The Village Square

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  "schemaVersion": 1,
  "id": "village-square",
  "name": "The Village Square",
  "aliases": [],
  "summary": "The open dirt heart of the village around the communal hearth.",
  "details": [
    "The square is worked earth, not paving, and it stays open: one hearth, a few benches facing it, and nothing ornamental.",
    "Every road out of the village is visible from the hearth, so the square is where the player orients and where the village gathers."
  ],
  "relations": [],
  "supersededByRefs": [],
  "history": [
    {
      "id": "village-square-design-brief",
      "at": "2026-09-10T09:00:00.000Z",
      "summary": "Named the square as its own zone inside the village.",
      "reason": "The village blockout needs districts that read by work, and the open hearth ground is the one place that belongs to everybody rather than to a trade.",
      "mentions": [
        "ref:cinderfolk-village",
        "ref:hetty"
      ],
      "source": {
        "kind": "conversation",
        "label": "Village design brief, 2026-09-10"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "village-square-catalog-art-2026-09-14",
      "at": "2026-09-14T19:35:22.328Z",
      "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 image does not establish additional anatomy, spatial layout, story facts, or engine-ready art.",
      "confidence": "Generated catalog concept; existing design decisions and history remain unchanged.",
      "mentions": [],
      "source": {
        "kind": "conversation",
        "label": "Homepage simplification and missing artwork, 2026-09-14"
      }
    }
  ],
  "kind": "location",
  "categories": [
    "zone"
  ],
  "image": "assets/locations/wrought-naturalism/village-square.webp",
  "parentRefs": [
    "ref:cinderfolk-village"
  ],
  "connectsToRefs": [],
  "passesThroughRefs": [],
  "adjacentToRefs": []
}