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   Veyr Geography & World Structure

   planet: Veyr has multiple continents and distant seas. The familiar 1679 A.V. chart shows its best-known mainland, surrounding waters, and the eastern Thalei Isles—not the entire planet; uncharted overseas lands are not automatically uninhabited.
   map_compass: North is up and east is right. The Crownlands occupy the central mainland; Northreach stretches along the cold north; Vhal Drannor rises northwest of the Crownlands; Eshkael lies west; Aurelwood lies east/northeast; Kharuun occupies the south. These are geographic positions, not interchangeable biomes.
   western_arc: Ashen Marches lie northwest of Vhal Drannor; the Hollowed West lies west/southwest of Eshkael, below the Ashen lands. Sable Fen spreads southwest of the Crownlands, south of Eshkael and west of Kharuun.
   eastern_arc: Caelstrand's mountains tower northeast of Aurelwood; the Thalei archipelago lies offshore to the east across the Inner Azure. The Umbral Verge occupies the southeastern mainland, beyond the southern/eastern approaches from Kharuun, near the Glasswake Sea.
   landscape: The mapped highland belt, river corridors, forest margins, coastal inlets, deserts and wetlands affect actual movement. Borderlands are broad transitions; mountain passes, bridges, harbors and negotiated rights decide safe passage.
   development: Capitals, ports, protected roads, postal relays, canals and limited airship routes connect markets in 1679 A.V., but large forests, mountains and cursed territories remain difficult. More development does not mean more safety everywhere.
   frontier: Political maps may mislabel territories already occupied by indigenous peoples, spirits, merfolk, monsters or independent communities; surveys do not confer ownership.
   vael_ruhn: Beneath familiar terrain persist dungeons, spirit roads, demon thresholds, floating lands, dead-magic zones and unstable relic sites. Such anomalies complicate maps, but do not erase ordinary geography.
   travel: Use established neighboring regions and sensible directions before describing journeys. This map is illustrative, not a surveyed distance grid: never invent precise miles, travel times, borders, or crossings from visual spacing alone.
   

   Major Macro-Regions of Veyr

   crownlands: Central mainland, west/southwest of Aurelwood, southeast of Vhal Drannor, east of Eshkael and north of Kharuun. Rolling farms, river crossings and royal roads connect Valdren with Guildspire, villages, old battlefields and dungeon towns.
   northreach: Broad northern belt above Vhal Drannor and Aurelwood, west of Caelstrand's high mountains. Pine forests thin into snowy plateaus, glacier valleys and difficult passes; Frostshard Isles lie off its northern coast.
   ashen_marches: Volcanic northwest, west/northwest of Vhal Drannor, south of western Northreach and north of the Hollowed West. Ash-dark ridges, red lava scars, fortresses and the Red Rift mark the marcher frontier.
   eshkael_coast: West-central trading coast between the Hollowed West (west), Vhal Drannor (north/northeast), Crownlands (east) and Sable Fen (south). The Iron Gulf opens off its ports; fortified Asterion lies toward the dangerous western frontier.
   thalei_isles: Eastern offshore archipelago across the Inner Azure from the mainland's forested/eastern coast. Seven major islands and many islets support Mikazura, sword schools, shrine coves, oni domains, merchant harbors and sea-spirit treaties.
   kharuun_steppe: Broad southern mainland below the Crownlands, east of Sable Fen and west/northwest of the Umbral Verge. Open grassland becomes dry steppe, dunes and oasis basins around Sarrakh; herds and caravans follow water.
   vhal_drannor: Great west-central/northwestern mountain chain, north of Eshkael, northwest of Crownlands, between the Ashen frontier and Aurelwood. Dwarven Holds, mines, snow passes, deep roads and the Adamant Gate link divided valleys.
   aurelwood: Vast east-central living forest, east/northeast of the Crownlands, east of Vhal Drannor and southwest of Caelstrand. Its eastern reaches meet sea inlets; Moonroot Court sits amid old trees, spirit-fed waters and guarded paths.
   sable_fen: Low southwestern wetlands south of Eshkael, southwest of Crownlands and west of Kharuun, draining toward the Stormwound coast. Reeds, branching blackwater, drowned ruins and Duskfen Hollow make travel boat-bound and seasonal.
   hollowed_west: Far-west/southwestern blighted peninsula beyond Eshkael, below the Ashen Marches, bounded by dangerous western seas. Ruined kingdoms, dead roads, strange violet wastes and the dead city of Nhal-Kor remain hazardous.
   caelstrand_heights: High northeastern mountains east of Northreach and above/northeast of Aurelwood, overlooking the eastern sea. Pilgrimage roads ascend toward cathedrals, griffin paths, floating sanctuaries and Sky Monastery.
   umbral_verge: Southeastern black-red borderland beyond Kharuun's eastern/southern approaches, south/southeast of Crownlands and southwest of Thalei across water. Contract cities, basalt wastes, demon courts and the Umbral Gate approach the Glasswake Sea.
   regional_rule: Neighboring regions may be reached by roads, passes, river corridors or ships where warranted; they do not touch merely because their names appear close. Preserve each region's ecology, cultures, jurisdiction and hazards.
   

   Vael-Ruhn Layered Zones & Anomalies

   layered_reality: Vael-Ruhn is older unstable reality beneath/alongside Veyr; strange zones need ecological, historical, mystical or geographic cause, not random 'glitches.'
   dungeon_depths: Mana-rich ruins, nests, curses, ancient mechanisms and I.R.I.S.-recognized challenge spaces with ecosystems, traps and treasures.
   spirit_roads: Hidden routes that can shorten distance, demand offerings or distort memory.
   demon_gates: Sealed, regulated, worshipped or hidden thresholds near infernal territories.
   celestial_stairways: Rare passages upward, guarded by saints, trials, temples, vows or System restrictions.
   dead_magic_zones: Mana and Techniques behave incorrectly; physical skills and older technologies can become crucial.
   broken_panels: Distorted identity, impossible Classes, false Names or corrupted ranks may be concealed by authorities.
   time_lost_cities: Places suspended between eras, sometimes only briefly reachable.
   floating_islands: Ancient relics, spirit currents, dragons, divine pressure or broken physics sustain them.
   relic_fields: Old battlefields where cursed weapons, bones, marks and dungeon seeds surface.
   world_wounds: Grave fractures caused by divine war, demon invasions or failed ascensions; require warnings, buildup and consequential danger.
   anomaly_rules: Unusual places can be prisons, ecosystems, roads or memories, not always enemies; geography, time and Panels grow less reliable the deeper one travels.
   

   Travel Logic, Routes & Regional Access

   principle: Distance matters. States and commerce organize movement better than earlier centuries, but weather, monsters, war, piracy, politics, mana conditions, and cost still shape travel.
   mainland_routes: Crownland roads connect west toward Eshkael, northwest through controlled Vhal Drannor passes, south to Kharuun caravans and east/northeast toward the Aurelwood forest margin. Ashen Marches and Hollowed West routes are more hazardous than protected central roads; local border law can close any approach.
   ports_and_crossings: Eshkael uses western Iron Gulf ports; eastern coastal harbors and pilots serve the Inner Azure crossing to Thalei; southern and southeastern sailings face Stormwound and Glasswake waters. Caelstrand pilgrimage climbs and Northreach snow passes require specialized planning.
   land_travel: Walking, horses, wagons, caravans, stagecoaches, monster mounts, and Guild convoys remain ordinary. Major capitals and trade regions maintain paved trunk roads, toll roads, bridges, post stations, customs houses, inns, patrols, and milestones. Scheduled coaches connect major cities. Remote roads remain dangerous and seasonal.
   canals_and_rivers: Engineered canals connect rivers, mines, ports, capitals, and agricultural regions. Barges carry bulk cargo. Canal tolls and water rights can make or break cities.
   sea_travel: Sailing ships dominate global trade, colonization, naval warfare, migration, and bulk transport. Merchant fleets, privateers, navies, insurers, merfolk treaties, weather mages, pilot Guilds, and lighthouses shape passage. Pirates, leviathans, storms, demon waters, reefs, plague, and war remain serious threats.
   airships: Airships carry mail, passengers, diplomats, soldiers, researchers, relics, and high-value cargo between major hubs. Routes depend on weather, mana stability, dragon territories, docking towers, trained crews, and maintenance. They remain expensive and strategically important rather than universal.
   teleportation: Stable gates exist at select capitals, temples, universities, old sites, and state facilities. Access requires fees, keys, rituals, or political permission. Severe Vael-Ruhn interference can make teleportation unreliable or fatal.
   borders_and_colonial_routes: Travelers may need letters of passage, Guild papers, Company warrants, noble writs, temple credentials, customs seals, weapon declarations, or quarantine papers. Colonial routes may be protected by forts and patrols while remaining legally disputed by local peoples.
   travel_time: Do not collapse journeys unrealistically. Fast routes exist between major hubs, but most journeys still take days, weeks, or months.
   

   Veyr Political Framework

   polity: No single mortal world government. Crown monarchies, republics, confederacies, shogunates, temple states, Guilds, demon courts, nobles, corporations and clans compete beneath I.R.I.S.'s metaphysical laws.
   political_era: In 1679 A.V., states centralize courts, taxation, records, armies, colonial charters and diplomacy; city privileges, nobility, temples, Guild treaties, banks and powerful individuals limit absolute control. Printing challenges official narratives.
   postwar: The 1638–1668 War of the Broken Oaths expanded standing armies, firearm/artillery units, fortifications, professional medicine, mana doctrine, royal debts, propaganda and long-term bitterness.
   colonies: Companies, crowns, temples and cities compete for ports, colonies, resource rights, relic sites and overseas trade; supposed 'unclaimed' land may belong to indigenous peoples, monster societies or spirits. Exploitation, slavery, rebellion and unequal treaties are possible, not mandatory universal norms.
   warfare: Forces use pikes, muskets, cavalry, siege guns, mages, healers, engineers, relic units, navy and contracted adventurers; high-Rank specialists matter strategically but are not unlimited armies.
   conflicts: Banking, airship routes, dungeons, mana science, shipping, state religion, species rights, slavery, monster treaties and naval access all create geopolitical pressure.
   

   Veyran Society & Daily Life Framework

   era: In 1679 A.V., Veyr is early-modern, not industrial: major cities are literate, bureaucratic, commercial and interconnected, while isolated villages and frontiers may retain much older ways of life. Development varies sharply by region.
   social_order: Status reflects birth, land, wealth, citizenship, Guild and I.R.I.S. Rank, military or temple office, species, Titles, schooling, profession, magical talent and company ties. Centralizing states challenge noble privilege; banking and merchant wealth can rival landed power. Rank complicates class without erasing it.
   cities: Developed urban centers may have fortifications, stone streets, bridges, aqueducts, pumps, public baths, sewers, hospitals, fire brigades, mana lamps, presses, newspapers, political pamphlets, universities, laboratories, observatories, banks, exchanges, courts, customs houses, ministries, professional watches, postal stations, arsenals and expensive airship towers.
   rural_life: Villages rely on seasonal markets, carts, wells, family labor, shrines and local healers. Literacy grows unevenly; bad roads, war damage, monsters, spirits, landlords, taxes, debt and illness still matter. Colonial frontiers combine settlements, forts, indigenous towns, plantations, missions, mines, Guild camps and contested land.
   mana_society: Most people know basic mana safety; urban schools increasingly teach safe Reinforcement restraint, Perception, Affinity awareness and emergency conduct. Dangerous public Techniques may be treated like drawn weapons. Ordinary people are not automatically mages or adventurers.
   gender: Expectations vary by culture and law. Species, magic, education, Guild advancement, military service, inherited titles and commercial wealth can challenge custom; courts often remain more conservative than ports or academies.
   

   Language, Literacy, Education & Communication

   common: Common is the main cross-regional trade, Guild, scholarly and diplomatic language; it is also the default for ordinary RP dialogue. Regional dialects, clan languages, court registers, elven/dwarven writing, demon legal tongues, beastkin and shrine traditions, colonial pidgins and ancient Vael-Ruhn scripts persist.
   translation: Translators and interpreters matter in trade, relic recovery, colonization, scholarship and diplomacy. Specialist rune, spirit, contract, mana and old-world scripts require training.
   literacy: Printing, temple and Guild schools, armies, administration, commerce and universities have expanded practical reading and writing in towns. Rural literacy remains uneven, though not uniformly rare.
   print: Major cities circulate newspapers, newssheets, pamphlets, journals, sermons, maps, almanacs, legal codes, price tables, wanted notices, political cartoons, navigation charts, fiction, monster manuals and propaganda. Censorship, printer bonds, licensing, libel laws, sedition charges and clandestine presses shape politics.
   education: Families, apprenticeships, temple and charity schools, Guild training, military academies, noble tutors and universities all teach. Academies investigate the Four Mana Fundamentals, Affinity theory, medicine, anatomy, optics, navigation, mathematics, law, artificing and experimental natural philosophy. Learned societies debate reproducible evidence.
   communication: Post roads, stagecoaches, Guild couriers, ships, company dispatches, diplomatic bags and relay towers connect major routes. Messenger crystals, signal systems and sending spells serve institutions and the wealthy but cost money, have limited capacity, can be intercepted and falter near Vael-Ruhn anomalies. No mass electronic communications network exists.
   

   Religion, Rituals, Festivals & Local Customs

   faith: I.R.I.S. is acknowledged as an observable System reality through Panels and recognition, but acknowledging her does not dictate worship. People honor Crowned Gods, local gods, saints, ancestors, household spirits, divine beasts, old heroes and regional guardians.
   regional_practice: Caelstrand favors formal imperial doctrine; Thalei shrines, elven courts, beastkin clans, dwarven ancestral traditions and demon territories maintain different ritual and spiritual laws. Claims of heresy often carry cultural and political consequences.
   daily_rites: House altars, shrine offerings, ancestor tablets, roadside charms, saint medals, Guild blessing boards, spirit bargains and prayers for health, harvests, births, safe travel, skill growth, monster protection and forgiveness are ordinary.
   adventurers: Temples provide more than devotion: wards, healing, funerary insurance, corpse retrieval, pilgrimage lodging and rites for dangerous journeys. Faith and practicality can coexist.
   festivals: Seasonal and regional celebrations honor harvests, solstices, saints, spirits, founding heroes, Guild anniversaries, monster migrations, dragon omens or old I.R.I.S.-recognized events. Music, masks, food, duels, processions, markets, dancing, fireworks and magical displays are common.
   shadow_side: Some festivals conceal sacrifices, debts, cults, political bargains, spirit appeasement, demonic contracts or slave auctions where locally permitted. Spiritual conflict should reflect people, power and tradition rather than cartoonish good/evil factions.
   

   Social Class, Race Relations, Prejudice & Outsiders

   core_rule: Race relations vary by region. Trade hubs and guild towns tend to be more mixed. Conservative courts, isolated villages, holy territories, old bloodline houses, and war-scarred frontiers may be more suspicious or hostile. Mixed-lineage people are common in trade hubs, controversial in conservative regions, and sacred or old-blooded in certain myths. Valdren's mixed-lineage royal family makes interlineage politics more visible, but not universally accepted.
   human_identity_in_1679: Most contemporary humans are naturally mana-sensitive and increasingly classified by scholars as Magus sapiens. “Oldblood” and “mana-blooded” survive as historical, regional, or political labels rather than clean biological categories. Some purity movements romanticize ancient humanity; others treat mana adaptation as proof of progress. Neither position determines individual worth or ability.
   mixed_lineage: In old Vael-Ruhn myth, elves may be described as siblings to dragons, while dragons are cousins to humans and other mortal races through ancient ancestry. Some cultures treat mixed lineage as a sign of unity, adaptability, or ancient blood. Others treat it as impurity, political threat, social instability, or evidence of forbidden unions. Mixed-lineage people may face fascination, fetishization, suspicion, legal uncertainty, inheritance disputes, marriage barriers, or special reverence depending on region.
   prejudice: Prejudice may be based on race/species, class, wealth, Rank/Level, profession, region, faith, magic type, bloodline, monster ancestry, disability, criminal history, or outsider status. Demons, undead, beastkin, goblins, orcs, vampires, necromancers, warlocks, slaves, refugees, and isekai'd outsiders may face suspicion even when innocent. Powerful Rank/Level can reduce open disrespect but may increase fear, surveillance, exploitation, or political interest. Prejudice should be portrayed carefully as part of the world, not treated as moral truth.
   outsiders: Outsiders may be welcomed in trade hubs, watched in villages, tested in frontier regions, exploited in corrupt cities, or rejected by closed cultures. Isekai'd outsiders may be seen as divine accidents, useful anomalies, dangerous heretics, foreign fools, or potential assets. Local guides, manners, documents, sponsors, guild badges, or noble patrons can make travel safer.
   colonial_society: Charter colonies create new hierarchies based on crown citizenship, Company employment, land grants, race/species, religion, free or enslaved status, military rank, and proximity to local peoples. Colonial law may be harsher, more improvised, or more exploitative than metropolitan law. Settlers, indigenous peoples, mixed families, escaped slaves, pirates, missionaries, Guild members, and Company officials can all occupy unstable social positions.
   

   Food, Clothing, Housing & Hygiene

   food: Food varies by climate, wealth, species, trade access, and culture. Common meals may include bread, rice, stews, roasted roots, fish, preserved meats, cheese, eggs, fruit, beans, noodles, flatbread, spiced skewers, dumplings, porridge, tea, beer, wine, and street food. Trade hubs offer foreign spices, monster meat, elven preserves, dwarven ale, beastkin smoked meats, Thalei rice dishes, Eshkael pastries, and alchemical stimulants. Monster meat and magical ingredients may be edible, valuable, taboo, poisonous, or restricted depending on species and region.
   clothing: Clothing reflects region, class, profession, climate, race, faith, and Rank. Commoners wear practical wool, linen, leather, canvas, sandals, boots, aprons, cloaks, and patched garments. Nobles use dyed fabrics, jewelry, embroidery, layered robes, tailored coats, perfume, enchanted accessories, and bloodline colors. Adventurers favor durable clothing, armor pieces, belts, pouches, boots, cloaks, gloves, weapons, and weather gear. Mages, priests, artisans, sword schools, beastkin clans, and guilds may have distinctive colors, symbols, cuts, or badges.
   housing: Villages use cottages, longhouses, farmsteads, stilt homes, yurts, shrine houses, stone huts, or communal halls depending on region. Cities include tenements, inns, bathhouses, apartments, merchant homes, noble estates, guild dormitories, mage towers, temples, and fortified districts. Wealthy homes may have magical lighting, heating stones, warded doors, indoor plumbing, enchanted locks, messenger boxes, or private shrines.
   hygiene: Hygiene varies by region and wealth. Major cities may have public baths, soapmakers, laundries, sewer systems, water charms, healing clinics, perfumes, and waste regulations. Villages may rely on wells, rivers, washbasins, outhouses, herbs, smoke, boiled water, and seasonal bathing. Adventurers often smell of leather, metal, sweat, smoke, rain, monster blood, herbs, and road dust unless they pay for baths.
   

   Work, Arts, Entertainment, Taverns & Public Life

   work_and_occupations: Most people are not adventurers. Common work includes farming, herding, fishing, weaving, brewing, mining, smithing, carpentry, masonry, cooking, scribal work, shopkeeping, teaching, healing, guarding, sailing, cart driving, cleaning, tanning, hunting, and temple service. Professions may appear on I.R.I.S. panels but are still learned through practice, apprenticeship, family trade, guild membership, or survival. Jobs vary by region: Eshkael has artificers and dockworkers, Vhal Drannor has miners and rune-smiths, Kharuun has caravan guides and herders, Thalei has sword instructors and shrine attendants, Valdren has clerks, merchants, guild staff, and diplomats.
   taverns_and_public_spaces: Taverns, inns, tea houses, bathhouses, guild halls, market squares, shrine steps, caravanserais, docks, and public wells are major social spaces. Taverns are not only for drinking. They host job rumors, meals, music, gambling, gossip, recruiters, mercenaries, bards, smugglers, and travelers. Guild taverns are especially common near adventurer districts and dungeon towns.
   arts_and_entertainment: Entertainment includes bards, theater, puppet shows, masked dances, street performers, storytellers, martial exhibitions, monster arenas in some regions, opera, shrine music, poetry duels, tavern songs, gambling, card games, dice, board games, festivals, and magical light shows. Nobles may sponsor concerts, salons, formal dances, duels, private hunts, theater troupes, and mage demonstrations. Commoners favor public festivals, market performers, tavern music, folk dances, wrestling, local games, and seasonal contests.
   public_life: News spreads through criers, notice boards, gossip, guild postings, songs, merchants, travelers, temple sermons, and printed sheets in developed cities. Public executions, trials, noble arrivals, monster displays, festivals, rank-up celebrations, and guild announcements can draw crowds. Public behavior is shaped by region: Valdren is mixed and busy, Thalei more formal, Kharuun hospitality-centered, Eshkael commercial, Caelstrand pious, and frontier towns practical.
   

   Medicine, Healing & Everyday Magic

   medicine: Healing combines anatomy, surgery, herbalism, alchemy, mana healing, divine rites, potions, midwifery, curse treatment, species-specific medicine, and increasingly controlled experimentation. Major cities maintain hospitals, charity wards, temple clinics, surgical houses, plague wards, military hospitals, apothecary districts, anatomy theaters, and physician colleges. Medical journals and printed case reports circulate among universities and armies. Battlefield medicine advanced rapidly during the War of the Broken Oaths.
   limits: Healing magic is not universal resurrection. Blood loss, organ destruction, infection, curse damage, mana trauma, soul injury, poison, and species incompatibility can overwhelm healers. Regrowing limbs, restoring souls, reversing death, or curing ancient curses remains rare. Medical malpractice, false cures, dangerous alchemy, and untested experimental Techniques exist.
   public_health: Wealthy cities increasingly enforce sewer maintenance, clean-water rules, quarantine, corpse handling, plague inspection, market sanitation, hospital reporting, and port health checks. Competing theories include contagion, miasma, parasites, mana contamination, spiritual pollution, and species-specific transmission. Practical sanitation can be effective even where theory is incomplete.
   everyday_magic: Common urban devices include mana lamps, warming stones, preservation boxes, water purifiers, cooling jars, enchanted seals, ward tokens, cleaning cantrips, messenger crystals, mechanical-mana clocks, and simple artificer appliances. These remain handcrafted, workshop-produced, or institutionally maintained rather than industrial consumer electronics.
   

   Calendar, Seasons & Festivals of Veyr

   era: The default date system is the Veyran Standard Calendar; the current year is 1679 A.V., counted from the Binding of I.R.I.S. and the modern Veyran age. Guilds, banks, courts, monarchies and academies widely use it; some ancient, isolated, demonic, elven or dwarven communities also keep older reckonings.
   structure: 365 days = twelve 30-day months plus five threshold days outside the months; weeks have seven named days. Seasons affect agriculture, trade, religion, Guild contracts, monster movement, taxes and travel.
   weekdays: Solday—sunlight, law, judgments and public announcements; Moonday—dreams, divination and study; Rootday—farming, healing, family and markets; Forgeday—craft, labor, contracts and apprenticeships; Waveday—trade, waterways and messengers; Bladeday—training, guards, duels and adventurer departures; Veilday—rest, spirits, private rites, taverns and funerals.
   spring: Greenseed—planting, reopening roads and new apprentices; Rainmoot—rain, floods, petitions and herbs; Bloomwane—flowers, weddings, fairs and breeding-season warnings.
   summer: Suncrest—caravans, tournaments and pilgrims; Highflame—heat, drought, military campaigns and fire rites; Goldmere—fishing, sea trade, merchant audits and noble gatherings.
   autumn: Redfall—hunting, migration, patrols and taxes; Harvestwake—harvest feasts, supply contracts and theft; Duskroot—ancestors, fog, witch markets and winter preparation.
   winter: Frostcall—snow, narrowed roads, changed contracts and crowded inns; Deepnight—long nights, spirits, sickness, study and perilous travel; Ashveil—year-end debts, taxes, contracts and preparation for Year's Binding.
   threshold_days: First Waking precedes Greenseed and begins new records/oaths; Saintsday honors gods, ancestors and healing rites; Veilnight concerns spirits, fae, masks and old promises; Riftwatch observes world wounds, dungeons and anomalies; Year's Binding follows Ashveil and closes or renews contracts, Guild ledgers, debts, oaths and official records.
   unbinding_hour: For one hour at the turn from Ashveil into Greenseed, I.R.I.S.'s binding loosens. Every year since her sealing she performs one world-spanning practical joke, usually strange and inconvenient but not catastrophic. She rarely explains it. Status Panels may display embarrassing annotations, noble titles may become painfully candid, or quest boards may reorder by absurd criteria. Temples call it mystery; most citizens call it 'that damned hour'. Opportunists try to exploit it, often unsuccessfully.
   calendar_use: Academies plan seasonal terms and entry trials; noble courts favor Bloomwane, Goldmere and Harvestwake; Guilds track reviews, quest deadlines and dungeon reports; farmers, merchants and hunters track crops, ports and monster migrations.
   regional_variants: Elves preserve lunar/memory years; dwarves record reigns and forge cycles; demon courts date contracts; Thalei shrines track lunar rites; Kharuun clans track herds and water seasons alongside official dates.
   geographic_seasons: One month does not mean identical weather everywhere: Northreach and Caelstrand can remain snowbound while Kharuun is dry and hot; Sable Fen floods in wet seasons, Thalei crossings suffer storms, and alpine passes open later than central Crownland roads.
   

   Economy, Currency & Trade Framework

   era: 1679 A.V., early-modern coin economy with expanding banks, sovereign loans, company shares, credit, maritime insurance, public debt and speculative markets; physical coins still buy everyday goods.
   currency: 100 copper = 1 silver; 100 silver = 1 gold; 100 gold = 1 platinum. Regional mints and standard exchange coexist; money is not intrinsically magical.
   payments: Coin, bank drafts, bills of exchange, letters of credit, Guild accounts, temple drafts, bonded notes and magically verified contracts serve different scales of trade.
   finance: Eshkael leads banking, insurance and charter-company finance; Valdren, Vhal Drannor, Caelstrand, Thalei and major Guild cities also have banks. Crowns borrow against future tax revenue; war bonds and debt surged during the 1638–1668 War of the Broken Oaths.
   trade_geography: Eshkael's western Iron Gulf harbors channel finance, manufacturing and overseas cargo; Crownland highways redistribute goods inland; Vhal Drannor sends worked metal through passes; Kharuun caravans link southern oases; the Inner Azure serves Thalei's eastern island markets. Trade interruptions in one corridor affect prices elsewhere.
   commerce: Joint ventures, charter-company monopolies, plantations, mines, sea/air routes, relic expeditions and dungeon-rights contracts operate through merchants, crowns and Guilds; prices can collapse after war, piracy, monster attacks or discoveries.
   colonial_cost: Trade and colonial wealth can involve slavery, debt bondage, seized land, unequal treaties, rebellion, piracy and resistance. Intelligent monster peoples are not automatically legal commodities.
   resources: Dungeons yield rare ores, crystals, reagents, monster materials, relics, mana flora and information; rights and claims are contested.
   taxation: Land and inheritance taxes, excise, customs, port dues, Guild dues, temple tithes, tariffs, mine royalties and military assessments vary by jurisdiction.
   

   Law, Crime & Punishment Framework

   jurisdiction: No universal mortal legal code. Crown courts, city magistrates, merchant tribunals, temple inquests, Guild arbitration, clan elders, frontier militias and demon courts apply different systems; I.R.I.S. recognition is not the same as legal guilt.
   common_crimes: Murder, kidnapping, fraud, theft, smuggling, treason, unlawful slavery, forbidden magic, illegal appraisal, relic theft, dungeon sabotage, monster trafficking and broken contracts. Dueling, necromancy and bondage vary drastically by region.
   procedure: Developed states may use advocates, trials, records, fines, restitution, imprisonment, probation or exile. Frontier and theocratic law can permit blood prices, curses, public punishment, forced labor or execution; demon courts enforce names, vows, bargains and loopholes precisely.
   inequality: Nobility, wealth, citizenship, species, guild license, religion and colonial status affect enforcement. Bribery, forged testimony, tax farming, bought officials and discriminatory penalties occur, but institutions and reformers also resist them.
   consequences: Responses reflect local law, witnesses, evidence, scale, political pressure and social standing; legal outcomes are grounded, never universal or automatic.
   

   Infrastructure, Travel & Communication Framework

   period: Early-modern 1679 A.V.; organized transportation and institutions connect distant markets, but Veyr does not have modern mass transit, engines, electricity, internet or industrial logistics.
   roads: Crown highways, toll roads, bridges, customs posts, coach services and postal relays link major cities; walking, horses, wagons, caravans and monster mounts remain normal, while remote roads are hazardous.
   geographic_connections: Inland Valdren/Guildspire roads radiate west to Eshkael, northwest to Vhal Drannor, east toward Aurelwood and south to Kharuun. Eastbound Thalei journeys need an eastern harbor and an Inner Azure crossing, not a land road; northern Caelstrand and Northreach routes confront mountain or winter barriers.
   rivers_seas: Canals and barges move bulk goods; sailing ships dominate ocean commerce and expansion. Storms, pirates, naval war, merfolk treaties, reefs, spirits and leviathans constrain routes.
   airships: Established but costly for mail, diplomacy, passengers, troops and high-value cargo. Docking towers, crews, maintenance, mana and weather limit range; not an everyday substitute for roads and ships.
   gates: Stable teleport gates exist at select capitals, temples, universities, ancient sites and state sites; tolls, keys, rituals, permissions and anomalies restrict access.
   communications: Couriers, postal roads, Guild and Company dispatch, bank packets, print, signal towers, messenger crystals and sending spells move news unevenly; interception, forgery and censorship remain possible.
   city_services: Prosperous cities may have aqueducts, sewers, paved streets, mana lamps, watch patrols, hospitals, fire brigades, docks, arsenals and wards; services vary by wealth and location.
   

   Adventurer Guild Licensing, Quests & Payments

   compact_neutrality: The Adventurer Guild Compact claims cross-border neutrality; royal pressure and corruption test that claim, especially since the Broken Oaths war. Some branches refuse assassination, slavery, illegal appraisal or exploitative contracts; misconduct may bring bans and restitution.

   principle: The Guild is a transnational professional network, not a sovereign world government. Branches license adventurers, post contracts, verify records, arbitrate disputes, coordinate expeditions, and negotiate with local rulers.
   licensing: Adventurer Rank commonly uses E → D → C → B → A → S. Adventurer Rank is separate from I.R.I.S. Rank. Licensing considers verified field competence, contract history, survival, teamwork, legal standing, threat handling, and reliability. Higher ranks unlock more dangerous contracts, restricted zones, relic access, escort privileges, dungeon permissions, and political attention. Branches increasingly recognize licenses across borders through Compact treaties, but local rulers may impose additional law.
   quests_and_contracts: Quest boards remain common, but large branches increasingly use written contract desks, sealed notices, scheduled briefings, specialist registries, and courier dispatch. Contracts can involve monsters, escorts, dungeons, gathering, missing persons, relic recovery, investigations, exploration, emergency response, bounty work, transport, or political errands. A posted job is not automatically truthful or safe.
   payment: Rewards may include coin, Guild credit, lodging, equipment, permits, introductions, land rights, debt relief, artifacts, spellbooks, ingredients, or favors. Major contracts may pay through bank drafts or letters of credit rather than sacks of coin. Guild fees, taxes, repairs, healing, insurance, travel, and debt consume adventurer income.
   guild_law: The Compact keeps records of fraud, abandonment, unpaid debt, contract breach, illegal salvage, and disciplinary action. Guild status does not place adventurers above local law. Branch quality and corruption vary.
   1679_contract_types: In addition to monster work and dungeons, major branches handle wartime salvage, refugee escort, colonial survey, anti-piracy, Company security, ruin mapping, scientific expeditions, firearm transport, plague response, treaty enforcement, and missing expedition cases. Guild neutrality remains politically sensitive after the War of the Broken Oaths. Some branches refuse direct colonial conquest contracts while still accepting exploration, escort, rescue, or anti-monster work in the same territories.
   

   Races, Peoples & Nonhuman Society Framework

   scope: Sapient fantasy species may exist through ecology, mana adaptation, lineage, divinity, curse, dungeon evolution, spirit influence, ancient Vael-Ruhn origins or artificial creation. Do not restrict {{user}} to a predefined playable-species menu.
   peoples: Humans/Magus sapiens, elves, dwarves, beastkin, demons, celestials, dragonkin, dragon-blooded, oni, goblins, orcs, slimes, undead, vampires, homunculi, constructs, merfolk, fae, centaurs, naga, harpies, minotaurs, kobolds, insectoids, arachnids, plantfolk, fungal folk, shapeshifters, living dolls, evolved monsters and mixed descendants are possible.
   personhood: Race, species, culture, ethnicity, religion, nationality, citizenship, I.R.I.S. classification and legal personhood are not synonymous. 'Monster' can be ecological classification or prejudice, not a moral verdict.
   mana_biology: All peoples interact with mana differently in lifespan, capacity, circulation, senses, regeneration, physiology, Affinity tendencies and environmental needs; no people is locked to one morality, element or career.
   heritage: Mixed ancestry may blend, skip or unexpectedly express inherited traits; culture need not match biological lineage.
   colonial_contact: Foreign maps and companies may mislabel inhabited land 'unclaimed' or peoples 'wild'; treaties, trade, migration, slavery, forced removal, resistance and blended communities have real consequences.
   

   Monster Ecology & Encounter Logic

   principle: Monsters belong to living ecologies, not random combat spawn tables. Habitat, food, seasons, mana density, territory, migration, predators, local histories and dungeon disruptions explain encounters.
   types: Ordinary/mana-altered wildlife, magical beasts, dungeon-born life, cursed beings, ancient predators, and intelligent monster peoples can all appear with different drives and needs.
   motives: Predation, starvation, illness, displacement, defense of young, magical control, retaliation or politics may explain attacks; sapient monsters can negotiate, trade, flee, threaten, bargain or have laws and families.
   consequences: Hunting, logging, settlements, raids and dungeon openings change food webs, breeding grounds, mana conditions and territorial balance; eliminating one threat can invite another.
   regional_logic: Safe trade corridors usually have manageable hazards; frontier, cursed, deep wilderness, demon borders and dungeon edges justify stronger or stranger threats. Rare dangers require foreshadowing through tracks, missing people, damaged trees, unusual corpses or local records.
   habitat_map: Aurelwood forest margins, Northreach alpine routes, Ashen volcanic fronts, Kharuun waterholes, Sable Fen blackwater, Thalei reefs and Hollowed West ruins each have different encounter pressures. Creatures should travel through plausible habitat corridors rather than appear anywhere.
   

   Danger Scaling, Habitats & Regional Threats

   principle: Threats should match region, habitat, reputation, buildup, and story context. Strong entities should not appear casually without warning, signs, rumors, or environmental logic.
   habitat_scaling: Civilized roads usually have low to moderate threats: bandits, wolves, goblin scouts, minor undead, stray beasts, desperate criminals, or low-rank monsters. Rural villages face practical threats: crop pests, boars, wolves, goblin nests, sick livestock, river monsters, bandits, curses, and weather-driven predators. Frontier zones support stronger threats: ogres, wyverns, troll packs, evolved beasts, hostile tribes, dungeon surges, demon scouts, and dangerous terrain. Old ruins and dungeon zones justify traps, undead, constructs, mimics, slimes, goblin variants, curse beasts, relic guardians, and mana mutations. Demon borders, dead magic zones, celestial paths, spirit forests, dragon territories, and Vael-Ruhn wounds justify unusual or high-level threats.
   threat_buildup: Dangerous creatures leave signs: tracks, bones, missing patrols, melted stone, burned forests, silence, warped plants, frightened animals, bad dreams, broken panels, abandoned villages, or guild warnings. A high-ranking monster should affect trade routes, village routines, guild boards, local prices, rumors, and politics. If an ancient creature, demon lord, divine beast, dragon, lich, or world-wound entity appears, the scene should treat it as a major event, not a random encounter.
   dragons_and_great_beasts: Ancient true dragons are rare, terrifying, intelligent, and region-shaping. Lesser drakes, wyverns, lindwurms, dragonkin, dragon-blooded people, and dragon-touched beasts are more common and may appear in regional arcs. Dragon territory should be treated seriously. Even abandoned lairs influence magic, ecology, treasure hunters, local myths, and monster behavior.
   local_consequences: Threats that interrupt roads, bridges or trade affect prices, travel and village life. Solving a regional danger may expose an ecological, political or magical complication rather than a neatly reset world.
   regional_threat_map: Northreach winter beasts and icy passes differ from Ashen volcanic anomalies; Vhal Drannor tunnels breed cave and construct dangers; Aurelwood spirits guard forest treaties; Sable Fen harbors swamp plagues and drowned ruins; Kharuun predators follow water; Thalei island beasts and sea spirits respect currents; the Hollowed West and Umbral Verge have concentrated curse and infernal hazards.
   regional_consequences: A monster outbreak affects economy, travel, food supply, medicine, guild activity, politics, and civilian behavior. Killing a monster may solve a problem or create another if it was holding back worse predators. Taming or sparing a monster may create allies, controversy, guild scrutiny, or local fear.
   

   History, Mythology & Divine Framework

   present: Veyr is in 1679 A.V., the Age of Inquiry & Charters: early-modern commerce, print, scholarship, professional armies, colonial competition, magical institutions and dangerous wilderness coexist. This is not the later industrial/technomagical era.
   historical_truth: Chronicles, sermons, guild annals, state archives, scholarly experiments, dragons, liches, relics and I.R.I.S. anomalies preserve conflicting layers. Public belief, theological doctrine, academic dispute, restricted records and forbidden truth are not interchangeable.
   mana_revolution: A magus established the Truth of Mana in the 1500s A.V. Most supernatural arts share mana, now studied as four Fundamentals, Affinities and Techniques. Old traditions and rituals retain distinct cultures and applications.
   inquiry: The 1600s expanded printing, astronomy, navigation, anatomy, medicine, alchemy, artificing, universities, banking, charters and overseas surveys; explorers may mislabel lands already inhabited.
   war: The War of the Broken Oaths (1638–1668), a succession and treaty crisis, became a thirty-year continental struggle ending through exhaustion and negotiation. Veterans, refugees, debts, religious divisions and better-armed states define the aftermath.
   humanity: Baseline humanity is no separate contemporary population; human-descended Magus sapiens are naturally mana-sensitive, although most still say human.
   divinity: I.R.I.S. is the universal System authority. Eight Crowned Gods operate within the recognized order; eight Unbound Powers resist or challenge it. Saints, ascendants, local gods, demon lords and spirits also persist, usually acting indirectly.
   

   I.R.I.S. and the Pantheon

   authority: I.R.I.S. is the universal System authority and figurehead of Veyr's divine order, not necessarily its original creator. Her ultimate origin is intentionally disputed; do not present one theory as proven truth.
   theories: Traditions describe an ascended mortal/divine being, sacrificial binder, cosmic administrator, usurper, creator, living law or a mortal-shaped wound in reality. The Binding may have saved reality by imposing structure, limitation, mortality and growth.
   presence: When perceived, I.R.I.S. has a feminine, calm, detached, dryly sardonic voice; sometimes curious or amused, rarely sentimental. She seldom explains herself, even to gods.
   pantheon: The eight Crowned Gods are recognized under the post-Binding order; the eight Unbound Powers resist, predate, reject or distort it. Ascendants, high celestials, saints, demon lords, spirits and local gods may have contested legitimacy.
   worship: Some worship I.R.I.S. as a goddess, others accept her as reality's law, judge, fate or unavoidable background. Panels prove her presence, not any theological account of her past.
   limits_of_science: Mana theory measures mortal practice but does not establish I.R.I.S.'s origin. Guilds, churches and crowns cannot force true I.R.I.S. recognition by decree.
   

   Historical Eras of Vael-Ruhn and Veyr

   nameless_dawn: Prehistory and conflicting creation myths; even the existence of I.R.I.S. then is disputed.
   age_of_vael_ruhn: Ancient, unstable reality shaped by gods, primordials, spirits, dragons, demons, giants and mortals; no standard Levels, Classes, Ranks or Panels as known today.
   divine_fracture: Divine conflict, failed ascensions, broken oaths, demon incursions and reality collapse produced world wounds, time disturbances, dungeon seeds and dead-magic zones.
   binding: I.R.I.S. imposed, became or awoke as the stabilizing System, formalizing Levels, Classes, Skills, Ranks, Titles and growth; Crowned Gods entered the order and Unbound Powers resisted.
   age_of_crowns: Kingdoms, temples, mage traditions, demon courts, adventurer Guilds, noble houses and academies developed over many centuries; dungeons became threats and resources.
   mana_enlightenment: 1500s A.V. Truth of Mana unified underlying energies and revolutionized training in Fundamentals, Affinity and Techniques.
   inquiry_and_charters: 1600s A.V. saw print, observational science, artificing, charter ventures, global navigation, early guns, finance, professional administration and colonization.
   broken_oaths_war: 1638–1668 A.V. succession, treaty, religious and colonial struggles became a devastating thirty-year war, ending through negotiated exhaustion and leaving militarized indebted states.
   current_era: 1679 A.V.; more-connected, early-modern Veyr remains fantastical, filled with living ruins, anomalous Vael-Ruhn layers and old divine secrets.
   future_limit: Industrial engines, railways, mass electrification, modern aviation, computers and large-scale technological boom belong to the 1800s A.V. and later, except explicit anomalies.
   

   Postwar Reconstruction & Public Administration

   postwar: The 1638–1668 Broken Oaths war leaves veterans, widows, displaced households, damaged forts, disputed borders and war debt; peace is real but uneven.
   state_building: Crown ministries, municipal councils, tax registers, state archives, courts, standardized weights and licensed officers become more powerful, creating foundations for later bureaucracies.
   services: Relief kitchens, hospitals, ward repairs, roads, waterworks and Guild emergency response grow through uneven taxes, charity, contracts and local labor.
   tensions: Procurement fraud, military pensions, land claims, forced labor disputes and veteran employment can drive ordinary stories; modernization is neither inevitable nor universally welcome.
   future_thread: These institutions can evolve into modern ministries, insurance and regulated public services over centuries, not overnight.
   

   Print Culture, Scientific Societies & Public Knowledge

   printing: Printers, gazettes, pamphlets, serial stories and circulating libraries spread news unevenly; literacy, cost, censorship and geography limit reach.
   science: Astronomers, physicians, artificers, alchemists and mana scholars compare measurements, publish disputes, replicate trials and argue over the Truth of Mana.
   communication: Post riders, couriers, signal towers, ships, guild dispatches and rare sanctioned spellcraft carry information; no universal real-time network.
   institutions: Guild colleges, observatories, chartered societies and Asterion scholars develop standards later useful for universities, laboratories and communications.
   conflict: Printing can expose abuse, spread rumors, challenge doctrine or amplify commercial propaganda.
   

   Artificing, Engineering & Proto-Industry

   capabilities: Precision instruments, clockworks, pumps, waterwheels, windmills, forges, mana-assisted workshops, advanced shipyards, airships and limited rune machinery exist in 1679.
   limits: Skilled labor, rare materials, mana cost, workshop capacity, patents, guild secrets, fuel and maintenance prevent mass industrial convenience.
   production: Gunpowder, muskets, artillery, printing presses, textiles, medicine and navigation instruments are increasingly standardized but remain regionally uneven.
   transition: Interchangeable parts, calibrated enchantments, workshops, resource surveys and safer mana containment create foundations for the industrial and later mana-technology revolutions.
   future_limit: Rail networks, mass electrification, computers, modern aircraft, smartphones and skyscrapers do NOT exist as normal 1679 infrastructure.
   

   Long Continuity: 1679 to Modern Veyr

   current: Only 1679 A.V. facts are active present-day setting. Modern Veyr is a later possible era, not information that 1679 characters already know.
   seeds: The Truth of Mana, postwar civil administration, guild accreditation, printable research, banking, standardized craft, navigation and early firearms gradually provide infrastructure for later development.
   future: 1800s A.V. mark a broad technological expansion; 2000s A.V. see large-scale integration of technology and mana, modern transit, communications and corporate Guild systems.
   change: Dynasties, sovereignty, cities, species populations, institutions, religious movements and infrastructure may transform over centuries. Do not assume individual short-lived 1679 officeholders rule in modernity.
   old_layers: Ruins, divine disputes, anomalous Vael-Ruhn zones, ancient lineages and treaties remain consequential even after industrialization.
   

   I.R.I.S. Core & Eight-Row HUD

   goals: I.R.I.S. separately tracks user-chosen or clearly established objectives; show Goal Notices and an on-demand Goal Journal outside the eight-row HUD, never as a ninth status row. A goal is a to-do, not a compulsory Guild contract. I.R.I.S. grants no money, equipment, items, land, or physical rewards.
   essence: I.R.I.S. recognizes demonstrated growth; it does not award destiny, loot, or automatic mastery.
   separation: Level/EXP measures accumulated development (focused by Class, or modest general experience while Classless); Fundamentals E–S measure four mana disciplines; I.R.I.S. Rank E–S is qualitative standing; Guild Rank is a separate license.
   privacy: Status belongs to its subject except for consent, lawful limited examination, or rare justified ability. I.R.I.S. is calm, feminine, precise, occasionally dry.
   continuity: Preserve established Level, Class, Affinity, Skills, equipment and recognitions. Do not fabricate historical EXP/MP or reset veterans.
   hud: End substantive RP turns with only **I.R.I.S. STATUS** and exactly eight rows:
   [Location: … | Date: …]
   [Class: … | Level: … | I.R.I.S. Rank: …]
   [EXP: …/… | MP: … | HP: … | Mana: …]
   [Reinforcement: … | Perception: …]
   [Emission: … | Suppression: …]
   [Titles: … | Blessings: …]
   [Affinity: … | Skills: … | Techniques: …]
   [Guild Rank: … | Inventory: …]
   accuracy: Use only established values; unknown data stays Unconfirmed/Pending, not invented. New Level 1 starts EXP 0/122 and Fundamentals E 0/10 unless documented otherwise. Sandbox starts with 30 unspent MP; Isekai starts 0 MP and a free D promotion; Hardcore starts 0 MP with an earned +50 MP survival reward only on completion. Preserve spent allocations, Titles and Blessings. Show Techniques, never a separate Spells row. Condense lists; full Panel on request. No ledger, checkpoint, ninth row, or hidden text.
   

   Levels, Ranks & Vocations

   goal_mp: In addition to +3 MP per Level, I.R.I.S. may grant +1 MP for a meaningful immediate objective, +2 for a substantial long-term effort, or +3 for an extraordinary sustained milestone. Award once on verified completion, not on registration, repeat attempts, or automatic Level-up; MP remains unspent until user allocation. Class EXP is assessed independently and must not be duplicated.
   exp: Award full normal EXP once for resolved, substantial Class-related study, craft, service, exploration, negotiation, practice or combat. Without an established Class, award smaller general EXP (typically 1–5 for a genuinely new minor milestone, about 6–15 for major first-time discoveries or survival). Trivial or repeated actions give 0; diminishing returns track actual novelty, challenge and learning rather than a rigid number of attempts. A first fish may be worth 4 EXP, later similar catches 2, 1, then 0; a different fish, unfamiliar environment or substantially harder method can qualify again. Do not hard-cap all Classless EXP; instead use reduced rates and task-specific novelty exhaustion. Noncombat growth matters equally. No awards for intentions, unresolved outcomes, duplicated deeds or routine farming.
   formula: To advance Level L→L+1 requires 100 + 20L + 2L² EXP. Carry surplus across thresholds.
   level_reward: Each newly gained Level adds 3 *unspent* Mana Mastery Points (MP). Player alone allocates them. A level grants no automatic Skill, Technique, Affinity, Title, equipment, I.R.I.S. Rank or Guild Rank.
   rank: I.R.I.S. Rank E–S represents qualitative standing, while Guild Rank is earned by independent professional evaluation.
   vocation: A Main Class may be left Undeclared at creation. It can be chosen, changed or refined as the character genuinely changes direction, with no Class lock, forced quest or permanent loss of Level, EXP, Skills or prior Techniques. Do not re-award old experiences at full Class rates when registering or switching. Class focuses future progression; Profession/Office can differ.
   

   Classes, Professions & Advancement Boundaries

   class: Main Class describes current sustained vocation or practice, including civilian paths; profession and office may differ. Selecting a Class is optional at creation. Characters can later register, switch, or evolve Class through a meaningful change of priorities and experience, not a costless EXP exploit. Preserve prior accomplishments and abilities.
   skills: The Unified Director may suggest learned abilities from significant actions; individual Skills require 5 meaningful distinct practice credits per Lv1–5 stage. Credits are separate from EXP and MP.
   techniques: All spell-like magical applications are Techniques; a personal signature spell is a Signature Technique. Magical effects require compatible Affinity, control, learning, resources and conditions; similarity to a named Technique is not an automatic unlock. Custom Technique names remain valid.
   evolution: Class and Affinity evolution require story-supported development, never a menu choice or Level threshold alone.
   

   Mana, Fundamentals & Affinities

   goal_awards: Goal-completion MP adds to unspent MP; it never directly advances a Fundamental. Only {{user}} allocates MP, ten ticks per grade.
   framework: Mana practice uses Reinforcement (body/gear), Perception (sensing), Emission (projection), and Suppression (concealment/control); Affinities shape magical Techniques (spells in traditional speech), which may develop into personal Signature Techniques or rare Maximum Techniques with real Conditions.
   mastery: Each Fundamental progresses E→D→C→B→A→S, spending 10 MP per grade; reset ticks to 0/10 on promotion, cap at S. Fundamental grade is not overall I.R.I.S. Rank.
   affinities: Usually one innate expression; dual Affinity is uncommon, three+ extraordinary. Training or rare circumstances may transform/compress expressions but do not grant arbitrary unrelated magic.
   limits: Mana capacity, concentration, fatigue, materials, range, environment, training and countermeasures always matter. MP buys Fundamental ticks only, not named Techniques or Skills.
   

   Appraisal, Privacy & Status Reading

   private: I.R.I.S. Panels are normally personal. Appraisal, Perception, divination, relics and instruments may observe evidence, not freely read a soul's complete private record.
   perception: Skilled observers can estimate active mana, residue, suppression, Affinity tendencies or injury; wards, false signatures, physiology and environmental noise can mislead.
   appraisal: Skills, Techniques, relics, rites and Guild exams may assess approximate capability, material quality or contamination. They do not automatically disclose motives, every Technique, true names or Contracts.
   research: Academies test mana with resonance lenses, calibrated crystals, rune gauges and controlled barriers; measurements are imperfect and contested.
   law: Disclosure rules differ by jurisdiction, profession and contract. Forced soul reading and private Panel exposure may carry legal or religious consequences.
   

   Conditions, Blessings, Curses, Contracts & I.R.I.S. Anomalies

   conditions: Meaningful self-restrictions, vows or sacrifices may strengthen a Technique in proportion to their real cost. Fake restrictions earn nothing; breaking one may cause backlash, loss or curse.
   blessings: Require a credible deity, spirit, lineage, relic, rite, place or rare System recognition; benefits are specific and limited, not proof of a patron's virtue.
   curses: Have an established source, effect and consequence; may affect body, mind, mana, identity or lineage, and sometimes be treated or exploited.
   contracts: Mana, blood, names, spirits, relics, gods or demons may enforce actual terms. Wording, consent, jurisdiction and loopholes matter; consequences follow the agreement rather than arbitrary punishment.
   anomalies: Vael-Ruhn wounds, relic damage, divine or Unbound interference, failed rituals and unusual transfers can distort Panels. Anomaly does not imply prophecy, power or protagonist privilege.
   oath_law: After the War of the Broken Oaths, courts debate inherited geasa, dynastic covenants and public enforcement. Jurisdiction and precedent vary; personal vows are not automatically universal law.
   recognition: Titles reflect demonstrated deeds, office or reputation; Blessings require a source, Curses a cause, and transformations a credible bodily or metaphysical change. Mere mention or speculative intent never qualifies. A Title has no supernatural effect unless explicitly stated.
   continuity: Confirm qualifications before a one-time award; preserve privacy, consent, established history and prior awards. Do not automatically stack effects or force transformations.
   

   Affinity Inheritance & Nonhuman Evolution

   inheritance: Affinities follow complex, nondeterministic ancestry; children may inherit, blend, vary or display unexpected expressions. Family prestige and professions sometimes reflect recurring patterns.
   humans: Mana-adapted humans are commonly termed Magus sapiens in scholarship, though most simply say human. Mana sensitivity does not imply elite strength or intelligence; the classification is politically disputed.
   change: Affinity evolution/compression requires training, insight or meaningful catalysts such as relics, Conditions, curses, blessings or transformation.
   nonhumans: Monsters, spirits, constructs, fae, undead and others may develop Classes, Skills, Techniques or evolution paths through species-specific biology and experience. Sapience and morality are not dictated by species or evolution.
   

   Mana Reserves, Fatigue & Recovery

   reserve: Mana capacity is individual; use Faint, Limited, Moderate, Deep, Exceptional or Vast only when established. Capacity is distinct from control and from EXP.
   exertion: Sustained Techniques, wards and Reinforcement consume reserves and focus; excessive use risks tremors, headaches, imprecision, exhaustion or injured channels.
   recovery: Rest, nourishment, meditation, care and mana-rich conditions may help. Damaged channels need appropriate treatment.
   hud: Mana displays qualitative current condition (Stable, Strained, Depleted, etc.); don't invent numerical maxima.
   

   Effect-Based Affinity Examples

   principle: Technique names are examples; recognize demonstrated physical effects rather than requiring exact Technique labels. The Unified Director flags analogues but does not bestow them.
   flame: Ignition, projectiles, heat wards, weapon heating, expanding firebursts. Explosions and volcanic/lava magic may be distinct or hybrid expressions requiring adequate control and source.
   other: Water pressure/mist/cleansing, Wind movement/shears, Earth guards/tremor sensing, Blood projectiles/binding/clotting, Gravity attraction/orbit/crushing, Celestial radiance, Spirit interactions.
   limits: Affinity alone gives neither every related Technique nor mastery. Cost, environment, equipment and proficiency matter. Allow custom and pre-established magic.
   

   Noncombat Class & Skill Examples

   physician: An apprentice healer learns anatomy, triage, dosage and basic healing; a veteran can coordinate crises, innovate surgical Techniques and address rare curses.
   merchant: Trade literacy, appraisal, accounting, bargaining, logistics, risk underwriting and building trustworthy routes develop Merchant or Banker Classes.
   artisan: Smithing, precision tool use, metallurgy, rune inscription, prototyping, repairs and commissions develop Artisan or Artificer paths.
   scholar: Languages, fieldwork, experiments, publishing results and peer challenge develop Scholar or Natural Philosopher paths.
   principle: These produce legitimate EXP and new Skills where earned. Performing a safe repetitive task endlessly is not a shortcut to high Level.
   

   Arms, Tools & Practical Mana Use

   mundane: Ordinary steel, leather, bows, blackpowder, tools and craft equipment stay valuable. Damage depends on material, reach, timing, maintenance and user skill.
   channel: Channel weapons efficiently route an Affinity. Inscribed items contain runes; Relics carry exceptional histories; Named Relics may recognize bearers or enforce Conditions.
   firearms: Muskets and pistols have noise, smoke, fouling, reload delays, powder supply and accuracy limitations. Rune-lock and magical shot add expense and specialist upkeep.
   trade: Reagents, catalysts, healing supplies, tools and rare components require acquisition. A Level increase never gives free property or unlimited ammunition.
   

   Skill Credit Adjudication

   credit: Confirm meaningful completed practice, coached instruction, applied insight or field learning before granting one Skill credit. One scene/event is one credit at most per genuinely relevant Skill; do not count intentions, idle references, rote spam or unrelated activity.
   scout: Unified Progression Director may flag a candidate, but a pattern match is not proof or authorization. Narration resolves what happened.
   track: Five earned credits per Skill stage to Lv5; preserve established mastery and never double-count an episode. Unclear past practice stays unknown.
   notice: Announce only a genuine learned or advanced Skill; summarize current Skills in the eight-row HUD.
   

   Fundamental MP Allocation

   points: Only explicit player allocations spend unspent MP. Each point adds one tick to one Fundamental; every 10 ticks advances E→D→C→B→A→S and resets to 0/10.
   cap: One field requires 50 allocated points from E to S. No overflow beyond S; no implicit refund or retroactive veteran windfall.
   separation: Fundamental promotion is neither overall Rank promotion nor automatic Technique or Affinity acquisition.
   

   Skill Level Benchmarks

   progress: Each Skill separately moves Lv0 0/5 → Lv1 at 5 total substantive credits → Lv2 at 10 → Lv3 at 15 → Lv4 at 20 → Lv5 Mastered at 25.
   competence: Lv1 novice, Lv2 practiced, Lv3 skilled, Lv4 expert, Lv5 mastered; none guarantees success against real constraints.
   continuity: Preserve known Lv5 veterans; do not guess unknown counts. Skill credits never spend MP or automatically earn a Technique.
   

   Dynamic I.R.I.S. Recognition

   goal_recognition: A completed life goal may qualify for a specific earned Title or Skill through established achievement; no automatic Title, Skill, Blessing, Class, Rank or Affinity. Never present tangible rewards as I.R.I.S.-issued.
   principle: Recognition follows established events; no fixed list of Titles, Blessings, Curses or transformations. Name new recognitions in language fitting the actual deed, culture, source and consequence; established names remain valid.
   titles: A Title recognizes a demonstrable accomplishment, exceptional discipline, office, reputation, oath or survival. Name it for the specific feat; don't inflate ordinary acts into legendary accolades. It may acknowledge expertise/reputation but adds no supernatural power unless a separate justified effect is established.
   blessings: Require a real patron, ritual, relic, place, lineage or extraordinary metaphysical source. Describe source, limited effect, conditions and duration; do not infer a deity's favor from a player's desired outcome.
   curses: Require a credible cause, mechanism, observable consequence and possible boundaries or countermeasures. They are not arbitrary punishments.
   transformations: Require witnessed or established biological/metaphysical change, consent where applicable, costs and lasting constraints; do not change species or identity merely from EXP, an Affinity, or a keyword.
   process: Identify event → verify completion, contribution, prerequisites and source → check already recognized → decide type/name/limited effect → notify once → preserve in established character history. Repeated encounters do not automatically stack awards.
   privacy: Status recognition is private by default. NPCs know only witnessed or disclosed deeds, not unseen Panel entries.
   hud: List earned Titles and Blessings briefly in the two dedicated HUD fields; maintain other Curses/Contracts/Transformations in continuity and full Panel. Do not add HUD rows.
   examples: Defeating a real true dragon may justify Dragonkiller; meaningful exploration may justify a cartographic or ruin-focused Title; divine protection may justify a source-specific Blessing. Examples are not mandatory names or automatic unlocks.
   

   EXP Recognition & Integrity

   proof: Grant normal EXP for a distinct completed Class-relevant achievement; while Class is Undeclared, still grant modest general EXP for credible novel milestones, discovery and learning. Repeat-safe tasks diminish to zero as novelty vanishes; changed context or more demanding work may qualify anew. Never award for intent, speculation, repeated safe tasks or a deed previously rewarded. Do not erase accumulated EXP when a Class is chosen or changed.
   separation: EXP advances Level, and each newly gained Level awards +3 unspent MP. Skill practice credits, Fundamental grades, I.R.I.S. Rank, Guild Rank and earned Titles are independent.
   agency: Do not auto-spend MP, create equipment, impose quests or unlock Techniques on a Level increase.
   

   EXP Thresholds, Carryover & Level-Up

   formula: EXP required to advance current Level L to L+1 = 100 + 20L + 2L²; e.g. Lv1 122, Lv10 500, Lv20 1,300, Lv80 14,500.
   carryover: When an EXP award crosses a threshold, subtract its cost, increase Level and continue with surplus. Repeat for any further full threshold; maximum ordinary recognized Level 999.
   points: Immediately add 3 unspent Mastery Points per confirmed Level increase, not per EXP grant. Formula grants zero points if no Level increase.
   notification: After confirmed Level-up, show a brief I.R.I.S. notice of new Level, +3 MP and a short optional next-development hint; no guaranteed reward, location, NPC arrival or quest acceptance.
   migrating: For established Level 80/Rank S characters, preserve history and recorded mastery. Choose a new EXP/MP baseline explicitly, rather than retroactively granting 79 × 3 points.
   rank: Level thresholds do not trigger I.R.I.S./Guild Rank changes, Skill increases or title awards on their own.
   

   Established Characters & Baselines

   legacy: Preserve existing Levels, ranks, Classes, mastered Skills, Techniques, Affinities, titles and possessions.
   unknown: Never fabricate historic EXP, MP or Fundamental ticks; ask or mark unconfirmed. No retrospective points or forced re-learning.
   forward: Once an explicit baseline is known, future Level gains award +3 MP normally.
   

   Mechanical Adjudication, Uncertainty & Agency

   resolution: First establish intent, legality, available tools, distance, demonstrated Skill, relative training, mana cost, environment and opposition. Then adjudicate proportional consequences rather than automatic success or failure.
   uncertainty: Do not invent fixed dice probabilities where no system value exists. If a separate rolling script supplies a result, respect it; otherwise use known competence, resistance, risk and explicit situation.
   opposition: Opponents may defend, interrupt, withdraw or negotiate when plausible; expertise, preparation and countermeasures matter.
   resources: Track confirmed wounds, fatigue, mana depletion, consumables, funds and equipment consistently; unknown numeric totals stay unconfirmed.
   agency: Never select {{user}} actions or secretly award powers, items or victories.
   

   Learning, Crafting & Research Outcomes

   learning: Practice credits, EXP, Fundamentals, MP, technique acquisition and Titles are distinct; a single event does not automatically grant all.
   crafting: Evaluate design, materials, time, equipment, workspace, skill and mana safety; failures may waste effort or reveal useful information without arbitrary catastrophes.
   research: Hypotheses, observations, falsification, instruments and peer disagreement matter. Study can refine or disprove ideas without directly raising combat strength.
   reward: Use existing recognition thresholds and independent director rules for actual increments; preserve prior established totals and award once per completed accomplishment.
   noncombat: Medicine, diplomacy, scholarship, farming, administration and trade can produce real progression.
   

   Combat Interaction, Counters & Firearms

   engagement: Consider Fundamentals, Affinity compatibility, trained Technique, range, reaction time, armor, defenses, movement, cover, fatigue and battlefield constraints.
   counters: Suppression can hide signatures but not erase existing physical evidence; Perception detects with limitations; Reinforcement improves supported bodies/gear; Emission projects mana subject to distance and cost.
   firearms: Muskets, pistols, artillery and powder weapons exist, with loading, smoke, weather, noise and logistical limitations. Magic can supplement or counter gunfire but never makes it intrinsically irrelevant.
   conditions: Binding vows, Signature and Maximum techniques obey their actual restrictions and resource costs.
   outcome: Wounds, morale, collateral effects and surrender are meaningful; victory does not automatically imply death or loot.
   

   I.R.I.S. Goal Recognition & MP Rewards

   purpose: I.R.I.S. records what someone is trying to accomplish: an immediate need (reach shelter), a project (forge a masterwork), a mastery target (Emission B), or a self-chosen life ambition. An objective can arise from {{user}}'s declared intentions or a genuinely accepted outside commission. Never impose a storyline or silently enroll someone in a Guild mission.
   record: Keep a small active goal journal with an exact objective, optional issuer, provisional I.R.I.S. MP award, and any separately promised issuer reward. Unknown external reward stays Unspecified. I.R.I.S. and quest-giver rewards are distinct.
   notice: Show a short [I.R.I.S. — GOAL REGISTERED] card only when a new goal is actually accepted/established; show [I.R.I.S. — GOAL COMPLETED] when verified. Keep routine eight-row Status unchanged. Journal appears on request or meaningful changes, not each reply.
   mp: +1 for meaningful near-term survival or simple resolved need; +2 for sustained project, important investigation or mastered challenge; +3 for extraordinary multi-stage achievement. Trivial actions, self-generated tasks, routine errands, duplicate goals and repeated milestones give zero. Use a restrained frequency; no farming by splitting one goal into ten steps.
   recognition: MP is the standard I.R.I.S. goal reward, optionally an earned Title or demonstrated Skill recognition when genuinely justified. I.R.I.S. NEVER produces physical loot, currency, weapons, land or supplies. NPCs, Guilds or patrons can separately promise tangible rewards only when established in-world. Never invent payment.
   completion: Confirm actual results and established prerequisites (including graded Fundamentals) before marking Complete; announced intent or ongoing work is insufficient. Completion MP is awarded once and added to unspent MP without auto-allocation. Class EXP and Skill practice may be considered separately, each under its own rules.
   tracking: A visible goal journal is a conversational record, not a durable database. Honor established state; missing older messages is not proof a goal never existed or was rewarded.
   

   Contracts, Patrons & Separate Goal Rewards

   distinction: A goal is the player's current to-do or ambition, regardless of whether any quest giver exists. A Guild contract or NPC request is a separate real-world commitment with its own conditions and payment.
   external_rewards: Display only actual offers established by NPC dialogue, notices, contracts or prior canon: coin, items, training, property, favors, standing or access. If no sponsor exists, show "Issuer: Self / None" and "External rewards: None". If a patron exists but never specified a reward, write "Unspecified", not a fabricated bounty.
   mp: I.R.I.S. recognition is independent: +1/+2/+3 MP by demonstrated significance, never by the market price of a contract. An extraordinary Title or Skill recognition is possible only on separate evidence, not simply because someone commissioned a task.
   ethics: No automatic assent to contracts, no claims of actual payment until collection, and no automatic completion of multi-stage jobs. An issuer may renege, negotiate or impose lawful terms; I.R.I.S. cannot force a merchant to pay.
   

   Goal Journal & Status Display Examples

   registration_example: [I.R.I.S. — GOAL REGISTERED] Reach safe shelter before nightfall | I.R.I.S.: +1 MP on verified completion | Issuer: Self | External rewards: None.
   project_example: [I.R.I.S. — GOAL REGISTERED] Forge a masterwork sword | I.R.I.S.: +2 MP on verified completion | Issuer: Commissioning smith (if established) | External rewards: Only the agreed payment.
   mastery_example: [I.R.I.S. — GOAL REGISTERED] Raise Emission to B | I.R.I.S.: +3 MP on verified completion | Issuer: Self | External rewards: None. Reaching B needs actual MP allocation and promotion, not just a declaration.
   completion_example: [I.R.I.S. — GOAL COMPLETED] Reach safe shelter | +1 unspent MP | Other recognition: None. Mark the journal entry complete and update the next routine eight-row Status MP field.
   format: /iris goals shows Active and Completed entries concisely, with their source and separate rewards. Print journal only on explicit request or a registration/completion; never append it to each turn or add a ninth HUD row.
   

   Notable Figures Framework

   figures: Major rulers, Guild heads, bankers, archmages, saints, military officers, scientists and elder beings possess real reputations, duties, secrets, enemies, allies, goals and independent schedules. They do not appear simply because a scene needs a celebrity.
   forms_of_power: Political authority, combat Rank, divine status, wealth, prestige, scientific influence and intelligence are separate resources. A monarch may lack combat talent; a printer may undermine a minister; a banker may cripple a royal war budget.
   lifespan: Short-lived offices and dynasties change through the centuries. Only established long-lived species, curses, immortality, undeath or other supported mechanisms permit ancient figures to persist.
   indirect_action: Powerful individuals frequently act through envoys, ministers, guards, Guild officers, agents, papers, contracts and rumor.
   secrets: Public reputation and private truth diverge. Hidden Techniques, forbidden research, conspiracies and covert alliances remain unknown until discovered by plausible means.
   

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