diff --git a/public/profile/Mono.png b/public/profile/Mono.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a70baf
Binary files /dev/null and b/public/profile/Mono.png differ
diff --git a/src/app/about/page.tsx b/src/app/about/page.tsx
index 6b5b3f3..cf380cb 100644
--- a/src/app/about/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/about/page.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import type { Metadata } from "next";
 import Link from "next/link";
 import { dossier } from "@/content/dossier";
-import { orus, profile } from "@/content/profile";
+import { profile } from "@/content/profile";
 
 export const metadata: Metadata = {
   title: "Dossier",
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ export default function AboutPage() {
           <dl className="bracket grid min-w-[280px] grid-cols-[110px_minmax(0,1fr)] gap-y-2 border border-white/6 bg-surface px-[22px] py-[18px] text-[11px] [--bc:rgb(242_244_245/0.4)]">
             <dt className="pt-0.5 text-[9px] tracking-[0.22em] text-mute">SUBJECT</dt>
             <dd>{profile.displayName}</dd>
-            <dt className="pt-0.5 text-[9px] tracking-[0.22em] text-mute">ROOT</dt>
-            <dd>{orus.name}</dd>
+            <dt className="pt-0.5 text-[9px] tracking-[0.22em] text-mute">DOMAIN</dt>
+            <dd>selimaj.dev</dd>
             <dt className="pt-0.5 text-[9px] tracking-[0.22em] text-mute">FILES</dt>
             <dd>{String(dossier.length).padStart(2, "0")}</dd>
             <dt className="pt-0.5 text-[9px] tracking-[0.22em] text-mute">ACCESS</dt>
diff --git a/src/app/globals.css b/src/app/globals.css
index 8711caa..50dea43 100644
--- a/src/app/globals.css
+++ b/src/app/globals.css
@@ -97,10 +97,6 @@ html[data-boot] .seq {
     animation-fill-mode: both;
   }
 
-  .drift {
-    animation: drift 80s ease-in-out infinite alternate;
-    will-change: transform;
-  }
   .spin {
     animation: spin 16s linear infinite;
     transform-origin: 60px 60px;
@@ -185,11 +181,6 @@ html[data-boot] .seq {
   }
 }
 
-@keyframes drift {
-  to {
-    transform: translate3d(-28px, 14px, 0);
-  }
-}
 @keyframes spin {
   to {
     transform: rotate(360deg);
diff --git a/src/app/icon.svg b/src/app/icon.svg
index 1b0d670..079e0f0 100644
--- a/src/app/icon.svg
+++ b/src/app/icon.svg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none">
   <rect width="24" height="24" fill="#050607"/>
-  <circle cx="12" cy="12" r="8.5" stroke="#f2f4f5" stroke-width="1.6" stroke-dasharray="44 9"/>
-  <circle cx="12" cy="12" r="2.6" fill="#4dff95"/>
+  <path d="M3,8.5 V3 H8.5 M15.5,3 H21 V8.5 M21,15.5 V21 H15.5 M8.5,21 H3 V15.5" stroke="#f2f4f5" stroke-width="1.8"/>
+  <rect x="9.25" y="9.25" width="5.5" height="5.5" fill="#4dff95"/>
 </svg>
diff --git a/src/app/layout.tsx b/src/app/layout.tsx
index de31dcf..37c1bfd 100644
--- a/src/app/layout.tsx
+++ b/src/app/layout.tsx
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const jetbrains = JetBrains_Mono({
 
 export const metadata: Metadata = {
   title: { default: "Selimaj · Entrepreneur & Builder", template: "%s · Selimaj" },
-  description: "Selimaj, entrepreneur and builder. Founder of Orus. I build the layer underneath.",
+  description: "Selimaj, entrepreneur and builder. I build the layer underneath.",
   metadataBase: new URL("https://selimaj.dev"),
 };
 
diff --git a/src/app/projects/page.tsx b/src/app/projects/page.tsx
index 9e5491c..58bc2ce 100644
--- a/src/app/projects/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/projects/page.tsx
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@ import { projects } from "@/content/projects";
 
 export const metadata: Metadata = {
   title: "Projects",
-  description: "Everything built and conceived under Orus, from Saturn and Enclave to cyberdecks and RC planes.",
+  description: "Everything I’ve built and conceived, from Enclave and Osias to cyberdecks and RC planes.",
 };
 
 export default function ProjectsPage() {
   return (
     <main className="pt-[68px] md:pt-[85px]">
       <div className="mx-auto max-w-[1440px] px-4 pt-10 pb-20 md:px-16 md:pt-16 md:pb-24">
-        <div className="label tracking-[0.3em]">Node index · Root Orus · {projects.length} nodes</div>
+        <div className="label tracking-[0.3em]">Node index · Root selimaj.dev · {projects.length} nodes</div>
         <h1 className="mt-3 font-display text-[52px] leading-[0.95] font-semibold uppercase md:text-7xl">Projects</h1>
         <p className="mt-[18px] max-w-[560px] text-[13px] leading-[1.7] text-ink-2">
           Most of what I&apos;ve built and conceived. Concepts are labelled as concepts.
diff --git a/src/app/template.tsx b/src/app/template.tsx
index 5b6446d..2f6eb37 100644
--- a/src/app/template.tsx
+++ b/src/app/template.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
+"use client";
+
+import { usePathname } from "next/navigation";
+
 // Re-mounts on every navigation, so each page resolves in from wireframe.
+// Home is skipped: the hero runs its own sequence and the terrain stays still.
 export default function Template({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
+  const pathname = usePathname();
+  if (pathname === "/") return <>{children}</>;
   return <div className="page-resolve seq">{children}</div>;
 }
diff --git a/src/components/BootSequence.tsx b/src/components/BootSequence.tsx
index 2f6400d..f7d5439 100644
--- a/src/components/BootSequence.tsx
+++ b/src/components/BootSequence.tsx
@@ -27,7 +27,10 @@ export function BootSequence() {
         sessionStorage.setItem("boot", "1");
       } catch {}
       setLeaving(true);
-      outTimer = window.setTimeout(() => root.removeAttribute("data-boot"), 250);
+      outTimer = window.setTimeout(() => {
+        root.removeAttribute("data-boot");
+        window.dispatchEvent(new Event("boot:done"));
+      }, 250);
     };
     const timer = window.setTimeout(finish, DURATION);
     window.addEventListener("keydown", finish);
diff --git a/src/components/FeaturedNodes.tsx b/src/components/FeaturedNodes.tsx
index 35e905c..946db45 100644
--- a/src/components/FeaturedNodes.tsx
+++ b/src/components/FeaturedNodes.tsx
@@ -2,11 +2,9 @@
 
 import Link from "next/link";
 import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
-import { featured, projectById, projects } from "@/content/projects";
+import { brandOf, featured, featuredRoot, projectById, projects, root } from "@/content/projects";
 import { Segment } from "./Segment";
 
-const ROOT = featured[0];
-
 export function FeaturedNodes() {
   const [active, setActive] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const nodes = featured.map((f) => ({ ...f, project: projectById(f.id)! }));
@@ -30,11 +28,11 @@ export function FeaturedNodes() {
     >
       {size && (
         <div aria-hidden="true" className="hidden md:block">
-          {nodes.slice(1).map((n) => (
+          {nodes.map((n) => (
             <Segment
               key={`${n.id}-${active === n.id}`}
-              x1={(ROOT.x / 100) * size.w}
-              y1={(ROOT.y / 100) * size.h}
+              x1={(featuredRoot.x / 100) * size.w}
+              y1={(featuredRoot.y / 100) * size.h}
               x2={(n.x / 100) * size.w}
               y2={(n.y / 100) * size.h}
               on={active === n.id}
@@ -45,9 +43,29 @@ export function FeaturedNodes() {
         </div>
       )}
 
+      {/* Root: the site itself, labelled to the left so no line crosses it. */}
+      <div
+        className="relative min-h-12 md:absolute md:top-(--y) md:left-(--x) md:min-h-0"
+        style={{ "--x": `${featuredRoot.x}%`, "--y": `${featuredRoot.y}%` } as React.CSSProperties}
+      >
+        <span
+          aria-hidden="true"
+          className="absolute top-2.5 left-0 box-border size-7 rounded-full border border-ink/70 bg-night md:-top-3.5 md:-left-3.5"
+        >
+          <span className="absolute top-[9px] left-[9px] size-2 rounded-full bg-ink" />
+        </span>
+        <span className="ml-10 block px-3 py-2.5 md:absolute md:-top-[22px] md:right-6 md:ml-0 md:w-max md:text-right">
+          <span className="flex items-baseline gap-3 md:flex-row-reverse">
+            <span className="font-display text-lg font-semibold tracking-[0.08em] uppercase">{root.name}</span>
+            <span className="text-[9px] tracking-[0.22em] text-mute uppercase">Root</span>
+          </span>
+        </span>
+      </div>
+
       {nodes.map((n) => {
         const on = active === n.id;
-        const root = n.project.root;
+        const brand = brandOf(n.project);
+        const meta = n.id === "orus" ? "BRAND" : brand ? `${n.project.status} · ${brand.toUpperCase()}` : n.project.status;
         return (
           <Link
             key={n.id}
@@ -60,33 +78,27 @@ export function FeaturedNodes() {
           >
             <span
               aria-hidden="true"
-              className={`absolute box-border border ${
-                root
-                  ? "top-2.5 left-0 size-7 rounded-full md:-top-3.5 md:-left-3.5"
-                  : "top-4 left-2 size-3 md:-top-1.5 md:-left-1.5"
-              } ${on ? "border-accent shadow-[0_0_14px_var(--color-accent)]" : "border-ink/60"} ${on && !root ? "bg-accent" : "bg-night"}`}
-            >
-              {root && <span className={`absolute top-[9px] left-[9px] size-2 rounded-full ${on ? "bg-accent" : "bg-ink"}`} />}
-            </span>
+              className={`absolute top-4 left-2 box-border size-3 border md:-top-1.5 md:-left-1.5 ${n.id === "orus" ? "rotate-45" : ""} ${
+                on ? "border-accent bg-accent shadow-[0_0_14px_var(--color-accent)]" : "border-ink/60 bg-night"
+              }`}
+            />
             <span
-              className={`bracket ml-10 block min-h-11 px-3 py-2.5 group-focus-visible:outline group-focus-visible:outline-accent md:absolute md:-top-[22px] md:ml-0 ${
-                root ? "md:right-6 md:w-max md:text-right" : "md:left-6 md:w-[280px]"
-              } ${
+              className={`bracket ml-10 block min-h-11 px-3 py-2.5 group-focus-visible:outline group-focus-visible:outline-accent md:absolute md:-top-[22px] md:left-6 md:ml-0 md:w-[300px] ${
                 on ? "[--bc:var(--color-accent)]" : "[--bc:transparent]"
               }`}
             >
-              <span className={`flex items-baseline gap-3 ${root ? "md:flex-row-reverse" : ""}`}>
+              <span className="flex items-baseline gap-3">
                 <span className="font-display text-lg font-semibold tracking-[0.08em] uppercase">{n.project.name}</span>
-                <span className="text-[9px] tracking-[0.22em] text-mute">{root ? "ROOT" : n.project.status}</span>
+                <span className="text-[9px] tracking-[0.22em] text-mute">{meta}</span>
               </span>
-              <span className={`mt-1.5 block text-[11px] leading-[1.55] text-ink-2 ${on && !root ? "" : "md:sr-only"}`}>{n.project.desc}</span>
+              <span className={`mt-1.5 block text-[11px] leading-[1.55] text-ink-2 ${on ? "" : "md:sr-only"}`}>{n.project.desc}</span>
             </span>
           </Link>
         );
       })}
 
-      <div aria-hidden="true" className="absolute right-4 bottom-3 hidden text-[9px] tracking-[0.2em] text-mute/70 md:block">
-        ROOT ORUS · {featured.length} OF {projects.length} NODES
+      <div aria-hidden="true" className="absolute right-4 bottom-3 hidden text-[9px] tracking-[0.2em] text-mute/70 uppercase md:block">
+        Root {root.sub} · {featured.length} of {projects.length} nodes
       </div>
     </div>
   );
diff --git a/src/components/Hero.tsx b/src/components/Hero.tsx
index e27c6fb..b3d432d 100644
--- a/src/components/Hero.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Hero.tsx
@@ -1,39 +1,47 @@
 import Link from "next/link";
-import { dossierFields, lock, orus, profile, type DossierField } from "@/content/profile";
+import { dossierFields, lock, profile, type DossierField } from "@/content/profile";
 import { Bust } from "./Bust";
+import { Scramble } from "./Scramble";
 import { LocalTime, SessionStamp } from "./Telemetry";
 import { TerrainLayer } from "./TerrainLayer";
 import { LockReticle, TiranaMap } from "./TiranaMap";
 
 const d = (s: number) => ({ "--d": `${s}s` }) as React.CSSProperties;
 
+/** Dossier values decode one after another, starting once the card has built. */
+const DOSSIER_START = 1.35;
+const DOSSIER_STAGGER = 0.14;
+
 function DossierList({ fields, className = "" }: { fields: DossierField[]; className?: string }) {
   return (
     <dl className={`grid grid-cols-[124px_minmax(0,1fr)] gap-y-2.5 border-t border-white/8 pt-[18px] text-xs leading-[1.45] xl:grid-cols-[116px_minmax(0,1fr)] ${className}`}>
-      {fields.map((f) => (
-        <div key={f.label} className="contents">
-          <dt className="pt-[3px] text-[9px] uppercase tracking-[0.22em] text-mute">{f.label}</dt>
-          <dd className="flex flex-wrap gap-x-3.5">
-            {f.links
-              ? f.links.map((l) => (
-                  <a key={l.href} href={l.href} className="border-b border-white/25 hover:border-accent">
-                    {l.label}
-                  </a>
-                ))
-              : f.value}
-          </dd>
-        </div>
-      ))}
+      {fields.map((f, i) => {
+        const delay = DOSSIER_START + i * DOSSIER_STAGGER;
+        return (
+          <div key={f.label} className="contents">
+            <dt className="pt-[3px] text-[9px] uppercase tracking-[0.22em] text-mute">{f.label}</dt>
+            <dd className="flex flex-wrap gap-x-3.5">
+              {f.links
+                ? f.links.map((l, j) => (
+                    <a key={l.href} href={l.href} className="border-b border-white/25 hover:border-accent">
+                      <Scramble text={l.label} delay={delay + j * 0.2} step={30} />
+                    </a>
+                  ))
+                : <Scramble text={f.value} delay={delay} step={30} />}
+            </dd>
+          </div>
+        );
+      })}
     </dl>
   );
 }
 
 export function Hero() {
   return (
-    <section aria-labelledby="hero-title" className="relative overflow-hidden border-b border-line">
+    <section aria-labelledby="hero-title" className="relative overflow-hidden border-b border-line xl:flex xl:min-h-dvh xl:items-center">
       <TerrainLayer />
 
-      <div className="relative z-10 mx-auto max-w-[1440px] pt-[68px] md:pt-[84px] xl:h-[864px]">
+      <div className="relative z-10 mx-auto w-full max-w-[1440px] pt-[68px] md:pt-[84px] xl:h-[864px]">
         {/* Lock assembly: a strip on small screens, the full stage on desktop. */}
         <div
           aria-hidden="true"
@@ -44,15 +52,16 @@ export function Hero() {
             className="reticle seq absolute top-[calc(50%-60px)] left-[calc(var(--lx)-60px)] max-xl:scale-75 xl:top-[174px]"
             style={d(0.25)}
           />
-          <div
-            className="resolve seq absolute bottom-3 left-4 text-[9px] leading-[1.7] tracking-[0.14em] text-mute xl:bottom-auto xl:left-[calc(var(--lx)-60px)] xl:top-[306px] xl:text-[10px]"
-            style={d(0.85)}
-          >
-            <div className="text-accent">LOCK ACQUIRED</div>
+          <div className="absolute bottom-3 left-4 text-[9px] leading-[1.7] tracking-[0.14em] text-mute xl:bottom-auto xl:left-[calc(var(--lx)-60px)] xl:top-[306px] xl:text-[10px]">
+            <div className="text-accent">
+              <Scramble text="LOCK ACQUIRED" delay={0.85} step={35} nowrap />
+            </div>
             <div>
-              {lock.lat} · {lock.lon}
+              <Scramble text={`${lock.lat} · ${lock.lon}`} delay={0.95} step={30} nowrap />
+            </div>
+            <div className="uppercase">
+              <Scramble text={lock.place} delay={1.05} step={30} nowrap />
             </div>
-            <div className="uppercase">{lock.place}</div>
           </div>
           <div
             className="trace seq absolute top-[233px] right-[510px] left-[calc(var(--lx)+66px)] hidden h-px bg-accent/55 xl:block"
@@ -66,20 +75,19 @@ export function Hero() {
         <div className="flex flex-col gap-9 px-4 pt-6 pb-16 md:px-16 xl:block xl:p-0">
           {/* Headline */}
           <div className="xl:absolute xl:top-[364px] xl:left-16 xl:w-[620px]">
-            <p className="resolve seq mb-3 text-[9px] tracking-[0.28em] text-mute xl:mb-5 xl:text-[10px] xl:tracking-[0.3em]" style={d(1.1)}>
-              TARGET RESOLVED · SUBJECT 0001
+            <p className="mb-3 text-[9px] tracking-[0.28em] text-mute xl:mb-5 xl:text-[10px] xl:tracking-[0.3em]">
+              <Scramble text="TARGET RESOLVED · SUBJECT 0001" delay={0.2} step={15} />
             </p>
             <h1
               id="hero-title"
-              className="resolve seq font-display text-[46px] leading-[0.96] font-semibold uppercase sm:text-[64px] xl:text-[84px] xl:leading-[0.94] xl:tracking-[0.01em]"
-              style={d(1.2)}
+              className="font-display text-[46px] leading-[0.96] font-semibold uppercase sm:text-[64px] xl:text-[84px] xl:leading-[0.94] xl:tracking-[0.01em]"
             >
-              Entrepreneur
+              <Scramble text="ENTREPRENEUR" delay={0.3} step={35} nowrap />
               <br />
-              &amp; Builder
+              <Scramble text="& BUILDER" delay={0.5} step={35} nowrap />
             </h1>
-            <p className="resolve seq mt-4 text-[15px] leading-normal text-ink-2 xl:mt-6 xl:text-[17px]" style={d(1.3)}>
-              {profile.stance}
+            <p className="mt-4 text-[15px] leading-normal text-ink-2 xl:mt-6 xl:text-[17px]">
+              <Scramble text={profile.stance} delay={0.7} step={15} />
             </p>
             <div className="resolve seq mt-7 flex flex-col gap-2.5 sm:flex-row sm:flex-wrap sm:gap-3 xl:mt-10" style={d(1.4)}>
               <Link
@@ -95,10 +103,6 @@ export function Hero() {
                 OPEN DOSSIER <span aria-hidden="true">↗</span>
               </Link>
             </div>
-            <div className="resolve seq mt-10 hidden max-w-[580px] items-start gap-3.5 xl:flex" style={d(1.5)}>
-              <span className="pt-[3px] text-[9px] whitespace-nowrap tracking-[0.24em] text-mute">ROOT ─ ORUS</span>
-              <span className="text-xs leading-[1.6] text-mute">{orus.oneLiner}</span>
-            </div>
             <DossierList fields={dossierFields} className="mt-9 xl:hidden" />
           </div>
 
@@ -122,7 +126,7 @@ export function Hero() {
               <div className="min-w-0 xl:pt-1">
                 <div className="text-[9px] tracking-[0.24em] text-mute">ALIAS</div>
                 <h2 id="profile-name" className="mt-1.5 font-display text-[28px] leading-none font-semibold tracking-[0.06em] uppercase xl:text-4xl">
-                  {profile.displayName}
+                  <Scramble text={profile.displayName.toUpperCase()} delay={1.2} step={90} nowrap />
                 </h2>
                 <div className="mt-2.5 text-[9px] leading-[1.9] tracking-[0.16em] text-mute xl:mt-[22px]">
                   <div className="max-xl:hidden">MESH 2.5D · RESOLVED</div>
@@ -135,18 +139,23 @@ export function Hero() {
           </article>
         </div>
 
-        {/* Corner telemetry */}
-        <div aria-hidden="true" className="appear seq absolute bottom-[22px] left-16 hidden text-[9px] leading-[1.8] tracking-[0.16em] text-mute/70 xl:block" style={d(0.2)}>
-          <SessionStamp />
-        </div>
-        <div aria-hidden="true" className="absolute bottom-[22px] left-1/2 hidden -translate-x-1/2 text-[9px] tracking-[0.3em] text-mute xl:block">
-          SCROLL ▾ NODES
-        </div>
-        <div aria-hidden="true" className="appear seq absolute right-16 bottom-[22px] hidden text-right text-[9px] leading-[1.8] tracking-[0.16em] xl:block" style={d(0.2)}>
-          <div className="text-accent">
-            <LocalTime />
+      </div>
+
+      <div className="pointer-events-none absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 z-10 hidden xl:block">
+        <div className="relative mx-auto h-20 max-w-[1440px]">
+          {/* Corner telemetry, pinned to the bottom of the screen-tall hero */}
+          <div aria-hidden="true" className="appear seq absolute bottom-[22px] left-16 hidden text-[9px] leading-[1.8] tracking-[0.16em] text-mute/70 xl:block" style={d(0.2)}>
+            <SessionStamp />
+          </div>
+          <div aria-hidden="true" className="absolute bottom-[22px] left-1/2 hidden -translate-x-1/2 text-[9px] tracking-[0.3em] text-mute xl:block">
+            SCROLL ▾ NODES
+          </div>
+          <div aria-hidden="true" className="appear seq absolute right-16 bottom-[22px] hidden text-right text-[9px] leading-[1.8] tracking-[0.16em] xl:block" style={d(0.2)}>
+            <div className="text-accent">
+              <LocalTime />
+            </div>
+            <div className="text-mute/70">VISITOR · UNRESOLVED</div>
           </div>
-          <div className="text-mute/70">VISITOR · UNRESOLVED</div>
         </div>
       </div>
     </section>
diff --git a/src/components/Mark.tsx b/src/components/Mark.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f77c5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/Mark.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/** selimaj.dev mark: a lock bracket around a point. */
+export function Mark({ size = 24, className }: { size?: number; className?: string }) {
+  return (
+    <svg width={size} height={size} viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" aria-hidden="true" className={className}>
+      <path d="M2.5,8 V2.5 H8 M16,2.5 H21.5 V8 M21.5,16 V21.5 H16 M8,21.5 H2.5 V16" stroke="currentColor" strokeWidth="1.3" />
+      <rect x="9.5" y="9.5" width="5" height="5" fill="currentColor" />
+    </svg>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/components/OrusMark.tsx b/src/components/OrusMark.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index b668862..0000000
--- a/src/components/OrusMark.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-export function OrusMark({ size = 24, className }: { size?: number; className?: string }) {
-  return (
-    <svg width={size} height={size} viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" aria-hidden="true" className={className}>
-      <circle cx="12" cy="12" r="9.5" stroke="currentColor" strokeWidth="1.2" strokeDasharray="50 10" />
-      <circle cx="12" cy="12" r="2.6" fill="currentColor" />
-    </svg>
-  );
-}
diff --git a/src/components/ProjectIndex.tsx b/src/components/ProjectIndex.tsx
index ff4449e..066da82 100644
--- a/src/components/ProjectIndex.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ProjectIndex.tsx
@@ -1,37 +1,40 @@
 "use client";
 
 import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
-import { groups, projects, type GroupId, type Project } from "@/content/projects";
+import { brandOf, groups, projects, root, type GroupId, type Project } from "@/content/projects";
 import { Segment } from "./Segment";
 import { StatusTag } from "./StatusTag";
 
 const W = 1200;
 const H = 720;
-const root = projects.find((p) => p.root)!;
 const groupIds = Object.keys(groups) as GroupId[];
+const isHub = (p: Project) => groups[p.group].node === p.id;
 
 function Marker({ p, on }: { p: Project; on: boolean }) {
-  const size = p.root ? 30 : 14;
+  const hub = isHub(p);
+  const size = hub ? 22 : 14;
   const rest =
     p.status === "CONCEPT" ? "border border-dashed border-ink/60" : p.status === "ARCHIVED" ? "border border-ink/30" : "border border-ink/65";
   return (
     <span
       aria-hidden="true"
-      className={`relative box-border flex-none ${p.root ? "rounded-full" : ""} ${
-        on ? (p.root ? "border border-accent shadow-[0_0_14px_var(--color-accent)]" : "bg-accent shadow-[0_0_12px_var(--color-accent)]") : `${rest} bg-surface`
+      className={`relative box-border flex-none ${hub ? "rotate-45" : ""} ${
+        on ? "bg-accent shadow-[0_0_12px_var(--color-accent)]" : `${rest} bg-surface`
       }`}
       style={{ width: size, height: size }}
-    >
-      {p.root && <span className={`absolute top-[10px] left-[10px] size-2 rounded-full ${on ? "bg-accent" : "bg-ink"}`} />}
-    </span>
+    />
   );
 }
 
 function ProjectCard({ p }: { p: Project }) {
+  const brand = brandOf(p);
   const body = (
     <>
-      <span className="flex items-center justify-between">
-        <StatusTag status={p.status} />
+      <span className="flex items-center justify-between gap-3">
+        <span className="flex items-center gap-3">
+          <StatusTag status={p.status} />
+          {brand && <span className="text-[9px] tracking-[0.22em] text-mute uppercase">{brand}</span>}
+        </span>
         <span aria-hidden="true" className="text-mute transition-colors group-hover:text-accent group-focus-visible:text-accent">
           {p.href ? "↗" : "→"}
         </span>
@@ -62,7 +65,7 @@ function ProjectCard({ p }: { p: Project }) {
 
 export function ProjectIndex() {
   const [view, setView] = useState<"map" | "list">("map");
-  const [active, setActive] = useState<string>("orus");
+  const [active, setActive] = useState<string | null>(null);
 
   // Deep links (/projects/#enclave) select that node; small screens start on the list.
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -75,7 +78,7 @@ export function ProjectIndex() {
     }
   }, []);
 
-  const sel = projects.find((p) => p.id === active) ?? root;
+  const sel = projects.find((p) => p.id === active) ?? null;
   const count = (s: Project["status"]) => String(projects.filter((p) => p.status === s).length).padStart(2, "0");
 
   return (
@@ -112,10 +115,10 @@ export function ProjectIndex() {
         <div className="mt-6 overflow-x-auto border border-white/6">
           <div className="grid-bg relative mx-auto bg-surface [background-size:40px_40px]" style={{ width: W, height: H }}>
             {groupIds.map((k) => (
-              <Segment key={k} x1={root.map.x} y1={root.map.y} x2={groups[k].x} y2={groups[k].y} on={!sel.root && sel.group === k} strong />
+              <Segment key={k} x1={root.map.x} y1={root.map.y} x2={groups[k].x} y2={groups[k].y} on={!!sel && sel.group === k} strong />
             ))}
             {projects
-              .filter((p) => !p.root)
+              .filter((p) => !isHub(p))
               .map((p) => (
                 <Segment
                   key={`${p.id}-${active === p.id}`}
@@ -127,25 +130,41 @@ export function ProjectIndex() {
                   dashed={p.status === "CONCEPT"}
                 />
               ))}
-            {groupIds.map((k) => {
-              const g = groups[k];
-              return (
-                <div key={k} aria-hidden="true">
-                  <div
-                    className="absolute text-[9px] whitespace-nowrap tracking-[0.24em] text-mute uppercase"
-                    style={{ top: g.y - 7, ...(g.side === "l" ? { right: W - g.x + 14 } : { left: g.x + 14 }) }}
-                  >
-                    {g.label}
+
+            {/* Plain hubs (groups without a project of their own). */}
+            {groupIds
+              .filter((k) => !groups[k].node)
+              .map((k) => {
+                const g = groups[k];
+                return (
+                  <div key={k} aria-hidden="true">
+                    <div
+                      className="absolute text-[9px] whitespace-nowrap tracking-[0.24em] text-mute uppercase"
+                      style={{ top: g.y - 7, ...(g.side === "l" ? { right: W - g.x + 14 } : { left: g.x + 14 }) }}
+                    >
+                      {g.label}
+                    </div>
+                    <div className="absolute box-border size-1.5 rotate-45 border border-ink/40" style={{ left: g.x - 3, top: g.y - 3 }} />
                   </div>
-                  <div className="absolute box-border size-1.5 rotate-45 border border-ink/40" style={{ left: g.x - 3, top: g.y - 3 }} />
-                </div>
-              );
-            })}
+                );
+              })}
+
+            {/* Root: the site itself. */}
+            <div className="absolute flex items-center gap-3 whitespace-nowrap" style={{ left: root.map.x - 15, top: root.map.y - 15 }}>
+              <span aria-hidden="true" className="relative box-border size-[30px] flex-none rounded-full border border-ink/70 bg-surface">
+                <span className="absolute top-[10px] left-[10px] size-2 rounded-full bg-ink" />
+              </span>
+              <span className="flex flex-col gap-[3px]">
+                <span className="font-display text-xl font-semibold tracking-[0.08em] uppercase">{root.name}</span>
+                <span className="text-[8px] tracking-[0.22em] text-mute uppercase">Root · {root.sub}</span>
+              </span>
+            </div>
+
             {projects.map((p) => {
               const on = active === p.id;
               const g = groups[p.group];
-              const labelLeft = !p.root && p.map.x < g.x;
-              const m = p.root ? 30 : 14;
+              const labelLeft = (p.label ?? (p.map.x < g.x ? "l" : "r")) === "l";
+              const m = isHub(p) ? 22 : 14;
               const pad = 8;
               return (
                 <button
@@ -165,15 +184,16 @@ export function ProjectIndex() {
                   }}
                 >
                   <Marker p={p} on={on} />
-                  <span className="flex flex-col gap-[3px]">
+                  {/* A hub's label sits a little high so its root line passes underneath. */}
+                  <span className={`flex flex-col gap-[3px] ${isHub(p) ? "-translate-y-4" : ""}`}>
                     <span
-                      className={`font-display font-semibold tracking-[0.08em] uppercase ${p.root ? "text-xl" : "text-[13px]"} ${
+                      className={`font-display font-semibold tracking-[0.08em] uppercase ${isHub(p) ? "text-base" : "text-[13px]"} ${
                         p.status === "ARCHIVED" && !on ? "text-ink/70" : "text-ink"
                       }`}
                     >
                       {p.name}
                     </span>
-                    <span className="text-[8px] tracking-[0.22em] text-mute">{p.root ? "ROOT" : p.status}</span>
+                    <span className="text-[8px] tracking-[0.22em] text-mute">{isHub(p) ? "BRAND" : p.status}</span>
                   </span>
                 </button>
               );
@@ -181,8 +201,8 @@ export function ProjectIndex() {
             <div aria-hidden="true" className="absolute bottom-3 left-4 text-[9px] tracking-[0.2em] text-mute/70">
               GRID 40 · ROOT {root.map.x},{root.map.y}
             </div>
-            <div aria-hidden="true" className="absolute right-4 bottom-3 text-[9px] tracking-[0.2em] text-accent uppercase">
-              TRACKING ▸ {sel.name}
+            <div aria-hidden="true" className="absolute right-4 bottom-3 text-[9px] tracking-[0.2em] uppercase">
+              {sel ? <span className="text-accent">TRACKING ▸ {sel.name}</span> : <span className="text-mute/70">AWAITING TARGET</span>}
             </div>
           </div>
         </div>
@@ -190,38 +210,48 @@ export function ProjectIndex() {
         <section
           aria-live="polite"
           aria-label="Selected node"
-          className="bracket mt-4 grid gap-6 border border-white/6 bg-surface px-7 py-6 [--bc:var(--color-accent)] md:grid-cols-[minmax(0,1fr)_auto] md:items-center md:gap-x-12"
+          className={`bracket mt-4 grid min-h-[176px] gap-6 border border-white/6 bg-surface px-7 py-6 md:grid-cols-[minmax(0,1fr)_auto] md:items-center md:gap-x-12 ${
+            sel ? "[--bc:var(--color-accent)]" : "[--bc:rgb(242_244_245/0.3)]"
+          }`}
         >
-          <div>
-            <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-3.5">
-              <StatusTag status={sel.status} />
-              <span className="text-[9px] tracking-[0.24em] text-mute uppercase">{sel.root ? "Root" : groups[sel.group].label}</span>
-            </div>
-            <h2 className="mt-3 font-display text-3xl font-semibold tracking-[0.04em] uppercase">{sel.name}</h2>
-            <p className="mt-2 max-w-[720px] text-[13px] leading-[1.7] text-ink-2">{sel.desc}</p>
-            <div className="mt-3.5 flex flex-wrap gap-2">
-              {sel.tags.map((t) => (
-                <span key={t} className="bg-surface-2 px-2 py-1 text-[10px] tracking-[0.1em] text-mute">
-                  {t}
-                </span>
-              ))}
-            </div>
-          </div>
-          {sel.href ? (
-            <a href={sel.href} className="inline-flex min-h-12 items-center gap-3 justify-self-start border border-white/14 px-5 text-[11px] tracking-[0.2em] hover:border-accent">
-              VISIT <span aria-hidden="true">↗</span>
-            </a>
+          {sel ? (
+            <>
+              <div>
+                <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-3.5">
+                  <StatusTag status={sel.status} />
+                  <span className="text-[9px] tracking-[0.24em] text-mute uppercase">
+                    {isHub(sel) ? "Brand" : (brandOf(sel) ?? groups[sel.group].label)}
+                  </span>
+                </div>
+                <h2 className="mt-3 font-display text-3xl font-semibold tracking-[0.04em] uppercase">{sel.name}</h2>
+                <p className="mt-2 max-w-[720px] text-[13px] leading-[1.7] text-ink-2">{sel.desc}</p>
+                <div className="mt-3.5 flex flex-wrap gap-2">
+                  {sel.tags.map((t) => (
+                    <span key={t} className="bg-surface-2 px-2 py-1 text-[10px] tracking-[0.1em] text-mute">
+                      {t}
+                    </span>
+                  ))}
+                </div>
+              </div>
+              {sel.href ? (
+                <a href={sel.href} className="inline-flex min-h-12 items-center gap-3 justify-self-start border border-white/14 px-5 text-[11px] tracking-[0.2em] hover:border-accent">
+                  VISIT <span aria-hidden="true">↗</span>
+                </a>
+              ) : (
+                <button
+                  type="button"
+                  onClick={() => {
+                    setView("list");
+                    requestAnimationFrame(() => document.getElementById(sel.id)?.scrollIntoView({ block: "center" }));
+                  }}
+                  className="inline-flex min-h-12 items-center gap-3 justify-self-start border border-white/14 px-5 text-[11px] tracking-[0.2em] hover:border-accent hover:text-accent"
+                >
+                  VIEW IN LIST <span aria-hidden="true">→</span>
+                </button>
+              )}
+            </>
           ) : (
-            <button
-              type="button"
-              onClick={() => {
-                setView("list");
-                requestAnimationFrame(() => document.getElementById(sel.id)?.scrollIntoView({ block: "center" }));
-              }}
-              className="inline-flex min-h-12 items-center gap-3 justify-self-start border border-white/14 px-5 text-[11px] tracking-[0.2em] hover:border-accent hover:text-accent"
-            >
-              VIEW IN LIST <span aria-hidden="true">→</span>
-            </button>
+            <p className="text-[11px] tracking-[0.2em] text-mute">HOVER OR SELECT A NODE TO TRACK IT.</p>
           )}
         </section>
       </div>
diff --git a/src/components/Scramble.tsx b/src/components/Scramble.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4cbff9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/Scramble.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+"use client";
+
+import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+
+const UPPER = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789#%&@$*+=<>/";
+const LOWER = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789#%&@$*+=<>/";
+const DIGIT = "0123456789#%&@$*";
+/** Characters that stay put while everything around them is brute-forced. */
+const FIXED = /[\s.,·()\-/]/;
+
+const FRAME_MS = 45;
+
+function noise(ch: string) {
+  if (FIXED.test(ch)) return ch;
+  const pool = /[0-9]/.test(ch) ? DIGIT : ch === ch.toLowerCase() && ch !== ch.toUpperCase() ? LOWER : UPPER;
+  return pool[Math.floor(Math.random() * pool.length)];
+}
+
+type Frame = { done: string; head: string; rest: string };
+
+/**
+ * Text that brute-forces itself: every character cycles through random
+ * glyphs, then the real value locks in from left to right.
+ *
+ * Server and no-JS output is the plain text. With reduced motion it never
+ * animates. While the boot screen is up it waits for `boot:done`.
+ */
+export function Scramble({
+  text,
+  delay = 0,
+  step = 45,
+  nowrap = false,
+}: {
+  text: string;
+  /** Seconds before characters start locking in (noise runs from the start). */
+  delay?: number;
+  /** Milliseconds per character as the value locks in. */
+  step?: number;
+  nowrap?: boolean;
+}) {
+  const [frame, setFrame] = useState<Frame | null>(null);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (matchMedia("(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)").matches) return;
+
+    const chars = Array.from(text);
+    let raf = 0;
+    let start = 0;
+    let last = -Infinity;
+
+    const build = (locked: number): Frame => ({
+      done: chars.slice(0, locked).join(""),
+      head: locked < chars.length ? chars[locked] : "",
+      rest: chars
+        .slice(locked + 1)
+        .map(noise)
+        .join(""),
+    });
+
+    const loop = (t: number) => {
+      if (!start) start = t;
+      const elapsed = t - start - delay * 1000;
+      const locked = elapsed < 0 ? 0 : Math.floor(elapsed / step);
+      if (locked >= chars.length) {
+        setFrame(null);
+        return;
+      }
+      if (t - last >= FRAME_MS) {
+        last = t;
+        // Before the reveal starts, the first character is noise too.
+        setFrame(elapsed < 0 ? { done: "", head: noise(chars[0]), rest: build(0).rest } : build(locked));
+      }
+      raf = requestAnimationFrame(loop);
+    };
+
+    const begin = () => {
+      raf = requestAnimationFrame(loop);
+    };
+
+    if (document.documentElement.hasAttribute("data-boot")) {
+      // Hide the real value under the boot screen, then start when it lifts.
+      raf = requestAnimationFrame(() => setFrame({ done: "", head: "", rest: chars.map(noise).join("") }));
+      window.addEventListener("boot:done", begin, { once: true });
+    } else {
+      begin();
+    }
+
+    return () => {
+      cancelAnimationFrame(raf);
+      window.removeEventListener("boot:done", begin);
+    };
+  }, [text, delay, step]);
+
+  if (!frame) return <>{text}</>;
+
+  return (
+    <span className="relative inline-block max-w-full align-top">
+      <span className="sr-only">{text}</span>
+      {/* Invisible copy keeps the box exactly the size of the real text. */}
+      <span aria-hidden="true" className={`invisible ${nowrap ? "whitespace-nowrap" : ""}`}>
+        {text}
+      </span>
+      <span aria-hidden="true" className={`absolute inset-0 ${nowrap ? "whitespace-nowrap" : ""}`}>
+        {frame.done}
+        <span className="text-accent">{frame.head}</span>
+        <span className="opacity-50">{frame.rest}</span>
+      </span>
+    </span>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/components/SiteFooter.tsx b/src/components/SiteFooter.tsx
index dba37f2..ff047ef 100644
--- a/src/components/SiteFooter.tsx
+++ b/src/components/SiteFooter.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ export function SiteFooter() {
   return (
     <footer className="border-t border-line">
       <div className="mx-auto flex max-w-[1440px] flex-wrap justify-between gap-6 px-4 pt-7 pb-10 text-[10px] tracking-[0.18em] text-mute md:px-16">
-        <span>{profile.displayName.toUpperCase()} · BUILT UNDER ORUS</span>
+        <span>SELIMAJ.DEV · TIRANA, AL</span>
         <span className="flex gap-6">
           <a href={profile.github} className="hover:text-accent">GITHUB</a>
           <a href={profile.git} className="hover:text-accent">GIT.SELIMAJ.DEV</a>
diff --git a/src/components/SiteHeader.tsx b/src/components/SiteHeader.tsx
index 341015a..b945087 100644
--- a/src/components/SiteHeader.tsx
+++ b/src/components/SiteHeader.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import Link from "next/link";
 import { usePathname } from "next/navigation";
 import { useState } from "react";
-import { OrusMark } from "./OrusMark";
+import { Mark } from "./Mark";
 import { SessionClock } from "./Telemetry";
 
 const links = [
@@ -25,10 +25,11 @@ export function SiteHeader() {
       className={`absolute inset-x-0 top-0 z-30 ${isHome ? "" : "border-b border-line"}`}
     >
       <div className="mx-auto flex max-w-[1440px] items-center justify-between gap-6 px-4 py-3 md:px-16 md:py-[22px]">
-        <Link href="/" className="flex min-h-11 items-center gap-3" aria-label="Orus · selimaj.dev home">
-          <OrusMark />
-          <span className="font-display text-sm font-semibold tracking-[0.24em]">ORUS</span>
-          <span className="hidden text-[10px] tracking-[0.18em] text-mute sm:inline">/ SELIMAJ.DEV</span>
+        <Link href="/" className="flex min-h-11 items-center gap-3" aria-label="selimaj.dev home">
+          <Mark />
+          <span className="font-display text-sm font-semibold tracking-[0.24em]">
+            SELIMAJ<span className="text-mute">.DEV</span>
+          </span>
         </Link>
 
         <button
diff --git a/src/components/TerrainLayer.tsx b/src/components/TerrainLayer.tsx
index 578754d..c874174 100644
--- a/src/components/TerrainLayer.tsx
+++ b/src/components/TerrainLayer.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /**
  * Hero background, bottom to top: terrain contours (real Dajt elevation data),
- * grid, scanlines, vignette. Purely decorative.
+ * grid, scanlines, vignette. Purely decorative and deliberately static.
  */
 export function TerrainLayer({ className = "" }: { className?: string }) {
   return (
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export function TerrainLayer({ className = "" }: { className?: string }) {
       <img
         src="/terrain.svg"
         alt=""
-        className="drift absolute -inset-10 h-[calc(100%+80px)] w-[calc(100%+80px)] max-w-none object-cover opacity-20 max-xl:object-[60%_50%]"
+        className="absolute -inset-10 h-[calc(100%+80px)] w-[calc(100%+80px)] max-w-none object-cover opacity-20 max-xl:object-[60%_50%]"
       />
       <div className="grid-bg absolute inset-0" />
       <div className="scan-bg absolute inset-0" />
diff --git a/src/content/dossier.ts b/src/content/dossier.ts
index 56cd594..4cea688 100644
--- a/src/content/dossier.ts
+++ b/src/content/dossier.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export const dossier: DossierFile[] = [
     proof: [
       {
         label: "Orus",
-        note: "A community that has grown around the work",
+        note: "My open-source brand for privacy and opsec tools",
         href: "/projects/#orus",
         status: "LIVE",
       },
@@ -44,16 +44,16 @@ export const dossier: DossierFile[] = [
     slug: "entrepreneurship",
     no: "02",
     title: "Entrepreneurship",
-    summary: "Orus as the umbrella. Systems where incentives and behavior matter.",
+    summary: "Brands and ventures. Systems where incentives and behavior matter.",
     proofSummary: "Osias · Orus · EquitySMP",
-    lead: "Orus is the umbrella for everything serious I make.",
+    lead: "I build brands, and ventures that stand on their own.",
     paragraphs: [
-      "Beyond it I design systems where incentives and behavior matter.",
+      "Orus is one of the brands: open-source software for privacy, independence, and opsec. Outside it I design systems where incentives and behavior matter.",
       "Osias is a blockchain-powered AI agent for trading emotions and behavior. Alongside it sits a Minecraft economy concept with jurisdictions, taxes, and IPOs.",
     ],
     proof: [
       { label: "Osias", note: "osias.trade", href: "https://osias.trade", status: "BUILDING" },
-      { label: "Orus", note: "The umbrella org", href: "/projects/#orus", status: "LIVE" },
+      { label: "Orus", note: "Open-source privacy and opsec brand", href: "/projects/#orus", status: "LIVE" },
       { label: "EquitySMP", note: "Real-world-style server economy", href: "/projects/#equitysmp", status: "BUILDING" },
     ],
   },
diff --git a/src/content/profile.ts b/src/content/profile.ts
index bbb9df4..e23154d 100644
--- a/src/content/profile.ts
+++ b/src/content/profile.ts
@@ -15,12 +15,6 @@ export const profile = {
   git: "https://git.selimaj.dev",
 } as const;
 
-export const orus = {
-  name: "Orus",
-  oneLiner:
-    "A community and toolset for privacy, independence, and opsec, plus the dev tools built under it.",
-} as const;
-
 /**
  * Map lock. Privacy rule: city centre only (Skanderbeg Square, a public
  * landmark). Never put anything finer than city scale here.
@@ -39,7 +33,7 @@ export type DossierField = {
 
 export const dossierFields: DossierField[] = [
   { label: "Based", value: "Tirana, Albania" },
-  { label: "Affiliation", value: "Orus (founder)" },
+  { label: "Brands", value: "Orus" },
   // PLACEHOLDER decision: remove this entry to stop stating it publicly.
   { label: "Building since", value: "12" },
   { label: "Focus", value: "Privacy, independence, opsec, dev tooling" },
diff --git a/src/content/projects.ts b/src/content/projects.ts
index ef8b1c1..c4e7f64 100644
--- a/src/content/projects.ts
+++ b/src/content/projects.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 export type Status = "LIVE" | "BUILDING" | "CONCEPT" | "ARCHIVED";
 
-export type GroupId = "core" | "ventures" | "infra" | "hardware";
+export type GroupId = "orus" | "ventures" | "infra" | "hardware";
 
 export type Project = {
   id: string;
@@ -10,57 +10,91 @@ export type Project = {
   desc: string;
   tags: string[];
   href?: string;
-  root?: boolean;
   /** Position on the 1200×720 node map. */
   map: { x: number; y: number };
+  /** Which side of the marker the label sits on (defaults to away from its hub). */
+  label?: "l" | "r";
 };
 
-export const groups: Record<GroupId, { label: string; x: number; y: number; side: "l" | "r" }> = {
-  core: { label: "Core", x: 360, y: 220, side: "l" },
+/** The map's root: the site itself. Not a project. */
+export const root = {
+  name: "Selimaj",
+  sub: "selimaj.dev",
+  map: { x: 600, y: 360 },
+} as const;
+
+/**
+ * Groups branch off the root. A group with `node` uses that project as its hub
+ * (Orus is a brand with its own projects); the rest get a plain labelled hub.
+ */
+export const groups: Record<
+  GroupId,
+  { label: string; x: number; y: number; side: "l" | "r"; node?: string }
+> = {
+  orus: { label: "Orus", x: 340, y: 240, side: "r", node: "orus" },
   ventures: { label: "Ventures & systems", x: 840, y: 220, side: "r" },
   infra: { label: "Infrastructure", x: 360, y: 520, side: "l" },
   hardware: { label: "Hardware", x: 840, y: 520, side: "r" },
 };
 
-// PLACEHOLDER: statuses for everything except Orus and the self-hosted
-// infrastructure are best guesses. Links are filled in where known.
+// PLACEHOLDER: statuses other than Orus and the self-hosted infrastructure are
+// best guesses. Links are filled in where known.
 export const projects: Project[] = [
   {
     id: "orus",
     name: "Orus",
-    group: "core",
-    root: true,
+    group: "orus",
     status: "LIVE",
-    desc: "Community and org for privacy, independence, opsec, and dev tools. Root of everything below.",
-    tags: ["community", "opsec", "org"],
-    map: { x: 600, y: 360 },
+    desc: "One of my brands: open-source software for privacy, independence and opsec. Home to Enclave, Saturn and the cyberdecks.",
+    tags: ["brand", "oss", "privacy"],
+    map: { x: 340, y: 240 },
+    label: "r",
   },
   {
     id: "saturn",
     name: "Saturn",
-    group: "core",
-    status: "ARCHIVED",
-    desc: "Minecraft client. Did most of what I set out to do with it.",
+    group: "orus",
+    status: "BUILDING",
+    desc: "Highly advanced and customizable Minecraft client with free emotes and cosmetics",
     tags: ["minecraft", "client"],
-    map: { x: 200, y: 90 },
+    map: { x: 190, y: 100 },
   },
   {
     id: "enclave",
     name: "Enclave",
-    group: "core",
+    group: "orus",
     status: "BUILDING",
     desc: "Discord-like chat platform, running on a custom transport protocol.",
     tags: ["chat", "realtime"],
-    map: { x: 420, y: 70 },
+    map: { x: 430, y: 80 },
+    label: "r",
   },
   {
     id: "enclave-protocol",
     name: "Enclave protocol",
-    group: "core",
+    group: "orus",
     status: "CONCEPT",
     desc: "Transport protocol replacing HTTP and WSS; Enclave’s chat protocol runs on top of it. Concept and design notes.",
     tags: ["networking", "protocol design"],
-    map: { x: 190, y: 300 },
+    map: { x: 200, y: 330 },
+  },
+  {
+    id: "briefcase-deck",
+    name: "Briefcase deck",
+    group: "orus",
+    status: "CONCEPT",
+    desc: "Briefcase cyberdeck: the most versatile and doable build.",
+    tags: ["hardware", "cyberdeck"],
+    map: { x: 160, y: 215 },
+  },
+  {
+    id: "compact-deck",
+    name: "Compact deck",
+    group: "orus",
+    status: "CONCEPT",
+    desc: "Compact premium cyberdeck: a Flipper Zero, but better.",
+    tags: ["hardware", "cyberdeck"],
+    map: { x: 290, y: 400 },
   },
   {
     id: "osias",
@@ -94,7 +128,7 @@ export const projects: Project[] = [
     id: "algo-trading",
     name: "Algo trading",
     group: "ventures",
-    status: "BUILDING",
+    status: "ARCHIVED",
     desc: "Several repos exploring automated crypto trading strategies.",
     tags: ["trading", "crypto"],
     map: { x: 980, y: 400 },
@@ -107,7 +141,7 @@ export const projects: Project[] = [
     desc: "Gitea at git.selimaj.dev, on a Docker and Coolify homelab server behind Cloudflare.",
     tags: ["gitea", "docker", "coolify"],
     href: "https://git.selimaj.dev",
-    map: { x: 190, y: 450 },
+    map: { x: 190, y: 470 },
   },
   {
     id: "homelab",
@@ -118,41 +152,28 @@ export const projects: Project[] = [
     tags: ["infra", "docker"],
     map: { x: 300, y: 660 },
   },
-  {
-    id: "briefcase-deck",
-    name: "Briefcase deck",
-    group: "hardware",
-    status: "BUILDING",
-    desc: "Briefcase cyberdeck: the most versatile and doable build.",
-    tags: ["hardware", "cyberdeck"],
-    map: { x: 1020, y: 470 },
-  },
-  {
-    id: "compact-deck",
-    name: "Compact deck",
-    group: "hardware",
-    status: "CONCEPT",
-    desc: "Compact premium cyberdeck: a Flipper Zero, but better.",
-    tags: ["hardware", "cyberdeck"],
-    map: { x: 1000, y: 640 },
-  },
   {
     id: "rc-planes",
     name: "RC planes",
     group: "hardware",
-    status: "BUILDING",
+    status: "CONCEPT",
     desc: "Custom long-range, PC and 4G-controlled planes pushing speed and efficiency, built around a custom watercooled powertrain.",
     tags: ["hardware", "rc", "4g"],
-    map: { x: 720, y: 660 },
+    map: { x: 1000, y: 620 },
   },
 ];
 
 export const projectById = (id: string) => projects.find((p) => p.id === id);
 
-/** Home page featured strip: positions are percentages of the stage. */
+/** The brand a project is published under, if any. */
+export const brandOf = (p: Project) =>
+  p.group === "orus" && p.id !== "orus" ? "Orus" : undefined;
+
+/** Home page featured strip, branching from the root. Positions are % of the stage. */
+export const featuredRoot = { x: 16, y: 50 };
 export const featured = [
-  { id: "orus", x: 18, y: 50 },
-  { id: "saturn", x: 46, y: 22 },
-  { id: "enclave", x: 68, y: 52 },
-  { id: "equitysmp", x: 44, y: 80 },
+  { id: "orus", x: 42, y: 16 },
+  { id: "enclave", x: 66, y: 36 },
+  { id: "saturn", x: 62, y: 64 },
+  { id: "osias", x: 40, y: 84 },
 ] as const;