GAME 1 — WORLD & BOOK ALIGNMENT (Vols 1–4)

One engine, three games across the 12 volumes: G1 = Vols 1–4 · G2 = Vols 5–8 · G3 = Vols 9–12.

Game 1 has 12 dungeons (3 per volume), each with a book-aligned boss. Like the novel, the game is

multi-POV: you pick Lyra, Balkan, or Gael, each spawning in their own biome with their own

story-aligned arc; the other two (and Gideon) appear as allied NPCs in their home regions. Canon:

MACRO-PLAN.md · VOLUME-ARCS.md · BOOK-CANON.md. New characters/enemies here feed NPCS.md & ENEMIES.md;

the dungeon map updates DUNGEONS.md.

A. PLAYABLE HEROES (pick at start — story-aligned spawn)

Cross-character NPC matrix (each campaign reuses the same world; the others become allies/quest-givers):

• Gideon is no longer a separate playable in G1's trio — he anchors Lyra's farm as smith/ally (forges

your gear, gives the farming/forging tutorial) and appears as a farm NPC in the other campaigns.

• Each campaign sees the same events from a different seat (GoT-style): e.g. the Nymiria drain is Gael's

chapter to play, but Lyra/Balkan only hear of it as rumor + consequence.

B. THE 12 DUNGEONS — mapped to Vols 1–4 (3 per volume)

Each: # · region/biome · the book event it dramatizes · BOSS (book antagonist) · Veil Medal · gear tier.

Difficulty climbs across all 12 (Scavenged → Starborne). Bosses are book figures, not filler.

VOL. 1 (D1–D3) — Eclipse of the New Gods

1. The Rooted Cellar · Hearthvale (meadow/cellar) · the first taking reaches home · BOSS the Assessor

(Registry of the Capital) · Medal Lantern · Forged-Iron.

1. The Counting Wind · Eisengrave (ice) · the taking reaches the north · BOSS the Frost-Auditor

(a husk-magus of the Ministry) · Medal Frostbrand Nail · Forged-Iron.

1. The Glass Cradle · Nymiria's forest & the Observatory's outer hall · *Gael witnesses Alex drain the

King's daughter* · BOSS a Ministry Magus (the drain-warden) · Medal Mirror Shard · Smith-Steel.

VOL. 2 (D4–D6) — The Blood of the Twelve

1. The Copper Choir · Harmony (copper city) · Gael inside Harmony; the dragon trail · BOSS **a Dragon's

human agent (you don't yet know what it is) · Medal Tide Whistle** · Smith-Steel.

1. The Coiled Hold · the hidden dragon sanctum · the Twelve revealed; the captive son · BOSS **the

Keeper of the Hold (a lesser Dragon) · Medal True-Sight Lens** · Veil-Touched.

1. The Black Glass Observatory · Concordia · Alex tears the Veil with dragon blood; the red moon · BOSS

Archimagister Alex (Veil-tear phase) · Medal Veil Compass · Veil-Touched.

VOL. 3 (D7–D9) — The Test of the Gods

1. The Choking Vale · corrupted lowlands (dense red air) · the world poisoned · BOSS **a Corruption

Leviathan (atmosphere given a body) · Medal Hush Censer** · Veil-Touched.

1. The Thin Mouth · the Veil's edge (purgatory entry) · crossing into the spiritual realm · BOSS **the

Gatekeeper (a weigher of souls) · Medal Stormnail Spike** · Veil-Touched.

1. The Gods' Proving · the Far Side (spiritual realm) · Lyra's test and death · BOSS the Trial

(the starving gods' ordeal) · Medal Counting Bell · Starborne (proto).

VOL. 4 (D10–D12) — The Angel and the Ledger

1. The Angelic Dawn · the reclaimed land · channeling Lyra's gift to revert corruption · BOSS **a

Corruption-Lord (the last of the dense dark) · Medal Heartwood Hammer** · Starborne.

1. The Sundered Sanctum · Alex's laboratory · the Alex split · BOSS Good Alex / Evil Alex (a

two-phase fight — you fight the fracture) · Medal Reaping Sickle · Starborne.

1. The Veil's Mouth (FINALE) · the open tear · Evil Alex detonates and flees into the Veil · FINAL BOSS

Evil Alex (escapes — the hook into Game 2) · Medal Concord Key · Starborne (set).

C. REGION CHARACTER ROSTERS — VOL. 1 (full; new cast → NPCS.md / ENEMIES.md)

Per region: boss · key NPCs (Core/Side) · signature enemies. All book-canon, mature, dread-tuned.

R1 · Hearthvale (Lyra's home)

• BOSS: the Assessor — a grey-coat auditor; counts, then takes; the dread of bureaucracy made flesh.
• NPCs: Gideon [CORE] (smith/father, forges your gear) · Mara Thatch [SIDE] (innkeeper, rumor board) ·

Old Bemis [SIDE] (farm tutor) · Sister Wren [SIDE] (shrine; the bell that won't ring right).

• Enemies: Husk Villagers, Gloomwolves, a grey-coat Tithe-Clerk elite.

R2 · Eisengrave (Balkan's home, ice)

• BOSS: the Frost-Auditor — a husk-magus who scores the ice like a set-square; the takings' northern hand.
• NPCs: Jarl Hmakon Iversen [CORE] (Balkan's father, the viking warlord) · Halvard [CORE] (captain,

Balkan's right hand) · Sigrún [SIDE] (rune-reader / shrine-keep) · Olek [SIDE] (scout).

• Enemies: Frost Lynx, Husk Miners, the Counting Wind (the erasing storm), grey-coat auditors.

R3 · The Whispering Forest & Nymiria (Gael's arc)

• BOSS: the Drain-Warden — the Ministry magus overseeing Alex's experiment on the King's daughter.
• NPCs: King Edrik of Nymiria [CORE] (a court that never seems to age — dragon seed, V2) · his daughter

[CORE, doomed] · the Order's contact [CORE] (Gael's true handler — speaks for the dragons without saying

so) · a Shadowfern elder [SIDE].

• Enemies: Mire Serpents, Thornhounds, Veilbat Swarms, Ministry Assessors (ranged blood-rod).

C2. REGION CHARACTER ROSTERS — VOLS 2–4 (book-aligned; keyed to §B dungeon map)

Same shape as §C. Regions D4–D12 follow the book locations, not the old overworld names. Each: **boss · key

NPCs (Core/Side) · signature enemies.** Mature, dread-tuned; reconciled to the dragon/Order/Veil-purgatory

macro (MACRO-PLAN.md). New names here → NPCS.md / ENEMIES.md / BOOK-CANON.md.

VOL. 2 — The Blood of the Twelve

D4 · Harmony (copper city) — Gael inside; the dragon trail

• BOSS: the Coppersmith's Patron — a Dragon's human agent who runs Harmony's guilds; ageless, courteous,

values a life at the price of the copper it's worth. The first time you fight something that isn't Ministry.

• NPCs: Veliana of the Copper Choir [CORE] (guild-mistress; doesn't age — a Dragon-kin handler hiding in

plain sight) · Brass-Master Oduin [SIDE] (pipewright; upgrades the Tide Whistle) · Sael the Tuner [SIDE]

(apprentice; the sound-tell) · Coinwright Dober [SIDE] (black-market changer).

• Enemies: Copper-Choir Husk (ENEMIES #80), Dragon-kin Enforcer (#81), Brass Hound of Harmony (#45), the Choirless (#115).

D5 · the Coiled Hold (dragon sanctum) — the Twelve revealed; the captive son

• BOSS: the Keeper of the Hold — a lesser Dragon in human form; regards the party as livestock that wandered in.
• NPCs: Veyr, the Captive Son [CORE, doomed] (his blood opens the Tear) · the Scarred Pilgrim [CORE]

(bargained years for passage) · the Steward Without a Name [SIDE] (bloodline ledgers) · Cael [SIDE]

(a prisoner left to the Forgotten).

• Enemies: Coil-Acolyte (#44), Scale-Sworn Zealot (#46), Coil-Serpent (#82), Hold Warden (#83), Husk-Thrall (#84),

the Pewter Lord (#78, miniboss), the Forgotten (#117).

D6 · the Black Glass Observatory (Concordia) — Alex tears the Veil; the red moon

• BOSS: Archimagister Alex (Veil-tear phase) — Alex at the moment he tears the Veil with Veyr's blood.
• NPCs: Clerk Ostin [CORE] (defecting auditor) · Archivist Sela-Mae [CORE] (keeper of erased names) ·

Warden Captain Hool [SIDE] (the door-captain) · Quill-Boy Ren [SIDE].

• Enemies: Ministry Warden (#40), Veilbinder (#41), Inquisitor (#42), Ledger-Drake (#48), Tear-Spawn (#86).

VOL. 3 — The Test of the Gods

D7 · the Choking Vale (corrupted lowlands) — the world poisoned

• BOSS: the Corruption Leviathan — the poisoned atmosphere given a body; the hazard is the boss.
• NPCs: Hollow-Eyed Inga [CORE] (reads the haze lanes) · Saltwife Orla [SIDE] (Censer vendor) ·

Father Wend of the Silent Choir [CORE] · the Last Cartwright [SIDE, doomed].

• Enemies: Censer-Bearer (#51), Choke-Husk (#85), Atmosphere-Wraith (#89), the Pilgrim-of-the-Ledger (#116).

D8 · the Thin Mouth (the Veil's edge / purgatory) — crossing into the spiritual realm

• BOSS: the Gatekeeper — a weigher of souls; not malicious, exactly fair.
• NPCs: the Compass-Maker [CORE] (blind seer of the thin mouths) · Esk the Grave-Walker [CORE] ·

Drowned Marda [SIDE, ghost] · Maddox the Turned [SIDE, roads].

• Enemies: Weight-Wraith (#52), Name-Eater (#53), Pale Toll-Keeper (#54), the Unweighed (#59), Far-Side Revenant (#60, miniboss).

D9 · the Gods' Proving (the Far Side) — Lyra's test and death

• BOSS: the Trial — the starving gods' ordeal; the Lyra-death gate (lightning, heart stops).
• NPCs: the Starving Gods [CORE, collective] · Aurelia [CORE, vision] · Tally-Widow Maron [CORE] ·

the Returned [SIDE, collective] · the Unproven [SIDE, collective].

• Enemies: Lingerer (#55), Hollow Choirist (#56), the Bereaved (#57), Source-Moth (#58), Source-Starved Wraith (#79).

VOL. 4 — The Angel and the Ledger

D10 · the Angelic Dawn (the reclaimed land) — channeling Lyra's gift to revert corruption

• BOSS: the Corruption-Lord — the last, densest knot of the dark.
• NPCs: the First Reclaimed [SIDE] · the Welcomer [CORE, lesser-Dragon host] · Old Drover Hesk [SIDE] ·

Penitent Corin [SIDE].

• Enemies: Dark-Remnant (#90), Herd-Warden (#73), Husk-Drover (#77), Pale Shepherd (#76).

D11 · the Sundered Sanctum (Alex's laboratory) — the Alex split

• BOSS: Good Alex / Evil Alex — a two-phase fight; you fight the fracture.
• NPCs: Good Alex [CORE] · Thread-Reader Maeve [CORE] · the Lab's Last Acolyte [SIDE] ·

the Threadbare Pilgrim [SIDE].

• Enemies: Glass-Storm Shard (#91), Mirror-Self (#92), Covenant-Sworn (#75).

D12 · the Veil's Mouth (FINALE) — Evil Alex detonates and flees into the Veil

• BOSS: Evil Alex — the cruel half, overpowered; escapes (the hook into Game 2).
• NPCs: Good Alex [CORE] (gives the finale) · the converging allies (Gael, Balkan, Gideon as NPCs).
• Enemies: Tear-Avatar (#49), Evil Alex / Warlord Sorcerer Alex (#50, final boss); arena Tear-Spawn (#86).

§C2 restored 2026-06-24 (data-loss recovery): the D5–D12 rosters were truncated off at D4 ("upgr…") by the same

incident that cut ENEMIES.md/NPCS.md/BUILDINGS.md/QUESTS.md/BALANCE.md. Rebuilt to mirror the now-recovered game

data (ENEMIES bosses #44–#117, NPCS §C2 + recovered cast). Recommend git/backup for design/.