Claude Opus 4.8 resolved a continuity collision where antagonist Vorlag collided with a fallen loyalist character. The rename to Gael was applied retroactively through chapter 2,335 with Vorlag kept only as a historical backreference in chapters 2337 and 2339. Gael serves as the present-tense antagonist in chapters 2341, 2343, and 2347, maintaining narrative coherence.