The Cartographer's Last Door

Player materials · 1.0.0

A new door appears on a finished map. Its cartographer went through yesterday; today the map begins erasing the roads behind him.

Content notice: Displacement and forgotten journeys; use a lost trading route if preferred.

These cards contain discoveries. Your GM will hand them out as you find them. Keep unrevealed cards face down.

The Cartographer's Last Door: Player route mapPublic route map: Map room connects to Ink shop and Old milestone; either reaches Paper threshold, then Unfinished road. Routes work in both directions. Retrace the route to return. No hidden information is marked.Player route mapMap room1Ink shop2Old milestone3Paper threshold4Unfinished road5NPUBLIC ROUTES · CONNECTIONS ARE BIDIRECTIONAL · NOT TO SCALE · 1.0.0

Public route map: Map room connects to Ink shop and Old milestone; either reaches Paper threshold, then Unfinished road. Routes work in both directions. Retrace the route to return. No hidden information is marked.

Timeline record

Roads vanish around one unlabelled blank, not across the whole map.

h-order · 1 copy

Fallback instruction

Fold the threshold along its existing seam and secure it with fixative.

h-fallback · 1 copy

Method diagram

The old milestone records the path’s shared public name: Shelter Road.

h-method · 1 copy

Destination note

Olin’s note: I am at the paper threshold; follow the unfinished line.

h-note · 1 copy

Physical trail

Footprints in lifted ink lead from the milestone to the paper door.

h-trail · 1 copy

Witness statement

Uma saw Olin enter the blank door carrying a signpost.

h-witness · 1 copy

Safety marks

A traveller may cross only while another holds the map edge; the milestone line is constant.

h-safe · 1 copy