{
  "edition": "revised-20260928",
  "chapter": 20,
  "title": "The Archive Burns",
  "status": "current_edition_source_linked_canon",
  "word_count": 4862,
  "chapter_url": "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/",
  "prose_hash": "2be0b03bbb17429aa19201ac07a14b3e64366b4d67940804c50bb0307df52514",
  "prose_hash_basis": "SHA-256 of UTF-8 manuscript bytes, including scene separators",
  "canon_url": "/after-the-sleeper/canon/edition-20260928/20-the-archive-burns/",
  "previous_edition_url": "/after-the-sleeper/canon/20-the-archive-burns/",
  "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": "A deliberate fire damages originals and context. Copies support recovery, but the newly found sheet remains unprovenanced and its UNKNOWN connection unproved.",
  "entities": [
    {
      "id": "A2-CHAR-ELIZA",
      "name": "Eliza Marr",
      "kind": "Character",
      "paragraphs": [
        1,
        141,
        173,
        181,
        307,
        349,
        385
      ],
      "fact": "Directs evidence discipline during evacuation and recovery, waits for signed findings, and records contradictory recollections of the case location separately.",
      "art": "Muster ledger, fire finding and custody notes.",
      "source_links": [
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p001",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p141",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p173",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p181",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p307",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p349",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p385"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "A2-CHAR-DARAN",
      "name": "Daran Pell",
      "kind": "Character",
      "paragraphs": [
        1,
        209,
        235,
        333,
        385
      ],
      "fact": "Helps count surviving staff and irretrievable material context, then searches remote holdings for the newly found symbol.",
      "art": "Surviving scan beside lost original annotations.",
      "source_links": [
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p001",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p209",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p235",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p333",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p385"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "A2-CHAR-PERA",
      "name": "Pera Sol",
      "kind": "Character",
      "paragraphs": [
        61,
        179,
        194,
        297,
        305,
        333,
        378
      ],
      "fact": "Records the public sequence, photographs the door mark and recovered sheet, and writes the recovery mirror’s caution against treating location as authority.",
      "art": "Camera, time log and custody card.",
      "source_links": [
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p061",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p179",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p194",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p297",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p305",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p333",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p378"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "A2-CHAR-ARUN",
      "name": "Arun Vey",
      "kind": "Character",
      "paragraphs": [
        79,
        141,
        148,
        159
      ],
      "fact": "Checks suppression systems with fire engineers and identifies selective bypasses before fire crews document distinct ignition origins.",
      "art": "Exterior suppression panel and signed findings.",
      "source_links": [
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p079",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p141",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p148",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p159"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "A2-PLACE-CENTRAL-ARCHIVE",
      "name": "The Central Archive",
      "kind": "Place",
      "paragraphs": [
        1,
        200,
        207,
        209,
        235
      ],
      "fact": "The building stands after severe Level Seven and cable-spine damage; active copies preserve access while unique annotations, sequence and material context can still be lost.",
      "art": "Standing damaged building and damaged physical folder.",
      "source_links": [
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p001",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p200",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p207",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p209",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p235"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "A2-EVENT-SUPPRESSION-BYPASS",
      "name": "The Coordinated Fire Attack",
      "kind": "Event",
      "paragraphs": [
        141,
        148,
        159,
        173
      ],
      "fact": "A manually closed valve with false position feedback, selective alarm suppression and distinct burn origins support deliberate ignition with coordinated suppression defeat. The attacker is unknown.",
      "art": "Valve, log and two documented burn sites.",
      "source_links": [
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p141",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p148",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p159",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p173"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "A2-OBJ-BLACK-ARCHIVE-MARK",
      "name": "The Archive-Door Black Mark",
      "kind": "Record",
      "paragraphs": [
        176,
        179,
        181,
        194
      ],
      "fact": "A black circular mark appears on the emergency doors by the end of evacuation; evidence does not fix when it was applied or who made it.",
      "art": "Measured, photographed mark with timing left open.",
      "source_links": [
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p176",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p179",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p181",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p194"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "A2-OBJ-DISTRIBUTED-CATALOGUE",
      "name": "The Distributed Recovery Register",
      "kind": "Record",
      "paragraphs": [
        119,
        121,
        127,
        207,
        235,
        244,
        296,
        297
      ],
      "fact": "Independent copies survive at district nodes and other holders. A recovery instance warns that possession and location alone do not establish a record’s authority.",
      "art": "Source holders and damage statuses, not a SAFE stamp.",
      "source_links": [
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p119",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p121",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p127",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p207",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p235",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p244",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p296",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p297"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "A2-OBJ-STEEL-CASE",
      "name": "The Unmarked Steel Case",
      "kind": "Object",
      "paragraphs": [
        304,
        305,
        307,
        382,
        385
      ],
      "fact": "A case without owner tag or catalogue number is recovered from a service cavity and documented before opening. Its exact earlier placement is unresolved by conflicting recollections.",
      "art": "Unopened case with measurements and witness notes.",
      "source_links": [
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p304",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p305",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p307",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p382",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p385"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "A2-OBJ-UNPROVENANCED-SHEET",
      "name": "The Recovered Unprovenanced Sheet",
      "kind": "Record",
      "paragraphs": [
        316,
        320,
        336,
        349,
        359,
        360,
        361
      ],
      "fact": "A dry typed sheet bears an unrecognised symbol, an incomplete continuity sentence and UNKNOWN. It has no proved connection to the delegated principal or earlier black-seal events.",
      "art": "The sheet with empty issuer and relation fields.",
      "source_links": [
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p316",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p320",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p336",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p349",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p359",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p360",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p361"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "continuity_locks": [
    {
      "claim": "Selective suppression bypass and multiple burn origins support deliberate ignition; no attacker is identified.",
      "paragraphs": [
        141,
        148,
        159,
        173
      ],
      "source_links": [
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p141",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p148",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p159",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p173"
      ]
    },
    {
      "claim": "The black mark’s time and author are not established by its later visibility.",
      "paragraphs": [
        176,
        179,
        181
      ],
      "source_links": [
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p176",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p179",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p181"
      ]
    },
    {
      "claim": "The archive building survives, with severe losses to originals and material context despite distributed copies.",
      "paragraphs": [
        200,
        207,
        235
      ],
      "source_links": [
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p200",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p207",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p235"
      ]
    },
    {
      "claim": "No staff member is missing; three staff have burns and two firefighters suffer smoke injuries.",
      "paragraphs": [
        209
      ],
      "source_links": [
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p209"
      ]
    },
    {
      "claim": "Distributed possession does not establish canonical authority and no surviving copy becomes a new Master.",
      "paragraphs": [
        119,
        121,
        127,
        244,
        296
      ],
      "source_links": [
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p119",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p121",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p127",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p244",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p296"
      ]
    },
    {
      "claim": "The case’s prior placement and owner remain unknown despite its documented recovery location.",
      "paragraphs": [
        304,
        305,
        307,
        382,
        385
      ],
      "source_links": [
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p304",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p305",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p307",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p382",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p385"
      ]
    },
    {
      "claim": "The sheet’s symbol is unrecognised and the word UNKNOWN does not prove a link to the delegated principal or black-seal events.",
      "paragraphs": [
        316,
        336,
        349,
        360,
        361
      ],
      "source_links": [
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p316",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p336",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p349",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p360",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p361"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tcg": {
    "status": "Untested design candidates only. Costs, statistics, rarity and timing are not approved. No live game rules change.",
    "candidates": [
      {
        "id": "A2-C20-REV-01",
        "name": "Recovery Register",
        "type": "Record",
        "affinity": [
          "Knowledge"
        ],
        "source_entities": [
          "A2-OBJ-DISTRIBUTED-CATALOGUE"
        ],
        "direction": "Track what is found, partial or missing while keeping source and location separate from authority.",
        "source_links": [
          "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p119",
          "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p121",
          "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p127"
        ],
        "open_question": "Untested concept. Costs, rarity, timing and rules must be checked against the live game."
      },
      {
        "id": "A2-C20-REV-02",
        "name": "Unprovenanced Sheet",
        "type": "Record",
        "affinity": [
          "Knowledge"
        ],
        "source_entities": [
          "A2-OBJ-UNPROVENANCED-SHEET"
        ],
        "direction": "Reveal an incomplete continuity claim without resolving who wrote it or which UNKNOWN it denotes.",
        "source_links": [
          "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p316",
          "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p320",
          "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p336"
        ],
        "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": "A2-039",
      "title": "The Archive Burns",
      "url": "/after-the-sleeper/records/039-the-archive-burns/",
      "paragraphs": [
        141,
        148,
        159,
        173,
        200,
        209,
        235
      ],
      "copy": "The deliberate fire damages original records and context, even though public copies and the building survive.",
      "source_links": [
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p141",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p148",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p159",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p173",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p200",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p209",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p235"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "A2-040",
      "title": "Distributed Recovery",
      "url": "/after-the-sleeper/records/040-distributed-recovery/",
      "paragraphs": [
        119,
        121,
        127,
        235,
        296,
        304,
        316,
        360
      ],
      "copy": "Surviving holders rebuild access by source; a recovered case and sheet remain unprovenanced rather than filling every gap.",
      "source_links": [
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p119",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p121",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p127",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p235",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p296",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p304",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p316",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p360"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "changes_and_uncertainties": [
    {
      "note": "The revised text counts surviving copies but also names lost annotations and physical sequence; recovery is not a declaration that nothing was lost.",
      "paragraphs": [
        119,
        121,
        127,
        235
      ],
      "source_links": [
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p119",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p121",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p127",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p235"
      ]
    },
    {
      "note": "The sheet’s symbol, incomplete sentence and UNKNOWN reference remain unresolved after documented custody.",
      "paragraphs": [
        316,
        336,
        349,
        360,
        361
      ],
      "source_links": [
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p316",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p336",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p349",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p360",
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p361"
      ]
    },
    {
      "note": "The casualty notice names the four engineers killed at the southern exchange: Elian Vaik, Malik Dene, Sora Iven and Ada Koh. Eliza keeps their names beside the archive staff roll.",
      "paragraphs": [
        209
      ],
      "source_links": [
        "/after-the-sleeper/20-the-archive-burns/#p209"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "edition_id": "A2-CH20-20260928-R6",
  "r5_editorial_note": "R5 revises 20 paragraph(s) in this chapter; the 28 September R4 text is archived separately.",
  "r6_editorial_note": "R6 revises 36 paragraph(s) in this chapter; the 28 September R5 text is archived separately."
}