Source and spoiler boundary

What each public claim can support

The manuscript governs story canon. Owner requirements govern public presentation. In-world papers state positions inside the novel, not neutral fact.

Canonical manuscript SHA-256: 24cb4a52c8f4fc569e26820af06b3967e0bf4de47ab74bbc6fe789489fbda7cc

CANON AUTHORITY · PUBLIC · SETTLED IN MANUSCRIPT

The Anvil household anchors the case file.

Source
Glossary: Anvil; Prologue: The Anvil Kitchen, Day 0, Year 19
Approved wording
The Anvil household keeps the first record.
Boundary
Do not describe the household as a government office, game party, or symbolic interface.

CANON AUTHORITY · PUBLIC · SETTLED IN MANUSCRIPT

The household begins under water and food pressure.

Source
Prologue: seven bowls, unsafe canal water, filter limits, and rice for six living mouths
Approved wording
The canal is unsafe, the filter only buys washing water, and the rice must feed six living mouths.
Boundary
Do not add an invented illness, death, price, or resolved supply outcome.

CANON AUTHORITY · PUBLIC · SETTLED IN MANUSCRIPT

Neo New Orleans uses Year 19 as its present local administrative year.

Source
Glossary: Year 19; case-file datelines throughout
Approved wording
Neo New Orleans, Year 19.
Boundary
Do not assign a Common Era year or external chronology.

CANON AUTHORITY · PUBLIC · SETTLED IN MANUSCRIPT

Lower wards live with flooding, subsidence, saltwater stress, and unequal infrastructure.

Source
Glossary: Mud and Canopy; Research Cite Log RCL-06; Prologue and Chapter 1
Approved wording
Below the waterline, daily life depends on pumps, filters, routes, and work that still needs repair.
Boundary
Do not say all residents share one race, class, language, or political position.

CANON AUTHORITY · PUBLIC · SETTLED IN MANUSCRIPT

Mud News Package and The Canopy Standard report from different positions.

Source
The Efficiency Report; Cora's Closing; glossary descriptions of Board and Mud
Approved wording
The Canopy Standard prints authorized civic accounts. Mud News Package keeps witness counts, corrections, costs, and gaps in view.
Boundary
Do not claim either publication possesses a complete or neutral account.

CANON AUTHORITY · PUBLIC · SETTLED IN MANUSCRIPT

Yvonne Celestin is a manbo whose practice is lived knowledge, care, and obligation.

Source
Glossary: manbo; Prologue; Chapters 4, 14, 42; Research Cite Log RCL-07
Approved wording
Yvonne Celestin carries religious practice through household care, consent, and material work.
Boundary
Do not use sacred forms as decoration, currency, puzzle language, or generic technology.

CANON AUTHORITY · PUBLIC · SETTLED IN MANUSCRIPT

Marcel De La Rosa, Solene Lafitte, and Nox Laguerre share the household's work.

Source
Prologue and recurring case-file records; About the Author and Archive Index
Approved wording
Marcel listens to the infrastructure. Solene keeps the public count. Nox traces routes and repairs.
Boundary
Do not reduce the characters to game classes, powers, or collectible profiles.

CANON AUTHORITY · PUBLIC · SETTLED IN MANUSCRIPT

The registry count is incomplete.

Source
Chapter 1: registry lists 31 children while the yard count reaches 47 and then 48
Approved wording
The official registry lists 31 children. The yard count reaches 48.
Boundary
Do not identify the unlisted children or explain the discrepancy as one settled cause.

CANON AUTHORITY · WITHHELD · UNRESOLVED

Union ownership and belonging remain unresolved.

Source
Late case files, Epilogue, Cora's Closing
Approved wording
The record does not settle who owns the system or who gets to belong.
Boundary
Do not assign final ownership, declare liberation complete, or convert survival into victory.

CANON AUTHORITY · WITHHELD · UNRESOLVED

WEDDO and retuning remain bounded terms.

Source
Glossary: WEDDO and retuning; Chapters 18–19
Approved wording
The manuscript keeps the signal and its interpretation unresolved.
Boundary
Do not define protected frequencies, settle retuning, or treat WEDDO as a proven command or entity.

CANON AUTHORITY · WITHHELD · UNRESOLVED

GE, LH, GP, and Connection Stronghold have no approved public expansion or definition.

Source
Complete-manuscript review: no authoritative definition located
Approved wording
No public definition is available.
Boundary
Do not invent expansions or definitions.

OWNER AUTHORITY · PUBLIC · SETTLED IN MANUSCRIPT

The live author identity is Manuel A. Dominguez.

Source
Title page and About the Author
Approved wording
Manuel A. Dominguez
Boundary
Do not add an accent to live text, metadata, schema, alternatives, or generated social assets.

Image provenance

Project artwork

The DISSONANCE cover was generated with OpenAI Image 2, then selected and produced for the First Edition by Manuel A. Dominguez. The approved cover source remains unchanged.

The cover artwork uses an accented surname. Live page text, metadata, schema, navigation, alternatives, and commerce labels use the owner-approved identity “Manuel A. Dominguez.” A corrected cover requires an authoritative source or owner approval.

OWNER_ACTION_REQUIRED: cover-name correction remains unresolved.