diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index b1e17b6..4e9d9f4 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 dnd_pipeline_audita_version: v0.9.1
-dnd_pipeline_narratio_version: v2.0.0
+dnd_pipeline_narratio_version: v2.1.0
 dnd_pipeline_notarius_version: v0.7.0
 dnd_pipeline_seriatim_version: v1.5.0
 dnd_pipeline_scriptorium_version: v0.13.0
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ dnd_pipeline_go_snap_channel: 1.26/stable
 dnd_pipeline_go_binary: /snap/bin/go
 dnd_pipeline_runtime_user: narratio
 dnd_pipeline_runtime_group: narratio
+dnd_pipeline_secrets: {}
 dnd_pipeline_config_directory_mode: "0755"
 dnd_pipeline_config_file_mode: "0644"
 dnd_pipeline_campaigns_repository_url: https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/campaigns.git
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ dnd_pipeline_audita_llm_proposal_timeout: 900s
 dnd_pipeline_audita_llm_proposal_max_retries: 3
 dnd_pipeline_audita_llm_validation_base_url: https://inference.ai.rakestrawhome.com/v1
 dnd_pipeline_audita_llm_validation_model: google/gemma-4-31b-it
-dnd_pipeline_audita_llm_validation_api_key_env: AUDITA_VALIDATION_LLM_API_KEY
+dnd_pipeline_audita_llm_validation_api_key_env: AUDITA_LLM_API_KEY
 dnd_pipeline_audita_llm_validation_timeout: 900s
 dnd_pipeline_audita_llm_validation_max_retries: 3
 dnd_pipeline_audita_concurrency_total_llm: 4
@@ -214,6 +215,8 @@ dnd_pipeline_narratio_trim_bounds_prompt_id: dnd.session_bounds
 dnd_pipeline_narratio_trim_bounds_transcript_input_name: transcript
 dnd_pipeline_narratio_trim_bounds_output_path: artifacts/session_bounds.json
 dnd_pipeline_narratio_notarius_pipeline_id: dnd-session
+dnd_pipeline_narratio_notarius_llm_api_key: OPENROUTER_API_KEY
+dnd_pipeline_narratio_notarius_resume: true
 dnd_pipeline_narratio_notarius_references:
   party: narratio.input.party
   players: narratio.input.players
diff --git a/meta/argument_specs.yml b/meta/argument_specs.yml
index cf550cb..52f7506 100644
--- a/meta/argument_specs.yml
+++ b/meta/argument_specs.yml
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ argument_specs:
         type: str
         required: true
         description: Shared group for suite-managed configuration.
+      dnd_pipeline_secrets:
+        type: dict
+        required: true
+        description: Explicit credential-file names and values managed beneath Narratio's secrets directory.
       dnd_pipeline_config_directory_mode:
         type: str
         required: true
@@ -248,6 +252,14 @@ argument_specs:
         type: str
         required: true
         description: Notarius pipeline selected by Narratio.
+      dnd_pipeline_narratio_notarius_llm_api_key:
+        type: str
+        required: true
+        description: Environment-variable name forwarded by Narratio to Notarius.
+      dnd_pipeline_narratio_notarius_resume:
+        type: bool
+        required: true
+        description: Whether ordinary Narratio extraction requests Notarius checkpoint reuse.
       dnd_pipeline_narratio_notarius_references:
         type: dict
         required: true
diff --git a/meta/main.yml b/meta/main.yml
index 4a99970..d0b175d 100644
--- a/meta/main.yml
+++ b/meta/main.yml
@@ -42,11 +42,14 @@ dependencies:
       narratio_seriatim_binary: /usr/local/bin/seriatim
       narratio_audita_binary: /usr/local/bin/audita
       narratio_audita_config_path: /usr/local/etc/audita/config.yml
+      narratio_audita_llm_api_key: "{{ dnd_pipeline_audita_llm_proposal_api_key_env }}"
       narratio_notarius_binary: /usr/local/bin/notarius
       narratio_notarius_config_path: /usr/local/etc/notarius/config.yml
       narratio_notarius_enabled: true
       narratio_notarius_pipeline_id: "{{ dnd_pipeline_narratio_notarius_pipeline_id }}"
       narratio_notarius_working_directory: /usr/local/etc/notarius
+      narratio_notarius_llm_api_key: "{{ dnd_pipeline_narratio_notarius_llm_api_key }}"
+      narratio_notarius_resume: "{{ dnd_pipeline_narratio_notarius_resume }}"
       narratio_notarius_references: "{{ dnd_pipeline_narratio_notarius_references }}"
       narratio_notarius_outputs: "{{ dnd_pipeline_narratio_notarius_outputs }}"
       narratio_scriptorium_binary: /usr/local/bin/scriptorium
diff --git a/requirements.yml b/requirements.yml
index ecaa32d..bb8af90 100644
--- a/requirements.yml
+++ b/requirements.yml
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ roles:
   - name: rakestraw.narratio
     src: https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ansible-role-narratio.git
     scm: git
-    version: eeb1105590e638c1f46b42c98a5dbbce4ddeea86
+    version: 292d8669e7aad5cfe80b0c469d22b6177e8cf0f1
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 6c5ab6e..6e89cb6 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,51 @@
     update_cache: true
     cache_valid_time: 3600
 
+- name: Validate managed Narratio credential entries
+  ansible.builtin.assert:
+    that:
+      - item.key is string
+      - item.key is match('^[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*$')
+      - item.value is none or (item.value is string and item.value | length > 0)
+  loop: "{{ dnd_pipeline_secrets | dict2items }}"
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item.key }}"
+  no_log: true
+
+- name: Create the Narratio secrets directory
+  become: true
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: /usr/local/etc/narratio/secrets
+    state: directory
+    owner: "{{ dnd_pipeline_runtime_user }}"
+    group: "{{ dnd_pipeline_runtime_group }}"
+    mode: "0750"
+
+- name: Converge managed Narratio credentials
+  become: true
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    content: "{{ item.value }}"
+    dest: "/usr/local/etc/narratio/secrets/{{ item.key }}"
+    owner: "{{ dnd_pipeline_runtime_user }}"
+    group: "{{ dnd_pipeline_runtime_group }}"
+    mode: "0640"
+  loop: "{{ dnd_pipeline_secrets | dict2items }}"
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item.key }}"
+  when: item.value is not none
+  no_log: true
+
+- name: Remove explicitly unmanaged Narratio credentials
+  become: true
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: "/usr/local/etc/narratio/secrets/{{ item.key }}"
+    state: absent
+  loop: "{{ dnd_pipeline_secrets | dict2items }}"
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item.key }}"
+  when: item.value is none
+  no_log: true
+
 - name: Create the Notarius cache root
   become: true
   ansible.builtin.file:
diff --git a/tests/integration b/tests/integration
index ed216cd..f7cc9de 100755
--- a/tests/integration
+++ b/tests/integration
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ operator_user="dnd_f0009_${$}"
 shared_fixture_root="/var/cache/notarius/${operator_user}"
 service_fixture_file="$shared_fixture_root/service.txt"
 operator_fixture_file="$shared_fixture_root/operator.txt"
+synthetic_audita_api_key='audita-pipeline-synthetic-value'
+synthetic_notarius_api_key='notarius-pipeline-synthetic-value'
 baseline_args=(
   -e 'dnd_pipeline_whisperx_transcribe_url=http://127.0.0.1:8000/transcribe'
   -e "dnd_pipeline_campaigns_repository_url=file://$campaigns_repository"
@@ -29,6 +31,7 @@ baseline_args=(
   -e "dnd_pipeline_prompt_library_repository_url=file://$prompt_library_repository"
   -e "dnd_pipeline_prompt_library_revision=$prompt_library_revision"
   -e "dnd_pipeline_prompt_library_root=$prompt_library_root"
+  -e "{\"dnd_pipeline_secrets\":{\"AUDITA_LLM_API_KEY\":\"$synthetic_audita_api_key\",\"OPENROUTER_API_KEY\":\"$synthetic_notarius_api_key\"}}"
 )
 
 cleanup() {
@@ -49,7 +52,8 @@ require_clean_recap() {
 run_converge() {
   output_file=$1
   shift
-  "$ansible_playbook" -i "$inventory" "$@" "$converge" | tee "$output_file"
+  env -u AUDITA_LLM_API_KEY -u OPENROUTER_API_KEY \
+    "$ansible_playbook" -i "$inventory" "$@" "$converge" | tee "$output_file"
 }
 
 cd "$repository_root"
@@ -91,9 +95,15 @@ narratio_effective_config="$test_tmp/narratio-effective.yml"
   --config /usr/local/etc/narratio/pipeline.yml --campaign centaurs \
   > "$narratio_effective_config"
 grep -Fq 'enabled: true' "$narratio_effective_config"
+grep -Fq 'llm_api_key: AUDITA_LLM_API_KEY' "$narratio_effective_config"
 grep -Fq 'pipeline_id: dnd-session' "$narratio_effective_config"
+grep -Fq 'llm_api_key: OPENROUTER_API_KEY' "$narratio_effective_config"
+grep -Fq 'resume: true' "$narratio_effective_config"
+! grep -Fq 'chunk_cache:' "$narratio_effective_config"
 grep -Fq 'party: narratio.input.party' "$narratio_effective_config"
 grep -Fq 'lane_id: item-registry' "$narratio_effective_config"
+! grep -Fq "$synthetic_audita_api_key" "$baseline_log" "$narratio_effective_config" "$notarius_effective_config"
+! grep -Fq "$synthetic_notarius_api_key" "$baseline_log" "$narratio_effective_config" "$notarius_effective_config"
 /usr/bin/sudo -u narratio /usr/local/bin/narratio config artifacts \
   --config /usr/local/etc/narratio/pipeline.yml --campaign centaurs | \
   awk -F '\t' '$1 == "session_recap" && $4 == "true" { found = 1 } END { exit !found }'