My Wound

"Seven of these will end me."

is a card in the Exile legacy, one of the four values displayed in the Exile HUD (in place of the usual Funds, Health, Reason and Passion HUD). Wounds pose a lethal threat (including while locked in actions); the HUD count reaching 7 results in death. However, Wounds' easy availability, long life, and strength in and  Aspect make them useful for handling some Complications and Challenges without costly investment in Assets.

Illegal Fights
Each failed Challenge will produce 1 Wound.

Attempt to Make Contact With Someone, Somewhere
Communicate from Lonely Places Between to produce 1 Wound.

Reckoner Attacks
Each successful reckoner attack will produce 1 Wound (2 from the Foe).

Shrine: Colonel
Visiting a Shrine to the Colonel may produce a Wound:
 * Consecration to the Colonel
 * The Unflinching Vow
 * Providing Lore (if consecrated)

Ligeian Irritation
"A flapping nightmare of teeth and webbed skin! I'm trying to struggle free - Back into the safety of the streets. But I haven't escaped unscathed. Bystanders turn to look as I stagger past."

Talking with a Ligeian without providing her a suitable gift has a 70% chance of irritating her, resulting in a Wound.

Wounds inflicted by Ligeians are Unstanchable, and take 2400s to decay. There is some unimplemented code that indicates Unstanchable Wounds were intended to be curable by Relinquishing them with a Stolen Decade or Vitality, like other Wounds, but it is not currently possible to do so.

With a Stolen Decade
"The years must be burned in silence just as dawn begins - the Madrugad is picky about that - and the wound dressed with the ashes."

"The years must be burned in silence just as dawn begins and the wound dressed with the ashes. On any day this is tricky, but with the Foe stalking me through the night, it's going to be no fun at all."

- If the Foe is present

Relinquishing a Wound with a Stolen Decade and Dawn will heal the wound; if the Foe is not on the board, it will produce a Trace.

"The Madrugad is not merciful. She always exacts what is necessary. But then, I've never been the kind to ask for mercy. [Your reckoner pursuers have scented burning years.]"

"I've bought a little time back from the Madrugad."

- If the Foe is present

With Vitality
"As a reckoner, I learnt long ago to redirect life's sudden surges. A student of the invisible arts would no doubt pray to the Thunderskin just now. I know better."

Relinquishing a Wound with a Vitality will heal the wound without additional requirements or the creation of a Trace.

A Reckoning
Accumulating 7 Wounds constitutes an endgame condition. This is the only "defeat" available in the Exile legacy.