Old Brackenjaw

{
  "schemaVersion": 1,
  "id": "old-brackenjaw",
  "name": "Old Brackenjaw",
  "aliases": [],
  "summary": "The individual crocodile used as the opening's first substantial boss encounter.",
  "details": [
    "The concept survives, but its design and encounter execution are rebuilt from scratch.",
    "Old Brackenjaw is a crocodile, not a turtle. Its final proportions, surface treatment and encounter remain open."
  ],
  "relations": [],
  "supersededByRefs": [],
  "history": [
    {
      "id": "old-brackenjaw-opening-brackenjaw",
      "at": "2026-09-08T01:08:04.946Z",
      "summary": "Kept Old Brackenjaw while reopening its design.",
      "reason": "The opening benefits from a severe threat, but the prototype is only a concept reference.",
      "mentions": [],
      "source": {
        "kind": "review-migration",
        "label": "Prototype review: opening-brackenjaw",
        "locator": "archive/migrations/2026-09-08-prototype-review.json#review.answers.opening-brackenjaw"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "old-brackenjaw-catalog-art-2026-09-14",
      "at": "2026-09-14T19:35:22.048Z",
      "summary": "Added a generated illustration for the Atlas catalog and detail page.",
      "reason": "The owner requested artwork for entries without images. The illustration interprets the recorded identity and setting. The crocodilian-like head is an illustrative interpretation; species and final anatomy remain undecided.",
      "confidence": "Generated catalog concept; existing design decisions and history remain unchanged.",
      "mentions": [],
      "source": {
        "kind": "conversation",
        "label": "Homepage simplification and missing artwork, 2026-09-14"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "old-brackenjaw-crocodile-2026-09-16",
      "at": "2026-09-16T22:00:00.000Z",
      "summary": "Confirmed Old Brackenjaw as a crocodile and rejected the Workshop turtle study.",
      "reason": "The owner explicitly corrected the species during the Workshop asset review. This resolves the earlier undecided-species note without accepting the retired model as the final design.",
      "mentions": [],
      "source": {
        "kind": "conversation",
        "label": "Workshop 3D inspection and creature corrections, 2026-09-16"
      }
    }
  ],
  "kind": "actor",
  "scope": "individual",
  "prominence": "supporting",
  "forms": [
    "animal"
  ],
  "roles": [
    "enemy",
    "wildlife"
  ],
  "locationRefs": [
    "ref:glasswater-reach"
  ],
  "image": "assets/actors/wrought-naturalism/old-brackenjaw.webp",
  "lifeEvents": [],
  "archetypeRefs": [],
  "groupRefs": []
}