2 files changed, 24 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/names/artifact.rs b/src/names/artifact.rs
index af24b3d..336eef4 100644
--- a/src/names/artifact.rs
+++ b/src/names/artifact.rs
@@ -2,22 +2,31 @@
 //! called once a scholar has told you what it is.
 
 use rand::RngExt;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 use super::{Culture, pick};
 use crate::seed::Rng;
 
-#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct Artifact {
     /// What you see when you find it: "a humming ochre lattice".
     pub unidentified: String,
     /// Its true name: "the Lacquered Orrery of Teshemond".
     pub true_name: String,
+    /// Whether a scholar has told you its true name.
+    pub identified: bool,
+}
+
+impl Artifact {
+    /// What you call it: its true name once you know it.
+    pub fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        if self.identified { &self.true_name } else { &self.unidentified }
+    }
 }
 
 pub fn artifact(rng: &mut Rng) -> Artifact {
     let look = format!("{} {} {}", pick(QUALITIES, rng), pick(COLOURS, rng), pick(SHAPES, rng));
-    let article = if look.starts_with(['a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u']) { "an" } else { "a" };
-    let unidentified = format!("{article} {look}");
+    let unidentified = super::a(&look);
 
     let object = pick(OBJECTS, rng);
     let culture = Culture::ALL[rng.random_range(..Culture::ALL.len())];
@@ -28,7 +37,7 @@ pub fn artifact(rng: &mut Rng) -> Artifact {
         3 => format!("the {} {object}", pick(EPITHETS, rng)),
         _ => format!("the {object} {}", pick(CLAUSES, rng)),
     };
-    Artifact { unidentified, true_name }
+    Artifact { unidentified, true_name, identified: false }
 }
 
 const QUALITIES: &[&str] = &[
diff --git a/src/names/mod.rs b/src/names/mod.rs
index 719455f..9b5d9a6 100644
--- a/src/names/mod.rs
+++ b/src/names/mod.rs
@@ -21,10 +21,12 @@ use std::fmt::Write as _;
 
 use rand::RngExt;
 use rand::seq::IndexedRandom;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 use crate::seed::Rng;
 
-#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "lowercase")]
 pub enum Culture {
     Qaari,
     Cant,
@@ -198,7 +200,7 @@ impl Culture {
         self.expand(pick(self.phonology().places, rng), rng)
     }
 
-    fn expand(self, template: &str, rng: &mut Rng) -> String {
+    pub(crate) fn expand(self, template: &str, rng: &mut Rng) -> String {
         let mut out = String::new();
         let mut rest = template;
         while let Some(open) = rest.find('{') {
@@ -217,6 +219,13 @@ impl Culture {
     }
 }
 
+/// The phrase with "a" or "an" in front, by its first letter: "an ice
+/// world", "a desert world".
+pub fn a(phrase: &str) -> String {
+    let article = if phrase.starts_with(['a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u']) { "an" } else { "a" };
+    format!("{article} {phrase}")
+}
+
 pub(crate) fn pick(list: &'static [&'static str], rng: &mut Rng) -> &'static str {
     list.choose(rng).expect("name lists are never empty")
 }