Why Edgar Won't Jump: Troubleshooting the Ghost Wife Cliff Puzzle in Storyteller

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Resolving the sequence requires setting up the exact sequence of panels so Edgar has his back to the drop while the ghost advances from the interior path. Depending on whether you are running the three-frame or four-frame version of the cliff scene, follow this exact sequence:

1. Panel 1 (Love / Marriage): Place Edgar and Lenore in the Church or Garden setting. They establish mutual romantic devotion, applying the baseline love tags.
2. Panel 2 (The Fatal Event): Place Lenore and the Cliff (or Crypt, depending on chapter bounds). Lenore dies. Her spirit enters the narrative pool as an active apparition.
3. Panel 3 (The New Bond / Guilt Trigger): Place Edgar with Isobel in the Church. Edgar takes a new spouse. This step is mandatory in stages where the objective hinges on vengeance; it overwrites Edgar's pure grief with actionable marital betrayal.
4. Panel 4 (The Haunting at the Brink): Place the Cliff setting. Position Edgar on the platform, facing inward or standing near the drop. Introduce Lenore's ghost into the scene.

Upon seeing his deceased wife return while bound to another, Edgar registers absolute terror. The ghost wife glides forward, Edgar stumbles backward to flee the wrathful apparition, finds no footing behind him, and drops straight down.