5
Chaos
The eight events the compass can throw
Eight Chaos instruments. ROUGH DRAFT. Cycle events and hazards. Rupture text is eligible at Chaos 4–5. Breaking Point is not a card — it is the stop at 6, treated in the Chaos Atlas.
| No. | Name | Timing | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 057 | Aether Storm | Cycle event | ROUGH |
| 058 | Blood Moon | Cycle event | ROUGH |
| 059 | Failed Harvest | Cycle event | ROUGH |
| 060 | Border Massacre | Two neighboring Houses | ROUGH |
| 061 | Veil Breach | Hazard • center marker | ROUGH |
| 062 | The Unquiet Dead | Hazard • nearest uncontrolled site | ROUGH |
| 063 | Shattered Roads | Cycle event | ROUGH |
| 064 | Council in Panic | Cycle event | ROUGH |
Cycle event
Special movement requires D20 + Insight 11; failure cancels the special move only. Rupture: related infrastructure inactive next cycle.
UV: The sky forgets which direction is real.
Cycle event
First successful attack each turn gains +1 weapon damage before Armor. Rupture: first Downed begins with one rescue turn spent.
UV: Every wound shines beneath the red witness.
Cycle event
Surplus +2 becomes +1; sites normal. Rupture: Neutral +1 becomes 0.
UV: Empty fields speak louder than armies.
Two neighboring Houses
Each spends 1 Influence or enters Declared Rivalry; if both spend, remove 1 Chaos. Rupture: cost 2; passage suspended.
UV: Fear invents an enemy before dawn.
Hazard • center marker
Special actions within 2 require Insight 11. Adjacent Command, Insight 14, seals. Rupture radius 3; failed seal wounds; sealing removes 1 Chaos.
UV: Something outside the realm has looked inward.
Hazard • nearest uncontrolled site
Entering requires Might or Insight 11; failure ends Traverse. Rupture failure also wounds. Two successful Commands clear; activate next cycle.
UV: The abandoned do not remain unclaimed.
Cycle event
Movement 5–6 counts as 4; Wayline chooses two but max 4. Rupture: all Traverse −1, minimum 1; Waylines inactive.
UV: The earth closes roads it no longer trusts.
Cycle event
Maximum one active Accord this cycle; extras suspended without betrayal. Rupture: new Accords cost proposer 1 Order; Grand Concord unavailable.
UV: When the council trembles, the realm fractures.