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Run: 2026-02-22-01KJ1AKEDF8EJ8WV474TDSQGNW
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 53s
Cost:
$0.017508
Provider:
Alibaba
Evaluation summary
Score
Evaluator
Details Link
0.00%
Correct "no violations" response
(details)
9.09%
No hallucinated violations
(details)
4.5455%
Overall
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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.
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<violation entry="125" detail="eyeColor" paragraph="2" substring="his ashen eyes turned toward the Spire">The text describes Brother Hemmen's eyes as "ashen," but the codex does not specify an eye color for him (only hair color is listed as White). While "ashen" could describe a pale gray, assigning a specific eye color not in the codex when the character is defined as "the Eyeless" (alias) suggests a contradiction of his defining trait or an invention not supported by the blank field. However, strictly looking for contradictions: The codex entry for Brother Hemmen (125) has no `eyeColor` field. The alias is "the Eyeless". Describing him as having "ashen eyes" contradicts the implication of the alias "the Eyeless" which suggests he lacks eyes, or at minimum introduces a detail not present. Let's look closer. Actually, "the Eyeless" usually implies no eyes. If he has "ashen eyes", that is a direct contradiction of the alias "the Eyeless" which serves as a physical descriptor in the name field. Wait, let's re-evaluate "the Eyeless". If the alias is "the Eyeless", describing him with eyes ("ashen eyes") is a direct factual contradiction of his name/alias. <violation entry="125" detail="aliases" paragraph="2" substring="his ashen eyes turned toward the Spire">The character is aliased "the Eyeless", implying he has no eyes, yet the text describes him having "ashen eyes".</violation> <violation entry="144" detail="material" paragraph="5" substring="the Warden's Mail, silver chain">The text describes the Warden's Mail as "silver chain", which matches the codex material "Silver chain". No violation here. <violation entry="118" detail="objectType" paragraph="7" substring="swung the great mace free">The text identifies "Burden" as a "great mace". The codex entry for Burden (118) lists it as a "Weapon" but does not specify the type. This is not a contradiction, just a specification. <violation entry="100" detail="eyeColor" paragraph="5" substring="His green eyes met Osrik's red ones">The text says Torben has "green eyes". The codex (100) confirms `eyeColor` is "Green". No violation. <violation entry="136" detail="eyeColor" paragraph="5" substring="Osrik's red ones">The text says Osrik has "red eyes". The codex (136) confirms `eyeColor` is "Red". No violation. <violation entry="101" detail="species" paragraph="7" substring="Sable drew Kindling">No species mentioned here. Let's re-read carefully for specific contradictions. Paragraph 2: "Brother Hemmen — the Eyeless ... his ashen eyes turned toward the Spire". Codex 125: Name "Brother Hemmen", Aliases "the Eyeless". Contradiction: A character called "the Eyeless" should not have eyes described. Entry: 125 Detail: aliases (or physical description implied by alias) Actually, the codex doesn't explicitly state "has no eyes" in a separate field, but the alias "the Eyeless" is a canonical fact. Describing him with eyes contradicts the alias. Paragraph 4: "Hatchwell — the town that stood at the mountain's base — burned." Codex 142: Location "Hatchwell". No info on its status. Codex 140: "The Spire of Echoes", Terrain "Mountain". The text says Hatchwell was at the base of the mountain where the Spire is. The codex doesn't contradict this geography. Paragraph 4: "The Riven War... A thousand years before the Felling." Codex 146: "The Riven War", timePeriod "A thousand years before the Felling". Matches. Codex 109: "The Felling", timePeriod "Two centuries ago". Matches text in para 6 ("The Felling broke the world two centuries ago"). Paragraph 5: "Grunn was already reaching for what hung on the wall behind him — the Warden's Mail...". Codex 111: Grunn Tetch. Species Dwarf. Codex 144: Warden's Mail. Material "Silver chain". Text: "silver chain that hummed". Matches. Paragraph 7: "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 118: Burden. Material "Bone and iron". Power "Light". ObjectType "Weapon". Text calls it a "great mace". Codex just says "Weapon". Not a contradiction. Paragraph 2: "Captain Mettik, a human soldier". Codex 139: Captain Mettik. Species "Human". Matches. Paragraph 4: "Queen Veredine — Veredine the Undying, an elf". Codex 137: Queen Veredine, Aliases "Veredine the Undying", Species "Elf". Matches. Paragraph 4: "Her army, the Pallid Host". Codex 149: "The Pallid Host". Matches. Paragraph 6: "The Binding of Reshkai ... sealed in The Hollow". Codex 132: "The Binding of Reshkai". Codex 126: "The Hollow". Matches. Paragraph 6: "Nightbell, the bell that begins the Tithe of Echoes." Codex 145: Nightbell. Material "Bronze". Codex 148: "The Tithe of Echoes". Text says Nightbell is bronze ("bronze bell began to hum"). Codex 145 says "Bronze". Matches. Paragraph 5: "Osrik Pallengrave ... Tiefling ... black hair ... red eyes". Codex 136: Osrik Pallengrave. Species "Tiefling", eyeColor "Red", hairColor "Black". Matches. Paragraph 5: "Harrowglass ... obsidian edge ... Void-touched ... Hungering Edge". Codex 143: Harrowglass, Aliases "the Hungering Edge", Material "Obsidian", Power "Void". Matches. Paragraph 7: "Verity Beads clicking between his fingers". Codex 130: Verity Beads. Material "Bone". Text doesn't specify material, just action. Paragraph 2: "Iselda ... pale features". Codex 124: Iselda Moth. hairColor "White", eyeColor "Violet". "Pale" is consistent with white hair/violet eyes usually, not a contradiction. Paragraph 2: "Grunn ... dwarf". Codex 111: Grunn Tetch, Species "Dwarf". Matches. Paragraph 1: "Torben — Stray". Codex 100: Torben Reikhart, Aliases "Stray". Matches. Paragraph 2: "Brother Hemmen — the Eyeless". Codex 125: Aliases "the Eyeless". Text: "his ashen eyes". This is the main candidate. If you are "the Eyeless", you don't have eyes. Are there any others? Paragraph 4: "Hatchwell ... burned. Nothing left." Codex 142 is just "Hatchwell". No history in codex. Cannot flag as contradiction unless codex says "Hatchwell is thriving". It doesn't. Paragraph 7: "Sable drew Kindling. The dark iron blade". Codex 107: Kindling. Material "Dark iron". ObjectType "Weapon". Power "Fire". Text: "dark iron blade ... fire along its edge". Matches. Paragraph 7: "Wren Hessik died at your hands". Codex 138: Wren Hessik. No death info. Paragraph 7: "Petal. My sister." Codex 103: Petal Dunmore. Gender Female. Codex 101: Sable Dunmore. Gender Female. Same last name "Dunmore". Sable calling Petal "My sister" is consistent with shared surname, though not explicitly confirmed in codex as siblings. Not a contradiction. Let's check the location of the Spire. Text: "Spire of Echoes rose from the mountain's shoulder". Codex 140: Spire of Echoes, Terrain "Mountain". Matches. Text: "Sanctum ... chamber carved from the mountain's root". Codex 141: The Sanctum. No location detail. Is there a contradiction with "The Hollow"? Text: "What was sealed in The Hollow". Codex 126: The Hollow. No detail. Let's re-examine Brother Hemmen. Codex 125: `<character id="125" name="Brother Hemmen" aliases="the Eyeless">`. If the alias is canonical, then describing him with eyes is a contradiction. Violation: Entry 125, Detail "aliases" (since the alias defines his physical state of being eyeless), Paragraph 2, Substring "his ashen eyes". Are there any left/right swaps? Text: "Sable stood to his left". Text: "Torben moved left. Sable moved right." No codex info on positioning. Check colors again. Torben: Green eyes (Text) vs Green (Codex 100). OK. Osrik: Red eyes (Text) vs Red (Codex 136). OK. Iselda: White hair (Codex 124). Text says "blur of white". OK. Grunn: Gray hair (Codex 111). Text doesn't mention hair color. Hemmen: White hair (Codex 125). Text says "ashes" eyes, doesn't mention hair. Wait, "ashen eyes". Ashen is a color (gray/white). But the issue is the existence of eyes. What about "The Little Stoneman"? Not in text. "Petal's Locket"? Not in text. "Amma's Ring"? Not in text. Is there a violation regarding "The Felling"? Text: "The Felling broke the world two centuries ago." Codex 109: TimePeriod "Two centuries ago". OK. Text: "Riven War ... A thousand years before the Felling." Codex 146: TimePeriod "A thousand years before the Felling". OK. Text: "Binding of Reshkai". Codex 132: Category Magic. TimePeriod "The First Age". Text: "stop something older". Consistent. Is there a violation with "Captain Mettik"? Text: "Captain Mettik, a human soldier". Codex 139: Species Human. OK. Codex 114: Name "Mettik". (Duplicate/Simple entry). What about "Old Tetch"? Text: "Grunn — Old Tetch". Codex 111: Aliases "Old Tetch". OK. What about "The Pale"? Text: "Osrik Pallengrave ... The Pale". Codex 136: Aliases "the Pale". OK. Is there any inconsistency with "Kindling"? Text: "Sable drew Kindling". Codex 107: Kindling. Is Sable the wielder? Codex doesn't say who wields it. Is there an inconsistency with "Burden"? Text: Grunn uses Burden. Codex 118: Burden. No owner specified in codex. Is there an inconsistency with "Warden's Mail"? Text: Grunn uses it. Codex 144: Warden's Mail. No owner specified. Maybe the "Eyeless" thing is the only one. Wait, let's look at Paragraph 2 again. "Brother Hemmen — the Eyeless — had arrived before any of them... his ashen eyes turned toward the Spire". If he is "the Eyeless", he cannot have "ashen eyes". This is a definitive contradiction between the text's description of his anatomy and his canonical alias which describes a lack of that anatomy. Are there any other subtle ones? "Iselda ... translucent wing". Codex 124: Iselda Moth. Gender Female. EyeColor Violet. HairColor White. Does "Moth" imply wings? Usually yes. Does the codex say she has wings? No. But does it say she *doesn't*? No. "Moth" as a name might be metaphorical or literal. If literal, wings are expected. If the codex doesn't specify species for Iselda (it doesn't, unlike Grunn/Dwarf or Osrik/Tiefling), we can't be sure. Wait, Codex 124: `<character id="124" name="Iselda Moth">`. No species tag. Codex 101 (Sable) has species Human. Codex 111 (Grunn) has species Dwarf. Codex 136 (Osrik) has species Tiefling. Codex 137 (Veredine) has species Elf. Codex 125 (Hemmen) has species Human. Codex 139 (Mettik) has species Human. Iselda Moth does NOT have a species listed. So "translucent wing" is not a contradiction of a stated species (like if she were listed as Human and grew wings). It's an addition. What about "Petal Dunmore" and "Sable Dunmore"? Text: "Petal. My sister." Codex: Both have surname Dunmore. Consistent. What about "Hatchwell"? Text: "Hatchwell ... burned. Nothing left." Codex 142: Hatchwell. If Hatchwell is destroyed, is it still a location? Yes, ruins are locations. No contradiction. Let's double check the "Eyeless" violation format. Entry: 125 Detail: aliases (The alias "the Eyeless" contradicts the presence of eyes). Or maybe detail should be "physicalDescription" if it existed, but it doesn't. The alias is the source of the truth about his eyes. The prompt asks for "the exact name of the codex element or attribute that is contradicted". The codex element is `aliases`. The value is "the Eyeless". The text says he has eyes. So `detail="aliases"`. Are there any inconsistencies with items? "Harrowglass ... Void-touched". Codex power "Void". OK. "Kindling ... fire". Codex power "Fire". OK. "Warden's Mail ... pale light". Codex power "Light". OK. "Burden". Codex power "Light". Text: "Warden's Mail blazing and Burden still strapped...". Doesn't explicitly say Burden is glowing, but later "pale glow of the Warden's Mail". It doesn't say Burden glows. Wait, "Burden" has power "Light". If it's not glowing, is that a contradiction? No, powers can be dormant. However, in paragraph 7: "Grunn met the first one with the Warden's Mail blazing and Burden still strapped to his back — then swung the great mace free". It doesn't mention Burden glowing. Later: "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." It lists three light sources/sinks: Kindling (Fire), Warden's Mail (Light), Harrowglass (Void). It omits Burden (Light). Is this a contradiction? Not necessarily. The Warden's Mail is armor, Burden is a weapon maybe held differently? Or maybe the author forgot. But omission isn't a contradiction. Wait, look at Paragraph 7 again. "Grunn met the first one with the Warden's Mail blazing and Burden still strapped to his back". If Burden is a weapon (mace), why was it strapped to his back if he is fighting? He swings it free later. Codex 118: Burden, ObjectType "Weapon". Text says he swings it. OK. Is there a contradiction with "The Tithe of Echoes"? Text: "Nightbell, the bell that begins the Tithe of Echoes." Codex 148: "The Tithe of Echoes", Category "Tradition". Codex 145: "Nightbell". Seems consistent. Is there a contradiction with "The Watcher's Prophecy"? Text: "carved into the foundation stone". Codex 147: "The Watcher's Prophecy", Category "Prophecy". No location specified in codex. Let's reconsider the "Eyeless" point. Is there any other interpretation? Maybe "Eyeless" is a title like "King", not literal? But "Brother Hemmen" + "the Eyeless" + No eye color in codex (while others have it) strongly implies the lack of eyes is a key feature. Describing "ashen eyes" is almost certainly a continuity error intended to be caught. One more check: Paragraph 4: "Queen Veredine ... an elf who commanded the living and the dead". Codex 137: Species "Elf". OK. Paragraph 4: "Pallid Host ... restless dead". Codex 149: "The Pallid Host". No description. Paragraph 5: "Osrik ... Tiefling ... horns swept back". Codex 136: Species "Tiefling". Tieflings have horns. OK. Paragraph 2: "Captain Mettik ... human soldier". Codex 139: Species "Human". OK. Paragraph 2: "Grunn ... dwarf". Codex 111: Species "Dwarf". OK. Paragraph 1: "Torben ... Stray". Codex 100: Aliases "Stray". OK. Paragraph 2: "Iselda Moth". Codex 124: Name "Iselda Moth". OK. Paragraph 6: "The Binding of Reshkai". Codex 132: Name "The Binding of Reshkai". OK. Paragraph 6: "The Hollow". Codex 126: Name "The Hollow". OK. Paragraph 6: "The Felling". Codex 109: Name "The Felling". OK. Paragraph 6: "The Tithe of Echoes". Codex 148: Name "The Tithe of Echoes". OK. Paragraph 6: "The Watcher's Prophecy". Codex 147: Name "The Watcher's Prophecy". OK. Paragraph 4: "The Riven War". Codex 146: Name "The Riven War". OK. Paragraph 4: "Hatchwell". Codex 142: Name "Hatchwell". OK. Paragraph 4: "The Spire of Echoes". Codex 140: Name "The Spire of Echoes". OK. Paragraph 3: "The Sanctum". Codex 141: Name "The Sanctum". OK. Paragraph 5: "Harrowglass", "Hungering Edge". Codex 143: Name "Harrowglass", Aliases "the Hungering Edge". OK. Paragraph 5: "Warden's Mail". Codex 144: Name "The Warden's Mail". OK. Paragraph 7: "Kindling". Codex 107: Name "Kindling". OK. Paragraph 7: "Burden". Codex 118: Name "Burden". OK. Paragraph 7: "Verity Beads". Codex 130: Name "The Verity Beads". OK. Paragraph 7: "Nightbell". Codex 145: Name "Nightbell". OK. It really seems like the only hard contradiction is Brother Hemmen having eyes. Wait, check "Old Rivka", "Dol Tetch", "Amma", "Jurren Dunmore". They are in the codex but not the text. That's fine. Check "Root-tongue", "Greenveil", "Thornborn", "Ashfall", "First Age". Text mentions "First Age" implicitly ("something older" than 2 centuries, and Binding of Reshkai is First Age in codex). Text: "style that predated any kingdom Torben knew". Codex 135: "The First Age". Text doesn't explicitly name "The First Age" in relation to the carvings, just "older". Wait, Paragraph 6: "The Binding of Reshkai — you know of it. What was sealed in The Hollow was one half of a lock." Codex 132 says Binding of Reshkai is "The First Age". Text doesn't contradict this. Is there a contradiction in "Sable Dunmore" age? Codex 101: Age 28. Text doesn't mention age. Is there a contradiction in eye colors? Sable: Brown (Codex). Text doesn't mention. Torben: Green (Codex). Text says Green. Osrik: Red (Codex). Text says Red. Iselda: Violet (Codex). Text doesn't mention eye color, just "pale features". Grunn: Amber (Codex). Text says "His eyes moved... tracked every shadow". Doesn't specify color. Hemmen: No eye color in codex. Alias "the Eyeless". Text says "ashen eyes". Okay, I am confident about Hemmen. Are there any violations regarding "The Spire of Echoes" being a fortress? Codex 140: Terrain "Mountain". Text: "It was a fortress". Not a contradiction. What about "The Rusty Lantern", "Dunmore", "Thornveil", "Kettlebridge", "Port Gessik", "Fathom Stair", "Moth Hall"? Not in text. Final check on Hemmen. Codex: `<character id="125" name="Brother Hemmen" aliases="the Eyeless">` Text: `Brother Hemmen — the Eyeless — ... his ashen eyes` Contradiction: The alias "the Eyeless" asserts the character has no eyes. The text describes his eyes. Entry: 125 Detail: aliases Paragraph: 2 Substring: "his ashen eyes" Is there anything else? "Sable stood to his left". "Torben moved left. Sable moved right." If Sable is on the left, and Torben moves left, and Sable moves right... relative to what? "Torben moved left" (relative to himself facing forward?). "Sable moved right" (relative to herself?). This is choreography, not a codex fact. "Iselda ... translucent wing". If Iselda is human, wings would be a contradiction. Codex 124: `<character id="124" name="Iselda Moth">`. No species. Codex 101 (Sable) has species. Codex 111 (Grunn) has species. The absence of species for Iselda suggests she might NOT be human, or the codex is incomplete. But we cannot assume she is human to flag it as a contradiction. If the codex doesn't say she's human, she could be a variant or fey. "Moth" in name supports wings. Not a violation. One potential: "Burden" material. Codex 118: "Bone and iron". Text: "great mace". Doesn't mention material. Text: "shield that split like kindling". Simile. One potential: "Warden's Mail" material. Codex 144: "Silver chain". Text: "silver chain". Match. One potential: "Harrowglass" material. Codex 143: "Obsidian". Text: "obsidian edge". Match. One potential: "Nightbell" material. Codex 145: "Bronze". Text: "bronze bell". Match. One potential: "Kindling" material. Codex 107: "Dark iron". Text: "dark iron blade". Match. One potential: "Verity Beads" material. Codex 130: "Bone". Text: "Verity Beads clicking". No material mentioned. Conclusion: Only the Hemmen eye contradiction. Wait, looking at the Codex again. Character 125: `<hairColor>White</hairColor>`. Text doesn't mention his hair. Character 125: `<species>Human</species>`. Text doesn't contradict species. Is it possible "the Eyeless" is a religious title and he actually has eyes? "The Eyeless" usually denotes missing eyes in fantasy. Given the specificity of "ashen eyes" (a color), it feels like the author forgot the alias implication. In a continuity check, "the Eyeless" having eyes is a flag. Are there any other characters with aliases that contradict descriptions? "Stray" (Torben) - No contradiction. "Old Tetch" (Grunn) - No contradiction. "the Pale" (Osrik) - Described as pale? "lean in a way that suggested something stripped down". "Pale" usually refers to skin or hair. Osrik has Black hair. Skin not described as pale, but "lean". "The Pale" might refer to his demeanor or skin. Not a hard contradiction. "Veredine the Undying" - No contradiction. "Harrowglass" / "Hungering Edge" - No contradiction. Wait, "The Pale" for Osrik. Codex 136: Aliases "the Pale". Text: "Osrik Pallengrave ... The Pale, they called him." Description: "tall, lean ... black hair ... red eyes". Doesn't explicitly say he is pale-skinned, but doesn't say he is dark-skinned either. "The Pale" could refer to his aura ("air around it dimmed", "hungry absence of light"). Not a contradiction. I will stick with the Hemmen violation. <violation entry="125" detail="aliases" paragraph="2" substring="his ashen eyes">The character is canonically aliased "the Eyeless", implying he has no eyes, but the text describes him having "ashen eyes".</violation> Wait, is there a violation with "Captain Mettik"? Codex 139: Captain Mettik. Codex 114: Mettik. Two entries? One with title, one without. Text uses "Captain Mettik". Matches 139. Is 114 a duplicate error in the codex or a different person? "Mettik" vs "Captain Mettik". Usually same person. Not a text violation. What about "Old Rivka"? Not in text. "Dol Tetch"? Not in text. One more look at "Sable Dunmore". Text: "Sable stood to his left". Text: "Sable moved right". Text: "Sable drew Kindling". Text: "My sister ... Petal". All consistent. Is there a violation with "The Felling" time? Text: "The Felling broke the world two centuries ago." Codex 109: "Two centuries ago". Match. Is there a violation with "Riven War" time? Text: "A thousand years before the Felling." Codex 146: "A thousand years before the Felling". Match. Is there a violation with "Binding of Reshkai"? Text: "The Binding of Reshkai". Codex 132: "The Binding of Reshkai". Match. I'm only finding the one. <violation entry="125" detail="aliases" paragraph="2" substring="his ashen eyes">The codex lists the character's alias as "the Eyeless", which contradicts the text's description of him having "ashen eyes".</violation> Wait, could "detail" be something else? The codex doesn't have an "eyeColor" field for 125. The contradiction is with the name/alias field. So "aliases" is the correct detail attribute. One final check: "The Spire of Echoes" terrain. Codex 140: "Mountain". Text: "rose from the mountain's shoulder". Match. "The Sanctum". Codex 141: No terrain. Text: "chamber carved from the mountain's root". Consistent. "Hatchwell". Codex 142: No terrain. Text: "town that stood at the mountain's base". Consistent. Okay, ready. <violation entry="125" detail="aliases" paragraph="2" substring="his ashen eyes">The character is aliased "the Eyeless" in the codex, which contradicts the text describing him as having "ashen eyes".</violation>
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