capsules/MANIFEST.md: allocate Hestia's block range 4986-4996 -- FABRIC-3.6.md task 1.1

Documentation only, no capsule file created yet (that's task 1.2).
Checked against actual current occupancy rather than trusting
MANIFEST.md's own stale blanket "4853+ OPEN" line: fabric.4th already
occupies 4900-4924 and font.4th 4925-4985 (both standalone capsule
files EXEC'd by init.4th, block-numbered independently of it -- tasks
1.6/1.7 relocate which capsule EXECs them, not their own ranges), and
4997 is the console proxy's hardcoded Block 4997 string literal
(capsule_console.c:27-29). Allocated 4986-4996, the gap between the
two, avoiding 4997 as the task requires.

Split the Unassigned Ranges table's single blanket line into an
explicit claim for 4986-4996 plus a corrected "OPEN" line that excludes
the ranges actually in use. Recorded in MANIFEST.md rather than
tools/capsule-reserved.txt -- that file is for blocks owned by
non-capsule infrastructure per its own header comment; a real capsule
allocation belongs in MANIFEST.md alongside every other infrastructure
capsule's entry.

mkcapsule --lint capsules/ clean, 37 files / 0 violations, unchanged.

Authorized by Captain Bob ("YES").

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

FABRIC-3.6.md

@@ -312,8 +312,22 @@ it has simply not been attempted.)*
 **Gate:** Tripod is Hera/Artemis/Hestia **plus** Hermes; drawing works from Hestia and only
 Hestia; headless policy intact.
 
-- [ ] **1.1** — Allocate Hestia's block range vs. `capsule-reserved.txt`, **avoiding 4997**.
+- [x] **1.1** — Allocate Hestia's block range vs. `capsule-reserved.txt`, **avoiding 4997**.
       *Check:* lint clean.
+      2026-09-19 · allocated **`4986–4996`** (11 blocks) for `hestia/init.4th`, documented in
+      `capsules/MANIFEST.md`'s Unassigned Ranges table (not `capsule-reserved.txt` — that file is
+      for blocks owned by non-capsule infrastructure, per its own header comment; a real capsule
+      allocation belongs in `MANIFEST.md`, same as every other infrastructure capsule). Checked
+      against the actual current occupancy, not the table's own stale blanket "4853+ OPEN" line:
+      `fabric.4th` occupies 4900–4924 and `font.4th` 4925–4985 already (both are their own
+      standalone capsule files, `EXEC`'d by `init.4th` but block-numbered independently of it —
+      task 1.6/1.7 relocate *which capsule EXECs them*, not their own block ranges), and 4997 is
+      the console proxy's hardcoded `Block 4997` string literal (`capsule_console.c:27-29`).
+      4986–4996 sits in the gap between the two, avoiding 4997 as required, with room for
+      Hestia's initial messaging-load/banner shape (task 1.2) plus moderate growth (bind
+      vocabulary, per §XVIII.5) without colliding with anything. No `.4th` file created yet.
+      `mkcapsule --lint capsules/` still clean, 37 files, 0 violations (documentation-only, no
+      capsule content changed).
 - [ ] **1.2** — Create `capsules/hestia/init.4th`: messaging load, `MSG-CD-INIT`, banner. **No
       fabric yet.** *Check:* boots; Hestia not yet birthed.
 - [ ] **1.3** — Add Hestia to `is_fleet_foundation` (`capsule_birth.c:793-796`) — **four names,

capsules/MANIFEST.md

@@ -480,7 +480,8 @@ former ranges are now UNASSIGNED (see Namespace Map).
 | 4300–4399   | UNASSIGNED  | Former `process.4th` range (deleted 2026-09-19, FABRIC-3.6.md task 0.3) |
 | 4400–4405   | UNASSIGNED  | Former fleet-k.4th range (deleted `9323f776`) |
 | 4410–4414, 4420–4424, 4430–4434 | UNASSIGNED | workload-1.4th's private zone, room for growth |
-| 4853+       | OPEN        | Future capsules — claim here first |
+| 4986–4996   | CLAIMED     | `hestia/init.4th`, allocated 2026-09-19 (FABRIC-3.6.md task 1.1, Tripod/kernel reshuffle) — file not yet created (task 1.2). Sits between `font.4th`'s last block (4985) and the console proxy's hardcoded `Block 4997` (`capsule_console.c:27-29`) — chosen specifically to avoid 4997, per §XVIII.4 |
+| 4853–4985, 4998+ | OPEN   | Future capsules — claim here first (excludes 4900–4985, already `fabric.4th`/`font.4th`, and 4986–4996, now claimed above) |
 
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