# What the Map Represents

The map in *Echoes in the Wind* is not a traditional geographic tool. It represents the **psychic landscape** of your story—the places that matter to your Windcallers, weighted by memory and emotion.

Physical locations appear on this map only if they carry narrative significance. A major settlement might be absent if neither Windcaller has ties to it, while a small shrine could dominate the map if it's where you last saw each other.

The map is **mutable**. Locations shift. Names change. Places that were real might become metaphorical. The map erodes and transforms with each fragment, mirroring the unstable nature of memory across distance.