{
  "id": "side_act_i_old_howl",
  "title": "Old Howl",
  "description": "Grandmother Asha asked you to retrieve her father's Howl-stone from the collapsed mine south of Millhaven. The mine has been camped recently — go armed.",
  "hidden": false,
  "entry_step": "find_stone",

  "steps": [
    {
      "id": "find_stone",
      "title": "Search the Old Howl mine",
      "description": "Travel south past the millpond and take the right fork at the old fence. The brigands camping at the entrance won't let you pass without a fight; the back chamber holds Asha's heirloom.",
      "waypoint": "Old Howl mine — right fork at the old fence",
      "on_enter": [
        { "kind": "give_item", "id": "howl_stone", "qty": 1 }
      ],
      "outcomes": [
        { "next": "return" }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "return",
      "title": "Return the Howl-stone to Asha",
      "description": "Bring the Howl-stone back to Grandmother Asha in Millhaven.",
      "waypoint": "role:millhaven.grandmother_asha",
      "trigger_conditions": [
        { "kind": "flag_set", "flag": "asha_received_howl_stone" }
      ],
      "outcomes": [
        {
          "next": "complete",
          "effects": [
            { "kind": "give_xp", "xp": 100 }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "complete",
      "title": "Old Howl Returned",
      "description": "Asha has her father's stone back. She'll speak openly about Sable Vasik now — that name will matter later.",
      "completes_quest": true
    }
  ]
}