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Background actor

Village goat

A Cinderfolk goat, escape artist of the fair.

WildlifeArchetypeBackgroundAnimal

Character

Goats are kept in the fenced pasture above the orchard court and are the village's most reliable source of small trouble.

They are background animals: they browse, they watch the player, and they are the reason the pasture gate matters.

Places

Canonical record
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  "schemaVersion": 1,
  "id": "village-goat",
  "name": "Village goat",
  "aliases": [],
  "summary": "A Cinderfolk goat, escape artist of the fair.",
  "details": [
    "Goats are kept in the fenced pasture above the orchard court and are the village's most reliable source of small trouble.",
    "They are background animals: they browse, they watch the player, and they are the reason the pasture gate matters."
  ],
  "relations": [],
  "supersededByRefs": [],
  "history": [
    {
      "id": "village-goat-design-brief",
      "at": "2026-09-10T09:00:00.000Z",
      "summary": "Added the village goat as a background archetype.",
      "reason": "The pasture and the goat fair both need a placeable animal, and a named archetype keeps individual placements out of canon.",
      "mentions": [
        "ref:cinderfolk-village",
        "ref:goat-fair"
      ],
      "source": {
        "kind": "conversation",
        "label": "Village design brief, 2026-09-10"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "village-goat-catalog-art-2026-09-14",
      "at": "2026-09-14T19:40:00Z",
      "summary": "Added a generated illustration for the Atlas catalog and actor page.",
      "reason": "The owner requested artwork for entries without images. The illustration interprets the recorded identity and habitat; it does not establish additional anatomy, story facts, or engine-ready art.",
      "confidence": "Generated catalog concept. Surface detail is richer than the simplified gameplay target. Existing supersession and design history remain unchanged.",
      "mentions": [],
      "source": {
        "kind": "conversation",
        "label": "Homepage simplification and missing artwork, 2026-09-14"
      }
    }
  ],
  "kind": "actor",
  "scope": "archetype",
  "prominence": "background",
  "forms": [
    "animal"
  ],
  "roles": [
    "wildlife"
  ],
  "locationRefs": [
    "ref:cinderfolk-village",
    "ref:orchard-court"
  ],
  "image": "assets/actors/wrought-naturalism/village-goat.webp",
  "lifeEvents": [],
  "archetypeRefs": [],
  "groupRefs": []
}