{"type":"location","location":{"title":"The Griot's Compound at Niani","description":"You stand at the entrance of the royal griot's compound in Niani, the beating heart of the Mansa Musa empire. The air is thick with humidity and the sounds of the rainforest—distant bird calls and the rustle of unseen creatures in the dense foliage beyond the compound's wooden palisade.\n\nYour mentor, the elder griot Kofi, has summoned you here with urgent words: 'There are stories that must not be forgotten. Stories that powerful men wish erased from memory.' Before he could explain further, messengers arrived from the palace, and he hurried away, leaving you with only a cryptic warning: 'Seek the river spirits. Seek the iron-workers. Trust no official historian.'\n\nThe compound is arranged around a central courtyard where a large baobab tree provides shade. To the north, you see Kofi's personal chambers. To the east, the compound opens toward a path that descends into the rainforest, where the sound of running water suggests a river nearby. To the west, smoke rises from what appears to be a blacksmith's forge, though you know the empire's iron-workers guard their craft jealously.\n\nYou carry your griot's staff and a leather satchel containing your notebooks for recording stories and histories. Your training in the oral traditions runs deep, but you sense that what lies ahead may test more than your memory.","suggestedActions":["Search Kofi's chambers for clues about what he meant","Head east toward the river sounds in the rainforest","Investigate the forge to the west","Examine the baobab tree more closely"],"conversation":"4u4u8ksuox7dg3hece1lt"},"conversationLength":1,"maxFreeConversationLength":10}