---
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: done
---

# US-002: Transfer and reset the Tyrant role

As a **player**, I want defeating the Tyrant to transfer power predictably so that the central conflict always has meaningful consequences.

## Acceptance criteria

- [x] A player directly credited with killing the Tyrant becomes the new Tyrant.
- [x] A Tyrant death without a player killer leaves the role vacant and opens the shared Tyrant arena challenge.
- [x] The former Tyrant may compete again under the same arena eligibility and reset rules as every other opted-in participant.
- [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] After Tyrant succession, a vacant Vigilante role opens the shared arena's Vigilante challenge.
- [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.

## Related

- [Tyrant game state machine](../concepts/game-state-machine.md)
- [Progress and purchase Tyrant unlocks](us-003-progress-and-purchase-unlocks.md)
- [Claim the Tyrant role in the arena](us-020-claim-tyrant-in-arena.md)