Add MVP character proxy selection

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+# MVP Character Proxies
+
+The 0.1.O investor visual pass introduces first playable character proxies for
+the startup character selection flow. These are not final production humans;
+they are practical, human-scale stand-ins that remove the single default dummy
+presentation while the final realistic character art pipeline is still pending.
+
+## Current Proxies
+
+- Young adult male:
+  `/Game/Characters/Mannequins/Meshes/SKM_Manny_Simple`
+- Young adult female:
+  `/Game/Characters/Mannequins/Meshes/SKM_Quinn_Simple`
+- Male workwear material:
+  `/Game/Agrarian/Characters/Materials/M_AGR_CharacterProxy_Workwear_Male`
+- Female workwear material:
+  `/Game/Agrarian/Characters/Materials/M_AGR_CharacterProxy_Workwear_Female`
+
+The materials use muted earth-tone workwear colors so the character reads as an
+Agrarian survivor/pioneer proxy instead of an untouched template dummy.
+
+## Runtime Flow
+
+The MVP frontend stores the selected young-adult archetype. When the loading
+segment closes, it issues `AgrarianSelectCharacter male` or
+`AgrarianSelectCharacter female`. The player controller records the selected
+proxy and applies the matching mesh/material to the possessed Agrarian player
+character.
+
+The character asset folder is always cooked for investor builds so both proxy
+materials remain available in packaged clients.
+
+## Replacement Path
+
+Final character work should replace these proxies with grounded realistic human
+assets, production clothing, age/condition variation, and replication/persistence
+of visual state. The current C++ selection path is intentionally simple so final
+assets can slot into the same male/female archetype switch without reworking the
+menu flow.