diff --git a/EVENNIA_NEXUS_EVENT_PROTOCOL.md b/EVENNIA_NEXUS_EVENT_PROTOCOL.md
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+# Evennia → Nexus Event Protocol
+
+This is the thin semantic adapter between Timmy's persistent Evennia world and
+Timmy's Nexus-facing world model.
+
+Principle:
+- Evennia owns persistent world truth.
+- Nexus owns visualization and operator legibility.
+- The adapter owns only translation, not storage or game logic.
+
+## Canonical event families
+
+### 1. `evennia.session_bound`
+Binds a Hermes session to a world interaction run.
+
+```json
+{
+  "type": "evennia.session_bound",
+  "hermes_session_id": "20260328_132016_7ea250",
+  "evennia_account": "Timmy",
+  "evennia_character": "Timmy",
+  "timestamp": "2026-03-28T20:00:00Z"
+}
+```
+
+### 2. `evennia.actor_located`
+Declares where Timmy currently is.
+
+```json
+{
+  "type": "evennia.actor_located",
+  "actor_id": "Timmy",
+  "room_id": "Gate",
+  "room_key": "Gate",
+  "room_name": "Gate",
+  "timestamp": "2026-03-28T20:00:01Z"
+}
+```
+
+### 3. `evennia.room_snapshot`
+The main room-state payload Nexus should render.
+
+```json
+{
+  "type": "evennia.room_snapshot",
+  "room_id": "Chapel",
+  "room_key": "Chapel",
+  "title": "Chapel",
+  "desc": "A quiet room set apart for prayer, conscience, grief, and right alignment.",
+  "exits": [
+    {"key": "courtyard", "destination_id": "Courtyard", "destination_key": "Courtyard"}
+  ],
+  "objects": [
+    {"id": "Book of the Soul", "key": "Book of the Soul", "short_desc": "A doctrinal anchor."},
+    {"id": "Prayer Wall", "key": "Prayer Wall", "short_desc": "A place for names and remembered burdens."}
+  ],
+  "occupants": [],
+  "timestamp": "2026-03-28T20:00:02Z"
+}
+```
+
+### 4. `evennia.command_issued`
+Records what Timmy attempted.
+
+```json
+{
+  "type": "evennia.command_issued",
+  "hermes_session_id": "20260328_132016_7ea250",
+  "actor_id": "Timmy",
+  "command_text": "look Book of the Soul",
+  "timestamp": "2026-03-28T20:00:03Z"
+}
+```
+
+### 5. `evennia.command_result`
+Records what the world returned.
+
+```json
+{
+  "type": "evennia.command_result",
+  "hermes_session_id": "20260328_132016_7ea250",
+  "actor_id": "Timmy",
+  "command_text": "look Book of the Soul",
+  "output_text": "Book of the Soul. A doctrinal anchor. It is not decorative; it is a reference point.",
+  "success": true,
+  "timestamp": "2026-03-28T20:00:04Z"
+}
+```
+
+## What Nexus should care about
+
+For first renderability, Nexus only needs:
+- current room title/description
+- exits
+- visible objects
+- actor location
+- latest command/result
+
+It does *not* need raw telnet noise or internal Evennia database structure.
+
+## Ownership boundary
+
+Do not build a second world model in Nexus.
+Do not make Nexus authoritative over persistent state.
+Do not make Evennia care about Three.js internals.
+
+Own only this translation layer.
diff --git a/nexus/__init__.py b/nexus/__init__.py
index 0e4da6b..595218b 100644
--- a/nexus/__init__.py
+++ b/nexus/__init__.py
@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@ from nexus.perception_adapter import (
 )
 from nexus.experience_store import ExperienceStore
 from nexus.trajectory_logger import TrajectoryLogger
-from nexus.nexus_think import NexusMind
+
+try:
+    from nexus.nexus_think import NexusMind
+except Exception:
+    NexusMind = None
 
 __all__ = [
     "ws_to_perception",
diff --git a/nexus/evennia_event_adapter.py b/nexus/evennia_event_adapter.py
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+++ b/nexus/evennia_event_adapter.py
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+"""Thin Evennia -> Nexus event normalization helpers."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
+
+
+def _ts(value: str | None = None) -> str:
+    return value or datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat()
+
+
+def session_bound(hermes_session_id: str, evennia_account: str = "Timmy", evennia_character: str = "Timmy", timestamp: str | None = None) -> dict:
+    return {
+        "type": "evennia.session_bound",
+        "hermes_session_id": hermes_session_id,
+        "evennia_account": evennia_account,
+        "evennia_character": evennia_character,
+        "timestamp": _ts(timestamp),
+    }
+
+
+def actor_located(actor_id: str, room_key: str, room_name: str | None = None, timestamp: str | None = None) -> dict:
+    return {
+        "type": "evennia.actor_located",
+        "actor_id": actor_id,
+        "room_id": room_key,
+        "room_key": room_key,
+        "room_name": room_name or room_key,
+        "timestamp": _ts(timestamp),
+    }
+
+
+def room_snapshot(room_key: str, title: str, desc: str, exits: list[dict] | None = None, objects: list[dict] | None = None, occupants: list[dict] | None = None, timestamp: str | None = None) -> dict:
+    return {
+        "type": "evennia.room_snapshot",
+        "room_id": room_key,
+        "room_key": room_key,
+        "title": title,
+        "desc": desc,
+        "exits": exits or [],
+        "objects": objects or [],
+        "occupants": occupants or [],
+        "timestamp": _ts(timestamp),
+    }
+
+
+def command_issued(hermes_session_id: str, actor_id: str, command_text: str, timestamp: str | None = None) -> dict:
+    return {
+        "type": "evennia.command_issued",
+        "hermes_session_id": hermes_session_id,
+        "actor_id": actor_id,
+        "command_text": command_text,
+        "timestamp": _ts(timestamp),
+    }
+
+
+def command_result(hermes_session_id: str, actor_id: str, command_text: str, output_text: str, success: bool = True, timestamp: str | None = None) -> dict:
+    return {
+        "type": "evennia.command_result",
+        "hermes_session_id": hermes_session_id,
+        "actor_id": actor_id,
+        "command_text": command_text,
+        "output_text": output_text,
+        "success": success,
+        "timestamp": _ts(timestamp),
+    }
diff --git a/nexus/perception_adapter.py b/nexus/perception_adapter.py
index 37a1e49..998a98f 100644
--- a/nexus/perception_adapter.py
+++ b/nexus/perception_adapter.py
@@ -199,6 +199,56 @@ def perceive_action_result(data: dict) -> Optional[Perception]:
     )
 
 
+def perceive_evennia_actor_located(data: dict) -> Optional[Perception]:
+    actor = data.get("actor_id", "Timmy")
+    room = data.get("room_name") or data.get("room_key") or data.get("room_id")
+    if not room:
+        return None
+    return Perception(
+        timestamp=time.time(),
+        raw_type="evennia.actor_located",
+        description=f"{actor} is now in {room}.",
+        salience=0.7,
+    )
+
+
+def perceive_evennia_room_snapshot(data: dict) -> Optional[Perception]:
+    title = data.get("title") or data.get("room_key") or data.get("room_id")
+    desc = data.get("desc", "")
+    exits = ", ".join(exit.get("key", "") for exit in data.get("exits", []) if exit.get("key"))
+    objects = ", ".join(obj.get("key", "") for obj in data.get("objects", []) if obj.get("key"))
+    if not title:
+        return None
+    parts = [f"You are in {title}."]
+    if desc:
+        parts.append(desc)
+    if exits:
+        parts.append(f"Exits: {exits}.")
+    if objects:
+        parts.append(f"You see: {objects}.")
+    return Perception(
+        timestamp=time.time(),
+        raw_type="evennia.room_snapshot",
+        description=" ".join(parts),
+        salience=0.85,
+    )
+
+
+def perceive_evennia_command_result(data: dict) -> Optional[Perception]:
+    success = data.get("success", True)
+    command = data.get("command_text", "your command")
+    output = data.get("output_text", "")
+    desc = f"Your world command {'succeeded' if success else 'failed'}: {command}."
+    if output:
+        desc += f" {output[:240]}"
+    return Perception(
+        timestamp=time.time(),
+        raw_type="evennia.command_result",
+        description=desc,
+        salience=0.8,
+    )
+
+
 # Registry of WS type → perception function
 PERCEPTION_MAP = {
     "agent_state":      perceive_agent_state,
@@ -212,6 +262,9 @@ PERCEPTION_MAP = {
     "action_result":    perceive_action_result,
     "heartbeat":        lambda _: None,  # Ignore
     "dual_brain":       lambda _: None,  # Internal — not part of sensorium
+    "evennia.actor_located": perceive_evennia_actor_located,
+    "evennia.room_snapshot": perceive_evennia_room_snapshot,
+    "evennia.command_result": perceive_evennia_command_result,
 }
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_evennia_event_adapter.py b/tests/test_evennia_event_adapter.py
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+++ b/tests/test_evennia_event_adapter.py
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+from nexus.evennia_event_adapter import actor_located, command_issued, command_result, room_snapshot, session_bound
+from nexus.perception_adapter import ws_to_perception
+
+
+def test_session_bound_schema():
+    event = session_bound("sess-1")
+    assert event["type"] == "evennia.session_bound"
+    assert event["hermes_session_id"] == "sess-1"
+    assert event["evennia_account"] == "Timmy"
+
+
+def test_room_snapshot_schema():
+    event = room_snapshot(
+        room_key="Chapel",
+        title="Chapel",
+        desc="Quiet room.",
+        exits=[{"key": "courtyard", "destination_id": "Courtyard", "destination_key": "Courtyard"}],
+        objects=[{"id": "Book of the Soul", "key": "Book of the Soul", "short_desc": "A doctrinal anchor."}],
+    )
+    assert event["type"] == "evennia.room_snapshot"
+    assert event["title"] == "Chapel"
+    assert event["objects"][0]["key"] == "Book of the Soul"
+
+
+def test_evennia_room_snapshot_becomes_perception():
+    perception = ws_to_perception(
+        room_snapshot(
+            room_key="Workshop",
+            title="Workshop",
+            desc="Tools everywhere.",
+            exits=[{"key": "courtyard", "destination_id": "Courtyard", "destination_key": "Courtyard"}],
+            objects=[{"id": "Workbench", "key": "Workbench", "short_desc": "A broad workbench."}],
+        )
+    )
+    assert perception is not None
+    assert "Workshop" in perception.description
+    assert "Workbench" in perception.description
+
+
+def test_evennia_command_result_becomes_perception():
+    perception = ws_to_perception(command_result("sess-2", "Timmy", "look Book of the Soul", "Book of the Soul. A doctrinal anchor.", True))
+    assert perception is not None
+    assert "succeeded" in perception.description.lower()
+    assert "Book of the Soul" in perception.description
+
+
+def test_evennia_actor_located_becomes_perception():
+    perception = ws_to_perception(actor_located("Timmy", "Gate"))
+    assert perception is not None
+    assert "Gate" in perception.description
+
+
+def test_evennia_command_issued_schema():
+    event = command_issued("sess-3", "Timmy", "chapel")
+    assert event["type"] == "evennia.command_issued"
+    assert event["command_text"] == "chapel"