client/src/App.jsx

@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ import Status from './routes/public/Status.jsx'
 import Shard from './routes/public/Shard.jsx'
 import ShardActivity from './routes/public/ShardActivity.jsx'
 import ChampSpawns from './routes/public/ChampSpawns.jsx'
+import Guilds from './routes/public/Guilds.jsx'
+import Governors from './routes/public/Governors.jsx'
+import Houses from './routes/public/Houses.jsx'
 import Wiki from './routes/wiki/Wiki.jsx'
 import WikiArticle from './routes/wiki/WikiArticle.jsx'
 import CmsPage from './routes/public/CmsPage.jsx'
@@ -43,6 +46,8 @@ import AdminCharacter from './routes/admin/views/AdminCharacter.jsx'
 import AuthProvidersAdmin from './routes/admin/views/AuthProvidersAdmin.jsx'
 import UsersAdmin from './routes/admin/views/UsersAdmin.jsx'
 import UserDetail from './routes/admin/views/UserDetail.jsx'
+import InvitesAdmin from './routes/admin/views/InvitesAdmin.jsx'
+import HousesAdmin from './routes/admin/views/HousesAdmin.jsx'
 import AccountAdmin from './routes/admin/views/AccountAdmin.jsx'
 import Moderation from './routes/admin/views/Moderation.jsx'
 import ModerationUser from './routes/admin/views/ModerationUser.jsx'
@@ -50,6 +55,7 @@ import ModerationUser from './routes/admin/views/ModerationUser.jsx'
 // Player portal
 import PlayerLogin from './routes/player/PlayerLogin.jsx'
 import PlayerRegister from './routes/player/PlayerRegister.jsx'
+import AcceptInvite from './routes/player/AcceptInvite.jsx'
 import PlayerPortalLayout from './routes/player/PlayerPortalLayout.jsx'
 import PlayerCharacters from './routes/player/PlayerCharacters.jsx'
 import PlayerCharacter from './routes/player/PlayerCharacter.jsx'
@@ -84,6 +90,9 @@ export default function App() {
             <Route path="/site/shard" element={<Shard />} />
             <Route path="/site/shard/activity" element={<ShardActivity />} />
             <Route path="/site/champs" element={<ChampSpawns />} />
+            <Route path="/site/guilds" element={<Guilds />} />
+            <Route path="/site/governors" element={<Governors />} />
+            <Route path="/site/houses" element={<Houses />} />
             <Route path="/wiki" element={<Wiki />} />
             <Route path="/wiki/:slug" element={<WikiArticle />} />
             {/* CMS pages: top-level /:slug, matched only after the named routes
@@ -136,11 +145,20 @@ export default function App() {
                 </RoleGate>
               }
             />
+            <Route
+              path="houses"
+              element={
+                <RoleGate roles={['admin', 'moderator']}>
+                  <HousesAdmin />
+                </RoleGate>
+              }
+            />
             <Route path="characters" element={<AdminCharacters />} />
             <Route path="characters/:serial" element={<AdminCharacter />} />
             <Route path="auth-providers" element={<AuthProvidersAdmin />} />
             <Route path="users" element={<UsersAdmin />} />
             <Route path="users/:id" element={<UserDetail />} />
+            <Route path="invites" element={<InvitesAdmin />} />
             <Route path="account" element={<AccountAdmin />} />
             <Route path="*" element={<Navigate to="/admin" replace />} />
           </Route>
@@ -148,6 +166,7 @@ export default function App() {
           {/* Player portal */}
           <Route path="/account/login" element={<PlayerLogin />} />
           <Route path="/account/register" element={<PlayerRegister />} />
+          <Route path="/invite/:token" element={<AcceptInvite />} />
           <Route
             element={
               <RequirePlayer>

client/src/api/client.js

@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ export const api = {
   // optional email. Returns { user } and sets the session cookie on success.
   register: (username, password, extra = {}) =>
     req('/auth/register', { method: 'POST', body: { username, password, ...extra } }),
+  // Email invites (public, token-gated accept).
+  getInvite: (token) => req(`/auth/invite/${encodeURIComponent(token)}`),
+  acceptInvite: (token, username, password, extra = {}) =>
+    req(`/auth/invite/${encodeURIComponent(token)}/accept`, { method: 'POST', body: { username, password, ...extra } }),
   loginTotp: (challenge, code) =>
     req('/auth/login/totp', { method: 'POST', body: { challenge, code } }),
   // Second factor for an SSO login (challenge is held in an httpOnly cookie set by
@@ -95,6 +99,13 @@ export const api = {
     online: () => req('/public/shard/online'),
     idoc: () => req('/public/shard/idoc'),
     champs: () => req('/public/shard/champs'),
+    // Protocol 2.0 boards.
+    guilds: () => req('/public/shard/guilds'),
+    governors: () => req('/public/shard/governors'),
+    governorHistory: (city, limit) =>
+      req(`/public/shard/governors/${encodeURIComponent(city)}/history${limit ? `?limit=${limit}` : ''}`),
+    presence: () => req('/public/shard/presence'),
+    houses: () => req('/public/shard/houses'),
   },
   // Full paths (incl. /api/v1) for the browser EventSource — the req() wrapper is
   // fetch-only, so SSE subscribers build the URL from here. The admin stream
@@ -164,6 +175,11 @@ export const api = {
     createUser: (data) => req('/admin/users', { method: 'POST', body: data }),
     updateUser: (id, data) => req(`/admin/users/${id}`, { method: 'PUT', body: data }),
     deleteUser: (id) => req(`/admin/users/${id}`, { method: 'DELETE' }),
+    // Email invites.
+    listInvites: () => req('/admin/invites'),
+    createInvite: (email, role, sendEmail = true) =>
+      req('/admin/invites', { method: 'POST', body: { email, role, sendEmail } }),
+    revokeInvite: (id) => req(`/admin/invites/${id}`, { method: 'DELETE' }),
     // A single user's shard (uo-link) footprint, scoped to their linked accounts.
     // accounts/sales/houses/online are user-scoped endpoints; roster/vendors/char
     // reuse the admin-bypass /admin/shard/* endpoints (which already read any
@@ -176,6 +192,8 @@ export const api = {
       sales: () => req(`/admin/users/${id}/shard/sales`),
       houses: () => req(`/admin/users/${id}/shard/houses`),
       online: () => req(`/admin/users/${id}/shard/online`),
+      standing: () => req(`/admin/users/${id}/shard/standing`),
+      unlink: (account) => req(`/admin/users/${id}/shard/link/${encodeURIComponent(account)}`, { method: 'DELETE' }),
     }),
 
     // ----- moderation dashboard (admin + moderator) -----
@@ -242,6 +260,9 @@ export const api = {
       vendors: (account) => req(`/admin/shard/vendors/${encodeURIComponent(account)}`),
       char: (serial) => req(`/admin/shard/char/${encodeURIComponent(serial)}`),
       sales: () => req('/admin/shard/sales'),
+      houses: () => req('/admin/shard/houses'), // full registry (admin/moderator)
+      createAccount: (account, password) =>
+        req('/admin/shard/account', { method: 'POST', body: { account, password } }),
     },
 
     // ----- auth providers / SSO config (admin only) -----
@@ -305,6 +326,9 @@ export const api = {
       vendors: (account) => req(`/player/shard/vendors/${encodeURIComponent(account)}`),
       char: (serial) => req(`/player/shard/char/${encodeURIComponent(serial)}`),
       sales: () => req('/player/shard/sales'),
+      houses: () => req('/player/shard/houses'), // the caller's own houses
+      createAccount: (account, password) =>
+        req('/player/shard/account', { method: 'POST', body: { account, password } }),
     },
   },
 }

client/src/components/CharacterSheet.jsx

@@ -10,6 +10,38 @@ import ShardAccountActions from './ShardAccountActions.jsx'
 
 const RESIST_LABELS = { phys: 'Physical', fire: 'Fire', cold: 'Cold', pois: 'Poison', energy: 'Energy' }
 
+// The char.profile `titles` block (Protocol 2.0). fameKarma/skill are already
+// computed display strings; reward entries may be a cliloc NUMBER-as-string or a
+// literal string. Without a cliloc table on the site we can only show literals, so
+// numeric reward entries are skipped rather than shown as a raw number. Returns a
+// de-duped list of human-readable title chips.
+function displayTitles(titles) {
+  if (!titles) return []
+  const out = []
+  if (titles.fameKarma) out.push(titles.fameKarma)
+  if (titles.skill) out.push(titles.skill)
+  const reward = Array.isArray(titles.reward) ? titles.reward : []
+  const sel = typeof titles.selected === 'number' ? titles.selected : -1
+  // Prefer the selected reward title; fall back to the first literal one.
+  const candidate = sel >= 0 && sel < reward.length ? reward[sel] : reward.find((r) => r && !/^\d+$/.test(String(r)))
+  if (candidate && !/^\d+$/.test(String(candidate))) out.push(String(candidate))
+  return [...new Set(out.filter(Boolean))]
+}
+
+function TitleChip({ children, tone = 'var(--muted)' }) {
+  return (
+    <span
+      className="sans"
+      style={{
+        fontSize: '0.72rem', padding: '3px 9px', borderRadius: 999,
+        border: `1px solid ${tone}55`, color: tone, whiteSpace: 'nowrap',
+      }}
+    >
+      {children}
+    </span>
+  )
+}
+
 function StatTile({ value, label }) {
   return (
     <div className="panel" style={{ padding: '14px 12px', textAlign: 'center' }}>
@@ -64,6 +96,21 @@ export default function CharacterSheet({ char, moderation = false }) {
         <span className="sans dim" style={{ fontSize: '0.76rem', marginLeft: 'auto' }}>{char.serial}</span>
       </div>
 
+      {/* Titles + standing (guild led / governorship) — all optional */}
+      {(displayTitles(char.titles).length > 0 || char.guild || (char.governorOf && char.governorOf.length > 0)) && (
+        <div style={{ display: 'flex', flexWrap: 'wrap', gap: 8, marginTop: -8 }}>
+          {char.governorOf && char.governorOf.map((city) => (
+            <TitleChip key={`gov-${city}`} tone="#c9a24b">Governor of {city}</TitleChip>
+          ))}
+          {char.guild && (
+            <TitleChip tone="var(--accent)">
+              Guildmaster{char.guild.abbr ? `, [${char.guild.abbr}]` : ''} {char.guild.name}
+            </TitleChip>
+          )}
+          {displayTitles(char.titles).map((t) => <TitleChip key={t}>{t}</TitleChip>)}
+        </div>
+      )}
+
       {/* Staff moderation for this character's account (self-gates to staff). */}
       {moderation && char.acct && (
         <div style={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 10, padding: '12px 14px', border: '1px solid var(--line-soft)', borderRadius: 10, background: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.02)' }}>

client/src/components/CreateGameAccountForm.jsx

@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+import { useState } from 'react'
+
+// Reusable "create a game account" form (its own username + password — the game
+// client credentials, distinct from the website login). Calls `submit(account,
+// password)` which should POST /player/shard/account; on success calls onCreated.
+// Used by the player portal (self-serve) and the invite-accept page alike.
+export default function CreateGameAccountForm({ submit, onCreated, compact = false }) {
+  const [account, setAccount] = useState('')
+  const [password, setPassword] = useState('')
+  const [busy, setBusy] = useState(false)
+  const [msg, setMsg] = useState('')
+  const [error, setError] = useState('')
+
+  async function onSubmit(e) {
+    e.preventDefault()
+    setMsg(''); setError('')
+    if (!/^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9_.-]{2,29}$/.test(account)) {
+      return setError('Account name must be 3–30 letters, numbers, . _ or -.')
+    }
+    if (password.length < 8) return setError('Password must be at least 8 characters.')
+    setBusy(true)
+    try {
+      await submit(account, password)
+      setMsg(`Game account “${account}” created and linked.`)
+      setAccount(''); setPassword('')
+      if (onCreated) await onCreated()
+    } catch (err) {
+      if (err.status === 409) setError('That account name is already taken.')
+      else if (err.status === 429) setError('The account limit for your network has been reached.')
+      else if (err.status === 403) setError('Game-account signup is not available right now.')
+      else if (err.status === 503) setError('The game server is unavailable — try again shortly.')
+      else setError(err.message || 'Could not create the account right now.')
+    } finally {
+      setBusy(false)
+    }
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <form onSubmit={onSubmit}>
+      {!compact && (
+        <p className="sans" style={{ marginTop: 0, color: 'var(--muted)', fontSize: '0.88rem', lineHeight: 1.6 }}>
+          Choose the username and password you’ll type into the game client. These are your
+          <strong style={{ color: 'var(--head)' }}> game</strong> credentials — separate from your website login.
+        </p>
+      )}
+      <label style={{ display: 'block', marginBottom: 14 }}>
+        <span className="field-label">Game account name</span>
+        <input
+          type="text" autoComplete="off" value={account}
+          onChange={(e) => setAccount(e.target.value)} className="input" placeholder="e.g. darrow"
+        />
+      </label>
+      <label style={{ display: 'block', marginBottom: 16 }}>
+        <span className="field-label">Game password</span>
+        <input
+          type="password" autoComplete="new-password" value={password}
+          onChange={(e) => setPassword(e.target.value)} className="input"
+        />
+      </label>
+
+      {error && <p className="sans" style={{ margin: '0 0 12px', color: '#d98b84', fontSize: '0.85rem' }}>{error}</p>}
+      {msg && <p className="sans" style={{ margin: '0 0 12px', color: '#7fd0a4', fontSize: '0.85rem' }}>{msg}</p>}
+
+      <button type="submit" disabled={busy} className="btn btn-primary btn-sq">
+        {busy ? 'Creating…' : 'Create game account'}
+      </button>
+    </form>
+  )
+}

client/src/components/GameAccounts.jsx

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from 'react'
 import { Link } from 'react-router-dom'
 import { Loading, ErrorState } from './PageState.jsx'
 import ShardAccountActions from './ShardAccountActions.jsx'
+import CreateGameAccountForm from './CreateGameAccountForm.jsx'
+import { api } from '../api/client.js'
 
 // Shared game-account linking + character roster, used by both the player portal
 // (/player) and the staff account page (/admin/account). `scope` is the api
@@ -108,9 +110,37 @@ function AccountRoster({ scope, account, charTo }) {
   )
 }
 
-export default function GameAccounts({ scope, charTo, readOnly = false, moderation = false }) {
+// Compact per-account "Unlink" button for the admin (readOnly) view. Confirms,
+// then calls onUnlink(account) and reloads. Errors surface inline.
+function UnlinkButton({ account, onUnlink }) {
+  const [busy, setBusy] = useState(false)
+  const [error, setError] = useState('')
+  async function go() {
+    if (!window.confirm(`Unlink game account “${account}” from this user? Attribution stops immediately.`)) return
+    setBusy(true); setError('')
+    try {
+      await onUnlink(account)
+    } catch (err) {
+      setError(err.status === 403 ? 'Protected account — refused.' : err.status === 404 ? 'Not linked.' : (err.message || 'Could not unlink.'))
+      setBusy(false)
+    }
+  }
+  return (
+    <span style={{ display: 'inline-flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 8 }}>
+      <button type="button" onClick={go} disabled={busy} className="pill" style={{ fontSize: '0.72rem', color: '#d98b84', borderColor: '#5b2020' }}>
+        {busy ? 'Unlinking…' : 'Unlink'}
+      </button>
+      {error && <span className="sans" style={{ color: '#d98b84', fontSize: '0.76rem' }}>{error}</span>}
+    </span>
+  )
+}
+
+export default function GameAccounts({ scope, charTo, readOnly = false, moderation = false, onUnlink = null }) {
   const [accounts, setAccounts] = useState(null)
   const [error, setError] = useState('')
+  // Whether the site currently offers game-account creation (public flag). Only
+  // relevant for the self-service (non-readOnly) view with a createAccount scope.
+  const [signupOk, setSignupOk] = useState(false)
 
   const load = useCallback(async () => {
     setError('')
@@ -122,6 +152,17 @@ export default function GameAccounts({ scope, charTo, readOnly = false, moderati
   }, [scope, readOnly])
   useEffect(() => { load() }, [load])
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (readOnly || !scope.createAccount) return
+    let active = true
+    api.publicSettings()
+      .then((s) => active && setSignupOk(Boolean(s?.gameAccountSignup)))
+      .catch(() => {})
+    return () => { active = false }
+  }, [readOnly, scope])
+
+  const canCreate = !readOnly && Boolean(scope.createAccount) && signupOk
+
   if (error) return <ErrorState message={error} />
   if (!accounts) return <Loading />
 
@@ -138,13 +179,21 @@ export default function GameAccounts({ scope, charTo, readOnly = false, moderati
       )
     }
     return (
-      <div className="panel" style={{ padding: 22 }}>
-        <div className="field-label" style={{ marginBottom: 8 }}>Link your game account</div>
-        <p className="sans" style={{ marginTop: 0, color: 'var(--muted)', fontSize: '0.88rem', lineHeight: 1.6 }}>
-          You haven’t linked a game account yet. In game, type <code style={{ color: 'var(--head)' }}>[link</code> to get a
-          one-time code, then enter it below to see your characters, stats, skills and vendors here.
-        </p>
-        <LinkForm scope={scope} onLinked={load} />
+      <div style={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 16 }}>
+        <div className="panel" style={{ padding: 22 }}>
+          <div className="field-label" style={{ marginBottom: 8 }}>Link your game account</div>
+          <p className="sans" style={{ marginTop: 0, color: 'var(--muted)', fontSize: '0.88rem', lineHeight: 1.6 }}>
+            Already play? In game, type <code style={{ color: 'var(--head)' }}>[link</code> to get a
+            one-time code, then enter it below to see your characters, stats, skills and vendors here.
+          </p>
+          <LinkForm scope={scope} onLinked={load} />
+        </div>
+        {canCreate && (
+          <div className="panel" style={{ padding: 22 }}>
+            <div className="field-label" style={{ marginBottom: 8 }}>Create a new game account</div>
+            <CreateGameAccountForm submit={scope.createAccount} onCreated={load} />
+          </div>
+        )}
       </div>
     )
   }
@@ -154,8 +203,11 @@ export default function GameAccounts({ scope, charTo, readOnly = false, moderati
     <div style={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 26 }}>
       {accounts.map((a) => (
         <section key={a.account}>
-          <div className="sans" style={{ color: 'var(--accent)', fontSize: '0.7rem', letterSpacing: '0.12em', textTransform: 'uppercase', marginBottom: 12 }}>
-            {a.account}
+          <div style={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'space-between', gap: 12, marginBottom: 12 }}>
+            <div className="sans" style={{ color: 'var(--accent)', fontSize: '0.7rem', letterSpacing: '0.12em', textTransform: 'uppercase' }}>
+              {a.account}
+            </div>
+            {onUnlink && <UnlinkButton account={a.account} onUnlink={async (acct) => { await onUnlink(acct); await load() }} />}
           </div>
           {moderation && <ShardAccountActions account={a.account} style={{ marginBottom: 12 }} />}
           <AccountRoster scope={scope} account={a.account} charTo={charTo} />
@@ -165,6 +217,12 @@ export default function GameAccounts({ scope, charTo, readOnly = false, moderati
         <section style={{ borderTop: '1px solid var(--line-soft)', paddingTop: 20 }}>
           <div className="field-label" style={{ marginBottom: 10 }}>Link another account</div>
           <LinkForm scope={scope} onLinked={load} compact />
+          {canCreate && (
+            <div style={{ marginTop: 20 }}>
+              <div className="field-label" style={{ marginBottom: 10 }}>Create another game account</div>
+              <CreateGameAccountForm submit={scope.createAccount} onCreated={load} compact />
+            </div>
+          )}
         </section>
       )}
     </div>

client/src/components/PlayersOnline.jsx

@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+import { useMemo } from 'react'
+import { useAsync } from '../lib/useAsync.js'
+import { useShardFeed } from '../lib/useShardFeed.js'
+import { bucketize } from '../data/regionBuckets.js'
+import { api } from '../api/client.js'
+
+// Compact live "Players Online" widget. Loads the presence.online aggregate once,
+// then keeps the total + region breakdown current from the presence.online SSE
+// kind. The raw byRegion map is rolled up into display buckets (see
+// data/regionBuckets.js). NOT a page — drop it into any panel/column.
+const PRESENCE_KINDS = new Set(['presence.online'])
+
+export default function PlayersOnline() {
+  const { loading, error, data } = useAsync(() => api.shard.presence())
+  const { events } = useShardFeed({ filter: PRESENCE_KINDS, max: 4 })
+
+  // The freshest snapshot wins: the newest buffered presence.online event, else
+  // the initial fetch.
+  const snapshot = events[0] || data
+
+  const { total, rows } = useMemo(() => {
+    const count = Number(snapshot?.count) || 0
+    const { rows: bucketRows } = bucketize(snapshot?.byRegion)
+    return { total: count, rows: bucketRows }
+  }, [snapshot])
+
+  return (
+    <section className="panel" style={{ padding: 20 }}>
+      <div
+        className="sans"
+        style={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'baseline', justifyContent: 'space-between', gap: 12 }}
+      >
+        <span
+          style={{
+            color: 'var(--accent)',
+            fontSize: '0.7rem',
+            letterSpacing: '0.12em',
+            textTransform: 'uppercase',
+          }}
+        >
+          Players online
+        </span>
+        <span className="display" style={{ fontSize: '1.5rem', color: 'var(--head)', lineHeight: 1 }}>
+          {loading ? '—' : total}
+        </span>
+      </div>
+
+      {error && (
+        <p className="sans dim" style={{ margin: '12px 0 0', fontSize: '0.84rem' }}>
+          Population is unavailable right now.
+        </p>
+      )}
+
+      {!loading && !error && (
+        <div style={{ marginTop: 14, display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 6 }}>
+          {rows.length === 0 ? (
+            <p className="sans dim" style={{ margin: 0, fontSize: '0.84rem' }}>
+              {total > 0 ? 'Locations are settling…' : 'The realm is quiet.'}
+            </p>
+          ) : (
+            rows.map((r) => (
+              <div
+                key={r.id}
+                className="sans"
+                style={{
+                  display: 'flex',
+                  alignItems: 'center',
+                  justifyContent: 'space-between',
+                  gap: 12,
+                  fontSize: '0.9rem',
+                  color: 'var(--ink)',
+                }}
+              >
+                <span>{r.label}</span>
+                {/* tabular figures keep the right-aligned counts in a clean column */}
+                <span className="dim" style={{ fontVariantNumeric: 'tabular-nums' }}>{r.count}</span>
+              </div>
+            ))
+          )}
+        </div>
+      )}
+    </section>
+  )
+}

client/src/components/SiteHeader.jsx

@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ const NAV = [
   { label: 'Wiki', to: '/wiki' },
   { label: 'Shard', to: '/site/shard' },
   { label: 'Champions', to: '/site/champs' },
+  { label: 'Guilds', to: '/site/guilds' },
+  { label: 'Governors', to: '/site/governors' },
+  { label: 'Houses', to: '/site/houses' },
   { label: 'About', to: '/site/about' },
 ]
 

client/src/data/cityCrests.js

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+// Placeholder heraldry for the eight City-Loyalty cities. Each entry is a simple
+// emoji sigil + a ring colour — enough to make the Governors board and the
+// governor badge read as distinct "crests" today, swappable for real artwork
+// later WITHOUT touching any component: drop an `img` (an imported asset URL or a
+// public path) onto an entry and update CityCrest to prefer it.
+//
+// Keyed by the exact `city` string the sidecar sends (see INTEGRATION.md §4:
+// Moonglow, Britain, Jhelom, Yew, Minoc, Trinsic, SkaraBrae, NewMagincia).
+
+export const CITY_CRESTS = {
+  Britain: { sigil: '⚜', color: '#c9a24b', label: 'Britain' },
+  Moonglow: { sigil: '🔮', color: '#7f8fd0', label: 'Moonglow' },
+  Minoc: { sigil: '⚒', color: '#b0763f', label: 'Minoc' },
+  Trinsic: { sigil: '⚓', color: '#5f9bd0', label: 'Trinsic' },
+  Yew: { sigil: '🌳', color: '#5fb98a', label: 'Yew' },
+  Jhelom: { sigil: '⚔', color: '#c76f6f', label: 'Jhelom' },
+  SkaraBrae: { sigil: '🐎', color: '#9a8bbf', label: 'Skara Brae' },
+  NewMagincia: { sigil: '🕊', color: '#cfc3a0', label: 'New Magincia' },
+}
+
+const FALLBACK = { sigil: '🏰', color: '#8c96a5', label: '' }
+
+// Look up a crest by the raw city key, tolerating spacing variants
+// ("Skara Brae" / "New Magincia"). `label` falls back to the given name.
+export function crestFor(city) {
+  if (!city) return FALLBACK
+  const key = String(city).replace(/\s+/g, '')
+  const crest = CITY_CRESTS[city] || CITY_CRESTS[key]
+  if (crest) return crest
+  return { ...FALLBACK, label: String(city) }
+}

client/src/data/regionBuckets.js

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+// Roll the sidecar's raw presence.online `byRegion` map (many named ServUO
+// regions) up into a handful of labelled display buckets for the "Players Online"
+// widget. This is the ONE place to retune the grouping — edit BUCKETS (order +
+// membership) and the widget follows. Anything not matched lands in "Wilderness"
+// so the bucket counts always reconcile to the true total.
+
+// Ordered list of buckets. `label` shows in the widget; `match(region)` decides
+// membership. First matching bucket wins; the last bucket is the catch-all.
+export const BUCKETS = [
+  {
+    id: 'britain',
+    label: 'Britain',
+    // Passthrough for the capital + its immediate surrounds.
+    match: (r) => /^britain/i.test(r),
+  },
+  {
+    id: 'towns',
+    label: 'Towns',
+    // The other named cities/towns.
+    match: (r) =>
+      /^(moonglow|minoc|trinsic|jhelom|yew|skara ?brae|magincia|new ?magincia|vesper|nujelm|cove|ocllo|serpent'?s? hold|wind|delucia|papua)/i.test(
+        r,
+      ),
+  },
+  {
+    id: 'dungeons',
+    label: 'Dungeons',
+    match: (r) =>
+      /(despise|destard|deceit|shame|hythloth|covetous|wrong|terathan|fire|ice|orc cave|dungeon|abyss|doom|khaldun|wrong|blackthorn|exodus|labyrinth|underworld)/i.test(
+        r,
+      ),
+  },
+  {
+    id: 'housing',
+    label: 'Housing',
+    // House regions expose themselves as named house/townhouse regions.
+    match: (r) => /(house|townhouse|homestead|tent)/i.test(r),
+  },
+  {
+    id: 'wilderness',
+    label: 'Wilderness',
+    // Catch-all: the unnamed "Wilderness" region + anything unmatched above.
+    match: () => true,
+  },
+]
+
+// Given a raw { region: count } map, return [{ id, label, count }] in BUCKETS
+// order, dropping empty buckets, with the summed total also returned.
+export function bucketize(byRegion = {}) {
+  const totals = new Map(BUCKETS.map((b) => [b.id, 0]))
+  let total = 0
+  for (const [region, n] of Object.entries(byRegion || {})) {
+    const count = Number(n) || 0
+    total += count
+    const bucket = BUCKETS.find((b) => b.match(String(region))) || BUCKETS[BUCKETS.length - 1]
+    totals.set(bucket.id, totals.get(bucket.id) + count)
+  }
+  const rows = BUCKETS.map((b) => ({ id: b.id, label: b.label, count: totals.get(b.id) })).filter(
+    (r) => r.count > 0,
+  )
+  return { rows, total }
+}

client/src/routes/admin/AdminLayout.jsx

@@ -64,12 +64,14 @@ const NAV = [
     items: [
       { to: '/admin/moderation', label: 'Moderation', icon: IconShield, roles: ['admin', 'moderator'] },
       { to: '/admin/shard-ops', label: 'In-Game Ops', icon: IconShard, roles: ['admin', 'moderator'] },
+      { to: '/admin/houses', label: 'Houses', icon: IconShard, roles: ['admin', 'moderator'] },
     ],
   },
   {
     title: 'System',
     items: [
       { to: '/admin/users', label: 'Users', icon: IconUsers, roles: ['admin'] },
+      { to: '/admin/invites', label: 'Invites', icon: IconUsers, roles: ['admin'] },
       { to: '/admin/settings', label: 'Settings', icon: IconGear, roles: ['admin'] },
       { to: '/admin/hero', label: 'Hero Editor', icon: IconHero, roles: ['admin'] },
       { to: '/admin/auth-providers', label: 'Authentication', icon: IconKey, roles: ['admin'] },
@@ -96,6 +98,7 @@ const TITLES = {
   '/admin/hero': 'Hero Editor',
   '/admin/moderation': 'Moderation',
   '/admin/shard-ops': 'In-Game Ops',
+  '/admin/houses': 'House Registry',
   '/admin/settings': 'Site Settings',
   '/admin/activity': 'Activity Log',
   '/admin/bot-activity': 'Web Bot Activity',
@@ -104,6 +107,7 @@ const TITLES = {
   '/admin/characters': 'My Characters',
   '/admin/auth-providers': 'Authentication',
   '/admin/users': 'Users',
+  '/admin/invites': 'Invites',
   '/admin/account': 'Account Security',
 }
 
@@ -141,7 +145,7 @@ export default function AdminLayout() {
   // Moderators only get the moderation section (Discord + in-game ops) + their
   // own account security.
   const isModerator = user?.role === 'moderator'
-  const MOD_PATHS = ['/admin/moderation', '/admin/shard-ops', '/admin/account']
+  const MOD_PATHS = ['/admin/moderation', '/admin/shard-ops', '/admin/houses', '/admin/account']
   const visible = (item) => {
     if (item.roles && !item.roles.includes(user?.role)) return false
     if (isModerator) return MOD_PATHS.includes(item.to)

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

@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+import { useMemo, useState } from 'react'
+import { Loading, ErrorState } from '../../../components/PageState.jsx'
+import { useAsync } from '../../../lib/useAsync.js'
+import { useShardFeed } from '../../../lib/useShardFeed.js'
+import { api } from '../../../api/client.js'
+
+// Staff-only FULL house registry (admin + moderator). Owner, price, co-owners and
+// decay — everything the public board hides. Loaded from /admin/shard/houses, kept
+// live from the admin SSE channel (house.update / house.remove).
+const HOUSE_KINDS = new Set(['house.update', 'house.remove', 'house.decay'])
+
+const DECAY_TONE = {
+  LikeNew: '#7fd0a4', Ageless: '#7fd0a4', Slightly: '#a9cf8a', Somewhat: '#d7c56a',
+  Fairly: '#e0a95f', Greatly: '#d9736f', IDOC: '#e05a5a', Collapsed: '#8c96a5',
+}
+
+function DecayBadge({ decay, isIdoc }) {
+  const label = isIdoc ? 'IDOC' : decay
+  if (!label) return null
+  const tone = DECAY_TONE[label] || 'var(--muted)'
+  return (
+    <span className="sans" style={{ flex: 'none', fontSize: '0.68rem', color: tone, border: `1px solid ${tone}66`, borderRadius: 999, padding: '2px 8px' }}>
+      {label}
+    </span>
+  )
+}
+
+function ownerLabel(h) {
+  return h.ownerName || h.ownerAcct || null
+}
+
+function HouseRow({ h }) {
+  const owner = ownerLabel(h)
+  return (
+    <div className="panel" style={{ padding: '14px 16px', display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 14 }}>
+      <div style={{ minWidth: 0, flex: 1 }}>
+        <div style={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 8, minWidth: 0 }}>
+          <strong className="display" style={{ fontSize: '1rem', color: 'var(--head)', overflow: 'hidden', textOverflow: 'ellipsis', whiteSpace: 'nowrap' }}>
+            {h.name || 'An unnamed house'}
+          </strong>
+          <DecayBadge decay={h.decay} isIdoc={h.isIdoc} />
+        </div>
+        <div className="sans dim" style={{ fontSize: '0.78rem', marginTop: 3 }}>
+          {owner ? <>Owned by <span style={{ color: 'var(--ink)' }}>{owner}</span></> : 'No owner'}
+          {(h.coOwners || h.friends) ? ` · ${h.coOwners || 0} co-owners, ${h.friends || 0} friends` : ''}
+        </div>
+        <div className="sans dim" style={{ fontSize: '0.72rem', marginTop: 2 }}>
+          {h.region || h.map || '—'}{h.x != null ? ` (${h.x}, ${h.y})` : ''}
+        </div>
+      </div>
+      {h.price != null && (
+        <div className="sans" style={{ flex: 'none', textAlign: 'right' }}>
+          <div style={{ fontSize: '0.92rem', color: 'var(--head)', fontVariantNumeric: 'tabular-nums' }}>{Number(h.price).toLocaleString()}</div>
+          <div className="dim" style={{ fontSize: '0.64rem', letterSpacing: '0.04em', textTransform: 'uppercase' }}>placement value</div>
+        </div>
+      )}
+    </div>
+  )
+}
+
+export default function HousesAdmin() {
+  const { loading, error, data } = useAsync(() => api.admin.shard.houses())
+  // Full registry deltas ride the admin SSE channel (never the public one).
+  const { events, connected } = useShardFeed({ url: api.adminShardStreamUrl, filter: HOUSE_KINDS, max: 80 })
+  const [q, setQ] = useState('')
+
+  const board = useMemo(() => {
+    const map = new Map()
+    for (const h of data || []) if (h && h.serial) map.set(h.serial, h)
+    for (let i = events.length - 1; i >= 0; i -= 1) {
+      const ev = events[i]
+      if (!ev.serial) continue
+      if (ev.kind === 'house.update') {
+        map.set(ev.serial, { ...ev, ownerName: ev.owner?.name ?? ev.ownerName, ownerAcct: ev.owner?.acct ?? ev.ownerAcct })
+      } else if (ev.kind === 'house.remove') {
+        map.delete(ev.serial)
+      } else if (ev.kind === 'house.decay') {
+        const cur = map.get(ev.serial) || { serial: ev.serial, name: ev.name, region: ev.region, map: ev.map, x: ev.x, y: ev.y }
+        map.set(ev.serial, { ...cur, isIdoc: String(ev.to).toUpperCase() === 'IDOC' })
+      }
+    }
+    return [...map.values()]
+  }, [data, events])
+
+  const filtered = useMemo(() => {
+    const needle = q.trim().toLowerCase()
+    const rows = needle
+      ? board.filter((h) => [h.name, h.region, h.map, ownerLabel(h)].some((v) => v && String(v).toLowerCase().includes(needle)))
+      : board
+    return [...rows].sort((a, b) => (a.name || '').localeCompare(b.name || ''))
+  }, [board, q])
+
+  if (loading) return <Loading />
+  if (error) return <ErrorState message="Could not load the house registry." />
+
+  return (
+    <section>
+      <div style={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'space-between', gap: 12, marginBottom: 16 }}>
+        <p className="sans" style={{ color: 'var(--accent)', fontSize: '0.82rem', margin: 0 }}>
+          {board.length.toLocaleString()} houses
+          <span className="dim" style={{ marginLeft: 10, color: connected ? '#7fd0a4' : 'var(--muted)' }}>{connected ? '● live' : '○ offline'}</span>
+        </p>
+        <input className="input sans" value={q} onChange={(e) => setQ(e.target.value)} placeholder="Search by owner, region…" style={{ flex: 'none', width: 230, maxWidth: '55%', fontSize: '0.84rem' }} />
+      </div>
+      {board.length === 0 ? (
+        <div className="panel" style={{ padding: 24, textAlign: 'center' }}>
+          <p className="sans dim" style={{ margin: 0 }}>No houses are being tracked right now.</p>
+        </div>
+      ) : (
+        <div style={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 10 }}>
+          {filtered.map((h) => <HouseRow key={h.serial} h={h} />)}
+        </div>
+      )}
+      {board.length > 0 && filtered.length === 0 && (
+        <p className="sans dim" style={{ textAlign: 'center', marginTop: 20 }}>No houses match “{q}”.</p>
+      )}
+    </section>
+  )
+}

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

@@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from 'react'
+import { Loading, ErrorState } from '../../../components/PageState.jsx'
+import { dateTime } from '../../../lib/format.js'
+import { api } from '../../../api/client.js'
+
+// Admin email invites: send an invite at a chosen access level, see recent
+// invites and their status, revoke pending ones. When email delivery isn't
+// configured the create response hands back the accept link to copy manually.
+
+const ROLES = ['player', 'moderator', 'editor', 'admin']
+const ROLE_BADGE = { admin: 'badge-admin', editor: 'badge-editor', moderator: 'badge-moderator', player: 'badge-player' }
+const STATUS_COLOR = { pending: 'var(--accent)', accepted: '#7fd0a4', revoked: 'var(--muted)' }
+
+function CopyLink({ url }) {
+  const [copied, setCopied] = useState(false)
+  async function copy() {
+    try {
+      await navigator.clipboard.writeText(url)
+      setCopied(true)
+      setTimeout(() => setCopied(false), 1800)
+    } catch {
+      /* clipboard blocked — the link is selectable in the box regardless */
+    }
+  }
+  return (
+    <div style={{ display: 'flex', gap: 8, alignItems: 'stretch' }}>
+      <code
+        onClick={(e) => { const r = document.createRange(); r.selectNodeContents(e.currentTarget); const s = window.getSelection(); s.removeAllRanges(); s.addRange(r) }}
+        style={{ flex: 1, wordBreak: 'break-all', color: 'var(--head)', background: 'var(--panel-flat)', padding: '8px 10px', borderRadius: 6, border: '1px solid var(--line)', cursor: 'text', fontSize: '0.8rem' }}
+      >
+        {url}
+      </code>
+      <button type="button" onClick={copy} className="btn btn-sq" style={{ flex: 'none' }}>
+        {copied ? 'Copied ✓' : 'Copy'}
+      </button>
+    </div>
+  )
+}
+
+function CreateInvite({ onCreated }) {
+  const [email, setEmail] = useState('')
+  const [role, setRole] = useState('player')
+  const [sendEmail, setSendEmail] = useState(true)
+  const [busy, setBusy] = useState(false)
+  const [error, setError] = useState('')
+  const [result, setResult] = useState(null) // { emailed, acceptUrl, emailError }
+
+  async function submit(e) {
+    e.preventDefault()
+    setError(''); setResult(null)
+    if (!email.trim()) return setError('Enter an email address.')
+    setBusy(true)
+    try {
+      const res = await api.admin.createInvite(email.trim(), role, sendEmail)
+      setResult(res)
+      setEmail('')
+      await onCreated()
+    } catch (err) {
+      setError(err.message || 'Could not create the invite.')
+    } finally {
+      setBusy(false)
+    }
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <div className="panel" style={{ padding: 22, marginBottom: 22 }}>
+      <div className="field-label" style={{ marginBottom: 10 }}>Invite someone</div>
+      <form onSubmit={submit} style={{ display: 'flex', gap: 12, alignItems: 'flex-end', flexWrap: 'wrap' }}>
+        <label style={{ flex: '1 1 240px' }}>
+          <span className="field-label">Email</span>
+          <input type="email" value={email} onChange={(e) => setEmail(e.target.value)} className="input" placeholder="person@example.com" />
+        </label>
+        <label>
+          <span className="field-label">Access level</span>
+          <select value={role} onChange={(e) => setRole(e.target.value)} className="select">
+            {ROLES.map((r) => <option key={r} value={r}>{r}</option>)}
+          </select>
+        </label>
+        <button type="submit" disabled={busy} className="btn btn-primary btn-sq">
+          {busy ? 'Creating…' : (sendEmail ? 'Create & email' : 'Create link')}
+        </button>
+      </form>
+
+      <label className="sans" style={{ display: 'inline-flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 8, marginTop: 12, fontSize: '0.85rem', color: 'var(--ink)', cursor: 'pointer' }}>
+        <input type="checkbox" checked={sendEmail} onChange={(e) => setSendEmail(e.target.checked)} />
+        Email the invitation (otherwise just generate a link to share)
+      </label>
+
+      {error && <p className="sans" style={{ margin: '12px 0 0', color: '#d98b84', fontSize: '0.85rem' }}>{error}</p>}
+      {result && (
+        <div style={{ marginTop: 14 }}>
+          <p className="sans" style={{ margin: '0 0 8px', fontSize: '0.84rem', color: result.emailed ? '#7fd0a4' : 'var(--muted)' }}>
+            {result.emailed
+              ? 'Invitation emailed. You can also share this single-use link:'
+              : `Invite created${result.emailError ? ` (email not sent: ${result.emailError})` : ''}. Share this single-use link:`}
+          </p>
+          <CopyLink url={result.acceptUrl} />
+        </div>
+      )}
+    </div>
+  )
+}
+
+export default function InvitesAdmin() {
+  const [invites, setInvites] = useState(null)
+  const [error, setError] = useState('')
+
+  const load = useCallback(async () => {
+    setError('')
+    try {
+      setInvites(await api.admin.listInvites())
+    } catch {
+      setError('Could not load invites.')
+    }
+  }, [])
+  useEffect(() => { load() }, [load])
+
+  async function revoke(id) {
+    if (!window.confirm('Revoke this pending invitation?')) return
+    try {
+      await api.admin.revokeInvite(id)
+      await load()
+    } catch {
+      /* surfaced by the row staying; keep it simple */
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (error) return <ErrorState message={error} />
+
+  return (
+    <section>
+      <CreateInvite onCreated={load} />
+
+      {!invites ? (
+        <Loading />
+      ) : (
+        <div className="panel-flat">
+          <table className="adm-table">
+            <thead>
+              <tr>
+                <th className="adm-th">Email</th>
+                <th className="adm-th">Role</th>
+                <th className="adm-th">Status</th>
+                <th className="adm-th">Expires</th>
+                <th className="adm-th">Created</th>
+                <th className="adm-th" />
+              </tr>
+            </thead>
+            <tbody>
+              {invites.length === 0 && (
+                <tr><td className="adm-td" colSpan={6} style={{ color: 'var(--muted)' }}>No invites yet.</td></tr>
+              )}
+              {invites.map((iv) => {
+                const status = iv.status === 'pending' && iv.expired ? 'expired' : iv.status
+                return (
+                  <tr key={iv.id}>
+                    <td className="adm-td" style={{ color: 'var(--text)' }}>{iv.email}</td>
+                    <td className="adm-td"><span className={`badge ${ROLE_BADGE[iv.role] || 'badge-editor'}`}>{iv.role}</span></td>
+                    <td className="adm-td" style={{ color: STATUS_COLOR[iv.status] || 'var(--muted)', textTransform: 'capitalize' }}>{status}</td>
+                    <td className="adm-td dim">{dateTime(iv.expiresAt)}</td>
+                    <td className="adm-td dim">{dateTime(iv.createdAt)}</td>
+                    <td className="adm-td" style={{ textAlign: 'right' }}>
+                      {iv.status === 'pending' && (
+                        <button type="button" className="pill" style={{ fontSize: '0.72rem', color: '#d98b84', borderColor: '#5b2020' }} onClick={() => revoke(iv.id)}>
+                          Revoke
+                        </button>
+                      )}
+                    </td>
+                  </tr>
+                )
+              })}
+            </tbody>
+          </table>
+        </div>
+      )}
+    </section>
+  )
+}

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

@@ -35,6 +35,18 @@ const FIELDS = [
     ],
     fallback: 'disabled',
   },
+  {
+    key: 'game_account_signup',
+    label: 'Game-account creation',
+    help: 'Whether players can create a GAME account (for the game client) from the site. The game server’s own SignupMode (Bridge.cfg) must agree: website/hybrid accept site-created accounts, game refuses them. When enabled, a “Create a game account” form appears in the player portal.',
+    options: [
+      { value: 'disabled', label: 'Disabled — link an existing account only' },
+      { value: 'website', label: 'Website — the site creates game accounts' },
+      { value: 'hybrid', label: 'Hybrid — site or in-game (recommended)' },
+      { value: 'game', label: 'Game only — created in the game client, not the site' },
+    ],
+    fallback: 'disabled',
+  },
 ]
 
 export default function SettingsAdmin() {

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

@@ -57,6 +57,33 @@ function OnlineNow({ scope }) {
   )
 }
 
+// Shard "standing": city governorships held and guilds led by this user's
+// accounts (both reliable current-state lookups). Renders nothing when empty.
+function Standing({ scope }) {
+  const { data } = useAsync(() => scope.standing(), [scope])
+  if (!data) return null
+  const govs = data.governorOf || []
+  const guilds = data.guildsLed || []
+  if (govs.length === 0 && guilds.length === 0) return null
+  return (
+    <section style={{ borderTop: '1px solid var(--line-soft)', marginTop: 30, paddingTop: 22 }}>
+      <SectionTitle>Standing</SectionTitle>
+      <div style={{ display: 'flex', flexWrap: 'wrap', gap: 8 }}>
+        {govs.map((g) => (
+          <span key={`gov-${g.city}`} className="sans" style={{ fontSize: '0.78rem', padding: '4px 10px', borderRadius: 999, border: '1px solid #c9a24b55', color: '#c9a24b' }}>
+            Governor of {g.city}
+          </span>
+        ))}
+        {guilds.map((g) => (
+          <span key={`guild-${g.id}`} className="sans" style={{ fontSize: '0.78rem', padding: '4px 10px', borderRadius: 999, border: '1px solid var(--accent)', color: 'var(--accent)' }}>
+            Guildmaster{g.abbr ? `, [${g.abbr}]` : ''} {g.name}
+          </span>
+        ))}
+      </div>
+    </section>
+  )
+}
+
 // Houses owned by the user's accounts, IDOC first (flagged).
 function Houses({ scope }) {
   const { data } = useAsync(() => scope.houses(), [scope])
@@ -82,10 +109,12 @@ function Houses({ scope }) {
                   {h.region || (h.map != null ? `map ${h.map}` : 'unknown')}
                   {h.x != null ? ` · ${h.x}, ${h.y}` : ''}
                   {h.ownerAcct ? ` · ${h.ownerAcct}` : ''}
+                  {(h.coOwners || h.friends) ? ` · ${h.coOwners || 0} co-owners, ${h.friends || 0} friends` : ''}
                 </div>
               </div>
               <div className="sans dim" style={{ flex: 'none', fontSize: '0.78rem', textAlign: 'right' }}>
-                {h.stage ? <div style={{ color: h.isIdoc ? '#e0928a' : 'var(--muted)' }}>{h.stage}</div> : null}
+                {(h.decay || h.stage) ? <div style={{ color: h.isIdoc ? '#e0928a' : 'var(--muted)' }}>{h.decay || h.stage}</div> : null}
+                {h.price != null ? <div style={{ fontVariantNumeric: 'tabular-nums' }}>{Number(h.price).toLocaleString()} gp</div> : null}
                 {h.lastRefreshed ? <div>refreshed {ago(h.lastRefreshed)}</div> : null}
               </div>
             </li>
@@ -101,7 +130,8 @@ function ShardSections({ scope }) {
     <>
       <CharacterStats scope={scope} />
       <SectionTitle>Linked accounts &amp; characters</SectionTitle>
-      <GameAccounts scope={scope} readOnly moderation charTo={(serial) => `/admin/characters/${serial}`} />
+      <GameAccounts scope={scope} readOnly moderation onUnlink={scope.unlink} charTo={(serial) => `/admin/characters/${serial}`} />
+      <Standing scope={scope} />
       <OnlineNow scope={scope} />
       <Houses scope={scope} />
       <VendorSales fetchSales={scope.sales} />

client/src/routes/player/AcceptInvite.jsx

@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
+import { Link, useNavigate, useParams } from 'react-router-dom'
+import { useAuth } from '../../contexts/AuthContext.jsx'
+import { api } from '../../api/client.js'
+import PlayerShell, { honeypotStyle } from './PlayerShell.jsx'
+import CreateGameAccountForm from '../../components/CreateGameAccountForm.jsx'
+
+// Public, token-gated invite acceptance (/invite/:token). Validates the invite,
+// lets the invitee set a username + password (their email + role are pre-assigned),
+// creates the account at that role and logs them in. For a player invite it then
+// offers the built-in "create game account" step before sending them to the portal.
+export default function AcceptInvite() {
+  const { token } = useParams()
+  const navigate = useNavigate()
+  const { refresh } = useAuth()
+
+  const [invite, setInvite] = useState(null) // { email, role }
+  const [loadErr, setLoadErr] = useState('')
+  const [signupOk, setSignupOk] = useState(false)
+
+  const [username, setUsername] = useState('')
+  const [password, setPassword] = useState('')
+  const [company, setCompany] = useState('') // honeypot
+  const [error, setError] = useState('')
+  const [busy, setBusy] = useState(false)
+  const [accepted, setAccepted] = useState(false)
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    let active = true
+    api.getInvite(token)
+      .then((iv) => active && setInvite(iv))
+      .catch((err) => active && setLoadErr(err.status === 404 ? 'This invitation is invalid or has expired.' : 'Could not load this invitation.'))
+    api.publicSettings()
+      .then((s) => active && setSignupOk(Boolean(s?.gameAccountSignup)))
+      .catch(() => {})
+    return () => { active = false }
+  }, [token])
+
+  const dest = invite && invite.role === 'player' ? '/player' : '/admin'
+
+  async function onSubmit(e) {
+    e.preventDefault()
+    setError('')
+    if (username.trim().length < 3) return setError('Username must be at least 3 characters.')
+    if (password.length < 8) return setError('Password must be at least 8 characters.')
+    setBusy(true)
+    try {
+      await api.acceptInvite(token, username.trim(), password, { company })
+      await refresh() // pull the freshly-issued session into context
+      setAccepted(true)
+      // Staff invites are web-only — no game step; go straight in.
+      if (!(invite.role === 'player' && signupOk)) navigate(dest, { replace: true })
+    } catch (err) {
+      if (err.status === 409) setError('That username is already taken, or the invite was already used.')
+      else if (err.status === 404) setError('This invitation is invalid or has expired.')
+      else if (err.status === 400) setError(err.message || 'Please check your details and try again.')
+      else setError('Could not accept the invitation right now.')
+      setBusy(false)
+    }
+  }
+
+  // ── Loading / invalid ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+  if (loadErr) {
+    return (
+      <PlayerShell subtitle="Invitation">
+        <p className="sans" style={{ margin: 0, color: 'var(--muted)', textAlign: 'center', lineHeight: 1.6 }}>{loadErr}</p>
+        <p className="sans" style={{ textAlign: 'center', margin: '16px 0 0' }}>
+          <Link to="/account/login" style={{ color: 'var(--accent)', textDecoration: 'none' }}>Go to sign in</Link>
+        </p>
+      </PlayerShell>
+    )
+  }
+  if (!invite) {
+    return (
+      <PlayerShell subtitle="Invitation">
+        <div style={{ display: 'grid', placeItems: 'center', padding: 20 }}><span className="spin" /></div>
+      </PlayerShell>
+    )
+  }
+
+  // ── Accepted: optional game-account step (player invites) ──────────────────
+  if (accepted) {
+    return (
+      <PlayerShell subtitle="Set up your game account">
+        <p className="sans" style={{ marginTop: 0, color: 'var(--muted)', fontSize: '0.9rem', lineHeight: 1.6 }}>
+          Your account is ready. Create a game account now to play, or skip and do it later from your portal.
+        </p>
+        <CreateGameAccountForm
+          submit={api.player.shard.createAccount}
+          onCreated={() => navigate('/player', { replace: true })}
+        />
+        <p className="sans" style={{ textAlign: 'center', margin: '18px 0 0' }}>
+          <button type="button" onClick={() => navigate('/player', { replace: true })} className="btn" style={{ background: 'none', border: 'none', color: 'var(--accent)', cursor: 'pointer' }}>
+            Skip for now →
+          </button>
+        </p>
+      </PlayerShell>
+    )
+  }
+
+  // ── Accept form ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+  return (
+    <PlayerShell subtitle="Accept your invitation">
+      <p className="sans" style={{ marginTop: 0, marginBottom: 18, color: 'var(--muted)', fontSize: '0.88rem', lineHeight: 1.6 }}>
+        You’ve been invited as <strong style={{ color: 'var(--head)' }}>{invite.role}</strong>
+        {invite.email ? <> for <strong style={{ color: 'var(--head)' }}>{invite.email}</strong></> : null}. Choose a username and password to finish.
+      </p>
+      <form onSubmit={onSubmit}>
+        <label style={{ display: 'block', marginBottom: 16 }}>
+          <span className="field-label">Username</span>
+          <input type="text" autoComplete="username" autoFocus value={username} onChange={(e) => setUsername(e.target.value)} className="input" />
+        </label>
+        <label style={{ display: 'block', marginBottom: 22 }}>
+          <span className="field-label">Password</span>
+          <input type="password" autoComplete="new-password" value={password} onChange={(e) => setPassword(e.target.value)} className="input" />
+        </label>
+        <div style={honeypotStyle} aria-hidden="true">
+          <label>
+            Company
+            <input type="text" name="company" tabIndex={-1} autoComplete="off" value={company} onChange={(e) => setCompany(e.target.value)} />
+          </label>
+        </div>
+
+        {error && <p className="sans" style={{ margin: '0 0 14px', color: '#d98b84', fontSize: '0.85rem', textAlign: 'center' }}>{error}</p>}
+
+        <button type="submit" disabled={busy} className="btn btn-primary" style={{ display: 'block', width: '100%', borderRadius: 8, padding: 12, textAlign: 'center' }}>
+          {busy ? 'Creating…' : 'Accept & create account'}
+        </button>
+      </form>
+    </PlayerShell>
+  )
+}

client/src/routes/player/PlayerCharacters.jsx

@@ -1,14 +1,57 @@
 import GameAccounts from '../../components/GameAccounts.jsx'
 import VendorSales from '../../components/VendorSales.jsx'
+import { useAsync } from '../../lib/useAsync.js'
 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),
-// plus their own recent vendor sales.
+// plus their own home status and recent vendor sales.
+
+const DECAY_TONE = {
+  LikeNew: '#7fd0a4', Ageless: '#7fd0a4', Slightly: '#a9cf8a', Somewhat: '#d7c56a',
+  Fairly: '#e0a95f', Greatly: '#d9736f', IDOC: '#e05a5a', Collapsed: '#8c96a5',
+}
+
+// The caller's own houses (home status). Only their own — never anyone else's.
+function MyHouses() {
+  const { data } = useAsync(() => api.player.shard.houses(), [])
+  if (!data || data.length === 0) return null
+  return (
+    <section style={{ marginTop: 30 }}>
+      <div className="field-label" style={{ marginBottom: 12 }}>My houses</div>
+      <div style={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 10 }}>
+        {data.map((h) => {
+          const label = h.isIdoc ? 'IDOC' : (h.decay || h.stage)
+          const tone = h.isIdoc ? '#e05a5a' : (DECAY_TONE[label] || 'var(--muted)')
+          return (
+            <div key={h.serial} className="panel" style={{ padding: '14px 16px', display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 14 }}>
+              <div style={{ minWidth: 0, flex: 1 }}>
+                <div className="display" style={{ fontSize: '1rem', color: 'var(--head)' }}>{h.name || 'An unnamed house'}</div>
+                <div className="sans dim" style={{ fontSize: '0.76rem', marginTop: 2 }}>
+                  {h.region || h.map || '—'}{h.x != null ? ` · ${h.x}, ${h.y}` : ''}
+                </div>
+              </div>
+              {label && (
+                <span className="sans" style={{ flex: 'none', fontSize: '0.68rem', color: tone, border: `1px solid ${tone}66`, borderRadius: 999, padding: '2px 9px' }}>
+                  {label}
+                </span>
+              )}
+            </div>
+          )
+        })}
+      </div>
+      <p className="sans dim" style={{ margin: '10px 0 0', fontSize: '0.76rem' }}>
+        Keep an eye on the decay status — refresh a house in game before it reaches IDOC.
+      </p>
+    </section>
+  )
+}
+
 export default function PlayerCharacters() {
   return (
     <div>
       <GameAccounts scope={api.player.shard} charTo={(serial) => `/player/char/${serial}`} />
+      <MyHouses />
       <VendorSales fetchSales={api.player.shard.sales} />
     </div>
   )

client/src/routes/public/Governors.jsx

@@ -0,0 +1,186 @@
+import { useMemo, useState } from 'react'
+import PublicLayout from '../../components/PublicLayout.jsx'
+import PageHeader from '../../components/PageHeader.jsx'
+import { Loading, ErrorState } from '../../components/PageState.jsx'
+import { useAsync } from '../../lib/useAsync.js'
+import { useShardFeed } from '../../lib/useShardFeed.js'
+import { crestFor } from '../../data/cityCrests.js'
+import { api } from '../../api/client.js'
+
+// The town-governor board (City Loyalty). Loaded from /public/shard/governors,
+// kept live by merging city.update deltas by city. Empty on shards without the
+// City Loyalty system. Each city card links to its term history (look-back).
+const GOV_KINDS = new Set(['city.update'])
+
+const PHASE = {
+  none: null,
+  nominate: { label: 'Nominations open', color: '#7f8fd0' },
+  vote: { label: 'Voting', color: '#e6c26a' },
+  pending: { label: 'Result pending', color: '#c9a24b' },
+}
+
+// A short "in 3d" / "in 5h" for a future ISO timestamp (autoPickAt).
+function until(iso) {
+  if (!iso) return ''
+  const ms = new Date(iso).getTime() - Date.now()
+  if (!Number.isFinite(ms) || ms <= 0) return ''
+  const mins = Math.round(ms / 60000)
+  if (mins < 60) return `in ${mins}m`
+  const hrs = Math.round(mins / 60)
+  if (hrs < 24) return `in ${hrs}h`
+  return `in ${Math.round(hrs / 24)}d`
+}
+
+function fmtDate(ms) {
+  if (ms == null) return ''
+  return new Date(Number(ms)).toLocaleDateString(undefined, { year: 'numeric', month: 'short', day: 'numeric' })
+}
+
+function CityCrest({ city, size = 44 }) {
+  const c = crestFor(city)
+  return (
+    <span
+      aria-hidden="true"
+      style={{
+        flex: 'none', width: size, height: size, borderRadius: '50%',
+        display: 'inline-flex', alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'center',
+        fontSize: size * 0.5, background: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.04)',
+        border: `2px solid ${c.color}`, boxShadow: `0 0 10px ${c.color}22`,
+      }}
+    >
+      {c.sigil}
+    </span>
+  )
+}
+
+// Collapsible term history for one city, fetched on demand from the ledger.
+function TermHistory({ city }) {
+  const [open, setOpen] = useState(false)
+  const { loading, error, data } = useAsync(
+    () => (open ? api.shard.governorHistory(city, 25) : Promise.resolve(null)),
+    [open, city],
+  )
+  return (
+    <div style={{ marginTop: 12 }}>
+      <button
+        type="button"
+        className="sans"
+        onClick={() => setOpen((v) => !v)}
+        style={{ background: 'none', border: 'none', color: 'var(--accent)', cursor: 'pointer', padding: 0, fontSize: '0.76rem' }}
+      >
+        {open ? 'Hide past governors' : 'Past governors →'}
+      </button>
+      {open && (
+        <div style={{ marginTop: 8 }}>
+          {loading && <p className="sans dim" style={{ margin: 0, fontSize: '0.8rem' }}>Loading…</p>}
+          {error && <p className="sans dim" style={{ margin: 0, fontSize: '0.8rem' }}>Could not load history.</p>}
+          {data && data.length === 0 && (
+            <p className="sans dim" style={{ margin: 0, fontSize: '0.8rem' }}>No recorded terms yet.</p>
+          )}
+          {data && data.length > 0 && (
+            <ul style={{ listStyle: 'none', margin: 0, padding: 0, display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 5 }}>
+              {data.map((t, i) => (
+                <li key={i} className="sans" style={{ display: 'flex', justifyContent: 'space-between', gap: 10, fontSize: '0.8rem', color: 'var(--ink)' }}>
+                  <span style={{ minWidth: 0, overflow: 'hidden', textOverflow: 'ellipsis', whiteSpace: 'nowrap' }}>
+                    {t.governor?.name || 'Vacant'}
+                  </span>
+                  <span className="dim" style={{ flex: 'none', fontSize: '0.72rem' }}>
+                    {fmtDate(t.startedAt)}{t.endedAt ? ` – ${fmtDate(t.endedAt)}` : ' – present'}
+                  </span>
+                </li>
+              ))}
+            </ul>
+          )}
+        </div>
+      )}
+    </div>
+  )
+}
+
+function CityCard({ c }) {
+  const phase = PHASE[c.electionPhase] || null
+  const gov = c.governor
+  return (
+    <div className="panel" style={{ padding: 18 }}>
+      <div style={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 14 }}>
+        <CityCrest city={c.city} />
+        <div style={{ minWidth: 0, flex: 1 }}>
+          <div style={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'space-between', gap: 8 }}>
+            <strong className="display" style={{ fontSize: '1.05rem', color: 'var(--head)' }}>
+              {crestFor(c.city).label || c.city}
+            </strong>
+            {phase && (
+              <span className="sans" style={{ flex: 'none', fontSize: '0.66rem', letterSpacing: '0.06em', textTransform: 'uppercase', color: phase.color, border: `1px solid ${phase.color}66`, borderRadius: 999, padding: '2px 8px' }}>
+                {phase.label}
+              </span>
+            )}
+          </div>
+          <div className="sans" style={{ marginTop: 3, fontSize: '0.9rem', color: gov ? 'var(--ink)' : 'var(--muted)' }}>
+            {gov ? (
+              <>Governor <strong style={{ color: 'var(--head)' }}>{gov.name}</strong></>
+            ) : (
+              'Seat vacant'
+            )}
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+
+      {c.electionPhase && c.electionPhase !== 'none' && (
+        <div className="sans dim" style={{ marginTop: 10, fontSize: '0.78rem' }}>
+          {c.candidates ? `${c.candidates} candidate${c.candidates === 1 ? '' : 's'}` : 'No candidates yet'}
+          {c.autoPickAt && until(c.autoPickAt) ? ` · resolves ${until(c.autoPickAt)}` : ''}
+        </div>
+      )}
+
+      <TermHistory city={c.city} />
+    </div>
+  )
+}
+
+export default function Governors() {
+  const { loading, error, data } = useAsync(() => api.shard.governors())
+  const { events, connected } = useShardFeed({ filter: GOV_KINDS, max: 30 })
+
+  const board = useMemo(() => {
+    const map = new Map()
+    for (const c of data || []) if (c && c.city) map.set(c.city, c)
+    for (let i = events.length - 1; i >= 0; i -= 1) {
+      const ev = events[i]
+      if (ev.kind === 'city.update' && ev.city) map.set(ev.city, ev)
+    }
+    return [...map.values()].sort((a, b) => (a.city || '').localeCompare(b.city || ''))
+  }, [data, events])
+
+  return (
+    <PublicLayout section="website">
+      <div className="shell-narrow page-body">
+        <div style={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'flex-start', justifyContent: 'space-between', gap: 16 }}>
+          <PageHeader eyebrow="Live" title="Governors of Britannia" lead="Who rules each city, and where the next election stands." />
+          <span className="sans" style={{ display: 'inline-flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 6, fontSize: '0.74rem', color: connected ? '#7fd0a4' : 'var(--muted)', flex: 'none', marginTop: 6 }}>
+            <span style={{ width: 8, height: 8, borderRadius: '50%', background: connected ? '#7fd0a4' : 'var(--dim)' }} />
+            {connected ? 'Live' : 'Offline'}
+          </span>
+        </div>
+
+        {loading && <Loading />}
+        {error && <ErrorState message="Could not load the governor board right now." />}
+
+        {!loading && !error && (
+          <>
+            {board.length === 0 ? (
+              <section className="panel" style={{ padding: 24, textAlign: 'center' }}>
+                <p className="sans dim" style={{ margin: 0 }}>
+                  City Loyalty governance is not enabled on this shard.
+                </p>
+              </section>
+            ) : (
+              <div className="grid-2" style={{ gap: 12 }}>
+                {board.map((c) => <CityCard key={c.city} c={c} />)}
+              </div>
+            )}
+          </>
+        )}
+      </div>
+    </PublicLayout>
+  )
+}

client/src/routes/public/Guilds.jsx

@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+import { useMemo, useState } from 'react'
+import PublicLayout from '../../components/PublicLayout.jsx'
+import PageHeader from '../../components/PageHeader.jsx'
+import { Loading, ErrorState } from '../../components/PageState.jsx'
+import { useAsync } from '../../lib/useAsync.js'
+import { useShardFeed } from '../../lib/useShardFeed.js'
+import { api } from '../../api/client.js'
+
+// The guild board. Loaded once from /public/shard/guilds, then kept live by
+// merging guild.update / guild.remove deltas; guild.join drives a small "recently
+// joined" strip on top of the board.
+const GUILD_KINDS = new Set(['guild.update', 'guild.remove', 'guild.join'])
+
+function Leader({ leader }) {
+  if (!leader || !leader.name) return <span className="dim">—</span>
+  return <span>{leader.name}</span>
+}
+
+function GuildRow({ g }) {
+  return (
+    <div
+      className="panel"
+      style={{ padding: '14px 16px', display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 14 }}
+    >
+      <div style={{ minWidth: 0, flex: 1 }}>
+        <div style={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'baseline', gap: 8, minWidth: 0 }}>
+          {g.abbr && (
+            <span
+              className="sans"
+              style={{
+                flex: 'none',
+                fontSize: '0.72rem',
+                letterSpacing: '0.06em',
+                color: 'var(--accent)',
+                border: '1px solid rgba(201,162,75,0.4)',
+                borderRadius: 5,
+                padding: '1px 6px',
+              }}
+            >
+              {g.abbr}
+            </span>
+          )}
+          <strong
+            className="display"
+            style={{ fontSize: '1rem', color: 'var(--head)', overflow: 'hidden', textOverflow: 'ellipsis', whiteSpace: 'nowrap' }}
+          >
+            {g.name || 'A guild'}
+          </strong>
+        </div>
+        {g.alliance && (
+          <div className="sans dim" style={{ fontSize: '0.76rem', marginTop: 2 }}>
+            {g.alliance}
+          </div>
+        )}
+      </div>
+      <div className="sans" style={{ flex: 'none', textAlign: 'right', fontSize: '0.84rem', color: 'var(--ink)' }}>
+        <div>
+          <span style={{ color: '#7fd0a4' }}>{g.online ?? 0}</span>
+          <span className="dim"> / {g.members ?? 0}</span>
+        </div>
+        <div className="dim" style={{ fontSize: '0.72rem', marginTop: 2 }}>
+          <Leader leader={g.leader} />
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  )
+}
+
+export default function Guilds() {
+  const { loading, error, data } = useAsync(() => api.shard.guilds())
+  const { events, connected } = useShardFeed({ filter: GUILD_KINDS, max: 60 })
+  const [q, setQ] = useState('')
+
+  // Merge snapshot + live deltas by guild id (apply oldest → newest so live wins).
+  const board = useMemo(() => {
+    const map = new Map()
+    for (const g of data || []) if (g && g.id != null) map.set(g.id, g)
+    for (let i = events.length - 1; i >= 0; i -= 1) {
+      const ev = events[i]
+      if (ev.kind === 'guild.update' && ev.id != null) map.set(ev.id, ev)
+      else if (ev.kind === 'guild.remove' && ev.id != null) map.delete(ev.id)
+    }
+    return [...map.values()]
+  }, [data, events])
+
+  // Recent joins strip (newest first, deduped, capped).
+  const joins = useMemo(
+    () => events.filter((e) => e.kind === 'guild.join' && e.who).slice(0, 6),
+    [events],
+  )
+
+  const filtered = useMemo(() => {
+    const needle = q.trim().toLowerCase()
+    const rows = needle
+      ? board.filter((g) =>
+          [g.name, g.abbr, g.alliance].some((v) => v && v.toLowerCase().includes(needle)),
+        )
+      : board
+    return [...rows].sort((a, b) => (a.name || '').localeCompare(b.name || ''))
+  }, [board, q])
+
+  const totalMembers = board.reduce((n, g) => n + (Number(g.members) || 0), 0)
+
+  return (
+    <PublicLayout section="website">
+      <div className="shell-narrow page-body">
+        <div style={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'flex-start', justifyContent: 'space-between', gap: 16 }}>
+          <PageHeader eyebrow="Live" title="Guilds" lead="Every guild on the shard — rosters, alliances and who's online, updating in real time." />
+          <span className="sans" style={{ display: 'inline-flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 6, fontSize: '0.74rem', color: connected ? '#7fd0a4' : 'var(--muted)', flex: 'none', marginTop: 6 }}>
+            <span style={{ width: 8, height: 8, borderRadius: '50%', background: connected ? '#7fd0a4' : 'var(--dim)' }} />
+            {connected ? 'Live' : 'Offline'}
+          </span>
+        </div>
+
+        {loading && <Loading />}
+        {error && <ErrorState message="Could not load the guild board right now." />}
+
+        {!loading && !error && (
+          <>
+            {board.length === 0 ? (
+              <section className="panel" style={{ padding: 24, textAlign: 'center' }}>
+                <p className="sans dim" style={{ margin: 0 }}>No guilds are being tracked right now.</p>
+              </section>
+            ) : (
+              <>
+                {joins.length > 0 && (
+                  <section className="panel" style={{ padding: '12px 16px', marginBottom: 18 }}>
+                    <div className="sans" style={{ color: 'var(--accent)', fontSize: '0.66rem', letterSpacing: '0.12em', textTransform: 'uppercase', marginBottom: 8 }}>
+                      Recently joined
+                    </div>
+                    <div style={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 5 }}>
+                      {joins.map((j) => (
+                        <div key={j._id} className="sans" style={{ fontSize: '0.84rem', color: 'var(--ink)' }}>
+                          <strong style={{ color: 'var(--head)' }}>{j.who.name}</strong>
+                          <span className="dim"> joined </span>
+                          {j.abbr ? `[${j.abbr}] ` : ''}{j.name}
+                        </div>
+                      ))}
+                    </div>
+                  </section>
+                )}
+
+                <div style={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'space-between', gap: 12, marginBottom: 14 }}>
+                  <p className="sans" style={{ color: 'var(--accent)', fontSize: '0.8rem', margin: 0 }}>
+                    {board.length} guilds · {totalMembers.toLocaleString()} members
+                  </p>
+                  <input
+                    className="input sans"
+                    value={q}
+                    onChange={(e) => setQ(e.target.value)}
+                    placeholder="Search guilds…"
+                    style={{ flex: 'none', width: 190, maxWidth: '50%', fontSize: '0.84rem' }}
+                  />
+                </div>
+
+                <div style={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 10 }}>
+                  {filtered.map((g) => <GuildRow key={g.id} g={g} />)}
+                </div>
+                {filtered.length === 0 && (
+                  <p className="sans dim" style={{ textAlign: 'center', marginTop: 20 }}>No guilds match “{q}”.</p>
+                )}
+              </>
+            )}
+          </>
+        )}
+      </div>
+    </PublicLayout>
+  )
+}

client/src/routes/public/Houses.jsx

@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+import { useMemo } from 'react'
+import PublicLayout from '../../components/PublicLayout.jsx'
+import PageHeader from '../../components/PageHeader.jsx'
+import { Loading, ErrorState } from '../../components/PageState.jsx'
+import { useAsync } from '../../lib/useAsync.js'
+import { useShardFeed } from '../../lib/useShardFeed.js'
+import { api } from '../../api/client.js'
+
+// PUBLIC houses board: only houses in danger (IDOC), shown by location. Owner,
+// price, decay detail and the full registry are staff-only (admin Houses view).
+// Loaded from /public/shard/houses (IDOC-only), kept live by house.decay: a
+// house entering IDOC appears, one leaving it drops off.
+const HOUSE_KINDS = new Set(['house.decay'])
+
+function HouseRow({ h }) {
+  return (
+    <div className="panel" style={{ padding: '14px 16px', display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 14 }}>
+      <span
+        aria-hidden="true"
+        style={{ flex: 'none', width: 8, height: 8, borderRadius: '50%', background: '#e05a5a', boxShadow: '0 0 8px rgba(224,90,90,0.7)' }}
+      />
+      <div style={{ minWidth: 0, flex: 1 }}>
+        <div className="display" style={{ fontSize: '1rem', color: 'var(--head)', overflow: 'hidden', textOverflow: 'ellipsis', whiteSpace: 'nowrap' }}>
+          {h.region || 'The wilderness'}
+        </div>
+        <div className="sans dim" style={{ fontSize: '0.76rem', marginTop: 2 }}>
+          {h.map || '—'}{h.x != null ? ` · ${h.x}, ${h.y}` : ''}
+        </div>
+      </div>
+      <span className="sans" style={{ flex: 'none', fontSize: '0.68rem', letterSpacing: '0.06em', color: '#e05a5a', border: '1px solid #e05a5a66', borderRadius: 999, padding: '2px 9px' }}>
+        IDOC
+      </span>
+    </div>
+  )
+}
+
+export default function Houses() {
+  const { loading, error, data } = useAsync(() => api.shard.houses())
+  const { events, connected } = useShardFeed({ filter: HOUSE_KINDS, max: 60 })
+
+  // Merge the IDOC snapshot with live house.decay deltas by serial: entering IDOC
+  // adds/updates the row; anything else (refreshed, collapsed) drops it.
+  const board = useMemo(() => {
+    const map = new Map()
+    for (const h of data || []) if (h && h.serial) map.set(h.serial, h)
+    for (let i = events.length - 1; i >= 0; i -= 1) {
+      const ev = events[i]
+      if (ev.kind !== 'house.decay' || !ev.serial) continue
+      if (String(ev.to).toUpperCase() === 'IDOC') {
+        map.set(ev.serial, { serial: ev.serial, name: ev.name, region: ev.region, map: ev.map, x: ev.x, y: ev.y, z: ev.z, isIdoc: true })
+      } else {
+        map.delete(ev.serial)
+      }
+    }
+    return [...map.values()].sort((a, b) => (a.region || '').localeCompare(b.region || ''))
+  }, [data, events])
+
+  return (
+    <PublicLayout section="website">
+      <div className="shell-narrow page-body">
+        <div style={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'flex-start', justifyContent: 'space-between', gap: 16 }}>
+          <PageHeader eyebrow="Live" title="Houses in danger" lead="Homes that have fallen into IDOC — where to find them before they collapse." />
+          <span className="sans" style={{ display: 'inline-flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 6, fontSize: '0.74rem', color: connected ? '#7fd0a4' : 'var(--muted)', flex: 'none', marginTop: 6 }}>
+            <span style={{ width: 8, height: 8, borderRadius: '50%', background: connected ? '#7fd0a4' : 'var(--dim)' }} />
+            {connected ? 'Live' : 'Offline'}
+          </span>
+        </div>
+
+        {loading && <Loading />}
+        {error && <ErrorState message="Could not load the houses board right now." />}
+
+        {!loading && !error && (
+          board.length === 0 ? (
+            <section className="panel" style={{ padding: 24, textAlign: 'center' }}>
+              <p className="sans dim" style={{ margin: 0 }}>No houses are collapsing right now.</p>
+            </section>
+          ) : (
+            <>
+              <p className="sans" style={{ color: '#e0928a', fontSize: '0.8rem', marginTop: -12, marginBottom: 20 }}>
+                {board.length} in danger
+              </p>
+              <div style={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 10 }}>
+                {board.map((h) => <HouseRow key={h.serial} h={h} />)}
+              </div>
+            </>
+          )
+        )}
+      </div>
+    </PublicLayout>
+  )
+}

client/src/routes/public/Shard.jsx

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { useShardFeed } from '../../lib/useShardFeed.js'
 import { describe } from '../../lib/shardEvents.js'
 import { ago } from '../../lib/format.js'
 import { api } from '../../api/client.js'
+import PlayersOnline from '../../components/PlayersOnline.jsx'
 
 // ── Gold-supply sparkline ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
 function Sparkline({ series }) {
@@ -108,12 +109,16 @@ export default function Shard() {
             </section>
 
             {/* Stat tiles */}
-            <section className="grid-3" style={{ gap: 14, marginBottom: 24 }}>
-              <Stat value={status?.onlineCount ?? '—'} label="Players online" />
+            <section className="grid-2" style={{ gap: 14, marginBottom: 24 }}>
               <Stat value={gold != null ? `${Number(gold).toLocaleString()}` : '—'} label="Gold supply" />
               <Stat value={online ? 'Up' : 'Down'} label="Shard link" />
             </section>
 
+            {/* Live players-online breakdown (total + region buckets) */}
+            <div style={{ marginBottom: 24 }}>
+              <PlayersOnline />
+            </div>
+
             {/* 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 }}>

server/db/schema.sql

@@ -431,6 +431,111 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS shard_pages (
   INDEX idx_shard_pages_handled (handled)
 ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4;
 
+-- Guild roster board (Protocol 2.0). Upserted on guild.update (a full-state
+-- snapshot emitted only on change) and removed on guild.remove. The leader is an
+-- actor object flattened into leader_* columns; the full event is kept in
+-- `payload` for anything not hoisted. Mirrors the sidecar's GET /guilds
+-- projection into our store so the public Guilds page survives a shard outage.
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS shard_guilds (
+  id            INT          NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,   -- in-game guild id
+  name          VARCHAR(120) NULL,
+  abbr          VARCHAR(24)  NULL,
+  members       INT          NULL,
+  online        INT          NULL,
+  alliance      VARCHAR(120) NULL,
+  leader_serial VARCHAR(20)  NULL,
+  leader_name   VARCHAR(120) NULL,
+  leader_acct   VARCHAR(120) NULL,
+  leader_web_id INT          NULL,
+  payload       JSON         NOT NULL,               -- the full guild.update object
+  t             BIGINT       NULL,                   -- event time, epoch ms
+  updated_at    DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP ON UPDATE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+  INDEX idx_shard_guilds_name (name)
+) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4;
+
+-- Town-governor board (Protocol 2.0, City Loyalty). One row per city, upserted on
+-- city.update (full-state, emitted only on change; there is no remove event since
+-- the set of cities is fixed). governor / governorElect are actor objects
+-- flattened into columns; the full event is kept in `payload`. Empty on shards
+-- that do not run the City Loyalty system.
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS shard_governors (
+  city             VARCHAR(40)  NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, -- Britain | Moonglow | ...
+  governor_serial  VARCHAR(20)  NULL,
+  governor_name    VARCHAR(120) NULL,
+  governor_acct    VARCHAR(120) NULL,
+  governor_web_id  INT          NULL,
+  elect_serial     VARCHAR(20)  NULL,
+  elect_name       VARCHAR(120) NULL,
+  elect_acct       VARCHAR(120) NULL,
+  election_phase   VARCHAR(16)  NULL,                 -- none | nominate | vote | pending
+  candidates       INT          NULL,
+  auto_pick_at     DATETIME     NULL,
+  payload          JSON         NOT NULL,             -- the full city.update object
+  t                BIGINT       NULL,                 -- event time, epoch ms
+  updated_at       DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP ON UPDATE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
+) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4;
+
+-- Governor term history — the "who governed when" ledger behind the Governors
+-- board. Captured from day one (history cannot be backfilled) on every observed
+-- governor CHANGE: the open term (ended_at IS NULL) is closed and a new one
+-- opened. `votes` stays NULL — the city.update feed exposes only the candidate
+-- COUNT and election phase, not per-candidate tallies, so we record who governed
+-- and when (reliable) and never fabricate vote numbers. The look-back UI ("who
+-- were all the governors of Britain?") reads this table.
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS shard_governor_terms (
+  id               BIGINT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
+  city             VARCHAR(40)  NOT NULL,
+  governor_serial  VARCHAR(20)  NULL,
+  governor_name    VARCHAR(120) NULL,
+  governor_acct    VARCHAR(120) NULL,
+  governor_web_id  INT          NULL,
+  started_at       BIGINT       NOT NULL,             -- term start, epoch ms
+  ended_at         BIGINT       NULL,                 -- term end epoch ms (NULL = current)
+  votes            INT          NULL,                 -- not in the feed (reserved)
+  created_at       DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+  INDEX idx_shard_gov_terms_city (city, started_at),
+  INDEX idx_shard_gov_terms_open (city, ended_at)
+) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4;
+
+-- Online-population snapshot (Protocol 2.0). Singleton row (id = 1) holding the
+-- latest presence.online aggregate: total count plus per-facet and per-region
+-- breakdown maps (stored as JSON). Distinct from shard_online (per-player) — this
+-- is the rolled-up headcount the public "Players Online" widget renders. The
+-- time series, if ever needed, is available from GET /history?kind=presence.online.
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS shard_presence (
+  id          INT PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT 1,
+  count       INT          NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
+  by_facet    JSON         NULL,                      -- { "Felucca": 12, "Trammel": 30 }
+  by_region   JSON         NULL,                      -- { "Britain": 18, "Wilderness": 9 }
+  t           BIGINT       NULL,                      -- snapshot time, epoch ms
+  updated_at  DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP ON UPDATE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+  CONSTRAINT chk_shard_presence_singleton CHECK (id = 1)
+) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4;
+
+-- Admin email invites (Protocol 2.0 provisioning). A staff member invites someone
+-- by email at a pre-chosen access level; the invitee accepts via a tokened link,
+-- which creates their website user at that role (and optionally a linked game
+-- account). Only the sha256 hash of the opaque token is stored — a DB read never
+-- yields a usable invite link, same as mobile_refresh_tokens. status tracks the
+-- lifecycle; accepted_user_id back-points at the created user. Single-use +
+-- expiring (enforced in the model on top of expires_at).
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS user_invites (
+  id                INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
+  token_hash        CHAR(64)     NOT NULL UNIQUE,     -- sha256 hex of the opaque token
+  email             VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
+  role              ENUM('admin','editor','moderator','player') NOT NULL DEFAULT 'player',
+  status            ENUM('pending','accepted','revoked') NOT NULL DEFAULT 'pending',
+  invited_by        INT          NULL,                -- staff user who sent it
+  accepted_user_id  INT          NULL,                -- the user created on accept
+  expires_at        DATETIME     NOT NULL,
+  created_at        DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+  accepted_at       DATETIME     NULL,
+  CONSTRAINT fk_user_invites_inviter FOREIGN KEY (invited_by) REFERENCES users(id) ON DELETE SET NULL,
+  CONSTRAINT fk_user_invites_user FOREIGN KEY (accepted_user_id) REFERENCES users(id) ON DELETE SET NULL,
+  INDEX idx_user_invites_email (email),
+  INDEX idx_user_invites_status (status, expires_at)
+) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4;
+
 -- Discord bot moderation core (Phase 2). These tables are owned by the bot
 -- process (its own DB pool, bot/src/db.js) — the main server never reads or
 -- writes them. They live in the same physical database as everything else
@@ -755,6 +860,10 @@ ALTER TABLE users ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS last_login_ip VARCHAR(45) NULL;
 -- Player self-registration mode: disabled | password | sso | both. Default off,
 -- so the system behaves exactly as today until an admin opts in.
 INSERT IGNORE INTO settings (`key`, value) VALUES ('player_registration', 'disabled');
+-- Game-account signup (Protocol 2.0 hybrid mode): whether a signed-in website user
+-- may provision a linked game account from the site. Default off; the shard's own
+-- signup mode still has the final say (a 'game'-mode shard refuses regardless).
+INSERT IGNORE INTO settings (`key`, value) VALUES ('game_account_signup', 'disabled');
 
 ALTER TABLE wiki_pages ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS excerpt VARCHAR(400) NULL;
 ALTER TABLE wiki_pages ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS category_id INT NULL;
@@ -772,3 +881,20 @@ ALTER TABLE wiki_pages ADD FULLTEXT INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_wiki_search (title,
 -- already keeps the two tables consistent.
 ALTER TABLE posts ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS announced_at DATETIME NULL;
 ALTER TABLE posts ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS announce_job_id INT NULL;
+
+-- House registry (Protocol 2.0). The house.update full-state feed carries richer
+-- fields than the house.decay transition feed shard_houses was built for. Rather
+-- than a second table for one entity, extend shard_houses: house.update writes the
+-- registry columns below (owner display name, co-owner/friend counts, placement
+-- price, decay level name) while house.decay keeps owning `stage`/`is_idoc`. Each
+-- upsert only touches its own columns, so the two feeds never clobber each other.
+-- `price` is the placement value, NOT a "for sale" flag (stock ServUO has none).
+ALTER TABLE shard_houses ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS owner_name VARCHAR(120) NULL;
+ALTER TABLE shard_houses ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS co_owners INT NULL;
+ALTER TABLE shard_houses ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS friends INT NULL;
+ALTER TABLE shard_houses ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS price BIGINT NULL;
+ALTER TABLE shard_houses ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS decay VARCHAR(24) NULL;
+-- Distinguishes a full registry row (seen via house.update) from a decay-only row,
+-- so the public Houses browser can list registered houses without pulling in rows
+-- we only ever saw an IDOC transition for.
+ALTER TABLE shard_houses ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS in_registry TINYINT(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0;

server/src/model/invites/invites.db.js

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+const { query } = require('../../utils/db')
+
+const COLS =
+  'id, token_hash, email, role, status, invited_by, accepted_user_id, expires_at, created_at, accepted_at'
+
+async function insert({ tokenHash, email, role, invitedBy, expiresAt }) {
+  const res = await query(
+    `INSERT INTO user_invites (token_hash, email, role, invited_by, expires_at)
+     VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)`,
+    [tokenHash, email, role, invitedBy ?? null, expiresAt],
+  )
+  return res.insertId
+}
+
+async function getById(id) {
+  const rows = await query(`SELECT ${COLS} FROM user_invites WHERE id = ? LIMIT 1`, [id])
+  return rows[0] || null
+}
+
+async function findByTokenHash(tokenHash) {
+  const rows = await query(`SELECT ${COLS} FROM user_invites WHERE token_hash = ? LIMIT 1`, [tokenHash])
+  return rows[0] || null
+}
+
+const listRecent = (limit) =>
+  query(`SELECT ${COLS} FROM user_invites ORDER BY created_at DESC LIMIT ?`, [limit])
+
+// Mark accepted only if still pending (atomic guard against a double-accept race).
+// Returns rows changed (1 = we won, 0 = already used/revoked).
+async function markAccepted(id, userId) {
+  const res = await query(
+    `UPDATE user_invites SET status = 'accepted', accepted_user_id = ?, accepted_at = NOW()
+      WHERE id = ? AND status = 'pending'`,
+    [userId, id],
+  )
+  return res.affectedRows || 0
+}
+
+async function revoke(id) {
+  const res = await query(
+    `UPDATE user_invites SET status = 'revoked' WHERE id = ? AND status = 'pending'`,
+    [id],
+  )
+  return res.affectedRows || 0
+}
+
+module.exports = { insert, getById, findByTokenHash, listRecent, markAccepted, revoke }

server/src/model/invites/invites.model.js

@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+// Admin email invites. A staff member invites someone by email at a pre-chosen
+// access level; the invitee accepts via a tokened link that creates their website
+// user at that role. The opaque token lives only in the emailed link — the DB
+// stores just its sha256 hash (like mobile refresh tokens), so a DB read never
+// yields a usable invite. Invites are single-use and expiring.
+
+const crypto = require('crypto')
+const db = require('./invites.db')
+
+const DEFAULT_TTL_DAYS = 7
+
+function hashToken(raw) {
+  return crypto.createHash('sha256').update(String(raw)).digest('hex')
+}
+
+// Public-safe shape (never exposes the token hash).
+function toSafe(row) {
+  if (!row) return null
+  return {
+    id: row.id,
+    email: row.email,
+    role: row.role,
+    status: row.status,
+    invitedBy: row.invited_by,
+    acceptedUserId: row.accepted_user_id,
+    expiresAt: row.expires_at,
+    createdAt: row.created_at,
+    acceptedAt: row.accepted_at,
+    expired: new Date(row.expires_at).getTime() < Date.now(),
+  }
+}
+
+// Create an invite. Returns { invite, token } — the plaintext token is returned
+// ONCE (for the email link) and never stored or recoverable afterwards.
+async function create({ email, role, invitedBy, ttlDays = DEFAULT_TTL_DAYS }) {
+  const token = crypto.randomBytes(32).toString('base64url')
+  const expiresAt = new Date(Date.now() + ttlDays * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000)
+  const id = await db.insert({ tokenHash: hashToken(token), email, role, invitedBy, expiresAt })
+  return { invite: toSafe(await db.getById(id)), token }
+}
+
+// Resolve a pending, unexpired invite from its plaintext token, else null. Returns
+// the RAW row (incl. id) for the accept flow; callers sanitize with publicView.
+async function findValidByToken(token) {
+  if (!token) return null
+  const row = await db.findByTokenHash(hashToken(token))
+  if (!row || row.status !== 'pending') return null
+  if (new Date(row.expires_at).getTime() < Date.now()) return null
+  return row
+}
+
+// Atomically consume a pending invite (double-accept-safe). Returns true if this
+// call won the race and bound the invite to userId.
+async function accept(id, userId) {
+  return (await db.markAccepted(id, userId)) === 1
+}
+
+const revoke = (id) => db.revoke(id)
+
+async function list(limit = 100) {
+  const n = Math.min(Math.max(Number(limit) || 100, 1), 500)
+  const rows = await db.listRecent(n)
+  return rows.map(toSafe)
+}
+
+// A minimal, safe view of an invite for the (unauthenticated) accept page —
+// only what the form needs, never the token or internal ids.
+function publicView(row) {
+  if (!row) return null
+  return { email: row.email, role: row.role }
+}
+
+module.exports = { create, findValidByToken, accept, revoke, list, publicView, toSafe, hashToken }

server/src/model/settings/settings.model.js

@@ -32,6 +32,27 @@ function registrationFlags(mode) {
   }
 }
 
+// Game-account signup (Protocol 2.0). The admin picks who mints game accounts:
+//   disabled — the site never offers game-account creation (link-only).
+//   website  — the site is the authority (offer creation; pair with the shard in
+//              website mode + AutoCreateAccounts=false).
+//   hybrid   — either side may create (the site offers creation).
+//   game     — the game server is the authority; the site does NOT offer creation.
+// The site OFFERS creation only for 'website'/'hybrid'; the shard's own SignupMode
+// (Bridge.cfg) still has the final say and may 403 a call regardless.
+const GAME_SIGNUP_KEY = 'game_account_signup'
+const GAME_SIGNUP_MODES = ['disabled', 'website', 'hybrid', 'game']
+const GAME_SIGNUP_OFFER = ['website', 'hybrid']
+
+async function getGameSignupMode() {
+  const v = await settingsDb.get(GAME_SIGNUP_KEY)
+  return GAME_SIGNUP_MODES.includes(v) ? v : 'disabled'
+}
+
+async function isGameAccountSignupEnabled() {
+  return GAME_SIGNUP_OFFER.includes(await getGameSignupMode())
+}
+
 async function get(key) {
   return settingsDb.get(key)
 }
@@ -64,6 +85,10 @@ async function getPublic() {
   // page show/hide the password form and SSO buttons.
   const mode = REGISTRATION_MODES.includes(all[REGISTRATION_KEY]) ? all[REGISTRATION_KEY] : 'disabled'
   out.registration = registrationFlags(mode)
+  // Whether the site offers game-account creation (the shard's own mode still has
+  // the final say when the call is made). Lets the portal show/hide the form.
+  const gsMode = GAME_SIGNUP_MODES.includes(all[GAME_SIGNUP_KEY]) ? all[GAME_SIGNUP_KEY] : 'disabled'
+  out.gameAccountSignup = GAME_SIGNUP_OFFER.includes(gsMode)
   return out
 }
 
@@ -78,4 +103,8 @@ module.exports = {
   REGISTRATION_MODES,
   getRegistrationMode,
   registrationFlags,
+  GAME_SIGNUP_KEY,
+  GAME_SIGNUP_MODES,
+  getGameSignupMode,
+  isGameAccountSignupEnabled,
 }

server/src/model/shardLinks/shardLinks.db.js

@@ -33,4 +33,10 @@ async function isOwnedBy(account, userId) {
 const remove = (account, userId) =>
   query('DELETE FROM shard_account_links WHERE account = ? AND user_id = ?', [account, userId])
 
-module.exports = { upsert, getByAccount, listByUser, isOwnedBy, remove }
+// Drop the mirror for an account regardless of which user held it — used to
+// reconcile when the tie is severed at the source (an in-game [unlink →
+// account.unlinked event, or a site-side DELETE /link/{account}).
+const removeByAccount = (account) =>
+  query('DELETE FROM shard_account_links WHERE account = ?', [account])
+
+module.exports = { upsert, getByAccount, listByUser, isOwnedBy, remove, removeByAccount }

server/src/model/shardLinks/shardLinks.model.js

@@ -31,4 +31,7 @@ async function getByAccount(account) {
 
 const unlink = (account, userId) => db.remove(account, userId)
 
-module.exports = { link, listForUser, ownsAccount, getByAccount, unlink }
+// Drop the local mirror for an account (source-of-truth severed elsewhere).
+const removeByAccount = (account) => db.removeByAccount(account)
+
+module.exports = { link, listForUser, ownsAccount, getByAccount, unlink, removeByAccount }

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

@@ -107,12 +107,23 @@ const listHousesByAccounts = (accounts) =>
   accounts.length === 0
     ? Promise.resolve([])
     : query(
-        `SELECT ${HOUSE_COLS} FROM shard_houses
+        `SELECT ${HOUSE_REG_COLS} FROM shard_houses
           WHERE owner_acct IN (${accounts.map(() => '?').join(', ')})
           ORDER BY is_idoc DESC, updated_at DESC`,
         accounts,
       )
 
+// ── House registry (Protocol 2.0 house.update / house.remove) ──────────────
+// The registry columns extend HOUSE_COLS; a registry row is one we've seen via
+// house.update (in_registry = 1), as opposed to a decay-only transition row.
+const HOUSE_REG_COLS = `${HOUSE_COLS}, owner_name, co_owners, friends, price, decay, in_registry`
+
+const removeHouse = (serial) => query('DELETE FROM shard_houses WHERE serial = ?', [serial])
+
+// The full registered-house browser: every row we've seen via house.update.
+const listRegistryHouses = () =>
+  query(`SELECT ${HOUSE_REG_COLS} FROM shard_houses WHERE in_registry = 1 ORDER BY name ASC`)
+
 // ── Champion spawns ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 const CHAMP_COLS =
   'serial, category, type, name, status, active, map, x, y, z, boss_up, payload, t, updated_at'
@@ -157,6 +168,126 @@ const clearPages = () => query('DELETE FROM shard_pages')
 // Oldest-open first so the queue reads like a work list.
 const listPages = () => query(`SELECT ${PAGE_COLS} FROM shard_pages ORDER BY sent_ms ASC`)
 
+// ── Guild board (Protocol 2.0) ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+const GUILD_COLS =
+  'id, name, abbr, members, online, alliance, leader_serial, leader_name, leader_acct, leader_web_id, payload, t, updated_at'
+
+async function upsertGuild(id, fields) {
+  const cols = Object.keys(fields)
+  const allCols = ['id', ...cols]
+  const insertCols = allCols.map((c) => `\`${c}\``).join(', ')
+  const placeholders = allCols.map(() => '?').join(', ')
+  const updates = cols.map((c) => `\`${c}\` = VALUES(\`${c}\`)`).join(', ')
+  await query(
+    `INSERT INTO shard_guilds (${insertCols}) VALUES (${placeholders})
+     ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE ${updates}`,
+    [id, ...cols.map((c) => fields[c])],
+  )
+}
+
+const removeGuild = (id) => query('DELETE FROM shard_guilds WHERE id = ?', [id])
+const clearGuilds = () => query('DELETE FROM shard_guilds')
+const listGuilds = () => query(`SELECT ${GUILD_COLS} FROM shard_guilds ORDER BY name ASC`)
+
+// The guild an actor LEADS — matched on the current board (leader_serial or the
+// linked leader_acct), so it reflects live state. Guild MEMBERSHIP for non-leaders
+// is not modelled (the board carries only counts + leader), so we don't guess it.
+const findGuildLedByActor = (serial, acct) =>
+  query(
+    `SELECT id, name, abbr, alliance, leader_name FROM shard_guilds
+      WHERE leader_serial = ? OR (leader_acct IS NOT NULL AND leader_acct = ?)
+      LIMIT 1`,
+    [serial ?? null, acct ?? null],
+  )
+
+// Guilds led by any of the given game accounts (admin: a user's linked accounts).
+const listGuildsLedByAccounts = (accounts) =>
+  accounts.length === 0
+    ? Promise.resolve([])
+    : query(
+        `SELECT id, name, abbr, alliance, leader_name FROM shard_guilds
+          WHERE leader_acct IN (${accounts.map(() => '?').join(', ')})
+          ORDER BY name ASC`,
+        accounts,
+      )
+
+// ── Governor board + term history (Protocol 2.0) ───────────────────────────
+const GOV_COLS =
+  'city, governor_serial, governor_name, governor_acct, governor_web_id, elect_serial, elect_name, elect_acct, election_phase, candidates, auto_pick_at, payload, t, updated_at'
+
+async function upsertGovernor(city, fields) {
+  const cols = Object.keys(fields)
+  const allCols = ['city', ...cols]
+  const insertCols = allCols.map((c) => `\`${c}\``).join(', ')
+  const placeholders = allCols.map(() => '?').join(', ')
+  const updates = cols.map((c) => `\`${c}\` = VALUES(\`${c}\`)`).join(', ')
+  await query(
+    `INSERT INTO shard_governors (${insertCols}) VALUES (${placeholders})
+     ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE ${updates}`,
+    [city, ...cols.map((c) => fields[c])],
+  )
+}
+
+const listGovernors = () => query(`SELECT ${GOV_COLS} FROM shard_governors ORDER BY city ASC`)
+
+// Cities whose current governor is one of the given game accounts (cross-link:
+// does this user hold a governorship?). Empty list short-circuits.
+const listGovernorshipsByAccounts = (accounts) =>
+  accounts.length === 0
+    ? Promise.resolve([])
+    : query(
+        `SELECT ${GOV_COLS} FROM shard_governors
+          WHERE governor_acct IN (${accounts.map(() => '?').join(', ')})
+          ORDER BY city ASC`,
+        accounts,
+      )
+
+// The single open term (ended_at IS NULL) for a city, if any.
+async function currentGovernorTerm(city) {
+  const rows = await query(
+    'SELECT id, city, governor_serial, governor_name, governor_acct, governor_web_id, started_at, ended_at, votes FROM shard_governor_terms WHERE city = ? AND ended_at IS NULL ORDER BY started_at DESC LIMIT 1',
+    [city],
+  )
+  return rows[0] || null
+}
+
+const closeGovernorTerm = (id, endedAt) =>
+  query('UPDATE shard_governor_terms SET ended_at = ? WHERE id = ?', [endedAt, id])
+
+const openGovernorTerm = ({ city, serial, name, acct, webId, startedAt }) =>
+  query(
+    `INSERT INTO shard_governor_terms
+       (city, governor_serial, governor_name, governor_acct, governor_web_id, started_at)
+     VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)`,
+    [city, serial ?? null, name ?? null, acct ?? null, webId ?? null, startedAt],
+  )
+
+const listGovernorTerms = (city, limit) =>
+  query(
+    'SELECT id, city, governor_serial, governor_name, governor_acct, governor_web_id, started_at, ended_at, votes FROM shard_governor_terms WHERE city = ? ORDER BY started_at DESC LIMIT ?',
+    [city, limit],
+  )
+
+// ── Online-population snapshot (Protocol 2.0 presence.online) ───────────────
+async function setPresence({ count, byFacet, byRegion, t }) {
+  await query(
+    `INSERT INTO shard_presence (id, count, by_facet, by_region, t) VALUES (1, ?, ?, ?, ?)
+     ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE count = VALUES(count), by_facet = VALUES(by_facet),
+       by_region = VALUES(by_region), t = VALUES(t)`,
+    [
+      Number.isFinite(count) ? count : 0,
+      byFacet ? JSON.stringify(byFacet) : null,
+      byRegion ? JSON.stringify(byRegion) : null,
+      Number.isFinite(t) ? t : null,
+    ],
+  )
+}
+
+async function latestPresence() {
+  const rows = await query('SELECT count, by_facet, by_region, t FROM shard_presence WHERE id = 1')
+  return rows[0] || null
+}
+
 module.exports = {
   upsertOnline,
   removeOnline,
@@ -171,6 +302,23 @@ module.exports = {
   upsertHouse,
   listIdocHouses,
   listHousesByAccounts,
+  removeHouse,
+  listRegistryHouses,
+  upsertGuild,
+  removeGuild,
+  clearGuilds,
+  listGuilds,
+  findGuildLedByActor,
+  listGuildsLedByAccounts,
+  upsertGovernor,
+  listGovernors,
+  listGovernorshipsByAccounts,
+  currentGovernorTerm,
+  closeGovernorTerm,
+  openGovernorTerm,
+  listGovernorTerms,
+  setPresence,
+  latestPresence,
   upsertChamp,
   removeChamp,
   clearChamps,

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

@@ -148,6 +148,13 @@ function shapeHouse(r) {
     name: r.name,
     ownerSerial: r.owner_serial,
     ownerAcct: r.owner_acct,
+    // Registry fields (Protocol 2.0 house.update); undefined on decay-only rows.
+    ownerName: r.owner_name,
+    coOwners: r.co_owners,
+    friends: r.friends,
+    price: r.price == null ? null : Number(r.price),
+    decay: r.decay,
+    inRegistry: r.in_registry == null ? undefined : Boolean(r.in_registry),
     builtOn: r.built_on,
     lastRefreshed: r.last_refreshed,
     isIdoc: Boolean(r.is_idoc),
@@ -166,6 +173,42 @@ async function listHousesForAccounts(accounts) {
   return rows.map(shapeHouse)
 }
 
+// ── House registry (Protocol 2.0 house.update / house.remove) ──────────────
+// Richer per-house snapshot than the decay-transition feed. Writes only the
+// registry columns (+ shared location/owner fields); is_idoc/stage stay owned by
+// the house.decay path, so the two feeds never clobber each other. owner is an
+// actor object (or null for an abandoned house).
+async function upsertHouseRegistry(data) {
+  if (!data || !data.serial) return
+  const owner = data.owner || null
+  const fields = {
+    name: data.name ?? null,
+    owner_serial: owner ? owner.serial ?? null : null,
+    owner_acct: owner ? owner.acct ?? null : null,
+    owner_name: owner ? owner.name ?? null : null,
+    co_owners: data.coOwners ?? null,
+    friends: data.friends ?? null,
+    price: data.price ?? null,
+    decay: data.decay ?? null,
+    region: data.region ?? null,
+    map: data.map ?? null,
+    x: data.x ?? null,
+    y: data.y ?? null,
+    z: data.z ?? null,
+    built_on: data.builtOn ? new Date(data.builtOn) : null,
+    last_refreshed: data.lastRefreshed ? new Date(data.lastRefreshed) : null,
+    in_registry: 1,
+  }
+  await db.upsertHouse(data.serial, fields)
+}
+
+const removeHouse = (serial) => (serial ? db.removeHouse(serial) : Promise.resolve())
+
+async function listHouses() {
+  const rows = await db.listRegistryHouses()
+  return rows.map(shapeHouse)
+}
+
 // Online players on the given game accounts (admin: a user's linked accounts).
 async function listOnlineForAccounts(accounts) {
   const rows = await db.listOnlineByAccounts(accounts)
@@ -287,6 +330,195 @@ async function replacePages(pages) {
   for (const ev of pages || []) await upsertPage(ev)
 }
 
+// ── Guild board (Protocol 2.0) ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+// Upsert a guild's roster snapshot (guild.update). The leader is an actor object
+// flattened into leader_* columns; the full event lives in `payload`.
+async function upsertGuild(ev) {
+  if (!ev || ev.id == null) return
+  const leader = ev.leader || {}
+  await db.upsertGuild(ev.id, {
+    name: ev.name ?? null,
+    abbr: ev.abbr ?? null,
+    members: ev.members ?? null,
+    online: ev.online ?? null,
+    alliance: ev.alliance ?? null,
+    leader_serial: leader.serial ?? null,
+    leader_name: leader.name ?? null,
+    leader_acct: leader.acct ?? null,
+    leader_web_id: leader.webId ?? null,
+    payload: JSON.stringify(ev),
+    t: Number.isFinite(ev.t) ? ev.t : null,
+  })
+}
+
+const removeGuild = (id) => (id == null ? Promise.resolve() : db.removeGuild(id))
+const clearGuilds = () => db.clearGuilds()
+
+function shapeGuild(r) {
+  const payload = typeof r.payload === 'string' ? safeJson(r.payload) : r.payload
+  return payload || {
+    kind: 'guild.update',
+    id: r.id,
+    name: r.name,
+    abbr: r.abbr,
+    members: r.members,
+    online: r.online,
+    alliance: r.alliance,
+    leader: r.leader_serial
+      ? { serial: r.leader_serial, name: r.leader_name, acct: r.leader_acct, webId: r.leader_web_id }
+      : null,
+    t: r.t,
+  }
+}
+
+async function listGuilds() {
+  const rows = await db.listGuilds()
+  return rows.map(shapeGuild)
+}
+
+// Replace the board with a fresh snapshot (sidecar GET /guilds on connect).
+async function replaceGuilds(guilds) {
+  await db.clearGuilds()
+  for (const ev of guilds || []) await upsertGuild(ev)
+}
+
+// The guild an actor leads (cross-link on the character sheet). Leadership only —
+// see the db note; membership for rank-and-file isn't in the feed, so we return
+// null rather than show a possibly-stale guess.
+async function findGuildForActor({ serial, acct }) {
+  const rows = await db.findGuildLedByActor(serial ?? null, acct ?? null)
+  const g = rows[0]
+  if (!g) return null
+  return { id: g.id, name: g.name, abbr: g.abbr, alliance: g.alliance, role: 'leader' }
+}
+
+// Guilds led by any of a user's linked accounts (admin user-detail cross-link).
+async function listGuildsLedForAccounts(accounts) {
+  const rows = await db.listGuildsLedByAccounts(accounts)
+  return rows.map((g) => ({ id: g.id, name: g.name, abbr: g.abbr, alliance: g.alliance, leaderName: g.leader_name }))
+}
+
+// ── Town governors (Protocol 2.0) ──────────────────────────────────────────
+// Upsert a city's governance snapshot (city.update) AND capture term history.
+// Term capture runs first (it reads the CURRENT open term to decide whether the
+// governor changed) and is idempotent: a repeat/backfill of the same governor is a
+// no-op, so it's safe to call on the live feed and on reconnect snapshots alike.
+async function upsertGovernor(ev) {
+  if (!ev || !ev.city) return
+  await recordGovernorTransition(ev)
+  const gov = ev.governor || null
+  const elect = ev.governorElect || null
+  await db.upsertGovernor(ev.city, {
+    governor_serial: gov ? gov.serial ?? null : null,
+    governor_name: gov ? gov.name ?? null : null,
+    governor_acct: gov ? gov.acct ?? null : null,
+    governor_web_id: gov ? gov.webId ?? null : null,
+    elect_serial: elect ? elect.serial ?? null : null,
+    elect_name: elect ? elect.name ?? null : null,
+    elect_acct: elect ? elect.acct ?? null : null,
+    election_phase: ev.electionPhase ?? null,
+    candidates: ev.candidates ?? null,
+    auto_pick_at: ev.autoPickAt ? new Date(ev.autoPickAt) : null,
+    payload: JSON.stringify(ev),
+    t: Number.isFinite(ev.t) ? ev.t : null,
+  })
+}
+
+// Close the open term and open a new one when the governor CHANGES. Idempotent:
+// same governor as the open term ⇒ nothing happens (so backfill/duplicate
+// city.update events never spawn spurious terms).
+async function recordGovernorTransition(ev) {
+  const gov = ev.governor || null
+  const newSerial = gov ? gov.serial ?? null : null
+  const t = Number.isFinite(ev.t) ? ev.t : Date.now()
+  const open = await db.currentGovernorTerm(ev.city)
+  const openSerial = open ? open.governor_serial : null
+  if (open && openSerial === newSerial) return // unchanged — nothing to record
+  if (open) await db.closeGovernorTerm(open.id, t) // governor changed or seat vacated
+  if (newSerial) {
+    await db.openGovernorTerm({
+      city: ev.city,
+      serial: newSerial,
+      name: gov.name ?? null,
+      acct: gov.acct ?? null,
+      webId: gov.webId ?? null,
+      startedAt: t,
+    })
+  }
+}
+
+function shapeGovernor(r) {
+  const payload = typeof r.payload === 'string' ? safeJson(r.payload) : r.payload
+  return payload || {
+    kind: 'city.update',
+    city: r.city,
+    governor: r.governor_serial
+      ? { serial: r.governor_serial, name: r.governor_name, acct: r.governor_acct, webId: r.governor_web_id }
+      : null,
+    governorElect: r.elect_serial
+      ? { serial: r.elect_serial, name: r.elect_name, acct: r.elect_acct }
+      : null,
+    electionPhase: r.election_phase,
+    candidates: r.candidates,
+    t: r.t,
+  }
+}
+
+async function listGovernors() {
+  const rows = await db.listGovernors()
+  return rows.map(shapeGovernor)
+}
+
+// Cities the given game accounts currently govern (cross-link badge).
+async function listGovernorshipsForAccounts(accounts) {
+  const rows = await db.listGovernorshipsByAccounts(accounts)
+  return rows.map(shapeGovernor)
+}
+
+// Term history for a city (look-back), newest first.
+async function listGovernorHistory(city, limit = 100) {
+  const n = Math.min(Math.max(Number(limit) || 100, 1), 500)
+  const rows = await db.listGovernorTerms(city, n)
+  return rows.map((r) => ({
+    city: r.city,
+    governor: r.governor_serial
+      ? { serial: r.governor_serial, name: r.governor_name, acct: r.governor_acct, webId: r.governor_web_id }
+      : null,
+    startedAt: r.started_at == null ? null : Number(r.started_at),
+    endedAt: r.ended_at == null ? null : Number(r.ended_at),
+    votes: r.votes,
+  }))
+}
+
+// Upsert governors without clearing (cities are fixed, no remove event); term
+// capture inside upsertGovernor stays idempotent across reconnect snapshots.
+async function replaceGovernors(cities) {
+  for (const ev of cities || []) await upsertGovernor(ev)
+}
+
+// ── Online-population snapshot (Protocol 2.0 presence.online) ───────────────
+async function setPresence(ev) {
+  if (!ev) return
+  await db.setPresence({
+    count: ev.count,
+    byFacet: ev.byFacet || null,
+    byRegion: ev.byRegion || null,
+    t: ev.t,
+  })
+}
+
+async function latestPresence() {
+  const r = await db.latestPresence()
+  if (!r) return { count: 0, byFacet: {}, byRegion: {}, t: null }
+  const parse = (v) => (typeof v === 'string' ? safeJson(v) || {} : v || {})
+  return {
+    count: Number(r.count) || 0,
+    byFacet: parse(r.by_facet),
+    byRegion: parse(r.by_region),
+    t: r.t == null ? null : Number(r.t),
+  }
+}
+
 function safeJson(s) {
   try {
     return JSON.parse(s)
@@ -309,6 +541,9 @@ module.exports = {
   upsertHouse,
   listIdoc,
   listHousesForAccounts,
+  upsertHouseRegistry,
+  removeHouse,
+  listHouses,
   upsertChamp,
   removeChamp,
   clearChamps,
@@ -319,4 +554,18 @@ module.exports = {
   clearPages,
   listPages,
   replacePages,
+  upsertGuild,
+  removeGuild,
+  clearGuilds,
+  listGuilds,
+  replaceGuilds,
+  findGuildForActor,
+  listGuildsLedForAccounts,
+  upsertGovernor,
+  listGovernors,
+  listGovernorshipsForAccounts,
+  listGovernorHistory,
+  replaceGovernors,
+  setPresence,
+  latestPresence,
 }

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

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const settings = require('../../../model/settings/settings.model')
 const users = require('../../../model/users/users.model')
 const activity = require('../../../model/activity/activity.model')
 const announceJobs = require('../../../model/announceJobs/announceJobs.model')
+const newsGump = require('../../../utils/newsGump')
 const { cleanBody } = require('../../../utils/sanitizeHtml')
 
 const log = require('../../../utils/logger')('admin')
@@ -22,6 +23,11 @@ const log = require('../../../utils/logger')('admin')
 // enqueueIfNeeded swallows its own errors, so a pipeline hiccup can't break save.
 async function announceIfNewlyPublished(post, transition) {
   await announceJobs.enqueueIfNeeded(post, transition)
+  // Keep the in-game Town Cryer News gump in sync with the same transition: push
+  // the article when it becomes published news, refresh it silently on an edit,
+  // and pull it when it leaves published-news. Best-effort (never throws), so a
+  // sidecar hiccup never breaks saving a post — same guarantee as the enqueue.
+  await newsGump.syncPost(post, transition)
 }
 
 // ── Dashboard & site mode ─────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -173,8 +179,11 @@ async function publishPost(req, res) {
 async function deletePost(req, res) {
   const id = Number(req.params.id)
   try {
+    const current = await posts.getById(id)
     await posts.remove(id)
     await activity.log({ req, action: 'post.delete', detail: { id } })
+    // If it was live in the News gump, pull it (best-effort).
+    if (newsGump.inGump(current)) await newsGump.removePost(id)
     return res.json({ id })
   } catch (err) {
     return res.status(500).json({ message: 'Internal Server Error' })
@@ -485,6 +494,12 @@ async function updateSettings(req, res) {
   ) {
     return res.status(400).json({ message: 'Invalid player_registration value' })
   }
+  if (
+    settings.GAME_SIGNUP_KEY in updates &&
+    !settings.GAME_SIGNUP_MODES.includes(updates[settings.GAME_SIGNUP_KEY])
+  ) {
+    return res.status(400).json({ message: 'Invalid game_account_signup value' })
+  }
   // The homepage teaser is rich text (HTML) from the shared editor — sanitize it
   // against the same allowlist as post/wiki bodies so a stored value is safe (the
   // client re-sanitizes on render as defense in depth).

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

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ const emailConfig = require('./emailConfig.controller')
 const uoLink = require('./uoLink.controller')
 const shardOps = require('./shardOps.controller')
 const usersShard = require('./usersShard.controller')
+const invites = require('./invites.controller')
 const selfShard = require('../player/shard.controller')
 const moderation = require('./moderation.controller')
 const pagesCtrl = require('./pages.controller')
@@ -181,6 +182,21 @@ adminRouter.get(
   /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Vendor sales', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "array", items: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/ShardVendorSale" } } } } } */
   selfShard.getSales,
 )
+adminRouter.post(
+  '/shard/account',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Admin · Account']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'Create a game account and link it to the caller (staff self-service)'
+  // #swagger.description = 'Same as POST /player/shard/account but for a signed-in staff user — provisions a game account (own username + password) and links it. Gated by game_account_signup + the shard’s mode; the password is never stored or logged.'
+  // #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", additionalProperties: true } } } } */
+  /* #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: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
+  body('account').matches(/^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9_.-]{2,29}$/),
+  body('password').isString().isLength({ min: 8, max: 64 }),
+  validate,
+  selfShard.createGameAccount,
+)
 
 // ── In-game staff operations (uo-link write plane + support queue) ─────
 // Privileged live-shard actions and the help-page queue, open to moderators as
@@ -287,6 +303,16 @@ adminRouter.get(
   modAccess,
   shardOps.listAudit,
 )
+adminRouter.get(
+  '/shard/houses',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Admin · Shard']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'Full house registry — owner, price, decay (admin/moderator)'
+  // #swagger.description = 'The complete house registry. The public endpoint shows only IDOC houses with location; this staff view carries owner/price/co-owner/decay detail.'
+  // #swagger.security = [{ "cookieAuth": [] }, { "bearerAuth": [] }]
+  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Houses, ordered by name', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "array", items: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/ShardHouse" } } } } } */
+  modAccess,
+  shardOps.listHouses,
+)
 
 // ── Image uploads (screenshots/gallery) ───────────────────────────────
 const UPLOAD_DIR =
@@ -1255,6 +1281,73 @@ adminRouter.get(
   validate,
   usersShard.getOnline,
 )
+adminRouter.get(
+  '/users/:id/shard/standing',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Admin · Users']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'A user’s shard standing — governorships held and guilds led (admin only)'
+  // #swagger.security = [{ "cookieAuth": [] }, { "bearerAuth": [] }]
+  // #swagger.parameters['id'] = { in: 'path', required: true, schema: { type: 'integer' }, description: 'User id.' }
+  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Standing { governorOf, guildsLed }', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "object", additionalProperties: true } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[404] = { description: 'Not found', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
+  param('id').isInt(),
+  validate,
+  usersShard.getStanding,
+)
+adminRouter.delete(
+  '/users/:id/shard/link/:account',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Admin · Users']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'Unlink a game account from this user (admin only)'
+  // #swagger.description = 'Severs a game account’s tie to the website user from the site side (sidecar DELETE /link/{account}) and drops the local mirror. actor is stamped from the session.'
+  // #swagger.security = [{ "cookieAuth": [] }, { "bearerAuth": [] }]
+  // #swagger.parameters['id'] = { in: 'path', required: true, schema: { type: 'integer' }, description: 'User id.' }
+  // #swagger.parameters['account'] = { in: 'path', required: true, schema: { type: 'string' }, description: 'Game account to unlink.' }
+  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Unlinked', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "object", properties: { account: { type: "string" }, unlinked: { type: "boolean" } } } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[403] = { description: 'Protected staff account (refused by shard)', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[404] = { description: 'Not linked', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
+  adminOnly,
+  param('id').isInt(),
+  param('account').matches(SHARD_ACCOUNT_RE),
+  validate,
+  usersShard.unlinkAccount,
+)
+
+// ── Email invites (admin only) ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+adminRouter.post(
+  '/invites',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Admin · Invites']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'Create and email an account invite at a chosen access level'
+  // #swagger.security = [{ "cookieAuth": [] }, { "bearerAuth": [] }]
+  /* #swagger.requestBody = { required: true, content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "object", required: ["email","role"], properties: { email: { type: "string" }, role: { type: "string" } } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[201] = { description: 'Invite created', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "object", additionalProperties: true } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[400] = { description: 'Validation error', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/ValidationError" } } } } */
+  adminOnly,
+  body('email').isEmail().isLength({ max: 255 }),
+  body('role').isIn(['admin', 'editor', 'moderator', 'player']),
+  validate,
+  invites.create,
+)
+adminRouter.get(
+  '/invites',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Admin · Invites']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'List recent invites (no tokens)'
+  // #swagger.security = [{ "cookieAuth": [] }, { "bearerAuth": [] }]
+  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Invites, newest first', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "array", items: { type: "object", additionalProperties: true } } } } } */
+  adminOnly,
+  invites.list,
+)
+adminRouter.delete(
+  '/invites/:id',
+  // #swagger.tags = ['Admin · Invites']
+  // #swagger.summary = 'Revoke a pending invite'
+  // #swagger.security = [{ "cookieAuth": [] }, { "bearerAuth": [] }]
+  // #swagger.parameters['id'] = { in: 'path', required: true, schema: { type: 'integer' }, description: 'Invite id.' }
+  /* #swagger.responses[200] = { description: 'Revoked', content: { "application/json": { schema: { type: "object", additionalProperties: true } } } } */
+  /* #swagger.responses[404] = { description: 'No pending invite to revoke', content: { "application/json": { schema: { $ref: "#/components/schemas/Error" } } } } */
+  adminOnly,
+  param('id').isInt(),
+  validate,
+  invites.revoke,
+)
 
 // ── uo-link sidecar control (admin only) ──────────────────────────────────
 // Connection config (base/ws URL + token + protocol + enabled) and the town

server/src/router/v1/admin/invites.controller.js

@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+// ── Admin: email invites ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
+//
+// Admin-only. A staff member invites someone by email at a pre-chosen access
+// level; the invitee accepts via a tokened link (auth/invite.controller) which
+// creates their website user at that role. The plaintext token exists only in the
+// emailed link and in the create response (so the admin can copy the link if email
+// isn't configured); the DB stores only its hash.
+
+const invites = require('../../../model/invites/invites.model')
+const activity = require('../../../model/activity/activity.model')
+const mailer = require('../../../utils/mailer')
+
+const log = require('../../../utils/logger')('admin-invites')
+
+const ROLES = ['admin', 'editor', 'moderator', 'player']
+
+function baseUrl() {
+  return (process.env.APP_BASE_URL || 'http://localhost:5173').replace(/\/+$/, '')
+}
+
+function acceptUrl(token) {
+  return `${baseUrl()}/invite/${token}`
+}
+
+// POST /admin/invites — create an invite. Optionally email it (sendEmail, default
+// true); the copyable accept link is ALWAYS returned so the admin can hand it over
+// directly. The token is single-use + expiring and the caller is the authenticated
+// admin who made it, so echoing the link back to them is safe.
+async function create(req, res) {
+  const email = String(req.body.email || '').trim()
+  const role = req.body.role
+  const sendEmail = req.body.sendEmail !== false // default true
+  if (!email || !ROLES.includes(role)) {
+    return res.status(400).json({ message: 'A valid email and role are required.' })
+  }
+  try {
+    const { invite, token } = await invites.create({ email, role, invitedBy: req.user.id })
+    const url = acceptUrl(token)
+
+    // Send the email only if asked. A send failure doesn't delete the invite — the
+    // link is still returned so the admin can share it manually.
+    let emailed = false
+    let emailError = null
+    if (sendEmail) {
+      try {
+        const result = await mailer.sendInvite({ to: email, acceptUrl: url, role, invitedByName: req.user.username })
+        emailed = Boolean(result.sent)
+        if (!result.sent && result.reason === 'NOT_CONFIGURED') emailError = 'email is not configured'
+      } catch (err) {
+        emailError = err.message
+        log.warn('invite email failed (invite still created)', { id: invite.id, message: err.message })
+      }
+    }
+
+    await activity.log({ req, userId: req.user.id, action: 'invite.create', detail: { email, role, emailed } })
+    log.info('invite created', { id: invite.id, email, role, emailed, by: req.user.username })
+
+    // acceptUrl is always returned (copyable link); emailed says whether it also went out.
+    return res.status(201).json({ invite, emailed, acceptUrl: url, emailError })
+  } catch (err) {
+    log.error('create invite', err)
+    return res.status(500).json({ message: 'Internal Server Error' })
+  }
+}
+
+// GET /admin/invites — recent invites (no tokens).
+async function list(req, res) {
+  try {
+    return res.json(await invites.list(req.query.limit))
+  } catch (err) {
+    log.error('list invites', err)
+    return res.status(500).json({ message: 'Internal Server Error' })
+  }
+}
+
+// DELETE /admin/invites/:id — revoke a pending invite.
+async function revoke(req, res) {
+  const id = Number(req.params.id)
+  try {
+    const changed = await invites.revoke(id)
+    if (!changed) return res.status(404).json({ message: 'No pending invite to revoke.' })
+    await activity.log({ req, userId: req.user.id, action: 'invite.revoke', detail: { id } })
+    return res.json({ id, revoked: true })
+  } catch (err) {
+    log.error('revoke invite', err)
+    return res.status(500).json({ message: 'Internal Server Error' })
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = { create, list, revoke }

server/src/router/v1/admin/shardOps.controller.js

@@ -155,4 +155,17 @@ async function listAudit(req, res) {
   }
 }
 
-module.exports = { kick, ban, unban, broadcast, listPages, respondPage, closePage, listAudit }
+// GET /admin/shard/houses — the FULL house registry (owner, price, co-owners,
+// decay), staff-only (modAccess). The public /public/shard/houses shows only IDOC
+// houses with location; this is the complete board, kept live for staff on the
+// admin SSE channel (house.update / house.remove).
+async function listHouses(req, res) {
+  try {
+    return res.json(await shardState.listHouses())
+  } catch (err) {
+    log.error('shardOps.listHouses', err)
+    return res.status(500).json({ message: 'Internal Server Error' })
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = { kick, ban, unban, broadcast, listPages, respondPage, closePage, listAudit, listHouses }

server/src/router/v1/admin/usersShard.controller.js

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 const users = require('../../../model/users/users.model')
 const shardLinks = require('../../../model/shardLinks/shardLinks.model')
 const shardState = require('../../../model/shardState/shardState.model')
+const uoLinkClient = require('../../../utils/uoLinkClient')
+const activity = require('../../../model/activity/activity.model')
 const { salesForAccounts } = require('../../../utils/shardSales')
 
 const log = require('../../../utils/logger')('admin-user-shard')
@@ -83,4 +85,58 @@ async function getOnline(req, res) {
   }
 }
 
-module.exports = { getUser, listAccounts, getSales, getHouses, getOnline }
+// GET /admin/users/:id/shard/standing — the user's shard "standing" cross-links:
+// city governorships they currently hold and guilds they lead. Both are reliable
+// current-state lookups on the user's linked accounts.
+async function getStanding(req, res) {
+  try {
+    const ctx = await accountsForUser(Number(req.params.id))
+    if (!ctx) return res.status(404).json({ message: 'Not found' })
+    const [governorOf, guildsLed] = await Promise.all([
+      shardState.listGovernorshipsForAccounts(ctx.accounts),
+      shardState.listGuildsLedForAccounts(ctx.accounts),
+    ])
+    return res.json({ governorOf, guildsLed })
+  } catch (err) {
+    log.error('getStanding', err)
+    return res.status(500).json({ message: 'Internal Server Error' })
+  }
+}
+
+// DELETE /admin/users/:id/shard/link/:account — unlink a game account from this
+// user, site-side. `actor` is stamped from the session (never the browser). On
+// success the sidecar clears the WebsiteUserId tag on the shard and we drop the
+// local mirror so attribution stops immediately.
+async function unlinkAccount(req, res) {
+  const { account } = req.params
+  try {
+    const ctx = await accountsForUser(Number(req.params.id))
+    if (!ctx) return res.status(404).json({ message: 'Not found' })
+    // Only unlink an account actually linked to THIS user (avoid cross-user unlink).
+    if (!ctx.accounts.includes(account)) {
+      return res.status(404).json({ message: 'That account is not linked to this user.' })
+    }
+    const result = await uoLinkClient.unlinkAccount({ actor: req.user.username, account })
+    if (result.ok) {
+      await shardLinks.removeByAccount(account)
+      await activity.log({ req, userId: ctx.user.id, action: 'shard.account.unlink', detail: { account } })
+      log.info('game account unlinked', { account, userId: ctx.user.id, actor: req.user.username })
+      return res.json({ account, unlinked: true })
+    }
+    if (result.status === 403) return res.status(403).json({ message: 'That account is protected and cannot be unlinked.' })
+    if (result.status === 404) {
+      // Not linked on the shard — reconcile our mirror anyway so the two agree.
+      await shardLinks.removeByAccount(account)
+      return res.status(404).json({ message: 'That account is not linked.' })
+    }
+    if (result.status === 503 || result.status === 0) {
+      return res.status(503).json({ message: 'The game server is unavailable — try again shortly.' })
+    }
+    return res.status(502).json({ message: 'Could not reach the shard to unlink the account.' })
+  } catch (err) {
+    log.error('unlinkAccount', err)
+    return res.status(500).json({ message: 'Internal Server Error' })
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = { getUser, listAccounts, getSales, getHouses, getOnline, getStanding, unlinkAccount }

server/src/router/v1/auth/auth.controller.js

@@ -188,4 +188,4 @@ async function me(req, res) {
   }
 }
 
-module.exports = { login, register, loginTotp, logout, me, needsTotp, HONEYPOT_FIELD }
+module.exports = { login, register, loginTotp, logout, me, needsTotp, issueSession, HONEYPOT_FIELD }

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

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 const express = require('express')
-const { body } = require('express-validator')
+const { body, param } = require('express-validator')
 
 const { login, register, loginTotp, logout, me, HONEYPOT_FIELD } = require('./auth.controller')
+const { getInvite, acceptInvite } = require('./invite.controller')
 const { isLoggedIn } = require('../../../utils/auth')
 const { attachSession } = require('../../../auth/session.middleware')
 const { loginLimiter, registerLimiter } = require('../../../middleware/rateLimit')
@@ -87,6 +88,38 @@ authRouter.post(
   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,
+)
+
 authRouter.post(
   '/logout',
   // #swagger.tags = ['Auth']

server/src/router/v1/auth/invite.controller.js

@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+// ── Invite acceptance (public, token-gated) ────────────────────────────────
+//
+// The other end of the admin email-invite flow (admin/invites.controller). An
+// invitee opens the tokened link, sees their pre-assigned email + role, and sets
+// a username + password. Accepting creates their website user AT THE PRESET ROLE
+// (bypassing the player_registration gate — the invite is its own authority) and
+// logs them straight in. The optional "create game account" step afterwards reuses
+// POST /player/shard/account (players only), so it isn't handled here.
+
+const invites = require('../../../model/invites/invites.model')
+const users = require('../../../model/users/users.model')
+const activity = require('../../../model/activity/activity.model')
+const usernamePolicy = require('../../../auth/usernamePolicy')
+const { issueSession, HONEYPOT_FIELD } = require('./auth.controller')
+
+const log = require('../../../utils/logger')('auth-invite')
+
+// GET /auth/invite/:token — validate an invite and return what the accept form
+// needs (email + role). 404 for anything not currently acceptable so we never
+// distinguish "expired" from "revoked" from "never existed".
+async function getInvite(req, res) {
+  try {
+    const row = await invites.findValidByToken(req.params.token)
+    if (!row) return res.status(404).json({ message: 'This invitation is invalid or has expired.' })
+    return res.json(invites.publicView(row))
+  } catch (err) {
+    log.error('getInvite', err)
+    return res.status(500).json({ message: 'Internal Server Error' })
+  }
+}
+
+// POST /auth/invite/:token/accept — create the user at the invite's role and log
+// them in. Honeypot + validation mirror register; the invite replaces the
+// registration-mode gate.
+async function acceptInvite(req, res) {
+  // Honeypot: a filled hidden field means a bot.
+  if (req.body[HONEYPOT_FIELD]) {
+    log.warn('honeypot invite-accept hit', { ip: req.ip })
+    return res.status(400).json({ message: 'Registration failed.' })
+  }
+  try {
+    const row = await invites.findValidByToken(req.params.token)
+    if (!row) return res.status(404).json({ message: 'This invitation is invalid or has expired.' })
+
+    const check = usernamePolicy.validateUsername(req.body.username)
+    if (!check.ok) return res.status(400).json({ message: check.message })
+
+    let user
+    try {
+      user = await users.createUser({
+        username: check.name,
+        password: req.body.password,
+        email: row.email,
+        role: row.role,
+        emailVerified: true, // they proved control of the address by using the link
+      })
+    } catch (err) {
+      if (users.isDuplicateUsername(err)) {
+        return res.status(409).json({ message: 'That username is already taken.' })
+      }
+      throw err
+    }
+
+    // Consume the invite atomically. If we lost a double-accept race, roll back the
+    // user we just created so a spent invite never yields two accounts.
+    const won = await invites.accept(row.id, user.id)
+    if (!won) {
+      await users.remove(user.id).catch(() => {})
+      return res.status(409).json({ message: 'This invitation has already been used.' })
+    }
+
+    await activity.log({ req, userId: user.id, action: 'invite.accept', detail: { inviteId: row.id, role: row.role } })
+    log.info('invite accepted', { inviteId: row.id, userId: user.id, role: row.role, ip: req.ip })
+    // New accounts never have TOTP yet — log straight in.
+    return issueSession(req, res, user, 'local')
+  } catch (err) {
+    log.error('acceptInvite', err)
+    return res.status(500).json({ message: 'Internal Server Error' })
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = { getInvite, acceptInvite }

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

@@ -148,6 +148,25 @@ playerRouter.post(
   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']
@@ -203,5 +222,14 @@ playerRouter.get(
   /* #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,
+)
 
 module.exports = playerRouter

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

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 
 const uoLinkClient = require('../../../utils/uoLinkClient')
 const shardLinks = require('../../../model/shardLinks/shardLinks.model')
+const shardState = require('../../../model/shardState/shardState.model')
+const settings = require('../../../model/settings/settings.model')
 const { salesForAccounts } = require('../../../utils/shardSales')
 const activity = require('../../../model/activity/activity.model')
 
@@ -16,6 +18,24 @@ const log = require('../../../utils/logger')('player-shard')
 
 const SERIAL_RE = /^0x[0-9a-fA-F]+$/
 
+// Decorate a char.profile with cross-links from our own board data: the guild the
+// character leads and any city governorship on its account. Best-effort — a
+// failure here never fails the profile (it's a nicety, not the sheet).
+async function enrichCharProfile(profile) {
+  if (!profile) return profile
+  try {
+    const guild = await shardState.findGuildForActor({ serial: profile.serial, acct: profile.acct })
+    if (guild) profile.guild = guild
+    if (profile.acct) {
+      const govs = await shardState.listGovernorshipsForAccounts([profile.acct])
+      if (govs.length) profile.governorOf = govs.map((g) => g.city)
+    }
+  } catch (err) {
+    log.warn('enrichCharProfile failed', { serial: profile.serial, message: err.message })
+  }
+  return profile
+}
+
 // POST /player/shard/link — confirm an in-game link code.
 async function link(req, res) {
   const { code } = req.body
@@ -102,7 +122,7 @@ async function getChar(req, res) {
         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)
+      return res.json(await enrichCharProfile(result.data))
     }
     if (result.status === 404) return res.status(404).json({ message: 'Character not found.' })
     if (result.status === 503 || result.status === 0) {
@@ -128,4 +148,72 @@ async function getSales(req, res) {
   }
 }
 
-module.exports = { link, listAccounts, roster, vendors, getChar, getSales }
+// GET /player/shard/houses — the caller's OWN houses (home status), scoped to
+// their linked accounts. A player sees their own decay/IDOC standing; never
+// anyone else's. Full detail is fine here — it's their property.
+async function getHouses(req, res) {
+  try {
+    const links = await shardLinks.listForUser(req.user.id)
+    const accounts = links.map((l) => l.account)
+    return res.json(await shardState.listHousesForAccounts(accounts))
+  } catch (err) {
+    log.error('player.shard.getHouses', err)
+    return res.status(500).json({ message: 'Internal Server Error' })
+  }
+}
+
+// Map a failed uoLinkClient.createAccount result to a user-facing HTTP response.
+// The password is never echoed anywhere; only the mapped reason is returned.
+function mapCreateAccountError(res, result) {
+  const reason = (result.data && result.data.reason) || ''
+  switch (result.status) {
+    case 409:
+      return res.status(409).json({ message: 'That account name is already taken.' })
+    case 429:
+      return res.status(429).json({ message: 'The account limit for your network has been reached.' })
+    case 403:
+      return res.status(403).json({ message: 'Game-account signups are not available on this shard right now.' })
+    case 400:
+      return res.status(400).json({ message: reason || 'The account name or password was not accepted.' })
+    case 503:
+    case 0:
+      return res.status(503).json({ message: 'The game server is unavailable — try again shortly.' })
+    default:
+      return res.status(502).json({ message: 'Could not reach the shard to create the account.' })
+  }
+}
+
+// POST /player/shard/account — provision a GAME account for the signed-in website
+// user and auto-link it (Protocol 2.0 hybrid). Used by self-serve signup and the
+// invite-accept "create game account" step alike (both act as the signed-in user).
+// actor + websiteUserId are stamped from the session; the browser IP (req.ip,
+// trust-proxy configured) is forwarded for the shard's per-IP cap; the password is
+// never logged. Gated by the game_account_signup setting AND the shard's own mode.
+async function createGameAccount(req, res) {
+  const { account, password } = req.body
+  try {
+    if (!(await settings.isGameAccountSignupEnabled())) {
+      return res.status(403).json({ message: 'Game-account signup is not available right now.' })
+    }
+    const result = await uoLinkClient.createAccount({
+      actor: req.user.username,
+      account,
+      password,
+      websiteUserId: req.user.id,
+      ip: req.ip,
+    })
+    if (result.ok) {
+      // Mirror the link locally so the portal lists the account immediately.
+      await shardLinks.link({ account, userId: req.user.id })
+      await activity.log({ req, userId: req.user.id, action: 'shard.account.create', detail: { account } })
+      log.info('game account created', { account, userId: req.user.id, ip: req.ip })
+      return res.status(201).json({ account, linked: true })
+    }
+    return mapCreateAccountError(res, result)
+  } catch (err) {
+    log.error('player.shard.createGameAccount', err)
+    return res.status(500).json({ message: 'Internal Server Error' })
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = { link, listAccounts, roster, vendors, getChar, getSales, getHouses, createGameAccount }

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

@@ -184,6 +184,50 @@ publicRouter.get(
   /* #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']

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

@@ -104,9 +104,90 @@ async function getChamps(req, res) {
   }
 }
 
+// GET /public/shard/guilds — the current guild board. Served from our store;
+// live via guild.update / guild.remove / guild.join on the public SSE stream.
+async function getGuilds(req, res) {
+  try {
+    return res.json(await shardState.listGuilds())
+  } catch (err) {
+    log.error('shard.getGuilds', err)
+    return res.status(500).json({ message: 'Internal Server Error' })
+  }
+}
+
+// GET /public/shard/governors — the current town-governor board (empty on shards
+// without City Loyalty). Live via city.update on the public SSE stream.
+async function getGovernors(req, res) {
+  try {
+    return res.json(await shardState.listGovernors())
+  } catch (err) {
+    log.error('shard.getGovernors', err)
+    return res.status(500).json({ message: 'Internal Server Error' })
+  }
+}
+
+// GET /public/shard/governors/:city/history — the term ledger for one city
+// (look-back: "who were all the governors of Britain?"), newest first.
+async function getGovernorHistory(req, res) {
+  try {
+    return res.json(await shardState.listGovernorHistory(req.params.city, req.query.limit))
+  } catch (err) {
+    log.error('shard.getGovernorHistory', err)
+    return res.status(500).json({ message: 'Internal Server Error' })
+  }
+}
+
+// GET /public/shard/presence — the online-population aggregate (count + per-facet
+// + per-region). Live via presence.online on the public SSE stream.
+async function getPresence(req, res) {
+  try {
+    return res.json(await shardState.latestPresence())
+  } catch (err) {
+    log.error('shard.getPresence', err)
+    return res.status(500).json({ message: 'Internal Server Error' })
+  }
+}
+
+// GET /public/shard/houses — PUBLIC view: only houses in danger (IDOC), and only
+// their location (name + region + map/coords). Owner, price, co-owners and decay
+// detail are staff-only (see admin GET /admin/shard/houses). Live via house.decay
+// on the public SSE stream. This is the "where are the falling houses" board.
+async function getHouses(req, res) {
+  try {
+    const idoc = await shardState.listIdoc()
+    const publicHouses = idoc.map((h) => ({
+      serial: h.serial,
+      name: h.name,
+      region: h.region,
+      map: h.map,
+      x: h.x,
+      y: h.y,
+      z: h.z,
+      isIdoc: true,
+    }))
+    return res.json(publicHouses)
+  } catch (err) {
+    log.error('shard.getHouses', 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, getChamps, stream }
+module.exports = {
+  getStatus,
+  getFeed,
+  getEconomy,
+  getOnline,
+  getIdoc,
+  getChamps,
+  getGuilds,
+  getGovernors,
+  getGovernorHistory,
+  getPresence,
+  getHouses,
+  stream,
+}

server/src/utils/mailer.js

@@ -122,4 +122,36 @@ async function sendTest(to) {
   }
 }
 
-module.exports = { isConfigured, sendContactMessage, sendTest }
+/**
+ * Send an account invite. `to` is the invitee's email, `acceptUrl` the tokened
+ * accept link, `role` their assigned access level, `invitedByName` optional. If
+ * email is not configured, returns { sent: false, reason: 'NOT_CONFIGURED' } so
+ * the caller can surface the accept link for the admin to share manually rather
+ * than throwing. Throws only on an actual send failure.
+ */
+async function sendInvite({ to, acceptUrl, role, invitedByName }) {
+  const built = await buildTransport()
+  if (!built) return { sent: false, reason: 'NOT_CONFIGURED' }
+  const { transport, config } = built
+  const roleLabel = role && role !== 'player' ? ` as ${role}` : ''
+  const by = invitedByName ? ` by ${invitedByName}` : ''
+  try {
+    await transport.sendMail({
+      from: fromHeader(config),
+      to,
+      subject: 'Your UOMysticmoon invitation',
+      text:
+        `You have been invited${by} to join UOMysticmoon${roleLabel}.\n\n` +
+        `Accept your invitation and set up your account here:\n${acceptUrl}\n\n` +
+        `This link is single-use and will expire. If you weren't expecting this, you can ignore it.`,
+    })
+    await emailConfig.recordStatus({ status: 'connected', statusDetail: 'Invite send OK', lastVerifiedAt: new Date() })
+    return { sent: true }
+  } catch (err) {
+    log.error('invite send failed', err)
+    await emailConfig.recordStatus({ status: 'error', statusDetail: err.message })
+    throw err
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = { isConfigured, sendContactMessage, sendTest, sendInvite }

server/src/utils/newsGump.js

@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+// ── Town Cryer News gump sync (Protocol 2.1) ───────────────────────────────
+//
+// Keeps the in-game Town Cryer *News* gump in sync with the site's published
+// news posts. Distinct from the scrolling town-crier lines (that's a one-shot
+// announce leg in announceWorker); this is a STATE SYNC — an article stays in the
+// gump while its post is published news, and is pulled when the post is
+// unpublished/deleted/re-categorised.
+//
+// The website is the source of truth. POST /news is idempotent (re-post replaces),
+// so a refresh or a reconnect re-assert is safe. Every call is best-effort and
+// never throws — a sidecar/shard hiccup must never break saving or deleting a
+// post. Reliability comes from reassertAll() on every WS (re)connect
+// (uoLinkSocket.backfill), which re-pushes the current published set silently and
+// closes the gap if an earlier live push failed.
+
+const posts = require('../model/posts/posts.model')
+const uoLinkClient = require('./uoLinkClient')
+const settings = require('../model/settings/settings.model')
+const { deriveExcerpt } = require('./sanitizeHtml')
+const log = require('./logger')('news-gump')
+
+const MAX_TITLE = 120
+const MAX_BODY = 900
+
+function baseUrl() {
+  return (process.env.APP_BASE_URL || 'http://localhost:5173').replace(/\/+$/, '')
+}
+
+function clamp(value, max) {
+  const s = String(value == null ? '' : value).replace(/\s+/g, ' ').trim()
+  return s.length <= max ? s : `${s.slice(0, max - 1).trimEnd()}…`
+}
+
+// A post belongs in the gump exactly when it is published AND in the news category.
+function inGump(post) {
+  return Boolean(post && post.published && post.category === 'news')
+}
+
+// Optional UO gump image id for news articles (a shard art id), from the
+// `news_gump_image` setting. Omitted → the sidecar uses a neutral scroll.
+async function gumpImage() {
+  try {
+    const raw = await settings.get('news_gump_image')
+    const n = Number(raw)
+    return Number.isInteger(n) && n > 0 ? n : undefined
+  } catch {
+    return undefined
+  }
+}
+
+// Build the in-game News article from a post. Body is a compact gump-HTML block
+// (title centred + a plain-text excerpt) rather than the post's full rich HTML —
+// the UO gump only supports a small HTML subset, so we keep it predictable. The
+// "more info" URL is the public news list (news posts have no per-post route).
+async function buildArticle(post, { announce = true } = {}) {
+  const title = clamp(post.title, MAX_TITLE)
+  const excerpt = clamp(post.excerpt || deriveExcerpt(post.body, MAX_BODY) || '', MAX_BODY)
+  const body = excerpt ? `<CENTER>${title}</CENTER><BR><BR>${excerpt}` : `<CENTER>${title}</CENTER>`
+  return {
+    id: String(post.id),
+    title,
+    body,
+    image: await gumpImage(),
+    url: `${baseUrl()}/site/news`,
+    announce,
+  }
+}
+
+// Push a post to the gump (only if it belongs there). announce=true has the criers
+// proclaim the title; false is a silent refresh/re-assert.
+async function pushPost(post, { announce = true } = {}) {
+  if (!inGump(post)) return { ok: false, skipped: true }
+  const res = await uoLinkClient.postNews(await buildArticle(post, { announce }))
+  if (!res.ok) log.warn('news gump push failed', { id: post.id, status: res.status, error: res.error })
+  return res
+}
+
+// Remove a post from the gump. A 404 (not present) is not an error worth noting.
+async function removePost(id) {
+  const res = await uoLinkClient.deleteNews(String(id))
+  if (!res.ok && res.status !== 404) {
+    log.warn('news gump remove failed', { id, status: res.status, error: res.error })
+  }
+  return res
+}
+
+// Reconcile the gump after a post create/update/publish. `transition`
+// ({ wasPublished, wasNews }) tells a fresh publish (announce) from an in-place
+// edit (silent refresh) and catches a post leaving published-news (pull it).
+async function syncPost(post, transition = {}) {
+  try {
+    if (inGump(post)) {
+      const wasInGump = Boolean(transition.wasPublished && transition.wasNews)
+      await pushPost(post, { announce: !wasInGump })
+    } else if (transition.wasPublished && transition.wasNews) {
+      await removePost(post.id)
+    }
+  } catch (err) {
+    log.warn('news gump sync failed', { id: post && post.id, message: err.message })
+  }
+}
+
+// Re-push every currently-published news post, silently — run on each WS
+// (re)connect to reconcile the gump to our source of truth (also recovers any
+// article whose original live push failed). Best-effort; never throws.
+async function reassertAll() {
+  try {
+    const list = await posts.listAll('news')
+    const published = (list || []).filter((p) => p.published)
+    let pushed = 0
+    for (const p of published) {
+      const full = await posts.getById(p.id) // list projection may omit the body
+      if (full) {
+        await pushPost(full, { announce: false })
+        pushed += 1
+      }
+    }
+    if (pushed) log.info('re-asserted news gump articles', { count: pushed })
+  } catch (err) {
+    log.warn('news gump reassert failed', { message: err.message })
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = { inGump, buildArticle, pushPost, removePost, syncPost, reassertAll }

server/src/utils/shardBroadcast.js

@@ -36,6 +36,17 @@ const PUBLIC_KINDS = new Set([
   // Champion-spawn board deltas — the public Champions page renders these live.
   'champ.update',
   'champ.remove',
+  // Protocol 2.0 boards — public, rendered live on their respective pages.
+  'guild.update',
+  'guild.remove',
+  'guild.join',
+  'city.update',
+  'presence.online',
+  'region.enter',
+  // NOTE: house.update / house.remove (the full registry — owner, price, co-owners)
+  // are deliberately NOT public. The public Houses page shows only IDOC houses (via
+  // house.decay, which is public above) with location only; the full registry is
+  // staff-only and rides the admin SSE channel. See public/shard.controller getHouses.
 ])
 
 // Open response streams per channel.

server/src/utils/shardIngest.js

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 const shardEventsModel = require('../model/shardEvents/shardEvents.model')
 const shardStateModel = require('../model/shardState/shardState.model')
+const shardLinksModel = require('../model/shardLinks/shardLinks.model')
 const uoLinkConfigModel = require('../model/uoLinkConfig/uoLinkConfig.model')
 const broadcaster = require('./shardBroadcast')
 const defaultLog = require('./logger')('shard-ingest')
@@ -39,6 +40,11 @@ const LOGGED_KINDS = new Set([
   'server.hello',
   'server.shutdown',
   'server.crashed',
+  // Protocol 2.0: a real-time guild join (the board itself is state, not logged).
+  'guild.join',
+  // Protocol 2.0 provisioning audit (admin channel only — not in PUBLIC_KINDS).
+  'account.audit',
+  'account.unlinked',
 ])
 
 // Tracks the current shard boot id so a restart (changed bootId on server.hello)
@@ -146,6 +152,32 @@ async function applyStateChange(event, deps) {
     case 'page.closed':
       await shardState.removePage(event.pageId)
       return
+    // ── Protocol 2.0 boards ──────────────────────────────────────────────
+    case 'guild.update':
+      await shardState.upsertGuild(event)
+      return
+    case 'guild.remove':
+      await shardState.removeGuild(event.id)
+      return
+    case 'city.update':
+      // Upserts the board AND captures term history (idempotent).
+      await shardState.upsertGovernor(event)
+      return
+    case 'presence.online':
+      await shardState.setPresence(event)
+      return
+    case 'house.update':
+      await shardState.upsertHouseRegistry(event)
+      return
+    case 'house.remove':
+      await shardState.removeHouse(event.serial)
+      return
+    case 'account.unlinked':
+      // A player ran [unlink in game (or a site-side unlink echoed back) — drop
+      // our local link mirror so attribution stops immediately.
+      if (event.account) await deps.shardLinks.removeByAccount(event.account)
+      return
+    // guild.join / account.audit → logged; region.enter → broadcast-only.
     default:
       // No state side effect (e.g. vendor.sale, audit.*, cheat.*) — logging and
       // broadcasting still happen in ingest().
@@ -159,6 +191,7 @@ async function ingest(event, deps = {}) {
   const d = {
     shardEvents: deps.shardEvents || shardEventsModel,
     shardState: deps.shardState || shardStateModel,
+    shardLinks: deps.shardLinks || shardLinksModel,
     uoLinkConfig: deps.uoLinkConfig || uoLinkConfigModel,
     broadcast: deps.broadcast || broadcaster.broadcast,
     log: deps.log || defaultLog,

server/src/utils/uoLinkClient.js

@@ -104,15 +104,41 @@ const getEconomy = (limit = 100) => call(`/economy?limit=${encodeURIComponent(li
 // our own store thereafter.
 const getChamps = () => call('/champs')
 const getPages = () => call('/pages')
+// Protocol 2.0 board projections — same snapshot-on-connect pattern.
+const getGuilds = () => call('/guilds')
+const getGovernors = () => call('/governors')
+const getHouses = () => call('/houses')
+const getPresence = () => call('/online') // aggregate population (count + byFacet/byRegion)
 
 // ── Commands ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 const confirmLink = (code, websiteUserId) =>
   call('/link/confirm', { method: 'POST', body: { code, websiteUserId: String(websiteUserId) } })
 const linkLookup = (account) => call(`/link/${encodeURIComponent(account)}`)
+
+// Account provisioning (Protocol 2.0). createAccount provisions a game account and
+// auto-links it to the website user in one step; `ip` is the END USER's browser IP
+// (read from the request), which the shard needs for its per-IP account cap — the
+// sidecar only sees our server. The password is hashed on the shard and never
+// appears in any reply/event/log. unlinkAccount severs a game account's tie from
+// the site side. `actor` is the staff/website id, recorded in the shard audit.
+const createAccount = ({ actor, account, password, websiteUserId, ip }) =>
+  call('/accounts/create', {
+    method: 'POST',
+    body: { actor, account, password, websiteUserId: websiteUserId == null ? undefined : String(websiteUserId), ip },
+  })
+const unlinkAccount = ({ actor, account }) =>
+  call(`/link/${encodeURIComponent(account)}`, { method: 'DELETE', body: { actor } })
 const postTownCrier = ({ id, lines, durationSec }) =>
   call('/towncrier', { method: 'POST', body: { id, lines, durationSec } })
 const deleteTownCrier = (id) => call(`/towncrier/${encodeURIComponent(id)}`, { method: 'DELETE' })
 
+// Town Cryer News gump (Protocol 2.1). A full article (title/HTML body/image/URL)
+// in the in-game News window; re-posting the same id REPLACES it. `announce`
+// (default true on the sidecar) controls whether the criers proclaim the title.
+const postNews = ({ id, title, body, image, url, announce }) =>
+  call('/news', { method: 'POST', body: { id: String(id), title, body, image, url, announce } })
+const deleteNews = (id) => call(`/news/${encodeURIComponent(id)}`, { method: 'DELETE' })
+
 // ── Staff write plane (§6) ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
 // Every call carries `actor` — the website username of the staff member — set by
 // the controller from the session, NEVER from the browser. The shard records it
@@ -142,10 +168,18 @@ module.exports = {
   getEconomy,
   getChamps,
   getPages,
+  getGuilds,
+  getGovernors,
+  getHouses,
+  getPresence,
   confirmLink,
   linkLookup,
+  createAccount,
+  unlinkAccount,
   postTownCrier,
   deleteTownCrier,
+  postNews,
+  deleteNews,
   adminKick,
   adminBan,
   adminUnban,

server/src/utils/uoLinkSocket.js

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ const uoLinkConfig = require('../model/uoLinkConfig/uoLinkConfig.model')
 const uoLinkClient = require('./uoLinkClient')
 const shardIngest = require('./shardIngest')
 const shardState = require('../model/shardState/shardState.model')
+const newsGump = require('./newsGump')
 const log = require('./logger')('uo-link-socket')
 
 const BACKOFF_MIN_MS = 1000
@@ -75,6 +76,39 @@ async function backfill() {
       await shardState.replacePages(pages.data.pages)
       log.info('snapshotted help-page queue from /pages', { count: pages.data.pages.length })
     }
+
+    // ── Protocol 2.0 boards ──────────────────────────────────────────────
+    // Same as champs/pages: snapshot the authoritative current state and
+    // reconcile our tables to it. Each call is independently guarded so a
+    // failed/absent board (e.g. no City Loyalty → empty /governors) never wipes
+    // another. Governors are NOT cleared before upsert (cities are fixed and the
+    // term-capture is idempotent, so a reconnect can't spawn spurious terms).
+    const guilds = await uoLinkClient.getGuilds()
+    if (guilds.ok && guilds.data && Array.isArray(guilds.data.guilds)) {
+      await shardState.replaceGuilds(guilds.data.guilds)
+      log.info('snapshotted guild board from /guilds', { count: guilds.data.guilds.length })
+    }
+    const governors = await uoLinkClient.getGovernors()
+    if (governors.ok && governors.data && Array.isArray(governors.data.cities)) {
+      await shardState.replaceGovernors(governors.data.cities)
+      log.info('snapshotted governor board from /governors', { count: governors.data.cities.length })
+    }
+    const houses = await uoLinkClient.getHouses()
+    if (houses.ok && houses.data && Array.isArray(houses.data.houses)) {
+      for (const ev of houses.data.houses) await shardIngest.ingest(ev, { fromBackfill: true })
+      log.info('snapshotted house registry from /houses', { count: houses.data.houses.length })
+    }
+    const presence = await uoLinkClient.getPresence()
+    if (presence.ok && presence.data && typeof presence.data.count === 'number') {
+      await shardState.setPresence(presence.data)
+      log.info('snapshotted online population from /online', { count: presence.data.count })
+    }
+
+    // Re-assert our published news into the in-game Town Cryer News gump. The
+    // website is the source of truth; this reconciles the gump on every
+    // (re)connect (and recovers any article whose original live push failed).
+    // Silent (announce:false) so a reconnect never re-proclaims old news.
+    await newsGump.reassertAll()
   } catch (err) {
     log.warn('backfill failed (continuing on live feed)', { message: err.message })
   }

server/swagger/swagger-output.json

@@ -326,6 +326,126 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "/api/v1/auth/invite/{token}": {
+      "get": {
+        "tags": [
+          "Auth"
+        ],
+        "summary": "Look up an email invite by token",
+        "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.",
+        "parameters": [
+          {
+            "name": "token",
+            "in": "path",
+            "required": true,
+            "schema": {
+              "type": "string"
+            }
+          }
+        ],
+        "responses": {
+          "200": {
+            "description": "Invite details",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "type": "object",
+                  "properties": {
+                    "email": {
+                      "type": "string"
+                    },
+                    "role": {
+                      "type": "string"
+                    }
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "400": {
+            "description": "Bad Request"
+          },
+          "404": {
+            "description": "Invalid or expired invite",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Error"
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "500": {
+            "description": "Internal Server Error"
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "/api/v1/auth/invite/{token}/accept": {
+      "post": {
+        "tags": [
+          "Auth"
+        ],
+        "summary": "Accept an email invite (creates the account at the invited role)",
+        "description": "Creates the website user at the invite’s pre-assigned role and logs them in (sets the session cookie). Bypasses the player_registration gate — the invite is its own authority. Rate limited + honeypot-guarded like registration.",
+        "parameters": [
+          {
+            "name": "token",
+            "in": "path",
+            "required": true,
+            "schema": {
+              "type": "string"
+            }
+          }
+        ],
+        "responses": {
+          "200": {
+            "description": "Account created and session issued",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/LoginResponse"
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "400": {
+            "description": "Validation error",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ValidationError"
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "404": {
+            "description": "Invalid or expired invite",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Error"
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "409": {
+            "description": "Username taken or invite already used",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Error"
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "500": {
+            "description": "Internal Server Error"
+          }
+        },
+        "requestBody": {}
+      }
+    },
     "/api/v1/auth/logout": {
       "post": {
         "tags": [
@@ -1492,6 +1612,165 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "/api/v1/public/shard/guilds": {
+      "get": {
+        "tags": [
+          "Public · Shard"
+        ],
+        "summary": "Current guild board (rosters, alliances, leaders)",
+        "description": "The live board of every guild. Update in place via the guild.update / guild.remove / guild.join frames on /shard/stream.",
+        "responses": {
+          "200": {
+            "description": "Guilds, ordered by name",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "type": "array",
+                  "items": {
+                    "type": "object",
+                    "additionalProperties": true
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "500": {
+            "description": "Internal Server Error"
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "/api/v1/public/shard/governors": {
+      "get": {
+        "tags": [
+          "Public · Shard"
+        ],
+        "summary": "Current town-governor board (City Loyalty)",
+        "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.",
+        "responses": {
+          "200": {
+            "description": "Cities, ordered by name",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "type": "array",
+                  "items": {
+                    "type": "object",
+                    "additionalProperties": true
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "500": {
+            "description": "Internal Server Error"
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "/api/v1/public/shard/governors/{city}/history": {
+      "get": {
+        "tags": [
+          "Public · Shard"
+        ],
+        "summary": "Governor term history for a city",
+        "description": "",
+        "parameters": [
+          {
+            "name": "city",
+            "in": "path",
+            "required": true,
+            "schema": {
+              "type": "string"
+            },
+            "description": "City name, e.g. Britain."
+          },
+          {
+            "name": "limit",
+            "in": "query",
+            "required": false,
+            "schema": {
+              "type": "integer"
+            },
+            "description": "Max terms (default 100, max 500)."
+          }
+        ],
+        "responses": {
+          "200": {
+            "description": "Terms, newest first",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "type": "array",
+                  "items": {
+                    "type": "object",
+                    "additionalProperties": true
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "400": {
+            "description": "Bad Request"
+          },
+          "500": {
+            "description": "Internal Server Error"
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "/api/v1/public/shard/presence": {
+      "get": {
+        "tags": [
+          "Public · Shard"
+        ],
+        "summary": "Online population aggregate (count + per-facet + per-region)",
+        "description": "The latest presence.online snapshot powering the \"Players Online\" widget. Live via presence.online on /shard/stream.",
+        "responses": {
+          "200": {
+            "description": "Population snapshot",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "type": "object",
+                  "additionalProperties": true
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "500": {
+            "description": "Internal Server Error"
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "/api/v1/public/shard/houses": {
+      "get": {
+        "tags": [
+          "Public · Shard"
+        ],
+        "summary": "House registry (owner, co-owners, price, decay)",
+        "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.",
+        "responses": {
+          "200": {
+            "description": "Houses, ordered by name",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "type": "array",
+                  "items": {
+                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ShardHouse"
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "500": {
+            "description": "Internal Server Error"
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
     "/api/v1/public/shard/stream": {
       "get": {
         "tags": [
@@ -2147,6 +2426,63 @@
         ]
       }
     },
+    "/api/v1/admin/shard/account": {
+      "post": {
+        "tags": [
+          "Admin · Account"
+        ],
+        "summary": "Create a game account and link it to the caller (staff self-service)",
+        "description": "Same as POST /player/shard/account but for a signed-in staff user — provisions a game account (own username + password) and links it. Gated by game_account_signup + the shard’s mode; the password is never stored or logged.",
+        "responses": {
+          "201": {
+            "description": "Account created and linked",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "type": "object",
+                  "additionalProperties": true
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "400": {
+            "description": "Bad Request"
+          },
+          "403": {
+            "description": "Game-account signup unavailable (site or shard)",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Error"
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "409": {
+            "description": "Account name already taken",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Error"
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "500": {
+            "description": "Internal Server Error"
+          }
+        },
+        "security": [
+          {
+            "cookieAuth": []
+          },
+          {
+            "bearerAuth": []
+          }
+        ],
+        "requestBody": {}
+      }
+    },
     "/api/v1/admin/shard/kick": {
       "post": {
         "tags": [
@@ -2597,6 +2933,41 @@
         ]
       }
     },
+    "/api/v1/admin/shard/houses": {
+      "get": {
+        "tags": [
+          "Admin · Shard"
+        ],
+        "summary": "Full house registry — owner, price, decay (admin/moderator)",
+        "description": "The complete house registry. The public endpoint shows only IDOC houses with location; this staff view carries owner/price/co-owner/decay detail.",
+        "responses": {
+          "200": {
+            "description": "Houses, ordered by name",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "type": "array",
+                  "items": {
+                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ShardHouse"
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "500": {
+            "description": "Internal Server Error"
+          }
+        },
+        "security": [
+          {
+            "cookieAuth": []
+          },
+          {
+            "bearerAuth": []
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    },
     "/api/v1/admin/dashboard": {
       "get": {
         "tags": [
@@ -6932,6 +7303,296 @@
         ]
       }
     },
+    "/api/v1/admin/users/{id}/shard/standing": {
+      "get": {
+        "tags": [
+          "Admin · Users"
+        ],
+        "summary": "A user’s shard standing — governorships held and guilds led (admin only)",
+        "description": "",
+        "parameters": [
+          {
+            "name": "id",
+            "in": "path",
+            "required": true,
+            "schema": {
+              "type": "integer"
+            },
+            "description": "User id."
+          }
+        ],
+        "responses": {
+          "200": {
+            "description": "Standing { governorOf, guildsLed }",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "type": "object",
+                  "additionalProperties": true
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "400": {
+            "description": "Bad Request"
+          },
+          "404": {
+            "description": "Not found",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Error"
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "500": {
+            "description": "Internal Server Error"
+          }
+        },
+        "security": [
+          {
+            "cookieAuth": []
+          },
+          {
+            "bearerAuth": []
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    },
+    "/api/v1/admin/users/{id}/shard/link/{account}": {
+      "delete": {
+        "tags": [
+          "Admin · Users"
+        ],
+        "summary": "Unlink a game account from this user (admin only)",
+        "description": "Severs a game account’s tie to the website user from the site side (sidecar DELETE /link/{account}) and drops the local mirror. actor is stamped from the session.",
+        "parameters": [
+          {
+            "name": "id",
+            "in": "path",
+            "required": true,
+            "schema": {
+              "type": "integer"
+            },
+            "description": "User id."
+          },
+          {
+            "name": "account",
+            "in": "path",
+            "required": true,
+            "schema": {
+              "type": "string"
+            },
+            "description": "Game account to unlink."
+          }
+        ],
+        "responses": {
+          "200": {
+            "description": "Unlinked",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "type": "object",
+                  "properties": {
+                    "account": {
+                      "type": "string"
+                    },
+                    "unlinked": {
+                      "type": "boolean"
+                    }
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "400": {
+            "description": "Bad Request"
+          },
+          "403": {
+            "description": "Protected staff account (refused by shard)",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Error"
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "404": {
+            "description": "Not linked",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Error"
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "500": {
+            "description": "Internal Server Error"
+          },
+          "502": {
+            "description": "Bad Gateway"
+          },
+          "503": {
+            "description": "Service Unavailable"
+          }
+        },
+        "security": [
+          {
+            "cookieAuth": []
+          },
+          {
+            "bearerAuth": []
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    },
+    "/api/v1/admin/invites": {
+      "post": {
+        "tags": [
+          "Admin · Invites"
+        ],
+        "summary": "Create and email an account invite at a chosen access level",
+        "description": "",
+        "responses": {
+          "201": {
+            "description": "Invite created",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "type": "object",
+                  "additionalProperties": true
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "400": {
+            "description": "Validation error",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ValidationError"
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "500": {
+            "description": "Internal Server Error"
+          }
+        },
+        "security": [
+          {
+            "cookieAuth": []
+          },
+          {
+            "bearerAuth": []
+          }
+        ],
+        "requestBody": {}
+      },
+      "get": {
+        "tags": [
+          "Admin · Invites"
+        ],
+        "summary": "List recent invites (no tokens)",
+        "description": "",
+        "parameters": [
+          {
+            "name": "limit",
+            "in": "query",
+            "schema": {
+              "type": "string"
+            }
+          }
+        ],
+        "responses": {
+          "200": {
+            "description": "Invites, newest first",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "type": "array",
+                  "items": {
+                    "type": "object",
+                    "additionalProperties": true
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "500": {
+            "description": "Internal Server Error"
+          }
+        },
+        "security": [
+          {
+            "cookieAuth": []
+          },
+          {
+            "bearerAuth": []
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    },
+    "/api/v1/admin/invites/{id}": {
+      "delete": {
+        "tags": [
+          "Admin · Invites"
+        ],
+        "summary": "Revoke a pending invite",
+        "description": "",
+        "parameters": [
+          {
+            "name": "id",
+            "in": "path",
+            "required": true,
+            "schema": {
+              "type": "integer"
+            },
+            "description": "Invite id."
+          }
+        ],
+        "responses": {
+          "200": {
+            "description": "Revoked",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "type": "object",
+                  "additionalProperties": true
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "400": {
+            "description": "Bad Request"
+          },
+          "404": {
+            "description": "No pending invite to revoke",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Error"
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "500": {
+            "description": "Internal Server Error"
+          }
+        },
+        "security": [
+          {
+            "cookieAuth": []
+          },
+          {
+            "bearerAuth": []
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    },
     "/api/v1/admin/uo-link/config": {
       "get": {
         "tags": [
@@ -7761,6 +8422,100 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "/api/v1/player/shard/account": {
+      "post": {
+        "tags": [
+          "Player · Shard"
+        ],
+        "summary": "Create a game account (hybrid signup) and link it to the caller",
+        "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.",
+        "responses": {
+          "201": {
+            "description": "Account created and linked",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "type": "object",
+                  "properties": {
+                    "account": {
+                      "type": "string"
+                    },
+                    "linked": {
+                      "type": "boolean"
+                    }
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "400": {
+            "description": "Validation error or rejected name/password",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ValidationError"
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "401": {
+            "description": "Unauthorized"
+          },
+          "403": {
+            "description": "Game-account signup unavailable (site or shard)",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Error"
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "409": {
+            "description": "Account name already taken",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Error"
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "429": {
+            "description": "Per-IP account cap reached",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Error"
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "500": {
+            "description": "Internal Server Error"
+          },
+          "503": {
+            "description": "Shard unavailable — retry",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Error"
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        },
+        "security": [
+          {
+            "cookieAuth": []
+          },
+          {
+            "bearerAuth": []
+          }
+        ],
+        "requestBody": {}
+      }
+    },
     "/api/v1/player/shard/accounts": {
       "get": {
         "tags": [
@@ -8058,6 +8813,47 @@
           }
         ]
       }
+    },
+    "/api/v1/player/shard/houses": {
+      "get": {
+        "tags": [
+          "Player · Shard"
+        ],
+        "summary": "The caller’s own houses (home status)",
+        "description": "Houses owned by the caller’s linked accounts, with decay/IDOC status. Only the caller’s own houses — never anyone else’s.",
+        "responses": {
+          "200": {
+            "description": "The caller’s houses",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "type": "array",
+                  "items": {
+                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ShardHouse"
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "401": {
+            "description": "Unauthorized"
+          },
+          "403": {
+            "description": "Forbidden"
+          },
+          "500": {
+            "description": "Internal Server Error"
+          }
+        },
+        "security": [
+          {
+            "cookieAuth": []
+          },
+          {
+            "bearerAuth": []
+          }
+        ]
+      }
     }
   },
   "components": {

server/test/invites.test.js

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+const { test, beforeEach, afterEach } = require('node:test')
+const assert = require('node:assert/strict')
+
+// Exercise invite create/lookup/single-use accept against an in-memory fake by
+// monkeypatching the shared db module the model require()s. No DB.
+const db = require('../src/model/invites/invites.db')
+const invites = require('../src/model/invites/invites.model')
+
+let rows
+let nextId
+const saved = {}
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  rows = []
+  nextId = 1
+  for (const k of ['insert', 'getById', 'findByTokenHash', 'markAccepted', 'revoke']) saved[k] = db[k]
+  db.insert = async ({ tokenHash, email, role, invitedBy, expiresAt }) => {
+    const id = nextId++
+    rows.push({ id, token_hash: tokenHash, email, role, status: 'pending', invited_by: invitedBy ?? null, accepted_user_id: null, expires_at: expiresAt, created_at: new Date(), accepted_at: null })
+    return id
+  }
+  db.getById = async (id) => rows.find((r) => r.id === id) || null
+  db.findByTokenHash = async (h) => rows.find((r) => r.token_hash === h) || null
+  db.markAccepted = async (id, userId) => {
+    const row = rows.find((r) => r.id === id && r.status === 'pending')
+    if (!row) return 0
+    row.status = 'accepted'
+    row.accepted_user_id = userId
+    return 1
+  }
+  db.revoke = async (id) => {
+    const row = rows.find((r) => r.id === id && r.status === 'pending')
+    if (!row) return 0
+    row.status = 'revoked'
+    return 1
+  }
+})
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  for (const k of Object.keys(saved)) db[k] = saved[k]
+})
+
+test('create stores only the token hash, never the plaintext token', async () => {
+  const { invite, token } = await invites.create({ email: 'a@b.com', role: 'player', invitedBy: 1 })
+  assert.ok(token && token.length >= 20)
+  assert.equal(rows[0].token_hash, invites.hashToken(token))
+  assert.notEqual(rows[0].token_hash, token) // hash, not the raw token
+  assert.equal(invite.email, 'a@b.com')
+  assert.equal(invite.role, 'player')
+  assert.equal(invite.status, 'pending')
+})
+
+test('findValidByToken resolves a pending token and rejects a wrong/used one', async () => {
+  const { token } = await invites.create({ email: 'a@b.com', role: 'moderator', invitedBy: 1 })
+  assert.ok(await invites.findValidByToken(token))
+  assert.equal(await invites.findValidByToken('not-a-real-token'), null)
+})
+
+test('accept is single-use — the second accept loses the race', async () => {
+  const { token } = await invites.create({ email: 'a@b.com', role: 'player', invitedBy: 1 })
+  const row = await invites.findValidByToken(token)
+  assert.equal(await invites.accept(row.id, 55), true)
+  assert.equal(await invites.accept(row.id, 66), false) // already consumed
+  assert.equal(await invites.findValidByToken(token), null) // no longer pending
+})
+
+test('an expired invite is not valid (exercises the expiry branch, not a bad token)', async () => {
+  const { token } = await invites.create({ email: 'a@b.com', role: 'player', invitedBy: 1, ttlDays: -1 })
+  // The token itself is correct and the row is pending — only expires_at rejects it.
+  assert.ok(rows[0] && rows[0].status === 'pending')
+  assert.equal(await invites.findValidByToken(token), null)
+})
+
+test('revoke makes a pending invite unusable', async () => {
+  const { invite, token } = await invites.create({ email: 'a@b.com', role: 'player', invitedBy: 1 })
+  assert.equal(await invites.revoke(invite.id), 1)
+  assert.equal(await invites.findValidByToken(token), null)
+})

server/test/newsGump.test.js

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+const { test, beforeEach, afterEach } = require('node:test')
+const assert = require('node:assert/strict')
+
+// Exercise the News-gump sync decisions against a fake sidecar client by
+// monkeypatching the shared modules newsGump require()s (same instance) — no DB,
+// no network.
+const uoLinkClient = require('../src/utils/uoLinkClient')
+const settings = require('../src/model/settings/settings.model')
+const newsGump = require('../src/utils/newsGump')
+
+let calls
+const saved = {}
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  calls = { post: [], del: [] }
+  saved.postNews = uoLinkClient.postNews
+  saved.deleteNews = uoLinkClient.deleteNews
+  saved.get = settings.get
+  uoLinkClient.postNews = async (article) => { calls.post.push(article); return { ok: true, status: 200 } }
+  uoLinkClient.deleteNews = async (id) => { calls.del.push(id); return { ok: true, status: 200 } }
+  settings.get = async () => null // no gump image configured
+})
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  uoLinkClient.postNews = saved.postNews
+  uoLinkClient.deleteNews = saved.deleteNews
+  settings.get = saved.get
+})
+
+const newsPost = (over = {}) => ({ id: 42, category: 'news', published: true, title: 'Double XP Weekend', excerpt: 'Starts Friday.', body: null, ...over })
+
+test('buildArticle centres the title, links the news list, and respects announce', async () => {
+  const a = await newsGump.buildArticle(newsPost(), { announce: false })
+  assert.equal(a.id, '42')
+  assert.match(a.body, /<CENTER>Double XP Weekend<\/CENTER>/)
+  assert.match(a.body, /Starts Friday\./)
+  assert.match(a.url, /\/site\/news$/)
+  assert.equal(a.announce, false)
+})
+
+test('a fresh publish into news pushes with announce=true', async () => {
+  await newsGump.syncPost(newsPost(), { wasPublished: false, wasNews: false })
+  assert.equal(calls.post.length, 1)
+  assert.equal(calls.post[0].announce, true)
+  assert.equal(calls.del.length, 0)
+})
+
+test('an edit of already-published news refreshes silently (announce=false)', async () => {
+  await newsGump.syncPost(newsPost({ title: 'Edited' }), { wasPublished: true, wasNews: true })
+  assert.equal(calls.post.length, 1)
+  assert.equal(calls.post[0].announce, false)
+})
+
+test('unpublishing published news pulls the article from the gump', async () => {
+  await newsGump.syncPost(newsPost({ published: false }), { wasPublished: true, wasNews: true })
+  assert.equal(calls.post.length, 0)
+  assert.deepEqual(calls.del, ['42'])
+})
+
+test('a draft never-published news post does nothing', async () => {
+  await newsGump.syncPost(newsPost({ published: false }), { wasPublished: false, wasNews: false })
+  assert.equal(calls.post.length, 0)
+  assert.equal(calls.del.length, 0)
+})
+
+test('a non-news post (e.g. screenshot) is never pushed', async () => {
+  await newsGump.syncPost(newsPost({ category: 'screenshot' }), { wasPublished: false, wasNews: false })
+  assert.equal(calls.post.length, 0)
+})

server/test/shardIngest.protocol2.test.js

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+const { test, beforeEach } = require('node:test')
+const assert = require('node:assert/strict')
+
+const shardIngest = require('../src/utils/shardIngest')
+
+// Stub deps recording the Protocol 2.0 board calls the dispatcher makes. Only the
+// methods the tested kinds touch need to be real; the rest are no-op async so
+// ingest() never throws on an unrelated kind.
+function makeDeps() {
+  const calls = {
+    guildUpsert: [], guildRemove: [],
+    governorUpsert: [],
+    presenceSet: [],
+    houseRegistry: [], houseRemove: [],
+    linkRemove: [],
+    appended: [], broadcast: [],
+  }
+  const noop = async () => {}
+  return {
+    calls,
+    shardEvents: { append: async (row) => { calls.appended.push(row); return true } },
+    shardState: {
+      upsertGuild: async (ev) => { calls.guildUpsert.push(ev) },
+      removeGuild: async (id) => { calls.guildRemove.push(id) },
+      upsertGovernor: async (ev) => { calls.governorUpsert.push(ev) },
+      setPresence: async (ev) => { calls.presenceSet.push(ev) },
+      upsertHouseRegistry: async (ev) => { calls.houseRegistry.push(ev) },
+      removeHouse: async (serial) => { calls.houseRemove.push(serial) },
+      // Present so any stray routing is a harmless no-op.
+      clearOnline: noop, upsertOnline: noop, setOffline: noop, upsertHouse: noop,
+      addEconomySample: noop,
+    },
+    shardLinks: { removeByAccount: async (account) => { calls.linkRemove.push(account) } },
+    uoLinkConfig: { recordStatus: noop },
+    broadcast: (ev) => { calls.broadcast.push(ev) },
+    log: { warn() {}, info() {}, error() {} },
+  }
+}
+
+beforeEach(() => shardIngest.reset())
+
+test('guild.update routes to upsertGuild and is not logged; guild.remove routes to removeGuild', async () => {
+  const deps = makeDeps()
+  const r = await shardIngest.ingest({ kind: 'guild.update', id: 1042, name: 'TSH', t: 1 }, deps)
+  assert.equal(deps.calls.guildUpsert.length, 1)
+  assert.equal(deps.calls.guildUpsert[0].id, 1042)
+  assert.equal(r.logged, false) // board state, not appended to shard_events
+  await shardIngest.ingest({ kind: 'guild.remove', id: 1042, t: 2 }, deps)
+  assert.deepEqual(deps.calls.guildRemove, [1042])
+})
+
+test('guild.join is appended to the event log (real-time joins feed) and broadcast', async () => {
+  const deps = makeDeps()
+  const r = await shardIngest.ingest(
+    { kind: 'guild.join', id: 1042, who: { name: 'Bran' }, t: 3 }, deps)
+  assert.equal(r.logged, true)
+  assert.equal(deps.calls.appended.length, 1)
+  assert.equal(deps.calls.appended[0].kind, 'guild.join')
+  assert.equal(deps.calls.broadcast.length, 1)
+})
+
+test('city.update routes to upsertGovernor (which also captures term history)', async () => {
+  const deps = makeDeps()
+  await shardIngest.ingest(
+    { kind: 'city.update', city: 'Britain', governor: { serial: '0x1', name: 'Darrow' }, t: 4 }, deps)
+  assert.equal(deps.calls.governorUpsert.length, 1)
+  assert.equal(deps.calls.governorUpsert[0].city, 'Britain')
+})
+
+test('presence.online routes to setPresence and is not logged', async () => {
+  const deps = makeDeps()
+  const r = await shardIngest.ingest(
+    { kind: 'presence.online', count: 42, byRegion: { Britain: 18 }, t: 5 }, deps)
+  assert.equal(deps.calls.presenceSet.length, 1)
+  assert.equal(deps.calls.presenceSet[0].count, 42)
+  assert.equal(r.logged, false)
+})
+
+test('house.update routes to upsertHouseRegistry; house.remove routes to removeHouse', async () => {
+  const deps = makeDeps()
+  await shardIngest.ingest({ kind: 'house.update', serial: '0x40001234', name: 'Anvil', t: 6 }, deps)
+  assert.equal(deps.calls.houseRegistry.length, 1)
+  assert.equal(deps.calls.houseRegistry[0].serial, '0x40001234')
+  await shardIngest.ingest({ kind: 'house.remove', serial: '0x40001234', t: 7 }, deps)
+  assert.deepEqual(deps.calls.houseRemove, ['0x40001234'])
+})
+
+test('region.enter is broadcast-only — not logged, no state side effect', async () => {
+  const deps = makeDeps()
+  const r = await shardIngest.ingest(
+    { kind: 'region.enter', from: 'Britain', to: 'Despise', who: { name: 'Darrow' }, t: 8 }, deps)
+  assert.equal(r.logged, false)
+  assert.equal(deps.calls.appended.length, 0)
+  assert.equal(deps.calls.broadcast.length, 1) // still surfaced live
+})
+
+test('account.unlinked reconciles the local link mirror and is logged', async () => {
+  const deps = makeDeps()
+  const r = await shardIngest.ingest(
+    { kind: 'account.unlinked', origin: 'in-game', account: 'bob', websiteUserId: '9931', t: 9 }, deps)
+  assert.deepEqual(deps.calls.linkRemove, ['bob']) // mirror dropped
+  assert.equal(r.logged, true) // provisioning audit trail
+  assert.equal(deps.calls.appended[0].kind, 'account.unlinked')
+})
+
+test('account.audit is logged (provisioning history) but has no state side effect', async () => {
+  const deps = makeDeps()
+  const r = await shardIngest.ingest(
+    { kind: 'account.audit', origin: 'web', action: 'create', actor: 'web:jane', target: 'bob', t: 10 }, deps)
+  assert.equal(r.logged, true)
+  assert.equal(deps.calls.linkRemove.length, 0)
+  assert.equal(deps.calls.appended[0].kind, 'account.audit')
+})
+
+test('account.audit / account.unlinked are NOT on the public SSE allowlist', () => {
+  const broadcast = require('../src/utils/shardBroadcast')
+  assert.equal(broadcast.PUBLIC_KINDS.has('account.audit'), false)
+  assert.equal(broadcast.PUBLIC_KINDS.has('account.unlinked'), false)
+})

server/test/shardState.governorTerms.test.js

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+const { test, beforeEach } = require('node:test')
+const assert = require('node:assert/strict')
+
+// Term capture lives in the model (shardState.model.upsertGovernor →
+// recordGovernorTransition) and talks to the db module. We exercise the real
+// logic against an in-memory fake by monkeypatching the shared db module object
+// (same instance the model require()s) — no DB, no mocking library.
+const db = require('../src/model/shardState/shardState.db')
+const model = require('../src/model/shardState/shardState.model')
+
+let terms // in-memory shard_governor_terms
+let nextId
+const saved = {}
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  terms = []
+  nextId = 1
+  for (const k of ['currentGovernorTerm', 'closeGovernorTerm', 'openGovernorTerm', 'upsertGovernor']) {
+    saved[k] = db[k]
+  }
+  db.currentGovernorTerm = async (city) =>
+    terms.find((t) => t.city === city && t.ended_at === null) || null
+  db.closeGovernorTerm = async (id, endedAt) => {
+    const row = terms.find((t) => t.id === id)
+    if (row) row.ended_at = endedAt
+  }
+  db.openGovernorTerm = async ({ city, serial, name, acct, webId, startedAt }) => {
+    terms.push({ id: nextId++, city, governor_serial: serial, governor_name: name,
+      governor_acct: acct, governor_web_id: webId, started_at: startedAt, ended_at: null })
+  }
+  db.upsertGovernor = async () => {} // snapshot write — irrelevant to term capture
+})
+
+function restore() {
+  for (const k of Object.keys(saved)) db[k] = saved[k]
+}
+
+test('a repeated city.update with the same governor does NOT open a second term', async () => {
+  await model.upsertGovernor({ city: 'Britain', governor: { serial: '0x1', name: 'Darrow' }, t: 100 })
+  await model.upsertGovernor({ city: 'Britain', governor: { serial: '0x1', name: 'Darrow' }, t: 200 })
+  const open = terms.filter((t) => t.ended_at === null)
+  assert.equal(terms.length, 1)
+  assert.equal(open.length, 1)
+  assert.equal(open[0].governor_serial, '0x1')
+  assert.equal(open[0].started_at, 100)
+  restore()
+})
+
+test('a governor change closes the old term and opens a new one', async () => {
+  await model.upsertGovernor({ city: 'Britain', governor: { serial: '0x1', name: 'Darrow' }, t: 100 })
+  await model.upsertGovernor({ city: 'Britain', governor: { serial: '0x2', name: 'Mira' }, t: 300 })
+  assert.equal(terms.length, 2)
+  const [first, second] = terms
+  assert.equal(first.governor_serial, '0x1')
+  assert.equal(first.ended_at, 300) // closed at the transition time
+  assert.equal(second.governor_serial, '0x2')
+  assert.equal(second.ended_at, null) // now current
+  assert.equal(second.started_at, 300)
+  restore()
+})
+
+test('a seat going vacant closes the term without opening a new one', async () => {
+  await model.upsertGovernor({ city: 'Britain', governor: { serial: '0x1', name: 'Darrow' }, t: 100 })
+  await model.upsertGovernor({ city: 'Britain', governor: null, t: 400 })
+  assert.equal(terms.length, 1)
+  assert.equal(terms[0].ended_at, 400)
+  restore()
+})
+
+test('terms are tracked independently per city', async () => {
+  await model.upsertGovernor({ city: 'Britain', governor: { serial: '0x1' }, t: 100 })
+  await model.upsertGovernor({ city: 'Minoc', governor: { serial: '0x9' }, t: 120 })
+  await model.upsertGovernor({ city: 'Britain', governor: { serial: '0x1' }, t: 200 }) // dup, no-op
+  assert.equal(terms.length, 2)
+  assert.equal(terms.filter((t) => t.ended_at === null).length, 2)
+  restore()
+})