rename: Kimra -> Kimbra across project files

Text-content replacements to match the kimra.md -> kimbra.md file
rename. Preserves file history via the earlier git mv and updates all
references in outlines, character bibles, book 3 CLAUDE and input
files, and the historical design spec.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Every major thread asks: **what happens when the thing you kept hidden gets foun
- **Mere's pregnancy** — physical vulnerability she cannot control or optimize
- **Cass** — burned by his own institution, mask of legitimacy stripped
- **The ruin** — pre-Compact secrets sealed away for centuries, now unearthed
- **Kimra** — a mother confronting the fact her son walked away, not the other way around
- **Kimbra** — a mother confronting the fact her son walked away, not the other way around
- **Ledger** — the Pathfinder mask slips; full reveal
- **Devod** — The Wolf is no longer hidden
@@ -98,15 +98,15 @@ This is why:
- **Dynamic with Devod:** He calls her "princess" constantly (wrong rank — she's a duchess, he doesn't understand or care about the distinction, she's given up correcting him). She says "DEVOD!" when he says something funny, rude, or childish. The chemistry is immediate and genuine.
- **Estate:** The ruin is on her land. She is practical about the artifacts (financial value for her estate) and protective of her people and property.
#### Kimra (Phelan's Mother)
- **Name:** Kimra (based on Kim)
#### Kimbra (Phelan's Mother)
- **Name:** Kimbra (based on Kim)
- **Husband:** Patren (based on Patrick) — decent, quiet man she met through work. Not present for Book 3 visit; mentioned.
- **Best Friend:** Margeth (based on Maggie) — mentioned, possibly visits Chandler's Row while Kimra is there.
- **Best Friend:** Margeth (based on Maggie) — mentioned, possibly visits Chandler's Row while Kimbra is there.
- **Age:** Mid-to-late 50s
- **Role:** Reconnection subplot
**Critical characterization — NOT an absent/neglectful mother:**
- Kimra raised Phelan to be independent. She succeeded too well.
- Kimbra raised Phelan to be independent. She succeeded too well.
- She is deeply caring, social, warm — a social butterfly with many friends and relationships. The opposite of Phelan's antisocial nature.
- She shares Phelan's ability to "drop" people whenever, but unlike him, she replaces them easily because she connects easily. Same mechanism, opposite personality.
- When Phelan hit 16, his developing Flaw Sight, ADD brain, and cold-reader instincts made him unmanageable. He decided he didn't need anyone and walked away. SHE didn't leave — HE did.
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ This is why:
- **Climax:** Confronting Cass with the weapon exposed. The fight happens with catastrophic stakes — Cass reaching the amplifier means destruction
- **End:** Discovers the "flawfinder's gift" is documented in the archive (he's part of a pre-Compact tradition, not alone). Built his first perfect lock. House plans revision 14 with Sera's room.
- **Arc:** From exploiter to defender. From hiding what he is to understanding what he's part of.
- **Kimra subplot:** Confronts the fact that his self-sufficiency narrative is a story he told himself. His mother didn't abandon him — he walked away. The noise processes this throughout the book but he doesn't resolve it fully. Growth, not resolution.
- **Kimbra subplot:** Confronts the fact that his self-sufficiency narrative is a story he told himself. His mother didn't abandon him — he walked away. The noise processes this throughout the book but he doesn't resolve it fully. Growth, not resolution.
#### Mere Fields
- **Start:** Pregnant, systematic, refuses to be limited. Handles pregnancy as a systems problem.
@@ -221,15 +221,15 @@ This is why:
- Kae intel: Cass mentioned a "project near Thorngate" — his insurance policy.
**Ch 4: "The Uninvited"** (3,000-4,000 words)
- Kimra arrives at Chandler's Row. Mere let her in (bone structure checked out, tea was offered).
- **Reframed dynamic:** Kimra is warm, caring, social — the opposite of Phelan. She didn't leave; he walked away at 16. She's been available his entire adult life. He never called. She's done waiting.
- The scene: Not a reconciliation. Two people finding a frequency they can share. Kimra recognizes the focused way Phelan works — she did the same thing. The similarity is uncomfortable.
- Mere as accidental facilitator: Asks Kimra practical pregnancy questions. Two women communicating efficiently while Phelan sits between them, processing.
- Kimra invited to stay (Mere's decision, not Phelan's). He endures it.
- Kimbra arrives at Chandler's Row. Mere let her in (bone structure checked out, tea was offered).
- **Reframed dynamic:** Kimbra is warm, caring, social — the opposite of Phelan. She didn't leave; he walked away at 16. She's been available his entire adult life. He never called. She's done waiting.
- The scene: Not a reconciliation. Two people finding a frequency they can share. Kimbra recognizes the focused way Phelan works — she did the same thing. The similarity is uncomfortable.
- Mere as accidental facilitator: Asks Kimbra practical pregnancy questions. Two women communicating efficiently while Phelan sits between them, processing.
- Kimbra invited to stay (Mere's decision, not Phelan's). He endures it.
**Ch 5: "Preparations"** (3,500-4,500 words)
- Carter/Leon workshop scene. "I'll build it for three uses." "What if I planned for zero?" Carter builds it for five.
- Kimra and Phelan circle the past without touching it. She watches him pack. "Is it dangerous?" "It is." "Should Mere be going?" "Mere decided." Kimra nods.
- Kimbra and Phelan circle the past without touching it. She watches him pack. "Is it dangerous?" "It is." "Should Mere be going?" "Mere decided." Kimbra nods.
- Devod pulls out old Pathfinder kit. Compass that points to last campsite. Field notebook. Maintained, not forgotten.
- Compact inquiry upgraded from "routine review" to "active investigation." Ledger blocks: Phelan on guild business, unavailable.
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ This is why:
- **Devod and Pamira deepen:** He tells the defining story from the inside (the fear, the sickness when the fourth idea worked, not the legend). She lost a brother to frontier service. Connection moves from friction to genuine understanding.
- **Mere and Pip:** Using Pip's reactions as calibration — different inscriptions produce different responses. Brilliant, methodical categorization work.
- **Pregnancy beat:** "My body is actively sabotaging my schedule." Phelan: silence. Mere: "Don't look at me like that." Phelan: "Like what?" Mere: "Like you're trying to decide whether to be concerned or impressed." Phelan: "Both."
- **Kimra's letter:** Practical. Plants alive, Margeth visited, pantry reorganized. No emotion on the page. Phelan reads it three times. Recognizes: she buries care under practical language. He does the same. He didn't invent the technique — he inherited it.
- **Kimbra's letter:** Practical. Plants alive, Margeth visited, pantry reorganized. No emotion on the page. Phelan reads it three times. Recognizes: she buries care under practical language. He does the same. He didn't invent the technique — he inherited it.
**Ch 12: "Cass Burns"** (4,000-5,000 words)
- **MIDPOINT TURN.** The Compact leadership calculates: if the evidence chain from Kae leads to Cass, and from Cass leads upward, the institutional damage is catastrophic. They sever the chain at Cass.
@@ -362,9 +362,9 @@ This is why:
**Ch 22: "The Road Home"** (3,000-4,000 words)
- Four days back to Drenwick. Team dynamic has shifted — closer to family.
- **Kimra:** At Chandler's Row. Garden tended. "You look tired." "I am." "There's food." "Thank you." Not reconciliation — two people who process care through action finding a shared frequency. Kimra stays through the pregnancy (Mere's invitation — practical competence is useful).
- **Kimbra:** At Chandler's Row. Garden tended. "You look tired." "I am." "There's food." "Thank you." Not reconciliation — two people who process care through action finding a shared frequency. Kimbra stays through the pregnancy (Mere's invitation — practical competence is useful).
- **Ledger's coda:** Compact inquiry "suspended pending institutional review" — they're dealing with the Cass fallout and archive implications. Not closed — paused. Ledger's handwritten postscript: "The file stays open, Varrant. Yours and theirs."
- **Final image:** Kitchen table, house plans revision 14, Sera's room marked. Mere asleep, Pip on the windowsill. Kimra cleaning up dinner. The noise runs: Mere's breathing, Kimra's movements, his pencil. (*Not quiet. Never quiet. But the right kind of noise.*)
- **Final image:** Kitchen table, house plans revision 14, Sera's room marked. Mere asleep, Pip on the windowsill. Kimbra cleaning up dinner. The noise runs: Mere's breathing, Kimbra's movements, his pencil. (*Not quiet. Never quiet. But the right kind of noise.*)
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@@ -374,8 +374,8 @@ This is why:
|--------|--------|--------|--------|---------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
| **Ruin** | Briefed | Prep | Arrive | Chambers 1-4 | Surface/Ch5 | Seal + extract | Transport | Cass breach | Collapse |
| **Cass** | Background | Kae intel | Compact recon | Recon delegation | **BURNS** | Gathering | Silence→ambush | **CONFRONTATION** | Captured |
| **Pregnancy** | Established | Kimra arrives | Travel | Surface beats | Sabotaged schedule | Field demands | Quiet scene | Surface/safe | Home/Sera's room |
| **Kimra** | — | Arrives | Stays behind | Letters | Letter recognized | — | — | — | Garden/staying |
| **Pregnancy** | Established | Kimbra arrives | Travel | Surface beats | Sabotaged schedule | Field demands | Quiet scene | Surface/safe | Home/Sera's room |
| **Kimbra** | — | Arrives | Stays behind | Letters | Letter recognized | — | — | — | Garden/staying |
| **Devod/Pamira** | — | — | Meet/chemistry | Deepening | Wolf story | Ruin together | "Coming back to" | Safe | Compass/farewell |
| **Ledger reveal** | File pressure | Inquiry upgrade | — | Sable reports | — | **REVEALED** | — | Extraction team | File stays open |
| **Pip** | — | — | — | Mere finds Pip | Calibration | Tracks Cass | — | Tactical intel | Bonded |
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ Three threads converge simultaneously:
- **Ledger's file:** Still growing. Protector or handler? Both. "Both" has a shelf life.
- **Sera's birth:** Baby coming. Book 4 may open with a new father.
- **Devod and Pamira:** Long-distance, compass pointing north.
- **Kimra:** Present but relationship still new. Grows across books.
- **Kimbra:** Present but relationship still new. Grows across books.
- **The sealed chamber:** Collapsed but not destroyed. What's inside survived centuries. It can survive rubble.
- **Cass's words:** "Better packaging, same leash." The noise doesn't stop processing it.
@@ -450,9 +450,9 @@ Three threads converge simultaneously:
|-----------------|-------------|------|
| Pam | **Pamira** | Duchess, Devod's love interest |
| Sarah | **Seraphel** ("Sera") | Phelan and Mere's child |
| Kim | **Kimra** | Phelan's mother |
| Patrick | **Patren** | Kimra's husband |
| Maggie | **Margeth** ("Mags") | Kimra's best friend |
| Kim | **Kimbra** | Phelan's mother |
| Patrick | **Patren** | Kimbra's husband |
| Maggie | **Margeth** ("Mags") | Kimbra's best friend |
| — | **Pip** | Pixie dragon (named for the sound it makes) |
| — | **Sable** | Ledger's operative |
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ Alternatively, simpler: Ledger mentions that the Compact inquiry will "take time
**New files to create:**
- `/chapters/book3/CLAUDE.md` — Book 3 instructions (adapted from this spec)
- `/characters/pamira.md` — Duchess Pamira full profile
- `/characters/kimra.md` — Kimra full profile
- `/characters/kimbra.md` — Kimbra full profile
- `/world/locations/thorngate.md` — Expanded Thorngate + Pamira's estate
- `/world/locations/athel-repository.md` — The ruin design
- `/world/timeline-book3.md` — Chapter-by-chapter timeline
@@ -483,6 +483,6 @@ Alternatively, simpler: Ledger mentions that the Compact inquiry will "take time
- `/characters/ledger.md` — Full Pathfinder reveal
- `/characters/cassius-rykhard.md` — Burned/rogue arc, final fate
- `/characters/mere-fields.md` — Pregnancy, Pip bond
- `/characters/phelan-varrant.md` — Flaw Sight tradition discovery, Kimra reframe
- `/characters/phelan-varrant.md` — Flaw Sight tradition discovery, Kimbra reframe
- `/world/magic/exploits-log.md` — New seal construction, ruin ward reading
- `/outline/series-arc.md` — Book 3 summary, Book 4 seeds