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Three Act Structure Overview Overview Sempiterni follows a specialised version of the three-act structure used in psychological horror. Rather than mapping purely external threats, the structure tracks the protagonists' internal mental decay and unravelling gr...

Build these documents before drafting begins. Each one should be Weir-level detail — specific enough that every scene writes itself. Physical Systems [x] Arbour's power grid — how it works, what fails, what each tier receives, failure cascade behaviour [x] Wat...

The complete mathematical record of ARBOUR|05's final approach, drive jettison, and impact event. These numbers are the foundation of the crash history, the power grid document, and the formation of the debris field beneath and around Arbour. When in doubt, re...

1. Penumbran Language — Three-Layer Architecture Penumbran language is a hybrid: it has both a spoken/vocal dimension and a resonant/acoustic dimension, and these do different communicative work.  Layer Register Survival Notes Spoken Intimate, immediate, situa...

New deep-dive document. Characters → Antagonists. Supersedes nothing — the existing "Cassan Vale — Origin and Psychology" document (in Characters.md and embedded in World & Lore → Political Systems) remains accurate and complete for everything from the adoptio...

Lives in: Prose & Voice → Glossary. Comprehensive, pure alphabetical, pulled from: World Systems/Core Systems, Power Grid, Political Systems, Water & Food, Transport, Penumbran Language & Naming, Cassan Vale (Antagonists), Kugelblitz Jettison Mathematics, and ...

1. Propulsion Systems Architecture ARBOUR|05 relied on a tiered propulsion system to handle the distinct phases of interstellar colonisation. Launch Phase: Metastable Metallic Hydrogen Function: Escaping Earth's gravity well. Mechanics: Utilized disposable, ho...

Species & Physiology — Foundational Premise Lives in: World & Lore → Core Systems, alongside World Systems. This document states an in-universe foundational premise that was previously implicit (visible in details like Aran's "bleached fur tips," dialect-not-s...

Purpose of This Document Book One needs to feel like the opening of a series, not just a complete, self-contained story with a sequel hook bolted on. The chosen solution is not to make the five-arks mystery Book One's main plot — that would require restructuri...