client/src/App.jsx

@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import NewsletterIssue from './routes/public/NewsletterIssue.jsx'
 import About from './routes/public/About.jsx'
 import Status from './routes/public/Status.jsx'
 import Shard from './routes/public/Shard.jsx'
-import ShardChar from './routes/public/ShardChar.jsx'
 import ShardActivity from './routes/public/ShardActivity.jsx'
 import Wiki from './routes/wiki/Wiki.jsx'
 import WikiArticle from './routes/wiki/WikiArticle.jsx'
@@ -77,7 +76,6 @@ export default function App() {
             <Route path="/site/status" element={<Status />} />
             <Route path="/site/shard" element={<Shard />} />
             <Route path="/site/shard/activity" element={<ShardActivity />} />
-            <Route path="/site/shard/char/:serial" element={<ShardChar />} />
             <Route path="/wiki" element={<Wiki />} />
             <Route path="/wiki/:slug" element={<WikiArticle />} />
             {/* CMS pages: top-level /:slug, matched only after the named routes

client/src/api/client.js

@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ export const api = {
     economy: (limit) => req(`/public/shard/economy${limit ? `?limit=${limit}` : ''}`),
     online: () => req('/public/shard/online'),
     idoc: () => req('/public/shard/idoc'),
-    char: (serial) => req(`/public/shard/char/${encodeURIComponent(serial)}`),
   },
   // Full paths (incl. /api/v1) for the browser EventSource — the req() wrapper is
   // fetch-only, so SSE subscribers build the URL from here. The admin stream
@@ -222,6 +221,8 @@ export const api = {
       accounts: () => req('/admin/shard/accounts'),
       roster: (account) => req(`/admin/shard/roster/${encodeURIComponent(account)}`),
       vendors: (account) => req(`/admin/shard/vendors/${encodeURIComponent(account)}`),
+      char: (serial) => req(`/admin/shard/char/${encodeURIComponent(serial)}`),
+      sales: () => req('/admin/shard/sales'),
     },
 
     // ----- auth providers / SSO config (admin only) -----
@@ -269,6 +270,8 @@ export const api = {
       accounts: () => req('/player/shard/accounts'),
       roster: (account) => req(`/player/shard/roster/${encodeURIComponent(account)}`),
       vendors: (account) => req(`/player/shard/vendors/${encodeURIComponent(account)}`),
+      char: (serial) => req(`/player/shard/char/${encodeURIComponent(serial)}`),
+      sales: () => req('/player/shard/sales'),
     },
   },
 }

client/src/components/VendorSales.jsx

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
+import { ago } from '../lib/format.js'
+
+// Owner-private recent player-vendor sales. `fetchSales` is the scope method
+// (api.player.shard.sales / api.admin.shard.sales) — the server only returns
+// sales for accounts linked to the caller.
+export default function VendorSales({ fetchSales }) {
+  const [sales, setSales] = useState(null)
+  const [error, setError] = useState('')
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    let active = true
+    fetchSales()
+      .then((rows) => active && setSales(rows))
+      .catch(() => active && setError('Could not load your vendor sales.'))
+    return () => { active = false }
+  }, [fetchSales])
+
+  if (error) return null
+  if (!sales) return null
+
+  return (
+    <section style={{ borderTop: '1px solid var(--line-soft)', marginTop: 30, paddingTop: 22 }}>
+      <div className="field-label" style={{ marginBottom: 12 }}>Recent vendor sales</div>
+      {sales.length === 0 ? (
+        <p className="sans dim" style={{ margin: 0, fontSize: '0.86rem' }}>No vendor sales recorded yet.</p>
+      ) : (
+        <ul style={{ listStyle: 'none', margin: 0, padding: 0, display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 8 }}>
+          {sales.map((s, i) => (
+            <li key={`${s.t}-${i}`} className="sans" style={{ display: 'flex', justifyContent: 'space-between', gap: 12, fontSize: '0.9rem', color: 'var(--ink)' }}>
+              <span style={{ minWidth: 0, overflow: 'hidden', textOverflow: 'ellipsis', whiteSpace: 'nowrap' }}>
+                {s.itemType || 'An item'}{s.amount > 1 ? ` ×${s.amount}` : ''} — {Number(s.price || 0).toLocaleString()}gp
+              </span>
+              <span className="dim" style={{ flex: 'none', fontSize: '0.78rem' }}>{ago(s.t)}</span>
+            </li>
+          ))}
+        </ul>
+      )}
+    </section>
+  )
+}

client/src/lib/shardEvents.js

@@ -62,9 +62,11 @@ export function describe(ev) {
 }
 
 // Category grouping for the filter tabs.
+// Vendor sales are intentionally NOT a public category — they are owner-private
+// (a linked player sees their own under the portal). The admin live feed still
+// describes vendor.sale via describe() below.
 export const CATEGORIES = [
   { id: 'all', label: 'All', kinds: null },
-  { id: 'sales', label: 'Vendor sales', kinds: ['vendor.sale'] },
   { id: 'pvp', label: 'Deaths & PvP', kinds: ['player.death', 'player.murdered', 'mob.killed'] },
   { id: 'progress', label: 'Progression', kinds: ['skill.gain', 'fame.change', 'karma.change', 'quest.complete'] },
   { id: 'world', label: 'World', kinds: ['house.decay', 'mob.login', 'mob.logout', 'server.hello', 'server.shutdown', 'server.crashed', 'economy.supply'] },

client/src/routes/admin/views/AdminCharacter.jsx

@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ import CharacterSheet from '../../../components/CharacterSheet.jsx'
 import { useAsync } from '../../../lib/useAsync.js'
 import { api } from '../../../api/client.js'
 
-// A staff member's character sheet inside the admin shell. Character data is
-// public MMO data, so it uses the same cached public endpoint.
+// A staff member's own character sheet inside the admin shell. Owner-checked —
+// the endpoint only returns a sheet for a character on the caller's linked account.
 export default function AdminCharacter() {
   const { serial } = useParams()
-  const { loading, error, data } = useAsync(() => api.shard.char(serial), [serial])
+  const { loading, error, data } = useAsync(() => api.admin.shard.char(serial), [serial])
   const restarting = error && error.status === 503
+  const forbidden = error && error.status === 403
 
   return (
     <div style={{ maxWidth: 760 }}>
@@ -20,7 +21,8 @@ export default function AdminCharacter() {
       </p>
       {loading && <Loading />}
       {restarting && <ErrorState message="The game server is restarting — try again shortly." />}
-      {error && !restarting && <ErrorState message="Could not load that character right now." />}
+      {forbidden && <ErrorState message="That character is not on an account linked to you." />}
+      {error && !restarting && !forbidden && <ErrorState message="Could not load that character right now." />}
       {!loading && !error && data && <CharacterSheet char={data} />}
     </div>
   )

client/src/routes/admin/views/AdminCharacters.jsx

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import GameAccounts from '../../../components/GameAccounts.jsx'
+import VendorSales from '../../../components/VendorSales.jsx'
 import { api } from '../../../api/client.js'
 
 // Staff link their OWN in-game account and view their characters — the same
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ export default function AdminCharacters() {
         Link your own game account to view your characters, stats, skills and vendors.
       </p>
       <GameAccounts scope={api.admin.shard} charTo={(serial) => `/admin/characters/${serial}`} />
+      <VendorSales fetchSales={api.admin.shard.sales} />
     </section>
   )
 }

client/src/routes/player/PlayerCharacter.jsx

@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ import CharacterSheet from '../../components/CharacterSheet.jsx'
 import { useAsync } from '../../lib/useAsync.js'
 import { api } from '../../api/client.js'
 
-// A player's character sheet inside the portal. Character data is public MMO
-// data, so it uses the same cached public endpoint the site does.
+// A player's character sheet inside the portal. Owner-checked: the endpoint only
+// returns a sheet for a character on an account linked to the caller.
 export default function PlayerCharacter() {
   const { serial } = useParams()
-  const { loading, error, data } = useAsync(() => api.shard.char(serial), [serial])
+  const { loading, error, data } = useAsync(() => api.player.shard.char(serial), [serial])
   const restarting = error && error.status === 503
+  const forbidden = error && error.status === 403
 
   return (
     <div>
@@ -20,7 +21,8 @@ export default function PlayerCharacter() {
       </p>
       {loading && <Loading />}
       {restarting && <ErrorState message="The game server is restarting — try again shortly." />}
-      {error && !restarting && <ErrorState message="Could not load that character right now." />}
+      {forbidden && <ErrorState message="That character is not on an account linked to you." />}
+      {error && !restarting && !forbidden && <ErrorState message="Could not load that character right now." />}
       {!loading && !error && data && <CharacterSheet char={data} />}
     </div>
   )

client/src/routes/player/PlayerCharacters.jsx

@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 import GameAccounts from '../../components/GameAccounts.jsx'
+import VendorSales from '../../components/VendorSales.jsx'
 import { api } from '../../api/client.js'
 
 // The logged-in player's characters. Shows the link prompt when no game account
-// is linked, otherwise their characters grouped by account (shared component).
+// is linked, otherwise their characters grouped by account (shared component),
+// plus their own recent vendor sales.
 export default function PlayerCharacters() {
   return (
     <div>
       <h1 className="display" style={{ margin: '0 0 18px', fontSize: '1.6rem', color: 'var(--head)' }}>Your characters</h1>
       <GameAccounts scope={api.player.shard} charTo={(serial) => `/player/char/${serial}`} />
+      <VendorSales fetchSales={api.player.shard.sales} />
     </div>
   )
 }

client/src/routes/public/Shard.jsx

@@ -47,11 +47,10 @@ export default function Shard() {
   const { loading, error, data } = useAsync(() =>
     Promise.all([
       api.shard.status(),
-      api.shard.feed({ kind: 'vendor.sale', limit: 8 }),
       api.shard.idoc(),
       api.shard.economy(60),
       api.shard.online(),
-    ]).then(([status, sales, idoc, economy, online]) => ({ status, sales, idoc, economy, online })),
+    ]).then(([status, idoc, economy, online]) => ({ status, idoc, economy, online })),
   )
   const { events, connected } = useShardFeed({ max: 30 })
 
@@ -115,26 +114,25 @@ export default function Shard() {
               <Stat value={online ? 'Up' : 'Down'} label="Shard link" />
             </section>
 
-            {/* Online now */}
+            {/* Staff online — linked staff accounts only, with location */}
             <section className="panel" style={{ padding: 20, marginBottom: 24 }}>
               <div className="sans" style={{ color: 'var(--accent)', fontSize: '0.7rem', letterSpacing: '0.12em', textTransform: 'uppercase', marginBottom: 12 }}>
-                Online now
+                Staff online
               </div>
               {(!data.online || data.online.length === 0) ? (
-                <p className="sans dim" style={{ margin: 0, fontSize: '0.88rem' }}>No one is online right now.</p>
+                <p className="sans dim" style={{ margin: 0, fontSize: '0.88rem' }}>No staff are online right now.</p>
               ) : (
-                <div style={{ display: 'flex', flexWrap: 'wrap', gap: 10 }}>
+                <div style={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 8 }}>
                   {data.online.map((p) => (
-                    <Link
-                      key={p.serial}
-                      to={`/site/shard/char/${p.serial}`}
-                      className="sans"
-                      style={{ display: 'inline-flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 8, padding: '8px 14px', border: '1px solid var(--line)', borderRadius: 999, color: 'var(--ink)', textDecoration: 'none' }}
-                    >
-                      <span style={{ width: 8, height: 8, borderRadius: '50%', background: '#7fd0a4' }} />
-                      {p.name || p.serial}
-                      {p.map && <span className="dim" style={{ fontSize: '0.76rem' }}>· {p.map}</span>}
-                    </Link>
+                    <div key={p.serial} className="sans" style={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'space-between', gap: 12, fontSize: '0.9rem', color: 'var(--ink)' }}>
+                      <span style={{ display: 'inline-flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 8, minWidth: 0 }}>
+                        <span style={{ flex: 'none', width: 8, height: 8, borderRadius: '50%', background: '#7fd0a4' }} />
+                        {p.name || p.serial}
+                      </span>
+                      <span className="dim" style={{ flex: 'none', fontSize: '0.78rem' }}>
+                        {p.map || '—'}{p.x != null ? ` (${p.x}, ${p.y})` : ''}
+                      </span>
+                    </div>
                   ))}
                 </div>
               )}
@@ -150,13 +148,7 @@ export default function Shard() {
               </section>
             )}
 
-            <div className="grid-2" style={{ gap: 18, marginBottom: 24 }}>
-              {/* Recent vendor sales */}
-              <FeedList
-                title="Recent vendor sales"
-                empty="No sales recorded yet."
-                items={data.sales.map((s) => ({ id: s.id, text: describe(s), when: s.t }))}
-              />
+            <div style={{ marginBottom: 24 }}>
               {/* Latest IDOC */}
               <FeedList
                 title="Houses in danger (IDOC)"

client/src/routes/public/ShardChar.jsx

@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-import { useParams, Link } from 'react-router-dom'
-import PublicLayout from '../../components/PublicLayout.jsx'
-import PageHeader from '../../components/PageHeader.jsx'
-import { Loading, ErrorState } from '../../components/PageState.jsx'
-import CharacterSheet from '../../components/CharacterSheet.jsx'
-import { useAsync } from '../../lib/useAsync.js'
-import { api } from '../../api/client.js'
-
-// Public character viewer: /site/shard/char/:serial. Renders the live sheet from
-// the sidecar (cached server-side). A 503 means the shard is restarting.
-export default function ShardChar() {
-  const { serial } = useParams()
-  const { loading, error, data } = useAsync(() => api.shard.char(serial), [serial])
-
-  const restarting = error && error.status === 503
-  const notFound = error && error.status === 404
-
-  return (
-    <PublicLayout section="website">
-      <div className="shell-narrow page-body">
-        <PageHeader eyebrow="Character" title={data?.name || 'Character'} />
-
-        <p style={{ marginTop: -8, marginBottom: 20 }}>
-          <Link to="/site/shard" className="sans" style={{ color: 'var(--accent)', textDecoration: 'none', fontSize: '0.86rem' }}>
-            ← Back to shard
-          </Link>
-        </p>
-
-        {loading && <Loading />}
-        {restarting && <ErrorState message="The game server is restarting — try again shortly." />}
-        {notFound && <ErrorState message="No character with that serial." />}
-        {error && !restarting && !notFound && <ErrorState message="Could not load that character right now." />}
-        {!loading && !error && data && <CharacterSheet char={data} />}
-      </div>
-    </PublicLayout>
-  )
-}

server/src/model/shardState/shardState.db.js

@@ -33,6 +33,26 @@ async function countOnline() {
 const listOnline = () =>
   query(`SELECT ${ONLINE_COLS} FROM shard_online ORDER BY name ASC`)
 
+// Staff roles whose online presence is shown on the public Shard page. Players
+// who link an account are NOT surfaced publicly — only staff opt into visibility
+// by virtue of being staff.
+const PUBLIC_ONLINE_ROLES = ['admin', 'editor', 'moderator']
+
+// Online players whose game account is linked to a STAFF website user. Joined
+// against shard_account_links (not the sidecar-supplied web_id) so a link takes
+// effect immediately, regardless of whether the player has re-logged since
+// linking, then through to users so only staff roles are surfaced publicly.
+const listOnlineLinked = () =>
+  query(
+    `SELECT ${ONLINE_COLS.split(', ').map((c) => `o.${c}`).join(', ')}
+       FROM shard_online o
+       JOIN shard_account_links l ON l.account = o.acct
+       JOIN users u ON u.id = l.user_id
+      WHERE u.role IN (${PUBLIC_ONLINE_ROLES.map(() => '?').join(', ')})
+      ORDER BY o.name ASC`,
+    PUBLIC_ONLINE_ROLES,
+  )
+
 // ── Economy supply series ────────────────────────────────────────────────
 const insertEconomy = ({ accounts, gold, t }) =>
   query('INSERT INTO shard_economy (accounts, gold, t) VALUES (?, ?, ?)', [
@@ -75,6 +95,7 @@ module.exports = {
   clearOnline,
   countOnline,
   listOnline,
+  listOnlineLinked,
   insertEconomy,
   listEconomy,
   latestEconomy,

server/src/model/shardState/shardState.model.js

@@ -44,6 +44,35 @@ const setOffline = (serial) => db.removeOnline(serial)
 const clearOnline = () => db.clearOnline()
 const onlineCount = () => db.countOnline()
 
+function shapeOnline(r) {
+  return {
+    serial: r.serial,
+    name: r.name,
+    acct: r.acct,
+    webId: r.web_id,
+    map: r.map,
+    x: r.x,
+    y: r.y,
+    z: r.z,
+    hits: r.hits,
+    hitsMax: r.hits_max,
+    mana: r.mana,
+    manaMax: r.mana_max,
+    stam: r.stam,
+    stamMax: r.stam_max,
+    str: r.str,
+    dex: r.dex,
+    int: r.int,
+    updatedAt: r.updated_at,
+  }
+}
+
+// Only players whose account is linked to a website user (opt-in visibility).
+async function listOnlineLinked() {
+  const rows = await db.listOnlineLinked()
+  return rows.map(shapeOnline)
+}
+
 async function listOnline() {
   const rows = await db.listOnline()
   return rows.map((r) => ({
@@ -133,6 +162,7 @@ module.exports = {
   clearOnline,
   onlineCount,
   listOnline,
+  listOnlineLinked,
   addEconomySample,
   listEconomy,
   latestEconomy,

server/src/router/v1/admin/admin.routes.js

@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ adminRouter.get(
 adminRouter.get(
   '/shard/roster/:account',
   // #swagger.tags = ['Admin · Account']
-  // #swagger.summary = 'Character roster for a linked account (self)'
+  // #swagger.summary = 'Character roster for an account (self; admins: any 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 } } } } */
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ adminRouter.get(
 adminRouter.get(
   '/shard/vendors/:account',
   // #swagger.tags = ['Admin · Account']
-  // #swagger.summary = 'Player vendors for a linked account (self)'
+  // #swagger.summary = 'Player vendors for an account (self; admins: any 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 } } } } */
@@ -159,6 +159,26 @@ adminRouter.get(
   validate,
   selfShard.vendors,
 )
+adminRouter.get(
+  '/shard/char/:serial',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Admin · Account']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'Character sheet (self-linked characters; admins: any character)'
+  // #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: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
+  param('serial').matches(/^0x[0-9a-fA-F]+$/),
+  validate,
+  selfShard.getChar,
+)
+adminRouter.get(
+  '/shard/sales',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Admin · Account']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'Recent player-vendor sales for the caller’s linked accounts (self)'
+  // #swagger.security = [{ "cookieAuth": [] }, { "bearerAuth": [] }]
+  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Vendor sales', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "array", items: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/ShardVendorSale" } } } } } */
+  selfShard.getSales,
+)
 
 // ── Image uploads (screenshots/gallery) ───────────────────────────────
 const UPLOAD_DIR =

server/src/router/v1/player/player.routes.js

@@ -182,5 +182,26 @@ playerRouter.get(
   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,
+)
 
 module.exports = playerRouter

server/src/router/v1/player/shard.controller.js

@@ -9,10 +9,13 @@
 
 const uoLinkClient = require('../../../utils/uoLinkClient')
 const shardLinks = require('../../../model/shardLinks/shardLinks.model')
+const shardEvents = require('../../../model/shardEvents/shardEvents.model')
 const activity = require('../../../model/activity/activity.model')
 
 const log = require('../../../utils/logger')('player-shard')
 
+const SERIAL_RE = /^0x[0-9a-fA-F]+$/
+
 // POST /player/shard/link — confirm an in-game link code.
 async function link(req, res) {
   const { code } = req.body
@@ -51,12 +54,18 @@ async function listAccounts(req, res) {
   }
 }
 
+// Admins may view any character's data; everyone else is limited to accounts
+// they have personally linked. The same handlers back /player/shard (role
+// `player`, never admin) and /admin/shard (staff), so this bypass only ever
+// widens access for genuine admins.
+const isAdmin = (req) => req.user && req.user.role === 'admin'
+
 // Shared ownership gate + live round-trip for roster/vendors. `fetcher` is the
 // uoLinkClient method to call with the account.
 async function ownedRoundTrip(req, res, fetcher, label) {
   const { account } = req.params
   try {
-    const owns = await shardLinks.ownsAccount(account, req.user.id)
+    const owns = isAdmin(req) || (await shardLinks.ownsAccount(account, req.user.id))
     if (!owns) return res.status(403).json({ message: 'That account is not linked to your profile.' })
 
     const result = await fetcher(account)
@@ -78,4 +87,58 @@ const roster = (req, res) => ownedRoundTrip(req, res, uoLinkClient.getRoster, 'r
 // GET /player/shard/vendors/:account — player vendors on a linked account.
 const vendors = (req, res) => ownedRoundTrip(req, res, uoLinkClient.getVendors, 'vendors')
 
-module.exports = { link, listAccounts, roster, vendors }
+// GET /player/shard/char/:serial — a character sheet, but ONLY if the character's
+// account is linked to the caller. The sidecar returns the owning account in the
+// profile, which we check against the caller's links before returning anything.
+async function getChar(req, res) {
+  const { serial } = req.params
+  if (!SERIAL_RE.test(serial)) return res.status(400).json({ message: 'Invalid serial.' })
+  try {
+    const result = await uoLinkClient.getCharBySerial(serial)
+    if (result.ok) {
+      // Admins see any character; others only characters on an account they linked.
+      if (!isAdmin(req)) {
+        const acct = result.data && result.data.acct
+        const owns = acct ? await shardLinks.ownsAccount(acct, req.user.id) : false
+        if (!owns) return res.status(403).json({ message: 'That character is not on an account linked to you.' })
+      }
+      return res.json(result.data)
+    }
+    if (result.status === 404) return res.status(404).json({ message: 'Character not found.' })
+    if (result.status === 503 || result.status === 0) {
+      return res.status(503).json({ message: 'The game server is restarting — try again shortly.' })
+    }
+    return res.status(502).json({ message: 'Could not reach the shard.' })
+  } catch (err) {
+    log.error('player.shard.getChar', err)
+    return res.status(500).json({ message: 'Internal Server Error' })
+  }
+}
+
+// GET /player/shard/sales — recent player-vendor sales for the caller's linked
+// accounts only (as seller/owner). Read from the site's own event log.
+async function getSales(req, res) {
+  try {
+    const links = await shardLinks.listForUser(req.user.id)
+    const accounts = new Set(links.map((l) => l.account))
+    if (accounts.size === 0) return res.json([])
+    const events = await shardEvents.list({ kind: 'vendor.sale', limit: 500 })
+    const mine = events
+      .filter((e) => e.payload && accounts.has(e.payload.ownerAcct))
+      .slice(0, 50)
+      .map((e) => ({
+        t: e.t,
+        itemType: e.payload.itemType,
+        amount: e.payload.amount,
+        price: e.payload.price,
+        commission: e.payload.commission,
+        ownerAcct: e.payload.ownerAcct,
+      }))
+    return res.json(mine)
+  } catch (err) {
+    log.error('player.shard.getSales', err)
+    return res.status(500).json({ message: 'Internal Server Error' })
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = { link, listAccounts, roster, vendors, getChar, getSales }

server/src/router/v1/public/public.routes.js

@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ publicRouter.get(
 publicRouter.get(
   '/shard/online',
   // #swagger.tags = ['Public · Shard']
-  // #swagger.summary = 'Players online now (name + serial + map only)'
+  // #swagger.summary = 'Staff online now (linked staff accounts; name + serial + map only)'
   /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Online players', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "array", items: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/ShardOnlinePlayer" } } } } } */
   shard.getOnline,
 )
@@ -176,19 +176,6 @@ publicRouter.get(
   /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'IDOC houses', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "array", items: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/ShardHouse" } } } } } */
   shard.getIdoc,
 )
-publicRouter.get(
-  '/shard/char/:serial',
-  // #swagger.tags = ['Public · Shard']
-  // #swagger.summary = 'Live character sheet by serial (cached; degrades on shard restart)'
-  // #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[400] = { description: 'Invalid serial', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[404] = { description: 'Character not found', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
-  /* #swagger.responses[503] = { description: 'Shard restarting — retry', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
-  param('serial').matches(/^0x[0-9a-fA-F]+$/),
-  validate,
-  shard.getChar,
-)
 publicRouter.get(
   '/shard/stream',
   // #swagger.tags = ['Public · Shard']

server/src/router/v1/public/shard.controller.js

@@ -12,19 +12,10 @@
 const shardEvents = require('../../../model/shardEvents/shardEvents.model')
 const shardState = require('../../../model/shardState/shardState.model')
 const uoLinkConfig = require('../../../model/uoLinkConfig/uoLinkConfig.model')
-const uoLinkClient = require('../../../utils/uoLinkClient')
 const broadcast = require('../../../utils/shardBroadcast')
 
 const log = require('../../../utils/logger')('public-shard')
 
-// Serials are opaque hex keys like "0x24C" — validate before hitting the sidecar.
-const SERIAL_RE = /^0x[0-9a-fA-F]+$/
-
-// Tiny in-memory cache for live character sheets (the sidecar warns these hit the
-// live shard, so cache them). Keyed by serial; short TTL.
-const CHAR_TTL_MS = 20000
-const charCache = new Map()
-
 // GET /public/shard/status — connection state + online count + latest economy.
 async function getStatus(req, res) {
   try {
@@ -78,13 +69,13 @@ async function getEconomy(req, res) {
   }
 }
 
-// GET /public/shard/online — who is online now (redacted: name + serial + map,
-// no coordinates, vitals or account). Feeds the public "online now" list, which
-// links to the public character sheet.
+// GET /public/shard/online — players online now whose account is linked to a
+// STAFF website user (admin/editor/moderator). Shows name + location (map +
+// coordinates); no vitals or account. Non-staff players are never listed.
 async function getOnline(req, res) {
   try {
-    const rows = await shardState.listOnline()
-    return res.json(rows.map((r) => ({ serial: r.serial, name: r.name, map: r.map })))
+    const rows = await shardState.listOnlineLinked()
+    return res.json(rows.map((r) => ({ serial: r.serial, name: r.name, map: r.map, x: r.x, y: r.y, z: r.z })))
   } catch (err) {
     log.error('shard.getOnline', err)
     return res.status(500).json({ message: 'Internal Server Error' })
@@ -101,43 +92,9 @@ async function getIdoc(req, res) {
   }
 }
 
-// GET /public/shard/char/:serial — live character sheet (cached briefly). A 503
-// from the sidecar means the shard is restarting: report it as such so the UI
-// can show a retry banner instead of an error.
-async function getChar(req, res) {
-  const { serial } = req.params
-  if (!SERIAL_RE.test(serial)) {
-    return res.status(400).json({ message: 'Invalid serial.' })
-  }
-
-  const cached = charCache.get(serial)
-  if (cached && Date.now() - cached.at < CHAR_TTL_MS) {
-    return res.json(cached.data)
-  }
-
-  try {
-    const result = await uoLinkClient.getCharBySerial(serial)
-    if (result.ok) {
-      charCache.set(serial, { at: Date.now(), data: result.data })
-      return res.json(result.data)
-    }
-    if (result.status === 404) return res.status(404).json({ message: 'Character not found.' })
-    if (result.status === 503) {
-      // Serve a stale cache if we have one; otherwise the restart banner.
-      if (cached) return res.json(cached.data)
-      return res.status(503).json({ message: 'The game server is restarting — try again shortly.' })
-    }
-    if (result.status === 0) return res.status(503).json({ message: 'Shard data is unavailable right now.' })
-    return res.status(502).json({ message: 'Could not reach the shard.' })
-  } catch (err) {
-    log.error('shard.getChar', err)
-    return res.status(500).json({ message: 'Internal Server Error' })
-  }
-}
-
 // GET /public/shard/stream — public live-event SSE channel (safe kinds only).
 function stream(req, res) {
   broadcast.subscribe(req, res, 'public')
 }
 
-module.exports = { getStatus, getFeed, getEconomy, getOnline, getIdoc, getChar, stream }
+module.exports = { getStatus, getFeed, getEconomy, getOnline, getIdoc, stream }

server/src/utils/shardBroadcast.js

@@ -15,9 +15,10 @@
 
 const log = require('./logger')('shard-broadcast')
 
-// Kinds safe to expose to unauthenticated browsers.
+// Kinds safe to expose to unauthenticated browsers. Note: vendor.sale is
+// deliberately NOT here — sales are owner-private (a linked player sees only
+// their own, via /player/shard/sales).
 const PUBLIC_KINDS = new Set([
-  'vendor.sale',
   'player.death',
   'player.murdered',
   'mob.killed',

server/swagger/swagger-output.json

@@ -1415,7 +1415,7 @@
         "tags": [
           "Public · Shard"
         ],
-        "summary": "Players online now (name + serial + map only)",
+        "summary": "Staff online now (linked staff accounts; name + serial + map only)",
         "description": "",
         "responses": {
           "200": {
@@ -1464,75 +1464,6 @@
         }
       }
     },
-    "/api/v1/public/shard/char/{serial}": {
-      "get": {
-        "tags": [
-          "Public · Shard"
-        ],
-        "summary": "Live character sheet by serial (cached; degrades on shard restart)",
-        "description": "",
-        "parameters": [
-          {
-            "name": "serial",
-            "in": "path",
-            "required": true,
-            "schema": {
-              "type": "string"
-            },
-            "description": "Mobile serial, e.g. 0x24C."
-          }
-        ],
-        "responses": {
-          "200": {
-            "description": "Character profile",
-            "content": {
-              "application/json": {
-                "schema": {
-                  "type": "object",
-                  "additionalProperties": true
-                }
-              }
-            }
-          },
-          "400": {
-            "description": "Invalid serial",
-            "content": {
-              "application/json": {
-                "schema": {
-                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Error"
-                }
-              }
-            }
-          },
-          "404": {
-            "description": "Character not found",
-            "content": {
-              "application/json": {
-                "schema": {
-                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Error"
-                }
-              }
-            }
-          },
-          "500": {
-            "description": "Internal Server Error"
-          },
-          "502": {
-            "description": "Bad Gateway"
-          },
-          "503": {
-            "description": "Shard restarting — retry",
-            "content": {
-              "application/json": {
-                "schema": {
-                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Error"
-                }
-              }
-            }
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    },
     "/api/v1/public/shard/stream": {
       "get": {
         "tags": [
@@ -1984,7 +1915,7 @@
         "tags": [
           "Admin · Account"
         ],
-        "summary": "Character roster for a linked account (self)",
+        "summary": "Character roster for an account (self; admins: any account)",
         "description": "",
         "parameters": [
           {
@@ -2038,7 +1969,7 @@
         "tags": [
           "Admin · Account"
         ],
-        "summary": "Player vendors for a linked account (self)",
+        "summary": "Player vendors for an account (self; admins: any account)",
         "description": "",
         "parameters": [
           {
@@ -2087,6 +2018,107 @@
         ]
       }
     },
+    "/api/v1/admin/shard/char/{serial}": {
+      "get": {
+        "tags": [
+          "Admin · Account"
+        ],
+        "summary": "Character sheet (self-linked characters; admins: any character)",
+        "description": "",
+        "parameters": [
+          {
+            "name": "serial",
+            "in": "path",
+            "required": true,
+            "schema": {
+              "type": "string"
+            },
+            "description": "Mobile serial, e.g. 0x24C."
+          }
+        ],
+        "responses": {
+          "200": {
+            "description": "Character profile",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "type": "object",
+                  "additionalProperties": true
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "400": {
+            "description": "Bad Request"
+          },
+          "403": {
+            "description": "Character not on an account linked to the caller",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Error"
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "404": {
+            "description": "Not Found"
+          },
+          "500": {
+            "description": "Internal Server Error"
+          },
+          "502": {
+            "description": "Bad Gateway"
+          },
+          "503": {
+            "description": "Service Unavailable"
+          }
+        },
+        "security": [
+          {
+            "cookieAuth": []
+          },
+          {
+            "bearerAuth": []
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    },
+    "/api/v1/admin/shard/sales": {
+      "get": {
+        "tags": [
+          "Admin · Account"
+        ],
+        "summary": "Recent player-vendor sales for the caller’s linked accounts (self)",
+        "description": "",
+        "responses": {
+          "200": {
+            "description": "Vendor sales",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "type": "array",
+                  "items": {
+                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ShardVendorSale"
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "500": {
+            "description": "Internal Server Error"
+          }
+        },
+        "security": [
+          {
+            "cookieAuth": []
+          },
+          {
+            "bearerAuth": []
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    },
     "/api/v1/admin/dashboard": {
       "get": {
         "tags": [
@@ -7002,6 +7034,123 @@
           }
         ]
       }
+    },
+    "/api/v1/player/shard/char/{serial}": {
+      "get": {
+        "tags": [
+          "Player · Shard"
+        ],
+        "summary": "Character sheet — only for a character on the caller’s linked account",
+        "description": "",
+        "parameters": [
+          {
+            "name": "serial",
+            "in": "path",
+            "required": true,
+            "schema": {
+              "type": "string"
+            },
+            "description": "Mobile serial, e.g. 0x24C."
+          }
+        ],
+        "responses": {
+          "200": {
+            "description": "Character profile",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "type": "object",
+                  "additionalProperties": true
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "400": {
+            "description": "Bad Request"
+          },
+          "401": {
+            "description": "Unauthorized"
+          },
+          "403": {
+            "description": "Character not on an account linked to the caller",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Error"
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "404": {
+            "description": "Not Found"
+          },
+          "500": {
+            "description": "Internal Server Error"
+          },
+          "502": {
+            "description": "Bad Gateway"
+          },
+          "503": {
+            "description": "Shard unavailable — retry",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Error"
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        },
+        "security": [
+          {
+            "cookieAuth": []
+          },
+          {
+            "bearerAuth": []
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    },
+    "/api/v1/player/shard/sales": {
+      "get": {
+        "tags": [
+          "Player · Shard"
+        ],
+        "summary": "Recent player-vendor sales for the caller’s linked accounts",
+        "description": "",
+        "responses": {
+          "200": {
+            "description": "Vendor sales",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "type": "array",
+                  "items": {
+                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ShardVendorSale"
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "401": {
+            "description": "Unauthorized"
+          },
+          "403": {
+            "description": "Forbidden"
+          },
+          "500": {
+            "description": "Internal Server Error"
+          }
+        },
+        "security": [
+          {
+            "cookieAuth": []
+          },
+          {
+            "bearerAuth": []
+          }
+        ]
+      }
     }
   },
   "components": {
@@ -10544,7 +10693,7 @@
           },
           "description": {
             "type": "string",
-            "example": "A player online now (redacted for the public list)."
+            "example": "A LINKED player online now (only accounts linked to a website user are listed)."
           },
           "properties": {
             "type": "object",
@@ -10591,6 +10740,161 @@
                     "example": "Trammel"
                   }
                 }
+              },
+              "x": {
+                "type": "object",
+                "properties": {
+                  "type": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "example": "integer"
+                  },
+                  "nullable": {
+                    "type": "boolean",
+                    "example": true
+                  },
+                  "example": {
+                    "type": "number",
+                    "example": 1402
+                  }
+                }
+              },
+              "y": {
+                "type": "object",
+                "properties": {
+                  "type": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "example": "integer"
+                  },
+                  "nullable": {
+                    "type": "boolean",
+                    "example": true
+                  },
+                  "example": {
+                    "type": "number",
+                    "example": 1604
+                  }
+                }
+              },
+              "z": {
+                "type": "object",
+                "properties": {
+                  "type": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "example": "integer"
+                  },
+                  "nullable": {
+                    "type": "boolean",
+                    "example": true
+                  },
+                  "example": {
+                    "type": "number",
+                    "example": 0
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      "ShardVendorSale": {
+        "type": "object",
+        "properties": {
+          "type": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "example": "object"
+          },
+          "description": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "example": "A player-vendor sale (visible only to the linked owner)."
+          },
+          "properties": {
+            "type": "object",
+            "properties": {
+              "t": {
+                "type": "object",
+                "properties": {
+                  "type": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "example": "integer"
+                  },
+                  "description": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "example": "Sale time, epoch ms."
+                  },
+                  "example": {
+                    "type": "number",
+                    "example": 1783720195626
+                  }
+                }
+              },
+              "itemType": {
+                "type": "object",
+                "properties": {
+                  "type": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "example": "string"
+                  },
+                  "example": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "example": "Longsword"
+                  }
+                }
+              },
+              "amount": {
+                "type": "object",
+                "properties": {
+                  "type": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "example": "integer"
+                  },
+                  "example": {
+                    "type": "number",
+                    "example": 1
+                  }
+                }
+              },
+              "price": {
+                "type": "object",
+                "properties": {
+                  "type": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "example": "integer"
+                  },
+                  "example": {
+                    "type": "number",
+                    "example": 100
+                  }
+                }
+              },
+              "commission": {
+                "type": "object",
+                "properties": {
+                  "type": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "example": "integer"
+                  },
+                  "nullable": {
+                    "type": "boolean",
+                    "example": true
+                  },
+                  "example": {
+                    "type": "number",
+                    "example": 5
+                  }
+                }
+              },
+              "ownerAcct": {
+                "type": "object",
+                "properties": {
+                  "type": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "example": "string"
+                  },
+                  "example": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "example": "whitlocktech"
+                  }
+                }
               }
             }
           }

server/swagger/swagger.js

@@ -546,11 +546,26 @@ const doc = {
       },
       ShardOnlinePlayer: {
         type: 'object',
-        description: 'A player online now (redacted for the public list).',
+        description: 'A LINKED player online now (only accounts linked to a website user are listed).',
         properties: {
           serial: { type: 'string', example: '0x24C' },
           name: { type: 'string', example: 'Darrow' },
           map: { type: 'string', nullable: true, example: 'Trammel' },
+          x: { type: 'integer', nullable: true, example: 1402 },
+          y: { type: 'integer', nullable: true, example: 1604 },
+          z: { type: 'integer', nullable: true, example: 0 },
+        },
+      },
+      ShardVendorSale: {
+        type: 'object',
+        description: 'A player-vendor sale (visible only to the linked owner).',
+        properties: {
+          t: { type: 'integer', description: 'Sale time, epoch ms.', example: 1783720195626 },
+          itemType: { type: 'string', example: 'Longsword' },
+          amount: { type: 'integer', example: 1 },
+          price: { type: 'integer', example: 100 },
+          commission: { type: 'integer', nullable: true, example: 5 },
+          ownerAcct: { type: 'string', example: 'whitlocktech' },
         },
       },
       ShardHouse: {