diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 914d14d..9077250 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,16 @@ Follows [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/) · versioned wi
 
 ---
 
+## [1.13.4] — 2026-07-06
+
+### Added
+- **Merge two roster entries from the "also known as" popup** — when the LLM splits one character into two roster entries (e.g. "Darag" and "Schmied" for the same person), the alias popup now lists other already-recognized characters as pick-to-merge options, not just a free-text field. Picking one actually reassigns every one of its segments to the character you opened the popup from (not just a linked library alias that leaves the live cast still showing both), with full undo support.
+
+### Fixed
+- **Character table view still misaligned after the earlier fix** — `display:flex` directly on a `<td>` (Stimme, Tags columns) broke its table-cell layout participation entirely in Chromium, rendering the cell stacked at the previous column's position regardless of table-layout mode. Moved the flex layout to inner wrapper `<div>`s and switched the table to `table-layout:fixed` with an explicit `<colgroup>` for good measure.
+
+---
+
 ## [1.13.3] — 2026-07-06
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 01b7568..80138e7 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.13.3
+1.13.4
diff --git a/static/index.html b/static/index.html
index c204bf8..663f433 100644
--- a/static/index.html
+++ b/static/index.html
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   <meta name="format-detection" content="telephone=no">
   <meta name="color-scheme" content="light dark">
   <meta name="theme-color" content="#2563EB">
-  <meta name="app-version" content="1.13.3">
+  <meta name="app-version" content="1.13.4">
   <link rel="manifest" href="/manifest.webmanifest">
   <link rel="icon" href="/static/icon.svg" type="image/svg+xml">
   <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/static/icon.svg">
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
   <!-- ── Core styles (local — no CDN dependency for first paint) ────────── -->
   <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/vendor/mdi/materialdesignicons.min.css">
-  <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/style.css?v=1.13.3">
+  <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/style.css?v=1.13.4">
 
 
   <!-- ── Flag icons — non-blocking (loaded async, icons appear after JS) ── -->
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ window.toggleNavTree = function(treeId, chevronId) {
 </script>
 
 <!-- loader.js: fetches sections → loads JS modules → removes skeleton -->
-<script src="/static/loader.js?v=1.13.3"></script>
+<script src="/static/loader.js?v=1.13.4"></script>
 
 </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/static/js/audiobook.js b/static/js/audiobook.js
index f6065cf..656679c 100644
--- a/static/js/audiobook.js
+++ b/static/js/audiobook.js
@@ -1962,38 +1962,67 @@ STRIKTE FORMAT- UND TEXTREGELN:
   function _abCloseAliasPopup() { if (_abAliasPopup) { _abAliasPopup.remove(); _abAliasPopup = null; } }
   function _abOpenAliasPopup(name, anchorEl) {
     _abCloseAliasPopup();
+    // Other already-recognized roster names, offered as pick-to-merge targets
+    // (e.g. "Darag" also known as "Schmied" — the LLM split one character
+    // into two roster entries) instead of only accepting a free-text alias.
+    const otherNames = [...roster.entries()]
+      .filter(([n, info]) => info.count > 0 && n.toLowerCase() !== name.toLowerCase() && !/^Narrator$/i.test(n) && !/^Unknown|Unbekannt/i.test(n))
+      .sort((a, b) => b[1].count - a[1].count);
+    const listId = 'ab-alias-roster-list';
     const el = document.createElement('div');
     el.className = 'ab-alias-popup';
     el.innerHTML = `
       <div class="ab-alias-popup-title">Also known as — <b>${escHtml(name)}</b></div>
-      <input type="text" class="ab-alias-popup-inp" placeholder="e.g. Garthai, der Fremde" autocomplete="off">
+      <input type="text" class="ab-alias-popup-inp" placeholder="e.g. Garthai, der Fremde — or pick a recognized character below" autocomplete="off" list="${listId}">
+      <datalist id="${listId}">
+        ${otherNames.map(([n, info]) => `<option value="${escHtml(n)}">${escHtml(n)} (${info.count} lines)</option>`).join('')}
+      </datalist>
+      ${otherNames.length ? `<div class="ab-alias-popup-hint">Or merge with an already-found character:</div>
+      <div class="ab-alias-popup-list">
+        ${otherNames.slice(0, 8).map(([n, info]) => `<button type="button" class="ab-alias-merge-opt" data-name="${escHtml(n)}">${escHtml(n)} <span class="ab-alias-merge-count">${info.count}</span></button>`).join('')}
+      </div>` : ''}
       <div class="ab-alias-popup-actions">
         <button type="button" class="btn-secondary btn-sm ab-alias-cancel">Cancel</button>
         <button type="button" class="btn-primary btn-sm ab-alias-save">Add</button>
       </div>`;
     document.body.appendChild(el);
     const rect = anchorEl.getBoundingClientRect();
-    el.style.left = Math.min(rect.left, window.innerWidth - 260) + 'px';
-    el.style.top = Math.min(rect.bottom + 4, window.innerHeight - 120) + 'px';
+    el.style.left = Math.min(rect.left, window.innerWidth - 280) + 'px';
+    el.style.top = Math.min(rect.bottom + 4, window.innerHeight - 340) + 'px';
     const inp = el.querySelector('.ab-alias-popup-inp');
     setTimeout(() => inp.focus(), 30);
-    const save = async () => {
-      const alias = inp.value.trim();
+    const otherByLower = new Map(otherNames.map(([n]) => [n.toLowerCase(), n]));
+    const doSave = async (mergeName) => {
+      const alias = (mergeName || inp.value.trim());
       if (!alias) { _abCloseAliasPopup(); return; }
+      const mergeTarget = otherByLower.get(alias.toLowerCase());
       try {
         const book = window.readerState?.title || '';
         const rec = await clUpsert(book, { name, aliases: alias });
-        if (rec) { registerCharacterRecord(rec); renderRoster(); if (_hlCache) _hlCache.ver = -1; }
-        toast(`"${alias}" added as an alias for ${name}`, 'success');
+        if (rec) { registerCharacterRecord(rec); if (_hlCache) _hlCache.ver = -1; }
+        if (mergeTarget) {
+          // The typed/picked name is an EXISTING roster entry, not just a new
+          // alias string — actually reassign its segments to this character
+          // so the two split roster entries become one, not just a linked
+          // library alias that leaves the live cast still showing both.
+          const n = _abMergeCharacters(mergeTarget, name);
+          toast(n ? `Merged "${mergeTarget}" into ${name} (${n} line${n !== 1 ? 's' : ''})` : `"${alias}" added as an alias for ${name}`, 'success');
+        } else {
+          renderRoster();
+          toast(`"${alias}" added as an alias for ${name}`, 'success');
+        }
       } catch (err) {
         toast('Could not save alias: ' + (err.message || err), 'error');
       }
       _abCloseAliasPopup();
     };
-    el.querySelector('.ab-alias-save').addEventListener('click', save);
+    el.querySelector('.ab-alias-save').addEventListener('click', () => doSave());
     el.querySelector('.ab-alias-cancel').addEventListener('click', () => _abCloseAliasPopup());
+    el.querySelectorAll('.ab-alias-merge-opt').forEach(btn => {
+      btn.addEventListener('click', () => doSave(btn.dataset.name));
+    });
     inp.addEventListener('keydown', e => {
-      if (e.key === 'Enter') { e.preventDefault(); save(); }
+      if (e.key === 'Enter') { e.preventDefault(); doSave(); }
       else if (e.key === 'Escape') { e.preventDefault(); _abCloseAliasPopup(); }
     });
     setTimeout(() => {
@@ -2004,6 +2033,29 @@ STRIKTE FORMAT- UND TEXTREGELN:
     _abAliasPopup = el;
   }
 
+  // Reassign every segment currently attributed to fromName over to intoName
+  // — used when the LLM split one character into two roster entries (e.g.
+  // "Darag" / "Schmied" for the same person) and the user picks the other
+  // entry from the alias popup instead of typing a plain-text alias.
+  function _abMergeCharacters(fromName, intoName) {
+    const active = _abActiveSegments();
+    if (!active.arr.length) return 0;
+    _abPushEditState(active.key, active.arr);
+    let changed = 0;
+    for (const s of active.arr) {
+      if (s.type === 'dialogue' && s.speaker && s.speaker.toLowerCase() === fromName.toLowerCase()) {
+        s.speaker = intoName;
+        changed++;
+      }
+    }
+    if (changed) {
+      _abRecountRoster(active.arr);
+      _abRedrawSegments(active.arr);
+      _abPersistManualEdit();
+    }
+    return changed;
+  }
+
   (async () => {
     const title = window.readerState?.title || '';
     try {
diff --git a/static/js/library-characters.js b/static/js/library-characters.js
index 6240379..93d27bc 100644
--- a/static/js/library-characters.js
+++ b/static/js/library-characters.js
@@ -380,9 +380,9 @@ function _charsTableHtml(chars) {
       + '<td>' + (sh.line_count != null ? sh.line_count : '<span class="lib-chars-tbl-dash">—</span>') + '</td>'
       + '<td>' + (voiceLang ? escHtml(voiceLang) : '<span class="lib-chars-tbl-dash">—</span>') + '</td>'
       + '<td>' + (pct != null ? '<div class="lib-char-align-bar" title="' + pct + '/100"><div class="lib-char-align-dot" style="left:' + pct + '%"></div></div>' : '<span class="lib-chars-tbl-dash">—</span>') + '</td>'
-      + '<td class="lib-chars-tbl-voice">' + (voiceId ? escHtml(voiceId) : '<span class="lib-chars-tbl-dash">Keine Stimme</span>')
-      +   '<button class="lib-char-pick-voice btn-sm">Auswahl</button><button class="lib-char-auto-voice btn-sm">Auto</button></td>'
-      + '<td class="lib-chars-tbl-tags">' + tagList.map(function (t) { return '<span class="cl-tag-chip"><span class="mdi mdi-tag-outline"></span>' + escHtml(t) + '</span>'; }).join('') + '</td>'
+      + '<td class="lib-chars-tbl-voice"><div class="lib-chars-tbl-voice-wrap">' + (voiceId ? escHtml(voiceId) : '<span class="lib-chars-tbl-dash">Keine Stimme</span>')
+      +   '<button class="lib-char-pick-voice btn-sm">Auswahl</button><button class="lib-char-auto-voice btn-sm">Auto</button></div></td>'
+      + '<td class="lib-chars-tbl-tags"><div class="lib-chars-tbl-tags-wrap">' + tagList.map(function (t) { return '<span class="cl-tag-chip"><span class="mdi mdi-tag-outline"></span>' + escHtml(t) + '</span>'; }).join('') + '</div></td>'
       + '<td>' + promptCell('silly_tavern_prompt', 'SillyTavern') + '</td>'
       + '<td>' + promptCell('voice_design_prompt', 'TTS Voice') + '</td>'
       + '<td>' + promptCell('image_prompt', 'Bild') + '</td>'
@@ -390,6 +390,15 @@ function _charsTableHtml(chars) {
       + '</tr>';
   }).join('');
   return '<div class="lib-chars-tbl-wrap"><table class="lib-chars-tbl">'
+    // table-layout:auto put a max-width'd wrapping cell (Tags) at the wrong
+    // physical position — its own header stayed put but the cell rendered
+    // stacked under the previous column instead, a Chromium auto-layout
+    // quirk from mixing content-based and max-width-constrained columns in
+    // the same row. Fixed explicit widths sidestep the whole class of bug.
+    + '<colgroup><col style="width:32px"><col style="width:44px"><col style="width:160px">'
+    + '<col style="width:36px"><col style="width:60px"><col style="width:80px"><col style="width:90px">'
+    + '<col style="width:220px"><col style="width:200px"><col style="width:40px"><col style="width:40px">'
+    + '<col style="width:40px"><col style="width:36px"></colgroup>'
     + '<thead><tr>'
     + '<th></th><th></th><th>Name</th><th title="Geschlecht">⚥</th><th title="Anzahl Zeilen">Zeilen</th><th>Sprache</th>'
     + '<th title="Moralische Gesinnung">Gut/Böse</th><th>Stimme</th><th>Tags</th>'
diff --git a/static/style.css b/static/style.css
index 113d107..b589c60 100644
--- a/static/style.css
+++ b/static/style.css
@@ -569,7 +569,8 @@ audio { width: 100%; }
 
 /* Table view — dense alternative to the card grid for scanning a large cast */
 .lib-chars-tbl-wrap { overflow-x:auto; border:1px solid var(--border); border-radius:8px; }
-.lib-chars-tbl { width:100%; border-collapse:collapse; font-size:12.5px; white-space:nowrap; }
+.lib-chars-tbl { width:100%; min-width:1100px; table-layout:fixed; border-collapse:collapse; font-size:12.5px; white-space:nowrap; }
+.lib-chars-tbl td { overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; }
 .lib-chars-tbl thead th {
   text-align:left; padding:8px 10px; font-size:10.5px; font-weight:800; text-transform:uppercase;
   letter-spacing:.04em; color:var(--subtext); border-bottom:1px solid var(--border); background:var(--panel);
@@ -591,9 +592,13 @@ tr.lib-char-card.lib-chars-tbl-row:hover { transform: none; box-shadow: none; ba
 .lib-chars-tbl-row .lib-char-export { position:static; opacity:1; width:auto; height:auto; border:0; background:none; color:var(--subtext); padding:2px; }
 .lib-chars-tbl-row .lib-char-export:hover { color:var(--accent); background:none; border:0; }
 .lib-chars-tbl-name { font-weight:600; white-space:normal; min-width:120px; }
-.lib-chars-tbl-voice { display:flex; align-items:center; gap:6px; }
+.lib-chars-tbl-voice-wrap { display:flex; align-items:center; gap:6px; }
 .lib-chars-tbl-voice button { padding:2px 7px; font-size:11px; }
-.lib-chars-tbl-tags { white-space:normal; display:flex; flex-wrap:wrap; gap:3px; max-width:220px; }
+/* display:flex directly on a <td> breaks its table-cell layout participation
+   (Chrome renders it detached from the column grid — width/position stop
+   matching its own header entirely). Flex only the inner wrapper instead. */
+.lib-chars-tbl-tags { white-space:normal; max-width:220px; }
+.lib-chars-tbl-tags-wrap { display:flex; flex-wrap:wrap; gap:3px; }
 .lib-chars-tbl-dash { opacity:.4; }
 .lib-chars-tbl-check { display:inline-flex; }
 .lib-chars-tbl-check.is-yes { color:#4caf50; }
@@ -5506,7 +5511,7 @@ code { background: var(--panel); border-radius: 4px; padding: 1px 5px; font-fami
 .ab-cv-side.is-collapsed .ab-char-alias-btn { display: none !important; }
 
 .ab-alias-popup {
-  position: fixed; z-index: 2002; width: 240px;
+  position: fixed; z-index: 2002; width: 260px;
   background: var(--surface); border: 1px solid var(--border); border-radius: var(--radius);
   box-shadow: 0 10px 25px rgba(0,0,0,.35); padding: 10px; display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 8px;
 }
@@ -5517,6 +5522,15 @@ code { background: var(--panel); border-radius: 4px; padding: 1px 5px; font-fami
   border-radius: 6px; background: var(--bg, var(--surface)); color: var(--text); outline: none;
 }
 .ab-alias-popup-inp:focus { border-color: var(--accent); }
+.ab-alias-popup-hint { font-size: 10.5px; color: var(--subtext); text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: .03em; font-weight: 700; margin-top: -2px; }
+.ab-alias-popup-list { display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 2px; max-height: 180px; overflow-y: auto; }
+.ab-alias-merge-opt {
+  display: flex; justify-content: space-between; align-items: center; gap: 8px;
+  padding: 5px 7px; font-size: 12px; border: 1px solid transparent; border-radius: 5px;
+  background: none; color: var(--text); cursor: pointer; text-align: left;
+}
+.ab-alias-merge-opt:hover { background: var(--panel); border-color: var(--border); }
+.ab-alias-merge-count { font-size: 10.5px; color: var(--subtext); font-weight: 700; }
 .ab-alias-popup-actions { display: flex; justify-content: flex-end; gap: 6px; }
 /* Character detail panel inside the casting feed area */
 .ab-char-detail-panel {