Character Tags

A5. Character Tags — Examples (Starting + Earned)

These are ready-to-use Character Tags; each can contribute one Aspect Die when relevant (Section 6.2–6.3).

Starting-style tags (broad):

• "Rail-Hardened"
• "Gutter-Born"
• "Ex-Conscription"
• "Former Cartographer"
• "Temple Runaway"
• "Factory-Broken"
• "Soft-Voiced"
• "Quick Hands"

Earned-by-play tags (specific):

• "Burn-Scarred"
• "Last Line Held"
• "Map of Broken Roads"
• "Knows the Smell of Rot"
• "Debt-Speaker"
• "Sleeps Light, Wakes Violent"
• "Trusted by the Ashen Compact (Uneasy)"
• "Witness to the Unmaking"

Distorted tag examples (same mechanics, harsher framing):

• "Confident Leader" -> "Hardened Commander"
• "Trusted" -> "Feared"
• "Sacred" -> "Profaned"
• "Fortified" -> "Breached"