====== Artifacts & Substances ======
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{
  "file": "artifacts_and_substances.json",
  "version": "1.0",
  "status": "locked_canon",
  "scope": "authoritative",
  "description": "Catalogues significant artifacts, substances, and materials associated with the Dreamwood. Defines their origins, functions, risks, and symbolic roles. Artifacts operate through ritual, ecology, and consequence rather than convenience.",

  "classification_principles": {
    "artifact_definition": "A material object whose significance arises from ritual use, ecological alignment, or accumulated memory.",
    "substance_definition": "A consumable or transferable material that alters perception, access, or alignment.",
    "constraints": [
      "no artifact grants absolute control",
      "all use incurs cost",
      "context determines efficacy"
    ]
  },

  "primary_substances": {
    "koru": {
      "type": "dreamwood_sap",
      "origin": "Harvested from accepted growths within the Dreamwood.",
      "effects": [
        "heightened perceptual attunement",
        "sense of connection",
        "euphoric calm"
      ],
      "uses": [
        "navigation of liminal paths",
        "ritual grounding",
        "personal attunement"
      ],
      "risks": [
        "dependency",
        "blurring of personal boundaries",
        "increased susceptibility to influence"
      ],
      "legal_status": "unregulated_natural_substance",
      "symbolism": "Connection without ownership"
    },
    "blighted_koru": {
      "alias": "dead_eyes",
      "type": "corrupted_sap",
      "origin": "Extracted from blight-infected growths.",
      "effects": [
        "intense euphoria",
        "sensory distortion",
        "temporary blindness"
      ],
      "uses": [
        "escape",
        "forced vision",
        "coercive bonding"
      ],
      "risks": [
        "permanent damage",
        "loss of agency",
        "potential enthrallment"
      ],
      "symbolism": "Connection through self-destruction"
    }
  },

  "containment_artifacts": {
    "witch_bottles": {
      "type": "ritual_container",
      "origin": "Developed as harm-reduction tools for trauma and memory overflow.",
      "contents": [
        "emotional fragments",
        "memory residues",
        "psychic pressure"
      ],
      "function": "Delay escalation by isolating volatile elements.",
      "failure_modes": [
        "leakage",
        "environmental bleed",
        "long-term destabilization"
      ],
      "ethical_note": "Containment prioritizes stability over healing."
    }
  },

  "ritual_objects": {
    "boundary_charms": {
      "materials": [
        "copper",
        "etched wood",
        "threshold scrapings"
      ],
      "function": [
        "early warning",
        "boundary reinforcement"
      ],
      "limitations": [
        "require maintenance",
        "do not prevent determined intrusion"
      ]
    },
    "memory_tokens": {
      "definition": "Objects saturated with personal or collective memory through ritual use.",
      "function": [
        "symbolic anchoring",
        "ritual focus"
      ],
      "risk": "May attract attention or resonance."
    }
  },

  "living_artifacts": {
    "archive_trees": {
      "type": "bio-mnemonic structure",
      "origin": "Saplings planted through Mournwood interment rites.",
      "function": "Access points for distributed memory.",
      "limitations": [
        "no direct dialogue",
        "slow maturation",
        "interpretive access only"
      ],
      "symbolism": "Legacy without survival"
    }
  },

  "usage_constraints": {
    "misuse_consequences": [
      "ecological backlash",
      "psychological erosion",
      "corruption amplification"
    ],
    "stacking_effects": "Cumulative and nonlinear",
    "removal": "Artifacts cannot be safely neutralized; they must be contextualized or abandoned."
  },

  "canon_rules": {
    "artifacts_do_not_solve_problems": true,
    "substances_alter_alignment": true,
    "every_tool_imposes_cost": true
  }
}

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