REANIMAL RPG WORLD ARCHIVE

PART 1 — GENERAL WORLD LORE & TIMELINE

1. THE WORLD

REANIMAL takes place in a strange island world that was once inhabited by ordinary people but has been transformed into an isolated nightmare.

The world contains:

Abandoned towns

Industrial buildings

Forests

Underground areas

Beaches and waterways

A large ruined city

A mall

Subway systems

Strange attractions

Farms and animal areas

War-damaged districts

Underground tunnels

Places that appear normal at first but become increasingly unnatural

The island is not simply one continuous wilderness. Different areas feel like pieces of a once-functioning civilization that have been abandoned, destroyed, or transformed.

The Brother and Sister move between these environments while searching for their missing group of friends and trying to escape.

The world is intentionally mysterious. Many things are shown without directly explaining exactly what happened.

2. THE ISLAND

The island is the main setting of the original REANIMAL story.

It contains multiple connected environments that can be reached by traveling on foot, through buildings, underground routes, or by water.

The island has:

Coastal regions

Forests

Industrial areas

Ruined settlements

Underground passages

Abandoned facilities

Strange animal habitats

The city

Sand City

Areas surrounding the characters' previous homes and activities

The environment itself acts as part of the story.

Buildings, objects, personal belongings, posters, abandoned vehicles, toys, photographs, and other environmental details can reveal things about what happened without characters explaining it directly.

3. THE BROTHER AND SISTER

The central story follows a Brother and Sister attempting to find their missing group of friends.

The pair are small compared with almost everything around them.

This changes how the world functions for them.

Ordinary objects become obstacles:

Doors can be enormous.

Buildings feel gigantic.

Vehicles can become transportation.

Furniture can become hiding places.

Underground tunnels can become entire routes.

Animals and creatures can be enormous threats.

The siblings depend heavily on each other.

Their relationship is one of the most important parts of the RPG.

They should not behave like action heroes.

They are trying to survive a world that is much larger and more dangerous than they are.

4. THE MISSING GROUP OF FRIENDS

The siblings' journey begins because their group of friends has disappeared.

Finding them becomes one of the main reasons they continue moving through the island.

The missing group is important to the world because their disappearance is connected to the strange events occurring throughout the island.

Some members may be encountered directly.

Others can be represented through:

Memories

Objects

Environmental clues

Photographs

Locations

Strange transformations

Creatures associated with them

The RPG should allow individual members of the group to have their own personalities rather than treating everyone as interchangeable.

5. THE TWO MAIN STORY PERIODS

MAIN GAME

Brother

Sister

Their missing group of friends

The island

The creatures

Their journey through the island

THE PRISONER DLC

Soldier

Prisoner

War-damaged city

New areas

Familiar locations

New threats

The Soldier and Prisoner are the continuing protagonists of the DLC storyline.

6. THE DLC TIMELINE

The Prisoner should not automatically be placed after the entire main game.

The DLC contains familiar locations in different conditions and gives another perspective on the larger REANIMAL timeline.

For the RPG, the timeline is:

TIMELINE A — BEFORE THE MAIN GAME

The world is still functioning normally enough for people to have ordinary lives.

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TIMELINE B — THE ISLAND'S COLLAPSE

The strange events begin.

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TIMELINE C — THE GROUP DISAPPEARS

The missing group becomes part of the central mystery.

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TIMELINE D — BROTHER AND SISTER BEGIN THEIR JOURNEY

The main game begins.

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TIMELINE E — SOLDIER AND PRISONER

Their story takes place during the larger REANIMAL timeline.

Their exact placement relative to every main-game event remains partly uncertain.

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TIMELINE F — MAIN GAME CONTINUES

The Brother and Sister continue through the island.

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TIMELINE G — MAIN GAME ENDINGS

The siblings reach the conclusion of their journey.

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TIMELINE H — FUTURE DLC

The Soldier and Prisoner's story continues through the remaining DLC chapters.

The Prisoner is the first of three DLC chapters, so later events should remain open until they are officially revealed.

PART 2 — MAIN WORLD REGIONS

1. THE COAST

The coast is one of the first major environmental types encountered.

It connects the island's land areas with the surrounding water.

Important features:

Beaches

Rocks

Water

Abandoned objects

Boats

Coastal paths

Areas where the siblings can travel together

The coast also acts as a transition between major sections of the story.

2. FOREST

The forest is dense and difficult to navigate.

It contains:

Trees

Narrow paths

Hidden areas

Animal activity

Abandoned structures

Darker sections where visibility becomes limited

The forest feels much less controlled than the populated areas.

It is a place where the siblings can become separated from familiar surroundings.

3. INDUSTRIAL AREAS

Industrial areas contain remnants of the island's former infrastructure.

These areas include:

Factories

Storage areas

Machinery

Large buildings

Maintenance spaces

Underground routes

They show that the island once supported a functioning population.

4. THE MILL

The mill is one of the major industrial environments.

It combines:

Large machinery

Wooden structures

Industrial equipment

Narrow paths

Vertical spaces

Areas for hiding and exploration

It is one of the places where the environment itself becomes part of the challenge.

5. THE LIGHTHOUSE

The lighthouse is an important isolated landmark.

Its position makes it visually distinct from many of the other locations.

It represents one of the world's older structures and helps establish the scale of the island.

6. THE MINES / UNDERGROUND AREAS

The underground areas are a major part of the REANIMAL world.

They include:

Tunnels

Caverns

Narrow passages

Industrial underground structures

Hidden routes

Areas containing creatures and environmental mysteries

The underground world can feel almost completely disconnected from the surface.

7. SAND CITY

Sand City is one of the more recognizable locations.

It contains:

Large structures

Sand-covered streets

Buildings

Open areas

Narrow passages

Places affected by the island's strange conditions

The location becomes particularly important when considering the DLC timeline because the Soldier and Prisoner encounter a version of this broader environment that appears different from the one seen by the siblings.

8. THE CITY

The city represents a much larger civilization than most of the island's earlier locations.

It contains:

Streets

Buildings

Stores

Apartment buildings

Transportation infrastructure

Subway stations

Commercial areas

This is also where the DLC spends much of its time.

9. THE MALL

The mall is one of the DLC's major locations.

It contains:

Mall entrances

Shops

Boutiques

Interior corridors

Commercial spaces

Abandoned areas

Connections to other city routes

10. THE SUBWAY

The subway system connects different parts of the city.

Important areas include:

Subway platforms

Stations

Tunnels

Turnstiles

Maintenance areas

Underground passages

Train routes

The subway becomes especially important to the Soldier and Prisoner's story.

11. WAR-DAMAGED CITY

This is the version of the city experienced by the Soldier and Prisoner.

Unlike the earlier environments, this area has clear evidence of war.

The streets contain:

Destroyed buildings

Smoke

Fire

Debris

Damaged infrastructure

Abandoned areas

Military remnants

The DLC establishes this as a war-ravaged version of a familiar place.

PART 3 — CREATURES, ANIMALS & THREATS

1. GENERAL CREATURE RULES

REANIMAL creatures should not all be treated as ordinary monsters.

Some are:

Animals

Mutated creatures

Human-like figures

Strange beings

Environmental threats

Creatures associated with specific locations

Each creature should have its own behavior.

For the RPG, creatures should have:

Territory

Movement patterns

Awareness

Temperament

Intelligence

Preferred environment

Relationship with other creatures

Relationship with the siblings

2. THE SNIFFER

The Sniffer is one of the major creatures encountered by the siblings.

It is associated with tracking and searching.

Its behavior makes it especially dangerous when the siblings are attempting to remain hidden.

The Sniffer should therefore be treated as a tracking predator rather than simply a monster that attacks anything nearby.

3. THE SHEEP

Sheep are an important recurring animal presence.

They contrast with many of the island's more unnatural creatures.

Depending on the location, sheep can function as:

Environmental animals

Background creatures

Part of farming areas

Visual clues about what an area was previously used for

The RPG should give sheep ordinary animal behavior unless the story specifically establishes otherwise.

4. THE LARGE ANIMAL CREATURES

Several creatures encountered by the siblings are considerably larger than them.

These creatures should have individual territories.

A creature does not necessarily wander everywhere.

Instead:

Territory → Behavior → Encounter → Retreat/Movement → Territory

This makes the world feel more believable.

5. CHILD-LIKE CREATURES

Some of the island's horrors are connected visually or thematically to childhood.

The distinction between:

ordinary person → creature → transformed person → unknown entity

should sometimes remain deliberately unclear.

The player can discover clues without receiving a definitive answer.

6. THE DLC'S NEW THREATS

The Prisoner introduces new threats alongside the Soldier and Prisoner.

The DLC includes a flamethrower-equipped enemy and other threats associated with the city and underground sections.

For the RPG, these enemies should focus on:

Behavior

Territory

Appearance

Role in the story

How they interact with the Soldier and Prisoner

7. STALKING SHADOWS

These strange figures appear throughout the DLC.

They should be treated as mysterious entities rather than immediately being given a definite biological explanation.

Possible RPG behavior:

Appear briefly

Observe the protagonists

Disappear when approached

Reappear in another location

Seem connected to the surrounding environment

Their true nature should remain unknown unless the game explicitly explains it.

8. PETRIFIED SPIDER FIGURES

These are strange figures encountered in the DLC.

They are visually associated with spider-like transformations and appear as environmental objects.

For the RPG, they can function as:

Lore clues

Environmental mysteries

Evidence connected to what happened to people

Objects connected to the DLC's supernatural or unnatural elements

9. THE RABBIT

The DLC also features a dying rabbit encounter.

Rather than treating every animal as a monster, the rabbit can be used as a small environmental event showing the consequences of the world around the Soldier and Prisoner.

10. THE RULE FOR UNKNOWN CREATURES

If the original game does not explain what something is, the RPG will not invent a definitive answer.

KNOWN: What the player directly sees.

IMPLIED: What the environment strongly suggests.

UNKNOWN: What has never been confirmed.

This keeps the RPG feeling like REANIMAL instead of turning it into a completely different fantasy world.

PART 4 — COMPLETE LOCATION ARCHIVE

1. DEAD IN THE WATER

The story begins with the Brother and Sister traveling through the water.

The area establishes the isolated nature of their world.

Important features:

Water

Boats

Shorelines

Broken structures

Dark forests

Abandoned areas

Paths leading farther into the island

The siblings are already searching for their missing group of friends when the main journey begins.

2. THE COASTAL AREAS

The coastal areas connect the water to the island.

They contain:

Beaches

Rocks

Small paths

Boats

Wooden structures

Forest entrances

Hidden areas

Abandoned objects

The coast can be used as a transition area between major locations.

3. THE CLEANING HOUSE

The Cleaning House is one of the early major locations.

It is an abandoned industrial-looking building filled with strange machinery and narrow areas.

Important features:

Large rooms

Pipes

Machinery

Storage spaces

Narrow passages

Dark interior sections

Areas requiring the siblings to work together

The location shows how ordinary human infrastructure has become threatening.

4. THE CINEMA

The cinema is part of the early journey.

It is an abandoned entertainment building.

Important features:

Theater spaces

Corridors

Seating

Service areas

Dark rooms

Abandoned equipment

The cinema is also connected to environmental clues about the people and world that existed before everything fell apart.

5. AFTER THE FLOOD

This section contains areas affected by large amounts of water.

Important features:

Flooded paths

Waterways

Damaged buildings

Boats

Forest

Elevated walkways

Areas that require traveling by water

The environment shows that the island is not stable.

6. THE BUS

The siblings eventually use a bus to travel to another part of the island.

The bus acts as a transition between major story sections.

It also reinforces that transportation infrastructure still exists even though the world around it has collapsed.

7. NO SHELTER

This section begins after the bus ride.

The siblings reach a large mansion.

The mansion contains:

Exterior grounds

Large rooms

Corridors

Stairs

Hidden paths

A clock tower

Strange objects connected to childhood

Petrified figures

The clock tower is an especially important location.

The game includes thirteen petrified figures in the first clock-tower room.

8. THE MANSION

The mansion is an important location within No Shelter.

It appears abandoned but contains signs that people have been present.

The mansion should be treated as more than just a building.

It represents:

Isolation

Childhood

Fear

Control

The relationship between people and the adults around them

9. THE CLOCK TOWER

The clock tower is connected to the mansion.

Important features:

Large clock

Broken windows

Wooden structures

Multiple levels

Petrified figures

Narrow passages

The clock can also function as a visual symbol of time and the siblings' journey.

10. DOWN IN A HOLE

This section moves the siblings underground.

Important features:

Deep tunnels

Underground chambers

Narrow paths

Water

Darkness

Strange creatures

Hidden areas

The underground environment feels increasingly disconnected from the surface.

11. NOBODY LEFT BEHIND

This section focuses heavily on the missing group of friends.

The name itself reflects the central goal of the siblings:

Nobody should be left behind.

Important features:

Underground routes

Environments connected to the missing group

Strange creatures

Abandoned areas

Paths toward the later city sections

12. THE SPOILS

The siblings move into another major environment after the underground sections.

The world becomes increasingly strange and dangerous.

Important features:

Large structures

Industrial areas

Ruins

Open spaces

Creature territories

Hidden paths

13. THE WATCHER

The Watcher section centers around one of the major threats of the later game.

The environment becomes increasingly focused on observation and pursuit.

The siblings must move carefully through the area.

14. ALL-CONSUMING PAST

This is the final main-game chapter.

It brings together many of the game's major themes:

The siblings

Their past

Their missing group of friends

The island

The creatures

The Mother

The strange world surrounding them

The main game contains nine chapters total, ending with All-Consuming Past.

15. THE CITY

The city is much larger than the island's earlier settlements.

It contains:

Streets

Buildings

Stores

Apartment buildings

Transportation

Subway entrances

Commercial areas

Abandoned interiors

The city is especially important to the DLC.

16. CITY STREETS — THE PRISONER

The Prisoner begins in a war-damaged version of the city.

The Soldier and Prisoner travel through:

Destroyed streets

Smoke-filled areas

Damaged buildings

Collapsed structures

Urban pathways

Unfamiliar sections of the city

The official DLC describes this as the war-ravaged streets of a once-familiar place.

17. THE MALL

The mall is one of the major DLC locations.

It contains:

Mall entrance

Shops

Corridors

Boutique

Interior rooms

Service areas

Hidden paths

The DLC has a poster location at the mall entrance and another inside the Boutique.

18. THE BOUTIQUE

The Boutique is a smaller section of the mall.

Important features:

Clothing displays

Coat racks

Concrete structures

Crawlspaces

Hidden areas

It provides one of the more enclosed environments for the Soldier and Prisoner.

19. THE APARTMENT COMPLEX

The Soldier and Prisoner travel through an apartment area containing one of the DLC's major encounters.

Important features:

Apartment rooms

Corridors

Stairways

Damaged interiors

Hidden routes

Areas occupied by hostile threats

20. THE SECOND SUBWAY STATION

The subway becomes one of the most important DLC locations.

It contains:

Platforms

Tracks

Benches

Notice boards

Turnstiles

Stairways

Underground corridors

Train routes

The Soldier and Prisoner use the subway to reach another part of the city.

21. THE SUBWAY EXIT

After restoring the subway's power, the protagonists can reach the city again.

This creates a transition between the underground world and the surface.

22. SAND CITY — DLC VERSION

The DLC also reaches a version of Sand City.

This version is important because it can be compared directly with the area seen during the main game.

The DLC version appears to be in a significantly different condition.

This is one of the strongest pieces of environmental evidence for constructing the combined timeline.

The exact chronology is not explicitly stated by the developers, so the RPG should label timeline conclusions as interpretation when appropriate.

PART 5 — CREATURE & THREAT ENCYCLOPEDIA

1. GENERAL CREATURE SYSTEM

Every creature should have:

NAME: Known name or descriptive name.

TYPE: Animal, creature, human-like entity, unknown, etc.

HABITAT: Where it normally appears.

BEHAVIOR: How it moves and reacts.

AWARENESS: How well it notices the siblings.

TERRITORY: Where it normally stays.

INTELLIGENCE: Animal-like, human-like, unknown, etc.

RELATIONSHIPS: Connections to other creatures or characters.

KNOWN: What the game directly shows.

IMPLIED: What can reasonably be understood from the environment.

UNKNOWN: What the game never confirms.

2. THE SNIFFER

The Sniffer is one of the important creatures encountered during the siblings' journey.

Primary traits:

Large creature

Strong tracking behavior

Searches for the siblings

Controls its territory

Creates chase and stealth situations

The Sniffer should be treated as a territorial predator.

It does not need to appear everywhere.

Its presence should matter because entering its territory creates danger.

3. SHEEP

Sheep are recurring animals within the world.

They are not automatically hostile.

They can appear around:

Farms

Open areas

Buildings

Rural locations

Sheep help show that ordinary animal life still exists despite the strange events happening around them.

4. CRITTERS

Critters are small spider-like creatures.

They are found in several areas throughout the main game.

There are five collectible Critters.

They are small, fast, and tend to flee when approached.

For the RPG, Critters can function as:

Small wildlife

Environmental creatures

Signs of larger creature ecosystems

Background NPC animals

The game specifically identifies them as small spider-like creatures.

5. PETRIFIED FIGURES

Petrified figures appear in some environments.

They are important because they connect the strange creatures and environments with the people affected by the island.

The RPG should not automatically state that every petrified figure is a transformed person.

Instead:

KNOWN: The figures resemble people and appear petrified.

IMPLIED: They are connected to the strange events affecting the island.

UNKNOWN: Exactly how every figure became that way.

6. CHILD-LIKE CREATURES

Some creatures have designs connected to childhood.

This is one of the central visual ideas of REANIMAL.

The RPG should keep the possibility open that:

Some creatures were once people.

Some creatures are merely designed around childhood fears.

Some transformations may be symbolic.

Some creatures may have completely different origins.

No single explanation should be treated as confirmed unless the game establishes it.

7. THE WATCHER

The Watcher is associated with the later portion of the main game.

Its role is connected to:

Observation

Pursuit

Fear

The siblings being watched

The Watcher should be treated as a major threat rather than ordinary wildlife.

8. THE MOTHER

The Mother is one of the most important figures connected to the story.

She should not be treated simply as another monster.

She is connected to:

The siblings' past

Their family

The island's larger mystery

The final portion of the story

Her appearances should therefore be tracked separately from normal creature encounters.

9. THE FLAMETHROWER SOLDIER

The Prisoner DLC contains a major enemy associated with the war-damaged city.

For the RPG, the character should be treated primarily as:

A hostile human threat

A symbol of the ongoing war

A major encounter

Part of the Soldier and Prisoner's journey

The DLC also places a poster collectible in the area associated with this encounter.

10. STALKING SHADOWS

Strange shadow-like figures appear during the DLC.

Their exact nature remains unclear.

Possible characteristics:

Appear unexpectedly

Observe from a distance

Disappear

Reappear elsewhere

Seem connected to the strange parts of the world

They should remain an UNKNOWN entity in the RPG unless later DLC confirms more.

11. SPIDER FIGURES

The DLC contains strange spider-associated figures.

They should be recorded as environmental anomalies.

Possible interpretations:

Transformed people

Symbolic representations

Victims of the world

Unknown entities

The RPG should not choose one explanation as canon without confirmation.

12. RABBIT

A rabbit appears as part of the DLC's environmental storytelling.

The rabbit is important because not every unusual animal is a monster.

Animals can simply be:

Wildlife

Environmental storytelling

Symbols

Evidence of the condition of an area

13. UNKNOWN CREATURES

Whenever the RPG encounters a creature that has not been clearly explained, use:

UNKNOWN CREATURE

Then record:

Where it appeared

What it looked like

What it did

What characters were nearby

What environmental clues surrounded it

This allows the RPG to expand later without contradicting the original story.

PART 6 — COMPLETE TIMELINE & STORY CONNECTIONS

1. BEFORE THE MAIN GAME

The island once contained ordinary communities and functioning infrastructure.

People lived there.

There were ordinary activities and places for people to gather.

Buildings were maintained.

Transportation worked.

The city existed as a functioning urban area.

The exact beginning of the island's transformation is intentionally unclear.

2. THE STRANGE EVENTS BEGIN

Something changes.

The island becomes increasingly dangerous.

The world begins developing the strange environments and creatures seen throughout the game.

The exact cause is part of the mystery.

3. THE GROUP DISAPPEARS

The group of friends disappears.

Their disappearance becomes central to the story.

The Brother and Sister eventually begin searching for them.

4. THE MAIN GAME BEGINS

The Brother and Sister are traveling together.

They move through the island by:

Boat

Foot

Abandoned transportation

Underground routes

Their main goal is to find their missing group of friends.

5. CHAPTER 1 — DEAD IN THE WATER

The siblings begin their journey on the water.

They reach the island's coastal areas.

This establishes:

Their relationship

Their dependence on each other

The isolation of the island

The strange condition of the world

6. CHAPTER 2 — THE CLEANING HOUSE

The siblings enter industrial and abandoned structures.

They begin encountering more obvious threats.

The world becomes less recognizable as a normal human environment.

7. CHAPTER 3 — AFTER THE FLOOD

The siblings travel through flooded areas.

They continue searching for their missing group of friends.

The environment becomes increasingly dangerous.

8. TRANSITION TO THE MANSION

The siblings board a bus.

The bus takes them toward the next region.

They arrive at the mansion.

9. CHAPTER 4 — NO SHELTER

The siblings explore the mansion and clock tower.

They encounter strange imagery connected to childhood.

The petrified figures become another clue to the world's connection with those affected by the strange events.

10. CHAPTER 5 — DOWN IN A HOLE

The journey moves underground.

The siblings travel through tunnels and hidden areas.

The underground world reveals more of the island's unnatural side.

11. CHAPTER 6 — NOBODY LEFT BEHIND

The search for the missing group of friends remains central.

The siblings continue deeper into the world.

The name of the chapter reflects their refusal to abandon anyone they are searching for.

12. CHAPTER 7 — THE SPOILS

The siblings move through another major region.

The world becomes increasingly connected to the strange history surrounding them.

13. CHAPTER 8 — THE WATCHER

The siblings encounter the Watcher.

Observation and pursuit become central themes.

14. CHAPTER 9 — ALL-CONSUMING PAST

The final chapter brings the siblings toward the conclusion of the main story.

The Mother and the siblings' past become increasingly important.

The main game has two major ending outcomes, including the standard ending and a secret ending connected to the game's collectible system.

The secret ending requires finding the five coffins in a single playthrough.

15. THE PRISONER DLC

The Prisoner begins a separate storyline.

The two protagonists are:

THE SOLDIER

A character connected to the war surrounding the city.

THE PRISONER

A mysterious companion whose identity and circumstances are central to the DLC.

The official description states that the two must survive the war-ravaged streets of a once-familiar place.

16. WHERE THE DLC FITS

The exact position of The Prisoner within the main-game timeline is not officially stated in a complete chronological explanation.

However, the DLC contains environmental clues that connect it to locations from the main game.

The strongest interpretation is that The Prisoner occurs DURING the broader main-game period rather than simply after the ending.

This should be marked as:

CANON: The Soldier and Prisoner have their own continuing storyline.

CANON: They visit locations connected to the main REANIMAL world.

INTERPRETATION: Their first DLC chapter occurs somewhere during the main game's timeline.

UNKNOWN: The exact amount of time separating individual events.

17. THE STORE CONNECTION

One timeline clue is a familiar store.

The DLC shows a location that the Brother and Sister previously visited.

The condition of the building is different.

This means the two stories are connected to the same physical world rather than being completely separate universes.

18. SAND CITY CONNECTION

The DLC also reaches Sand City.

The condition of Sand City differs between the two stories.

This creates a timeline clue.

The RPG should record this as:

MAIN GAME SAND CITY: Later, damaged condition.

DLC SAND CITY: Earlier/different condition.

EXACT ORDER: Not completely confirmed.

19. THE OVERLAPPING TIMELINE

For RPG purposes, use this working timeline:

BEFORE: Normal island life.

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ISLAND EVENTS: The strange transformation begins.

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THE GROUP: The group of friends disappears.

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MAIN GAME: Brother and Sister begin searching.

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MAIN GAME: Cleaning House.

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MAIN GAME: After the Flood.

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MAIN GAME: Sniffer-related events.

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DLC POSSIBILITY: Soldier and Prisoner begin their journey.

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DLC: War-damaged city.

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DLC: Mall.

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DLC: Apartment area.

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DLC: Subway.

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DLC: Sand City connection.

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MAIN GAME: Brother and Sister continue toward the later island regions.

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MAIN GAME: No Shelter.

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MAIN GAME: Down in a Hole.

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MAIN GAME: Nobody Left Behind.

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MAIN GAME: The Spoils.

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MAIN GAME: The Watcher.

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MAIN GAME: All-Consuming Past.

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MAIN GAME: Ending.

20. IMPORTANT TIMELINE RULE

The Soldier and Prisoner should NOT suddenly appear alongside the Brother and Sister.

They have their own story.

The two groups occupy the same world and their stories can overlap in time without necessarily meeting.

This is important for the RPG.

Example:

BROTHER + SISTER → traveling through one area

At the same time:

SOLDIER + PRISONER → traveling through another part of the city

Neither group necessarily knows the other is there.

21. DLC FUTURE

The Prisoner is only the first of three DLC chapters.

The later DLC chapters continue the Soldier and Prisoner's story.

Therefore the RPG should reserve:

DLC CHAPTER 2

Future events

Future locations

Future creatures

Future timeline information

DLC CHAPTER 3

Future events

Future locations

Future creatures

Final Soldier/Prisoner developments

These sections should remain EMPTY until the official story provides the information.

22. RPG TIMELINE RULES

The archive uses three levels of certainty.

CONFIRMED: Directly shown or officially stated.

LIKELY: Strongly supported by environmental evidence.

UNKNOWN: Possible but not confirmed.

This is especially important for:

The exact cause of the island's transformation

The origins of creatures

The exact identities of transformed people

The exact placement of The Prisoner

The relationship between certain creatures

The meaning of certain environmental symbols

23. FINAL WORLD RULE

The REANIMAL RPG should preserve the mystery.

Not every monster needs an explanation.

Not every location needs a known history.

Not every character needs to know the truth.

The player should be able to discover things naturally through:

Exploration

Dialogue

Environmental clues

Memories

Objects

Creature behavior

Character relationships

Different timelines

The world should feel like a real place that existed before the player arrived and will continue existing after the characters leave.