{"id": "card_n_1892dd45b108", "kind": "note", "title": "Javert", "body": "Inspector who has built his whole identity on the law as an absolute; cannot integrate the mercy Valjean shows him by sparing his life; the order of his world collapses; throws himself into the Seine.\n\nFailure mode: Law without grace becomes its own idol; cannot survive grace.\n\nRestoration path: Could have received the mercy as a revision of the order rather than its end.\n\nMarkers: law-and-order as identity; relentless pursuit of one figure; spared by the one he pursued; cannot integrate the mercy; ends his own life rather than be remade\n\n— Javert, Hugo, Les Misérables (Literature)", "source": {"label": "Archetype — Literature", "url": "", "ref": "Hugo, Les Misérables", "authority_tier": "reference"}, "shelf": "reference", "box": "archetypes", "bands": ["archetype", "disqualified", "literature"], "connections": [], "author": "engine", "created_at": "2026-07-10T21:00:05.284658+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-10T21:00:05.284658+00:00", "visibility": "public", "lifecycle_stage": "public", "volatility": "permanent", "surface": "secular", "metrics": {"paperclips_count": 0, "helpful_count": 0, "not_helpful_count": 0, "cite_count": 0, "walks_through_count": 0, "flagged_count": 0}, "source_hash": "e4d00333a1244220bb5bccee211be3badb9e45ace3ecadabf587cbd2c1a175dc"}