Plot — Legacy of Halden City

Campaign plot materials for Legacy of Halden City. This index organizes everything a GM needs — from mid-session cheat sheets to long-arc planning.

Quick Reference

Purpose	File	What’s Inside
Mid-session cheat sheet	[[gm-quick-ref]]	Signal reveal schedule, active seeds per PC, threat board, NPC influence states, upcoming beats
Session tracking	[[session-log]]	What happened each session, beat completion status
Live thread tracker	[[open-threads]]	Unresolved story questions, planted seeds, and their stakes

Detailed arc planning documents — beat sheets, broadcast scripts, and mechanical references.

Arc	File	Contents
All arcs	[[macro-arc-structure]]	Four-arc philosophical progression, end states per arc
Arc 1: “Who Decides”	[[who-decides-arc]]	Full beat sheet (Beat 1–10), Signal’s reveal schedule, Alliance dismantling plan, arc end state
Riley’s parasite arc	[[riley-parasite-arc]]	The hidden deterioration thread, Casey Holt’s role, the hospital recording
Signal’s broadcasts	[[signal-broadcast]]	Full broadcast scripts (Beat 3 and beyond), stage directions, GM delivery notes
Signal’s label targets	[[signal-label-targets]]	Mechanical reference — which labels shift per reveal, ripple effects on each PC

Self-contained scene scripts — planted seeds and character moments that slot between beats.

Scene	File	When It Hits
Jason & Lily Matthews	[[jason-lily-matthews-scene]]	Between Beat 3 and Beat 5 — Doomed nemesis progress through civilian encounter

Playable antagonist profiles with drives, conditions, and villain moves. See the Villain Sheets section for full sheets.

Villain	Role	Key Condition
Signal	Arc 1 primary antagonist	4 conditions — Dangerous
Carter Williams	Renegade Force host, Signal’s pawn	Guilty is the thread
Casimir Vane	Eclipse money, the gala	Charming and he knows it
Red Pill	Scene complication, crowd amplifier	2 conditions — volatile
SHADE Construct	PROMETHEUS drone, scene threat	Not a person — a product

Before a session: Skim gm-quick-ref.md, then drill into the relevant arc beat sheet
During a session: gm-quick-ref.md only — everything else is too deep
After a session: Update open-threads.md, add to session-log.md, tick beats in the relevant arc sheet
Planning ahead: macro-arc-structure.md for the philosophical skeleton, specific arc sheets for beat-level detail

Last updated: April 2026