---
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
---

# 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

- [ ] 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.

## Related

- [Tyrant game state machine](../concepts/game-state-machine.md)
- [Progress and purchase Tyrant unlocks](us-003-progress-and-purchase-unlocks.md)