Key observations: The Relatable Six (Charity, Kindness, Diligence, Envy, Gluttony, Sloth) carry 25 of ~43 total wound events. Gap zones: Books 32-36 and 60-64 have lower wound density. Sloth has the fewest wounds (3) and the latest first wound (Book 16). The phase transitions are soft boundaries — entities can begin shifting before or after the nominal phase boundary depending on their wound accumulation.

Sacrifice → Vice-dominant in Era I. Humans sacrifice TO entities; corruption externalizes the offering until the altar matters more than the heart. Neutralized post-Jesus hinge — Virtue-positive after Fulfillment, with Americas as Vice holdouts. Aztecs (-5) are the apex.
Knowledge → Vice-dominant in Era II. Institutional religion, caste systems, closed canons restrict what humans know. "Gates of ijtihad closed" (Book 34) is the Knowledge equivalent of human sacrifice. Broken by printing, Reformation, Enlightenment.
Attention → Vice-dominant in Era III. Sacrifice broken, knowledge democratized — Vices pivot to harvesting consciousness. Temple spectacle → Colosseum → broadcast → algorithm. The theological horror: passive attention harvesting without the human choosing to attend.

The arc of the war: Humanity starts with fragmented connection to Anor (Sumer, +1). The Solomon moment (Book 10, +5) is the series' highest peak — full architecture revealed. The curve is volatile throughout — civilizations swing sharply between Virtue and Vice alignment. Major Vice troughs: Assyria (-4), Mayan (-4), Aztec (-5), Spanish Empire (-4), Japanese Empire (-4). Major Virtue peaks: Solomon (+5), Mauryan Empire (+4), Yolŋu (+5). Book 70 ends at -5 — the United States at its darkest alignment. The war is being lost. This is the crisis that sets up Book 71 (the Coda).

Design diagnostic: Books where AAS shifts dramatically but engagement is low = strategic events the reader might not feel. Books where AAS barely moves but engagement peaks = quiet books the reader will never forget. Current gaps: Mid-series (Books 30-40) shows engagement dips where the Relatable Six have fewer wound events and less screen time. This is where Layer 2 investment needs the most attention.

Era I — Experiential → Mechanical: Reader learns through characters' experiences. Tether activations feel like divine encounters. By Book 15, the reader recognizes the pattern.
Era II — Strategic → Compound: Reader understands factions and strategy. Devotion scoring becomes intuitive. Entity operations make strategic sense.
Era III — Quantum Payoff: Book 66 is the keystone — a physicist-practitioner publishes a paper connecting quantum mechanics to everything the reader has accumulated across 65 books. Every miracle in the series becomes retroactively explainable. This is what makes re-reading transformative.

Known connections: Book 6→7 (Meriamun character crossover — first human bridge). Each wound event generates a verbal fossil callback window of 5-15 books. Connectivity should increase as the series progresses — the more accumulated history, the more potential callbacks. Books in the 1-10 range are structurally thinner (less to call back to). Books 50+ should be the densest. Isolated books (no callbacks in or out) need attention — every book should connect to at least two others.