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# Book 3 Design Spec: "The Sealed Chamber"
> **SUPERSEDED 2026-04-12** — see `outline/book3-outline.md` for the current canonical Book 3 plan. This spec captures the original 22-chapter design approved 2026-04-09. Book 3 was subsequently restructured to 24 chapters with Compact-as-antagonist framing, a guild-vs-Compact clash in Act 3, Ledger's grooming arc surfaced as a load-bearing thread, and Phelan's formal elevation as the Compact-inquiry resolution. The act structure below still matches Acts 1 and 2, but Act 3 differs substantially. Retained here as historical record only — do not draft from this document.
**Date:** 2026-04-09
**Status:** Draft — pending author review
**Status:** Superseded — historical record
**Working Title:** "The Sealed Chamber"
**Alternative:** "What Stays Buried"