Character · A2-CHAR-ARUN
Arun Vey
Traces layered identity readers and translation paths, helps constrain new high-level writes, and discovers why a delegated principal passed the first freeze.
Visual cue: Layers of readers and a local hold log.
Archive 002 / Chapter 17 / Current canon
Revised · 28 September 2026The System of Names
Old identity records still govern new permissions. A temporary freeze catches high-level writes, then UNKNOWN appears through a delegated principal route.
Evidence basis. These findings cite the current novel by paragraph. The earlier canon study remains available as a dated record of the first edition. Some identities, motives and claimed authorities remain unresolved in the story.
What changed / what remains open
People, places and evidence
Character · A2-CHAR-ELIZA
Eliza Marr
Preserves a checked forensic copy before changes, asks for UNKNOWN’s source fields, and resists deleting an accepted write whose copies may already persist.
Visual cue: Checksum copy and empty source fields.
Character · A2-CHAR-NARA
Nara Venn
Insists on visible expiry and witnesses, then asks what a recognised principal can delegate after the initial freeze misses UNKNOWN.
Visual cue: Public witness beside the registry terminal.
Character · A2-CHAR-MARIAN
Marian Vale
Reads her family reference as SUCCESSION SUBJECT — UNRESOLVED with narrow document and notice access; the machine record confers no Master override.
Visual cue: A limited permissions table.
Infrastructure · A2-PLACE-COUNCIL-IDENTITY-SERVICE
The Council Identity Service
A layered service of old readers and later translations carries historical principal references into present permissions; it is not a single timeless machine.
Visual cue: Mismatched generations of cabinets and adapters.
Record · A2-OBJ-GRAHAM-MASTER
Graham — MASTER
The registry assigns one Graham principal MASTER and links it to historical estate and service references. The field is a machine classification, not proof of a living person or legal title.
Visual cue: The role field beside the missing body record.
Procedure · A2-OBJ-IDENTITY-FREEZE
The Constrained Write Policy
The temporary freeze limits high-level changes, has a public expiry and documented exceptions, and also interrupts ordinary maintenance and work access.
Visual cue: Worker exceptions attached to the freeze notice.
Record · A2-OBJ-UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN, Delegated Principal
UNKNOWN has empty biographical and legal source fields, enters through a recognised principal’s delegation authority, is locally blocked, and has already copied into three other services.
Visual cue: Raw creation entry and three replication notices.
Procedure · A2-OBJ-PUBLIC-WITNESS
The Public Witness Copies
Witnesses observe copying and key registry steps; their observation makes the process independently checkable without making technical claims true by vote.
Visual cue: Sealed copy and witness notes.
Continuity boundaries
- The black seal is presentation, credentials invoke an office, and the identity service resolves the accepted principal; those are distinct links. ¶47
- MASTER is a role field in a historical registry, not proof of Graham’s survival or lawful ownership. ¶23 ¶29 ¶82
- Marian is SUCCESSION SUBJECT — UNRESOLVED, with limited access and no Master status. ¶88 ¶90
- The initial freeze has real service costs and requires public expiry and exceptions. ¶169 ¶178 ¶181 ¶182
- UNKNOWN is a delegated principal created through an accepted MASTER session; the actor behind that session is not identified. ¶232 ¶238 ¶241 ¶289
- The local hold does not erase three copies already sent to other services. ¶247 ¶258
Companion records
A2-033
A Government of Ghosts
Successive identity layers translate a retained Graham MASTER reference into current service permissions.
A2-034
UNKNOWN
An unprovenanced delegated principal enters through accepted authority, is blocked locally, and has already replicated.
Game design candidates
Untested ideas. Costs, rarity, timing and rules have not been approved; this canon update does not change the live game.
Procedure · Knowledge, Infrastructure
Identity Freeze, Exceptions Open
Hold high-level role writes while leaving visible exceptions for ordinary service workers.
Based on A2-OBJ-IDENTITY-FREEZE
Record · Knowledge
UNKNOWN, Delegated Principal
Expose an accepted delegated record and copies in connected systems without assigning a human operator.
Based on A2-OBJ-UNKNOWN