Ashcross is a crossroads town built atop an ancient squared ruin where every tile bears cracks, engraved runes, and collapsed masonry, presented as a print-ready top-down battle grid four columns by four rows with thin black grid lines and muted stone tones suitable for a card background.
Where four stones speak and the old engines listen.
A high-res, share-ready sheet you can post or print.
Warden and civic leader
A practical Warden who balances mercy with stern defense of Ashcross.
Master stonewright and merchant
A scarred stonekin with a keen eye for a tile's worth and hidden deals.
Archivist and minor cleric
A careful archivist who whispers prayers over brittle parchments and tiles.
Trader and fence
A smooth-talking trader who appears helpful while weighing hidden ledgers.
Scavenger and thief
A lithe thief and former scavenger who knows the grid's hidden paths.
Stoneworks Stall
A cramped stall under an arch selling carved tiles, mortar, and restoration tools.
Provisioner
A weathered caravan wagon outfitted as a general store for travelers and scavengers.
Scavengers, guild hands, and weary caravaners who pay in coin or tiles.
A low-ceilinged hall under ruined beams serving strong ale and salt-preserved stews.
Militia
Defenders sworn to preserve the ruins and the town's fragile order.
Guild
Guild of craftsmen and scavengers who profit from salvaged ruins and control access to certain tiles.
Cult
A shadowy circle that studies the ruins' old magics and seeks to reclaim them for secret ends.
A perfect four-by-four square of engraved tiles used as the town's central meeting block.
A shallow basin that echoes whispers and sometimes plays back a faint voice from the vault below.
A collapsed causeway where wagons tip and desperate salvage crews work by lantern light.
A dust-choked well whose rope leads to nothing but a narrow crevice with old iron rings.
A sealed reliquary containing a dormant arcane engine lies beneath Tile C3.
Edda once made a bargain with the Silent Covenant to delay a ward collapse at great personal cost.
The guildmaster has been secretly extracting and selling warded tiles to outside collectors.
A buyer from the Salt Flats wants a matched set of tiles hidden in Ashcross.
At night stone tiles sometimes rearrange themselves into patterns that look like maps.
A child near the Obelisk speaks with a voice no one has heard before.
Vault Under C3
A newly exposed chamber beneath Tile C3 pulses with faint light and attracts dangerous interest.
Echoes in the Pillar
The obelisk's hum intensifies and villagers report dreams of the old machines stirring beneath the grid.
Set of Broken Glyphs
A buyer offers coin for a set of matching engraved tiles, but possession risks unbalancing a ward.
The Light-Walker's Toy
A child claims to have seen a light-walker under the grid and asks for aid retrieving a lost toy.
