A farm is a place where people live unremarkable lives, deeply rooted in the turning of the seasons and the work that must be done.

This place can always:

• Describe the calm mundanity of everyday life.
• Reveal the thin margins people live on.
• Ask: “Hey, wanna help out?” Give them a token if they pitch in, in whatever way they can.

Choose 2 aesthetic elements. Roll

• Rapscallions and merrymakers
• Crops as far as the eye can see
• Peaceful livestock
• Rusty overgrown weapons of war
• A house you once called home
• A childhood inspiration, now washed-up and pensive
• Something else of your own invention

Choose 1 folklore about this place. Roll

• The Scarecrow That Walked Away
• The Rain of a Hundred Days
• The Apple-girl and Her Loving Parents
• Something else of your own invention

A garden is a place where everyone has plenty and the world is overflowing with gifts.

When you arrive at this place, decide what it has in abundance.

This place can always:

• Describe the abundance all around us.
• Threaten the health and vitality of the abundance.
• Ask: “What do you need most right now?” Give them a token if they can’t find it here.

Choose 2 aesthetic elements. Roll

• Trees overburdened with fruit
• Outrageously large gourds
• Prismatic butterflies
• Carefully-trimmed hedges
• Irrigating fountains
• A friendly soul unfamiliar with the hardship of the world
• Something else of your own invention

Choose 1 folklore about this place. Roll

• The Peach Tree’s Prophetic Blossom
• The Old God in the Old Tree
• The Burning of the Corn Woman
• Something else of your own invention

A market is a place where near-anything can be traded and bartered, and where people from across the Hæth gather with supplies to exchange.

This place can always:

• Describe what you can find here.
• Reveal the consequences of theft.
• Offer someone something they want, at an affordable price. Give them a token if they refuse the offer.

Choose 2 aesthetic elements. Roll

• Show-stopping livestock
• Foreign wares
• Confusing currencies
• Antique relics
• Distant smells
• A familiar crafty merchant
• Something else of your own invention

Choose 1 folklore about this place. Roll

• The Eel Daemon and the Lutist
• The Crow and the Thirty-three Thieves
• The Golden King and How He Lost His Heart
• Something else of your own invention

A monastery is a place where a community gathers to learn from the past and cultivate answers to the complicated questions of the world.

This place can always:

• Describe the rhythm of daily life.
• Show tensions caused by generational divides.
• Ask: “Are you willing to wait to get the answer you seek?” Give them a token if they’re here to wait. Do not tell them the answer either way.

Choose 2 aesthetic elements. Roll

• The hermit’s cottage
• Booming bells
• A simple herb garden
• Scriptorium filled with knowledge
• Underground catacombs

Choose 1 folklore about this place. Roll

• The Generous Mentor and Her Betrayal
• The Janitor and the Secret Lessons He Taught
• The Alabaster Monk
• Something else of your own invention

A tower is a place that reaches so high up to the sky that it feels like it scrapes against the clouds.

This place can always:

• Describe something very small and far away.
• Spread concern around structural stability.
• Make someone dizzy or disoriented, and give them a token.

Choose 2 aesthetic elements. Roll

• Narrow barely-stable entrance
• Winding staircase all the way to the top
• Shining light warning of danger
• Roosting moths in the rafters
• Not enough space for all the clutter
• A Grieving soul responsible for keeping everything in working order
• Something else of your own invention

Choose 1 folklore about this place. Roll

• The Observatory of the Lightning Dancers
• The First of the Moth-towers
• The Ghost That Walks the Stairs
• Something else of your own invention

A workshop is a place where fine crafts and wares are created and given life, and where people value their ability to breathe life into art.

This place can always:

• Describe the process of creation.
• Show conflict between expectations and demand.
• Give someone a token if they work hard and sweat over their creation.

Choose 2 aesthetic elements. Roll

• A whirring loom
• A chugging factory
• A work song
• An important supply line
• A cunning kid too young to be working
• An imaginative craftsperson who made one of your treasures
• Something else of your own invention

Choose 1 folklore about this place. Roll

• The Crafter Who Made Herself a Bride
• The Potter and the Goddess
• The Neverending Tapestry
• Something else of your own invention

A field is a place to lie back, feel the breeze in your fur, and look up at the sky.

This place can always:

• Describe a gentle place to rest.
• Show someone looking for something lost.
• Ask: “Can we look at the clouds together?” Give them a token if they say yes.

Choose 2 aesthetic elements. Roll

• Rustling grass
• A babbling brook
• A solitary tree
• Wild plants and herbs
• Mossy boulders
• A friendly shepherd and their flock
• Something else of your own invention

Choose 1 folklore about this place. Roll

• The Lucky Shepherd’s Friend
• The Barrow-ghosts
• The Dance of the Flower Goddess
• Something else of your own invention

A glen is a place overflowing with creatures and bugs, alive with movement and presence.

This place can always:

• Describe a world teeming with life.
• Show a conflict between wild creatures.
• Introduce a new buggy creature. Give someone a token if they engage with it as an equal.

Choose 2 aesthetic elements. Roll

• Chittering mantises
• Cautious pillbugs
• Massive beetles
• Watchful caterpillars
• Soaring dragonflies
• A feral and remarkable creature that no one has seen for hundreds of years
• Something else of your own invention

Choose 1 folklore about this place. Roll

• The Meadow of the Lightning Dancers
• The Last of the Monarch Butterflies
• The Day the Woods Walked
• Something else of your own invention

A hallow is a sacred place, where gods and mortals mingle.

When you arrive at this place, decide a rule that all must follow.

This place can always:

• Describe the gods that live here and their mystery.
• Offer someone the chance to break this place’s rules to make their life easier.
• Give someone a token when they bend over backwards to respect this place’s rules.

Choose 2 aesthetic elements. Roll

• A well-tended shrine
• A worn-away mask
• Watchful eyes in the shadows
• An unexplainable miracle
• Forgotten offerings
• An old sturdy caretaker-priest
• Something else of your own invention

Choose 1 folklore about this place. Roll

• The Miraculous Teachings of the Old Priest
• The Fifteen Sleeping Gods
• The Maiden and her Salmon-headed Daemon Love
• Something else of your own invention

A hillock is a place in the foothills of a great and looming presence.

This place can always:

• Describe what we stand in the shadows of.
• Show a threat that’s up ahead.
• Ask: “What are you worried lies up ahead?” and give them a token if they’re right.

Choose 2 aesthetic elements. Roll

• A sheltered valley
• Strange piles of stones
• A deep gorge
• Scattered fragments of civilization
• Evidence of distant strangeness
• A quiet foreigner from higher-up
• Something else of your own invention

Choose 1 folklore about this place. Roll

• The Goat Who Slept for a Hundred Years
• The Fallen Star and the Stories She Told
• The Hidden Treasure of the Hyena-king
• Something else of your own invention

A lagoon is a place of contemplation, introspection, and self-reflection.

This place can always:

• Describe the water and all the tiny creatures that live in it.
• Make matters worse through people’s inaction.
• Ask: “What have you been thinking about lately?” and give them a token for their thoughts.

Choose 2 aesthetic elements. Roll

• Mossy stones
• A hidden grotto
• A glorious waterfall
• A rare and mysterious flower
• A well-worn path
• A watchful creature who hides from the outside
• Something else of your own invention

Choose 1 folklore about this place. Roll

• The Gifting of the Heavenblade
• The Teacher Who Lives Within the Rocks
• The Waterfall’s Broken Heart
• Something else of your own invention

A swamp is a place where the air is as thick as the mud.

This place can always:

• Describe the heaviness of the world.
• Show tension caused by stagnation.
• Bog someone down, and give them a token.

Choose 2 aesthetic elements. Roll

• Muck and mire
• A pungent stench
• A heavy fog
• Wriggling worms
• A sinking feeling
• A cunning and tricksy spirit offering to help
• Something else of your own invention

Choose 1 folklore about this place. Roll

• The Treacherous Lights Deep In The Dark
• The Traveling Bog
• The Shrewish Witch And Her Magic Cabin
• Something else of your own invention

A bridge is a passage from one place to the next.

This place can always:

• Describe the distance to the other side.
• Push something off the edge.
• Offer someone an easier way. Give someone a token if they don’t take it.

Choose 2 aesthetic elements. Roll

• Ancient engineering
• Rickety planks
• A sudden drop
• A tollbooth
• Churning waters far below
• A mighty creature hiding underneath
• Something else of your own invention

Choose 1 folklore about this place. Roll

• The Bargain Of The Flat-Faced Bass Daemon
• The Path Carved By The Giant-King
• The Fox And Toad Crossing
• Something else of your own invention

An island is a place kept secret and separate from the rest of the Hæth.

When you arrive at this place, decide what makes it feel different than what you’re used to.

This place can always:

• Describe the comfort of an isolated world.
• Show conflict caused by isolation.
• Give someone a token when they respect this place’s difference.

Choose 2 aesthetic elements. Roll

• A concealed entrance
• A forbidden secret
• A hidden gem
• A looming god
• An inquisitive kid who has never seen the outside world
• A proper leader who is afraid of the outside world
• Something else of your own invention

Choose 1 folklore about this place. Roll

• The Cave Where The Storms Stay At Night
• The First Survivor To Wash Ashore
• The Faith Of The White Dress
• Something else of your own invention

A lake is a vast body of water that spans an overwhelming distance.

This place can always:

• Describe the beauty of the water.
• Wash something strange up on shore.
• Bring someone somewhere completely unexpected, and give them a token.

Choose 2 aesthetic elements. Roll

• Huge churning waves
• Sandy coastline
• Flotsam and jetsam
• Striders darting across the surface
• Barnacle-covered rocks
• A nearby vessel you weren’t expecting to see
• Something else of your own invention

Choose 1 folklore about this place. Roll

• The Kraken From The Deep
• The Salmon With Three Wishes
• The Hubris Of The Warthog Captain
• Something else of your own invention

A port is the gateway through which the whole world opens up to you.

This place can always:

• Describe the ships and where they go.
• Show the dangers of a fragile lifestyle.
• Ask: “Can I take you somewhere you’ve never been before?” Give them a token if they accept.

Choose 2 aesthetic elements. Roll

• Chunky barges
• Hot air balloons
• Jetties and docks
• Fidgeting hoppers
• Smug captains
• An adventurous buddy you once wandered the world with
• Something else of your own invention

Choose 1 folklore about this place. Roll

• The Headless Spirit Of The Dockyard
• The Boat That Would Not Sink
• The Eastern Mist And The Trouble It Brings
• Something else of your own invention

A road is a place that exists for traveling through.

This place can always:

• Describe something passing by.
• Keep someone from getting where they’re trying to go.
• Push someone forward, and give them a token.

Choose 2 aesthetic elements. Roll

• Cairns along the path
• Litter in the gutters
• A lively waterway
• Grooves in the ground
• A friendly caravan
• An old relaxed comrade heading in a different direction
• Something else of your own invention

Choose 1 folklore about this place. Roll

• The Day The Hounddog Met His Double
• The Possum Made Of Mist
• The Pact Of The Crossroads Shrine
• Something else of your own invention

A tavern is a place of simple comfort, often settled into while on the journey from one land to the next.

This place can always:

• Describe a small comfort.
• Sow confusion amongst the disoriented.
• Offer someone comfort and amenities, at a price. Give them a token if they refuse your offer.

Choose 2 aesthetic elements. Roll

• Dry places to sleep
• Huge fireplace with a big pot of stew
• Barrels and barrels of mead
• Great hall jam-packed with layabouts
• Bar rat with a secret identity
• A cheerful innkeep who you once called family
• Something else of your own invention

Choose 1 folklore about this place. Roll

• The Night The Old King Drank Here
• The Cat With The Magic Ale
• How The Old Wombat Outdrank The Slobbering God
• Something else of your own invention

A carnival is a place full of celebration, decadence, and excitement.

This place can always:

• Describe the lights and the crowds.
• Demand attention and adoration.
• Ask: “What will lure you deeper into the chaos?” Give them a token if they follow it.

Choose 2 aesthetic elements. Roll

• Strange actors
• Extravagant displays of excess
• A mysterious performance
• A hungry crowd
• Masquerade accoutrements
• A glamorous friend who has reinvented themself
• Something else of your own invention

Choose 1 folklore about this place. Roll

• The Girl With A Thousand Masks
• The Neverending Wine Glass
• The Slobbering God And The Immorality Feast
• Something else of your own invention

A castle is a place designed to keep everything else far outside its walls.

This place can always:

• Describe the walls that surround us.
• Spread worry about a distant threat.
• Keep someone from entering, and give them a token.

Choose 2 aesthetic elements. Roll

• Long shadows
• Trophies from long-forgotten wars
• Watchtowers
• A secret heart
• The crest of a distant monarch
• A furious administrator who oversees all
• Something else of your own invention

Choose 1 folklore about this place. Roll

• The Murdered Brother
• The Ghost On The Parapets
• The Lost Empire Of The Brick-Layers
• Something else of your own invention

A furnace burns hot with the force of furious and creative fire.

This place can always:

• Describe the stifling heat.
• Raise tensions caused by intolerable conditions.
• Ask: “Will you forge what once was broken?” Give them a token if they try their best.

Choose 2 aesthetic elements. Roll

• A seething, flaming forge
• Walls of iron tools
• Ornate glassworks
• A legendary blade, left unfinished
• An imaginative apprentice still learning the craft
• A mighty smith with a burning grudge
• Something else of your own invention

Choose 1 folklore about this place. Roll

• The Eternal Forge And Its Iron Servants
• The Heavenblade And Its Construction
• The Binding Of The Slobbering God
• Something else of your own invention

A metropolis is a place where a lot of people live and where many communities sit side-by-side.

This place can always:

• Describe the diversity and variety of people.
• Show conflict between differing needs and worldviews.
• Tell someone they’re lost, and give them a token.

Choose 2 aesthetic elements. Roll

• Tall ramshackle apartments
• Curving arches
• Cobblestone streets
• Laundry hanging from windows
• More people than you’ve ever met before
• The enclave of a community you’re proud to consider yourself part of
• Something else of your own invention

Choose 1 folklore about this place. Roll

• The Truce Of The Three Gods
• The Night-Goat Of Vermilion Street
• The Giant Scorpions In The Sewer
• Something else of your own invention

A palace is a place ruled by power. It is beautiful, yet empty.

When you arrive at this place, decide who claims to rule it, and who really rules it.

This place can always:

• Describe the stunning splendor of the world.
• Show the aftermath of a conflict between its two rulers.
• Ask: “What here makes you feel small?” and give them a token.

Choose 2 aesthetic elements. Roll

• Glorious halls
• Many colorful flags
• Resounding trumpets
• A crystal crown
• A gleaming throne
• The young and ‡royal heir dreaming of freedom
• Something else of your own invention

Choose 1 folklore about this place. Roll

• The Throne Of Crystal And Its Many Lies
• The King Who Killed A God
• The Crumbling Dynasty Of The Floating Mountain
• Something else of your own invention

A university is a place where many gather to learn from ancient texts.

This place can always:

• Describe the vast amount of knowledge still left to learn.
• Show conflict between differing philosophies or viewpoints.
• Ask: “Do you want to learn a difficult or painful truth?” Give them a token if they listen.

Choose 2 aesthetic elements. Roll

• Grassy campus quad
• Too-small dormitories
• Vast banquet hall with many long tables
• Statues of the founders in all their glory
• An inquisitive and hopeful kid who doesn’t want to be here
• A •witchy professor whom you once called a mentor
• Something else of your own invention

Choose 1 folklore about this place. Roll

• The Founders And Their Petty Squabbles
• The Forbidden Society Of The Theatre Hall
• That One Prank That Got Far Too Out Of Hand
• Something else of your own invention

A cave is a place fundamentally connected to the core of the earth, its wisdom, and its tenebrous secrets.

This place can always:

• Describe the beauty of the deepest shadows of the world.
• Swallow something into the dark.
• Ask: “Will you wander ever deeper?” Give them a token if they say yes.

Choose 2 aesthetic elements. Roll

• Darkness deeper than you expected
• A bridge from this world to the next
• Petroglyphs
• Countless fungi
• The voice of faraway winds
• A cautious hermit
• Something else of your own invention

Choose 1 folklore about this place. Roll

• The Tapping On The Walls
• The First Art And The Stories It Tells
• The Sleeping God At The Bottom Of The World
• Something else of your own invention

A graveyard is a place of death, where the lost are buried.

This place can always:

• Describe the weight of the past.
• Show someone disrespecting the history of this place.
• Ask: “Will you tell us a story no one else could tell?” Give them a token if they do.

Choose 2 aesthetic elements. Roll

• Scattered cairns
• Melted candles
• Gravestones
• Mysterious lights
• Deep and profound silence
• An old forgotten friend, now ‡dead
• Something else of your own invention

Choose 1 folklore about this place. Roll

• The Candlelit Council And Their Warning
• The Day The Dead Danced With Us
• The Mist Rabbit And Her Rictus Grin
• Something else of your own invention

A mirage is a place that doesn’t really exist.

This place can always:

• Describe something too good to be true.
• Show someone lost in their folly.
• Decide if something in front of someone is real, and then ask: “Do you believe what you see?” Give them a token if they’re wrong.

Choose 2 aesthetic elements. Roll

• Too-vivid flowers
• Too-shining ramparts
• Too-verdant plantlife
• Too-satisfying food
• Too-beautiful music
• Too-friendly memory of a person
• Something else of your own invention

Choose 1 folklore about this place. Roll

• The Palace Of The Saccharine Dead
• The City Of Restless Dreams
• The Emperor’s False Promise To His Adoring Lover
• Something else of your own invention

A mirror is a place that reflects you back onto yourself.

This place can always:

• Describe what looks back.
• Reflect back something someone didn’t want to see.
• Ask: “What is it about your reflection that unnerves you?” and give them a token.

Choose 2 aesthetic elements. Roll

• Glassy water
• Salt flats
• Perfect calmness
• Scratches in the reflection
• The sensation of an unfinished world
• Your doppelganger
• Something else of your own invention

Choose 1 folklore about this place. Roll

• The March Of The Countless Footsteps
• The Ghost Whose Name Cannot Be Spoken
• The Very Edge Of The World Itself
• Something else of your own invention

A moor is a quiet place, where sharp winds whistle through a stretched-out landscape.

This place can always:

• Describe what makes someone feel lonely.
• Hint at something eerie.
• Ask: “What weighs on your mind?” Give them a token if they give a satisfying answer.

Choose 2 aesthetic elements. Roll

• Distant wasp-caws
• Patches of wetland
• A thin mist
• Gnarled trees
• A shiver down your back
• A nervous teen sneaking away for their love
• Something else of your own invention

Choose 1 folklore about this place. Roll

• The Devil-Dog And Its Prey
• The Heron And Her Murdered Lover
• The Lost Army Of The First Queen
• Something else of your own invention

A wilderness is a place that holds nature close to its heart, closer than any mortal that dwells within.

This place can always:

• Describe something massive, sublime, and uncaring.
• Show the challenges caused by living with nature.
• Say: “Get out of the way!” and give everyone who does a token. Describe what enormous thundering force nearly strikes them down.

Choose 2 aesthetic elements. Roll

• Tangled undergrowth
• Trees older than any empire
• Something bigger than you’ve ever imagined
• Territorial bugs
• A pristine waterfall
• A creature assumed to be extinct
• Something else of your own invention

Choose 1 folklore about this place. Roll

• The God Of All The Forests
• The Forest Spirits And Their Mockery
• The Song At The Heart Of All Things
• Something else of your own invention

A desert is an empty place, without any of what you want or need.

This place can always:

• Describe the emptiness of the world.
• Show someone lost and wandering.
• Tell someone the path will be longer and more treacherous than they thought, and give them a token.

Choose 2 aesthetic elements. Roll

• Sand that goes on forever
• Floating pillars of stone
• A bitter chill
• The harsh sun
• The horizon line
• A starving pilgrim with murky intentions
• Something else of your own invention

Choose 1 folklore about this place. Roll

• The Ghost-Storm And The Lost Caravan
• The Opah Daemon’s Whispers To The Wandering Prophet
• The Impossible Rain
• Something else of your own invention

A labyrinth is a tangled maze used to trick, imprison, and confuse.

This place can always:

• Describe the vast sprawl of the maze.
• Disorient and confuse those attempting to travel.
• Give someone two options, neither of which is correct, and give them a token.

Choose 2 aesthetic elements. Roll

• Stone walls
• Tangled paths
• Unexpected hazards
• Chalk-marked directions
• A lost innocent at the heart of it all
• A heroic guide who might not be helpful
• Something else of your own invention

Choose 1 folklore about this place. Roll

• The Crow Inventor And Her Wax Wings
• The Paths That Grow Of Their Own Accord
• The Ninety-Nine Wailing Minnow Daemons
• Something else of your own invention

A maelstrom is a great and chaotic storm, full of winds and terrifying forces.

This place can always:

• Describe the storm that threatens us.
• Smash something against the rocks.
• Rip something away from someone, and give them a token.

Choose 2 aesthetic elements. Roll

• Churning skies
• Howling winds
• Screeching wasps
• Bolts of lightning
• Flying debris
• A mighty god spotted only in brief moments
• Something else of your own invention

Choose 1 folklore about this place. Roll

• The Fury Of The North Wind God
• The Lightning Dancers And Their Beautiful War
• The Queen Who Ripped A Hole In The World
• Something else of your own invention

A mountain is a place where the earth meets the sky.

This place can always:

• Describe what can be seen from way up here.
• Show someone pushed to desperate extremes.
• Isolate someone from everyone else, and give them a token.

Choose 2 aesthetic elements. Roll

• Sharp cliffs
• A treacherous path
• A lonely flower
• A sign someone was here once
• An even higher summit
• A cautious creature hiding just out of sight
• Something else of your own invention

Choose 1 folklore about this place. Roll

• The Elk King Feasting Beneath The Hills
• The North Wind God And What He Taught Us
• Where The Gentle Giants Fought
• Something else of your own invention

A ruin is a once-gleaming place that has fallen into disrepair and collapse.

This place can always:

• Describe what used to be here before.
• Show consequences for the actions of the past.
• Ask: “Do you know what once mattered here?” Give them a token if they don’t.

Choose 2 aesthetic elements. Roll

• Crumbling pillars
• Fragments of pottery and bone
• Abandoned blades
• Monuments to arrogance
• The foundations of something massive
• The last ‡grieving survivor of an ancient time
• Something else of your own invention

Choose 1 folklore about this place. Roll

• The Snowblanket Estate Of The Last Great Empress
• The Crypt Of The Dragons
• The Desecrated Temple Of The Slobbering God
• Something else of your own invention

A waste is a place that life has abandoned.

This place can always:

• Describe the barren earth.
• Keep something from growing or changing.
• Ask: “What do you see here that breaks your heart?” and give them a token.

Choose 2 aesthetic elements. Roll

• Dead trees
• Tiny struggling saplings
• Dull skies
• Craters blasted in the ground
• Wisps of smoke
• A fragile people wandering the lonely world
• Something else of your own invention

Choose 1 folklore about this place. Roll

• The Curse Of The Lonely King
• The Corpse Of The Slobbering God Itself
• Where The Apocalypse Will Someday Ignite
• Something else of your own invention