diff --git a/html/js/render/sceneModel.js b/html/js/render/sceneModel.js
index 1b961fa..ce63972 100644
--- a/html/js/render/sceneModel.js
+++ b/html/js/render/sceneModel.js
@@ -167,6 +167,11 @@ function sceneFromGameState(state, opts) {
     var rows = state.dungeonRows || visible.length || dims.rows;
     var cols = state.dungeonCols || dims.cols;
 
+    // Player cell — explored MEMORY fades to black with distance from here (see below).
+    var _pl = state.player || {};
+    var _plx = typeof _pl.x === 'number' ? _pl.x : (cols / 2);
+    var _ply = typeof _pl.y === 'number' ? _pl.y : (rows / 2);
+
     var grid = [];
     var lightGrid = [];
     for (var y = 0; y < rows; y++) {
@@ -183,11 +188,18 @@ function sceneFromGameState(state, opts) {
             if (ch === null || ch === undefined || ch === ' ') {
                 row.push('dark');
                 lrow.push(0);
-            } else {
+            } else if (isVisible) {
                 row.push(dungeonTileKind(ch));
                 // Lighting: 0 = fully lit, higher = darker. Convert to brightness (1 = lit).
                 var la = (lighting[y] && lighting[y][x]) || 0;
-                lrow.push(isVisible ? Math.max(0.15, 1 - Math.min(la, 0.8)) : 0.25);
+                lrow.push(Math.max(0.15, 1 - Math.min(la, 0.8)));
+            } else {
+                // Explored MEMORY (seen before, not currently visible): dim, and fading toward black
+                // with distance from the player, so the remembered area melts into the dark instead
+                // of forming a hard-edged grey block that outlines the map's shape/edge (a FoW leak).
+                row.push(dungeonTileKind(ch));
+                var _dx = x - _plx, _dy = y - _ply;
+                lrow.push(Math.max(0, 0.26 - Math.sqrt(_dx * _dx + _dy * _dy) * 0.019));
             }
         }
         grid.push(row);
diff --git a/html/js/render/spGameRenderer.js b/html/js/render/spGameRenderer.js
index 6754224..2234337 100644
--- a/html/js/render/spGameRenderer.js
+++ b/html/js/render/spGameRenderer.js
@@ -30,8 +30,10 @@
             // (the .container is height:100vh; overflow:hidden), so filling it gives the camera
             // reliable clientWidth/clientHeight every frame. The earlier `min(78vh)` + translate(-50%)
             // centering could resolve to a wrong/transient size, stranding the view in a top band.
+            // Pure-black background so the area BEYOND the map edge is the SAME black as an
+            // unexplored ('dark') in-bounds tile — otherwise the shade difference outlines the map.
             host.style.cssText = 'display:none; position:absolute; inset:0;' +
-                ' overflow:hidden; background:#0a0c0f; z-index:6; touch-action:none; cursor:grab;';
+                ' overflow:hidden; background:#000; z-index:6; touch-action:none; cursor:grab;';
             gd.appendChild(host);
         }
         return host;