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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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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.