The Market of Borrowed Names

Player materials · 1.0.0

At a night market, a baker answers to the mayor’s name and the mayor cannot sign a decree. The name broker’s ledger has gone blank.

Content notice: Identity confusion and consent; players may use temporary titles instead of personal names.

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

The Market of Borrowed Names: Player route mapPublic route map: Market arch connects to Token stall and Tea courtyard; either reaches Broker booth, then Dawn dais. Routes work in both directions. Retrace the route to return. No hidden information is marked.Player route mapMarket arch1Token stall2Tea courtyard3Broker booth4Dawn dais5NPUBLIC ROUTES · CONNECTIONS ARE BIDIRECTIONAL · NOT TO SCALE · 1.0.0

Public route map: Market arch connects to Token stall and Tea courtyard; either reaches Broker booth, then Dawn dais. Routes work in both directions. Retrace the route to return. No hidden information is marked.

Timeline record

Every receipt has a voluntary loan mark and an expiry at dawn.

h-order · 1 copy

Fallback instruction

Ringing END ALL LOANS at dawn returns every name and closes the masquerade.

h-fallback · 1 copy

Method diagram

A receipt’s notch matches its clay voice token; pair them on a hook and speak the return word.

h-method · 1 copy

Destination note

The return ledger is kept at Venn’s booth beside the dusk bell.

h-note · 1 copy

Physical trail

Erasing sand runs from the token stall to a booth with a dusk bell.

h-trail · 1 copy

Witness statement

Hale saw Venn bring the blank ledger into the broker booth.

h-witness · 1 copy

Safety marks

Only the borrower may say RETURN. A friend may hold the paired ribbon, but cannot consent for them.

h-safe · 1 copy