diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index e1b7f42..e629fcd 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"flag"
+	// "fmt"
 	"log"
-	// "github.com/goccy/go-graphviz"
+
+	"github.com/goccy/go-graphviz"
 	_ "github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3"
 )
 
@@ -22,14 +24,39 @@ func main() {
 	}
 	// log.Printf("databse opened: %#+v\n", am)
 
-	exits, err := am.Exits()
+	gv := graphviz.New()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("error opening graph: %s\n", err)
+	}
+	g, err := gv.Graph()
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("error fetching Rooms: %s\n", err)
+		log.Fatalf("error retrieving cgraph: %s\n", err)
 	}
-	for _, v := range exits {
+
+	/*
+		x, err := am.Room("673")
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("error querying room: %s", err)
+		}
+		log.Printf("%#+v\n", x)
+		return
+	*/
+	rooms, err := am.Rooms()
+	log.Printf("rooms found: %d\n", len(rooms))
+	for _, room := range rooms[:50] {
+		log.Printf("main() %s\n", room)
 		// log.Printf("Area: %#+v\n", v)
-		log.Printf("RoomExit found: %s\n", v)
-		break
+		// log.Printf("RoomExit found: %s\n", v)
+		err := am.Walk(room.Uid.String, g)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("error adding room to graph: %s\n", err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	log.Printf("exit count: %d\n", g.NumberEdges())
+	log.Printf("room count: %d\n", g.NumberNodes())
+	if err := gv.RenderFilename(g, graphviz.SVG, "/var/www/renders.ndumas.com/aardmaps/final.svg"); err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
 	// now that I have areas and rooms, I can start building a map
diff --git a/mapper.go b/mapper.go
index 094bafb..922b5bd 100644
--- a/mapper.go
+++ b/mapper.go
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ package main
 import (
 	"database/sql"
 	"fmt"
-	// "log"
+	"log"
 
+	"github.com/goccy/go-graphviz/cgraph"
 	_ "github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3"
 )
 
@@ -21,7 +22,9 @@ func NewMapper(fn string) (AardMapper, error) {
 }
 
 type AardMapper struct {
-	DB *sql.DB
+	DB        *sql.DB
+	RoomCache map[string]Room
+	AreaCache map[string]Area
 }
 
 func (am AardMapper) Areas() (map[string]Area, error) {
@@ -44,9 +47,69 @@ func (am AardMapper) Areas() (map[string]Area, error) {
 	return areas, nil
 }
 
-func (am AardMapper) Exits() ([]RoomExit, error) {
+func (am AardMapper) Area(uid string) (Area, error) {
+	a, ok := am.AreaCache[uid]
+	if ok {
+		return a, nil
+	}
+	a = Area{}
+	row := am.DB.QueryRow("select uid, name, flags, color, texture from areas where uid = :uid")
+
+	if err := row.Scan(&a.Uid, &a.Name, &a.Flags, &a.Color, &a.Texture); err != nil {
+		if err == sql.ErrNoRows {
+			return a, fmt.Errorf("no area found: %w", err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return a, nil
+}
+
+func (am AardMapper) Rooms() ([]Room, error) {
+	var uidCount int
+	uidCountRow := am.DB.QueryRow("select count(uid) from rooms;")
+	uidCountRow.Scan(&uidCount)
+	log.Println("uidCount:", uidCount)
+	rows, err := am.DB.Query("select uid from rooms;")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error querying room UIDs: %w", err)
+	}
+	var uids = make([]string, uidCount)
+	i := 0
+	for rows.Next() {
+		var uid string
+		if err := rows.Scan(&uid); err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("error querying room %q from uid: %w", uid, err)
+		}
+		uids[i] = uid
+	}
+	rooms := make([]Room, uidCount)
+	for idx, uid := range uids {
+		room, err := am.Room(uid)
+		if err != nil {
+			return rooms, fmt.Errorf("error fetching room: %s", err)
+		}
+		rooms[idx] = room
+	}
+	return rooms, nil
+}
+
+func (am AardMapper) Room(uid string) (Room, error) {
+	r := Room{}
+	row := am.DB.QueryRow("select uid,name,building,info,notes,flags,area,norecall,noportal from rooms where uid = ?", uid)
+
+	if err := row.Scan(&r.Uid, &r.Name, &r.Building, &r.Info, &r.Notes, &r.Flags, &r.AreaName, &r.Norecall, &r.Noportal); err != nil {
+		if err == sql.ErrNoRows {
+			return r, fmt.Errorf("no room found: %w", err)
+		}
+		log.Println("room found:", r.Uid.String)
+	}
+
+	return r, nil
+}
+
+func (am AardMapper) Exits(uid string) ([]RoomExit, error) {
 	exits := make([]RoomExit, 0)
-	rows, err := am.DB.Query("select r.uid,r.name,r.building,r.info,r.notes,r.flags,r.area, r.norecall,r.noportal,e.dir,e.fromuid,e.touid,e.level from rooms r INNER JOIN exits e ON r.uid = e.fromuid;")
+	rows, err := am.DB.Query("select r.uid,r.name,r.building,r.info,r.notes,r.flags,r.area, r.norecall,r.noportal,e.dir,e.fromuid,e.touid,e.level from rooms r INNER JOIN exits e ON r.uid = e.fromuid where uid=:uid;", uid)
 	// rows, err := am.DB.Query("select e.dir,e.fromuid,e.touid,e.level from rooms r INNER JOIN exits e ON r.uid = e.fromuid;")
 	defer rows.Close()
 
@@ -65,3 +128,45 @@ func (am AardMapper) Exits() ([]RoomExit, error) {
 	}
 	return exits, nil
 }
+
+func (am AardMapper) Walk(uid string, g *cgraph.Graph) error {
+	originRoom, err := am.Room(uid)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error querying origin room for walk %q: %w", uid, err)
+	}
+	area, err := am.Area(originRoom.AreaName.String)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error querying origin area for walk %q: %w", uid, err)
+	}
+
+	sg := g.SubGraph("cluster_"+area.Name.String, 1)
+	sg.SetLabel(area.Name.String)
+
+	originNode, err := sg.CreateNode(originRoom.Uid.String)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error creating origin node for room %s: %w", originRoom.Name.String, err)
+	}
+	sg.SetLabel(originRoom.Name.String)
+
+	exits, err := am.Exits(originRoom.Uid.String)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error fetching exits for origin room %s: %w", originRoom.Name.String, err)
+	}
+
+	for _, exit := range exits {
+		destRoom, err := am.Room(exit.Touid.String)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("error querying destination room %s: %w", uid, err)
+		}
+		destNode, err := sg.CreateNode(destRoom.Uid.String)
+		destNode.SetLabel(destRoom.Name.String)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("error creating destination node for room %s: %w", originRoom.Name.String, err)
+		}
+		// maybe i'll save recursion for later
+		// am.Walk(exit.Touid.String, g) // gotta prevent cycles. check if edge already exists and return?
+		sg.CreateEdge(originRoom.Uid.String+">"+originRoom.Uid.String, originNode, destNode)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/models.go b/models.go
index f5afff4..3f442c0 100644
--- a/models.go
+++ b/models.go
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ type Room struct {
 	Exits                                   []Exit
 }
 
+func (r Room) String() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("{Room:%q[%q]}", r.Name.String, r.Uid.String)
+}
+
 type Exit struct {
 	Dir            sql.NullString
 	Fromuid, Touid sql.NullString
diff --git a/walk.go b/walk.go
index 629bd70..46c3c75 100644
--- a/walk.go
+++ b/walk.go
@@ -1,14 +1,27 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
+
 	// "github.com/goccy/go-graphviz"
 	"github.com/goccy/go-graphviz/cgraph"
 )
 
-func walk(r Room, parent *cgraph.Node, g *cgraph.Graph) error {
-	_, err := g.CreateNode(r.Uid.String)
+func walk(re RoomExit, g *cgraph.Graph) error {
+	sg := g.SubGraph("cluster_"+re.Name.String, 1)
+	sg.SetLabel(re.Name.String)
+	origin, err := sg.CreateNode(re.Fromuid.String)
+	origin.SetLabel(re.Name.String)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error creating origin node: %w", err)
+	}
+	dest, err := sg.CreateNode(re.Touid.String)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error creating destination node: %w", err)
+	}
+	_, err = g.CreateEdge(re.String(), origin, dest)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return fmt.Errorf("error creating edge between origin and destination: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	return nil