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+title: The Crucible
+summary: Generates fantasy settings through seven interconnected alchemical stages.
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+publishDate: 2026-02-19T14:05:00.000Z
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+## What this is
+
+- Generates fantasy settings through seven interconnected alchemical stages
+- Start with Geography, end with states locked in political tension
+- Not balanced, not optimised – designed to produce contradictions and tension
+
+## Two Paths
+
+- **Path I: »I want to generate«**
+  - Start Building
+  - Recommended for first-time users
+- Path 2: **»I want to understand«**
+  - Learn the System
+  - Recommended for designers and theorists
+
+## The Seven Stages
+
+1. **Prima Materia. – Land**
+   - Generate biomes and resources
+1. **Calcination – Kin**
+   - Generates kindred, heritage, and ancestry
+1. **Fermentation – Belief**
+   - Generates religion and belief
+1. **Sublimation – Witchcraft**
+   - Generates magical traditions and crafts
+1. **Coagulation – Vessels**
+   - Generates institutions and factions
+1. **Conjunction – Realms**
+   - Generates states, tribes, and settlements
+1. **Dissolution**
+   - Ways for the state to interact with each over