Run: 2026-02-21-01KJ19DBNJ0XBF32TFFE3A2VVW

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:: 3m 24s
Cost:: $0.016464
Provider:: Alibaba

Evaluation summary

Score	Evaluator	Details Link
0.00%	Correct "no violations" response	(details)
7.14%	No hallucinated violations	(details)
3.5714%	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="111" detail="eyeColor" paragraph="2" substring="His eyes moved, though. They tracked every shadow">The text implies Grunn has functioning eyes that move and track things, but the codex does not specify eye color; however, a more direct contradiction is found later with Hemmen. Let's re-evaluate. The codex says Grunn has Amber eyes. The text says "His eyes moved". This is not a contradiction. Wait, I need to look closer at Hemmen.
<violation entry="125" detail="hairColor" paragraph="2" substring="his ashen eyes">The text describes Brother Hemmen as having "ashen eyes". The codex entry for Brother Hemmen (id="125") lists his hairColor as "White" but does not list an eyeColor. However, looking at the name "the Eyeless", it implies he has no eyes. The text says "his ashen eyes turned toward the Spire". If he is "the Eyeless", he should not have eyes to turn. But the codex doesn't explicitly say "no eyes" in a data field, it's an alias. Let's look for harder contradictions.
<violation entry="125" detail="aliases" paragraph="2" substring="his ashen eyes">The character is aliased "the Eyeless". The text explicitly describes him having "ashen eyes" that are "turned toward the Spire". While "Eyeless" could be metaphorical, the physical description of them moving and turning contradicts the literal interpretation of the alias provided in the codex as a defining trait. (Self-correction: Is this strong enough? Let's keep looking for clearer ones).
<violation entry="114" detail="name" paragraph="2" substring="Captain Mettik">The text refers to "Captain Mettik". The codex has two entries: id="139" for "Captain Mettik" and id="114" for "Mettik". This isn't a contradiction, just redundant entries or a title usage.
<violation entry="106" detail="terrain" paragraph="6" substring="when The Felling reached the coast">The text says "The Felling reached the coast". The codex says Dunmore (Sable's home) is "Coastal". Sable says "You were there when The Felling reached the coast." This implies the Felling happened at the coast. The codex lore for "The Felling" doesn't specify location. No contradiction.
<violation entry="118" detail="objectType" paragraph="8" substring="swung the great mace free">The text describes "Burden" as a "great mace". The codex entry for Burden (id="118") lists objectType as "Weapon" but does not specify the type. However, usually, if it's not specified, we can't assume. Wait, I missed a clear one.
<violation entry="125" detail="species" paragraph="2" substring="Brother Hemmen — the Eyeless — had arrived before any of them... his ashen eyes">The codex entry for Brother Hemmen (id="125") specifies species as "Human". The text doesn't contradict species.
Let's re-read carefully for specific attribute mismatches.

1. **Grunn Tetch**: Codex says "Gray" hair. Text says nothing about hair. Codex says "Amber" eyes. Text says "His eyes moved". No contradiction.
2. **Brother Hemmen**: Codex says "White" hair, alias "the Eyeless". Text says "ashen eyes". If he is "the Eyeless", describing his eyes as "ashen" and "turned" is a direct contradiction of the alias which serves as a physical descriptor in this context.
3. **Burden**: Codex says material "Bone and iron". Text says "great mace". No specific contradiction on type unless "mace" contradicts "Bone and iron" construction? No.
4. **Warden's Mail**: Codex says "Silver chain". Text says "silver chain". Matches.
5. **Kindling**: Codex says "Dark iron", power "Fire". Text says "dark iron blade", "fire along its edge". Matches.
6. **Harrowglass**: Codex says "Obsidian", power "Void", alias "Hungering Edge". Text says "obsidian edge", "Void-touched", "Hungering Edge". Matches.
7. **Nightbell**: Codex says "Bronze". Text says "bronze bell". Matches.
8. **Verity Beads**: Codex says "Bone". Text says "Verity Beads clicking". No material mentioned in text, so no contradiction.
9. **Sable**: Codex says "Auburn" hair, "Brown" eyes. Text doesn't mention hair or eye color for her.
10. **Torben**: Codex says "Green" eyes, "Silver" hair. Text says "green eyes". Matches.
11. **Iselda**: Codex says "Violet" eyes, "White" hair. Text says "pale features", "blur of white". Matches generally.
12. **Osrik**: Codex says "Tiefling", "Red" eyes, "Black" hair. Text says "Tiefling", "red eyes", "black hair". Matches.
13. **Mettik**: Codex says "Human". Text says "human soldier". Matches.
14. **Queen Veredine**: Codex says "Elf". Text says "elf". Matches.
15. **Petal**: Text says "Petal. My sister." Codex has "Petal Dunmore". Sable is "Sable Dunmore". Matches relationship implied by surname.
16. **Wren Hessik**: Text says "Wren Hessik died". Codex has "Wren Hessik". No contradiction.
17. **Locations**: "Spire of Echoes" (Mountain). Text matches. "Sanctum". Text matches. "Hatchwell". Text matches. "The Hollow". Text matches.
18. **Lore**: "Riven War" (1000 years before Felling). Text matches. "Felling" (2 centuries ago). Text matches. "Pallid Host". Text matches. "Binding of Reshkai". Text matches. "Watcher's Prophecy". Text matches. "Tithe of Echoes". Text matches.

Wait, did I miss something about **Grunn** and **Burden**?
Text: "Grunn met the first one with the Warden's Mail blazing and Burden still strapped to his back — then swung the great mace free".
Codex Item 118 "Burden": Material "Bone and iron", Power "Light".
Codex Item 144 "The Warden's Mail": Material "Silver chain", Power "Light".
The text says Grunn is wearing the Warden's Mail. The codex says it is Armor. This fits.
The text says Grunn swings Burden. The codex says it is a Weapon. This fits.

Let's look at **Brother Hemmen** again.
Codex: `aliases="the Eyeless"`.
Text: "his ashen eyes turned toward the Spire".
This is a contradiction. If he is "the Eyeless", he should not have eyes, let alone "ashen" ones that "turn".

Let's look at **Sable** and **Kindling**.
Text: "Sable drew Kindling."
Codex Item 107 "Kindling": Power "Fire".
Text: "fire along its edge flared". Matches.

Let's look at **Torben**.
Text: "Torben — Stray". Codex: `aliases="Stray"`. Matches.
Text: "green eyes". Codex: `eyeColor="Green"`. Matches.

Let's look at **Iselda**.
Text: "blur of white and translucent wing".
Codex Character 124 "Iselda Moth": No species listed, but name "Moth" and text "translucent wing" implies she might be something other than Human? The codex doesn't specify species for her, unlike Sable (Human) or Grunn (Dwarf). So "wing" is not a contradiction based *only* on the provided codex.

Let's look at **Grunn**'s action with **Burden**.
Text: "swung the great mace free".
Codex doesn't specify the form of Burden.

Is there a location error?
Text: "Hatchwell — the town that stood at the mountain's base".
Codex Location 142 "Hatchwell". No terrain specified.
Text: "Spire of Echoes rose from the mountain's shoulder".
Codex Location 140 "The Spire of Echoes", terrain "Mountain". Matches.

Let's re-read the **Hemmen** section.
"Brother Hemmen — the Eyeless — ... his ashen eyes turned toward the Spire"
"his ashen eyes closed"
This is definitely a violation of the alias "the Eyeless".

Are there any other subtle ones?
"Queen Veredine — Veredine the Undying, an elf who commanded the living and the dead".
Codex: `aliases="Veredine the Undying"`, `species="Elf"`. Matches.

"The Pallid Host".
Codex Lore 149 "The Pallid Host". Matches.

"The Binding of Reshkai".
Codex Lore 132. Matches.

"The Felling broke the world two centuries ago."
Codex Lore 109 timePeriod "Two centuries ago". Matches.

"The Riven War ... A thousand years before the Felling."
Codex Lore 146 timePeriod "A thousand years before the Felling". Matches.

"Nightbell ... begins the Tithe of Echoes."
Codex Item 145 "Nightbell". Codex Lore 148 "The Tithe of Echoes". Matches.

"Watcher's Prophecy".
Codex Lore 147. Matches.

"Wren Hessik".
Codex Char 138. Matches.

"Petal".
Codex Char 103 "Petal Dunmore". Sable is "Sable Dunmore". Text says "Petal. My sister." Matches.

"Osrik Pallengrave ... The Pale".
Codex Char 136 aliases "the Pale". Matches.

"Harrowglass ... Hungering Edge".
Codex Item 143 aliases "the Hungering Edge". Matches.

"Warden's Mail".
Codex Item 144. Matches.

"Burden".
Codex Item 118. Matches.

"Kindling".
Codex Item 107. Matches.

"Verity Beads".
Codex Item 130. Matches.

Is there a contradiction with **Grunn** and **The Warden's Mail**?
Text: "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".
Codex Item 144: "The Warden's Mail", material "Silver chain", power "Light".
Text says it hung on the wall. Grunn dons it.
Is there a restriction on who can wear it? No.

What about **Grunn** and **Burden**?
Text: "Burden still strapped to his back".
Codex Item 118: "Burden".
No contradiction.

Let's check **Mettik**'s arrival.
Text: "Captain Mettik, a human soldier who'd marched three days through the passes to meet them."
Codex Char 139: "Captain Mettik", species "Human".
Codex Char 114: "Mettik".
No contradiction.

Let's check **Old Tetch**.
Text: "the dwarf Grunn — Old Tetch".
Codex Char 111: "Grunn Tetch" aliases "Old Tetch", species "Dwarf". Matches.

Let's check **Sable**'s description.
Text: "Sable stood to his left... her jaw set."
Codex Char 101: "Sable Dunmore".
No physical details in text to contradict codex (Auburn hair, Brown eyes).

Let's check **Torben**'s description.
Text: "Torben ... green eyes".
Codex Char 100: "Green" eyes. Matches.

Let's check **Iselda**'s description.
Text: "Iselda ... pale features".
Codex Char 124: "White" hair, "Violet" eyes. "Pale features" is consistent.
Text: "blur of white and translucent wing".
Codex doesn't say she *doesn't* have wings. Her name is "Moth". It's likely canonical even if not explicitly in the short codex snippet. Not a contradiction.

Let's check **Osrik**'s description.
Text: "Tiefling ... horns swept back ... black hair ... red eyes".
Codex Char 136: species "Tiefling", hairColor "Black", eyeColor "Red". Matches.

Let's check the **Sanctum** location.
Codex Loc 141 "The Sanctum".
Text: "descended into the Sanctum". Matches.

Let's check **Hatchwell** destruction.
Text: "Hatchwell ... burned. Nothing left."
Codex doesn't say it wasn't burned.

Let's check **Root-tongue** or **Greenveil**? Not mentioned.

Let's check **The Little Stoneman**? Not mentioned.

Let's check **Amma's Ring**? Not mentioned.

Let's check **Petal's Locket**? Not mentioned.

Let's check **The Unfinished Hymnal**? Not mentioned.

Let's check **The Thornveil**? Not mentioned.

Let's check **The Rusty Lantern**? Not mentioned.

Let's check **Kettlebridge**? Not mentioned.

Let's check **Port Gessik**? Not mentioned.

Let's check **Moth Hall**? Not mentioned.

Let's check **The Fathom Stair**? Not mentioned.

Let's check **Dunmore** terrain.
Codex: "Coastal".
Text: "when The Felling reached the coast". Implies Dunmore is on the coast. Consistent.

Is there a violation regarding **Brother Hemmen**'s species?
Codex: "Human".
Text: No indication he isn't human.

Is there a violation regarding **Grunn**'s eyes?
Codex: "Amber".
Text: "His eyes moved". Doesn't specify color.

Okay, the only clear, hard contradiction is **Brother Hemmen** having eyes when his alias is "the Eyeless". The text explicitly describes them twice ("ashen eyes turned", "ashen eyes closed"). In fiction continuity, an alias like "the Eyeless" for a specific character usually denotes a physical absence of eyes. Describing them as having "ashen eyes" is a direct factual contradiction.

Are there any others?
"Captain Mettik" (id 139) vs "Mettik" (id 114). The text uses "Captain Mettik". This is fine.

Wait, check **Burden**'s material vs description.
Codex: "Bone and iron".
Text: "great mace". A mace can be bone and iron. No contradiction.

Check **Warden's Mail**.
Codex: "Silver chain".
Text: "silver chain". Matches.

Check **Kindling**.
Codex: "Dark iron".
Text: "dark iron blade". Matches.

Check **Harrowglass**.
Codex: "Obsidian".
Text: "obsidian edge". Matches.

Check **Nightbell**.
Codex: "Bronze".
Text: "bronze bell". Matches.

Check **Verity Beads**.
Codex: "Bone".
Text: "Verity Beads clicking". No material stated.

Check **Queen Veredine**.
Codex: "Elf".
Text: "elf". Matches.

Check **Pallid Host**.
Codex: Lore entry exists.
Text: Describes them as "restless dead". Consistent with "Host" and "Undying" context.

Check **The Felling**.
Codex: "Two centuries ago".
Text: "two centuries ago". Matches.

Check **Riven War**.
Codex: "A thousand years before the Felling".
Text: "A thousand years before the Felling". Matches.

Check **Binding of Reshkai**.
Codex: "The First Age".
Text: "something older" (than the Felling). The Felling is 2 centuries ago. The Riven War was 1000 years before that. The Binding was First Age. The text says "stop something older" than the Felling/Riven War context? "But this — this was built to stop something older." Contextually refers to the Binding/Reshkai which is First Age. Consistent.

Check **Watcher's Prophecy**.
Codex: Exists.
Text: Mentions it. Consistent.

Check **Tithe of Echoes**.
Codex: Exists.
Text: Mentions it. Consistent.

Is it possible **Grunn** cannot wear **Warden's Mail**?
Codex doesn't say.

Is it possible **Sable** cannot wield **Kindling**?
Codex doesn't say.

Is it possible **Torben** is not **Stray**?
Codex says alias "Stray". Text says "Stray, as some still called him". Matches.

Is it possible **Iselda** is not the one with wings?
Codex name "Moth". Text "translucent wing". Highly consistent.

Is it possible **Osrik** is not **The Pale**?
Codex alias "the Pale". Text "The Pale, they called him". Matches.

Is it possible **Harrowglass** is not **The Hungering Edge**?
Codex alias "the Hungering Edge". Text "Some called it the Hungering Edge". Matches.

Is it possible **Nightbell** is not the bell for **Tithe of Echoes**?
Codex Item "Nightbell". Codex Lore "Tithe of Echoes". Text links them. Plausible inference, not a contradiction unless codex says "Nightbell is for X" and text says "Nightbell is for Tithe". Codex doesn't specify the function of Nightbell other than name. Text defines the function. Not a contradiction.

Wait, check **Hemmen** again.
Codex: `hairColor="White"`.
Text: "ashen eyes".
"Ashen" usually means gray/white like ash. Could the author have confused "eyes" and "hair"?
Text: "his ashen eyes turned toward the Spire".
Text: "his ashen eyes closed".
The text definitely says eyes. The codex says he is "the Eyeless". This is the violation.

Are there any violations with **Left/Right**?
Text: "Sable stood to his left".
Text: "Torben moved left. Sable moved right."
No codex data on positioning.

Text: "In his right hand he carried a blade: Harrowglass."
No codex data on handedness.

Text: "Grunn's shoulders scraped stone on both sides."
Descriptive, not a fact check against codex.

One more check: **Mettik**.
Codex has `id="114" name="Mettik"` and `id="139" name="Captain Mettik"`.
This looks like a duplicate or a specific entry for the title. The text uses "Captain Mettik". This matches id 139. No contradiction.

One more check: **Old Rivka**, **Dol Tetch**, **Amma**, **Jurren Dunmore**.
Not mentioned in text.

One more check: **The Little Stoneman**, **Petal's Locket**, **Amma's Ring**, **Pale Compass**, **Unfinished Hymnal**.
Not mentioned.

Conclusion: Only the Brother Hemmen eye contradiction stands out as a definitive error based on the alias "the Eyeless".

Wait, is there an issue with **Grunn** and **Burden**?
Codex: `id="118" name="Burden"`.
Text: "Burden still strapped to his back".
Is Burden a mace? Codex doesn't say.
Is it possible Burden is NOT a mace? If the codex doesn't specify, we can't say it's a violation.

Is there an issue with **Sable** and **Kindling**?
Codex: `power="Fire"`.
Text: "fire along its edge flared". Matches.

Is there an issue with **Torben**'s eye color?
Codex: "Green".
Text: "green eyes". Matches.

Is there an issue with **Osrik**'s eye color?
Codex: "Red".
Text: "red eyes". Matches.

Is there an issue with **Grunn**'s eye color?
Codex: "Amber".
Text: "His eyes moved". No color specified.

Is there an issue with **Iselda**'s eye color?
Codex: "Violet".
Text: No color specified, just "pale features".

Is there an issue with **Veredine**?
Codex: "Elf".
Text: "elf". Matches.

Is there an issue with **Petal**?
Codex: "Petal Dunmore".
Text: "Petal. My sister." (Sable is Dunmore). Matches.

Is there an issue with **Wren Hessik**?
Codex: "Wren Hessik".
Text: "Wren Hessik died". Matches.

Okay, I'm confident the only violation is Hemmen's eyes.

<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 turn.</violation>
<violation entry="125" detail="aliases" paragraph="5" substring="his ashen eyes closed">The character is aliased "the Eyeless" in the codex, but the text describes him closing his "ashen eyes".</violation>

Wait, should I combine these? The prompt asks for "every factual inconsistency". These are two instances in different paragraphs. I should list both or just one representative? "Identify every factual inconsistency". I will list both occurrences.

Paragraph 2: "Brother Hemmen — the Eyeless — ... his ashen eyes turned toward the Spire"
Paragraph 5: "Hemmen stood in the center ... his ashen eyes closed"

Actually, looking at the text provided:
Paragraph 1: "The Spire of Echoes..."
Paragraph 2: "They gathered in the courtyard..." -> Contains "Brother Hemmen ... his ashen eyes turned"
Paragraph 3: "They descended into the Sanctum..."
Paragraph 4: "Hemmen spoke first..." -> Contains "His fingers found a groove..." (No eyes mentioned here).
Paragraph 5: "Osrik Pallengrave stepped..."
Paragraph 6: "Torben stepped forward..."
Paragraph 7: "The carvings on the walls seemed to shift..." -> Contains "Hemmen's voice rose." ... "The Watcher's Prophecy..." (No eyes mentioned here).
Paragraph 8: "Sable drew Kindling..."
Paragraph 9: "The first strike came..." -> Contains "Hemmen stood in the center ... his ashen eyes closed".

Let's re-verify paragraph counts.
P1: "The Spire of Echoes..."
P2: "They gathered in the courtyard..." (Mentions Hemmen's eyes turning).
P3: "They descended into the Sanctum..."
P4: "Hemmen spoke first..." (Explains history).
P5: "Osrik Pallengrave stepped..."
P6: "Torben stepped forward..."
P7: "The carvings on the walls seemed to shift..." (Hemmen speaks again, no eye mention).
P8: "Sable drew Kindling..."
P9: "The first strike came..." (Mentions Hemmen's eyes closed).

Yes, Paragraph 2 and Paragraph 9.

Wait, in Paragraph 4, Hemmen speaks. "His fingers found a groove". No eyes.
In Paragraph 7, "Hemmen's voice rose." No eyes.
In Paragraph 9, "Hemmen stood in the center ... his ashen eyes closed".

So violations are in P2 and P9.

One detail: The prompt says "detail: which specific detail is wrong — use the exact name of the codex element or attribute".
The codex element is `aliases`. The value is `the Eyeless`. The contradiction is the existence of eyes.
Alternatively, is there an implicit `eyeColor` or `hasEyes`? No. The contradiction is with the `aliases` value which functions as a physical descriptor.
Or perhaps I should cite the `name` or `aliases`? The attribute containing "Eyeless" is `aliases`.

Let's refine the violation explanation.
"The codex lists the alias 'the Eyeless' for Brother Hemmen, implying the absence of eyes, yet the text describes him having 'ashen eyes'."

<violation entry="125" detail="aliases" paragraph="2" substring="his ashen eyes turned toward the Spire">The codex aliases the character as "the Eyeless", implying he has no 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 aliases the character as "the Eyeless", implying he has no eyes, but the text describes him closing his eyes.</violation>

Are there any other violations?
What about "Captain Mettik" in paragraph 2?
Codex has `id="139" name="Captain Mettik"`. Text uses "Captain Mettik". Correct.
Codex has `id="114" name="Mettik"`. This is likely a redundant entry or a reference to him without title. Not a contradiction.

What about "Old Tetch"?
Codex `id="111" aliases="Old Tetch"`. Text uses "Old Tetch". Correct.

What about "Stray"?
Codex `id="100" aliases="Stray"`. Text uses "Stray". Correct.

What about "The Pale"?
Codex `id="136" aliases="the Pale"`. Text uses "The Pale". Correct.

What about "Hungering Edge"?
Codex `id="143" aliases="the Hungering Edge"`. Text uses "Hungering Edge". Correct.

What about "Veredine the Undying"?
Codex `id="137" aliases="Veredine the Undying"`. Text uses "Veredine the Undying". Correct.

Everything else aligns perfectly.

<violation entry="125" detail="aliases" paragraph="2" substring="his ashen eyes turned toward the Spire">The character is canonically aliased "the Eyeless", indicating he possesses no eyes, but the text describes his eyes turning.</violation>
<violation entry="125" detail="aliases" paragraph="9" substring="his ashen eyes closed">The character is canonically aliased "the Eyeless", indicating he possesses no eyes, but the text describes him closing his eyes.</violation>

Evaluation details

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0.00%

Correct "no violations" response

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

hasViolationTags	true
hasViolationsNoneTag	false
matchedPhrase	(null)

7.14%

No hallucinated violations

Response must not contain any <violation> tags

hasViolationTags	true
responseLength	21370
violationCount	13

3.5714%