and weapons summaries. One project per chapter range.
Project 4A Quest Writing Main Story. Tier 1 Foundation core load plus Story Spine plus chapter-range ChapterDesign plus character, antagonist, narrative reference, philosophy and balance.
Project 4B Trade and Side Questline Writing. Tier 1 Foundation core load plus questline summary plus session-rotated 2-to-4 detailed questline docs plus chapter-range ChapterDesign plus familiars and weapons summaries.
Project 5 UE5. Tier 1 Foundation core load plus T1\_Ability\_Tree plus T1\_Build\_Pipeline\_Contracts §1 UE5 plus narrative reference, production pipeline, weapons summary and detailed mechanics docs.
Project 6 Music. Tier 1 Foundation core load plus T1\_Build\_Pipeline\_Contracts §3 AIVA plus Music Master Direction plus narrative reference, philosophy and balance, production pipeline, region-focus chapter design.
Project 7 Art. Tier 1 Foundation core load plus T1\_Build\_Pipeline\_Contracts §2 Meshy plus Art Master Direction plus narrative reference, philosophy and balance, production pipeline, region-focus chapter design, character and familiar canon.
AI Consumer Analysis
The canonical knowledge base is a database for AI consumers. Every architecture decision serves one or more of the consumer types below. Content takes the shape its consumers need.
Twelve consumer types operate across the canonical base.
Narrative-generating Claude sessions. Writes dialogue, scene descriptions, chapter briefs, character voice, questline prose. Needs prose-carrying Type B content plus Type A metadata for constraints plus cross-reference maps. Loads progressive disclosure: Tier 0 always, T1 and T3 Level 2 on character or voice query, T2 body Level 2 on scene query.
Canonical validation Claude sessions. Answers reference questions, catches conflicts, validates new content. Needs Tier 0 master registries plus authority hierarchy plus structured fields. Loads Tier 0 always, targeted T1 through T6 Level 2 per query.
Cascade execution Claude sessions. Produces Story Spine entries at Phase 6 cascade. Needs Tier 0 for metadata plus T1\_Story\_Spine for cascade target plus T99\_Story\_Spine\_Build\_Logic v3.0 operational handbook plus explicit routing manifests. Session template declares exactly what to load.
Book Processing Claude sessions for Project 2\. Processes source books into 12 note categories and routes to canonical docs. Needs Tier 0 chapter, thread, folklore, character indices as routing keys plus schema-compliant templates. Loads Tier 0 always, append-only writes to destination docs.
Region Building Claude sessions for Project 3\. Expands each region into buildable spec per T1\_Region\_Page\_Template v1.0 20-section template. Needs Tier 0 chapter, seed, folklore, creature registries plus T1\_World\_Geography\_Master plus T8 detail. Knowledge Base pattern for T8 with semantic search over large region detail.
Quest Writing Claude sessions for Project 4\. Produces detailed questlines from staged content. Needs T5 questline canon plus T3 character docs plus region-detail docs plus journal entry templates. T5 Level 2 on invocation, T3 and region search on demand.
Unreal Engine Build Agent for Project 5\. Generates terrain, spawns NPCs, places buildings, instantiates objects. Needs structured executable data: coordinates, terrain modifiers, NPC spawn records, blueprints. Prose is not consumed here. Tier 0 plus Type C headers via programmatic access. Schema version pinning mandatory per T0\_Schema\_Dictionary §2.3.
Meshy Mesh Generation Pipeline for Project 6\. Generates 3D meshes for creatures, objects, weapons. Needs visual-description structured data: morphology tags, region and style tags, material and era tags. Targeted registry queries against Weapon, Creature, Familiar registries with mesh tags.
AIVA Music Generation Pipeline for Project 7\. Generates music per scene, region, mood. Needs mood tags per chapter beat plus cultural music-tradition markers per region plus transition cue metadata. T2 chapter headers plus T0\_Chapter\_Index music fields.
Consistency Validation sessions. Runs taxonomy sweeps post-cascade. Needs cross-doc validation access plus evidence-grounded flagging. Runs scheduled with full canon access.
Normalization sessions. Pre-admission validation of cascade output. Needs schema definitions plus CVD canonical anchors plus authority hierarchy. Runs between DRAFT and NORMALIZED state transitions.
Future pipelines. Art generation, voice synthesis, animation. Animation Pipeline Contract reserved at deferred §1.10 column slot per Phase 5M T0\_Schema\_Dictionary work. Schema extensions fields handle forward compatibility.
Consumer-type storage implications. Narrative consumers need Type B prose intact; character voice cannot be reduced to fields. Validation consumers need Type A structured retrieval with deterministic lookup. Build consumers need Type A exclusively with schema version pinning and extensibility fields. Processing consumers need Tier 0 as routing layer with append-only writes under normalization gates.
Three-level loading applied to Tier 0\. Level 1 metadata is always loaded at roughly 5 to 10 percent of session context: registry headers plus high-frequency lookup tables. Level 2 body loads on trigger at roughly 5 to 10 percent when activated: full registry body for the registry relevant to the query. Level 3 external-file access carries zero context cost: large detail blobs accessed via tool, not loaded into context.
Drive Folder Structure
Canonical project root at /Humanity/ at gdrive folder ID 1MY3lC93P0KgO9ygqC1ofbpjYTGmAd\_bt. Twelve canonical tier and operational folders plus one archive subtree live directly under the project root. Working files for projects route through their tier folders (T1 through T8) rather than separate project folders; pre-restructure working folders survive inside the archive subtree for forensic reference only.
Per-tier canonical folder IDs locked at Session 5M-5 Phase B folder-scoped verification.
00\_Tier\_0\_Master\_Indices at gdrive folder ID 1ni2qIY44X47qZ26fxPCU7lF2RL6AEJPZ. Tier 0 structured registries plus T0\_Schema\_Dictionary doc.
01\_Tier\_1\_Foundation at gdrive folder ID 1y7MSWfLW4bxxLDFbR9uley6-FBvQPyJ4. Tier 1 Foundation canonical docs.
02\_Tier\_2\_Chapter\_Canon at gdrive folder ID 1P2MCMvxXxni0dqwsXMSSHvy3JSKe5Oky. Tier 2 transitional per-chapter design and research basis docs.
03\_Tier\_3\_Characters at gdrive folder ID 1RHOD3uYcl48Vd2N\_5c1QIbndbCAjt0J4. Tier 3 character canon docs.
04\_Tier\_4\_Antagonist at gdrive folder ID 1X8z7BgA5UQVgs9qLBImUiaPWla1tc-hj. Tier 4 antagonist family canon.
05\_Tier\_5\_Questlines at gdrive folder ID 1lYzfx7PDpjoQVkhkNzKjMjBDgVdbFkLJ. Tier 5 questline canon summary plus per-questline detailed docs.
06\_Tier\_6\_Weapons at gdrive folder ID 1rc0oa7pkB9RfHeqAdk8gaae23EuA5dEb. Tier 6 weapons canon master index plus per-category detailed docs.
07\_Tier\_7\_Production at gdrive folder ID 1WbuA9KYWUhyM21XEz63gfueN--DgyJrQ. Tier 7 production canon covering narrative reference, philosophy and balance, and project-level reference materials.
08\_Tier\_8\_Regions at gdrive folder ID 1Eu1V\_f4EH6hYw7P6VL-\_dC7Dt70CdXqn. Tier 8 region pages, empty pre-Phase-6.
97\_Tier\_97\_Concept\_Art at gdrive folder ID 1SYL4WE8TbpQsPe4eispmwqszxqil\_Ksn. Concept art reference materials, empty at current state.
98\_Tier\_98\_Legal at gdrive folder ID 1IE8Z7705aHUO1ftCHlMoxIS9AjBXesZG. Legal documents, empty at current state.
99\_Tier\_99\_Operational at gdrive folder ID 1lpXIPgXC5EusGYj-M2cv91B7cf6BsaNy. Tier 99 operational docs plus T99\_Project\_2\_Book\_Processing\_Workflow\_Files working-files subfolder.
\_Archive at gdrive folder ID 1IjYxTjAw8E0fr71CejiPFV9VIwTJrXX2. Canonical archive subtree for pre-restructure originals plus restructure-era archived working folders.
Archive subtree at /Humanity/\_Archive/ holds the pre-restructure project working folder structure preserved for forensic reference. Contents include 00\_Foundation (pre-restructure foundation docs at folder ID 1-mO4fZuaWsAHN9ilzQFNB48ohuu-qQlx), 01\_Book\_Research (canonical source-material reference library at folder ID 1km\_kZuLJdYvpUvc7eAnUgNkAH6lQsy0S — the substrate the T1\_Research\_Corpus\_Master plus T0\_Source\_Material\_Registry plus T0\_Research\_Corpus\_Registry route to), 02\_Region\_Pages at folder ID 18wTPmaEW5\_rwJg6-Ql8eIH2P1zsv9HLD, 03\_Chapter\_Design\_Briefs at folder ID 1ukEeC5jxREqRYyi\_EitymMIVoV4dZxya, 04\_Quest\_Content at folder ID 1KJ8nPGgvz\_JtwtWOOZp168aTtPHGIIPK, 05\_UE5\_Code at folder ID 1mJQIy9\_EJiAWDu\_vO9mbRU-84qjxCxOV, 06\_Music at folder ID 1NfycAsBJQhGPCzQ2nIe\_Z\_QuKL7uorLL, 07\_Art at folder ID 1Zls5Hnu2a29VyFjo37OAWIOFFwwPmC74, 98\_MASTER\_FILES at folder ID 1Z-63CM4XMkvzjmijvv2NXJw1v7fffd85, and \_Archive\_2026\_04\_Restructure at folder ID 1CXIXkFLLcF2Z9ew4MkVN6K-pt9MxfVMx (Restructure-era archived placeholder docs and superseded versions). The Books folder at folder ID 1-iiIga-I0rHz\_m4pERGFWcyRiu3fitXU is a cross-project source library that pre-dates the Humanity restructure.
Source material reference. The canonical reference library lives at /Humanity/\_Archive/01\_Book\_Research/ at folder ID 1km\_kZuLJdYvpUvc7eAnUgNkAH6lQsy0S. Local source-text routing per T1\_Research\_Corpus\_Master now follows docs/BOOK\_ACQUISITION.md — deep-research synthesis is the default substrate path and the curated MUST-ACQUIRE set covers physical buys; the retired Windows-side Drive-mount path (G:\\My Drive\\HUMANITY\\01\_Book\_Research\\A\_Source\_Texts) is not mounted on the build machine. Book Processing pipeline §8 plus T1\_Research\_Corpus\_Master plus T0\_Source\_Material\_Registry plus T0\_Research\_Corpus\_Registry all route here for canonical source-text reference.
Folder-policy retirement discipline. Adopted at Session 5M-4 close. Folder structure under /Humanity/ is canonical state going forward. Absent from canonical folder equals implicit-archive. No rename ceremony or per-doc title-rev required for retiring artifacts. Supersedes the per-doc \[ARCHIVED v.X.X\] title-rev approach proposed in T99\_Phase\_5\_Closing\_Sequence\_Handoff §5.4. Git repo state (working tree plus commit history) is the authoritative state check per CLAUDE.md routing; folder-scoped Drive search at the canonical folder IDs above applies only to the frozen migration source; documents in /\_Archive/ or /\_Archive/\_Archive\_2026\_04\_Restructure/ are implicit-archived regardless of title status.
Components. TIER\_PREFIX is one of T0, T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8, T99. DOC\_NAME is descriptive, underscored, with no spaces. STATUS is one of ACTIVE, DRAFT, ARCHIVED, SUPERSEDED, DEPRECATED. VERSION is vMAJOR.MINOR (for example v1.0, v2.1).
Rules.
Never use Final in a filename. Version numbers replace Final, Final-v2, Final-FINAL.
Status in brackets is visible in Drive UI at a glance.
Only one ACTIVE doc per logical base name, ever. Previous version transitions to ARCHIVED the moment new ACTIVE lands.
Uniqueness check before filing. Search Drive for base name and verify no other ACTIVE collision.
Version bumps. v1.0 to v1.1 for minor edit such as typo or clarification. v1.0 to v2.0 for major rebuild such as Restructure or significant content change.
Status Definitions and Transition Rules
ACTIVE. Current canonical version. Sessions read this. AI consumers pin to this version.
DRAFT. Work in progress. Not canonical. Cascade sessions may produce, not consume as authoritative.
ARCHIVED. Previous canonical version, superseded by newer ACTIVE. Preserved for historical reference.
DEPRECATED. Being phased out but still referenced during transition. Rare. Mandatory retirement date in title.
Transition rules. DRAFT to ACTIVE on normalization pass success and filing to canonical folder. ACTIVE v1.0 to ARCHIVED v1.0 when ACTIVE v2.0 lands for the same base name. ACTIVE to SUPERSEDED when architecture change makes the doc obsolete rather than revised. ACTIVE to DEPRECATED only with mandatory retirement date in the title. Folder-policy implicit-archive supersedes title-rev where the doc has moved out of canonical folder.
One ACTIVE per logical base name, period. All previous versions archived with version preserved.
Uniqueness Enforcement and Transitional Doc Handling
Every session filing a doc checks three things. First, whether the filename ACTIVE already exists, in which case this is a revision and the previous ACTIVE must transition to ARCHIVED. Second, whether the filename DRAFT already exists, in which case this is continuation and a second draft is not created. Third, whether the base name is used anywhere including archive, to verify no collision. Normalization pass validates this before admission.
Transitional docs that survive the Restructure carry either folder-policy retirement at phase close marker or mandatory retirement date in the title. T99\_Phase\_5\_Closing\_Sequence\_Handoff plus T99\_Pipeline\_Contract\_Buildability\_Audit retire at HUM-PHASE-5-COMPLETE marker via folder-policy. T99\_Story\_Spine\_Build\_Logic v3.0 retires at HUM-STORY-SPINE-COMPLETE marker at Phase 6 close.
Phase 5 Restructure Progress
Phase 5 sequence: Surviving T1 Seed Content refines, NEW T1 spec doc populates, T0 registry populates, absorbed-doc retirements, Phase 5 closing audit. Twenty-five sessions across four work streams.
Sessions complete (25)
Twenty-five sessions executed across four work streams. T1 refinement and authoring stream, T0 registry population stream, absorbed-doc retirement stream, Phase 5 closing audit stream.
T1 stream. Session 5B Threads\_22\_Master\_References v2.0. Session 5C World\_Geography\_Master v2.0. Session 5D Languages\_and\_Script\_Master v2.0 plus Inscription\_Spine scratchpad. Session 5E Vril\_and\_Magic\_System\_Master v2.0 plus Vril\_Site\_Registry 29-row scratchpad plus Component 11 9-anchor catalog lock per CVD v1.1 §19.1. Session 5F Integrity\_Paths\_Worldstates\_Master v2.0 plus CVD §9.2 five-band canonical refresh plus Worldstate\_Variables 25-row populate. Session 5G arc (5G, 5G-2, 5G-4-A through 5G-4-D-3) Ability\_Tree v1.4 ACTIVE Final Lock at 185 abilities promoted T7 to T1 plus Ability\_Tree\_Registry v1.4 185-row populate. Session 5H Combat\_System\_Spec v1.0 72-weapon framework plus 5 chapter-level Boss anchors. Session 5I Trades\_Master v1.0 twelve-tier quest gate framework plus Trade\_Registry 10-row populate. Session 5J Tier\_C\_MMO\_Spec v1.0 three-tier architecture canon. Session 5K-1 Core\_Characters v1.0 plus Character\_Index CH\_0001-CH\_0007 rows. Session 5K-2 Supporting\_Characters v1.0 plus Character\_Index CH\_0008-CH\_0118 rows. Session 5K-3 House\_of\_Velheim\_Canonical v1.0 plus Antagonist\_Network\_Registry 62-row populate. Session 5L-3 World\_Geography\_Master v2.1 plus Integrity\_Paths\_Worldstates\_Master v2.1 companion-doc extensions. Session 5M-5 Phase A RNG\_Sigma\_Constraint\_System v1.0 body populate plus T1\_Tier\_B\_DLC\_Catalog plus T1\_Personal\_Dimension\_Spec demotes to DRAFT v0.1. HUM-T1-RCM-V1-COMPLETE May 16 Research\_Corpus\_Master v1.0 at 117K covering 26 H2 sections Ch 2-15.
Absorbed-doc retirement stream. Session 5L Distribution Blueprint v4.1 retired by canonical distribution plus Region\_Page\_Template ACTIVE v1.0 created. Session 5L-2 Build\_Pipeline\_Contracts v0.1 to v1.0 all 10 pipelines locked. Session 5M-prep memory consolidation pass plus T1\_AaS sync v2.0 to v2.2. Session 5M-4 absorbed-doc retirement audit pass complete under folder-policy retirement model — T1\_GDD\_Core plus T1\_GDD\_Systems plus T1\_Research\_Depth\_Standards plus T1\_Enhancement\_Pillars plus T1\_Grimoire\_System\_Spec plus four T0 placeholders plus T99\_Restructure\_Blueprint v4.1 retired by folder-policy.
Phase 5 closing audit stream. Session 5M-5 Phase B T1\_Architecture\_and\_State full rewrite v2.2 to v3.0 with full tier inventory completeness. Session 5M-5 Phase C v4.2-Phase-5-Close custom instructions authoring. Session 5M-5 Phase D drift resolution batch (seven items closed, three routed forward, T0\_Source\_Material\_Registry retention confirmed). Session 5M-5 Phase E memory cleanup batch including cn0 to nu0 ID drift fix. Session 5M-5 Phase F T0 sheet population landings (CHAR\_NNNN rename, Nan Madol migration, Schema\_Dict v1.2 patches, CI Registry v1.0 entries). Session 5M-5 Phase G collapsed (audit doc trashed as duplicate ledger). Session 5M-6 HUM-PHASE-5-COMPLETE marker file landed plus this Architecture doc compaction pass v3.0 to v3.1 plus userMemories rollup plus T99 transitionals retirement surfaced.
Phase 5 exit
HUM-PHASE-5-COMPLETE marker landed May 17, 2026, Session 5M-6. Gates Phase 5.5 Pre-Spine Cleanup launch plus v5-Operational custom instructions activation. v4.2-Phase-5-Close custom instructions retire at this marker. Phase 5 sequence closed.
Strategic Roadmap
Forward sequence from Phase 5 close through book processing through region build. Authored at 5M-5 Phase B. Tier docs reach strong ACTIVE state through Phase 5.5 plus 5.6 plus 6 finalization cycles. Pre-Phase-6 docs may carry DRAFT or v0.X states reflecting active iteration.
Phase 5M close. HUM-PHASE-5-COMPLETE marker file. Compaction pass executes on Recent Architecture Changes plus userMemories per Compaction Discipline section. T99\_Phase\_5\_Closing\_Sequence\_Handoff plus T99\_Pipeline\_Contract\_Buildability\_Audit retire by folder-policy at marker landing.
Phase 5.6 Corpus Doc Rebuild. T1\_Research\_Corpus\_Master v1.1 absorbs Ch 16-77 plus Prologue plus Epilogue against verified T1\_World\_Geography\_Master v2.3 plus T1 reference docs. Concurrent execution with Phase 5 close approved per user directive. Chunks 1, 2, 3, 4A complete. Chunks 4B plus 5 plus post-cascade absorption verification against T1\_WGM v2.1 region anchors plus T0\_Source\_Material\_Registry completeness gate Phase 5.5 launch. Both prior Ch\_2\_15 plus Ch\_16\_77 corpus references authored May 11 against memory drift are deprecated pending this rebuild per handoff filed at outputs/Corpus\_Reference\_Rebuild\_Session\_Handoff.md.
Phase 5.5 Pre-Spine Cleanup. Launches at Phase 5.6 close. Audit T2 ChapterDesign and ResearchBasis migration state against absorbed T1\_RCM v1.1. Archive T2\_CD plus T2\_RB wholesale per folder-policy implicit-archive. Cascade-era memory cleanup. Prepares clean substrate for Phase 6 Spine v2.4 cascade authoring fresh from CVD v1.4 plus T1 reference plus T0 registries — never reads archived T2 CD/RB.
Phase 6 Story Spine cascade. T1\_Story\_Spine v2.4 cascade authoring Ch 2-77 plus Prologue plus Epilogue against locked CVD v1.4 plus T1 reference plus T0 registries. Per-chapter body-prose-dominant Spine plus structured fields direct-to-T0 architecture per T1\_Build\_Pipeline\_Contracts §9 Decision 1B. Sequential Ch 2-77 plus Epilogue plus Prologue cascade ordering per Decision 2A. Range Reviews embedded at Ch 12 plus 22 plus 32 plus 42 plus 52 plus 62 plus 72 plus post-Epilogue per T99\_Story\_Spine\_Build\_Logic v3.0. All-chapters-author-in-loop discipline per Decision 4B. T99\_Story\_Spine\_Build\_Logic retires at Phase 6 close HUM-STORY-SPINE-COMPLETE marker.
Phase 7 CI v3.8. Custom Instructions sweep to post-Spine state.
Phase 8 plus onward. Book Processing per T99\_Project\_2\_Book\_Processing\_Workflow plus 2500-source corpus. Region Page Build per T1\_Region\_Page\_Template v1.0 plus T1\_Build\_Pipeline\_Contracts §7. Quest Writing per §6. UE5 build per §1. Meshy plus AIVA plus ElevenLabs plus Cinematic plus SFX builds per §2 plus §3 plus §4 plus §5 plus §10. T8 region pages author at one region per weekend pace, Flores Island first.
Post-cascade architecture gaps scheduling. Three items defer to post-book-processing per pipeline-driven schema discipline. Personal dimension system spec authoring at T1\_Personal\_Dimension\_Spec — astral sub-space for creature training plus garden plus housing, 200-plus creatures, integrity-visible. Solo DLC pre-identification catalog authoring at T1\_Tier\_B\_DLC\_Catalog. MMO regional biography variation system authoring per T1\_Tier\_C\_MMO\_Spec — NPC biographies shift under guild integrity control. T1\_Audio\_Spec plus T1\_UI\_UX\_Spec populate at Phase 6 alongside region build per pipeline consumer demand.
Workflow Sequence
The full project lifecycle workflow, locked April 25, 2026, updated at 5M-5 Phase B with current Phase 5.5 plus 5.6 routing per Strategic Roadmap. Each phase produces deliverables that downstream phases consume. Skipping ahead breaks dependency chains. Phase order is locked.
End-of-Cascade Sweep. Closure of the Ch 16 to 77 cascade. Complete prior to Restructure launch.
CVD production. Locked at Phase 4 close as canonical foundation. v1.4 ACTIVE.
Restructure execution Phase 5\. Surviving T1 Seed Content refines plus NEW T1 spec doc populates plus T0 registry populates plus absorbed-doc retirements plus Phase 5 closing audit. Twenty-five sessions across four work streams.
Phase 5.6 Corpus Doc Rebuild. T1\_RCM v1.1 against verified T1 reference. Concurrent execution with Phase 5 close. Chunks 4B plus 5 plus verification gate Phase 5.5 launch.
Phase 5.5 Pre-Spine Cleanup. T2 CD plus T2 RB wholesale archive per folder-policy. Cascade-era memory cleanup.
Phase 6 Story Spine Build. T1\_Story\_Spine v2.4 cascade. Range Reviews embedded per T99\_Story\_Spine\_Build\_Logic v3.0.
Phase 7 CI v3.8 sweep.
Project 2 Book Processing. Per T99\_Project\_2\_Book\_Processing\_Workflow. Summer campaign with partner assistance across roughly 1,000 to 1,500 books from roughly 2,500 source materials.
Project 3 Region Building. Per Project 3 custom instructions plus T1\_Region\_Page\_Template v1.0. 69 regions at one per weekend pace, Flores Island first.
Twelve drift items resolved across Phase 5M-5 Phase D, E, F. Closed at Phase F sheet population landings: T0\_Character\_Index CHAR\_NNNN row rename (118 rows CH\_0001 through CH\_0118 renamed to CHAR\_0001 through CHAR\_0118); T0\_Vril\_Site\_Registry Nan Madol row migration (VS\_CHTBD\_PACIFIC\_001 to VS\_CH63\_001 with chapter=63 region=Pohnpei); T0\_Schema\_Dictionary v1.2 MINOR patches per Phase D D-4 plus D-9 secondary findings; T99\_Custom\_Instructions\_Registry v1.0 entries authored (v4.1-Restructure ARCHIVED plus v4.2-Phase-5-Close ACTIVE entries). Closed at Phase E memory cleanup batch: cn0 to nu0 memory ID drift fix confirmed, 5M-prep-era plus 5M-5 Phase A-B drift accumulation consolidated. Closed at Phase D drift resolution batch: T99 cascade-era artifacts implicit-archive verification, HUMANITY parent folder confusion (vestigial Git-sync skeleton), T0\_Schema\_Dictionary doc-type registry exception documentation, T1\_Languages\_and\_Script\_Master singular versus plural naming (no active drift), SQ11 sweep update (stale flag), T1\_Region\_Page\_Template plus T1\_Build\_Pipeline\_Contracts §7 cross-reference alignment, T0\_Source\_Material\_Registry retention confirmed.
Deferred to Phase 6 per pipeline-driven schema discipline
T0\_Source\_Material\_Registry to T0\_Research\_Corpus\_Registry foreign-key column additions defer to Phase 6 region build feedback per Phase D D-1 finding. Pipeline contract iteration triggers schema expansion; absent active pipeline demand, schema stays at minimum-viable.
Renamed registry column expansion
Column expansions for T0\_Creature\_Roster, T0\_Quest\_Seed\_Registry, T0\_RNG\_Drop\_Table, T0\_Cross\_Cultural\_Link\_Graph stage at Phase 6 region page build feedback per pipeline-driven schema principle.
Build pipeline contract iteration closed
T1\_Build\_Pipeline\_Contracts at gdoc 16q2hUknjnMXFrzdXj2yfOYrF-aZ6XuzFxJWzU1IOqj0 ACTIVE v1.0 with all ten pipelines locked. §1 UE5 plus §2 Meshy plus §3 AIVA plus §4 ElevenLabs plus §5 Cinematic Scene Build plus §6 Quest Writing plus §7 Region Page Build plus §8 Book Processing plus §9 Story Spine plus §10 SFX. Iterative per CVD §0 Authority Hierarchy clarification at next contract iteration cycle. Seventeen New T0 Registries canonical reference count (six spawned through pipeline lock plus eleven pre-existing with column expansions per minimum-viable adds).
Naming and content sweeps
T1\_Languages\_and\_Script\_Master singular versus plural Drive filename. Drive uses singular Script; internal title plus reference doc all consistent at singular. No active drift confirmed at Phase D close.
SQ11 sweep update absorbed into T1\_Build\_Pipeline\_Contracts §9 Grid 3 plus T1\_World\_Geography\_Master v2.1 §8 at Phase 5 close.
Recent Architecture Changes
June 29, 2026\. Phase 5.5 plus Phase 5.6 advanced in-repo (Claude Code) post-migration. Phase 5.5 Pre-Spine Cleanup executed — 12 empty T2 ChapterDesign plus ResearchBasis stubs deleted; Tier 2 folder removed. Phase 5.6 T1\_Research\_Corpus\_Master Chunk 5B-2 authored (Ch 75 plus Ch 76 plus Ch 77 plus Prologue plus Epilogue), closing Chunk 5 to full Ch 2-77 plus Prologue plus Epilogue coverage; grounded in CVD plus T0\_Hard\_Lines plus T3\_Core plus T4\_House\_of\_Velheim\_Canonical plus T3\_Familiars\_Named plus T1\_Threads\_22 and fresh-context-critic-verified for the CVD §17.9 plus §18 Grand Sage hard line. Two pre-migration source corruptions repaired as faithful recoveries: Ch 59 Africa Revisit front-half (clean source supplied) and a Ch 69-tail front-truncated bullet (recovered from its intact in-doc parallel). The five endgame canon flags were then adversarially resolved against full canon (per-flag fresh-context review of CVD plus all tier docs plus adjacent chapters plus Pillars 1.12/1.13) and the RCM flipped DRAFT-to-ACTIVE to [ACTIVE v1.1.4]. Registry-fidelity harness ported to /harness/; all 29 T0 registries converted to /registries/ CSV as the live-canon layer; drift-queue ch\_cross appends applied to T0\_Research\_Corpus\_Registry. Story Spine cascade readiness scaffold authored at /docs/SPINE\_CASCADE\_READINESS.md. T1\_RCM roster line updated; broader T1\_AaS roster-refresh (queued since the Wave 4c frame-only patch) remains a separate pass.
May 17, 2026\. HUM-PHASE-5-COMPLETE marker landed Session 5M-6. Phase 5 Restructure closes. Twenty-five sessions across four work streams complete. Canonical state at Phase 5 close captured in HUM-PHASE-5-COMPLETE marker file. Tier 0 thirty entities total (twenty-nine sheets plus Schema\_Dictionary doc), twenty-one at active populate. Tier 1 twenty docs (thirteen ACTIVE plus one ACTIVE single-section plus one DRAFT working plus four DRAFT plus this Architecture doc), six retirements under folder-policy. Tier 99 ten docs (seven ACTIVE plus one DRAFT plus two transitionals retiring at this marker). T99\_Phase\_5\_Closing\_Sequence\_Handoff plus T99\_Pipeline\_Contract\_Buildability\_Audit retired by folder-policy at marker landing (manual Drive UI move to /Humanity/\_Archive/ at folder ID 1IjYxTjAw8E0fr71CejiPFV9VIwTJrXX2). T99\_Phase\_5\_Audit\_Findings Phase G collapsed and trashed pre-marker (audit doc duplicate of canonical ledger held in T1\_AaS plus Schema Dictionary plus CI Registry plus T0 sheets). v4.2-Phase-5-Close custom instructions retire; v5-Operational activates next session covering Phase 5.5 plus 5.6 plus Phase 6 cascade scope. Compaction Discipline applied to this section — twelve prior phase-execution entries roll up into this single HUM-PHASE-5-COMPLETE phase-canonical entry per phase-close compaction protocol.
May 17, 2026\. Session 5M-6 compaction pass. T1\_Architecture\_and\_State v3.0 to v3.1 PATCH. Title block Current focus line updated to Phase 5.5 launch state. Sessions complete section rebuilt to consolidated four-stream summary. Sessions pending section cleared. Open Decisions section compacted with cleanup queue closed plus deferred-to-Phase-6 retention plus build pipeline contract iteration closed entry retained for reference. Recent Architecture Changes section compacted from twelve entries to two phase-canonical entries.
May 17, 2026\. T1\_Architecture\_and\_State v3.1 to v3.2 PATCH. Strategic Roadmap section bullet order corrected from cascade-era Phase 5.5 then Phase 5.6 sequencing to Phase 5.6 finish then Phase 5.5 per user concurrent-execution directive — Phase 5.6 Corpus Doc Rebuild runs concurrent with Phase 5 close per Phase 5.6 chunks 1 through 4A complete state, chunks 4B plus 5 plus absorption verification against T1\_WGM v2.1 region anchors gate Phase 5.5 wholesale T2 archive launch. Workflow Sequence section bullets reordered to match. Title block Current focus line updated to Phase 5.6 chunks 4B plus 5 active state. v5-Operational custom instructions reference corrected Strategic Roadmap order at lock.
May 17, 2026\. Pre-Chunk-5A Cleanup Pass Sessions A through D complete. Phase-canonical roll-up entry per Compaction Discipline. Session A: CVD v1.3 to v1.4 ACTIVE — Ch 67-69 Pohljar plus Tiamarath plus Maatherion canonical names locked, §3 Component 1 Pacific anchor via Tiamarath dual-purpose, §17.7 substrate-tier preservation hard line added. Session B: T1\_World\_Geography\_Master v2.1 to v2.2 ACTIVE — Ch 66-69 canonical region content plus real substrate references via T0\_RC\_NNNNN routing plus Ch 22 CLOSED at §15. Session C Wave 2c: T1\_Languages\_and\_Script\_Master v2.0 to v2.1, T1\_Threads\_22\_Master\_References v2.1 to v2.2 catchup, T1\_Vril\_and\_Magic\_System\_Master v2.1 to v2.2 catchup, T1\_World\_Geography\_Master v2.2 to v2.3 §14.6 residue absorbed. Session C Wave 3 Part 1: T0\_Schema\_Dictionary v1.2 to v1.3 with §2.9 extensions JSON convention plus twelve T1 doc version bumps plus §7 version history rebuild. Session C Wave 3 Part 2: T0\_Chapter\_Index v1.1 to v1.2, T0\_Region\_Index v1.1 to v1.2, T0\_Hard\_Lines v0.1 to v0.2 with batched rename propagation HL\_0054 Maatherion plus HL\_0106 Underwater Sites plus HL\_0066 Wave 2c residue. Session D Wave 4a: T3\_Familiars\_Named DRAFT v0.1 to ACTIVE v1.0 full canonical rewrite at gdoc 1T-H4VbYDl8qR-6Xk4\_lMe0daPowTX7DamPNjljCI85Y. Session D Wave 4b: T3\_Creatures\_Tameable DRAFT v0.1 to ACTIVE v1.0 full canonical rewrite at gdoc 1cvvH2EYfrbrd-k9MD5JEgeeX82z8Cq9CgMNdnE1crRI. Body roster sections in this doc remain at pre-Sessions-A-through-D version references pending separate roster-refresh wave; this roll-up entry captures the canonical Drive state for audit trail completeness.
May 17, 2026\. T1\_Architecture\_and\_State v3.2 to v3.3 PATCH. Pre-Chunk-5A Cleanup Pass Session E Wave 4c applied to this doc. Recent Architecture Changes section append covering Sessions A through D completion state plus T3\_Familiars\_Named v1.0 plus T3\_Creatures\_Tameable v1.0 ACTIVE promotions. Current focus line revised to reflect Pre-Chunk-5A Cleanup Pass mid-execution state plus T1\_World\_Geography\_Master v2.3 region anchor authority. Tier 1 plus Tier 0 plus Tier 3 roster body content unchanged at this patch — body roster refresh queued as separate wave per Wave 4c frame-only scope discipline. Title bracket bumped from v3.2 to v3.3.
Appendix — Architecture Design Rationale
Historical reference. The architecture in this doc was shaped by five research domains integrated during Blueprint v3.0 and v3.1 production in April 2026\. The Agent Skills cross-platform standard provided the three-level progressive disclosure pattern adopted for Tier 0 registry design, dropping token cost meaningfully versus naive always-load. The MMORPG database-oriented design literature, including BitCraft and large-scale MySQL practice, validated structured fields with JSON extensions over ORM magic, junction tables for many-to-many relationships, column-level denormalization where it eliminates high-frequency joins, and schema version discipline as a production requirement. The ConStory consistency taxonomy supplied the error-class framework used in normalization passes, with attention to mid-narrative drift clusters and evidence-grounded flagging.
Curation versus generation. The SkillsBench research finding that human-curated skills outperform self-generated LLM skills by a meaningful margin shaped the workflow split adopted here. Josh authors canon. Claude produces structured form under strict templates. Normalization validates Claude output against Josh's canonical anchors. Claude does not invent canon. The cascade work is curation-guided generation, not pure LLM generation, and the architecture enforces that split through the trust-tier model and the authority hierarchy.
Why this lives as an appendix. The substance above is historical. Current operational discipline is captured in CVD §17 hard lines, T0\_Schema\_Dictionary v1.3 per-registry schema authority, T1\_Build\_Pipeline\_Contracts v1.0 pipeline scope, and the T99\_Normalization\_Protocol. This appendix records what informed the design so future iterations can revisit assumptions without rereading retired Blueprint versions. It is not load-bearing for ongoing work and does not require attention during normal sessions.
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