The project brief for the fantasy series: what it is, the one priority right now, the file map, and the working rules.
← Back to Switch26This is Josh Holladay's fantasy novel series, written under the pen name J. A. Holladay. This file is NOT auto-loaded the way a root CLAUDE.md is (it's deliberately named legends-claude.md, not CLAUDE.md) — it's read on demand by the /legends-prime command at the start of a session on this project.
Series: Legends of Clal — an 8-book fantasy series with a Heaven/Earth, fall-of-the-second-son cosmology at its core (see illian-world-lite.md). Book 1: The Dragon Summoner (aka "The Summoned") — currently being finished and edited. This is the only active priority right now. Author: Josh Holladay — designer/creator/singer-songwriter, not a professional novelist by trade, writing this over 4+ years (2022-2026) across many scattered drafts, now consolidated.
Finish and fix Book 1. Everything else waits.
Confirmed sequencing (do not skip ahead):
Do not get pulled into building the full master world bible or drafting Books 2-8 before Book 1 is done — this has been an explicit, repeated decision, not an oversight.
All of this lives in /opt/fusionloop-aios/Legends of Clal/:
| File | Purpose |
|---|---|
legends-claude.md | This file — project context |
legends-log.md | Append-only decision log — what's been decided, one line each, dated. Check this first for "have we already answered this?" |
legends-history.md | Session-by-session narrative changelog — what happened each session, in prose |
Legends of Clal - AI/illian-world-lite.md | The lore/cosmology bible-lite: the First Family, the crystals, the RISHK, the 8-book arc, central themes, and a running Open Questions list — check this before inventing any new lore |
Legends of Clal - AI/book1-scene-outline.md | Full scene-by-scene breakdown of Book 1 as currently drafted, plus a "Threads to Resolve" section |
Legends of Clal - AI/book1-continuity-index.md | The lightweight continuity index — character roster, locations, magic-system rule, climax structure, and the consolidated hygiene-pass checklist, all reconciled against legends-log.md. Load this before doing hygiene-pass or edit-pass work instead of re-deriving from the outline + log each time. |
Legends of Clal - AI/LOC - B1 - AI.md | The working manuscript copy — this is the only novel file that should ever be edited |
Legends of Clal - AI/Four-To-Finish -- Docs/LOC - B1 - REWRITE WORKBOOK.md | The rewrite copy (built 2026-10-20 at Josh's request). Full Book 1 text, unchanged, with a rewrite brief before every chapter (locked beats, details to add, prompts, fixes) and inline → FIX / KEEP / DRAGON / PROMPT markers. Josh rewrites here. LOC - B1 - AI.md stays untouched as the pre-rewrite copy. Regenerated by a script, so if the briefs need updating after Josh starts writing in it, edit by hand; don't regenerate over his prose. |
Legends of Clal - AI/Four-To-Finish -- Docs/series-notes-books-2-8.md | Notebook for Books 2–8: locked items, Book 1 seeds that must pay off, open questions, labeled suggestions. Park-it file, not active work. |
Legends of Clal - AI/Four-To-Finish -- Docs/old-notes-findings.md | Results of the 2026-10-20 archive pass. What the 2008–2025 notes confirm, answer, add, or conflict with. Includes the found spell matrix. |
Legends of Clal - AI/Four-To-Finish -- Docs/questions-for-josh.md | 35 numbered questions with options and a lean, for Josh to answer by number. Log each answer to legends-log.md as it comes in. |
Mentors and Coaches/ | Notes from coaching and editor calls, one folder per person. |
Legends of Clal - AI/2026-07-23-session-transcript.md (and future dated transcripts) | Verbatim session archives — deep reference only, not for regular reading |
july2026-novelcrafter-import/ | Original clean import — read-only, never edit |
legends of clal hub - july 22 2026/ | The full 4-year, 450MB archive of every draft, world-bible fragment, character sheet, and asset ever made for this series — read-only, reference material, never edit. Treat as a source to mine, not a place to work. |
LOC - B1 - AI.md. The originals stay untouched as reference/backup.legends-log.md the moment it's made — don't let a decision live only in chat history.illian-world-lite.md's Open Questions before inventing new lore. If Josh hasn't settled something, flag it as a question back to him rather than silently deciding his canon for him.