The Mine Road

{
  "schemaVersion": 1,
  "id": "mine-road",
  "name": "The Mine Road",
  "aliases": [],
  "summary": "The maintained road climbing out of the village to the seasonal hearthsalt mine.",
  "details": [
    "The road switches back out of the village's north-west corner past the overlook and ends at a closed gate below the adit mouth.",
    "It is maintained ground: the village keeps it clear even out of season, which is why it reads as a road and not as a trail."
  ],
  "relations": [],
  "supersededByRefs": [],
  "history": [
    {
      "id": "mine-road-design-brief",
      "at": "2026-09-10T09:00:00.000Z",
      "summary": "Named the mine road as its own zone inside the village.",
      "reason": "The village needs three visible roads out, and the climb to the mine is the one that shows the player elevation and the valley behind them before it is ever playable.",
      "mentions": [
        "ref:cinderfolk-village",
        "ref:motherlode-mine"
      ],
      "source": {
        "kind": "conversation",
        "label": "Village design brief, 2026-09-10"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "mine-road-playable-approach",
      "at": "2026-09-13T22:00:00.000Z",
      "summary": "Made the Mine Road the playable daylight approach to the mine level.",
      "reason": "Kip climbs it in daylight to reach the adit, so the switchbacks, the overlook, and the gate become the level's quiet first minute rather than a view only.",
      "mentions": [
        "ref:wake-the-mine",
        "ref:motherlode-mine"
      ],
      "source": {
        "kind": "conversation",
        "label": "Kilnrath sweetener and next-levels discussion, 2026-09-13"
      }
    }
  ],
  "kind": "location",
  "categories": [
    "route"
  ],
  "image": "assets/studies/wrought-naturalism-v1/wrought-naturalism/mine-approach.webp",
  "parentRefs": [
    "ref:cinderfolk-village"
  ],
  "connectsToRefs": [],
  "passesThroughRefs": [],
  "adjacentToRefs": []
}