diff --git a/server/src/router/v1/auth/auth.routes.js b/server/src/router/v1/auth/auth.routes.js
deleted file mode 100644
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--- a/server/src/router/v1/auth/auth.routes.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,214 +0,0 @@
-const express = require('express')
-const { body, param } = require('express-validator')
-
-const { login, register, loginTotp, logout, me, HONEYPOT_FIELD } = require('./auth.controller')
-const { getInvite, acceptInvite } = require('./invite.controller')
-const { requestReset, lookupReset, confirmReset } = require('./passwordReset.controller')
-const { isLoggedIn } = require('../../../utils/auth')
-const { attachSession } = require('../../../auth/session.middleware')
-const {
-  loginLimiter,
-  registerLimiter,
-  passwordResetRequestLimiter,
-  passwordResetConfirmLimiter,
-} = require('../../../middleware/rateLimit')
-const { slowLogin, backoffGuard } = require('../../../middleware/loginProtection')
-const validate = require('../../../middleware/validate')
-const mobileRouter = require('./mobile.routes')
-const ssoRouter = require('./sso.routes')
-const meRouter = require('./me.routes')
-const notifRouter = require('./notifications.routes')
-
-const authRouter = express.Router()
-
-// Native/Android bearer-token auth. Additive alongside the web cookie flow below.
-authRouter.use('/mobile', mobileRouter)
-
-// SSO discovery + OAuth redirect flow (/auth/providers, /auth/sso/:provider/*).
-// Additive; the web cookie + TOTP flow below is unchanged.
-authRouter.use(ssoRouter)
-
-// Role-agnostic self-service ("me") — /auth/me/account*, reusing the same
-// account.controller handlers as /player/account/* and /admin/account/* behind
-// requireAuth (any role). Additive; gives the app one self surface that never
-// touches /admin. The bare GET /me below is unaffected (meRouter has no /account-
-// free route, so /me falls through to its own handler).
-authRouter.use('/me', meRouter)
-
-// Push-notification self-service — /auth/me/devices*, /auth/me/notifications/*.
-// A second sub-router at /me (Express allows multiple), same requireAuth gate,
-// keeping the notification surface separate from the account/identity handlers.
-authRouter.use('/me', notifRouter)
-
-// Login protection order (cheapest rejection first):
-//   backoffGuard → per-IP exponential lockout on repeated failures
-//   slowLogin    → progressive per-request delay within the window
-//   loginLimiter → hard 10-per-15-min cap
-const loginGuards = [backoffGuard, slowLogin, loginLimiter]
-
-authRouter.post(
-  '/login',
-  // #swagger.tags = ['Auth']
-  // #swagger.summary = 'Log in with username and password'
-  // #swagger.description = 'On success sets the httpOnly session cookie. If the account has 2FA enabled, returns { totpRequired, challenge } instead and no cookie is set — complete login at POST /login/totp. Rate limited and behind bot/backoff guards.'
-  /* #swagger.requestBody = { required: true, content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/LoginRequest" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Session issued, or TOTP challenge required', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/LoginResponse" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[400] = { description: 'Validation error', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/ValidationError" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[401] = { description: 'Incorrect username or password', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[429] = { description: 'Too many attempts (rate limited / backoff)', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
-  ...loginGuards,
-  body('username').isString().trim().notEmpty(),
-  body('password').isString().notEmpty(),
-  // Honeypot must be absent/empty for humans; bots that fill it are caught in
-  // the controller. Accept-but-ignore here so a filled value still reaches it.
-  body(HONEYPOT_FIELD).optional(),
-  validate,
-  login,
-)
-
-// Public self-registration (player accounts). Gated in the controller by the
-// player_registration setting; here it reuses the login backoff/limiter stack
-// plus its own per-IP cap, and accepts the honeypot field.
-authRouter.post(
-  '/register',
-  // #swagger.tags = ['Auth']
-  // #swagger.summary = 'Register a player account'
-  // #swagger.description = 'Creates a self-service player account and logs it in (sets the session cookie). Available only when an admin has enabled password registration (player_registration = password|both); otherwise returns 403. Rate limited and behind bot/backoff guards; a hidden honeypot field must stay empty.'
-  /* #swagger.requestBody = { required: true, content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/RegisterRequest" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Account created and session issued', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/LoginResponse" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[400] = { description: 'Validation error or unavailable username', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/ValidationError" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[403] = { description: 'Registration is not open', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[409] = { description: 'Username already taken', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[429] = { description: 'Too many attempts (rate limited / backoff)', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
-  ...loginGuards,
-  registerLimiter,
-  body('username').isString().trim().isLength({ min: 3, max: 32 }),
-  body('password').isString().isLength({ min: 8, max: 64 }),
-  body('email').optional({ values: 'falsy' }).isEmail().isLength({ max: 255 }),
-  body(HONEYPOT_FIELD).optional(),
-  validate,
-  register,
-)
-
-// Second factor: same throttling, since it's a code-guessing surface too.
-authRouter.post(
-  '/login/totp',
-  // #swagger.tags = ['Auth']
-  // #swagger.summary = 'Complete login with a TOTP or recovery code'
-  // #swagger.description = 'Second step for 2FA accounts. Exchange the challenge from /login plus either the current authenticator code OR a single-use recovery code for a session cookie. Set trustDevice to remember this browser and skip TOTP on future logins (30 days); if the trusted-device limit is reached the session is still issued and the response carries { trustLimitReached, devices } so the user can revoke one first.'
-  /* #swagger.requestBody = { required: true, content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/TotpLoginRequest" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Session issued (optionally with a trusted-device-limit prompt)', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/LoginResponse" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[400] = { description: 'Validation error', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/ValidationError" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[401] = { description: 'Invalid code or expired challenge', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[429] = { description: 'Too many attempts (rate limited / backoff)', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
-  ...loginGuards,
-  body('challenge').isString().notEmpty(),
-  // Either a TOTP code or a recovery code satisfies the second factor; the
-  // controller rejects the request when neither verifies.
-  body('code').optional({ values: 'falsy' }).isString().trim().isLength({ min: 6, max: 8 }),
-  body('recoveryCode').optional({ values: 'falsy' }).isString().trim().isLength({ min: 8, max: 32 }),
-  body('trustDevice').optional().isBoolean(),
-  body('deviceName').optional({ values: 'falsy' }).isString().trim().isLength({ max: 100 }),
-  validate,
-  loginTotp,
-)
-
-// ── Email-invite acceptance (public, token-gated) ──────────────────────────
-authRouter.get(
-  '/invite/:token',
-  // #swagger.tags = ['Auth']
-  // #swagger.summary = 'Look up an email invite by token'
-  // #swagger.description = 'Returns the pre-assigned email + role for a valid, pending, unexpired invite so the accept form can render. 404 for anything not currently acceptable.'
-  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Invite details', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "object", properties: { email: { type: "string" }, role: { type: "string" } } } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[404] = { description: 'Invalid or expired invite', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
-  param('token').isString().isLength({ min: 8, max: 128 }),
-  validate,
-  getInvite,
-)
-authRouter.post(
-  '/invite/:token/accept',
-  // #swagger.tags = ['Auth']
-  // #swagger.summary = 'Accept an email invite (creates the account at the invited role)'
-  // #swagger.description = 'Creates the website user at the invite’s pre-assigned role and logs them in (sets the session cookie). Bypasses the player_registration gate — the invite is its own authority. Rate limited + honeypot-guarded like registration.'
-  /* #swagger.requestBody = { required: true, content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "object", required: ["username","password"], properties: { username: { type: "string" }, password: { type: "string" } } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Account created and session issued', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/LoginResponse" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[400] = { description: 'Validation error', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/ValidationError" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[404] = { description: 'Invalid or expired invite', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[409] = { description: 'Username taken or invite already used', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
-  ...loginGuards,
-  registerLimiter,
-  param('token').isString().isLength({ min: 8, max: 128 }),
-  body('username').isString().trim().isLength({ min: 3, max: 32 }),
-  body('password').isString().isLength({ min: 8, max: 64 }),
-  body(HONEYPOT_FIELD).optional(),
-  validate,
-  acceptInvite,
-)
-
-// ── Self-service password reset (public, token-gated) ──────────────────────
-// Request → email a tokened link; then validate the link and set a new password.
-// The request step never reveals whether an email exists (always 200, generic).
-authRouter.post(
-  '/password/forgot',
-  // #swagger.tags = ['Auth']
-  // #swagger.summary = 'Request a password-reset link by email'
-  // #swagger.description = 'Emails a single-use, ~1h reset link to every active account on the address. Always returns the same generic 200 whether or not the email matches (no account enumeration). Email is non-unique, so multiple accounts may each receive a link naming their username. Rate limited per IP.'
-  /* #swagger.requestBody = { required: true, content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "object", required: ["email"], properties: { email: { type: "string", format: "email" } } } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Generic acknowledgement (sent if the account exists)', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Message" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[400] = { description: 'Validation error', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/ValidationError" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[429] = { description: 'Too many requests', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
-  passwordResetRequestLimiter,
-  body('email').isString().trim().isEmail().isLength({ max: 255 }),
-  validate,
-  requestReset,
-)
-authRouter.get(
-  '/password/reset/:token',
-  // #swagger.tags = ['Auth']
-  // #swagger.summary = 'Validate a password-reset link'
-  // #swagger.description = 'Returns the target username for a valid, pending, unexpired reset link so the reset form can render. 404 for anything not currently usable (never distinguishes expired from used from never-existed).'
-  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Reset link is valid', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "object", properties: { username: { type: "string" } } } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[404] = { description: 'Invalid or expired reset link', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
-  param('token').isString().isLength({ min: 8, max: 128 }),
-  validate,
-  lookupReset,
-)
-authRouter.post(
-  '/password/reset/:token',
-  // #swagger.tags = ['Auth']
-  // #swagger.summary = 'Set a new password from a reset link'
-  // #swagger.description = 'Consumes the single-use link and sets the new password. Rotates the hash and revokes every existing session (web + mobile). Does NOT sign the user in — they log in fresh afterwards (so a 2FA account still passes TOTP). Rate limited per IP.'
-  /* #swagger.requestBody = { required: true, content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "object", required: ["password"], properties: { password: { type: "string", minLength: 8, maxLength: 64 } } } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Password changed', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Message" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[400] = { description: 'Validation error', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/ValidationError" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[404] = { description: 'Invalid, expired, or already-used reset link', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[429] = { description: 'Too many attempts', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
-  passwordResetConfirmLimiter,
-  param('token').isString().isLength({ min: 8, max: 128 }),
-  body('password').isString().isLength({ min: 8, max: 64 }),
-  validate,
-  confirmReset,
-)
-
-authRouter.post(
-  '/logout',
-  // #swagger.tags = ['Auth']
-  // #swagger.summary = 'Log out (clear the cookie and revoke this session)'
-  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Logged out', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Message" } } } } */
-  // Best-effort attach (never rejects) so the controller can revoke this session's
-  // jti — logout stays a no-op for an already-anonymous caller.
-  attachSession,
-  logout,
-)
-authRouter.get(
-  '/me',
-  // #swagger.tags = ['Auth']
-  // #swagger.summary = 'Current authenticated user'
-  // #swagger.security = [{ "cookieAuth": [] }, { "bearerAuth": [] }]
-  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'The signed-in user', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "object", properties: { user: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/User" } } } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[401] = { description: 'Not authenticated', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
-  isLoggedIn,
-  me,
-)
-
-module.exports = authRouter
diff --git a/server/src/router/v1/auth/index.js b/server/src/router/v1/auth/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f4ed16b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/router/v1/auth/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+// /api/v1/auth — the authentication surface, assembled from per-capability
+// routers.
+//
+// This file owns the mount table and nothing else; no route is declared here.
+// Each capability router mounts at the prefix it already owned inside the old
+// monolithic auth.routes.js, so the emitted URL set is byte-identical — proved by
+// a zero-line diff in server/routes.manifest.json (`npm run routes:manifest`).
+//
+// **There is deliberately no group gate.** /auth is where an anonymous caller
+// becomes authenticated, so most of it must stay reachable logged-out. The
+// authenticated parts gate themselves: meRouter and notifRouter each apply
+// `noindex, requireAuth` at their own router level, and /sso/:provider/link
+// carries requireAuth per route.
+//
+// **Mount order is load-bearing** — see the two notes inline below.
+//
+// See docs/website/API_V2_PLAN.md § Phase 2 for the split.
+
+const express = require('express')
+
+const mobileRouter = require('./mobile.routes')
+const ssoRouter = require('./sso.routes')
+const meRouter = require('./me.routes')
+const notifRouter = require('./notifications.routes')
+const loginRouter = require('./login.router')
+const registerRouter = require('./register.router')
+const inviteRouter = require('./invite.router')
+const passwordRouter = require('./password.router')
+const sessionRouter = require('./session.router')
+
+const authRouter = express.Router()
+
+// Native/Android bearer-token auth. Additive alongside the web cookie flow below.
+authRouter.use('/mobile', mobileRouter)
+
+// SSO discovery + OAuth redirect flow. Mounted **pathless** because it owns two
+// prefixes (/auth/providers and /auth/sso/*); it declares no router-level
+// middleware, so passing through it is a no-op for every other route.
+authRouter.use(ssoRouter)
+
+// Role-agnostic self-service ("me") — /auth/me/account*, reusing the same
+// account.controller handlers as /player/account/* and /admin/account/* behind
+// requireAuth (any role). Additive; gives the app one self surface that never
+// touches /admin.
+authRouter.use('/me', meRouter)
+
+// Push-notification self-service — /auth/me/devices*, /auth/me/notifications/*.
+// A second sub-router at /me (Express allows multiple), same requireAuth gate,
+// keeping the notification surface separate from the account/identity handlers.
+authRouter.use('/me', notifRouter)
+
+// Credential surfaces, each at the prefix it owns.
+authRouter.use('/login', loginRouter)
+authRouter.use('/register', registerRouter)
+authRouter.use('/invite', inviteRouter)
+authRouter.use('/password', passwordRouter)
+
+// The two singletons that own no path segment of their own: POST /logout and
+// GET /me. Mounted at the group root and **last**, because `use('/me', …)` above
+// matches the bare path /me too: GET /auth/me runs meRouter's and notifRouter's
+// `noindex, requireAuth`, matches no route inside either, and falls through to
+// here. Mounting this ahead of them would drop the X-Robots-Tag header they set.
+// Safe at the root only because session.router.js declares no router-level
+// middleware (see the note in that file).
+authRouter.use('/', sessionRouter)
+
+module.exports = authRouter
diff --git a/server/src/router/v1/auth/invite.router.js b/server/src/router/v1/auth/invite.router.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f145de8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/router/v1/auth/invite.router.js
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+// Auth · Invite — email-invite acceptance. Public but token-gated: the invite
+// token is the whole authority, which is why acceptance bypasses the
+// player_registration setting that register.router.js honours.
+//
+// Mounted at /api/v1/auth/invite by auth/index.js, so the routes below emit
+// GET /auth/invite/:token and POST /auth/invite/:token/accept. Staff issue the
+// invites from admin/invites.router.js.
+
+const express = require('express')
+const { body, param } = require('express-validator')
+
+const { getInvite, acceptInvite } = require('./invite.controller')
+const { HONEYPOT_FIELD } = require('./auth.controller')
+const { loginGuards } = require('./loginGuards')
+const { registerLimiter } = require('../../../middleware/rateLimit')
+const validate = require('../../../middleware/validate')
+
+const inviteRouter = express.Router()
+
+inviteRouter.get(
+  '/:token',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Auth']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'Look up an email invite by token'
+  // #swagger.description = 'Returns the pre-assigned email + role for a valid, pending, unexpired invite so the accept form can render. 404 for anything not currently acceptable.'
+  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Invite details', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "object", properties: { email: { type: "string" }, role: { type: "string" } } } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[404] = { description: 'Invalid or expired invite', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
+  param('token').isString().isLength({ min: 8, max: 128 }),
+  validate,
+  getInvite,
+)
+inviteRouter.post(
+  '/:token/accept',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Auth']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'Accept an email invite (creates the account at the invited role)'
+  // #swagger.description = 'Creates the website user at the invite’s pre-assigned role and logs them in (sets the session cookie). Bypasses the player_registration gate — the invite is its own authority. Rate limited + honeypot-guarded like registration.'
+  /* #swagger.requestBody = { required: true, content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "object", required: ["username","password"], properties: { username: { type: "string" }, password: { type: "string" } } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Account created and session issued', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/LoginResponse" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[400] = { description: 'Validation error', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/ValidationError" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[404] = { description: 'Invalid or expired invite', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[409] = { description: 'Username taken or invite already used', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
+  ...loginGuards,
+  registerLimiter,
+  param('token').isString().isLength({ min: 8, max: 128 }),
+  body('username').isString().trim().isLength({ min: 3, max: 32 }),
+  body('password').isString().isLength({ min: 8, max: 64 }),
+  body(HONEYPOT_FIELD).optional(),
+  validate,
+  acceptInvite,
+)
+
+module.exports = inviteRouter
diff --git a/server/src/router/v1/auth/login.router.js b/server/src/router/v1/auth/login.router.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f959560
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/router/v1/auth/login.router.js
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+// Auth · Login — the web cookie login flow and its TOTP second step.
+//
+// Mounted at /api/v1/auth/login by auth/index.js, so the two routes below emit
+// POST /auth/login and POST /auth/login/totp. No group gate: this is the
+// unauthenticated front door. Both routes carry the shared loginGuards stack —
+// the TOTP step is a code-guessing surface too.
+//
+// The bearer-token equivalents for native clients live in mobile.routes.js, and
+// the OAuth/OIDC flow in sso.routes.js. Logout and GET /auth/me are in
+// session.router.js.
+
+const express = require('express')
+const { body } = require('express-validator')
+
+const { login, loginTotp, HONEYPOT_FIELD } = require('./auth.controller')
+const { loginGuards } = require('./loginGuards')
+const validate = require('../../../middleware/validate')
+
+const loginRouter = express.Router()
+
+loginRouter.post(
+  '/',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Auth']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'Log in with username and password'
+  // #swagger.description = 'On success sets the httpOnly session cookie. If the account has 2FA enabled, returns { totpRequired, challenge } instead and no cookie is set — complete login at POST /login/totp. Rate limited and behind bot/backoff guards.'
+  /* #swagger.requestBody = { required: true, content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/LoginRequest" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Session issued, or TOTP challenge required', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/LoginResponse" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[400] = { description: 'Validation error', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/ValidationError" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[401] = { description: 'Incorrect username or password', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[429] = { description: 'Too many attempts (rate limited / backoff)', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
+  ...loginGuards,
+  body('username').isString().trim().notEmpty(),
+  body('password').isString().notEmpty(),
+  // Honeypot must be absent/empty for humans; bots that fill it are caught in
+  // the controller. Accept-but-ignore here so a filled value still reaches it.
+  body(HONEYPOT_FIELD).optional(),
+  validate,
+  login,
+)
+
+// Second factor: same throttling, since it's a code-guessing surface too.
+loginRouter.post(
+  '/totp',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Auth']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'Complete login with a TOTP or recovery code'
+  // #swagger.description = 'Second step for 2FA accounts. Exchange the challenge from /login plus either the current authenticator code OR a single-use recovery code for a session cookie. Set trustDevice to remember this browser and skip TOTP on future logins (30 days); if the trusted-device limit is reached the session is still issued and the response carries { trustLimitReached, devices } so the user can revoke one first.'
+  /* #swagger.requestBody = { required: true, content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/TotpLoginRequest" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Session issued (optionally with a trusted-device-limit prompt)', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/LoginResponse" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[400] = { description: 'Validation error', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/ValidationError" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[401] = { description: 'Invalid code or expired challenge', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[429] = { description: 'Too many attempts (rate limited / backoff)', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
+  ...loginGuards,
+  body('challenge').isString().notEmpty(),
+  // Either a TOTP code or a recovery code satisfies the second factor; the
+  // controller rejects the request when neither verifies.
+  body('code').optional({ values: 'falsy' }).isString().trim().isLength({ min: 6, max: 8 }),
+  body('recoveryCode').optional({ values: 'falsy' }).isString().trim().isLength({ min: 8, max: 32 }),
+  body('trustDevice').optional().isBoolean(),
+  body('deviceName').optional({ values: 'falsy' }).isString().trim().isLength({ max: 100 }),
+  validate,
+  loginTotp,
+)
+
+module.exports = loginRouter
diff --git a/server/src/router/v1/auth/loginGuards.js b/server/src/router/v1/auth/loginGuards.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6df0fd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/router/v1/auth/loginGuards.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// The shared login-protection stack, ordered cheapest-rejection-first:
+//
+//   backoffGuard → per-IP exponential lockout on repeated failures
+//   slowLogin    → progressive per-request delay within the window
+//   loginLimiter → hard 10-per-15-min cap
+//
+// Every credential-guessing surface spreads it with `...loginGuards`: local
+// login, the TOTP second step, registration, invite acceptance and the SSO TOTP
+// step. It lived inline in auth.routes.js while all but one of those were in the
+// same file; the domain split (docs/website/API_V2_PLAN.md § Phase 2) puts them in
+// five, so it moved here rather than being copied five times. Duplicating a
+// throttling stack is how the copies drift — and the copy that drifts is the one
+// that stops throttling.
+//
+// The array is exported frozen: it is module-level shared state, and a router
+// that pushed onto it would silently add middleware to every other login surface.
+
+const { loginLimiter } = require('../../../middleware/rateLimit')
+const { slowLogin, backoffGuard } = require('../../../middleware/loginProtection')
+
+const loginGuards = Object.freeze([backoffGuard, slowLogin, loginLimiter])
+
+module.exports = { loginGuards }
diff --git a/server/src/router/v1/auth/me.routes.js b/server/src/router/v1/auth/me.routes.js
index a9a715e..24bd3d0 100644
--- a/server/src/router/v1/auth/me.routes.js
+++ b/server/src/router/v1/auth/me.routes.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 //
 // requireAuth sets req.user to the fresh DB row and enforces the status + session
 // cutoff/revocation checks on every request, exactly as the account handlers
-// expect. Mounted at /me by auth.routes.js, so paths below are /auth/me/account*.
+// expect. Mounted at /me by auth/index.js, so paths below are /auth/me/account*.
 
 const express = require('express')
 const { body, param } = require('express-validator')
diff --git a/server/src/router/v1/auth/notifications.routes.js b/server/src/router/v1/auth/notifications.routes.js
index 91e44c6..579777f 100644
--- a/server/src/router/v1/auth/notifications.routes.js
+++ b/server/src/router/v1/auth/notifications.routes.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // ── Push-notification self-service under /auth/me ──────────────────────────
 //
 // Device registration + per-user stream subscriptions for the app's opt-in push
-// (docs/android/PLAN.md §11). Mounted at /me by auth.routes.js alongside
+// (docs/android/PLAN.md §11). Mounted at /me by auth/index.js alongside
 // me.routes.js, behind requireAuth ONLY (role-agnostic — every authenticated
 // role manages its own devices/subscriptions), and noindex. The app calls these
 // and never touches /admin.
diff --git a/server/src/router/v1/auth/password.router.js b/server/src/router/v1/auth/password.router.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..25d209e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/router/v1/auth/password.router.js
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+// Auth · Password — self-service password reset. Public but token-gated: request
+// a link by email, then validate the link and set a new password.
+//
+// Mounted at /api/v1/auth/password by auth/index.js, so the routes below emit
+// POST /auth/password/forgot and GET|POST /auth/password/reset/:token.
+//
+// Two anti-enumeration properties are load-bearing and must survive any edit
+// here: the request step always returns the same generic 200 whether or not the
+// email matches an account, and the lookup step never distinguishes expired from
+// used from never-existed. Both live in passwordReset.controller; the per-IP
+// limiters below are what stop the endpoints being used as an oracle by volume.
+//
+// Changing a password while signed in is a different route —
+// PATCH /player/account/password (and its /auth/me and /admin twins).
+
+const express = require('express')
+const { body, param } = require('express-validator')
+
+const { requestReset, lookupReset, confirmReset } = require('./passwordReset.controller')
+const {
+  passwordResetRequestLimiter,
+  passwordResetConfirmLimiter,
+} = require('../../../middleware/rateLimit')
+const validate = require('../../../middleware/validate')
+
+const passwordRouter = express.Router()
+
+passwordRouter.post(
+  '/forgot',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Auth']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'Request a password-reset link by email'
+  // #swagger.description = 'Emails a single-use, ~1h reset link to every active account on the address. Always returns the same generic 200 whether or not the email matches (no account enumeration). Email is non-unique, so multiple accounts may each receive a link naming their username. Rate limited per IP.'
+  /* #swagger.requestBody = { required: true, content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "object", required: ["email"], properties: { email: { type: "string", format: "email" } } } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Generic acknowledgement (sent if the account exists)', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Message" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[400] = { description: 'Validation error', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/ValidationError" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[429] = { description: 'Too many requests', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
+  passwordResetRequestLimiter,
+  body('email').isString().trim().isEmail().isLength({ max: 255 }),
+  validate,
+  requestReset,
+)
+passwordRouter.get(
+  '/reset/:token',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Auth']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'Validate a password-reset link'
+  // #swagger.description = 'Returns the target username for a valid, pending, unexpired reset link so the reset form can render. 404 for anything not currently usable (never distinguishes expired from used from never-existed).'
+  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Reset link is valid', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "object", properties: { username: { type: "string" } } } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[404] = { description: 'Invalid or expired reset link', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
+  param('token').isString().isLength({ min: 8, max: 128 }),
+  validate,
+  lookupReset,
+)
+passwordRouter.post(
+  '/reset/:token',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Auth']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'Set a new password from a reset link'
+  // #swagger.description = 'Consumes the single-use link and sets the new password. Rotates the hash and revokes every existing session (web + mobile). Does NOT sign the user in — they log in fresh afterwards (so a 2FA account still passes TOTP). Rate limited per IP.'
+  /* #swagger.requestBody = { required: true, content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "object", required: ["password"], properties: { password: { type: "string", minLength: 8, maxLength: 64 } } } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Password changed', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Message" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[400] = { description: 'Validation error', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/ValidationError" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[404] = { description: 'Invalid, expired, or already-used reset link', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[429] = { description: 'Too many attempts', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
+  passwordResetConfirmLimiter,
+  param('token').isString().isLength({ min: 8, max: 128 }),
+  body('password').isString().isLength({ min: 8, max: 64 }),
+  validate,
+  confirmReset,
+)
+
+module.exports = passwordRouter
diff --git a/server/src/router/v1/auth/register.router.js b/server/src/router/v1/auth/register.router.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bec3c81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/router/v1/auth/register.router.js
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+// Auth · Register — public self-registration of player accounts.
+//
+// Mounted at /api/v1/auth/register by auth/index.js, so the single route below
+// emits POST /auth/register. Gated in the controller by the player_registration
+// setting (403 when closed); here it reuses the shared loginGuards stack plus its
+// own per-IP registerLimiter, and accepts the honeypot field.
+//
+// Invite acceptance is the other account-creating route and lives in
+// invite.router.js — it deliberately bypasses the player_registration gate, since
+// the invite is its own authority.
+
+const express = require('express')
+const { body } = require('express-validator')
+
+const { register, HONEYPOT_FIELD } = require('./auth.controller')
+const { loginGuards } = require('./loginGuards')
+const { registerLimiter } = require('../../../middleware/rateLimit')
+const validate = require('../../../middleware/validate')
+
+const registerRouter = express.Router()
+
+registerRouter.post(
+  '/',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Auth']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'Register a player account'
+  // #swagger.description = 'Creates a self-service player account and logs it in (sets the session cookie). Available only when an admin has enabled password registration (player_registration = password|both); otherwise returns 403. Rate limited and behind bot/backoff guards; a hidden honeypot field must stay empty.'
+  /* #swagger.requestBody = { required: true, content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/RegisterRequest" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Account created and session issued', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/LoginResponse" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[400] = { description: 'Validation error or unavailable username', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/ValidationError" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[403] = { description: 'Registration is not open', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[409] = { description: 'Username already taken', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[429] = { description: 'Too many attempts (rate limited / backoff)', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
+  ...loginGuards,
+  registerLimiter,
+  body('username').isString().trim().isLength({ min: 3, max: 32 }),
+  body('password').isString().isLength({ min: 8, max: 64 }),
+  body('email').optional({ values: 'falsy' }).isEmail().isLength({ max: 255 }),
+  body(HONEYPOT_FIELD).optional(),
+  validate,
+  register,
+)
+
+module.exports = registerRouter
diff --git a/server/src/router/v1/auth/session.router.js b/server/src/router/v1/auth/session.router.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a47745f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/router/v1/auth/session.router.js
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+// Auth · Session — the two session-lifecycle singletons that own no path segment
+// of their own: POST /auth/logout and GET /auth/me.
+//
+// Mounted at the group root by auth/index.js, **last**. This is the auth group's
+// counterpart to admin/dashboard.router.js, and the same two rules apply:
+//
+//  1. **No router-level middleware here.** A bare `use(gate)` in a root-mounted
+//     router runs for every request passing through toward another mount, so it
+//     would gate /auth/login and /auth/mobile/* too. Keep gates on the routes.
+//
+//  2. **The mount must stay last.** `authRouter.use('/me', meRouter)` matches the
+//     bare path /me as well as /me/*, so a request to GET /auth/me runs meRouter's
+//     `noindex, requireAuth` (and notifRouter's), finds no matching route inside
+//     either, and falls through to the handler below. Mounting this router ahead
+//     of them would answer /auth/me first and silently drop the X-Robots-Tag
+//     header those routers apply. Verified by asserting the response headers, not
+//     by reading the mount table.
+//
+// Splitting the session is elsewhere by client: mobile.routes.js revokes refresh
+// tokens, and me.routes.js owns DELETE /auth/me/sessions/:id.
+
+const express = require('express')
+
+const { logout, me } = require('./auth.controller')
+const { isLoggedIn } = require('../../../utils/auth')
+const { attachSession } = require('../../../auth/session.middleware')
+
+const sessionRouter = express.Router()
+
+sessionRouter.post(
+  '/logout',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Auth']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'Log out (clear the cookie and revoke this session)'
+  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Logged out', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Message" } } } } */
+  // Best-effort attach (never rejects) so the controller can revoke this session's
+  // jti — logout stays a no-op for an already-anonymous caller.
+  attachSession,
+  logout,
+)
+sessionRouter.get(
+  '/me',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Auth']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'Current authenticated user'
+  // #swagger.security = [{ "cookieAuth": [] }, { "bearerAuth": [] }]
+  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'The signed-in user', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "object", properties: { user: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/User" } } } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[401] = { description: 'Not authenticated', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
+  isLoggedIn,
+  me,
+)
+
+module.exports = sessionRouter
diff --git a/server/src/router/v1/auth/sso.routes.js b/server/src/router/v1/auth/sso.routes.js
index f224e82..6665b79 100644
--- a/server/src/router/v1/auth/sso.routes.js
+++ b/server/src/router/v1/auth/sso.routes.js
@@ -2,17 +2,13 @@ const express = require('express')
 const { body } = require('express-validator')
 
 const ctrl = require('./sso.controller')
+const { loginGuards } = require('./loginGuards')
 const { requireAuth } = require('../../../auth/session.middleware')
-const { ssoStartLimiter, loginLimiter } = require('../../../middleware/rateLimit')
-const { slowLogin, backoffGuard } = require('../../../middleware/loginProtection')
+const { ssoStartLimiter } = require('../../../middleware/rateLimit')
 const validate = require('../../../middleware/validate')
 
 const ssoRouter = express.Router()
 
-// Same throttling stack the local login/TOTP endpoints use — the SSO TOTP step is
-// a code-guessing surface too (cheapest rejection first).
-const loginGuards = [backoffGuard, slowLogin, loginLimiter]
-
 // Public discovery — the login page reads this to render provider buttons.
 ssoRouter.get(
   '/providers',
diff --git a/server/src/router/v1/player/account.router.js b/server/src/router/v1/player/account.router.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1bcbad3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/router/v1/player/account.router.js
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+// Player · Account — self-service credentials, 2FA and linked identities for the
+// signed-in account.
+//
+// Mounted at /api/v1/player/account by player/index.js, which already applied
+// `noindex, requireAuth`. No extra gate: every handler is self-scoped to
+// req.user.id, and staff are a superset of players (see player/index.js).
+//
+// The handlers are admin/account.controller — the same code serving
+// /admin/account/* and /auth/me/account/*. Three URL surfaces, one implementation;
+// this file must not grow a fourth copy of the logic.
+//
+// The swagger tag stays 'Player', matching the committed spec.
+
+const express = require('express')
+const { body, param } = require('express-validator')
+
+const account = require('../admin/account.controller')
+const validate = require('../../../middleware/validate')
+const { accountChangeLimiter } = require('../../../middleware/rateLimit')
+
+const accountRouter = express.Router()
+
+accountRouter.get(
+  '/',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Player']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'Get the current player account (self)'
+  // #swagger.security = [{ "cookieAuth": [] }, { "bearerAuth": [] }]
+  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'The player account', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/PlayerAccount" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[401] = { description: 'Not authenticated', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[403] = { description: 'Account not active (disabled/banned)', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
+  account.getAccount,
+)
+
+accountRouter.patch(
+  '/username',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Player']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'Change the current player’s username'
+  // #swagger.security = [{ "cookieAuth": [] }, { "bearerAuth": [] }]
+  /* #swagger.requestBody = { required: true, content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/ChangeUsernameRequest" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Updated username (session cookie re-issued)', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "object", properties: { username: { type: "string" } } } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[400] = { description: 'Validation error or unavailable username', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/ValidationError" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[403] = { description: 'Account not active (disabled/banned)', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[409] = { description: 'Username already taken', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[429] = { description: 'Too many changes (rate limited)', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
+  accountChangeLimiter,
+  body('username').isString().trim().isLength({ min: 3, max: 32 }),
+  validate,
+  account.changeUsername,
+)
+
+accountRouter.patch(
+  '/password',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Player']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'Change or set the current player’s password'
+  // #swagger.description = 'If the account already has a password, currentPassword is required and verified. SSO-provisioned accounts with no password may set an initial one without a current password. On success the caller’s session is re-issued (they stay logged in) while all other sessions are revoked.'
+  // #swagger.security = [{ "cookieAuth": [] }, { "bearerAuth": [] }]
+  /* #swagger.requestBody = { required: true, content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/ChangePasswordRequest" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Password changed', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/OkFlag" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[400] = { description: 'Validation error or wrong current password', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[403] = { description: 'Account not active (disabled/banned)', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[429] = { description: 'Too many changes (rate limited)', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
+  accountChangeLimiter,
+  body('newPassword').isString().isLength({ min: 8, max: 64 }),
+  body('currentPassword').optional({ values: 'falsy' }).isString(),
+  validate,
+  account.changePassword,
+)
+
+// TOTP self-enrollment — identical to the admin account flow (disable requires a
+// valid current code; it does not take a password).
+accountRouter.post(
+  '/totp/setup',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Player']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'Begin 2FA enrollment (returns secret + QR)'
+  // #swagger.security = [{ "cookieAuth": [] }, { "bearerAuth": [] }]
+  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'otpauth URL and QR data to scan', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/TotpSetup" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[409] = { description: 'Two-factor already enabled', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
+  account.totpSetup,
+)
+accountRouter.post(
+  '/totp/enable',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Player']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'Enable 2FA by confirming a code'
+  // #swagger.security = [{ "cookieAuth": [] }, { "bearerAuth": [] }]
+  /* #swagger.requestBody = { required: true, content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/TotpCodeRequest" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: '2FA enabled', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/TotpState" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[400] = { description: 'Setup not started, or invalid code', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[409] = { description: 'Two-factor already enabled', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
+  body('code').isString().trim().isLength({ min: 6, max: 8 }),
+  validate,
+  account.totpEnable,
+)
+accountRouter.post(
+  '/totp/disable',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Player']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'Disable 2FA by confirming a code'
+  // #swagger.description = 'Requires a valid current authenticator code (proves control of the authenticator); it does not take a password.'
+  // #swagger.security = [{ "cookieAuth": [] }, { "bearerAuth": [] }]
+  /* #swagger.requestBody = { required: true, content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/TotpCodeRequest" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: '2FA disabled', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/TotpState" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[400] = { description: 'Not enabled, or invalid code', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
+  body('code').isString().trim().isLength({ min: 6, max: 8 }),
+  validate,
+  account.totpDisable,
+)
+
+// Linked SSO identities (self-service). Linking itself starts at
+// GET /auth/sso/:provider/link (already behind requireAuth; works for players).
+accountRouter.get(
+  '/identities',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Player']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'List linked SSO identities (self)'
+  // #swagger.security = [{ "cookieAuth": [] }, { "bearerAuth": [] }]
+  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Linked identities', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "array", items: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/LinkedIdentity" } } } } } */
+  account.listIdentities,
+)
+accountRouter.delete(
+  '/identities/:provider',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Player']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'Unlink an SSO identity (self)'
+  // #swagger.security = [{ "cookieAuth": [] }, { "bearerAuth": [] }]
+  // #swagger.parameters['provider'] = { in: 'path', required: true, schema: { type: 'string' }, description: 'Provider id.' }
+  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Unlinked', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/UnlinkedFlag" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[404] = { description: 'No linked account for that provider', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
+  param('provider').matches(/^[a-z0-9-]+$/),
+  validate,
+  account.unlinkIdentity,
+)
+
+module.exports = accountRouter
diff --git a/server/src/router/v1/player/appeals.controller.js b/server/src/router/v1/player/appeals.controller.js
index 50b74d5..1878cd0 100644
--- a/server/src/router/v1/player/appeals.controller.js
+++ b/server/src/router/v1/player/appeals.controller.js
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 // one that hasn't been resolved yet. Ownership is proven by matching the
 // action's target_user_id against the caller's linked Discord identity — the
 // same (provider='discord', subject=<snowflake>) link the SSO flow writes.
-// Mounted behind the player-role gate (see player.routes.js).
+// Mounted behind the /player group gate — authenticated only, no role restriction
+// (see player/index.js); ownership is enforced per handler.
 const appeals = require('../../../model/appeals/appeals.model')
 const appealsDb = require('../../../model/appeals/appeals.db')
 const { isAppealableType, isTerminal } = require('../../../model/appeals/appeals.pure')
diff --git a/server/src/router/v1/player/appeals.router.js b/server/src/router/v1/player/appeals.router.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..31ff9a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/router/v1/player/appeals.router.js
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+// Player · Appeals — a player appeals one of their own ban/mute mod_actions.
+// Ownership is proven by matching the action against the caller's linked Discord
+// identity (see appeals.controller); the staff side of the queue lives in
+// admin/moderation.router.js.
+//
+// Mounted at /api/v1/player/appeals by player/index.js, which already applied
+// `noindex, requireAuth`. No extra gate — every handler is self-scoped.
+//
+// Declaration order: GET /eligible is a literal path and sits ahead of the only
+// :param route (POST /:id/withdraw), which is a different method at a different
+// depth, so nothing here can shadow anything else.
+
+const express = require('express')
+const { body, param } = require('express-validator')
+
+const appeals = require('./appeals.controller')
+const validate = require('../../../middleware/validate')
+const { accountChangeLimiter } = require('../../../middleware/rateLimit')
+
+const appealsRouter = express.Router()
+
+appealsRouter.get(
+  '/',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Player · Appeals']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'List the caller’s moderation appeals'
+  // #swagger.security = [{ "cookieAuth": [] }, { "bearerAuth": [] }]
+  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'The caller’s appeals', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "array", items: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Appeal" } } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[403] = { description: 'Account not active (disabled/banned)', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
+  appeals.listMine,
+)
+appealsRouter.get(
+  '/eligible',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Player · Appeals']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'List the caller’s ban/mute actions eligible for appeal'
+  // #swagger.description = 'The caller’s ban/mute mod_actions that have no active appeal. Returns an empty array when the caller has no linked Discord account (the UI shows a “link Discord” hint).'
+  // #swagger.security = [{ "cookieAuth": [] }, { "bearerAuth": [] }]
+  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Appealable actions', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "array", items: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/AppealEligibleAction" } } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[403] = { description: 'Account not active (disabled/banned)', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
+  appeals.listEligible,
+)
+appealsRouter.post(
+  '/',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Player · Appeals']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'Submit a moderation appeal for one of the caller’s actions'
+  // #swagger.description = 'Opens an appeal for a ban/mute mod_action that belongs to the caller (its target matches the caller’s linked Discord identity) and has no active appeal.'
+  // #swagger.security = [{ "cookieAuth": [] }, { "bearerAuth": [] }]
+  /* #swagger.requestBody = { required: true, content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/CreateAppealRequest" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[201] = { description: 'Appeal created', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Appeal" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[400] = { description: 'Validation error, or the action type is not appealable', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/ValidationError" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[403] = { description: 'The action does not belong to the caller', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[404] = { description: 'Mod action not found', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[409] = { description: 'An appeal for this action is already open', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
+  accountChangeLimiter,
+  body('mod_action_id').isInt({ min: 1 }).toInt(),
+  body('submitted_text').isString().trim().isLength({ min: 1, max: 4000 }),
+  validate,
+  appeals.create,
+)
+appealsRouter.post(
+  '/:id/withdraw',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Player · Appeals']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'Withdraw one of the caller’s pending appeals'
+  // #swagger.security = [{ "cookieAuth": [] }, { "bearerAuth": [] }]
+  // #swagger.parameters['id'] = { in: 'path', required: true, schema: { type: 'integer' }, description: 'Appeal id (must belong to the caller).' }
+  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'The withdrawn appeal', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Appeal" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[404] = { description: 'No such appeal for the caller', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[409] = { description: 'Appeal is already resolved', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
+  param('id').isInt({ min: 1 }),
+  validate,
+  appeals.withdraw,
+)
+
+module.exports = appealsRouter
diff --git a/server/src/router/v1/player/index.js b/server/src/router/v1/player/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..179ee92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/router/v1/player/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+// /api/v1/player — the player self-service surface, assembled from
+// per-capability routers.
+//
+// This file owns exactly two things: the gate every player route shares, and the
+// mount table. No route is declared here. Each capability router mounts at the
+// prefix it already owned inside the old monolithic player.routes.js, so the
+// emitted URL set is byte-identical — proved by a zero-line diff in
+// server/routes.manifest.json (`npm run routes:manifest`).
+//
+// **Staff are a superset of players.** This group is open to any authenticated
+// account, not just role 'player': every read/write is self-scoped to req.user.id,
+// and a staff member has every player ability plus their staff tools on top.
+// Adding a requireRole('player') here would 403 an admin off their own characters
+// (it happened once — see docs/website/BACKEND_DESIGN.md). Staff also reach the
+// identical self-scoped handlers under /admin/shard and /auth/me/account; those
+// are alternative URLs onto the same controllers, not duplicated logic.
+//
+// See docs/website/API_V2_PLAN.md § Phase 2 for the split.
+
+const express = require('express')
+
+const { requireAuth } = require('../../../auth/session.middleware')
+const noindex = require('../../../middleware/noindex')
+
+const accountRouter = require('./account.router')
+const shardRouter = require('./shard.router')
+const appealsRouter = require('./appeals.router')
+
+const playerRouter = express.Router()
+
+// Group gate: authenticated only (no role restriction). Keep it out of search
+// indexes. requireAuth also enforces the account status check (a disabled/banned
+// account is rejected here with 403 before any handler runs).
+//
+// It lives here, ahead of every mount, so a capability router added later cannot
+// silently ship without it.
+playerRouter.use(noindex, requireAuth)
+
+playerRouter.use('/account', accountRouter)
+playerRouter.use('/shard', shardRouter)
+playerRouter.use('/appeals', appealsRouter)
+
+module.exports = playerRouter
diff --git a/server/src/router/v1/player/player.routes.js b/server/src/router/v1/player/player.routes.js
deleted file mode 100644
index e63e4f0..0000000
--- a/server/src/router/v1/player/player.routes.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,296 +0,0 @@
-// ── Player self-service (any authenticated account) ─────────────────────────
-//
-// The player self-service surface: linked game accounts, character/vendor/house
-// reads, and account-credential changes, all self-scoped to the caller by
-// req.user.id. Staff are a *superset* of players — they have every player ability
-// plus their staff tools on top — so this group is open to any authenticated
-// account, not just role 'player'. Staff also reach the identical self-scoped
-// handlers under /admin/shard (they are the same controller); this group lets a
-// staff account use the player surface directly. Handlers are shared with the
-// admin account view (account.controller) — the same TOTP / identity logic, plus
-// the net-new self-scoped credential changes. Future self-service endpoints hang
-// off this group.
-
-const express = require('express')
-const { body, param } = require('express-validator')
-
-const account = require('../admin/account.controller')
-const shard = require('./shard.controller')
-const appeals = require('./appeals.controller')
-const { requireAuth } = require('../../../auth/session.middleware')
-const noindex = require('../../../middleware/noindex')
-const validate = require('../../../middleware/validate')
-const { accountChangeLimiter } = require('../../../middleware/rateLimit')
-
-const playerRouter = express.Router()
-
-// Group gate: authenticated only (no role restriction) — players and staff alike
-// use this self-service surface; every read/write is scoped to the caller. Keep it
-// out of search indexes. requireAuth also enforces the account status check (a
-// disabled/banned account is rejected here with 403 before any handler runs).
-playerRouter.use(noindex, requireAuth)
-
-playerRouter.get(
-  '/account',
-  // #swagger.tags = ['Player']
-  // #swagger.summary = 'Get the current player account (self)'
-  // #swagger.security = [{ "cookieAuth": [] }, { "bearerAuth": [] }]
-  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'The player account', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/PlayerAccount" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[401] = { description: 'Not authenticated', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[403] = { description: 'Account not active (disabled/banned)', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
-  account.getAccount,
-)
-
-playerRouter.patch(
-  '/account/username',
-  // #swagger.tags = ['Player']
-  // #swagger.summary = 'Change the current player’s username'
-  // #swagger.security = [{ "cookieAuth": [] }, { "bearerAuth": [] }]
-  /* #swagger.requestBody = { required: true, content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/ChangeUsernameRequest" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Updated username (session cookie re-issued)', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "object", properties: { username: { type: "string" } } } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[400] = { description: 'Validation error or unavailable username', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/ValidationError" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[403] = { description: 'Account not active (disabled/banned)', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[409] = { description: 'Username already taken', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[429] = { description: 'Too many changes (rate limited)', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
-  accountChangeLimiter,
-  body('username').isString().trim().isLength({ min: 3, max: 32 }),
-  validate,
-  account.changeUsername,
-)
-
-playerRouter.patch(
-  '/account/password',
-  // #swagger.tags = ['Player']
-  // #swagger.summary = 'Change or set the current player’s password'
-  // #swagger.description = 'If the account already has a password, currentPassword is required and verified. SSO-provisioned accounts with no password may set an initial one without a current password. On success the caller’s session is re-issued (they stay logged in) while all other sessions are revoked.'
-  // #swagger.security = [{ "cookieAuth": [] }, { "bearerAuth": [] }]
-  /* #swagger.requestBody = { required: true, content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/ChangePasswordRequest" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Password changed', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/OkFlag" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[400] = { description: 'Validation error or wrong current password', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[403] = { description: 'Account not active (disabled/banned)', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[429] = { description: 'Too many changes (rate limited)', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
-  accountChangeLimiter,
-  body('newPassword').isString().isLength({ min: 8, max: 64 }),
-  body('currentPassword').optional({ values: 'falsy' }).isString(),
-  validate,
-  account.changePassword,
-)
-
-// TOTP self-enrollment — identical to the admin account flow (disable requires a
-// valid current code; it does not take a password).
-playerRouter.post(
-  '/account/totp/setup',
-  // #swagger.tags = ['Player']
-  // #swagger.summary = 'Begin 2FA enrollment (returns secret + QR)'
-  // #swagger.security = [{ "cookieAuth": [] }, { "bearerAuth": [] }]
-  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'otpauth URL and QR data to scan', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/TotpSetup" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[409] = { description: 'Two-factor already enabled', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
-  account.totpSetup,
-)
-playerRouter.post(
-  '/account/totp/enable',
-  // #swagger.tags = ['Player']
-  // #swagger.summary = 'Enable 2FA by confirming a code'
-  // #swagger.security = [{ "cookieAuth": [] }, { "bearerAuth": [] }]
-  /* #swagger.requestBody = { required: true, content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/TotpCodeRequest" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: '2FA enabled', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/TotpState" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[400] = { description: 'Setup not started, or invalid code', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[409] = { description: 'Two-factor already enabled', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
-  body('code').isString().trim().isLength({ min: 6, max: 8 }),
-  validate,
-  account.totpEnable,
-)
-playerRouter.post(
-  '/account/totp/disable',
-  // #swagger.tags = ['Player']
-  // #swagger.summary = 'Disable 2FA by confirming a code'
-  // #swagger.description = 'Requires a valid current authenticator code (proves control of the authenticator); it does not take a password.'
-  // #swagger.security = [{ "cookieAuth": [] }, { "bearerAuth": [] }]
-  /* #swagger.requestBody = { required: true, content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/TotpCodeRequest" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: '2FA disabled', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/TotpState" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[400] = { description: 'Not enabled, or invalid code', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
-  body('code').isString().trim().isLength({ min: 6, max: 8 }),
-  validate,
-  account.totpDisable,
-)
-
-// Linked SSO identities (self-service). Linking itself starts at
-// GET /auth/sso/:provider/link (already behind requireAuth; works for players).
-playerRouter.get(
-  '/account/identities',
-  // #swagger.tags = ['Player']
-  // #swagger.summary = 'List linked SSO identities (self)'
-  // #swagger.security = [{ "cookieAuth": [] }, { "bearerAuth": [] }]
-  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Linked identities', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "array", items: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/LinkedIdentity" } } } } } */
-  account.listIdentities,
-)
-playerRouter.delete(
-  '/account/identities/:provider',
-  // #swagger.tags = ['Player']
-  // #swagger.summary = 'Unlink an SSO identity (self)'
-  // #swagger.security = [{ "cookieAuth": [] }, { "bearerAuth": [] }]
-  // #swagger.parameters['provider'] = { in: 'path', required: true, schema: { type: 'string' }, description: 'Provider id.' }
-  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Unlinked', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/UnlinkedFlag" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[404] = { description: 'No linked account for that provider', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
-  param('provider').matches(/^[a-z0-9-]+$/),
-  validate,
-  account.unlinkIdentity,
-)
-
-// ── Game account linking (uo-link) ─────────────────────────────────────────
-// Link an in-game account with a one-time code from [link, then read the
-// account's roster / vendors (ownership-checked against the local link mirror).
-const ACCOUNT_RE = /^[A-Za-z0-9_.-]{1,120}$/
-playerRouter.post(
-  '/shard/link',
-  // #swagger.tags = ['Player · Shard']
-  // #swagger.summary = 'Link an in-game account with a one-time code'
-  // #swagger.description = 'The player runs [link in game to get a code, then submits it here. The server confirms it with the sidecar and mirrors the link.'
-  // #swagger.security = [{ "cookieAuth": [] }, { "bearerAuth": [] }]
-  /* #swagger.requestBody = { required: true, content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/ShardLinkRequest" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Linked', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/ShardLinkResult" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[400] = { description: 'Unknown or expired code', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[503] = { description: 'Shard unavailable — retry', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
-  body('code').isString().trim().isLength({ min: 4, max: 32 }),
-  validate,
-  shard.link,
-)
-playerRouter.post(
-  '/shard/account',
-  // #swagger.tags = ['Player · Shard']
-  // #swagger.summary = 'Create a game account (hybrid signup) and link it to the caller'
-  // #swagger.description = 'Provisions a new game account with its own username + password and auto-links it to the signed-in website user. Available only when game_account_signup is enabled and the shard accepts website signups. The password is hashed on the shard and never stored or logged by the site.'
-  // #swagger.security = [{ "cookieAuth": [] }, { "bearerAuth": [] }]
-  /* #swagger.requestBody = { required: true, content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "object", required: ["account","password"], properties: { account: { type: "string" }, password: { type: "string" } } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[201] = { description: 'Account created and linked', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "object", properties: { account: { type: "string" }, linked: { type: "boolean" } } } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[400] = { description: 'Validation error or rejected name/password', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/ValidationError" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[403] = { description: 'Game-account signup unavailable (site or shard)', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[409] = { description: 'Account name already taken', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[429] = { description: 'Per-IP account cap reached', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[503] = { description: 'Shard unavailable — retry', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
-  accountChangeLimiter,
-  body('account').matches(/^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9_.-]{2,29}$/),
-  body('password').isString().isLength({ min: 8, max: 64 }),
-  validate,
-  shard.createGameAccount,
-)
-playerRouter.get(
-  '/shard/accounts',
-  // #swagger.tags = ['Player · Shard']
-  // #swagger.summary = 'List the caller’s linked game accounts'
-  // #swagger.security = [{ "cookieAuth": [] }, { "bearerAuth": [] }]
-  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Linked accounts', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "array", items: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/ShardLink" } } } } } */
-  shard.listAccounts,
-)
-playerRouter.get(
-  '/shard/roster/:account',
-  // #swagger.tags = ['Player · Shard']
-  // #swagger.summary = 'Character roster for a linked account'
-  // #swagger.security = [{ "cookieAuth": [] }, { "bearerAuth": [] }]
-  // #swagger.parameters['account'] = { in: 'path', required: true, schema: { type: 'string' }, description: 'A game account linked to the caller.' }
-  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Account roster', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "object", additionalProperties: true } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[403] = { description: 'Account not linked to the caller', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[503] = { description: 'Shard unavailable — retry', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
-  param('account').matches(ACCOUNT_RE),
-  validate,
-  shard.roster,
-)
-playerRouter.get(
-  '/shard/vendors/:account',
-  // #swagger.tags = ['Player · Shard']
-  // #swagger.summary = 'Player vendors for a linked account'
-  // #swagger.security = [{ "cookieAuth": [] }, { "bearerAuth": [] }]
-  // #swagger.parameters['account'] = { in: 'path', required: true, schema: { type: 'string' }, description: 'A game account linked to the caller.' }
-  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Vendor snapshot', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "object", additionalProperties: true } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[403] = { description: 'Account not linked to the caller', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[503] = { description: 'Shard unavailable — retry', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
-  param('account').matches(ACCOUNT_RE),
-  validate,
-  shard.vendors,
-)
-playerRouter.get(
-  '/shard/char/:serial',
-  // #swagger.tags = ['Player · Shard']
-  // #swagger.summary = 'Character sheet — only for a character on the caller’s linked account'
-  // #swagger.security = [{ "cookieAuth": [] }, { "bearerAuth": [] }]
-  // #swagger.parameters['serial'] = { in: 'path', required: true, schema: { type: 'string' }, description: 'Mobile serial, e.g. 0x24C.' }
-  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Character profile', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "object", additionalProperties: true } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[403] = { description: 'Character not on an account linked to the caller', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[503] = { description: 'Shard unavailable — retry', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
-  param('serial').matches(/^0x[0-9a-fA-F]+$/),
-  validate,
-  shard.getChar,
-)
-playerRouter.get(
-  '/shard/sales',
-  // #swagger.tags = ['Player · Shard']
-  // #swagger.summary = 'Recent player-vendor sales for the caller’s linked accounts'
-  // #swagger.security = [{ "cookieAuth": [] }, { "bearerAuth": [] }]
-  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Vendor sales', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "array", items: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/ShardVendorSale" } } } } } */
-  shard.getSales,
-)
-playerRouter.get(
-  '/shard/houses',
-  // #swagger.tags = ['Player · Shard']
-  // #swagger.summary = 'The caller’s own houses (home status)'
-  // #swagger.description = 'Houses owned by the caller’s linked accounts, with decay/IDOC status. Only the caller’s own houses — never anyone else’s.'
-  // #swagger.security = [{ "cookieAuth": [] }, { "bearerAuth": [] }]
-  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'The caller’s houses', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "array", items: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/ShardHouse" } } } } } */
-  shard.getHouses,
-)
-
-// ── Moderation appeals (uo-link / Discord moderation) ──────────────────────
-// A player appeals one of their own ban/mute mod_actions. Ownership is proven by
-// matching the action against the caller's linked Discord identity.
-playerRouter.get(
-  '/appeals',
-  // #swagger.tags = ['Player · Appeals']
-  // #swagger.summary = 'List the caller’s moderation appeals'
-  // #swagger.security = [{ "cookieAuth": [] }, { "bearerAuth": [] }]
-  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'The caller’s appeals', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "array", items: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Appeal" } } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[403] = { description: 'Account not active (disabled/banned)', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
-  appeals.listMine,
-)
-playerRouter.get(
-  '/appeals/eligible',
-  // #swagger.tags = ['Player · Appeals']
-  // #swagger.summary = 'List the caller’s ban/mute actions eligible for appeal'
-  // #swagger.description = 'The caller’s ban/mute mod_actions that have no active appeal. Returns an empty array when the caller has no linked Discord account (the UI shows a “link Discord” hint).'
-  // #swagger.security = [{ "cookieAuth": [] }, { "bearerAuth": [] }]
-  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Appealable actions', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "array", items: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/AppealEligibleAction" } } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[403] = { description: 'Account not active (disabled/banned)', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
-  appeals.listEligible,
-)
-playerRouter.post(
-  '/appeals',
-  // #swagger.tags = ['Player · Appeals']
-  // #swagger.summary = 'Submit a moderation appeal for one of the caller’s actions'
-  // #swagger.description = 'Opens an appeal for a ban/mute mod_action that belongs to the caller (its target matches the caller’s linked Discord identity) and has no active appeal.'
-  // #swagger.security = [{ "cookieAuth": [] }, { "bearerAuth": [] }]
-  /* #swagger.requestBody = { required: true, content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/CreateAppealRequest" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[201] = { description: 'Appeal created', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Appeal" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[400] = { description: 'Validation error, or the action type is not appealable', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/ValidationError" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[403] = { description: 'The action does not belong to the caller', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[404] = { description: 'Mod action not found', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[409] = { description: 'An appeal for this action is already open', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
-  accountChangeLimiter,
-  body('mod_action_id').isInt({ min: 1 }).toInt(),
-  body('submitted_text').isString().trim().isLength({ min: 1, max: 4000 }),
-  validate,
-  appeals.create,
-)
-playerRouter.post(
-  '/appeals/:id/withdraw',
-  // #swagger.tags = ['Player · Appeals']
-  // #swagger.summary = 'Withdraw one of the caller’s pending appeals'
-  // #swagger.security = [{ "cookieAuth": [] }, { "bearerAuth": [] }]
-  // #swagger.parameters['id'] = { in: 'path', required: true, schema: { type: 'integer' }, description: 'Appeal id (must belong to the caller).' }
-  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'The withdrawn appeal', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Appeal" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[404] = { description: 'No such appeal for the caller', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[409] = { description: 'Appeal is already resolved', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
-  param('id').isInt({ min: 1 }),
-  validate,
-  appeals.withdraw,
-)
-
-module.exports = playerRouter
diff --git a/server/src/router/v1/player/shard.router.js b/server/src/router/v1/player/shard.router.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f14b0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/router/v1/player/shard.router.js
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+// Player · Shard — game-account linking and the caller's own roster / vendors /
+// characters / sales / houses, ownership-checked against the local link mirror.
+//
+// Mounted at /api/v1/player/shard by player/index.js, which already applied
+// `noindex, requireAuth`. No extra gate: every handler is self-scoped to
+// req.user.id.
+//
+// These are the *same* handlers (player/shard.controller) that admin/shard.router.js
+// serves under /admin/shard for the seven self-service routes — staff are a
+// superset of players, and the controller keys off req.user.id either way. Two
+// URL surfaces, one implementation.
+
+const express = require('express')
+const { body, param } = require('express-validator')
+
+const shard = require('./shard.controller')
+const validate = require('../../../middleware/validate')
+const { accountChangeLimiter } = require('../../../middleware/rateLimit')
+
+const shardRouter = express.Router()
+
+// Link an in-game account with a one-time code from [link, then read the
+// account's roster / vendors (ownership-checked against the local link mirror).
+const ACCOUNT_RE = /^[A-Za-z0-9_.-]{1,120}$/
+
+shardRouter.post(
+  '/link',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Player · Shard']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'Link an in-game account with a one-time code'
+  // #swagger.description = 'The player runs [link in game to get a code, then submits it here. The server confirms it with the sidecar and mirrors the link.'
+  // #swagger.security = [{ "cookieAuth": [] }, { "bearerAuth": [] }]
+  /* #swagger.requestBody = { required: true, content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/ShardLinkRequest" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Linked', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/ShardLinkResult" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[400] = { description: 'Unknown or expired code', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[503] = { description: 'Shard unavailable — retry', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
+  body('code').isString().trim().isLength({ min: 4, max: 32 }),
+  validate,
+  shard.link,
+)
+shardRouter.post(
+  '/account',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Player · Shard']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'Create a game account (hybrid signup) and link it to the caller'
+  // #swagger.description = 'Provisions a new game account with its own username + password and auto-links it to the signed-in website user. Available only when game_account_signup is enabled and the shard accepts website signups. The password is hashed on the shard and never stored or logged by the site.'
+  // #swagger.security = [{ "cookieAuth": [] }, { "bearerAuth": [] }]
+  /* #swagger.requestBody = { required: true, content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "object", required: ["account","password"], properties: { account: { type: "string" }, password: { type: "string" } } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[201] = { description: 'Account created and linked', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "object", properties: { account: { type: "string" }, linked: { type: "boolean" } } } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[400] = { description: 'Validation error or rejected name/password', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/ValidationError" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[403] = { description: 'Game-account signup unavailable (site or shard)', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[409] = { description: 'Account name already taken', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[429] = { description: 'Per-IP account cap reached', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[503] = { description: 'Shard unavailable — retry', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
+  accountChangeLimiter,
+  body('account').matches(/^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9_.-]{2,29}$/),
+  body('password').isString().isLength({ min: 8, max: 64 }),
+  validate,
+  shard.createGameAccount,
+)
+shardRouter.get(
+  '/accounts',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Player · Shard']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'List the caller’s linked game accounts'
+  // #swagger.security = [{ "cookieAuth": [] }, { "bearerAuth": [] }]
+  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Linked accounts', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "array", items: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/ShardLink" } } } } } */
+  shard.listAccounts,
+)
+shardRouter.get(
+  '/roster/:account',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Player · Shard']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'Character roster for a linked account'
+  // #swagger.security = [{ "cookieAuth": [] }, { "bearerAuth": [] }]
+  // #swagger.parameters['account'] = { in: 'path', required: true, schema: { type: 'string' }, description: 'A game account linked to the caller.' }
+  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Account roster', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "object", additionalProperties: true } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[403] = { description: 'Account not linked to the caller', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[503] = { description: 'Shard unavailable — retry', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
+  param('account').matches(ACCOUNT_RE),
+  validate,
+  shard.roster,
+)
+shardRouter.get(
+  '/vendors/:account',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Player · Shard']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'Player vendors for a linked account'
+  // #swagger.security = [{ "cookieAuth": [] }, { "bearerAuth": [] }]
+  // #swagger.parameters['account'] = { in: 'path', required: true, schema: { type: 'string' }, description: 'A game account linked to the caller.' }
+  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Vendor snapshot', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "object", additionalProperties: true } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[403] = { description: 'Account not linked to the caller', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[503] = { description: 'Shard unavailable — retry', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
+  param('account').matches(ACCOUNT_RE),
+  validate,
+  shard.vendors,
+)
+shardRouter.get(
+  '/char/:serial',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Player · Shard']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'Character sheet — only for a character on the caller’s linked account'
+  // #swagger.security = [{ "cookieAuth": [] }, { "bearerAuth": [] }]
+  // #swagger.parameters['serial'] = { in: 'path', required: true, schema: { type: 'string' }, description: 'Mobile serial, e.g. 0x24C.' }
+  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Character profile', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "object", additionalProperties: true } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[403] = { description: 'Character not on an account linked to the caller', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[503] = { description: 'Shard unavailable — retry', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
+  param('serial').matches(/^0x[0-9a-fA-F]+$/),
+  validate,
+  shard.getChar,
+)
+shardRouter.get(
+  '/sales',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Player · Shard']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'Recent player-vendor sales for the caller’s linked accounts'
+  // #swagger.security = [{ "cookieAuth": [] }, { "bearerAuth": [] }]
+  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Vendor sales', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "array", items: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/ShardVendorSale" } } } } } */
+  shard.getSales,
+)
+shardRouter.get(
+  '/houses',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Player · Shard']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'The caller’s own houses (home status)'
+  // #swagger.description = 'Houses owned by the caller’s linked accounts, with decay/IDOC status. Only the caller’s own houses — never anyone else’s.'
+  // #swagger.security = [{ "cookieAuth": [] }, { "bearerAuth": [] }]
+  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'The caller’s houses', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "array", items: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/ShardHouse" } } } } } */
+  shard.getHouses,
+)
+
+module.exports = shardRouter
diff --git a/server/src/router/v1/public/index.js b/server/src/router/v1/public/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f90671
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/router/v1/public/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+// /api/v1/public — the anonymous public surface, assembled from per-capability
+// routers.
+//
+// This file owns the mount table and nothing else; no route is declared here.
+// Each capability router mounts at the prefix it already owned inside the old
+// monolithic public.routes.js, so the emitted URL set is byte-identical — proved
+// by a zero-line diff in server/routes.manifest.json (`npm run routes:manifest`).
+//
+// **There is deliberately no group gate.** Unlike /admin (staffOnly) and /player
+// (requireAuth), this group is unauthenticated by design and must stay that way:
+// the SPA renders logged-out, the Discord bot reads it anonymously, and the
+// Android app's ShardStreamClient consumes /public/shard/stream with no
+// Authorization header. Content visibility during maintenance is handled by the
+// per-route `siteMode` middleware, not by an auth gate.
+//
+// See docs/website/API_V2_PLAN.md § Phase 2 for the split.
+
+const express = require('express')
+
+const postsRouter = require('./posts.router')
+const wikiRouter = require('./wiki.router')
+const pagesRouter = require('./pages.router')
+const shardRouter = require('./shard.router')
+const siteRouter = require('./site.router')
+
+const publicRouter = express.Router()
+
+// Content. All three are site-mode gated per route (the /pages draft-preview
+// route is the one deliberate exception — see pages.router.js).
+publicRouter.use('/posts', postsRouter)
+publicRouter.use('/wiki', wikiRouter)
+publicRouter.use('/pages', pagesRouter)
+// Live shard data, never site-mode gated.
+publicRouter.use('/shard', shardRouter)
+
+// The four singletons that own no path segment of their own: /settings, /status,
+// /version and /contact. Mounted at the group root, last — safe only because
+// site.router.js declares no router-level middleware (a bare `use(gate)` in a
+// root-mounted router runs for every request passing through toward another
+// mount). Same arrangement as admin/dashboard.router.js.
+publicRouter.use('/', siteRouter)
+
+module.exports = publicRouter
diff --git a/server/src/router/v1/public/pages.router.js b/server/src/router/v1/public/pages.router.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..406d898
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/router/v1/public/pages.router.js
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+// Public · Pages — the block-based CMS pages, read side. Counterpart of
+// admin/pages.router.js (the page builder). Unrelated to /admin/shard/pages,
+// which is the in-game help-page queue.
+//
+// Mounted at /api/v1/public/pages by public/index.js. No group gate.
+//
+// Declaration order is load-bearing: the draft-preview route is registered ahead
+// of /:slug, and it is deliberately NOT site-mode gated so a preview link keeps
+// working during maintenance — the single-use token is the access control.
+
+const express = require('express')
+
+const ctrl = require('./public.controller')
+const siteMode = require('../../../middleware/siteMode')
+
+const pagesRouter = express.Router()
+
+pagesRouter.get(
+  '/:id/preview/:token',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Public']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'Render a page from a draft-preview token'
+  // #swagger.parameters['id'] = { in: 'path', required: true, schema: { type: 'integer' }, description: 'Page id.' }
+  // #swagger.parameters['token'] = { in: 'path', required: true, schema: { type: 'string' }, description: 'Preview token from POST /admin/pages/:id/preview.' }
+  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'The page (any status)', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "object", additionalProperties: true } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[404] = { description: 'Token invalid/expired or page missing', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
+  ctrl.getPagePreview,
+)
+pagesRouter.get(
+  '/:slug',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Public']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'Get a published CMS page by slug'
+  // #swagger.description = 'Drafts 404 for the public; staff sessions see drafts. Gated by site mode.'
+  // #swagger.parameters['slug'] = { in: 'path', required: true, schema: { type: 'string' }, description: 'Page slug.' }
+  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'The page', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "object", additionalProperties: true } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[404] = { description: 'Not found', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
+  siteMode,
+  ctrl.getPage,
+)
+
+module.exports = pagesRouter
diff --git a/server/src/router/v1/public/posts.router.js b/server/src/router/v1/public/posts.router.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c66d835
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/router/v1/public/posts.router.js
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+// Public · Posts — the published news / five-on-friday / newsletter / screenshots
+// feed. The read-only counterpart of admin/posts.router.js, sharing the same
+// posts model through public.controller.
+//
+// Mounted at /api/v1/public/posts by public/index.js. No group gate: this is the
+// anonymous public surface. `siteMode` is applied per route — during maintenance
+// only an admin with a valid session sees content.
+
+const express = require('express')
+
+const ctrl = require('./public.controller')
+const siteMode = require('../../../middleware/siteMode')
+
+const postsRouter = express.Router()
+
+postsRouter.get(
+  '/:category',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Public']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'List published posts in a category'
+  // #swagger.description = 'Gated by site mode: during maintenance only admins with a valid session see content.'
+  // #swagger.parameters['category'] = { in: 'path', required: true, schema: { type: 'string' }, description: 'news | five-on-friday | newsletter | screenshots' }
+  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Published posts', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "array", items: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Post" } } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[404] = { description: 'Unknown category', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
+  siteMode,
+  ctrl.getPosts,
+)
+postsRouter.get(
+  '/:category/:idOrSlug',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Public']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'Get a single published post'
+  // #swagger.parameters['category'] = { in: 'path', required: true, schema: { type: 'string' }, description: 'Post category.' }
+  // #swagger.parameters['idOrSlug'] = { in: 'path', required: true, schema: { type: 'string' }, description: 'Numeric id or slug.' }
+  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'The post', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Post" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[404] = { description: 'Unknown category or post not found', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
+  siteMode,
+  ctrl.getPost,
+)
+
+module.exports = postsRouter
diff --git a/server/src/router/v1/public/public.routes.js b/server/src/router/v1/public/public.routes.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 247f28b..0000000
--- a/server/src/router/v1/public/public.routes.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,248 +0,0 @@
-const express = require('express')
-const { body, param, query } = require('express-validator')
-
-const ctrl = require('./public.controller')
-const shard = require('./shard.controller')
-const siteMode = require('../../../middleware/siteMode')
-const validate = require('../../../middleware/validate')
-const { contactLimiter } = require('../../../middleware/rateLimit')
-
-const publicRouter = express.Router()
-
-// Always available (so the client can render the maintenance page + contact).
-publicRouter.get(
-  '/settings',
-  // #swagger.tags = ['Public']
-  // #swagger.summary = 'Public site settings + branding'
-  // #swagger.description = 'Whitelisted, non-sensitive settings plus the per-shard brand block (name/colors/logo/hero/favicon) a client themes itself from, and derived registration / game-account-signup availability flags.'
-  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Public settings + branding', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/PublicSettings" } } } } */
-  ctrl.getSettings,
-)
-publicRouter.get(
-  '/status',
-  // #swagger.tags = ['Public']
-  // #swagger.summary = 'Site mode / status'
-  // #swagger.description = 'Current site mode (live or maintenance) so the client can show the maintenance page, plus a version block (service id + API/server versions) for a client first-run probe and version-mismatch guard.'
-  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Site status', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/PublicStatus" } } } } */
-  ctrl.getStatus,
-)
-publicRouter.get(
-  '/version',
-  // #swagger.tags = ['Public']
-  // #swagger.summary = 'Backend identity + version'
-  // #swagger.description = 'Lightweight, DB-free descriptor of this backend: a stable service id and the API/server versions. A client uses it to recognize a Runic Gateway backend on first-run and to run a version-mismatch guard. Doubles as a cheap liveness check.'
-  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Backend version', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/PublicVersion" } } } } */
-  ctrl.getVersion,
-)
-publicRouter.post(
-  '/contact',
-  // #swagger.tags = ['Public']
-  // #swagger.summary = 'Send a contact message'
-  // #swagger.description = 'Emails the site owner (or falls back to a mailto). Rate limited.'
-  /* #swagger.requestBody = { required: true, content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/ContactRequest" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Message sent', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Message" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[400] = { description: 'Validation error', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/ValidationError" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[429] = { description: 'Too many messages (rate limited)', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[502] = { description: 'Mail delivery failed', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
-  contactLimiter,
-  body('message').isString().trim().notEmpty().isLength({ max: 5000 }),
-  body('email').optional({ values: 'falsy' }).isEmail(),
-  body('name').optional({ values: 'falsy' }).isString().trim().isLength({ max: 100 }),
-  validate,
-  ctrl.contact,
-)
-
-// Content — gated by site mode (admins with a valid token bypass for preview).
-publicRouter.get(
-  '/posts/:category',
-  // #swagger.tags = ['Public']
-  // #swagger.summary = 'List published posts in a category'
-  // #swagger.description = 'Gated by site mode: during maintenance only admins with a valid session see content.'
-  // #swagger.parameters['category'] = { in: 'path', required: true, schema: { type: 'string' }, description: 'news | five-on-friday | newsletter | screenshots' }
-  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Published posts', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "array", items: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Post" } } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[404] = { description: 'Unknown category', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
-  siteMode,
-  ctrl.getPosts,
-)
-publicRouter.get(
-  '/posts/:category/:idOrSlug',
-  // #swagger.tags = ['Public']
-  // #swagger.summary = 'Get a single published post'
-  // #swagger.parameters['category'] = { in: 'path', required: true, schema: { type: 'string' }, description: 'Post category.' }
-  // #swagger.parameters['idOrSlug'] = { in: 'path', required: true, schema: { type: 'string' }, description: 'Numeric id or slug.' }
-  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'The post', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Post" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[404] = { description: 'Unknown category or post not found', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
-  siteMode,
-  ctrl.getPost,
-)
-publicRouter.get(
-  '/wiki',
-  // #swagger.tags = ['Public']
-  // #swagger.summary = 'List published wiki pages'
-  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Published wiki pages', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "array", items: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/WikiPage" } } } } } */
-  siteMode,
-  ctrl.getWikiList,
-)
-// Static paths must precede the :slug route so they aren't captured as a slug.
-publicRouter.get(
-  '/wiki/categories',
-  // #swagger.tags = ['Public']
-  // #swagger.summary = 'List wiki categories'
-  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Wiki categories', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "array", items: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/WikiCategory" } } } } } */
-  siteMode,
-  ctrl.getWikiCategories,
-)
-publicRouter.get(
-  '/wiki/tags',
-  // #swagger.tags = ['Public']
-  // #swagger.summary = 'List wiki tags'
-  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Wiki tags', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "array", items: { type: "string" } } } } } */
-  siteMode,
-  ctrl.getWikiTags,
-)
-publicRouter.get(
-  '/wiki/:slug',
-  // #swagger.tags = ['Public']
-  // #swagger.summary = 'Get a single published wiki page'
-  // #swagger.parameters['slug'] = { in: 'path', required: true, schema: { type: 'string' }, description: 'Wiki page slug.' }
-  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'The wiki page', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/WikiPage" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[404] = { description: 'Not found', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
-  siteMode,
-  ctrl.getWikiPage,
-)
-
-// ── CMS pages (block-based) ────────────────────────────────────────────
-// Preview is registered before /pages/:slug and is NOT site-mode gated, so a
-// draft-preview link keeps working during maintenance. The token itself is the
-// access control.
-publicRouter.get(
-  '/pages/:id/preview/:token',
-  // #swagger.tags = ['Public']
-  // #swagger.summary = 'Render a page from a draft-preview token'
-  // #swagger.parameters['id'] = { in: 'path', required: true, schema: { type: 'integer' }, description: 'Page id.' }
-  // #swagger.parameters['token'] = { in: 'path', required: true, schema: { type: 'string' }, description: 'Preview token from POST /admin/pages/:id/preview.' }
-  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'The page (any status)', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "object", additionalProperties: true } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[404] = { description: 'Token invalid/expired or page missing', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
-  ctrl.getPagePreview,
-)
-publicRouter.get(
-  '/pages/:slug',
-  // #swagger.tags = ['Public']
-  // #swagger.summary = 'Get a published CMS page by slug'
-  // #swagger.description = 'Drafts 404 for the public; staff sessions see drafts. Gated by site mode.'
-  // #swagger.parameters['slug'] = { in: 'path', required: true, schema: { type: 'string' }, description: 'Page slug.' }
-  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'The page', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "object", additionalProperties: true } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[404] = { description: 'Not found', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
-  siteMode,
-  ctrl.getPage,
-)
-
-// ── Shard live data (uo-link) ──────────────────────────────────────────────
-// Token-free, same-origin reads. The status/feed/economy/idoc endpoints read
-// the site's own ingested data; /char round-trips the live shard (cached). Not
-// site-mode gated — shard status is useful even during site maintenance.
-publicRouter.get(
-  '/shard/status',
-  // #swagger.tags = ['Public · Shard']
-  // #swagger.summary = 'Shard connection state, online count and latest economy'
-  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Shard status', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/ShardStatus" } } } } */
-  shard.getStatus,
-)
-publicRouter.get(
-  '/shard/feed',
-  // #swagger.tags = ['Public · Shard']
-  // #swagger.summary = 'Recent notable shard events (from the ingested log)'
-  // #swagger.parameters['kind'] = { in: 'query', required: false, schema: { type: 'string' }, description: 'Filter to a single event kind, e.g. vendor.sale.' }
-  // #swagger.parameters['limit'] = { in: 'query', required: false, schema: { type: 'integer' }, description: 'Max rows (default 100, max 1000).' }
-  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Events, newest first', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "array", items: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/ShardEvent" } } } } } */
-  query('kind').optional({ values: 'falsy' }).isString().isLength({ max: 48 }),
-  query('limit').optional().isInt({ min: 1, max: 1000 }),
-  validate,
-  shard.getFeed,
-)
-publicRouter.get(
-  '/shard/economy',
-  // #swagger.tags = ['Public · Shard']
-  // #swagger.summary = 'Gold-supply time series (oldest → newest)'
-  // #swagger.parameters['limit'] = { in: 'query', required: false, schema: { type: 'integer' }, description: 'Max samples (default 100, max 1000).' }
-  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Economy samples', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "array", items: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/ShardEconomyPoint" } } } } } */
-  query('limit').optional().isInt({ min: 1, max: 1000 }),
-  validate,
-  shard.getEconomy,
-)
-publicRouter.get(
-  '/shard/online',
-  // #swagger.tags = ['Public · Shard']
-  // #swagger.summary = 'Staff online now (linked staff accounts; location is admin/moderator-only)'
-  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Online players', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "array", items: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/ShardOnlinePlayer" } } } } } */
-  shard.getOnline,
-)
-publicRouter.get(
-  '/shard/idoc',
-  // #swagger.tags = ['Public · Shard']
-  // #swagger.summary = 'Houses currently in danger (IDOC)'
-  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'IDOC houses', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "array", items: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/ShardHouse" } } } } } */
-  shard.getIdoc,
-)
-publicRouter.get(
-  '/shard/champs',
-  // #swagger.tags = ['Public · Shard']
-  // #swagger.summary = 'Current champion-spawn board (all categories)'
-  // #swagger.description = 'The live board of every champion / mini-champ / sea-boss spawn. Update in place via the champ.update / champ.remove frames on /shard/stream.'
-  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Champion spawns, ordered by name', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "array", items: { type: "object", additionalProperties: true } } } } } */
-  shard.getChamps,
-)
-publicRouter.get(
-  '/shard/guilds',
-  // #swagger.tags = ['Public · Shard']
-  // #swagger.summary = 'Current guild board (rosters, alliances, leaders)'
-  // #swagger.description = 'The live board of every guild. Update in place via the guild.update / guild.remove / guild.join frames on /shard/stream.'
-  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Guilds, ordered by name', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "array", items: { type: "object", additionalProperties: true } } } } } */
-  shard.getGuilds,
-)
-publicRouter.get(
-  '/shard/governors',
-  // #swagger.tags = ['Public · Shard']
-  // #swagger.summary = 'Current town-governor board (City Loyalty)'
-  // #swagger.description = 'One entry per city with its governor and election phase. Empty if the shard does not run the City Loyalty system. Live via city.update on /shard/stream.'
-  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Cities, ordered by name', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "array", items: { type: "object", additionalProperties: true } } } } } */
-  shard.getGovernors,
-)
-publicRouter.get(
-  '/shard/governors/:city/history',
-  // #swagger.tags = ['Public · Shard']
-  // #swagger.summary = 'Governor term history for a city'
-  // #swagger.parameters['city'] = { in: 'path', required: true, schema: { type: 'string' }, description: 'City name, e.g. Britain.' }
-  // #swagger.parameters['limit'] = { in: 'query', required: false, schema: { type: 'integer' }, description: 'Max terms (default 100, max 500).' }
-  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Terms, newest first', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "array", items: { type: "object", additionalProperties: true } } } } } */
-  param('city').isString().isLength({ min: 1, max: 40 }),
-  query('limit').optional().isInt({ min: 1, max: 500 }),
-  validate,
-  shard.getGovernorHistory,
-)
-publicRouter.get(
-  '/shard/presence',
-  // #swagger.tags = ['Public · Shard']
-  // #swagger.summary = 'Online population aggregate (count + per-facet + per-region)'
-  // #swagger.description = 'The latest presence.online snapshot powering the "Players Online" widget. Live via presence.online on /shard/stream.'
-  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Population snapshot', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "object", additionalProperties: true } } } } */
-  shard.getPresence,
-)
-publicRouter.get(
-  '/shard/houses',
-  // #swagger.tags = ['Public · Shard']
-  // #swagger.summary = 'House registry (owner, co-owners, price, decay)'
-  // #swagger.description = 'Every house seen via the house.update registry feed. `price` is the placement value, not a for-sale flag. Live via house.update / house.remove on /shard/stream.'
-  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Houses, ordered by name', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "array", items: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/ShardHouse" } } } } } */
-  shard.getHouses,
-)
-publicRouter.get(
-  '/shard/stream',
-  // #swagger.tags = ['Public · Shard']
-  // #swagger.summary = 'Live shard event stream (Server-Sent Events, public/safe kinds)'
-  // #swagger.description = 'text/event-stream of curated live events. Sensitive kinds (staff audit, cheat detection, login attempts, IPs) are NOT sent on this channel.'
-  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'An SSE stream (Content-Type: text/event-stream).' } */
-  shard.stream,
-)
-
-module.exports = publicRouter
diff --git a/server/src/router/v1/public/shard.router.js b/server/src/router/v1/public/shard.router.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..372a51a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/router/v1/public/shard.router.js
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+// Public · Shard — token-free, same-origin reads of the live shard. The
+// status/feed/economy/idoc/champs/guilds/governors/presence/houses endpoints read
+// the site's own ingested data; nothing here round-trips the sidecar per request.
+//
+// Mounted at /api/v1/public/shard by public/index.js. Deliberately NOT site-mode
+// gated — shard status is useful (and wanted) while the site itself is in
+// maintenance.
+//
+// **GET /shard/stream stays anonymous.** It is consumed by logged-out browser
+// visitors *and* by the Android ShardStreamClient, neither of which sends an
+// Authorization header; adding requireAuth here blacks out the public live boards
+// on web and mobile. The sensitive kinds (staff audit, cheat detection, login
+// attempts, IPs) are withheld by the allowlist in utils/shardBroadcast.js, not by
+// a route gate — that allowlist split is the security boundary, not this file.
+
+const express = require('express')
+const { param, query } = require('express-validator')
+
+const shard = require('./shard.controller')
+const validate = require('../../../middleware/validate')
+
+const shardRouter = express.Router()
+
+shardRouter.get(
+  '/status',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Public · Shard']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'Shard connection state, online count and latest economy'
+  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Shard status', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/ShardStatus" } } } } */
+  shard.getStatus,
+)
+shardRouter.get(
+  '/feed',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Public · Shard']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'Recent notable shard events (from the ingested log)'
+  // #swagger.parameters['kind'] = { in: 'query', required: false, schema: { type: 'string' }, description: 'Filter to a single event kind, e.g. vendor.sale.' }
+  // #swagger.parameters['limit'] = { in: 'query', required: false, schema: { type: 'integer' }, description: 'Max rows (default 100, max 1000).' }
+  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Events, newest first', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "array", items: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/ShardEvent" } } } } } */
+  query('kind').optional({ values: 'falsy' }).isString().isLength({ max: 48 }),
+  query('limit').optional().isInt({ min: 1, max: 1000 }),
+  validate,
+  shard.getFeed,
+)
+shardRouter.get(
+  '/economy',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Public · Shard']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'Gold-supply time series (oldest → newest)'
+  // #swagger.parameters['limit'] = { in: 'query', required: false, schema: { type: 'integer' }, description: 'Max samples (default 100, max 1000).' }
+  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Economy samples', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "array", items: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/ShardEconomyPoint" } } } } } */
+  query('limit').optional().isInt({ min: 1, max: 1000 }),
+  validate,
+  shard.getEconomy,
+)
+shardRouter.get(
+  '/online',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Public · Shard']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'Staff online now (linked staff accounts; location is admin/moderator-only)'
+  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Online players', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "array", items: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/ShardOnlinePlayer" } } } } } */
+  shard.getOnline,
+)
+shardRouter.get(
+  '/idoc',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Public · Shard']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'Houses currently in danger (IDOC)'
+  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'IDOC houses', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "array", items: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/ShardHouse" } } } } } */
+  shard.getIdoc,
+)
+shardRouter.get(
+  '/champs',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Public · Shard']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'Current champion-spawn board (all categories)'
+  // #swagger.description = 'The live board of every champion / mini-champ / sea-boss spawn. Update in place via the champ.update / champ.remove frames on /shard/stream.'
+  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Champion spawns, ordered by name', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "array", items: { type: "object", additionalProperties: true } } } } } */
+  shard.getChamps,
+)
+shardRouter.get(
+  '/guilds',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Public · Shard']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'Current guild board (rosters, alliances, leaders)'
+  // #swagger.description = 'The live board of every guild. Update in place via the guild.update / guild.remove / guild.join frames on /shard/stream.'
+  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Guilds, ordered by name', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "array", items: { type: "object", additionalProperties: true } } } } } */
+  shard.getGuilds,
+)
+shardRouter.get(
+  '/governors',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Public · Shard']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'Current town-governor board (City Loyalty)'
+  // #swagger.description = 'One entry per city with its governor and election phase. Empty if the shard does not run the City Loyalty system. Live via city.update on /shard/stream.'
+  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Cities, ordered by name', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "array", items: { type: "object", additionalProperties: true } } } } } */
+  shard.getGovernors,
+)
+shardRouter.get(
+  '/governors/:city/history',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Public · Shard']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'Governor term history for a city'
+  // #swagger.parameters['city'] = { in: 'path', required: true, schema: { type: 'string' }, description: 'City name, e.g. Britain.' }
+  // #swagger.parameters['limit'] = { in: 'query', required: false, schema: { type: 'integer' }, description: 'Max terms (default 100, max 500).' }
+  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Terms, newest first', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "array", items: { type: "object", additionalProperties: true } } } } } */
+  param('city').isString().isLength({ min: 1, max: 40 }),
+  query('limit').optional().isInt({ min: 1, max: 500 }),
+  validate,
+  shard.getGovernorHistory,
+)
+shardRouter.get(
+  '/presence',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Public · Shard']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'Online population aggregate (count + per-facet + per-region)'
+  // #swagger.description = 'The latest presence.online snapshot powering the "Players Online" widget. Live via presence.online on /shard/stream.'
+  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Population snapshot', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "object", additionalProperties: true } } } } */
+  shard.getPresence,
+)
+shardRouter.get(
+  '/houses',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Public · Shard']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'House registry (owner, co-owners, price, decay)'
+  // #swagger.description = 'Every house seen via the house.update registry feed. `price` is the placement value, not a for-sale flag. Live via house.update / house.remove on /shard/stream.'
+  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Houses, ordered by name', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "array", items: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/ShardHouse" } } } } } */
+  shard.getHouses,
+)
+shardRouter.get(
+  '/stream',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Public · Shard']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'Live shard event stream (Server-Sent Events, public/safe kinds)'
+  // #swagger.description = 'text/event-stream of curated live events. Sensitive kinds (staff audit, cheat detection, login attempts, IPs) are NOT sent on this channel.'
+  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'An SSE stream (Content-Type: text/event-stream).' } */
+  shard.stream,
+)
+
+module.exports = shardRouter
diff --git a/server/src/router/v1/public/site.router.js b/server/src/router/v1/public/site.router.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc699b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/router/v1/public/site.router.js
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+// Public · Site — the four group-root singletons: settings, status, version and
+// contact. None of them owns a path segment that could become a prefix, so this
+// is the public group's counterpart to admin/dashboard.router.js: one file for
+// the routes that own no prefix, mounted at the group root.
+//
+// It is safe at the root **only** because this file declares no router-level
+// middleware. A bare `use(gate)` in a root-mounted router runs for every request
+// passing through toward another mount — it would gate /public/wiki and
+// /public/shard/* too. Keep gates on the individual routes here (siteMode is
+// deliberately absent: settings/status/version/contact must answer during
+// maintenance so the client can render the maintenance page and let a visitor
+// get in touch).
+//
+// Mounted at /api/v1/public by public/index.js.
+
+const express = require('express')
+const { body } = require('express-validator')
+
+const ctrl = require('./public.controller')
+const validate = require('../../../middleware/validate')
+const { contactLimiter } = require('../../../middleware/rateLimit')
+
+const siteRouter = express.Router()
+
+siteRouter.get(
+  '/settings',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Public']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'Public site settings + branding'
+  // #swagger.description = 'Whitelisted, non-sensitive settings plus the per-shard brand block (name/colors/logo/hero/favicon) a client themes itself from, and derived registration / game-account-signup availability flags.'
+  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Public settings + branding', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/PublicSettings" } } } } */
+  ctrl.getSettings,
+)
+siteRouter.get(
+  '/status',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Public']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'Site mode / status'
+  // #swagger.description = 'Current site mode (live or maintenance) so the client can show the maintenance page, plus a version block (service id + API/server versions) for a client first-run probe and version-mismatch guard.'
+  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Site status', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/PublicStatus" } } } } */
+  ctrl.getStatus,
+)
+siteRouter.get(
+  '/version',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Public']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'Backend identity + version'
+  // #swagger.description = 'Lightweight, DB-free descriptor of this backend: a stable service id and the API/server versions. A client uses it to recognize a Runic Gateway backend on first-run and to run a version-mismatch guard. Doubles as a cheap liveness check.'
+  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Backend version', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/PublicVersion" } } } } */
+  ctrl.getVersion,
+)
+siteRouter.post(
+  '/contact',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Public']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'Send a contact message'
+  // #swagger.description = 'Emails the site owner (or falls back to a mailto). Rate limited.'
+  /* #swagger.requestBody = { required: true, content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/ContactRequest" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Message sent', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Message" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[400] = { description: 'Validation error', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/ValidationError" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[429] = { description: 'Too many messages (rate limited)', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[502] = { description: 'Mail delivery failed', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
+  contactLimiter,
+  body('message').isString().trim().notEmpty().isLength({ max: 5000 }),
+  body('email').optional({ values: 'falsy' }).isEmail(),
+  body('name').optional({ values: 'falsy' }).isString().trim().isLength({ max: 100 }),
+  validate,
+  ctrl.contact,
+)
+
+module.exports = siteRouter
diff --git a/server/src/router/v1/public/wiki.router.js b/server/src/router/v1/public/wiki.router.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e330b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/router/v1/public/wiki.router.js
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+// Public · Wiki — the published wiki: the page list, categories, tags and a
+// single page by slug. Read-only counterpart of admin/wiki.router.js.
+//
+// Mounted at /api/v1/public/wiki by public/index.js. No group gate; `siteMode`
+// is applied per route.
+//
+// Declaration order is load-bearing: `/categories` and `/tags` are literal paths
+// and MUST stay ahead of `/:slug`, or GET /public/wiki/categories dispatches as a
+// wiki page whose slug is "categories". routes.manifest.json sorts its entries
+// and therefore cannot catch a reordering — the same trap admin/wiki.router.js
+// carries (see docs/website/API_V2_PLAN.md § PR 3).
+
+const express = require('express')
+
+const ctrl = require('./public.controller')
+const siteMode = require('../../../middleware/siteMode')
+
+const wikiRouter = express.Router()
+
+wikiRouter.get(
+  '/',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Public']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'List published wiki pages'
+  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Published wiki pages', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "array", items: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/WikiPage" } } } } } */
+  siteMode,
+  ctrl.getWikiList,
+)
+// Static paths must precede the :slug route so they aren't captured as a slug.
+wikiRouter.get(
+  '/categories',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Public']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'List wiki categories'
+  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Wiki categories', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "array", items: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/WikiCategory" } } } } } */
+  siteMode,
+  ctrl.getWikiCategories,
+)
+wikiRouter.get(
+  '/tags',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Public']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'List wiki tags'
+  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Wiki tags', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "array", items: { type: "string" } } } } } */
+  siteMode,
+  ctrl.getWikiTags,
+)
+wikiRouter.get(
+  '/:slug',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Public']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'Get a single published wiki page'
+  // #swagger.parameters['slug'] = { in: 'path', required: true, schema: { type: 'string' }, description: 'Wiki page slug.' }
+  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'The wiki page', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/WikiPage" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[404] = { description: 'Not found', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
+  siteMode,
+  ctrl.getWikiPage,
+)
+
+module.exports = wikiRouter
diff --git a/server/src/router/v1/v1.router.js b/server/src/router/v1/v1.router.js
index 98e30dc..d354db9 100644
--- a/server/src/router/v1/v1.router.js
+++ b/server/src/router/v1/v1.router.js
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ const express = require('express')
 
 const v1Router = express.Router()
 
-const authRouter = require('./auth/auth.routes')
-const publicRouter = require('./public/public.routes')
+const authRouter = require('./auth')
+const publicRouter = require('./public')
 const adminRouter = require('./admin')
-const playerRouter = require('./player/player.routes')
+const playerRouter = require('./player')
 
 v1Router.use('/auth', authRouter)
 v1Router.use('/public', publicRouter)
diff --git a/server/src/utils/auth.js b/server/src/utils/auth.js
index e5f85a5..29c5c2c 100644
--- a/server/src/utils/auth.js
+++ b/server/src/utils/auth.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 //
 // The auth logic now lives in server/src/auth/ (token primitives, the session
 // service, and session middleware). This module stays as a thin facade so every
-// existing import site (auth.routes, the admin/* routers, siteMode, auth.controller)
+// existing import site (the auth/* and admin/* routers, siteMode, auth.controller)
 // keeps working with the exact same names and behavior — nothing else in the
 // codebase needs to change. New code should prefer requiring ../auth/* directly.
 
diff --git a/server/test/authMe.test.js b/server/test/authMe.test.js
index ed7a819..6783799 100644
--- a/server/test/authMe.test.js
+++ b/server/test/authMe.test.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const { test, after } = require('node:test')
 const assert = require('node:assert/strict')
 
 const { startApp } = require('./_helper')
-const authRouter = require('../src/router/v1/auth/auth.routes')
+const authRouter = require('../src/router/v1/auth')
 const db = require('../src/utils/db')
 
 after(() => db.close())
diff --git a/server/test/notificationsRoutes.test.js b/server/test/notificationsRoutes.test.js
index a1b2b34..adff96e 100644
--- a/server/test/notificationsRoutes.test.js
+++ b/server/test/notificationsRoutes.test.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ const { test, after } = require('node:test')
 const assert = require('node:assert/strict')
 
 const { startApp } = require('./_helper')
-const authRouter = require('../src/router/v1/auth/auth.routes')
+const authRouter = require('../src/router/v1/auth')
 const db = require('../src/utils/db')
 
 after(() => db.close())
diff --git a/server/test/playerRouteAccess.test.js b/server/test/playerRouteAccess.test.js
index 5066d9a..6e451f2 100644
--- a/server/test/playerRouteAccess.test.js
+++ b/server/test/playerRouteAccess.test.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const { test, after, afterEach } = require('node:test')
 const assert = require('node:assert/strict')
 
 const { startApp } = require('./_helper')
-const playerRouter = require('../src/router/v1/player/player.routes')
+const playerRouter = require('../src/router/v1/player')
 const sessionService = require('../src/auth/session.service')
 const users = require('../src/model/users/users.model')
 const shardLinks = require('../src/model/shardLinks/shardLinks.model')
diff --git a/server/test/publicVersion.test.js b/server/test/publicVersion.test.js
index 49a88bf..e2927b0 100644
--- a/server/test/publicVersion.test.js
+++ b/server/test/publicVersion.test.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const assert = require('node:assert/strict')
 
 const { startApp } = require('./_helper')
 const version = require('../src/config/version')
-const publicRouter = require('../src/router/v1/public/public.routes')
+const publicRouter = require('../src/router/v1/public')
 const db = require('../src/utils/db')
 
 after(() => db.close())