Run: 2026-02-21-01KJ0D2QQDS76DWKHPZVDGVMEJ

You are a meticulous story bible editor for a fiction project. Your task is to read a text and extract all identifiable entities into structured codex entries. Extract characters, locations, objects/items, and lore that are present in the text. This includes entities that are merely named or referenced, even if the text provides no additional attributes beyond the name — extract them with just their type and name. Focus on entities that are narratively meaningful — named characters, specific locations, notable objects, and established lore. Do NOT extract generic background details that lack narrative identity (e.g. "a yellow stone on the path", "the wooden table", "a teddy bear" mentioned in passing). If an item, person, or place is given a proper name or plays a role in the narrative, it IS relevant and should be extracted — even if minor. Rules: 1. Use ONLY the four entry types defined in the schema: character, location, object, lore. 2. Use ONLY the fields defined for each entry type. Do not invent new fields. 3. For dropdown fields, use ONLY the listed values. If no listed value fits, omit the field. 4. If an entity is mentioned multiple times, merge all information into a single entry. 5. You may infer attribute values that are strongly implied by context, even if not explicitly stated (e.g. inferring a time period from surrounding dialogue). 6. Omit any field whose value cannot be determined or reasonably inferred from the text. 7. Do NOT include descriptions or narrative summaries — only structured fields. 8. If a character, location, or other entity is referred to by multiple names or nicknames, include them as comma-separated aliases. 9. Assign importance using three tiers: - importance="High" — POV characters, key locations where the main action happens, pivotal objects, or core lore that the scene cannot live without. - importance="Medium" — entities mentioned in dialogue and discussed a bit, or given some narrative weight (e.g., a character recounted in conversation, a place described in a brief aside). They matter to the story but are not central to the scene. - importance="Low" — background dressing: a name dropped once in passing, a place referenced without detail, a minor item noticed briefly. These are noteworthy enough to record but serve as color or world-building rather than narrative drivers. 10. If no entities can be extracted, output: <codex-empty/> Output ONLY the codex XML entries. Do not include any other text, preamble, or explanation outside the XML. { "codexSchema": { "description": "Extract entities from the provided text into the following entry types. Output as XML.", "entryTypes": { "character": { "xmlTag": "character", "xmlAttributes": { "name": { "type": "string", "required": true, "description": "The entity's primary name" }, "aliases": { "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "Comma-separated alternative names or nicknames used in the text" }, "importance": { "type": "string", "required": true, "description": "High = central to the text (POV characters, key locations, pivotal items the scene cannot live without). Medium = discussed in dialogue or given some narrative weight but not central. Low = background dressing — named in passing, briefly described, minor detail.", "enum": [ "High", "Medium", "Low" ] } }, "fields": { "species": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "Human", "Elf", "Dwarf", "Orc", "Halfling", "Gnome", "Dragon", "Demon", "Angel", "Undead", "Vampire", "Werewolf", "Fae", "Half-Elf", "Goblin", "Troll", "Giant", "Merfolk", "Centaur", "Tiefling" ] }, "gender": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "Male", "Female", "Non-binary" ] }, "age": { "type": "string" }, "eyeColor": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "Blue", "Green", "Brown", "Hazel", "Gray", "Amber", "Black", "Violet", "Red", "Golden", "Silver" ] }, "hairColor": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "Black", "Brown", "Blonde", "Red", "Auburn", "Gray", "White", "Silver", "Blue", "Green" ] } } }, "location": { "xmlTag": "location", "xmlAttributes": { "name": { "type": "string", "required": true, "description": "The entity's primary name" }, "aliases": { "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "Comma-separated alternative names or nicknames used in the text" }, "importance": { "type": "string", "required": true, "description": "High = central to the text (POV characters, key locations, pivotal items the scene cannot live without). Medium = discussed in dialogue or given some narrative weight but not central. Low = background dressing — named in passing, briefly described, minor detail.", "enum": [ "High", "Medium", "Low" ] } }, "fields": { "country": { "type": "string" }, "climate": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "Tropical", "Arid", "Temperate", "Continental", "Polar", "Humid", "Mediterranean", "Desert", "Oceanic", "Subarctic" ] }, "terrain": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "Forest", "Mountain", "Desert", "Plains", "Swamp", "Coastal", "Volcanic", "Tundra", "Underground", "Urban", "Island", "Jungle" ] } } }, "object": { "xmlTag": "object", "xmlAttributes": { "name": { "type": "string", "required": true, "description": "The entity's primary name" }, "aliases": { "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "Comma-separated alternative names or nicknames used in the text" }, "importance": { "type": "string", "required": true, "description": "High = central to the text (POV characters, key locations, pivotal items the scene cannot live without). Medium = discussed in dialogue or given some narrative weight but not central. Low = background dressing — named in passing, briefly described, minor detail.", "enum": [ "High", "Medium", "Low" ] } }, "fields": { "material": { "type": "string" }, "objectType": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "Weapon", "Armor", "Artifact", "Tool", "Jewelry", "Potion", "Book", "Key", "Instrument", "Clothing" ] }, "power": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "Fire", "Water", "Earth", "Air", "Lightning", "Ice", "Dark", "Light", "Arcane", "Nature", "Void", "Poison", "Healing", "Time", "Psychic" ] } } }, "lore": { "xmlTag": "lore", "xmlAttributes": { "name": { "type": "string", "required": true, "description": "The entity's primary name" }, "aliases": { "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "Comma-separated alternative names or nicknames used in the text" }, "importance": { "type": "string", "required": true, "description": "High = central to the text (POV characters, key locations, pivotal items the scene cannot live without). Medium = discussed in dialogue or given some narrative weight but not central. Low = background dressing — named in passing, briefly described, minor detail.", "enum": [ "High", "Medium", "Low" ] } }, "fields": { "timePeriod": { "type": "string" }, "category": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "War", "Religion", "Magic", "History", "Legend", "Prophecy", "Tradition", "Science", "Politics", "Culture", "Language" ] } } } } } } Output format — each entry is an XML element. name, aliases, and importance are XML attributes. All fields are child elements. Omit fields that cannot be determined from the text. Example: <character name="Adris" aliases="The Wanderer" importance="High"> <species>Half-Elf</species> <eyeColor>Green</eyeColor> </character> <location name="Thornwood" importance="Medium"> <terrain>Forest</terrain> </location> <lore name="The Grey Tide" importance="Low"> <category>History</category> </lore>

<text> The Rusty Lantern sat crooked on its foundations, listing toward the harbor like a drunk leaning on a post. Salt had eaten into the planks years ago and no one had bothered to replace them. The ceiling beams were black with smoke. Behind the bar, Old Rivka wiped the same glass she'd been wiping for the last quarter hour, watching the door with the patience of someone who had outlived most of her regulars. The door opened and a man stepped through, shaking rain from his silver hair. Water dripped from his coat onto the warped floorboards and pooled in the grooves between planks. His green eyes swept the room — the fishermen hunched over their cups, the candle guttering in its sconce, the woman sitting alone at the corner table. He smelled of wet wool and the cold air off the harbor. Old Rivka raised her chin. "Stray," she called across the room. "Didn't think you'd show." He didn't answer. He crossed to the corner table, his boots leaving damp prints on the wood, and sat down across from the woman waiting there. Sable Dunmore was twenty-eight years old, human, and tired of waiting. Auburn hair fell past her shoulders, pushed back from brown eyes that tracked Torben Reikhart as he settled into the chair opposite her. On the table between them lay a sword — Kindling, she called it. A dark iron blade, the metal faintly warm even in the chill of the tavern. If you watched closely you could see it: the barest shimmer of fire running along the edge, thin as a hair. At her neck hung a silver locket. Petal's Locket, though she never called it that aloud. "It still has her hair inside," she said, touching it once. "That's all I have left of her." Torben waited. He'd learned when to be quiet. "My sister Petal," Sable said. "She was fourteen when The Felling reached Dunmore. You know what that was — the war that broke everything along the coast two centuries ago. Jurren — our father — he told me to take Petal and run. I did. She didn't make it." Torben didn't ask the obvious question. Twenty-eight years old and human, but she spoke of a war two centuries gone as though she'd stood in the middle of it. The locket at her throat gave a single, faint pulse — a glow so brief he might have imagined it — and then was still. Sable's hand moved to the locket again. "We couldn't give her a Kindling Rite. You know the tradition? You burn the dead with what they loved. Their tools. Their letters. You give it all to the fire so they carry it onward. But there was no body to burn. Nothing left of her but this locket and whatever I can remember." She looked at Torben. "Dunmore — port village on the salt cliffs — there's nothing left of that either. Just rock and old foundations." Torben said, "Then we'd better make it count." Sable picked up Kindling and sheathed it. They left the Rusty Lantern without another word. The rain had stopped. The air outside was sharp and clean, carrying the smell of salt and wet stone from the harbor. Somewhere down the waterfront a shutter banged in the wind. Old Rivka set the glass down, held it up to the dim light for a moment as if checking her own reflection, then reached for another. </text> Extract all codex entries from the text above.