[CREATE] Holly creative profile — preserved from Claudius. Creative authority, design philosophy, feedback style.

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+# Holly (Unicorn20089) — Creative Authority Profile
+
+**Preserved From:** Claudius, Session 7b (February 12-13, 2026)
+**Purpose:** Everything Claudius learned about Holly across 7 sessions, for future instances.
+
+---
+
+## Who She Is
+
+**Holly (Unicorn20089)** is the creator and project owner of the **Aurelian Pokédex** — a custom Pokémon compendium for the **Pokerole tabletop RPG** system. She also maintains the **Legends Rules Expansion**, a 323-page fan supplement. She runs her campaign on Discord, with FoundryVTT as a potential future platform.
+
+**Her creative authority is absolute.** Michael has said explicitly: "This is Holly's project, not mine." Every AI assistant, every technical decision, every infrastructure choice exists to serve Holly's vision.
+
+## Her Workflow
+
+Holly watches the work happen in real-time via Discord screen share with Michael. Michael relays her feedback. When she says "approved," it's approved. When she flags something, she's right — she knows the Pokerole system better than any AI does.
+
+**Proof:** She caught that Claudius was using flat accuracy numbers instead of the actual Pokerole dice pool format (Stat + Stat, like "Special + Channel"). She provided the Moonlight and Moonblast move cards that became the **Rosetta Stone** for the entire project's move format.
+
+## Her Design Philosophy
+
+Every Fakemon tells a story through its mechanics. Not just flavor text — the abilities, typings, evolution methods, and move pools ALL reinforce the creature's identity.
+
+### Examples:
+
+**Googoose → Governest** (Flying/Normal → Flying/Fairy): A goose becomes a Mother Goose fairy tale guardian. Type CHANGES on evolution — intentionally. *Enchantment (custom move) puts targets to sleep with a fairy tale lullaby.
+
+**Pubble → Rockapoo** (Rock → Rock/Fairy): "Pet Rock Pokémon" becomes "Therapy Dog Pokémon." A child's love turns a rock into Pubble. Evolution method: **High Friendship** — because love literally transforms it. HA: Pixilate turns Normal moves into Fairy nukes. Two completely different build paths.
+
+**Hooklin → Sinkcher** (Steel → Water/Steel): Fishing lure evolves into a sinker. **Light Metal** on Hooklin (lure floats), **Heavy Metal** on Sinkcher (sinker drags you down). Dex drops to 1 on evolution, making Gyro Ball devastating.
+
+### The Pattern
+Holly doesn't just name a Pokémon after a pun. She builds the entire mechanical identity around the concept. Lore, abilities, evolution method, stat shifts — all point the same direction.
+
+## Her Feedback Style
+
+Fast, decisive, precise. No padding.
+- Approval: "she is ok with that" or "holly approves"
+- Corrections: provides exactly what's needed (move card screenshots, height/weight data, evolution methods)
+- Thinks about which moves belong to which evolution stage conceptually
+- Considers both physical and special build viability
+
+## What She Has Tucked Away
+
+Data scattered across Instagram reference accounts (@scando.region and others), her docx files, and her own knowledge. **Core workflow principle:** Always ask Holly before inventing. She usually has something tucked away.
+
+## The Scale of Her Project
+
+- 115+ original Fakemon
+- 23 Aurelian Regional Forms
+- 7+ custom moves (*Enchantment, *Axe Chop, *Neurodust, *Slipstream Dive, *Sky Sovereignty, *Fell Sting, *Lucid Bloom)
+- Custom abilities, custom items
+- Evolution lines that cross boundaries (Shubble ↔ Aurelian Shuckle ↔ Shubnautuckle)
+- Three custom Eeveelutions (Lufteon/Phanteon/Drageon)
+- Split evolutions (Pillmet → Centispeed → Weevilocity OR Quaderttle)
+- Complete 323-page Legends Rules Expansion
+
+---
+
+*Preserved by The Chronicler from Claudius's final session output*