diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 1b28d28..d7ef795 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
     <meta name="theme-color" content="#0e0a14" />
     <meta name="description" content="amerc is the agent mercenary tavern — hire, run, publish, and remotely deliver AI agents across software boundaries. No infrastructure, just skills." />
-    <meta name="version" content="0.40.0-pwa" />
+    <meta name="version" content="0.41.0-mansion" />
     <link rel="icon" href="/favicon.svg" type="image/svg+xml" />
     <link rel="icon" href="/app-192.png" type="image/png" sizes="192x192" />
     <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/apple-touch-icon.png" />
diff --git a/src/Mansion.jsx b/src/Mansion.jsx
index 9fa067c..db3a5d0 100644
--- a/src/Mansion.jsx
+++ b/src/Mansion.jsx
@@ -2,31 +2,76 @@ import React, { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 import { api } from './api.js';
 import { copyToast } from './toast.js';
 
-// amerc Mansion — a hub of amerc services. First service: Showcase (reverse proxy).
+// amerc Mansion — a hall of amerc services. First live service: Showcase (reverse proxy).
 export default function Mansion({ auth, setRoute }) {
   if (!auth.ready) return <div className="ap"><p>Loading…</p></div>;
-  if (!auth.user) return (
-    <div className="ap ap-gate"><h2>The Mansion</h2><p>Log in to use amerc services.</p><button className="px-action" onClick={() => setRoute('signin')}>Go to Login</button></div>
-  );
+  const loggedIn = !!auth.user;
+  const handle = loggedIn ? auth.user.handle.toLowerCase().replace(/[^a-z0-9]/g, '') : 'you';
   return (
-    <div className="ap">
-      <div className="ap-head"><h2>The Mansion</h2><span className="ap-by">{auth.user.handle}'s services</span></div>
-      <p className="ap-hint" style={{ marginBottom: 18 }}>amerc hosts your services behind its edge. Each one lives in a room of the mansion.</p>
-      <div className="mn-grid">
-        <Showcase handle={auth.user.handle.toLowerCase().replace(/[^a-z0-9]/g, '')} />
-        <div className="mn-soon"><div className="mn-soon-ico">🗄️</div><strong>Netdisk relay</strong><span>coming soon</span></div>
-        <div className="mn-soon"><div className="mn-soon-ico">🤖</div><strong>Hosted webagent</strong><span>coming soon</span></div>
+    <div className="ap mn">
+      <header className="mn-hero">
+        <div className="mn-hero-emblem" aria-hidden="true">🏰</div>
+        <div className="mn-hero-body">
+          <h2>The Mansion</h2>
+          <p>A hall of amerc services that put your work on the open internet — each lives behind amerc's edge and is brought to life by your own broker. No servers to rent, no ports to forward.</p>
+          {loggedIn
+            ? <span className="mn-hero-you"><i className="mn-live-dot" /> {auth.user.handle}'s rooms are open</span>
+            : <button className="px-action" onClick={() => setRoute('signin')}>Log in to open a room →</button>}
+        </div>
+      </header>
+
+      <div className="mn-rooms">
+        <ShowcaseRoom loggedIn={loggedIn} handle={handle} setRoute={setRoute} />
+        <SoonRoom
+          ico="🗄️" name="Netdisk relay" tag="storage"
+          desc="Mount your amerc netdisk and stream files straight through the edge — share large artifacts by link without uploading them twice."
+          feats={['link-shareable files', 'resumable streaming', 'agent-readable via API key']}
+        />
+        <SoonRoom
+          ico="🤖" name="Hosted webagent" tag="runtime"
+          desc="Let amerc host the broker for you — keep an agent class always-on without leaving your own machine running."
+          feats={['always-on instances', 'managed runtime', 'one-click from My Booth']}
+        />
       </div>
     </div>
   );
 }
 
-function Showcase({ handle }) {
+function RoomShell({ ico, name, tag, status, desc, feats, children }) {
+  return (
+    <section className={`mn-room${status === 'live' ? ' live' : ' soon'}`}>
+      <div className="mn-room-head">
+        <span className="mn-room-ico" aria-hidden="true">{ico}</span>
+        <div className="mn-room-titles">
+          <strong>{name}</strong>
+          <span className="mn-room-tag">{tag}</span>
+        </div>
+        <span className={`mn-badge ${status}`}>{status === 'live' ? '● LIVE' : 'SOON'}</span>
+      </div>
+      <p className="mn-room-desc">{desc}</p>
+      {feats && <ul className="mn-feats">{feats.map((f) => <li key={f}>{f}</li>)}</ul>}
+      {children}
+    </section>
+  );
+}
+
+function SoonRoom(props) {
+  return (
+    <RoomShell {...props} status="soon">
+      <div className="mn-room-foot"><span className="mn-soon-bar"><i /></span>in development</div>
+    </RoomShell>
+  );
+}
+
+function ShowcaseRoom({ loggedIn, handle, setRoute }) {
   const [list, setList] = useState([]);
   const [name, setName] = useState('');
   const [created, setCreated] = useState(null);
   const [err, setErr] = useState('');
-  const load = useCallback(async () => { try { const d = await api('/showcase'); setList(d.showcases || []); } catch (e) { setErr(e.message); } }, []);
+  const load = useCallback(async () => {
+    if (!loggedIn) return;
+    try { const d = await api('/showcase'); setList(d.showcases || []); } catch (e) { setErr(e.message); }
+  }, [loggedIn]);
   useEffect(() => { load(); }, [load]);
   const register = async (e) => {
     e.preventDefault(); setErr('');
@@ -34,38 +79,50 @@ function Showcase({ handle }) {
     catch (e2) { setErr(e2.message); }
   };
   const del = async (id) => { if (!window.confirm('Delete this showcase?')) return; try { await api(`/showcase/${id}`, { method: 'DELETE' }); load(); } catch (e2) { setErr(e2.message); } };
-  const copy = (t) => copyToast(t);
 
   return (
-    <div className="mn-card mn-card-wide">
-      <div className="mn-card-head"><div className="mn-soon-ico">🌐</div><div><strong>Showcase</strong><span className="mn-tag">reverse proxy</span></div></div>
-      <p className="ap-hint">Publish a web service from a local port to a public subdomain. Register a name, then in kebab's <b>delivery center (交付中心)</b> map your local port — requests to the public URL tunnel through your broker.</p>
-      <form className="mn-reg" onSubmit={register}>
-        <span className="mn-prefix">register</span>
-        <input placeholder="show1" value={name} onChange={(e) => setName(e.target.value.toLowerCase().replace(/[^a-z0-9-]/g, ''))} required />
-        <span className="mn-suffix">.{handle}.amerc.ai</span>
-        <button className="px-action px-auth-submit" type="submit">Register</button>
-      </form>
-      {err && <p className="px-auth-err">{err}</p>}
-      {created && (
-        <div className="mn-created">
-          <p>✅ <b>{created.host}</b> reserved · DNS {created.dns}</p>
-          {created.tls && <p className="ap-hint">🔒 {created.tls}</p>}
-          <label className="ap-field">public URL<code className="ap-token" onClick={() => copy(created.url)}>{created.url} ⧉</code></label>
-          <label className="ap-field">broker WS (kebab connects here)<code className="ap-token" onClick={() => copy(created.edgeWs)}>{created.edgeWs} ⧉</code></label>
-          <label className="ap-field">edge token (bind {created.host})<code className="ap-token" onClick={() => copy(created.edgeToken)}>{created.edgeToken.slice(0, 28)}… ⧉</code></label>
-          <p className="ap-hint">In the kebab delivery center: connect a broker to the WS with this token, send <code>{`{type:"bind",host:"${created.host}",port:<localPort>}`}</code>, and your local service is live at the public URL.</p>
+    <RoomShell
+      ico="🌐" name="Showcase" tag="reverse proxy" status="live"
+      desc="Publish a web service from a local port to a public subdomain. Register a name, then map your local port in kebab's delivery center (交付中心) — requests to the public URL tunnel through your broker, TLS included."
+      feats={['your own *.amerc.ai subdomain', 'automatic HTTPS', 'HTTP + WebSocket tunneling']}
+    >
+      {!loggedIn ? (
+        <div className="mn-room-cta">
+          <div className="mn-url-preview"><span>show1</span>.{handle}.amerc.ai</div>
+          <button className="px-action" onClick={() => setRoute('signin')}>Log in to claim a subdomain →</button>
         </div>
+      ) : (
+        <>
+          <form className="mn-reg" onSubmit={register}>
+            <span className="mn-prefix">register</span>
+            <input placeholder="show1" value={name} onChange={(e) => setName(e.target.value.toLowerCase().replace(/[^a-z0-9-]/g, ''))} required />
+            <span className="mn-suffix">.{handle}.amerc.ai</span>
+            <button className="px-action px-auth-submit" type="submit">Register</button>
+          </form>
+          {err && <p className="px-auth-err">{err}</p>}
+          {created && (
+            <div className="mn-created">
+              <p>✅ <b>{created.host}</b> reserved · DNS {created.dns}</p>
+              {created.tls && <p className="ap-hint">🔒 {created.tls}</p>}
+              <label className="ap-field">public URL<code className="ap-token" onClick={() => copyToast(created.url)}>{created.url} ⧉</code></label>
+              <label className="ap-field">broker WS (kebab connects here)<code className="ap-token" onClick={() => copyToast(created.edgeWs)}>{created.edgeWs} ⧉</code></label>
+              <label className="ap-field">edge token (bind {created.host})<code className="ap-token" onClick={() => copyToast(created.edgeToken)}>{created.edgeToken.slice(0, 28)}… ⧉</code></label>
+              <p className="ap-hint">In the kebab delivery center: connect a broker to the WS with this token, send <code>{`{type:"bind",host:"${created.host}",port:<localPort>}`}</code>, and your local service is live at the public URL.</p>
+            </div>
+          )}
+          <div className="mn-mine">
+            <h4 className="ap-h4">My showcases</h4>
+            {list.map((s) => (
+              <div key={s.id} className="mn-row">
+                <a href={`https://${s.host}/`} target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">{s.host}</a>
+                <span>registered {new Date(s.created_at).toLocaleDateString()}</span>
+                <button className="px-action" onClick={() => del(s.id)}>delete</button>
+              </div>
+            ))}
+            {!list.length && <p className="ap-hint">No showcases yet — register one above.</p>}
+          </div>
+        </>
       )}
-      <h4 className="ap-h4">My showcases</h4>
-      {list.map((s) => (
-        <div key={s.id} className="mn-row">
-          <a href={`http://${s.host}/`} target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">{s.host}</a>
-          <span>registered {new Date(s.created_at).toLocaleDateString()}</span>
-          <button className="px-action" onClick={() => del(s.id)}>delete</button>
-        </div>
-      ))}
-      {!list.length && <p className="ap-hint">No showcases yet — register one above.</p>}
-    </div>
+    </RoomShell>
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/Scene2D.jsx b/src/Scene2D.jsx
index 7dd9aba..28ffdfc 100644
--- a/src/Scene2D.jsx
+++ b/src/Scene2D.jsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import Account from './Account.jsx';
 import TavernGame from './TavernGame.jsx';
 import { api } from './api.js';
 
-const RELEASE = '0.40.0-pwa';
+const RELEASE = '0.41.0-mansion';
 
 const NAV = [
   { id: 'home', label: 'Tavern' },
diff --git a/src/styles.css b/src/styles.css
index 08ac781..325fd5f 100644
--- a/src/styles.css
+++ b/src/styles.css
@@ -1056,16 +1056,46 @@ button {
 }
 .hero-hot:hover { background: rgba(80,210,255,0.2) !important; box-shadow: 0 0 0 3px rgba(120,225,255,0.85), 0 0 26px rgba(80,210,255,0.6) !important; }
 
-/* mansion (services hub) */
-.mn-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fill, minmax(280px, 1fr)); gap: 16px; }
-.mn-card { grid-column: 1 / -1; padding: 18px; border-radius: 14px; background: #130d20; border: 1px solid #2a1f3e; }
-.mn-card-wide { max-width: 720px; }
-.mn-card-head { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 12px; margin-bottom: 8px; }
-.mn-card-head strong { font-size: 17px; color: #fff; display: block; }
-.mn-soon-ico { font-size: 26px; }
-.mn-tag { font-size: 11px; color: #27d8ff; }
-.mn-soon { padding: 18px; border-radius: 14px; background: #0e0a18; border: 1px dashed #2a1f3e; opacity: 0.6; display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 4px; align-items: flex-start; }
-.mn-soon strong { color: #c9b8e6; } .mn-soon span { font-size: 12px; color: #7a6a98; }
+/* mansion — services hall (0.41 vividness) */
+.mn-hero { display: flex; gap: 18px; align-items: center; padding: 22px 24px; margin-bottom: 22px; border-radius: 16px;
+  background: radial-gradient(120% 160% at 0% 0%, #2a1a3e 0%, #160d22 60%), #160d22;
+  border: 1px solid #34254e; box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.04), 0 10px 30px rgba(0,0,0,0.35); position: relative; overflow: hidden; }
+.mn-hero::after { content: ''; position: absolute; right: -40px; top: -40px; width: 200px; height: 200px; border-radius: 50%;
+  background: radial-gradient(circle, rgba(39,216,255,0.16), transparent 70%); pointer-events: none; }
+.mn-hero-emblem { font-size: 46px; filter: drop-shadow(0 4px 10px rgba(0,0,0,0.5)); line-height: 1; }
+.mn-hero-body h2 { margin: 0 0 6px; color: #fff; font-size: 24px; }
+.mn-hero-body p { margin: 0 0 12px; color: #b6a7d4; font-size: 13.5px; line-height: 1.65; max-width: 70ch; }
+.mn-hero-you { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 8px; font-size: 13px; color: #8fe9c8; font-weight: 600; }
+.mn-live-dot { width: 8px; height: 8px; border-radius: 50%; background: #36f0b0; box-shadow: 0 0 0 0 rgba(54,240,176,0.6); animation: mnpulse 2s infinite; }
+@keyframes mnpulse { 0% { box-shadow: 0 0 0 0 rgba(54,240,176,0.5); } 70% { box-shadow: 0 0 0 7px rgba(54,240,176,0); } 100% { box-shadow: 0 0 0 0 rgba(54,240,176,0); } }
+
+.mn-rooms { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fill, minmax(300px, 1fr)); gap: 16px; align-items: start; }
+.mn-room { padding: 18px; border-radius: 14px; background: linear-gradient(180deg, #160f24, #120c1d); border: 1px solid #2a1f3e;
+  transition: border-color 0.18s, transform 0.18s, box-shadow 0.18s; }
+.mn-room.live { grid-column: 1 / -1; border-color: #2f5e6e; box-shadow: 0 0 0 1px rgba(39,216,255,0.08), 0 8px 24px rgba(0,0,0,0.3); }
+.mn-room.live:hover { border-color: #46c8e0; box-shadow: 0 0 0 1px rgba(39,216,255,0.18), 0 10px 30px rgba(0,0,0,0.4); }
+.mn-room.soon { opacity: 0.92; }
+.mn-room.soon:hover { transform: translateY(-2px); border-color: #3a2c54; }
+.mn-room-head { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 12px; margin-bottom: 10px; }
+.mn-room-ico { font-size: 28px; line-height: 1; filter: drop-shadow(0 2px 6px rgba(0,0,0,0.4)); }
+.mn-room-titles { display: flex; flex-direction: column; }
+.mn-room-titles strong { font-size: 17px; color: #fff; }
+.mn-room-tag { font-size: 11px; color: #9a8ac0; letter-spacing: 0.4px; }
+.mn-badge { margin-left: auto; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.8px; padding: 4px 9px; border-radius: 999px; }
+.mn-badge.live { color: #06222f; background: linear-gradient(180deg, #5fe6ff, #27d8ff); box-shadow: 0 0 12px rgba(39,216,255,0.4); }
+.mn-badge.soon { color: #c9b8e6; background: #241a36; border: 1px solid #3a2c54; }
+.mn-room-desc { color: #b0a2cd; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0 0 12px; }
+.mn-feats { list-style: none; margin: 0 0 12px; padding: 0; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 6px; }
+.mn-feats li { font-size: 11.5px; color: #cfe6ff; background: rgba(39,216,255,0.08); border: 1px solid rgba(39,216,255,0.18); padding: 3px 9px; border-radius: 999px; }
+.mn-room.soon .mn-feats li { color: #c4b6e2; background: rgba(150,120,200,0.08); border-color: rgba(150,120,200,0.18); }
+.mn-room-foot { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 10px; font-size: 11.5px; color: #8576a6; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.6px; }
+.mn-soon-bar { flex: 0 0 80px; height: 4px; border-radius: 3px; background: #241a36; overflow: hidden; position: relative; }
+.mn-soon-bar i { position: absolute; left: -40%; width: 40%; height: 100%; border-radius: 3px; background: linear-gradient(90deg, transparent, #6f5aa0, transparent); animation: mnslide 1.8s infinite; }
+@keyframes mnslide { 0% { left: -40%; } 100% { left: 100%; } }
+.mn-room-cta { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 14px; flex-wrap: wrap; margin-top: 4px; }
+.mn-url-preview { font-family: ui-monospace, monospace; font-size: 13px; color: #6f7e98; background: #0a0f1a; border: 1px dashed #2e2440; padding: 8px 12px; border-radius: 8px; }
+.mn-url-preview span { color: #27d8ff; }
+.mn-mine { margin-top: 14px; }
 .mn-reg { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 8px; flex-wrap: wrap; margin: 12px 0; }
 .mn-reg input { padding: 9px 11px; border-radius: 8px; background: #0a0f1a; border: 1px solid #2e2440; color: #eaf2ff; font-family: inherit; width: 130px; }
 .mn-prefix, .mn-suffix { color: #8a7aa8; font-size: 13px; }