Add license and update README

Author: reeseschultz

LICENSE

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+Copyright (c) 2026 Reese Schultz & Contributors
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+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
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+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

README.md

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-# Torchfinder
+# Torchfinder 🔥
 
-Adventure lookup tool for [Shadowdark](https://www.thearcanelibrary.com/pages/shadowdark) and related content. Live at **[torchfinder.lodesandlanterns.com](https://torchfinder.lodesandlanterns.com)**.
+A [Lodes & Lanterns](https://lodesandlanterns.com) tool for finding [Shadowdark](https://www.thearcanelibrary.com) adventures and related content, whether official or third-party! **[Use it now!](https://torchfinder.lodesandlanterns.com)**
 
-Part of [Lodes & Lanterns](https://lodesandlanterns.com).
+Built by [Reese](https://github.com/reeseschultz) and contributors.
 
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-## What it is
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-Torchfinder is a static, client-side web app for searching and filtering Shadowdark adventures, supplements, zines, and related products. It fetches a pre-built JSON dataset at deploy time and filters entirely in-memory — no server, no database, no framework.
+## Wait, what is this?
 
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+Torchfinder is a free and open source client-side web app for searching and filtering Shadowdark-related adventures, supplements, zines, and other content. It fetches a curated and enriched JSON dataset at deploy time (from [the data repository](https://github.com/Lodes-and-Lanterns/torchfinder-data)) and filters entirely in-memory — no server, no database, no heavy dependencies.
 
 ## Repository structure
 
-The project is split across two repositories under the [Lodes-and-Lanterns](https://github.com/Lodes-and-Lanterns) organization:
+The project is actually split across two repositories under the [Lodes & Lanterns](https://github.com/Lodes-and-Lanterns) GitHub organization:
 
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 `torchfinder-data` is the source of truth. This repo is purely presentation-layer: it consumes `adventures.json` and renders it. No data authoring or validation happens here.
 
+> **Just want the data?** There's no API, but other apps and services can easily consume the latest `adventures.json` output from the `main` branch of `torchfinder-data`.
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 ### Frontend files
 
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 ## License
 
-MIT. See [LICENSE](LICENSE) (or the repository's license metadata).
+All contributions to this repository are licensed under [MIT](LICENSE).
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+## Disclaimer
 
-Torchfinder is a fan project and is not affiliated with The Arcane Library or the official Shadowdark RPG.
+*Torchfinder and Lodes & Lanterns are not affiliated with The Arcane Library, LLC. Shadowdark RPG © 2023 The Arcane Library, LLC.*