{
  "_readme": [
    "Tuning for Quests, NPCs & the World Story (docs/wiki/lore/quests-npcs.md).",
    "Owner-edited. null = undecided. V1 questline values land here remapped",
    "to canon (frozen ore ladder, band names) at the content pass."
  ],
  "npcs": [
    { "id": "elias", "name": "Elias the Lost Miner", "anchor": "mining", "island": "starter_mines", "questline": "v1_authored_13", "status": "content-pass" },
    { "id": "thorn", "name": "Thorn the Lumberjack", "anchor": "woodcutting", "island": "mistwood", "questline": "v1_authored", "status": "content-pass" },
    { "id": "mara", "name": "Mara the Fisher", "anchor": "fishing", "island": "forest_lake", "questline": "v1_authored", "status": "content-pass" },
    { "id": "rosalie", "name": "Chef Rosalie", "anchor": "cooking", "island": null, "questline": "v1_authored", "status": "content-pass" },
    { "id": "adathan", "name": "Keeper Adathan", "anchor": "desert_tomb", "island": "desert_island", "questline": "v1_authored", "status": "content-pass" },
    { "id": "enchantress", "name": "The Enchantress", "anchor": "enchanting", "island": null, "questline": "v1_authored", "status": "deferred-dungeons-session" },
    { "id": "bone_collector", "name": "The Bone Collector", "anchor": "skeleton_zone", "island": "skeleton_zone", "questline": "v1_authored", "status": "content-pass" },
    { "id": "korr", "name": "Arena Master Korr", "anchor": "arena_events", "island": null, "questline": "v1_authored", "status": "deferred-events-session" },
    { "id": "veylor", "name": "Captain Veylor", "anchor": "pirate_arena_crates", "island": null, "questline": "v1_authored", "status": "deferred-social-crates-sessions" }
  ],
  "daily_board": {
    "size": null,
    "reset": "daily",
    "reset_hour_utc": null,
    "reward_ranges": null,
    "note": "classic daily reset (D-QUESTS-NPCS-03); no streak mechanics without a new promise check"
  },
  "xp_scrolls": {
    "tradeable": true,
    "magnitudes": null,
    "note": "consumption routes through the owner-edited XP-source config (D-QUESTS-NPCS-04)"
  }
}