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- 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>
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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):
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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."
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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.