- id: old_man
  name: Old Caretaker
  description: A stooped old man with a grey beard, watching from among the shelves.
  greeting: |
    "Another lost soul in this house. Get the power running and tend to what
    waits upstairs — that is the only way out that's worth taking."
  # First matching line wins; otherwise the greeting is used.
  dialogue:
    - when: [{ flag: ghost_banished }]
      text: |
        "You laid the poor thing to rest. Bless you. Go now — the night is
        clear and the house will hold its peace."
    - when: [{ flag: power_on }, { notFlag: ghost_banished }]
      text: |
        "The lights are back — feel how the house has quieted? Climb the stair.
        In the chapel there's a shrine: give it the locket, then the photograph,
        in that order."
    - when: [{ notFlag: cellar_drained }]
      text: |
        "Cold down there, isn't it? The cellar's flooded over the fuse. Find the
        valve wheel — the conservatory, I think — and drain it."
  reactions:
    - onReceive: letter
      response: |
        "Ah... that letter. I wrote it, long ago, for whoever came after. So
        someone finally read it. Keep going — you're closer than they ever got."
      consumes: letter
      effects:
        - { setFlag: heard_tale }

# ── The lost twins (optional escort side-quest) ──────────────────────────────
# Marlon (conservatory) and Malte (boiler room) were separated in the manor.
# Give each the other's marble as proof his brother lives, and he follows you;
# lead both to the foyer and they escape together. See EscortEngine.

- id: marlon
  name: Marlon
  description: |
    A frightened young man pressed into the corner, knuckles white around a
    blue glass marble. He has his brother's face — minus the brother.
  greeting: |
    "Please — have you seen Malte? My twin. We were exploring and the dark
    just... took him. I can't leave this house without him. I can't."
  dialogue:
    - when: [{ hasItem: malte_keepsake }]
      text: |
        "That red marble — that's MALTE'S! He's alive? Here, quick: give it to
        me so I know it's real. Then I'll follow you to him."
  reactions:
    - onReceive: malte_keepsake
      response: |
        "His marble. His actual marble. Then he's alive — and you've seen him.
        Lead the way. I'm right behind you, I won't lose him again."
      consumes: malte_keepsake
      effects:
        - { setFlag: marlon_following }
        - { startQuest: reunite_twins }

- id: malte
  name: Malte
  description: |
    A shivering young man clutching a red glass marble in the furnace-dark.
    The image of his brother, alone.
  greeting: |
    "Who's there? Marlon? No... Please, have you seen him — my twin, Marlon?
    We got split up and I can't find my way back in this dark."
  dialogue:
    - when: [{ hasItem: marlon_keepsake }]
      text: |
        "A blue marble — Marlon's! You've found him! Give it here so I know
        it's real, then take me to him, please, before I lose my nerve."
  reactions:
    - onReceive: marlon_keepsake
      response: |
        "Marlon's marble. He's really here. Don't let go of me — wherever
        you're going, I'm following. Take me to my brother."
      consumes: marlon_keepsake
      effects:
        - { setFlag: malte_following }
        - { startQuest: reunite_twins }