diff --git a/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs/assets.go b/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs/assets.go
index 2990279..7423e70 100644
--- a/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs/assets.go
+++ b/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs/assets.go
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ package npcs
 
 import "embed"
 
-//go:embed assets/schemas/dnd_npcs_normalize_llm.v1.json assets/prompts/*.yaml assets/prompts/*.md
+//go:embed assets/prompts/*.yaml assets/prompts/*.md
 var embeddedAssets embed.FS
diff --git a/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs/assets/prompts/dnd.npcs.normalize.yaml b/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs/assets/prompts/dnd.npcs.normalize.yaml
index 036e0e2..af2c96a 100644
--- a/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs/assets/prompts/dnd.npcs.normalize.yaml
+++ b/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs/assets/prompts/dnd.npcs.normalize.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ messages:
   - role: user
     content_file: ./task.md
   - role: user
-    content_file: ./instructions.md
+    content_file: ./sharedassets/common-dnd-entity-reconciliation.md
     cache_control:
       type: ephemeral
   - role: user
@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@ messages:
 output:
   format: json
   validation_mode: json_schema
-  schema_path: dnd_npcs_normalize_llm.v1.json
+  schema_path: dnd_entity_reconcile_llm.v1.json
   repair_attempts: 0
diff --git a/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs/assets/prompts/instructions.md b/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs/assets/prompts/instructions.md
deleted file mode 100644
index d6a4896..0000000
--- a/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs/assets/prompts/instructions.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-Return duplicate groups only when the transcript context clearly establishes a
-single individual. Prefer no group when identity is ambiguous.
-
-Copy supplied display names into each group's members. Choose canonical_name
-from that same group's supplied members. Prefer a complete stable proper name
-over an abbreviation, but prefer an unadorned proper name over that name plus a
-contextual class, role, title, or relationship descriptor unless the descriptor
-is established as part of the name.
-
-Do not invent names, source references, replacement records, or explanations.
diff --git a/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs/assets/prompts/task.md b/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs/assets/prompts/task.md
index b8e6576..6063b29 100644
--- a/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs/assets/prompts/task.md
+++ b/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs/assets/prompts/task.md
@@ -1,2 +1,8 @@
-Identify only supplied NPC display names that clearly refer to the same
-individual in the supplied transcript context.
+Review NPC candidates and their cited transcript context to identify aliases
+that refer to the same individual. Propose only groups supported by the
+transcript, and preserve distinct individuals even when their names are
+similar.
+
+For every accepted group, choose as canonical the supplied candidate whose
+display name is the most complete and clear NPC name. Do not invent, edit, or
+combine display names.
diff --git a/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs/assets/schemas/dnd_npcs_normalize_llm.v1.json b/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs/assets/schemas/dnd_npcs_normalize_llm.v1.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 40de207..0000000
--- a/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs/assets/schemas/dnd_npcs_normalize_llm.v1.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
-  "$id": "notarius.dnd.npcs.normalize.llm",
-  "type": "object",
-  "additionalProperties": false,
-  "required": ["duplicate_groups"],
-  "properties": {
-    "duplicate_groups": {
-      "type": "array",
-      "items": {
-        "type": "object",
-        "additionalProperties": false,
-        "required": ["members", "canonical_name"],
-        "properties": {
-          "members": {
-            "type": "array",
-            "items": {"type": "string"}
-          },
-          "canonical_name": {"type": "string"}
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs/context_material.go b/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs/context_material.go
deleted file mode 100644
index f6ce328..0000000
--- a/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs/context_material.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,214 +0,0 @@
-package npcs
-
-import (
-	"crypto/sha256"
-	"encoding/hex"
-	"encoding/json"
-	"fmt"
-	"sort"
-
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/core/source"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/framework/contracts"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/modules/dnd"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/modules/dnd/npcs/identity"
-)
-
-const semanticContextRadius = 2
-
-type normalizeContextMaterials struct {
-	Candidates         contracts.LLMInputMaterial
-	Transcript         contracts.LLMInputMaterial
-	candidatePositions []int
-}
-
-type normalizeCandidateInput struct {
-	NPCs []normalizeCandidate `json:"npcs"`
-}
-
-type normalizeCandidate struct {
-	Name       string                        `json:"name"`
-	SourceRefs []normalizeCandidateSourceRef `json:"source_refs"`
-}
-
-type normalizeCandidateSourceRef struct {
-	StartUnitID int `json:"start_unit_id"`
-	EndUnitID   int `json:"end_unit_id"`
-}
-
-type normalizeTranscriptInput struct {
-	Windows []normalizeTranscriptWindow `json:"windows"`
-}
-
-type normalizeTranscriptWindow struct {
-	Units []normalizeTranscriptUnit `json:"units"`
-}
-
-type normalizeTranscriptUnit struct {
-	ID       int            `json:"id"`
-	Kind     string         `json:"kind"`
-	Text     string         `json:"text"`
-	Metadata map[string]any `json:"metadata,omitempty"`
-	Cited    bool           `json:"cited"`
-}
-
-type normalizeProposalResponse struct {
-	DuplicateGroups []normalizeProposalGroup `json:"duplicate_groups"`
-}
-
-type normalizeProposalGroup struct {
-	Members       []string `json:"members"`
-	CanonicalName string   `json:"canonical_name"`
-}
-
-type sourceInterval struct {
-	start int
-	end   int
-}
-
-func buildDefaultNormalizeContextMaterials(doc *source.SourceDocument, records []dnd.NPC) (normalizeContextMaterials, bool, error) {
-	return buildNormalizeContextMaterials(doc, records, semanticContextRadius)
-}
-
-// buildNormalizeContextMaterials prepares the owned prompt inputs for a
-// document-level normalization proposal. A false ready value means semantic
-// normalization has no comparison-distinct eligible candidates to consider.
-func buildNormalizeContextMaterials(doc *source.SourceDocument, records []dnd.NPC, radius int) (materials normalizeContextMaterials, ready bool, err error) {
-	if doc == nil {
-		return normalizeContextMaterials{}, false, nil
-	}
-	if radius < 0 {
-		return normalizeContextMaterials{}, false, fmt.Errorf("build NPC normalization context: radius must not be negative")
-	}
-
-	index := source.NewDocumentIndex(doc)
-	candidates := make([]normalizeCandidate, 0, len(records))
-	candidatePositions := make([]int, 0, len(records))
-	intervals := make([]sourceInterval, 0)
-	cited := make([]bool, len(doc.Units))
-	seenKeys := make(map[string]struct{}, len(records))
-
-	for position, record := range records {
-		key := identity.ComparisonKey(record.Name)
-		if key == "" || len(record.SourceRefs) == 0 {
-			continue
-		}
-		if _, exists := seenKeys[key]; exists {
-			continue
-		}
-
-		references, recordIntervals, valid := normalizeRecordReferences(index, record.SourceRefs)
-		if !valid {
-			continue
-		}
-		seenKeys[key] = struct{}{}
-		candidates = append(candidates, normalizeCandidate{Name: record.Name, SourceRefs: references})
-		candidatePositions = append(candidatePositions, position)
-		for _, interval := range recordIntervals {
-			for position := interval.start; position <= interval.end; position++ {
-				cited[position] = true
-			}
-			intervals = append(intervals, sourceInterval{
-				start: maxInt(0, interval.start-radius),
-				end:   minInt(len(doc.Units)-1, interval.end+radius),
-			})
-		}
-	}
-	if len(candidates) < 2 {
-		return normalizeContextMaterials{}, false, nil
-	}
-
-	windows, err := normalizeContextWindows(doc.Units, coalesceIntervals(intervals), cited)
-	if err != nil {
-		return normalizeContextMaterials{}, false, fmt.Errorf("build NPC normalization context: invalid source metadata")
-	}
-	candidateContent, err := json.Marshal(normalizeCandidateInput{NPCs: candidates})
-	if err != nil {
-		return normalizeContextMaterials{}, false, fmt.Errorf("build NPC normalization context: invalid candidate material")
-	}
-	transcriptContent, err := json.Marshal(normalizeTranscriptInput{Windows: windows})
-	if err != nil {
-		return normalizeContextMaterials{}, false, fmt.Errorf("build NPC normalization context: invalid transcript material")
-	}
-	return normalizeContextMaterials{
-		Candidates:         newNormalizeInputMaterial("candidates", candidateContent),
-		Transcript:         newNormalizeInputMaterial("transcript", transcriptContent),
-		candidatePositions: candidatePositions,
-	}, true, nil
-}
-
-func normalizeRecordReferences(index source.DocumentIndex, refs []source.SourceRef) ([]normalizeCandidateSourceRef, []sourceInterval, bool) {
-	references := make([]normalizeCandidateSourceRef, 0, len(refs))
-	intervals := make([]sourceInterval, 0, len(refs))
-	for _, ref := range refs {
-		if err := index.ValidateRef(ref); err != nil {
-			return nil, nil, false
-		}
-		start, _ := index.Position(ref.StartUnitID)
-		end, _ := index.Position(ref.EndUnitID)
-		references = append(references, normalizeCandidateSourceRef{StartUnitID: ref.StartUnitID, EndUnitID: ref.EndUnitID})
-		intervals = append(intervals, sourceInterval{start: start, end: end})
-	}
-	return references, intervals, true
-}
-
-func coalesceIntervals(intervals []sourceInterval) []sourceInterval {
-	if len(intervals) == 0 {
-		return nil
-	}
-	ordered := append([]sourceInterval(nil), intervals...)
-	sort.Slice(ordered, func(i, j int) bool {
-		if ordered[i].start != ordered[j].start {
-			return ordered[i].start < ordered[j].start
-		}
-		return ordered[i].end < ordered[j].end
-	})
-	coalesced := make([]sourceInterval, 0, len(ordered))
-	for _, interval := range ordered {
-		if len(coalesced) == 0 || interval.start > coalesced[len(coalesced)-1].end+1 {
-			coalesced = append(coalesced, interval)
-			continue
-		}
-		if interval.end > coalesced[len(coalesced)-1].end {
-			coalesced[len(coalesced)-1].end = interval.end
-		}
-	}
-	return coalesced
-}
-
-func normalizeContextWindows(units []source.SourceUnit, intervals []sourceInterval, cited []bool) ([]normalizeTranscriptWindow, error) {
-	windows := make([]normalizeTranscriptWindow, 0, len(intervals))
-	for _, interval := range intervals {
-		window := normalizeTranscriptWindow{Units: make([]normalizeTranscriptUnit, 0, interval.end-interval.start+1)}
-		for position := interval.start; position <= interval.end; position++ {
-			unit := units[position]
-			metadata, err := source.CloneMetadata(unit.Metadata)
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, err
-			}
-			window.Units = append(window.Units, normalizeTranscriptUnit{
-				ID: unit.ID, Kind: unit.Kind, Text: unit.Text, Metadata: metadata, Cited: cited[position],
-			})
-		}
-		windows = append(windows, window)
-	}
-	return windows, nil
-}
-
-func newNormalizeInputMaterial(name string, content []byte) contracts.LLMInputMaterial {
-	digest := sha256.Sum256(content)
-	return contracts.NewLLMInputMaterial(name, "application/json", content, "sha256:"+hex.EncodeToString(digest[:]), "")
-}
-
-func minInt(left, right int) int {
-	if left < right {
-		return left
-	}
-	return right
-}
-
-func maxInt(left, right int) int {
-	if left > right {
-		return left
-	}
-	return right
-}
diff --git a/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs/context_material_test.go b/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs/context_material_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index d7afa1f..0000000
--- a/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs/context_material_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,132 +0,0 @@
-package npcs
-
-import (
-	"crypto/sha256"
-	"encoding/hex"
-	"encoding/json"
-	"reflect"
-	"strings"
-	"testing"
-
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/core/source"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/modules/dnd"
-)
-
-func TestBuildNormalizeContextMaterialsUsesDocumentOrderAndOwnedInputs(t *testing.T) {
-	doc := &source.SourceDocument{ID: "session", Units: []source.SourceUnit{
-		{ID: 40, Kind: "narration", Text: "zero"},
-		{ID: 10, Kind: "speech", Text: "one", Metadata: map[string]any{"speaker": map[string]any{"name": "Mira"}}},
-		{ID: 70, Kind: "speech", Text: "two"},
-		{ID: 20, Kind: "narration", Text: "three"},
-		{ID: 90, Kind: "speech", Text: "four"},
-		{ID: 30, Kind: "narration", Text: "five"},
-	}}
-	records := []dnd.NPC{
-		{Name: "Mira Thorn", ID: "npc:sha256:internal", SourceRefs: []source.SourceRef{{SourceID: doc.ID, StartUnitID: 10, EndUnitID: 20}}},
-		{Name: "Captain Vale", SourceRefs: []source.SourceRef{{SourceID: doc.ID, StartUnitID: 90, EndUnitID: 90}}},
-		{Name: "Broken", SourceRefs: []source.SourceRef{{SourceID: doc.ID, StartUnitID: 30, EndUnitID: 10}}},
-	}
-	before := append([]dnd.NPC(nil), records...)
-	materials, ready, err := buildNormalizeContextMaterials(doc, records, 1)
-	if err != nil || !ready {
-		t.Fatalf("buildNormalizeContextMaterials() = %#v, %t, %v; want ready materials", materials, ready, err)
-	}
-	if !reflect.DeepEqual(records, before) {
-		t.Fatalf("records mutated to %#v", records)
-	}
-	for _, material := range []struct {
-		name string
-		data []byte
-	}{
-		{name: "candidates", data: materials.Candidates.Content},
-		{name: "transcript", data: materials.Transcript.Content},
-	} {
-		if !json.Valid(material.data) || string(material.data) == "" {
-			t.Fatalf("%s content = %q, want JSON", material.name, material.data)
-		}
-		digest := sha256.Sum256(material.data)
-		wantDigest := "sha256:" + hex.EncodeToString(digest[:])
-		got := materials.Candidates
-		if material.name == "transcript" {
-			got = materials.Transcript
-		}
-		if got.Name != material.name || got.MediaType != "application/json" || got.OriginURI != "" || got.Digest != wantDigest {
-			t.Fatalf("%s material = %#v, want owned JSON material", material.name, got)
-		}
-	}
-	encoded := string(materials.Candidates.Content) + string(materials.Transcript.Content)
-	if strings.Contains(encoded, "npc:sha256:internal") || strings.Contains(encoded, doc.ID) {
-		t.Fatalf("model material leaked private identifier or source id: %s", encoded)
-	}
-
-	var candidates normalizeCandidateInput
-	if err := json.Unmarshal(materials.Candidates.Content, &candidates); err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	if len(candidates.NPCs) != 2 || candidates.NPCs[0].Name != "Mira Thorn" || candidates.NPCs[0].SourceRefs[0] != (normalizeCandidateSourceRef{StartUnitID: 10, EndUnitID: 20}) {
-		t.Fatalf("candidates = %#v, want two valid current-order candidates", candidates)
-	}
-	var transcript normalizeTranscriptInput
-	if err := json.Unmarshal(materials.Transcript.Content, &transcript); err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	if len(transcript.Windows) != 1 || len(transcript.Windows[0].Units) != 6 {
-		t.Fatalf("transcript = %#v, want one coalesced window", transcript)
-	}
-	units := transcript.Windows[0].Units
-	for index, wantID := range []int{40, 10, 70, 20, 90, 30} {
-		if units[index].ID != wantID {
-			t.Fatalf("unit %d id = %d, want source-order id %d", index, units[index].ID, wantID)
-		}
-	}
-	if units[0].Cited || !units[1].Cited || !units[2].Cited || !units[3].Cited || !units[4].Cited || units[5].Cited {
-		t.Fatalf("citation markers = %#v, want original ranges only", units)
-	}
-	if units[1].Metadata["speaker"].(map[string]any)["name"] != "Mira" {
-		t.Fatalf("metadata = %#v, want copied generic metadata", units[1].Metadata)
-	}
-
-	windows, err := normalizeContextWindows(doc.Units, []sourceInterval{{start: 1, end: 1}}, make([]bool, len(doc.Units)))
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	windows[0].Units[0].Metadata["speaker"].(map[string]any)["name"] = "changed"
-	if doc.Units[1].Metadata["speaker"].(map[string]any)["name"] != "Mira" {
-		t.Fatal("copied metadata aliases source document")
-	}
-}
-
-func TestBuildNormalizeContextMaterialsExcludesInvalidReferencesAndCoalescesAdjacentWindows(t *testing.T) {
-	doc := &source.SourceDocument{ID: "session", Units: []source.SourceUnit{
-		{ID: 9}, {ID: 3}, {ID: 8}, {ID: 1}, {ID: 7}, {ID: 2}, {ID: 6},
-	}}
-	records := []dnd.NPC{
-		{Name: "One", SourceRefs: []source.SourceRef{{SourceID: doc.ID, StartUnitID: 3, EndUnitID: 3}}},
-		{Name: "Two", SourceRefs: []source.SourceRef{{SourceID: doc.ID, StartUnitID: 8, EndUnitID: 8}}},
-		{Name: "Blank"},
-		{Name: "Missing", SourceRefs: []source.SourceRef{{SourceID: doc.ID, StartUnitID: 99, EndUnitID: 99}}},
-		{Name: "Foreign", SourceRefs: []source.SourceRef{{SourceID: "other", StartUnitID: 1, EndUnitID: 1}}},
-		{Name: "Reversed", SourceRefs: []source.SourceRef{{SourceID: doc.ID, StartUnitID: 6, EndUnitID: 3}}},
-	}
-	materials, ready, err := buildNormalizeContextMaterials(doc, records, 0)
-	if err != nil || !ready {
-		t.Fatalf("buildNormalizeContextMaterials() error = %v, ready = %t", err, ready)
-	}
-	var candidates normalizeCandidateInput
-	if err := json.Unmarshal(materials.Candidates.Content, &candidates); err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	if got := []string{candidates.NPCs[0].Name, candidates.NPCs[1].Name}; !reflect.DeepEqual(got, []string{"One", "Two"}) {
-		t.Fatalf("candidate names = %#v, want only valid records", got)
-	}
-	var transcript normalizeTranscriptInput
-	if err := json.Unmarshal(materials.Transcript.Content, &transcript); err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	if len(transcript.Windows) != 1 || len(transcript.Windows[0].Units) != 2 {
-		t.Fatalf("windows = %#v, want adjacent cited units coalesced", transcript.Windows)
-	}
-	if transcript.Windows[0].Units[0].ID != 3 || transcript.Windows[0].Units[1].ID != 8 {
-		t.Fatalf("window units = %#v, want document-order adjacent units", transcript.Windows[0].Units)
-	}
-}
diff --git a/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs/normalizer.go b/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs/normalizer.go
index cb2f269..13e3ba9 100644
--- a/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs/normalizer.go
+++ b/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs/normalizer.go
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@ import (
 	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/modules/dnd/npcs/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/npcs"
+	PromptID              = "dnd.npcs.normalize"
 	normalizationPolicy   = "dnd.npcs.normalize.v3"
-	semanticContextPolicy = "dnd.npcs.semantic_context.v1"
+	semanticContextPolicy = "dnd.entity_reconcile.context.v1"
 	NormalizationPolicy   = normalizationPolicy
 
 	ReasonCodeNPCFieldsNormalized                = "npc_fields_normalized"
@@ -57,7 +59,7 @@ func New(llmClient contracts.StructuredLLMClient, _ Options) (*Normalizer, error
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, normalizerErrorf("load prompt metadata: %w", err)
 	}
-	responseSchema, err := loadResponseSchema()
+	responseSchema, err := entityreconcile.LoadResponseSchema()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, normalizerErrorf("load response schema: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -73,12 +75,12 @@ func (n *Normalizer) ManifestMetadata() map[string]any {
 	}
 	return map[string]any{
 		"prompt_id":               PromptID,
-		"prompt_version":          SchemaVersion,
+		"prompt_version":          entityreconcile.SchemaVersion,
 		"prompt_sha256":           n.promptSHA,
-		"response_schema_key":     string(ResponseSchemaKey),
-		"response_schema_id":      ResponseSchemaID,
-		"response_schema_name":    ResponseSchemaName,
-		"response_schema_version": SchemaVersion,
+		"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,
@@ -117,7 +119,7 @@ func (n *Normalizer) Normalize(ctx context.Context, req contracts.TypedNormalize
 	order := shared.NewSourceRefOrder(req.Source)
 	records, warnings := preprocessRecords(req.MergeOutput.Value, order)
 	deterministic := recordList(records)
-	materials, ready, err := buildDefaultNormalizeContextMaterials(req.Source, recordValues(records))
+	materials, ready, err := entityreconcile.BuildContext(req.Source, reconciliationCandidates(records), semanticContextRadius)
 	if err != nil {
 		return contracts.TypedNormalizeResult[dnd.NPCList]{}, normalizerErrorf("build semantic context: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -125,9 +127,9 @@ func (n *Normalizer) Normalize(ctx context.Context, req contracts.TypedNormalize
 		return contracts.TypedNormalizeResult[dnd.NPCList]{Value: deterministic, Warnings: limitWarnings(warnings)}, nil
 	}
 
-	var response normalizeProposalResponse
+	var response entityreconcile.ProposalResponse
 	if _, err := n.llm.CompleteStructured(ctx, contracts.StructuredCompletionRequest{
-		StageName: Key, PromptID: PromptID, PromptVersion: SchemaVersion,
+		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 {
@@ -137,10 +139,10 @@ func (n *Normalizer) Normalize(ctx context.Context, req contracts.TypedNormalize
 		return contracts.TypedNormalizeResult[dnd.NPCList]{}, normalizerErrorf("complete structured output: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	assessment := assessProposal(response, records, materials.candidatePositions)
-	applied, semanticWarnings := applySafeGroups(records, assessment.safeGroups, order)
+	assessment := materials.Assess(response)
+	applied, semanticWarnings := applySafeGroups(records, reconciliationGroups(assessment, materials.CandidateKeys()), order)
 	warnings = append(warnings, semanticWarnings...)
-	if assessment.discardedGroups == 0 {
+	if assessment.DiscardedGroups() == 0 {
 		return contracts.TypedNormalizeResult[dnd.NPCList]{Value: recordList(applied), Warnings: limitWarnings(warnings)}, nil
 	}
 	return retryResult(recordList(applied), warnings, assessment), nil
@@ -158,14 +160,14 @@ func (n *Normalizer) invalidStructuredResult(value dnd.NPCList, warnings []contr
 	}
 }
 
-func retryResult(value dnd.NPCList, warnings []contracts.Warning, assessment proposalAssessment) contracts.TypedNormalizeResult[dnd.NPCList] {
+func retryResult(value dnd.NPCList, warnings []contracts.Warning, assessment entityreconcile.Assessment) contracts.TypedNormalizeResult[dnd.NPCList] {
 	return contracts.TypedNormalizeResult[dnd.NPCList]{
 		Value:    value,
 		Warnings: limitWarningsForRetry(warnings),
 		Retry: &contracts.NormalizeRetry{
 			ReasonCode:       ReasonCodeNPCSemanticProposalInvalid,
-			Message:          diagnostics.Aggregate("semantic proposal requires retry", assessment.issues),
-			FallbackWarnings: []contracts.Warning{semanticFallbackWarning(assessment.discardedGroups)},
+			Message:          diagnostics.Aggregate("semantic proposal requires retry", reconciliationIssues(assessment)),
+			FallbackWarnings: []contracts.Warning{semanticFallbackWarning(assessment.DiscardedGroups())},
 		},
 	}
 }
diff --git a/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs/normalizer_test.go b/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs/normalizer_test.go
index 7d57b7c..a9fc6e0 100644
--- a/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs/normalizer_test.go
+++ b/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs/normalizer_test.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/framework/pipeline"
 	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/modules/dnd"
 	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/modules/dnd/npcs/identity"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/modules/dnd/shared/entityreconcile"
 )
 
 func TestModuleContractAndIdentity(t *testing.T) {
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ func TestModuleContractAndIdentity(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("New(nil, Options{}) error = nil, want nil client rejection")
 	}
 	normalizer := newNormalizer(t, &recordingNPCNormalizerClient{})
-	if metadata := normalizer.ManifestMetadata(); metadata["identity_policy"] != identity.Policy || metadata["normalization_policy"] != normalizationPolicy || metadata["prompt_id"] != PromptID || metadata["semantic_context_policy"] != semanticContextPolicy || metadata["semantic_context_radius"] != semanticContextRadius {
+	if metadata := normalizer.ManifestMetadata(); metadata["identity_policy"] != identity.Policy || metadata["normalization_policy"] != normalizationPolicy || metadata["prompt_id"] != PromptID || metadata["response_schema_key"] != string(entityreconcile.ResponseSchemaKey) || metadata["response_schema_id"] != entityreconcile.ResponseSchemaID || metadata["response_schema_name"] != entityreconcile.ResponseSchemaName || metadata["semantic_context_policy"] != semanticContextPolicy || metadata["semantic_context_radius"] != semanticContextRadius {
 		t.Fatalf("metadata = %#v", metadata)
 	}
 	wantFingerprints := []pipeline.CheckpointFingerprint{{Name: "prompt", Value: normalizer.promptSHA}, {Name: "response_schema", Value: normalizer.responseSchemaSHA}, {Name: "identity_policy", Value: identity.Policy}, {Name: "normalization_policy", Value: normalizationPolicy}, {Name: "semantic_context_policy", Value: semanticContextPolicy + ":2"}}
diff --git a/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs/prompt_assets.go b/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs/prompt_assets.go
index 28779dc..2494382 100644
--- a/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs/prompt_assets.go
+++ b/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs/prompt_assets.go
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ var promptAssetManifest = shared.PromptAssetManifest{
 	ModuleFiles: []promptfs.ModulePromptFile{
 		{Name: "dnd.npcs.normalize.yaml", Path: "assets/prompts/dnd.npcs.normalize.yaml"},
 		{Name: "task.md", Path: "assets/prompts/task.md"},
-		{Name: "instructions.md", Path: "assets/prompts/instructions.md"},
 		{Name: "candidates.md", Path: "assets/prompts/candidates.md"},
 	},
 	SharedFiles: []string{
 		"common-dnd-system.md",
+		"common-dnd-entity-reconciliation.md",
 		"common-dnd-transcript.md",
 	},
 }
@@ -30,10 +30,7 @@ func RegisterPromptAssets(registry *llm.AssetRegistry) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("prepare NPC normalization prompt assets: %w", err)
 	}
-	if err := registry.RegisterPromptFS(promptFS, promptAssetRoot); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return registry.RegisterSchemaFS(embeddedAssets, "assets/schemas")
+	return registry.RegisterPromptFS(promptFS, promptAssetRoot)
 }
 
 func promptAssetMetadata() (string, error) {
diff --git a/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs/prompt_assets_test.go b/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs/prompt_assets_test.go
index 654b93f..592ec4b 100644
--- a/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs/prompt_assets_test.go
+++ b/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs/prompt_assets_test.go
@@ -8,17 +8,21 @@ import (
 	"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 TestRegisterPromptAssetsPreparesNormalizationPrompt(t *testing.T) {
-	if want := []string{"common-dnd-system.md", "common-dnd-transcript.md"}; !reflect.DeepEqual(promptAssetManifest.SharedFiles, want) {
+	if want := []string{"common-dnd-system.md", "common-dnd-entity-reconciliation.md", "common-dnd-transcript.md"}; !reflect.DeepEqual(promptAssetManifest.SharedFiles, want) {
 		t.Fatalf("shared prompt assets = %#v, want %#v", promptAssetManifest.SharedFiles, want)
 	}
 	if promptHash, err := promptAssetMetadata(); err != nil || promptHash == "" {
 		t.Fatalf("promptAssetMetadata() = %q, %v; want prompt fingerprint", promptHash, err)
 	}
 	registry := llm.NewAssetRegistry()
+	if err := entityreconcile.RegisterSchemaAssets(registry); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("RegisterSchemaAssets() error = %v", err)
+	}
 	if err := RegisterPromptAssets(registry); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("RegisterPromptAssets() error = %v", err)
 	}
@@ -34,16 +38,16 @@ func TestRegisterPromptAssetsPreparesNormalizationPrompt(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("NewEngine() error = %v", err)
 	}
 	prepared, err := engine.Prepare(context.Background(), promptkit.RunRequest{
-		PromptID: PromptID, PromptVersion: SchemaVersion, ProfileID: "normalize-test-profile",
+		PromptID: PromptID, PromptVersion: entityreconcile.SchemaVersion, ProfileID: "normalize-test-profile",
 		Inputs: map[string]promptkit.ArtifactRef{
-			"candidates": promptkit.Inline(`{"npcs":[{"name":"Mira","source_refs":[]}]}`),
+			"candidates": promptkit.Inline(`{"candidates":[{"key":"candidate-000001","name":"Mira","source_refs":[]}]}`),
 			"transcript": promptkit.Inline(`{"windows":[{"units":[]}]}`),
 		},
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Prepare() error = %v", err)
 	}
-	if prepared.PromptID != PromptID || prepared.OutputContract.SchemaPath != "dnd_npcs_normalize_llm.v1.json" {
+	if prepared.PromptID != PromptID || prepared.OutputContract.SchemaPath != "dnd_entity_reconcile_llm.v1.json" {
 		t.Fatalf("prepared prompt = %#v, want normalization prompt identity and schema", prepared)
 	}
 	if len(prepared.Messages) != 5 {
diff --git a/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs/proposal.go b/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs/proposal.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b1663d..0000000
--- a/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs/proposal.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,195 +0,0 @@
-package npcs
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"sort"
-	"strconv"
-
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/framework/contracts"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/modules/dnd/npcs/identity"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/modules/dnd/shared"
-	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/modules/dnd/shared/diagnostics"
-)
-
-type proposalAssessment struct {
-	safeGroups      []safeProposalGroup
-	discardedGroups int
-	issues          []string
-}
-
-type safeProposalGroup struct {
-	members   []int
-	canonical int
-}
-
-type assessedProposalGroup struct {
-	members      []int
-	canonical    int
-	locallyValid bool
-	conflicting  bool
-}
-
-func assessProposal(response normalizeProposalResponse, records []normalizedRecord, candidatePositions []int) proposalAssessment {
-	positionsByKey := make(map[string][]int, len(candidatePositions))
-	for _, position := range candidatePositions {
-		if position < 0 || position >= len(records) {
-			continue
-		}
-		key := identity.ComparisonKey(records[position].npc.Name)
-		if key != "" {
-			positionsByKey[key] = append(positionsByKey[key], position)
-		}
-	}
-	groups := make([]assessedProposalGroup, len(response.DuplicateGroups))
-	issues := make([]string, 0)
-	owners := make(map[int][]int)
-
-	for groupIndex, proposal := range response.DuplicateGroups {
-		group, groupIssues := assessProposalGroup(proposal, positionsByKey)
-		groups[groupIndex] = group
-		for _, position := range group.members {
-			owners[position] = append(owners[position], groupIndex)
-		}
-		for _, issue := range groupIssues {
-			issues = append(issues, proposalIssue(groupIndex, issue))
-		}
-	}
-	for groupIndex := range groups {
-		for _, position := range groups[groupIndex].members {
-			if len(owners[position]) > 1 {
-				groups[groupIndex].conflicting = true
-				break
-			}
-		}
-		if groups[groupIndex].conflicting {
-			issues = append(issues, proposalIssue(groupIndex, "overlapping_member"))
-		}
-	}
-
-	assessment := proposalAssessment{issues: issues}
-	for _, group := range groups {
-		if !group.locallyValid || group.conflicting {
-			assessment.discardedGroups++
-			continue
-		}
-		assessment.safeGroups = append(assessment.safeGroups, safeProposalGroup{members: group.members, canonical: group.canonical})
-	}
-	return assessment
-}
-
-func assessProposalGroup(proposal normalizeProposalGroup, positionsByKey map[string][]int) (assessedProposalGroup, []string) {
-	issues := make([]string, 0)
-	members := make([]int, 0, len(proposal.Members))
-	seenMembers := make(map[int]struct{}, len(proposal.Members))
-	for _, name := range proposal.Members {
-		position, issue := resolveCandidate(name, positionsByKey)
-		if issue != "" {
-			issues = append(issues, "member_"+issue)
-			continue
-		}
-		if _, exists := seenMembers[position]; exists {
-			issues = append(issues, "repeated_member")
-			continue
-		}
-		seenMembers[position] = struct{}{}
-		members = append(members, position)
-	}
-	canonical, canonicalIssue := resolveCandidate(proposal.CanonicalName, positionsByKey)
-	if canonicalIssue != "" {
-		issues = append(issues, "canonical_"+canonicalIssue)
-	}
-	if len(members) < 2 {
-		issues = append(issues, "fewer_than_two_members")
-	}
-	if canonicalIssue == "" && !containsPosition(members, canonical) {
-		issues = append(issues, "canonical_not_member")
-	}
-	sort.Ints(members)
-	return assessedProposalGroup{
-		members: members, canonical: canonical, locallyValid: len(issues) == 0,
-	}, issues
-}
-
-func resolveCandidate(name string, positionsByKey map[string][]int) (position int, issue string) {
-	key := identity.ComparisonKey(name)
-	if key == "" {
-		return 0, "blank"
-	}
-	positions := positionsByKey[key]
-	if len(positions) == 0 {
-		return 0, "unknown"
-	}
-	if len(positions) != 1 {
-		return 0, "ambiguous"
-	}
-	return positions[0], ""
-}
-
-func containsPosition(positions []int, want int) bool {
-	for _, position := range positions {
-		if position == want {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-	return false
-}
-
-func proposalIssue(groupIndex int, category string) string {
-	return "group " + strconv.Itoa(groupIndex) + ": " + category
-}
-
-func applySafeGroups(records []normalizedRecord, groups []safeProposalGroup, order shared.SourceRefOrder) ([]normalizedRecord, []contracts.Warning) {
-	byMember := make(map[int]safeProposalGroup, 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 safeProposalGroup, order shared.SourceRefOrder) normalizedRecord {
-	output := cloneRecord(records[group.members[0]])
-	output.npc.Name = records[group.canonical].npc.Name
-	for _, member := range group.members[1:] {
-		output.npc.SourceRefs = append(output.npc.SourceRefs, records[member].npc.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.npc.SourceRefs = order.Canonicalize(output.npc.SourceRefs)
-	output.npc.ID = identity.DeriveID(output.npc.Name)
-	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:      npcScope(record.earliest),
-		ReasonCode: ReasonCodeDuplicateNPCCollapsed,
-		Message:    diagnostics.Aggregate("semantic duplicate consolidation", details),
-	}
-}
diff --git a/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs/reconciliation.go b/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs/reconciliation.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd6cf27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs/reconciliation.go
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+package npcs
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/framework/contracts"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/modules/dnd/npcs/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 semanticContextRadius = 2
+
+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.npc.Name,
+			SourceRefs: cloneSourceRefs(record.npc.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 {
+			continue
+		}
+		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.npc.Name = records[group.canonical].npc.Name
+	for _, member := range group.members[1:] {
+		output.npc.SourceRefs = append(output.npc.SourceRefs, records[member].npc.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.npc.SourceRefs = order.Canonicalize(output.npc.SourceRefs)
+	output.npc.ID = identity.DeriveID(output.npc.Name)
+	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:      npcScope(record.earliest),
+		ReasonCode: ReasonCodeDuplicateNPCCollapsed,
+		Message:    diagnostics.Aggregate("semantic duplicate consolidation", details),
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs/schema.go b/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs/schema.go
deleted file mode 100644
index f196a7c..0000000
--- a/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs/schema.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-package npcs
-
-import "gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/framework/llm"
-
-const (
-	PromptID           = "dnd.npcs.normalize"
-	ResponseSchemaKey  = llm.ResponseSchemaKey("dnd_npcs_normalize_llm")
-	ResponseSchemaID   = "notarius.dnd.npcs.normalize.llm"
-	ResponseSchemaName = "notarius_dnd_npcs_normalize_llm_v1"
-	SchemaVersion      = "v1"
-)
-
-func loadResponseSchema() (llm.ResponseSchema, error) {
-	return llm.LoadResponseSchema(embeddedAssets, llm.ResponseSchemaDefinition{
-		Key:       ResponseSchemaKey,
-		ID:        ResponseSchemaID,
-		Version:   SchemaVersion,
-		Name:      ResponseSchemaName,
-		AssetPath: "assets/schemas/dnd_npcs_normalize_llm.v1.json",
-	})
-}
diff --git a/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs/schema_test.go b/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs/schema_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 3e8e03c..0000000
--- a/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs/schema_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-package npcs
-
-import (
-	"bytes"
-	"encoding/json"
-	"strings"
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema/v6"
-)
-
-func TestNormalizeResponseSchemaIsStrictlyStructural(t *testing.T) {
-	schema, err := loadResponseSchema()
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("loadResponseSchema() error = %v", err)
-	}
-	if schema.Key != ResponseSchemaKey || schema.ID != ResponseSchemaID || schema.Name != ResponseSchemaName || schema.Version != SchemaVersion || !strings.HasPrefix(schema.SHA256, "sha256:") || !json.Valid(schema.JSONSchema) {
-		t.Fatalf("schema = %#v, want private normalization schema identity", schema)
-	}
-
-	for _, test := range []struct {
-		name  string
-		value any
-		valid bool
-	}{
-		{name: "empty groups", value: map[string]any{"duplicate_groups": []any{}}, valid: true},
-		{name: "semantically invalid group", value: map[string]any{"duplicate_groups": []any{map[string]any{"members": []any{"", "unknown"}, "canonical_name": ""}}}, valid: true},
-		{name: "missing groups", value: map[string]any{}},
-		{name: "unknown top level field", value: map[string]any{"duplicate_groups": []any{}, "extra": true}},
-		{name: "unknown group field", value: map[string]any{"duplicate_groups": []any{map[string]any{"members": []any{}, "canonical_name": "Mira", "extra": true}}}},
-		{name: "wrong groups type", value: map[string]any{"duplicate_groups": "no"}},
-		{name: "wrong member type", value: map[string]any{"duplicate_groups": []any{map[string]any{"members": []any{1}, "canonical_name": "Mira"}}}},
-	} {
-		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			content, err := json.Marshal(test.value)
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Fatal(err)
-			}
-			err = validateNormalizeSchema(content, schema.JSONSchema)
-			if (err == nil) != test.valid {
-				t.Fatalf("validateNormalizeSchema() error = %v, want valid=%t", err, test.valid)
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}
-
-func validateNormalizeSchema(instanceContent, schemaContent []byte) error {
-	instance, err := jsonschema.UnmarshalJSON(bytes.NewReader(instanceContent))
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	document, err := jsonschema.UnmarshalJSON(bytes.NewReader(schemaContent))
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	compiler := jsonschema.NewCompiler()
-	if err := compiler.AddResource("schema.json", document); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	compiled, err := compiler.Compile("schema.json")
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return compiled.Validate(instance)
-}
diff --git a/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs/semantic_normalizer_test.go b/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs/semantic_normalizer_test.go
index 8b89ac2..b64f638 100644
--- a/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs/semantic_normalizer_test.go
+++ b/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs/semantic_normalizer_test.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/framework/contracts"
 	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/modules/dnd"
 	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/modules/dnd/npcs/identity"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/modules/dnd/shared/entityreconcile"
 )
 
 func TestNormalizeSkipsSemanticCompletionWithoutTwoEligibleCandidates(t *testing.T) {
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ func TestNormalizeSkipsSemanticCompletionWithoutTwoEligibleCandidates(t *testing
 }
 
 func TestNormalizeAppliesSafeProposalAndUsesPrivateInputs(t *testing.T) {
-	client := &recordingNPCNormalizerClient{response: `{"duplicate_groups":[{"members":["  MIRA THORN  ","Mira"],"canonical_name":"Mira Thorn"}]}`}
+	client := &recordingNPCNormalizerClient{response: `{"duplicate_groups":[{"members":["candidate-000001","candidate-000002"],"canonical":"candidate-000002"}]}`}
 	normalizer := newNormalizer(t, client)
 	doc := semanticDocument()
 	input := dnd.NPCList{NPCs: []dnd.NPC{
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ func TestNormalizeAppliesSafeProposalAndUsesPrivateInputs(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("completion calls = %d, want one", len(client.requests))
 	}
 	completion := client.requests[0]
-	if completion.StageName != Key || completion.PromptID != PromptID || completion.PromptVersion != SchemaVersion || completion.ProfileID != request.LLMProfile || completion.SessionID != request.SessionID || len(completion.Inputs) != 2 {
+	if completion.StageName != Key || completion.PromptID != PromptID || completion.PromptVersion != entityreconcile.SchemaVersion || completion.ProfileID != request.LLMProfile || completion.SessionID != request.SessionID || len(completion.Inputs) != 2 {
 		t.Fatalf("completion request = %#v, want normalize request identity and exactly two inputs", completion)
 	}
 	encoded := string(completion.Inputs["candidates"].Content) + string(completion.Inputs["transcript"].Content)
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ func TestNormalizeAppliesSafeProposalAndUsesPrivateInputs(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestNormalizeUnsafeProposalReturnsSafeRetryFallback(t *testing.T) {
-	client := &recordingNPCNormalizerClient{response: `{"duplicate_groups":[{"members":["Mira","Mira Thorn"],"canonical_name":"Mira Thorn"},{"members":["Captain Vale","Unknown"],"canonical_name":"Captain Vale"}]}`}
+	client := &recordingNPCNormalizerClient{response: `{"duplicate_groups":[{"members":["candidate-000001","candidate-000002"],"canonical":"candidate-000002"},{"members":["candidate-000003","unknown"],"canonical":"candidate-000003"}]}`}
 	normalizer := newNormalizer(t, client)
 	doc := semanticDocument()
 	input := dnd.NPCList{NPCs: []dnd.NPC{
@@ -95,30 +96,6 @@ func TestNormalizeUnsafeProposalReturnsSafeRetryFallback(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestNormalizeRejectsOverlapsWithoutResponseOrderDependence(t *testing.T) {
-	records := []normalizedRecord{
-		{npc: dnd.NPC{Name: "Alpha"}}, {npc: dnd.NPC{Name: "Bravo"}}, {npc: dnd.NPC{Name: "Charlie"}}, {npc: dnd.NPC{Name: "Delta"}},
-	}
-	for index := range records {
-		records[index].inputIndexes = []int{index}
-		records[index].earliest = index
-	}
-	response := normalizeProposalResponse{DuplicateGroups: []normalizeProposalGroup{
-		{Members: []string{"Alpha", "Bravo"}, CanonicalName: "Alpha"},
-		{Members: []string{"Bravo", "Charlie"}, CanonicalName: "Bravo"},
-		{Members: []string{"Charlie", "Delta"}, CanonicalName: "Charlie"},
-	}}
-	assessment := assessProposal(response, records, []int{0, 1, 2, 3})
-	if assessment.discardedGroups != 3 || len(assessment.safeGroups) != 0 {
-		t.Fatalf("assessment = %#v, want chained conflicts all discarded", assessment)
-	}
-	for _, issue := range []string{"group 0: overlapping_member", "group 1: overlapping_member", "group 2: overlapping_member"} {
-		if !containsString(assessment.issues, issue) {
-			t.Fatalf("issues = %#v, want %q", assessment.issues, issue)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 func TestNormalizeInvalidStructuredOutputAndOperationalErrorsRemainDistinct(t *testing.T) {
 	doc := semanticDocument()
 	input := dnd.NPCList{NPCs: []dnd.NPC{
@@ -159,7 +136,7 @@ func TestNormalizeRedactsContextMaterialFailures(t *testing.T) {
 	request := normalizeRequestWithSource(input, doc)
 	request.SourceInput = contracts.NewLLMInputMaterial("source", "application/json", []byte(transcript), "sha256:test", originPath)
 	_, err := normalizer.Normalize(context.Background(), request)
-	if err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "build NPC normalization context: invalid source metadata") {
+	if err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "build entity reconciliation context: invalid source metadata") {
 		t.Fatalf("Normalize() error = %v; want content-safe context-material failure", err)
 	}
 	for _, forbidden := range []string{metadataKey, metadataValue, transcript, firstName, secondName, sourceID, originPath, "float64", "non-finite"} {
@@ -174,8 +151,8 @@ func TestNormalizeRedactsContextMaterialFailures(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestNormalizeDoesNotAccumulateSafeGroupsAcrossAttempts(t *testing.T) {
 	client := &recordingNPCNormalizerClient{responses: []string{
-		`{"duplicate_groups":[{"members":["Mira","Mira Thorn"],"canonical_name":"Mira Thorn"},{"members":["Captain Vale","Unknown"],"canonical_name":"Captain Vale"}]}`,
-		`{"duplicate_groups":[{"members":["Mira","Captain Vale"],"canonical_name":"Captain Vale"}]}`,
+		`{"duplicate_groups":[{"members":["candidate-000001","candidate-000002"],"canonical":"candidate-000002"},{"members":["candidate-000003","unknown"],"canonical":"candidate-000003"}]}`,
+		`{"duplicate_groups":[{"members":["candidate-000001","candidate-000003"],"canonical":"candidate-000003"}]}`,
 	}}
 	normalizer := newNormalizer(t, client)
 	doc := semanticDocument()
@@ -198,7 +175,7 @@ func TestNormalizeDoesNotAccumulateSafeGroupsAcrossAttempts(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestNormalizeExcludesIneligibleRecordsFromSemanticGroups(t *testing.T) {
-	client := &recordingNPCNormalizerClient{response: `{"duplicate_groups":[{"members":["Mira","Broken"],"canonical_name":"Mira"}]}`}
+	client := &recordingNPCNormalizerClient{response: `{"duplicate_groups":[{"members":["candidate-000001","candidate-000002"],"canonical":"candidate-000001"}]}`}
 	normalizer := newNormalizer(t, client)
 	doc := semanticDocument()
 	input := dnd.NPCList{NPCs: []dnd.NPC{
@@ -210,42 +187,31 @@ func TestNormalizeExcludesIneligibleRecordsFromSemanticGroups(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil || result.Retry == nil || len(result.Value.NPCs) != 3 {
 		t.Fatalf("Normalize() = %#v, %v; want unchanged retry fallback", result, err)
 	}
-	if !strings.Contains(result.Retry.Message, "member_unknown") || result.Value.NPCs[1].Name != "Broken" {
+	if !strings.Contains(result.Retry.Message, "member_ineligible") || result.Value.NPCs[1].Name != "Broken" {
 		t.Fatalf("result = %#v, want ineligible record excluded but preserved", result)
 	}
 }
 
-func TestProposalValidationRejectsUnsafeCategories(t *testing.T) {
+func TestReconciliationCandidatesKeepEqualDisplayNamesDistinct(t *testing.T) {
+	doc := semanticDocument()
 	records := []normalizedRecord{
-		{npc: dnd.NPC{Name: "Mira"}, inputIndexes: []int{0}, earliest: 0},
-		{npc: dnd.NPC{Name: "Mira Thorn"}, inputIndexes: []int{1}, earliest: 1},
-		{npc: dnd.NPC{Name: "Captain Vale"}, inputIndexes: []int{2}, earliest: 2},
+		{npc: dnd.NPC{Name: "The Guard", SourceRefs: []source.SourceRef{{SourceID: doc.ID, StartUnitID: 10, EndUnitID: 10}}}},
+		{npc: dnd.NPC{Name: "The Guard", SourceRefs: []source.SourceRef{{SourceID: doc.ID, StartUnitID: 20, EndUnitID: 20}}}},
 	}
-	for _, proposal := range []normalizeProposalGroup{
-		{Members: []string{"Mira"}, CanonicalName: "Mira"},
-		{Members: []string{"Mira", "Mira"}, CanonicalName: "Mira"},
-		{Members: []string{"Mira", "Mira Thorn"}, CanonicalName: "Unknown"},
-		{Members: []string{"Mira", "Mira Thorn"}, CanonicalName: "  "},
-		{Members: []string{" ", "Mira Thorn"}, CanonicalName: "Mira Thorn"},
-		{Members: []string{"Mira", "Mira Thorn"}, CanonicalName: "Captain Vale"},
-	} {
-		assessment := assessProposal(normalizeProposalResponse{DuplicateGroups: []normalizeProposalGroup{proposal}}, records, []int{0, 1, 2})
-		if assessment.discardedGroups != 1 || len(assessment.safeGroups) != 0 {
-			t.Fatalf("assessment for %#v = %#v, want discarded unsafe group", proposal, assessment)
-		}
+	materials, ready, err := entityreconcile.BuildContext(doc, reconciliationCandidates(records), semanticContextRadius)
+	if err != nil || !ready {
+		t.Fatalf("BuildContext() = %#v, %t, %v; want ready keyed candidates", materials, ready, err)
 	}
-}
-
-func TestProposalResolutionUsesOnlyExistingComparisonKeyEquivalences(t *testing.T) {
-	records := []normalizedRecord{
-		{npc: dnd.NPC{Name: "O'Neill"}, inputIndexes: []int{0}, earliest: 0},
-		{npc: dnd.NPC{Name: "Mira Thorn"}, inputIndexes: []int{1}, earliest: 1},
+	keys := materials.CandidateKeys()
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(keys, []string{"candidate-000001", "candidate-000002"}) || strings.Count(string(materials.Candidates.Content), `"The Guard"`) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("candidate keys and inputs = %#v, %s; want distinct equal-display candidates", keys, materials.Candidates.Content)
 	}
-	assessment := assessProposal(normalizeProposalResponse{DuplicateGroups: []normalizeProposalGroup{{
-		Members: []string{"  O’NEILL  ", "Ｍｉｒａ　Ｔｈｏｒｎ"}, CanonicalName: "Ｍｉｒａ　Ｔｈｏｒｎ",
-	}}}, records, []int{0, 1})
-	if assessment.discardedGroups != 0 || len(assessment.safeGroups) != 1 || assessment.safeGroups[0].canonical != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("assessment = %#v, want comparison-key-only resolution", assessment)
+	assessment := materials.Assess(entityreconcile.ProposalResponse{DuplicateGroups: []entityreconcile.DuplicateGroup{{
+		Members: keys, Canonical: keys[1],
+	}}})
+	groups := reconciliationGroups(assessment, keys)
+	if assessment.DiscardedGroups() != 0 || len(groups) != 1 || groups[0].canonical != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("reconciliation = %#v, %#v; want distinct keyed group", assessment, groups)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -276,12 +242,3 @@ func cloneNPCList(input dnd.NPCList) dnd.NPCList {
 	}
 	return output
 }
-
-func containsString(values []string, want string) bool {
-	for _, value := range values {
-		if value == want {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-	return false
-}
diff --git a/internal/modules/dnd/register/modules.go b/internal/modules/dnd/register/modules.go
index 47ee441..c5d1c9b 100644
--- a/internal/modules/dnd/register/modules.go
+++ b/internal/modules/dnd/register/modules.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	npcnormalize "gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs"
 	scenedescriptionnormalize "gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/scenedescriptions"
 	spellnormalize "gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/spells"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/modules/dnd/shared/entityreconcile"
 	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/modules/generic/merge/appendorder"
 	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/modules/generic/normalize/noop"
 )
@@ -104,6 +105,7 @@ func registerModules(registries pipeline.Registries) error {
 
 func registerPromptAssets(assets *llm.AssetRegistry) error {
 	return runRegistrations([]registration{
+		{name: "entity reconciliation schema assets", register: func() error { return entityreconcile.RegisterSchemaAssets(assets) }},
 		{name: "scenes prompt assets", register: func() error { return scenes.RegisterPromptAssets(assets) }},
 		{name: "spells prompt assets", register: func() error { return spellextract.RegisterPromptAssets(assets) }},
 		{name: "npcs prompt assets", register: func() error { return npcextract.RegisterPromptAssets(assets) }},
diff --git a/internal/modules/dnd/register/register_test.go b/internal/modules/dnd/register/register_test.go
index 3b6cb71..844c9ce 100644
--- a/internal/modules/dnd/register/register_test.go
+++ b/internal/modules/dnd/register/register_test.go
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ func TestRegisterAddsDNDFamily(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("SchemaFS() error = %v", err)
 	}
-	if _, err := fs.ReadFile(schemaFS, "dnd_npcs_normalize_llm.v1.json"); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("normalization schema asset = %v, want registered private schema", err)
+	if _, err := fs.ReadFile(schemaFS, "dnd_entity_reconcile_llm.v1.json"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("entity reconciliation schema asset = %v, want registered shared schema", err)
 	}
 	assertContainsKeys(t, "chunkers", registries.Chunkers.RegisteredKeys(), []string{"dnd/scenes"})
 	assertContainsKeys(t, "extractors", registries.Extractors.RegisteredKeys(), []string{"dnd/spells", npcextract.Key, combatextract.Key, enemyeventextract.Key, itemeventextract.Key, interactionextract.Key, scenedescriptionextract.Key})
@@ -289,6 +289,12 @@ func TestRegisterAddsDNDFamily(t *testing.T) {
 		"dnd.npcs/sharedassets/common-dnd-system.md",
 		"dnd.npcs/sharedassets/common-dnd-transcript.md",
 		"dnd.npcs/task.md",
+		"dnd.npcs.normalize/candidates.md",
+		"dnd.npcs.normalize/dnd.npcs.normalize.yaml",
+		"dnd.npcs.normalize/sharedassets/common-dnd-entity-reconciliation.md",
+		"dnd.npcs.normalize/sharedassets/common-dnd-system.md",
+		"dnd.npcs.normalize/sharedassets/common-dnd-transcript.md",
+		"dnd.npcs.normalize/task.md",
 		"dnd.combat_turns/dnd.combat_turns.yaml",
 		"dnd.combat_turns/instructions.md",
 		"dnd.combat_turns/sharedassets/common-dnd-references.md",
diff --git a/internal/modules/integration/dnd_npc_grounded_test.go b/internal/modules/integration/dnd_npc_grounded_test.go
index 9cda74b..08f549a 100644
--- a/internal/modules/integration/dnd_npc_grounded_test.go
+++ b/internal/modules/integration/dnd_npc_grounded_test.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func TestNPCOutputGroundsSpellAndCombatConsumersThroughOneOperation(t *testing.T
 		"extract:npcs:dnd/npcs:mapping_policy":              "dnd.npcs.extract_mapping.v2",
 		"normalize:npcs:dnd/npcs:identity_policy":           "dnd.npcs.identity.v1",
 		"normalize:npcs:dnd/npcs:normalization_policy":      "dnd.npcs.normalize.v3",
-		"normalize:npcs:dnd/npcs:semantic_context_policy":   "dnd.npcs.semantic_context.v1:2",
+		"normalize:npcs:dnd/npcs:semantic_context_policy":   "dnd.entity_reconcile.context.v1:2",
 		"extract:spells:dnd/spells:mapping_policy":          "dnd.spells.extract_mapping.v2",
 		"extract:combat:dnd/combat-turns:scene_gate_policy": "dnd.combat_turns.scene_gate.v1",
 	} {
diff --git a/internal/modules/integration/dnd_npc_interactions_runner_test.go b/internal/modules/integration/dnd_npc_interactions_runner_test.go
index ee2b2ec..ecc7c15 100644
--- a/internal/modules/integration/dnd_npc_interactions_runner_test.go
+++ b/internal/modules/integration/dnd_npc_interactions_runner_test.go
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ func (client *semanticNPCInteractionClient) CompleteStructured(_ context.Context
 		}
 		payload = map[string]any{"npcs": []any{map[string]any{"name": name, "source_refs": []any{map[string]int{"start_unit_id": client.npcCalls, "end_unit_id": client.npcCalls}}}}}
 	case npcnormalize.PromptID:
-		payload = map[string]any{"duplicate_groups": []any{map[string]any{"members": []string{"Mira Thorn", "Mira Thorn, the Greencloak"}, "canonical_name": "Mira Thorn"}}}
+		payload = map[string]any{"duplicate_groups": []any{map[string]any{"members": []string{"candidate-000001", "candidate-000002"}, "canonical": "candidate-000001"}}}
 	case interactionextract.PromptID:
 		payload = map[string]any{"interactions": []any{map[string]any{"name": "Mira Thorn", "kind": "dialogue", "source_refs": []any{map[string]int{"start_unit_id": 1, "end_unit_id": 1}}}}}
 	default:
diff --git a/internal/modules/integration/dnd_npcs_runner_test.go b/internal/modules/integration/dnd_npcs_runner_test.go
index 781fca1..539bb02 100644
--- a/internal/modules/integration/dnd_npcs_runner_test.go
+++ b/internal/modules/integration/dnd_npcs_runner_test.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	npcnormalize "gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/modules/dnd/normalize/npcs"
 	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/modules/dnd/npcs/identity"
 	dndregister "gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/modules/dnd/register"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/modules/dnd/shared/entityreconcile"
 	npcshape "gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/modules/dnd/validate/npcs/shape"
 	npcsourcerefs "gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/modules/dnd/validate/npcs/source_refs"
 	genericregister "gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/notarius/internal/modules/generic/register"
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ func TestRunnerProcessesSeriatimInputWithProductionDNDNPCPipeline(t *testing.T)
 		t.Fatalf("manifest lane = %#v, want NPC production composition", lane)
 	}
 	normalizerMetadata, ok := lane.Metadata["normalizer"].(map[string]any)
-	if !ok || normalizerMetadata["identity_policy"] != identity.Policy || normalizerMetadata["normalization_policy"] != npcnormalize.NormalizationPolicy || normalizerMetadata["prompt_id"] != npcnormalize.PromptID || normalizerMetadata["response_schema_id"] != npcnormalize.ResponseSchemaID {
+	if !ok || normalizerMetadata["identity_policy"] != identity.Policy || normalizerMetadata["normalization_policy"] != npcnormalize.NormalizationPolicy || normalizerMetadata["prompt_id"] != npcnormalize.PromptID || normalizerMetadata["response_schema_id"] != entityreconcile.ResponseSchemaID {
 		t.Fatalf("normalizer metadata = %#v, want identity and normalization policies", lane.Metadata)
 	}
 	var npcOutputFile *contracts.OutputFile
@@ -178,8 +179,8 @@ func TestProductionNPCNormalizationRetryUsesFinalSafeProposal(t *testing.T) {
 		{Name: "Mira Thorn", SourceRefs: []npcProductionSourceRef{{StartUnitID: 2, EndUnitID: 2}}},
 		{Name: "Hooded Guard", SourceRefs: []npcProductionSourceRef{{StartUnitID: 3, EndUnitID: 3}}},
 	}}
-	partial := []byte(`{"duplicate_groups":[{"members":["Mira","Mira Thorn"],"canonical_name":"Mira Thorn"},{"members":["Hooded Guard","Unknown"],"canonical_name":"Hooded Guard"}]}`)
-	safe := []byte(`{"duplicate_groups":[{"members":["Mira","Mira Thorn"],"canonical_name":"Mira Thorn"}]}`)
+	partial := []byte(`{"duplicate_groups":[{"members":["candidate-000001","candidate-000002"],"canonical":"candidate-000002"},{"members":["candidate-000003","unknown"],"canonical":"candidate-000003"}]}`)
+	safe := []byte(`{"duplicate_groups":[{"members":["candidate-000001","candidate-000002"],"canonical":"candidate-000002"}]}`)
 
 	for _, test := range []struct {
 		name           string