# Appendix: Tools and Templates

# Echo Tokens Tracker

ECHO TOKENS: ☐ ☐ ☐

    Spent on:
    - ________________________
    - ________________________
    - ________________________

    Regained from:
    - ________________________
    - ________________________
    - ________________________

# Fragment Checklist

Before sending a fragment, verify:

- [ ] It's grounded in a specific place and time
- [ ] It references or responds to the previous fragment
- [ ] It changes something (adds to map, reveals information, shifts tone)
- [ ] It invites a response (question, symbol, mystery)
- [ ] It respects established boundaries
- [ ] Length: 150-400 words or 1-3 minutes audio

# Card-Based Prompts (Optional)

If you're stuck for inspiration, draw a playing card from a standard deck:

### Hearts (♥) — Memory

*Fragments of past connection, longing, and loss.*

1. **Ace** — "I remember your voice, but not your face."
2. **2** — "We stood here once. The wind was calmer then."
3. **3** — "Do you remember the vow we never spoke?"
4. **4** — "I found something you left behind. I don't think you meant to."
5. **5** — "Everyone here remembers you differently. One of them is lying."
6. **6** — "The wind carried your name today. It burned when it touched me."
7. **7** — "I dreamed of a memory I'm not sure is mine."
8. **8** — "This place still echoes with your laughter. Or someone else's."
9. **9** — "I told them the story of our first storm. I changed the ending."
10. **10** — "Something about this ritual feels... familiar. Like you taught it to me."
11. **Jack** — "A child here knows your name, though I never spoke it."
12. **Queen** — "I've rewritten our history three times. This version is truer."
13. **King** — "I forget you on purpose, sometimes. It helps me listen."

### Spades (♠) — Map & Change

*Revelations that alter the world, its geography, or truths.*

1. **Ace** — "This settlement isn't on any map. It was never supposed to be."
2. **2** — "The shrine moved. I swear it."
3. **3** — "I crossed the ridge again. It's gone now."
4. **4** — "The storm wall has shifted. Everything downstream will suffer."
5. **5** — "This place no longer answers to its name."
6. **6** — "The old road you marked now leads to a crater."
7. **7** — "They rebuilt the temple. It faces the wrong direction."
8. **8** — "A new landmark has appeared. It hums your tune."
9. **9** — "The Wraiths are drawing new borders in the sand."
10. **10** — "They renamed the lake after someone else. I said nothing."
11. **Jack** — "I found your trail, but it ends before it begins."
12. **Queen** — "The map we once drew together is folded differently now."
13. **King** — "The storm erased a city. I don't remember which one."

### Clubs (♣) — Ritual & Symbol

*Echoes of the sacred, psychic, or strange.*

1. **Ace** — "I performed the rite from memory. The wind laughed."
2. **2** — "The chimes played a pattern I've never heard before."
3. **3** — "Someone is repeating your rituals incorrectly. It's changing things."
4. **4** — "Your old offering bowl is still here. Empty. Waiting."
5. **5** — "I drew the glyph backwards. It revealed something hidden."
6. **6** — "The stars aligned over the altar. Just like the first time."
7. **7** — "I found a second version of the rite, written in your hand."
8. **8** — "The aurora mirrored your last words. I traced them in salt."
9. **9** — "Your wind-scar tattoo has begun appearing on others."
10. **10** — "The stormglass cracked when I lit the incense. A name escaped."
11. **Jack** — "A child danced the ritual unprompted. No one taught her."
12. **Queen** — "The wind refuses to carry your tune."
13. **King** — "I buried your tool where no one will find it. Unless they're listening."

### Diamonds (♦) — Tone Shifters

*Contradictions, confessions, mood swings, emotional pivots.*

1. **Ace** — "I'm not sure why I'm writing you. Maybe I never was."
2. **2** — "Everything I said before—forget it."
3. **3** — "There is no truth, only ritual."
4. **4** — "I want to believe you didn't mean to lie."
5. **5** — "I'm sorry. But I would do it again."
6. **6** — "I hoped you would never find this."
7. **7** — "Today I don't miss you. I miss who I thought you were."
8. **8** — "I almost erased this. But the wind insisted I send it."
9. **9** — "I've changed. You might not like who I've become."
10. **10** — "I finally understand why you left."
11. **Jack** — "I told them I forgave you. I didn't."
12. **Queen** — "You were right. About the storm. About me."
13. **King** — "I don't need you anymore. That's the worst part."

### Jokers — Storm Interference

Treat as automatic Storm Event, roll on the Storm table immediately.

# Map Template

Draw this structure on a blank page:

               [DAYWARD]
                   |
         ————————— | —————————
        |    TWILIGHT BELT    |
        |    [MERIDIAN]       |
         ————————— | —————————
                   |
              [NIGHTWARD]

Then drop dice to populate with locations.

# Sample Locations by Type

**Ruins (1-2):**

- The Hollowed Archive
- Echo's Fall
- Broken Spire
- Silence Keep
- The Forgetting

**Settlements (3-4):**

- Aetherion (Twilight, major hub)
- Lumina Caverns (Night, Deepkin)
- Harmattan's Reach (Twilight, windward)
- Thermal Gate (Night, geothermal)
- Ridge Watch (Day border, mining)

**Natural Features (5-6):**

- The Glass Fields (Day side, vitrified)
- Aurora Veil Falls (Night, luminous)
- Storm Wall Shrine (Between zones)
- The Deep Roads (Underground network)
- Singing Stones (Twilight, resonant)