{
  "id": "underworld",
  "title": "Underworld",
  "description": "Selene’s vampire–Lycan history, from medieval origins through modern purges: all five films, Endless War’s three periods, licensed novels, comics and game scenarios. Retellings share story positions; contradictory origins and uncertain calendar arithmetic stay labelled.",
  "continuities": [
    {
      "id": "shared",
      "label": "Films, tie-ins & connected variants",
      "note": "One inclusive chronology. Blood Enemy and Red in Tooth and Claw contain incompatible origin details, retained with visible status labels rather than silently treated as film facts. The later calendar has competing interpretations; relative sequence and the twelve-year captivity are firmer than exact modern years."
    }
  ],
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    {
      "id": "evolution-prologue",
      "title": "Evolution — William’s capture prologue",
      "type": "Film segment",
      "date": "1202",
      "order": 1202,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "2006",
      "description": "The vampire elders confront William and his werewolves.",
      "note": "Optional opening flashback, not the date of Selene and Michael’s later escape. Year reported from the film opening; not directly frame-inspected here.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "evolution",
        "timeline"
      ],
      "continuity": "shared",
      "railLabel": "1202",
      "segment": true,
      "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": false,
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000F6IOBQ",
      "productName": "Underworld Evolution — Special Edition fullscreen DVD",
      "productMatch": "Studio-linked corresponding film; actual listing specifies Special Edition, Fullscreen. Not described as Blu-ray.",
      "actionLabel": "View on Amazon",
      "storyGroup": "evolution-prologue"
    },
    {
      "id": "blood-enemy-past",
      "title": "Blood Enemy — Lucian & Sonja’s earlier story",
      "type": "Novel segment",
      "date": "1202 (reported novel chronology)",
      "order": 1202.1,
      "canon": "Non-canon connected",
      "release": "2004",
      "description": "A forbidden relationship and betrayal ignite this novel’s version of the feud.",
      "note": "Optional past narrative from the same book. Its 1202 origin and Lucian’s background conflict with the later screen prequel; retained openly as a connected prose variant.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "blood-book",
        "blood-plot"
      ],
      "continuity": "shared",
      "railLabel": "1202",
      "segment": true,
      "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": false,
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/0743480724",
      "productName": "Blood Enemy — Greg Cox paperback",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding official edition. Confirm platform, language and edition at the retailer; stock is not asserted.",
      "actionLabel": "View on Amazon",
      "storyGroup": "blood-enemy-past"
    },
    {
      "id": "red-tooth",
      "title": "Underworld: Red in Tooth and Claw #1–3",
      "type": "Comic",
      "date": "est. 1370s; Raze’s earlier life",
      "order": 1376,
      "canon": "Disputed canon",
      "release": "2004",
      "description": "Koro’s African community is drawn into a supernatural war.",
      "note": "Continuous three-issue prequel run. Summaries disagree between 1373 and 1379; the decade is retained. Raze’s origin differs from Rise of the Lycans. No legal readable issue interiors found; the precise caption remains unverified.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "red-library",
        "red-issues",
        "red-period"
      ],
      "continuity": "shared",
      "railLabel": "est. 1370s",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Evidence-based estimate",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": true,
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/1932382267",
      "productName": "Underworld — IDW 2004 collected paperback",
      "productMatch": "Closest verified containing collection: original movie adaptation plus Red in Tooth and Claw, 122 pages. Not the later Movie Trilogy volume. Stock and seller condition not asserted.",
      "actionLabel": "View on Amazon",
      "storyGroup": "red-tooth"
    },
    {
      "id": "rise-film",
      "title": "Underworld: Rise of the Lycans",
      "type": "Film",
      "date": "est. 1402 main story; earlier origin scenes",
      "order": 1402,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "2009",
      "description": "Lucian and Sonja rebel against Viktor’s rule.",
      "note": "The calendar anchor comes from the licensed novel chronology, secondarily documented. Film premise establishes a centuries-earlier prequel; exact opening childhood years remain unverified.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "rise",
        "rise-book",
        "timeline"
      ],
      "continuity": "shared",
      "railLabel": "est. 1402",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Evidence-based estimate",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": true,
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001HN697M",
      "productName": "Underworld: Rise of the Lycans — DVD",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding studio-linked movie edition, title checked on Amazon.",
      "actionLabel": "View on Amazon",
      "storyGroup": "rise"
    },
    {
      "id": "rise-novel",
      "title": "Underworld: Rise of the Lycans — Greg Cox novelization",
      "type": "Novel",
      "date": "1402 main story (reported novel date)",
      "order": 1402,
      "canon": "Licensed retelling",
      "release": "2008 paperback / 2009 eBook",
      "description": "The official prose rendition expands the revolt’s characters and history.",
      "note": "Same story position as the film, not its later eBook publication year. Complete novel interior not accessed; reported printed year distinguished from film inference.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "rise-book",
        "author",
        "timeline"
      ],
      "continuity": "shared",
      "railLabel": "1402",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": false,
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001NLKXI4",
      "productName": "Rise of the Lycans — Greg Cox Kindle edition",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding official edition. Confirm platform, language and edition at the retailer; stock is not asserted.",
      "actionLabel": "View on Amazon",
      "storyGroup": "rise"
    },
    {
      "id": "rise-comic",
      "title": "Underworld: Rise of the Lycans #1–2",
      "type": "Comic",
      "date": "est. 1402; source-story position",
      "order": 1402,
      "canon": "Licensed retelling",
      "release": "2008",
      "description": "Two-issue comic adaptation of Lucian’s revolt.",
      "note": "Direct adaptation grouped beside film and novel. Readable legal interior unavailable; additional panels are not assigned new years.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "idw-library",
        "rise"
      ],
      "continuity": "shared",
      "railLabel": "est. 1402",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Evidence-based estimate",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": true,
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/1600104142",
      "productName": "Underworld Movie Trilogy — IDW paperback",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding 152-page IDW collection of the three film adaptations, including Rise #1–2. Does not contain Red in Tooth and Claw or Blood Wars.",
      "actionLabel": "View on Amazon",
      "storyGroup": "rise"
    },
    {
      "id": "endless-one",
      "title": "Underworld: Endless War — Part I",
      "type": "Animated short",
      "date": "1890",
      "order": 1890,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "2011",
      "description": "Selene hunts three Lycan brothers in Paris.",
      "note": "First Paris story; the later parts have substantial time jumps and remain separate. Date cross-checked through independent episode/period listings, not claimed as an inspected title card.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "shorts",
        "shorts-periods",
        "shorts-disc",
        "shorts-launch"
      ],
      "continuity": "shared",
      "railLabel": "1890",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": false,
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BLYLM2N",
      "productName": "Underworld Trilogy: The Essential Collection — Blu-ray",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding Essential Collection; the original set contains a separate Endless War bonus disc. Check seller contents and disc region, especially with used copies; not every trilogy/complete-series set includes it.",
      "actionLabel": "View on Amazon",
      "storyGroup": "endless-one"
    },
    {
      "id": "endless-two",
      "title": "Underworld: Endless War — Part II",
      "type": "Animated short",
      "date": "1967; 77 years after Part I",
      "order": 1967,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "2011",
      "description": "The surviving brothers disrupt a vampire ceremony.",
      "note": "Substantial jump from 1890; the animated collection’s 2011 release is not its setting.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "shorts",
        "shorts-periods",
        "shorts-disc"
      ],
      "continuity": "shared",
      "railLabel": "1967 · +77 years",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": false,
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BLYLM2N",
      "productName": "Underworld Trilogy: The Essential Collection — Blu-ray",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding Essential Collection; the original set contains a separate Endless War bonus disc. Check seller contents and disc region, especially with used copies; not every trilogy/complete-series set includes it.",
      "actionLabel": "View on Amazon",
      "storyGroup": "endless-two"
    },
    {
      "id": "blood-enemy",
      "title": "Underworld: Blood Enemy — modern framing story",
      "type": "Novel",
      "date": "est. early 2000s; shortly before Underworld",
      "order": 2002.9,
      "canon": "Non-canon connected",
      "release": "2004",
      "description": "Selene encounters a survivor of Lucian and Sonja’s past.",
      "note": "Main book sorted by its modern frame. Older 1202 narrative is an optional segment; not counted as a second book. Later films contradict important origin details, but the licensed work remains available here.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "blood-book",
        "blood-plot",
        "author"
      ],
      "continuity": "shared",
      "railLabel": "est. 2000s",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Evidence-based estimate",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": true,
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/0743480724",
      "productName": "Blood Enemy — Greg Cox paperback",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding official edition. Confirm platform, language and edition at the retailer; stock is not asserted.",
      "actionLabel": "View on Amazon",
      "storyGroup": "blood-enemy"
    },
    {
      "id": "underworld",
      "title": "Underworld — theatrical / extended versions",
      "type": "Film",
      "date": "est. 2003; contemporary first-film period",
      "order": 2003,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "2003",
      "description": "Selene’s pursuit of Michael exposes the vampire–Lycan conspiracy.",
      "note": "2003 is a working contemporary anchor, not an independently inspected calendar prop. Extended/unrated footage remains part of this story.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "film",
        "timeline"
      ],
      "continuity": "shared",
      "railLabel": "est. 2003",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Evidence-based estimate",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": true,
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M2YBZG4",
      "productName": "Underworld — 4K + Blu-ray",
      "productMatch": "Studio-linked movie edition; actual Amazon title checked. Unrated/extended material belongs to the same adventure, not a later event.",
      "actionLabel": "View on Amazon",
      "storyGroup": "first"
    },
    {
      "id": "underworld-novel",
      "title": "Underworld — Greg Cox novelization",
      "type": "Novel",
      "date": "est. 2003; first-film story position",
      "order": 2003,
      "canon": "Licensed retelling",
      "release": "2003",
      "description": "The official novel follows Selene and Michael through the first conflict.",
      "note": "Grouped with the film; added historical material is not mistaken for an extra present-day sequel.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "first-book",
        "author",
        "film"
      ],
      "continuity": "shared",
      "railLabel": "est. 2003",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Evidence-based estimate",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": true,
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/0743480716",
      "productName": "Underworld: Book 1 — Greg Cox paperback",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding official edition. Confirm platform, language and edition at the retailer; stock is not asserted.",
      "actionLabel": "View on Amazon",
      "storyGroup": "first"
    },
    {
      "id": "underworld-comic",
      "title": "Underworld — official movie adaptation",
      "type": "Comic",
      "date": "est. 2003; first-film story position",
      "order": 2003,
      "canon": "Licensed retelling",
      "release": "2003",
      "description": "Kris Oprisko adapts the opening film into comics.",
      "note": "One adaptation, available in multiple collections. Actual interior not accessible in this audit.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "idw-library",
        "red-library",
        "film"
      ],
      "continuity": "shared",
      "railLabel": "est. 2003",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Evidence-based estimate",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": true,
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/1600104142",
      "productName": "Underworld Movie Trilogy — IDW paperback",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding 152-page IDW collection of the three film adaptations, including Rise #1–2. Does not contain Red in Tooth and Claw or Blood Wars.",
      "actionLabel": "View on Amazon",
      "storyGroup": "first",
      "productLinks": [
        {
          "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/1932382267",
          "productName": "Underworld — IDW 2004 collected paperback",
          "productMatch": "Closest verified containing collection: original movie adaptation plus Red in Tooth and Claw, 122 pages. Not the later Movie Trilogy volume. Stock and seller condition not asserted.",
          "actionLabel": "View on Amazon"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "eternal-war",
      "title": "Underworld: The Eternal War",
      "type": "Game",
      "date": "est. early 2000s; first-film-inspired scenario",
      "order": 2003,
      "canon": "Non-canon connected",
      "release": "2004",
      "description": "Vampire and Lycan combat revisits the film’s conflict.",
      "note": "PS2 licensed game grouped near its source film; scenario outcomes do not establish a canonical sequel or a 2004 story date.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "eternal",
        "film"
      ],
      "continuity": "shared",
      "railLabel": "est. 2000s",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Evidence-based estimate",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": true,
      "productUrl": "https://www.gamespot.com/games/underworld-the-eternal-war/",
      "productName": "View game edition information",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding licensed PS2 game. No exact legitimate Amazon edition or authorized download verified.",
      "actionLabel": "View game edition information",
      "storyGroup": "first"
    },
    {
      "id": "mobile",
      "title": "Underworld — Microjocs / Sony Pictures Mobile game",
      "type": "Game",
      "date": "est. early 2000s; first-film adaptation period",
      "order": 2003,
      "canon": "Non-canon connected",
      "release": "2003",
      "description": "Selene confronts enemies in a licensed Java-phone adaptation.",
      "note": "Contemporary announcement verifies the license. The later archival name Vampire’s Night is a research lead, not counted as a separate story without proof. Full script unavailable.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "mobile",
        "film"
      ],
      "continuity": "shared",
      "railLabel": "est. 2000s",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Evidence-based estimate",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": true,
      "productUrl": "https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/reto-digital/ocio/2003/11/14/microjocs-crea-juego-movil-pelicula-underworld-distribucion-mundial/0003_100000041160.htm",
      "productName": "View licensed mobile-game record",
      "productMatch": "Historic game; no currently authorized download or exact Amazon product verified.",
      "actionLabel": "View licensed mobile-game record",
      "storyGroup": "first"
    },
    {
      "id": "bloodline",
      "title": "Underworld: Bloodline — licensed Half-Life mod",
      "type": "Promotional game",
      "date": "est. early 2000s; contemporary vampire–Lycan conflict",
      "order": 2003.001,
      "canon": "Promotional only",
      "release": "2003",
      "description": "Two factions compete over hybrid targets in a film-branded scenario.",
      "note": "Developer confirms Sony film tie-in and hybrid rescue/capture premise. Multiplayer objective context, not an additional canonical film campaign; no claim the first movie has multiple established hybrids.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "bloodline"
      ],
      "continuity": "shared",
      "railLabel": "est. 2000s",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Evidence-based estimate",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": true,
      "productUrl": "https://www.manke.blackwidowgames.svencoop.com/uw_bloodline.htm",
      "productName": "View developer’s original game page",
      "productMatch": "Developer page preserved on an archival host; original Sony download links may no longer function. No unrelated purchase link.",
      "actionLabel": "View developer’s original game page",
      "storyGroup": "bloodline"
    },
    {
      "id": "evolution",
      "title": "Underworld: Evolution",
      "type": "Film",
      "date": "est. 2003; directly continues the first film",
      "order": 2003.01,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "2006",
      "description": "Selene and Michael flee while Marcus pursues his family’s secrets.",
      "note": "Continuation is not dated 2006 simply because that was release year. The 1202 opening appears separately with embedded scenes enabled.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "evolution",
        "timeline"
      ],
      "continuity": "shared",
      "railLabel": "est. 2003",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Evidence-based estimate",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": true,
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000F6IOBQ",
      "productName": "Underworld Evolution — Special Edition fullscreen DVD",
      "productMatch": "Studio-linked corresponding film; actual listing specifies Special Edition, Fullscreen. Not described as Blu-ray.",
      "actionLabel": "View on Amazon",
      "storyGroup": "evolution"
    },
    {
      "id": "evolution-novel",
      "title": "Underworld: Evolution — Greg Cox novelization",
      "type": "Novel",
      "date": "est. 2003; Evolution story position",
      "order": 2003.01,
      "canon": "Licensed retelling",
      "release": "2005",
      "description": "The official prose adaptation follows Marcus’s return.",
      "note": "Same modern adventure, including historical recollections; no unsupported three-year jump after Underworld.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "evolution-book",
        "author",
        "evolution"
      ],
      "continuity": "shared",
      "railLabel": "est. 2003",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Evidence-based estimate",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": true,
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/0743480732",
      "productName": "Evolution (Underworld, Book 3) — Greg Cox paperback",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding official edition. Confirm platform, language and edition at the retailer; stock is not asserted.",
      "actionLabel": "View on Amazon",
      "storyGroup": "evolution"
    },
    {
      "id": "evolution-comic",
      "title": "Underworld: Evolution — official comic adaptation",
      "type": "Comic",
      "date": "est. 2003; Evolution story position",
      "order": 2003.01,
      "canon": "Licensed retelling",
      "release": "2005",
      "description": "A licensed comic rendition of the second film.",
      "note": "Grouped beside its source film, not after the 2008 omnibus release. Full interior comparison remains open.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "idw-library",
        "evolution"
      ],
      "continuity": "shared",
      "railLabel": "est. 2003",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Evidence-based estimate",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": true,
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/1600104142",
      "productName": "Underworld Movie Trilogy — IDW paperback",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding 152-page IDW collection of the three film adaptations, including Rise #1–2. Does not contain Red in Tooth and Claw or Blood Wars.",
      "actionLabel": "View on Amazon",
      "storyGroup": "evolution"
    },
    {
      "id": "endless-three",
      "title": "Underworld: Endless War — Part III",
      "type": "Animated short",
      "date": "2012; 45 years after Part II",
      "order": 2012,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "2011",
      "description": "Selene and Michael pursue the last Paris brother as humans become a threat.",
      "note": "The listed 2012 date conflicts with chronology charts that capture Selene in 2003 and awaken her in 2015. Keep the short at its reported period; do not silently erase it to force that calculation.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "shorts",
        "shorts-periods",
        "shorts-disc",
        "awakening"
      ],
      "continuity": "shared",
      "railLabel": "2012 · +45 years",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": false,
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BLYLM2N",
      "productName": "Underworld Trilogy: The Essential Collection — Blu-ray",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding Essential Collection; the original set contains a separate Endless War bonus disc. Check seller contents and disc region, especially with used copies; not every trilogy/complete-series set includes it.",
      "actionLabel": "View on Amazon",
      "storyGroup": "endless-three"
    },
    {
      "id": "awakening-prologue",
      "title": "Awakening — purge & capture prologue",
      "type": "Film segment",
      "date": "est. 2003–2012; twelve years before the main story",
      "order": 2012.1,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "2012",
      "description": "Human forces separate and capture Selene and Michael.",
      "note": "Optional earlier segment. The wide bound records conflicting modern anchors; if Endless War III’s 2012 pre-purge placement governs, capture follows it. No exact day/year of capture verified.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "awakening",
        "captivity",
        "shorts-periods"
      ],
      "continuity": "shared",
      "railLabel": "est. 2003–2012",
      "segment": true,
      "confidence": "Evidence-based estimate",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": true,
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00783NWB6",
      "productName": "Underworld Awakening — Blu-ray + 3D",
      "productMatch": "Actual studio-linked listing title checked; 3D playback needs compatible equipment.",
      "actionLabel": "View on Amazon",
      "storyGroup": "awakening-prologue"
    },
    {
      "id": "awakening",
      "title": "Underworld: Awakening",
      "type": "Film",
      "date": "est. 2015–2024; twelve years after capture",
      "order": 2024,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "2012",
      "description": "Selene escapes confinement and searches for Michael and Eve.",
      "note": "The twelve-year jump is well attested. 2015 follows an assumed 2003 capture; 2024 follows the 2012 animated lead-in. Neither calculation is presented as an exact film caption. Sorted after the animated lead-in and capture, with the calendar conflict explicit.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "awakening",
        "captivity",
        "shorts-periods",
        "timeline"
      ],
      "continuity": "shared",
      "railLabel": "est. 2015–2024",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Evidence-based estimate",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": true,
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00783NWB6",
      "productName": "Underworld Awakening — Blu-ray + 3D",
      "productMatch": "Actual studio-linked listing title checked; 3D playback needs compatible equipment.",
      "actionLabel": "View on Amazon",
      "storyGroup": "awakening"
    },
    {
      "id": "blood-wars",
      "title": "Underworld: Blood Wars",
      "type": "Film",
      "date": "est. 2010s–2020s or later; after Awakening",
      "order": 2024.1,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "2016 international / 2017 US",
      "description": "Selene and David face renewed threats from both factions.",
      "note": "Continues the established post-Awakening situation. No verified exact gap; the release year and uncited far-future fan claims do not establish its calendar.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "bloodwars",
        "awakening"
      ],
      "continuity": "shared",
      "railLabel": "est. 2010s–2020s+",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Evidence-based estimate",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": true,
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LTI1H4E",
      "productName": "Underworld: Blood Wars — movie edition",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding studio-linked film listing, title checked. Confirm selected format and region.",
      "actionLabel": "View on Amazon",
      "storyGroup": "blood-wars"
    },
    {
      "id": "blood-wars-comic",
      "title": "Underworld: Blood Wars — Darkstorm comic adaptation",
      "type": "Comic",
      "date": "est. 2010s–2020s or later; Blood Wars story position",
      "order": 2024.1,
      "canon": "Licensed retelling",
      "release": "2017",
      "description": "Kevin Grevioux’s comic retells the fifth film.",
      "note": "Actual four-page publisher preview inspected: Selene and David’s daughter discussion and Thomas/Semira sequence corroborate the adaptation slot. Preview lacks an exact date; this is not a claim the whole comic has no dates. Digital chapters and the print one-shot are the same narrative.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "blood-comic",
        "blood-comic-digital",
        "bloodwars"
      ],
      "continuity": "shared",
      "railLabel": "est. 2010s–2020s+",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Evidence-based estimate",
      "inspection": "Four actual publisher preview pages visually inspected; remaining interior inaccessible.",
      "estimated": true,
      "productUrl": "https://darkstormcomics.com/darkstorm-comics/underworld-blood-wars/",
      "productName": "Read official comic preview",
      "productMatch": "Matching publisher page with four legal preview pages. Legacy Comixology link is not promised to work; no unrelated comic substituted.",
      "actionLabel": "Read official comic preview",
      "storyGroup": "blood-wars"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "film",
      "title": "Sony Pictures — Underworld",
      "url": "https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/underworld",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Modern-day premise and corresponding purchase destinations. 2003 in the page header is release metadata, not independent proof of a fictional date."
    },
    {
      "id": "evolution",
      "title": "Sony Pictures — Evolution",
      "url": "https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/underworldevolution",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Sequel with Selene and Michael; its 2006 release is not a three-year gap in their continuing escape."
    },
    {
      "id": "rise",
      "title": "Sony Pictures — Rise of the Lycans",
      "url": "https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/underworldriseofthelycans",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Official Dark Ages prequel premise. CMS header displays 2012 but copyright is 2009; release cross-check uses 2009, not that mismatched page field."
    },
    {
      "id": "awakening",
      "title": "Sony Pictures — Awakening",
      "url": "https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/underworldawakening",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Human extermination campaign and Selene’s continuing story. Does not state a reliable exact fictional calendar year."
    },
    {
      "id": "bloodwars",
      "title": "Sony Pictures — Blood Wars",
      "url": "https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/underworldbloodwars",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Selene, David and Thomas continue after Awakening. US release 2017, international release 2016; neither automatically supplies a story year."
    },
    {
      "id": "author",
      "title": "Greg Cox — official author bibliography",
      "url": "https://www.gregcox-author.com/",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Author confirms official novelizations of the first three Underworld films."
    },
    {
      "id": "rise-book",
      "title": "Pocket Books — Rise of the Lycans",
      "url": "https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Underworld-Rise-of-the-Lycans/Greg-Cox/9781439155936",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Publisher synopsis, 352 pages, eBook ISBN 9781439155936 and exact Amazon Kindle B001NLKXI4 checked. LOOK opened but did not expose readable story pages; not claimed as a full interior inspection."
    },
    {
      "id": "first-book",
      "title": "Google Books — Underworld licensed novel metadata",
      "url": "https://books.google.com/books/about/Underworld.html?id=nRbs0_-ONLIC",
      "kind": "Publisher-supplied bibliography",
      "note": "Simon & Schuster edition ISBN 9780743480710. Fictional calendar and flashbacks not inferred from the 2003 publication year."
    },
    {
      "id": "evolution-book",
      "title": "Google Books — Evolution edition",
      "url": "https://books.google.com/books/about/Underworld_Evolution.html?hl=en&id=2A8iAAAACAAJ",
      "kind": "Publisher-supplied bibliography",
      "note": "Greg Cox / Pocket Star novelization identified; no complete readable interior inspected."
    },
    {
      "id": "blood-book",
      "title": "British National Bibliography — Blood Enemy",
      "url": "https://obnb.uk/p6935071-underworld-blood-enemy",
      "kind": "Bibliographic",
      "note": "Film tie-in, Pocket 2004, ISBN 0743480724; distinct from the original film novelization."
    },
    {
      "id": "blood-plot",
      "title": "Blood Enemy — story and contradiction cross-check",
      "url": "https://underworld.fandom.com/wiki/Blood_Enemy",
      "kind": "Secondary",
      "note": "Article read in browser: ancient story 1202, modern framing shortly before Underworld; competing Sonja/Lucian origins described. Actual novel interior unavailable."
    },
    {
      "id": "timeline",
      "title": "Underworld chronology — referenced calendar cross-check",
      "url": "https://underworld.fandom.com/wiki/Timeline",
      "kind": "Secondary",
      "note": "Read in browser. 1402 attributed to official novelization; 2003 modern anchor is approximate. Unsupported four-century Blood Wars claim is not adopted. Calendar disputes do not replace established story relationships."
    },
    {
      "id": "shorts",
      "title": "Endless War — three-part story inventory",
      "url": "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2381375/episodes/",
      "kind": "Secondary",
      "note": "Parts I/II/III identified as 1890/1967/2012. Date statements cross-checked against TV Guide; original short title cards not directly inspected."
    },
    {
      "id": "shorts-periods",
      "title": "TV Guide — Endless War period synopsis",
      "url": "https://www.tvguide.com/movies/underworld-endless-war/2060169570/",
      "kind": "Secondary",
      "note": "Three Paris periods independently listed: 1890, 1967 and 2012. Listing is not itself a free playable copy."
    },
    {
      "id": "shorts-disc",
      "title": "DVD Talk — Essential Collection disc inspection",
      "url": "https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/54878/underworld-the-essential-collection/",
      "kind": "Disc inspection / secondary",
      "note": "Contemporaneous review identifies the separate Endless War bonus Blu-ray. Use a containing edition, not an unrelated feature-film-only set."
    },
    {
      "id": "shorts-launch",
      "title": "Starburst — Endless War release and official promotional clips",
      "url": "https://www.starburstmagazine.com/movie-news-see-new-trailer-clips-for-underworld-anime-endless-war/",
      "kind": "Contemporary trade coverage",
      "note": "Contemporaneous December 2011 home-video promotion; linked trailer/clips are not mistaken for a verified full legal stream."
    },
    {
      "id": "captivity",
      "title": "Fangoria — Awakening twelve-year jump",
      "url": "https://www.fangoria.com/review-underworld-awakening/",
      "kind": "Contemporary review",
      "note": "Contemporaneous review explicitly describes the prologue followed by a twelve-year jump; does not assign an exact modern year."
    },
    {
      "id": "idw-library",
      "title": "Michigan State University — IDW Underworld holdings",
      "url": "https://comics.lib.msu.edu/rri/irri/idwu.htm",
      "kind": "Bibliographic",
      "note": "Library record identifies Underworld Movie Trilogy contents: original adaptation, Evolution and Rise of the Lycans #1–2. This is not a claim to have viewed those interiors."
    },
    {
      "id": "red-library",
      "title": "Library contents — Underworld / Red in Tooth and Claw",
      "url": "https://openlibrary.org/works/OL5759933W/Underworld?edition=key%3A%2Fbooks%2FOL3329277M",
      "kind": "Bibliographic",
      "note": "2004 IDW 122-page collected edition, ISBN 1932382267, contains original adaptation and Red in Tooth and Claw. Amazon title checked; no readable sample control available."
    },
    {
      "id": "red-issues",
      "title": "Grand Comics Database — Red in Tooth and Claw issue inventory",
      "url": "https://www.comics.org/creator_name/105578/sequences/",
      "kind": "Bibliographic",
      "note": "Three issues indexed with 24/22/22-page stories. Do not copy an unsourced four-issue count from other lists. Legal full interiors unlocated."
    },
    {
      "id": "red-period",
      "title": "Red in Tooth and Claw — period cross-check",
      "url": "https://atomicavenue.com/atomic/TitleDetail.aspx?M=1&TitleID=11033",
      "kind": "Secondary / retail synopsis",
      "note": "Retail synopsis gives around 1379; other summaries give 1373. Use the supported 1370s range pending original caption inspection. Contradicts Rise’s treatment of Raze’s origin."
    },
    {
      "id": "blood-comic",
      "title": "Darkstorm — Blood Wars comic and legal preview",
      "url": "https://darkstormcomics.com/darkstorm-comics/underworld-blood-wars/",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Actual four publisher preview pages visually inspected. Selene and David discuss her missing daughter; Thomas visits Semira; opening scene parallels film. No exact calendar appears in these four pages; unread remainder is not declared undated."
    },
    {
      "id": "blood-comic-digital",
      "title": "Comic Vine — Blood Wars digital/print edition relationship",
      "url": "https://comicvine.gamespot.com/underworld-blood-wars/4050-98942/",
      "kind": "Bibliographic",
      "note": "Digital chapters belong to the print one-shot; do not count those release formats as extra stories."
    },
    {
      "id": "eternal",
      "title": "GameSpot — The Eternal War release record",
      "url": "https://www.gamespot.com/games/underworld-the-eternal-war/",
      "kind": "Release bibliography",
      "note": "Licensed film-based PS2 game, 2004; inventory and source-film relationship, not evidence of a 2004 fictional sequel."
    },
    {
      "id": "mobile",
      "title": "Contemporary Microjocs / Sony Pictures Mobile announcement",
      "url": "https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/reto-digital/ocio/2003/11/14/microjocs-crea-juego-movil-pelicula-underworld-distribucion-mundial/0003_100000041160.htm",
      "kind": "Contemporary industry report",
      "note": "November 2003 report identifies Microjocs adaptation and Sony Pictures Mobile publication. Historic J2ME game, no currently authorized download verified."
    },
    {
      "id": "bloodline",
      "title": "Black Widow Games — Underworld Bloodline developer page",
      "url": "https://www.manke.blackwidowgames.svencoop.com/uw_bloodline.htm",
      "kind": "Primary developer page / archival host",
      "note": "Developer-authored page read: based on Sony’s film, team-play mod, Big Spaceship / Black Widow credits, hybrid-target objective. Primary page preserved on a mirror; original Sony downloads are legacy links."
    },
    {
      "id": "amazon-first",
      "title": "Amazon US — Underworld — 4K + Blu-ray",
      "url": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M2YBZG4",
      "kind": "Retail edition",
      "note": "Actual listing title checked against studio/publisher/library edition identification on October 20, 2026. Current price, seller condition and stock not asserted."
    },
    {
      "id": "amazon-evolution",
      "title": "Amazon US — Evolution — Special Edition Fullscreen",
      "url": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000F6IOBQ",
      "kind": "Retail edition",
      "note": "Actual listing title checked against studio/publisher/library edition identification on October 20, 2026. Current price, seller condition and stock not asserted."
    },
    {
      "id": "amazon-rise",
      "title": "Amazon US — Rise of the Lycans",
      "url": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001HN697M",
      "kind": "Retail edition",
      "note": "Actual listing title checked against studio/publisher/library edition identification on October 20, 2026. Current price, seller condition and stock not asserted."
    },
    {
      "id": "amazon-awakening",
      "title": "Amazon US — Awakening — Blu-ray + 3D",
      "url": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00783NWB6",
      "kind": "Retail edition",
      "note": "Actual listing title checked against studio/publisher/library edition identification on October 20, 2026. Current price, seller condition and stock not asserted."
    },
    {
      "id": "amazon-blood",
      "title": "Amazon US — Blood Wars",
      "url": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LTI1H4E",
      "kind": "Retail edition",
      "note": "Actual listing title checked against studio/publisher/library edition identification on October 20, 2026. Current price, seller condition and stock not asserted."
    },
    {
      "id": "amazon-shorts",
      "title": "Amazon US — Trilogy: The Essential Collection",
      "url": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BLYLM2N",
      "kind": "Retail edition",
      "note": "Actual listing title checked against studio/publisher/library edition identification on October 20, 2026. Current price, seller condition and stock not asserted."
    },
    {
      "id": "amazon-idw",
      "title": "Amazon US — Underworld Movie Trilogy",
      "url": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/1600104142",
      "kind": "Retail edition",
      "note": "Actual listing title checked against studio/publisher/library edition identification on October 20, 2026. Current price, seller condition and stock not asserted."
    },
    {
      "id": "amazon-red",
      "title": "Amazon US — Underworld — 2004 IDW collection",
      "url": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/1932382267",
      "kind": "Retail edition",
      "note": "Actual listing title checked against studio/publisher/library edition identification on October 20, 2026. Current price, seller condition and stock not asserted."
    },
    {
      "id": "amazon-book",
      "title": "Amazon US — Underworld: Book 1",
      "url": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/0743480716",
      "kind": "Retail edition",
      "note": "Actual listing title checked against studio/publisher/library edition identification on October 20, 2026. Current price, seller condition and stock not asserted."
    },
    {
      "id": "amazon-enemy",
      "title": "Amazon US — Blood Enemy: Book 2",
      "url": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/0743480724",
      "kind": "Retail edition",
      "note": "Actual listing title checked against studio/publisher/library edition identification on October 20, 2026. Current price, seller condition and stock not asserted."
    },
    {
      "id": "amazon-evo-book",
      "title": "Amazon US — Evolution: Book 3",
      "url": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/0743480732",
      "kind": "Retail edition",
      "note": "Actual listing title checked against studio/publisher/library edition identification on October 20, 2026. Current price, seller condition and stock not asserted."
    },
    {
      "id": "amazon-rise-book",
      "title": "Amazon US — Rise of the Lycans — Kindle",
      "url": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001NLKXI4",
      "kind": "Retail edition",
      "note": "Actual listing title checked against studio/publisher/library edition identification on October 20, 2026. Current price, seller condition and stock not asserted."
    }
  ],
  "scope": [
    {
      "title": "Five films, variants and collected editions",
      "type": "Edition inventory",
      "status": "Reviewed",
      "note": "All five released features included. Extended, unrated, 3D, UHD and collected editions do not become additional sequels. Films have three licensed Greg Cox novelizations; no unverified Awakening/Blood Wars novelizations invented.",
      "sources": [
        "film",
        "evolution",
        "rise",
        "awakening",
        "bloodwars",
        "author"
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Licensed print inventory",
      "type": "Comic / novel",
      "status": "Reviewed with interior gaps",
      "note": "IDW first-film adaptation, Red #1–3, Evolution, Rise #1–2 and Darkstorm Blood Wars accounted for; four Cox books. The Complete Underworld / Movie Trilogy collections are containers. No fourth Red issue counted without an issue record.",
      "sources": [
        "idw-library",
        "red-library",
        "red-issues",
        "blood-comic",
        "blood-book"
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Trailers, music videos, planned television and Blade crossover",
      "type": "Promotion / unproduced work",
      "status": "Not additional verified narratives",
      "note": "Montages/trailers reuse existing scenes. No completed official TV series or Blade crossover verified. Music and behind-the-scenes material are not fictional chronological events.",
      "sources": [
        "film",
        "author"
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Audio editions and historical promotional web material",
      "type": "Audio / web",
      "status": "Further inventory check open",
      "note": "No distinct licensed audio drama verified. Future research may identify spoken adaptations or lost original web stories; do not fabricate them or assume an inaccessible old website contains none.",
      "sources": [
        "author",
        "bloodline"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "audit": {
    "checked": "2026-10-20",
    "status": "Research edition — verification gaps disclosed",
    "checks": [
      "Research table saved before page generation, then reviewed against five studio film pages, author/publisher bibliography, two distinct IDW collections, issue inventory, three animation periods and three licensed game contexts.",
      "Every indexed work has a date/period, status, placement reason and corresponding product or legal information/preview destination. No release-year sorting disguised as story chronology.",
      "Film, novel and comic retellings grouped at 1402, contemporary Underworld, Evolution and Blood Wars positions. Actual 1890/1967/2012 animation jumps stay separate; long continuous comic runs stay compact.",
      "Blood Enemy’s 1202 past and incompatible Lucian origin retained as a connected variant. Red’s 1373/1379 disagreement bounded to the 1370s; Raze-origin contradiction visible.",
      "Twelve-year captivity preserved while the 2012 short / conventional 2015 Awakening arithmetic conflict is explicit. No unsupported exact Blood Wars year or four-century jump adopted.",
      "Actual legal Darkstorm preview pages inspected, not just summaries. No accessible legal full IDW interiors found; no unauthorized scans used. Publisher novel LOOK control checked but did not expose readable story pages.",
      "Amazon product titles verified, formats qualified. Essential Collection used for the shorts, with bonus-disc caution; IDW Movie Trilogy explicitly excludes Red and Blood Wars. Marketplace routing uses existing verified IDs."
    ],
    "gaps": [
      "Full IDW comic interiors, all novel chapters and original animated date cards still need direct inspection. Exact added scenes and internal jumps are not certified.",
      "Modern capture/awakening calendar anchors conflict; only the twelve-year interval and broad order are firm. The range is an editorial bracket, not a printed exact date.",
      "Historical mobile-game script and PS2 mission chronology remain inaccessible. Promotional mod has objective context, not a newly verified single-player story. Original Sony download links are obsolete.",
      "Essential Collection title is verified; buyers should check bonus-disc inclusion and regional compatibility for the particular seller copy. No price/availability promise.",
      "This audit covers identified official narrative works, with lost web/audio/promotion inventory open; it is not a claim every inaccessible tie-in page has been read."
    ],
    "publishReady": true
  }
}