Goat Fair

{
  "schemaVersion": 1,
  "id": "goat-fair",
  "name": "Goat Fair",
  "aliases": [],
  "summary": "A candidate continuation after Hob's debrief, combining the authored village cast, livestock, local comedy, and possibly a rebuilt goat chase.",
  "details": [
    "Protect the identity and social function while rebuilding the sequence and production from scratch.",
    "Its place immediately after the Lamp Road opening and the existing chase's maturity remain open.",
    "Working role in play: the chase is the village's traversal tutorial. It has no combat and drags Kip through every district so the hub is memorized on the run before the player ever needs it."
  ],
  "relations": [],
  "supersededByRefs": [],
  "history": [
    {
      "id": "goat-fair-opening-goat-fair",
      "at": "2026-09-08T01:08:24.365Z",
      "summary": "Kept the Goat Fair while reopening its execution.",
      "reason": "It is the strongest existing community scene.",
      "mentions": [],
      "source": {
        "kind": "review-migration",
        "label": "Prototype review: opening-goat-fair",
        "locator": "archive/migrations/2026-09-08-prototype-review.json#review.answers.opening-goat-fair"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "goat-fair-characters-animals-humor",
      "at": "2026-09-08T01:31:53.038Z",
      "summary": "Protected livestock and local comedy as part of Breathsalt's identity.",
      "reason": "Warmth and comedy can coexist with mature stakes.",
      "mentions": [],
      "source": {
        "kind": "review-migration",
        "label": "Prototype review: characters-animals-humor",
        "locator": "archive/migrations/2026-09-08-prototype-review.json#review.answers.characters-animals-humor"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "goat-fair-opening-placement-reopened",
      "at": "2026-09-08T21:43:27.000Z",
      "summary": "Kept the Goat Fair as a possible post-debrief continuation rather than a required endpoint.",
      "reason": "The village warmth remains valuable, but the current sequence may read as too childish and needs evaluation in the revised opening.",
      "confidence": "The event remains useful source material; placement and form are undecided.",
      "mentions": [
        "ref:hob-debrief",
        "ref:cinderfolk-village"
      ],
      "source": {
        "kind": "conversation",
        "label": "Opening story mapping discussion"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "goat-fair-traversal-tutorial",
      "at": "2026-09-13T22:00:00.000Z",
      "summary": "Gave the goat chase a play job: the traversal tutorial that teaches the village hub.",
      "reason": "The village is the emotional core but has little to do in it, so the one village level should teach movement and the hub's layout together. The chase's ending remains open.",
      "mentions": [
        "ref:cinderfolk-village",
        "ref:village-goat",
        "ref:kip"
      ],
      "source": {
        "kind": "conversation",
        "label": "Kilnrath sweetener and next-levels discussion, 2026-09-13"
      }
    }
  ],
  "kind": "story",
  "storyType": "sequence",
  "parentStoryRefs": [
    "ref:opening-first-day"
  ],
  "actorRoles": [
    {
      "actorRef": "ref:kip",
      "roles": [
        "protagonist"
      ]
    },
    {
      "actorRef": "ref:cobb",
      "roles": [
        "participant"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "locationRefs": [
    "ref:cinderfolk-village"
  ],
  "itemRefs": [],
  "requirements": [
    {
      "kind": "story-completed",
      "storyRef": "ref:hob-debrief"
    }
  ],
  "effects": []
}