diff --git a/room.go b/room.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"io"
+	"os"
+
+	"encoding/json"
+)
+
+// Room represents a location on the map.
+type Room struct {
+	ID          int    `json:"id"`
+	Name        string `json:"name"`
+	Description string `json:"description,omitempty"` // unused in this implimentation, but i plan to reuse this scheme for rooms that might need
+	From        []int  `json:"from,omitempty"`
+	To          []int  `json:"to,omitempty"`
+}
+
+type Rooms struct {
+	Room []Room `json:"rooms"`
+}
+
+// Group represents a common Grouping of rooms
+type Group struct {
+	Name        string `json:"name"`
+	Description string `json:"description"` // unused
+	Rooms       []int  `json:"rooms"`
+}
+
+type Groups struct {
+	Group []Group `json:"groups"`
+}
+
+func loadFiles() ([]Room, []Group) {
+	r, g := make([]Room, 0), make([]Group, 0)
+	rfile, err := os.Open("./json/rooms.json")
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	gfile, err := os.Open("./json/groups.json")
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	rdata, err := io.ReadAll(rfile)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	gdata, err := io.ReadAll(gfile)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	json.Unmarshal(rdata, &r)
+	json.Unmarshal(gdata, &g)
+
+	return r, g
+}