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Phillip Tarrant e4db022c4b content(creation): the eleven origin fragments

race.fragment + calling.fragment compose the DM origin panel on the creation
screen. Authored prose, not stubs — this is the first sentence the player reads.
Parity-tested: a missing or empty fragment fails the suite.

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fallback

first commit

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lore

docs(content): create the content roadmap — Spine, BOM, Backlog

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origins

refactor(contract)!: class_id -> calling_id, and the log gains race_id

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world

content(creation): the eleven origin fragments

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README.md

docs(content): create the content roadmap — Spine, BOM, Backlog

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roadmap.md

docs(canon): name the last two callings — Reaver, Bloodsworn

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README.md

/content — authored game data

Cross-cutting authored writing, split by role in the data model (see the canon log spec in /docs):

roadmap.md The content track — Spine · Bill of Materials · Backlog. START HERE.
/lore      Authored Markdown bibles. THE SOURCE OF TRUTH; world/ + server/ are built from it.
/world     Static, ID-referenced game content. Identical every playthrough. BUILT.
  /locations   The map — towns, dungeons, points of interest (by id)
  /npcs        Per-NPC persona + knowledge lists (charter §6)
  /quests      Story skeletons and quest definitions (charter §17)
  /items       Item definitions — gear, consumables, cursed items (§7)
/server    Spoiler bodies + personas. API-only; excluded from the client export. BUILT.
/origins   Thin starting-state seeds. One per starting point. POC authors one.
/fallback  Authored degraded-DM text for every AI surface (charter §13)

roadmap.md governs what gets authored. Its rule: never author anything that is not in the Bill of Materials. Ideas that arrive go to its Backlog.

The three layers

world/ is static content the origin and the canon log reference by stable string id. Authored once; the same for every play.
origins/ are thin seeds — where the player starts, the situation, and disposition/quest/item/build seeds. Values, not maps. Increase replayability without multiplying authoring work.
fallback/ is not world content — it is degraded-DM prose (§13), consumed when the API is down. It sits outside world/ on purpose: nothing resolves an id against it.

At new-game, code constructs the runtime canon log from a chosen origin + world content + character creation. See /docs/canon-log.md (spec) — authored via the design under /docs/superpowers/specs.

Authoring notes

NPC knowledge lists are the whole design (§6). The only thing stopping the blacksmith from revealing the twist. Real authoring work — budget for it.
Fallback text is content, not error handling (§13). Every AI-dependent surface needs one before it ships.
Story skeletons are authored for now. AI-generated skeletons are v2 (§17).