---
unit: warden
status: draft
mode: Concept Prototype Sheet
version: v001
date: 2026-05-17
image: warden_2026-05-17_v001.png
prompt: warden_2026-05-17_v001.prompt.md
source_image: /mnt/data/vault/dobsonian-field-command/.fieldvault-state/generated/warden_2026-05-17_222816_openai.png
vault_path: /mnt/data/vault/dobsonian-field-command/02-generated/warden/
---

## Verdict
Strong first API-generated Warden sheet. The unit clearly reads as the deliberate exception to the standard Field Command visual-danger rule: it is visibly intimidating, forceful, and dangerous in a way the other units are not.

The silhouette is excellent. Broad shoulders, narrow waist, heavy grounded base, split tabard, heavy armored frame, and enforcement maul all support the intended role. The Warden feels like authorized field infrastructure in humanoid form: stable, procedural, sanctioned, and physically difficult to move.

This is a credible Warden working visual baseline, but should not be promoted to selected/final yet.

## Keep
- document-family consistency
- archival paper / pencil prototype presentation
- clean Field Command sheet layout
- broad-shouldered / narrow-waist silhouette
- heavy grounded base
- split tabard / coat language
- helmeted impersonal face
- enforcement maul / authority-by-weight weapon direction
- imposing but procedural stance
- visibly dangerous Warden exception to the normal visual-danger rule
- strong roster separation from all other units

## Refine
- avoid unexplained chest or tabard symbols unless an approved operational mark is explicitly defined
- preserve “authorized field infrastructure in humanoid form” feel
- avoid drifting into fantasy knight, paladin, or mystical enforcer territory
- keep the weapon heavy and forceful without becoming flashy or oversized for spectacle alone
- preserve institutional severity rather than hero-poster energy
- maintain visual intimidation without adding unnecessary sci-fi noise

## Notes
This is the first successful API-generated Warden draft archived through the vault pipeline.

Mark as the current Warden working visual baseline. Do not promote to selected/final yet. Use v001 as the reference point for future Warden refinement passes.