ACV-040 / dyad

Shinkami and Source / Ten-Chorded

Create an internal identity-discovery study of Shinkami and Source / Ten-Chorded; do not present provisional traits as canonical.

Contract state

adaptive primary pendingblocked · not generated

Observable story moment

Generate a consequence—not a decorative portrait.

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

Identity boundary

Hold evidence. Expose uncertainty.

Source as participation without possession; quiet awareness, never an all-solving supreme hero. Source must read through restraint, an unoccupied threshold, and non-possession—not supreme scale, omnipotent glow, deity throne, or instant resolution. Unresolved ontology candidate — locked repo canon names Source as Shinkami's Godbeast, while the creator proposal replaces a tenth creature with the relational convergence silhouette of all nine Godbeasts plus the Arc. The local Source record grounds meta-consciousness, all-element embodiment, Source connection, and participation rather than possession, but leaves the physical form canon-pending. The composition must show two sovereign expressions of one Gate in reciprocal consent.

Evidence: locked relations local godbeast function grounded creator proposed behavior and morphology both identities open
Variation: This is an identity-discovery study, not an identity master. The following variables are deliberately provisional and may be explored without being treated as canon: Guardian: embodiment type and apparent age; Guardian: facial structure, skin tone, hair, body proportions, and gender expression; Guardian: garment architecture, maintained objects, and material culture; Guardian: scale relative to people, architecture, and the bonded Godbeast; Guardian: cultural or geographic visual language, if any; Godbeast: ontology: separate Source Godbeast versus nine-being convergence; Godbeast: whether any convergence silhouette is visible and under what conditions; Godbeast: how ten countable Chords can be legible without erasing nine distinct identities; Godbeast: material, scale, viewpoint, and duration of a relation rather than a body; Godbeast: the visual boundary between participation, possession, fusion, and ownership. Only source-defined traits, role or Gate relation, evidence objects, relationship, and story beat may not drift; every variable named as open above must remain visibly provisional.
Composition: 4:5 vertical field portrait, full silhouette readable, one foreground evidence object, generous negative space for a future dossier caption outside the image.
Output geometry: 1 × 4:5
Intended surface: bond dossier and relationship atlas
Delivery role: Guardian–Godbeast relationship and identity discovery plate
Crop safety: Protect the complete subject silhouette, hands or countable limbs, and decisive evidence object from edge loss; no alternate crop is authorized by this contract.
Generated text: no generated text
Light: Motivated directional light plus one localized Arcanean working signal; preserve skin, material, and atmospheric truth.
Contract hash: e41719df4b6650a9904f3fa7fc84ee7b669890118bbbdf6b6adc4fe36431eaf4

Open identity variables

Guardian: embodiment type and apparent age
Guardian: facial structure, skin tone, hair, body proportions, and gender expression
Guardian: garment architecture, maintained objects, and material culture
Guardian: scale relative to people, architecture, and the bonded Godbeast
Guardian: cultural or geographic visual language, if any
Godbeast: ontology: separate Source Godbeast versus nine-being convergence
Godbeast: whether any convergence silhouette is visible and under what conditions
Godbeast: how ten countable Chords can be legible without erasing nine distinct identities
Godbeast: material, scale, viewpoint, and duration of a relation rather than a body
Godbeast: the visual boundary between participation, possession, fusion, and ownership

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)
.arcanea/lore/godbeasts/source.md [sha256:08c3d8b5645d1d10093183ec0f46a16ef6f79934b90c10251775245470457403]

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
Creator explicitly accepts, amends, or rejects the tested morphology candidate against locked canon and the local Godbeast record
Identity review records the accepted clade, Chord anatomy, limb count, face and sensory architecture, locomotion, scale, ecology, and material system before issuing a reference master
Grayscale silhouette, orthographic anatomy, action, habitat, and bonded-dyad studies must agree before any public identity approval

Render-system hypothesis

Adaptive mode pending

ADAPTIVE_STYLE_PRIMARY_PENDING_AFTER_ROUND_01

Direction: ADAPTIVE_STYLE_PRIMARY_PENDING_AFTER_ROUND_01
Color law: 70% ecological/material neutral, 20% identity family, 8% active phenomenon, 2% relational accent.
Escalation: resonant: one localized impossible behavior; environment remains physically legible
Material law: Tactile, specific materials with wear, weight, construction, and local environmental response.
Image typography: No text, letters, logos, watermarks, borders, captions, or pseudo-glyphs inside the generated image.

Visible acceptance conditions

grayscale silhouette remains identifiable
both sovereign figures retain coherent faces, limbs, hands or paws, countable anatomy, and relational distance
visible phenomenon serves one story law
adult premium editorial finish; no mascot energy
provisional physical choices remain visibly reviewable and must never be described as locked canon
Gate 10: Source
exactly 10 Chords remain countable
no command, riding, ownership, or obedience posture
both physical identities remain provisional and cannot be promoted as canonical identities
the Godbeast morphology is a controlled creator proposal under evaluation, not locked repo canon

Visual exclusions

generic fantasy concept art
rainbow galaxy effects
permanent flame crystal or waterfall hair
franchise or living-artist style imitation
appropriated sacred clothing symbols gestures or shrine architecture
illegible pseudo-text
sexualized or childlike treatment
color as the only identity signal

Deterministic verification

declared aspect ratio within 1.5% provider-rounding tolerance
file decodes
no embedded prompt text
receipt and output hash recorded

Authority boundary

A prompt contract cannot authorize itself.

This page exposes the engine-neutral design record. It is not an execution grant, provider receipt, identity approval, canon decision, or publication credential.

Release eligibility: internal only until identity lock
Rights state: internal draft source review required
Pass threshold: 42 / 50
Human approval: Required after independent review.
Execution blocker: 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.

Portable evidence object

Read it here. Validate it as data.

The JSON matches the strict public prompt-contract schema. Provider adapters may shorten it for image execution, but may not erase its evidence, verification, or governance boundary.

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Weaving cosmic threads...

Hold evidence. Expose uncertainty.

Open identity variables

Guardian: embodiment type and apparent age

Guardian: facial structure, skin tone, hair, body proportions, and gender expression

Guardian: garment architecture, maintained objects, and material culture

Guardian: scale relative to people, architecture, and the bonded Godbeast

Guardian: cultural or geographic visual language, if any

Godbeast: ontology: separate Source Godbeast versus nine-being convergence

Godbeast: whether any convergence silhouette is visible and under what conditions

Godbeast: how ten countable Chords can be legible without erasing nine distinct identities

Godbeast: material, scale, viewpoint, and duration of a relation rather than a body

Godbeast: the visual boundary between participation, possession, fusion, and ownership

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)

.arcanea/lore/godbeasts/source.md [sha256:08c3d8b5645d1d10093183ec0f46a16ef6f79934b90c10251775245470457403]

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

Creator explicitly accepts, amends, or rejects the tested morphology candidate against locked canon and the local Godbeast record

Identity review records the accepted clade, Chord anatomy, limb count, face and sensory architecture, locomotion, scale, ecology, and material system before issuing a reference master

Grayscale silhouette, orthographic anatomy, action, habitat, and bonded-dyad studies must agree before any public identity approval

Visible acceptance conditions

grayscale silhouette remains identifiable

both sovereign figures retain coherent faces, limbs, hands or paws, countable anatomy, and relational distance

visible phenomenon serves one story law

adult premium editorial finish; no mascot energy

provisional physical choices remain visibly reviewable and must never be described as locked canon

Gate 10: Source

exactly 10 Chords remain countable

no command, riding, ownership, or obedience posture

both physical identities remain provisional and cannot be promoted as canonical identities

the Godbeast morphology is a controlled creator proposal under evaluation, not locked repo canon