Hearts (♥) — Community & Culture
Hearts represent the human element: relationships, traditions, celebrations, conflicts, memory. This is the internal social life of the settlement—how people connect, clash, remember, and create meaning together.
Typical prompts involve:
- Interpersonal relationships (friendships, romances, rivalries, family)
- Cultural practices (festivals, ceremonies, wind-songs, storytelling)
- Memory and history (Earth traditions, elder stories, preserved customs)
- Community gatherings (celebrations, councils, shared meals)
- Internal tensions (factional disagreements, generational gaps, value conflicts)
- Education and transmission (teaching children, passing knowledge, mentorship)
- Identity questions (who are we? what do we preserve? how do we change?)
Example prompts:
- 2♥: A child asks an elder to teach them an Earth language
- 5♥: Two factions disagree over how to celebrate an upcoming festival
- 8♥: A beloved community member considers leaving for another settlement
- 10♥: A marriage ceremony between Earth Rememberer and Duskara-Born becomes flashpoint for wider tensions