@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ import {
 } from "@/lib/map/api";
 import { editorUrl } from "@/lib/map/editorAccess";
 import { chronicleStudioHref } from "@/app/lib/map/chronicleDayRoute";
+import { formatChronicleDay } from "@/app/lib/map/chronicleDayLabel";
 import { useResponsiveFitMode } from "@/app/hooks/useResponsiveFitMode";
 import { isArchivedMap, showReviewHistory } from "@/app/lib/map/archiveMaps";
 import MapArchiveMenu from "./map/MapArchiveMenu";
@@ -793,7 +794,6 @@ const MapViewer = ({ mapId, day = null, dayBar, dayActions }: MapViewerProps) =>
     setHoveredFortZoc,
     setSelectedRegionId: setHoveredRegionId,
     getHoverRegion,
-    mapDisplayName: displayName,
     mapObjects,
     markers: mapMarkers,
     labels: regionLabels,
@@ -1213,6 +1213,8 @@ const MapViewer = ({ mapId, day = null, dayBar, dayActions }: MapViewerProps) =>
     );
   }
 
+  const dayLabel = day ? formatChronicleDay(day) : "this day";
+
   /**
    * Every mode is offered on a stored day, so an unclassified mode needs this
    * answer when it has neither a static source nor a `CHRONICLE_MODE_SOURCE`.
@@ -1224,19 +1226,17 @@ const MapViewer = ({ mapId, day = null, dayBar, dayActions }: MapViewerProps) =>
     return (
       <div className="flex min-h-[calc(100dvh-var(--tfmc-header-h))] flex-col items-center justify-center gap-3 bg-[var(--tfmc-forest-deep)] px-6 text-center">
         <p className="font-[family-name:var(--font-fraunces)] text-2xl text-[var(--tfmc-cream)]">
-          Not recorded for {day}
+          Not recorded for {dayLabel}
         </p>
         <p className="max-w-md text-sm leading-snug text-[var(--tfmc-stone)]">
-          Nothing in this day&rsquo;s capture answers for this map mode, and it
-          is not one of the modes that stays the same on every day, so showing
-          today&rsquo;s would be a lie about the past.
+          This view wasn&rsquo;t recorded on this day.
         </p>
         <button
           type="button"
           onClick={() => handleMapTypeChange("nation")}
           className={actionLinkClass}
         >
-          Back to the nation map
+          Back to Realms
         </button>
       </div>
     );
@@ -1260,19 +1260,17 @@ const MapViewer = ({ mapId, day = null, dayBar, dayActions }: MapViewerProps) =>
     return (
       <div className="flex min-h-[calc(100dvh-var(--tfmc-header-h))] flex-col items-center justify-center gap-3 bg-[var(--tfmc-forest-deep)] px-6 text-center">
         <p className="font-[family-name:var(--font-fraunces)] text-2xl text-[var(--tfmc-cream)]">
-          Missing from the {day} capture
+          Not available for {dayLabel}
         </p>
         <p className="max-w-md text-sm leading-snug text-[var(--tfmc-stone)]">
-          This day was recorded, but the file behind this map mode is not in
-          its snapshot. Nothing is shown rather than an empty world under a
-          real date. Another mode, or a nearby day, may still have it.
+          Try another view or a nearby day.
         </p>
         <button
           type="button"
           onClick={() => handleMapTypeChange("nation")}
           className={actionLinkClass}
         >
-          Back to the nation map
+          Back to Realms
         </button>
       </div>
     );
@@ -1329,8 +1327,7 @@ const MapViewer = ({ mapId, day = null, dayBar, dayActions }: MapViewerProps) =>
 
   const archiveFooter =
     chronicle || archived ? null : (
-      <div className="flex items-center justify-between gap-2 text-sm text-[var(--tfmc-stone)]">
-        <span>Earlier chapters</span>
+      <div className="flex justify-end">
         <MapArchiveMenu maps={maps} linkClass={actionLinkClass} />
       </div>
     );
@@ -1380,7 +1377,6 @@ const MapViewer = ({ mapId, day = null, dayBar, dayActions }: MapViewerProps) =>
         mapType={mapType}
         regionId={selectedId}
         regionData={regionData}
-        mapDisplayName={displayName}
         sessionToken={authToken}
         settlements={settlements}
         onSelectRegion={(id) => selectRegion(id)}
@@ -1404,7 +1400,7 @@ const MapViewer = ({ mapId, day = null, dayBar, dayActions }: MapViewerProps) =>
       banner={dayBar}
       plaque={
         <MapPlaque
-          eyebrow={archived ? "Archived chapter" : "World map"}
+          eyebrow={archived ? "Archived chapter" : undefined}
           mapDisplayName={displayName}
           actions={plaqueActions}
           search={
 
@@ -136,10 +136,11 @@ function ChronicleDayBar({
           <BackIcon size={18} />
         </Link>
         <div className="min-w-0 flex-1 text-center">
-          <p className="truncate text-xs text-[var(--tfmc-mist)]">
-            Stored day
-            {walk.total > 0 && walk.position > 0 ? ` · ${walk.position} of ${walk.total}` : ""}
-          </p>
+          {walk.total > 0 && walk.position > 0 ? (
+            <p className="truncate text-xs text-[var(--tfmc-mist)]">
+              Day {walk.position} of {walk.total}
+            </p>
+          ) : null}
           <p className="truncate font-[family-name:var(--font-fraunces)] text-xl leading-tight text-[var(--tfmc-cream)]">
             {formatChronicleDay(day)}
           </p>
@@ -177,14 +178,12 @@ function ChronicleDayBar({
       </div>
       {incomplete ? (
         <p className="mt-1.5 px-1 text-xs leading-snug text-[var(--tfmc-accent)]">
-          Some sources were missing when this day was captured, so parts of this
-          map may be blank.
+          Parts of this day may be missing.
         </p>
       ) : null}
       {staleGeometry ? (
         <p className="mt-1.5 px-1 text-xs leading-snug text-[var(--tfmc-accent)]">
-          The province map has been redrawn since this day was captured, so
-          borders may not line up.
+          Borders may not line up on this day.
         </p>
       ) : null}
     </div>
@@ -263,7 +262,7 @@ export default function ChronicleDayViewer({
         if (typeof index !== "object" || index === null) {
           setStatus({
             kind: "error",
-            message: "The chronicle index came back in an unreadable shape.",
+            message: "Couldn't load the map history.",
           });
           return;
         }
@@ -280,7 +279,7 @@ export default function ChronicleDayViewer({
           message:
             err instanceof Error
               ? err.message
-              : "Failed to load the chronicle index.",
+              : "Couldn't load the map history.",
         });
       });
 
@@ -299,7 +298,7 @@ export default function ChronicleDayViewer({
     return (
       <div className={shellClass}>
         <p className="text-lg font-medium text-[var(--tfmc-cream)]">
-          Looking up {activeDay} in the chronicle…
+          Loading…
         </p>
       </div>
     );
@@ -309,7 +308,7 @@ export default function ChronicleDayViewer({
     return (
       <div className={shellClass}>
         <p className="font-[family-name:var(--font-fraunces)] text-2xl text-[var(--tfmc-cream)]">
-          Could not read the chronicle
+          Couldn&rsquo;t load this day
         </p>
         <p className="max-w-md text-sm leading-snug text-[var(--tfmc-accent)]">
           {status.message}
@@ -323,15 +322,10 @@ export default function ChronicleDayViewer({
     return (
       <div className={shellClass}>
         <p className="text-xs font-medium uppercase tracking-widest text-[var(--tfmc-mist)]">
-          {displayName} chronicle
+          {displayName} timelapse
         </p>
         <p className="font-[family-name:var(--font-fraunces)] text-2xl text-[var(--tfmc-cream)]">
-          No record of {activeDay}
-        </p>
-        <p className="max-w-md text-sm leading-snug text-[var(--tfmc-stone)]">
-          This map has no stored snapshot for that day — it was either never
-          captured or has since been removed. Showing nothing is deliberate: an
-          empty map under a real date would look like a real historical state.
+          No record of {formatChronicleDay(activeDay)}
         </p>
         <ChronicleDayFallbackLinks mapId={mapId} />
       </div>
 
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ describe("ChronicleTogglePanel", () => {
       <ChronicleTogglePanel
         toggles={{ ...CHRONICLE_TOGGLES_OFF, nationFill: true }}
         onToggle={onToggle}
-        disabledReasons={{ nationNames: "No geometry." }}
+        disabledReasons={{ nationNames: "Nation names aren't available for this map." }}
         notice={null}
         focusOptions={[]}
         focusNationId=""
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ describe("ChronicleTogglePanel", () => {
     expect(screen.getByRole("switch", { name: "Nation names" }).hasAttribute("disabled")).toBe(
       true
     );
-    expect(screen.getByText(/Nation names: No geometry\./)).toBeDefined();
+    expect(screen.getByText("Nation names aren't available for this map.")).toBeDefined();
   });
 });
 
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ describe("ChronicleBuildPanel", () => {
   it("shows how far the build has got", () => {
     render(
       <ChronicleBuildPanel
-        progress={{ completed: 5, total: 20, day: "2026-08-05", painted: 4, reused: 1, skipped: 0 }}
+        progress={{ completed: 5, total: 20, day: "2026-08-05" }}
         error={null}
       />
     );
 
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import type { CSSProperties, ReactNode } from "react";
 
 import {
   CHRONICLE_RENDER_SIZES,
-  formatChronicleBytes,
   formatChronicleDuration,
   type ChronicleBuildProgress,
   type ChronicleEstimate,
@@ -328,11 +327,6 @@ export function ChronicleTogglePanel({
 }) {
   return (
     <div className="space-y-5">
-      {/* Not on a phone, where the sheet's peek has room for the tiles only. */}
-      <p className="text-sm leading-snug text-[var(--tfmc-stone)] max-md:hidden">
-        The map starts bare. Pick what each day should show; the map previews the
-        latest day as you go.
-      </p>
       {notice ? <ChronicleNotice>{notice}</ChronicleNotice> : null}
 
       {TOGGLE_GROUPS.map((group) => (
@@ -372,9 +366,10 @@ export function ChronicleTogglePanel({
         </section>
       ))}
 
+      {/* A tile's title tooltip is not reliable on touch or keyboard. */}
       {Object.entries(disabledReasons).map(([key, reason]) => (
         <ChronicleNotice key={key} tone="quiet">
-          {TOGGLE_DETAILS.get(key as ChronicleToggleKey)?.label}: {reason}
+          {reason}
         </ChronicleNotice>
       ))}
 
@@ -404,8 +399,7 @@ export function ChronicleTogglePanel({
         <section className={`${sectionRuleClass} pt-4`}>
           <SectionHeading title="Sequence" />
           <p className="mt-1.5 text-xs leading-snug text-[var(--tfmc-stone)]">
-            One look plays as the layers are now. Add this look to stitch several
-            into one timelapse, in the order you queue them.
+            Queue several looks to play one after another.
           </p>
           <button
             type="button"
@@ -575,8 +569,7 @@ export function ChronicleRangePanel({
         {selection.incompleteDays.length && !selection.error ? (
           <p className="mt-2 text-xs text-[var(--tfmc-accent)]">
             {selection.incompleteDays.length} day
-            {selection.incompleteDays.length === 1 ? " was" : "s were"} captured with
-            missing sources.
+            {selection.incompleteDays.length === 1 ? " is" : "s are"} incomplete.
           </p>
         ) : null}
       </section>
@@ -603,7 +596,7 @@ export function ChronicleRangePanel({
         {selection.error ? (
           <p className="text-sm text-[var(--tfmc-accent)]">{selection.error}</p>
         ) : (
-          <dl className="grid grid-cols-3 gap-2 text-center">
+          <dl className="grid grid-cols-2 gap-2 text-center">
             <div>
               <dt className="text-xs text-[var(--tfmc-mist)]">Frames</dt>
               <dd className="mt-0.5 text-lg font-semibold text-[var(--tfmc-cream)]">
@@ -616,12 +609,6 @@ export function ChronicleRangePanel({
                 ~{formatChronicleDuration(estimate.totalMs)}
               </dd>
             </div>
-            <div>
-              <dt className="text-xs text-[var(--tfmc-mist)]">Memory</dt>
-              <dd className="mt-0.5 text-lg font-semibold text-[var(--tfmc-cream)]">
-                ~{formatChronicleBytes(estimate.memoryBytes)}
-              </dd>
-            </div>
           </dl>
         )}
         {looks > 1 && !selection.error ? (
@@ -633,8 +620,7 @@ export function ChronicleRangePanel({
 
       {estimate.overCeiling ? (
         <ChronicleNotice>
-          {formatChronicleBytes(estimate.memoryBytes)} of frames is more than this
-          browser should hold at once.{" "}
+          That&rsquo;s too many frames to build at once.{" "}
           {looks > 1
             ? "Shorten the range, pick a smaller frame size, or drop a look from the sequence."
             : "Shorten the range or pick a smaller frame size."}
@@ -682,12 +668,10 @@ export function ChronicleBuildPanel({
           style={{ width: `${pct}%` }}
         />
       </div>
-      {progress ? (
+      {progress?.day ? (
         <p className="text-xs text-[var(--tfmc-stone)]">
           {progress.look ? `${progress.look} · ` : ""}
-          {progress.day ? `${formatChronicleDay(progress.day)} · ` : ""}
-          {progress.painted} painted, {progress.reused} reused
-          {progress.skipped ? `, ${progress.skipped} skipped` : ""}
+          {formatChronicleDay(progress.day)}
         </p>
       ) : null}
       {error ? <ChronicleNotice>{error}</ChronicleNotice> : null}
@@ -774,7 +758,7 @@ export function ChroniclePlayer({
       <p className="truncate text-xs text-[var(--tfmc-mist)]">
         {look ? `${look} · ` : null}
         Day {Math.min(activeIndex + 1, total)} of {total}
-        {incomplete ? <span className="text-[var(--tfmc-accent)]"> · sources missing</span> : null}
+        {incomplete ? <span className="text-[var(--tfmc-accent)]"> · incomplete</span> : null}
       </p>
     </div>
   );
@@ -961,7 +945,7 @@ function WatermarkCornerPicker({
       <div className="min-w-0 text-sm">
         <p className="text-[var(--tfmc-cream)]">Watermark</p>
         <p className="text-xs text-[var(--tfmc-stone)]">
-          {label}. Where the logo and Discord link sit, when they are on.
+          {label}
         </p>
       </div>
     </div>
@@ -1056,8 +1040,7 @@ export function ChroniclePlaybackPanel({
 
       {skippedDays.length ? (
         <ChronicleNotice tone="quiet">
-          {skippedDays.length} day{skippedDays.length === 1 ? " had" : "s had"} no stored
-          sources and {skippedDays.length === 1 ? "was" : "were"} left out.
+          {skippedDays.length} day{skippedDays.length === 1 ? "" : "s"} skipped (no data).
         </ChronicleNotice>
       ) : null}
 
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ afterEach(() => {
 describe("ChronicleStaffConsole", () => {
   it("mounts signed out and shows the login gate instead of the wipe form", async () => {
     render(<ChronicleStaffConsole mapId="main" />);
-    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByText("Profile login required")).toBeDefined());
+    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByText("Sign in to view this map")).toBeDefined());
     expect(screen.queryByText(/Wipe the main chronicle/)).toBeNull();
   });
 
@@ -105,9 +105,9 @@ describe("ChronicleStaffConsole", () => {
     }));
     render(<ChronicleStaffConsole mapId="main" />);
     await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByText("Backups")).toBeDefined());
-    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText("Dest id"), { target: { value: "chapter" } });
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText("Destination id"), { target: { value: "chapter" } });
     fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText("Display name"), { target: { value: "Chapter" } });
-    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText("Type the dest id to confirm"), { target: { value: "chapter" } });
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText("Type the destination id to confirm"), { target: { value: "chapter" } });
     fireEvent.change(screen.getByPlaceholderText("why this live map is being copied to a frozen id"), { target: { value: "Archive fixture" } });
     fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Archive as chapter" }));
     await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByText("Copied main → chapter.")).toBeDefined());