diff --git a/internal/cli/production_contract_test.go b/internal/cli/production_contract_test.go
index 129ea06..db142c4 100644
--- a/internal/cli/production_contract_test.go
+++ b/internal/cli/production_contract_test.go
@@ -136,76 +136,6 @@ func TestProductionCatalogCoversMaintainedConfigurations(t *testing.T) {
 	assertProductionContains(t, "location occurrence normalizer variants", registries.Normalizers.RegisteredArtifactKinds(locationoccurrencenormalize.Key), []contracts.ArtifactKind{dnd.LocationOccurrenceListKind})
 	assertProductionContains(t, "enemy event normalizer variants", registries.Normalizers.RegisteredArtifactKinds(enemyeventnormalize.Key), []contracts.ArtifactKind{dnd.EnemyEventListKind})
 
-	wantChain := []pipeline.ModuleBinding{
-		pipeline.Binding("generic/valid_json"),
-		pipeline.Binding("extract/dnd/spells/shape"),
-		pipeline.Binding("extract/dnd/spells/catalog"),
-		pipeline.Binding("extract/dnd/spells/source_refs"),
-		pipeline.Binding("generic/valid_json_schema"),
-		pipeline.Binding("extract/dnd/spells/source_relatedness"),
-	}
-	if got := registries.ValidatorChains.Validators(pipeline.StageExtract, spells.Key); !reflect.DeepEqual(got, wantChain) {
-		t.Fatalf("spell validator chain = %#v, want %#v", got, wantChain)
-	}
-	if got := registries.ValidatorChains.Validators(pipeline.StageNormalize, spellnormalize.Key); !reflect.DeepEqual(got, wantChain) {
-		t.Fatalf("spell normalize validator chain = %#v, want %#v", got, wantChain)
-	}
-	combatExtractChain := []pipeline.ModuleBinding{
-		pipeline.Binding("generic/valid_json"),
-		pipeline.Binding("extract/dnd/combat-turns/shape"),
-		pipeline.Binding("extract/dnd/combat-turns/source_refs"),
-		pipeline.Binding("generic/valid_json_schema"),
-		pipeline.Binding("extract/dnd/combat-turns/source_relatedness"),
-	}
-	combatNormalizeChain := []pipeline.ModuleBinding{
-		pipeline.Binding("generic/valid_json"),
-		pipeline.Binding("extract/dnd/combat-turns/shape"),
-		pipeline.Binding("normalize/dnd/combat-turns/invariants"),
-		pipeline.Binding("extract/dnd/combat-turns/source_refs"),
-		pipeline.Binding("generic/valid_json_schema"),
-		pipeline.Binding("extract/dnd/combat-turns/source_relatedness"),
-	}
-	if got := registries.ValidatorChains.Validators(pipeline.StageExtract, combatextract.Key); !reflect.DeepEqual(got, combatExtractChain) {
-		t.Fatalf("combat extract validator chain = %#v, want %#v", got, combatExtractChain)
-	}
-	if got := registries.ValidatorChains.Validators(pipeline.StageNormalize, combatnormalize.Key); !reflect.DeepEqual(got, combatNormalizeChain) {
-		t.Fatalf("combat normalize validator chain = %#v, want %#v", got, combatNormalizeChain)
-	}
-	itemOccurrenceExtractChain := []pipeline.ModuleBinding{
-		pipeline.Binding("generic/valid_json"),
-		pipeline.Binding("extract/dnd/item-occurrences/shape"),
-		pipeline.Binding("extract/dnd/item-occurrences/registry"),
-		pipeline.Binding("extract/dnd/item-occurrences/source_refs"),
-		pipeline.Binding("generic/valid_json_schema"),
-		pipeline.Binding("extract/dnd/item-occurrences/source_relatedness"),
-	}
-	itemOccurrenceNormalizeChain := []pipeline.ModuleBinding{
-		pipeline.Binding("generic/valid_json"),
-		pipeline.Binding("extract/dnd/item-occurrences/shape"),
-		pipeline.Binding("extract/dnd/item-occurrences/registry"),
-		pipeline.Binding("normalize/dnd/item-occurrences/invariants"),
-		pipeline.Binding("extract/dnd/item-occurrences/source_refs"),
-		pipeline.Binding("generic/valid_json_schema"),
-		pipeline.Binding("extract/dnd/item-occurrences/source_relatedness"),
-	}
-	if got := registries.ValidatorChains.Validators(pipeline.StageExtract, itemoccurrenceextract.Key); !reflect.DeepEqual(got, itemOccurrenceExtractChain) {
-		t.Fatalf("item occurrence extract validator chain = %#v, want %#v", got, itemOccurrenceExtractChain)
-	}
-	if got := registries.ValidatorChains.Validators(pipeline.StageNormalize, itemoccurrencenormalize.Key); !reflect.DeepEqual(got, itemOccurrenceNormalizeChain) {
-		t.Fatalf("item occurrence normalize validator chain = %#v, want %#v", got, itemOccurrenceNormalizeChain)
-	}
-	enemyEventExtractChain := []pipeline.ModuleBinding{
-		pipeline.Binding("generic/valid_json"),
-		pipeline.Binding("extract/dnd/enemy-events/shape"),
-		pipeline.Binding("extract/dnd/enemy-events/engagements"),
-		pipeline.Binding("extract/dnd/enemy-events/source_refs"),
-		pipeline.Binding("generic/valid_json_schema"),
-		pipeline.Binding("extract/dnd/enemy-events/source_relatedness"),
-	}
-	if got := registries.ValidatorChains.Validators(pipeline.StageExtract, enemyeventextract.Key); !reflect.DeepEqual(got, enemyEventExtractChain) {
-		t.Fatalf("enemy event extract validator chain = %#v, want %#v", got, enemyEventExtractChain)
-	}
-
 	catalog := catalogFromRegistries(registries)
 	for _, test := range []struct {
 		stage pipeline.ModuleStage
@@ -281,13 +211,6 @@ func TestProductionCatalogCoversMaintainedConfigurations(t *testing.T) {
 	if !ok || enemyEventCodecSpec.Kind != dnd.EnemyEventListKind || enemyEventCodecSpec.Schema.ID != enemyeventcodec.SchemaID {
 		t.Fatalf("enemy event codec spec = %#v, ok=%t, want typed D&D enemy-event codec", enemyEventCodecSpec, ok)
 	}
-	if got := catalog.ValidatorChains.Validators(pipeline.StageExtract, spells.Key); !reflect.DeepEqual(got, wantChain) {
-		t.Fatalf("catalog validator chain = %#v, want %#v", got, wantChain)
-	}
-	if got := catalog.ValidatorChains.Validators(pipeline.StageNormalize, spellnormalize.Key); !reflect.DeepEqual(got, wantChain) {
-		t.Fatalf("catalog spell normalize validator chain = %#v, want %#v", got, wantChain)
-	}
-
 }
 
 func TestDefaultCLICompositionValidatesRepresentativeConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/internal/modules/dnd/npcs/registry/registry.go b/internal/modules/dnd/npcs/registry/registry.go
index a8fd6c4..e49676f 100644
--- a/internal/modules/dnd/npcs/registry/registry.go
+++ b/internal/modules/dnd/npcs/registry/registry.go
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ func (r *Registry) NPCs() []dnd.NPC {
 	return cloneNPCs(r.list.NPCs)
 }
 
-// List returns a defensive copy of the validated NPC list.
+// List returns a defensive copy of the validated NPC registry entries.
 func (r *Registry) List() dnd.NPCRegistry {
 	if r == nil {
 		return dnd.NPCRegistry{}
diff --git a/internal/modules/dnd/register/modules.go b/internal/modules/dnd/register/modules.go
index 3303fa1..6088f95 100644
--- a/internal/modules/dnd/register/modules.go
+++ b/internal/modules/dnd/register/modules.go
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func registerModules(registries pipeline.Registries) error {
 		{name: "spell-list appendorder merger", register: func() error {
 			return appendorder.RegisterTyped(registries.Mergers, dnd.SpellListKind, appendSpellLists)
 		}},
-		{name: "npc-list appendorder merger", register: func() error {
+		{name: "npc registry appendorder merger", register: func() error {
 			return appendorder.RegisterTyped(registries.Mergers, dnd.NPCRegistryKind, appendNPCRegistries)
 		}},
 		{name: "combat-turn-list appendorder merger", register: func() error {
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ func registerModules(registries pipeline.Registries) error {
 		{name: "spell-list noop normalizer", register: func() error {
 			return noop.RegisterTyped[dnd.SpellList](registries.Normalizers, dnd.SpellListKind)
 		}},
-		{name: "npc-list noop normalizer", register: func() error {
+		{name: "npc registry noop normalizer", register: func() error {
 			return noop.RegisterTyped[dnd.NPCRegistry](registries.Normalizers, dnd.NPCRegistryKind)
 		}},
 		{name: "combat-turn-list noop normalizer", register: func() error {
diff --git a/internal/modules/dnd/register/register_test.go b/internal/modules/dnd/register/register_test.go
index 40aa289..b725945 100644
--- a/internal/modules/dnd/register/register_test.go
+++ b/internal/modules/dnd/register/register_test.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package register
 import (
 	"io/fs"
 	"reflect"
-	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -324,18 +323,6 @@ func TestRegisterAddsDNDFamily(t *testing.T) {
 	if got := registries.ValidatorChains.Validators(pipeline.StageMerge, occurrenceextract.Key); got != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("NPC occurrence merge validator chain = %#v, want absent", got)
 	}
-	assertAssetNamesContain(t, assets.SchemaFS, []string{
-		"dnd_scenes_llm.v1.json",
-		"dnd_spells_llm.v1.json",
-		"dnd_npc_registry_llm.v1.json",
-		"dnd_combat_turns_llm.v1.json",
-		"dnd_enemy_events_llm.v1.json",
-		"dnd_item_occurrences_llm.v1.json",
-		"dnd_npc_occurrences_llm.v1.json",
-		"dnd_scene_descriptions_llm.v1.json",
-		"dnd_location_registry_llm.v1.json",
-		"dnd_location_occurrences_llm.v1.json",
-	})
 	if spec, ok := registries.Chunkers.Spec("dnd/scenes"); !ok || spec.Key != "dnd/scenes" {
 		t.Fatalf("scene chunker spec = %#v, present = %t; want family-owned spec", spec, ok)
 	}
@@ -346,10 +333,10 @@ func TestRegisterAddsDNDFamily(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("spell normalizer spec = %#v, present = %t; want dnd spell-list artifact", spec, ok)
 	}
 	if spec, ok := registries.Extractors.Spec(npcextract.Key); !ok || spec.ArtifactKind != dnd.NPCRegistryKind {
-		t.Fatalf("NPC extractor spec = %#v, present = %t; want dnd NPC-list artifact", spec, ok)
+		t.Fatalf("NPC extractor spec = %#v, present = %t; want D&D NPC registry artifact", spec, ok)
 	}
 	if spec, ok := registries.Normalizers.Spec(npcnormalize.Key); !ok || spec.ArtifactKind != dnd.NPCRegistryKind || spec.Stage != pipeline.StageNormalize {
-		t.Fatalf("NPC normalizer spec = %#v, present = %t; want dnd NPC-list artifact", spec, ok)
+		t.Fatalf("NPC normalizer spec = %#v, present = %t; want D&D NPC registry artifact", spec, ok)
 	}
 	if spec, ok := registries.Extractors.Spec(combatextract.Key); !ok || spec.ArtifactKind != dnd.CombatTurnListKind {
 		t.Fatalf("combat extractor spec = %#v, present = %t; want dnd combat-turn-list artifact", spec, ok)
@@ -862,30 +849,3 @@ func assertContainsArtifactKinds(t *testing.T, got, want []contracts.ArtifactKin
 		}
 	}
 }
-
-func assertAssetNamesContain(t *testing.T, getFS func() (fs.FS, error), want []string) {
-	t.Helper()
-	fSys, err := getFS()
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("asset filesystem error = %v, want nil", err)
-	}
-	var got []string
-	if err := fs.WalkDir(fSys, ".", func(path string, entry fs.DirEntry, err error) error {
-		if err == nil && !entry.IsDir() {
-			got = append(got, path)
-		}
-		return err
-	}); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("walk assets: %v", err)
-	}
-	sort.Strings(got)
-	seen := make(map[string]struct{}, len(got))
-	for _, name := range got {
-		seen[name] = struct{}{}
-	}
-	for _, name := range want {
-		if _, ok := seen[name]; !ok {
-			t.Fatalf("asset names = %#v, want required asset %q", got, name)
-		}
-	}
-}
diff --git a/internal/modules/dnd/register/validators.go b/internal/modules/dnd/register/validators.go
index 10d13ff..5a9d0b3 100644
--- a/internal/modules/dnd/register/validators.go
+++ b/internal/modules/dnd/register/validators.go
@@ -103,10 +103,10 @@ func registerValidators(registries pipeline.Registries) error {
 		{name: "spell-list always reject validator", register: func() error {
 			return alwaysreject.RegisterTyped[dnd.SpellList](registries.Validators, dnd.SpellListKind)
 		}},
-		{name: "npc-list always accept validator", register: func() error {
+		{name: "npc registry always accept validator", register: func() error {
 			return alwaysaccept.RegisterTyped[dnd.NPCRegistry](registries.Validators, dnd.NPCRegistryKind)
 		}},
-		{name: "npc-list always reject validator", register: func() error {
+		{name: "npc registry always reject validator", register: func() error {
 			return alwaysreject.RegisterTyped[dnd.NPCRegistry](registries.Validators, dnd.NPCRegistryKind)
 		}},
 		{name: "combat-turn-list always accept validator", register: func() error {
diff --git a/internal/modules/dnd/validate/npcoccurrences/invariants/validator.go b/internal/modules/dnd/validate/npcoccurrences/invariants/validator.go
index 440e9c1..b27feca 100644
--- a/internal/modules/dnd/validate/npcoccurrences/invariants/validator.go
+++ b/internal/modules/dnd/validate/npcoccurrences/invariants/validator.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	Key        = "normalize/dnd/npc-occurrences/invariants"
-	ReasonCode = "invalid_npc_interaction_normalization"
+	ReasonCode = "invalid_npc_occurrence_normalization"
 	policy     = "dnd.npc_occurrences.validator.normalized.v1"
 )
 
diff --git a/internal/modules/dnd/validate/npcoccurrences/registry/validator.go b/internal/modules/dnd/validate/npcoccurrences/registry/validator.go
index 5047aba..50cc507 100644
--- a/internal/modules/dnd/validate/npcoccurrences/registry/validator.go
+++ b/internal/modules/dnd/validate/npcoccurrences/registry/validator.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	Key        = "extract/dnd/npc-occurrences/registry"
-	ReasonCode = "invalid_npc_interaction_registry"
+	ReasonCode = "invalid_npc_occurrence_registry"
 	policy     = "dnd.npc_occurrences.validator.registry.v1"
 )
 
diff --git a/internal/modules/dnd/validate/npcoccurrences/shape/validator.go b/internal/modules/dnd/validate/npcoccurrences/shape/validator.go
index 4e2137a..099ae1b 100644
--- a/internal/modules/dnd/validate/npcoccurrences/shape/validator.go
+++ b/internal/modules/dnd/validate/npcoccurrences/shape/validator.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	Key        = "extract/dnd/npc-occurrences/shape"
-	ReasonCode = "invalid_npc_interaction_shape"
+	ReasonCode = "invalid_npc_occurrence_shape"
 	policy     = "dnd.npc_occurrences.validator.shape.v1"
 )
 
diff --git a/internal/modules/dnd/validate/npcoccurrences/source_refs/validator.go b/internal/modules/dnd/validate/npcoccurrences/source_refs/validator.go
index 489937f..49f0954 100644
--- a/internal/modules/dnd/validate/npcoccurrences/source_refs/validator.go
+++ b/internal/modules/dnd/validate/npcoccurrences/source_refs/validator.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	Key        = "extract/dnd/npc-occurrences/source_refs"
-	ReasonCode = "invalid_npc_interaction_source_refs"
+	ReasonCode = "invalid_npc_occurrence_source_refs"
 	policy     = "dnd.npc_occurrences.validator.source_refs.v2"
 )
 
diff --git a/internal/modules/dnd/validate/npcoccurrences/source_relatedness/validator.go b/internal/modules/dnd/validate/npcoccurrences/source_relatedness/validator.go
index 2b7c491..ab35298 100644
--- a/internal/modules/dnd/validate/npcoccurrences/source_relatedness/validator.go
+++ b/internal/modules/dnd/validate/npcoccurrences/source_relatedness/validator.go
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	Key               = "extract/dnd/npc-occurrences/source_relatedness"
-	WarningReasonCode = "npc_interaction_not_near_source"
-	OmittedReasonCode = "npc_interaction_relatedness_warnings_omitted"
+	WarningReasonCode = "npc_occurrence_not_near_source"
+	OmittedReasonCode = "npc_occurrence_relatedness_warnings_omitted"
 	policy            = "dnd.npc_occurrences.validator.source_relatedness.v2"
 )
 
diff --git a/internal/modules/dnd/validate/npcregistry/identity/validator.go b/internal/modules/dnd/validate/npcregistry/identity/validator.go
index b486743..5ec022a 100644
--- a/internal/modules/dnd/validate/npcregistry/identity/validator.go
+++ b/internal/modules/dnd/validate/npcregistry/identity/validator.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Package identity validates the stable identity invariants of D&D NPC lists.
+// Package identity validates the stable identity invariants of D&D NPC registries.
 package identity
 
 import (