Things Nearly Everyone Knows
- Roads can become unreliable near old or unstable places.
- The Axiom Ward responds to serious magical or reality disturbances.
- Cartographers record uncertainty as carefully as destinations.
- Local customs sometimes preserve practical safety rules.
- A confident stranger who ignores local warnings is usually about to become a story.
Common Rumors
- The Cartographers’ Guild owns maps that show places before they exist.
- Some members of the Axiom Ward wear masks because they have seen incompatible versions of their own faces.
- The Crooked Smile is only a children’s story.
- The Crooked Smile is absolutely not only a children’s story.
- Some people remember histories that no longer happened.
Background Knowledge
A character may know additional information based on profession, homeland, faction ties, religion, or personal history.