release: v0.1.1

- Load route syncs characterName from Player record so profile updates
  are reflected immediately on next load
- Save route preserves Player record's characterName so auto-saves
  cannot overwrite profile updates
- Public profile response now includes completedChapters
- Character sheet panel displays completed story chapters with outcome
- Removed stale CSS for old achievement/codex toast classes

apps/api/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@elysium/api",
-  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "version": "0.1.1",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "main": "./prod/src/index.js",

apps/api/src/routes/game.ts

@@ -747,6 +747,14 @@ gameRouter.get("/load", async(context) => {
   /* eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/consistent-type-assertions -- Prisma returns JsonValue; cast to GameState */
   const state = rawState as GameState;
 
+  /*
+   * Always sync character name from the Player record — the profile update route
+   * writes to Player.characterName directly, bypassing the game state blob.
+   */
+  if (playerRecord !== null) {
+    state.player.characterName = playerRecord.characterName;
+  }
+
   const now = Date.now();
 
   const { offlineGold, offlineEssence, offlineSeconds }
@@ -933,6 +941,19 @@ gameRouter.post("/save", async(context) => {
     player: { ...stateToSave.player, lastSavedAt: now },
   };
 
+  /*
+   * Preserve the Player record's character name so that profile updates are not
+   * overwritten by the next auto-save (profile PUT writes to Player, not the blob).
+   */
+  stateToSave = {
+    ...stateToSave,
+    player: {
+      ...stateToSave.player,
+      characterName:
+        playerRecord?.characterName ?? stateToSave.player.characterName,
+    },
+  };
+
   /*
    * Recompute companion unlocks server-side using DB-authoritative player lifetime stats.
    * This prevents clients from claiming companions they haven't legitimately unlocked.

apps/api/src/routes/profile.ts

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  * @author Naomi Carrigan
  */
 /* eslint-disable max-lines-per-function -- Route handlers require many steps */
+/* eslint-disable max-statements -- Route handlers require many steps */
 /* eslint-disable complexity -- Route handlers have inherent complexity */
 /* eslint-disable stylistic/key-spacing -- ProfileSettings keys exceed max-len when aligned */
 /* eslint-disable stylistic/max-len -- ProfileSettings key names exceed line length limit */
@@ -142,6 +143,8 @@ profileRouter.get("/:discordId", async(context) => {
       };
     });
 
+  const completedChapters = state?.story?.completedChapters ?? [];
+
   return context.json({
     achievementsUnlocked: achievementsUnlocked,
     activeTitle: player.activeTitle,
@@ -153,6 +156,7 @@ profileRouter.get("/:discordId", async(context) => {
     characterClass: player.characterClass,
     characterName: player.characterName,
     characterRace: player.characterRace ?? "",
+    completedChapters: completedChapters,
     createdAt: player.createdAt,
     currentRunClicks: state?.player.totalClicks ?? 0,
     currentRunGold: state?.player.totalGoldEarned ?? 0,

apps/api/test/routes/game.spec.ts

@@ -233,6 +233,16 @@ describe("game route", () => {
       expect(body.savedAt).toBeGreaterThan(0);
     });
 
+    it("falls back to state characterName when playerRecord is null", async () => {
+      vi.mocked(prisma.gameState.findUnique).mockResolvedValueOnce(null);
+      vi.mocked(prisma.player.findUnique).mockResolvedValueOnce(null);
+      vi.mocked(prisma.player.update).mockResolvedValueOnce({} as never);
+      vi.mocked(prisma.gameState.upsert).mockResolvedValueOnce({} as never);
+      const state = makeState();
+      const res = await save({ state });
+      expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+    });
+
     it("validates and sanitizes state when previous record exists", async () => {
       const prevState = makeState({ resources: { gold: 0, essence: 0, crystals: 0, runestones: 0 } });
       const incomingState = makeState({ resources: { gold: 1e400, essence: 0, crystals: 0, runestones: 9999 } });

apps/api/test/routes/profile.spec.ts

@@ -181,6 +181,24 @@ describe("profile route", () => {
       const unknown = body.unlockedTitles.find((t) => t.id === "unknown_title_id");
       expect(unknown?.name).toBe("unknown_title_id");
     });
+
+    it("includes completed story chapters in profile response", async () => {
+      const state = makeState({
+        story: {
+          unlockedChapterIds: [ "boss_troll_king" ],
+          completedChapters:  [ { chapterId: "boss_troll_king", choiceId: "fight" } ],
+        },
+      });
+      vi.mocked(prisma.player.findUnique).mockResolvedValueOnce(makePlayer() as never);
+      vi.mocked(prisma.gameState.findUnique).mockResolvedValueOnce({ state } as never);
+      const res = await app.fetch(new Request(`http://localhost/profile/${DISCORD_ID}`));
+      expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+      const body = await res.json() as {
+        completedChapters: Array<{ chapterId: string; choiceId: string }>;
+      };
+      expect(body.completedChapters).toHaveLength(1);
+      expect(body.completedChapters[0]).toMatchObject({ chapterId: "boss_troll_king", choiceId: "fight" });
+    });
   });
 
   describe("PUT /", () => {

apps/web/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@elysium/web",
-  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "version": "0.1.1",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {

apps/web/src/components/game/achievementToast.tsx

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ const ToastItem = ({
   const crystals = achievement.reward?.crystals;
 
   return (
-    <div className="achievement-toast" onClick={handleClick}>
+    <div className="game-toast" onClick={handleClick}>
       <span className="toast-icon">{achievement.icon}</span>
       <div className="toast-content">
         <span className="toast-label">{"Achievement Unlocked!"}</span>
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ const AchievementToast = (): JSX.Element | null => {
   }
 
   return (
-    <div className="achievement-toast-container">
+    <>
       {pendingAchievements.map((achievement) => {
         return (
           <ToastItem
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ const AchievementToast = (): JSX.Element | null => {
           />
         );
       })}
-    </div>
+    </>
   );
 };
 

apps/web/src/components/game/battleModal.tsx

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 /* eslint-disable complexity -- Battle result display requires many conditional paths */
 import { type JSX, useEffect, useState } from "react";
 import { type BattleResult, useGame } from "../../context/gameContext.js";
+import { sendNotification } from "../../utils/notification.js";
+import { playSound } from "../../utils/sound.js";
 
 /**
  * Converts HP values to a percentage for display.
@@ -23,6 +25,22 @@ const toHpPercent = (current: number, maximum: number): number => {
   return scaled / maximum;
 };
 
+/**
+ * Returns a colour hex string based on the HP percentage.
+ * Green above 50%, yellow 25–50%, red below 25%.
+ * @param percent - Current HP as a percentage (0–100).
+ * @returns A hex colour string.
+ */
+const getHpColour = (percent: number): string => {
+  if (percent > 50) {
+    return "#27ae60";
+  }
+  if (percent > 25) {
+    return "#f39c12";
+  }
+  return "#e74c3c";
+};
+
 interface BattleModalProperties {
   readonly battle:    BattleResult;
   readonly onDismiss: ()=> void;
@@ -40,12 +58,16 @@ const BattleModal = ({
   onDismiss,
 }: BattleModalProperties): JSX.Element => {
   const { result, bossName } = battle;
-  const { formatNumber } = useGame();
+  const {
+    enableNotifications,
+    enableSounds,
+    flushBossLoreToasts,
+    formatNumber,
+  } = useGame();
 
   const [ phase, setPhase ] = useState<"animating" | "result">("animating");
 
   const bossStartPercent = toHpPercent(result.bossHpBefore, result.bossMaxHp);
-  const partyStartPercent = 100;
 
   const bossEndPercent = toHpPercent(
     result.bossHpAtBattleEnd,
@@ -57,37 +79,72 @@ const BattleModal = ({
   );
 
   const [ bossHpPercent, setBossHpPercent ] = useState(bossStartPercent);
-  const [ partyHpPercent, setPartyHpPercent ] = useState(partyStartPercent);
+  const [ partyHpPercent, setPartyHpPercent ] = useState(100);
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    const startAnimation = setTimeout(() => {
-      setBossHpPercent(bossEndPercent);
-      setPartyHpPercent(partyEndPercent);
+    const animationDurationMs = 5000;
+    const intervalMs = 50;
+    const totalSteps = animationDurationMs / intervalMs;
+
+    const bossHpRange = bossEndPercent - bossStartPercent;
+    const bossDelta = bossHpRange / totalSteps;
+
+    const partyHpRange = partyEndPercent - 100;
+    const partyDelta = partyHpRange / totalSteps;
+
+    let currentStep = 0;
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/init-declarations -- assigned inside timeout
+    let intervalId: ReturnType<typeof setInterval> | undefined;
+
+    const tick = (): void => {
+      currentStep = currentStep + 1;
+      if (currentStep >= totalSteps) {
+        setBossHpPercent(bossEndPercent);
+        setPartyHpPercent(partyEndPercent);
+        clearInterval(intervalId);
+      } else {
+        const bossStep = bossDelta * currentStep;
+        setBossHpPercent(bossStartPercent + bossStep);
+        const partyStep = partyDelta * currentStep;
+        setPartyHpPercent(100 + partyStep);
+      }
+    };
+
+    const startTimeout = setTimeout(() => {
+      intervalId = setInterval(tick, intervalMs);
     }, 200);
 
-    const revealResult = setTimeout(() => {
+    const revealTimeout = setTimeout(() => {
       setPhase("result");
+      flushBossLoreToasts();
+      if (result.won) {
+        if (enableSounds) {
+          playSound("bossVictory");
+        }
+        if (enableNotifications) {
+          sendNotification("⚔️ Boss Defeated!", `You defeated ${bossName}!`);
+        }
+      }
     }, 5200);
 
     return (): void => {
-      clearTimeout(startAnimation);
-      clearTimeout(revealResult);
+      clearTimeout(startTimeout);
+      clearTimeout(revealTimeout);
+      clearInterval(intervalId);
     };
-  }, [ bossEndPercent, partyEndPercent ]);
+  }, [
+    bossEndPercent,
+    bossName,
+    bossStartPercent,
+    enableNotifications,
+    enableSounds,
+    flushBossLoreToasts,
+    partyEndPercent,
+    result.won,
+  ]);
 
-  let bossHpBarColour = "#c0392b";
-  if (bossHpPercent > 50) {
-    bossHpBarColour = "#e74c3c";
-  } else if (bossHpPercent > 25) {
-    bossHpBarColour = "#e67e22";
-  }
-
-  let partyHpBarColour = "#e74c3c";
-  if (partyHpPercent > 50) {
-    partyHpBarColour = "#27ae60";
-  } else if (partyHpPercent > 25) {
-    partyHpBarColour = "#f39c12";
-  }
+  const bossHpBarColour = getHpColour(bossHpPercent);
+  const partyHpBarColour = getHpColour(partyHpPercent);
 
   return (
     <div className="modal-overlay">
@@ -120,7 +177,6 @@ const BattleModal = ({
                 className="hp-bar-fill"
                 style={{
                   backgroundColor: bossHpBarColour,
-                  transition:      "width 5s ease-in-out",
                   width:           `${bossHpPercent.toFixed(1)}%`,
                 }}
               />
@@ -141,7 +197,6 @@ const BattleModal = ({
                 className="hp-bar-fill party-hp"
                 style={{
                   backgroundColor: partyHpBarColour,
-                  transition:      "width 5s ease-in-out",
                   width:           `${partyHpPercent.toFixed(1)}%`,
                 }}
               />

apps/web/src/components/game/characterPage.tsx

@@ -5,13 +5,15 @@
  * @author Naomi Carrigan
  */
 /* eslint-disable max-lines-per-function -- Complex component with many render paths */
+/* eslint-disable max-lines -- Story section adds lines beyond the file limit */
 /* eslint-disable complexity -- Many conditional render paths for optional fields */
-import { type JSX, useEffect, useState } from "react";
-import type {
-  EquipmentBonus,
-  EquipmentType,
-  PublicProfileResponse,
+import {
+  STORY_CHAPTERS,
+  type EquipmentBonus,
+  type EquipmentType,
+  type PublicProfileResponse,
 } from "@elysium/types";
+import { type JSX, useEffect, useState } from "react";
 
 interface CharacterPageProperties {
   readonly discordId: string;
@@ -269,6 +271,43 @@ const CharacterPage = ({ discordId }: CharacterPageProperties): JSX.Element => {
           </div>
         }
 
+        {profile.completedChapters.length === 0
+          ? null
+          : <div className="character-page-section">
+            <h2 className="character-page-section-title">{"📖 Story"}</h2>
+            {profile.completedChapters.map((completion) => {
+              const chapter = STORY_CHAPTERS.find((candidate) => {
+                return candidate.id === completion.chapterId;
+              });
+              if (chapter === undefined) {
+                return null;
+              }
+              const choice = chapter.choices.find((candidate) => {
+                return candidate.id === completion.choiceId;
+              });
+              if (choice === undefined) {
+                return null;
+              }
+              return (
+                <div
+                  className="character-sheet-story-entry"
+                  key={completion.chapterId}
+                >
+                  <span className="character-sheet-story-chapter">
+                    {chapter.title}
+                  </span>
+                  <span className="character-sheet-story-choice">
+                    {choice.label}
+                  </span>
+                  <p className="character-sheet-story-outcome">
+                    {choice.description}
+                  </p>
+                </div>
+              );
+            })}
+          </div>
+        }
+
         <div className="character-page-divider" />
 
         <p className="character-page-player-line">

apps/web/src/components/game/characterSheetPanel.tsx

@@ -657,6 +657,15 @@ const CharacterSheetPanel = (): JSX.Element => {
               if (choice === undefined) {
                 return null;
               }
+              const characterName
+                = player?.characterName === ""
+                || player?.characterName === undefined
+                  ? "the guild leader"
+                  : player.characterName;
+              const outcome = choice.outcome.replaceAll(
+                "{characterName}",
+                characterName,
+              );
               return (
                 <div
                   className="character-sheet-story-entry"
@@ -668,6 +677,7 @@ const CharacterSheetPanel = (): JSX.Element => {
                   <span className="character-sheet-story-choice">
                     {choice.label}
                   </span>
+                  <p className="character-sheet-story-outcome">{outcome}</p>
                 </div>
               );
             })}

apps/web/src/components/game/codexToast.tsx

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ const CodexToastItem = ({
   }
 
   return (
-    <div className="codex-toast" onClick={handleClick}>
+    <div className="game-toast" onClick={handleClick}>
       <span className="toast-icon">{"📖"}</span>
       <div className="toast-content">
         <span className="toast-label">{"✨ Lore Unlocked!"}</span>
@@ -70,13 +70,13 @@ const CodexToast = (): JSX.Element | null => {
   }
 
   return (
-    <div className="achievement-toast-container">
+    <>
       {pendingEntryIds.map((id) => {
         return (
           <CodexToastItem entryId={id} key={id} onDismiss={dismissCodexEntry} />
         );
       })}
-    </div>
+    </>
   );
 };
 

apps/web/src/components/game/gameLayout.tsx

@@ -27,10 +27,12 @@ import { EditProfileModal } from "./editProfileModal.js";
 import { EquipmentPanel } from "./equipmentPanel.js";
 import { ExplorationPanel } from "./explorationPanel.js";
 import { LoginBonusModal } from "./loginBonusModal.js";
+import { MilestoneToast } from "./milestoneToast.js";
 import { OfflineModal } from "./offlineModal.js";
 import { OutdatedSchemaModal } from "./outdatedSchemaModal.js";
 import { PrestigePanel } from "./prestigePanel.js";
 import { QuestPanel } from "./questPanel.js";
+import { QuestCompleteToast, QuestFailedToast } from "./questToast.js";
 import { StatisticsPanel } from "./statisticsPanel.js";
 import { StoryPanel } from "./storyPanel.js";
 import { StoryToast } from "./storyToast.js";
@@ -164,9 +166,14 @@ const GameLayout = (): JSX.Element => {
       {schemaOutdated && !dismissedOutdatedWarning
         ? <OutdatedSchemaModal onDismiss={handleDismissOutdated} />
         : null}
-      <AchievementToast />
-      <CodexToast />
-      <StoryToast />
+      <div className="achievement-toast-container">
+        <AchievementToast />
+        <CodexToast />
+        <MilestoneToast />
+        <QuestCompleteToast />
+        <QuestFailedToast />
+        <StoryToast />
+      </div>
       {loginBonus === null
         ? null
         : <LoginBonusModal bonus={loginBonus} onClose={dismissLoginBonus} />

apps/web/src/components/game/milestoneToast.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+/**
+ * @file Milestone toast notification component for prestige, transcendence, and apotheosis.
+ * @copyright nhcarrigan
+ * @license Naomi's Public License
+ * @author Naomi Carrigan
+ */
+/* eslint-disable react/no-multi-comp -- Sub-components are tightly coupled to their containers */
+import { type JSX, useEffect } from "react";
+import { useGame } from "../../context/gameContext.js";
+
+interface MilestoneToastItemProperties {
+  readonly icon:      string;
+  readonly label:     string;
+  readonly onDismiss: ()=> void;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Renders a single milestone toast notification.
+ * @param props - The toast item properties.
+ * @param props.icon - The emoji icon.
+ * @param props.label - The label text.
+ * @param props.onDismiss - Callback to dismiss the toast.
+ * @returns The JSX element.
+ */
+const MilestoneToastItem = ({
+  icon,
+  label,
+  onDismiss,
+}: MilestoneToastItemProperties): JSX.Element => {
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const timer = setTimeout(() => {
+      onDismiss();
+    }, 4000);
+    return (): void => {
+      clearTimeout(timer);
+    };
+  }, [ onDismiss ]);
+
+  return (
+    <div className="game-toast" onClick={onDismiss}>
+      <span className="toast-icon">{icon}</span>
+      <div className="toast-content">
+        <span className="toast-label">{label}</span>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  );
+};
+
+/**
+ * Renders all milestone toasts (prestige, transcendence, apotheosis).
+ * @returns The JSX element or null if no milestone toasts are pending.
+ */
+const MilestoneToast = (): JSX.Element | null => {
+  const {
+    showPrestigeToast,
+    showTranscendenceToast,
+    showApotheosisToast,
+    dismissPrestigeToast,
+    dismissTranscendenceToast,
+    dismissApotheosisToast,
+  } = useGame();
+
+  const hasAny
+    = showPrestigeToast || showTranscendenceToast || showApotheosisToast;
+  if (!hasAny) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      {showPrestigeToast
+        ? <MilestoneToastItem
+          icon={"⭐"}
+          label={"⭐ Prestige!"}
+          onDismiss={dismissPrestigeToast}
+        />
+        : null}
+      {showTranscendenceToast
+        ? <MilestoneToastItem
+          icon={"🌌"}
+          label={"🌌 Transcendence!"}
+          onDismiss={dismissTranscendenceToast}
+        />
+        : null}
+      {showApotheosisToast
+        ? <MilestoneToastItem
+          icon={"✨"}
+          label={"✨ Apotheosis!"}
+          onDismiss={dismissApotheosisToast}
+        />
+        : null}
+    </>
+  );
+};
+
+export { MilestoneToast };

apps/web/src/components/game/prestigePanel.tsx

@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ const PrestigePanel = (): JSX.Element => {
     enableNotifications,
     enableSounds,
     toggleAutoPrestige,
+    triggerPrestigeToast,
   } = useGame();
   const [ isPending, setIsPending ] = useState(false);
   const [ result, setResult ] = useState<{
@@ -128,6 +129,7 @@ const PrestigePanel = (): JSX.Element => {
         milestoneRunestones: data.milestoneRunestones,
         runestones:          data.runestones,
       });
+      triggerPrestigeToast();
       if (enableSounds) {
         playSound("prestige");
       }

apps/web/src/components/game/questPanel.tsx

@@ -190,11 +190,11 @@ const QuestPanel = (): JSX.Element => {
   }
 
   const { adventurers, autoQuest, quests, zones } = state;
-  // eslint-disable-next-line unicorn/no-array-reduce -- Need the total!
-  const partyCombatPower = adventurers.reduce((total, adventurer) => {
-    const power = total + adventurer.combatPower;
-    return power * adventurer.count;
-  }, 0);
+  let partyCombatPower = 0;
+  for (const adventurer of adventurers) {
+    const contribution = adventurer.combatPower * adventurer.count;
+    partyCombatPower = partyCombatPower + contribution;
+  }
   const zoneQuests = quests.filter(({ zoneId }) => {
     return zoneId === activeZoneId;
   });

apps/web/src/components/game/questToast.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+/**
+ * @file Quest toast notification component for completed and failed quests.
+ * @copyright nhcarrigan
+ * @license Naomi's Public License
+ * @author Naomi Carrigan
+ */
+/* eslint-disable react/no-multi-comp -- Sub-components are tightly coupled to their containers */
+import { type JSX, useEffect } from "react";
+import { useGame } from "../../context/gameContext.js";
+import type { Quest } from "@elysium/types";
+
+interface QuestToastItemProperties {
+  readonly quest:      Quest;
+  readonly onDismiss:  (id: string)=> void;
+  // eslint-disable-next-line react/require-default-props -- Default value set in destructuring
+  readonly isFailure?: boolean;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Renders a single quest toast notification.
+ * @param props - The toast item properties.
+ * @param props.quest - The quest to display.
+ * @param props.onDismiss - Callback to dismiss the toast.
+ * @param props.isFailure - Whether this is a failure toast.
+ * @returns The JSX element.
+ */
+const QuestToastItem = ({
+  quest,
+  onDismiss,
+  isFailure = false,
+}: QuestToastItemProperties): JSX.Element => {
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const timer = setTimeout(() => {
+      onDismiss(quest.id);
+    }, 4000);
+    return (): void => {
+      clearTimeout(timer);
+    };
+  }, [ quest.id, onDismiss ]);
+
+  function handleClick(): void {
+    onDismiss(quest.id);
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <div className="game-toast" onClick={handleClick}>
+      <span className="toast-icon">{isFailure
+        ? "💀"
+        : "📜"}</span>
+      <div className="toast-content">
+        <span className="toast-label">{isFailure
+          ? "Quest Failed!"
+          : "✨ Quest Complete!"}</span>
+        <span className="toast-name">{quest.name}</span>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  );
+};
+
+/**
+ * Renders the quest complete toast container.
+ * @returns The JSX element or null if there are no pending quest toasts.
+ */
+const QuestCompleteToast = (): JSX.Element | null => {
+  const { completedQuestToasts, dismissCompletedQuest } = useGame();
+
+  if (completedQuestToasts.length === 0) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      {completedQuestToasts.map((quest) => {
+        return (
+          <QuestToastItem
+            key={quest.id}
+            onDismiss={dismissCompletedQuest}
+            quest={quest}
+          />
+        );
+      })}
+    </>
+  );
+};
+
+/**
+ * Renders the quest failed toast container.
+ * @returns The JSX element or null if there are no pending failure toasts.
+ */
+const QuestFailedToast = (): JSX.Element | null => {
+  const { failedQuestToasts, dismissFailedQuest } = useGame();
+
+  if (failedQuestToasts.length === 0) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      {failedQuestToasts.map((quest) => {
+        return (
+          <QuestToastItem
+            isFailure={true}
+            key={quest.id}
+            onDismiss={dismissFailedQuest}
+            quest={quest}
+          />
+        );
+      })}
+    </>
+  );
+};
+
+export { QuestCompleteToast, QuestFailedToast };

apps/web/src/components/game/storyToast.tsx

@@ -45,13 +45,13 @@ const StoryToastItem = ({
   }
 
   return (
-    <button className="achievement-toast" onClick={handleClick} type="button">
-      <span className="achievement-toast-icon">{"📖"}</span>
-      <div className="achievement-toast-content">
-        <span className="achievement-toast-label">{"✨ New Chapter!"}</span>
-        <span className="achievement-toast-name">{chapter.title}</span>
+    <div className="game-toast" onClick={handleClick}>
+      <span className="toast-icon">{"📖"}</span>
+      <div className="toast-content">
+        <span className="toast-label">{"✨ New Chapter!"}</span>
+        <span className="toast-name">{chapter.title}</span>
       </div>
-    </button>
+    </div>
   );
 };
 
@@ -65,11 +65,11 @@ const StoryToast = (): JSX.Element | null => {
     return null;
   }
   return (
-    <div className="achievement-toast-container">
+    <>
       {pendingChapterIds.map((id) => {
         return <StoryToastItem chapterId={id} key={id} />;
       })}
-    </div>
+    </>
   );
 };
 

apps/web/src/context/gameContext.tsx

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import {
   type GameState,
   type LoginBonusResult,
   type NumberFormat,
+  type Quest,
   type TranscendenceResponse,
   isStoryChapterUnlocked,
 } from "@elysium/types";
@@ -334,6 +335,61 @@ interface GameContextValue {
    */
   dismissAchievement: (id: string)=> void;
 
+  /**
+   * Queue of newly completed quests (for toast notifications).
+   */
+  completedQuestToasts: Array<Quest>;
+
+  /**
+   * Remove a quest from the completed toast queue.
+   */
+  dismissCompletedQuest: (id: string)=> void;
+
+  /**
+   * Queue of newly failed quests (for toast notifications).
+   */
+  failedQuestToasts: Array<Quest>;
+
+  /**
+   * Remove a quest from the failed toast queue.
+   */
+  dismissFailedQuest: (id: string)=> void;
+
+  /**
+   * Whether the prestige milestone toast is currently showing.
+   */
+  showPrestigeToast: boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * Trigger the prestige milestone toast (called from prestigePanel on manual prestige).
+   */
+  triggerPrestigeToast: ()=> void;
+
+  /**
+   * Dismiss the prestige milestone toast.
+   */
+  dismissPrestigeToast: ()=> void;
+
+  /**
+   * Whether the transcendence milestone toast is currently showing.
+   */
+  showTranscendenceToast: boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * Dismiss the transcendence milestone toast.
+   */
+  dismissTranscendenceToast: ()=> void;
+
+  /**
+   * Whether the apotheosis milestone toast is currently showing.
+   */
+  showApotheosisToast: boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * Dismiss the apotheosis milestone toast.
+   */
+  dismissApotheosisToast: ()=> void;
+
   /**
    * The player's chosen number display format.
    */
@@ -399,6 +455,11 @@ interface GameContextValue {
    */
   dismissCodexEntry: (id: string)=> void;
 
+  /**
+   * Flush pending boss lore codex toasts — call after the battle animation reveals the result.
+   */
+  flushBossLoreToasts: ()=> void;
+
   /**
    * Perform a transcendence — nuclear reset, earning echoes.
    */
@@ -514,6 +575,15 @@ export const GameProvider = ({
   const [ unlockedAchievements, setUnlockedAchievements ] = useState<
     Array<Achievement>
   >([]);
+  const [ completedQuestToasts, setCompletedQuestToasts ] = useState<
+    Array<Quest>
+  >([]);
+  const [ failedQuestToasts, setFailedQuestToasts ] = useState<Array<Quest>>(
+    [],
+  );
+  const [ showPrestigeToast, setShowPrestigeToast ] = useState(false);
+  const [ showTranscendenceToast, setShowTranscendenceToast ] = useState(false);
+  const [ showApotheosisToast, setShowApotheosisToast ] = useState(false);
   const [ lastSavedAt, setLastSavedAt ] = useState<number | null>(null);
   const [ isSyncing, setIsSyncing ] = useState(false);
   const [ syncError, setSyncError ] = useState<string | null>(null);
@@ -530,8 +600,8 @@ export const GameProvider = ({
   const isSyncingReference = useRef(false);
   const rafReference = useRef<number | null>(null);
   const unlockedAchievementsReference = useRef<Array<Achievement>>([]);
-  const newlyCompletedQuestsCountReference = useRef(0);
-  const newlyFailedQuestsCountReference = useRef(0);
+  const newlyCompletedQuestsReference = useRef<Array<Quest>>([]);
+  const newlyFailedQuestsReference = useRef<Array<Quest>>([]);
   const signatureReference = useRef<string | null>(
     localStorage.getItem("elysium_save_signature"),
   );
@@ -548,6 +618,7 @@ export const GameProvider = ({
     Array<string>
   >([]);
   const codexProcessedReference = useRef<Set<string>>(new Set());
+  const pendingBossCodexIdsReference = useRef<Array<string>>([]);
   const [ unlockedStoryChapterIds, setUnlockedStoryChapterIds ] = useState<
     Array<string>
   >([]);
@@ -815,12 +886,30 @@ export const GameProvider = ({
         };
       });
       if (!isFirstRun) {
-        setUnlockedCodexEntryIds((previous) => {
-          return [ ...previous, ...addedIds ];
+        const bossIds = addedIds.filter((id) => {
+          return id.startsWith("boss_");
         });
+        const otherIds = addedIds.filter((id) => {
+          return !id.startsWith("boss_");
+        });
+        if (bossIds.length > 0) {
+          if (battleResult === null) {
+            otherIds.push(...bossIds);
+          } else {
+            pendingBossCodexIdsReference.current = [
+              ...pendingBossCodexIdsReference.current,
+              ...bossIds,
+            ];
+          }
+        }
+        if (otherIds.length > 0) {
+          setUnlockedCodexEntryIds((previous) => {
+            return [ ...previous, ...otherIds ];
+          });
+        }
       }
     }
-  }, [ state ]);
+  }, [ battleResult, state ]);
 
   // Detect newly unlocked story chapters
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -949,17 +1038,17 @@ export const GameProvider = ({
         );
 
         // Detect newly completed quests
-        newlyCompletedQuestsCountReference.current = next.quests.filter(
+        newlyCompletedQuestsReference.current = next.quests.filter(
           (q, index) => {
             return (
               previous.quests[index]?.status === "active"
               && q.status === "completed"
             );
           },
-        ).length;
+        );
 
         // Detect newly failed quests
-        newlyFailedQuestsCountReference.current = next.quests.filter(
+        newlyFailedQuestsReference.current = next.quests.filter(
           (q, index) => {
             const previousFailedAt = previous.quests[index]?.lastFailedAt;
             return (
@@ -967,7 +1056,7 @@ export const GameProvider = ({
               && q.lastFailedAt !== previousFailedAt
             );
           },
-        ).length;
+        );
 
         return next;
       });
@@ -987,24 +1076,30 @@ export const GameProvider = ({
         unlockedAchievementsReference.current = [];
       }
 
-      if (newlyCompletedQuestsCountReference.current > 0) {
+      if (newlyCompletedQuestsReference.current.length > 0) {
+        setCompletedQuestToasts((previous) => {
+          return [ ...previous, ...newlyCompletedQuestsReference.current ];
+        });
         if (enableSoundsReference.current) {
           playSound("questCompleted");
         }
         if (enableNotificationsReference.current) {
           sendNotification("📜 Quest Complete!", "A quest has been completed.");
         }
-        newlyCompletedQuestsCountReference.current = 0;
+        newlyCompletedQuestsReference.current = [];
       }
 
-      if (newlyFailedQuestsCountReference.current > 0) {
+      if (newlyFailedQuestsReference.current.length > 0) {
+        setFailedQuestToasts((previous) => {
+          return [ ...previous, ...newlyFailedQuestsReference.current ];
+        });
         if (enableSoundsReference.current) {
           playSound("questFailed");
         }
         if (enableNotificationsReference.current) {
           sendNotification("💀 Quest Failed!", "A quest has failed.");
         }
-        newlyFailedQuestsCountReference.current = 0;
+        newlyFailedQuestsReference.current = [];
       }
 
       // Auto-save every 30 seconds (skip if a force sync is in-flight to avoid signature collisions)
@@ -1054,6 +1149,7 @@ export const GameProvider = ({
         isAutoPrestigingReference.current = true;
         void prestigeApi({}).
           then(async() => {
+            setShowPrestigeToast(true);
             if (enableSoundsReference.current) {
               playSound("prestige");
             }
@@ -1103,17 +1199,6 @@ export const GameProvider = ({
                 return applyBossResult(previous, bossId, result);
               });
               setBattleResult({ bossName, result });
-              if (result.won) {
-                if (enableSoundsReference.current) {
-                  playSound("bossVictory");
-                }
-                if (enableNotificationsReference.current) {
-                  sendNotification(
-                    "⚔️ Boss Defeated!",
-                    `You defeated ${bossName}!`,
-                  );
-                }
-              }
             }).
             catch(() => {
 
@@ -1443,6 +1528,7 @@ export const GameProvider = ({
 
   const transcend = useCallback(async() => {
     const result = await transcendApi({});
+    setShowTranscendenceToast(true);
     if (enableSoundsReference.current) {
       playSound("transcendence");
     }
@@ -1455,6 +1541,7 @@ export const GameProvider = ({
 
   const apotheosis = useCallback(async() => {
     const result = await achieveApotheosisApi({});
+    setShowApotheosisToast(true);
     if (enableSoundsReference.current) {
       playSound("apotheosis");
     }
@@ -1711,14 +1798,6 @@ export const GameProvider = ({
         return applyBossResult(previous, bossId, result);
       });
       setBattleResult({ bossName: boss.name, result: result });
-      if (result.won) {
-        if (enableSoundsReference.current) {
-          playSound("bossVictory");
-        }
-        if (enableNotificationsReference.current) {
-          sendNotification("⚔️ Boss Defeated!", `You defeated ${boss.name}!`);
-        }
-      }
     } catch {
       // Silently ignore — server errors shouldn't crash the UI
     }
@@ -1733,6 +1812,38 @@ export const GameProvider = ({
     setBattleResult(null);
   }, []);
 
+  const dismissCompletedQuest = useCallback((id: string) => {
+    setCompletedQuestToasts((previous) => {
+      return previous.filter((q) => {
+        return q.id !== id;
+      });
+    });
+  }, []);
+
+  const dismissFailedQuest = useCallback((id: string) => {
+    setFailedQuestToasts((previous) => {
+      return previous.filter((q) => {
+        return q.id !== id;
+      });
+    });
+  }, []);
+
+  const triggerPrestigeToast = useCallback(() => {
+    setShowPrestigeToast(true);
+  }, []);
+
+  const dismissPrestigeToast = useCallback(() => {
+    setShowPrestigeToast(false);
+  }, []);
+
+  const dismissTranscendenceToast = useCallback(() => {
+    setShowTranscendenceToast(false);
+  }, []);
+
+  const dismissApotheosisToast = useCallback(() => {
+    setShowApotheosisToast(false);
+  }, []);
+
   const dismissAchievement = useCallback((id: string) => {
     setUnlockedAchievements((previous) => {
       return previous.filter((a) => {
@@ -1749,6 +1860,16 @@ export const GameProvider = ({
     });
   }, []);
 
+  const flushBossLoreToasts = useCallback(() => {
+    const pending = pendingBossCodexIdsReference.current;
+    if (pending.length > 0) {
+      pendingBossCodexIdsReference.current = [];
+      setUnlockedCodexEntryIds((previous) => {
+        return [ ...previous, ...pending ];
+      });
+    }
+  }, []);
+
   const dismissStoryChapter = useCallback((id: string) => {
     setUnlockedStoryChapterIds((previous) => {
       return previous.filter((chapter) => {
@@ -1829,18 +1950,26 @@ export const GameProvider = ({
       challengeBoss,
       collectExploration,
       completeChapter,
+      completedQuestToasts,
       craftRecipe,
       currentSchemaVersion,
       dismissAchievement,
+      dismissApotheosisToast,
       dismissBattle,
       dismissCodexEntry,
+      dismissCompletedQuest,
+      dismissFailedQuest,
       dismissLoginBonus,
       dismissOfflineGold,
+      dismissPrestigeToast,
       dismissStoryChapter,
+      dismissTranscendenceToast,
       enableNotifications,
       enableSounds,
       equipItem,
       error,
+      failedQuestToasts,
+      flushBossLoreToasts,
       forceSync,
       formatNumber,
       handleClick,
@@ -1860,6 +1989,9 @@ export const GameProvider = ({
       setEnableNotifications,
       setEnableSounds,
       setNumberFormat,
+      showApotheosisToast,
+      showPrestigeToast,
+      showTranscendenceToast,
       startExploration,
       startQuest,
       state,
@@ -1868,6 +2000,7 @@ export const GameProvider = ({
       toggleAutoPrestige,
       toggleAutoQuest,
       transcend,
+      triggerPrestigeToast,
       unlockedAchievements,
       unlockedCodexEntryIds,
       unlockedStoryChapterIds,
@@ -1875,6 +2008,8 @@ export const GameProvider = ({
   }, [
     apotheosis,
     battleResult,
+    completedQuestToasts,
+    failedQuestToasts,
     formatNumber,
     buyAdventurer,
     buyEchoUpgrade,
@@ -1887,15 +2022,21 @@ export const GameProvider = ({
     craftRecipe,
     currentSchemaVersion,
     dismissAchievement,
+    dismissApotheosisToast,
     dismissBattle,
     dismissCodexEntry,
+    dismissCompletedQuest,
+    dismissFailedQuest,
     dismissLoginBonus,
     dismissOfflineGold,
+    dismissPrestigeToast,
     dismissStoryChapter,
+    dismissTranscendenceToast,
     enableNotifications,
     enableSounds,
     equipItem,
     error,
+    flushBossLoreToasts,
     forceSync,
     handleClick,
     isLoading,
@@ -1914,6 +2055,9 @@ export const GameProvider = ({
     setEnableNotifications,
     setEnableSounds,
     setNumberFormat,
+    showApotheosisToast,
+    showPrestigeToast,
+    showTranscendenceToast,
     startExploration,
     startQuest,
     state,
@@ -1922,6 +2066,7 @@ export const GameProvider = ({
     toggleAutoPrestige,
     toggleAutoQuest,
     transcend,
+    triggerPrestigeToast,
     unlockedAchievements,
     unlockedCodexEntryIds,
     unlockedStoryChapterIds,

apps/web/src/styles.css

@@ -1432,20 +1432,6 @@ body {
   z-index: 200;
 }
 
-.achievement-toast {
-  align-items: center;
-  animation: slide-in-right 0.35s ease-out;
-  background: var(--colour-surface);
-  border: 1px solid var(--colour-gold);
-  border-radius: var(--radius);
-  box-shadow: 0 4px 20px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4);
-  cursor: pointer;
-  display: flex;
-  gap: 0.75rem;
-  max-width: 280px;
-  padding: 0.75rem 1rem;
-}
-
 .toast-icon {
   font-size: 1.5rem;
   flex-shrink: 0;
@@ -2481,8 +2467,8 @@ body {
   padding: 0.6rem 0.75rem;
 }
 
-/* Codex toast — uses a different accent from achievement toast */
-.codex-toast {
+/* Unified game toast — essence-coloured border used by all in-game notifications */
+.game-toast {
   align-items: center;
   animation: slide-in-right 0.35s ease-out;
   background: var(--colour-surface);
@@ -4400,3 +4386,10 @@ body {
   font-size: 0.8rem;
   font-style: italic;
 }
+
+.character-sheet-story-outcome {
+  margin: 0;
+  color: var(--colour-muted);
+  font-size: 0.8rem;
+  line-height: 1.5;
+}

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "elysium",
-  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "version": "0.1.1",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {

packages/types/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@elysium/types",
-  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "version": "0.1.1",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "main": "./prod/src/index.js",

packages/types/src/interfaces/api.ts

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import type {
 import type { GameState } from "./gameState.js";
 import type { Player } from "./player.js";
 import type { ProfileSettings } from "./profileSettings.js";
+import type { CompletedChapter } from "./story.js";
 
 interface AuthResponse {
   token:  string;
@@ -247,6 +248,11 @@ interface PublicProfileResponse {
     rarity: EquipmentRarity;
     bonus:  EquipmentBonus;
   }>;
+
+  /**
+   * Story chapters the player has completed and their chosen outcomes.
+   */
+  completedChapters: Array<CompletedChapter>;
 }
 
 interface UpdateProfileRequest {

packages/types/src/interfaces/story.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 /* eslint-disable max-lines -- story data file necessarily exceeds line limit */
+/* eslint-disable stylistic/max-len -- story descriptions are naturally long */
 /**
  * @file Story chapter types and data for the Elysium game.
  * @copyright nhcarrigan
@@ -9,9 +10,10 @@ import type { Boss } from "./boss.js";
 import type { GameState } from "./gameState.js";
 
 interface StoryChoice {
-  id:      string;
-  label:   string;
-  outcome: string;
+  description: string;
+  id:          string;
+  label:       string;
+  outcome:     string;
 }
 
 interface StoryChapter {
@@ -88,23 +90,26 @@ const STORY_CHAPTERS: Array<StoryChapter> = [
   {
     choices: [
       {
-        id:      "resolve",
-        label:   "Accept the map with quiet resolve",
-        outcome: `You folded the map carefully and tucked it away. Resolve was the only`
+        description: "Accepted the map with quiet resolve, already looking east.",
+        id:          "resolve",
+        label:       "Accept the map with quiet resolve",
+        outcome:     `You folded the map carefully and tucked it away. Resolve was the only`
           + ` currency you had in abundance. The cartographer watched you go and thought:`
           + ` this one has the look of someone who finishes things.`,
       },
       {
-        id:      "people",
-        label:   "Return immediately to your people",
-        outcome: `Your first thought was of your guild — of wounds to tend and rest`
+        description: "Turned back to their people first — some leaders are built for their guild.",
+        id:          "people",
+        label:       "Return immediately to your people",
+        outcome:     `Your first thought was of your guild — of wounds to tend and rest`
           + ` hard-earned. The cartographer smiled at your back. Some leaders are built for`
           + ` glory; some are built for their people. You were becoming the latter.`,
       },
       {
-        id:      "plan",
-        label:   "Study it in silence, already planning",
-        outcome: `Your eyes moved across the map before she'd even finished speaking. The`
+        description: "Studied the map in silence, already charting the next move.",
+        id:          "plan",
+        label:       "Study it in silence, already planning",
+        outcome:     `Your eyes moved across the map before she'd even finished speaking. The`
           + ` forest had only been the first line of a much longer story. You were already`
           + ` writing the next.`,
       },
@@ -129,24 +134,27 @@ const STORY_CHAPTERS: Array<StoryChapter> = [
   {
     choices: [
       {
-        id:      "listen",
-        label:   "Ask the scholar what she has learned",
-        outcome: `You stayed long enough to listen. The scholar was cautious with her theories`
+        description: "Stayed to hear the scholar's findings, filing every warning about what had ended the city.",
+        id:          "listen",
+        label:       "Ask the scholar what she has learned",
+        outcome:     `You stayed long enough to listen. The scholar was cautious with her theories`
           + ` but certain of one thing: the people who had built this place had been powerful,`
           + ` and their end had come from somewhere far beyond the Vale. You filed that`
           + ` knowledge away like a sharp blade.`,
       },
       {
-        id:      "claim",
-        label:   "Claim the hall as a guild waystation",
-        outcome: `The ruins needed purpose more than they needed silence. Your guild cleared`
+        description: "Claimed the ancient hall as a waystation — filling old bones with new purpose.",
+        id:          "claim",
+        label:       "Claim the hall as a guild waystation",
+        outcome:     `The ruins needed purpose more than they needed silence. Your guild cleared`
           + ` rubble, shored up walls, and lit fires in hearths that hadn't been warm in an`
           + ` age. Whatever had ended the people here, it would not end you.`,
       },
       {
-        id:      "press",
-        label:   "Mark it on your chart and press on",
-        outcome: `There would be time for history later. You marked the ruin on your chart`
+        description: "Marked the ruin on the chart and pressed on. History could wait.",
+        id:          "press",
+        label:       "Mark it on your chart and press on",
+        outcome:     `There would be time for history later. You marked the ruin on your chart`
           + ` with a careful hand and turned your face toward the horizon. The past could`
           + ` wait; the future wouldn't.`,
       },
@@ -171,23 +179,26 @@ const STORY_CHAPTERS: Array<StoryChapter> = [
   {
     choices: [
       {
-        id:      "ask",
-        label:   "Ask what lies deeper in the marshes",
-        outcome: `He told you what the marsh-folk knew: that the darkness didn't end at the`
+        description: "Asked what darker things lay deeper in the marsh, and listened carefully.",
+        id:          "ask",
+        label:       "Ask what lies deeper in the marshes",
+        outcome:     `He told you what the marsh-folk knew: that the darkness didn't end at the`
           + ` Kraken, that there were seams of shadow that ran all the way to the world's edge.`
           + ` You thanked him and kept that information close.`,
       },
       {
-        id:      "lantern",
-        label:   "Accept the lantern and move on",
-        outcome: `You took the lantern. Light against darkness — it was a simple philosophy,`
+        description: "Accepted the lantern and moved on, carrying light into whatever came next.",
+        id:          "lantern",
+        label:       "Accept the lantern and move on",
+        outcome:     `You took the lantern. Light against darkness — it was a simple philosophy,`
           + ` but it had served you well enough so far. The ferryman watched your guild`
           + ` disappear into the mist and smiled, alone.`,
       },
       {
-        id:      "rest",
-        label:   "Rest with the marsh villages first",
-        outcome: `Three days of sleeping on dry ground and eating hot food did more for your`
+        description: "Chose to rest with the marsh villages first, giving the guild time to heal.",
+        id:          "rest",
+        label:       "Rest with the marsh villages first",
+        outcome:     `Three days of sleeping on dry ground and eating hot food did more for your`
           + ` guild than any potion. The marsh-folk gave generously and asked nothing. You left`
           + ` them safer than you'd found them.`,
       },
@@ -213,23 +224,26 @@ const STORY_CHAPTERS: Array<StoryChapter> = [
   {
     choices: [
       {
-        id:      "study",
-        label:   "Take the journal and study it carefully",
-        outcome: `The journal became essential reading for your strongest strategists. The`
+        description: "Took the monk's journal and studied it carefully, preparing for what was coming.",
+        id:          "study",
+        label:       "Take the journal and study it carefully",
+        outcome:     `The journal became essential reading for your strongest strategists. The`
           + ` monk had been meticulous; his observations mapped a pattern that wasn't`
           + ` comforting. You began preparing for something larger than any single battle.`,
       },
       {
-        id:      "promise",
-        label:   "Promise to return with answers",
-        outcome: `You couldn't take the old man down the mountain, but you could carry his`
+        description: "Promised to return with answers, carrying the old monk's question as a compass.",
+        id:          "promise",
+        label:       "Promise to return with answers",
+        outcome:     `You couldn't take the old man down the mountain, but you could carry his`
           + ` question. The promise you made on that peak became something you returned to`
           + ` often, in the quiet hours — a compass of its own.`,
       },
       {
-        id:      "inquire",
-        label:   "Ask the monk what he believes is causing it",
-        outcome: `He didn't answer immediately. When he did, the words were careful: 'I think`
+        description: "Asked the monk what he believed was causing it, and descended with new understanding.",
+        id:          "inquire",
+        label:       "Ask the monk what he believes is causing it",
+        outcome:     `He didn't answer immediately. When he did, the words were careful: 'I think`
           + ` something learned that it could come here. And now it knows the way.' You`
           + ` descended the mountain knowing that the way in was also the way back.`,
       },
@@ -255,22 +269,25 @@ const STORY_CHAPTERS: Array<StoryChapter> = [
   {
     choices: [
       {
-        id:      "feather",
-        label:   "Keep the feather as a reminder",
-        outcome: `You carried the feather in a sealed case from that day forward — not as a`
+        description: "Kept the phoenix feather — not a trophy, but a question not yet answered.",
+        id:          "feather",
+        label:       "Keep the feather as a reminder",
+        outcome:     `You carried the feather in a sealed case from that day forward — not as a`
           + ` trophy, but as a question you hadn't answered yet. What are you protecting? The`
           + ` question sharpened you.`,
       },
       {
-        id:      "people",
-        label:   "Tell her: you protect your people",
-        outcome: `'Then don't lose them,' she said simply. It wasn't a warning. It was the`
+        description: "Answered plainly: the guild protects its people. A truth held without wavering.",
+        id:          "people",
+        label:       "Tell her: you protect your people",
+        outcome:     `'Then don't lose them,' she said simply. It wasn't a warning. It was the`
           + ` closest thing to a blessing the volcanic depths had to offer.`,
       },
       {
-        id:      "beyond",
-        label:   "Ask what she thinks lies beyond the fire",
-        outcome: `'Something that cannot burn,' she said, after a long pause. 'Something that`
+        description: "Asked what lay beyond the fire, and carried the uncertainty forward like a live coal.",
+        id:          "beyond",
+        label:       "Ask what she thinks lies beyond the fire",
+        outcome:     `'Something that cannot burn,' she said, after a long pause. 'Something that`
           + ` has never needed to.' You weren't sure if that was reassuring. You carried the`
           + ` uncertainty with you like a coal.`,
       },
@@ -297,24 +314,27 @@ const STORY_CHAPTERS: Array<StoryChapter> = [
   {
     choices: [
       {
-        id:      "fight",
-        label:   "Yes — and we fight anyway",
-        outcome: `The philosopher wrote that down. She published it later, in an obscure`
+        description: "Said it plainly: small, and yet fighting anyway. A philosophy that spread far.",
+        id:          "fight",
+        label:       "Yes — and we fight anyway",
+        outcome:     `The philosopher wrote that down. She published it later, in an obscure`
           + ` academic tract that circulated far wider than she'd expected. Small, and yet. And`
           + ` yet. And yet.`,
       },
       {
-        id:      "further",
-        label:   "Ask what she thinks is further out",
-        outcome: `She smiled, the way people smile when they've been waiting for the question.`
+        description: "Asked what lay further out — and made sure that when noticed, it would be their mistake.",
+        id:          "further",
+        label:       "Ask what she thinks is further out",
+        outcome:     `She smiled, the way people smile when they've been waiting for the question.`
           + ` 'Minds,' she said. 'Ancient, patient, watching. The question is whether they've`
           + ` noticed us yet.' You decided to make sure, when they did, that noticing you would`
           + ` be a mistake.`,
       },
       {
-        id:      "honest",
-        label:   "Admit the silence still echoes in you",
-        outcome: `She nodded, unsurprised. 'It does that. To everyone who goes there and comes`
+        description: "Admitted the silence of the Void still echoed inside, and let time fill it back in.",
+        id:          "honest",
+        label:       "Admit the silence still echoes in you",
+        outcome:     `She nodded, unsurprised. 'It does that. To everyone who goes there and comes`
           + ` back.' She poured two cups of something hot and handed you one. 'The trick is to`
           + ` let the sound fill back in. Give it time.'`,
       },
@@ -342,22 +362,25 @@ const STORY_CHAPTERS: Array<StoryChapter> = [
   {
     choices: [
       {
-        id:      "memory",
-        label:   "Carry forward the memory of those lost",
-        outcome: `The names. The faces. The ones who hadn't made it as far as this height. You`
+        description: "Chose to carry the names of those who hadn't made it — weight and compass both.",
+        id:          "memory",
+        label:       "Carry forward the memory of those lost",
+        outcome:     `The names. The faces. The ones who hadn't made it as far as this height. You`
           + ` held them as a weight and a compass both, and continued with your eyes open.`,
       },
       {
-        id:      "will",
-        label:   "Carry forward the will to finish it",
-        outcome: `The work was not done. The scale of it had grown, but the work remained:`
+        description: "Chose to carry the will to finish it: one step, then another, without stopping.",
+        id:          "will",
+        label:       "Carry forward the will to finish it",
+        outcome:     `The work was not done. The scale of it had grown, but the work remained:`
           + ` take one more step, and then another, and do not stop until the last thing is`
           + ` settled. You were not built to leave things undone.`,
       },
       {
-        id:      "wonder",
-        label:   "Carry forward wonder, against hardness",
-        outcome: `It would have been easy, up here, to become something cold and certain. You`
+        description: "Chose to carry wonder deliberately, refusing to become something cold and certain.",
+        id:          "wonder",
+        label:       "Carry forward wonder, against hardness",
+        outcome:     `It would have been easy, up here, to become something cold and certain. You`
           + ` chose differently. The capacity to be astonished — by starlight, by loyalty, by`
           + ` the improbable fact of still being alive — you held on to that deliberately.`,
       },
@@ -384,24 +407,27 @@ const STORY_CHAPTERS: Array<StoryChapter> = [
   {
     choices: [
       {
-        id:      "ask",
-        label:   "Ask what he thinks is falling",
-        outcome: `'Pressure,' he said. 'The kind that builds when too many powers concentrate`
+        description: "Asked what the naturalist thought was falling, and received an unsettling answer.",
+        id:          "ask",
+        label:       "Ask what he thinks is falling",
+        outcome:     `'Pressure,' he said. 'The kind that builds when too many powers concentrate`
           + ` in one place. When too much of the world's weight tips in a single direction.' He`
           + ` looked at you with an expression that was half-admiration, half-concern. You noted`
           + ` that he did not look away.`,
       },
       {
-        id:      "accept",
-        label:   "Accept that some things can't be predicted",
-        outcome: `Not everything could be prepared for. This was a truth you had learned the`
+        description: "Accepted that some things couldn't be predicted, holding the uncertainty like ballast.",
+        id:          "accept",
+        label:       "Accept that some things can't be predicted",
+        outcome:     `Not everything could be prepared for. This was a truth you had learned the`
           + ` hard way, and you'd learned it well enough to stop fighting it. You watched the`
           + ` surface settle and held the uncertainty like ballast.`,
       },
       {
-        id:      "document",
-        label:   "Document everything for whoever comes next",
-        outcome: `If something woke what slept below, there would be others who needed to`
+        description: "Spent the return voyage writing — a record of pattern for whoever came after.",
+        id:          "document",
+        label:       "Document everything for whoever comes next",
+        outcome:     `If something woke what slept below, there would be others who needed to`
           + ` know. You spent the return voyage writing — a record not of victory, but of`
           + ` pattern, for the eyes of whoever followed after.`,
       },
@@ -427,24 +453,27 @@ const STORY_CHAPTERS: Array<StoryChapter> = [
   {
     choices: [
       {
-        id:      "learn",
-        label:   "Ask what they were warned about",
-        outcome: `The spirit answered slowly, in the manner of things that have had too much`
+        description: "Asked the spirit what they had been warned about, and filed the answer carefully.",
+        id:          "learn",
+        label:       "Ask what they were warned about",
+        outcome:     `The spirit answered slowly, in the manner of things that have had too much`
           + ` time to think. The warning had been about the Void — about the hunger at the edge`
           + ` of everything. They had believed themselves beyond reach. You filed this away as`
           + ` a lesson.`,
       },
       {
-        id:      "silence",
-        label:   "Acknowledge the warning and leave in silence",
-        outcome: `Some moments asked for silence. You gave it. The spirit seemed grateful, in`
+        description: "Acknowledged the warning and left without a word, carrying a weight not unearned.",
+        id:          "silence",
+        label:       "Acknowledge the warning and leave in silence",
+        outcome:     `Some moments asked for silence. You gave it. The spirit seemed grateful, in`
           + ` its way — acknowledged rather than dismissed. You left the court with a weight on`
           + ` you that was not unearned.`,
       },
       {
-        id:      "vow",
-        label:   "Vow your guild won't make the same mistake",
-        outcome: `The spirit looked at you for a long time. 'That is what they said too,' it`
+        description: "Vowed the guild would not make the same mistake, and was watched all the way to the door.",
+        id:          "vow",
+        label:       "Vow your guild won't make the same mistake",
+        outcome:     `The spirit looked at you for a long time. 'That is what they said too,' it`
           + ` finally replied. But it did not say it unkindly. And it watched you all the way`
           + ` to the door.`,
       },
@@ -471,23 +500,26 @@ const STORY_CHAPTERS: Array<StoryChapter> = [
   {
     choices: [
       {
-        id:      "better",
-        label:   "Not as bad as I feared",
-        outcome: `The crystallographer looked relieved in a way that surprised you — as though`
+        description: "Told the crystallographer the balance was not as bad as feared, and meant it.",
+        id:          "better",
+        label:       "Not as bad as I feared",
+        outcome:     `The crystallographer looked relieved in a way that surprised you — as though`
           + ` your answer was the one she'd needed to hear too. The balance of your guild was`
           + ` its people, more than its victories. You had not forgotten that. Not yet.`,
       },
       {
-        id:      "expected",
-        label:   "Exactly what I expected",
-        outcome: `'Then you have been paying attention,' she said, quietly approving. 'That is`
+        description: "Said the ledger showed exactly what was expected. Honest accounting, nothing more.",
+        id:          "expected",
+        label:       "Exactly what I expected",
+        outcome:     `'Then you have been paying attention,' she said, quietly approving. 'That is`
           + ` rarer than it should be.' Honesty about your own ledger was its own form of`
           + ` discipline.`,
       },
       {
-        id:      "quiet",
-        label:   "I don't think I'm the one who should say",
-        outcome: `She nodded slowly. 'The ones who say nothing are usually telling the truth,'`
+        description: "Said nothing of the balance. The ones who stay quiet are usually telling the truth.",
+        id:          "quiet",
+        label:       "I don't think I'm the one who should say",
+        outcome:     `She nodded slowly. 'The ones who say nothing are usually telling the truth,'`
           + ` she said. There was no judgment in it. Only recognition.`,
       },
     ],
@@ -512,23 +544,26 @@ const STORY_CHAPTERS: Array<StoryChapter> = [
   {
     choices: [
       {
-        id:      "sit",
-        label:   "Let the silence sit before leaving",
-        outcome: `Wisdom, sometimes, is the willingness to remain still in an uncomfortable`
+        description: "Sat in the silence before leaving, letting the emptiness speak what it could.",
+        id:          "sit",
+        label:       "Let the silence sit before leaving",
+        outcome:     `Wisdom, sometimes, is the willingness to remain still in an uncomfortable`
           + ` place long enough to understand it. You sat. The silence told you what it could.`
           + ` When you left, you took that understanding with you.`,
       },
       {
-        id:      "record",
-        label:   "Record the Void Emperor's nature carefully",
-        outcome: `If the Void had sent its best, it would send something different next time.`
+        description: "Filled pages on the return, documenting the Void Emperor's nature for what lay ahead.",
+        id:          "record",
+        label:       "Record the Void Emperor's nature carefully",
+        outcome:     `If the Void had sent its best, it would send something different next time.`
           + ` Documentation was not heroism, but it was its own form of readiness. You filled`
           + ` pages on the return.`,
       },
       {
-        id:      "rally",
-        label:   "Rally the guild — the work isn't done",
-        outcome: `There was no room for relief yet. The Void had pulled back, but pulling back`
+        description: "Rallied the guild before relief could settle. The Void had pulled back, not retreated.",
+        id:          "rally",
+        label:       "Rally the guild — the work isn't done",
+        outcome:     `There was no room for relief yet. The Void had pulled back, but pulling back`
           + ` was not retreating. You said this to your guild and they already knew it. That`
           + ` was the measure of how far you had all come.`,
       },
@@ -553,23 +588,26 @@ const STORY_CHAPTERS: Array<StoryChapter> = [
   {
     choices: [
       {
-        id:      "walk",
-        label:   "Walk away from the throne",
-        outcome: `You turned your back on it and led your guild out. Not every power needs to`
+        description: "Turned their back on the throne and led the guild out. Not every power needs claiming.",
+        id:          "walk",
+        label:       "Walk away from the throne",
+        outcome:     `You turned your back on it and led your guild out. Not every power needs to`
           + ` be claimed. Not every throne needs an occupant. The room was quieter when you`
           + ` left. You thought it might have been grateful.`,
       },
       {
-        id:      "stand",
-        label:   "Stand at its foot and make a decision",
-        outcome: `You did not sit. But you acknowledged it — the gravity of everything it`
+        description: "Stood at the throne's foot, acknowledged its weight, then turned toward the door.",
+        id:          "stand",
+        label:       "Stand at its foot and make a decision",
+        outcome:     `You did not sit. But you acknowledged it — the gravity of everything it`
           + ` represented, the cost and the weight and the long history. And then you looked`
           + ` away from it and toward the door, and that was its own kind of answer.`,
       },
       {
-        id:      "declare",
-        label:   "Declare that power is held in trust",
-        outcome: `The throne hummed louder, then quieter. You weren't sure if that was`
+        description: "Declared aloud that power is held in trust — and the guild held that for a long time.",
+        id:          "declare",
+        label:       "Declare that power is held in trust",
+        outcome:     `The throne hummed louder, then quieter. You weren't sure if that was`
           + ` agreement or only vibration. But your guild heard you, and they held onto those`
           + ` words for a long time afterward.`,
       },
@@ -594,22 +632,25 @@ const STORY_CHAPTERS: Array<StoryChapter> = [
   {
     choices: [
       {
-        id:      "before",
-        label:   "Ask what came before the before",
-        outcome: `Silence. Then: That is not a question with a shape yet. You decided to`
+        description: "Asked what came before the before — accepted it had no shape yet, and moved on.",
+        id:          "before",
+        label:       "Ask what came before the before",
+        outcome:     `Silence. Then: That is not a question with a shape yet. You decided to`
           + ` accept that as an answer and move forward.`,
       },
       {
-        id:      "worth",
-        label:   "Affirm that what was built is worth defending",
-        outcome: `Yes, said the voice. That is why it has lasted. You were not sure what to`
+        description: "Affirmed that what was built is worth defending — the chaos agreed.",
+        id:          "worth",
+        label:       "Affirm that what was built is worth defending",
+        outcome:     `Yes, said the voice. That is why it has lasted. You were not sure what to`
           + ` do with a compliment from the primordial chaos, but you received it with the`
           + ` sincerity it was offered.`,
       },
       {
-        id:      "fixed",
-        label:   "Stand in the chaos and feel your own solidity",
-        outcome: `Whatever you were — guild leader, fighter, something increasingly harder to`
+        description: "Stood in the chaos and felt their own solidity — specific, named, and decided.",
+        id:          "fixed",
+        label:       "Stand in the chaos and feel your own solidity",
+        outcome:     `Whatever you were — guild leader, fighter, something increasingly harder to`
           + ` categorise — you were specific. Named. Decided. In the midst of all this`
           + ` undecidedness, you were a fixed point, and that was enough.`,
       },
@@ -634,23 +675,26 @@ const STORY_CHAPTERS: Array<StoryChapter> = [
   {
     choices: [
       {
-        id:      "stay",
-        label:   "Sit with your scout until the feeling passed",
-        outcome: `You stayed. There was no trick to it, no words that helped more than the`
+        description: "Stayed with a weeping scout without a word, offering presence. It was what was needed.",
+        id:          "stay",
+        label:       "Sit with your scout until the feeling passed",
+        outcome:     `You stayed. There was no trick to it, no words that helped more than the`
           + ` simple fact of not being alone. The scout looked at you later with a complicated`
           + ` expression that was mostly gratitude.`,
       },
       {
-        id:      "small",
-        label:   "Acknowledge the scale — and your smallness",
-        outcome: `Big was not the same as better. The Expanse was infinite. Your guild was`
+        description: "Acknowledged the scale — and found the audacity in their smallness to persist.",
+        id:          "small",
+        label:       "Acknowledge the scale — and your smallness",
+        outcome:     `Big was not the same as better. The Expanse was infinite. Your guild was`
           + ` finite. And yet something in you had the audacity to persist in finite space and`
           + ` say: we are still here. You could live with that audacity.`,
       },
       {
-        id:      "plan",
-        label:   "Begin immediately planning the next move",
-        outcome: `Movement was your steadiest anchor. Your scout caught you making notes and`
+        description: "Began planning immediately — and their scout looked on with fond exasperation.",
+        id:          "plan",
+        label:       "Begin immediately planning the next move",
+        outcome:     `Movement was your steadiest anchor. Your scout caught you making notes and`
           + ` shook their head, half exasperated and half relieved to see you so thoroughly`
           + ` yourself. You both knew it meant you were going to be all right.`,
       },
@@ -676,23 +720,26 @@ const STORY_CHAPTERS: Array<StoryChapter> = [
   {
     choices: [
       {
-        id:      "intact",
-        label:   "Accept the invitation; leave the Forge intact",
-        outcome: `The Forge continued its quiet work. You left it as you found it, not because`
+        description: "Left the Forge as found — wisdom in knowing what not to change.",
+        id:          "intact",
+        label:       "Accept the invitation; leave the Forge intact",
+        outcome:     `The Forge continued its quiet work. You left it as you found it, not because`
           + ` you lacked the power to change it, but because some things had been put in place`
           + ` by wiser hands than yours, and wisdom lay in knowing the difference.`,
       },
       {
-        id:      "add",
-        label:   "Add a small note to the blueprints",
-        outcome: `Your addition was modest — almost invisible. A small notation in the margin`
+        description: "Added a small notation to the blueprints, on the principle of memory.",
+        id:          "add",
+        label:       "Add a small note to the blueprints",
+        outcome:     `Your addition was modest — almost invisible. A small notation in the margin`
           + ` of the principle of memory: and what is remembered by those who choose to`
           + ` remember. Whether it had any effect, you never knew. You left it there anyway.`,
       },
       {
-        id:      "write",
-        label:   "Write down what you observed, for others",
-        outcome: `Documentation felt inadequate for what the Forge was. You did it anyway. The`
+        description: "Documented what the Forge was — strange notes, accurate ones, for whoever needed them.",
+        id:          "write",
+        label:       "Write down what you observed, for others",
+        outcome:     `Documentation felt inadequate for what the Forge was. You did it anyway. The`
           + ` notes would be strange, but they would be accurate, and accuracy was the only`
           + ` thing the Forge itself seemed to care about.`,
       },
@@ -718,23 +765,26 @@ const STORY_CHAPTERS: Array<StoryChapter> = [
   {
     choices: [
       {
-        id:      "comfort",
-        label:   "Find it comforting — the universe persists",
-        outcome: `The permanence of the stars was a kind of promise. What existed before you`
+        description: "Found it comforting. The stars persisted; so did what had been done in the time between.",
+        id:          "comfort",
+        label:       "Find it comforting — the universe persists",
+        outcome:     `The permanence of the stars was a kind of promise. What existed before you`
           + ` would exist after you, and what you did in the time between was not erased by`
           + ` scale. You held onto this.`,
       },
       {
-        id:      "grief",
-        label:   "Find it terrible — your losses are not small",
-        outcome: `Your guild had bled for this. The grief of it was real and specific and`
+        description: "Found it terrible — and turned back to their people, where the grief was real and theirs.",
+        id:          "grief",
+        label:       "Find it terrible — your losses are not small",
+        outcome:     `Your guild had bled for this. The grief of it was real and specific and`
           + ` theirs, and the indifference of the cosmos did not diminish it. You turned away`
           + ` from the stars and toward your people.`,
       },
       {
-        id:      "present",
-        label:   "Find it neither — just be present",
-        outcome: `Sometimes a moment did not need interpretation. You stood in it. It was what`
+        description: "Found it neither — stood in the moment, let it be what it was, and called that enough.",
+        id:          "present",
+        label:       "Find it neither — just be present",
+        outcome:     `Sometimes a moment did not need interpretation. You stood in it. It was what`
           + ` it was. The stars were what they were. That was enough, for now.`,
       },
     ],
@@ -758,24 +808,27 @@ const STORY_CHAPTERS: Array<StoryChapter> = [
   {
     choices: [
       {
-        id:      "weight",
-        label:   "Carry the weight of all that came before",
-        outcome: `The generations that had built the world — the forgotten, the unnamed, the`
+        description: "Chose to carry the weight of all that came before — none of it unacknowledged.",
+        id:          "weight",
+        label:       "Carry the weight of all that came before",
+        outcome:     `The generations that had built the world — the forgotten, the unnamed, the`
           + ` ones whose courage made your existence possible — you acknowledged them. You were`
           + ` not the beginning. You were what they had been working toward. That felt like`
           + ` enough.`,
       },
       {
-        id:      "chosen",
-        label:   "Carry only what you chose",
-        outcome: `You could not carry everything. The weight would have stopped you where you`
+        description: "Chose only what could be carried: the things that were truly theirs.",
+        id:          "chosen",
+        label:       "Carry only what you chose",
+        outcome:     `You could not carry everything. The weight would have stopped you where you`
           + ` stood. You chose carefully — the things that were yours, the things that mattered,`
           + ` the things that would survive the carrying.`,
       },
       {
-        id:      "waste",
-        label:   "Carry the intention not to waste this",
-        outcome: `You had arrived somewhere very few had. What you did next would define what`
+        description: "Chose the intention not to waste what they had reached, and made it real.",
+        id:          "waste",
+        label:       "Carry the intention not to waste this",
+        outcome:     `You had arrived somewhere very few had. What you did next would define what`
           + ` arriving here meant. You did not intend to waste it.`,
       },
     ],
@@ -801,24 +854,27 @@ const STORY_CHAPTERS: Array<StoryChapter> = [
   {
     choices: [
       {
-        id:      "yes",
-        label:   "Yes — without hesitation",
-        outcome: `There was nothing complicated in it. The weight, the cost, the long road —`
+        description: "Said yes without hesitation. Would have done it all again. The certainty was complete.",
+        id:          "yes",
+        label:       "Yes — without hesitation",
+        outcome:     `There was nothing complicated in it. The weight, the cost, the long road —`
           + ` you would have done it again. Would do it again. The certainty was quiet and`
           + ` complete, and that was the most honest thing you had ever known.`,
       },
       {
-        id:      "cost",
-        label:   "Yes — though the cost was real",
-        outcome: `The acknowledgement of loss did not diminish the worth of it. Things had`
+        description: "Said yes, though the cost was real — holding both the loss and the worth without flinching.",
+        id:          "cost",
+        label:       "Yes — though the cost was real",
+        outcome:     `The acknowledgement of loss did not diminish the worth of it. Things had`
           + ` been spent that could not be recovered. That was true. And the answer was still`
           + ` yes. Holding both of those things at once was the truest thing you had ever`
           + ` managed.`,
       },
       {
-        id:      "becoming",
-        label:   "I am still becoming the answer",
-        outcome: `The journey had not ended. The Absolute was a chapter, not a conclusion. You`
+        description: "Said the answer was still being written, and walked forward — as they always had.",
+        id:          "becoming",
+        label:       "I am still becoming the answer",
+        outcome:     `The journey had not ended. The Absolute was a chapter, not a conclusion. You`
           + ` were still writing the rest of it. That was neither modesty nor avoidance — it`
           + ` was honesty. You left the silence of the Absolute and walked forward, because`
           + ` walking forward was what you did.`,
@@ -845,24 +901,27 @@ const STORY_CHAPTERS: Array<StoryChapter> = [
   {
     choices: [
       {
-        id:      "know",
-        label:   "Tell the guild: we know the way",
-        outcome: `The veterans who had made this choice with you nodded. The newer members`
+        description: "Told the guild: we know the way. The lessons passed forward to those who came next.",
+        id:          "know",
+        label:       "Tell the guild: we know the way",
+        outcome:     `The veterans who had made this choice with you nodded. The newer members`
           + ` looked uncertain. You had both in your guild, and that was the point — the`
           + ` knowledge passed forward, the lessons given to those who hadn't yet paid for`
           + ` them. That was the real economy of prestige.`,
       },
       {
-        id:      "work",
-        label:   "Begin immediately, without ceremony",
-        outcome: `There was a kind of respect in not making a production of it. The work was`
+        description: "Began again without ceremony — the work was what mattered.",
+        id:          "work",
+        label:       "Begin immediately, without ceremony",
+        outcome:     `There was a kind of respect in not making a production of it. The work was`
           + ` what mattered. The ceremony could wait for a summit that didn't keep moving. You`
           + ` set to work, and your guild followed, and that was the whole of the ritual.`,
       },
       {
-        id:      "rest",
-        label:   "Take a single day to rest before restarting",
-        outcome: `One day. You had earned it, and so had they. The guild rested, and healed,`
+        description: "Took one day. The guild rested, healed, and said things urgency hadn't left room for.",
+        id:          "rest",
+        label:       "Take a single day to rest before restarting",
+        outcome:     `One day. You had earned it, and so had they. The guild rested, and healed,`
           + ` and ate without rushing, and said things to each other that the urgency of the`
           + ` climb hadn't left room for. On the second morning you began again, and you began`
           + ` stronger.`,
@@ -891,23 +950,26 @@ const STORY_CHAPTERS: Array<StoryChapter> = [
   {
     choices: [
       {
-        id:      "speak",
-        label:   "Speak to the guild about why you keep going",
-        outcome: `You hadn't planned to say anything, and what you said wasn't polished. But`
+        description: "Spoke honestly without preparation — the guild believed it, and that was the whole of it.",
+        id:          "speak",
+        label:       "Speak to the guild about why you keep going",
+        outcome:     `You hadn't planned to say anything, and what you said wasn't polished. But`
           + ` it was honest, and your guild heard it that way, and the room got quieter in the`
           + ` good way — the way of people deciding to believe in something together.`,
       },
       {
-        id:      "listen",
-        label:   "Let the gathering speak for itself",
-        outcome: `Sometimes leadership was knowing when not to speak. The guild had found its`
+        description: "Let the gathering speak for itself, and was grateful.",
+        id:          "listen",
+        label:       "Let the gathering speak for itself",
+        outcome:     `Sometimes leadership was knowing when not to speak. The guild had found its`
           + ` own reason to celebrate, its own meaning in the repetition. You listened and were`
           + ` grateful.`,
       },
       {
-        id:      "store",
-        label:   "Commit the moment to memory, for hard times",
-        outcome: `There would be difficult nights later. There always were. You stored this one`
+        description: "Committed the warmth and laughter to memory carefully, for the difficult nights ahead.",
+        id:          "store",
+        label:       "Commit the moment to memory, for hard times",
+        outcome:     `There would be difficult nights later. There always were. You stored this one`
           + ` carefully — the warmth of it, the sound of laughter, the proof that your people`
           + ` were still whole — so that you could return to it when the cold came in.`,
       },
@@ -935,22 +997,25 @@ const STORY_CHAPTERS: Array<StoryChapter> = [
   {
     choices: [
       {
-        id:      "begin",
-        label:   "Accept the strangeness and begin",
-        outcome: `The unfamiliarity was not your enemy. It was proof that you were somewhere`
+        description: "Accepted the strangeness and began. The discomfort was proof of somewhere genuinely new.",
+        id:          "begin",
+        label:       "Accept the strangeness and begin",
+        outcome:     `The unfamiliarity was not your enemy. It was proof that you were somewhere`
           + ` genuinely new. You held that discomfort lightly and took the first step.`,
       },
       {
-        id:      "grieve",
-        label:   "Sit with what was released before moving on",
-        outcome: `Loss and choice were not incompatible. You had chosen to release, and what`
+        description: "Sat with what was released before turning forward — loss and choice are not incompatible.",
+        id:          "grieve",
+        label:       "Sit with what was released before moving on",
+        outcome:     `Loss and choice were not incompatible. You had chosen to release, and what`
           + ` you had released had been real and worth having. Acknowledging that before`
           + ` turning forward was not weakness. It was honesty.`,
       },
       {
-        id:      "pattern",
-        label:   "Find the shape of the new pattern immediately",
-        outcome: `Your mind moved the way it always had, already mapping the new terrain. The`
+        description: "Found the shape of the new pattern immediately. The guild felt steadier for it.",
+        id:          "pattern",
+        label:       "Find the shape of the new pattern immediately",
+        outcome:     `Your mind moved the way it always had, already mapping the new terrain. The`
           + ` guild watched you and felt steadier for it. Pattern-finding was its own form of`
           + ` courage — the refusal to be lost.`,
       },
@@ -977,24 +1042,27 @@ const STORY_CHAPTERS: Array<StoryChapter> = [
   {
     choices: [
       {
-        id:      "given",
-        label:   "Acknowledge what was given as much as earned",
-        outcome: `You had not walked this road alone. Every person who had followed you, every`
+        description: "Acknowledged what was given as much as what was earned. No path here was walked alone.",
+        id:          "given",
+        label:       "Acknowledge what was given as much as earned",
+        outcome:     `You had not walked this road alone. Every person who had followed you, every`
           + ` ally who had helped, every predecessor whose failures had mapped the path — their`
           + ` contribution was woven into what you were now. You remembered them, and it`
           + ` mattered.`,
       },
       {
-        id:      "forward",
-        label:   "Look forward to what this makes possible",
-        outcome: `The horizon had not disappeared. It had moved — further, broader, stranger.`
+        description: "Looked forward to what this made possible, and felt excitement returning.",
+        id:          "forward",
+        label:       "Look forward to what this makes possible",
+        outcome:     `The horizon had not disappeared. It had moved — further, broader, stranger.`
           + ` What you were now could do things that what you had been could only approach. You`
           + ` looked at the new horizon and felt something you had almost forgotten: excitement.`,
       },
       {
-        id:      "be",
-        label:   "Simply be what you have become, for now",
-        outcome: `Not every threshold needed to be rushed past. You were here. You were this.`
+        description: "Let the weight of what they had become settle before the next step. Presence as power.",
+        id:          "be",
+        label:       "Simply be what you have become, for now",
+        outcome:     `Not every threshold needed to be rushed past. You were here. You were this.`
           + ` You let the weight of that settle before you took the next step. Presence was its`
           + ` own kind of power.`,
       },