diff --git a/src/talemate/prompts/templates/world_state/examine-entity.jinja2 b/src/talemate/prompts/templates/world_state/examine-entity.jinja2
index a5a967a3..7ab2f668 100644
--- a/src/talemate/prompts/templates/world_state/examine-entity.jinja2
+++ b/src/talemate/prompts/templates/world_state/examine-entity.jinja2
@@ -21,13 +21,20 @@ Snapshot:
 {% endset %}
 {# END SEED MATERIAL #}
 
+{# WRITING STYLE (scene-level style guide, if set) #}
+{% set writing_style_text %}
+{% include "writing-style-instructions.jinja2" %}
+{% endset %}
+{# END WRITING STYLE #}
+
 {# BROAD HISTORY (budget-aware, includes archive summaries; prior context_investigation
    results for this or related entities naturally surface here, so the player gets
    accumulating depth across repeated examines without an explicit reveals buffer.) #}
 {% set rendered_context_tokens = count_tokens(rendered_context) %}
 {% set volatile_context_tokens = count_tokens(volatile_context_text) %}
 {% set seed_text_tokens = count_tokens(seed_text) %}
-{% set background_budget = max_tokens - 1500 - rendered_context_tokens - volatile_context_tokens - seed_text_tokens %}
+{% set writing_style_tokens = count_tokens(writing_style_text) %}
+{% set background_budget = max_tokens - 1500 - rendered_context_tokens - volatile_context_tokens - seed_text_tokens - writing_style_tokens %}
 {% set background_history = scene.context_history(budget=background_budget) %}
 {% set background_text %}
 {% for line in background_history -%}
@@ -50,6 +57,7 @@ Snapshot:
 <|SECTION:SEED MATERIAL|>
 {{ seed_text }}
 <|CLOSE_SECTION|>
+{{ writing_style_text }}
 {% if volatile_placement == "after_history" %}
 {{ volatile_context_text }}
 {% endif %}
diff --git a/src/talemate/prompts/templates/world_state/request-world-state-v2.jinja2 b/src/talemate/prompts/templates/world_state/request-world-state-v2.jinja2
index 0c04fbc7..af904192 100644
--- a/src/talemate/prompts/templates/world_state/request-world-state-v2.jinja2
+++ b/src/talemate/prompts/templates/world_state/request-world-state-v2.jinja2
@@ -215,6 +215,12 @@ The number of entries per bucket in the example is NOT a target — it only demo
 {% endset %}
 {# END CUSTOM INSTRUCTIONS #}
 
+{# WRITING STYLE (scene-level style guide, if set) #}
+{% set writing_style_text %}
+{% include "writing-style-instructions.jinja2" %}
+{% endset %}
+{# END WRITING STYLE #}
+
 {# BROAD HISTORY (budget-aware, includes archive summaries) #}
 {% set rendered_context_tokens = count_tokens(rendered_context) %}
 {% set volatile_context_tokens = count_tokens(volatile_context_text) %}
@@ -222,7 +228,8 @@ The number of entries per bucket in the example is NOT a target — it only demo
 {% set example_text_tokens = count_tokens(example_text) %}
 {% set current_state_text_tokens = count_tokens(current_state_text) %}
 {% set custom_instructions_text_tokens = count_tokens(custom_instructions_text) %}
-{% set background_budget = max_tokens - 2500 - rendered_context_tokens - volatile_context_tokens - focus_text_tokens - example_text_tokens - current_state_text_tokens - custom_instructions_text_tokens %}
+{% set writing_style_text_tokens = count_tokens(writing_style_text) %}
+{% set background_budget = max_tokens - 2500 - rendered_context_tokens - volatile_context_tokens - focus_text_tokens - example_text_tokens - current_state_text_tokens - custom_instructions_text_tokens - writing_style_text_tokens %}
 {% set background_history = scene.context_history(budget=background_budget) %}
 {% set background_text %}
 {% if background_history -%}
@@ -251,6 +258,7 @@ The number of entries per bucket in the example is NOT a target — it only demo
 {% endif %}
 {{ example_text }}
 {{ custom_instructions_text }}
+{{ writing_style_text }}
 <|SECTION:TASK|>
 Produce the "examine" data for the CURRENT FOCUS — the kind of short factual flavor a reader gets when they click on a notable thing in the scene to look closer at it. Treat the CURRENT FOCUS as one continuous moment; line {{ final_line_number }} is the most recent beat, the rest is its immediate run-up.