diff --git a/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/locations/assets.go b/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/locations/assets.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4283674
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/locations/assets.go
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package locations
+
+import "embed"
+
+//go:embed assets/prompts/*.yaml assets/prompts/*.md
+var embeddedAssets embed.FS
diff --git a/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/locations/assets/prompts/candidates.md b/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/locations/assets/prompts/candidates.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..61c17ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/locations/assets/prompts/candidates.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Location candidates:
+{{ input "candidates" }}
diff --git a/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/locations/assets/prompts/dnd.locations.normalize.yaml b/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/locations/assets/prompts/dnd.locations.normalize.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c0ecb1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/locations/assets/prompts/dnd.locations.normalize.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+id: dnd.locations.normalize
+version: "v1"
+default_profile: dnd-extraction
+inputs:
+  - name: candidates
+    required: true
+    content_type: application/json
+  - name: transcript
+    required: true
+    content_type: application/json
+messages:
+  - role: system
+    content_file: ./sharedassets/common-dnd-system.md
+  - role: user
+    content_file: ./task.md
+  - role: user
+    content_file: ./sharedassets/common-dnd-entity-reconciliation.md
+    cache_control:
+      type: ephemeral
+  - role: user
+    content_file: ./candidates.md
+  - role: user
+    content_file: ./sharedassets/common-dnd-transcript.md
+    cache_control:
+      type: ephemeral
+output:
+  format: json
+  validation_mode: json_schema
+  schema_path: dnd_entity_reconcile_llm.v1.json
+  repair_attempts: 0
diff --git a/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/locations/assets/prompts/task.md b/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/locations/assets/prompts/task.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b691e8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/locations/assets/prompts/task.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Review location candidates and cited transcript context. Group candidates only
+when the evidence clearly identifies one physical place.
+
+Do not group candidates solely because their names match, their evidence is
+nearby, one place is nested inside another, or their labels are generic. Keep
+parent and child places, similarly named places, and uncertain aliases
+separate. For an accepted group, select the supplied candidate with the
+clearest established display name as canonical.
diff --git a/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/locations/normalizer.go b/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/locations/normalizer.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b08c4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/locations/normalizer.go
@@ -0,0 +1,343 @@
+// Package locations normalizes merged D&D location candidates conservatively.
+package locations
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"reflect"
+	"sort"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/core/source"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/framework/contracts"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/framework/pipeline"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/modules/dnd"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/modules/dnd/locations/identity"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/modules/dnd/shared"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/modules/dnd/shared/diagnostics"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/modules/dnd/shared/entityreconcile"
+)
+
+const (
+	Key                   = "dnd/locations"
+	PromptID              = "dnd.locations.normalize"
+	normalizationPolicy   = "dnd.locations.normalize.v1"
+	semanticContextPolicy = "dnd.entity_reconcile.context.v1"
+	semanticContextRadius = 2
+	NormalizationPolicy   = normalizationPolicy
+
+	ReasonCodeLocationFieldsNormalized                = "location_fields_normalized"
+	ReasonCodeLocationIDRecomputed                    = "location_id_recomputed"
+	ReasonCodeSourceReferencesNormalized              = "source_references_normalized"
+	ReasonCodeDuplicateLocationCollapsed              = "duplicate_location_collapsed"
+	ReasonCodeLocationSemanticProposalInvalid         = "location_semantic_proposal_invalid"
+	ReasonCodeLocationSemanticReconciliationExhausted = "location_semantic_reconciliation_exhausted"
+	ReasonCodeLocationNormalizationWarningsOmitted    = "location_normalization_warnings_omitted"
+)
+
+var requiredCapabilities = []string{"merged"}
+var providedCapabilities = []string{"normalized"}
+
+var _ contracts.Normalizer[dnd.LocationList] = (*Normalizer)(nil)
+var _ contracts.ManifestMetadataProvider = (*Normalizer)(nil)
+var _ pipeline.CheckpointFingerprintProvider = (*Normalizer)(nil)
+
+type Options struct{}
+
+type Normalizer struct {
+	llm               contracts.StructuredLLMClient
+	promptSHA         string
+	responseSchemaSHA string
+}
+
+func New(llmClient contracts.StructuredLLMClient, _ Options) (*Normalizer, error) {
+	if llmClient == nil {
+		return nil, normalizerErrorf("LLM client must not be nil")
+	}
+	promptSHA, err := promptAssetMetadata()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, normalizerErrorf("load prompt metadata: %w", err)
+	}
+	responseSchema, err := entityreconcile.LoadResponseSchema()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, normalizerErrorf("load response schema: %w", err)
+	}
+	return &Normalizer{llm: llmClient, promptSHA: promptSHA, responseSchemaSHA: responseSchema.SHA256}, nil
+}
+
+func (n *Normalizer) Key() string                               { return Key }
+func (n *Normalizer) ReferenceSlots() []contracts.ReferenceSlot { return nil }
+
+func (n *Normalizer) ManifestMetadata() map[string]any {
+	if n == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return map[string]any{
+		"prompt_id": PromptID, "prompt_version": entityreconcile.SchemaVersion, "prompt_sha256": n.promptSHA,
+		"response_schema_key": string(entityreconcile.ResponseSchemaKey), "response_schema_id": entityreconcile.ResponseSchemaID,
+		"response_schema_name": entityreconcile.ResponseSchemaName, "response_schema_version": entityreconcile.SchemaVersion,
+		"response_schema_sha256": n.responseSchemaSHA, "identity_policy": identity.Policy,
+		"normalization_policy": normalizationPolicy, "semantic_context_policy": semanticContextPolicy, "semantic_context_radius": semanticContextRadius,
+	}
+}
+
+func (n *Normalizer) CheckpointFingerprints() []pipeline.CheckpointFingerprint {
+	if n == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return []pipeline.CheckpointFingerprint{
+		{Name: "prompt", Value: n.promptSHA}, {Name: "response_schema", Value: n.responseSchemaSHA},
+		{Name: "identity_policy", Value: identity.Policy}, {Name: "normalization_policy", Value: normalizationPolicy},
+		{Name: "semantic_context_policy", Value: fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", semanticContextPolicy, semanticContextRadius)},
+	}
+}
+
+func (n *Normalizer) Normalize(ctx context.Context, req contracts.TypedNormalizeRequest[dnd.LocationList]) (contracts.TypedNormalizeResult[dnd.LocationList], error) {
+	if n == nil {
+		return contracts.TypedNormalizeResult[dnd.LocationList]{}, normalizerErrorf("normalizer must not be nil")
+	}
+	if n.llm == nil {
+		return contracts.TypedNormalizeResult[dnd.LocationList]{}, normalizerErrorf("LLM client must not be nil")
+	}
+	if ctx == nil {
+		return contracts.TypedNormalizeResult[dnd.LocationList]{}, normalizerErrorf("context must not be nil")
+	}
+	if err := ctx.Err(); err != nil {
+		return contracts.TypedNormalizeResult[dnd.LocationList]{}, normalizerErrorf("context error before normalize: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	order := shared.NewSourceRefOrder(req.Source)
+	records, warnings := preprocessRecords(req.MergeOutput.Value, order)
+	deterministic := recordList(records)
+	materials, ready, err := entityreconcile.BuildContext(req.Source, reconciliationCandidates(records), semanticContextRadius)
+	if err != nil {
+		return contracts.TypedNormalizeResult[dnd.LocationList]{}, normalizerErrorf("build semantic context: %w", err)
+	}
+	if !ready {
+		return contracts.TypedNormalizeResult[dnd.LocationList]{Value: deterministic, Warnings: limitWarnings(warnings)}, nil
+	}
+
+	var response entityreconcile.ProposalResponse
+	if _, err := n.llm.CompleteStructured(ctx, contracts.StructuredCompletionRequest{
+		StageName: Key, PromptID: PromptID, PromptVersion: entityreconcile.SchemaVersion,
+		ProfileID: req.LLMProfile, SessionID: req.SessionID,
+		Inputs: contracts.LLMInputSet{"candidates": materials.Candidates, "transcript": materials.Transcript},
+	}, &response); err != nil {
+		if errors.Is(err, contracts.ErrInvalidStructuredOutput) {
+			return n.invalidStructuredResult(deterministic, warnings), nil
+		}
+		return contracts.TypedNormalizeResult[dnd.LocationList]{}, normalizerErrorf("complete structured output: %w", err)
+	}
+	assessment := materials.Assess(response)
+	applied, semanticWarnings := applySafeGroups(records, reconciliationGroups(assessment, materials.CandidateKeys()), order)
+	warnings = append(warnings, semanticWarnings...)
+	if assessment.DiscardedGroups() == 0 {
+		return contracts.TypedNormalizeResult[dnd.LocationList]{Value: recordList(applied), Warnings: limitWarnings(warnings)}, nil
+	}
+	return retryResult(recordList(applied), warnings, assessment), nil
+}
+
+func (n *Normalizer) invalidStructuredResult(value dnd.LocationList, warnings []contracts.Warning) contracts.TypedNormalizeResult[dnd.LocationList] {
+	return contracts.TypedNormalizeResult[dnd.LocationList]{Value: value, Warnings: limitWarningsForRetry(warnings), Retry: &contracts.NormalizeRetry{
+		ReasonCode: ReasonCodeLocationSemanticProposalInvalid, Message: "semantic proposal requires retry: invalid structured output",
+		FallbackWarnings: []contracts.Warning{semanticFallbackWarning(-1)},
+	}}
+}
+
+func retryResult(value dnd.LocationList, warnings []contracts.Warning, assessment entityreconcile.Assessment) contracts.TypedNormalizeResult[dnd.LocationList] {
+	return contracts.TypedNormalizeResult[dnd.LocationList]{Value: value, Warnings: limitWarningsForRetry(warnings), Retry: &contracts.NormalizeRetry{
+		ReasonCode: ReasonCodeLocationSemanticProposalInvalid, Message: diagnostics.Aggregate("semantic proposal requires retry", reconciliationIssues(assessment)),
+		FallbackWarnings: []contracts.Warning{semanticFallbackWarning(assessment.DiscardedGroups())},
+	}}
+}
+
+func semanticFallbackWarning(discarded int) contracts.Warning {
+	message := "semantic proposal could not be applied"
+	if discarded >= 0 {
+		message = fmt.Sprintf("%d proposal group(s) omitted after semantic proposal retry exhaustion", discarded)
+	}
+	return contracts.Warning{Scope: "locations", ReasonCode: ReasonCodeLocationSemanticReconciliationExhausted, Message: message}
+}
+
+func limitWarnings(warnings []contracts.Warning) []contracts.Warning {
+	return diagnostics.LimitWarnings(warnings, "locations", ReasonCodeLocationNormalizationWarningsOmitted)
+}
+
+func limitWarningsForRetry(warnings []contracts.Warning) []contracts.Warning {
+	if warnings == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if len(warnings) < diagnostics.MaxWarnings {
+		return append([]contracts.Warning(nil), warnings...)
+	}
+	displayed := diagnostics.MaxWarnings - 2
+	bounded := append([]contracts.Warning(nil), warnings[:displayed]...)
+	return append(bounded, contracts.Warning{Scope: "locations", ReasonCode: ReasonCodeLocationNormalizationWarningsOmitted, Message: fmt.Sprintf("%d additional warning(s) omitted", len(warnings)-displayed)})
+}
+
+type normalizedRecord struct {
+	location     dnd.Location
+	inputIndexes []int
+	earliest     int
+}
+
+func preprocessRecords(input dnd.LocationList, order shared.SourceRefOrder) ([]normalizedRecord, []contracts.Warning) {
+	if input.Locations == nil {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	records := make([]normalizedRecord, len(input.Locations))
+	warnings := make([]contracts.Warning, 0)
+	for index, inputLocation := range input.Locations {
+		location, fieldsChanged, refsChanged := normalizeRecord(inputLocation, order)
+		records[index] = normalizedRecord{location: location, inputIndexes: []int{index}, earliest: index}
+		if fieldsChanged {
+			warnings = append(warnings, contracts.Warning{Scope: locationScope(index), ReasonCode: ReasonCodeLocationFieldsNormalized, Message: fmt.Sprintf("input index %d: location name normalized for %s", index, diagnostics.Quote(inputLocation.Name))})
+		}
+		if refsChanged {
+			warnings = append(warnings, contracts.Warning{Scope: locationScope(index), ReasonCode: ReasonCodeSourceReferencesNormalized, Message: fmt.Sprintf("input index %d: source references normalized (original count %d, final count %d)", index, len(inputLocation.SourceRefs), len(location.SourceRefs))})
+		}
+		if inputLocation.ID != location.ID {
+			warnings = append(warnings, contracts.Warning{Scope: locationScope(index), ReasonCode: ReasonCodeLocationIDRecomputed, Message: fmt.Sprintf("input index %d: location ID recomputed from %s", index, diagnostics.Quote(location.Name))})
+		}
+	}
+	groups := exactDuplicateGroups(records)
+	output := make([]normalizedRecord, 0, len(groups))
+	for _, members := range groups {
+		retained := cloneRecord(records[members[0]])
+		for _, member := range members[1:] {
+			retained.inputIndexes = append(retained.inputIndexes, records[member].inputIndexes...)
+		}
+		retained.inputIndexes = sortedUniqueIndexes(retained.inputIndexes)
+		output = append(output, retained)
+		if len(members) > 1 {
+			warnings = append(warnings, duplicateWarning(retained.earliest, memberInputIndexes(records, members[1:])))
+		}
+	}
+	return output, warnings
+}
+
+func normalizeRecord(input dnd.Location, order shared.SourceRefOrder) (dnd.Location, bool, bool) {
+	output := cloneLocation(input)
+	output.Name = identity.NormalizeDisplay(input.Name)
+	output.SourceRefs = order.Canonicalize(input.SourceRefs)
+	output.ID = identity.DeriveID(output.Name, output.SourceRefs)
+	return output, input.Name != output.Name, !reflect.DeepEqual(input.SourceRefs, output.SourceRefs)
+}
+
+func exactDuplicateGroups(records []normalizedRecord) [][]int {
+	groups := make([][]int, 0, len(records))
+	for index, record := range records {
+		key := identity.ComparisonKey(record.location.Name)
+		found := false
+		for groupIndex, members := range groups {
+			first := records[members[0]]
+			if identity.ComparisonKey(first.location.Name) == key && reflect.DeepEqual(first.location.SourceRefs, record.location.SourceRefs) {
+				groups[groupIndex] = append(groups[groupIndex], index)
+				found = true
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		if !found {
+			groups = append(groups, []int{index})
+		}
+	}
+	return groups
+}
+
+func cloneLocation(input dnd.Location) dnd.Location {
+	input.SourceRefs = cloneSourceRefs(input.SourceRefs)
+	return input
+}
+func cloneRecord(input normalizedRecord) normalizedRecord {
+	input.location = cloneLocation(input.location)
+	input.inputIndexes = append([]int(nil), input.inputIndexes...)
+	return input
+}
+func cloneSourceRefs(input []source.SourceRef) []source.SourceRef {
+	if input == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return append([]source.SourceRef(nil), input...)
+}
+
+func sortedUniqueIndexes(indexes []int) []int {
+	if len(indexes) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	out := append([]int(nil), indexes...)
+	sort.Ints(out)
+	write := 1
+	for _, index := range out[1:] {
+		if index != out[write-1] {
+			out[write] = index
+			write++
+		}
+	}
+	return out[:write]
+}
+func memberInputIndexes(records []normalizedRecord, members []int) []int {
+	indexes := make([]int, 0, len(members))
+	for _, member := range members {
+		indexes = append(indexes, records[member].inputIndexes...)
+	}
+	return sortedUniqueIndexes(indexes)
+}
+func recordValues(records []normalizedRecord) []dnd.Location {
+	if records == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	values := make([]dnd.Location, len(records))
+	for index, record := range records {
+		values[index] = cloneLocation(record.location)
+	}
+	return values
+}
+func recordList(records []normalizedRecord) dnd.LocationList {
+	if records == nil {
+		return dnd.LocationList{}
+	}
+	return dnd.LocationList{Locations: recordValues(records)}
+}
+
+func duplicateWarning(retainedIndex int, removed []int) contracts.Warning {
+	const maxDisplayedIndices = 20
+	displayed := removed
+	if len(displayed) > maxDisplayedIndices {
+		displayed = displayed[:maxDisplayedIndices]
+	}
+	indices := make([]string, len(displayed))
+	for index, removedIndex := range displayed {
+		indices[index] = strconv.Itoa(removedIndex)
+	}
+	message := fmt.Sprintf("retained input index %d; removed input indices [%s]", retainedIndex, strings.Join(indices, ", "))
+	if omitted := len(removed) - len(displayed); omitted > 0 {
+		message += fmt.Sprintf("; %d additional removed input indices omitted", omitted)
+	}
+	return contracts.Warning{Scope: locationScope(retainedIndex), ReasonCode: ReasonCodeDuplicateLocationCollapsed, Message: message}
+}
+func locationScope(index int) string { return fmt.Sprintf("locations[%d]", index) }
+
+func ModuleSpec() pipeline.ModuleSpec {
+	return pipeline.ModuleSpec{Key: Key, Stage: pipeline.StageNormalize, ExecutionClass: contracts.ExecutionClassLLMBacked, Requires: append([]string(nil), requiredCapabilities...), Provides: append([]string(nil), providedCapabilities...), ArtifactKind: dnd.LocationListKind}
+}
+func Register(registry *pipeline.NormalizerRegistry) error {
+	return pipeline.RegisterNormalizerBuilder(registry, ModuleSpec(), validateOptions, func(request pipeline.BuildRequest) (contracts.Normalizer[dnd.LocationList], error) {
+		options, err := DecodeOptions(request.Options)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		return New(request.Dependencies.LLM, options)
+	})
+}
+func validateOptions(options map[string]any) error { _, err := DecodeOptions(options); return err }
+func DecodeOptions(options map[string]any) (Options, error) {
+	if err := pipeline.RejectUnknownOptions(options); err != nil {
+		return Options{}, normalizerErrorf("%w", err)
+	}
+	return Options{}, nil
+}
+func normalizerErrorf(format string, args ...any) error {
+	return fmt.Errorf("dnd locations normalizer: "+format, args...)
+}
diff --git a/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/locations/normalizer_test.go b/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/locations/normalizer_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd1dff4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/locations/normalizer_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+package locations
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"reflect"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/core/source"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/framework/contracts"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/framework/pipeline"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/modules/dnd"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/modules/dnd/locations/identity"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/modules/dnd/shared/entityreconcile"
+)
+
+func TestModuleContractAndMetadata(t *testing.T) {
+	want := pipeline.ModuleSpec{Key: Key, Stage: pipeline.StageNormalize, ExecutionClass: contracts.ExecutionClassLLMBacked, Requires: []string{"merged"}, Provides: []string{"normalized"}, ArtifactKind: dnd.LocationListKind}
+	if got := ModuleSpec(); !reflect.DeepEqual(got, want) {
+		t.Fatalf("ModuleSpec() = %#v, want %#v", got, want)
+	}
+	registry := pipeline.NewNormalizerRegistry()
+	if err := Register(registry); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if _, err := New(nil, Options{}); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("New() accepted nil client")
+	}
+	normalizer := newNormalizer(t, &recordingLocationNormalizerClient{})
+	metadata := normalizer.ManifestMetadata()
+	if metadata["identity_policy"] != identity.Policy || metadata["response_schema_id"] != entityreconcile.ResponseSchemaID || metadata["normalization_policy"] != normalizationPolicy || metadata["semantic_context_radius"] != semanticContextRadius {
+		t.Fatalf("metadata = %#v", metadata)
+	}
+	if got := normalizer.CheckpointFingerprints(); len(got) != 5 || got[2].Value != identity.Policy || got[3].Value != normalizationPolicy || got[4].Value != semanticContextPolicy+":2" {
+		t.Fatalf("fingerprints = %#v", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNormalizePreparesOnlyExactDuplicatesAndRetainsSameNameAndNestedPlaces(t *testing.T) {
+	input := dnd.LocationList{Locations: []dnd.Location{
+		{Name: "  The Tavern  ", SourceRefs: []source.SourceRef{{SourceID: "session", StartUnitID: 1, EndUnitID: 1}}},
+		{Name: "the tavern", SourceRefs: []source.SourceRef{{SourceID: "session", StartUnitID: 1, EndUnitID: 1}}},
+		{Name: "The Tavern", SourceRefs: []source.SourceRef{{SourceID: "session", StartUnitID: 2, EndUnitID: 2}}},
+		{Name: "The Tavern Cellar", SourceRefs: []source.SourceRef{{SourceID: "session", StartUnitID: 2, EndUnitID: 2}}},
+	}}
+	before := dnd.LocationList{Locations: append([]dnd.Location(nil), input.Locations...)}
+	result, err := newNormalizer(t, &recordingLocationNormalizerClient{}).Normalize(context.Background(), normalizeRequest(input))
+	if err != nil || len(result.Value.Locations) != 3 {
+		t.Fatalf("Normalize() = %#v, %v; want one exact duplicate removed", result, err)
+	}
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(input, before) {
+		t.Fatalf("Normalize() mutated input: %#v", input)
+	}
+	if got := []string{result.Value.Locations[0].Name, result.Value.Locations[1].Name, result.Value.Locations[2].Name}; !reflect.DeepEqual(got, []string{"The Tavern", "The Tavern", "The Tavern Cellar"}) {
+		t.Fatalf("locations = %#v, want same names and nested place retained", got)
+	}
+	if result.Value.Locations[0].ID == result.Value.Locations[1].ID || !hasWarning(result.Warnings, ReasonCodeDuplicateLocationCollapsed) {
+		t.Fatalf("result = %#v, want evidence-anchored IDs and exact duplicate warning", result)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNormalizeAppliesSafeAliasGroupAndUsesOpaqueInputs(t *testing.T) {
+	client := &recordingLocationNormalizerClient{response: `{"duplicate_groups":[{"members":["candidate-000001","candidate-000002"],"canonical":"candidate-000002"}]}`}
+	doc := semanticDocument()
+	input := dnd.LocationList{Locations: []dnd.Location{
+		{Name: "Old Mill", SourceRefs: []source.SourceRef{{SourceID: doc.ID, StartUnitID: 10, EndUnitID: 10}}},
+		{Name: "the Greencloak's refuge", SourceRefs: []source.SourceRef{{SourceID: doc.ID, StartUnitID: 20, EndUnitID: 20}}},
+		{Name: "The Tavern", SourceRefs: []source.SourceRef{{SourceID: doc.ID, StartUnitID: 30, EndUnitID: 30}}},
+	}}
+	result, err := newNormalizer(t, client).Normalize(context.Background(), normalizeRequestWithSource(input, doc))
+	if err != nil || result.Retry != nil || len(result.Value.Locations) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("Normalize() = %#v, %v", result, err)
+	}
+	merged := result.Value.Locations[0]
+	if merged.Name != "the Greencloak's refuge" || merged.ID != identity.DeriveID(merged.Name, merged.SourceRefs) || len(merged.SourceRefs) != 2 || !hasWarning(result.Warnings, ReasonCodeDuplicateLocationCollapsed) {
+		t.Fatalf("merged location = %#v, warnings = %#v", merged, result.Warnings)
+	}
+	encoded := string(client.requests[0].Inputs["candidates"].Content) + string(client.requests[0].Inputs["transcript"].Content)
+	if strings.Contains(encoded, doc.ID) || !strings.Contains(encoded, "candidate-000001") || strings.Contains(encoded, merged.ID) {
+		t.Fatalf("private inputs = %s", encoded)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNormalizeRejectsUnsafeAndOverlappingGroupsWithoutLosingCandidates(t *testing.T) {
+	doc := semanticDocument()
+	input := dnd.LocationList{Locations: []dnd.Location{
+		{Name: "Old Mill", SourceRefs: []source.SourceRef{{SourceID: doc.ID, StartUnitID: 10, EndUnitID: 10}}},
+		{Name: "Mill", SourceRefs: []source.SourceRef{{SourceID: doc.ID, StartUnitID: 20, EndUnitID: 20}}},
+		{Name: "Tavern", SourceRefs: []source.SourceRef{{SourceID: doc.ID, StartUnitID: 30, EndUnitID: 30}}},
+	}}
+	client := &recordingLocationNormalizerClient{response: `{"duplicate_groups":[{"members":["candidate-000001","candidate-000002"],"canonical":"candidate-000001"},{"members":["candidate-000002","candidate-000003"],"canonical":"candidate-000003"}]}`}
+	result, err := newNormalizer(t, client).Normalize(context.Background(), normalizeRequestWithSource(input, doc))
+	if err != nil || result.Retry == nil || len(result.Value.Locations) != 3 || !strings.Contains(result.Retry.Message, "overlapping_member") {
+		t.Fatalf("Normalize() = %#v, %v; want safe retry fallback", result, err)
+	}
+	if len(result.Retry.FallbackWarnings) != 1 || !strings.Contains(result.Retry.FallbackWarnings[0].Message, "2 proposal group") {
+		t.Fatalf("fallback warnings = %#v", result.Retry.FallbackWarnings)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNormalizeHandlesRetryFallbackAndErrors(t *testing.T) {
+	doc := semanticDocument()
+	input := dnd.LocationList{Locations: []dnd.Location{{Name: "Old Mill", SourceRefs: []source.SourceRef{{SourceID: doc.ID, StartUnitID: 10, EndUnitID: 10}}}, {Name: "Mill", SourceRefs: []source.SourceRef{{SourceID: doc.ID, StartUnitID: 20, EndUnitID: 20}}}}}
+	invalid, err := newNormalizer(t, &recordingLocationNormalizerClient{err: contracts.ErrInvalidStructuredOutput}).Normalize(context.Background(), normalizeRequestWithSource(input, doc))
+	if err != nil || invalid.Retry == nil || invalid.Retry.ReasonCode != ReasonCodeLocationSemanticProposalInvalid {
+		t.Fatalf("invalid result = %#v, %v", invalid, err)
+	}
+	_, err = newNormalizer(t, &recordingLocationNormalizerClient{err: errors.New("provider unavailable")}).Normalize(context.Background(), normalizeRequestWithSource(input, doc))
+	if err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "provider unavailable") {
+		t.Fatalf("provider error = %v", err)
+	}
+	warnings := make([]contracts.Warning, 25)
+	bounded := limitWarningsForRetry(warnings)
+	if len(bounded) != 19 || bounded[len(bounded)-1].ReasonCode != ReasonCodeLocationNormalizationWarningsOmitted {
+		t.Fatalf("retry warning limit = %#v", bounded)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNormalizeOrdersEvidenceAndIsIdempotent(t *testing.T) {
+	doc := &source.SourceDocument{ID: "ordered", Units: []source.SourceUnit{{ID: 30}, {ID: 10}}}
+	input := dnd.LocationList{Locations: []dnd.Location{{Name: "Old Mill", SourceRefs: []source.SourceRef{
+		{SourceID: doc.ID, StartUnitID: 10, EndUnitID: 10},
+		{SourceID: doc.ID, StartUnitID: 30, EndUnitID: 30},
+		{SourceID: doc.ID, StartUnitID: 30, EndUnitID: 30},
+	}}}}
+	normalizer := newNormalizer(t, &recordingLocationNormalizerClient{})
+	first, err := normalizer.Normalize(context.Background(), normalizeRequestWithSource(input, doc))
+	if err != nil || !reflect.DeepEqual([]int{first.Value.Locations[0].SourceRefs[0].StartUnitID, first.Value.Locations[0].SourceRefs[1].StartUnitID}, []int{30, 10}) {
+		t.Fatalf("first Normalize() = %#v, %v; want document-ordered evidence", first, err)
+	}
+	second, err := normalizer.Normalize(context.Background(), normalizeRequestWithSource(first.Value, doc))
+	if err != nil || !reflect.DeepEqual(second.Value, first.Value) {
+		t.Fatalf("second Normalize() = %#v, %v; want idempotent value %#v", second, err, first.Value)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/locations/prompt_assets.go b/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/locations/prompt_assets.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f7e40e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/locations/prompt_assets.go
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package locations
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"sync"
+
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/framework/llm"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/framework/promptfs"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/modules/dnd/shared"
+)
+
+const promptAssetRoot = "assets/prompts"
+
+var promptAssetManifest = shared.PromptAssetManifest{
+	ModuleDir: PromptID,
+	ModuleFiles: []promptfs.ModulePromptFile{
+		{Name: "dnd.locations.normalize.yaml", Path: "assets/prompts/dnd.locations.normalize.yaml"},
+		{Name: "task.md", Path: "assets/prompts/task.md"},
+		{Name: "candidates.md", Path: "assets/prompts/candidates.md"},
+	},
+	SharedFiles: []string{"common-dnd-system.md", "common-dnd-entity-reconciliation.md", "common-dnd-transcript.md"},
+}
+
+func RegisterPromptAssets(registry *llm.AssetRegistry) error {
+	promptFS, err := promptAssetManifest.PromptFS(embeddedAssets)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("prepare location normalization prompt assets: %w", err)
+	}
+	return registry.RegisterPromptFS(promptFS, promptAssetRoot)
+}
+
+func promptAssetMetadata() (string, error) {
+	promptAssetHashOnce.Do(func() { promptAssetHash, promptAssetHashErr = promptAssetManifest.Hash(embeddedAssets) })
+	return promptAssetHash, promptAssetHashErr
+}
+
+var (
+	promptAssetHashOnce sync.Once
+	promptAssetHash     string
+	promptAssetHashErr  error
+)
diff --git a/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/locations/prompt_assets_test.go b/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/locations/prompt_assets_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a93f1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/locations/prompt_assets_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package locations
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/framework/llm"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/modules/dnd/shared/entityreconcile"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit"
+)
+
+func TestRegisterPromptAssetsPreparesLocationNormalizationPrompt(t *testing.T) {
+	registry := llm.NewAssetRegistry()
+	if err := entityreconcile.RegisterSchemaAssets(registry); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := RegisterPromptAssets(registry); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	options, err := registry.PromptKitOptions()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	options = append(options, promptkit.WithProfiles(promptkit.OpenAICompatibleProfile(promptkit.OpenAICompatibleProfileConfig{ID: "location-normalize-test", Endpoint: "http://127.0.0.1:1/v1", Model: "test"})))
+	engine, err := promptkit.NewEngine(promptkit.Config{Timeout: time.Second}, options...)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	prepared, err := engine.Prepare(context.Background(), promptkit.RunRequest{PromptID: PromptID, PromptVersion: entityreconcile.SchemaVersion, ProfileID: "location-normalize-test", Inputs: map[string]promptkit.ArtifactRef{"candidates": promptkit.Inline(`{"candidates":[{"key":"candidate-000001","name":"The Tavern","source_refs":[]}]}`), "transcript": promptkit.Inline(`{"windows":[{"units":[]}]}`)}})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if prepared.OutputContract.SchemaPath != "dnd_entity_reconcile_llm.v1.json" || len(prepared.Messages) != 5 {
+		t.Fatalf("prepared prompt = %#v", prepared)
+	}
+	for _, index := range []int{2, 4} {
+		if prepared.Messages[index].CacheControl == nil {
+			t.Fatalf("message %d cache = %#v", index, prepared.Messages[index].CacheControl)
+		}
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(prepared.Messages[3].Content, "candidate-000001") || strings.Contains(prepared.Messages[3].Content, `"windows"`) {
+		t.Fatalf("candidate message = %q", prepared.Messages[3].Content)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/locations/reconciliation.go b/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/locations/reconciliation.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a73664
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/locations/reconciliation.go
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+package locations
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/framework/contracts"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/modules/dnd/locations/identity"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/modules/dnd/shared"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/modules/dnd/shared/diagnostics"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/modules/dnd/shared/entityreconcile"
+)
+
+type safeReconciliationGroup struct {
+	members   []int
+	canonical int
+}
+
+func reconciliationCandidates(records []normalizedRecord) []entityreconcile.Candidate {
+	candidates := make([]entityreconcile.Candidate, len(records))
+	for index, record := range records {
+		candidates[index] = entityreconcile.Candidate{Name: record.location.Name, SourceRefs: cloneSourceRefs(record.location.SourceRefs)}
+	}
+	return candidates
+}
+
+func reconciliationGroups(assessment entityreconcile.Assessment, candidateKeys []string) []safeReconciliationGroup {
+	positions := make(map[string]int, len(candidateKeys))
+	for index, key := range candidateKeys {
+		positions[key] = index
+	}
+	safeGroups := assessment.SafeGroups()
+	groups := make([]safeReconciliationGroup, 0, len(safeGroups))
+	for _, group := range safeGroups {
+		members := group.Members()
+		memberPositions := make([]int, len(members))
+		valid := true
+		for index, key := range members {
+			position, ok := positions[key]
+			if !ok {
+				valid = false
+				break
+			}
+			memberPositions[index] = position
+		}
+		canonical, ok := positions[group.Canonical()]
+		if valid && ok {
+			groups = append(groups, safeReconciliationGroup{members: memberPositions, canonical: canonical})
+		}
+	}
+	return groups
+}
+
+func reconciliationIssues(assessment entityreconcile.Assessment) []string {
+	issues := assessment.Issues()
+	details := make([]string, len(issues))
+	for index, issue := range issues {
+		details[index] = fmt.Sprintf("group %d: %s", issue.GroupIndex, issue.Category)
+	}
+	return details
+}
+
+func applySafeGroups(records []normalizedRecord, groups []safeReconciliationGroup, order shared.SourceRefOrder) ([]normalizedRecord, []contracts.Warning) {
+	byMember := make(map[int]safeReconciliationGroup, len(groups)*2)
+	for _, group := range groups {
+		for _, member := range group.members {
+			byMember[member] = group
+		}
+	}
+	output := make([]normalizedRecord, 0, len(records)-len(groups))
+	warnings := make([]contracts.Warning, 0, len(groups))
+	for index, record := range records {
+		group, grouped := byMember[index]
+		if !grouped {
+			output = append(output, cloneRecord(record))
+			continue
+		}
+		if group.members[0] != index {
+			continue
+		}
+		consolidated := consolidateSemanticGroup(records, group, order)
+		output = append(output, consolidated)
+		warnings = append(warnings, semanticDuplicateWarning(consolidated, records[group.canonical]))
+	}
+	return output, warnings
+}
+
+func consolidateSemanticGroup(records []normalizedRecord, group safeReconciliationGroup, order shared.SourceRefOrder) normalizedRecord {
+	output := cloneRecord(records[group.members[0]])
+	output.location.Name = records[group.canonical].location.Name
+	for _, member := range group.members[1:] {
+		output.location.SourceRefs = append(output.location.SourceRefs, records[member].location.SourceRefs...)
+		output.inputIndexes = append(output.inputIndexes, records[member].inputIndexes...)
+		if records[member].earliest < output.earliest {
+			output.earliest = records[member].earliest
+		}
+	}
+	output.inputIndexes = sortedUniqueIndexes(output.inputIndexes)
+	output.location.SourceRefs = order.Canonicalize(output.location.SourceRefs)
+	output.location.ID = identity.DeriveID(output.location.Name, output.location.SourceRefs)
+	return output
+}
+
+func semanticDuplicateWarning(record normalizedRecord, canonical normalizedRecord) contracts.Warning {
+	details := make([]string, 0, len(record.inputIndexes)+1)
+	for _, inputIndex := range record.inputIndexes {
+		details = append(details, fmt.Sprintf("input index %d", inputIndex))
+	}
+	if canonical.earliest != record.earliest {
+		details = append(details, fmt.Sprintf("canonical display name from input index %d", canonical.earliest))
+	}
+	return contracts.Warning{Scope: locationScope(record.earliest), ReasonCode: ReasonCodeDuplicateLocationCollapsed, Message: diagnostics.Aggregate("semantic duplicate consolidation", details)}
+}
diff --git a/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/locations/test_helpers_test.go b/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/locations/test_helpers_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aed0a49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/locations/test_helpers_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+package locations
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"testing"
+
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/core/source"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/framework/contracts"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/modules/dnd"
+)
+
+type recordingLocationNormalizerClient struct {
+	response string
+	err      error
+	requests []contracts.StructuredCompletionRequest
+}
+
+func (c *recordingLocationNormalizerClient) CompleteStructured(_ context.Context, request contracts.StructuredCompletionRequest, output any) (contracts.StructuredCompletionResponse, error) {
+	c.requests = append(c.requests, request)
+	if c.err != nil {
+		return contracts.StructuredCompletionResponse{}, c.err
+	}
+	response := c.response
+	if response == "" {
+		response = `{"duplicate_groups":[]}`
+	}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(response), output); err != nil {
+		return contracts.StructuredCompletionResponse{}, err
+	}
+	return contracts.StructuredCompletionResponse{Content: json.RawMessage(response)}, nil
+}
+
+func newNormalizer(t *testing.T, client contracts.StructuredLLMClient) *Normalizer {
+	t.Helper()
+	normalizer, err := New(client, Options{})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("New() error = %v", err)
+	}
+	return normalizer
+}
+func normalizeRequest(value dnd.LocationList) contracts.TypedNormalizeRequest[dnd.LocationList] {
+	return contracts.TypedNormalizeRequest[dnd.LocationList]{MergeOutput: contracts.MergeArtifact[dnd.LocationList]{Value: value}}
+}
+func normalizeRequestWithSource(value dnd.LocationList, doc *source.SourceDocument) contracts.TypedNormalizeRequest[dnd.LocationList] {
+	request := normalizeRequest(value)
+	request.Source = doc
+	return request
+}
+func semanticDocument() *source.SourceDocument {
+	return &source.SourceDocument{ID: "location-session", Units: []source.SourceUnit{{ID: 10, Kind: "speech", Text: "The old mill is the Greencloak's refuge."}, {ID: 20, Kind: "speech", Text: "The mill stands on the northern road."}, {ID: 30, Kind: "speech", Text: "The tavern is beside the mill."}, {ID: 40, Kind: "speech", Text: "The mill's cellar is flooded."}}}
+}
+func hasWarning(warnings []contracts.Warning, reason string) bool {
+	for _, warning := range warnings {
+		if warning.ReasonCode == reason {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}