assets/scaffold/macguffins/_template.md

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id: macguffin-slug
type: macguffin
name: ""
status: seed
surface_function: ""
true_function: ""
false_leads: []
holder: ""
introduced_in: ""
revealed_in: ""
resolved_in: ""
related_characters: []
related_materials: []
plot_threads: []
created: 2026-06-21
updated: 2026-06-21
tags: []
---
# MacGuffin Name

## Surface

What does the reader initially believe this is?

## Truth

What is its actual story function?

## Reveal Plan

- First hint:
- Misdirection:
- Reveal:
- Payoff:

## Continuity

Track who knows what, when they learn it, and where the object or secret is located.