{
  "edition": "revised-20260928",
  "chapter": 17,
  "title": "The System of Names",
  "status": "current_edition_source_linked_canon",
  "word_count": 3998,
  "chapter_url": "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/",
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  "prose_hash_basis": "SHA-256 of published chapter paragraph text, joined by two newlines",
  "canon_url": "/after-the-sleeper/canon/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/",
  "previous_edition_url": "/after-the-sleeper/canon/17-the-system-of-names/",
  "evidence_edition": "Revised novel, 28 September 2026",
  "evidence_note": "Every evidence link targets a paragraph in the current chapter. Interpretation remains bounded by that paragraph and surrounding scene.",
  "thesis": "Old identity records still govern new permissions. A temporary freeze catches high-level writes, then UNKNOWN appears through a delegated principal route.",
  "entities": [
    {
      "id": "A2-CHAR-ARUN",
      "name": "Arun Vey",
      "kind": "Character",
      "paragraphs": [
        11,
        169,
        178,
        197,
        241,
        247
      ],
      "fact": "Traces layered identity readers and translation paths, helps constrain new high-level writes, and discovers why a delegated principal passed the first freeze.",
      "art": "Layers of readers and a local hold log.",
      "source_links": [
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p011",
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p169",
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p178",
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p197",
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p241",
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p247"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "A2-CHAR-ELIZA",
      "name": "Eliza Marr",
      "kind": "Character",
      "paragraphs": [
        104,
        209,
        238,
        248,
        257
      ],
      "fact": "Preserves a checked forensic copy before changes, asks for UNKNOWN’s source fields, and resists deleting an accepted write whose copies may already persist.",
      "art": "Checksum copy and empty source fields.",
      "source_links": [
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p104",
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p209",
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p238",
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p248",
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p257"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "A2-CHAR-NARA",
      "name": "Nara Venn",
      "kind": "Character",
      "paragraphs": [
        181,
        242,
        258
      ],
      "fact": "Insists on visible expiry and witnesses, then asks what a recognised principal can delegate after the initial freeze misses UNKNOWN.",
      "art": "Public witness beside the registry terminal.",
      "source_links": [
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p181",
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p242",
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p258"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "A2-CHAR-MARIAN",
      "name": "Marian Vale",
      "kind": "Character",
      "paragraphs": [
        88,
        90,
        181
      ],
      "fact": "Reads her family reference as SUCCESSION SUBJECT — UNRESOLVED with narrow document and notice access; the machine record confers no Master override.",
      "art": "A limited permissions table.",
      "source_links": [
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p088",
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p090",
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p181"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "A2-PLACE-COUNCIL-IDENTITY-SERVICE",
      "name": "The Council Identity Service",
      "kind": "Infrastructure",
      "paragraphs": [
        11,
        47,
        82,
        197
      ],
      "fact": "A layered service of old readers and later translations carries historical principal references into present permissions; it is not a single timeless machine.",
      "art": "Mismatched generations of cabinets and adapters.",
      "source_links": [
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p011",
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p047",
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p082",
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p197"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "A2-OBJ-GRAHAM-MASTER",
      "name": "Graham — MASTER",
      "kind": "Record",
      "paragraphs": [
        23,
        29,
        82,
        90
      ],
      "fact": "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.",
      "art": "The role field beside the missing body record.",
      "source_links": [
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p023",
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p029",
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p082",
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p090"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "A2-OBJ-IDENTITY-FREEZE",
      "name": "The Constrained Write Policy",
      "kind": "Procedure",
      "paragraphs": [
        169,
        178,
        181,
        182
      ],
      "fact": "The temporary freeze limits high-level changes, has a public expiry and documented exceptions, and also interrupts ordinary maintenance and work access.",
      "art": "Worker exceptions attached to the freeze notice.",
      "source_links": [
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p169",
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p178",
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p181",
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p182"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "A2-OBJ-UNKNOWN",
      "name": "UNKNOWN, Delegated Principal",
      "kind": "Record",
      "paragraphs": [
        209,
        232,
        238,
        241,
        244,
        247,
        258
      ],
      "fact": "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.",
      "art": "Raw creation entry and three replication notices.",
      "source_links": [
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p209",
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p232",
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p238",
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p241",
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p244",
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p247",
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p258"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "A2-OBJ-PUBLIC-WITNESS",
      "name": "The Public Witness Copies",
      "kind": "Procedure",
      "paragraphs": [
        60,
        104,
        169,
        238
      ],
      "fact": "Witnesses observe copying and key registry steps; their observation makes the process independently checkable without making technical claims true by vote.",
      "art": "Sealed copy and witness notes.",
      "source_links": [
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p060",
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p104",
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p169",
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p238"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "continuity_locks": [
    {
      "claim": "The black seal is presentation, credentials invoke an office, and the identity service resolves the accepted principal; those are distinct links.",
      "paragraphs": [
        47
      ],
      "source_links": [
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p047"
      ]
    },
    {
      "claim": "MASTER is a role field in a historical registry, not proof of Graham’s survival or lawful ownership.",
      "paragraphs": [
        23,
        29,
        82
      ],
      "source_links": [
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p023",
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p029",
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p082"
      ]
    },
    {
      "claim": "Marian is SUCCESSION SUBJECT — UNRESOLVED, with limited access and no Master status.",
      "paragraphs": [
        88,
        90
      ],
      "source_links": [
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p088",
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p090"
      ]
    },
    {
      "claim": "The initial freeze has real service costs and requires public expiry and exceptions.",
      "paragraphs": [
        169,
        178,
        181,
        182
      ],
      "source_links": [
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p169",
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p178",
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p181",
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p182"
      ]
    },
    {
      "claim": "UNKNOWN is a delegated principal created through an accepted MASTER session; the actor behind that session is not identified.",
      "paragraphs": [
        232,
        238,
        241,
        289
      ],
      "source_links": [
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p232",
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p238",
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p241",
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p289"
      ]
    },
    {
      "claim": "The local hold does not erase three copies already sent to other services.",
      "paragraphs": [
        247,
        258
      ],
      "source_links": [
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p247",
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p258"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tcg": {
    "status": "Untested design candidates only. Costs, statistics, rarity and timing are not approved. No live game rules change.",
    "candidates": [
      {
        "id": "A2-C17-REV-01",
        "name": "Identity Freeze, Exceptions Open",
        "type": "Procedure",
        "affinity": [
          "Knowledge",
          "Infrastructure"
        ],
        "source_entities": [
          "A2-OBJ-IDENTITY-FREEZE"
        ],
        "direction": "Hold high-level role writes while leaving visible exceptions for ordinary service workers.",
        "source_links": [
          "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p169",
          "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p178",
          "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p181"
        ],
        "open_question": "Untested concept. Costs, rarity, timing and rules must be checked against the live game."
      },
      {
        "id": "A2-C17-REV-02",
        "name": "UNKNOWN, Delegated Principal",
        "type": "Record",
        "affinity": [
          "Knowledge"
        ],
        "source_entities": [
          "A2-OBJ-UNKNOWN"
        ],
        "direction": "Expose an accepted delegated record and copies in connected systems without assigning a human operator.",
        "source_links": [
          "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p209",
          "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p232",
          "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p238"
        ],
        "open_question": "Untested concept. Costs, rarity, timing and rules must be checked against the live game."
      }
    ]
  },
  "boundary": "Original Sleeper Archive fiction. Canon summaries follow the revised novel; game concepts are untested.",
  "records": [
    {
      "id": "A2-033",
      "title": "A Government of Ghosts",
      "url": "/after-the-sleeper/records/033-a-government-of-ghosts/",
      "paragraphs": [
        11,
        23,
        29,
        82,
        197
      ],
      "copy": "Successive identity layers translate a retained Graham MASTER reference into current service permissions.",
      "source_links": [
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p011",
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p023",
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p029",
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p082",
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p197"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "A2-034",
      "title": "UNKNOWN",
      "url": "/after-the-sleeper/records/034-unknown/",
      "paragraphs": [
        209,
        232,
        238,
        241,
        247,
        258
      ],
      "copy": "An unprovenanced delegated principal enters through accepted authority, is blocked locally, and has already replicated.",
      "source_links": [
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p209",
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p232",
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p238",
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p241",
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p247",
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p258"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "changes_and_uncertainties": [
    {
      "note": "The revised account places ordinary workers inside the freeze’s costs. The exceptions remain part of the record.",
      "paragraphs": [
        178,
        181,
        182
      ],
      "source_links": [
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p178",
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p181",
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p182"
      ]
    },
    {
      "note": "UNKNOWN is a delegated entry, not another new MASTER role or an identified person.",
      "paragraphs": [
        232,
        238,
        241
      ],
      "source_links": [
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p232",
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p238",
        "/after-the-sleeper/edition-20260928-r4/17-the-system-of-names/#p241"
      ]
    }
  ]
}