diff --git a/microservices/CharacterApi/Controllers/CharactersController.cs b/microservices/CharacterApi/Controllers/CharactersController.cs
index 77f0069..060edc4 100644
--- a/microservices/CharacterApi/Controllers/CharactersController.cs
+++ b/microservices/CharacterApi/Controllers/CharactersController.cs
@@ -28,12 +28,13 @@ public class CharactersController : ControllerBase
         if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(userId))
             return Unauthorized();
 
-        var character = new Character
-        {
-            OwnerUserId = userId,
-            Name = req.Name.Trim(),
-            CreatedUtc = DateTime.UtcNow
-        };
+        var character = new Character
+        {
+            OwnerUserId = userId,
+            Name = req.Name.Trim(),
+            Coord = new Coord { X = 0, Y = 0 },
+            CreatedUtc = DateTime.UtcNow
+        };
 
         await _characters.CreateAsync(character);
         return Ok(character);
diff --git a/microservices/CharacterApi/DOCUMENTS.md b/microservices/CharacterApi/DOCUMENTS.md
index c75b3da..5e531e7 100644
--- a/microservices/CharacterApi/DOCUMENTS.md
+++ b/microservices/CharacterApi/DOCUMENTS.md
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ Stored documents (MongoDB)
     "id": "string (ObjectId)",
     "ownerUserId": "string",
     "name": "string",
+    "coord": {
+      "x": "number",
+      "y": "number"
+    },
     "createdUtc": "string (ISO-8601 datetime)"
   }
   ```
diff --git a/microservices/CharacterApi/Models/Character.cs b/microservices/CharacterApi/Models/Character.cs
index 7d26b1f..d5ade03 100644
--- a/microservices/CharacterApi/Models/Character.cs
+++ b/microservices/CharacterApi/Models/Character.cs
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ public class Character
 
     public string OwnerUserId { get; set; } = string.Empty;
 
-    public string Name { get; set; } = string.Empty;
-
-    public DateTime CreatedUtc { get; set; } = DateTime.UtcNow;
-}
+    public string Name { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+
+    public Coord Coord { get; set; } = new();
+
+    public DateTime CreatedUtc { get; set; } = DateTime.UtcNow;
+}
diff --git a/microservices/CharacterApi/Models/Coord.cs b/microservices/CharacterApi/Models/Coord.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d9d7544
--- /dev/null
+++ b/microservices/CharacterApi/Models/Coord.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+namespace CharacterApi.Models;
+
+public class Coord
+{
+    public int X { get; set; }
+
+    public int Y { get; set; }
+}
diff --git a/microservices/LocationsApi/Services/LocationStore.cs b/microservices/LocationsApi/Services/LocationStore.cs
index 6689401..9ae3956 100644
--- a/microservices/LocationsApi/Services/LocationStore.cs
+++ b/microservices/LocationsApi/Services/LocationStore.cs
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ public class LocationStore
             .Ascending(l => l.Coord.Y);
         var coordIndexOptions = new CreateIndexOptions { Unique = true };
         _col.Indexes.CreateOne(new CreateIndexModel<Location>(coordIndex, coordIndexOptions));
+
+        EnsureOriginLocation();
     }
 
     private static void EnsureLocationSchema(IMongoDatabase db, string collectionName)
@@ -100,4 +102,31 @@ public class LocationStore
         var result = await _col.UpdateOneAsync(filter, update);
         return result.ModifiedCount > 0;
     }
+
+    private void EnsureOriginLocation()
+    {
+        var filter = Builders<Location>.Filter.And(
+            Builders<Location>.Filter.Eq(l => l.Coord.X, 0),
+            Builders<Location>.Filter.Eq(l => l.Coord.Y, 0)
+        );
+        var existing = _col.Find(filter).FirstOrDefault();
+        if (existing is not null)
+            return;
+
+        var origin = new Location
+        {
+            Name = "Origin",
+            Coord = new Coord { X = 0, Y = 0 },
+            CreatedUtc = DateTime.UtcNow
+        };
+
+        try
+        {
+            _col.InsertOne(origin);
+        }
+        catch (MongoWriteException ex) when (ex.WriteError.Category == ServerErrorCategory.DuplicateKey)
+        {
+            // Another instance seeded it first.
+        }
+    }
 }