Names that are named — and why.
Real names appear in Veli Studies only where a published non-violent posture (cleric, journalist, lawyer, doctor, vigil-keeper) is documented by at least one Tier-A source. Each figure carries a Cite-ID resolving to a public citation panel.
Twelve-day fast for five demands raised to the Indian state.
Non-violent basis · Named here strictly in his published, non-violent posture: a hunger strike with publicly tabled civil demands, conducted in front of the public, ending in death without retaliation.
Anatomist, human-rights co-author, killed for telling all sides the truth.
Non-violent basis · Co-author of The Broken Palmyra (1990), a Tier-A multi-source critique of every armed actor of her time. Her instrument was a book and a university classroom.
Open reference plateEditor of The Sunday Leader, killed after publishing his own forewarning.
Non-violent basis · Civilian editor, named in the OHCHR record and CPJ killed-journalists database.
Catholic priest of the Vanni, killed in 2008 after speaking for displaced civilians.
Non-violent basis · Civilian cleric advocating for civilians under siege. Cited by OHCHR and Catholic Bishops' Conference.
Strategic-affairs columnist abducted from Bambalapitiya and killed.
Non-violent basis · Civilian journalist named in CPJ and OHCHR records.
London-trained human-rights lawyer killed in Mullivaikkal, May 2009.
Non-violent basis · Civilian lawyer present in the No Fire Zone with her family; documented in OHCHR OISL.
- No proscribed iconography. No LTTE flag, no LTTE composite emblem (roaring tiger head + crossed rifles + bayonets + bullet ring), no LTTE wordmark, no uniform insignia, no rank tabs, no martyr-cult framing. The Chola Puli Koḍi (c. 9th–13th c. CE), Sangam-era tiger imagery, hero-stone (naṭukal) tradition, and the mūvēndar triad (tiger · fish · bow) are civilisational symbols that pre-date the LTTE by ~1,100 years and are permitted — see /veli-studies/iconography/puli-kodi.
- No randomised atrocity draws. Atrocity events appear only in fixed, curated, cited study sequences — never in a randomised, gamified, or 'pack-pull' context on any public surface.
- No cash-out, no wagering. Min stays a non-tradable contribution marker. No secondary market is endorsed. No chance-for-prize loop is ever published.
- No naming proscribed combatants on plates. Combatants appear only as Archetypes & Offices anchored to Tier-A citations. Real names are retained only for non-violent figures — clerics, journalists, lawyers, doctors, mothers of the disappeared — with full citation.
- Sealed operational layer. No rules text, stat blocks, deck-builder, pack art, or marketplace appears on any public route. The operational layer is sealed in Vault RB-13 behind Founder + 4-of-7 trustee unwrap.