diff --git a/app/Models/Article.php b/app/Models/Article.php
index 001efc6..af13995 100644
--- a/app/Models/Article.php
+++ b/app/Models/Article.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace App\Models;
 
+use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\BelongsTo;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ class Article extends Model
         'body',
         'published_at',
         'header_image_url',
-        'path_to_markdown_source',
+        'markdown_body',
         'processed_at',
     ];
 
@@ -31,4 +32,12 @@ class Article extends Model
     {
         return $this->belongsTo(Author::class);
     }
+
+    public function convertMarkdownToMarkup()
+    {
+        $this->body = Str::of($this->markdown_body)->markdown([
+            'html_input' => 'strip',
+            'allow_unsafe_links' => false,
+        ]);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/database/factories/ArticleFactory.php b/database/factories/ArticleFactory.php
index 232de60..63f5d27 100644
--- a/database/factories/ArticleFactory.php
+++ b/database/factories/ArticleFactory.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace Database\Factories;
 
 use App\Models\Author;
+use App\Models\Article;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\Factory;
 
 /**
@@ -10,11 +11,28 @@ use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\Factory;
  */
 class ArticleFactory extends Factory
 {
+    /**
+     * Configure the model factory.
+     */
+    public function configure(): static
+    {
+        return $this->afterMaking(function (Article $article) {
+            $article->convertMarkdownToMarkup();
+        })->afterCreating(function (Article $article) {
+            // ...
+        });
+    }
+
     /**
      * The current User being used by the factory.
      */
     protected static Author $author;
 
+    /**
+     * The current Markdown body being used by the factory.
+     */
+    protected static string $markdown_body;
+
     /**
      * Define the model's default state.
      *
@@ -27,10 +45,10 @@ class ArticleFactory extends Factory
             'slug' => fake()->unique()->slug(),
             'author_id' => static::$author->id ??= Author::factory()->create()->id,
             'subtitle' => fake()->sentence(),
-            'body' => fake()->paragraphs(2, true),
+            'body' => '', // We'll update it after making using the on-Model method
             'published_at' => fake()->date('Y-m-d H:m:s', now()->addDays(rand(0,20))),
             'header_image_url' => fake()->imageUrl(),
-            'path_to_markdown_source' => fake()->name(),
+            'markdown_body' => $this->generateMarkdown(),
             'processed_at' => fake()->date('Y-m-d H:m:s'),
         ];
     }
@@ -49,4 +67,24 @@ class ArticleFactory extends Factory
             'author_id' => $author->id,
         ]);
     }
+
+    private function generateMarkdown()
+    {
+        $markdown_result = '';
+
+        foreach(range(1,rand(15,45)) as $index) {
+            $dice_roll = rand(0,100);
+
+            if($dice_roll <= 50) { // Make a SubTitle
+                $markdown_result .= '# ' . fake()->words(rand(1,5), true) . '\n';
+            } elseif ($dice_roll <= 100) { // Make a paragraph
+                $markdown_result .= fake()->sentences(rand(2,5), true) . '\n';
+            }
+
+            // Always append a new line
+            $markdown_result .= '\n';
+        }
+
+        return $markdown_result;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/database/migrations/2024_02_05_014414_create_articles_table.php b/database/migrations/2024_02_05_014414_create_articles_table.php
index 4c77c9b..5b81d37 100644
--- a/database/migrations/2024_02_05_014414_create_articles_table.php
+++ b/database/migrations/2024_02_05_014414_create_articles_table.php
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ return new class extends Migration
 
             $table->string('header_image_url', 255)->nullable();
 
-            // The path on the server disk to the original markdown file.
-            $table->string('path_to_markdown_source');
+            // The original, markdown version of the article body
+            $table->longText('markdown_body');
 
             // The dateTime when the original markdown file was parsed and the
             // HTML body was generated (among other things)