diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 53f8014..5a89de1 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -280,6 +280,24 @@
       }
       @media (hover: hover) { .enter:hover { background: var(--amber-lit); } }
 
+      .walk {
+        font: inherit;
+        font-size: 11px;
+        padding: var(--s2) var(--s3);
+        cursor: pointer;
+        text-align: left;
+        border: 1px solid rgba(242, 177, 52, 0.48);
+        border-radius: var(--r-sm);
+        color: var(--amber-ink);
+        background: rgba(242, 177, 52, 0.1);
+        box-shadow: var(--shadow);
+        transition: background var(--t), border-color var(--t);
+      }
+      @media (hover: hover) {
+        .walk:hover { background: rgba(242, 177, 52, 0.2); border-color: var(--amber); }
+      }
+      .walk[aria-pressed="true"] { background: rgba(242, 177, 52, 0.25); }
+
       /* The public-office note. Amber-edged rather than amber-filled: it is an
          explanation, not an action, and the one filled amber thing on screen
          should stay the door. */
@@ -671,9 +689,9 @@
          only while a route chapter owns the follow camera. Full words rather
          than mystery glyphs: the controls disappear everywhere space is tight
          except on the devices that cannot drive without them. */
-      .drive-controls { display: none; }
+      .drive-controls, .walk-controls { display: none; }
       @media (pointer: coarse) {
-        .drive-controls:not([hidden]) {
+        .drive-controls:not([hidden]), .walk-controls:not([hidden]) {
           position: fixed;
           left: 50%;
           bottom: calc(var(--s3) + env(safe-area-inset-bottom));
@@ -691,7 +709,7 @@
           -webkit-backdrop-filter: var(--blur);
           box-shadow: var(--shadow);
         }
-        .drive-control {
+        .drive-control, .walk-control {
           min-height: 48px;
           border: 1px solid var(--hairline);
           border-radius: var(--r-sm);
@@ -705,13 +723,14 @@
           user-select: none;
           -webkit-user-select: none;
         }
-        .drive-control[aria-pressed="true"] {
+        .drive-control[aria-pressed="true"], .walk-control[aria-pressed="true"] {
           border-color: rgba(242, 177, 52, 0.65);
           background: rgba(242, 177, 52, 0.28);
           color: var(--amber-ink);
         }
         /* The source line is useful but cannot sit underneath the controls. */
-        body:has(.drive-controls:not([hidden])) .source { bottom: 7.5rem; }
+        body:has(.drive-controls:not([hidden])) .source,
+        body:has(.walk-controls:not([hidden])) .source { bottom: 7.5rem; }
       }
 
       /* ---- Responsive -------------------------------------------------------
@@ -897,6 +916,7 @@
       </section>
       <nav id="cities" class="cities" aria-label="City"></nav>
       <button id="enter" class="enter">Enter the office →</button>
+      <button id="walk" class="walk" aria-pressed="false" hidden>Walk as your dog →</button>
       <p class="card badge" id="office-badge" hidden></p>
       <nav id="chapters" aria-label="Chapters"></nav>
       <p class="card" id="blurb"></p>
@@ -919,6 +939,7 @@
       <div class="card hint" id="hint">
         <span><kbd>1</kbd>–<kbd>9</kbd> chapters</span>
         <span id="drive-hint">choose <kbd>2</kbd> or <kbd>3</kbd> to follow</span>
+        <span id="walk-hint" hidden><kbd>V</kbd> walk · <kbd>WASD</kbd> move</span>
         <span><kbd>[</kbd> <kbd>]</kbd> city</span>
         <span><kbd>O</kbd> office</span>
         <span><kbd>M</kbd> plan</span>
@@ -946,6 +967,13 @@
       <button class="drive-control" data-drive-action="camera">Camera</button>
     </div>
 
+    <div id="walk-controls" class="walk-controls" aria-label="Walking controls" hidden>
+      <button class="walk-control" data-walk-key="a" aria-pressed="false">Left</button>
+      <button class="walk-control" data-walk-key="w" aria-pressed="false">Forward</button>
+      <button class="walk-control" data-walk-key="s" aria-pressed="false">Back</button>
+      <button class="walk-control" data-walk-key="d" aria-pressed="false">Right</button>
+    </div>
+
     <p id="source" class="source"></p>
 
     <!-- Behind the panel sheet on a phone, and nowhere else. A sheet with no
@@ -959,7 +987,8 @@
         <h2 id="shortcuts-title">Keyboard</h2>
         <dl class="keys">
           <dt><kbd>1</kbd>–<kbd>9</kbd></dt><dd>Fly to a chapter, or an office viewpoint</dd>
-          <dt><kbd>W</kbd> <kbd>A</kbd> <kbd>S</kbd> <kbd>D</kbd></dt><dd>Drive after choosing the 101 or I-5 chapter</dd>
+          <dt><kbd>W</kbd> <kbd>A</kbd> <kbd>S</kbd> <kbd>D</kbd></dt><dd>Drive a route, or move while walking inside</dd>
+          <dt><kbd>V</kbd></dt><dd>Walk through an office / return to the dollhouse view</dd>
           <dt><kbd>Space</kbd></dt><dd>Handbrake while driving</dd>
           <dt><kbd>P</kbd> / <kbd>R</kbd></dt><dd>Resume assisted drive / reset the car</dd>
           <dt><kbd>C</kbd></dt><dd>Switch chase / driver-height camera</dd>
diff --git a/src/actors/controller.ts b/src/actors/controller.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a00081e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/actors/controller.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,596 @@
+/**
+ * Renderer-independent playable actor simulation.
+ *
+ * DOM, touch and gamepad adapters reduce their input to `ActorActionSnapshot`.
+ * This state machine then advances on a deterministic fixed clock and publishes
+ * metre-scale transforms that any Three.js rig can consume. At yaw zero actors
+ * face -Z, matching the procedural assets under `assets/actors`.
+ */
+
+const TWO_PI = Math.PI * 2;
+
+export type ActorKind = "humanoid" | "dog" | "crow";
+export type ActorMode = "ground" | "flight";
+export type ActorModeRequest = "none" | ActorMode;
+export type ActorKindRequest = "none" | ActorKind;
+
+/** JSON-safe appearance fields. URLs are references; render resources stay outside simulation. */
+export interface ActorProfile {
+  handle?: string;
+  pronouns?: string;
+  faceImageUrl?: string;
+  appearance?: {
+    skinTone?: string;
+    primaryColor?: string;
+    accentColor?: string;
+  };
+}
+
+/** Identity follows the player when their visible actor kind changes. */
+export interface ActorIdentity {
+  id: string;
+  displayName: string;
+  authenticated: boolean;
+  profile: ActorProfile;
+}
+
+/** Device-neutral held inputs and one-shot requests. All axes normalize to [-1, 1]. */
+export interface ActorActionSnapshot {
+  /** Ground forward/back; flight airspeed demand. */
+  forward: number;
+  /** Ground strafe. Ignored in flight. */
+  right: number;
+  /** Yaw left/right. */
+  turn: number;
+  /** Crow nose-up/nose-down request. */
+  pitch: number;
+  /** Crow vertical thrust independent of its nose. */
+  climb: number;
+  sprint: boolean;
+  glide: boolean;
+  modeRequest: ActorModeRequest;
+  kindRequest: ActorKindRequest;
+  reset: boolean;
+}
+
+export const NEUTRAL_ACTOR_ACTIONS: Readonly<ActorActionSnapshot> = Object.freeze({
+  forward: 0,
+  right: 0,
+  turn: 0,
+  pitch: 0,
+  climb: 0,
+  sprint: false,
+  glide: false,
+  modeRequest: "none",
+  kindRequest: "none",
+  reset: false,
+});
+
+export interface ActorPosition {
+  x: number;
+  y: number;
+  z: number;
+}
+
+export interface ActorHorizontalBounds {
+  minX: number;
+  maxX: number;
+  minZ: number;
+  maxZ: number;
+}
+
+export interface ActorControllerOptions {
+  kind: ActorKind;
+  identity: ActorIdentity;
+  position?: Partial<ActorPosition>;
+  yaw?: number;
+  /** Used only when spawning a crow in flight. */
+  pitch?: number;
+  mode?: ActorMode;
+  groundY?: number;
+  minFlightAltitude?: number;
+  maxFlightAltitude?: number;
+  walkSpeedMps?: number;
+  runSpeedMps?: number;
+  dogSpeedScale?: number;
+  groundTurnRateRadPerSecond?: number;
+  flightTurnRateRadPerSecond?: number;
+  maximumFlightPitchRad?: number;
+  minimumFlightSpeedMps?: number;
+  maximumFlightSpeedMps?: number;
+  glideSpeedMps?: number;
+  maximumClimbSpeedMps?: number;
+  /** Optional rectangle for a board or office adapter without collision geometry. */
+  horizontalBounds?: ActorHorizontalBounds;
+  fixedStepSeconds?: number;
+  /** Caps catch-up after a sleeping tab. */
+  maxFrameDeltaSeconds?: number;
+}
+
+export interface ActorControllerState extends ActorPosition {
+  kind: ActorKind;
+  mode: ActorMode;
+  identity: Readonly<ActorIdentity>;
+  yaw: number;
+  pitch: number;
+  speedMps: number;
+  verticalSpeedMps: number;
+  /** Renderer request for a cyclic walk/flap pose, wrapped to [0, 2π). */
+  posePhase: number;
+  /** Renderer request for pose intensity, in [0, 1]. */
+  poseAmount: number;
+  gliding: boolean;
+  altitudeBoundContact: "none" | "minimum" | "maximum";
+  distanceM: number;
+  elapsedSteps: number;
+}
+
+export interface ActorControllerSnapshot extends Omit<ActorControllerState, "identity"> {
+  identity: ActorIdentity;
+}
+
+export interface TimedActorInputFrame {
+  steps: number;
+  actions?: Partial<ActorActionSnapshot>;
+}
+
+export interface ActorReplayResult {
+  trajectory: readonly ActorControllerSnapshot[];
+  final: ActorControllerSnapshot;
+}
+
+interface ResolvedOptions {
+  kind: ActorKind;
+  identity: Readonly<ActorIdentity>;
+  position: ActorPosition;
+  yaw: number;
+  pitch: number;
+  mode: ActorMode;
+  groundY: number;
+  minFlightAltitude: number;
+  maxFlightAltitude: number;
+  walkSpeedMps: number;
+  runSpeedMps: number;
+  dogSpeedScale: number;
+  groundTurnRateRadPerSecond: number;
+  flightTurnRateRadPerSecond: number;
+  maximumFlightPitchRad: number;
+  minimumFlightSpeedMps: number;
+  maximumFlightSpeedMps: number;
+  glideSpeedMps: number;
+  maximumClimbSpeedMps: number;
+  horizontalBounds?: ActorHorizontalBounds;
+  fixedStepSeconds: number;
+  maxFrameDeltaSeconds: number;
+}
+
+function clamp(value: number, min: number, max: number): number {
+  return Math.max(min, Math.min(max, value));
+}
+
+function finiteOr(value: number | undefined, fallback: number): number {
+  return typeof value === "number" && Number.isFinite(value) ? value : fallback;
+}
+
+function positive(value: number | undefined, fallback: number, name: string): number {
+  const result = finiteOr(value, fallback);
+  if (!(result > 0)) throw new RangeError(`${name} must be finite and positive`);
+  return result;
+}
+
+function wrapAngle(value: number): number {
+  return ((value + Math.PI) % TWO_PI + TWO_PI) % TWO_PI - Math.PI;
+}
+
+function wrapPhase(value: number): number {
+  return ((value % TWO_PI) + TWO_PI) % TWO_PI;
+}
+
+function moveToward(value: number, target: number, maximumDelta: number): number {
+  if (value < target) return Math.min(value + maximumDelta, target);
+  if (value > target) return Math.max(value - maximumDelta, target);
+  return value;
+}
+
+function validKind(value: unknown): value is ActorKind {
+  return value === "humanoid" || value === "dog" || value === "crow";
+}
+
+function copyProfile(profile: ActorProfile): ActorProfile {
+  const appearance = profile.appearance
+    ? {
+        ...(profile.appearance.skinTone === undefined ? {} : { skinTone: profile.appearance.skinTone }),
+        ...(profile.appearance.primaryColor === undefined ? {} : { primaryColor: profile.appearance.primaryColor }),
+        ...(profile.appearance.accentColor === undefined ? {} : { accentColor: profile.appearance.accentColor }),
+      }
+    : undefined;
+  return {
+    ...(profile.handle === undefined ? {} : { handle: profile.handle }),
+    ...(profile.pronouns === undefined ? {} : { pronouns: profile.pronouns }),
+    ...(profile.faceImageUrl === undefined ? {} : { faceImageUrl: profile.faceImageUrl }),
+    ...(appearance === undefined ? {} : { appearance }),
+  };
+}
+
+function checkedIdentity(identity: ActorIdentity): Readonly<ActorIdentity> {
+  if (!identity || typeof identity.id !== "string" || identity.id.length === 0) {
+    throw new RangeError("actor identity must have a non-empty string id");
+  }
+  if (typeof identity.displayName !== "string" || typeof identity.authenticated !== "boolean") {
+    throw new RangeError("actor identity must contain a display name and authentication flag");
+  }
+  const profile = identity.profile ?? {};
+  const strings = [
+    profile.handle,
+    profile.pronouns,
+    profile.faceImageUrl,
+    profile.appearance?.skinTone,
+    profile.appearance?.primaryColor,
+    profile.appearance?.accentColor,
+  ];
+  if (strings.some((item) => item !== undefined && typeof item !== "string")) {
+    throw new RangeError("actor profile fields must be strings");
+  }
+  const copy: ActorIdentity = {
+    id: identity.id,
+    displayName: identity.displayName,
+    authenticated: identity.authenticated,
+    profile: copyProfile(profile),
+  };
+  if (copy.profile.appearance) Object.freeze(copy.profile.appearance);
+  Object.freeze(copy.profile);
+  return Object.freeze(copy);
+}
+
+function copyIdentity(identity: Readonly<ActorIdentity>): ActorIdentity {
+  return {
+    id: identity.id,
+    displayName: identity.displayName,
+    authenticated: identity.authenticated,
+    profile: copyProfile(identity.profile),
+  };
+}
+
+function checkedBounds(bounds: ActorHorizontalBounds | undefined): ActorHorizontalBounds | undefined {
+  if (!bounds) return undefined;
+  if (
+    !Number.isFinite(bounds.minX) ||
+    !Number.isFinite(bounds.maxX) ||
+    !Number.isFinite(bounds.minZ) ||
+    !Number.isFinite(bounds.maxZ) ||
+    bounds.minX >= bounds.maxX ||
+    bounds.minZ >= bounds.maxZ
+  ) {
+    throw new RangeError("actor horizontal bounds must be finite and ordered");
+  }
+  return { ...bounds };
+}
+
+/** Clamp malformed adapter input before it can poison authoritative state. */
+export function normalizeActorActions(
+  actions: Partial<ActorActionSnapshot> | undefined,
+): ActorActionSnapshot {
+  let forward = clamp(finiteOr(actions?.forward, 0), -1, 1);
+  let right = clamp(finiteOr(actions?.right, 0), -1, 1);
+  const groundLength = Math.hypot(forward, right);
+  if (groundLength > 1) {
+    forward /= groundLength;
+    right /= groundLength;
+  }
+  const mode = actions?.modeRequest;
+  const kind = actions?.kindRequest;
+  return {
+    forward,
+    right,
+    turn: clamp(finiteOr(actions?.turn, 0), -1, 1),
+    pitch: clamp(finiteOr(actions?.pitch, 0), -1, 1),
+    climb: clamp(finiteOr(actions?.climb, 0), -1, 1),
+    sprint: actions?.sprint === true,
+    glide: actions?.glide === true,
+    modeRequest: mode === "ground" || mode === "flight" ? mode : "none",
+    kindRequest: validKind(kind) ? kind : "none",
+    reset: actions?.reset === true,
+  };
+}
+
+function resolveOptions(options: ActorControllerOptions): ResolvedOptions {
+  if (!validKind(options.kind)) throw new RangeError("unknown actor kind");
+  const groundY = finiteOr(options.groundY, 0);
+  const minFlightAltitude = positive(options.minFlightAltitude, 0.75, "minFlightAltitude");
+  const maxFlightAltitude = positive(options.maxFlightAltitude, 120, "maxFlightAltitude");
+  if (maxFlightAltitude <= minFlightAltitude) {
+    throw new RangeError("maxFlightAltitude must exceed minFlightAltitude");
+  }
+  const mode: ActorMode = options.kind === "crow" && options.mode === "flight" ? "flight" : "ground";
+  const position = {
+    x: finiteOr(options.position?.x, 0),
+    y: mode === "flight"
+      ? clamp(finiteOr(options.position?.y, groundY + minFlightAltitude), groundY + minFlightAltitude, groundY + maxFlightAltitude)
+      : groundY,
+    z: finiteOr(options.position?.z, 0),
+  };
+  const maximumFlightSpeedMps = positive(options.maximumFlightSpeedMps, 16, "maximumFlightSpeedMps");
+  const minimumFlightSpeedMps = positive(options.minimumFlightSpeedMps, 4, "minimumFlightSpeedMps");
+  if (maximumFlightSpeedMps < minimumFlightSpeedMps) {
+    throw new RangeError("maximumFlightSpeedMps must not be below minimumFlightSpeedMps");
+  }
+  const bounds = checkedBounds(options.horizontalBounds);
+  if (bounds) {
+    position.x = clamp(position.x, bounds.minX, bounds.maxX);
+    position.z = clamp(position.z, bounds.minZ, bounds.maxZ);
+  }
+  return {
+    kind: options.kind,
+    identity: checkedIdentity(options.identity),
+    position,
+    yaw: wrapAngle(finiteOr(options.yaw, 0)),
+    pitch: mode === "flight" ? finiteOr(options.pitch, 0) : 0,
+    mode,
+    groundY,
+    minFlightAltitude,
+    maxFlightAltitude,
+    walkSpeedMps: positive(options.walkSpeedMps, 1.7, "walkSpeedMps"),
+    runSpeedMps: positive(options.runSpeedMps, 4.5, "runSpeedMps"),
+    dogSpeedScale: positive(options.dogSpeedScale, 1.25, "dogSpeedScale"),
+    groundTurnRateRadPerSecond: positive(options.groundTurnRateRadPerSecond, 2.8, "groundTurnRateRadPerSecond"),
+    flightTurnRateRadPerSecond: positive(options.flightTurnRateRadPerSecond, 1.75, "flightTurnRateRadPerSecond"),
+    maximumFlightPitchRad: clamp(positive(options.maximumFlightPitchRad, 0.72, "maximumFlightPitchRad"), 0.1, Math.PI / 2 - 0.05),
+    minimumFlightSpeedMps,
+    maximumFlightSpeedMps,
+    glideSpeedMps: clamp(positive(options.glideSpeedMps, 7.5, "glideSpeedMps"), minimumFlightSpeedMps, maximumFlightSpeedMps),
+    maximumClimbSpeedMps: positive(options.maximumClimbSpeedMps, 5, "maximumClimbSpeedMps"),
+    horizontalBounds: bounds,
+    fixedStepSeconds: clamp(positive(options.fixedStepSeconds, 1 / 60, "fixedStepSeconds"), 1 / 240, 0.1),
+    maxFrameDeltaSeconds: clamp(positive(options.maxFrameDeltaSeconds, 0.25, "maxFrameDeltaSeconds"), 0.05, 1),
+  };
+}
+
+export class ActorController {
+  private readonly options: ResolvedOptions;
+  private readonly current: ActorControllerState;
+  private accumulator = 0;
+
+  constructor(options: ActorControllerOptions) {
+    this.options = resolveOptions(options);
+    this.options.pitch = clamp(this.options.pitch, -this.options.maximumFlightPitchRad, this.options.maximumFlightPitchRad);
+    this.current = {
+      kind: this.options.kind,
+      mode: this.options.mode,
+      identity: this.options.identity,
+      ...this.options.position,
+      yaw: this.options.yaw,
+      pitch: this.options.pitch,
+      speedMps: 0,
+      verticalSpeedMps: 0,
+      posePhase: 0,
+      poseAmount: 0,
+      gliding: false,
+      altitudeBoundContact: "none",
+      distanceM: 0,
+      elapsedSteps: 0,
+    };
+  }
+
+  fixedStepSeconds(): number {
+    return this.options.fixedStepSeconds;
+  }
+
+  /** Stable allocation-free view. Treat nested identity as read-only and frozen. */
+  state(): Readonly<ActorControllerState> {
+    return this.current;
+  }
+
+  /** Detached JSON-safe state for persistence, networking and tests. */
+  snapshot(): ActorControllerSnapshot {
+    return { ...this.current, identity: copyIdentity(this.current.identity) };
+  }
+
+  /** Replace profile/identity without changing kind, pose or position. */
+  setIdentity(identity: ActorIdentity): void {
+    this.current.identity = checkedIdentity(identity);
+  }
+
+  /** Change visible actor while preserving identity and finite world position. */
+  setActorKind(kind: ActorKind): void {
+    if (!validKind(kind)) throw new RangeError("unknown actor kind");
+    if (kind === this.current.kind) return;
+    this.current.kind = kind;
+    this.current.speedMps = 0;
+    this.current.verticalSpeedMps = 0;
+    this.current.pitch = 0;
+    this.current.poseAmount = 0;
+    this.current.gliding = false;
+    this.current.altitudeBoundContact = "none";
+    if (kind !== "crow") this.land();
+  }
+
+  /** Request a locomotion mode without consuming a simulation step. Non-crows cannot fly. */
+  setMode(mode: ActorMode): void {
+    if (mode === "flight" && this.current.kind === "crow") this.takeOff();
+    else this.land();
+  }
+
+  /** Restore the original spawn, identity and kind and clear fractional time. */
+  reset(): void {
+    this.accumulator = 0;
+    Object.assign(this.current, this.options.position, {
+      kind: this.options.kind,
+      mode: this.options.mode,
+      identity: this.options.identity,
+      yaw: this.options.yaw,
+      pitch: this.options.pitch,
+      speedMps: 0,
+      verticalSpeedMps: 0,
+      posePhase: 0,
+      poseAmount: 0,
+      gliding: false,
+      altitudeBoundContact: "none",
+      distanceM: 0,
+      elapsedSteps: 0,
+    });
+  }
+
+  tick(deltaSeconds: number, actions: Partial<ActorActionSnapshot> = NEUTRAL_ACTOR_ACTIONS): number {
+    if (!Number.isFinite(deltaSeconds) || deltaSeconds <= 0) return 0;
+    const normalized = normalizeActorActions(actions);
+    if (normalized.reset) {
+      this.reset();
+      return 0;
+    }
+    this.accumulator += Math.min(deltaSeconds, this.options.maxFrameDeltaSeconds);
+    let steps = 0;
+    while (this.accumulator + Number.EPSILON >= this.options.fixedStepSeconds) {
+      this.stepNormalized(normalized);
+      this.accumulator -= this.options.fixedStepSeconds;
+      steps += 1;
+    }
+    return steps;
+  }
+
+  stepFixed(actions: Partial<ActorActionSnapshot> = NEUTRAL_ACTOR_ACTIONS): void {
+    const normalized = normalizeActorActions(actions);
+    if (normalized.reset) {
+      this.reset();
+      return;
+    }
+    this.stepNormalized(normalized);
+  }
+
+  private stepNormalized(actions: ActorActionSnapshot): void {
+    if (actions.kindRequest !== "none") this.setActorKind(actions.kindRequest);
+    if (actions.modeRequest === "ground") this.land();
+    else if (actions.modeRequest === "flight" && this.current.kind === "crow") this.takeOff();
+
+    if (this.current.mode === "flight" && this.current.kind === "crow") this.stepFlight(actions);
+    else this.stepGround(actions);
+    this.current.elapsedSteps += 1;
+  }
+
+  private stepGround(actions: ActorActionSnapshot): void {
+    const dt = this.options.fixedStepSeconds;
+    this.current.yaw = wrapAngle(
+      this.current.yaw + actions.turn * this.options.groundTurnRateRadPerSecond * dt,
+    );
+    const input = Math.hypot(actions.forward, actions.right);
+    const kindScale = this.current.kind === "dog" ? this.options.dogSpeedScale : 1;
+    const maximum = (actions.sprint ? this.options.runSpeedMps : this.options.walkSpeedMps) * kindScale;
+    const speed = maximum * input;
+    const dx = (actions.right * Math.cos(this.current.yaw) - actions.forward * Math.sin(this.current.yaw)) * maximum * dt;
+    const dz = (-actions.right * Math.sin(this.current.yaw) - actions.forward * Math.cos(this.current.yaw)) * maximum * dt;
+    const beforeX = this.current.x;
+    const beforeZ = this.current.z;
+    this.current.x += dx;
+    this.current.z += dz;
+    this.applyHorizontalBounds();
+    const moved = Math.hypot(this.current.x - beforeX, this.current.z - beforeZ);
+    this.current.distanceM += moved;
+    this.current.speedMps = speed;
+    this.current.verticalSpeedMps = 0;
+    this.current.y = this.options.groundY;
+    this.current.pitch = 0;
+    this.current.gliding = false;
+    this.current.altitudeBoundContact = "none";
+    this.current.poseAmount = input;
+    const strideLength = this.current.kind === "dog" ? 0.54 : 0.78;
+    this.current.posePhase = wrapPhase(this.current.posePhase + (moved / strideLength) * TWO_PI);
+  }
+
+  private stepFlight(actions: ActorActionSnapshot): void {
+    const dt = this.options.fixedStepSeconds;
+    this.current.yaw = wrapAngle(
+      this.current.yaw + actions.turn * this.options.flightTurnRateRadPerSecond * dt,
+    );
+    const targetPitch = actions.pitch * this.options.maximumFlightPitchRad;
+    this.current.pitch = moveToward(this.current.pitch, targetPitch, 1.9 * dt);
+
+    const throttle = (actions.forward + 1) / 2;
+    const poweredTarget = this.options.minimumFlightSpeedMps +
+      (this.options.maximumFlightSpeedMps - this.options.minimumFlightSpeedMps) * throttle;
+    const targetSpeed = actions.glide ? this.options.glideSpeedMps : poweredTarget;
+    this.current.speedMps = moveToward(this.current.speedMps, targetSpeed, (actions.glide ? 2.2 : 5.5) * dt);
+    const pitchLift = Math.sin(this.current.pitch) * this.current.speedMps;
+    const glideSink = actions.glide ? 0.7 : 0.15;
+    const targetVertical = pitchLift + actions.climb * this.options.maximumClimbSpeedMps - glideSink;
+    this.current.verticalSpeedMps = moveToward(
+      this.current.verticalSpeedMps,
+      clamp(targetVertical, -this.options.maximumClimbSpeedMps, this.options.maximumClimbSpeedMps),
+      8 * dt,
+    );
+
+    const horizontalSpeed = this.current.speedMps * Math.cos(this.current.pitch);
+    const beforeX = this.current.x;
+    const beforeY = this.current.y;
+    const beforeZ = this.current.z;
+    this.current.x -= Math.sin(this.current.yaw) * horizontalSpeed * dt;
+    this.current.z -= Math.cos(this.current.yaw) * horizontalSpeed * dt;
+    this.current.y += this.current.verticalSpeedMps * dt;
+    this.applyHorizontalBounds();
+    this.applyAltitudeBounds();
+    this.current.distanceM += Math.hypot(
+      this.current.x - beforeX,
+      this.current.y - beforeY,
+      this.current.z - beforeZ,
+    );
+    this.current.gliding = actions.glide;
+    this.current.poseAmount = actions.glide ? 0.22 : 0.55 + throttle * 0.45;
+    if (!actions.glide) {
+      const flapRate = 3.5 + throttle * 4;
+      this.current.posePhase = wrapPhase(this.current.posePhase + flapRate * TWO_PI * dt);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private land(): void {
+    this.current.mode = "ground";
+    this.current.y = this.options.groundY;
+    this.current.pitch = 0;
+    this.current.verticalSpeedMps = 0;
+    this.current.gliding = false;
+    this.current.altitudeBoundContact = "none";
+  }
+
+  private takeOff(): void {
+    this.current.mode = "flight";
+    this.current.y = Math.max(this.current.y, this.options.groundY + this.options.minFlightAltitude);
+    this.current.altitudeBoundContact = "none";
+  }
+
+  private applyHorizontalBounds(): void {
+    const bounds = this.options.horizontalBounds;
+    if (!bounds) return;
+    this.current.x = clamp(this.current.x, bounds.minX, bounds.maxX);
+    this.current.z = clamp(this.current.z, bounds.minZ, bounds.maxZ);
+  }
+
+  private applyAltitudeBounds(): void {
+    const minimum = this.options.groundY + this.options.minFlightAltitude;
+    const maximum = this.options.groundY + this.options.maxFlightAltitude;
+    if (this.current.y <= minimum) {
+      this.current.y = minimum;
+      this.current.verticalSpeedMps = Math.max(0, this.current.verticalSpeedMps);
+      this.current.altitudeBoundContact = "minimum";
+    } else if (this.current.y >= maximum) {
+      this.current.y = maximum;
+      this.current.verticalSpeedMps = Math.min(0, this.current.verticalSpeedMps);
+      this.current.altitudeBoundContact = "maximum";
+    } else {
+      this.current.altitudeBoundContact = "none";
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/** Execute an exact, allocation-friendly input recording for tests or playback. */
+export function replayActorInputs(
+  options: ActorControllerOptions,
+  frames: readonly TimedActorInputFrame[],
+): ActorReplayResult {
+  const controller = new ActorController(options);
+  const trajectory: ActorControllerSnapshot[] = [controller.snapshot()];
+  for (const frame of frames) {
+    const steps = Number.isSafeInteger(frame.steps) && frame.steps > 0 ? frame.steps : 0;
+    for (let index = 0; index < steps; index += 1) {
+      controller.stepFixed(frame.actions);
+      trajectory.push(controller.snapshot());
+    }
+  }
+  return { trajectory, final: controller.snapshot() };
+}
diff --git a/src/actors/index.ts b/src/actors/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c723d29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/actors/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+export {
+  ActorController,
+  NEUTRAL_ACTOR_ACTIONS,
+  normalizeActorActions,
+  replayActorInputs,
+  type ActorActionSnapshot,
+  type ActorControllerOptions,
+  type ActorControllerSnapshot,
+  type ActorControllerState,
+  type ActorHorizontalBounds,
+  type ActorIdentity,
+  type ActorKind,
+  type ActorKindRequest,
+  type ActorMode,
+  type ActorModeRequest,
+  type ActorPosition,
+  type ActorProfile,
+  type ActorReplayResult,
+  type TimedActorInputFrame,
+} from "./controller.ts";
+
+export {
+  createSceneActor,
+  type SceneActor,
+  type SceneActorCameraOptions,
+  type SceneActorOptions,
+  type SceneActorView,
+} from "./sceneActor.ts";
diff --git a/src/actors/sceneActor.ts b/src/actors/sceneActor.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..acfa45a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/actors/sceneActor.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,307 @@
+/**
+ * Three.js presentation adapter for a playable city/corridor actor.
+ *
+ * `ActorController` remains the sole owner of motion and identity. This module
+ * only turns its metre-space state into a procedural rig, pose joints and a
+ * third-person scene camera contract. A state-scale California board can set a
+ * small `sceneUnitsPerMetre`; a metre-scale plaza leaves it at one.
+ */
+import * as THREE from "three";
+import {
+  buildCrow,
+  buildDog,
+  buildHumanoid,
+  disposeCrow,
+  disposeDog,
+  disposeHumanoid,
+  poseCrowFlight,
+  poseDogAttention,
+  poseDogWalk,
+  poseHumanoid,
+  type CrowRig,
+  type DogRig,
+  type HumanoidRig,
+} from "../assets/actors/index.ts";
+import type { Pose } from "../engine/scenekit.ts";
+import {
+  ActorController,
+  NEUTRAL_ACTOR_ACTIONS,
+  normalizeActorActions,
+  type ActorActionSnapshot,
+  type ActorControllerOptions,
+  type ActorControllerSnapshot,
+  type ActorIdentity,
+  type ActorKind,
+  type ActorMode,
+} from "./controller.ts";
+
+export interface SceneActorCameraOptions {
+  /** All camera dimensions are actor-space metres and share the render scale. */
+  distance?: number;
+  height?: number;
+  targetHeight?: number;
+  lookAhead?: number;
+}
+
+export interface SceneActorOptions extends ActorControllerOptions {
+  /** Actor metres to scene units. Defaults to one. */
+  sceneUnitsPerMetre?: number;
+  /** Optional representational scale for the rig/camera on very coarse boards. */
+  visualSceneUnitsPerMetre?: number;
+  /** Scene-space anchor for the controller's local metre origin. */
+  sceneOrigin?: { x: number; y: number; z: number };
+  camera?: SceneActorCameraOptions;
+  /** False by default so constructing a layer never steals orbit navigation. */
+  active?: boolean;
+}
+
+export interface SceneActorView {
+  /** Stable live vector in scene coordinates for camera/light consumers. */
+  position: THREE.Vector3;
+}
+
+export interface SceneActor {
+  /** Stable outer group; changing actor kind only replaces its rig child. */
+  root: THREE.Group;
+  view: SceneActorView;
+  state(): ActorControllerSnapshot;
+  actions(): ActorActionSnapshot;
+  setActions(actions: Partial<ActorActionSnapshot>): ActorActionSnapshot;
+  tick(elapsedSeconds: number): ActorControllerSnapshot;
+  /** Defensive scene-space third-person pose. */
+  followPose(): Pose;
+  active(): boolean;
+  setActive(active: boolean): void;
+  /** Change rig and optional identity/mode without replacing the stable root. */
+  switchActor(kind: ActorKind, identity?: ActorIdentity, mode?: ActorMode): ActorControllerSnapshot;
+  /** Rebuild the visible skin for a new serializable identity, preserving motion and kind. */
+  setIdentity(identity: ActorIdentity): ActorControllerSnapshot;
+  dispose(): void;
+}
+
+type RiggedActor =
+  | { kind: "humanoid"; rig: HumanoidRig }
+  | { kind: "dog"; rig: DogRig }
+  | { kind: "crow"; rig: CrowRig };
+
+const CAMERA_BY_KIND: Record<ActorKind, Required<SceneActorCameraOptions>> = {
+  humanoid: { distance: 3.5, height: 2.25, targetHeight: 1.25, lookAhead: 0.75 },
+  dog: { distance: 2.8, height: 1.35, targetHeight: 0.48, lookAhead: 0.65 },
+  crow: { distance: 4.2, height: 1.15, targetHeight: 0.18, lookAhead: 2.2 },
+};
+
+function color(value: string | undefined): THREE.ColorRepresentation | undefined {
+  return value;
+}
+
+function buildActor(kind: ActorKind, identity: Readonly<ActorIdentity>): RiggedActor {
+  const appearance = identity.profile.appearance;
+  if (kind === "dog") {
+    return {
+      kind,
+      rig: buildDog({
+        ...(color(appearance?.primaryColor) === undefined ? {} : { coatColor: color(appearance?.primaryColor) }),
+        ...(color(appearance?.skinTone) === undefined ? {} : { markingsColor: color(appearance?.skinTone) }),
+        ...(color(appearance?.accentColor) === undefined ? {} : { collarColor: color(appearance?.accentColor) }),
+      }),
+    };
+  }
+  if (kind === "crow") {
+    return {
+      kind,
+      rig: buildCrow({
+        ...(color(appearance?.primaryColor) === undefined ? {} : { featherColor: color(appearance?.primaryColor) }),
+        ...(color(appearance?.accentColor) === undefined ? {} : { sheenColor: color(appearance?.accentColor) }),
+      }),
+    };
+  }
+  // `faceImageUrl` intentionally remains data, not an implicit network fetch.
+  // A realtime/video integration may attach its caller-owned texture to the
+  // named `humanoid.face` mesh without changing simulation or this lifecycle.
+  return {
+    kind,
+    rig: buildHumanoid({
+      ...(color(appearance?.skinTone) === undefined ? {} : { skinTone: color(appearance?.skinTone) }),
+      ...(color(appearance?.primaryColor) === undefined ? {} : { outfitColor: color(appearance?.primaryColor) }),
+      ...(color(appearance?.accentColor) === undefined ? {} : { accentColor: color(appearance?.accentColor) }),
+    }),
+  };
+}
+
+function disposeRig(actor: RiggedActor): void {
+  actor.rig.root.removeFromParent();
+  if (actor.kind === "humanoid") disposeHumanoid(actor.rig);
+  else if (actor.kind === "dog") disposeDog(actor.rig);
+  else disposeCrow(actor.rig);
+}
+
+function positive(value: number, name: string): number {
+  if (!(value > 0) || !Number.isFinite(value)) throw new RangeError(`${name} must be finite and positive`);
+  return value;
+}
+
+function nonNegative(value: number, name: string): number {
+  if (value < 0 || !Number.isFinite(value)) throw new RangeError(`${name} must be finite and non-negative`);
+  return value;
+}
+
+function finiteOrigin(origin: SceneActorOptions["sceneOrigin"]): THREE.Vector3 {
+  if (!origin) return new THREE.Vector3();
+  if (![origin.x, origin.y, origin.z].every(Number.isFinite)) {
+    throw new RangeError("sceneOrigin must contain finite coordinates");
+  }
+  return new THREE.Vector3(origin.x, origin.y, origin.z);
+}
+
+export function createSceneActor(options: SceneActorOptions): SceneActor {
+  const scale = positive(options.sceneUnitsPerMetre ?? 1, "sceneUnitsPerMetre");
+  const visualScale = positive(options.visualSceneUnitsPerMetre ?? scale, "visualSceneUnitsPerMetre");
+  const origin = finiteOrigin(options.sceneOrigin);
+  const cameraOverrides = options.camera ?? {};
+  for (const [name, value] of Object.entries(cameraOverrides)) {
+    if (value === undefined) continue;
+    if (name === "distance" || name === "height") positive(value, `camera.${name}`);
+    else nonNegative(value, `camera.${name}`);
+  }
+
+  const controller = new ActorController(options);
+  const root = new THREE.Group();
+  root.name = "playable-scene-actor";
+  root.userData.kind = "playable-actor";
+  root.userData.forwardAxis = "-Z";
+  root.scale.setScalar(visualScale);
+  const view = { position: new THREE.Vector3() };
+  let actor = buildActor(controller.state().kind, controller.state().identity);
+  root.add(actor.rig.root);
+  let enabled = options.active ?? false;
+  let desired: ActorActionSnapshot = { ...NEUTRAL_ACTOR_ACTIONS };
+  let disposed = false;
+
+  function sync(): void {
+    const state = controller.state();
+    root.position.set(
+      origin.x + state.x * scale,
+      origin.y + state.y * scale,
+      origin.z + state.z * scale,
+    );
+    root.rotation.order = "YXZ";
+    root.rotation.set(state.mode === "flight" ? state.pitch : 0, state.yaw, 0);
+    view.position.copy(root.position);
+    if (actor.kind === "humanoid") {
+      poseHumanoid(actor.rig, { walkPhase: state.posePhase, stride: state.poseAmount * 0.68 });
+    } else if (actor.kind === "dog") {
+      poseDogWalk(actor.rig, state.posePhase, state.poseAmount * 0.68);
+      poseDogAttention(actor.rig, 0, state.posePhase * 0.7);
+    } else if (state.mode === "flight") {
+      // A possessed crow is airborne even before the first key arrives. Keep a
+      // readable soaring silhouette at neutral input; the controller still
+      // owns phase/intensity as soon as movement begins.
+      const idleSoar = enabled && state.poseAmount < 1e-4;
+      poseCrowFlight(
+        actor.rig,
+        idleSoar ? -Math.PI / 2 : state.posePhase,
+        Math.max(state.poseAmount, idleSoar ? 0.58 : 0),
+      );
+      if (idleSoar) {
+        // The authored wing sheet already extends along local X. A neutral
+        // chase view needs that broad plan silhouette, not the edge-on middle
+        // of a flap cycle.
+        actor.rig.joints.wingLeft.rotation.set(-0.08, 0, 0.08);
+        actor.rig.joints.wingRight.rotation.set(-0.08, 0, -0.08);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  function replaceActor(kind: ActorKind): void {
+    const previous = actor;
+    actor = buildActor(kind, controller.state().identity);
+    root.add(actor.rig.root);
+    disposeRig(previous);
+    sync();
+  }
+
+  function clearEdges(): void {
+    desired.modeRequest = "none";
+    desired.kindRequest = "none";
+    desired.reset = false;
+  }
+
+  sync();
+
+  return {
+    root,
+    view,
+    state: () => controller.snapshot(),
+    actions: () => ({ ...desired }),
+    setActions(actions) {
+      desired = normalizeActorActions(actions);
+      return { ...desired };
+    },
+    tick(elapsedSeconds) {
+      if (!disposed && enabled) {
+        const beforeKind = controller.state().kind;
+        controller.tick(elapsedSeconds, desired);
+        if (controller.state().kind !== beforeKind) replaceActor(controller.state().kind);
+        else sync();
+        clearEdges();
+      }
+      return controller.snapshot();
+    },
+    followPose() {
+      const state = controller.state();
+      const defaults = CAMERA_BY_KIND[state.kind];
+      const camera = {
+        distance: cameraOverrides.distance ?? defaults.distance,
+        height: cameraOverrides.height ?? defaults.height,
+        targetHeight: cameraOverrides.targetHeight ?? defaults.targetHeight,
+        lookAhead: cameraOverrides.lookAhead ?? defaults.lookAhead,
+      };
+      const forwardX = -Math.sin(state.yaw);
+      const forwardZ = -Math.cos(state.yaw);
+      const forwardY = state.mode === "flight" ? Math.sin(state.pitch) : 0;
+      const atX = origin.x + state.x * scale;
+      const atY = origin.y + state.y * scale;
+      const atZ = origin.z + state.z * scale;
+      return {
+        position: new THREE.Vector3(
+          atX - forwardX * camera.distance * visualScale,
+          atY + camera.height * visualScale,
+          atZ - forwardZ * camera.distance * visualScale,
+        ),
+        target: new THREE.Vector3(
+          atX + forwardX * camera.lookAhead * visualScale,
+          atY + (camera.targetHeight + forwardY * camera.lookAhead) * visualScale,
+          atZ + forwardZ * camera.lookAhead * visualScale,
+        ),
+      };
+    },
+    active: () => enabled,
+    setActive(active) {
+      if (active !== enabled) desired = { ...NEUTRAL_ACTOR_ACTIONS };
+      enabled = active;
+    },
+    switchActor(kind, identity, mode) {
+      if (disposed) return controller.snapshot();
+      if (identity) controller.setIdentity(identity);
+      const changed = kind !== controller.state().kind || identity !== undefined;
+      controller.setActorKind(kind);
+      if (mode) controller.setMode(mode);
+      desired = { ...NEUTRAL_ACTOR_ACTIONS };
+      if (changed) replaceActor(kind);
+      else sync();
+      return controller.snapshot();
+    },
+    setIdentity(identity) {
+      if (disposed) return controller.snapshot();
+      controller.setIdentity(identity);
+      replaceActor(controller.state().kind);
+      return controller.snapshot();
+    },
+    dispose() {
+      if (disposed) return;
+      disposed = true;
+      root.removeFromParent();
+      disposeRig(actor);
+    },
+  };
+}
diff --git a/src/assets/actors/crow.ts b/src/assets/actors/crow.ts
index da11323..e172202 100644
--- a/src/assets/actors/crow.ts
+++ b/src/assets/actors/crow.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ export interface CrowRig extends ActorRigBase {
 
 export function createCrowMaterials(options: CrowBuildOptions = {}): CrowMaterials {
   return {
-    feather: new THREE.MeshStandardMaterial({ name: "crow.feather", color: options.featherColor ?? 0x111519, roughness: 0.62, metalness: 0.12 }),
+    // Wing sheets are intentionally thin. Both faces must render because a
+    // chase camera sees their backs while a flyover camera sees their fronts.
+    feather: new THREE.MeshStandardMaterial({ name: "crow.feather", color: options.featherColor ?? 0x111519, roughness: 0.62, metalness: 0.12, side: THREE.DoubleSide }),
     sheen: new THREE.MeshStandardMaterial({ name: "crow.sheen", color: options.sheenColor ?? 0x1f2c36, roughness: 0.4, metalness: 0.28 }),
     beak: new THREE.MeshStandardMaterial({ name: "crow.beak", color: 0x202327, roughness: 0.78 }),
     eye: new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial({ name: "crow.eye", color: 0xd4b168, toneMapped: false }),
diff --git a/src/assets/textures.ts b/src/assets/textures.ts
index 35e25b8..b6be41a 100644
--- a/src/assets/textures.ts
+++ b/src/assets/textures.ts
@@ -333,7 +333,11 @@ export class TextureBin {
     const canvas = document.createElement("canvas");
     canvas.width = size;
     canvas.height = size;
-    const ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
+    // Every material passes through `grain()`, which reads the full canvas back
+    // before uploading it to Three.js. Declare that workload so Chromium keeps
+    // the 2D surface on its read-optimised path instead of warning once per
+    // generated office material.
+    const ctx = canvas.getContext("2d", { willReadFrequently: true });
     if (!ctx) return null;
 
     DRAW[kind](ctx, size);
diff --git a/src/engine/scene.ts b/src/engine/scene.ts
index f3c9477..6edc843 100644
--- a/src/engine/scene.ts
+++ b/src/engine/scene.ts
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ import type {
   ScenePalette,
 } from "./types.ts";
 import { World, type FieldProgress } from "./world.ts";
+import { createSceneActor, type SceneActorOptions } from "../actors/sceneActor.ts";
+import type { ActorActionSnapshot, ActorControllerSnapshot } from "../actors/controller.ts";
 
 export interface SceneOptions {
   city: City;
@@ -79,6 +81,10 @@ export interface SceneOptions {
   markers?: Marker[];
   /** Optional deterministic road traffic for a state/corridor-scale board. */
   roadTraffic?: RoadTrafficOptions;
+  /** Optional possessed procedural actor for play mode; inactive by default. */
+  actor?: SceneActorOptions;
+  /** Geographic spawn anchor for that actor; defaults to the board centre. */
+  actorAnchor?: { lat: number; lng: number };
   flights?: FlightSource;
   /**
    * Element sets to propagate, if this deployment has any.
@@ -175,6 +181,10 @@ export interface SceneHandle {
   vehicleState(): Readonly<VehicleControllerState> | null;
   setVehicleCamera(mode: VehicleCameraMode): void;
   vehicleCamera(): VehicleCameraMode | null;
+  setActorActions(actions: Partial<ActorActionSnapshot>): void;
+  actorState(): Readonly<ActorControllerSnapshot> | null;
+  setActorActive(active: boolean): void;
+  actorActive(): boolean;
   setMarkers(markers: Marker[]): void;
   /** Take this city off the stage and release everything it built. */
   dispose(): void;
@@ -254,6 +264,7 @@ export async function createScene(
     Math.hypot(eastX, southZ),
   );
 
+  const orbitMinDistance = Math.max(4, boardSpan * 0.02);
   const kit = createSceneKit({
     scene,
     dom: stage.renderer.domElement,
@@ -272,7 +283,7 @@ export async function createScene(
      * the invariant: nothing should be cut off before it has fully faded out.
      */
     far: boardSpan * 4,
-    minDistance: Math.max(4, boardSpan * 0.02),
+    minDistance: orbitMinDistance,
     /**
      * Far enough out to be **above the satellites**, which is what the extra
      * half-span buys.
@@ -344,6 +355,22 @@ export async function createScene(
     ? createRoadTrafficLayer(world, kit.camera, kit.controls, options.roadTraffic)
     : null;
   if (roadTraffic) scene.add(roadTraffic.group);
+  const actorAnchor = options.actorAnchor ?? city.center;
+  const [actorX, actorZ] = world.project(actorAnchor.lat, actorAnchor.lng);
+  const sceneActor = options.actor
+    ? createSceneActor({
+        ...options.actor,
+        sceneUnitsPerMetre: options.actor.sceneUnitsPerMetre ?? 1 / world.metresPerUnit,
+        visualSceneUnitsPerMetre: options.actor.visualSceneUnitsPerMetre ??
+          (city.id === "california" ? 0.025 : 1 / world.metresPerUnit),
+        sceneOrigin: options.actor.sceneOrigin ?? {
+          x: actorX,
+          y: world.groundAt(actorAnchor.lat, actorAnchor.lng),
+          z: actorZ,
+        },
+      })
+    : null;
+  if (sceneActor) scene.add(sceneActor.root);
 
   let flightLayer: FlightLayer | null = null;
   let flightTimer = 0;
@@ -408,6 +435,15 @@ export async function createScene(
   function flyTo(chapterId: string) {
     const ch = chapterById[chapterId];
     if (!ch) return;
+    // Named viewpoints are observe/vehicle destinations. Possessing an actor
+    // is an explicit UI action, so a chapter selection always hands the camera
+    // back before it moves anywhere else.
+    sceneActor?.setActive(false);
+    kit.controls.minDistance = orbitMinDistance;
+    if (kit.camera.near !== 0.1) {
+      kit.camera.near = 0.1;
+      kit.camera.updateProjectionMatrix();
+    }
     const route = options.roadTraffic?.pack.routes.find((candidate) => candidate.id === chapterId);
     if (route && roadTraffic) {
       roadTraffic.setRoute(route.id);
@@ -446,7 +482,11 @@ export async function createScene(
     // bug.
     onExit: () => kit.resetPick(),
     tick(dt) {
+      const actorPlaying = sceneActor?.active() ?? false;
+      kit.controls.enabled = !actorPlaying;
       kit.tick(dt);
+      sceneActor?.tick(dt);
+      if (actorPlaying && sceneActor) kit.setPose(sceneActor.followPose());
       roadTraffic?.tick(dt);
       clouds.tick(dt);
       if (options.flights && flightLayer) {
@@ -538,10 +578,25 @@ export async function createScene(
     vehicleState: () => roadTraffic?.hero() ?? null,
     setVehicleCamera: (mode) => roadTraffic?.setCameraMode(mode),
     vehicleCamera: () => roadTraffic?.cameraMode() ?? null,
+    setActorActions: (actions) => { sceneActor?.setActions(actions); },
+    actorState: () => sceneActor?.state() ?? null,
+    setActorActive(active) {
+      sceneActor?.setActive(active);
+      if (active) roadTraffic?.setFollowing(false);
+      // State boards compress one real metre to a few hundredths of a scene
+      // unit. Their possessed actor and chase camera are therefore closer than
+      // the map camera's 0.1 near plane; lower it only for play mode so the
+      // procedural rig is not clipped away, then restore the depth precision.
+      kit.camera.near = active ? 0.001 : 0.1;
+      kit.controls.minDistance = active ? 0.001 : orbitMinDistance;
+      kit.camera.updateProjectionMatrix();
+    },
+    actorActive: () => sceneActor?.active() ?? false,
     setMarkers(markers) {
       markerLayer.setMarkers(markers);
     },
     dispose() {
+      sceneActor?.dispose();
       /**
        * Off the stage, then released — and the stage itself is left running.
        *
diff --git a/src/interiors/officeScene.ts b/src/interiors/officeScene.ts
index b783139..07b87f1 100644
--- a/src/interiors/officeScene.ts
+++ b/src/interiors/officeScene.ts
@@ -29,13 +29,12 @@
  * station said so is a nice idea and a bad dependency for a room that has to
  * render with no network at all.
  *
- * ### Orbit dollhouse is the only navigation mode
+ * ### Orbit dollhouse remains the default navigation mode
  *
- * Walk mode is not built here. `Plan` already produces the collision segments it
- * will need, which is the point of doing the wall split once, but v1 orbits: the
- * ceilings come off, the walls between you and what you are looking at go
- * translucent, and the existing camera, flight and picking machinery is reused
- * verbatim.
+ * An optional `OfficeWalker` can temporarily possess a local actor and publish a
+ * chase-camera pose. It is inactive by default; without one, or while inactive,
+ * the ceilings, occlusion fading, named views and orbit controls behave exactly
+ * as before.
  *
  * ### Two depths, and the public one is the architecture without the people
  *
@@ -83,6 +82,11 @@ import { Plan, type Depth, type PlanOptions } from "./plan.ts";
 import { createPresenceLayer, type PresenceLayer, type PresencePalette } from "./presence.ts";
 import { createShell, type Shell, type WallInfo } from "./shell.ts";
 import { createLuminaires, type Luminaires, type Walker } from "./luminaires.ts";
+import {
+  createOfficeWalker,
+  type OfficeWalker,
+  type OfficeWalkerOptions,
+} from "./officeWalker.ts";
 import {
   createRobotLayer,
   type RobotLayer,
@@ -210,6 +214,8 @@ export interface OfficeSceneOptions {
    * withhold, so a stranger gets them too.
    */
   robots?: readonly RobotSpec[];
+  /** Optional local walk actor. Constructed inactive unless `walker.active` says otherwise. */
+  walker?: OfficeWalkerOptions;
   /** Defaults to false — the lid comes off, because that is the whole view. */
   showCeilings?: boolean;
   /** Fade the walls you are looking through. Defaults to true. */
@@ -230,6 +236,8 @@ export interface OfficeScene extends StageScene {
    * print the "no presence" badge and whether to offer a sign-in.
    */
   depth: Depth;
+  /** Local walk-mode actor, or null when this scene was built as dollhouse-only. */
+  walker: OfficeWalker | null;
   /** The pack's viewpoints, as the thing a legend prints and `flyTo` is keyed on. */
   views: View[];
   flyTo(viewId: string): void;
@@ -486,6 +494,8 @@ export function createOfficeScene(office: Office, options: OfficeSceneOptions):
     options.robots && options.robots.length > 0
       ? createRobotLayer(plan, { materials, robots: options.robots })
       : null;
+  const officeWalker = options.walker ? createOfficeWalker(plan, options.walker) : null;
+  if (officeWalker) scene.add(officeWalker.root);
   if (robots) {
     scene.add(robots.group);
     /**
@@ -496,7 +506,12 @@ export function createOfficeScene(office: Office, options: OfficeSceneOptions):
      * through a reference taken at setup. Calling it every frame would allocate
      * nothing extra but would imply the array were a snapshot, which it is not.
      */
-    luminaires.setWalkers(robots.robots());
+  }
+  if (robots || officeWalker) {
+    luminaires.setWalkers([
+      ...(robots?.robots() ?? NO_ROBOTS),
+      ...(officeWalker ? [officeWalker.view] : []),
+    ]);
   }
   // A public office has no presence layer, rather than an empty one. The
   // difference is not cosmetic: an empty `PresenceLayer` is a `THREE.Group`
@@ -749,13 +764,18 @@ export function createOfficeScene(office: Office, options: OfficeSceneOptions):
     controls: kit.controls,
     plan,
     depth,
+    walker: officeWalker,
     views,
     // A public office anchors nothing, because it has nobody to anchor. The
     // empty map is this scene's own rather than a shared module-level one: an
     // HTML overlay that writes into what it was handed should not be able to
     // reach across into another office.
     anchors: presence?.anchors ?? new Map<string, THREE.Vector3>(),
-    flyTo,
+    flyTo(viewId) {
+      officeWalker?.setActive(false);
+      kit.controls.enabled = true;
+      flyTo(viewId);
+    },
     current: () => currentView,
     onViewChange(fn) {
       viewListeners.push(fn);
@@ -799,7 +819,11 @@ export function createOfficeScene(office: Office, options: OfficeSceneOptions):
     onExit: () => kit.resetPick(),
     tick(dt) {
       if (disposed) return;
+      const walking = officeWalker?.active() ?? false;
+      kit.controls.enabled = !walking;
       kit.tick(dt);
+      officeWalker?.tick(dt);
+      if (walking && officeWalker) kit.setPose(officeWalker.followPose());
       updateOcclusion();
       // Robots first: the lights above them should respond to where they are
       // *now*, not to where they were last frame.
@@ -807,6 +831,7 @@ export function createOfficeScene(office: Office, options: OfficeSceneOptions):
       luminaires.tick(dt);
     },
     dispose() {
+      officeWalker?.dispose();
       robots?.dispose();
       luminaires.dispose();
       if (horizonPlane) {
diff --git a/src/interiors/officeWalker.ts b/src/interiors/officeWalker.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e133cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/interiors/officeWalker.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,239 @@
+/**
+ * The office-facing half of walk mode: a numeric `WalkerController` wearing an
+ * original actor rig and publishing a third-person camera pose.
+ *
+ * There is deliberately no identity, webcam, keyboard or network code here.
+ * Callers choose humanoid or anonymous dog, translate their own input device to
+ * a normalized planar action, and decide when walk mode is active.
+ */
+
+import * as THREE from "three";
+import {
+  buildDog,
+  disposeDog,
+  poseDogAttention,
+  poseDogWalk,
+  type DogRig,
+} from "../assets/actors/dog.ts";
+import {
+  buildHumanoid,
+  disposeHumanoid,
+  poseHumanoid,
+  type HumanoidRig,
+} from "../assets/actors/humanoid.ts";
+import type { Pose } from "../engine/scenekit.ts";
+import type { Plan } from "./plan.ts";
+import {
+  createWalker,
+  normalizeWalkerAction,
+  type WalkerAction,
+  type WalkerController,
+  type WalkerOptions,
+  type WalkerSpawn,
+  type WalkerState,
+} from "./walker.ts";
+
+const HUMANOID_CAMERA = { distance: 3.2, height: 2.25, targetHeight: 1.25, lookAhead: 0.7 };
+const DOG_CAMERA = { distance: 2.6, height: 1.45, targetHeight: 0.48, lookAhead: 0.55 };
+const STRIDE_METRES = 0.72;
+const GAIT_EASE_SECONDS = 0.16;
+
+export type OfficeActorKind = "humanoid" | "anonymous-dog";
+
+export interface OfficeActorAppearance {
+  kind: OfficeActorKind;
+  skinTone?: THREE.ColorRepresentation;
+  outfitColor?: THREE.ColorRepresentation;
+  accentColor?: THREE.ColorRepresentation;
+  hairColor?: THREE.ColorRepresentation;
+  bodyShape?: "slim" | "average" | "broad";
+  coatColor?: THREE.ColorRepresentation;
+  markingsColor?: THREE.ColorRepresentation;
+  collarColor?: THREE.ColorRepresentation;
+}
+
+export interface FollowCameraOptions {
+  /** Metres behind the actor. */
+  distance?: number;
+  /** Camera height above this level's floor, in metres. */
+  height?: number;
+  /** Look target height above this level's floor, in metres. */
+  targetHeight?: number;
+  /** Metres ahead of the actor to aim. */
+  lookAhead?: number;
+}
+
+export interface OfficeWalkerOptions extends WalkerOptions {
+  actor?: OfficeActorAppearance;
+  camera?: FollowCameraOptions;
+  /** False by default: constructing an actor must not change dollhouse controls. */
+  active?: boolean;
+}
+
+export interface OfficeWalkerState extends WalkerState {
+  active: boolean;
+  actor: OfficeActorKind;
+  action: WalkerAction;
+}
+
+export interface OfficeWalker {
+  /** Floor-centred, scene-ready actor root. */
+  root: THREE.Group;
+  /** Stable live position for occupancy-responsive office lighting. */
+  view: { position: THREE.Vector3 };
+  state(): OfficeWalkerState;
+  active(): boolean;
+  setActive(active: boolean): void;
+  action(): WalkerAction;
+  setAction(action: WalkerAction): WalkerAction;
+  tick(elapsedSeconds: number): OfficeWalkerState;
+  reset(spawn?: WalkerSpawn): OfficeWalkerState;
+  /** A defensive scene-space chase-camera pose for the current actor state. */
+  followPose(): Pose;
+  dispose(): void;
+}
+
+type Actor =
+  | { kind: "humanoid"; rig: HumanoidRig }
+  | { kind: "anonymous-dog"; rig: DogRig };
+
+export function createOfficeWalker(plan: Plan, options: OfficeWalkerOptions): OfficeWalker {
+  const appearance = options.actor ?? { kind: "humanoid" };
+  const actor = buildActor(appearance);
+  const controller: WalkerController = createWalker(plan, options);
+  const baseCamera = actor.kind === "humanoid" ? HUMANOID_CAMERA : DOG_CAMERA;
+  const camera = {
+    distance: positive(options.camera?.distance ?? baseCamera.distance, "camera.distance"),
+    height: positive(options.camera?.height ?? baseCamera.height, "camera.height"),
+    targetHeight: nonNegative(options.camera?.targetHeight ?? baseCamera.targetHeight, "camera.targetHeight"),
+    lookAhead: nonNegative(options.camera?.lookAhead ?? baseCamera.lookAhead, "camera.lookAhead"),
+  };
+
+  let enabled = options.active ?? false;
+  let desired: WalkerAction = { x: 0, z: 0 };
+  let gait = 0;
+  let disposed = false;
+  const view = { position: new THREE.Vector3() };
+
+  function sync(state: WalkerState, elapsedSeconds = 0, travelled = 0): void {
+    const level = plan.level(state.levelId);
+    if (!level) throw new Error(`office walker lost level "${state.levelId}"`);
+    actor.rig.root.position.set(state.position.x, level.floorY, state.position.z);
+    view.position.copy(actor.rig.root.position);
+    actor.rig.root.rotation.y = Math.atan2(-state.facing.x, -state.facing.z);
+
+    const speed = elapsedSeconds > 0 ? travelled / elapsedSeconds : 0;
+    const targetGait = enabled && speed > 1e-5 ? Math.min(1, speed / (options.speed ?? 1.6)) : 0;
+    gait += (targetGait - gait) * Math.min(1, elapsedSeconds / GAIT_EASE_SECONDS);
+    const phase = (state.distance / STRIDE_METRES) * Math.PI * 2;
+    if (actor.kind === "humanoid") {
+      poseHumanoid(actor.rig, { walkPhase: phase, stride: gait * 0.62 });
+    } else {
+      poseDogWalk(actor.rig, phase, gait * 0.62);
+      poseDogAttention(actor.rig, 0, state.distance * 5);
+    }
+  }
+
+  function snapshot(): OfficeWalkerState {
+    const state = controller.state();
+    return {
+      ...state,
+      position: { ...state.position },
+      facing: { ...state.facing },
+      active: enabled,
+      actor: actor.kind,
+      action: { ...desired },
+    };
+  }
+
+  sync(controller.state());
+
+  return {
+    root: actor.rig.root,
+    view,
+    state: snapshot,
+    active: () => enabled,
+    setActive(active) {
+      if (active !== enabled) desired = { x: 0, z: 0 };
+      enabled = active;
+    },
+    action: () => ({ ...desired }),
+    setAction(action) {
+      desired = normalizeWalkerAction(action);
+      return { ...desired };
+    },
+    tick(elapsedSeconds) {
+      if (disposed) return snapshot();
+      const before = controller.state();
+      const next = enabled
+        ? controller.tick(elapsedSeconds, desired)
+        : controller.tick(elapsedSeconds, { x: 0, z: 0 });
+      sync(next, Number.isFinite(elapsedSeconds) ? Math.max(0, elapsedSeconds) : 0, next.distance - before.distance);
+      return snapshot();
+    },
+    reset(spawn) {
+      const state = controller.reset(spawn);
+      desired = { x: 0, z: 0 };
+      gait = 0;
+      sync(state);
+      return snapshot();
+    },
+    followPose() {
+      const state = controller.state();
+      const level = plan.level(state.levelId);
+      if (!level) throw new Error(`office walker lost level "${state.levelId}"`);
+      return {
+        position: new THREE.Vector3(
+          state.position.x - state.facing.x * camera.distance,
+          level.floorY + camera.height,
+          state.position.z - state.facing.z * camera.distance,
+        ),
+        target: new THREE.Vector3(
+          state.position.x + state.facing.x * camera.lookAhead,
+          level.floorY + camera.targetHeight,
+          state.position.z + state.facing.z * camera.lookAhead,
+        ),
+      };
+    },
+    dispose() {
+      if (disposed) return;
+      disposed = true;
+      actor.rig.root.removeFromParent();
+      if (actor.kind === "humanoid") disposeHumanoid(actor.rig);
+      else disposeDog(actor.rig);
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+function buildActor(appearance: OfficeActorAppearance): Actor {
+  if (appearance.kind === "anonymous-dog") {
+    return {
+      kind: "anonymous-dog",
+      rig: buildDog({
+        ...(appearance.coatColor !== undefined ? { coatColor: appearance.coatColor } : {}),
+        ...(appearance.markingsColor !== undefined ? { markingsColor: appearance.markingsColor } : {}),
+        ...(appearance.collarColor !== undefined ? { collarColor: appearance.collarColor } : {}),
+      }),
+    };
+  }
+  return {
+    kind: "humanoid",
+    rig: buildHumanoid({
+      ...(appearance.skinTone !== undefined ? { skinTone: appearance.skinTone } : {}),
+      ...(appearance.outfitColor !== undefined ? { outfitColor: appearance.outfitColor } : {}),
+      ...(appearance.accentColor !== undefined ? { accentColor: appearance.accentColor } : {}),
+      ...(appearance.hairColor !== undefined ? { hairColor: appearance.hairColor } : {}),
+      ...(appearance.bodyShape !== undefined ? { bodyShape: appearance.bodyShape } : {}),
+    }),
+  };
+}
+
+function positive(value: number, name: string): number {
+  if (!(value > 0) || !Number.isFinite(value)) throw new RangeError(`${name} must be finite and positive`);
+  return value;
+}
+
+function nonNegative(value: number, name: string): number {
+  if (value < 0 || !Number.isFinite(value)) throw new RangeError(`${name} must be finite and non-negative`);
+  return value;
+}
diff --git a/src/interiors/walker.ts b/src/interiors/walker.ts
index e2a18ab..03f6ff0 100644
--- a/src/interiors/walker.ts
+++ b/src/interiors/walker.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ export interface WalkerSpawn {
 }
 
 export interface WalkerOptions extends WalkerSpawn {
+  /** Initial unit direction; defaults to north / local -Z. */
+  facing?: Point2;
   /** Circular footprint radius, in metres. */
   radius?: number;
   /** Metres per second at full input. */
@@ -86,7 +88,8 @@ export function createWalker(plan: WalkerPlan, options: WalkerOptions): WalkerCo
 
   let spawn = checkedSpawn(plan, options, radius);
   let position = copy(spawn.position);
-  let facing: Point2 = { x: 0, z: -1 };
+  const initialFacing = normalizedFacing(options.facing);
+  let facing: Point2 = copy(initialFacing);
   let distance = 0;
   let accumulator = 0;
 
@@ -102,7 +105,7 @@ export function createWalker(plan: WalkerPlan, options: WalkerOptions): WalkerCo
   function reset(next = spawn): WalkerState {
     spawn = checkedSpawn(plan, next, radius);
     position = copy(spawn.position);
-    facing = { x: 0, z: -1 };
+    facing = copy(initialFacing);
     distance = 0;
     accumulator = 0;
     return snapshot();
@@ -138,6 +141,12 @@ export function createWalker(plan: WalkerPlan, options: WalkerOptions): WalkerCo
   return { state: snapshot, tick, reset };
 }
 
+function normalizedFacing(value: Point2 | undefined): Point2 {
+  if (!value || !finitePoint(value)) return { x: 0, z: -1 };
+  const length = Math.hypot(value.x, value.z);
+  return length > EPSILON ? { x: value.x / length, z: value.z / length } : { x: 0, z: -1 };
+}
+
 function moveWithSliding(
   plan: WalkerPlan,
   levelId: string,
diff --git a/src/journey/index.ts b/src/journey/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69caa8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/journey/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+export {
+  createJourney,
+  decodeJourneySnapshot,
+  encodeJourneySnapshot,
+  endpointCity,
+  isJourneyState,
+  journeyReducer,
+  officeCity,
+  transitionJourney,
+  type CreateJourneyOptions,
+} from "./state.ts";
+export {
+  clearJourneySession,
+  loadJourneySession,
+  saveJourneySession,
+} from "./persistence.ts";
+export type {
+  JourneyActor,
+  JourneyActorKind,
+  JourneyActorProfile,
+  JourneyCity,
+  JourneyEvent,
+  JourneyLocation,
+  JourneyMode,
+  JourneyOfficeId,
+  JourneyRouteEndpoint,
+  JourneyRouteId,
+  JourneyRouteProgress,
+  JourneyScale,
+  JourneySessionClearResult,
+  JourneySessionLoadResult,
+  JourneySessionSaveResult,
+  JourneySnapshotDecodeResult,
+  JourneySnapshotV1,
+  JourneyState,
+  JourneyTransition,
+  JourneyTransitionRejection,
+  JourneyVehiclePossession,
+  JourneyStorageAdapter,
+} from "./types.ts";
diff --git a/src/journey/persistence.ts b/src/journey/persistence.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d9d781
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/journey/persistence.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/** Failure-contained session persistence with no dependency on browser globals. */
+
+import { decodeJourneySnapshot, encodeJourneySnapshot } from "./state.ts";
+import type {
+  JourneySessionClearResult,
+  JourneySessionLoadResult,
+  JourneySessionSaveResult,
+  JourneyState,
+  JourneyStorageAdapter,
+} from "./types.ts";
+
+function validKey(key: string): boolean {
+  return typeof key === "string" && key.trim().length > 0;
+}
+
+export function saveJourneySession(
+  storage: JourneyStorageAdapter,
+  key: string,
+  state: JourneyState,
+): JourneySessionSaveResult {
+  if (!validKey(key)) return { ok: false, error: "journey: session key is empty" };
+  let encoded: string;
+  try {
+    encoded = encodeJourneySnapshot(state);
+  } catch (error) {
+    return {
+      ok: false,
+      error: error instanceof Error ? error.message : "journey: snapshot encoding failed",
+    };
+  }
+  try {
+    storage.setItem(key, encoded);
+    return { ok: true };
+  } catch {
+    return { ok: false, error: "journey: session storage is unavailable" };
+  }
+}
+
+export function loadJourneySession(
+  storage: JourneyStorageAdapter,
+  key: string,
+): JourneySessionLoadResult {
+  if (!validKey(key)) return { status: "invalid", error: "journey: session key is empty" };
+  let encoded: string | null;
+  try {
+    encoded = storage.getItem(key);
+  } catch {
+    return { status: "unavailable", error: "journey: session storage is unavailable" };
+  }
+  if (encoded === null) return { status: "missing" };
+  const decoded = decodeJourneySnapshot(encoded);
+  if (!decoded.ok) return { status: "invalid", error: decoded.error };
+  return { status: "loaded", state: decoded.state };
+}
+
+export function clearJourneySession(
+  storage: JourneyStorageAdapter,
+  key: string,
+): JourneySessionClearResult {
+  if (!validKey(key)) return { ok: false, error: "journey: session key is empty" };
+  try {
+    storage.removeItem(key);
+    return { ok: true };
+  } catch {
+    return { ok: false, error: "journey: session storage is unavailable" };
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/journey/state.ts b/src/journey/state.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8374624
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/journey/state.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,290 @@
+/**
+ * Pure journey state machine spanning corridor, city boards, vehicles, and offices.
+ * No render or browser types belong here; the same reducer can run on a server.
+ */
+
+import type {
+  JourneyActor,
+  JourneyCity,
+  JourneyEvent,
+  JourneyLocation,
+  JourneyMode,
+  JourneyOfficeId,
+  JourneyRouteEndpoint,
+  JourneyRouteId,
+  JourneySnapshotDecodeResult,
+  JourneySnapshotV1,
+  JourneyState,
+  JourneyTransition,
+  JourneyTransitionRejection,
+} from "./types.ts";
+
+const ROUTES: ReadonlySet<string> = new Set<JourneyRouteId>([
+  "la-sf-us-101",
+  "la-sf-i-5",
+]);
+
+const OFFICES: Readonly<Record<JourneyOfficeId, JourneyCity>> = Object.freeze({
+  "lumbridge-hq": "bay-area",
+  "frontier-valley": "bay-area",
+  "mateo-court": "socal",
+});
+
+const ENDPOINT_CITY: Readonly<Record<JourneyRouteEndpoint, JourneyCity>> = Object.freeze({
+  "los-angeles": "socal",
+  "san-francisco": "bay-area",
+});
+
+export interface CreateJourneyOptions {
+  actor: JourneyActor;
+  location?: JourneyLocation;
+  mode?: JourneyMode;
+}
+
+function isRecord(value: unknown): value is Record<string, unknown> {
+  return typeof value === "object" && value !== null && !Array.isArray(value);
+}
+
+function finiteUnit(value: unknown): value is number {
+  return typeof value === "number" && Number.isFinite(value) && value >= 0 && value <= 1;
+}
+
+function isNonEmptyString(value: unknown): value is string {
+  return typeof value === "string" && value.trim().length > 0;
+}
+
+function isActor(value: unknown): value is JourneyActor {
+  if (!isRecord(value) || !isNonEmptyString(value.id)) return false;
+  if (value.kind !== "humanoid" && value.kind !== "dog" && value.kind !== "crow") return false;
+  if (typeof value.signedIn !== "boolean" || !isRecord(value.profile)) return false;
+  if (!isNonEmptyString(value.profile.displayName)) return false;
+  if (value.profile.face !== undefined && !isNonEmptyString(value.profile.face)) return false;
+  if (value.profile.color !== undefined && !isNonEmptyString(value.profile.color)) return false;
+  return true;
+}
+
+function isOfficeId(value: unknown): value is JourneyOfficeId {
+  return value === "lumbridge-hq" || value === "frontier-valley" || value === "mateo-court";
+}
+
+function isLocation(value: unknown): value is JourneyLocation {
+  if (!isRecord(value)) return false;
+  if (value.scale === "california" || value.scale === "bay-area" || value.scale === "socal") {
+    return true;
+  }
+  return (
+    value.scale === "office" &&
+    isOfficeId(value.officeId) &&
+    (value.priorCity === "bay-area" || value.priorCity === "socal") &&
+    OFFICES[value.officeId] === value.priorCity
+  );
+}
+
+/** Runtime validation at persistence and multiplayer trust boundaries. */
+export function isJourneyState(value: unknown): value is JourneyState {
+  if (!isRecord(value) || !isActor(value.actor) || !isLocation(value.location)) return false;
+  if (value.mode !== "observe" && value.mode !== "play") return false;
+  if (value.vehicle !== null) {
+    if (!isRecord(value.vehicle) || !isNonEmptyString(value.vehicle.vehicleId)) return false;
+    if (value.mode !== "play" || value.location.scale === "office") return false;
+  }
+  if (value.route !== null) {
+    if (!isRecord(value.route) || !ROUTES.has(String(value.route.routeId))) return false;
+    if (value.route.direction !== 1 && value.route.direction !== -1) return false;
+    if (!finiteUnit(value.route.progress)) return false;
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
+export function createJourney(options: CreateJourneyOptions): JourneyState {
+  const state: JourneyState = {
+    actor: cloneActor(options.actor),
+    location: options.location ? { ...options.location } : { scale: "california" },
+    mode: options.mode ?? "observe",
+    vehicle: null,
+    route: null,
+  };
+  if (!isJourneyState(state)) throw new Error("journey: invalid initial actor or location");
+  return state;
+}
+
+function cloneActor(actor: JourneyActor): JourneyActor {
+  return { ...actor, profile: { ...actor.profile } };
+}
+
+function reject(state: JourneyState, reason: JourneyTransitionRejection): JourneyTransition {
+  return { accepted: false, state, reason };
+}
+
+function accept(state: JourneyState): JourneyTransition {
+  return { accepted: true, state };
+}
+
+function routeStartFor(location: JourneyLocation, direction: 1 | -1): number | null {
+  if (location.scale === "socal") return direction === 1 ? 0 : null;
+  if (location.scale === "bay-area") return direction === -1 ? 1 : null;
+  if (location.scale === "california") return direction === 1 ? 0 : 1;
+  return null;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Explainable pure transition. Rejections retain the exact input state object,
+ * making malformed or out-of-order multiplayer events safe to ignore.
+ */
+export function transitionJourney(state: JourneyState, event: JourneyEvent): JourneyTransition {
+  if (!isJourneyState(state)) return reject(state, "invalid-state");
+  if (!isRecord(event) || !isNonEmptyString(event.type)) return reject(state, "invalid-event");
+
+  switch (event.type) {
+    case "set-mode": {
+      if (event.mode !== "observe" && event.mode !== "play") return reject(state, "invalid-event");
+      if (event.mode === "observe" && state.vehicle) return reject(state, "exit-vehicle-first");
+      if (event.mode === state.mode) return accept(state);
+      return accept({ ...state, mode: event.mode });
+    }
+
+    case "navigate-to-city": {
+      if (event.city !== "bay-area" && event.city !== "socal") {
+        return reject(state, "invalid-event");
+      }
+      if (state.location.scale === "office") return reject(state, "leave-office-first");
+      if (state.location.scale !== "california") {
+        return reject(state, state.location.scale === event.city ? "already-there" : "wrong-scale");
+      }
+      if (state.vehicle) return reject(state, "exit-vehicle-first");
+      return accept({ ...state, location: { scale: event.city } });
+    }
+
+    case "return-to-california": {
+      if (state.location.scale === "office") return reject(state, "leave-office-first");
+      if (state.location.scale === "california") return reject(state, "already-there");
+      if (state.vehicle) return reject(state, "exit-vehicle-first");
+      return accept({ ...state, location: { scale: "california" } });
+    }
+
+    case "select-route": {
+      if (!ROUTES.has(event.routeId) || (event.direction !== 1 && event.direction !== -1)) {
+        return reject(state, "invalid-event");
+      }
+      const progress = routeStartFor(state.location, event.direction);
+      if (progress === null) {
+        return reject(state, state.location.scale === "office" ? "wrong-scale" : "wrong-city");
+      }
+      return accept({
+        ...state,
+        location: { scale: "california" },
+        route: { routeId: event.routeId, direction: event.direction, progress },
+      });
+    }
+
+    case "update-route-progress": {
+      if (state.location.scale !== "california") return reject(state, "wrong-scale");
+      if (!state.route) return reject(state, "route-required");
+      if (!state.vehicle) return reject(state, "vehicle-required");
+      if (!finiteUnit(event.progress)) return reject(state, "invalid-event");
+      return accept({ ...state, route: { ...state.route, progress: event.progress } });
+    }
+
+    case "reach-route-endpoint": {
+      if (state.location.scale !== "california") return reject(state, "wrong-scale");
+      if (!state.route) return reject(state, "route-required");
+      const expected: JourneyRouteEndpoint =
+        state.route.direction === 1 ? "san-francisco" : "los-angeles";
+      if (event.endpoint !== expected) return reject(state, "wrong-endpoint");
+      const progress = event.endpoint === "san-francisco" ? 1 : 0;
+      return accept({
+        ...state,
+        location: { scale: ENDPOINT_CITY[event.endpoint] },
+        route: { ...state.route, progress },
+      });
+    }
+
+    case "enter-vehicle": {
+      if (state.mode !== "play") return reject(state, "observe-only");
+      if (state.location.scale === "office") return reject(state, "wrong-scale");
+      if (state.vehicle) return reject(state, "vehicle-occupied");
+      if (!isNonEmptyString(event.vehicleId)) return reject(state, "invalid-event");
+      if (state.location.scale === "california" && !state.route) {
+        return reject(state, "route-required");
+      }
+      return accept({ ...state, vehicle: { vehicleId: event.vehicleId } });
+    }
+
+    case "exit-vehicle": {
+      if (!state.vehicle) return reject(state, "vehicle-required");
+      return accept({ ...state, vehicle: null });
+    }
+
+    case "enter-office": {
+      if (!isOfficeId(event.officeId)) return reject(state, "invalid-event");
+      if (state.location.scale !== "bay-area" && state.location.scale !== "socal") {
+        return reject(state, "wrong-scale");
+      }
+      if (state.vehicle) return reject(state, "exit-vehicle-first");
+      if (OFFICES[event.officeId] !== state.location.scale) return reject(state, "wrong-city");
+      return accept({
+        ...state,
+        location: {
+          scale: "office",
+          officeId: event.officeId,
+          priorCity: state.location.scale,
+        },
+      });
+    }
+
+    case "leave-office": {
+      if (state.location.scale !== "office") return reject(state, "already-outside");
+      return accept({ ...state, location: { scale: state.location.priorCity } });
+    }
+
+    case "sign-in-actor-swap": {
+      if (!isActor(event.actor) || !event.actor.signedIn) return reject(state, "invalid-event");
+      return accept({ ...state, actor: cloneActor(event.actor) });
+    }
+
+    default:
+      return reject(state, "invalid-event");
+  }
+}
+
+/** Conventional reducer form for stores: rejected events are safe no-ops. */
+export function journeyReducer(state: JourneyState, event: JourneyEvent): JourneyState {
+  return transitionJourney(state, event).state;
+}
+
+/** Encode an owned deep copy so callers cannot mutate the persisted snapshot. */
+export function encodeJourneySnapshot(state: JourneyState): string {
+  if (!isJourneyState(state)) throw new Error("journey: cannot encode invalid state");
+  const snapshot: JourneySnapshotV1 = { version: 1, state };
+  return JSON.stringify(snapshot);
+}
+
+/** Decode JSON or an already-parsed network payload through strict V1 validation. */
+export function decodeJourneySnapshot(payload: string | unknown): JourneySnapshotDecodeResult {
+  let parsed: unknown = payload;
+  if (typeof payload === "string") {
+    try {
+      parsed = JSON.parse(payload) as unknown;
+    } catch {
+      return { ok: false, error: "journey: snapshot is not valid JSON" };
+    }
+  }
+  if (!isRecord(parsed) || parsed.version !== 1) {
+    return { ok: false, error: "journey: unsupported snapshot version" };
+  }
+  if (!isJourneyState(parsed.state)) {
+    return { ok: false, error: "journey: invalid snapshot state" };
+  }
+  // JSON round-tripping is intentional: it strips aliases across a reconnect boundary.
+  const state = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(parsed.state)) as JourneyState;
+  const snapshot: JourneySnapshotV1 = { version: 1, state };
+  return { ok: true, snapshot, state };
+}
+
+export function officeCity(officeId: JourneyOfficeId): JourneyCity {
+  return OFFICES[officeId];
+}
+
+export function endpointCity(endpoint: JourneyRouteEndpoint): JourneyCity {
+  return ENDPOINT_CITY[endpoint];
+}
diff --git a/src/journey/types.ts b/src/journey/types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8948212
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/journey/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+/** Serializable contracts for moving one actor between Tera's world scales. */
+
+export type JourneyScale = "california" | "bay-area" | "socal" | "office";
+export type JourneyCity = "bay-area" | "socal";
+export type JourneyMode = "observe" | "play";
+export type JourneyActorKind = "humanoid" | "dog" | "crow";
+export type JourneyRouteId = "la-sf-us-101" | "la-sf-i-5";
+export type JourneyRouteEndpoint = "los-angeles" | "san-francisco";
+
+export interface JourneyActorProfile {
+  displayName: string;
+  /** Optional URL or application-owned asset key; never interpreted by the reducer. */
+  face?: string;
+  color?: string;
+}
+
+export interface JourneyActor {
+  id: string;
+  kind: JourneyActorKind;
+  signedIn: boolean;
+  profile: JourneyActorProfile;
+}
+
+export type JourneyLocation =
+  | { scale: "california" }
+  | { scale: "bay-area" }
+  | { scale: "socal" }
+  | {
+      scale: "office";
+      officeId: JourneyOfficeId;
+      /** The detailed board to restore when the actor leaves through the door. */
+      priorCity: JourneyCity;
+    };
+
+export interface JourneyRouteProgress {
+  routeId: JourneyRouteId;
+  /** 1 follows the authored LA-to-SF route; -1 travels back toward LA. */
+  direction: 1 | -1;
+  /** Normalized distance measured from Los Angeles, regardless of direction. */
+  progress: number;
+}
+
+export interface JourneyVehiclePossession {
+  vehicleId: string;
+}
+
+export interface JourneyState {
+  actor: JourneyActor;
+  location: JourneyLocation;
+  mode: JourneyMode;
+  vehicle: JourneyVehiclePossession | null;
+  route: JourneyRouteProgress | null;
+}
+
+export type JourneyOfficeId = "lumbridge-hq" | "frontier-valley" | "mateo-court";
+
+export type JourneyEvent =
+  | { type: "set-mode"; mode: JourneyMode }
+  | { type: "navigate-to-city"; city: JourneyCity }
+  | { type: "return-to-california" }
+  | { type: "select-route"; routeId: JourneyRouteId; direction: 1 | -1 }
+  | { type: "update-route-progress"; progress: number }
+  | { type: "reach-route-endpoint"; endpoint: JourneyRouteEndpoint }
+  | { type: "enter-vehicle"; vehicleId: string }
+  | { type: "exit-vehicle" }
+  | { type: "enter-office"; officeId: JourneyOfficeId }
+  | { type: "leave-office" }
+  | { type: "sign-in-actor-swap"; actor: JourneyActor };
+
+export type JourneyTransitionRejection =
+  | "invalid-state"
+  | "invalid-event"
+  | "wrong-scale"
+  | "wrong-city"
+  | "wrong-endpoint"
+  | "observe-only"
+  | "route-required"
+  | "vehicle-required"
+  | "vehicle-occupied"
+  | "exit-vehicle-first"
+  | "leave-office-first"
+  | "already-there"
+  | "already-outside";
+
+export type JourneyTransition =
+  | { accepted: true; state: JourneyState }
+  | { accepted: false; state: JourneyState; reason: JourneyTransitionRejection };
+
+export interface JourneySnapshotV1 {
+  version: 1;
+  state: JourneyState;
+}
+
+export type JourneySnapshotDecodeResult =
+  | { ok: true; snapshot: JourneySnapshotV1; state: JourneyState }
+  | { ok: false; error: string };
+
+/** Smallest common contract implemented by localStorage, sessionStorage, and server adapters. */
+export interface JourneyStorageAdapter {
+  getItem(key: string): string | null;
+  setItem(key: string, value: string): void;
+  removeItem(key: string): void;
+}
+
+export type JourneySessionSaveResult = { ok: true } | { ok: false; error: string };
+
+export type JourneySessionLoadResult =
+  | { status: "loaded"; state: JourneyState }
+  | { status: "missing" }
+  | { status: "invalid"; error: string }
+  | { status: "unavailable"; error: string };
+
+export type JourneySessionClearResult = { ok: true } | { ok: false; error: string };
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index 8be0a9e..6f833e2 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -60,6 +60,15 @@ import { OFFICE_SITES } from "./offices/sites.ts";
 import { authFetch } from "./session.ts";
 import { capabilitiesFor, resolveAccess, type Access } from "./access.ts";
 import { createMinimap, type Minimap } from "./engine/minimap.ts";
+import {
+  createJourney,
+  journeyReducer,
+  loadJourneySession,
+  saveJourneySession,
+  type JourneyCity,
+  type JourneyEvent,
+  type JourneyState,
+} from "./journey/index.ts";
 /**
  * Three type-only imports and not one value among them, which is what keeps the
  * office and the instruments out of the entry chunk.
@@ -91,6 +100,39 @@ const CITIES: { id: string; label: string; city: City }[] = [
   { id: "socal", label: "SoCal", city: SOCAL },
 ];
 
+/** The corridor's scale doors, and the office each detailed board arrives near. */
+const CALIFORNIA_DESTINATIONS = new Map<string, { cityId: string; officeId: string }>([
+  ["los-angeles", { cityId: "socal", officeId: "mateo-court" }],
+  ["san-francisco", { cityId: "sf", officeId: "lumbridge-hq" }],
+]);
+
+const JOURNEY_SESSION_KEY = "tera:journey:v1";
+const restoredJourney = loadJourneySession(sessionStorage, JOURNEY_SESSION_KEY);
+let journey: JourneyState = restoredJourney.status === "loaded"
+  ? restoredJourney.state
+  : createJourney({
+      actor: {
+        id: "anonymous",
+        kind: "crow",
+        signedIn: false,
+        profile: { displayName: "Guest" },
+      },
+    });
+
+function dispatchJourney(event: JourneyEvent): boolean {
+  const next = journeyReducer(journey, event);
+  if (next === journey) return false;
+  journey = next;
+  saveJourneySession(sessionStorage, JOURNEY_SESSION_KEY, journey);
+  return true;
+}
+
+function journeyToCity(city: JourneyCity): void {
+  if (journey.location.scale === "office") dispatchJourney({ type: "leave-office" });
+  if (journey.location.scale !== "california") dispatchJourney({ type: "return-to-california" });
+  dispatchJourney({ type: "navigate-to-city", city });
+}
+
 /**
  * The buildings this page can walk into.
  *
@@ -758,6 +800,29 @@ async function mountCity(id: string) {
 
   const handle = await createScene(stage, {
     city: entry.city,
+    actor: {
+      kind: access.subject === null ? "crow" : "humanoid",
+      identity: {
+        id: access.subject ?? "anonymous",
+        displayName: access.subject ?? "Guest",
+        authenticated: access.subject !== null,
+        profile: {
+          appearance: access.subject === null
+            ? { primaryColor: "#11151a", accentColor: "#f2b134" }
+            : { primaryColor: "#151a20", accentColor: "#f2b134" },
+        },
+      },
+      mode: access.subject === null ? "flight" : "ground",
+      position: access.subject === null ? { y: 500 } : { y: 0 },
+      minFlightAltitude: 20,
+      maxFlightAltitude: 1_500,
+      ...(access.subject === null
+        ? { camera: { distance: 1.55, height: 1.35, targetHeight: 0.18, lookAhead: 0 } }
+        : {}),
+    },
+    ...(id === "california"
+      ? { actorAnchor: { lat: 35.5, lng: -119.5 } }
+      : {}),
     markerPalette: palette,
     markers: initialMarkers,
     ...(id === "california"
@@ -1030,6 +1095,23 @@ async function enterOffice() {
 
     office = createOfficeScene(pack, {
       dom: city.stage.renderer.domElement,
+      // A visitor owns one local actor. Anonymous visitors are the promised
+      // office dog; a signed-in visitor gets the procedural humanoid. The
+      // arrival viewpoint is already a pack-authored clear point on a floor,
+      // which makes it the honest spawn and keeps coordinates out of the app.
+      walker: {
+        levelId: pack.viewpoints[0]?.levelId ?? pack.levels[0]?.id ?? "level-1",
+        position: pack.viewpoints[0]?.focus.at ?? { x: 0, z: 0 },
+        facing: pack.viewpoints[0]
+          ? {
+              x: -Math.sin(pack.viewpoints[0].focus.rotation),
+              z: -Math.cos(pack.viewpoints[0].focus.rotation),
+            }
+          : { x: 0, z: -1 },
+        actor: access.subject === null
+          ? { kind: "anonymous-dog", coatColor: 0x17191c, collarColor: 0xf2b134 }
+          : { kind: "humanoid", outfitColor: 0x151a20, accentColor: 0xf2b134 },
+      },
       // Only when there is no sky to put behind it. A sited office computes a
       // gradient and a horizon; painting the old flat colour over that is the
       // bug that looks exactly like the sky not working.
@@ -1061,6 +1143,9 @@ async function enterOffice() {
   }
   city.stage.setScene(office);
   inside = true;
+  const desiredCity: JourneyCity = officeId === "mateo-court" ? "socal" : "bay-area";
+  journeyToCity(desiredCity);
+  dispatchJourney({ type: "enter-office", officeId: officeId as "lumbridge-hq" | "frontier-valley" | "mateo-court" });
   showPlan();
   showDetail(null);
   refreshGodmodePlace();
@@ -1177,6 +1262,9 @@ function leaveOffice() {
   // Before the scene swap, so the last thing the watch can do is abort a request
   // rather than publish into a room the user has already left.
   stopWatchingOccupancy();
+  office?.walker?.setActive(false);
+  office?.walker?.setAction({ x: 0, z: 0 });
+  dispatchJourney({ type: "leave-office" });
   city.stage.setScene(city.stageScene);
   inside = false;
   showPlan();
@@ -1338,6 +1426,9 @@ const planToggle = document.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>("#plan-toggle");
 const credits = document.querySelector<HTMLElement>("#credits");
 const driveControls = document.querySelector<HTMLElement>("#drive-controls");
 const driveHint = document.querySelector<HTMLElement>("#drive-hint");
+const walkButton = document.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>("#walk");
+const walkControls = document.querySelector<HTMLElement>("#walk-controls");
+const walkHint = document.querySelector<HTMLElement>("#walk-hint");
 
 function showDetail(text: string | null) {
   const card = document.querySelector<HTMLElement>("#detail");
@@ -1467,14 +1558,31 @@ function renderLegend() {
     // what is behind it, and that is the badge's job to say, not the button's.
     enterButton.textContent = inside ? "← Back to the city" : "Enter the office →";
   }
+  const walking = inside && (office?.walker?.active() ?? false);
+  const exploring = !inside && (city.actorActive() ?? false);
+  if (walkButton) {
+    walkButton.hidden = inside ? office?.walker === null : city.actorState() === null;
+    walkButton.setAttribute("aria-pressed", String(walking || exploring));
+    if (inside && office?.walker) {
+      const actor = office.walker.state().actor === "anonymous-dog" ? "your dog" : "your humanoid";
+      walkButton.textContent = walking ? "Return to overview ↑" : `Walk as ${actor} →`;
+    } else if (city.actorState()) {
+      const actor = city.actorState()?.kind === "crow" ? "your crow" : "your humanoid";
+      walkButton.textContent = exploring ? "Return to flyover ↑" : `Explore as ${actor} →`;
+    }
+  }
   renderSource();
   if (panelToggleLabel) panelToggleLabel.textContent = inside ? "Office" : cityLabel;
   if (canvas) {
     canvas.setAttribute(
       "aria-label",
       inside
-        ? `${officeName()}, seen from above. Drag to orbit, scroll to zoom.`
-        : `Map of ${cityLabel}, seen from above. Drag to orbit, scroll to zoom.`,
+        ? walking
+          ? `${officeName()}, following your ${office?.walker?.state().actor === "anonymous-dog" ? "dog" : "humanoid"}. Use W A S D to move.`
+          : `${officeName()}, seen from above. Drag to orbit, scroll to zoom.`
+        : exploring
+          ? `${cityLabel}, following your ${city.actorState()?.kind ?? "actor"}. Use W A S D to move.`
+          : `Map of ${cityLabel}, seen from above. Drag to orbit, scroll to zoom.`,
     );
   }
   // Each plan rings the entry its own legend is showing as current. Both are
@@ -1484,7 +1592,9 @@ function renderLegend() {
   officePlan?.setActiveView(office?.current() ?? null);
   renderOfficeBadge();
   if (driveControls) driveControls.hidden = !routeDriveIsActive();
+  if (walkControls) walkControls.hidden = !(walking || exploring);
   if (driveHint) driveHint.hidden = inside || cityId !== "california";
+  if (walkHint) walkHint.hidden = !(inside || city.actorState());
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1679,7 +1789,21 @@ function flyToIndex(index: number) {
   const view = currentViews()[index];
   if (!view) return;
   if (inside && office) office.flyTo(view.id);
-  else city?.flyTo(view.id);
+  else {
+    const destination = cityId === "california" ? CALIFORNIA_DESTINATIONS.get(view.id) : undefined;
+    if (destination) {
+      officeId = destination.officeId;
+      journeyToCity(destination.cityId === "socal" ? "socal" : "bay-area");
+      switchCity(destination.cityId);
+      return;
+    }
+    if (view.id === "la-sf-us-101" || view.id === "la-sf-i-5") {
+      dispatchJourney({ type: "set-mode", mode: "play" });
+      dispatchJourney({ type: "select-route", routeId: view.id, direction: 1 });
+      dispatchJourney({ type: "enter-vehicle", vehicleId: "model-x-black" });
+    }
+    city?.flyTo(view.id);
+  }
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1713,6 +1837,18 @@ function switchCity(id: string) {
   if (inside && leaveToCity(id)) return;
   if (inside) leaveOffice();
   if (id === wantedCity) return;
+  // Arriving at a detailed board should put its local front door under the
+  // existing Office button. The California overview keeps whichever building
+  // the traveller last visited; it is a scale, not a fourth office location.
+  if (id === "socal") officeId = "mateo-court";
+  else if (id === "sf" && officeId === "mateo-court") officeId = "lumbridge-hq";
+  if (id === "california") {
+    if (journey.vehicle) dispatchJourney({ type: "exit-vehicle" });
+    if (journey.location.scale === "office") dispatchJourney({ type: "leave-office" });
+    if (journey.location.scale !== "california") dispatchJourney({ type: "return-to-california" });
+  } else {
+    journeyToCity(id === "socal" ? "socal" : "bay-area");
+  }
   wantedCity = id;
   const label = CITIES.find((c) => c.id === id)?.label ?? id;
   void building(`Building ${label}…`, () => mountCity(id));
@@ -1774,6 +1910,27 @@ async function toggleOffice() {
 
 enterButton?.addEventListener("click", () => void toggleOffice());
 
+/** Switch between the authored dollhouse camera and the local possessed actor. */
+function toggleOfficeWalk(): boolean {
+  if (!inside) {
+    if (!city?.actorState()) return false;
+    const active = !city.actorActive();
+    city.setActorActive(active);
+    if (!active) city.setActorActions({});
+    renderLegend();
+    return true;
+  }
+  const walker = office?.walker;
+  if (!walker) return false;
+  const active = !walker.active();
+  walker.setActive(active);
+  if (!active) walker.setAction({ x: 0, z: 0 });
+  renderLegend();
+  return true;
+}
+
+walkButton?.addEventListener("click", () => toggleOfficeWalk());
+
 /**
  * Clicking a building on the city walks into it.
  *
@@ -1894,7 +2051,7 @@ const heldDriveKeys = new Set<string>();
 
 function routeDriveIsActive(): boolean {
   const state = !inside ? city?.vehicleState() : null;
-  return state !== null && state !== undefined && city?.current() === state.routeId;
+  return state !== null && state !== undefined && !city?.actorActive() && city?.current() === state.routeId;
 }
 
 function publishVehicleActions(
@@ -1917,6 +2074,28 @@ function publishVehicleActions(
   return true;
 }
 
+function publishOfficeWalkActions(): boolean {
+  const walker = inside ? office?.walker : null;
+  if (!walker?.active()) return false;
+  walker.setAction({
+    x: (heldDriveKeys.has("d") ? 1 : 0) - (heldDriveKeys.has("a") ? 1 : 0),
+    z: (heldDriveKeys.has("s") ? 1 : 0) - (heldDriveKeys.has("w") ? 1 : 0),
+  });
+  return true;
+}
+
+function publishCityActorActions(): boolean {
+  if (inside || !city?.actorActive()) return false;
+  city.setActorActions({
+    forward: (heldDriveKeys.has("w") ? 1 : 0) - (heldDriveKeys.has("s") ? 1 : 0),
+    right: (heldDriveKeys.has("d") ? 1 : 0) - (heldDriveKeys.has("a") ? 1 : 0),
+    turn: (heldDriveKeys.has("d") ? 1 : 0) - (heldDriveKeys.has("a") ? 1 : 0),
+    sprint: heldDriveKeys.has(" "),
+    climb: heldDriveKeys.has(" ") ? 1 : 0,
+  });
+  return true;
+}
+
 function toggleVehicleCamera(): boolean {
   if (!routeDriveIsActive() || !city) return false;
   city.setVehicleCamera(city.vehicleCamera() === "driver" ? "chase" : "driver");
@@ -1944,6 +2123,29 @@ for (const button of driveControls?.querySelectorAll<HTMLButtonElement>("[data-d
   button.addEventListener("lostpointercapture", release);
 }
 
+for (const button of walkControls?.querySelectorAll<HTMLButtonElement>("[data-walk-key]") ?? []) {
+  const key = button.dataset.walkKey;
+  if (key === undefined) continue;
+  const release = (event: PointerEvent) => {
+    heldDriveKeys.delete(key);
+    button.setAttribute("aria-pressed", "false");
+    publishOfficeWalkActions();
+    publishCityActorActions();
+    event.preventDefault();
+  };
+  button.addEventListener("pointerdown", (event) => {
+    button.setPointerCapture(event.pointerId);
+    heldDriveKeys.add(key);
+    button.setAttribute("aria-pressed", "true");
+    publishOfficeWalkActions();
+    publishCityActorActions();
+    event.preventDefault();
+  });
+  button.addEventListener("pointerup", release);
+  button.addEventListener("pointercancel", release);
+  button.addEventListener("lostpointercapture", release);
+}
+
 driveControls?.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>("[data-drive-action='assist']")
   ?.addEventListener("click", () => publishVehicleActions({ modeRequest: "assisted" }));
 driveControls?.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>("[data-drive-action='reset']")
@@ -1954,12 +2156,14 @@ driveControls?.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>("[data-drive-action='camera']")
 window.addEventListener("keyup", (event) => {
   const key = event.key.length === 1 ? event.key.toLowerCase() : event.key;
   if (!heldDriveKeys.delete(key)) return;
-  if (publishVehicleActions()) event.preventDefault();
+  if (publishVehicleActions() || publishOfficeWalkActions() || publishCityActorActions()) event.preventDefault();
 });
 
 window.addEventListener("blur", () => {
   heldDriveKeys.clear();
   publishVehicleActions();
+  publishOfficeWalkActions();
+  publishCityActorActions();
 });
 
 let gamepadButtons: GamepadButtonState = { assist: false, reset: false };
@@ -2034,6 +2238,14 @@ window.addEventListener("keydown", (event) => {
       event.preventDefault();
       return;
     }
+    if (publishOfficeWalkActions()) {
+      event.preventDefault();
+      return;
+    }
+    if (publishCityActorActions()) {
+      event.preventDefault();
+      return;
+    }
   }
   if (lower === "p" && publishVehicleActions({ modeRequest: "assisted" })) {
     event.preventDefault();
@@ -2047,6 +2259,10 @@ window.addEventListener("keydown", (event) => {
     event.preventDefault();
     return;
   }
+  if (lower === "v" && toggleOfficeWalk()) {
+    event.preventDefault();
+    return;
+  }
   if (lower === "m") {
     togglePlan();
     return;
@@ -2482,6 +2698,22 @@ async function boot() {
 
   if (bootStep) bootStep.textContent = "Asking the deployment who you are…";
   access = await resolveAccess();
+  dispatchJourney({
+    type: "sign-in-actor-swap",
+    actor: access.subject === null
+      ? {
+          id: "anonymous",
+          kind: "crow",
+          signedIn: false,
+          profile: { displayName: "Guest" },
+        }
+      : {
+          id: access.subject,
+          kind: "humanoid",
+          signedIn: true,
+          profile: { displayName: access.subject },
+        },
+  });
   applyTimeControl();
   renderTierBadge();
 
diff --git a/src/test/actorController.test.ts b/src/test/actorController.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f54bb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/actorController.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,187 @@
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import { describe, it } from "node:test";
+import {
+  ActorController,
+  normalizeActorActions,
+  replayActorInputs,
+  type ActorControllerOptions,
+  type ActorIdentity,
+} from "../actors/index.ts";
+
+const IDENTITY: ActorIdentity = {
+  id: "person-42",
+  displayName: "River",
+  authenticated: true,
+  profile: {
+    handle: "river",
+    pronouns: "they/them",
+    faceImageUrl: "/profiles/42/face",
+    appearance: { skinTone: "#8f6048", primaryColor: "#17324d", accentColor: "#64b5c8" },
+  },
+};
+
+function groundOptions(over: Partial<ActorControllerOptions> = {}): ActorControllerOptions {
+  return {
+    kind: "humanoid",
+    identity: IDENTITY,
+    position: { x: 2, y: 99, z: 3 },
+    fixedStepSeconds: 0.1,
+    ...over,
+  };
+}
+
+describe("playable actor input and ground mode", () => {
+  it("normalizes every adapter axis and the ground movement disc", () => {
+    const action = normalizeActorActions({
+      forward: 3,
+      right: 4,
+      turn: -9,
+      pitch: Number.NaN,
+      climb: Infinity,
+      sprint: true,
+      glide: true,
+      kindRequest: "crow",
+      modeRequest: "flight",
+    });
+    assert.ok(Math.abs(Math.hypot(action.forward, action.right) - 1) < 1e-12);
+    assert.equal(action.turn, -1);
+    assert.equal(action.pitch, 0);
+    assert.equal(action.climb, 0);
+    assert.equal(action.kindRequest, "crow");
+    assert.equal(action.modeRequest, "flight");
+    assert.equal(action.sprint, true);
+    assert.deepEqual(normalizeActorActions(undefined), {
+      forward: 0,
+      right: 0,
+      turn: 0,
+      pitch: 0,
+      climb: 0,
+      sprint: false,
+      glide: false,
+      modeRequest: "none",
+      kindRequest: "none",
+      reset: false,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("moves and turns in deterministic fixed steps while requesting a gait phase", () => {
+    const one = new ActorController(groundOptions());
+    const many = new ActorController(groundOptions());
+    one.tick(0.05, { forward: 1 });
+    assert.equal(one.state().z, 3);
+    one.tick(0.15, { forward: 1, turn: 0.25 });
+    one.tick(0.2, { forward: 1, turn: 0.25 });
+    for (let index = 0; index < 4; index++) many.tick(0.1, { forward: 1, turn: 0.25 });
+    assert.deepEqual(one.snapshot(), many.snapshot());
+    assert.ok(one.state().z < 3);
+    assert.ok(one.state().yaw > 0);
+    assert.ok(one.state().posePhase > 0 && one.state().posePhase < Math.PI * 2);
+    assert.equal(one.state().poseAmount, 1);
+    assert.equal(one.state().y, 0, "ground datum wins over a stale spawn y");
+  });
+
+  it("bounds a ground actor and applies dog gait speed without producing non-finite state", () => {
+    const controller = new ActorController(groundOptions({
+      kind: "dog",
+      position: { x: 0.95, z: 0.95 },
+      horizontalBounds: { minX: -1, maxX: 1, minZ: -1, maxZ: 1 },
+    }));
+    for (let index = 0; index < 20; index++) controller.stepFixed({ right: 1, forward: -1, sprint: true });
+    assert.equal(controller.state().x, 1);
+    assert.equal(controller.state().z, 1);
+    assert.ok(Number.isFinite(controller.state().distanceM));
+    assert.equal(controller.state().kind, "dog");
+  });
+});
+
+describe("crow flight", () => {
+  it("turns, pitches, climbs and glides inside strict altitude bounds", () => {
+    const controller = new ActorController(groundOptions({
+      kind: "crow",
+      mode: "flight",
+      position: { x: 0, y: 1, z: 0 },
+      minFlightAltitude: 1,
+      maxFlightAltitude: 3,
+    }));
+    for (let index = 0; index < 30; index++) {
+      controller.stepFixed({ forward: 1, turn: 0.5, pitch: 1, climb: 1 });
+    }
+    assert.equal(controller.state().y, 3);
+    assert.equal(controller.state().altitudeBoundContact, "maximum");
+    assert.ok(controller.state().yaw !== 0);
+    assert.ok(controller.state().pitch > 0 && controller.state().pitch < Math.PI / 2);
+    const phase = controller.state().posePhase;
+    controller.stepFixed({ glide: true, climb: -1, pitch: -1 });
+    assert.equal(controller.state().gliding, true);
+    assert.equal(controller.state().posePhase, phase, "gliding holds the wing phase");
+    for (let index = 0; index < 80; index++) controller.stepFixed({ glide: true, climb: -1, pitch: -1 });
+    assert.equal(controller.state().y, 1);
+    assert.equal(controller.state().altitudeBoundContact, "minimum");
+  });
+
+  it("allows only a crow to enter flight and lands exactly on the ground datum", () => {
+    const controller = new ActorController(groundOptions({ groundY: 12 }));
+    controller.stepFixed({ modeRequest: "flight" });
+    assert.equal(controller.state().mode, "ground");
+    controller.stepFixed({ kindRequest: "crow", modeRequest: "flight" });
+    assert.equal(controller.state().mode, "flight");
+    assert.ok(controller.state().y >= 12.75);
+    controller.stepFixed({ modeRequest: "ground" });
+    assert.equal(controller.state().mode, "ground");
+    assert.equal(controller.state().y, 12);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("actor identity, reset and replay", () => {
+  it("switches actor kind without losing a detached serializable identity", () => {
+    const controller = new ActorController(groundOptions());
+    const identityBefore = JSON.stringify(controller.snapshot().identity);
+    controller.setActorKind("dog");
+    controller.setActorKind("crow");
+    assert.equal(JSON.stringify(controller.snapshot().identity), identityBefore);
+    const detached = controller.snapshot();
+    detached.identity.profile.handle = "tampered";
+    assert.equal(controller.state().identity.profile.handle, "river");
+    assert.doesNotThrow(() => JSON.stringify(controller.snapshot()));
+  });
+
+  it("resets exactly and caps a resumed background tab", () => {
+    const controller = new ActorController(groundOptions());
+    const spawn = controller.snapshot();
+    controller.stepFixed({ kindRequest: "crow", modeRequest: "flight", climb: 1 });
+    controller.setIdentity({ id: "anon-9", displayName: "Guest", authenticated: false, profile: {} });
+    controller.tick(Number.NaN, { forward: 1 });
+    controller.tick(-4, { forward: 1 });
+    const steps = controller.tick(600, { forward: 1 });
+    assert.ok(steps <= 3);
+    controller.stepFixed({ reset: true });
+    assert.deepEqual(controller.snapshot(), spawn);
+  });
+
+  it("replays timed cross-kind input bit-for-bit", () => {
+    const frames = [
+      { steps: 12, actions: { forward: 1, turn: 0.2 } },
+      { steps: 1, actions: { kindRequest: "crow" as const, modeRequest: "flight" as const } },
+      { steps: 30, actions: { forward: 0.7, turn: -0.4, climb: 0.5 } },
+      { steps: 15, actions: { glide: true, pitch: -0.2 } },
+      { steps: 1, actions: { kindRequest: "dog" as const } },
+      { steps: 8, actions: { right: 1, sprint: true } },
+    ];
+    const first = replayActorInputs(groundOptions(), frames);
+    const second = replayActorInputs(groundOptions(), frames);
+    assert.deepEqual(first, second);
+    assert.equal(first.trajectory.length, 68);
+    assert.equal(first.final.elapsedSteps, 67);
+    assert.equal(first.final.kind, "dog");
+    assert.equal(first.final.mode, "ground");
+  });
+
+  it("rejects invalid configuration and identity before creating state", () => {
+    assert.throws(() => new ActorController(groundOptions({ minFlightAltitude: 5, maxFlightAltitude: 2 })), RangeError);
+    assert.throws(() => new ActorController(groundOptions({ walkSpeedMps: 0 })), RangeError);
+    assert.throws(() => new ActorController(groundOptions({
+      horizontalBounds: { minX: 2, maxX: 1, minZ: 0, maxZ: 1 },
+    })), RangeError);
+    assert.throws(() => new ActorController(groundOptions({ identity: { ...IDENTITY, id: "" } })), RangeError);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/test/journey.test.ts b/src/test/journey.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4702f68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/journey.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,297 @@
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import { describe, it } from "node:test";
+import {
+  createJourney,
+  decodeJourneySnapshot,
+  encodeJourneySnapshot,
+  endpointCity,
+  clearJourneySession,
+  journeyReducer,
+  loadJourneySession,
+  officeCity,
+  saveJourneySession,
+  transitionJourney,
+  type JourneyActor,
+  type JourneyEvent,
+  type JourneyState,
+  type JourneyStorageAdapter,
+} from "../journey/index.ts";
+
+const CROW: JourneyActor = {
+  id: "anon-115",
+  kind: "crow",
+  signedIn: false,
+  profile: { displayName: "Visitor", color: "midnight" },
+};
+
+const KARTI: JourneyActor = {
+  id: "user-karti",
+  kind: "humanoid",
+  signedIn: true,
+  profile: { displayName: "Karti", face: "profile:user-karti", color: "black" },
+};
+
+function playFromLosAngeles(): JourneyState {
+  let state = createJourney({ actor: CROW, location: { scale: "socal" }, mode: "play" });
+  state = journeyReducer(state, {
+    type: "select-route",
+    routeId: "la-sf-i-5",
+    direction: 1,
+  });
+  state = journeyReducer(state, { type: "enter-vehicle", vehicleId: "model-x-hero" });
+  return state;
+}
+
+describe("journey state machine", () => {
+  it("navigates explicitly between California and either detailed city board", () => {
+    const california = createJourney({ actor: CROW, mode: "play" });
+    const actor = california.actor;
+    const bayArea = journeyReducer(california, {
+      type: "navigate-to-city",
+      city: "bay-area",
+    });
+    assert.deepEqual(bayArea.location, { scale: "bay-area" });
+    assert.equal(bayArea.actor, actor);
+
+    const returned = journeyReducer(bayArea, { type: "return-to-california" });
+    assert.deepEqual(returned.location, { scale: "california" });
+    assert.equal(returned.actor, actor);
+    const southern = journeyReducer(returned, { type: "navigate-to-city", city: "socal" });
+    assert.deepEqual(southern.location, { scale: "socal" });
+  });
+
+  it("requires leaving an office or vehicle before board navigation", () => {
+    let driving = playFromLosAngeles();
+    assert.deepEqual(
+      transitionJourney(driving, { type: "navigate-to-city", city: "bay-area" }),
+      { accepted: false, state: driving, reason: "exit-vehicle-first" },
+    );
+
+    driving = journeyReducer(driving, { type: "exit-vehicle" });
+    const bayArea = journeyReducer(driving, { type: "navigate-to-city", city: "bay-area" });
+    let office = journeyReducer(bayArea, {
+      type: "enter-office",
+      officeId: "lumbridge-hq",
+    });
+    assert.deepEqual(
+      transitionJourney(office, { type: "return-to-california" }),
+      { accepted: false, state: office, reason: "leave-office-first" },
+    );
+    office = journeyReducer(office, { type: "leave-office" });
+    assert.equal(journeyReducer(office, { type: "return-to-california" }).location.scale, "california");
+  });
+
+  it("maps route endpoints honestly onto the detailed city boards", () => {
+    assert.equal(endpointCity("los-angeles"), "socal");
+    assert.equal(endpointCity("san-francisco"), "bay-area");
+
+    let northbound = playFromLosAngeles();
+    northbound = journeyReducer(northbound, { type: "update-route-progress", progress: 0.74 });
+    northbound = journeyReducer(northbound, {
+      type: "reach-route-endpoint",
+      endpoint: "san-francisco",
+    });
+    assert.equal(northbound.location.scale, "bay-area");
+    assert.equal(northbound.route?.progress, 1);
+    assert.equal(northbound.vehicle?.vehicleId, "model-x-hero");
+
+    let southbound = journeyReducer(northbound, { type: "exit-vehicle" });
+    southbound = journeyReducer(southbound, {
+      type: "select-route",
+      routeId: "la-sf-us-101",
+      direction: -1,
+    });
+    southbound = journeyReducer(southbound, { type: "enter-vehicle", vehicleId: "model-x-hero" });
+    southbound = journeyReducer(southbound, {
+      type: "reach-route-endpoint",
+      endpoint: "los-angeles",
+    });
+    assert.equal(southbound.location.scale, "socal");
+    assert.equal(southbound.route?.progress, 0);
+  });
+
+  it("preserves identity and prior city across office doors", () => {
+    let state = createJourney({ actor: KARTI, location: { scale: "bay-area" }, mode: "play" });
+    const actor = state.actor;
+    state = journeyReducer(state, { type: "enter-office", officeId: "frontier-valley" });
+    assert.deepEqual(state.location, {
+      scale: "office",
+      officeId: "frontier-valley",
+      priorCity: "bay-area",
+    });
+    assert.equal(state.actor, actor);
+    state = journeyReducer(state, { type: "leave-office" });
+    assert.deepEqual(state.location, { scale: "bay-area" });
+    assert.equal(state.actor, actor);
+    assert.equal(officeCity("mateo-court"), "socal");
+  });
+
+  it("swaps a signed-in actor without disturbing their journey", () => {
+    const before = playFromLosAngeles();
+    const after = journeyReducer(before, { type: "sign-in-actor-swap", actor: KARTI });
+    assert.deepEqual(after.actor, KARTI);
+    assert.notEqual(after.actor, KARTI, "the reducer owns a defensive actor copy");
+    assert.deepEqual(after.location, before.location);
+    assert.deepEqual(after.vehicle, before.vehicle);
+    assert.deepEqual(after.route, before.route);
+  });
+
+  it("rejects invalid and out-of-order transitions as exact no-ops", () => {
+    const state = createJourney({ actor: CROW });
+    const badEvents: JourneyEvent[] = [
+      { type: "enter-vehicle", vehicleId: "model-x-hero" },
+      { type: "enter-office", officeId: "lumbridge-hq" },
+      { type: "leave-office" },
+      { type: "update-route-progress", progress: 0.5 },
+      { type: "reach-route-endpoint", endpoint: "san-francisco" },
+      { type: "sign-in-actor-swap", actor: CROW },
+    ];
+    for (const event of badEvents) {
+      const result = transitionJourney(state, event);
+      assert.equal(result.accepted, false);
+      assert.equal(result.state, state);
+      assert.equal(journeyReducer(state, event), state);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("requires the endpoint that agrees with the selected direction", () => {
+    const state = playFromLosAngeles();
+    const rejected = transitionJourney(state, {
+      type: "reach-route-endpoint",
+      endpoint: "los-angeles",
+    });
+    assert.deepEqual(rejected, { accepted: false, state, reason: "wrong-endpoint" });
+  });
+
+  it("requires play mode, a route, and exiting the car before an office", () => {
+    const observer = createJourney({ actor: CROW, location: { scale: "socal" } });
+    assert.equal(
+      transitionJourney(observer, { type: "enter-vehicle", vehicleId: "x" }).accepted,
+      false,
+    );
+
+    let driving = playFromLosAngeles();
+    driving = journeyReducer(driving, {
+      type: "reach-route-endpoint",
+      endpoint: "san-francisco",
+    });
+    const result = transitionJourney(driving, {
+      type: "enter-office",
+      officeId: "lumbridge-hq",
+    });
+    assert.deepEqual(result, { accepted: false, state: driving, reason: "exit-vehicle-first" });
+  });
+
+  it("encodes and decodes an isolated versioned reconnect snapshot", () => {
+    const state = playFromLosAngeles();
+    const encoded = encodeJourneySnapshot(state);
+    const decoded = decodeJourneySnapshot(encoded);
+    assert.equal(decoded.ok, true);
+    if (!decoded.ok) return;
+    assert.equal(decoded.snapshot.version, 1);
+    assert.deepEqual(decoded.state, state);
+    assert.notEqual(decoded.state, state);
+    decoded.state.actor.profile.displayName = "Changed offline";
+    assert.equal(state.actor.profile.displayName, "Visitor");
+  });
+
+  it("fails closed on corrupt, inconsistent, and future snapshots", () => {
+    assert.deepEqual(decodeJourneySnapshot("{"), {
+      ok: false,
+      error: "journey: snapshot is not valid JSON",
+    });
+    assert.equal(decodeJourneySnapshot({ version: 2, state: {} }).ok, false);
+    assert.equal(
+      decodeJourneySnapshot({
+        version: 1,
+        state: {
+          ...createJourney({ actor: CROW }),
+          location: {
+            scale: "office",
+            officeId: "mateo-court",
+            priorCity: "bay-area",
+          },
+        },
+      }).ok,
+      false,
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("is deterministic for the same initial state and event log", () => {
+    const initial = createJourney({ actor: CROW, location: { scale: "socal" }, mode: "play" });
+    const events: JourneyEvent[] = [
+      { type: "select-route", routeId: "la-sf-us-101", direction: 1 },
+      { type: "enter-vehicle", vehicleId: "model-x-hero" },
+      { type: "update-route-progress", progress: 0.25 },
+      { type: "update-route-progress", progress: 0.75 },
+      { type: "reach-route-endpoint", endpoint: "san-francisco" },
+      { type: "exit-vehicle" },
+      { type: "enter-office", officeId: "lumbridge-hq" },
+      { type: "sign-in-actor-swap", actor: KARTI },
+    ];
+    const run = (): JourneyState => events.reduce(journeyReducer, initial);
+    assert.deepEqual(run(), run());
+  });
+});
+
+class MemoryStorage implements JourneyStorageAdapter {
+  readonly values = new Map<string, string>();
+
+  getItem(key: string): string | null {
+    return this.values.get(key) ?? null;
+  }
+
+  setItem(key: string, value: string): void {
+    this.values.set(key, value);
+  }
+
+  removeItem(key: string): void {
+    this.values.delete(key);
+  }
+}
+
+describe("journey session persistence", () => {
+  it("round-trips through a caller-owned storage adapter and clears cleanly", () => {
+    const storage = new MemoryStorage();
+    const state = playFromLosAngeles();
+    assert.deepEqual(saveJourneySession(storage, "tera.journey", state), { ok: true });
+    const loaded = loadJourneySession(storage, "tera.journey");
+    assert.equal(loaded.status, "loaded");
+    if (loaded.status !== "loaded") return;
+    assert.deepEqual(loaded.state, state);
+    assert.notEqual(loaded.state, state);
+    assert.deepEqual(clearJourneySession(storage, "tera.journey"), { ok: true });
+    assert.deepEqual(loadJourneySession(storage, "tera.journey"), { status: "missing" });
+  });
+
+  it("rejects corrupt and future sessions without throwing or mutating storage", () => {
+    const storage = new MemoryStorage();
+    storage.values.set("corrupt", "{");
+    storage.values.set("future", JSON.stringify({ version: 2, state: {} }));
+    assert.equal(loadJourneySession(storage, "corrupt").status, "invalid");
+    assert.deepEqual(loadJourneySession(storage, "future"), {
+      status: "invalid",
+      error: "journey: unsupported snapshot version",
+    });
+    assert.equal(storage.values.has("future"), true);
+  });
+
+  it("contains adapter exceptions and invalid keys", () => {
+    const unavailable: JourneyStorageAdapter = {
+      getItem: () => {
+        throw new Error("blocked");
+      },
+      setItem: () => {
+        throw new Error("full");
+      },
+      removeItem: () => {
+        throw new Error("blocked");
+      },
+    };
+    const state = playFromLosAngeles();
+    assert.equal(loadJourneySession(unavailable, "tera.journey").status, "unavailable");
+    assert.equal(saveJourneySession(unavailable, "tera.journey", state).ok, false);
+    assert.equal(clearJourneySession(unavailable, "tera.journey").ok, false);
+    assert.equal(loadJourneySession(unavailable, " ").status, "invalid");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/test/officeWalker.test.ts b/src/test/officeWalker.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e868ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/officeWalker.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import { describe, it } from "node:test";
+import * as THREE from "three";
+import { createOfficeWalker } from "../interiors/officeWalker.ts";
+import { Plan } from "../interiors/plan.ts";
+import type { Level, Office, Room, Wall } from "../interiors/types.ts";
+
+const FLOOR: Room = {
+  id: "floor",
+  name: "Floor",
+  floor: "floor" as never,
+  outline: [{ x: 0, z: 0 }, { x: 10, z: 0 }, { x: 10, z: 8 }, { x: 0, z: 8 }],
+};
+
+function makePlan(walls: Wall[] = [], elevation = 2.5): Plan {
+  const level: Level = {
+    id: "ground",
+    name: "Ground",
+    elevation,
+    wallHeight: 3,
+    wallThickness: 0.1,
+    floorplan: { rooms: [FLOOR], walls },
+  };
+  const office: Office = { id: "actor-test", name: "Actor Test", levels: [level], viewpoints: [] };
+  return new Plan(office, { warn: false });
+}
+
+describe("office walker actor adapter", () => {
+  it("is inert by default and becomes a floor-aware humanoid when activated", () => {
+    const actor = createOfficeWalker(makePlan(), {
+      levelId: "ground",
+      position: { x: 2, z: 2 },
+      speed: 1,
+      fixedStep: 0.1,
+    });
+    assert.equal(actor.state().actor, "humanoid");
+    assert.equal(actor.root.position.y, 2.5);
+    actor.setAction({ x: 2, z: 0 });
+    actor.tick(0.2);
+    assert.deepEqual(actor.state().position, { x: 2, z: 2 });
+    actor.setActive(true);
+    assert.deepEqual(actor.action(), { x: 0, z: 0 }, "activation never replays stale input");
+    actor.setAction({ x: 2, z: 0 });
+    actor.tick(0.2);
+    assert.ok(actor.state().position.x > 2.19);
+    assert.equal(actor.view.position.y, 2.5);
+    assert.ok(Math.abs(actor.root.rotation.y + Math.PI / 2) < 1e-12);
+    actor.dispose();
+  });
+
+  it("builds an anonymous dog and publishes a defensive chase-camera contract", () => {
+    const actor = createOfficeWalker(makePlan(), {
+      levelId: "ground",
+      position: { x: 4, z: 4 },
+      actor: { kind: "anonymous-dog", coatColor: 0x222222 },
+      active: true,
+    });
+    assert.equal(actor.root.userData.actorType, "anonymous-dog");
+    const pose = actor.followPose();
+    assert.ok(pose.position.z > 4, "camera is behind a -Z-facing actor");
+    assert.ok(pose.target.z < 4, "camera aims ahead of the actor");
+    pose.position.x = 999;
+    assert.notEqual(actor.followPose().position.x, 999);
+    actor.dispose();
+  });
+
+  it("uses resolved door gaps while retaining wall collision and reset state", () => {
+    const plan = makePlan([{
+      id: "divider",
+      from: { x: 5, z: 0 },
+      to: { x: 5, z: 8 },
+      openings: [{ kind: "door", start: 3.4, width: 1.2, sill: 0, head: 2.1 }],
+    }]);
+    const actor = createOfficeWalker(plan, {
+      levelId: "ground",
+      position: { x: 4, z: 4 },
+      speed: 2,
+      fixedStep: 0.1,
+      active: true,
+    });
+    actor.setAction({ x: 1, z: 0 });
+    for (let index = 0; index < 10; index += 1) actor.tick(0.1);
+    assert.ok(actor.state().position.x > 5.5);
+    const reset = actor.reset({ levelId: "ground", position: { x: 2, z: 2 } });
+    assert.deepEqual(reset.position, { x: 2, z: 2 });
+    assert.deepEqual(reset.action, { x: 0, z: 0 });
+    assert.equal(reset.distance, 0);
+    actor.dispose();
+  });
+
+  it("removes and disposes its actor root idempotently", () => {
+    const actor = createOfficeWalker(makePlan(), { levelId: "ground", position: { x: 2, z: 2 } });
+    const parent = new THREE.Group();
+    parent.add(actor.root);
+    actor.dispose();
+    actor.dispose();
+    assert.equal(actor.root.parent, null);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/test/sceneActor.test.ts b/src/test/sceneActor.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c00ebc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/sceneActor.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import { describe, it } from "node:test";
+import * as THREE from "three";
+import {
+  createSceneActor,
+  type ActorIdentity,
+  type SceneActorOptions,
+} from "../actors/index.ts";
+
+const MEMBER: ActorIdentity = {
+  id: "member-7",
+  displayName: "Avery",
+  authenticated: true,
+  profile: {
+    handle: "avery",
+    appearance: { skinTone: "#9c6b50", primaryColor: "#183d57", accentColor: "#55b5c6" },
+  },
+};
+
+function options(over: Partial<SceneActorOptions> = {}): SceneActorOptions {
+  return {
+    kind: "humanoid",
+    identity: MEMBER,
+    fixedStepSeconds: 0.1,
+    position: { x: 2, z: 3 },
+    ...over,
+  };
+}
+
+describe("playable city scene actor", () => {
+  it("is inert by default, exposes defensive actions, and animates when active", () => {
+    const actor = createSceneActor(options());
+    assert.equal(actor.root.name, "playable-scene-actor");
+    assert.ok(actor.root.getObjectByName("humanoid"));
+    actor.setActions({ forward: 1 });
+    const leaked = actor.actions();
+    leaked.forward = -1;
+    actor.tick(0.2);
+    assert.equal(actor.state().z, 3);
+    actor.setActive(true);
+    assert.equal(actor.actions().forward, 0, "activation clears stale movement");
+    actor.setActions({ forward: 1 });
+    actor.tick(0.2);
+    assert.ok(actor.state().z < 3);
+    assert.ok(actor.state().posePhase > 0);
+    assert.equal(actor.view.position.z, actor.root.position.z);
+    actor.dispose();
+  });
+
+  it("maps crow metre-space flight into a scaled California board and chase pose", () => {
+    const actor = createSceneActor(options({
+      kind: "crow",
+      mode: "flight",
+      position: { x: 10, y: 4, z: -20 },
+      sceneUnitsPerMetre: 0.02,
+      sceneOrigin: { x: 100, y: 3, z: -50 },
+      active: true,
+      minFlightAltitude: 1,
+      maxFlightAltitude: 6,
+    }));
+    assert.equal(actor.root.scale.x, 0.02);
+    assert.deepEqual(actor.root.position.toArray(), [100.2, 3.08, -50.4]);
+    actor.setActions({ forward: 1, climb: 1, pitch: 0.6, turn: 0.3 });
+    actor.tick(0.4);
+    assert.equal(actor.state().mode, "flight");
+    assert.ok(actor.state().y > 4 && actor.state().y <= 6);
+    assert.equal(actor.root.rotation.order, "YXZ");
+    assert.equal(actor.root.rotation.x, actor.state().pitch);
+    const pose = actor.followPose();
+    assert.ok(pose.position.toArray().every(Number.isFinite));
+    assert.ok(pose.target.toArray().every(Number.isFinite));
+    pose.position.x = 999;
+    assert.notEqual(actor.followPose().position.x, 999);
+    actor.dispose();
+  });
+
+  it("keeps its stable root and identity while replacing procedural rigs", () => {
+    const actor = createSceneActor(options({ active: true }));
+    const root = actor.root;
+    const firstRig = root.children[0];
+    actor.switchActor("crow", undefined, "flight");
+    assert.equal(actor.root, root);
+    assert.equal(firstRig?.parent, null);
+    assert.ok(root.getObjectByName("crow"));
+    assert.equal(actor.state().mode, "flight");
+    assert.deepEqual(actor.state().identity, MEMBER);
+
+    const guest: ActorIdentity = {
+      id: "anon-3",
+      displayName: "Guest Crow",
+      authenticated: false,
+      profile: { appearance: { primaryColor: "#20252b" } },
+    };
+    const crowRig = root.children[0];
+    actor.setIdentity(guest);
+    assert.equal(crowRig?.parent, null);
+    assert.deepEqual(actor.state().identity, guest);
+    actor.switchActor("dog");
+    assert.ok(root.getObjectByName("dog"));
+    assert.equal(actor.state().mode, "ground");
+    assert.deepEqual(actor.state().identity, guest);
+    actor.dispose();
+  });
+
+  it("applies kind requests from the normalized action stream exactly once", () => {
+    const actor = createSceneActor(options({ active: true }));
+    actor.setActions({ kindRequest: "crow", modeRequest: "flight", forward: 0.4 });
+    actor.tick(0.1);
+    assert.equal(actor.state().kind, "crow");
+    assert.equal(actor.state().mode, "flight");
+    assert.equal(actor.actions().kindRequest, "none");
+    assert.equal(actor.actions().modeRequest, "none");
+    assert.equal(actor.actions().forward, 0.4, "held axes survive edge clearing");
+    assert.ok(actor.root.getObjectByName("crow"));
+    actor.dispose();
+  });
+
+  it("removes and disposes the stable root idempotently", () => {
+    const actor = createSceneActor(options());
+    const parent = new THREE.Group();
+    parent.add(actor.root);
+    actor.dispose();
+    actor.dispose();
+    assert.equal(actor.root.parent, null);
+    const before = actor.state();
+    actor.tick(1);
+    assert.deepEqual(actor.state(), before);
+  });
+
+  it("rejects invalid scene scaling and camera configuration", () => {
+    assert.throws(() => createSceneActor(options({ sceneUnitsPerMetre: 0 })), RangeError);
+    assert.throws(() => createSceneActor(options({ sceneOrigin: { x: Infinity, y: 0, z: 0 } })), RangeError);
+    assert.throws(() => createSceneActor(options({ camera: { distance: -1 } })), RangeError);
+  });
+});