Kip

{
  "schemaVersion": 1,
  "id": "kip",
  "name": "Kip",
  "aliases": [],
  "summary": "The silent, authored protagonist whose ordinary first assignment draws him into the valley's crisis.",
  "details": [
    "Kip is a white boy of about seventeen, an orphan, and closely tied to Hob as foreman and de facto father.",
    "Kip never has a speaking part; other characters speak to him, but the player never hears him speak.",
    "His core identity and kit are authored, while equipment and permanent stat choices allow contained specialization."
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "kind": "related-to",
      "targetRef": "ref:hob",
      "note": "Foreman and de facto father."
    }
  ],
  "supersededByRefs": [],
  "history": [
    {
      "id": "kip-characters-kip",
      "at": "2026-09-08T01:24:13.867Z",
      "summary": "Kept Kip as the protagonist.",
      "reason": "The existing protagonist remains central.",
      "mentions": [],
      "source": {
        "kind": "review-migration",
        "label": "Prototype review: characters-kip",
        "locator": "archive/migrations/2026-09-08-prototype-review.json#review.answers.characters-kip"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "kip-characters-kip-voice",
      "at": "2026-09-08T01:25:05.219Z",
      "summary": "Made Kip permanently silent.",
      "reason": "Silence is part of his presentation, not a temporary production choice.",
      "mentions": [],
      "source": {
        "kind": "review-migration",
        "label": "Prototype review: characters-kip-voice",
        "locator": "archive/migrations/2026-09-08-prototype-review.json#review.answers.characters-kip-voice"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "kip-actor-library",
      "at": "2026-09-10T22:25:00.000Z",
      "summary": "Formalized Kip for the visual actor library.",
      "reason": "The actor index needs concise biography, place associations, structured life events, and a Wrought Naturalism reference that depicts his pressure-mister pole correctly.",
      "mentions": [
        "ref:hob",
        "ref:cinderfolk-village",
        "ref:lamp-road"
      ],
      "source": {
        "kind": "conversation",
        "label": "Actor library and homepage redesign"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "kip-portrait-identity-correction",
      "at": "2026-09-10T22:40:00.000Z",
      "summary": "Corrected Kip's complexion in the actor portrait.",
      "reason": "Kip is white; the earlier portrait did not reflect that established identity.",
      "mentions": [],
      "source": {
        "kind": "conversation",
        "label": "Actor portrait identity corrections"
      }
    }
  ],
  "kind": "actor",
  "scope": "individual",
  "prominence": "protagonist",
  "forms": [
    "human"
  ],
  "roles": [
    "player-character"
  ],
  "locationRefs": [
    "ref:cinderfolk-village",
    "ref:lamp-road"
  ],
  "image": "assets/actors/wrought-naturalism/kip.webp",
  "lifeEvents": [
    {
      "id": "raised-under-hob",
      "title": "Raised under Hob",
      "timeframe": "Childhood",
      "summary": "After being orphaned, Kip grew up with Hob as foreman and de facto father.",
      "locationRefs": [
        "ref:cinderfolk-village",
        "ref:lampworks"
      ],
      "storyRefs": []
    },
    {
      "id": "opening-shift",
      "title": "Opening shift",
      "timeframe": "Opening",
      "summary": "An ordinary first Lamp Road assignment draws Kip into the valley's larger crisis.",
      "locationRefs": [
        "ref:lamp-road"
      ],
      "storyRefs": [
        "ref:hob-debrief"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "archetypeRefs": [],
  "groupRefs": [
    "ref:cinderfolk"
  ]
}