<FILE> {

"file": "sanctuary_and_boundaries.json",
"version": "1.0",
"status": "locked_canon",
"scope": "authoritative",
"description": "Defines spaces of protection, enforced restraint, and boundary behavior at the edge of the Dreamwood. Establishes how sanctuary functions, how it fails, and what it costs to maintain.",

"sanctuary_principles": {
  "definition": "A sanctuary is a space where escalation is suppressed, not erased.",
  "core_properties": [
    "violence inhibition",
    "corruption dampening",
    "symbolic reinforcement"
  ],
  "limitations": [
    "sanctuary does not confer safety elsewhere",
    "sanctuary requires upkeep",
    "sanctuary can be bypassed through prior intimacy"
  ]
},

"primary_sanctuaries": {
  "mourngrove": {
    "type": "sacred_sanctuary",
    "status": "absolute",
    "description": "A burial and memory-preservation site where the Dreamwood enforces non-violence.",
    "enforced_constraints": [
      "no direct harm",
      "no coercive magic",
      "no corruption expression"
    ],
    "exceptions": "None",
    "cost": "Permanent restriction on use as leverage or weapon."
  },
  "tolmie_house": {
    "type": "edge_sanctuary",
    "status": "conditional",
    "description": "A reinforced mundane structure adjacent to the Dreamwood, serving as a refuge.",
    "enforced_constraints": [
      "delayed intrusion",
      "early warning",
      "localized dampening"
    ],
    "failure_profile": "Gradual degradation rather than collapse."
  }
},

"boundary_mechanics": {
  "thresholds": {
    "definition": "Transitional zones where influence changes state.",
    "behaviors": [
      "symbolic reinforcement",
      "misdirection",
      "pressure accumulation"
    ]
  },
  "warding": {
    "methods": [
      "ritual inscription",
      "material resonance",
      "attention anchoring"
    ],
    "maintenance": "Continuous and labor-intensive",
    "decay": "Inevitable without renewal"
  }
},

"intrusion_dynamics": {
  "hostile_entry": {
    "constraints": [
      "sanctuary slows but does not stop",
      "prior residence or familiarity weakens barriers"
    ],
    "expressions": [
      "manifest pressure",
      "environmental distortion",
      "symbolic breach"
    ]
  },
  "invited_entry": {
    "effects": [
      "reduced resistance",
      "increased consequence"
    ]
  }
},

"failure_modes": {
  "sanctuary_erosion": [
    "ward fatigue",
    "symbolic neglect",
    "internal conflict"
  ],
  "boundary_collapse": [
    "sudden incursion",
    "loss of warning",
    "corruption seepage"
  ]
},

"ethical_constraints": {
  "no_weaponization": "Sanctuaries cannot be used to trap, punish, or dominate.",
  "cost_of_protection": "Protection displaces harm rather than eliminating it."
},

"canon_rules": {
  "sanctuary_is_temporal": true,
  "boundaries_reflect_relationship": true,
  "protection_requires_attention": true
}

}

</FILE>