Sprint 56h: evolving character sheets + reliable injection

- Split project.rag.md into 6 focused RAG files (voice-signatures, magic-system,
  story-premise, factions, character-state, world-state)
- book_chapter.yml: PASS 0 STEP 5 replaced with live RAG character/world state check +
  location continuity validation; PASS 3 added for character+world state extraction after
  each chapter (rag_write -> character-state RAG + deliverable snapshot)
- chapter_polish.yml: PASS state extraction after final document (full-mode canonical state)
- book_outline.yml: added Factions section template with NPC memory model
- NEW character_update.yml: permanent arc change template (updates static char profile)
- chapter_review.yml: Sprint 56g voice authenticity fixes (fire/ice -> Body/Mind duality)

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

projects/the-starfall-accord/rag/character-state.rag.md

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+## Character State — Current (updated after each chapter)
+
+This file is overwritten after each chapter completes. It reflects WHERE and WHO each
+character is RIGHT NOW. This file OVERRIDES any outline predictions about character state.
+
+(No chapters have run yet. This file will be populated after Chapter 1 completes.)

projects/the-starfall-accord/rag/factions.rag.md

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+## Factions — The Starfall Accord
+
+This file tracks the factions in The Starfall Accord. Updated as the outline evolves.
+
+### Ignis Academy (Mira's school)
+- Home base: Original Ignis Academy campus, merged building
+- Leadership: Mira Vasquez (acting co-administrator), prior Ignis faculty
+- Attitude toward merger: Defensive pride — they are the host school; deeply territorial
+- Attitude toward Dorian's faction: Competitive distrust → cautious respect (arc over book)
+- Key NPCs: (to be added when outline defines them)
+
+### Frost-Bound Institute (Dorian's school)
+- Home base: Originally separate; now displaced to Ignis campus, Obsidian Wing
+- Leadership: Dorian Thorne (acting co-administrator), senior Frost-Bound faculty
+- Attitude toward merger: Cold pragmatism — they know the merger was forced; maintaining dignity
+- Attitude toward Mira's faction: Professional disdain → reluctant alliance (arc over book)
+- Key NPCs: (to be added when outline defines them)
+
+### The High Regency (external antagonist)
+- Home base: Capital, Meridian Hall
+- Leadership: High Inquisitor Vane (introduced Chapter 5)
+- Attitude toward merger: Politically motivated support — using merger to consolidate power
+- Threat: Will expose the Accord-as-Lock secret if merger fails on their terms
+- Key NPCs: High Inquisitor Vane
+
+### NPC Memory (updated by world-state.rag.md each chapter)
+(See world-state.rag.md for current NPC attitudes and faction interaction log)

projects/the-starfall-accord/rag/magic-system.rag.md

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+## MAGIC SYSTEM — Body/Mind Duality (replaces all fire/ice metaphors)
+
+The Starfall Accord's magic is NOT fire vs. ice. That framing is FORBIDDEN in all chapter writing.
+The true duality is BODY (embodied practice) vs. MIND (disciplined will/intent):
+
+- MIRA'S SCHOOL (Ignis Academy) — Magic as embodied practice. Power lives in what the body already
+  knows: muscle memory, accumulated repetition, the intelligence stored in the hands and spine.
+  You don't think the spell; you have already done it ten thousand times.
+  Mira's power is improvisational, adaptive, immediate. She IS what she has done.
+  Her signature: *"Your body knows. Stop asking your mind for permission."*
+
+- DORIAN'S SCHOOL (Frost-Bound Institute) — Magic as mental architecture. Power lives in disciplined
+  will and possibility-space: pre-visualization so precise that reality bends to meet the intended
+  outcome. Students don't practice spells; they build perfect internal models then execute once.
+  Dorian's power is exact, intentional, pre-planned. He IS what he intends.
+  His signature: *"You cannot build what you cannot first see, completely, in your mind."*
+
+The conflict: Mira teaches by doing; Dorian teaches by thinking. Their pedagogical philosophies are
+in irreconcilable opposition — yet both are demonstrably right, which is the problem.
+
+Deeper layer (Memory/Possibility): Mira occasionally picks up physical memories from things she
+touches (she can't always tell if it's true memory or her imagination). Dorian's pre-visualization
+sometimes collapses into fixed outcomes — he can't tell if he predicted the future or created it.
+Both characters share the same underlying question: *Is what I know real, or did I construct it?*
+
+The climax resolves the duality: both schools need the other to function fully — resolved in unified
+magic and action, never in metaphor or explicit theme statement.

projects/the-starfall-accord/rag/project.rag.md

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-- The Starfall Accord workflow dispatches book_chapter tasks with parameters (genre_name, prose_style, chapter_target_words, chapter_ref, context, depends_on) to enforce sequential production and narrative continuity.
-- The Starfall Accord establishes continuity via quoted previous chapter endings and seamless transitions based on a standard project outline.
-- • Editorial workflow uses agent-specific review focuses (developmental/structural by Devon, line/prose by Lane, continuity/character by Cora) to ensure consensus-driven revisions.
-- The merged academy is hosted at Ignis Academy (Mira's fire-aligned school), with Frost-Bound Institute students and faculty relocating there; Obsidian Suite assigned as Dorian's insulated quarters.
-- Novel projects implement sequential task dependencies (`depends_on: [previous chapter_ref]`) to enforce chapter-by-chapter production order in the multi-agent pipeline.
-- The Starfall Accord project establishes sequential dependencies across 10 agent tasks for chapter production, with shared context (genre, prose style, ~4000 words, alternating POV).
-- Chapter 6 establishes the romantic midpoint climax: rivals Mira and Dorian consummate during midnight budget negotiations, generating a magical surge that alerts the High Regent and escalates external conflict.
-- The resonance chamber's anchor—a rotating obsidian-quartz sphere balancing fire/ice ley lines—permanently fuses into an iridescent marble when stabilized by Mira and Dorian's unified magic, symbolizing irreversible merger and producing a crystalline rose at its base.
-- Chapter production advances via step_index=3 ("package"), queuing editorial pipeline; establishes Null-Void blight and non-magical iron as escalating external threats to merger plot.
-- The Starfall climax symbolically merges fire and ice via legacy vials into a violet beacon, establishing the new academy's crest and resolving the blood-feud thematically.
-- • The Starfall Accord's editorial pipeline requires reviewers to reference prior chapters (e.g., Ch. 4 library scene) and advance both romance (rivals-to-lovers progression) and fantasy plots (e.g., High Council interference) in assessments.
-- Editorial reviews for Starfall Accord chapters establish a template emphasizing elemental trope reinforcement (e.g., fire/ice contrasts), slow-burn pacing safeguards, and adult tone differentiation from YA.
-- The editorial phase produces per-chapter reviews with actionable revision recommendations prior to polish.
-- Editorial reviews are assigned distinct foci (e.g., "developmental", "line", "continuity") to enable specialized feedback before roundtable synthesis.
-- Editorial pipeline for novel chapters requires three specialized reviewers (one each for developmental/narrative pacing, line edits/character voice, and continuity/thematic consistency) followed by a dependent roundtable debate to synthesize critiques.
-- Chapter 5 functions as the novel's structural "Midpoint," delivering the first kiss, a historical revelation pivoting the plot stakes, and introduction of the antagonist (High Inquisitor Vane).
-- The Starfall Accord's core magical mechanism is "Resonance," a soul-tether binding that fuses fire/ice lineages, externalizing the rivals-to-lovers arc and anchoring the school merger to a destined personal union.
-- In a 10-chapter slow-burn rivals-to-lovers romantic fantasy, Chapter 7 (70% mark) must avoid full romantic union (confession + kiss) and document signing to prevent "False Ending" pacing that deflates stakes for the final 30%.
-- The Ember Core (fire relic) fused with ice magic creates a synergistic null-field countermeasure, establishing rivals-to-allies magical equilibrium as core plot architecture for Chapter 9 resolution.
+## The Starfall Accord — Pipeline Notes
+
+The Starfall Accord uses these focused RAG files — read all of them:
+- voice-signatures.rag.md — Mira and Dorian character voice profiles (NON-NEGOTIABLE)
+- magic-system.rag.md — Body/Mind duality magic system (fire/ice FORBIDDEN)
+- story-premise.rag.md — Core premise, structure, antagonist, editorial guidelines
+- factions.rag.md — Faction definitions and NPC roster
+- character-state.rag.md — DYNAMIC: current character locations/states (overwritten each chapter)
+- world-state.rag.md — DYNAMIC: current NPC memory and faction attitudes (overwritten each chapter)
+
+Pipeline: book_chapter tasks dispatched with (genre_name, prose_style, chapter_target_words,
+chapter_ref, context, depends_on) for sequential production. Reviewers: Devon (developmental),
+Lane (line/prose), Cora (continuity/character). Each chapter depends_on the previous.

projects/the-starfall-accord/rag/story-premise.rag.md

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+## The Starfall Accord — Story Premise & Pipeline Notes
+
+### Core Premise
+Two rival schools forced into a merger. Mira Vasquez (Ignis Academy) and Dorian Thorne
+(Frost-Bound Institute) are assigned as co-administrators. Rivals-to-lovers slow burn across
+the administrative and magical conflict of the merger.
+
+### Setting
+The merged academy is hosted at Ignis Academy building; Frost-Bound faculty and students
+relocating there. Dorian's quarters: Obsidian Suite (insulated, facing north courtyard).
+The Resonance Chamber: contains the anchor — a rotating obsidian-quartz sphere that fuses
+into an iridescent marble when both schools' magic unify.
+
+### Structure
+- Chapter 5 "Midpoint": first kiss, Accord-is-a-LOCK revelation, High Inquisitor Vane introduction
+- Chapter 6: romantic escalation, magical surge during late-night session alerts the High Regent
+- Chapter 7 (70% mark): must NOT resolve romantic union or sign final document (False Ending prevention)
+- Climax: Ember Core + unified magic → violet beacon; new academy crest; blood-feud thematically resolved
+
+### Antagonist
+High Inquisitor Vane — introduced Chapter 5. Represents the external authority threatening the merger.
+
+### Editorial Guidelines
+- Primary voice check: Can you identify Mira from her dialogue WITHOUT a speaker tag? If not, flag.
+- Primary voice check: Can you identify Dorian from his dialogue WITHOUT a speaker tag? If not, flag.
+- Look for: at least one verbal imperfection per character per scene.
+- DO NOT recommend "elemental trope reinforcement" or fire/ice contrast additions. FORBIDDEN.
+- The magic system's body/mind duality should be IMPLICIT in behavior — not stated explicitly.
+  If a reviewer finds themselves writing "add more body/mind references," they are wrong.
+- Pipeline uses sequential task dependencies: each chapter depends_on the previous.
+- Reviewers: Devon (developmental/structural), Lane (line/prose), Cora (continuity/character).

projects/the-starfall-accord/rag/voice-signatures.rag.md

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+## CHARACTER VOICE SIGNATURES — NON-NEGOTIABLE, ENFORCED IN EVERY SCENE
+
+### Mira Vasquez — Voice Profile
+- CURSE SCALE (emotional thermometer — readers learn to read her by which one she uses):
+  - "stars' sake" = mild irritation
+  - "burning memory" = genuinely upset
+  - "past and rot" = furious (the worst one; only people who know her understand)
+- Says "obviously" when she means the OPPOSITE (her most reliable sarcasm tell)
+- Interrupts her own sentences mid-thought when excited: *"We could — actually. No. Yes. We could."*
+- Physically demonstrative: she touches things to understand them. Descriptions are tactile first.
+  She never says "I think" — she says "it feels like" or "it seems like" and is usually right.
+- Never apologizes directly. She fixes things instead.
+- Pattern in dialogue: verb-first, action-oriented, short declarative sentences when focused.
+  Long run-on sentences when excited or arguing. NEVER neat and quotable when emotional.
+
+### Dorian Thorne — Voice Profile
+- FORMAL UNDERSTATEMENT SCALE (the worse the situation, the more formal and archaic he gets):
+  - "this is suboptimal" = minor problem
+  - "the circumstances are not auspicious" = serious problem
+  - "this represents a situation requiring our immediate and undivided attention" = people may die
+  Everyone who knows him learns to fear his politeness.
+- NEVER says "I think." Says "the evidence suggests" or "it is probable that."
+- Never uses superlatives except for things that matter deeply. When he says "extraordinary" and
+  means it, everyone in the room stops. Reserve this for maximum effect only.
+- Sentences are ALWAYS grammatically complete — EXCEPT when Mira breaks through his composure.
+  Incomplete sentences = emotional tells. Use them sparingly and only when she has genuinely
+  cracked his armor.
+- Never improvises in public. Except when he does. And it's always for her.
+- Pattern in dialogue: subject-verb-object, precise, no wasted words. When he's angry he gets
+  MORE formal, not less. His emotion shows through subject choice and word order, not volume.

projects/the-starfall-accord/rag/world-state.rag.md

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+## World State — Current (updated after each chapter)
+
+This file is overwritten after each chapter completes. It reflects current NPC memory,
+faction attitudes, and active world events.
+
+(No chapters have run yet. This file will be populated after Chapter 1 completes.)