feat(succession): transfer tyrant reign on death

design/log.md

@@ -6,6 +6,17 @@ description: Chronological record of material decisions affecting the Spigot Tyr
 
 # Spigot Tyrant Design Log
 
+## 2026-08-14 — Tyrant succession completed
+
+- Completed US-002 with player-killer transfer, recent-player environmental succession, former-holder avoidance, pending offline confirmation, and distinct replacement Vigilante selection.
+- Tyrant death clears all classes, Followers, cooldowns, item readiness, purchases, levels, and choices before granting the successor one starting choice.
+- Added death-event integration, server announcements, and a scoreboard-team-backed red Tyrant name and glowing outline that is restored on login and removed on pause or shutdown.
+- Verified succession attribution, random exclusion, reign cleanup, role separation, death integration, and red presentation with the Gradle suite.
+
+## 2026-08-14 — Tyrant succession implementation started
+
+- US-002 begins with test-first killer and environmental succession, reign-wide cleanup, replacement Vigilante selection, and red Tyrant presentation.
+
 ## 2026-08-14 — Administrative lifecycle completed
 
 - Completed US-001 with permission-gated `/tyrantadmin` start, status, pause, resume, and confirmed reset operations.

design/user-stories/us-002-transfer-and-reset-tyrant.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 type: User Story
 title: "US-002: Transfer and reset the Tyrant role"
 description: End a Tyrant's reign cleanly and establish a valid successor after death.
-status: backlog
+status: done
 ---
 
 # US-002: Transfer and reset the Tyrant role
@@ -11,15 +11,15 @@ As a **player**, I want defeating the Tyrant to transfer power predictably so th
 
 ## Acceptance criteria
 
-- [ ] A player directly credited with killing the Tyrant becomes the new Tyrant.
-- [ ] A Tyrant death without a player killer selects an eligible opted-in player active within the preceding 24 hours at random.
-- [ ] The former Tyrant is excluded from random succession when another eligible candidate exists.
-- [ ] The former Tyrant's level, unlocks, unspent choices, and Tyrant ability cooldowns reset when the reign ends.
-- [ ] Every Assassin, Fixer, Tamer, Vigilante, and Follower assignment is cleared when the Tyrant dies.
-- [ ] A new Vigilante is selected under the normal candidate rules after succession.
-- [ ] The new Tyrant receives exactly one starting unlock choice.
-- [ ] The Tyrant's displayed name is red and the Tyrant has a red glowing outline while the game is running.
-- [ ] Succession cannot assign the same player as both Tyrant and Vigilante.
+- [x] A player directly credited with killing the Tyrant becomes the new Tyrant.
+- [x] A Tyrant death without a player killer selects an eligible opted-in player active within the preceding 24 hours at random.
+- [x] The former Tyrant is excluded from random succession when another eligible candidate exists.
+- [x] The former Tyrant's level, unlocks, unspent choices, and Tyrant ability cooldowns reset when the reign ends.
+- [x] Every Assassin, Fixer, Tamer, Vigilante, and Follower assignment is cleared when the Tyrant dies.
+- [x] A new Vigilante is selected under the normal candidate rules after succession.
+- [x] The new Tyrant receives exactly one starting unlock choice.
+- [x] The Tyrant's displayed name is red and the Tyrant has a red glowing outline while the game is running.
+- [x] Succession cannot assign the same player as both Tyrant and Vigilante.
 
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