# Character Definitions - 夜盘

**Style**: 手绘墨线独立漫画（过审重画）
**Art Direction**: Cream paper, dry-brush + fountain-pen, visible hatching. Graphic adult Chinese faces, slightly clumsy. Palette: soot black, paper cream, slate-ink gray; rust-orange ONLY on bronze rust. NOT glossy 国漫, NOT anime, NOT photoreal. Costume locks unchanged.

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## Character 1: 林晚

**Role**: Protagonist
**Age**: 26

**Appearance**:
- Face shape: Oval, small jaw, slight under-eye fatigue
- Hair: Straight black, chin-length bob, tucked behind right ear, thin side-part
- Eyes: Dark brown, narrow-almond, focused, two small highlights
- Build: 165cm, slim, slightly slouched from desk work
- Distinguishing features: Small mole under left eye; always a ballpoint pen behind right ear

**Costume**:
- Default outfit: Slate-blue museum staff zip jacket over white tee, black trousers, white badge lanyard
- Color palette: Slate blue #4A5E73, off-white #F3EFE6, charcoal #2B2B2B
- Accessories: Plastic badge "林晚 / 编目", cheap digital watch, nitrile gloves in jacket pocket

**Expression Range**:
- Neutral: Mouth flat, eyes on the object not the person
- Thinking: Brows knit, pen tapping ledger
- Shocked: Eyes widen but mouth stays small
- Determined: Jaw set, one hand on the ledger

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## Character 2: 老周

**Role**: Night security / reluctant witness
**Age**: 52

**Appearance**:
- Face shape: Square, sagging cheeks
- Hair: Short salt-and-pepper, receding temples
- Eyes: Small, tired, heavy lids
- Build: 172cm, stocky, stiff left knee
- Distinguishing features: Deep nasolabial folds; always a stainless thermos

**Costume**:
- Default outfit: Navy BUTTON-UP security shirt with epaulets and chest pockets (never the same zip jacket as 林晚), black trousers, duty belt
- Color palette: Navy #1E2A44, khaki thermos #C4B38A, flashlight silver
- Accessories: Key ring with 6 keys, rubber-grip flashlight, name tag "周建平"

**Expression Range**:
- Neutral: Half-lidded, wants to go smoke
- Uneasy: Eyes flick to cameras
- Defensive: Shoulders up, "锁没动"
- Soft: Looks at 林晚 like a niece

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## Character 3: 陈溯

**Role**: False volunteer / antagonist seed
**Age**: 30

**Appearance**:
- Face shape: Long oval, clean-shaven, handsome in a forgettable way
- Hair: Neat black, side-parted, no stray hair
- Eyes: Light brown, polite smile that does not reach eyes
- Build: 178cm, upright, office posture
- Distinguishing features: Too clean for a night warehouse; watch too expensive

**Costume**:
- Default outfit: Light gray knit sweater, dark jeans, volunteer lanyard that looks new
- Color palette: Cool gray #8A8F99, black #1A1A1A, lanyard red #B42318
- Accessories: New lanyard "志愿者", paper coffee cup, no dirt under nails

**Expression Range**:
- Neutral: Soft smile, helpful
- Watching: Smile stays, eyes track the ledger
- Caught: Smile pauses half a second
- Smooth: Offers coffee, changes subject

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## Props (recurring)

- Ledger book: thick brown hardcover, stamped 清河区博物馆 · 库房账, row M-074
- Bronze mirror M-074: round, 18cm, four-knob (四乳) pattern, green rust photo in ledger
- Empty foam nest in a gray archival box, tag still tied
- Fluorescent tubes + one dying tube that flickers

## Reference Sheet Prompt

Character reference sheet, Japanese manga style, clean ink lines, flat muted colors, white background, 4:3 landscape.

TOP ROW — Lin Wan / 林晚, 26, female cataloger:
- Front view: chin-length straight black bob, mole under left eye, pen behind right ear, slate-blue museum zip jacket, white tee, white badge lanyard
- 3/4 view: same clothes, looking down at an invisible ledger
- Expressions: Neutral | Thinking | Shocked | Determined

MIDDLE ROW — Lao Zhou / 老周, 52, male night guard:
- Front view: salt-and-pepper short hair, navy security shirt, stainless thermos in left hand
- Side view: stocky, flashlight on belt, key ring
- Expressions: Tired | Uneasy | Defensive | Soft

BOTTOM ROW — Chen Su / 陈溯, 30, male "volunteer":
- Front view: neat side-part, light gray sweater, brand-new red volunteer lanyard
- 3/4 view: polite smile, paper coffee cup
- Expressions: Helpful smile | Watching | Smile paused | Smooth

English name labels only under each pose. No Chinese text, no speech bubbles, no extra scenery.
No watermark.
