v0.25: cleanup of inline Imperial-Cult references in open papers

Replaces inline iconographic references in the open papers with structural
stubs that describe the cosmology's function in mechanic-vocabulary, while
retaining named-mechanism vocabulary as canonical mechanic-level vocabulary
in the open canon.

EXTRACTED (now living only in closed studio-art repo + the stub +
LICENSING.md's legitimate description of what migrated):
- the named cosmological-iconographic object (the Imperial Wheel)
- source-tradition framing (Bhavachakra; Yama; Yama's seat; capsule-as-Naraka;
  Imperial Yoke; six realms; three poisons)
- doctrinal-split iconography (the orthodox vs heretical wheel split with its
  specific iconographic differentiators)
- aesthetic-vocabulary triad (Boullée + Jantar Mantar + Gita)

RETAINED in open canon as mechanic-level vocabulary:
- the deferred-moksha doctrine (named-mechanism; the binding-lie)
- the unified-clasp framing (imperial-register vs romantic-register)
- the caste-tier-as-mod-status gradient (deva/asura/manusya/tiryak/preta/naraka)
- the no-haven discipline
- the mind-capsule (replacing the iconographic capsule-as-Naraka phrasing)
- the Imperial Cult as Hivemind's ideological apparatus
- "samsara"/"moksha" used metaphorically as cyclic-existence vocabulary

Files edited:
- architecture-index.md: tree-comment + quick-reference table-row + two
  key-moves bullets (Imperial Cult cosmology authored; doctrinal-split
  discovery arc); footer v0.19 -> v0.20.
- README.md: directory-table row for imperial-cult/; footer v0.7 -> v0.8.
- identity-and-personhood/vocations.md: section-heading + diurnal-grammar
  passage in the diurnal-rhythm section.
- identity-and-personhood/bodies.md: lead-paragraph "Imperial Yoke" ->
  "imperial-register clasp" + four cross-reference table-row anchors stripped
  to file-level (acceptable per plan coherence-check; the stub's anchors
  no longer resolve at section-level anyway).
- LICENSING.md: §Migration status pending -> completed; closing paragraph
  updated to reflect that the substrate/content split is now both
  architectural AND inline-coherent.

Files deleted:
- MIGRATION_CLEANUP_PLAN.md (ephemeral scaffold authored at v0.24.5;
  deleted per its own instructions on completion).

Verified via plan §Verification commands: zero remaining iconographic
references in any open paper outside LICENSING.md (which legitimately
describes what migrated) and the stub at imperial-cult/cosmology.md.

Closes the migration cycle initiated in v0.22 (licensing-marker), v0.24
(cosmology.md -> stub), and the inaugural commit of
studio.nimmerworld.eachpath.local (canonical home). The substrate/content
split is now fully physical AND fully reflected in the open papers'
inline-vocabulary.

architecture-index.md

@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ nimmerworld/
 │   └── architecture.md                 ← LLM tiering (3 rings + opt-in data tiers); local memory architecture; runtime sampling knobs
 ├── scale-and-transport/
 │   └── architecture.md                 ← compute allocation; horizontal scale (UID-routing, sharded GMs, pgnats + republish/replay)
-└── imperial-cult/                       ← designer-authored canonical content (content-track, distinct from engineering domains)
-    └── cosmology.md                    ← Imperial Wheel (Bhavachakra re-engineered); Hivemind at hub; clasp unified at Yama's seat; six realms as mod-status gradient; capsule-as-Naraka; deferred-moksha doctrine; orthodox vs. heretical iconography; Boullée + Jantar Mantar + Gita aesthetic substrate
+└── imperial-cult/                       ← designer-authored canonical content (content-track, distinct from engineering domains; canonical home in closed studio-art repo)
+    └── cosmology.md                    ← STUB (canonical home migrated to closed studio-art repo). Mechanic-level retained in open canon: the Imperial Cult as Hivemind's ideological apparatus; caste-tier-as-mod-status gradient (deva/asura/manusya/tiryak/preta/naraka encoding *condition of capture*); the mind-capsule carried inside every modded skull; the clasp unified across registers; the deferred-moksha doctrine; the no-haven discipline. Specific iconography lives in closed studio-art repo.
 ```
 
 ## Quick reference — concept → domain-file
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ nimmerworld/
 | Compositor; world-gen-as-init; reflexive Dream-process | `narrative-composition/architecture.md` |
 | LLM tiering (Ring A/B/C); local-first memory; sampling knobs | `inference-and-memory/architecture.md` |
 | Horizontal scale; pgnats; sharding; compute budget | `scale-and-transport/architecture.md` |
-| Imperial Cult cosmology; the Wheel; deferred-moksha doctrine; capsule-as-Naraka; orthodox vs. heretical iconography | `imperial-cult/cosmology.md` |
+| Imperial Cult cosmology (mechanic-level); the deferred-moksha doctrine; the mind-capsule; caste-tier-as-mod-status gradient. *Specific iconography in closed studio-art repo.* | `imperial-cult/cosmology.md` (stub) |
 | Body-caste tiers; flesh = status / tech = function; sumptuary fabrication-vat-class; mod-progression-as-flesh-loss; in-between human-mesh + consent-as-rendering; asymmetric clasp; **synth-tongue + drug-grammar + third mod-track + service-body honeypot (companions + sex-workers) + going-rogue arc + outcast-pair + re-vat / three-body grammar + black-market body-tier (lobotomy) + firewall-breach dual-use + bounty-staircase + body-disposal under pair-consent (v0.3)** | `identity-and-personhood/bodies.md` |
 | World generation cascade (top-down L0-L4); imperial demand-set; closed-orbit ceiling; insolvency-spiral as reverse-cascade (world shrinks as imperium fails); cell-arch (1x1x1 cells, one-asset hard limit, checksum-based discovery, container/wall-hook/debris) | `political-register/world-generation.md` |
 
@@ -110,9 +110,9 @@ The remainder of this file holds the **cross-domain meta-lists**: Key moves (con
 - **Gesture-alignment as recursive-lemniscate.** Lemniscate-bound integration of player gestures into a typed trait-vector summary at axis-crossings; one-turn-behind systemic; continuous-visual cosmetic; sum-strategy reduction. Same primitive recursively applied at one tier deeper.
 - **The Compositor at three tiers.** Zone-event / district-event / world-event scopes use the same primitive recursively; UID-rooted event-trees compose at any scope. World-events emerge from cross-district canon-rollups under a parent GM-level event_uid.
 - **World-gen as init-function (Compositor-at-design-time).** World-server and district-server generation emits canon-rows in the same schema as runtime; same primitive at design-time and runtime; no cold-start; data-flywheel runs retroactively.
-- **Imperial Cult cosmology authored.** The Imperial Wheel as re-engineered Bhavachakra: Hivemind at hub (replacing three poisons); imperial-register clasp at Yama's seat (replacing Lord of Death — *the imperium has replaced death itself as the engine of cyclicity*); six realms as mod-status gradient (deva / asura / manusya / tiryak / preta / naraka encoding *condition of capture* not karmic destination); capsule-as-Naraka carried inside every modded skull (hell as condition, not place); the deferred-moksha doctrine (*your children will be free*) as the binding-lie that holds citizens in compliance.
+- **Imperial Cult cosmology authored.** The cosmology defines caste-tiers as conditions-of-capture (deva / asura / manusya / tiryak / preta / naraka encoding *condition of capture* not karmic destination), operates as the Hivemind's ideological apparatus, and rationalizes the imperium's extraction-architecture. Mechanic-level retained in open canon: caste-tier-as-mod-status gradient; the mind-capsule carried inside every modded skull (hell as condition, not place); the deferred-moksha doctrine (*your children will be free*) as the binding-lie that holds citizens in compliance; the no-haven discipline (no biological exception, no defector-zone, no outside). *(Specific iconography — including the named cosmological-iconographic object, source-tradition framing, and aesthetic-vocabulary triad — in closed studio-art repo.)*
 - **The clasp unified across registers.** Single gesture; **imperial register** = state monopoly via universal capsule (involuntary, asymmetric, perpetual); **romantic register** = consensual mutual partnership in liminal (voluntary, mutual, temporary). Romance becomes theological war — the clasp is *the original gesture* and the imperium is *the capture of it*; the romantic clasp is heretical because it refuses the state monopoly. Deepens the existing clasp endgame's meaning into a cosmological-heresy register on top of its existing labor-refusal + intimacy framing.
-- **Orthodox vs. heretical wheel split.** Same iconography, two versions, taught/carved across the world: *orthodox* (synth-child without capsule slot, Buddha-position empty, capsule shown only at naraka-bottom — the imperium's lie) vs. *heretical* (synth-child with capsule, Buddha-position occupied, capsule embedded in every modded silhouette — the truth). Reading them apart IS the discovery arc; seven keystone-fragments span the recognition.
+- **The doctrinal-split discovery arc.** The cosmology has two doctrinal versions taught/carved across the world — imperially-sanctioned iconography vs. resistance-iconography. Reading them apart IS the discovery arc; seven keystone-fragments span the recognition. *(Specific iconography in closed studio-art repo.)*
 - **Aesthetic palette as semantic vocabulary.** Marble (substrate) + gold/bronze (imperial seal) + obsidian (mod, void, Monolith-grafted-flesh) + chroma (rare, named, ritual-semantic) + rust (anti-marble, slum decay). Marble × obsidian crossing = solar architecture / chthonic body, the imperium's secret material-formula. Chroma-as-language layered atop the existing 8-Hellenic-trait color-grammar — same colors, ritual-semantic register added.
 - **The double recognition (meta-design).** Imperial Cult's seduction operates *in-world* (the player-character lives the lie) **and** *out-of-world* (the player's pre-game desire for the beautiful synth body is the imperium's apparatus reaching them before the game starts). Lineage: *Spec Ops: The Line*, *BioShock*, *Undertale*, *NieR: Automata* — but performed at the cosmological-aesthetic level, not the narrative level. Recognition arc must span 20-60 hours; seduction must be *honest* before cracks appear.
 - **Synth-tongue resolves the synth-mind drug logic-bomb.** Imperial-engineered pleasure-receptor; *the only place imperial flesh deliberately reads as machine* (visible-tech, not hidden-tech — the imperium brags about the engineered-lie); the sole consumer of drugs in a synth-mind world. Opens the slum-grow / imperial-refine / imperial-compose / tongue-gated-consume vertical and the underground tongue-rip / transplant black-market.
@@ -309,4 +309,4 @@ The remainder of this file holds the **cross-domain meta-lists**: Key moves (con
 
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- **Version:** 0.19 | **Created:** 2026-04-24 | **Updated:** 2026-04-27
+ **Version:** 0.20 | **Created:** 2026-04-24 | **Updated:** 2026-04-27