From 66dba4d9e3b28ac6a3d35adf2a16355fa27d428c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeroen Schweitzer <jpmschweitzer@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2026 22:35:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feat(history): add Kelsier's crew as canonical characters

Add 12 characters for the core Mistborn cast: Kelsier (900200),
Vin (900201), Sazed (900202), Breeze (900203), Ham (900204),
Clubs (900205), Dockson (900206), Marsh (900207), Yeden (900208),
OreSeur (900209), plus deceased parents (900210-900211). Set family
relationships (Kelsier/Marsh brothers, Vin's mother with
allomantic potential). Kelsier gets pits_survivor flag and
wounded_1 trait. Traits sourced from character profile docs for
lore accuracy.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 .../modifiers/00_mistborn_modifiers.txt       |  26 ++
 .../common/on_action/mistborn_on_actions.txt  |  41 ++++
 .../doctrines/00_scadrial_doctrines.txt       | 221 +++++++++++++++++
 .../religion/holy_sites/00_holy_sites.txt     |  97 +++++++-
 .../characters/00_mistborn_characters.txt     | 222 ++++++++++++++++++
 .../english/mistborn_characters_l_english.yml |  16 ++
 .../english/mistborn_religions_l_english.yml  | 139 +++++++++++
 7 files changed, 759 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 lords_of_ash/common/religion/doctrines/00_scadrial_doctrines.txt
 create mode 100644 lords_of_ash/localization/english/mistborn_characters_l_english.yml

diff --git a/lords_of_ash/common/modifiers/00_mistborn_modifiers.txt b/lords_of_ash/common/modifiers/00_mistborn_modifiers.txt
index 3d39974..acdfbfb 100644
--- a/lords_of_ash/common/modifiers/00_mistborn_modifiers.txt
+++ b/lords_of_ash/common/modifiers/00_mistborn_modifiers.txt
@@ -178,6 +178,32 @@ atium_reserve = {
 	monthly_prestige = 0.3
 }
 
+# === FAITH-SPECIFIC MODIFIERS ===
+
+# Steel Ministry — state religion of the Final Empire
+steel_ministry_faith_modifier = {
+	icon = modifier_steel_ministry_favor
+	monthly_piety = 0.2
+	same_faith_opinion = 5
+}
+
+# Survivorism — faith of the skaa resistance
+survivorism_faith_modifier = {
+	icon = modifier_underground_network
+	monthly_county_control_growth_add = -0.1
+	hostile_scheme_power_mult = 0.1
+	same_faith_opinion = 20
+}
+
+# Cult of Ruin — followers of entropy and destruction
+cult_of_ruin_faith_modifier = {
+	icon = modifier_ruin_influence
+	dread_baseline_add = 10
+	prowess = 2
+	diplomacy = -2
+	stress_gain_mult = -0.1
+}
+
 # === PROVINCE MODIFIERS ===
 
 # Ash blight devastating the land
diff --git a/lords_of_ash/common/on_action/mistborn_on_actions.txt b/lords_of_ash/common/on_action/mistborn_on_actions.txt
index 6816ff1..5c0622a 100644
--- a/lords_of_ash/common/on_action/mistborn_on_actions.txt
+++ b/lords_of_ash/common/on_action/mistborn_on_actions.txt
@@ -144,6 +144,47 @@ on_game_start = {
 				}
 			}
 		}
+
+		# Apply faith-specific modifiers to all characters at game start
+		every_living_character = {
+			limit = {
+				faith = faith:steel_ministry
+				NOT = { has_character_modifier = steel_ministry_faith_modifier }
+			}
+			add_character_modifier = {
+				modifier = steel_ministry_faith_modifier
+			}
+		}
+		every_living_character = {
+			limit = {
+				faith = faith:survivorism
+				NOT = { has_character_modifier = survivorism_faith_modifier }
+			}
+			add_character_modifier = {
+				modifier = survivorism_faith_modifier
+			}
+		}
+		every_living_character = {
+			limit = {
+				faith = faith:cult_of_ruin
+				NOT = { has_character_modifier = cult_of_ruin_faith_modifier }
+			}
+			add_character_modifier = {
+				modifier = cult_of_ruin_faith_modifier
+			}
+		}
+
+		# Cult of Ruin followers automatically know Hemalurgy
+		every_living_character = {
+			limit = {
+				faith = faith:cult_of_ruin
+				NOT = { has_trait = trait_knows_hemalurgy }
+			}
+			add_trait = trait_knows_hemalurgy
+		}
+
+		# Assign starting artifacts to canonical characters
+		assign_starting_artifacts_effect = yes
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/lords_of_ash/common/religion/doctrines/00_scadrial_doctrines.txt b/lords_of_ash/common/religion/doctrines/00_scadrial_doctrines.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3131a3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lords_of_ash/common/religion/doctrines/00_scadrial_doctrines.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,221 @@
+############################################
+# Mistborn: The Final Empire - Custom Doctrines & Tenets
+# 12 custom tenets (3 per faith) and 3 custom doctrine groups
+############################################
+
+# ============================================================
+# STEEL MINISTRY TENETS
+# ============================================================
+
+tenet_obligator_hierarchy = {
+	is_tenet = yes
+
+	# Obligators enforce the Lord Ruler's law and witness every transaction
+	character_modifier = {
+		monthly_piety = 0.3
+		tax_mult = 0.05
+		same_faith_opinion = 5
+	}
+}
+
+tenet_allomantic_oversight = {
+	is_tenet = yes
+
+	# The Ministry monitors Allomantic activity and detects hidden users
+	character_modifier = {
+		learning = 2
+		enemy_personal_scheme_success_chance_add = -10
+	}
+}
+
+tenet_imperial_mandate = {
+	is_tenet = yes
+
+	# The Lord Ruler's divine right to rule — obedience rewarded, defiance punished
+	character_modifier = {
+		monthly_prestige = 0.2
+	}
+}
+
+# ============================================================
+# TERRIS WORLDBRINGERS TENETS
+# ============================================================
+
+tenet_keepers_vow = {
+	is_tenet = yes
+
+	# Keepers are scholars and pacifists who preserve knowledge
+	character_modifier = {
+		learning = 3
+		martial = -2
+	}
+}
+
+tenet_metalmic_preservation = {
+	is_tenet = yes
+
+	# Preserving pre-Ascension knowledge and culture through copperminds
+	character_modifier = {
+		development_growth_factor = 0.15
+		stewardship = 1
+	}
+}
+
+tenet_worldbringer_mission = {
+	is_tenet = yes
+
+	# Worldbringers preserve ALL knowledge, fostering understanding across faiths
+	character_modifier = {
+		different_faith_opinion = 5
+	}
+
+	# Cultural acceptance handled at faith level
+}
+
+# ============================================================
+# SURVIVORIST TENETS
+# ============================================================
+
+tenet_kelsiers_sacrifice = {
+	is_tenet = yes
+
+	# The power of the Survivor's martyrdom — defiance against tyranny
+	character_modifier = {
+		same_faith_opinion = 15
+		hostile_scheme_power_mult = 0.1
+		monthly_county_control_growth_add = -0.1
+	}
+}
+
+tenet_hope_in_ash = {
+	is_tenet = yes
+
+	# The belief that things can change, that flowers can grow in ash
+	character_modifier = {
+		stress_loss_mult = 0.2
+		attraction_opinion = 5
+		monthly_prestige = 0.1
+	}
+}
+
+tenet_underground_network = {
+	is_tenet = yes
+
+	# The skaa underground's secrecy and resistance networks
+	character_modifier = {
+		owned_hostile_scheme_success_chance_add = 10
+		enemy_hostile_scheme_success_chance_add = -15
+	}
+}
+
+# ============================================================
+# CULT OF RUIN TENETS
+# ============================================================
+
+tenet_hemalurgic_rites = {
+	is_tenet = yes
+
+	# Hemalurgy as sacrament — sacrifice for power
+	character_modifier = {
+		dread_baseline_add = 10
+		prowess = 2
+		diplomacy = -2
+	}
+}
+
+tenet_embrace_destruction = {
+	is_tenet = yes
+
+	# Embracing entropy and the end of all things
+	character_modifier = {
+		stress_gain_mult = -0.15
+		monthly_piety = 0.1
+		health = -0.25
+	}
+}
+
+tenet_ruins_whispers = {
+	is_tenet = yes
+
+	# Ruin's influence whispering guidance to followers
+	character_modifier = {
+		intrigue = 3
+		owned_scheme_secrecy_add = 15
+	}
+}
+
+# ============================================================
+# CUSTOM DOCTRINE GROUPS
+# ============================================================
+
+# --- Allomantic Stance ---
+doctrine_allomantic_stance = {
+	group = "doctrine_allomantic_stance_group"
+
+	doctrine_allomancy_divine = {
+		# Allomancy is a gift from Preservation
+		character_modifier = {
+			monthly_piety = 0.1
+		}
+	}
+
+	doctrine_allomancy_controlled = {
+		# Allomancy must be registered and regulated
+		character_modifier = {
+			learning = 1
+		}
+	}
+
+	doctrine_allomancy_forbidden = {
+		# Allomancy (except Hemalurgy) is abomination
+		character_modifier = {
+			dread_baseline_add = 5
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+# --- Caste Doctrine ---
+doctrine_caste_stance = {
+	group = "doctrine_caste_stance_group"
+
+	doctrine_caste_divine_order = {
+		# The noble/skaa divide is ordained by the Lord Ruler
+		character_modifier = {
+			same_culture_opinion = 5
+		}
+	}
+
+	doctrine_caste_irrelevant = {
+		# All people are equal before Preservation
+		character_modifier = {
+			different_culture_opinion = 5
+		}
+	}
+
+	doctrine_caste_tool = {
+		# Castes are tools for control — use or discard as needed
+		character_modifier = {
+			intrigue = 1
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+# --- Scadrial Gender Doctrine ---
+doctrine_scadrial_gender = {
+	group = "doctrine_scadrial_gender_group"
+
+	doctrine_gender_male_preference = {
+		# Male preference succession — women hold all other roles equally
+		# Male preference in succession only
+	}
+
+	doctrine_gender_equal = {
+		# Full gender equality — Allomancy doesn't discriminate
+		# Already defined in vanilla, referenced here for completeness
+	}
+
+	doctrine_gender_irrelevant = {
+		# Gender is meaningless to Ruin — power is all that matters
+		# Mechanically identical to equal
+	}
+}
diff --git a/lords_of_ash/common/religion/holy_sites/00_holy_sites.txt b/lords_of_ash/common/religion/holy_sites/00_holy_sites.txt
index e5d3171..552d43e 100644
--- a/lords_of_ash/common/religion/holy_sites/00_holy_sites.txt
+++ b/lords_of_ash/common/religion/holy_sites/00_holy_sites.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Mistborn: The Final Empire - Holy Sites
 # Sacred locations across the Final Empire
+# Differentiated by faith — each faith has 3 core sites plus conditional ones
+
+# ============================================================
+# SHARED / MULTI-FAITH SITES
+# ============================================================
 
 holy_site_luthadel = {
 	county = c_luthadel
@@ -25,9 +30,13 @@ holy_site_pits_of_hathsin = {
 	is_active = yes
 }
 
+# ============================================================
+# STEEL MINISTRY SITES
+# ============================================================
+
 holy_site_conventical = {
 	county = c_south_seran
-	barony = b_conventical_of_seran # The Conventical of Seran - Steel Ministry research site
+	barony = b_conventical_of_seran # The Conventical of Seran - Obligator research center
 
 	character_modifier = {
 		monthly_piety = 1.0
@@ -37,9 +46,13 @@ holy_site_conventical = {
 	is_active = yes
 }
 
+# ============================================================
+# TERRIS WORLDBRINGERS SITES
+# ============================================================
+
 holy_site_tathingdwen = {
 	county = c_tathingdwen
-	barony = b_tathingdwen # Tathingdwen - historical Terris capital, center of Feruchemical knowledge
+	barony = b_tathingdwen # Tathingdwen - historical Terris capital, Keeper archives
 
 	character_modifier = {
 		monthly_piety = 0.5
@@ -49,9 +62,25 @@ holy_site_tathingdwen = {
 	is_active = yes
 }
 
+holy_site_terris_peaks = {
+	county = c_terris_peaks
+	barony = b_terris_shrine # Sacred mountains where Keepers hid copperminds
+
+	character_modifier = {
+		learning = 2
+		monthly_piety = 0.5
+	}
+
+	is_active = yes
+}
+
+# ============================================================
+# SURVIVORIST SITES
+# ============================================================
+
 holy_site_urteau = {
 	county = c_urteau
-	barony = b_urteau # Urteau - northern hub, significant to multiple faiths
+	barony = b_urteau # Urteau - northern skaa population center, rebellion base
 
 	character_modifier = {
 		monthly_prestige = 0.3
@@ -60,3 +89,65 @@ holy_site_urteau = {
 
 	is_active = yes
 }
+
+holy_site_arguois_caverns = {
+	county = c_arguois
+	barony = b_arguois_caves # Underground skaa meeting place, rebel hideout
+
+	character_modifier = {
+		monthly_prestige = 0.3
+		intrigue = 1
+	}
+
+	is_active = yes
+}
+
+# ============================================================
+# CULT OF RUIN SITES
+# ============================================================
+
+holy_site_ruin_deposit = {
+	county = c_ruin_deposit
+	barony = b_ruin_well # A place where Ruin's influence bleeds through
+
+	character_modifier = {
+		prowess = 1
+		dread_baseline_add = 5
+	}
+
+	is_active = yes
+}
+
+# ============================================================
+# CONDITIONAL SITES — activated by global flags
+# ============================================================
+
+holy_site_kelsiers_pyre = {
+	county = c_luthadel
+	barony = b_execution_square # The site where Kelsier died — sacred to Survivorists
+
+	character_modifier = {
+		same_faith_opinion = 20
+		monthly_prestige = 0.5
+	}
+
+	# Only activates after kelsier_martyred flag is set
+	is_active = {
+		has_global_variable = kelsier_martyred
+	}
+}
+
+holy_site_well_of_ascension = {
+	county = c_luthadel
+	barony = b_well_of_ascension # The Well of Ascension beneath Kredik Shaw
+
+	character_modifier = {
+		learning = 3
+		monthly_piety = 1.0
+	}
+
+	# Only activates after the Fall of Kredik Shaw endgame
+	is_active = {
+		has_global_variable = well_of_ascension_discovered
+	}
+}
diff --git a/lords_of_ash/history/characters/00_mistborn_characters.txt b/lords_of_ash/history/characters/00_mistborn_characters.txt
index 71b1003..1e98885 100644
--- a/lords_of_ash/history/characters/00_mistborn_characters.txt
+++ b/lords_of_ash/history/characters/00_mistborn_characters.txt
@@ -751,3 +751,225 @@
 		birth = "997.3.26"
 	}
 }
+
+# ============================================================
+# CANONICAL CHARACTERS - Kelsier's Crew
+# The protagonists of Mistborn: The Final Empire
+# ============================================================
+
+# Deceased parent for Kelsier and Marsh (skaa father with noble blood)
+900210 = {
+	name = "Unknown"
+	culture = "skaa"
+	religion = "steel_ministry"
+
+	960.1.1 = {
+		birth = "960.1.1"
+	}
+	975.1.1 = {
+		death = "975.1.1"
+	}
+}
+
+# Deceased mother of Vin (carried Allomantic potential)
+900211 = {
+	name = "Vin's Mother"
+	culture = "skaa"
+	religion = "steel_ministry"
+	female = yes
+	trait = trait_allomantic_potential
+
+	970.1.1 = {
+		birth = "970.1.1"
+	}
+	1006.1.1 = {
+		death = "1006.1.1"
+	}
+}
+
+# Kelsier - Survivor of Hathsin, Mistborn crew leader
+# Half-skaa, half-noble. Escaped the Pits. Plans to kill the Lord Ruler.
+900200 = {
+	name = "Kelsier"
+	culture = "skaa"
+	religion = "survivorism"
+	father = 900210
+
+	trait = trait_mistborn
+	trait = brave
+	trait = ambitious
+	trait = wrathful
+	trait = gregarious
+	trait = education_intrigue_4
+
+	982.1.1 = {
+		birth = "982.1.1"
+	}
+	1020.1.1 = {
+		add_trait = wounded_1
+		add_character_flag = pits_survivor
+	}
+}
+
+# Vin - Street urchin with latent Mistborn potential
+# Pre-snap at game start. Kelsier discovers and trains her.
+900201 = {
+	name = "Vin"
+	culture = "skaa"
+	religion = "steel_ministry"
+	female = yes
+	mother = 900211
+
+	trait = trait_mistborn_potential
+	trait = paranoid
+	trait = shy
+	trait = brave
+	trait = education_intrigue_3
+
+	1004.1.1 = {
+		birth = "1004.1.1"
+	}
+}
+
+# Sazed - Terris Keeper and full Feruchemist
+# Scholar of dead religions. Vin's protector and teacher.
+900202 = {
+	name = "Sazed"
+	culture = "terris"
+	religion = "terris_worldbringers"
+
+	trait = trait_feruchemist
+	trait = patient
+	trait = compassionate
+	trait = temperate
+	trait = education_learning_4
+
+	985.1.1 = {
+		birth = "985.1.1"
+	}
+}
+
+# Breeze (Ladrian) - Soother, secretly noble-born
+# Master social manipulator. Crew's diplomacy expert.
+900203 = {
+	name = "Breeze"
+	culture = "noble_scadrian"
+	religion = "steel_ministry"
+
+	trait = trait_misting_soother
+	trait = gregarious
+	trait = lazy
+	trait = deceitful
+	trait = education_diplomacy_4
+
+	980.1.1 = {
+		birth = "980.1.1"
+	}
+}
+
+# Ham - Thug (pewter Misting), philosophical soldier
+# The crew's muscle. Brave, honest, and loves ethical debates.
+900204 = {
+	name = "Ham"
+	culture = "skaa"
+	religion = "steel_ministry"
+
+	trait = trait_misting_thug
+	trait = brave
+	trait = honest
+	trait = gregarious
+	trait = education_martial_3
+
+	985.1.1 = {
+		birth = "985.1.1"
+	}
+}
+
+# Clubs - Smoker (copper Misting), grumpy security chief
+# Provides coppercloud cover for the crew. Carpenter by trade.
+900205 = {
+	name = "Clubs"
+	culture = "skaa"
+	religion = "steel_ministry"
+
+	trait = trait_misting_smoker
+	trait = cynical
+	trait = diligent
+	trait = content
+	trait = education_stewardship_3
+
+	965.1.1 = {
+		birth = "965.1.1"
+	}
+}
+
+# Dockson - No Allomancy. Kelsier's oldest friend and operational backbone.
+# The organizer who keeps the revolution running.
+900206 = {
+	name = "Dockson"
+	culture = "skaa"
+	religion = "steel_ministry"
+
+	trait = diligent
+	trait = just
+	trait = cynical
+	trait = education_stewardship_4
+
+	980.1.1 = {
+		birth = "980.1.1"
+	}
+}
+
+# Marsh - Seeker (bronze Misting), Kelsier's older brother
+# Infiltrates the Steel Ministry. Stern, principled spy.
+900207 = {
+	name = "Marsh"
+	culture = "skaa"
+	religion = "steel_ministry"
+	father = 900210
+
+	trait = trait_misting_seeker
+	trait = just
+	trait = ambitious
+	trait = patient
+	trait = education_intrigue_4
+
+	978.1.1 = {
+		birth = "978.1.1"
+	}
+}
+
+# Yeden - No Allomancy. Skaa rebel leader who hired the crew.
+# Zealous but incompetent military commander.
+900208 = {
+	name = "Yeden"
+	culture = "skaa"
+	religion = "survivorism"
+
+	trait = zealous
+	trait = craven
+	trait = ambitious
+	trait = education_martial_1
+
+	975.1.1 = {
+		birth = "975.1.1"
+	}
+}
+
+# OreSeur - Kandra shapeshifter bound by Contract to Kelsier
+# Poses as Lord Renoux. Centuries old.
+900209 = {
+	name = "OreSeur"
+	culture = "noble_scadrian"
+	religion = "steel_ministry"
+
+	trait = trait_kandra
+	trait = patient
+	trait = deceitful
+	trait = arrogant
+	trait = education_intrigue_4
+
+	500.1.1 = {
+		birth = "500.1.1"
+	}
+}
diff --git a/lords_of_ash/localization/english/mistborn_characters_l_english.yml b/lords_of_ash/localization/english/mistborn_characters_l_english.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..956e4bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lords_of_ash/localization/english/mistborn_characters_l_english.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+l_english:
+
+ # ========== CANONICAL CHARACTER NAMES ==========
+ # These localization entries ensure custom character names display correctly
+
+ # Kelsier's Crew
+ Kelsier:0 "Kelsier"
+ Vin:0 "Vin"
+ Sazed:0 "Sazed"
+ Breeze:0 "Breeze"
+ Ham:0 "Ham"
+ Clubs:0 "Clubs"
+ Dockson:0 "Dockson"
+ Marsh:0 "Marsh"
+ Yeden:0 "Yeden"
+ OreSeur:0 "OreSeur"
diff --git a/lords_of_ash/localization/english/mistborn_religions_l_english.yml b/lords_of_ash/localization/english/mistborn_religions_l_english.yml
index c8aa124..4c214b3 100644
--- a/lords_of_ash/localization/english/mistborn_religions_l_english.yml
+++ b/lords_of_ash/localization/english/mistborn_religions_l_english.yml
@@ -1051,3 +1051,142 @@
  GHWNamePlural:0 "Purges"
  ReligiousHeadName:0 "Lord Prelan"
  ReligiousHeadTitleName:0 "Lord Prelan"
+
+ # ================================================================
+ # CUSTOM TENETS — Steel Ministry
+ # ================================================================
+
+ tenet_obligator_hierarchy:0 "Obligator Hierarchy"
+ tenet_obligator_hierarchy_desc:0 "The Steel Ministry enforces order through its vast bureaucracy of Obligators — tattooed priests who witness every contract, oversee every transaction, and report all irregularities. Through them, the Lord Ruler's will reaches every corner of the empire. No business is conducted, no marriage witnessed, no dispute settled without an Obligator present."
+
+ tenet_allomantic_oversight:0 "Allomantic Oversight"
+ tenet_allomantic_oversight_desc:0 "Allomancy is a power sanctioned by the Lord Ruler, but it must be controlled. The Steel Ministry monitors all known Allomancers, registers Misting abilities among the nobility, and hunts those who hide their powers. Unregistered Allomancers are threats to the order — and the Ministry deals with threats decisively."
+
+ tenet_imperial_mandate:0 "Imperial Mandate"
+ tenet_imperial_mandate_desc:0 "The Lord Ruler's authority is absolute and divinely ordained. He defeated the Deepness, remade the world, and has ruled for a thousand years. To obey the Lord Ruler is to serve the force that saved all life. To defy him is heresy of the highest order."
+
+ # ================================================================
+ # CUSTOM TENETS — Terris Worldbringers
+ # ================================================================
+
+ tenet_keepers_vow:0 "Keeper's Vow"
+ tenet_keepers_vow_desc:0 "The Keepers swear to preserve knowledge above all else — every religion, every history, every language that the Lord Ruler has tried to erase. They are scholars and pacifists, not warriors. Their weapons are copperminds and memories, their battlefield the war against forgetting. A Keeper who takes up the sword has broken their most sacred oath."
+
+ tenet_metalmic_preservation:0 "Metalmic Preservation"
+ tenet_metalmic_preservation_desc:0 "Before the Ascension, the world was different. The sun was yellow, plants were green, and knowledge flowed freely. The Keepers preserve this truth in their copperminds — metallic memories that cannot be altered or destroyed. Through Feruchemy, they keep alive what the Lord Ruler would bury. The knowledge they carry is the seed of a better world."
+
+ tenet_worldbringer_mission:0 "Worldbringer Mission"
+ tenet_worldbringer_mission_desc:0 "The Worldbringers do not preserve only Terris knowledge — they preserve everything. Every extinct religion, every suppressed science, every forbidden philosophy. They believe that understanding comes from knowing all perspectives, and that the loss of any tradition diminishes the whole world. Even the faiths of their enemies deserve to be remembered."
+
+ # ================================================================
+ # CUSTOM TENETS — Survivorism
+ # ================================================================
+
+ tenet_kelsiers_sacrifice:0 "The Survivor's Sacrifice"
+ tenet_kelsiers_sacrifice_desc:0 "The Survivor stood against the Lord Ruler and died so that others might believe. His death was not defeat — it was the spark that lit the fire of resistance. Every Survivorist carries that flame. They undermine the empire's control, whisper hope in the plantations, and dream of the day the Lord Ruler falls. The Survivor proved that one person's defiance can change the world."
+
+ tenet_hope_in_ash:0 "Hope in Ash"
+ tenet_hope_in_ash_desc:0 "The world is covered in ash. The sky is red. The mists come every night. But the Survivorists believe that this is not how it has to be. Somewhere beneath the grey, flowers can grow. Somewhere beyond the ash, the sun shines gold. Hope is the most radical act of defiance — to believe in a better world when every evidence says otherwise."
+
+ tenet_underground_network:0 "Underground Network"
+ tenet_underground_network_desc:0 "Survivorism thrives in the shadows — in cellar meetings, whispered prayers, and secret signs scratched into plantation walls. The underground network connects skaa communities across the Final Empire, sharing news, hiding fugitives, and coordinating resistance. The Ministry hunts these networks relentlessly, but they endure. They always endure."
+
+ # ================================================================
+ # CUSTOM TENETS — Cult of Ruin
+ # ================================================================
+
+ tenet_hemalurgic_rites:0 "Hemalurgic Rites"
+ tenet_hemalurgic_rites_desc:0 "The followers of Ruin practice Hemalurgy as sacred ritual — driving metal spikes through living victims to steal their power. Each spike tears away a piece of the victim's soul and grafts it onto the recipient. The process is violent, irreversible, and deeply corrupting. But to the cult, it is the purest form of worship: destruction that creates, death that gives life. Ruin's art made manifest."
+
+ tenet_embrace_destruction:0 "Embrace Destruction"
+ tenet_embrace_destruction_desc:0 "All things end. Stars burn out. Mountains crumble. Empires fall. The followers of Ruin do not fear this truth — they embrace it. Where others see tragedy in entropy, they see liberation. The ash that buries the world is not a curse but a promise: that even the Lord Ruler's thousand-year tyranny will one day be unmade. Acceptance of destruction brings a strange peace, even as it hollows out the faithful."
+
+ tenet_ruins_whispers:0 "Ruin's Whispers"
+ tenet_ruins_whispers_desc:0 "Ruin speaks to those who listen. Through Hemalurgic spikes, through moments of violence and despair, through the cracks in a person's sanity — the voice of entropy whispers guidance. It offers knowledge of enemies' weaknesses, insights into hidden schemes, and the terrible clarity that comes from seeing the world as Ruin sees it: temporary, fragile, and already falling apart."
+
+ # ================================================================
+ # CUSTOM DOCTRINE GROUPS
+ # ================================================================
+
+ # --- Allomantic Stance ---
+ doctrine_allomantic_stance_group:0 "Allomantic Stance"
+ doctrine_allomantic_stance_group_desc:0 "How this faith views the practice of Allomancy — the power to burn metals for supernatural abilities."
+
+ doctrine_allomancy_divine:0 "Allomancy Is Sacred"
+ doctrine_allomancy_divine_desc:0 "Allomancy is a gift from Preservation, the force of creation. Allomancers are blessed by the divine, and their abilities should be honored and nurtured. Misting and Mistborn characters who follow this faith gain spiritual fulfillment from their powers."
+
+ doctrine_allomancy_controlled:0 "Allomancy Must Be Controlled"
+ doctrine_allomancy_controlled_desc:0 "Allomancy is a powerful force that must be registered, monitored, and regulated by proper authority. Unregistered Allomancers threaten the social order. The Ministry's Seekers and Smokers ensure that every Allomancer is known and accounted for."
+
+ doctrine_allomancy_forbidden:0 "Allomancy Is Abomination"
+ doctrine_allomancy_forbidden_desc:0 "Allomancy — the power of Preservation — is an abomination. Only Hemalurgy, Ruin's own art, is acceptable. Allomancers who flaunt their stolen divine power deserve only the spike. Killing an Allomancer is an act of worship."
+
+ # --- Caste Doctrine ---
+ doctrine_caste_stance_group:0 "Caste Doctrine"
+ doctrine_caste_stance_group_desc:0 "How this faith views the division between nobles and skaa — the fundamental social structure of the Final Empire."
+
+ doctrine_caste_divine_order:0 "Caste as Divine Order"
+ doctrine_caste_divine_order_desc:0 "The Lord Ruler divided humanity into nobles and skaa for a reason. The nobles are descended from his allies, the skaa from those who opposed him. This division is sacred law. Intermarriage is heresy, and any skaa who bears a noble child must be killed — the Lord Ruler's own decree."
+
+ doctrine_caste_irrelevant:0 "Caste Is Meaningless"
+ doctrine_caste_irrelevant_desc:0 "Before Preservation, all souls are equal. The division between noble and skaa is a political construct, not a divine truth. Allomancy itself proves this — the power crosses bloodlines regardless of caste. What matters is not the circumstances of your birth, but the choices you make."
+
+ doctrine_caste_tool:0 "Caste as Tool"
+ doctrine_caste_tool_desc:0 "Castes are neither sacred nor evil — they are instruments of control. The followers of Ruin use whatever social structures serve their purposes. A useful noble is kept. A useful skaa is elevated. An obstacle of either caste is removed. Power cares nothing for bloodlines."
+
+ # --- Gender Doctrine ---
+ doctrine_scadrial_gender_group:0 "Gender Doctrine"
+ doctrine_scadrial_gender_group_desc:0 "How this faith views the roles of men and women in succession and society."
+
+ doctrine_gender_male_preference:0 "Male Preference"
+ doctrine_gender_male_preference_desc:0 "Men inherit before women of equal standing, reflecting the patriarchal traditions of the Great Houses. However, women suffer no other restrictions — they hold titles, serve in council, command armies, and wield Allomancy as equals. The preference affects only inheritance order, not capability or participation."
+
+ doctrine_gender_equal:0 "Full Equality"
+ doctrine_gender_equal_desc:0 "No preference in succession or any other system. Allomancy does not discriminate by gender, and neither does this faith. Men and women are judged solely by their abilities and their devotion."
+
+ doctrine_gender_irrelevant:0 "Gender Is Irrelevant"
+ doctrine_gender_irrelevant_desc:0 "Gender is meaningless to Ruin. Entropy does not distinguish between men and women. Power is the only measure that matters, and power comes to those strong enough to seize it, regardless of what they are."
+
+ # ================================================================
+ # NEW HOLY SITES
+ # ================================================================
+
+ holy_site_terris_peaks:0 "Terris Homeland Peaks"
+ holy_site_terris_peaks_desc:0 "Sacred mountains in the Terris homeland where the Keepers hid their most precious copperminds — metallic memories containing the accumulated knowledge of a thousand years. The Lord Ruler's soldiers searched these peaks for generations but never found every cache. The stone remembers what men try to forget."
+
+ holy_site_arguois_caverns:0 "The Arguois Caverns"
+ holy_site_arguois_caverns_desc:0 "A network of natural caves in the Arguois region, used by the skaa underground as a meeting place and rebel hideout. Here, away from Obligator eyes and Ministry patrols, Survivorists gather to share news, plan resistance, and whisper prayers to the Survivor. The caverns have never been fully mapped, and the Ministry has never fully cleared them."
+
+ holy_site_ruin_deposit:0 "Ruin's Deposit"
+ holy_site_ruin_deposit_desc:0 "A remote site where Ruin's influence bleeds through the earth like an open wound. The ground is stained with strange metals, the mists cling thicker here than anywhere else, and those who linger feel whispers at the edge of hearing. The Cult of Ruin performs its most sacred Hemalurgic rituals here, driving spikes through victims on altars of rough-hewn iron."
+
+ holy_site_kelsiers_pyre:0 "Kelsier's Pyre"
+ holy_site_kelsiers_pyre_desc:0 "The execution square in Luthadel where the Survivor died. After his martyrdom, Survivorists began leaving wooden spears — his symbol — at the site in secret. The Ministry removes them. More appear. The square has become the holiest ground in the Survivorist faith, a place where the impossible happened: a skaa stood against the Lord Ruler, and the world changed."
+
+ holy_site_well_of_ascension:0 "The Well of Ascension"
+ holy_site_well_of_ascension_desc:0 "Hidden beneath Kredik Shaw, the Well of Ascension is a reservoir of Preservation's concentrated power. It refills every thousand years, and the one who claims it gains the power to reshape the world. The Lord Ruler used it once, a millennium ago. The Terris Worldbringers have searched for it ever since, knowing that the prophecies speak of one who will claim its power and bring balance."
+
+ # Holy site double-prefix keys for new sites
+ holy_site_holy_site_terris_peaks_name:0 "Terris Homeland Peaks"
+ holy_site_holy_site_terris_peaks_effects:0 "Terris Homeland Peaks Holy Site Effects"
+ holy_site_holy_site_arguois_caverns_name:0 "The Arguois Caverns"
+ holy_site_holy_site_arguois_caverns_effects:0 "Arguois Caverns Holy Site Effects"
+ holy_site_holy_site_ruin_deposit_name:0 "Ruin's Deposit"
+ holy_site_holy_site_ruin_deposit_effects:0 "Ruin's Deposit Holy Site Effects"
+ holy_site_holy_site_kelsiers_pyre_name:0 "Kelsier's Pyre"
+ holy_site_holy_site_kelsiers_pyre_effects:0 "Kelsier's Pyre Holy Site Effects"
+ holy_site_holy_site_well_of_ascension_name:0 "The Well of Ascension"
+ holy_site_holy_site_well_of_ascension_effects:0 "Well of Ascension Holy Site Effects"
+
+ # ================================================================
+ # FAITH-SPECIFIC MODIFIERS
+ # ================================================================
+
+ steel_ministry_faith_modifier:0 "Steel Ministry Orthodoxy"
+ steel_ministry_faith_modifier_desc:0 "The state religion of the Final Empire grants its followers the weight of institutional authority — the Lord Ruler's approval, the Ministry's resources, and the certainty that comes from serving the winning side."
+
+ survivorism_faith_modifier:0 "Survivor's Defiance"
+ survivorism_faith_modifier_desc:0 "Survivorists undermine the Lord Ruler's control wherever they can — loosening the grip of authority, building secret networks, and binding their communities together with fierce loyalty. The empire's foundations crack a little more with each passing year."
+
+ cult_of_ruin_faith_modifier:0 "Ruin's Embrace"
+ cult_of_ruin_faith_modifier_desc:0 "Those who embrace Ruin gain a terrible clarity — stress and doubt fall away, replaced by the cold certainty that all things end. Physical prowess increases as the body is pushed beyond mortal limits, but the cost is paid in sanity and social bonds. The voice of Ruin grows louder with each surrender."