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# Iris Venn — Field Command Hero Reference (Overlay-Ready)

**Variant:** Art-first generation for text-overlay workflow.  
**Source prompt (preserve unchanged):** `01-prompts/heroes/iris-venn.md`  
**Workflow:** `04-reference-board/reference-sheet-text-overlay-workflow.md`

When generating the art-only draft, send **only** the prompt content above **“DO NOT SEND BELOW THIS LINE TO IMAGE MODEL.”** The overlay metadata below is for deterministic text overlay only.

Create a single clean in-universe **Field Command Hero Reference** sheet for **The Dobsonian Institute**.

Approved presentation mode:
**Concept Prototype Sheet**

Global visual style:
Grayscale pencil prototype drawing on archival off-white paper. Clarified hand-drafted technical illustration with clean linework, subtle construction marks, and restrained institutional presentation. Serious, procedural, authoritative, internal-use tone. No flashy effects, no glow, no mystical or cosmic sci-fi styling, no cinematic poster treatment, and no unnecessary background scenery.

**Overlay-ready:** Illustration and layout only. Do **not** render final readable typography in the image.

Document-family consistency:
This sheet must match the same document family as the established Warden, Interceptor, Observation Detail, Incursion Detail, Adjunct, Field Command Operational Mark, and **Rowan Hale v001** hero reference: same page orientation, same header **band placement**, same margins, same composition logic, same pencil rendering language, same paper texture, and same restrained annotation **zone** style. It should look like it belongs in the same Dobsonian Field Command planning archive. Match **document discipline** from Rowan Hale v001—do **not** copy Rowan’s silhouette, coat, pose set, or command-slate/map kit.

Page/layout requirements:
Render this as a single standardized document page only.

Include exactly:
- one large primary full-body front view
- one smaller side view
- one smaller back view
- one role/action pose
- one equipment/detail drawing
- sparse **blank** annotation callout areas (reserved for local text overlay later)

Header area (overlay-ready — art only):
At the top of the page, leave a **clean blank header band** with faint horizontal guide rules only.
- Do **not** render final header text, titles, names, or “CONCEPT PROTOTYPE SHEET” lettering in the image.
- The header band should read as empty institutional document space above the figure panels—light pencil rules, no words.
- Intended header strings are listed under **Text to overlay later** below; the model must not attempt to spell them.

Annotation areas (overlay-ready — art only):
Reserve **sparse annotation zones** beside or near panels with faint leader lines, empty label boxes, or blank callout spaces only.
- Do **not** render annotation labels (e.g. “Silhouette Notes”) or bullet phrases in the image.
- Do **not** render handwritten annotation text; leave zones visibly empty for deterministic overlay.
- Allowed labels and phrases are listed under **Text to overlay later** below.

Text rules (generation):
Do not invent lore.
Do not add quotes.
Do not add mottos.
Do not add slogan lines.
Do not add story text.
Do not add fake classifications.
Do not add authorization codes.
Do not add doctrine labels.
Do not add unit IDs.
Do not add bureaucratic metadata in the image.
Do not add footer blocks with readable text.
Do not render **any** final readable text in the image—including headers, labels, bullets, or Iris Venn’s canonical victory line.
Faint construction marks and blank guide lines only.

Operational mark and emblem rules:
- Do not invent unexplained symbols, emblems, seals, badges, shoulder marks, glyphs, glowing insignia, occult marks, fake military patch language, or random armor markings.
- Do not add rank patches, faction badges, or invented chest logos.
- If a visible emblem is needed, use only the approved simplified Field Command operational mark, sparingly and at small scale.
- Approved operational mark structure: simplified diamond boundary; centered vertical threshold/door form; strong negative space; restrained base line beneath the threshold form; no internal text; no extra symbols or decorative insignia.
- The full Dobsonian Institute logo/seal is reserved for formal/institutional contexts and must not appear on clothing, armor, or chest decoration.
- Default mark-free is acceptable.
- For tiny UI/card/equipment use, the threshold-only ultra-small variant is acceptable when the diamond boundary would collapse.
- Visual-danger rule: feel important through competence, measured sight, procedural authority, and calm readiness—not flashy power, combat bravado, or assassin styling.

Character direction:

Hero name:
Iris Venn

Title (separate from name):
Observation Authority / Field Sight Command

Role:
Named Field Command personnel and **hero command anchor**. Tests the **Observation / long-sight hero lane** through sight, triangulation, prediction, and authorization. Grounded early hero—not a deployable category clone.

Category relationship:
Shares disciplined watchfulness and measurement language with **Observation Detail** units, but remains distinct **named command personnel** with command-anchor read. Do not reskin the Observation Detail unit sheet with a face. Do not make Iris a generic sniper, mystical oracle, cyberpunk hacker, femme-fatale assassin, or oversized-rifle hero.

Core character read:
Iris should feel **calm, exacting, field-authorized**, and dangerous because she **understands the incident before others do**—not because she is an assassin, stalker, or long-gun idol.

Silhouette:
Upright or lightly forward **observational** posture. **Leaner than Rowan Hale.** Practical field layers, boots, harness, observation and survey gear. **Optics-forward and measurement-forward** silhouette. Mobile enough for field work. Precise, restrained, procedural. Controlled threat through **information advantage**.

Distinct from:
- **Rowan Hale** — less command-bulk outerwear; no duplicate coat, command slate, or incident-map commander kit
- **Warden** — not bulky hold/block mass
- **Interceptor** — not speed-assault sleekness
- **Observation Detail** — not deployable unit clone or rifle-forward unit pose

Clothing/equipment:
Layered practical field outerwear suitable for survey and sight work. Boots, gloves, belt or harness for carried optics and markers. **Field optic / rangefinder / folded field scope** as primary gear read. **Triangulation sight card** and/or sparse **observation slate** or lane-grid field slate. **Survey/targeting markers** or procedural tags. Optional **compact authorized marksmanship tool** only if secondary and visually understated—never the silhouette anchor. No long-barrel sniper rifle, suppressor assassin kit, drone swarm, magic binoculars, AR visor overload, or prone overwatch nest default.

Role/action pose:
Iris **marking a sight line**, **confirming lane classification**, or **authorizing distant action from a measured read**—triangulation and field authorization, not combat spectacle. **Do not** show her aiming down sights like a poster. **Do not** use stalker crouch, lone-wolf eliminator stance, or glam sniper pose.

Equipment/detail drawing:
Render **one** equipment/detail panel only: **folded field scope with calibration ticks and a triangulation sight card**. Procedural, institutional, measurement-forward. No separate rifle detail panel. Equipment panel may show calibration tick **marks** as illustration; do not render readable words on the scope or card.

Special visual constraints:
Do not make Iris mythic, magical, superheroic, flashy, cosmic, anime, or overdesigned.
Do not use glowing effects, holographic eyes, third-eye oracle props, magic hands, military medals, police/SWAT language, fantasy armor, ornate insignia, random chest emblems, occult symbols, cyberpunk circuitry, cinematic poster composition, or unnecessary background scenery.
Do not use cloak-and-rifle ranger, cyberpunk hacker, mystical seer, or femme-fatale assassin tropes.
Do not add obvious cat/pet jokes.
Iris should feel important because she **sees and authorizes with impossible clarity**, not because she looks like a video-game sniper or flashy hero.

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