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+# /content — authored game data
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+Cross-cutting authored writing. Consumed by **both** sides: the client ships fallback text and quest/story data; the api reads NPC knowledge lists to build prompts. That shared ownership is why it sits at the repo root, not inside either folder.
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+```
+/quests    Story skeletons and quest definitions (authored, not AI-generated — §17)
+/npcs      Per-NPC knowledge lists — the entire content an NPC can draw on (§6)
+/fallback  Authored degraded-DM text for every AI surface (§13)
+```
+
+## Authoring notes
+
+- **NPC knowledge lists are the whole design** (§6). They are the only thing stopping the blacksmith from revealing the twist. Real authoring work — budget for it.
+- **Fallback text is content, not error handling** (§13). Written in the DM's voice, lives beside the rest of the writing. Every AI-dependent surface needs one before it ships.
+- Story skeletons are authored for now. AI-generated skeletons are v2, out of POC scope (§17).