diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Follows [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/) · versioned wi
## [Unreleased]
### Changed
+- **Character library namespace migration.** SQLite-backed character persistence, identity merging, image updates, and
+ rendering now use a private scope with explicit compatibility exports and a `window.TTVC.characters` API.
- **Studio namespace migration.** Four-phase navigation, DOM borrowing, resume state, and cast-footer coordination now
use a private scope with explicit compatibility exports and a tested `window.TTVC.studio` surface.
- **Rehearser cast namespace migration.** Cast view rendering, filtering, sorting, and delegated controls now use a
diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index c5adda5..f5ecdac 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -124,9 +124,9 @@ architecture change: the larger Audiobook/Rehearser/style split.
voice design, I/O, library, stage, and recording blocks plus Audiobook casting, preview, export, and feature styles
are isolated. Core Reader state and compatibility event wiring remain ordered in the legacy entry points.
- [x] Extract Rehearser stage display and cast-sidebar controls into `rehearser-stage.js`.
-- [ ] Replace broad globals with namespaces such as `window.TTVC.audiobook`; pure leaves, Audiobook state/core modules,
- Reader, and Rehearser state modules now use private scopes with explicit compatibility exports. Remaining utility and
- library modules still require the same responsibility-by-responsibility migration.
+- [ ] Replace broad globals with namespaces such as `window.TTVC.audiobook`; pure leaves, Audiobook/Reader/Rehearser
+ feature modules, Studio, and character-library persistence now use private scopes with explicit compatibility exports.
+ Remaining utility and legacy library UI modules still require the same responsibility-by-responsibility migration.
- [x] Generate the feature-module list for `loader.js` and `scripts/minify.mjs` from one shared manifest;
larger responsibility splits remain.
- [x] Add a dependency-free frontend syntax and top-level declaration collision gate (`npm run check:frontend`);
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 0e70316..3dacc6b 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.24.72
+1.24.73
diff --git a/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md b/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md
index c701594..acbd066 100644
--- a/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md
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@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ Done incrementally as global-scope ordered files (no ES-module change needed)
- ✅ Rehearser voice-design uses a private scope with explicit development and backend-refresh compatibility exports.
- ✅ Rehearser cast rendering uses a private scope with explicit view/filter/sort compatibility exports.
- ✅ Studio navigation and DOM-borrowing coordination use a private scope with explicit compatibility exports.
+- ✅ Character library persistence and rendering use a private scope with explicit identity/image compatibility exports.
- ✅ `static/css/resource-diagnostics.css` — isolated Performance/resource diagnostic panel styles.
- ✅ `static/css/background-jobs.css` — isolated background-job history and retry-panel styles.
- ✅ `static/css/voice-design.css` — isolated Voice Design form, samples, and preview-match styles.
diff --git a/static/index.html b/static/index.html
index 64487a8..f73127b 100644
--- a/static/index.html
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