Creating a Fragment

When it's your turn to send a fragment, follow these steps:

1. Choose Your Medium

Decide what form your fragment takes:

• Letter or journal entry
• Ritual instructions
• Dream or vision
• Map annotation
• Audio recording description
• Shrine inscription
• Psychic echo

2. Ground It in Place and Time

Reference a location on the map (existing or new) and indicate when this fragment originates:

• How long after the last fragment?
• Before or after a specific event?
• In response to what?

3. Make a Change

Every fragment must alter something. Choose one or more:

Minor Changes (most fragments should be this scale):

• Add a new location to the map (settlement, ruin, shrine)
• Reveal a memory or detail about the past
• Shift the emotional tone of your relationship
• Introduce a symbol or recurring image
• Add a question or mystery

Major Changes (use sparingly, 1-2 per game):

• Drastically alter established facts about a location
• Reveal a betrayal or hidden truth
• Permanently transform one of the Windcallers
• Destroy or redeem a major location
• Change the nature of your bond

Forbidden Changes:

• You cannot directly control the other Windcaller's actions or thoughts
• You cannot negate their previous fragment entirely
• You cannot declare their Windcaller dead without agreement

4. Invite Response

End your fragment with something that calls for reply:

• A direct question
• An unfinished ritual
• A symbol requiring interpretation
• A contradiction to resolve
• A location to explore

5. Update the Map

Add your new location or change to the shared map (see Map Generation section).