Gate 10 · Source / discovery only

Shinkami

At the final threshold, Shinkami refuses Malachar's clenched claim, grieves, and does not compel surrender—preserving freedom at real cost.

Identity evidence

ACV-020planned · not generated

Locked relation

Source · Meta-consciousness

Source as participation without possession; quiet awareness, never an all-solving supreme hero.

Discovery focus

Show the choice. Do not invent the canon.

Source must read through restraint, an unoccupied threshold, and non-possession—not supreme scale, omnipotent glow, deity throne, or instant resolution.

Bond: Source / Ten-Chorded · 10 Chords
Evidence: locked name gate domain creator proposed behavior physical identity open
Eligibility: internal only until identity lock
Identity lock: Not issued. Physical embodiment remains provisional.

Open physical identity

embodiment type and apparent age
facial structure, skin tone, hair, body proportions, and gender expression
garment architecture, maintained objects, and material culture
scale relative to people, architecture, and the bonded Godbeast
cultural or geographic visual language, if any

Required reviews

Creator selects or rejects the physical identity only after comparative silhouette, portrait, and action studies
Canon review records every accepted physical trait before an identity-master contract is issued
Rights and qualified cultural-origin review are required before using a human reference or culturally specific visual language

Source records

.arcanea/lore/CANON_LOCKED.md#tier-2-the-ten-gates--arcanean-gods-locked [sha256:58c9c86fd3b540e274d478b91096523031132388b7b18b2fa1d67dee676bf54f]
creator-supplied/ARCANEA_TENFOLD_CONSTITUTION_V1_0_LEVEL99.md#sha256=51ead4677134b87e35fd6ded6556dc67f9daa609313bcd9eccc74f6d94de998b (proposal-evidence-not-repo-ssot)

Two governed studies

Identity first. Relationship second.

The solo plate tests whether behavior and silhouette can carry the Gate without costume shorthand. The dyad then tests reciprocal sovereignty with the bonded Godbeast. Neither study may become a public identity master while physical variables remain open.

Identity study: ACV-020 · Round 02
Solo deliverable: comparative Guardian visual identity discovery plate
Dyad study: ACV-040 · Round 04
Dyad state: Locked repo canon names Source as Shinkami's Godbeast; the creator proposal says Shinkami has no separate beast and defines a nine-being convergence instead.
Solo contract hash: f2f9203826805de855a150c44a5131842c75c33f43118444a6a7d969760d5bc3

Continue the evidence trail

See myth, system, and campaign together.

The evidence atlas is the truthful bridge between locked lore and the visual studies that will eventually support a human identity decision.

Inspect solo prompt Inspect dyad prompt Guardian atlas Locked Guardian lore Campaign ledger

Weaving cosmic threads...

Required reviews

Creator selects or rejects the physical identity only after comparative silhouette, portrait, and action studies

Canon review records every accepted physical trait before an identity-master contract is issued

Rights and qualified cultural-origin review are required before using a human reference or culturally specific visual language

Source records

.arcanea/lore/CANON_LOCKED.md#tier-2-the-ten-gates--arcanean-gods-locked [sha256:58c9c86fd3b540e274d478b91096523031132388b7b18b2fa1d67dee676bf54f]

creator-supplied/ARCANEA_TENFOLD_CONSTITUTION_V1_0_LEVEL99.md#sha256=51ead4677134b87e35fd6ded6556dc67f9daa609313bcd9eccc74f6d94de998b (proposal-evidence-not-repo-ssot)