{
  "entities": [
    {
      "id": "A2-CHAR-MARIAN",
      "name": "Marian Vale",
      "kind": "Character",
      "paragraphs": [
        1,
        24,
        41,
        51,
        69,
        80,
        115,
        137,
        147,
        163,
        178,
        234,
        251,
        281,
        307,
        335,
        351,
        366,
        381,
        399,
        415,
        428,
        452,
        470,
        521,
        543,
        560,
        581,
        610,
        622,
        634,
        646
      ],
      "fact": "Accepts succession subject to existing restrictions, immediately executes Schedule Nine, separates public-use assets from the private estate, and later places the private remainder into a trust that cannot acquire political authority through public infrastructure. She retains private wealth but rejects private succession as a basis for public command.",
      "art": "Use the plain succession-office table, public square documents, or home-with-Leda ending. Avoid coronation imagery.",
      "source_links": [
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p001",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p024",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p041",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p051",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p069",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p080",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p115",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p137",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p147",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p163",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p178",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p234",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p251",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p281",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p307",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p335",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p351",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p366",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p381",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p399",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p415",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p428",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p452",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p470",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p521",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p543",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p560",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p581",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p610",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p622",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p634",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p646"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "A2-CHAR-NARA",
      "name": "Nara Venn",
      "kind": "Character",
      "paragraphs": [
        7,
        65,
        107,
        117,
        132,
        197,
        224,
        265,
        286,
        346,
        373,
        380,
        413,
        424,
        452,
        459,
        478,
        491,
        528,
        567,
        575,
        595,
        610,
        616
      ],
      "fact": "Keeps Marian's transfer from becoming a triumphal spectacle, insists useful outcomes do not settle governance, and refuses to lend her own standing to the private remainder trust merely by signing beside it.",
      "art": "Square-side procedural scene with no stage, or Nara refusing to sign the trust.",
      "source_links": [
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p007",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p065",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p107",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p117",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p132",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p197",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p224",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p265",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p286",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p346",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p373",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p380",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p413",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p424",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p452",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p459",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p478",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p491",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p528",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p567",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p575",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p595",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p610",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p616"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "A2-CHAR-ARUN",
      "name": "Arun Vey",
      "kind": "Character",
      "paragraphs": [
        16,
        44,
        55,
        142,
        162,
        177,
        183,
        194,
        208,
        302,
        316,
        354,
        360,
        475,
        487,
        492,
        526,
        547
      ],
      "fact": "Runs the succession event first in an isolated identity-service copy, then migrates live systems only after Schedule Nine is executed. He removes owner-priority translations service by service rather than using the isolated continuity selector or creating a new Master.",
      "art": "Migration board and service-specific authority remapping; no master switch.",
      "source_links": [
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p016",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p044",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p055",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p142",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p162",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p177",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p183",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p194",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p208",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p302",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p316",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p354",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p360",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p475",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p487",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p492",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p526",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p547"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "A2-CHAR-ELIZA",
      "name": "Eliza Marr",
      "kind": "Character",
      "paragraphs": [
        10,
        40,
        75,
        79,
        118,
        182,
        217,
        277,
        340,
        493,
        494,
        505,
        566
      ],
      "fact": "Attaches the evidence chain to Schedule Nine, preserves automatic owner-priority grants before revocation, publishes the selector's continued isolation, and keeps the legal and machine changes separately documented.",
      "art": "Source-chain annexes, migration records and public status notices.",
      "source_links": [
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p010",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p040",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p075",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p079",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p118",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p182",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p217",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p277",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p340",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p493",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p494",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p505",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p566"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "A2-CHAR-ANSEL",
      "name": "Ruth Ansel",
      "kind": "Character",
      "paragraphs": [
        5,
        11,
        38,
        70,
        78,
        135,
        239,
        274,
        564
      ],
      "fact": "Drafts protective acceptance clauses, distinguishes succession standing from unrestricted ownership, and structures the private remainder trust so Marian is beneficiary but not sole political controller.",
      "art": "Legal drafts and trust deed; avoid court regalia.",
      "source_links": [
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p005",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p011",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p038",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p070",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p078",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p135",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p239",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p274",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p564"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "A2-CHAR-KEST",
      "name": "Iona Kest",
      "kind": "Character",
      "paragraphs": [
        6,
        12,
        39,
        57,
        134,
        147,
        148,
        247,
        262,
        263,
        315,
        337,
        358,
        536,
        565
      ],
      "fact": "Separates vesting, effective transfer, title challenges and public-use classification. Her final memorandum states what has legally changed without pretending every disputed asset has been resolved.",
      "art": "Marked title schedules, challenge memoranda and the final legal status sheet.",
      "source_links": [
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p006",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p012",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p039",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p057",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p134",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p147",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p148",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p247",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p262",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p263",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p315",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p337",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p358",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p536",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p565"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "A2-CHAR-VOSS",
      "name": "Halden Voss",
      "kind": "Character",
      "paragraphs": [
        244,
        254,
        262,
        457,
        464,
        527
      ],
      "fact": "Challenges the scope of Schedule Nine rather than denying the succession itself, later recognises that the retained Graham Master claim is extinguished where estate title no longer operates, and preserves unresolved title disputes for specific proceedings.",
      "art": "Specific written challenges at the succession office or square microphone, not a defeated-villain pose.",
      "source_links": [
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p244",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p254",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p262",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p457",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p464",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p527"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "A2-CHAR-LEDA",
      "name": "Leda Fenn",
      "kind": "Character",
      "paragraphs": [
        634,
        637,
        641,
        646
      ],
      "fact": "Receives Marian at home after the succession day and restores ordinary scale to the ending: public transformation does not erase private obligations, including the repaired household window.",
      "art": "Domestic kitchen, soup, repaired window and papers on the table.",
      "source_links": [
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p634",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p637",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p641",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p646"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "A2-OBJ-SUCCESSION-INSTRUMENT",
      "name": "The Qualified Succession Instrument",
      "kind": "Legal instrument",
      "paragraphs": [
        1,
        24,
        34,
        41,
        115,
        162,
        382,
        536
      ],
      "fact": "Recognises Marian's identity, descent and estate standing while preserving Schedule Nine, disputed title, machine-classification limits and separately established public or technical arrangements. It resolves succession standing without itself transferring public-use assets.",
      "art": "Plain signed instrument with protective clauses and no ceremonial seal emphasis.",
      "source_links": [
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p001",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p024",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p034",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p041",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p115",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p162",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p382",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p536"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "A2-OBJ-SCHEDULE-NINE-EXECUTED",
      "name": "Schedule Nine — Executed",
      "kind": "Legal instrument",
      "paragraphs": [
        72,
        115,
        140,
        144,
        156,
        167,
        189,
        261,
        271,
        313,
        383,
        429,
        540,
        583
      ],
      "fact": "After succession standing is recognised, Marian executes the verified Schedule Nine restriction. The execution applies to identified public-use classes and does not retroactively erase unrelated private property or title already vested elsewhere.",
      "art": "Execution page beside source-chain annex and classified asset schedules.",
      "source_links": [
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p072",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p115",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p140",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p144",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p156",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p167",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p189",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p261",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p271",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p313",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p383",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p429",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p540",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p583"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "A2-OBJ-PUBLIC-USE-SCHEDULE",
      "name": "The Public-Use Transfer Schedule",
      "kind": "Asset disposition record",
      "paragraphs": [
        82,
        93,
        106,
        115,
        164,
        271,
        308,
        317,
        330,
        344,
        383,
        429,
        540,
        584
      ],
      "fact": "Separates transport, power, water, food exchanges, communications, public land and administrative systems from excluded private assets. It is amended when provenance shows particular assets no longer belong to the estate.",
      "art": "Category table with TRANSFER / EXCLUDE / TITLE CHECK states.",
      "source_links": [
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p082",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p093",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p106",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p115",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p164",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p271",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p308",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p317",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p330",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p344",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p383",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p429",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p540",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p584"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "A2-OBJ-NO-PRIVATE-COMMAND",
      "name": "No Public Command from Private Succession",
      "kind": "Operative clause",
      "paragraphs": [
        140,
        429
      ],
      "fact": "States that no identified public-use asset may derive political or administrative authority from private succession to the Graham estate. It is repeated publicly and becomes the core boundary between retained private wealth and public command.",
      "art": "Single operative clause presented as a legal-text study.",
      "source_links": [
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p140",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p429"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "A2-OBJ-GRAHAM-MASTER-HISTORICAL",
      "name": "Retained Graham Master — Historical",
      "kind": "Identity-service status",
      "paragraphs": [
        50,
        170,
        205,
        232,
        476,
        547,
        586
      ],
      "fact": "Following succession recognition and asset migration, the retained Graham MASTER status is marked historical in migrated systems rather than deleted from the record. Its prior existence remains auditable.",
      "art": "Before/after identity status fields; do not depict Graham himself.",
      "source_links": [
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p050",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p170",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p205",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p232",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p476",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p547",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p586"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "A2-OBJ-MIGRATION-BOARD",
      "name": "The Master-Dependency Migration Board",
      "kind": "Operational record",
      "paragraphs": [
        217,
        223,
        232,
        344,
        345,
        475,
        476,
        521,
        527,
        587
      ],
      "fact": "Tracks active services still dependent on estate-derived Master authority while public-use assets are remapped. The count falls but is not treated as a victory score because each remaining line corresponds to a real service dependency.",
      "art": "Public count with service names and unresolved reasons, not a celebratory countdown.",
      "source_links": [
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p217",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p223",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p232",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p344",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p345",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p475",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p476",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p521",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p527",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p587"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "A2-OBJ-VALE-TRUST",
      "name": "Vale Transitional Trust",
      "kind": "Private remainder structure",
      "paragraphs": [
        406,
        415,
        422,
        560,
        564,
        581
      ],
      "fact": "Holds Marian's private remainder—houses, accounts, investments, collections and non-public-use interests—while barring the trust from deriving political authority from public infrastructure or financing a claim to public office. Marian remains a beneficiary, not sole controller.",
      "art": "Trust deed beside private remainder schedule; no crown or public-asset imagery.",
      "source_links": [
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p406",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p415",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p422",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p560",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p564",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p581"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "A2-OBJ-FIVE-SERVICES",
      "name": "Five Master-Dependent Services Remaining",
      "kind": "Unresolved migration state",
      "paragraphs": [
        521,
        526,
        536,
        547,
        587,
        628
      ],
      "fact": "At day's end five systems remain unresolved because their replacement authority sources, title status or governance structures are still contested. Marian refuses to use successor standing as a shortcut. Chapter 23 inherits these live dependencies.",
      "art": "Five unresolved service rows with specific status notes and no forced green state.",
      "source_links": [
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p521",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p526",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p536",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p547",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p587",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p628"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "continuity_locks": [
    "Chapter 22 follows Chapter 21's finding that unresolved succession leaves the continuity selector able to rank fallback authority sources.",
    "Marian accepts succession before executing Schedule Nine; the order of recognition, execution and systems migration is deliberate.",
    "The succession instrument preserves Schedule Nine and does not convert machine classification into legal title.",
    "Schedule Nine transfers only identified public-use assets still supported by estate title and applicable restriction; it does not transfer every private asset or every system used by the public.",
    "Assets already vested elsewhere are removed or separately treated after provenance review.",
    "The operative clause bars public-use assets from deriving political or administrative authority from private succession to the Graham estate.",
    "Public-use assets are not placed under one new universal owner. Title, operation and governance are separated across multiple public structures.",
    "Marian retains substantial private wealth in the Vale Transitional Trust. Chapter 22 is not a total renunciation of private property.",
    "The Vale Transitional Trust is barred from using public infrastructure ownership or estate wealth to create political authority.",
    "The retained Graham MASTER classification becomes historical in migrated systems rather than being erased from archival history.",
    "The continuity selector remains isolated; the brass key is not used; no principal is created and no authority is transferred through the selector.",
    "UNKNOWN remains locally disabled and the Second Graham does not return in Chapter 22.",
    "Five Master-dependent services remain unresolved at the end of the chapter. Do not retcon the migration as fully complete.",
    "The custodians preserve specific legal challenges to transfers; Chapter 22 does not establish that every transfer is uncontested.",
    "Chapter 23 must begin with the city functioning despite the loss of a single private estate basis for public authority.",
    "Existing Chapter 9 artwork, Chapter 5 notes, Archive 001 content and live game rules remain unchanged."
  ],
  "edition": "A2-CH22-20260926-R1",
  "chapter": 22,
  "title": "The Heir Refuses the Crown",
  "status": "published_novel_chapter",
  "word_count": 3647,
  "chapter_url": "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/",
  "prose_hash": "32616737d9d30a51220b9283068c904f38c156fc0593470a08cdc7d83db3d6af",
  "tcg": {
    "status": "Untested design candidates only. Costs, statistics, rarity and timing are not approved. No live game rules change in this release.",
    "candidates": [
      {
        "id": "A2-C22-F01",
        "name": "Marian Vale, Accept to Relinquish",
        "type": "Figure",
        "affinity": [
          "Authority",
          "Influence"
        ],
        "source_entities": [
          "A2-CHAR-MARIAN",
          "A2-OBJ-SCHEDULE-NINE-EXECUTED"
        ],
        "direction": "Temporarily gains standing to resolve one succession-bound asset, then must transfer or relinquish the qualifying public-use authority rather than retain it.",
        "open_question": "Use existing ownership/transfer rules and make the relinquishment part of the same bounded effect."
      },
      {
        "id": "A2-C22-F02",
        "name": "Nara Venn, No Stage",
        "type": "Figure",
        "affinity": [
          "Influence"
        ],
        "source_entities": [
          "A2-CHAR-NARA",
          "A2-OBJ-MIGRATION-BOARD"
        ],
        "direction": "Prevents a public success marker from becoming a permanent control or leadership claim while keeping the underlying result visible.",
        "open_question": "Target only persistence of authority, not normal victory conditions."
      },
      {
        "id": "A2-C22-F03",
        "name": "Leda Fenn, You Still Owe Me for the Window",
        "type": "Figure",
        "affinity": [
          "Influence"
        ],
        "source_entities": [
          "A2-CHAR-LEDA",
          "A2-CHAR-MARIAN"
        ],
        "direction": "Preserves one ordinary private obligation after a large authority or ownership transfer, preventing public transformation from erasing unrelated commitments.",
        "open_question": "Keep the effect simple and grounded in existing obligation/resource mechanics."
      },
      {
        "id": "A2-C22-R01",
        "name": "Schedule Nine — Executed",
        "type": "Record",
        "affinity": [
          "Authority",
          "Knowledge"
        ],
        "source_entities": [
          "A2-OBJ-SCHEDULE-NINE-EXECUTED",
          "A2-OBJ-PUBLIC-USE-SCHEDULE"
        ],
        "direction": "Transfers only qualifying public-use assets whose title and category are established, while leaving excluded and contested assets unchanged.",
        "open_question": "Require visible qualification so the card cannot become a universal confiscation effect."
      },
      {
        "id": "A2-C22-R02",
        "name": "No Public Command from Private Succession",
        "type": "Record",
        "affinity": [
          "Authority"
        ],
        "source_entities": [
          "A2-OBJ-NO-PRIVATE-COMMAND"
        ],
        "direction": "Stops a private succession or ownership effect from generating political or administrative control over a qualifying public-use asset.",
        "open_question": "Limit to public-use assets and preserve ordinary private ownership effects elsewhere."
      },
      {
        "id": "A2-C22-R03",
        "name": "Five Services Remaining",
        "type": "Record",
        "affinity": [
          "Infrastructure",
          "Knowledge"
        ],
        "source_entities": [
          "A2-OBJ-FIVE-SERVICES",
          "A2-OBJ-MIGRATION-BOARD"
        ],
        "direction": "Keeps unresolved service dependencies visible after a major authority transition; they cannot be silently treated as migrated until individually resolved.",
        "open_question": "Cap the unresolved rows represented in play."
      },
      {
        "id": "A2-C22-R04",
        "name": "Vale Transitional Trust",
        "type": "Record",
        "affinity": [
          "Authority",
          "Influence"
        ],
        "source_entities": [
          "A2-OBJ-VALE-TRUST",
          "A2-CHAR-MARIAN"
        ],
        "direction": "Retains private wealth while blocking that wealth from converting into public-system authority or a claim to office.",
        "open_question": "Keep the distinction between private-resource benefits and political control explicit."
      }
    ]
  },
  "boundary": "Original Sleeper Archive fiction. Game concepts are untested; no live rules change.",
  "records": [
    {
      "id": "A2-043",
      "title": "Schedule Nine — Executed",
      "url": "/after-the-sleeper/records/043-schedule-nine-executed/",
      "paragraphs": [
        72,
        115,
        140,
        144,
        156,
        167,
        189,
        261,
        271,
        313,
        383,
        429,
        540,
        583
      ],
      "copy": "After succession standing is recognised, Marian executes Schedule Nine and transfers only qualifying public-use assets whose estate title and classification survive provenance review. The execution does not erase unrelated private property or assets already vested elsewhere.",
      "source_links": [
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p072",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p115",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p140",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p144",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p156",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p167",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p189",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p261",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p271",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p313",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p383",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p429",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p540",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p583"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "A2-044",
      "title": "No Public Command from Private Succession",
      "url": "/after-the-sleeper/records/044-no-public-command-from-private-succession/",
      "paragraphs": [
        140,
        429,
        406,
        415,
        560,
        581
      ],
      "copy": "Marian keeps substantial private wealth while the operative clause bars identified public-use assets from deriving political or administrative authority from private succession to the Graham estate.",
      "source_links": [
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p140",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p429",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p406",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p415",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p560",
        "/after-the-sleeper/22-the-heir-refuses-the-crown/#p581"
      ]
    }
  ]
}
