diff --git a/src/game/maps.js b/src/game/maps.js
index f7f59fb..c3fa801 100644
--- a/src/game/maps.js
+++ b/src/game/maps.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ function sc(type) {
 }
 
 /**
- * @type {
+ * @type {{
         [key: string]: {
             background: string,
             sprite: string,
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ function sc(type) {
                 stopsClouds?: boolean
             }[]
         }
-    }
+    }}
  */
 export const maps = {
     uriel: {
diff --git a/src/stores/characters.js b/src/stores/characters.js
index bed372e..e5fb0dd 100644
--- a/src/stores/characters.js
+++ b/src/stores/characters.js
@@ -1,5 +1,25 @@
-export const characters = [{
-    name: "Uriel",
+/**
+ * Identity function. Coerces string/number literals to literal types.
+ * @template {string | number} T
+ * @param {T} v
+ * @return {T}
+ */
+function c(v) {
+    return v;
+}
+  
+/**
+ * Creates a tuple (array) from the given arguments.
+ * @template {any[]} T
+ * @param {T} v
+ * @return {T}
+ */
+function t(...v) {
+    return v;
+}
+
+export const characters = t({
+    name: c("Uriel"),
     art: "uriel_idle",
     title: "the gate guardian",
     poses: {
@@ -8,7 +28,7 @@ export const characters = [{
         bat: "uriel_angry"
     }
 }, {
-    name: "Michael",
+    name: c("Michael"),
     art: "michael_idle",
     title: "the high marshal",
     poses: {
@@ -16,7 +36,7 @@ export const characters = [{
         happy: "michael_happy"
     }
 }, {
-    name: "Uziel",
+    name: c("Uziel"),
     art: "uziel_idle",
     title: "the chief commissar",
     poses: {
@@ -24,7 +44,7 @@ export const characters = [{
         dead: "uziel_angry"
     }
 }, {
-    name: "Gabriel",
+    name: c("Gabriel"),
     art: "gabriel_idle",
     title: "the administrator",
     poses: {
@@ -32,7 +52,7 @@ export const characters = [{
         sad: "gabriel_fail"
     }
 }, {
-    name: "Azrael",
+    name: c("Azrael"),
     art: "azrael_idle",
     title: "the great executioner",
     poses: {
@@ -40,10 +60,10 @@ export const characters = [{
         angry: "azrael_angry"
     }
 }, {
-    name: "Hadraniel",
+    name: c("Hadraniel"),
     title: "the seraphim"
 }, {
-    name: "Yahweh",
+    name: c("Yahweh"),
     title: "the all-seeing",
     art: "yahweh_idle",
     poses: {
@@ -52,4 +72,4 @@ export const characters = [{
         confuse: "yahweh_confuse",
         happy: "yahweh_happy"
     }
-}];
\ No newline at end of file
+});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/stores/dialog.js b/src/stores/dialog.js
index 41fd6a5..4ce7038 100644
--- a/src/stores/dialog.js
+++ b/src/stores/dialog.js
@@ -9,16 +9,15 @@ export const chapters = {
 /**
  * @type {{
  *  name: string,
- * background: string,
- * character: string,
- * text: string,
- * next?: string,
- * pose?: string,
- * map?: string,
- * chapter?: keyof typeof chapters,
- * chapterStart?: keyof typeof chapters,
- * buttons: { text: string, next: string }[],
- * flags?: string[]
+ *  character: typeof import("./characters").characters[number]["name"],
+ *  text: string,
+ *  next?: string,
+ *  pose?: string,
+ *  map?: "uriel" | "michael" | "uziel",
+ *  chapter?: keyof typeof chapters,
+ *  chapterStart?: keyof typeof chapters,
+ *  buttons: { text: string, next: string }[],
+ *  flags?: ("nosave" | "chapters" | "menu" | "success" | "failure")[]
  * }[]}
  */
 export const dialog = [{