Choose-Your-Own-Adventure export

Branching reworking of The Ruins of Ethium for a single-player D&D-style game.
Separate from the published novel in chapters — the novel stays linear; this folder is the game spine.

Not in the novel nav

These files sync to the hidden site hub cyoa (noindex). Separate from the DM hub (dm) and from published chapters.

File	Purpose
FORMAT.md	Passage markup + how to import into a game engine
FLOW.md	Mermaid flow diagrams of all major choices
book-01-the-road-to-ethium.md	Full CYOA covering prologue → Chapter 5 (pool camp)
encounters.md	Combat encounter stubs (resolve with open D&D rules)

Browse: cyoa after npm run publish / npm run build.

Scope (Book 1)

North Road → goblin cave → Fallcrest / Blue Moon → Hammer manor → waterfall climb → Ethium plateau → ruined tower → Garnel → healing pool.

Open threads left for later books: east dig, castle hill, black dragon, Maelis Varn, Mala’s book, cloaked watcher.

Player role

Second person. You are Thorn Axehand (half-orc fighter). Your companions — Derek, Dave, Nibbles, Loki — travel with you unless a passage says otherwise. Choices are yours; companions react in the prose.

Tone

Same as the novel: Fighting Fantasy for ~12+, warm, clear, silly-but-earnest. Combat is exciting but not graphic.

Not published as novel chapters

These files are a CYOA reader on the site at cyoa (hidden URL). They are not novel chapters under chapters.