diff --git a/PROJECT.md b/PROJECT.md
index 21daeb0..fe8873d 100644
--- a/PROJECT.md
+++ b/PROJECT.md
@@ -636,6 +636,23 @@ Each phase ships to staging and gets a phone verdict, and tests ride along with
 5. **LATER.** The metal bed (when Oliver has a track: start at the transformation, gore only) and Members'
    Night (option C).
 
+## Session log: the walk-on card, weighted (2026-10-16, v392)
+
+Oliver on the phone: "sehr viel Infos, alles gleich gewichtet". Previewed as the "Walk-on Karte" artifact
+(his screenshot beside an HTML mock), taken as shown; round in the story: gone; no advice text per style.
+`render.drawFoeCard` replaces the generic zoned modal for `m.foe` (the old 'split' row and the foe paths
+in modalRows/modalLayout are deleted):
+- head 56 px, centred, rising 55% of its height over the box's top edge; the name in Bangers 24, two
+  balanced lines when it does not fit (THE STRAWBERRY / SELLER would be the split — it fits at 24 in the
+  244-px box, shrinking only below that); the slogan small and grey under it.
+- the style as the second weight: Bangers 18 name + the tag's description, behind a 2-px warm bar.
+- ONE chip for how you stand: green below you, yellow level-to-5-above, red past that, the numbers small
+  on its right (stepping down to `54/42`, then out, before they touch the words). New tier: EASY PREY at
+  10+ levels under you (beats.matchOpponent).
+- the eyebrow (`foe.brow`): the arcade cup's round (+ FIRST TO N GAMES); in the story only the length —
+  the tableau named the round. The climb's NOBODY STRONGER lines ride under the chip (`foe.sub`).
+No rules between rows. Test: the story card has no round, a far weaker body is EASY PREY.
+
 ## Session log: Oliver's polish test (2026-10-16, v391)
 
 - **The gore grade grades the PLACE only.** v389 filled the whole world pass, so blood, barrels and the ball
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 9238063..a79d7a6 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -1211,6 +1211,6 @@ if (location.hostname !== 'splatter-tennis.wuwi.one' && !window.Capacitor?.isNat
   </div>
 </div>
 <span id="recLamp" hidden>REC</span>
-<script type="module" src="src/main.js?v=391"></script>
+<script type="module" src="src/main.js?v=392"></script>
 </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/src/beats.js b/src/beats.js
index 1121e66..8d1b3f6 100644
--- a/src/beats.js
+++ b/src/beats.js
@@ -703,19 +703,22 @@ function matchOpponent() {
   // stack was "a wall of text"). `foe` drives the drawing; title/body still carry the same
   // words for the suite and any legacy reader. The level pair is also the cup's readiness measure:
   // gameplay.peerK turns closing this gap into extra legs and timing, without weakening the body.
-  const sub = cup ? [cup.rounds[cup.round].name + (cup.rounds[cup.round].need > 1
-      ? ' · FIRST TO ' + cup.rounds[cup.round].need + ' GAMES' : '')]
+  const need = cup && cup.rounds[cup.round].need > 1 ? 'FIRST TO ' + cup.rounds[cup.round].need + ' GAMES' : '';
+  const sub = cup ? [cup.rounds[cup.round].name + (need ? ' · ' + need : '')]
     // the top of the band walking BACK on is the arcade's natural "what now?" moment — the
     // intro answers it in place (THE LEAGUES: the cup is the only promotion)
     : G.match.again ? ['NOBODY STRONGER IS LEFT', 'THE CUP IS THE WAY UP'] : [];
   const lvl = foeLevel(G.match.opp), mine = levelAt(prof.xp);
   const gap = lvl - mine;
   const peer = gap > 5 ? gap + ' LEVELS ABOVE YOU' : gap > 0 ? 'ALMOST EVEN'
-    : gap === 0 ? 'EVENLY MATCHED' : 'YOU HAVE THE EDGE';
+    : gap === 0 ? 'EVENLY MATCHED' : gap <= -10 ? 'EASY PREY' : 'YOU HAVE THE EDGE';
+  // the walk-on card's eyebrow: the round (and its length) in the arcade cup; in the story only the
+  // length — the tableau named the round a moment ago. The climb's lines ride under the chip.
+  const brow = cup ? (G.story ? need : sub[0]) : '';
   showModal({ title: zb.foe.name, color: UI.hot,
     body: [zb.foe.line, 'LEVEL ' + lvl + ' — YOURS: ' + mine].concat(sub),
     foe: { head: 'z_' + zb.fam + 'head', name: zb.foe.name, line: zb.foe.line,
-           lvl, mine, peer, sub, style: STYLES[zb.foe.style]?.tag } });
+           lvl, mine, peer, sub: cup ? [] : sub, brow, style: STYLES[zb.foe.style]?.tag } });
   // ...and a fresh body has read NOTHING yet: the habit tracker starts clean (see THE READ, config)
   G.match.laneRun = 0; G.match.lastLane = undefined; G.match.surprised = G.match.expected = false;
   // a FLAT pool per body: with regicide gone the body is pure scoreboard (matchPoint takes a
diff --git a/src/render.js b/src/render.js
index aaa61d7..dfcd004 100644
--- a/src/render.js
+++ b/src/render.js
@@ -2397,14 +2397,7 @@ const MODAL_RULE = 'rgba(120,150,130,0.22)';
 function modalRows(m, inner, skipBody) {
   const rows = [];
   const push = r => { rows.push(r); return r; };
-  if (m.foe) {
-    push({ kind: 'split', h: m.foe.peer ? 38 : 26 });
-    // HOW IT PLAYS (the styles, step 2): one bold line, because a plan needs to know what it faces
-    if (m.foe.style) { const lead = wrapText(m.foe.style, F(8, 700), inner); push({ kind: 'rule', lead, h: lead.length * 12 + 4 }); }
-    const sub = [];
-    for (const l of m.foe.sub || []) sub.push(...wrapText(l, F(8, 0), inner));
-    if (sub.length) push({ kind: 'text', lines: sub, dim: true, h: sub.length * 12 + 2 });
-  } else if (m.rules) {
+  if (m.rules) {
     // ONE RULE, ONE LINE (2026-08-31, the menu-text-reduction handoff). Every row used to carry a
     // statement and a consequence, and the consequence was usually the statement again in other
     // words ("YOUR LEAGUE, ROUND BY ROUND" / "WIN IT ALL — MOVE UP A LEAGUE"). The line that
@@ -2431,11 +2424,11 @@ function modalRows(m, inner, skipBody) {
 // has to know whether it fits beside the art before either is placed.
 function modalLayout(m) {
   const boxW = Math.min(W - 44, 244), pad = MODAL_PAD;
-  const art = m.foe ? (m.foe.head && SPR[m.foe.head]) : (m.icon && SPR[m.icon]);
+  const art = m.icon && SPR[m.icon];   // (the walk-on draws its own card: drawFoeCard)
   // an illustration that shares its row with two lines of copy gives some height back, so the text
   // column stays wide enough to hold a sentence without orphaning its last word
   const bodyLines = (m.body || []).filter(l => l);
-  const pairs = !!art && !m.foe && !m.rules && bodyLines.length && bodyLines.length <= 3;
+  const pairs = !!art && !m.rules && bodyLines.length && bodyLines.length <= 3;
   const artH = art ? Math.round(Math.min(m.iconH || 46, pairs ? 42 : 46, H * 0.2)) : 0;
   const artW = art ? Math.round(artH * art.width / art.height) : 0;
   const headW = boxW - pad * 2 - (art ? artW + 10 : 0);
@@ -2455,8 +2448,7 @@ function modalLayout(m) {
   // ONE line under the title: the body's slogan on a walk-on, the mode's own fact on a rules card
   // (`m.strap` — LEAGUE 3 · 4 ROUNDS, the round count the fixture button gave up), or the two
   // lines of an illustrated announcement.
-  const strap = m.foe ? wrapText(m.foe.line, F(8, 0), headW)
-    : m.strap ? wrapText(m.strap, F(8, 0), headW) : beside ? wrapped : [];
+  const strap = m.strap ? wrapText(m.strap, F(8, 0), headW) : beside ? wrapped : [];
   const headH = Math.max(artH, 22 + strap.length * 12);
   const rows = modalRows(m, boxW - pad * 2, beside);
   let h = pad + headH + MODAL_GAP + MODAL_FOOT + MODAL_BTN + pad;
@@ -2465,6 +2457,100 @@ function modalLayout(m) {
            x: Math.round(W / 2 - boxW / 2), y: Math.round(H / 2 - h / 2) };
 }
 
+// THE WALK-ON CARD (2026-10-16, Oliver: "sehr viel Infos, alles gleich gewichtet"; previewed in the
+// "Walk-on Karte" artifact and taken as shown). One question, answered in order of weight: WHO is this
+// (the head over the box's top edge, the name), HOW does he play (the style, the one line that changes
+// your game), and HOW do you stand (one chip whose colour says it before the words do). The slogan
+// whispers under the name; the round is a small eyebrow, and in the story it is gone — the tableau
+// showed it a moment ago. No rules between rows: spacing groups them.
+const FOE_ART_H = 56;
+const FOE_TIER = { good: ['#9fe0a8', 'rgba(23,51,31,0.95)'], even: [UI.warm, 'rgba(58,51,24,0.95)'],
+                   bad: [UI.hot, 'rgba(59,26,23,0.95)'] };
+function foeLayout(m) {
+  const f = m.foe, boxW = Math.min(W - 44, 244), pad = MODAL_PAD, inner = boxW - pad * 2;
+  const art = f.head && SPR[f.head];
+  const artH = art ? FOE_ART_H : 0, artW = art ? Math.round(artH * art.width / art.height) : 0;
+  const over = Math.round(artH * 0.55);                   // how far the head rises above the box
+  // the name: one line if it fits at 24, else two balanced lines (THE STRAWBERRY / SELLER)
+  ctx.font = B(24);
+  let name = [f.name];
+  if (ctx.measureText(f.name).width > inner) {
+    const w = f.name.split(' '); let best = null;
+    for (let i = 1; i < w.length; i++) {
+      const a = w.slice(0, i).join(' '), b = w.slice(i).join(' ');
+      const wid = Math.max(ctx.measureText(a).width, ctx.measureText(b).width);
+      if (!best || wid < best.wid) best = { wid, lines: [a, b] };
+    }
+    if (best) name = best.lines;
+  }
+  ctx.font = B(24);
+  const widest = Math.max(...name.map(l => ctx.measureText(l).width));
+  const nSize = widest > inner ? Math.max(14, Math.floor(24 * inner / widest)) : 24;
+  const tag = wrapText(f.line, F(7, 0), inner);
+  const [sName, sDesc] = (f.style || '').split(' — ');
+  const desc = sDesc ? wrapText(sDesc, F(8, 700), inner - 8) : [];
+  const brow = f.brow ? wrapText(f.brow, F(7, 0), inner) : [];
+  const extra = (f.sub || []).flatMap(l => wrapText(l, F(7, 0), inner));
+  let h = Math.max(pad, artH - over + 6);
+  h += brow.length * 10 + (brow.length ? 4 : 0);
+  h += name.length * (nSize + 1) + 4 + tag.length * 10;
+  if (sName) h += 14 + 18 + desc.length * 11 + 2;
+  h += 12 + 18;                                          // the chip
+  if (extra.length) h += 8 + extra.length * 10;
+  h += 14 + MODAL_BTN + pad;
+  const top = Math.round(H / 2 - (h + over) / 2) + over;
+  return { boxW, pad, inner, art, artH, artW, over, name, nSize, tag, sName, desc, brow, extra, h,
+           x: Math.round(W / 2 - boxW / 2), y: top };
+}
+function drawFoeCard(m, t, dx) {
+  const f = m.foe, L = foeLayout(m), x = L.x + dx, cx = x + L.boxW / 2, inX = x + L.pad;
+  panel(x, L.y, L.boxW, L.h, 4, MODAL_FILL, MODAL_EDGE);
+  if (L.art) {
+    ctx.imageSmoothingEnabled = false;
+    ctx.drawImage(L.art, Math.round(cx - L.artW / 2), L.y - L.over, L.artW, L.artH);
+  }
+  let y = L.y + Math.max(L.pad, L.artH - L.over + 6);
+  ctx.textAlign = 'center'; ctx.textBaseline = 'middle';
+  ctx.font = F(7, 0);
+  for (const l of L.brow) { shadowText(l, cx, y + 4, UI.dim); y += 10; }
+  if (L.brow.length) y += 4;
+  ctx.font = B(L.nSize);
+  for (const l of L.name) { shadowText(l, cx, y + L.nSize / 2, m.color || UI.hot); y += L.nSize + 1; }
+  y += 4;
+  ctx.font = F(7, 0);
+  for (const l of L.tag) { shadowText(l, cx, y + 4, '#9a9a90'); y += 10; }
+  if (L.sName) {
+    y += 14;
+    const top = y;
+    ctx.textAlign = 'left';
+    ctx.font = B(18); shadowText(L.sName, inX + 8, y + 9, UI.cream); y += 18;
+    ctx.font = F(8, 700);
+    for (const l of L.desc) { shadowText(l, inX + 8, y + 6, UI.cream); y += 11; }
+    y += 2;
+    ctx.fillStyle = UI.warm; ctx.fillRect(inX, top, 2, y - top);
+  }
+  // HOW YOU STAND: one pill. Green below you, yellow level or up to five above, red past that.
+  y += 12;
+  const gap = f.lvl - f.mine, tier = gap > 5 ? 'bad' : gap >= 0 ? 'even' : 'good';
+  const [fg, bg] = FOE_TIER[tier];
+  panel(inX, y, L.inner, 18, 9, bg, null);
+  ctx.beginPath(); ctx.arc(inX + 10, y + 9, 2.5, 0, 7); ctx.fillStyle = fg; ctx.fill();
+  ctx.textAlign = 'left'; ctx.font = F(8, 700); ctx.fillStyle = fg;
+  ctx.fillText(f.peer || '', inX + 18, y + 10);
+  const room = L.inner - 26 - ctx.measureText(f.peer || '').width - 8;
+  ctx.textAlign = 'right'; ctx.font = F(7, 0);
+  // the numbers step down to a bare pair (and then out) before they ever touch the words
+  const nums = [f.lvl + ' · YOU ' + f.mine, f.lvl + '/' + f.mine].find(n => ctx.measureText(n).width <= room);
+  ctx.globalAlpha = 0.8; if (nums) ctx.fillText(nums, inX + L.inner - 8, y + 10); ctx.globalAlpha = 1;
+  y += 18;
+  if (L.extra.length) {
+    y += 8; ctx.textAlign = 'center'; ctx.font = F(7, 0);
+    for (const l of L.extra) { shadowText(l, cx, y + 4, UI.dim); y += 10; }
+  }
+  if (t >= 1) drawButton(inX, y + 14, L.inner, MODAL_BTN, m.btn || 'WALK ON', m.color || UI.hot, true);
+  ctx.textAlign = 'center'; ctx.textBaseline = 'top';
+}
+
 function drawModal(m) {
   // The entrance (m.in, 0..1, ticked in gameplay's update behind the world freeze). The box flies
   // in from the RIGHT as ONE object — the old per-line stagger would tear a box apart — and the
@@ -2475,6 +2561,7 @@ function drawModal(m) {
   const dx = Math.round((1 - (p >= 1 ? 1 : easeBack(p))) * W * 0.9);
   ctx.fillStyle = `rgba(8,6,10,${(0.82 * Math.min(1, t / 0.35)).toFixed(3)})`;
   ctx.fillRect(0, 0, W, H);
+  if (m.foe) return drawFoeCard(m, t, dx);
   const L = modalLayout(m);
   const col = m.color || UI.warm;
   const x = L.x + dx, pad = L.pad, inX = x + pad;
@@ -2515,29 +2602,13 @@ function drawModal(m) {
           ctx.strokeStyle = 'rgba(0,0,0,0.5)'; ctx.lineWidth = 1; ctx.stroke();
         }
       }
-    } else if (r.kind === 'split') {
-      // HIS LEVEL AGAINST YOURS, on ONE line: his on the left, yours hard right. SAME FACE, SAME
-      // SIZE for both (Oliver) — a comparison drawn at two sizes is not a comparison, it is a
-      // headline with a footnote. Only the COLOUR differs, and only where it means something: his
-      // number wears the modal's hot colour while he outranks you, the pick green once he does not.
-      const f = m.foe;
-      ctx.font = F(10, 700);
-      ctx.textAlign = 'left';
-      shadowText('LEVEL ' + f.lvl, inX, y + 9, f.lvl > f.mine ? col : UI.pick);
-      ctx.textAlign = 'right';
-      shadowText('YOURS ' + f.mine, x + L.boxW - pad, y + 9, UI.dim);
-      if (f.peer) {
-        ctx.font = F(8, 700); ctx.textAlign = 'left';
-        shadowText(f.peer, inX, y + 25, f.lvl > f.mine ? col : UI.pick);
-      }
-      ctx.textAlign = 'left';
     }
     y += r.h + MODAL_GAP;
   }
   // THE FOOTER BUTTON — only once the box has landed. Offering the press mid-flight would be a
   // lie: dismissModal swallows the gesture until then.
   if (t >= 1) {
-    const label = m.btn || (m.foe ? 'WALK ON' : m.rules ? 'GOT IT' : 'PLAY ON');
+    const label = m.btn || (m.rules ? 'GOT IT' : 'PLAY ON');
     ctx.strokeStyle = MODAL_RULE; ctx.lineWidth = 1;
     ctx.beginPath(); ctx.moveTo(x + 6, y - Math.round(MODAL_GAP / 2) + 0.5);
     ctx.lineTo(x + L.boxW - 6, y - Math.round(MODAL_GAP / 2) + 0.5); ctx.stroke();
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
index 5419b0b..0682d5b 100644
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test.js
@@ -3789,6 +3789,21 @@ test('THE STORY: every round won shows the cup\'s tableau, stamped up to the nex
   restartRun();
 });
 
+test('THE WALK-ON CARD: in the story it drops the round (the tableau named it), and a far weaker body is EASY PREY', () => {
+  const saved = prof.prof.xp;
+  prof.prof.xp = 1e7;                                   // far above round one's body
+  prof.prof.story = { act: 1, cp: 'cup', rack: [], tries: 0 };
+  G.mode = 'splatter'; G.everTransitioned = true; setupPoint();
+  assert.ok(startStory());
+  const f = [G.modal, ...G.modalQ].map(q => q && q.foe).find(Boolean);
+  G.modal = null; G.modalQ.length = 0; prof.prof.xp = saved;
+  assert.ok(f, 'the walk-on carries its card data');
+  assert.ok(!f.brow.includes('ROUND'), 'no round on the story card: ' + JSON.stringify(f.brow));
+  assert.deepEqual(f.sub, [], 'nothing rides under the chip in the cup');
+  assert.equal(f.peer, 'EASY PREY', 'ten and more levels under you');
+  restartRun();
+});
+
 test('THE STORY: the won final is seen before the loot screen pauses the world', () => {
   // Oliver, 2026-10-16: "man kommt sofort in den Screen mit den Waffen und sieht den letzten Punkt nicht"
   const shown = [], was = storyUI.show;