{
  "project_id": "29052026-001-Nguyen-Phi-Y-Lan",
  "visual_style_global": "16:9 horizontal historical storytelling image, ink-wash window centered on warm antique paper, handcrafted Vietnamese co phong feeling, muted brown-black/charcoal watercolor wash, Đại Việt Lý dynasty grounded material culture.",
  "consistency_rules": [
    "Keep Ỷ Lan identity consistent from village girl to Hoàng thái hậu through facial structure and calm intelligent gaze.",
    "Use Vietnamese Đại Việt/Lý dynasty clothing and architecture; avoid Chinese palace/fantasy drift.",
    "Use warm antique paper and ink-wash negative-space style for scenes; thumbnails are separate dramatic poster jobs later."
  ],
  "characters": [
    {
      "name": "Ỷ Lan",
      "role": "main character; Nguyên phi, Hoàng thái hậu, nhiếp chính",
      "estimated_age": "late teens to mature elder across story",
      "appearance": "Vietnamese woman, intelligent calm eyes, dignified face, initially rustic village beauty then regal bearing",
      "costume": "early Lý dynasty Vietnamese clothing; from plain village áo and khăn to refined royal robes, muted ochre brown crimson, no Chinese fantasy drift",
      "temperament": "calm, intelligent, politically decisive, compassionate yet complex",
      "historical_cultural_context": "Đại Việt thời Lý, Thổ Lỗi/Gia Lâm, Thăng Long court, Buddhist cultural atmosphere",
      "visual_keywords": [
        "Ỷ Lan",
        "gốc lan",
        "Nguyên phi",
        "Linh Nhân Hoàng thái hậu",
        "Lý dynasty Vietnamese court"
      ],
      "negative_notes": "do not depict as Chinese empress, modern áo dài, fantasy queen, or overly sexualized"
    },
    {
      "name": "Lý Thánh Tông",
      "role": "king of Đại Việt; husband and political patron of Ỷ Lan",
      "estimated_age": "adult middle-aged king",
      "appearance": "Vietnamese king, composed and authoritative",
      "costume": "Lý dynasty royal robes, crown/hat appropriate to Đại Việt, restrained gold and dark red",
      "temperament": "wise, observant, strategic, trusting of talent",
      "historical_cultural_context": "Thăng Long court, 1054 Đại Việt, campaign against Chiêm Thành",
      "visual_keywords": [
        "Lý Thánh Tông",
        "vua Lý",
        "Đại Việt"
      ],
      "negative_notes": "avoid Qing/Ming Chinese emperor look or fantasy armor"
    },
    {
      "name": "Lý Nhân Tông / Càn Đức",
      "role": "young king, son of Ỷ Lan",
      "estimated_age": "child to young ruler",
      "appearance": "young Vietnamese prince/king, solemn and protected by court",
      "costume": "young royal attire of Lý dynasty",
      "temperament": "vulnerable in childhood, symbolic center of succession",
      "historical_cultural_context": "succession after 1072, regency politics",
      "visual_keywords": [
        "Càn Đức",
        "Lý Nhân Tông",
        "vua trẻ"
      ],
      "negative_notes": "do not make him modern child or adult warrior in childhood scenes"
    },
    {
      "name": "Lý Thường Kiệt",
      "role": "grand commander during anti-Song war",
      "estimated_age": "mature military leader",
      "appearance": "Vietnamese general, stern face, disciplined posture",
      "costume": "Lý dynasty armor/command robe, historically grounded Vietnamese military details",
      "temperament": "decisive, strategic, loyal",
      "historical_cultural_context": "1075-1077 war against Song, Như Nguyệt defense line",
      "visual_keywords": [
        "Lý Thường Kiệt",
        "Như Nguyệt",
        "chống Tống"
      ],
      "negative_notes": "avoid Chinese general design or exaggerated fantasy armor"
    },
    {
      "name": "Lý Đạo Thành",
      "role": "Thái sư, important statesman supporting governance",
      "estimated_age": "elder court official",
      "appearance": "scholarly Vietnamese mandarin, dignified elder",
      "costume": "Lý court official robes, muted dark tones",
      "temperament": "measured, loyal, administrative",
      "historical_cultural_context": "early Lý Nhân Tông regency",
      "visual_keywords": [
        "Lý Đạo Thành",
        "Thái sư",
        "triều chính"
      ],
      "negative_notes": "avoid generic Chinese scholar clichés if not grounded in Đại Việt"
    },
    {
      "name": "Thượng Dương Hoàng hậu",
      "role": "queen associated with palace tragedy and power struggle",
      "estimated_age": "adult royal woman",
      "appearance": "dignified palace woman, sorrowful, restrained",
      "costume": "formal queenly Lý dynasty robes",
      "temperament": "tragic, politically vulnerable",
      "historical_cultural_context": "post-Lý Thánh Tông palace conflict",
      "visual_keywords": [
        "Thượng Dương Hoàng hậu",
        "bi kịch cung đình"
      ],
      "negative_notes": "avoid villain caricature"
    },
    {
      "name": "Dân chúng Đại Việt",
      "role": "recurring groups: villagers, farmers, monks, soldiers, court attendants",
      "estimated_age": "mixed",
      "appearance": "Vietnamese commoners with period faces and practical clothing",
      "costume": "Lý-era village clothing, monk robes, soldier gear as scene-appropriate",
      "temperament": "reverent, hardworking, anxious in war, grateful in dân sinh scenes",
      "historical_cultural_context": "Thổ Lỗi, Gia Lâm, Thăng Long, Đại Việt villages and temples",
      "visual_keywords": [
        "dân quê",
        "nông dân",
        "tăng chúng",
        "quân dân Đại Việt"
      ],
      "negative_notes": "no modern hats, plastic, guns, modern buildings"
    }
  ]
}