{ "project_id": "29062026-001-Nha-Mac", "visual_style_global": "Vietnamese 16th-century historical storytelling, Mạc dynasty / Nam-Bắc triều, warm antique parchment, ink-wash, grounded Đại Việt material culture.", "consistency_rules": [ "Use approved character refs for recurring figures", "Keep 16th-century Đại Việt clothing and architecture", "Distinguish Mạc/Bắc triều, Lê-Trịnh/Nam triều, and Ming envoys", "Avoid modern/fantasy/Qing drift" ], "characters": [ { "name": "Mạc Đăng Dung", "role": "founder of the Mạc dynasty, military strongman turned emperor", "estimated_age": "adult", "appearance": "mature Vietnamese military ruler, stern practical face, strong build", "costume": "early 16th-century Đại Việt court-military robe, dark lacquered armor elements, mandarin belt, restrained royal dignity", "temperament": "decisive, pragmatic, controversial", "historical_cultural_context": "1527 Đại Việt, late Lê sơ collapse, Cổ Trai Hải Dương / Thăng Long court", "visual_keywords": "Mạc dynasty founder, court coup, border diplomacy", "negative_notes": "no Qing queue, no fantasy emperor, no Chinese opera costume" }, { "name": "Mạc Đăng Doanh", "role": "capable second Mạc ruler", "estimated_age": "adult", "appearance": "Vietnamese king in his prime, composed and disciplined", "costume": "Mạc royal robe with practical court armor undertone, muted crimson and dark indigo", "temperament": "orderly, reform-minded", "historical_cultural_context": "Mạc court attempting stabilization in Bắc triều", "visual_keywords": "stable court, officials, recovery", "negative_notes": "no Ming/Qing drift" }, { "name": "Mạc Mậu Hợp", "role": "late Mạc ruler during decline", "estimated_age": "adult", "appearance": "young to middle-aged Vietnamese king, anxious noble face", "costume": "late Mạc royal robes, tired court atmosphere", "temperament": "weak, pressured, embattled", "historical_cultural_context": "Thăng Long before 1592 fall", "visual_keywords": "declining court, palace under siege", "negative_notes": "avoid caricature villain" }, { "name": "Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm / Bạch Vân cư sĩ", "role": "scholar, Trạng nguyên, sage of the Mạc period", "estimated_age": "adult", "appearance": "elder Vietnamese scholar with calm penetrating eyes, white beard", "costume": "simple scholar robe, Confucian cap, scrolls, rural school setting", "temperament": "wise, detached, contemplative", "historical_cultural_context": "16th-century Mạc intellectual life, Bạch Vân hermitage", "visual_keywords": "scholar, poetry, students, prophecy-like wisdom", "negative_notes": "no Taoist fantasy wizard" }, { "name": "Lê Trung hưng / Lê Trang Tông", "role": "restored Lê legitimacy in Nam triều", "estimated_age": "adult", "appearance": "Vietnamese royal claimant, young solemn ruler", "costume": "Lê royal robe, Lam Sơn/Thanh Hóa symbolism", "temperament": "symbolic, resolute", "historical_cultural_context": "1533 Thanh Hóa, restored Lê court", "visual_keywords": "Nam triều, royal banner, legitimacy", "negative_notes": "no modern nationalist flag" }, { "name": "Nguyễn Kim và Trịnh Kiểm", "role": "Nam triều military founders and commanders", "estimated_age": "varies", "appearance": "Vietnamese warlords, hardened faces, commanding posture", "costume": "16th-century Đại Việt armor, cloaks, spears, command banners", "temperament": "ambitious, disciplined, strategic", "historical_cultural_context": "Thanh Hóa/Nghệ An resistance against Mạc", "visual_keywords": "military camp, southern court, cavalry/infantry", "negative_notes": "no European armor" }, { "name": "Trịnh Tùng và quân Lê-Trịnh", "role": "decisive force that retook Thăng Long", "estimated_age": "adult", "appearance": "Vietnamese commander and disciplined army", "costume": "late 16th-century Đại Việt armor, banners, siege gear", "temperament": "decisive, relentless", "historical_cultural_context": "1592 campaign against Mạc in Thăng Long", "visual_keywords": "siege, northern campaign, banners", "negative_notes": "no guns as dominant unless subtle matchlocks historically grounded" }, { "name": "Sĩ phu và quan lại Đại Việt", "role": "scholars and mandarins divided by legitimacy", "estimated_age": "varies", "appearance": "Vietnamese literati group, conflicted expressions", "costume": "mandarin robes, scholar hats, tablets and scrolls", "temperament": "divided, principled, anxious", "historical_cultural_context": "Mạc vs Lê legitimacy dispute", "visual_keywords": "court debate, exams, memorials", "negative_notes": "no modern suits" }, { "name": "Dân chúng Nam-Bắc triều", "role": "common people suffering civil war", "estimated_age": "varies", "appearance": "Vietnamese villagers, farmers, women, children, conscripts, weary faces", "costume": "plain linen/hemp clothing, straw hats, simple tools, bundles", "temperament": "exhausted, resilient", "historical_cultural_context": "16th-century villages in Bắc Bộ/Thanh Nghệ war zones", "visual_keywords": "burned fields, taxes, conscription, refugee roads", "negative_notes": "no modern objects" }, { "name": "Quân Mạc / Bắc triều", "role": "recurring Mạc soldiers and officials", "estimated_age": "varies", "appearance": "Vietnamese soldiers of northern court, serious and battle-worn", "costume": "16th-century Đại Việt armor, spears, shields, Mạc banners", "temperament": "loyal, defensive, disciplined", "historical_cultural_context": "Mạc-controlled Thăng Long and Bắc Bộ", "visual_keywords": "Thăng Long defense, northern armies", "negative_notes": "no fantasy armor" }, { "name": "Nhà Minh sứ thần và biên giới", "role": "Ming envoys and northern pressure", "estimated_age": "adult", "appearance": "Ming officials and border troops, formal imposing presence", "costume": "Ming dynasty official robes and border armor, flags, documents", "temperament": "threatening, diplomatic pressure", "historical_cultural_context": "1540 border crisis with Ming dynasty", "visual_keywords": "border gate, submission ritual, diplomacy", "negative_notes": "no Qing dynasty clothing" } ] }