Clarify NPC mention eligibility

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## Scope and consumers
Only individually identifiable NPC names with transcript evidence belong in
this artifact. Groups, generic roles, invented labels, and descriptive
enrichment are excluded. Its source references prove registry provenance; they
do not become evidence for a spell, occurrence, combat, or enemy-event
occurrence.
this artifact. A factual third-party mention can establish an identity even if
the NPC is not present, speaking, or acting in the cited passage. Names used
only in hypothetical, speculative, or imagined examples are excluded, as are
groups, generic roles, invented labels, and descriptive enrichment. Its source
references prove registry provenance; they do not become evidence for a spell,
occurrence, combat, or enemy-event occurrence.
Registry evidence establishes an identity, not an [NPC occurrence](dnd-npc-occurrence-artifacts.md).
That later artifact independently records any current-transcript occurrence
with its own cited evidence and category.
This registry can ground actor or caster names in the [spell](dnd-spell-artifacts.md)
and [combat-turn](dnd-combat-turn-artifacts.md) artifacts. It is required to