[
  {
    "slug": "the-quiet-breach",
    "number": "Chapter 01",
    "title": "The Quiet Breach",
    "status": "Placeholder draft",
    "file": "the-quiet-breach.md",
    "updated": "2026-08-22",
    "description": "A routine containment call forces Lynleit to choose between institutional protocol and Kyrien's warning.",
    "characters": ["Lynleit", "Kyrien", "Fionn"],
    "events": [
      "Lynleit investigates a containment call with deliberately altered readings.",
      "Kyrien discovers a hidden door that contradicts the official report.",
      "Lynleit breaks protocol after Fionn orders the cause left untouched."
    ]
  },
  {
    "slug": "ash-under-glass",
    "number": "Chapter 02",
    "title": "Ash Under Glass",
    "status": "Placeholder draft",
    "file": "ash-under-glass.md",
    "updated": "2026-08-22",
    "description": "Heyk enters a sealed district while Drake and Sherie manage an extraction that was never meant to be clean.",
    "characters": ["Heyk", "Drake", "Sherie"],
    "events": [
      "Heyk enters a quarantined district where ash moves beneath the streets.",
      "The extraction target reveals a memory that does not belong to him.",
      "Drake and Sherie create an unauthorized route for Heyk's return."
    ]
  },
  {
    "slug": "the-name-left-behind",
    "number": "Chapter 03",
    "title": "The Name Left Behind",
    "status": "Placeholder draft",
    "file": "the-name-left-behind.md",
    "updated": "2026-08-22",
    "description": "Natalia follows a missing name through the city archive and finds Myka protecting the last surviving clue.",
    "characters": ["Natalia", "Myka", "Fionn"],
    "events": [
      "Natalia finds a missing page hidden from every archive index.",
      "Myka reveals an unaltered copy carrying Fionn's name beside a future date.",
      "The archive erases the evidence while Natalia attempts to preserve it."
    ]
  }
]