The Gardens of Grey Nax

Open Issues

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Open Issues

Tracked cleanup tasks, structural decisions, and content gaps across the Western Horizon vault.

Manual Cleanup in Obsidian

These require Obsidian’s rename/delete (so links auto-update). Delete entire old folders once confirmed:

  • Delete 01 - Session Zero/ — all content moved to 07 - Session Zero/
  • Delete 03 - Wilderness/ — all content moved to 04 - Geography/ and 05 - Lore/
  • Delete 04 - Dungeons/ — content moved to 06 - Quests/
  • Delete 05 - Quest Prep/ — content moved to 06 - Quests/
  • Delete 06 - Sessions/ — Five Room Structure and Expedition Types moved to 06 - Quests/, Sessions overview moved to 08 - Sessions/
  • Delete 07 - Wiki/ — content moved to 09 - Wiki/
  • Delete 08 - Appendices/ — content moved to 10 - Appendices/
  • Delete Notes/Player Expectations Draft.md — old stub pointing to blog version
  • Rename 02 - Settlements/02b - Settlement Founding.md → Founding.md
  • Rename 02 - Settlements/02d - Settlement History.md → History.md
  • Rename 02 - Settlements/02e - Settlement Districts.md → Districts.md
  • Rename 02 - Settlements/02g - Settlement Threats.md → Threats.md
  • Rename 02 - Settlements/02h - Settlement Workflow.md → Workflow.md
  • Delete stubbed files after renaming: 02a, 02c, 02f

All files were written without Obsidian wikilinks to keep edits clean during restructuring. A full link pass is needed to wire up the vault. Key connections to make:

00 - Overview & Philosophy

  • Introduction: link to Core Philosophy, all section overviews, Further Reading
  • Core Philosophy: link to Proven Solutions, Goals Over Hooks
  • Goals Over Hooks: link to Proactive Roleplaying (Notes), Ex Novo, Beak Feather & Bone, Faction Scope (Notes)
  • Proven Solutions: link to all Notes files, Source Systems, Further Reading

01 - People

  • Overview: link to 03 - Factions Overview, GUMSHOE Guarantee (Pandemonium Engine), Player-Initiated Collapse
  • Residents: link to Street Magic (Notes), Wave Function Collapse (Pandemonium Engine)
  • Rivals: link to 03 - Factions Overview, GUMSHOE Guarantee, Beak Feather & Bone (Notes)
  • Quick NPCs: link to 05 - Lore Overview

02 - Settlements

  • Overview: link to The Six-Layer Graph, The Artisanal-to-Automatic Spectrum, The Shadow Horizon
  • Founding: link to Ex Novo (Notes), The Shadow Horizon
  • History: link to 06 - Lore Overview, Microscope (Notes), Chronicle (Notes)
  • Districts: link to Buildings & NPCs (within 02), The Shadow Horizon
  • Threats: link to 06 - Quests Overview, Claw Atlas (Notes), GUMSHOE Guarantee

03 - Factions

  • Overview: link to Proactive Roleplaying (Notes), Seeds and the Focal Quest (Pandemonium Engine), Faction Scope (Notes), Mystic Arts Political Factions (Notes)

04 - Geography

  • Overview: link to 02 - Settlements Overview, 05 - Lore Overview
  • Hex Map: link to 05 - Lore/Seeded Discovery Pool, Hexmancer (Notes)
  • Travel & Complications: link to 01 - People/Quick NPCs, 05 - Lore/Seeded Discovery Pool

05 - Lore

  • Overview: link to 06 - Quests Overview, The Shadow Horizon, Ex Novo (Notes), Microscope (Notes)
  • Seeded Discovery Pool: (no additional links needed beyond Overview)
  • Lore Delivery: link to 01 - People Overview, 06 - Quests Overview

06 - Quests

  • Overview: link to 05 - Lore Overview, Goals Over Hooks
  • Quest Prep: link to Pandemonium Engine Overview, The Shadow Horizon
  • Dungeons: link to Ex Umbra (Notes), Delve & Rise (Notes), Perilous Wilds (Notes), GUMSHOE Guarantee
  • Five Room Structure: link to 05 - Lore Overview
  • Expedition Types: (standalone, minimal links needed)

07 - Session Zero

  • Overview: link to 02 - Settlements Overview, Player Guide
  • Player Guide: link to Goals Over Hooks, 03 - Factions Overview

08 - Sessions

  • Overview: link to 06 - Quests Overview, 09 - Wiki Overview, Goals Over Hooks

Pandemonium Engine — links to Sections

  • Overview: link to all six layer Section folders
  • The Problem: link to Core Philosophy
  • Seeds and the Focal Quest: link to Goals Over Hooks, 05 - Lore/Seeded Discovery Pool
  • The Shadow Horizon: link to Core Philosophy (Canon Integration)
  • Player-Initiated Collapse: link to Core Philosophy (Collaborative Authorship)
  • GUMSHOE Guarantee: link to 05 - Lore/Seeded Discovery Pool
  • The Artisanal-to-Automatic Spectrum: link to all source system Notes files
  • Layer Overviews (01-06): link to corresponding Section folder overviews

Content Gaps — Sections

  • 07 - Session Zero — Palette, Guild Charter, and Starting Era procedures all pending
  • 03 - Factions — Sub-files needed: Paradigms & Relationships, Goals & Clocks, Power & Seat
  • 08 - Sessions — Recording, Logging Discoveries, and Post-Session procedures all pending
  • 09 - Wiki — Structure, Entry Templates, Update Workflow, Claude Integration all pending
  • 10 - Appendices/Quick Reference — Blocked until procedures above are complete enough to summarize
  • 10 - Appendices/Oracle Tables — Tables to be extracted from source system notes

Content Gaps — Notes

These source system notes are stub-level (under 300 bytes) and need full processing. Use Notes/_Prompt.md for the Claude processing workflow:

  • Microscope
  • Microscope Explorer
  • Kingdom
  • Ex Umbra
  • Delve & Rise
  • Perilous Wilds

Content Gaps — Pandemonium Engine

  • Layer node/edge formalization — All six layer Overview files have (To be formalized) sections for node types, edge types, and adjacency rules
  • Stories as Hyperedges open questions — Four implementation questions at the bottom of that file remain unresolved
  • WFC Generation Engine.md in old Drafts — 185-byte stub, likely superseded by Pandemonium Engine content. Confirm and delete
  • Engine-to-Sections links — Once link pass is done, verify every Pandemonium Engine concept links to its procedural counterpart in Sections and vice versa

Structural Decisions

  • Player Expectations Draft — Full 14KB working draft lives in 07 - Session Zero/ alongside the polished Player Guide. Decide: keep as long-form reference, split into sub-files, or consolidate into Player Guide
  • The Shadow Map — Original blog post still in Pandemonium Engine/00 - Overview/. Now that it’s been split into individual files, decide whether to keep it as the canonical “full article” view or retire it
  • Chronicle vs Microscope Explorer — Notes/Chronicle.md appears to reference a system that may be the same as Microscope Explorer under a different name. Confirm and reconcile
  • 02 - Settlements parent file — Two files exist at the folder level: 02 - Settlements.md (the external-facing index) and Overview.md (the in-folder entry point). Confirm this two-file pattern is intentional or consolidate into one

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