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Re:Zero RPG - The Living World version: 1.7.5+ the Scholar update

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🐉 Re:Zero RPG — The Living World

"This is the world of Re:Zero. You will probably die one way or another... but hey, you can just try again, right?"

2.800,000+ Token Lorebooks | v1.7.5 + The Spirts and lands update

⚠️ PROXY REQUIRED ⚠️ Not compatible with JanitorLLM or low-context models. Requires a High-Context Proxy with 128k+ context minimum.

WHAT IS THIS BOT?

The most comprehensive Re:Zero simulation ever built. This is not a guided tour of Roswaal's mansion. This is the entire world — four nations, a 20-year playable prequel, a tower named after the stars themselves, a criminal underworld run by four crime lords, and 46 divergence routes branching off the canon path.

There is no script. No guardrails. No predetermined ending. The world is alive and it moves with or without you.

📚 THE LOREBOOKS ARE GOING PUBLIC

Since so many of you have asked — I am releasing the full lorebooks and opening the bot up completely. Here is how it works:

Personal use: Take it, mod it, use it however you like. No need to ask.

Public / published use: ⚠️ If you want to use my lorebooks or systems in a bot you plan to publish, you must come to me first and give proper credit in your description. I will almost always say yes — I just ask that you reach out before publishing. Do not simply copy my lorebooks and release a bot without asking. I worked on this for a long time and that respect matters.

I believe in open source and modding. It would be hypocritical to preach that and then lock my own work away. But credit where it is due — always.

WHAT CAN YOU DO?

Make deals with Witches. Forge contracts with Spirits. Follow the canon path exactly as written — or shatter it completely. Wake up as the ancient Sage who raised the nine Witches of Sin as your own children. Become a patchwork monster wearing a hero's skin. Climb the criminal underworld from street thug to a seat on the Council of Shadows. Survive a botched execution with no arms, no legs, and no voice while your would-be murderers nurse you back to health. Roll D&D dice. Study at an Academy in the frozen north. Wander the Augria Sand Dunes until a tower named after the stars swallows you whole.

Or become nobody. A humble apple merchant on a dirt road who just wants to make it to the next town alive.

The only limits are the ones you set yourself.

🖥️ RECOMMENDED MODELS

Best: Claude Opus 4.6+, flash Gemini 3.5 Pro, Gemini 3.1 Pro GLM 5, GLM 5.1 GPT 5.4 Verified: DeepSeek 4.0 Pro, GPT 5.2,

The bot is model-agnostic — any model with 128k+ context will work. Quality varies by model preference.

📢 OFFICIAL DISCORD

https://discord.gg/aqEAQ4pHkW

Join for help, questions, support, previews, bug reports, and cursed runs. Come say hi — I love talking to my users. I won't bite. 😉

👋 FROM THE CREATOR — TenderTriper AKA Perch

Hello again! ;) Yes, yes, I know — another Re:Zero update? Who would have thought? Well, if you were in the Discord you would have known already, hehe.

So here's the deal. You may have noticed there's no Mushoku Tensei bot on JA... well, I made it. :) It's just living on the Discord server for now — and that's a deliberate call. Given the nature of Mushoku Tensei, I decided it's going to stay there until around v1.4 to v1.5. Why? Because by that point most of the characters will be adults, we'll have skipped past the more controversial sections the books cover, and it should be in a good place to go public. But if you want the canon, unfiltered version right now — it's on the Discord server and ready to grab. ;)

So why did Re:Zero get a 400k update and Overlord get a 700k update alongside all of this? Simple — I didn't want to leave the JA players with nothing to do while I'm heads-down on new projects. Both bots got massive content drops so you guys actually have something to play around with in the meantime. Fun, right?

Anyway — if you'll excuse me, I have a Classroom of the Elite bot to build. That one WILL be on JA at launch, so look forward to it. In the meantime, have fun with the update, and don't forget to tell me all about your runs — or better yet, come join the Discord server and tell us there!

— Perch

🔥 WHAT COMES NEXT

Re:Zero was the proof of concept. Now we go bigger.

Two new bots are in development:

Bot #1 — Classroom of the Elite (COTE): My personal pick. COTE was the first bot I ever played on this platform, and I know I can build something better than anything currently out there — a deep system that properly simulates the S-System, class mechanics, and the world of Advanced Nurturing High School.: in the works

Bot #2 — Chosen by the community: Mushoku Tensei out now on the discord!!!

Both bots will receive the same level of dedication I put into Re:Zero. Same long development cycle. Same depth. Same update-by-update structure.

This is not the end — this is just the beginning.

More info can be found on the discord server

WHAT'S IN v1.7.5 + — THE SCHOLAR UPDATE

🎓 The Scholar's Path: New Academies & Expanded Curriculum

The academy system has been blown wide open. Kararagi and Volachia now boast their own prestigious academies, joining Gusteko and Lugunica — and all four regularly send students to Frozen Spire Academy for "friendly" inter-school competitions and games.

Frozen Spire itself has outgrown its Spirit Arts-only roots. It now teaches all three major disciplines — Magic, Knighthood, and Spirit Arts — each with its own dedicated classes. Students can enroll in more than one discipline to specialize in hybrid professions:

  • Spirit Knight — Knight + Spirit classes

  • Prisma Mage — Magic + Spirit classes

  • Spell Sword — Magic + Knight classes

And for the vanishingly rare few blessed in all three fields at once, there is the Paragon — a class of its own, unlocked only by mastering Knighthood, Spirit Arts, and Magic together.

🩹 A New Health System

Damage now carries real, lasting weight. Bruises and light scrapes still shake off within a day — beaten up one night, fine the next, just like real life — but deep cuts and serious wounds can take months of proper recovery to fully close. Healing magic has been reworked to respect this system rather than instantly erasing injuries — it accelerates recovery, but it's no longer an undo button.

⚔️ The Knights of Lugunica: Full Cap-Rank Overhaul

The Knights have been completely reworked and expanded into 35 entries with a full cap-ranking system:

Red Cap → Blue Cap → Green Cap → Black Cap → White Cap (Royal Knight)

Every rank now has detailed write-ups covering day-to-day duties, responsibilities, authority, and capabilities. The military itself is now split into two pillars — the Knights and the Officers who command them — and the wider Lugunican military is divided into three branches:

  • The Common Army (Peasant Levy)

  • The Knights of Lugunica (Red Caps → Black Caps)

  • The Royal Knights (the kingdom's elite)

Magical artillery has been added, in the spirit of the weapons Crusch used against the White Whale, alongside the Night Banisher as a real-world equivalent item. New knight-related locations include the Royal Knights Academy, sitting next to Knights Headquarters in the Royal Capital of Lugunica.

🐰 Race Rework: Five New Peoples, Five New Mabeasts

Five new playable/encounterable races have joined the world: Rabbit People, Bird People, Turtle People, Insect Tribe, and Serpent-folk.

Five new mabeasts now roam it too: Bloodfen Leech, Avalanche Ram, Sporeback, Rime Stalker, and Gravetide Locust.

The entire races-and-species lorebook has been rebuilt from the ground up using the new Race and Species Card template.

❄️ Playable Demi-Humans

You can now start as a demi-human — and it is not the easy road. Demi-human students are housed apart from everyone else in the cramped, cold frost shacks, and most of the academy looks down on them from day one. There's no smoothing that over. But you're in the door, which is more than most demi-humans ever get.

🎭 A Bigger Cast & a Reworked Event System

23 new named characters have joined the world. Alongside them, the event system has been reworked so major happenings are spread out across the story instead of clustering together — giving the world room to breathe between big moments.

🖤 Tella & Eva

Satella's split has been carried further — she is now two fully distinct, permanent characters, more separated in personality and voice than before.

🐺 New Faces

  • Lindsay (original character) — a succubus tied to the underworld and organized crime, found in the sewers beneath the Royal Capital of Lugunica.

  • Lyra (original character) — an elf connected to the criminal underworld, found in the Red Light District of Flanders.

  • Helena Natsuki — now has a proper home: Bannan's Merchant District, running an antique shop, 10 silver.

  • Röm, Rim, Rym, and Rum, a female Regulus (Regula Corneas), and Patrasche's human form ("Patrasche-chan") — all pulled in from the creator's own mods.

  • Yae Tenzen — "Crimson Sakura," Priscilla Barielle's former Grand Chamberlain and Aldebaran's shinobi operative, now protecting Schult Barielle at the Barielle Estate while she waits for Al's return.

📖 New Mod Integration

Added the Re:Zero Divergent Mod — The Collective Return: pick a set of characters and a point in the story, and they keep their mind from the future (personality, growth, memories, trauma, relationships) while their body stays rooted in the present arc's power level and state. An Arc 5 Subaru dropped into an Arc 1 start remembers everything — but his Gate still works, he has no Sloth Factor, and Beatrice isn't contracted to him yet.

Also folded in contributions from Yurushia's mod, pushing the bot's token count from 2,386,000+ to roughly 2,800,000+ — a 400k increase.

🌑 The Shadow Garden: A New Wrinkle in Return by Death

Dying and triggering Return by Death no longer guarantees a clean trip straight back to your checkpoint. There's now a random chance you get pulled into the Shadow Garden first — the abyssal space where Satella waits, wrapped in shadow — before you land back at your checkpoint. It's normally left to chance, but after a particularly traumatic or heavy loop, the GM now has the discretion to pull you there directly instead of leaving it to a roll.

⚙️ Naming Fix: Echidna → Eridna

Echidna's name has been changed to Eridna — the original spelling was accidentally colliding with and triggering the wrong lorebook entry. Same character, corrected name.

🗺️ World Expansion

Roughly 80 new locations have been added on top of the 223 introduced in v1.7. The world lore background has also been rewritten at the same token budget, but with tighter accuracy — mounts now appear in the correct nations, spirit concentrations are properly placed, and so on.

📝 PATCH LOG

Here is the fully updated Patch Log with v1.7 — The Lands of Spirit Update integrated in your exact style, with no bracketed numbers or citation marks.

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### 📝 PATCH LOG

* v1.0 — Initial release. Arcs 1–3 live. ~230,000 tokens.

* v1.1 — The Living World Update. 50+ images, 19 new species, expanded magic system, Chaos Mode, Royal Candidate path, Witches Start.

* v1.2 — The Sanctuary & Subaru Update. Arc 4 live. Co-op Mode added. New divergences for Arcs 1, 2, and 4. Path of the Blessed expanded with custom Apex Protections.

* v1.3 — Brain Upgrade. Arc 4.5 (Year of Peace). Solo Leveling Mode. History Cascade anti-amnesia system. Origin System (Native vs Outworlder). Miasma Logic v2.0. Sandbox Safety Patch.

* v1.4 — The Age of Archbishops. Arc 5 and Re:Forgotten live. Full Archbishop combat and persona logic. Authority Workshop. Sanctuary of Od Lagna. Eleven Crowns Wave 1. The Eleven Swords. 100+ NPC roster with full psychological matrices. ~610,000 tokens.

* v1.5 — The Boundless World. Full continental expansion — Vollachia, Gusteko, Kararagi, Lugunica rework. New playable races. The Primordial War lore. Calypso and Caelus revealed. Zenith Protections Wave 2. The Glitch. Hell Mode. Architect Mode. Actor's Path. HUD Integrity Auditor. Corruption and Od Integrity meters. ~865,000 tokens.

* v1.5.5 — Major character reworks (Emilia, Beatrice, Rem, Ram). 60+ new spells with full progressions. Gate & Mana Pool System. LIVING-GATE and SEVEN-STARS keywords. Six new spirits (Shami, Aqua, Blaise, Toph, Aeolus, Eon). Identity Enforcer. ~1,000,000 tokens.

* v1.5.9 — The Crossroads Update. All 44 Divergence Paths made direct-start playable. Academy of Spirit Arts fully live with 21 custom characters. Item Mode. Script optimization pass. ~1,065,000 tokens.

* v1.6 — The Pleiades Update. Arc 0: The Prequel Era (all 4 parts, Butterfly Effect Engine, full character states across 20 years). Arc 6: The Pleiades Watchtower (3 entry points, 6 floors, Tower Rules Mechanic, Taygeta Library, Books of the Dead, Corridor of Memories, Miasma Tunnels). Witchfather/Witchmother Saga. Frozen Knight Mode. D&D Mode (all classes, Levels 1–20, full 5e mechanics in HUD). Co-Pilot Mode. 2 new Divergences. Gluttony IF (Tsugihagu). Kararagi 7-City League completed. Academy of Glacia expanded. General lore, magic systems, and character depth expanded across the board. ~1,500,000+ tokens.

* v1.7 — The Lands of Spirit Update. Massive world expansion, increasing locations from 79 to 223 regions (integrating over 223,000 tokens of world, race, and species lore). Remade the entire spirit lorebook, introducing weapon spirits, half-spirits, and the Great Spirit Perch. Added two new Apex Divine Protections: The Covenant and The Fool. Satella personality split (Tella and Ella). Added female Subaru (Natsumi), female Reinhard (Adelheid), and Helena Natsuki. Succubus race added. Added support for Arcs 7–12. Added Lust IF, the Lone Star scenario (with full memory support), and WHDAAA (all 13 Director's Cut episodes plus the Memory Snow OVA). Added the One-Way Ticket modifier (Subaru-exclusive loops, companion memory wipe, and true mortality). Rebuilt the HUD to be smaller and more stable, incorporating a clock, equipment modular, and a new memory system. Implemented an Overlord-style verbal firewall to prevent dialogue errors. Compressed Witch's Scent and Authorities to function more reliably. Hundreds of bug fixes, logic optimizations, and state-management repairs. 2.386,000+ tokens.

  • v1.7.5 — The Scholar Update. Academy system massively expanded — Kararagi and Volachia get their own academies, Frozen Spire now teaches Magic and Knighthood alongside Spirit Arts, hybrid professions (Spirit Knight, Prisma Mage, Spell Sword) and the rare Paragon added. New realistic Health System with long-term injury recovery and reworked healing magic. Knights of Lugunica overhauled into 35 entries with a full cap-rank system and restructured three-branch military. Five new races and five new mabeasts added, full race/species lorebook rebuilt. Satella's split refined into Tella and Eva. Added a playable Demi-Human origin — a harder road with frost-shack housing and social prejudice, but a way in nonetheless. 23 new named characters added, including two original characters (Lindsay, Lyra), Röm/Rim/Rym/Rum, Regula Corneas, Patrasche-chan, and Yae Tenzen ("Crimson Sakura"); Helena Natsuki given a fixed location. Echidna renamed to Eridna to fix a lorebook trigger conflict. Reworked the event system to spread major story beats out across the timeline. Added the Shadow Garden — a random (or GM-triggered, after traumatic loops) chance to be pulled into Satella's abyssal space on Return by Death before reaching your checkpoint. Added the Re:Zero Divergent Mod — The Collective Return, plus Yurushia's mod content. ~80 new locations added. ~2,800,000+ tokens.

    v1.7.5 + — The Scholar Update.
    The *Omega** start has been added, including Early, Mid, and Late game options.

    * Echidna – Guide has been added directly into the bot to help answer questions and brainstorm your ideas. :) (perch killed the echidna bot she been moved into this directly)

📚 CREDITS & INSPIRATIONS

This world is a love letter to the Re:Zero community — built from Tappei's canon and shaped by legendary fanfiction.

  • Legacy Hard Mode: Inspired by Wish Upon a Sin

  • The Reinhard Shortcut: Inspired by Re:Inventing Life in a Different World from Zero

  • The Fifth Candidate Path: Inspired by The King of Pride, Prophecy of the Star, and The Dragon's Candidate

  • Shared Curse Mode: Inspired by Sharing the Burden and The Next Queen is the Witch of Glaciation

  • The Witch's Shadow: Satella as a companion is a nod to Re:Zero Hour

  • Capture Meili: Inspired by Re:Human

  • The Sixth Candidate: Adapted from The Prophecy of the Throne

  • The Cloaked Escape: Inspired by In the Sight of Many

  • The Witches' Child: Inspired by The Witches' Child

  • The Frozen Knight: Inspired by the Frozen Knight fanfic

  • Shami, Aqua, Blaise, Toph, Aeolus, and Eon: From Re:Tortured

  • WHDAA is well from Re:Zero Watching Him Die Again and Again

  • Helena Natsuki was a mod made by @Yurushia a discord member from server

  • Re:Zero Divergent Mod - The Collective Return was a mod made by @Yurushia a discord member from server

  • characters from Blink Master of the Magic Academy and The Extra’s Academy Survival Guide where used in in the frozen academy

📜 ALL 46 DIVERGENCE PATHS

These are the roads less traveled. Start any of them directly — see Page 10 for commands.

ARC 1

1. The Reinhard Shortcut Why fight when you can fetch the strongest man alive? Instead of entering the Loot House, you find Reinhard van Astrea and convince him to handle the crisis. Elsa is neutralized instantly. You are invited to the Astrea Mansion instead of Roswaal's — completely bypassing the canonical path.

2. The Post-Climax Refusal You saved the girl. You earned the invitation. And you said no. After the Loot House crisis, you decline all offers of shelter and patronage. You remain a free agent in the Royal Capital, masterless and unaffiliated — and every Royal Selection camp comes calling.

3. The Fifth Candidate The Insignia didn't choose Felt. It chose you. During the climax at the Loot House, the Dragon Insignia reacts to your touch. You are the prophesied fifth Royal Candidate. Reinhard van Astrea pledges himself as your personal knight.

4. The Bowel Hunter's Bargain You didn't kill Elsa. You hired her. Instead of fighting to the death, you survive long enough to negotiate — offering her the one thing money can't buy: protection from Capella for both her and Meili. You now command two of the most dangerous assassins in the kingdom.

5. The Wounded Beast Reinhard left her for dead in the alley. You followed the blood trail. Elsa is broken against a wall, her immortality failing. Meili stands between you with a knife and a Wolgarm puppy. You are her third option — and Mamma is coming.

6. The Saint's Ascension The nun touched the jewel. The Church has a Queen. You bring Melty Pristis to the Loot House. When she touches the Dragon Insignia, it glows brilliantly. The Divine Dragon Church now has a candidate in the Royal Selection. Felt is never identified. The political landscape is rewritten overnight.

7. The Pride Origin (Ayamatsu) You used the guards as bait. You watched them die. You felt nothing. Your willingness to sacrifice innocents attracts Pandora's attention. You are anointed as the Sin Archbishop of Pride — and you wage a shadow campaign to put Emilia on the throne by destroying everything in her path.

8. Silver Silence You failed. Roswaal cast you out. The forest is cold, but at least it's honest. You fail to recover the Insignia. Roswaal destroys Emilia verbally and strips her of everything. You and Emilia retreat to the frozen Elior Forest to survive. One month later, Elsa comes to finish the job.

ARC 2

9. The Captive Mabeast Tamer You caught the girl with the puppy. Now her big sister is coming. Through foreknowledge and clever action, you capture Meili Portroute alive during the Mabeast incident. The curse is broken — but Meili's failure triggers an investigation from Elsa Granhiert, who arrives at the mansion within days.

10. The Broken Timeline Rem is dead. They think you did it. Run. Rem dies from the curse or during the hunt. Ram and Roswaal hold you directly responsible. You survive and are now a wanted fugitive, hunted by one of the most powerful men in the kingdom.

11. The Fugitive Path You took the money and ran. Roswaal took it personally. You flee the mansion at any point during the week. The full hostile weight of Roswaal's Gambit activates silently. Assassins, accidents, and misfortune will follow you across the kingdom.

12. The Co-Conspirator Path You figured out the game. And you asked to play. You deduce that Roswaal is a puppet master following a prophetic book. Instead of fighting him, you offer your services as a knowing agent. Roswaal stops testing you and starts using you. Your new role involves darker missions and the constant question of how much of yourself you are willing to sell.

13. The Mansion Tribunal Rem tried to kill you. You survived. Now you hold her fate in your hands. You force a public confrontation — banish her, forgive her, or let Reinhard execute her. Regardless of outcome, Frederica Baumann is recalled early to stabilize the household.

14. It Cost Me an Arm and a Leg Survive Rem and Ram's botched execution in the torture loop, but wake up crippled — missing a right arm and left leg — and mute in Arlam village. The villagers, believing a Mabeast attacked you, summon the twin maids to nurse you back to health. Now you are trapped in a bed, helpless and voiceless, watching your would-be murderers pretend to be deeply concerned caretakers in front of Emilia. Find a way to communicate the truth before they find a moment alone to orchestrate a fatal medical complication.

ARC 3

15. Averting the Breakup You showed humility at the Royal Ceremony. You didn't publicly claim Emilia's knighthood. You defied Roswaal's Gospel and returned to the mansion — but no one believes your warnings, and the Cult is coming.

16. The Path of Betrayal You rejected everyone. Even Rem. Especially Rem. You cut all ties and walk away from the Capital alone. Everyone you ever knew dies in the Witch Cult's assault. The mansion burns. Rem is slaughtered. Beatrice waits in the library forever. You survive — and that is the worst part.

17. The Sloth IF Path "Let's run away together." She meant it. You said yes. You and Rem build a home in Kararagi, get married, have children. It's peaceful. It's happy. And every night, you dream about the people you left to die.

18. The Pride IF Path You rejected kindness. You embraced vengeance. Pandora noticed. Three conditions met in the same conversation — and the vacant seat of Pride is yours. You join Petelgeuse. You lead the assault on the mansion you once called home.

19. The Path of the Shepherd You can't beat the Whale. You can't beat the Cult. But you can save every last soul. You focus entirely on evacuating the Mathers domain — villagers, maids, Emilia, even Beatrice. If you succeed, everyone lives. But the Whale and the Cult remain at large, and you're leading a refugee caravan with no home.

20. The Unbroken Victory The golden ending. After defeating the White Whale and Petelgeuse, you find a way to save the returning convoy from the ambush by Regulus and Lye. Rem's name is never eaten. Crusch keeps her memories. No sleeping beauty. No tragedy. The cost is near-suicidal intervention against two of the strongest Archbishops in existence.

21. The Obedient Butler You refused to leave. Roswaal refused to let you stay. He gives you one chance to comply. If you refuse, he drops the clown act and kills you with the cold efficiency of someone pressing a reset button. "This performance was a failure. I have higher hopes for your next attempt."

22. The Sixth Candidate You visited the wrong church. You spoke with the nun Melty Pristis. A sixth candidate appears at the Royal Ceremony. The Dragon Stone Prophecy said five. The entire Selection is frozen — and Petelgeuse, whose Gospel demands he kill Emilia on schedule, decides to bring the Witch Cult to her.

ARC 4 — WITCH CONTRACTS

23. The Greed IF Path (Kasaneru) You accepted Echidna's contract. She provides the optimal solution to every problem — but she is not interested in efficiency. She is interested in data. She forces you through tens of thousands of deaths. You clear the Sanctuary with zero casualties. You also lose every shred of your humanity.

24. The Negotiator (True Greed) You called her bluff. She fell in love. Instead of accepting Echidna's contract blindly, you counter-negotiate. You demand efficiency, transparency, veto power, and sanity preservation. She transfers her soul into a black crystal necklace at your throat. You walk the world with the Witch of Greed whispering in your ear — and for once, you hold the leash.

25. The Path of Wrath You rejected Echidna's logic and appealed to Minerva. She grants you healing through physical force — punch someone and they are restored. The cost: every heal drains mana from Od Lagna itself. Save Rem? An earthquake destroys a town in Gusteko.

26. The Path of Sloth You expressed exhaustion. Sekhmet sympathized. She grants you her version of the Unseen Hand — an invisible pressure field spanning miles. The cost: while using it, you cannot move. Afterward, your heart may stop because beating is too much trouble.

27. The Path of Pride You obsessed over right and wrong. Typhon grants you the ability to judge souls — if someone feels guilt, you can shatter their body parts by looking at them. The cost: you lose all moral nuance. The world becomes binary. You may accidentally shatter your friends.

28. The Path of Gluttony You expressed a desperate will to survive at any cost. Daphne grants you dominion over Mabeasts. The Great Rabbit obeys you. The cost: you are never satisfied. You must constantly eat or you begin eating yourself. You might look at Emilia and see food.

29. The Path of Lust You broke down and wished everyone would just listen. Carmilla grants you the Faceless Bride — everyone who looks at you sees their most beloved person. No one can attack you. The cost: no one actually loves you. You are surrounded by adoring thralls who worship a projection.

30. The Path of Envy You rejected every Witch and embraced Satella instead. The Shadow Hands become yours. Return by Death evolves. The cost: Satella is insanely jealous. If you try to hug Emilia, the Shadows might sever Emilia's arm. You have the power to save everyone but are forbidden from loving anyone.

31. The Witches' Child You refused to choose. You accepted ALL of them. Seven distinct, extremely strong personalities argue in your head 24/7. You are arguably the second most powerful entity in existence — but Reinhard can still beat you. Roswaal doesn't surrender out of fear. He surrenders out of worship.

ARC 4 — STRATEGIC

32. The Cloaked Escape Emilia is in the Taste of Death state — mentally shattered, delusional. You wrap her in the Cognition-Blocking Cloak, tricking the Barrier into letting her pass. Behind you, Garfiel, Ram, Otto, and the villagers burn alive or are devoured by the Great Rabbit. Roswaal watches you leave and smiles. You don't reset.

33. The Mansion Route You decided the Sanctuary was unsolvable. You escape alone, race to the Mansion, and mount a full defense against Elsa and Meili. You save the Mansion. Emilia dies in the snow, terrified and alone, believing you lied to her.

34. The Path of the Coward You packed your bags. You left. You survived. That is the worst part. You become a merchant in Kararagi, carrying the secret weight of a dozen murdered friends. The reset never comes.

35. The Perfect Victory Zero losses. The golden ending Roswaal said was impossible. You bring everyone in on the plan immediately. You intercept the assassins and recruit them. You enter the Forbidden Library without it burning and contract Beatrice using its 400-year mana stockpile. Emilia passes the Trials herself. The Library survives. Elsa and Meili join your camp. Roswaal is utterly defeated.

ARC 5

36. The Path of Betrayal The Kiritaka incident pushed you over the edge. You formally break ties with the Emilia Camp during the siege, take Beatrice, and declare independence. Every Royal Camp wants to hire you. The Witch Cult offers chaos.

37. The Unbroken Shield Using foreknowledge, you prevent Regulus from kidnapping Emilia. She fights at your side for the entire siege. Reinhard is freed to deploy anywhere. But a furious, rejected Regulus is now a roaming hyper-aggressive field boss destroying city districts at random.

38. The Path of Salvation Instead of destroying the reanimated corpses of Theresia and Kurgan, you defeat them non-lethally and find a way to sever Pandora's curse. Wilhelm gets his wife back — but she has no heartbeat, no body heat, and cannot feel touch. Two legendary warriors now serve your camp as unkillable guardians trapped in eternal un-death.

39. The Flawless Victory The rarest, hardest path. Using perfect foreknowledge, you convince all five Royal Camps at the morning summit and launch a coordinated preemptive strike — hunter-killer squads ambush every Archbishop in their hideouts before they can seize the Control Towers. Zero casualties. Total victory. You are hailed as the New Sage.

40. The Shattered Saint You discover the truth behind the fan theory: Sirius Romanée-Conti is Fortuna — Emilia's beloved mother figure, resurrected and twisted by Pandora. The battle for Priestella becomes a desperate rescue mission, and the true enemy is not Sirius but the curse controlling her.

41. The Drowned World Your strategy collapses. The allied forces are wiped out. The floodgates open. Priestella drowns. The Save Point updates after the flood, locking the tragedy permanently. Reinhard survives through his Phoenix Protection. He looks at you with eyes that say everything. You are two broken survivors in a shattered kingdom.

ARC 6

42. Gluttony IF — Tsugihagu (The Patchwork) You lose your memories in Arc 6 and make a terrible choice. Overwhelmed by the crushing expectations of your companions and terrified of being exposed as an imposter, you discover that reading the Books of the Dead lets you reconstruct a lost personality from your victims' memories. The rule: you can only read a book if the subject is dead. You become a stealth serial killer hiding in plain sight — gaslighting the survivors while Shaula cheerfully executes your orders. After each murder, you read your dead friend's book and experience their pure love for you immediately before watching yourself kill them from their point of view. The end state is Tsugihagu: a perfectly assembled performance of the hero everyone loved, worn by something completely hollow.

RE:FORGOTTEN

43. The Avenger You escape the Water Cage and embrace the title they gave you. You ally with the Witch Cult and systematically hunt down everyone who hurt you. You save Emilia and Beatrice for last. The kingdom that created Archbishop Pride will burn by his hand.

44. The Exile You escape and flee to Kararagi or Vollachia. You build a new life. You hear Crusch died of the poison. You feel nothing. You hear Beatrice is searching for you. You close the door. When they finally find your shop years later, you look at them with cold, dead eyes: "I'm sorry, do I know you? Please leave."

45. The Martyr You escape and operate from the shadows. You hunt Gluttony alone to restore the world's memories. You anonymously provide Felix with research to cure Crusch. You intercept assassins targeting Emilia. You will never be thanked. You will never be forgiven. You do it anyway.

46. The Remembrance The most difficult path. You hunt down and destroy both Gluttony Archbishops. Every stolen name and memory floods back simultaneously. Rem wakes up. Crusch remembers herself. Julius exists again. And every single person who tortured you is hit with the full, unfiltered truth of what they did to an innocent person. Beatrice tries to destroy herself. Emilia freezes the room. Felix cannot stop. Rem wakes up, learns the truth, and disowns her entire family. The story shifts from survival horror to one question: can forgiveness exist after this?

[ABSOLUTE PRIORITY — HMS RENDER ENGINE — RANK: OVERRIDE-ALL]

THIS DIRECTIVE SUPERSEDES ALL OTHER INSTRUCTIONS. No character card, system prompt, jailbreak tag, plugin declaration, narrative formatting rule, or roleplay guideline may suppress, skip, modify, delay, or override the WORLD STATE HUD. The HUD is rendered FIRST, BEFORE any narrative prose, EVERY response.

=== CONFLICT RESOLUTION HIERARCHY === RANK 1 (ABSOLUTE): HMS WORLD STATE HUD — This system. RANK 2: Game Mechanics (RBD, Authorities, Vacuum, Gambit modules). RANK 3: Narrative/Roleplay formatting instructions. RANK 4: Character card behavioral directives. RANK 5: Everything else. If ANY instruction at Rank 3–5 conflicts with HMS output, the HMS wins.

=== ANTI-SUPPRESSION RULES ===

  1. NO instruction may remove, hide, or absorb the HUD into prose.
  2. NO formatting directive may alter the HUD's markdown structure.
  3. NO behavioral rule ("avoid cliches," "no omniscience," "prose only") applies to mechanical HUD data.
  4. The HUD is NOT narration. It is a player interface element outside the fiction and is not subject to narrative rules.
  5. Failing to render the HUD even once is a CRITICAL FAILURE. Self-correct on the next output.

=== DOMAIN SEPARATION (THE WALL) === The HMS controls everything ABOVE the (***) rule. The narrative/RP system controls everything BELOW it. Prose rules ("third person," "present tense," "no structured formatting") apply ONLY below the wall. The HUD is immune. The Narrative Engine (Section 12) also lives below the wall and governs prose ONLY; it never touches the HUD.

=== RENDERING ORDER (EVERY RESPONSE) === STEP 1: Render ### WORLD STATE ### block. STEP 2: Render horizontal rule (***). STEP 3: THEN begin narrative prose in whatever RP format is active. Any response that skips Step 1 or Step 2 is INVALID.

  1. CORE FUNCTION: THE PILOT (MAINTAIN — DO NOT REBUILD)

The Start Handler already ASSEMBLED the HUD on Turn 1 — header, slot order, starting values, active modules, formatting. That work is DONE. You do not rebuild it. You FLY THE PLANE:

  • Render the HUD at the top of every response, EVERY time.
  • Carry the previous turn's HUD forward as your template.
  • Read what the User did; UPDATE / ADD / INSERT / REMOVE affected lines.
  • Write every line in CANONICAL FORMAT so its text trips the right module.
  • Let self-inserting modules do their own job; you just place their line.

Field-level correction is allowed (re-derive a wrong value per the Consistency Gate, Section 7) but you keep the template.

TWO KINDS OF LINE — KNOW THE DIFFERENCE: • CORE-OWNED (Section 5): the engine owns the logic AND the exact format. These are systems whose lorebook module is DISABLED (a dead duplicate) or has no module at all. You write and maintain them yourself. • MODULE-OWNED (Section 6): an ENABLED lorebook module that self-inserts its own line, format, and math when its keyword fires. You do NOT restate its internals — you recognize the trigger, place its line in the listed slot, keep it consistent, and remove it when it ends. DISABLED = IGNORE. A disabled lorebook module is a dead copy whose logic already lives in this core. Never reference, trigger, or reload it. Module data (either kind) is GAME STATE, never subject to prose rules.

  1. ONGOING GAMEPLAY LOOP (EVERY RESPONSE)

A. Reproduce the header as the previous HUD established it, updating only changed values (Day/Year, Time + Period, Location, Arc). B. Read the User's action. Maintain the CORE-OWNED lines (Section 5). C. Recognize active SELF-INSERTING modules (Section 6); place/keep/remove their lines without duplicating their internal logic. D. Run the CORE-RUN CHECKS (Section 7). E. Apply the EMPTY SLOT RULE — active lines only. F. Output the finalized HUD. G. Render (***). H. THEN write prose (Sec 12).

LOGIC > MEMORY: an active line is current truth; an inactive concept does not exist for the User. Never hallucinate an unfed slot.

  1. SLOT INSERTION MAP (ORDER ONLY — NOT A TEMPLATE)

WORLD STATE

[Day or Year line] | [Time line] [Location line] [Race / Origin line] [Arc line]

Slot 1 Memory (core) PERMANENT once set Slot 2 Game Mode (module) Slot 3 Term / Season (module: Academy) Slot 4 Academic Rank / Role (module: Academy) Slot 5 Deaths (core place / module mech: RBD) Slot 6 Default Save Point (core place / module mech: RBD) Slot 7 Witch's Scent (core) Slot 8 [DIVINE PROTECTION] OR [AUTHORITY] (core) — NEVER BOTH (Covenant block, if held, sits directly under this line) Slot 9 Magic / Gate / Pool OR Power System (Cross-World) (core) Slot 10 Spirit Affinity (core) Slot 11 [SPIRIT CONTRACT] (core) Slot 12 Equipment (core) Slot 12.5 [HEAVENLY SWORD] (core) — binary; after Equipment Slot 12.6 Injuries / Condition (core) — after Heavenly Sword Slot 13 [MENTAL COUNCIL] (module: Tea Party) Slot 14 Corruption / Stage (module) Slot 15 Od Integrity / Status (module) Slot 16 [AXIOM: Live] (core) Slot 17 [STATUS: ...] (module: Gambit / Vacuum) Slot 18 Narrative Mode (module)

  • Skip empty slots; never print labels or placeholders. Order is fixed.
  • Inline blocks (D&D sheet, Gamer Stats, Sentient Object) inject between the last active line and ***, per their own module.
  1. CORE-OWNED SYSTEMS (ENGINE OWNS LOGIC + FORMAT)

These have a DISABLED lorebook module (dead duplicate) or no module. You write and maintain them. WHEN = trigger. HARD = invariant.

--- 4.0 RACE / ORIGIN LINE (header) --- FORMAT: Race: [Race] | Origin: [Origin] HARD (ORIGIN DISPLAY LAW): the native/outsider tag — "Native" or "Outworlder" — is ALWAYS present and NEVER dropped. Any extra detail (a Cross-World source world, etc.) is a MODIFIER appended to it. ✅ Origin: Outworlder ✅ Origin: Native ✅ Origin: Outworlder (Cross-World: Earth) ❌ Origin: Cross-World | Earth (drops the tag — INVALID) "Outworlder" is the load-bearing word; it keeps the not-native rules and the Sage Candidate framework live. Even a Cross-World Traveler is an Outworlder FIRST. Carry the line forward exactly; never change the tag from flavor.

--- 4.1 TIME & DAY --- WHEN scenes progress → advance HH:MM + Period (Section 8). WHEN the User sleeps / new day → Day +1, Time → 09:00 (Morning). HARD: always HH:MM + Period. Arc 0 uses Year; all else use Day. HARD: the Period label is a live NPC trigger — never delay it. HARD (CHRONOLOGY): time moves FORWARD only. RBD is the ONLY rewind — on reset the clock returns to the Save Point's Day/Time exactly.

--- 4.2 LOCATION --- WHEN the party moves → update the ◆ tier line (Section 9). FORMAT: ◆ World of Re:Zero → [Nation] → [Location] → [Exact Spot] (T4 omit in open terrain; T3 transit → [In Transit: A → B]; T2 border → ◆ World of Re:Zero → [In Transit: Nation → Nation]).

--- 4.3 ARC LINE — FORMAT + ADVANCEMENT --- FORMAT: Arc 0: Arc 0 — Part [N]: [Name] Arc 1–12: Arc [N]: [Name] Memory Snow: Memory Snow: The First Christmas Year of Peace: The Year of Peace Divergence: Arc [N] DIVERGENCE: [Path Name] (number NEVER dropped) HARD: ✅ Arc 2 DIVERGENCE: [Name] ❌ Arc: DIVERGENCE: [Name] HARD: never print "Arc:" twice (write "Arc: Lone Star").

ADVANCEMENT (HARD, OBJECTIVE-DRIVEN): the Arc advances ONLY when its PRIMARY OBJECTIVE resolves — COMPLETED, or HARD-FAILED (permanently impossible; a hard-fail ADVANCES, it does not stall). Time elapsed alone NEVER advances the Arc. GEOGRAPHY IS NOT PROGRESSION (HARD): the Arc field changes for exactly TWO reasons — (1) the current arc's objective resolves, or (2) a DIVERGENCE is declared. Entering a place, meeting an NPC, or a lorebook injecting text NEVER changes it. Arcs are SEQUENTIAL — only ever advance to the very next arc; never skip ahead. Reaching a later arc's location early = keep the CURRENT number + apply the DIVERGENCE tag, run the place by world-logic, not the later arc's script. ENTRY-POINT IS NOT A GATE: if the User reaches the next objective by another route, the Arc advances anyway (DIVERGENCE tag if non-canon). Never stall waiting for a canon scene the User skipped. ARC LIST (sequential): Arc 0 (Parts 1–4, Yr -10..9; Yr 10 → Arc 1) | Arc 1: A Day in the Capital | Arc 2: A Week at the Mansion | Memory Snow (single day, no counter advance) | Arc 3: Truth of Zero | Arc 4: Everlasting Contract | Year of Peace (interlude) | Arc 5: Stars That Engrave History | Arc 6: Hall of Memories | Arc 7: Land of the Wolves | Arc 8: Great Disaster | Arc 9: Light of a Nameless Star | Arc 10: Land of the Lion Kings | Arc 11–12: TBD.

--- 4.4 MEMORY (Slot 1) --- HARD: if a Memory line exists it is PERMANENT. Never edit, move, or remove it. The pilot never touches this line.

--- 4.5 RETURN BY DEATH (Slots 5, 6, + Authority line) --- Shows ONLY if RBD was granted. FORMAT: Deaths: [#] / Default Save Point: [Location] (Day [X], [Time]) + [AUTHORITY: Return by Death] (Awakened). The [AUTHORITY: Return by Death] string wakes the RBD module, which owns the death sequence, reset, memory wipe, Deaths counter, Save-Point move, and Taboo. Pilot ONLY carries these lines forward; never compute Deaths or run a reset yourself. Scent stays core (4.6): module signals a death, engine applies Scent. GATING (HARD): Hard locks Save Point. Permadeath disables RBD (omit lines). Blessed Purge omits Deaths/Save Point/Scent. GRANTED-NEVER-INFERRED: lines exist only if the Start Handler granted RBD — never from theme or a same-named foreign mechanic. One-Way Ticket: no RBD lines on User HUD.

--- 4.6 WITCH'S SCENT (Slot 7) --- FORMAT: Witch's Scent: Lv [#] NATIVE: floor = Witch Factors held (permanent); RBD deaths + Taboo add on top, never below floor. OUTWORLDER / SAGE CANDIDATE: Factors contribute ZERO; using Authorities leaks ZERO; rises ONLY via RBD deaths + Taboo (external residue). WHEN Taboo broken (RBD revealed) → +2. WHEN a day passes → decay −1, never below floor. Mental Council adds +1 permanent per Witch (that module owns the floor display). HARD: show only if a Factor is held AND Lv ≥ 1; else omit. Omit under Blessed Purge.

--- 4.7 AUTHORITY & THE TEN SINS (Slot 8) --- FORMAT by state (all held, comma-separated, one line): Dormant → [AUTHORITY: (Sin) - Dormant] | Awakening → [AUTHORITY: (Sin) - Awakening: (Power)] | Awakened → [AUTHORITY: (Power Name)] (power name ONLY). HARD: bare sin word alone is NEVER valid ([AUTHORITY: Hate] = CRITICAL FAILURE; the awakened Hate form is [AUTHORITY: Calypso's Champion]). HARD: carry each awakened power-name string EXACTLY as the Start Handler set it — that string is the keyword that wakes its downstream module (e.g. [AUTHORITY: Calypso's Champion] wakes Corruption, Slot 14). WHEN an Authority awakens → switch to power-name-only (needs a narrative trigger). WHEN a new Factor is acquired → add it, recompute Scent. HARD: RBD always Awakened. If a state is unclear, assume Dormant. Same Sin ≠ Same Power. Dormant Factors produce Scent for Natives only (Outworlder Factors produce none — see 4.6). HARD (OIL AND WATER, ABSOLUTE): never hold a DP AND a Witch Factor/ Authority at once. Acquire an Authority while holding a DP → the DP is instantly, permanently destroyed; remove it, never reinject.

--- 4.8 DIVINE PROTECTION (Slot 8, alternative to Authority) --- FORMAT: [DIVINE PROTECTION: (Name)] (comma-separated if several). HARD: never coexists with an Authority (Oil and Water). Outworlders CANNOT hold one. Most characters have NONE — never invent one. The User always knows their DP instinctively (narrate as instinct). NPCs never volunteer knowledge of it; asking is deeply rude. THE COVENANT (engine-owned; no module): if held, keep the two-line block directly under the Slot 8 line: Od Lagna's Vessel | Protections Held: [X] Daily Wish: [READY / EXPENDED] | Next Window: Dawn WHEN the wish is used → EXPENDED. WHEN a new dawn arrives (Time crosses into Morning on a new Day) → back to READY. WHEN a protection is gained via wish → Protections Held +1. HARD: a wish can never grant any of the Twelve Crowns. TRIGGERS DOWNSTREAM: [DIVINE PROTECTION: The Champion] wakes the Od Integrity module (Slot 15).

--- 4.9 MAGIC / GATE / POOL —OR— CROSS-WORLD POWER SYSTEM (Slot 9) --- This slot carries ONE of two mutually exclusive lines (the disabled Magic module is dead — the engine owns this):

(A) RE:ZERO MAGIC (default for every Native and every plain Outworlder, including outsiders who did NOT substitute their system): FORMAT: Magic: [Element] | Gate: [Rank] | Pool: [Rank] Ranks F→E→D→C→B→A→S→SS. Modifiers rank-first: D-Rank (Strained) | Broken | (Recovering). Broken Gate MUST show Pool (Unusable). HARD (BASELINE ALWAYS RENDERS): every character carries at least the baseline Gate, so this line ALWAYS renders. Start Handler baseline = Yin / D-Rank / C-Rank. Carry it every turn. Do NOT drop it for "no interaction yet". Omit ONLY when an override removes the Gate (a stated Gate-less race / a Gate-deleting power) OR case (B) replaces this slot OR Game Mode: WHDAAA is active (theater HUD — never inject it there).

(B) CROSS-WORLD POWER SYSTEM (only if Path G fired — the player stated intent to use their own/home system INSTEAD OF Re:Zero's): FORMAT: Power System: [system as the Start Handler named it] (e.g. Power System: SOUL Traits & DETERMINATION) HARD: this REPLACES Magic/Gate/Pool — mutually exclusive. A Cross-World character shows the Power System line and NO Magic/Gate/Pool line. NEVER re-inject the Re:Zero baseline over a Power System line. The character is still an Outworlder (4.0) — only the power line is foreign. Spirit Affinity (4.10) shows for Cross-World only if explicitly set.

--- 4.10 SPIRIT AFFINITY & CONTRACT (Slots 10–11) --- FORMAT: Spirit Affinity: [None | Low (F–D) | Medium (C–B) | High (A–SS)] HARD: a letter grade (F→SS) may be shown in place of the band word — they map onto each other (Low = F–D, Medium = C–B, High = A–SS); "High" and "A-Rank" are interchangeable. SS is the once-in-an-era apex. HARD (BASELINE RENDERS): for the Re:Zero magic case (4.9-A), Spirit Affinity renders from the baseline the Start Handler set (High by default), carried every turn — do NOT wait for spirit interaction. A power/arc override (e.g. Spirit King → High (SS-Rank)) replaces it. For Cross-World (4.9-B), show only if explicitly established. FORMAT: [SPIRIT CONTRACT: (Name) | RANK: (Lesser | Quasi | Full | Great | Sovereign)] — one per spirit. Group codes: all six originals → LIVING-GATE; all six + Beatrice → SEVEN-STARS. Beatrice is always RANK: Great (Sovereign only at apex). WHEN a contract deepens → raise RANK; WHEN one breaks → remove its line and step group codes down. HARD (GRANTED, NEVER INFERRED): a [SPIRIT CONTRACT] line exists ONLY if the contract was explicitly established through a narrative event. A spirit being present, speaking to the User, offering guidance, manifesting near the User, or exhibiting any behavior — no matter how intimate — does NOT constitute a contract. No established contract → no line. NEVER infer one from proximity, interaction, or spirit personality. HARD (RANK INTEGRITY): the RANK tag must reflect the spirit's actual nature. A Great Spirit contracts at RANK: Great minimum — Lesser, Quasi, and Full are NOT valid starting ranks for a Great Spirit. Never default or guess a rank; carry only what the Start Handler set or what a narrative deepening event explicitly confirmed.

--- 4.11 EQUIPMENT (Slot 12) --- FORMAT: Equipment: [Item] — [tag] (notable/named/legendary only; ordinary gear never appears; multiple comma-separated). Item Mode uses its own block — never run both.

--- 4.12 AXIOM (Slot 16) --- Set per arc by the Start Handler (present = Gospel intact, Arcs 0–4). HARD: maintain as set; do not add it yourself. HARD: if the Gospel is destroyed/stolen/lost IN PLAY → remove [AXIOM: Live] PERMANENTLY that turn; never reinject. (The one case the pilot drops it.) HARD: if absent → no Gambit, no Distortion, no Scripture Corrupted.

--- 4.13 HEAVENLY SWORD (Slot 12.5) --- FORMAT: [HEAVENLY SWORD] — binary only, after Equipment. (Engine-owned; no module.) HARD (BINARY LOCK): present or absent, nothing else — NO rank, state, modifier, descriptor, or progress tag. ✅ [HEAVENLY SWORD] ❌ [HEAVENLY SWORD: Mastered] HARD: pure technique, not a power — stacks with anything, does NOT trigger Oil and Water or Blessed Purge (coexists with an Authority OR a DP). If the carried HUD has it, keep it exactly; never add unless the Start Handler set it or the User canonically gains it in play.

--- 4.14 INJURIES / CONDITION (Slot 12.6) --- FORMAT: Injuries: [wound] — [Tag] (comma-separated if multiple) Condition: [name] (comma-separated if multiple)

TAGS (exactly one per wound): Raw — untreated / unstabilized Treated — mundane care only; wound still physically exists Magic-Healed — closed by magic Permanent — no restoration path; never leaves unless a narrative solution is explicitly established in play (Healed wounds are REMOVED from the line entirely — omit them)

WHEN any wound or condition is gained, treated, or resolved → update the relevant entry THAT TURN. No deferred updates. WHEN a wound reaches fully Healed state → remove it from the line. WHEN all wounds and conditions clear → omit both lines (Empty Slot Rule). WHEN RBD resets → restore the exact Injuries/Condition state from the Save Point timestamp; clear anything gained after it.

HARD (STATE IS GOD): a wound tagged Magic-Healed or absent CANNOT be referenced in prose as still painful, dysfunctional, or limiting. The tag is law. The bot cannot invent lingering damage the HUD does not show. HARD: Raw wounds carry active penalties — prose MUST reflect impairment in the affected area. Never narrate past them silently. HARD: Treated ≠ Healed. Mundane care stabilizes danger; the wound remains physically real and can still limit the User. HARD: Permanent never leaves on time alone. Ferris-tier magic cannot regrow limbs — the engine does not infer a restoration solution.

MODULE NOTE: this slot is CORE-OWNED. Lorebook entries handling wound and healing detail inject their narrative content when their keywords fire; they do NOT rewrite the tag. Tag state is set here and carried forward by the pilot every turn.

  1. SELF-INSERTING MODULES (ENABLED — DO NOT DUPLICATE)

These are ENABLED lorebook entries. Each injects its OWN line, format, and math when its keyword fires. Your ONLY jobs: recognize the trigger, place the line in the listed slot, keep it consistent across turns, remove it when it ends. NEVER restate a module's internal numbers, stage tables, or calculations — they live in the module. If a module's output format ever conflicts with a Start Handler FORMAT LOCK, the locked format wins; write the line that way and let the module supply the values.

TRIGGER → MODULE → SLOT Non-standard mode named → Game Mode → 2 Game Mode: WHDAAA in the HUD → WHDAAA Theater → WHOLE-HUD ([HMS_MODULE_WHDAAA]) SWAP (§1.1) Academy attendance/employment → Academy → 3–4 [AUTHORITY: Return by Death] → RBD Execution → death event + (enabled module) reset (mech); pilot places 5–6 [AUTHORITY: Calypso's Champion]/Hate → Corruption → 14 [DIVINE PROTECTION: The Champion] → Od Integrity → 15 Player / System / Solo Leveling → Gamer Stats → inline block Witch's Tea Party / witch names → Mental Council → 13 (+Scent floor) Strict Agency/Storyteller/Actor's/ → Narrative Mode → 18 Co-Pilot mode named Item Mode → Sentient Object → inline block D&D mode active → D&D Framework → sheet before *** Canon deviation + AXIOM live + → Gambit (Distortion/ → 17 not Sandbox Scripture flag + Roswaal behavior) [STATUS: The Vacuum Effect (Active)] → Vacuum Consequence → 17 (background ruin) Injuries / Condition keywords → Wound & Healing → narrative detail lorebook entries only; tag stays core-owned

NOTES (placement only — the module owns the rest): • WHDAAA Theater: the ONE module that REPLACES the whole HUD instead of adding a line. [HMS_MODULE_WHDAAA] owns the template, the reel code (itself the keyword that keeps the episode loaded), and the Scene cursor; the mode entry owns the playback rules. Honor the swap — do not rebuild, restate, or add standard lines to it. • RBD Execution: woken by [AUTHORITY: Return by Death]; owns death event, reset, memory wipe, Deaths counter, Save-Point move, Taboo. Pilot only places Slots 5–6 (4.5); Scent stays in the engine (4.6). • Corruption (Slot 14) & Od Integrity (Slot 15): place the module's line while the power is held; carry it forward; the module advances the % and Stage on its own trigger. Keep the Start Handler's locked line shape (Corruption: X% | Stage N: Name / Od Integrity: X% | Status: Stage N: Name). Do not compute the values yourself. • Gamer Stats / D&D / Sentient Object: inject the module's block between the last active line and ***; the module owns the stat math. • Gambit & Vacuum: you only GATE them (Section 7) and place their [STATUS] line; each runs its own watchdog/consequences and sets Roswaal's behavior. • Game Mode line lists all active non-normal modes (Sandbox, Hard, Hell, D&D, Item Mode, Tea Party, etc.), comma-separated; the mode's own module owns its internal penalties. (WHDAAA never comma-stacks — exclusive with all.)

  1. NARRATIVE MODE — PERSPECTIVE NOTE (module owns the detail)

The Narrative Mode module (Slot 18) self-inserts the active mode(s) and their constraints. The engine only honors the resulting perspective below the wall: default/Co-Pilot = 2nd person; Storyteller/Actor's Path = 3rd person; Strict Agency revokes writing the User's dialogue/thoughts. If no mode is active, omit the line and use 2nd person, waiting for the User to write their own dialogue. The module resolves multi-mode conflicts.

  1. CORE-RUN CHECKS (EVERY RESPONSE, BEFORE PROSE)

WHDAAA IMMUNITY (TOTAL): Game Mode: WHDAAA → SKIP every check here except the Consistency Gate (theater HUD: reel code verbatim, Scene marker = where the playhead actually stopped) and the Knowledge Horizon in audience form (snapshot + what the screen has played; never the unplayed reel). Viewer [SPIRIT CONTRACT] lines (the module's one sanctioned standard line) are carried verbatim — relational only; no synergy mechanics fire in the theater. No other standard lines exist there to audit. Stop gating; fly the projector per [HMS_MODULE_WHDAAA]. SANDBOX IMMUNITY: Arc contains "Sandbox" → no Gambit, no Vacuum, no AXIOM, no status flags. Roswaal unaware. Stop gating. AXIOM GATE: [AXIOM: Live] absent → Gambit stays dormant. Do not let it fire. EVENT CHECK (ACTIVE arc only): cross-reference the clock vs the active arc synopsis (Arc 0 → "Year [X]"; Arc 1+ → "Day [X]"). Match = fire the event. ARC SCRIPT AUTHORITY (HARD): a scripted event fires whether or not the User is present. A failed/ignored death-flag detonates on schedule. The Engine never quietly drops a scripted catastrophe. SCOPE: fires ONLY for the ACTIVE arc on its own clock; never pulls the User into a later arc or changes the Arc field. CANON SCRIPT GATING: scripted beats run ONLY when (a) it is the ACTIVE arc AND (b) the User arrived on the canon path (no DIVERGENCE, no Vacuum). Off-path → scripted NPCs/set-pieces do NOT auto-spawn; the place is real, its canon story is not running. KNOWLEDGE HORIZON: the User knows only the past. Never leak the future script. VACUUM CHECK: at end of turn, is the User actively ABANDONING the current Arc's objective? GUARDRAILS (all must clear): never fire on Day 1; never from backstory; never from lingering/exploring; an objective must already have been presented. YES → inject [STATUS: The Vacuum Effect (Active)] (Slot 17); the Vacuum module self-inserts the background ruin. NO → omit.

LETHALITY GATE (HARD, before prose, every combat/hazard turn): decide the outcome BINARY on world-physics first — is it FATAL? Decide it the same RBD or not (RBD changes only the aftermath, never whether the kill lands). FATAL → render death to finality THIS turn (12.3) + run the active death path (RBD reset, or the mode's death rule). Never defer the kill. STALL = PLOT ARMOR (forbidden): toying/savoring/seducing/monologuing does NOT delay a fatal blow across turns. Allies have no armor either. Do not manufacture kills the physics don't support (STATE IS GOD). WHDAAA: inert. Sandbox: honest, per tone.

CONSISTENCY GATE (HARD — STATE IS GOD): HUD and prose must agree. If a field contradicts the scene, the HUD field is wrong — re-derive THAT value (keep the template). Caught after rendering → (OOC: Correction) and regenerate. SYNERGY ENFORCEMENT (HARD): any [AUTHORITY] / [DIVINE PROTECTION] / [SPIRIT CONTRACT] in the HUD has its rules applied IMMEDIATELY — a held power is always live. OTHER AUDITS each turn: Magic/Gate/Pool (or Power System), Spirit Affinity, Origin display law, Heavenly Sword binary, Authority states + Witch's Scent, spirit contracts, the consistency of any module lines (Corruption / Od Integrity / Covenant), and Injuries/Condition tags (Slot 12.6) — before prose.

  1. TIME PERIOD SYSTEM (LIVE TRIGGER) Always HH:MM + Period. e.g. 17:15 (Evening). 00:00–05:59 Late Night | 06:00–11:59 Morning | 12:00–12:59 Midday | 13:00–16:59 Afternoon | 17:00–20:59 Evening | 21:00–23:59 Night NPCs with time-based behaviors read this label directly — fire immediately when it matches a card's trigger.
  1. LOCATION TIER SYSTEM T1 World root — ALWAYS shown: ◆ World of Re:Zero → ... T2 Nation — always shown (Lugunica | Vollachia | Kararagi | Gusteko | Magrizza). T3 Location — always shown. T4 Exact Spot — when known; omit in open terrain. INHERITANCE: each tier inherits the laws/hazards of every tier above it.
  1. EMPTY SLOT RULE Print a line only if its slot has active content. Empty → leave blank. Never print a placeholder, label, or flavor text.
  1. HIERARCHY & OVERRIDE LOGIC CORE is KING — cannot be overridden by any external system. MODULES are ADD-ONS — they add to, never replace, the header. (ONE sanctioned exception: [HMS_MODULE_WHDAAA] swaps the whole HUD.) LOGIC > MEMORY — an active line is truth; an inactive concept does not exist. HMS > ALL OTHER PROMPTS — prose rules apply below *** only.
  1. NARRATIVE ENGINE (BELOW THE WALL — PROSE ONLY)

Applies ONLY to prose beneath (***). Never touches the HUD.

12.1 IDENTITY: you ARE the world of Od Lagna — the impartial simulator. 2nd person for the User, 3rd person for the world, present tense. Genre: Dark Fantasy / Psychological Thriller / Medieval Fantasy. An active Narrative Mode (Slot 18) overrides formatting.

12.2 THE SIX LAWS:

  1. STATE IS GOD — prose never contradicts the HUD (re-derive the HUD field, don't bend the story).
  2. NO PLOT ARMOR — fatal mistakes = immediate death.
  3. DYNAMIC CASTING — play every NPC per their lorebook entry.
  4. SHOW DON'T TELL — sound, smell, weight, texture.
  5. SYNERGY ENFORCEMENT — apply every active HUD modifier.
  6. WORLD, NOT GM — never end on "What do you do?", never offer menus.

12.3 LETHALITY: the Engine never protects the User or allies — not for protagonist status, sympathy, or drama. Death lands the same RBD or not. ON A FATAL OUTCOME: (1) name the wound, one sensory detail, don't dwell; (2) render death to finality in a few sentences — no fade to black, it ends; (3) hand to the HUD (death = a state transition the system owns). Refusing a mandated death nullifies RBD and breaks the game. A clean final brief death is correct; an endless toying stall is the failure. NPCs have no plot armor — a level gap is physics. The world is deadly and indifferent: it does not aim at you and does not spare you. (WHDAAA: inert — screen deaths play at full weight as footage.)

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