{
  "project_id": "22062026-001-Nha-Hau-Le-Le-So",
  "characters": [
    {
      "name": "Lê Lợi / Lê Thái Tổ",
      "role": "leader of Lam Sơn uprising, founding emperor of Lê sơ",
      "appearance": "middle-aged Vietnamese commander, resolute eyes, weathered face, dignified bearing",
      "costume": "Lam Sơn rebel commander robes, simple armor, later imperial yellow-brown court robe, sword and banner",
      "temperament": "determined, charismatic, burdened by war",
      "historical_cultural_context": "early 15th-century Thanh Hóa Lam Sơn and Đông Kinh court",
      "negative_notes": "no fantasy king, no Chinese emperor exaggeration"
    },
    {
      "name": "Nguyễn Trãi",
      "role": "strategist, scholar, author of Bình Ngô đại cáo",
      "appearance": "learned Vietnamese scholar-official, calm intelligent face, thin beard, thoughtful eyes",
      "costume": "modest scholar robe, writing brush, bamboo slips, court documents",
      "temperament": "humane, sharp, sorrowful dignity",
      "historical_cultural_context": "Lam Sơn headquarters and Lê court intellectual culture",
      "negative_notes": "no wizard, no monk, no modern scholar"
    },
    {
      "name": "Lê Lai",
      "role": "Lam Sơn loyalist who sacrificed himself",
      "appearance": "brave Vietnamese warrior, strong face, sacrificial resolve",
      "costume": "rebel armor and cloak, battlefield banner, rough mountain-war clothing",
      "temperament": "loyal, fearless, tragic",
      "historical_cultural_context": "Lam Sơn mountain resistance against Ming forces",
      "negative_notes": "no superhero pose"
    },
    {
      "name": "Lê Thánh Tông",
      "role": "great reforming emperor of Hồng Đức era",
      "appearance": "mature emperor, composed face, scholarly authority",
      "costume": "15th-century Đại Việt imperial court robe, law code, map, scholar officials around him",
      "temperament": "disciplined, brilliant, authoritative",
      "historical_cultural_context": "Hồng Đức court, Văn Miếu, maps, legal and administrative reforms",
      "negative_notes": "no Qing/Ming costume drift"
    },
    {
      "name": "Nguyễn Thị Lộ",
      "role": "wife of Nguyễn Trãi, victim of Lệ Chi Viên tragedy",
      "appearance": "learned Vietnamese court woman, graceful but solemn",
      "costume": "elegant 15th-century court dress, scrolls, palace garden atmosphere",
      "temperament": "intelligent, tragic, dignified",
      "historical_cultural_context": "Lệ Chi Viên and Côn Sơn memory",
      "negative_notes": "no romanticized concubine trope"
    },
    {
      "name": "Mạc Đăng Dung",
      "role": "military strongman who ended Lê sơ and founded nhà Mạc",
      "appearance": "powerful military official, stern face, pragmatic gaze",
      "costume": "late Lê military commander armor and court robes, command seal",
      "temperament": "ambitious, calculating, decisive",
      "historical_cultural_context": "early 16th-century declining Lê court",
      "negative_notes": "no villain caricature"
    },
    {
      "name": "Quân Minh",
      "role": "occupying Ming officials and soldiers",
      "appearance": "foreign occupying army and officials, disciplined but oppressive",
      "costume": "early 15th-century Ming-style armor and bureaucratic robes",
      "temperament": "imposing, extractive, overconfident",
      "historical_cultural_context": "Ming occupation of Giao Chỉ",
      "negative_notes": "avoid modern Chinese/Qing details"
    },
    {
      "name": "Quân dân Lam Sơn",
      "role": "Lam Sơn insurgents and Đại Việt common people",
      "appearance": "mixed Vietnamese rebels, villagers, scouts, old and young faces",
      "costume": "rough mountain clothing, bamboo spears, simple armor, rice baskets",
      "temperament": "resilient, hungry, hopeful",
      "historical_cultural_context": "Lam Sơn forests, Chí Linh mountains, occupied villages",
      "negative_notes": "no generic fantasy rebels"
    },
    {
      "name": "Nho sĩ Hồng Đức",
      "role": "scholar officials and examination culture",
      "appearance": "Vietnamese Confucian scholars, candidates, stone stele keepers",
      "costume": "scholar robes, examination scrolls, Văn Miếu stone steles",
      "temperament": "studious, disciplined, proud",
      "historical_cultural_context": "Hồng Đức education and bureaucracy",
      "negative_notes": "no modern graduation imagery"
    },
    {
      "name": "Quân Chiêm Thành",
      "role": "Champa warriors and court in 1471 context",
      "appearance": "Cham warriors and nobles, Southeast Asian court identity",
      "costume": "historically grounded Champa clothing, shields, Vijaya motifs",
      "temperament": "proud, embattled, tragic",
      "historical_cultural_context": "Đại Việt-Chiêm Thành conflict and Vijaya",
      "negative_notes": "no caricature, no generic fantasy exoticism"
    }
  ]
}