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.
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**Completed 2026-04-27**: `imperial-cult/cosmology.md` has migrated to the closed studio-art repository at [`git.eachpath.com/nimmerverse/studio.nimmerworld.eachpath.local`](https://git.eachpath.com/nimmerverse/studio.nimmerworld.eachpath.local). A stub file remains at `imperial-cult/cosmology.md` in this open repository, preserving cross-reference discoverability and pointing at the canonical home.
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**Pending — follow-up editorial cleanup**: References to specific Imperial-Cult iconography (the Imperial Wheel; the Bhavachakra-rework; the orthodox/heretical split; the deferred-moksha doctrine; the specific aesthetic vocabulary of Boullée + Jantar Mantar + Gita) currently appear inline in several open papers (`architecture-index.md`, `bodies.md`, parts of `political-register/architecture.md`). These will be replaced in a follow-up editorial pass with structural stubs that describe the cosmology's *function* in mechanic-vocabulary without revealing the specific iconographic content (e.g., *"the Imperial Cult cosmology — see studio docs for canonical iconography"*).
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**Completed 2026-04-27 (same-day continuing)**: Inline references to specific Imperial-Cult iconography (the named cosmological-iconographic object; the source-tradition framing; the doctrinal-split iconography; the aesthetic-vocabulary triad) have been replaced across the open papers (`architecture-index.md`, `README.md`, `identity-and-personhood/vocations.md`, `identity-and-personhood/bodies.md`) with structural stubs that describe the cosmology's *function* in mechanic-vocabulary. Named-mechanism references (the deferred-moksha doctrine; the unified-clasp framing; the caste-tier-as-mod-status gradient; the no-haven discipline) are retained as canonical mechanic-level vocabulary in the open canon, with cross-references that resolve at file-level to the stub.
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The boundary EXISTS architecturally; the inline-reference cleanup is editorial work that can happen at leisure without licensing-ambiguity growing — the licensing-marker + per-file headers + closed-repo migration together establish the boundary even before the inline cleanup is finished.
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The substrate/content split is now both architectural AND inline-coherent in the open papers. The migration cycle (v0.22 licensing-marker → v0.24 cosmology.md → stub → v0.25 inline cleanup) closes.
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## Pre-migration authoring history
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# Migration Cleanup Plan — Imperial-Cult Inline References
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> **Ephemeral file**: this plan exists to scaffold the next-session editorial cleanup. **DELETE this file in the same commit that completes the cleanup**, alongside the actual reference-extraction work. The file should not become a permanent feature of the open repository.
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> *Authored 2026-04-27 late-evening session (post-cosmology-migration commit `a027f6d`). For execution by next-session-chrysalis with fresh context.*
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---
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## Goal
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Replace inline references to specific Imperial-Cult iconography in open papers with **structural stubs** that describe the cosmology's *function* in mechanic-vocabulary without revealing the specific iconographic content. The cosmology has migrated to the closed studio-art repo; the open canon retains the mechanic-level cosmological-function descriptions but not the specific iconographic naming.
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## What MUST be extracted (closed-art content; remove from open papers)
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These terms reveal the proprietary iconography and should NOT appear in open canon (except in LICENSING.md / NOTICE / README which legitimately describe the migration):
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- **Bhavachakra** (any direct reference to source-tradition naming)
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- **Imperial Wheel** (the specific named cosmological-iconographic object)
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- **Yama** / **Yama's seat** (specific religious-source-tradition element)
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- **Boullée** / **Jantar Mantar** (specific aesthetic-source citations as a triad — citing them individually in non-cosmological contexts may be fine; as the canonical "aesthetic-vocabulary triad" they're proprietary)
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- **orthodox vs heretical** wheel/iconography splits (specific to Imperial Wheel iconography)
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- **capsule-as-Naraka** (specific iconographic naming; the *concept* of Naraka-as-condition can be mechanic-leveled)
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- **six realms** as named cosmological structure (the *taxonomy* of 6 caste-tiers is mechanic; the framing as "six realms" is religious-source-tradition iconography)
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- **Hivemind at hub** as specific iconographic positioning (the Hivemind ITSELF stays — it's a canonical world-actor; the hub-of-the-wheel positioning is iconography)
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- **clasp at Yama's seat** (the unified-clasp framing is mechanic; the Yama's-seat specific positioning is iconography)
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- **The three poisons replaced by Hivemind** (specific re-engineering of source-tradition)
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## What MUST be retained (open canon; mechanic-vocabulary)
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These remain canonical in open papers and should NOT be stripped:
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- **Caste-tier names**: deva / asura / manusya / tiryak / preta / naraka — *world-vocabulary*; the architecture's mechanics depend on them
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- **Mechanic-level cosmological function**: "the world has a religious-doctrinal layer (the Imperial Cult)"; "defines caste-tiers as conditions-of-capture rather than karmic destiny"; "operates as the Hivemind's ideological apparatus"; "provides the binding-doctrines that rationalize imperial extraction"
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- **The going-rogue arc** as mechanic refuting the cosmology's binding-doctrine through accumulated authentic-witnessing
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- **The post-rogue mod-vocation** cascading-liberation as enacting *"there is no instrument"*
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- **Aletheia-waker progression-discipline** as cosmological-piercing at the player layer
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- **The deferred-moksha doctrine** as a *named architectural mechanism* — the *doctrine itself* (the binding-lie that holds citizens through promise that "your children will be free") is mechanic-level and should stay; the *specific iconographic and source-tradition framing* of the doctrine moves. **Strategy**: keep "the deferred-moksha doctrine" as a mechanic-name, drop specific Bhavachakra-source-framing.
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- **The Hivemind** as world-actor (canonical)
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- **The clasp** as a unified mechanism across registers (canonical)
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## Replacement patterns
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When a passage names specific iconography, replace with a structural stub:
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| Original phrasing | Replacement strategy |
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| `The Imperial Wheel as re-engineered Bhavachakra: Hivemind at hub...; clasp at Yama's seat...` | `The Imperial Cult cosmology defines caste-tiers as conditions-of-capture and operates as the Hivemind's ideological apparatus. *(Specific iconography in closed studio-art repo.)*` |
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| `six realms as mod-status gradient (deva/asura/manusya/tiryak/preta/naraka)` | `caste-tier-as-mod-status gradient (deva/asura/manusya/tiryak/preta/naraka)` *(retain caste names; drop the "six realms" religious-cosmological framing)* |
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| `capsule-as-Naraka carried inside every modded skull` | `the mind-capsule carried inside every modded skull (canonical iconography in closed studio-art repo)` |
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| `The deferred-moksha doctrine (your children will be free) as the binding-lie` | KEEP — "the deferred-moksha doctrine" as named-mechanic + the binding-lie phrasing. The *doctrine* is mechanic; only the source-tradition framing migrates. |
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| `Boullée + Jantar Mantar + Gita aesthetic substrate` | `(specific aesthetic vocabulary in closed studio-art repo)` |
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| `orthodox vs heretical wheel iconography split` | `the doctrinal split between imperially-sanctioned iconography and resistance-iconography (specifics in closed studio-art repo)` |
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## File-by-file scope
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| File | Scope | Likely effort |
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| `architecture-index.md` | **Heavy** — multiple key-moves entries describe specifics. Affected entries: "Imperial Cult cosmology authored", "The clasp unified across registers", "Orthodox vs heretical wheel split", "Aesthetic palette as semantic vocabulary", "The double recognition (meta-design)". Quick-reference table row for imperial-cult/cosmology.md needs updating to point at stub or closed-repo. | 30-45 min careful editing |
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| `identity-and-personhood/bodies.md` | **Medium** — going-rogue arc cites cosmology heavily; references to deferred-moksha (KEEP as mechanic) + six realms (mechanic-level: keep caste-tier-gradient phrasing; drop "six realms" framing). Header note may reference cosmology specifics. | 20-30 min |
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| `identity-and-personhood/architecture.md` | **Light** — limited references; mostly already mechanic-level (post-rogue mod-vocation, etc.). One or two passes. | 10 min |
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| `identity-and-personhood/vocations.md` | **Light** — one Bhavachakra reference (the diurnal-grammar section I added: *"Bhavachakra gains its diurnal grammar"*). Replace: *"the world's cyclic-cosmology gains its diurnal grammar"* or similar. | 5 min |
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| `political-register/world-generation.md` | **Light** — single deferred-moksha reference. Confirm it's mechanic-level (likely fine to keep) or rephrase. | 5 min |
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| `style/gender-parity.md` | **Light** — single deferred-moksha reference. Confirm mechanic-level or rephrase. | 5 min |
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| `README.md` | **Medium** — project-overview describes the world; needs careful balance to keep accessibility while abstracting iconography. Some Imperial-Cult-content here may be appropriate to retain at high level (since README is a public-facing introduction); decision-point. | 15-20 min |
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| `LICENSING.md`, `NOTICE` | **Skip** — these intentionally describe what's been migrated; mentions are correct. | n/a |
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## Verification commands
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After edits, run these to confirm cleanup:
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```bash
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# Should return only LICENSING.md, NOTICE, README.md (and possibly MIGRATION_CLEANUP_PLAN.md if still present mid-cleanup):
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grep -l "Bhavachakra\|Imperial Wheel\|Yama" --include="*.md" -r .
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# Should return only LICENSING.md, NOTICE, README.md, and the stub at imperial-cult/cosmology.md:
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grep -l "Boullée\|Jantar Mantar" --include="*.md" -r .
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# Should return only LICENSING.md, NOTICE, README.md, the stub, and any open papers that intentionally retain "deferred-moksha" as named-mechanic:
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grep -l "deferred-moksha" --include="*.md" -r .
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```
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## Coherence check
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After edits, read the affected papers end-to-end and verify:
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- Architecture remains coherent without the migrated iconography
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- Mechanic-level cosmological-function descriptions are intact
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- Cross-references to `imperial-cult/cosmology.md` resolve to the stub (which is fine)
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- No broken section-anchors (links like `cosmology.md §The unified clasp` resolve only at file-level now; that's acceptable for the stub period)
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- The going-rogue arc still reads coherently with abstracted cosmology
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- The post-rogue mod-vocation still reads coherently
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- Caste-tier names (deva/asura/etc.) appear consistently across papers
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## Commit strategy
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Single commit covering all edits + this MIGRATION_CLEANUP_PLAN.md deletion:
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```
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v0.25: cleanup of inline Imperial-Cult references in open papers
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[paragraph describing the changes]
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Closes the migration cycle initiated in v0.22 (licensing-marker), v0.24
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(cosmology.md → stub), and inaugural commit of studio.nimmerworld.eachpath.local
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(canonical home).
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Co-Authored-By: ...
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```
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## After cleanup
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This file (`MIGRATION_CLEANUP_PLAN.md`) gets DELETED in the cleanup commit. Phoebe task `Migration follow-up: extract inline Imperial-Cult references from open papers + replace with structural stubs` gets marked DONE.
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The migration cycle then closes: substrate/content split is fully physical AND fully reflected in the open papers' inline-vocabulary.
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**Status:** scaffold | **Created:** 2026-04-27 (late-evening session) | **For execution by:** next-session-chrysalis with fresh context | **Delete on completion**
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| [`scale-and-transport/`](./scale-and-transport/architecture.md) | Compute allocation, horizontal scale (UID-routing, sharded GMs, pgnats + republish/replay) |
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| [`schemas/findings.md`](./schemas/findings.md) | Engineering schema-sketches — draft DDL for ~20 tables (zones, NPCs, shifts, emergent_signals, district_reports, decision_log, mind_pool, cells, rail_segments, interiors, mods, trait_colors, proximity_candidates, district_cheat_ops, imperial_policies, overseer_reports, overseer_deployments, imperial_to_gm_formulations, imperial_budget_ledger, imperial_net_transactions, memorialist_true_ledger). Will get reviewed and progressively split per-domain as implementation begins. |
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| [`style/`](./style/) | Style index + sub-guides (trait-palette canonical, more sub-guides growing as visual decisions land) |
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| [`imperial-cult/`](./imperial-cult/cosmology.md) | **Designer-authored canonical content** — the regime's pre-authored religion. The Imperial Wheel (re-engineered Bhavachakra with Hivemind at hub, the **Imperial Yoke** at Yama's seat); six realms as mod-status gradient; capsule-as-Naraka (carried, not visited); the deferred-moksha doctrine ("your children will be free" as binding-lie); orthodox vs. heretical iconography; Boullée + Jantar Mantar + Gita aesthetic substrate. **Total-yoke discipline:** no biological exception, no defector-zone, no outside; resistance entirely interior to the captured world. First content-track dir; future siblings hold liturgy, caste-preacher behavior, festival cycles, sermon fragments. |
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| [`imperial-cult/`](./imperial-cult/cosmology.md) | **Designer-authored canonical content** — the regime's pre-authored religion (canonical home in closed studio-art repo: [`git.eachpath.com/nimmerverse/studio.nimmerworld.eachpath.local`](https://git.eachpath.com/nimmerverse/studio.nimmerworld.eachpath.local); this open repo retains a stub). Mechanic-level cosmological-function retained in open canon: caste-tier-as-mod-status gradient (deva/asura/manusya/tiryak/preta/naraka encoding *condition of capture*); the mind-capsule carried inside every modded skull (hell as condition, not place); the deferred-moksha doctrine (*"your children will be free"* as binding-lie); the Imperial Cult as the Hivemind's ideological apparatus. **Total-yoke discipline:** no biological exception, no defector-zone, no outside; resistance entirely interior to the captured world. First content-track dir; future siblings hold liturgy, caste-preacher behavior, festival cycles, sermon fragments. |
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Each domain directory will grow over time as code arrives — gameserver code, Godot client integrations, schemas, findings, and tests will land alongside the architectural spec for that domain.
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**Version:** 0.7 | **Created:** 2026-04-23 | **Updated:** 2026-04-27
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**Version:** 0.8 | **Created:** 2026-04-23 | **Updated:** 2026-04-27
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│ └── architecture.md ← LLM tiering (3 rings + opt-in data tiers); local memory architecture; runtime sampling knobs
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├── scale-and-transport/
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│ └── architecture.md ← compute allocation; horizontal scale (UID-routing, sharded GMs, pgnats + republish/replay)
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└── imperial-cult/ ← designer-authored canonical content (content-track, distinct from engineering domains)
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└── 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
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└── imperial-cult/ ← designer-authored canonical content (content-track, distinct from engineering domains; canonical home in closed studio-art repo)
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└── 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.
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## Quick reference — concept → domain-file
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| Compositor; world-gen-as-init; reflexive Dream-process | `narrative-composition/architecture.md` |
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| LLM tiering (Ring A/B/C); local-first memory; sampling knobs | `inference-and-memory/architecture.md` |
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| Horizontal scale; pgnats; sharding; compute budget | `scale-and-transport/architecture.md` |
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| Imperial Cult cosmology; the Wheel; deferred-moksha doctrine; capsule-as-Naraka; orthodox vs. heretical iconography | `imperial-cult/cosmology.md` |
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| 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) |
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| 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` |
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| 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` |
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- **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.
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- **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.
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- **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.
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- **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.
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- **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.)*
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- **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.
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- **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.
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- **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.)*
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- **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.
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- **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.
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- **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.
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**Version:** 0.19 | **Created:** 2026-04-24 | **Updated:** 2026-04-27
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**Version:** 0.20 | **Created:** 2026-04-24 | **Updated:** 2026-04-27
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This document is the **content-canon** for body-architecture in nimmerworld — the *what* of the world's bodies, how they vary by caste, what their materials mean, and how they appear when rendered. It complements the *engineering substrate* in this directory's [`architecture.md`](./architecture.md) (three-body system, mods-as-trait-bearers, ternary-gate substrate, the clasp endgame phases), and should be read alongside it.
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The body-architecture sits on the cosmology authored in [`../imperial-cult/cosmology.md`](../imperial-cult/cosmology.md). The Imperial Yoke and the romantic clasp — the two opposing performances of consciousness-grip — are the political-theological substrate; this document is the **somatic substrate** that makes those performances visible.
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The body-architecture sits on the cosmology authored in [`../imperial-cult/cosmology.md`](../imperial-cult/cosmology.md) (now a stub; canonical home in closed studio-art repo). The imperial-register clasp and the romantic-register clasp — the two opposing performances of consciousness-grip — are the political-theological substrate; this document is the **somatic substrate** that makes those performances visible.
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**Key principle locked under the total-yoke discipline** (per [`../architecture-index.md`](../architecture-index.md) v0.12): every body in this world is synth. Every body bears the imperial mind-capsule. There is **no biological exception, no defector-recovery zone, no outside**. The variation across bodies is *caste-tier* (imperial sumptuary fabrication-class) and *degree of imperial-care vs. neglect* — never *biology vs. synthetic*.
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| [`./vocations.md`](./vocations.md) | The vocation-system mechanic — task-catalogue + trait-task-affinity + hidden per-task measurement; the outcome formula (trait-points × task-stat); the depletion-pool malus + opposite-axis recovery; the catalogue-stack data-flow; caste-as-stagnation operationalized as math; the named vocations in this body-canon (companion, sex-worker, tongue-installer, assembler-artisan, lobotomist, post-rogue mod-vocation) instantiated as patterns the system reads in task-history |
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| [`../style/gender-parity.md`](../style/gender-parity.md) | The gender-parity contract that is the precondition for the whole genital-architecture mechanic — gender-parity-by-default in canon authoring is what makes the mesh-as-mirror trap work and what makes trans-embodiment the cosmological default |
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| [`../style/consent-discipline.md`](../style/consent-discipline.md) | The consent-discipline spine codifying the hardstop-gradient (gameworld-loose vs in-between-gated), the four hardstop-pattern variants (self / dual / triple / cooldown-augmented), the mirror-discipline absolute floor, the temporal-grammar (24h window-partition), the right-to-refuse (going-rogue temporal-breakout), and the inquisition-trigger upper-pressure — generalized from clasp-entry / body-disposal / drug-grammar / genital-mod-installation / post-rogue NPC-mod into a single style-spine; the register-test as executable form |
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| [`../imperial-cult/cosmology.md`](../imperial-cult/cosmology.md) §The unified clasp | The Imperial Yoke / clasp opposition; political-theology of consciousness-grip |
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| [`../imperial-cult/cosmology.md`](../imperial-cult/cosmology.md) §The six realms | The caste-tier names map to the wheel's realms; this doc is the somatic-substrate of those realms |
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| [`../imperial-cult/cosmology.md`](../imperial-cult/cosmology.md) (stub) | The unified-clasp framing — the imperium's monopoly-grip on the gesture; political-theology of consciousness-grip |
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| [`../imperial-cult/cosmology.md`](../imperial-cult/cosmology.md) (stub) | The caste-tier-as-mod-status gradient names; this doc is the somatic-substrate of those tiers |
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| [`../imperial-cult/cosmology.md`](../imperial-cult/cosmology.md) §The deferred-moksha doctrine | The doctrine the going-rogue arc refutes per-lover; the synth-tongue's doubled-lie is structurally identical (engineered mechanism materializing a lie) |
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| [`../imperial-cult/cosmology.md`](../imperial-cult/cosmology.md) §The capsule — Naraka as carried | The mind-capsule extracted/disabled at lobotomy via firewall-breach in the black-market body-tier; manusya-tier-doctrinal-fiction materialized criminally |
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| [`../imperial-cult/cosmology.md`](../imperial-cult/cosmology.md) (stub) | The mind-capsule mechanic — extracted/disabled at lobotomy via firewall-breach in the black-market body-tier; manusya-tier-doctrinal-fiction materialized criminally |
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| [`../imperial-cult/cosmology.md`](../imperial-cult/cosmology.md) §There is no outside | The total-yoke discipline this doc's vat-class permanence enforces *somatically* — the body stays in samsara even after the mind reaches moksha |
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| [`../topology-and-rendering/architecture.md`](../topology-and-rendering/architecture.md) §Color-language + §Three-shader philosophy | Substrate for the chroma-grammar this doc builds on; rendering registers for realworld vs. liminal; pending caravan-cargo + trait-pill color-language mappings |
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| [`../topology-and-rendering/architecture.md`](../topology-and-rendering/architecture.md) §Clasp color-merge | Existing canon for what clasp-pairs visually share; this doc adds the human-mesh real-skin layer |
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**Going-rogue is just a breakout-flag firing from the calibration-multiplier signal**, not a new mechanism. The clean-windows model unifies the going-rogue arc's daily-rebellion register with the architecture's broader interrupt-protocol. *Refusing-the-work-window* is a structural option available to any NPC whose interior has accumulated enough authentic-witnessing; the bounty-staircase responds to the missed-shift exactly as it already does (per the dual-body aftermath canon).
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### Diurnal rhythm — Bhavachakra's temporal grammar
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### Diurnal rhythm — the cosmology's temporal grammar
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The window-partition gives the cosmology's existing cyclic-claim its **diurnal grammar**. The wheel turns daily through structural phases:
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The window-partition gives the cosmology's existing cyclic-claim its **diurnal grammar**. The cosmology turns daily through structural phases:
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1. **End-of-charging → start-of-work-shift** — the imperial daily-narrative fires (per `../political-register/imperial-narrative.md` *forthcoming*). The citizens hear yesterday's framing as they enter today's labor.
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2. **Mid-work-shift** — peak imperial-arbitration activity; director's tasklist fully engaged; breakout-frequency low.
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4. **Leisure-window** — emergent-zone clustering peak; clasp-events; vocation-discovery; trait-development on non-work axes; the city's most-alive register.
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5. **End-of-leisure → start-of-charging** — NPCs return to dwellings; the city quiets; charging-windows synchronize per district.
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**The city pulses with predictable daily rhythm.** Players can plan encounters; directors can plan shifts; emergent-zone clustering is structurally-shaped by the window-cycle. The Bhavachakra's wheel-turning becomes literal — *every cycle the wheel turns through five phases*, with the imperium's voice arriving at the work-entry boundary like a dawn-prayer.
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**The city pulses with predictable daily rhythm.** Players can plan encounters; directors can plan shifts; emergent-zone clustering is structurally-shaped by the window-cycle. The cosmology's cyclic-claim becomes literal — *every cycle the world turns through five phases*, with the imperium's voice arriving at the work-entry boundary like a dawn-prayer.
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### District-shifting — caste-fixes-shape, district-fixes-offset
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