diff --git a/Navmesher/esx_reader.cpp b/Navmesher/esx_reader.cpp
index edd8db5..214ce6a 100644
--- a/Navmesher/esx_reader.cpp
+++ b/Navmesher/esx_reader.cpp
@@ -2,8 +2,104 @@
 
 using namespace esxr;
 
+Node read_unknown_record(std::istream &in);
+
 [[nodiscard]] Header esxr::read_header(std::istream &in)
 {
         return read_header_impl<directly_readable>(in);
 }
 
+[[nodiscard]] std::size_t data_size(const RecordHeader& header) noexcept
+{
+        return header.size;
+}
+
+[[nodiscard]] std::size_t data_size(const GroupHeader& header) noexcept
+{
+        return header.size - header_size;
+}
+
+[[nodiscard]] std::streamsize data_ssize(const RecordHeader& header) noexcept
+{
+        return static_cast<std::streamsize>(data_size(header));
+}
+
+[[nodiscard]] std::streamsize data_ssize(const GroupHeader& header) noexcept
+{
+        return static_cast<std::streamsize>(data_size(header));
+}
+
+[[nodiscard]] std::size_t node_size(const RecordNode& node) noexcept
+{
+        return node.header.size + header_size;
+}
+
+[[nodiscard]] std::size_t node_size(const GroupNode& node) noexcept
+{
+        return node.header.size;
+}
+
+[[nodiscard]] std::streamsize node_ssize(const RecordNode& node) noexcept
+{
+        return static_cast<std::streamsize>(node_size(node));
+}
+
+[[nodiscard]] std::streamsize node_ssize(const GroupNode& node) noexcept
+{
+        return static_cast<std::streamsize>(node_size(node));
+}
+
+[[nodiscard]] std::streamsize node_ssize(const Node& node)
+{
+        return std::visit(utility::overloaded{
+                [](const GroupNode &node) { return node_ssize(node); },
+                [](const RecordNode &node) { return node_ssize(node); },
+        }, node);
+}
+
+Node read_record(RecordHeader header, std::istream &in)
+{
+        std::vector<char> data(data_size(header));
+        in.read(data.data(), data_ssize(header));
+        return { RecordNode{ header, std::move(data) } };
+}
+
+Node read_group(GroupHeader header, std::istream &in)
+{
+        std::vector<Node> children{};
+        auto remaining = data_ssize(header);
+        while (remaining > 0) {
+                children.emplace_back(read_unknown_record(in));
+                remaining -= node_ssize(children.back());
+        }
+        if (remaining < 0)
+                throw std::runtime_error("Read past end of group data.");
+        return { GroupNode{ header, std::move(children) } };
+}
+
+Node read_unknown_record(std::istream &in)
+{
+        auto header_variant = read_header(in);
+        struct visitor {
+                std::istream *in_ptr;
+                Node operator()(RecordHeader h) {
+                        return read_record(h, *in_ptr);
+                }
+                Node operator()(GroupHeader h) {
+                        return read_group(h, *in_ptr);
+                }
+        };
+        return std::visit(visitor{ &in }, std::move(header_variant));
+}
+
+[[nodiscard]] RootNode esxr::read_esx(std::istream &in, std::size_t file_size)
+{
+        RootNode root{};
+        auto remaining = static_cast<std::streamsize>(file_size);
+        while (remaining != 0) {
+                root.children.emplace_back(read_unknown_record(in));
+                remaining -= node_ssize(root.children.back());
+        }
+        return root;
+}
+
diff --git a/Navmesher/esx_reader.hpp b/Navmesher/esx_reader.hpp
index f845dc0..2b99ef6 100644
--- a/Navmesher/esx_reader.hpp
+++ b/Navmesher/esx_reader.hpp
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ namespace esxr {
 // Forward declarations
 //
 
-class GroupNode;
-class RecordNode;
+struct RecordNode;
+struct GroupNode;
 
 //
 // Enumerations
@@ -135,16 +135,18 @@ struct RecordHeader {
 using Node = std::variant<GroupNode, RecordNode>;
 using Header = std::variant<RecordHeader, GroupHeader>;
 
-class GroupNode {
-private:
-        GroupHeader m_header;
-        std::vector<Node> m_children;
+struct RootNode {
+        std::vector<Node> children;
 };
 
-class RecordNode {
-private:
-        RecordHeader m_header;
-        std::vector<std::byte> data;
+struct GroupNode {
+        GroupHeader header;
+        std::vector<Node> children;
+};
+
+struct RecordNode {
+        RecordHeader header;
+        std::vector<char> data;
 };
 
 //
@@ -159,6 +161,7 @@ private:
 [[nodiscard]] std::optional<std::string_view> refr_flag_to_description(RefrFlag refr_flag) noexcept;
 
 [[nodiscard]] Header read_header(std::istream &in);
+[[nodiscard]] RootNode read_esx(std::istream &in, std::size_t file_size);
 
 // Convert a compatible C string to a FourCC (e.g. "LITR")
 static consteval FourCC fourcc_from_cstr(const char(&a)[5]) noexcept
diff --git a/Navmesher/esx_reader_impl.hpp b/Navmesher/esx_reader_impl.hpp
index 24ba0cc..e6773b0 100644
--- a/Navmesher/esx_reader_impl.hpp
+++ b/Navmesher/esx_reader_impl.hpp
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ namespace esxr {
 //
 
 static constexpr auto esx_endianness = std::endian::little;
-static constexpr std::streamsize header_size = 24;
-static constexpr bool same_endianness = std::endian::native == esx_endianness;
+static constexpr std::size_t header_size = 24;
 
 template <typename T, size_t N>
 concept packed = sizeof(T) == N;
@@ -19,8 +18,11 @@ concept packed = sizeof(T) == N;
 template <typename T>
 concept packed_header = packed<T, static_cast<std::size_t>(header_size)>;
 
+template <typename T, std::endian e>
+concept directly_serializable = (std::endian::native == e) && std::is_trivially_copyable_v<T> && std::is_standard_layout_v<T>;
+
 template <typename T>
-concept directly_readable_header = packed_header<T> && same_endianness;
+concept directly_readable_header = packed_header<T> && directly_serializable<T, esx_endianness>;
 
 constexpr bool directly_readable = directly_readable_header<UnknownHeader> && directly_readable_header<GroupHeader> && directly_readable_header<RecordHeader>;
 
diff --git a/Navmesher/main.cpp b/Navmesher/main.cpp
index 1b768cc..f88034f 100644
--- a/Navmesher/main.cpp
+++ b/Navmesher/main.cpp
@@ -4,36 +4,28 @@
 #include <fstream>
 #include <filesystem>
 
-static constexpr auto esm_name = "Skyrim.esm";
+static constexpr auto esx_name = "Skyrim.esm";
 
-/* Propagated Exceptions:
- * - std::bad_alloc
- * - std::filesystem::filesystem_error
- * - std::ios_base::failure
- */
-[[nodiscard]] static std::ifstream open_esm(void)
+
+[[nodiscard]] std::filesystem::path esm_path(void)
 {
-        std::filesystem::path cwd = std::filesystem::current_path();
-        auto esm_path = cwd / esm_name;
-        auto esm_fs = std::ifstream(esm_path, std::ios::binary);
+        auto cwd = std::filesystem::current_path();
+        return cwd / esx_name;
+}
+
+[[nodiscard]] static std::ifstream open_esx(std::filesystem::path path)
+{
+        auto esm_fs = std::ifstream(path, std::ios::binary);
         if (esm_fs.fail())
                 throw std::ios_base::failure("Could not open the esm file for reading.");
         return esm_fs;
 }
 
-void print_type(esxr::FourCC fcc)
-{
-        auto type = esxr::fourcc_to_record_type(fcc).value();
-        auto name = esxr::record_type_to_name(type);
-        std::cout << name.value() << '\n';
-}
-
 int main()
 {
-        auto esm_fs = open_esm();
-        auto header_variant = esxr::read_header(esm_fs);
-        std::visit(utility::overloaded {
-                [](const esxr::RecordHeader &h) { print_type(h.type); },
-                [](const esxr::GroupHeader& h) { print_type(h.grup); },
-        }, header_variant);
+        auto path = esm_path();
+        auto size = std::filesystem::file_size(path);
+        auto stream = open_esx(path);
+        auto root = esxr::read_esx(stream, size);
+        return 0;
 }