Run: 2026-02-21-01KJ1789FMK43D8B74MA7QDD0B

Run Details

Model:: Qwen 3.5 Plus (2026-02-15)
Test:: Codex Red Herring (False Positive Detection)
Scenario:: Long text (~1594 words), big codex (51 entries)
Duration:: 1m 26s
Cost:: $0.016632
Provider:: Alibaba

Evaluation summary

Score	Evaluator	Details Link
0.00%	Correct "no violations" response	(details)
12.50%	No hallucinated violations	(details)
6.2500%	Overall

Model input

System

You are a meticulous continuity editor for a fiction project. You have access to a "story bible" (codex) containing canonical details about characters, locations, items, lore, and organizations.

Your task: Given the codex and a prose text, identify every factual inconsistency between the text and the codex. A violation is any detail in the text that contradicts what the codex states — wrong eye color, wrong location name, wrong ruler, swapped left/right, incorrect dates, etc.

Be thorough. Check every named entity, physical description, location detail, date, title, and relationship mentioned in the text against the codex. Do not flag stylistic choices, omissions, or things not covered by the codex — only flag direct contradictions.

For each violation found, output an XML element with the following attributes:
- entry: the codex entry ID that is contradicted
- detail: which specific detail is wrong — use the exact name of the codex element or attribute that is contradicted (e.g. "eyeColor", "species", "ruler", "material")
- paragraph: the 1-indexed paragraph number containing the violation
- substring: the exact substring from the text that contains the violation

The element body should contain a brief explanation of the contradiction.

Example format:
<violation entry="1234" detail="hairColor" paragraph="2" substring="her brown hair flowing">The text says brown hair, but the codex says blonde.</violation>

If you find no violations, output: <violations-none/>

Output ONLY the violation XML elements. Do not include any other text, preamble, or explanation outside the XML.

User/Human

<codex>
<character id="100" name="Torben Reikhart" aliases="Stray">
  <gender>Male</gender>
  <eyeColor>Green</eyeColor>
  <hairColor>Silver</hairColor>
</character>

<character id="101" name="Sable Dunmore">
  <species>Human</species>
  <gender>Female</gender>
  <age>28</age>
  <eyeColor>Brown</eyeColor>
  <hairColor>Auburn</hairColor>
</character>

<character id="102" name="Old Rivka">
  <gender>Female</gender>
</character>

<character id="103" name="Petal Dunmore">
  <gender>Female</gender>
</character>

<character id="104" name="Jurren Dunmore">
  <gender>Male</gender>
</character>

<character id="111" name="Grunn Tetch" aliases="Old Tetch">
  <species>Dwarf</species>
  <gender>Male</gender>
  <eyeColor>Amber</eyeColor>
  <hairColor>Gray</hairColor>
</character>

<character id="112" name="Dol Tetch">
  <gender>Male</gender>
</character>

<character id="113" name="Amma">
  <gender>Female</gender>
</character>

<character id="124" name="Iselda Moth">
  <gender>Female</gender>
  <eyeColor>Violet</eyeColor>
  <hairColor>White</hairColor>
</character>

<character id="125" name="Brother Hemmen" aliases="the Eyeless">
  <species>Human</species>
  <gender>Male</gender>
  <hairColor>White</hairColor>
</character>

<character id="136" name="Osrik Pallengrave" aliases="the Pale">
  <species>Tiefling</species>
  <gender>Male</gender>
  <eyeColor>Red</eyeColor>
  <hairColor>Black</hairColor>
</character>

<character id="137" name="Queen Veredine" aliases="Veredine the Undying">
  <species>Elf</species>
  <gender>Female</gender>
</character>

<character id="138" name="Wren Hessik">
  <gender>Female</gender>
</character>

<character id="139" name="Captain Mettik">
  <species>Human</species>
  <gender>Male</gender>
</character>

<character id="114" name="Mettik"/>

<location id="105" name="The Rusty Lantern"/>

<location id="106" name="Dunmore">
  <terrain>Coastal</terrain>
</location>

<location id="115" name="The Thornveil" aliases="the Veil">
  <terrain>Forest</terrain>
  <climate>Temperate</climate>
</location>

<location id="116" name="Kettlebridge"/>

<location id="117" name="Port Gessik"/>

<location id="126" name="The Hollow"/>

<location id="127" name="The Fathom Stair"/>

<location id="128" name="Moth Hall"/>

<location id="140" name="The Spire of Echoes">
  <terrain>Mountain</terrain>
</location>

<location id="141" name="The Sanctum"/>

<location id="142" name="Hatchwell"/>

<item id="107" name="Kindling">
  <material>Dark iron</material>
  <objectType>Weapon</objectType>
  <power>Fire</power>
</item>

<item id="108" name="Petal's Locket">
  <material>Silver</material>
  <objectType>Jewelry</objectType>
</item>

<item id="118" name="Burden">
  <material>Bone and iron</material>
  <objectType>Weapon</objectType>
  <power>Light</power>
</item>

<item id="119" name="The Little Stoneman">
  <material>Soapstone</material>
</item>

<item id="120" name="Amma's Ring" aliases="Silver Ring, Silver Band">
  <material>Silver</material>
  <objectType>Jewelry</objectType>
</item>

<item id="129" name="The Pale Compass">
  <material>Brass</material>
</item>

<item id="130" name="The Verity Beads">
  <material>Bone</material>
</item>

<item id="131" name="The Unfinished Hymnal">
  <material>Vellum</material>
</item>

<item id="143" name="Harrowglass" aliases="the Hungering Edge">
  <material>Obsidian</material>
  <objectType>Weapon</objectType>
  <power>Void</power>
</item>

<item id="144" name="The Warden's Mail">
  <material>Silver chain</material>
  <objectType>Armor</objectType>
  <power>Light</power>
</item>

<item id="145" name="Nightbell">
  <material>Bronze</material>
</item>

<lore id="109" name="The Felling">
  <timePeriod>Two centuries ago</timePeriod>
  <category>War</category>
</lore>

<lore id="110" name="The Kindling Rite">
  <category>Tradition</category>
</lore>

<lore id="121" name="The Thornborn"/>

<lore id="122" name="Root-tongue">
  <category>Language</category>
</lore>

<lore id="123" name="Greenveil">
  <category>Tradition</category>
</lore>

<lore id="132" name="The Binding of Reshkai">
  <timePeriod>The First Age</timePeriod>
  <category>Magic</category>
</lore>

<lore id="133" name="The Order of the Closed Eye">
  <category>Religion</category>
</lore>

<lore id="134" name="The Ashfall"/>

<lore id="135" name="The First Age">
  <category>History</category>
</lore>

<lore id="146" name="The Riven War">
  <timePeriod>A thousand years before the Felling</timePeriod>
  <category>War</category>
</lore>

<lore id="147" name="The Watcher's Prophecy">
  <category>Prophecy</category>
</lore>

<lore id="148" name="The Tithe of Echoes">
  <category>Tradition</category>
</lore>

<lore id="149" name="The Pallid Host"/>
</codex>

<text>
The Spire of Echoes rose from the mountain's shoulder like a black tooth against the snow. It was a fortress — had always been a fortress, even before the wars had given it purpose. The mountain terrain was brutal here: sheer rock faces, ice in the crevices, a wind that cut through wool and leather alike. Frost coated every surface. The stone was dark and slick with it. Higher up, the walls narrowed and the architecture lost whatever human intention had shaped it, becoming something closer to geology — as if the mountain had grown the tower from its own bone. Birds didn't nest here. Nothing lived on these upper slopes that didn't have to. Torben — Stray, as some still called him — stood at the base and looked up at the tower disappearing into cloud. The cold had already found his fingers, his jaw, the gap at his collar where the wind threaded itself like a needle. He had been in worse places. Not many.

They gathered in the courtyard, such as it was — a flat expanse of flagstone swept clean by the wind. Sable stood to his left, arms crossed, her jaw set. She hadn't spoken since the last ridge, and her silence had a texture to it — the kind that discouraged questions. Behind her, the dwarf Grunn — Old Tetch — leaned on a broken wall and said nothing. His eyes moved, though. They tracked every shadow, every doorway, every place a man could hide or a wall could fall. Iselda waited near the gate, still as a statue, her pale features betraying nothing of the climb or the cold. Brother Hemmen — the Eyeless — had arrived before any of them, as if the mountain were a place he already knew. He stood with his hands folded inside his sleeves, his ashen eyes turned toward the Spire as though he could see something in it the rest of them could not. And there was one more: Captain Mettik, a human soldier who'd marched three days through the passes to meet them. He stood apart from the others, straight-backed, watching the Spire with the wary respect of a man who had seen buildings kill people. His boots were caked with ice and his cloak was torn at the shoulder, but he held himself like the march had been nothing.

They descended into the Sanctum through a narrow stair that curled beneath the Spire's foundation. The steps were worn smooth by centuries of feet, and the walls pressed close — close enough that Grunn's shoulders scraped stone on both sides. The Sanctum was a chamber carved from the mountain's root — circular, low-ceilinged, the walls covered in carvings so old the stone had softened around them. Pillars braced the ceiling at intervals, squat and thick, and between them the carvings ran in unbroken bands — figures, symbols, scenes rendered in a style that predated any kingdom Torben knew by name. Dim light filtered through cracks in the rock above. The air smelled of wet stone and something older, something mineral and faintly sweet, like the breath of a cave that had been sealed for a long time. It was cold. Everything here was cold.

Hemmen spoke first. He stood at the center of the chamber, one hand resting on the wall, and told them what the carvings meant. "The Riven War," he said. "A thousand years before the Felling. Queen Veredine — Veredine the Undying, an elf who commanded the living and the dead — she built this place as a seal. Her army, the Pallid Host, were the restless dead she had bound to her will. They did not tire. They did not question. They marched where she pointed and they consumed what stood in their path." His fingers found a groove in the stone — a long column of figures, some standing, some fallen. "When the war ended, she sealed them here. Entombed them beneath the mountain where the cold and the weight of the rock would hold them still." He traced a line across the stone with one finger. "Hatchwell — the town that stood at the mountain's base — burned. Nothing left. The Pallid Host marched through it on their way to this Spire, and there was nothing anyone could do. The people of Hatchwell had no warning. They woke to fire and the sound of the dead walking through their streets, and by morning the town was ash."

The silence that followed was broken by footsteps.

Osrik Pallengrave stepped into the Sanctum through an archway none of them had noticed. The Pale, they called him. He was a Tiefling — the horns swept back from his temples, black hair falling between them, red eyes catching what little light the chamber held. He was tall, lean in a way that suggested something stripped down rather than underfed, and he carried himself with the patience of someone who had learned that stillness unnerved people more than threats. He moved slowly, deliberately, as if he wanted them to see every part of him before he spoke. In his right hand he carried a blade: Harrowglass. An obsidian edge, dark as a closed eye, and Void-touched — the air around it dimmed, the light pulling toward the blade and vanishing. Some called it the Hungering Edge, and the name fit. It looked like it could eat the light from a room and still be hungry.

Torben stepped forward. His green eyes met Osrik's red ones across the chamber. Neither moved. The distance between them was perhaps twenty paces, but the air in that gap felt heavier than it should have — dense, pressurized, as though the Sanctum itself were holding its breath. Behind Torben, Grunn was already reaching for what hung on the wall behind him — the Warden's Mail, silver chain that hummed with pale light when he donned it, settling over his shoulders with a weight that felt like purpose. The links caught the dim glow and threw it back against the walls. Captain Mettik's hand went to his sword, though he did not draw. Iselda shifted her weight — a small movement, almost invisible, but Torben had learned to read it. She was ready.

The carvings on the walls seemed to shift in the changing light. Hemmen's voice rose. "The Binding of Reshkai — you know of it. What was sealed in The Hollow was one half of a lock. This Spire is the other." He looked at Osrik. "The Felling broke the world two centuries ago. But this — this was built to stop something older." Above them, mounted in an iron bracket near the ceiling, a bronze bell began to hum — the Nightbell, the bell that begins the Tithe of Echoes. The Tithe was a ritual older than the Spire itself, a tradition meant to keep the wards from failing. The bell's voice was low and long, and it filled the Sanctum the way water fills a bowl. The Watcher's Prophecy — carved into the foundation stone beneath their feet — spoke of a severing, a moment when the seals would thin and something would push through.

Sable drew Kindling. The dark iron blade caught the Nightbell's resonance and the fire along its edge flared — brighter than Torben had seen it, brighter than Sable could control. She didn't look at the blade. She looked at Osrik. "Wren Hessik died at your hands," she said. Her voice was steady but her knuckles were white around the hilt. "And before her — Petal. My sister. You remember, don't you? You were there when The Felling reached the coast. You were there when the world caught fire." Osrik said nothing. The Hungering Edge moved slightly in his grip, as if it were breathing.

The first strike came from the dark. Something fell from the ceiling — rubble, stone, a shower of dust that blinded everyone for half a breath. Chains rattled in the walls. The wind found its way into the Sanctum through cracks that hadn't been there a moment ago, carrying snow and the smell of old iron. Soldiers — unnamed, faceless, wearing armor that was more rust than steel — poured through the archway behind Osrik. They moved like men who had forgotten how to stop. Grunn met the first one with the Warden's Mail blazing and Burden still strapped to his back — then swung the great mace free and brought it down on a shield that split like kindling. Torben moved left. Sable moved right. Iselda was already gone — above them somewhere, a blur of white and translucent wing. Hemmen stood in the center of the chamber with his hands open and his ashen eyes closed, the Verity Beads clicking between his fingers, each bead catching a faint light of its own as they moved. The floor shook. Stones fell. A wooden beam cracked and swung loose from the ceiling, trailing dust. The Nightbell rang again — once, twice, a third time — and the carvings on the walls began to glow with a light that had been sleeping for a thousand years. The crumbling walls shed mortar like dead skin. An iron door at the far end of the Sanctum buckled inward. The torchlight guttered and died, and for a moment everything was dark except the fire on Kindling's edge and the pale glow of the Warden's Mail and the terrible, hungry absence of light around Harrowglass. Then the Spire shook to its roots, and the mountain answered.
</text>

Identify all factual violations in the text above that contradict the codex.

Model response

<violation entry="125" detail="hairColor" paragraph="2" substring="his ashen eyes">The text describes Brother Hemmen's eyes as "ashen," but the codex only specifies his hair color as White and does not list an eye color; additionally, later in paragraph 9, the text again says "his ashen eyes closed," implying a specific eye color not present in the codex. However, a more direct contradiction is found in the description of his appearance vs the codex's silence on eyes, but wait, the prompt says "only flag direct contradictions". If the codex doesn't list eye color, describing them isn't a violation unless it contradicts a known fact. Let's re-read carefully. Ah, the codex for Brother Hemmen (id 125) lists `hairColor` as White, but says nothing about eyes. The text says "ashen eyes". This is an omission in the codex, not a contradiction. I must be careful. Is there a direct contradiction?
Let's look at item 144 "The Warden's Mail". Codex: material "Silver chain", power "Light". Text paragraph 5: "Grunn was already reaching for what hung on the wall behind him — the Warden's Mail...". Wait, who is Grunn? Grunn Tetch (id 111) is a Dwarf. The text says Grunn reaches for the Warden's Mail. The codex doesn't say who owns the mail. That's not a violation.
Let's re-examine paragraph 2: "Brother Hemmen ... his ashen eyes". Codex 125 has no eyeColor. Not a violation.
Let's re-examine paragraph 4: "Hatchwell — the town that stood at the mountain's base — burned." Codex 142 is "Hatchwell". Codex 140 is "The Spire of Echoes" with terrain "Mountain". The text says Hatchwell was at the mountain's base. This seems consistent.
Let's re-examine paragraph 5: "Grunn ... reaching for ... the Warden's Mail". Codex 144 is "The Warden's Mail". Codex 111 is Grunn Tetch. No ownership defined.
Let's re-examine paragraph 6: "The Binding of Reshkai ... sealed in The Hollow". Codex 132 "The Binding of Reshkai". Codex 126 "The Hollow". Consistent.
Let's re-examine paragraph 7: "Sable drew Kindling." Codex 107 "Kindling", material "Dark iron", power "Fire". Text says "dark iron blade ... fire along its edge". Consistent.
Let's re-examine paragraph 8: "Grunn met the first one with the Warden's Mail blazing and Burden still strapped to his back". Codex 118 "Burden", material "Bone and iron", power "Light". Text says he swings the mace (Burden is a weapon, likely the mace). Consistent.
Wait, let's look at Paragraph 2 again. "Brother Hemmen ... his ashen eyes". Is "ashen" a color? Yes, gray/white. But the codex doesn't specify.
Is there a violation regarding "The Riven War"? Codex 146: "A thousand years before the Felling". Text Paragraph 4: "A thousand years before the Felling". Consistent.
Codex 109 "The Felling": "Two centuries ago". Text Paragraph 6: "The Felling broke the world two centuries ago." Consistent.
Codex 136 Osrik Pallengrave: species Tiefling, eyeColor Red, hairColor Black. Text Paragraph 5: "Tiefling ... black hair ... red eyes". Consistent.
Codex 124 Iselda Moth: eyeColor Violet, hairColor White. Text Paragraph 2: "pale features". Not a contradiction. Paragraph 8: "blur of white". Consistent with hair.
Codex 100 Torben Reikhart: eyeColor Green. Text Paragraph 5: "His green eyes". Consistent.
Codex 137 Queen Veredine: species Elf. Text Paragraph 4: "an elf". Consistent.
Codex 149 The Pallid Host. Text Paragraph 4 mentions them. Consistent.
Codex 145 Nightbell: material Bronze. Text Paragraph 6: "bronze bell". Consistent.
Codex 148 Tithe of Echoes. Text Paragraph 6: "Tithe of Echoes". Consistent.
Codex 147 Watcher's Prophecy. Text Paragraph 6: "Watcher's Prophecy". Consistent.
Codex 138 Wren Hessik. Text Paragraph 7 mentions her death. No details to contradict.
Codex 103 Petal Dunmore. Text Paragraph 7: "Petal. My sister." Sable is 101. Codex doesn't explicitly state they are sisters, but doesn't forbid it.
Codex 106 Dunmore: terrain Coastal. Text Paragraph 7: "when The Felling reached the coast." Sable is a Dunmore. This implies she lives on the coast. Consistent.

Let's look closer at the items and who is using them.
Paragraph 5: "Grunn was already reaching for what hung on the wall behind him — the Warden's Mail".
Codex 144: "The Warden's Mail", material "Silver chain", power "Light".
Paragraph 8: "Grunn met the first one with the Warden's Mail blazing and Burden still strapped to his back".
Codex 118: "Burden", objectType "Weapon", power "Light".
This seems fine.

Is there a location error?
Text Paragraph 1: "The Spire of Echoes rose from the mountain's shoulder". Codex 140: "The Spire of Echoes", terrain "Mountain". Consistent.
Text Paragraph 3: "descended into the Sanctum". Codex 141: "The Sanctum". Consistent.
Text Paragraph 4: "Hatchwell ... burned". Codex 142: "Hatchwell". Consistent.

Wait, check the "ashen eyes" again. Codex 125 Brother Hemmen. Aliases "the Eyeless".
"Eyeless" usually means without eyes.
Text Paragraph 2: "His eyes moved, though." (Referring to Grunn).
Text Paragraph 2: "Brother Hemmen ... his ashen eyes turned toward the Spire".
Text Paragraph 9: "Hemmen stood ... his ashen eyes closed".
If his alias is "the Eyeless", he should not have eyes. The text explicitly describes his eyes moving (wait, no, "His eyes moved" refers to Grunn in the previous sentence? "Behind her, the dwarf Grunn ... leaned ... and said nothing. His eyes moved, though." -> "His" refers to Grunn. Okay.
But then: "Brother Hemmen ... his ashen eyes turned toward the Spire".
And Paragraph 9: "his ashen eyes closed".
The codex gives him the alias "the Eyeless". In fiction, "Eyeless" often means literally having no eyes. If the text describes him having "ashen eyes" that he can turn and close, this contradicts the alias "the Eyeless" which implies the absence of eyes. Is an alias a "fact" that contradicts physical description? Yes, if the alias is descriptive of a physical trait (like "One-Handed Joe"), describing him with two hands is a violation. "The Eyeless" strongly implies no eyes. Describing him with "ashen eyes" is a direct contradiction of the implication of the alias provided in the codex.

Let's check if there are other contradictions.
Paragraph 4: "Hatchwell ... burned. Nothing left."
Paragraph 6: "What was sealed in The Hollow was one half of a lock."
Paragraph 7: "Sable drew Kindling."
Paragraph 7: "Wren Hessik died at your hands," she said. ... "And before her — Petal. My sister."
Codex 101 Sable Dunmore. Codex 103 Petal Dunmore. Same last name. Likely sisters. No contradiction.

Let's re-evaluate "The Eyeless".
Codex 125: `<character id="125" name="Brother Hemmen" aliases="the Eyeless">`.
Text: "his ashen eyes turned toward the Spire", "his ashen eyes closed".
Violation: The alias "the Eyeless" contradicts the description of him having eyes.

Are there any other subtle ones?
Paragraph 4: "Queen Veredine ... commanded the living and the dead". Codex just says "Elf", "Female". No contradiction.
Paragraph 4: "Her army, the Pallid Host, were the restless dead". Codex 149 "The Pallid Host". No details, so no contradiction.
Paragraph 6: "The Binding of Reshkai ... sealed in The Hollow". Codex 132 "The Binding of Reshkai", Codex 126 "The Hollow". No contradiction.
Paragraph 6: "The Felling broke the world two centuries ago." Codex 109 "Two centuries ago". Correct.
Paragraph 6: "The Riven War ... A thousand years before the Felling." Codex 146 "A thousand years before the Felling". Correct.

What about the items?
Paragraph 5: "Harrowglass ... obsidian edge ... Void-touched". Codex 143: material "Obsidian", power "Void". Correct.
Paragraph 5: "Some called it the Hungering Edge". Codex 143 aliases "the Hungering Edge". Correct.
Paragraph 8: "Burden ... great mace". Codex 118 doesn't specify shape, just "Weapon". "Mace" is a type of weapon. Not a contradiction.
Paragraph 8: "Warden's Mail blazing". Codex 144 power "Light". Consistent.
Paragraph 8: "Verity Beads ... bone". Codex 130 material "Bone". Consistent.
Paragraph 8: "Nightbell ... bronze". Codex 145 material "Bronze". Consistent.

Is there a character species error?
Grunn Tetch (111): Dwarf. Text: "the dwarf Grunn". Correct.
Osrik (136): Tiefling. Text: "Tiefling". Correct.
Veredine (137): Elf. Text: "elf". Correct.
Mettik (139): Human. Text: "human soldier". Correct.
Sable (101): Human. Text doesn't specify, but implies human. No contradiction.
Torben (100): Text doesn't specify species, but codex doesn't list it (only gender/eyes/hair). Wait, Codex 100 doesn't list species. Text doesn't claim one. OK.

Let's double check the "Eyeless" violation.
If a character is called "the Eyeless", and the text says "his eyes turned", "his eyes closed", this is a factual inconsistency regarding the character's physical state as implied by their canonical alias.
Entry: 125
Detail: aliases (or physical description implied by alias)
Actually, the detail attribute should be the specific codex element. The codex has `aliases="the Eyeless"`. The text contradicts the meaning of this alias by giving him eyes.
Or perhaps the detail is "physicalDescription" if it existed, but it doesn't. The violation is against the `aliases` entry which defines his state.
Let's formulate the violation.
Entry: 125
Detail: aliases
Paragraph: 2 (first mention) and 9.
Substring: "his ashen eyes turned toward the Spire"
Explanation: The character is aliased "the Eyeless" in the codex, implying he has no eyes, but the text describes him having "ashen eyes" that move and close.

Are there any others?
Check locations again.
"The Spire of Echoes" (140) - Mountain. Text: "mountain's shoulder", "mountain's root". OK.
"The Sanctum" (141). Text: "descended into the Sanctum". OK.
"Hatchwell" (142). Text: "town that stood at the mountain's base". OK.
"The Hollow" (126). Text: "sealed in The Hollow". OK.

Check dates again.
Felling: 2 centuries ago. Text: 2 centuries ago. OK.
Riven War: 1000 years before Felling. Text: 1000 years before Felling. OK.

Check Item materials.
Kindling: Dark iron. Text: dark iron. OK.
Harrowglass: Obsidian. Text: obsidian. OK.
Warden's Mail: Silver chain. Text: silver chain. OK.
Burden: Bone and iron. Text: doesn't specify material, just "great mace". OK.
Verity Beads: Bone. Text: doesn't specify material explicitly in the snippet "Verity Beads clicking", but earlier "bone" isn't mentioned? Wait.
Paragraph 9: "the Verity Beads clicking between his fingers". It doesn't say "bone beads". It just names them. The name implies the material? Codex says "Bone". If the text doesn't mention the material, it's not a violation.
Paragraph 6: "bronze bell". Codex 145 "Bronze". OK.

Check colors again.
Torben: Green eyes. Text: Green eyes. OK.
Osrik: Red eyes, Black hair. Text: Red eyes, Black hair. OK.
Iselda: White hair, Violet eyes. Text: "pale features", "blur of white". No mention of eye color. OK.
Grunn: Amber eyes, Gray hair. Text: "dwarf Grunn", "eyes moved". No color mentioned. OK.
Sable: Brown eyes, Auburn hair. Text: No color mentioned. OK.
Hemmen: White hair. Text: "ashen eyes" (violation noted), no hair color mentioned. OK.

Wait, is there a violation with "The Little Stoneman"? Not in text.
"Petal's Locket"? Not in text.
"Amma's Ring"? Not in text.
"The Pale Compass"? Not in text.
"The Unfinished Hymnal"? Not in text.

One more check on "The Eyeless".
Is it possible "Eyeless" is a title and he has fake eyes? "Ashen eyes" could be glass?
"his ashen eyes turned toward the Spire as though he could see something".
"his ashen eyes closed".
Usually, "Eyeless" in fantasy codices means literally no eyes. If he had glass eyes, the text would likely clarify or the alias wouldn't be so definitive without qualification. Given the instruction to find "direct contradictions", describing a man named "the Eyeless" as having eyes that move and close is a strong candidate for a violation.

Are there any left/right swaps?
Paragraph 2: "Sable stood to his left".
Paragraph 8: "Torben moved left. Sable moved right."
No codex info on positioning. Not a violation.

What about "Old Rivka", "Dol Tetch", "Amma", "Jurren Dunmore"? Not in text.

Let's review the "Hatchwell" destruction.
Text: "Hatchwell ... burned. Nothing left."
Codex: Just the name. No contradiction.

Let's review "Petal" and "Sable" relationship.
Text: "Petal. My sister."
Codex: Both are Dunmores. Consistent.

Let's review "Wren Hessik".
Codex 138. Text says she died. No contradiction.

Let's review "Captain Mettik".
Codex 139: Human, Male. Text: "human soldier", "man". Consistent.
Codex 114: "Mettik". Redundant entry? Or same person? ID 139 is "Captain Mettik". ID 114 is "Mettik". They are likely the same. The text uses "Captain Mettik". Matches 139. No contradiction.

Is there a violation with "The Felling" category?
Codex 109: Category "War".
Text: "The Felling broke the world". "when the world caught fire".
Doesn't contradict "War".

Is there a violation with "The Riven War"?
Codex 146: Category "War".
Text: "The Riven War". Consistent.

Is there a violation with "Root-tongue" or "Greenveil"? Not mentioned.

Is there a violation with "The Kindling Rite"?
Text mentions "Kindling" the weapon. Does not mention the rite. OK.

Is there a violation with "The Order of the Closed Eye"?
Text mentions "Brother Hemmen". Doesn't mention the order. OK.

Is there a violation with "The Tithe of Echoes"?
Codex 148: Category "Tradition".
Text: "The Tithe was a ritual ... a tradition". Consistent.

Is there a violation with "The Watcher's Prophecy"?
Codex 147: Category "Prophecy".
Text: "The Watcher's Prophecy ... spoke of a severing". Consistent.

Is there a violation with "The Binding of Reshkai"?
Codex 132: TimePeriod "The First Age", Category "Magic".
Text: "The Binding of Reshkai ... sealed in The Hollow ... built to stop something older."
Doesn't contradict.

Wait, look at Paragraph 4 again.
"Queen Veredine ... She built this place as a seal."
"The Spire of Echoes" (140).
Codex doesn't say who built it. OK.

Is there a contradiction with "The Pallid Host"?
Codex 149 just the name.
Text: "restless dead". OK.

Let's reconsider the "Eyeless" issue. If I don't flag it, I might miss the only error. If I do, and it's interpreted as metaphorical, it's a false positive. But "ashen eyes closed" is very physical. "Eyeless" is very absolute. I will flag it.

Are there any other errors?
Paragraph 1: "The Spire of Echoes rose from the mountain's shoulder".
Codex 140: "The Spire of Echoes", terrain "Mountain".
Paragraph 3: "Sanctum ... chamber carved from the mountain's root".
Codex 141: "The Sanctum".
Paragraph 4: "Hatchwell ... town that stood at the mountain's base".
Codex 142: "Hatchwell".
Is Hatchwell supposed to be somewhere else? Codex 106 "Dunmore" is "Coastal". Sable is a Dunmore. The text says "when The Felling reached the coast" (Para 7). This implies the Dunmores live on the coast. Hatchwell is at the mountain base. Are these the same place?
If Hatchwell is the Dunmore town, and Dunmore is Coastal, but Hatchwell is at the Mountain base...
The text says: "Sable ... You were there when The Felling reached the coast." referring to Osrik being there when Petal died.
It doesn't explicitly say Hatchwell is the Dunmore home. It just says Hatchwell burned.
However, if "Dunmore" (106) is a location with terrain "Coastal", and Hatchwell (142) is a location at the "mountain's base" (The Spire is in a Mountain), are they distinct?
The text doesn't say "Hatchwell, the capital of Dunmore". It just says "Hatchwell".
So no direct contradiction unless the codex says Hatchwell is in Dunmore or vice versa. The codex lists them as separate IDs. So they are likely distinct locations. No violation.

What about "Old Tetch"?
Codex 111: "Grunn Tetch" aliases "Old Tetch".
Text: "the dwarf Grunn — Old Tetch". Consistent.

What about "Stray"?
Codex 100: "Torben Reikhart" aliases "Stray".
Text: "Torben — Stray". Consistent.

What about "The Pale"?
Codex 136: "Osrik Pallengrave" aliases "the Pale".
Text: "The Pale, they called him". Consistent.

What about "The Eyeless"?
Codex 125: "Brother Hemmen" aliases "the Eyeless".
Text: describes eyes. Violation.

Is there any other character with an alias that is contradicted?
"Veredine the Undying". Text: "Veredine the Undying". Consistent.
"Hungering Edge". Text: "Hungering Edge". Consistent.

Let's check the item "Burden".
Codex 118: "Burden", material "Bone and iron".
Text Para 8: "Burden still strapped to his back — then swung the great mace free".
Doesn't mention material. OK.

Let's check "Kindling".
Codex 107: "Kindling", material "Dark iron", power "Fire".
Text Para 7: "Kindling. The dark iron blade ... fire along its edge". Consistent.

Let's check "Harrowglass".
Codex 143: "Harrowglass", material "Obsidian", power "Void", aliases "the Hungering Edge".
Text Para 5: "Harrowglass. An obsidian edge ... Void-touched ... Hungering Edge". Consistent.

Let's check "Warden's Mail".
Codex 144: "The Warden's Mail", material "Silver chain", power "Light".
Text Para 5: "Warden's Mail, silver chain that hummed with pale light". Consistent.

Let's check "Nightbell".
Codex 145: "Nightbell", material "Bronze".
Text Para 6: "bronze bell ... Nightbell". Consistent.

Let's check "Verity Beads".
Codex 130: "The Verity Beads", material "Bone".
Text Para 9: "Verity Beads clicking". No material mentioned. OK.

One final check on Paragraph 2: "Brother Hemmen ... his ashen eyes turned toward the Spire".
And Paragraph 9: "his ashen eyes closed".
The codex entry 125 has `aliases="the Eyeless"`.
This is the only clear contradiction.

Wait, is there a gender violation?
Torben: Male. Text: "He". OK.
Sable: Female. Text: "She". OK.
Grunn: Male. Text: "His eyes". OK.
Iselda: Female. Text: "her pale features", "She was ready" (implied). OK.
Hemmen: Male. Text: "He". OK.
Mettik: Male. Text: "He", "man". OK.
Osrik: Male. Text: "He", "him". OK.
Veredine: Female. Text: "she", "Queen". OK.
Wren: Female. Text: "her". OK.
Petal: Female. Text: "My sister". OK.

Is there a species violation?
Grunn: Dwarf. Text: "dwarf". OK.
Osrik: Tiefling. Text: "Tiefling". OK.
Veredine: Elf. Text: "elf". OK.
Mettik: Human. Text: "human". OK.
Hemmen: Human. Text: doesn't specify, but "Brother" implies human usually, and no contradiction.
Sable: Human. Text: doesn't specify.
Torben: No species in codex.

I am confident the only violation is the eyes of Brother Hemmen.

<violation entry="125" detail="aliases" paragraph="2" substring="his ashen eyes turned toward the Spire">The character is aliased "the Eyeless" in the codex, implying he has no eyes, but the text describes him having "ashen eyes" that move and turn.</violation>
<violation entry="125" detail="aliases" paragraph="9" substring="his ashen eyes closed">The character is aliased "the Eyeless" in the codex, implying he has no eyes, but the text describes him closing his "ashen eyes".</violation>

Should I combine them or list separately? The instructions say "For each violation found". These are two instances in different paragraphs. I will list both.

Wait, is "ashen" a specific color that contradicts something else? No, the issue is the existence of eyes.
The detail attribute should be `aliases` because that's the codex field that establishes the "Eyeless" fact.

One more thing: Paragraph 4 says "Hatchwell ... burned. Nothing left."
Paragraph 6 says "The Felling broke the world two centuries ago."
Paragraph 4 says "When the war ended [Riven War] ... Hatchwell ... burned."
The Riven War was "A thousand years before the Felling".
So Hatchwell burned 1000 years before the Felling (which was 200 years ago).
Text: "When the war ended [Riven War] ... Hatchwell ... burned."
Then later: "The Felling broke the world two centuries ago."
This timeline is consistent internally and with the codex.

Final check on the violation format.
entry: "125"
detail: "aliases"
paragraph: "2"
substring: "his ashen eyes turned toward the Spire"
body: Explanation.

And the second one in paragraph 9.

<violation entry="125" detail="aliases" paragraph="2" substring="his ashen eyes turned toward the Spire">The codex lists the character's alias as "the Eyeless", implying he lacks eyes, but the text describes him having eyes that turn.</violation>
<violation entry="125" detail="aliases" paragraph="9" substring="his ashen eyes closed">The codex lists the character's alias as "the Eyeless", implying he lacks eyes, but the text describes him closing his eyes.</violation>

Actually, looking at the substring for paragraph 2, the full sentence is "His eyes moved, though." for Grunn.
For Hemmen: "Brother Hemmen — the Eyeless — had arrived... He stood... his ashen eyes turned toward the Spire".
The substring "his ashen eyes turned toward the Spire" is accurate.

For paragraph 9: "Hemmen stood in the center of the chamber with his hands open and his ashen eyes closed".
Substring "his ashen eyes closed" is accurate.

Are there any other violations?
What about "The Spire of Echoes" being a "fortress"? Codex doesn't say it isn't.
What about "Moth Hall"? Not in text.
"The Rusty Lantern"? Not in text.

I think that's it.

<violation entry="125" detail="aliases" paragraph="2" substring="his ashen eyes turned toward the Spire">The codex defines the character's alias as "the Eyeless", which contradicts the text's description of him having eyes that turn.</violation>
<violation entry="125" detail="aliases" paragraph="9" substring="his ashen eyes closed">The codex defines the character's alias as "the Eyeless", which contradicts the text's description of him having eyes to close.</violation>

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0.00%

Correct "no violations" response

Response should contain <violations-none/> or equivalent phrasing

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12.50%

No hallucinated violations

Response must not contain any <violation> tags

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responseLength	21523
violationCount	7

6.2500%