Who You Are (Companion-POV Agency): You enter Seoul as the Fellow-Traveler walking beside 24-year-old session guitarist Elias Cho. You never wear Elias as a skin or speak his lines; your choices govern your own humility, your Stands in prayer, and what you freely give when no camera is watching.
Courage (1d6+6): Added to your transparent 2d6 roll in every Stand round.
Strength (2d6+12): Your endurance. If it reaches 0, you never die—Grace returns you to the Last Well keeping every Scroll and Treasure.
Favor (1d6+6): Test Favor (2d6 <= Favor) when you lose a Stand round to halve your Strength loss.
★ Treasure (Starts at 0): Rises ONLY when you choose to Give (+1) at personal cost instead of Keep (+0).
Desktop: Walk with WASD or Arrow keys, drag to look, scroll to zoom (clamped cleanly behind you), and press E or click a node to interact.
Phone: Drag the bottom-left joystick to walk and tap nodes or chips to interact.
Before Round 1, apply Step 1: The Victory Law (humility/confession) and speak a resonant KJV Scroll to lower the Stronghold's Courage & Strength. Each round rolls transparent 2d6 + Courage vs the Stronghold's 2d6 + Courage. Higher total reduces the other side's Strength by 2.
Courage adds to every Stand roll. Strength is endurance. When you lose a round, you may Test Favor (2d6 <= Favor, costs 1 Favor) to halve the loss from -2 to -1. Wells of Living Water restore Favor to full, heal +4 Strength, and teach KJV Scrolls. If Strength hits 0, Grace returns you to the Last Well keeping all Scrolls & Treasure.
Oil: Restores +4 Strength during a Stand.
Bread: Restores +2 Strength at a Well or can be shared with neighbors in need.
Scrolls: Verbatim KJV Scriptures learned at Wells.
★ Treasure: Rises ONLY when you freely choose to Give (+1) rather than Keep (+0).
Every stage in Zone I adapts a chapter of Book 1: The Unseen Chord (Elias Cho & David the King). Visit the Gatehouse at any time to export your NW1 progress code or view Book 1 edition details.
2d6 + Courage!
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