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First Arc

Source: Captainswords.app/docs/ARCS.md · docs/FIRST_DESTINATION_SPEC.md · docs/FIRST_VOYAGE_ONBOARDING.md

First voyage arc for Captain's Words.

Beats (high level)

  1. FTUE / first voyage onboarding
  2. Harbour as anchor — Mara - Harbour Merchant, optional Finn - Boat Builder
  3. First destination — Old Lighthouse / Nori - Lighthouse Keeper
  4. Whale Bay — Pippa - Fisherman + Luma - Young Whale
  5. Map chapter — Tomas - Harbour Master, Isla - Fog Island Explorer
  6. Parent dashboard reflects session progress

→ Progression Reward Chain · NPCs by Chapter

Story

Grandpa's path begins with someone Grandpa helped who is now stuck — child reads to help, not to earn points.

Validation

Phase 10–13 validated full learning loop with real children (Samuel, Sebastian).