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Auras of Wisdom

2013-03-24T12:47:12Z

Wildwinter: Spelling of anointing!

==Overview==
These roleplaying effects are created by priests dedicated to the virtue of Wisdom who use the relevant ceremonial skill. A character performing an anointing or hallow must pick one of the appropriate roleplaying effects when they perform the ceremony.

==Consecration of Wisdom==
'''Effect:''' In this place, you feel an urge to use the knowledge you have gained and, in doing so, test it.

==Anointings of Wisdom==
The following are a range of auras that can be summoned onto a living soul, with their consent, by priests whose own souls are dedicated to Wisdom:

===The Worth of Wisdom===
'''Effect:''' ''You feel that the acquisition of wisdom is a worthy end in itself. Increasing your knowledge and understanding generates a sense of satisfaction and wellbeing. Any hesitations or remorse you might encounter as a result of actions taken to advance your knowledge or understanding are lessened.''

'''Description:''' The path of wisdom can sometimes teach hard lessons, or require pilgrims to learn from bitter or painful experience. These burdens acquired on the path have sometimes caused pilgrims to falter and leave the path. Priests of wisdom have been able to use this aura to ease the burdens acquired on the path, and empower pilgrims to walk the difficult steps ahead of them.

===The Focus of Wisdom===
'''Effect:''' ''You feel a desire to pursue wisdom without distraction. You feel a desire to consider circumstances in a dispassionate and objective manner. All your emotions, and passions, become more muted and contained for as long as the aura lasts.''

'''Description:''' The pursuit of the virtue of wisdom is often made challenging by mundane concerns, petty distractions or heightened emotion that interfere with the learning of valuable lessons. Priests of wisdom have been able to use this anointing to help pilgrims and citizens clear their minds of these distractions and focus on the pursuit of wisdom. This anointing has proven useful in helping pilgrims to overcome other influences on their minds that might obscure the pursuit of wisdom, including malign auras. Some priests have also used this anointing to help citizens cope with grief or other strong emotion, but this is not widely endorsed by the Synod.

===The Fresh Eyes of Wisdom===
'''Effect:''' ''During this anointing, you were asked to specify a particular event, topic or thing. Whilst this anointing is in effect, your knowledge and experience of this event, topic, or thing, is suppressed. This knowledge and experience is returned in full when the anointing ends. This has no effect on any knowledge or experience you gain whilst the anointing is in effect.''

'''Description:''' Assumptions and inherited knowledge can be dangerous obstacles on the path of wisdom. The path of wisdom teaches pilgirms to "test what you learn; only fools accept hearsay as truth". The priests of wisdom have been able to use this anointing to help temporarily remove these assumptions and pre-conceptions and allow the pilgrim to approach an incident, or phenomena, from a different and renewed angle. This fresh perspective will ultimately be reconciled with their prior knowledge, unlike the ritual [[Cast Off The Chain of Memory]] which seeks to remove the knowledge and experience forever.

===The Guidance of Wisdom===
'''Effect:''' ''You feel a clear sense that wisdom without action has no meaning. You are inclined to make a decision using the knowledge you possess now, or even make a decision on behalf of another, especially if they are hesitating.''

'''Description:''' The path of wisdom teaches that knowledge and experience must go hand-in-hand with such axioms as "the virtuous apply what they have learned; wisdom knows all knowledge is incomplete". Priests of the path of wisdom are able to use this anointing to stir those who have become mired in contemplation or the acquisition of knowledge to test and apply that knowledge and gain wisdom. This anointing has also been applied to citizens and pilgrims who face difficult decisions, or are hesitating from taking action.

===The Portents of Wisdom===
'''Effect:''' ''The next time you sleep you experience vivid dreams concerning the problems you are facing. These dreams recall those experiences and moments that revealed information about the challenges you are now facing and sometimes you see yourself acting on that information or seeking out new information. You awaken feeling refreshed and with lucid memories of the things you dreamed about, and a strong urge to take decisive actions to resolve your problems.''

'''Description:''' The world is a complex place and full of mysteries, such as the Eternal Realms and the Labyrinth of Ages. Those lacking in virtue can sometimes balk at the complexity and enormity of these mysteries. Equally, those citizens who live in one area all their lives may never challenge the assumptions around them or explore the distant horizons. Priests of wisdom are able to use this anointing to encourage others to open and expand their minds.

==Hallowings of Wisdom==

===Hallowing of Avigliana===
'''Effect:''' ''You feel an impulse to seek out those in need of your experience, knowledge and insights and share them. The impulse includes using this item as part of this teaching, if it would be appropriate to do so.''

===Hallowing of Atun===
'''Effect:''' ''You feel an inclination to expand your mind and the ways in which you acquire knowledge. This impulse includes a desire to either learn new things, or seek to learn in new ways. You also feel more inclined to trust your intuition more.''

===Hallowing of the Philosopher===
'''Effect:''' ''You feel comfortable when discussing concepts, ideas, and matters of depth and substance. This sensation is accompanied by a growing intolerance for trivialities, such as gossip or minor details, when compared to bigger issues.''

===Hallowing of the Strategist===
'''Effect:''' ''You feel a tremendous sense of scale and an urge to appreciate the bigger picture. Whilst under this effect, it feels harder to consider the needs and priorities of individuals or smaller groups against the whole.''

===Hallowing of Kala===
'''Effect:''' ''When bonded to, and in contact with, this item, you feel an urge to solve problems that you encounter; even if they do not directly affect you. This includes an impulse to challenge assumptions about the nature of a problem. This includes an impulse to use this item in the solving of problems, if doing so is appropriate.''

===Hallowing of Chastisement===
'''Effect:''' ''You feel an urge to forcefully chastise fools, and those who spread folly. This includes an impulse to use this item in the chastisement, if doing so is appropriate.''

===Hallowing of Isenbrad===
'''Effect:''' ''You feel an urge to use this item in the most effective way that you know how. Alongside this impulse, you feel a broader urge to utilise the knowledge that you have immediately, and test it through that use.''

[[Category:Religion]]

Auras of Vigilance

2013-03-24T12:46:55Z

Wildwinter: Spelling of anointing!

==Overview==
These roleplaying effects are created by priests dedicated to the virtue of Vigilance who use the relevant ceremonial skill. A character performing an anointing or hallow must pick one of the appropriate roleplaying effects when they perform the ceremony.

==Consecration of Vigilance==
'''Effect:''' ''In this place, you are acutely aware of that which you value; you are strongly inclined to speak and act in a way that eliminates any threat to that which you value.''

==Anointings of Vigilance==
The following are a range of auras that can be summoned onto a living soul, with their consent, by priests whose own souls are dedicated to Vigilance:

===The Demands of Vigilance===
'''Effect:''' ''You feel a desire to challenge deceptions and facades that may conceal a threat, which includes an urge to question and analyse the motives and claims of those you encounter. This feeling is amplified if the person in question is in a position of power and authority. Any respect you have for privacy and confidentiality is lessened.''

'''Description:''' This is an anointing favoured by Inquisitors, Illuminates and other priests who desire to get to the truth behind deception and dissembling. It is less popular with citizens who have had their privacy invaded as a result, though only the guilty have cause to fear. Priests of vigilance have also used this to help citizens question assumptions, and whether individuals or groups are actually worthy of their loyalty.

===The Cutting Edge of Vigilance===
'''Effect:''' ''You feel a sense that threats must be addressed by any means. Any feelings or attitudes that may prevent you from taking action against any threat to that which you desire to protect are muted, and you find it easier to do what you feel must be done.''

'''Description:''' The threats that beset the Empire are wily and cunning, and few will ever provide absolute proof or solid evidence of their intentions before it is too late. Yet doubts about the consequences of acting, or feeling that there is insufficient information, can bedevil the pilgrims of vigilance and discourage them from doing what must be done. Priests of the path of vigilance use this anointing to ready the virtuous and strengthen them to act with confidence and certainty. This anointing is popular in empowering priests and pilgrims to overcome other effects that cloud the mind, including malign auras.

===The Merits of Vigilance===
'''Effect:''' ''You feel the importance of being vigilant. When you take an action that you believe will eliminate, or reduce, a potential threat, you are rewarded with a sense of satisfaction, even if the action does not ultimately accomplish this.''

'''Description:''' The path of vigilance is rarely kind to pilgrims. Dangers and evils can slip past even then most tireless efforts, or actions taken in good and virtuous intent, may backfire. Priests of the path of vigilance are able to use this anointing to reassure their pilgrims that it is the intentions that are marked on their souls, and which will ultimately aid their passage in the Labyrinth of Ages. The desire for vigilance and efforts to this end are what marks a pilgrim from a citizen.

===The Preparations of Vigilance===
'''Effect:''' ''You receive a brief vision of the immediate consequences of being ill-prepared. You feel a desire to prepare yourself, and those around you, for possible dangers to come. Your tolerance for laziness and complacency is greatly diminished.''

'''Description:''' Many priests of the path of vigilance use this anointing as a call to arms, especially for those who they feel have become complacent and are unready for the dangers that may come. Other vigilant groups or sects may use this anointing more regularly to encourage regular drilling and practicing of skills.

===The Omen of Vigilance===
'''Effect:''' ''The next time you sleep you experience vivid dreams concerning known threats and likely dangers, and the ways in which you might take action to confront and defeat them. You awaken with renewed optimism and a strong desire to move decisively against your enemies, and to make sensible precautions for potential future dangers.''

'''Description:''' Sometimes it is easy to overlook the current danger because you are worrying about a potential danger to come. The pilgrims of vigilance are aware of this, and work to consider likely avenues of danger and known threats in order to prepare for them, and ideally prevent them coming to pass. Priests of the path of vigilance seek to use this anointing to help their congregations and pilgrims contemplate threats and to make themselves ready for them.

==Hallows of Vigilance==

===Hallowing of the Sentinel===
'''Effect:''' ''You feel an urge to ensure that preparations are made against threats, current or potential, and that these measures are checked to ensure they are ready.''

===Hallowing of the Whetstone===
'''Effect:''' ''You feel an urge to test yourself in order to identify, and compensate for, any weaknesses you possess. This urge includes an impulse to use this item in that testing, if appropriate.''

===Hallowing of the Inquisitor===
'''Effect:''' ''You feel an urge to investigate, and scrutinize, the affairs of those you have dealings with to ensure their integrity.''

===Hallowing of the Unconquered===
'''Effect:''' ''You feel an urge to take immediate action to address, or eliminate, something you regard to be a potential threat before it gains further strength, or manifests its danger fully. If you deliberately pass up an opportunity to do so, the feeling changes to one of revulsion and rejection that flows from the item to you for as long as you are bonded to it.''

===Hallowing of the Bellringer===
'''Effect:''' ''You feel an urge to rally others to deal with a threat or danger you have identified. This impulse includes an urge to use this item in raising the alert, if it would be appropriate to do so.''

===Hallowing of Vardas===
'''Effect:''' ''Any warmth, affection, empathy or mercy you feel toward others is lessened. You find it easier to perceive the world by that which may be a threat, and that which is not.''

[[Category:Religion]]

Auras of Prosperity

2013-03-24T12:46:37Z

Wildwinter: Spelling of anointing!

==Overview==
These roleplaying effects are created by priests dedicated to the virtue of Prosperity who use the relevant ceremonial skill. A character performing an anointing or hallow must pick one of the appropriate roleplaying effects when they perform the ceremony.

==Consecration of Prosperity==
'''Effect:''' ''In this place, you feel an impulse to use all the means and abilities and your disposal to prosper yourself, or your fellows.''

==Anointings of Prosperity==
The following are a range of auras that can be summoned onto a living soul, with their consent, by priests whose own souls are dedicated to Prosperity:

===The Path of Prosperity===
'''Effect:''' ''You receive a brief vision of the rewards that your labours may yield. You feel more willing and able to perform these labours, and negative feelings you associate with them are diminished. If you are bleeding, or terminal, the vision you receive is of the fruits of labours that you have enjoyed in the past accompanied with a feeling of satisfaction.''

'''Description:''' The path of prosperity can be long, and arduous, with the rewards of labours seemingly distant. Priests of prosperity have been able to use this aura to bolster citizens and pilgrims for the journey, and particularly when obstacles and setbacks are encountered. This auras has also been beneficial in helping citizens overcome the obstacles that presents itself as a malign effect or aura. Elsewise, the visions provided by this aura have also been utilised in ceremonies of last rites to provide comfort and celebration in a person's last moments.

===The Worth of Prosperity===
'''Effect:''' ''You feel a strong sense of the value of what is around you, and a strong distaste for waste, including excessive hoarding. You feel motivated to engage in fruitful activity, and your tolerance for squandering and hoarding is greatly diminished.''

'''Description:''' Priests of the path of prosperity have used this anointing to encourage the prosperous use of resources amongst citizens and pilgrims. It has seen popular use by Friars of the Marches, though this is balanced by the way many stewards run their households. Priests of prosperity often encourage misers and hoarders to receive this and receive the benefits of living a virtuous life, but attaining consent often proves difficult.

===The Benevolence of Prosperity===
'''Effect:''' ''During this anointing, you were asked to specify an entity, usually a particular individual, group or cause. Whilst this anointing is in effect, you feel a strong urge to ensure that this entity receives the benefit of your prosperity, whether this is in the form of labour, resources or another way. This applies even if the specified entity would not normally be something you would wish to prosper.''

'''Description:''' This anointing is opposed by [[Schisms_and_Heresies#The_Lucidian_Blasphemy|Lucidians]] who believe that the effort for prosperity must come from within. However, other priests of the path of prosperity have made it clear that this anointing requires the consent of the recipient. This anointing has been used to stir those who lack virtue into action, whether they are lazy or miserly. There have also been occasions where it has been applied to convicted felons to promote restorative justice.

===The Seeds of Prosperity===
'''Effect:''' ''You gain a strong sense of the value that others have in ensuring your prosperity, and theirs. You feel more inclined to co-operate in ventures in which all parties, especially you, will profit.''

'''Description:''' This anointing is popular with sects of prosperity, but has also been used by other groups and parties in building the foundations of a co-operative venture. This has included Bishops of the League offering this ministration to Free Companies and Guilds, and Benefactors of Highguard bringing together parties for a venture. This anointing has also been beneficial in peace-making or reconciliation between antagonistic groups whose combined efforts are needed to bring to bear on a situation.

===The Vision of Prosperity===
'''Effect:''' ''The next time you sleep you experience vivid dreams concerning the goals you have been working towards. In some dreams you see yourself toiling and achieving these goals, in others you experience the rewards of success that could from accomplishing your efforts. You awaken deeply reinvigorated with renewed drive to face the hard work that lies before you..''

'''Description:''' The teachings of the path make clear that prosperity is not about labour for labour's sake, but about effort made for reward. However, for many citizens and pilgrims, it is not always clear how to transfer their efforts, labours and resources into true prosperity. Priests of the path seek to use this anointing to help provide enlightenment and guidance. Some merchants and traders have naively sought this aura in the hope that it prophetically shows them the way to wealth and riches, but find themselves disappointed that the path is rarely so simple and straightforward.

==Hallows of Prosperity==

===Hallowing of the Little Mother===
'''Effect:''' ''You feel an urge to use your resources, such as wealth or skills, to help others in their pursuit of prosperity. This is amplified if the person or group you are helping would struggle to achieve without your aid.''

===Hallowing of the Opportunist===
'''Effect:''' ''You feel an urge to use the resources at your disposal to take full advantage of opportunities that you encounter. If you deliberately pass up such an opportunity, then the feeling changes so that revulsion and rejection flows from the item to you for as long as you are bonded to it.''

===Hallowing of the Overflowing Cup===
'''Effect:''' ''When bonded to this item, and in contact with it you feel a desire to enjoy the fruits of your labour and to share them with those around you who likewise work hard and honestly for what they have.''

===Hallowing of the Company===
'''Effect:''' ''When bonded to this item, you feel an urge to set aside selfishness and work closely with those who are bonded to the item in the same ceremony to achieve mutual prosperity for all.''

===Hallowing of the Shepherd===
'''Effect:''' ''You feel an urge to protect, by whatever means you can, that which has been justly earned, from the undeserving who would seek to take it. This impulse includes a desire to use this item in that protection, if it would be appropriate to do so.''

===Hallowing of Good Walder===
'''Effect:''' ''You feel an urge to seek out those who hoard wealth and persuade them to utilise it for further prosperity. This feeling is amplified if you perceive the wealth is unearned, or undeserved. This feeling includes the impulse to use this item as part of your effiorts, if it would appropriate to do so.''

[[Category:Religion]]

Auras of Pride

2013-03-24T12:46:04Z

Wildwinter: Spelling of anointing!

==Overview==
These roleplaying effects are created by priests dedicated to the virtue of Pride who use the relevant ceremonial skill. A character performing an anointing or hallow must pick one of the appropriate roleplaying effects when they perform the ceremony.

==Consecration of Pride==
'''Effect:''' ''In this place, you are filled with an acute awareness of that which are most proud; you feel a desire to extol the subject of your pride, and avoid shaming it.''

==Anointings of Pride==
The following are a range of auras that can be summoned onto a living soul, with their consent, by priests whose own souls are dedicated to Pride:

===The Affirmation of Pride===
'''Effect:''' ''Your perceptions and recollections are filled with pride. You find it easier to recall your triumphs and successes. Any guilt or shame weighing on you is greatly diminished, as is your tolerance for insults.''

'''Description:''' The path of pride teaches that the virtuous embrace their past without shame, though this is an easier task for some pilgrims than others. Priests of pride have been able to use this anointing to help pilgrims burdened by the past, or by guilt or shame, to try and move forward. This comes with some additional prickliness to personal slights, though some priests of pride maintain that this is an important part of encouraging pilgrims to stand up for themselves than be slaves to shame.

===The Demonstration of Pride===
'''Effect:''' ''You feel radiant with pride. You feel an impulse to demonstrate, or display, the thing in which you have the most pride, or encourage others to do so if you cannot do this yourself. You also feel an impulse to challenge those who deride the subject of your pride.''

'''Description:''' The path of pride teaches that pride is about more than just words, and requires action to. The priests of the path have used this anointing to bring this truth home to citizens and pilgrims. Sutannir and Troubadors have also made use of this anointing in preparing their sects and congregations for celebrations. This anointing has also been used by bravos and other warriors to aid them in overcoming adverse effects and malign auras through demonstration of their pride.

===The Legacy of Pride===
'''Effect:''' ''You are granted an immediate vision of one, or more, of your proudest moments. If you are bleeding, or terminal, the vision is extended to include all your proudest moments shining brightly. You are filled with a sense of satisfaction of what you have achieved.''

'''Description:''' The path of pride stretches in both directions and pilgrims are often required to reflect on where they have come from, as well as where they are going to. Priests of pride have found this anointing helpful in supporting their pilgrims to achieve this. This anointing has also been used as part of last rites or funerary ceremonies to assure citizens and pilgrims of their virtue, which will guide them in the Labyrinth of Ages.

===The Foundations of Pride===
'''Effect:''' ''You want others to know the feeling of pride. You feel an impulse to help others recognise their strengths, the positive qualities they possess, and the merits of their past. This includes a desire to help others see the past as a foundation, not an excuse.''

'''Description:''' The path of pride is not that of the vainglorious and egotistical, but seeks to build up others also. The path teaches that the virtuous inspire others, and help them embrace their past. Some pilgrims lose sight of this and focus merely on themselves. Priests of pride have been able to use this anointing to help such citizens and pilgrims overcome this obstacle and, in doing so, learn more about the virtuous path.

===The Experience of Pride===
'''Effect:''' ''During this anointing, you were asked to specify an entity, usually something that is clearly defined like a culture, nation or way of living. Whilst this anointing is in effect, you feel a connection to this entity and even a sense of pride in it. This applies even if the specified entity would not normally be something you felt any pride toward.

'''Description:''' Priests of the path of pride have taught that this anointing is beneficial in building an understanding of the nature of pride. Some have also used this to help citizens build empathy for others and thus aid reconciliation rather than [[Schisms and Heresies#Lucidian Blasphemy|Lucidians]], however, fear that this aura could be abused for the purposes of indoctrination. There is at least one apocryphal tale of an unnamed Sutannir who accompanied the Emperor Ahraz in his negotiations with the self-liberated orcs and used this anointing to help illuminate the glory of the Empire to those who had formerly been its slaves.

==Hallows of Pride==

===Hallowing of Lepidus===
'''Effect:''' ''You feel a desire to encourage or inspire those around you. This feeling applies to all, including enemies, regardless of your other feelings toward them.''

===Hallowing of the Peacock's Feather===
'''Effect:''' ''You feel a strong desire to display this item openly, and make use of it publically. This includes an impulse to take good care of the item. If you deliberately do not do any of the above, the feeling changes to one of revulsion and rejection that flows from the item to you for as long as you are bonded.''

===Hallowing of Kethry===
'''Effect:''' ''You feel a surge of pride in your people, and their way of life. You feel an urge to display the superior qualities of this way of living by letting them inform every aspect of your life. You find it difficult to lie about your identity and origins.''

===Hallowing of Inspiration===
'''Effect:''' ''When you concentrate upon this item, this hallowing summons a vision of a hero, or other figure you respect, and a desire to live up to their example.''

===Hallowing of the Examiner===
'''Effect:''' ''You feel an impulse to test the abilities or claims that others boast of. This effect is amplified if you believe that these boasts, or claims, are empty. This impulse includes the desire to use this item in the testing, if it would be appropriate to do so.''

===Hallowing of Richilde===
'''Effect:''' ''You feel an urge to celebrate and extol the qualities of that which you are proud. This may include an impulse to do so artistically. This impulse includes the desire to use this item in that celebration, if it would be appropriate to do so.''

[[Category:Religion]]

Auras of Loyalty

2013-03-24T12:45:38Z

Wildwinter: Spelling of anointing!

==Overview==
These roleplaying effects are created by priests dedicated to the virtue of Loyalty who use the relevant ceremonial skill. A character performing an anointing or hallow must pick one of the appropriate roleplaying effects when they perform the ceremony.

==Consecration of Loyalty==
'''Effect:''' ''In this place, you are clearly aware of the relationships that matter most to you; you feel a desire to ensure the actions you take, and words you speak, support those relationships''

==Anointings of Loyalty==
The following are a range of auras that can be summoned onto a living soul, with their consent, by priests whose own souls are dedicated to Loyalty:

===The Proof of Loyalty===
'''Effect:''' ''You are filled with a strong sense that loyalty relies on actions, not just feelings. You feel an impulse to prove your loyalty to those most important to you in whatever way you can. This feeling is amplified when you are in the presence of the person, or persons, to whom you are loyal.''

'''Description:''' Many claim to walk the path of loyalty by speaking of the regard they hold another in. Priests of loyalty have been able to use this aura to teach them of the importance of action. It has also seen use in readying warriors for battle, or in overcoming malign spiritual presences, where the recipient has had a readily available opportunity to demonstrate the truth of their loyalties. This aura has also been used by those facing a decision or uncertainty in ensuring that loyalty informs the choices they make. There are also a few folk tales where a wily priest has used this aura to trick people into revealing their true loyalties beyond what they might claim.

===The Bonds of Loyalty===
'''Effect:''' ''You feel an urge to be guided by loyalty. Any feelings or commitments that you have which are not directly related to your primary loyalty are weakened by this effect. You feel an impulse to ensure every choice you make is informed by this devotion above all other considerations.''

'''Description:''' Priests of the path of loyalty have found this anointing to be useful in weddings and other oathswearings, where the loyalties are already clear and established. It has also been used to help citizens and pilgrims prepare themselves for a coming time of trial, or when confronted by a difficult decision. Some pilgrims use this anointing to stir them into action on behalf of those they are loyal to, but who know this will be to their own detriment or harm.

===The Seeds of Loyalty===
'''Effect:''' ''During this anointing, you were asked to specify an entity, usually a person, a group or the subject of an oath. Whilst this anointing is in effect, you feel a connection to this entity and a sense of loyalty toward her/him/them/it. This applies even if the specified entity would not normally be something you felt any loyalty toward.''

'''Description:''' This is a relatively controversial anointing and heavily opposed by [[Schisms_and_Heresies#The_Lucidian_Blasphemy|Lucidians]] who argue that loyalty cannot, and should not, be imposed on another. However, this remains popular with some priests of loyalty who cite that it can only be used with the consent of the target. It has proven useful in arranged marriages to foster a connection between the spouses that can flourish into a genuine bond. It has been helpful in encouraging estranged parties back into communication and a relationship. However, there is a popular story of the Wayfarer Aaron who, so it is claimed, tricked, or coerced, his captors into receiving the anointing and use the temporary influence to escape from them.

===The Eyes of Loyalty===
'''Effect:''' ''You feel the positive power of loyalty swell in you and experience urge to see the best in those most precious to you. You are not blind to the faults of those you are loyal to, but you are more inclined to forgive their errors and mistakes, whilst trying to encourage them to rise above them.''

'''Description:''' One of the hardest trials of the path of loyalty is when the person, or persons, who are the subject of that loyalty falter or otherwise fail. Standing by, or following, one who has given you unwelcome cause for doubt is where many pilgrims have strayed from the path. Priests of loyalty have been able to use this anointing to help bolster a pilgrim's commitment and dedication to another. This has also proven beneficial in helping citizens to forgive one another and approach reconciliation, or at least be forward looking rather than dwelling on the past.

===The Revelation of Loyalty===
'''Effect:''' ''The next time you sleep you experience vivid dreams concerning the people and ideals that matter most to you in all the world, and how your loyalty upholds and exalts them. You awaken with a clearer understanding of, and renewed commitment to, the things you care about most deeply.''

'''Description:''' There are some pilgrims who find themselves lacking insight and self-knowledge. Others may find themselves facing conflicting or divided loyalties. Priests of the path of loyalty have been able to use this aura to help these pilgrims explore their own feelings, and priorities, and try and resolve any inner lack or conflict. In some cases, this anointing has been used as part of an initiation, or preparation, to ensure that a person is truly ready to swear an oath or make a similar commitment, by forcing them to look within and see if it is truly where their loyalty lies. Less commonly, this anointing has been requested by those who are parted from those that are precious to them as a means of guaranteeing dreams of that person and reaffirming their connection to them.

==Hallows of Loyalty==

===Hallowing of the Steward===
'''Effect:''' ''You feel a strong desire to support and care for those you consider to be your subordinates; you find it harder to consider undertaking selfish actions that do not benefit them.''

===Hallowing of the Bannerman===
'''Effect:''' ''You feel an urge to publically support the decisions and judgements of your superior; you are inclined to keep any disagreements you may have with them private.''

===Hallowing of Bolstering Bill===
'''Effect:''' ''You feel an urge to do all that is within your power to protect those most precious to you from harm, even if this is to your own detriment. This includes an urge to use the item to achieve this, if doing so would be appropriate.''

===Hallowing of the Silverlark's Tears===
'''Effect:''' ''When you are bonded to this item, and in contact with it, you feel a desire to ensure that every action you take be for the benefit of those that are most precious to you. This effect is amplified if you believe the subject of your loyalty is unaware of your devotion to them.''

===Hallowing of the Token===
'''Effect:''' ''When you concentrate for five seconds on this item, you receive an image or other sensation of a person who you associate with this item. If that person is precious to you, the vision/sensation can help you ignore pain, similar discomfort or other roleplay effects. This has no effect on your physical condition, i.e. any effects resulting from damage or game calls.''

===Hallowing of the Marked's Oath===
'''Effect:''' ''When you bond to this item as part of a group ceremony, you feel a strong connection to all others who participated in the ceremony. Their value and importance to you, and your commitment to them, is increased.''

[[Category:Religion]]

Auras of Courage

2013-03-24T12:45:20Z

Wildwinter: Spelling of anointing!

==Overview==
These roleplaying effects are created by priests dedicated to the virtue of Courage who use the relevant ceremonial skill. A character performing an anointing or hallow must pick one of the appropriate roleplaying effects when they perform the ceremony.

==Consecration of Courage==
'''Effect:''' ''In this place, your doubts and uncertainties feel weaker and unimportant; you feel an impulse to speak and act without concern for consequence.''

==Anointings of Courage==
The following are a range of auras that can be summoned onto a living soul, with their consent, by priests whose own souls are dedicated to Courage:

===The Trial of Courage===
'''Effect:''' ''You feel an urge to seek out something of which you are afraid and to confront it; your feelings about the thing you fear are unchanged.''

'''Description:''' This aura is common, and reasonably popular, for a range of different reasons. Priests of courage have been known to use it to illustrate the path of courage to pilgrims or other citizens, and show them that courage is more than words. Other priests have used this to help test the virtue of those who would, or claim to, walk the path and help them overcome their own weaknesses. In more than one tale, this aura - or something like - is used to teach humility to the boastful, such as the mighty warrior who claims no fear in battle, but who balks at reading their poetry to strangers.

===The Proof of Courage===
'''Effect:''' ''You are filled with a desire to prove your courage, and are far less inclined to back down from a confrontation. You also feel more inclined to take opportunities that present themselves.''

'''Description:''' Priests of courage have been able to use this aura to shore up the hearts of those who are about to enter into conflict and have doubts, whether this is a battlefield full of orcs or a Senator about to clash with others on the senate floor. Pilgrims who are plagued with indecision have also found this aura beneficial in making a courageous choice. This aura is popular in overcoming the presents of malign spiritual presences, and especially those that cause fear and doubt.

===The Purity of Courage===
'''Effect:''' ''You feel a sense of surety. Any fears you have about the consequences of your actions are muted. Attempts to make you doubt what you know to be true cause you to feel irritation and annoyance.''

'''Description:''' Fear and doubt are the natural enemies of the pilgrim on the path of courage. Priests of courage have used this aura to help pilgrims strengthen themselves against these forces, and live their lives by the teaching that states "do not fear to act; only be shamed by inaction".

===The Light of Courage===
'''Effect:''' ''Any fear and uncertainty you feel about the unknown diminishes, and you feel more able to face it. If you are bleeding, or terminal, any fear of death you have is lessened, and a strong sense of curiousity about what lies beyond life rises in its place.''

'''Description:''' Many priests of the path of courage know that much of fear's power is rooted in the unknown, such as what may lie in the shadows and darkness even if they be empty. Priests have been able to use this aura to help pilgrims confront and explore these unknowns and thus diminish their power. This has not been a popular use of this aura in Varushka, where it has resulted in the unfortunate disappearance of pilgrims. A widespread unknown that causes fear is of what lies beyond death. Even the virtuous pilgrim may falter at being confronted with the mysteries of the Labyrinth of Ages and doubts about their own reincarnation, and so this aura has found a place for some in receipt of last rites as they are dead or dying.

===The Revelation of Courage===
'''Effect:''' ''The next time you sleep you experience vivid dreams concerning the things you are afraid of, forcing you to confront unwelcome truths and self-deception. Your dreams show you facing and conquering these fear, and reveal how your fear merely gives power to your doubts. You awaken renewed, ready to overcome the things you fear and with a new sense of purpose. ''

'''Description:''' It is easy to assume that the things one fears cannot be overcome. Worry leads to self-doubt, inner turmoil, inaction and cowardice. Priests on the path of courage know the power of helping a pilgrim face the things they fear, and learn the truth that no matter how insurmountable something may seem, the first step to overcoming it is to cast aside fear and doubt. Some priests also favour the use of this aura in assisting those who are plagued by nightmares to strengthen themselves against these, and overcome them.

==Hallows of Courage==

===Hallowing of Irontooth===
'''Effect:''' ''You feel an urge to seek out, expose and penalise cowardice and weakness. This impulse includes the desire to use this item in doing so, if it would be appropriate.''

===Hallowing of Permion===
'''Effect:''' ''You feel an urge to seize any opportunity that presents itself. Conscious failure to seize any such opportunity causes the feeling to change to one of revulsion and rejection, which flows from the item to you, for as long as you are bonded to it.''

===Hallowing of the Scrivener===
'''Effect:''' ''You feel an urge to ensure that the words you write be the raw truth from your heart. The idea of using mealy-mouthed ‘weasel words’ is repellent to you. If you knowingly deceive whilst under this effect, the feeling changes to one of revulsion and rejection that flows from the item to you for as long as you are bonded to it.''

===Hallowing of the Bull===
'''Effect:''' ''You feel a desire to keep up the spirits and resolve of those around you to avoid them succumbing to weakness and doubt. This includes a desire to use this item in achieving this outcome, if it would be appropriate to do so.''

===The Hallowing of Isaella's Resolve===
'''Effect:''' ''You feel a strong urge to disregard any possible consequences that may arise from taking any action you feel in your heart to be right. This includes an impulse to use this item in taking that action, if it is appropriate to do so.''

===The Hallowing of Ashwine's Rose===
'''Effect:''' ''You find it almost impossible to doubt what you believe in your heart to be true. Attempts to dissuade you without compelling evidence are far less likely to succeed.''

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Auras of Ambition

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==Overview==
These roleplaying effects are created by priests dedicated to the virtue of Ambition who use the relevant ceremonial skill. A character performing an anointing or hallow must pick one of the appropriate roleplaying effects when they perform the ceremony.

==Consecration of Ambition==
'''Effect:''' ''In this place, you feel an impulse to do something that will further any objective you are pursuing; any reasons you have for not doing so feel trivial and irrelevant.''

==Anointings of Ambition==
The following are a range of auras that can be summoned onto a living soul, with their consent, by priests whose own souls are dedicated to Ambition:

===The Absolution of Ambition===
'''Effect:''' ''You are filled with a sense that your ambitions are of vital importance. Any regret, guilt or remorse you feel as a result of actions you took to advance your ambitions is diminished.''

'''Description:''' The path of ambition can require a pilgrim to speak or act in ways that, whilst furthering their ultimate goals, can weigh them down with regrets and doubts. The priests of ambition have been able to use this aura to alleviate the distress of these necessary actions, and provide affirmation of the pilgrim's virtue in holding true to their path.

===The Clear Path of Ambition===
'''Effect:''' ''You feel as though nothing should impede your ambitions, and you are inclined to ignore objections and obstacles. Emotions or attitudes that might interfere with the pursuit of your ambitions are muted, and you find it easier to do things you would normally find distasteful or unpleasant in furthering your ambition.''

'''Description:''' Pilgrims on the path of ambition may know, or understand, in their heads what they need to do in the furtherance of their goals, but may be held back by weakness, doubts or fear of consequences. Priests of ambition have been able to use this aura to help quell those doubts, and bolster the virtue of the pilgrim, removing the obstacles in walking their path.

===The Calling of Ambition===
'''Effect:''' ''During this anointing, you were asked to specify a particular goal, desire or outcome. Whilst this anointing is in effect, you feel a strong urge to prioritise this goal and make progress toward it. This applies even if the specified outcome would not normally count as your ambition.''

'''Description:''' This is a contentious aura for, whilst it clearly promotes ambition, this is not always the true ambition of the pilgrim receiving the anointing. Priests of ambition have maintained that this aura can be useful in illustrating the virtuous path, or inspiring those who otherwise may seem to be utterly without ambition to seek their own. Others have pointed out to the potential abuses of this aura in compelling others to act in potentially destructive ways, but the priests of ambition assert that it is, and can be, only ever used with the full consent of the recipient.

===The Rewards of Ambition===
'''Effect:''' ''You feel the value of ambition in its own right. You feel a sense of immense satisfaction each time you take an action that you believe could further your desired ends, even if the action does not achieve the intended result.''

'''Description:''' The path of ambition is not always clear to the pilgrim or priest. It can be hard to glean which of several options is the best for furthering the pilgrim's ambitions, or there may not appear to be any opportunities at all. Priests of ambition have been able to use this aura to help pilgrims in realising that the virtue of ambition is not simply about the destination, but the journey. In that light, it is the striving that demonstrates the virtue for, as has been taught, it is better to try, and fail, than to fail to try.

===The True Ambition===
'''Effect:''' ''The next time you sleep you experience vivid dreams concerning your ambitions. You dream show you pursuing your ambitions, achieving them and what follows on. You awaken deeply invigorated and renewed and with a new drive to achieve something you care deeply about.''

'''Description:''' For pilgrims who wish to follow the path of ambition, it is easy to misstep; lesser concerns may seem more pressing that they are. Distractions in the form of commitments to others, the lure of prosperity, or the slow accumulation of fears and worries can all conspire to delay the pilgrim's road towards their heart's desire. Those anointed with the true ambition find it easier to shrug off the false comforts of prosperity and loyalty and renew their commitment to their own goals.

==Hallows of Ambition==

===Hallowing of the Broken Shield===
'''Effect:''' ''When bonded to this item, and in contact with it, you feel an urge to eliminate any obstacles to your ambition. This includes an impulse to use this item in doing so, if it would be appropriate.''

===Hallowing of Tian's Reach===
'''Effect:''' ''When you concentrate upon this item, you are reminded of your ambitions. You also feel a surety of purpose even if the object of your ambitions seems distant.''

===Hallowing of Achievement===
'''Effect:''' ''You feel an urge to do something that will further your ambition immediately. Failure to move towards a goal before dawn causes the feeling to change to one of revulsion and rejection that flows from the item toward you for as long as you are bonded to it.''

===Hallowing of Aldones===
'''Effect:''' ''You feel strong desire to not discuss your true intentions or agenda so that others cannot seek to prevent your ambitions coming to pass.''

===Hallowing of the Master===
'''Effect:''' ''You feel a strong desire to utilise others in your presence to further your own aims.''

===Hallowing of the Conquerer===
'''Effect:''' ''You feel entirely at ease with any use you put this item to. This feeling is amplified to satisfaction if that use is clearly linked to fulfilling you ambitions.''

===Hallowing of Atuman===
'''Effect:''' ''You feel a desire to expand the breadth, or depth, of any current ambition you may hold, or to seek out a new and more compelling challenge.''

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Bands

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==Overview==
We encourage players coming to Empire to attend as part of a group of friends. Groups can help to add depth and enjoyment to characterization, making all the characters feel more real and be more fun to play. The group can have its own identity and history and gives characters a way to belong to something that is bigger than they are, yet is still something they can create a history and background for. Groups give OOC friends good IC reasons to roleplay together and good groups are great for helping new players get involved in a game.

The brief for every nation in Empire includes at least one concept for a group, effectively the most common format that a group may take. For instance a [[noble house]] in Dawn, or a [[chapter]] in Highguard. There are pages for some of these group concepts explaining the part they play in the setting and offering advice on how to create and play one. These group concepts have been designed to be fun to play, but the list is not meant to be restrictive. You can create a travelling band of Dawnish troubadours, or a secretive guild of Highborn artisans if you wish to. Working with your friends, you have the same freedom to create a group concept as you do to create your own character.

==Joining a Group==
* Groups may be secret or public
* You may select a single public group to join when you create your character
* You may join other groups in play
* You may only join a secret group in play
A group can be secret or public. If the group is public, then the name of the group and the nation it is associated with is public to all players in the game. Players making a character can choose to begin play as part of a public group. If the group is secret, then the name of the group is not visible to any player, but new characters must join the group in play, they cannot begin play as part of the group.

If you are creating a new character then you may choose a single public group to be part of. The character creation system lists all public groups for the nation you have selected and you can opt to join. Please ensure that you have the permission of the players who are part of a group before joining.
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==Bands==
In Empire it is possible to make a group that allows characters to extend their abilities or powers to work together. These groups, called bands, use the hearth magic power of oaths combined with [[Spell_list#Create_Bond|magical bonds]] created by magicians.

Bands are intended to build on the characterisation of the group concept that you have created for your characters. They are there to recognize and support the choice to act as part of a Dawnish [[noble house]], a League [[guild]] or a Freeborn [[family]]. Players creating characters together are encouraged to use the potential abilities of bands to add depth and character to their group concept.

There are three types of band: banners, covens and sects. A group does not have to be a band, but if it is then it must choose to be a banner, a coven or a sect. A character can never be a member of two banners at the same time, or two covens or two sects.

''E.g. The Highborn chapter of Exile's Hold is a banner. The members gain all the benefits of being a banner but any character that joins this group cannot join any other group that is a banner.''

Your group doesn't have to be a band, but only bands have any game effects, you can create a group on the system, and submit details and background about it, even if it isn't a band.
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===Oaths===
* Oaths must be appropriate for the setting
* An oath can never be changed
Bands use the hearth magic of an oath to give them power. For this reason, a band must choose an oath when it is created. The oath is usually reasonably short - because it must be recited by any character who joins the band in play. The player creating the band online should enter the text for the oath when they create the band. The only requirement for the oath is that it is in-character and suitable for the setting, any oath that meets these requirements is fine.

Although an oath is required to create a band, it is not magically enforced - there is no automatic magical consequence for any individual that breaks their oath. It is a matter for the roleplaying of the characters who are members of the band to deal with any character who breaks their oath.

Once created, the oath cannot be changed, a new band must be formed if characters wish to change their oath.

===Restrictions===
* You can only join a group with members of the same nation
* You cannot be a member of more than one band of the same type at the same time

Only members of the same nation are able to join a group together. If you create a group then you must choose the nationality of the group at that point. Only members of the same nation may join the group.

You can only join one of each type of band at once. For example, if you are a member of an existing banner, then you cannot join another band that is a banner without first [[Spell_list#Create_Bond|breaking the bonds]] that join you to your existing banner.

If you have used the abilities of your band that day then you cannot use the abilities of any other band of the same type that day. For example, if you have performed a ritual with a coven that day, then you cannot perform a ritual with any other coven that day.

==Banners==
* A banner may benefit from using a magical standard

If your group concept incorporates the idea of a group of close-knit warriors that fight together then you may wish to create a banner to represent this. A banner is named for their ability to use a [[magic standard]], which is a magical item created by an artisan. A magical standard provides a benefit to every member of the band that is bonded to it.

==Covens==
* A coven may combine their skills to perform rituals together
* A coven can perform up to two rituals a day
* A coven may benefit from paraphenalia

Groups that intend to perform rituals together need to create a coven. A coven is a band of oath-sworn magicians who choose to work together to perform powerful [[Magic_overview#Rituals|rituals]] that they could not do alone.

Members of a coven can work together to perform a ritual with each participant contributing crystal mana to a ritual up to the limit of their ability. This allows a coven to perform much more powerful rituals than an individual could achieve alone. A coven may also benefit by being bound to ritual paraphenalia, a powerful magical item created by an artisan.

A coven can only perform up to two rituals each day. A character may perform any number of rituals by themselves and they may include others in the ritual performance. But the power of the coven can only be used to combine magical strengths twice per day. Some magical paraphenalia increase the number of rituals a coven can perform in a single day.

If a character is part of a coven that have already perform a ritual together that day, then they may join another coven but they cannot participate in another ritual conducted by that coven until the next day.

==Sects==
* Some [[Religious_skills|liao ceremonies]] may be performed on every member of a sect who is present
* A sect may benefit from using a magical reliquary

If your group concept incorporates the idea of a shared set of beliefs and worship then you may wish to create a sect to represent this. A sect is a band of oath-sworn devotees of the Way who choose to work together to further their common goals.

If an anointing, dedication, excommunication or exorcism is performed by a member of a sect, on another member of a sect, then they may choose to extend that benefit to other members of the same sect up to, and including, all members of the sect who are present when the ceremony is being conducted. The priest leading the ceremony may be supported by other priests, including those from outside the sect, but the effect will only apply to the lead priest's sect.

''For example, if two priests of a sect devoted to [[Vigilance]] perform a ceremony together to anoint a member of their sect, then they may choose to apply the same effects to some, or all, members of the sect who are present. If one of the priests is from a different sect, they may only apply the effect to the members of the sect to which the priest leading the ceremony belongs.''

A magical reliquary provides a benefit to every member of the band that is bonded to it.

==Linking Groups Together==
Although a group can only be one type of band at most, it is common for players to have a background concept that includes characters who are linked in multiple ways. In these situations it is perfectly appropriate to create more than one group whose concept and background is linked. New characters must choose which group they wish to begin play as part of, but if it makes sense for their character to be part of the other linked groups then they can join them in play.

''For example, a group of players intend to play a Marcher Household but some of them want to play monks while the others play yeomen. They create a banner called House Cawford and a sect called Cawford monastery - to represent the large monastery on the Cawford lines. House Cawford players can choose to start as members of either group and join the other group in play.''

Arhallogen

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==Eternal of Spring==
===Sobriquets===
Most commonly, Arhallogen is called the ''Spider King'' (although gender has little meaning for this powerful creature, it is usually addressed by male honorifics).

It is also occasionally referred to by other Eternals by a name that sounds like a sequence of quick clicking noises - noises commonly produced by Arhallogen, its heralds and its spawn.

===Appearance===
A swarm of poisonous insects and arachnids that speak with a single whispering voice; a monstrous spider-like, scorpion-like horror, all pincers and deadly stingers; or sometimes an insect-like vaguely-humanoid shape in cobweb robes and an iron crown, bearing a poisoned glaive.

===Concerns===
Arhallogen is an inhabitant of the Spring Realm, and part of the family of Eternals that are the most alien to humanity. It seems to be fascinated by the ways living things prey on and compete with each other, especially the adaptations and natural qualities that let them hunt, kill and consume prey - or that let the prey fight off their predators.

Unsurprisingly, the Spider King rates venom as one of the most potent tools that any living creature can employ, and is delighted to encounter new poisons.

===Boons===
This dark Eternal encourages competition between living things, not so much out of a desire to see death or conflict but apparently from an urge to see living things survive and prosper. It offers a number of boons, many of them violent, and often involved with crushing weaker prey or poisoning stronger creatures to make them weak.

[[Category:Eternals]]

Sunfire Pectoral

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==Description==
A pectoral comes in a variety of forms, but the most common is a jewelled necklace that is suspended from the neck but hangs on the chest. They often have a large medallion, usually marked with runes. A sunfire pectoral is formed of orichalcum alloyed with gold or occasionally copper, coloured and polished with iridescent gloaming, and usually with green iron alloy chains holding it in place. They are often inlaid with decorative gemstones. It is common to see a sunfire pectoral marked with a heraldic device in [[Dawn]], the [[The League|League]], [[Highguard]] and the [[The Marches|Marches]], but even in nations where heraldry is not common they tend to bear a symbol of either a leaping flame (especially in the [[The Brass Coast|Brass Coast]], where a particularly garishly decorated pectoral is sometimes called a ''Flav's flame'' after a notorious corsair battle-magician) or the sun - a common symbol of the Virtue of [[Pride]].

Wearers often seem to be energetic and passionate, and are especially vocal about strongly held beliefs or philosophies. It is common for the pectoral to bear the rune [[Zorech]], which accentuates these traits.

==Rules==
* '''Form:''' [[Magical_skills#Wear_Mage_Armour|Mage Armour]].
* '''Effect:''' While wearing this armour, you gain one additional personal mana and one additional rank of [[Combat skills#Endurance|endurance]].
* '''Materials:''' Crafting a sunfire pectoral requires twelve measures of [[Materials#Iridescent Gloaming|iridescent gloaming]], five ingots of [[Materials#Orichalcum|orichalcum]] and four ingots of [[Materials#Green Iron|green iron]]. It takes one month to make one of these items.



<ic>Captain Flavio i Flav i Riqueza swished his hair in a dramatic arc, and struck a pose that was better suited to a painting than the prow of a ship. His outlandish garb was stark contrast to the corsair vessel with which he traveled; the rich dark wood and plain white sails only drew attention to the preposterous nature of his clothing.

In one hand he held an ebony rod, tipped with an orb of mithril and in the other an ornate scimitar. His red-and-gold coat was open to the waist, secured around his hips with a woven belt of gold and mithril and at his wrists with bronze-and-orichalcum bracers. At his brow, a golden circlet encrusted with thumb-sized rubies kept his greying hair back from his eyes. However, the item that drew the attention the most was the outlandish medallion around which hung from his neck down to his bare, tattooed chest.

It was the size of a Dawnish dinner plate, and glimmered in the blazing summer sun as the shipflew across the waves to Midport; the roaring inferno engraved on its orichalcum-alloyed surface seemed to leap and dance. Its edges were studded with a dozen lustrous topaz, each one worth a princely sum while the green iron chains that held it in place appeared so heavy that it was a wonder he didn't bend double and fall straight into the sea.

He caught one of the nearby corsairs looking over; a new addition to the crew, a lass who'd joined them in Siroc. He smiled and winked at her and beckoned her closer.

“Ah yes, you were admiting this, I think?” he gestured to the oversized piece of jewelry with his rod, “This my girl, is my proudest possession. It gives me more power than all the magi in the Spires of Urizen!”

He laughed at his own boast, an infectious chuckle.

“I have had it since I was a knee high to a briar; since I first learned how to fight like a magician. ‘Tis filled with powerful enchantments you see; the more my enemies see it, the more power it gives me. That’s why I make it look like this. So that everyone can see it.”

He winked down at her, once more adopting a pose and glancing out over the sea. The girl put her head on one side and considered for a moment. .

“Isn’t it a bit...heavy, captain?” she asked, astounded that the old man could comfortably bear the weight of the medallion around his neck.

“Ahh, I’ve had a little bit of vigour woven into it each time I get the boss enlarged. The fire that burns within it fills my veins and gives me the strength of an ox. While I wear this, I’ll burn as brightly as the sun’s flame and twice as hot. The Grendel and the pirates, they know it when they see it and they know that death is riding towards them on the wings of the wind. ''Flav’s Flame'' they'll call this, when one of them catches me sleeping and manages to cut my throat. Until then ... I stand here on the prow, and I light the way ahead for us.”

He grinned again.

"You should be to your duties of the First Mate will give you the sharp side of her tongue! Perhaps this evening when we are safe in the parador at Midport I'll tell you the story of how it saved my life when I was shipwrecked on the island of Cos! Or the time I had to use it as a bowl to carry the waters of the blue lagoon to the witch Isolde!"

He chuckled a little to himself as the girl scampered back to the ropes she had been coiling. Flavio turned his gaze back to the horizon, scanning for trouble, and wondered how many more times he would enlarge the pectoral before death finally caught up with him.</ic>

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Group Archetypes

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See also: [[Archetypes]]

===[[The Brass Coast]]===
{|
|[[Family]]
|A family is a collection of related people led by a [[The Brass Coast leadership|Dhomiro]]. They are all descended from one of the three tribes: the Erigo, the Riqueza and the Guerra. They contain all manner of different people.
|-
|[[The Brass Coast military concerns|Kohan]]
|Kohan are groups of volunteer and outcast warriors-without-family, who traditionally pledge loyalty to their tribe's [[Hakima]].
|-
|[[The_Brass_Coast_economic_interests|Parador]]
| Brass Coast towns always have at least one parador, a communal social house of business, music, story-telling, drinking and dance. They are often formed of a number smaller [[Family|Families]] working together.
|-
|[[Hakima]]
|Hakima are highly-organised groups of magic-users whose loyalty is to the tribe, not their family. They are taken to be wise.
|-
||[[The Brass Coast economic interests|Corsair]]
|Freeborn Corsairs are traders and privateers who deal with - and raid - foreign shipping in the Bay of Catazar.
|-
|[[The Brass Coast religious beliefs|Sutannir]]
|Sutannir perform inspiring religious ceremonies for the Freeborn, and (more importantly) organise the parties that follow. They usually include numerous talented performers in their ranks as well as priests.
|}

===[[Dawn]]===
{|
|[[Noble House]]
|A group of individual that have all passed [[Dawn_Culture_and_Customs#The_Test_of_Mettle|the Test of Mettle]], usually set by the House’s Earl. It also contains [[Yeoman]] loyal to the house.
|-
|[[Questing knight|Knightly Order]]
|A knightly order is made up of [[Questing Knight]]s who have proved themselves worthy in their Test of Mettle and have chosen to keep on questing for ever-greater glory. They sometimes have rules governing behaviour and seek an Eternal as a patron.
|-
|[[Weaver Cabal]]
|Weaver Cabals are groups of [[magical traditions|witches]] specialising in ritual magic .They are not Nobles but not entirely Yeomen. They perform magics to bring good fortune to villages, fertile harvests and good weather as well as weaving magic items.
|}

===[[Highguard]]===
{|
|[[Chapter]]
|Description
|-
|[[Highguard_religious_beliefs#Stewards of the dead|Stewards of the dead]]
|Description
|-
|[[Unconquered]]
|Unconquered units are elite Highborn warriors designed to fight battles by any means, in any conditions. They operate with a high level of autonomy, often behind enemy lines or in unknown territory.
|-
|[[Cataphracts]]
|Cataphracts units are Highguard's elite heavy warriors, who once rode [[horses]] into battle but who, in modern times, represent a resolute and unbreakable wall of steel.
|}

===[[Imperial Orcs]]===

{|
|[[Legion]]
|Description
|-
|[[Imperial Orcs Economic Concerns#Reavers|Reavers]]
|Description
|}

===[[The League]]===

{|
|[[Guilds|Guild]]
|Description
|-
|[[Free Company]]
|Description
|-
|[[Troupes|Troupe]]
|Description
|-
|[[Mountebank]]
|Mountebanks are groups street magicians whose tricks may be sleight of hand or genuine magic, many of whom skirt the edges of the law playing short-cons and rigging street games. A group of mountebanks combines ritual lore with a variety of other skills, doing whatever works to complete their goals.
|-
|[[Bishop]]
|The Bishops of the League are its high priests, who provide Virtuous guidance to any who can afford it, and who compete using the size and influence of their congregations. Groups of Bishops are led by an Archbishop.
|}

===[[The Marches]]===
{|
|[[Marcher household|Household]]
|A group of [[Yeomen of the Marches|Yeomen]] led by one of their number, called the [[Steward|Steward]]
|-
|[[Landskeeper]]
|A landskeeper is a figure from the Marches magical tradition, who supports the territories or the nation as a whole. Landskeepers can use a variety of methods, from hearth magics and good practical advice to rituals.
|-
|[[Market_Towns|Market Town]]
|[[The Marches economic interests|Alderman]]
|-
|[[Monastery]]
|Monks minister to the spiritual welfare of the folk around their monastery, largely ignoring [[Marcher household|Household]] boundaries. They divide their time between study of the [[The_Way|Imperial Faith]] and working the farmlands claimed by the monastery.
|}

===[[Navarr]]===
{|
|[[Striding]]
|Description
|-
|[[Steading]]
|Description
|}

===[[Urizen]]===

{|
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|Description
|-
|
|Description
|}

===[[Varushka]]===
{|
|[[Warden]]
|The Warden brotherhoods are heroic warriors who employ magical protection along with their armour and weapons to hunt down the terrors of the Varushkan wilderness, and to uphold Imperial Law.
|-
|[[Varushka military concerns|Schlacta]]
|The Schlacta are Varushka's well-organised bands of soldiery, who provide defence to a place or an employer.
|-
|[[Vale]]
|Description
|-
|[[Varushka magical traditions|Cabalists]]
|Cabals are teams of ritual magic-users, who often act as individual groups, independent of their vales. Each Cabal is different from each other, but their magical might grants them considerable influence.
|}

===[[Wintermark]]===

Maps

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== The Empire ==
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</span4>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=Empire-map-illus.gif|link=Map - Empire Overview|caption=Empire Overview}}
</span4>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=EmpireDetailedMapThumb.jpg|link=Map - Detailed Empire|caption=Empire Detailed}}
</span4>

</row-fluid>

== Nations ==

<row-fluid>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapBrassCoastThumb.png|link=Brass Coast Maps|caption=The Brass Coast}}
</span4>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapDawnThumb.png|link=Dawn Maps|caption=Dawn}}
</span4>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapHighguardThumb.png|link=Highguard Maps|caption=Highguard}}
</span4>

</row-fluid>

<row-fluid>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapLeagueThumb.png|link=League Maps|caption=League}}
</span4>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapMarchesThumb.png|link=Marches Maps|caption=The Marches}}
</span4>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapNavarrThumb.png|link=Navarr Maps|caption=Navarr}}
</span4>

</row-fluid>

<row-fluid>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapUrizenThumb.png|link=Urizen Maps|caption=Urizen}}
</span4>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapVarushkaThumb.png|link=Varushka Maps|caption=Varushka}}
</span4>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapWintermarkThumb.png|link=Wintermark Maps|caption=Wintermark}}
</span4>

</row-fluid>

== The Wider World ==

<row-fluid>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=WorldSmallThumb.png|link=Map - Outside The Empire|caption=Outside the Empire}}
</span4>

</row-fluid>

<hr/>

Alongside the above, you can take a look at [http://larp.me.uk/PD/empire/map/ Nicholas Avenell's wonderful zoomable Google version of the Empire Map].

You probably also want to check out the [[Gazetteer]], which tells you all about the places on the map, and perhaps the [[Pronunciation guide]], which tells you how they're said. :-)

== Map Questions ==

=== Can we have the settlement of X for our background? ===

'And so began the great land grab of 2013, when people from across the nation did email unto PD saying "Can we have the settlement of X for our background?". And to each of them was given the answer "Submit your background when the character creation system goes live and we'll look at it then. We thank you for your patience"'

=== How much can I make up in my background? ===

We will be providing major cities, towns and Interesting Places as a starting point, and will be looking at a mechanism (almost certainly via the New Player Team) to work out how we can ensure player groups can be connected to those locations (or even 'own' smaller ones).

In coming up with new places for your background, the rule of thumb, really, is 'would it be widely known about'? If it would, it's best to avoid it. Hopefully we'll be providing you with a dense enough network of biggish places for you to refer to already, without the need to crowd our maps with more.

Therefore we're happy for people to come up with small hamlets, small settlements or steadings, points of interest such as hidden waterfalls or caves, sheltered valleys and the like. Anything bigger is unlikely to fit in.

=== How big is the Empire? ===

Very roughly, the Empire is 900 miles by 900 miles.

[[Category:Maps]]

Maps

2013-03-02T11:49:36Z

Wildwinter:

__NOTOC__
== The Empire ==
<row-fluid>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=Empire-map-woodcut-hollow.gif|link=Map - Empire Overview Woodcut|caption=Empire Overview (Woodcut)}}
</span4>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=Empire-map-illus.gif|link=Map - Empire Overview|caption=Empire Overview}}
</span4>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=EmpireDetailedMapThumb.jpg|link=Map - Detailed Empire|caption=Empire Detailed}}
</span4>

</row-fluid>

== Nations ==

<row-fluid>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapBrassCoastThumb.png|link=Brass Coast Maps|caption=The Brass Coast}}
</span4>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapDawnThumb.png|link=Dawn Maps|caption=Dawn}}
</span4>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapHighguardThumb.png|link=Highguard Maps|caption=Highguard}}
</span4>

</row-fluid>

<row-fluid>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapLeagueThumb.png|link=League Maps|caption=League}}
</span4>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapMarchesThumb.png|link=Marches Maps|caption=The Marches}}
</span4>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapNavarrThumb.png|link=Navarr Maps|caption=Navarr}}
</span4>

</row-fluid>

<row-fluid>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapUrizenThumb.png|link=Urizen Maps|caption=Urizen}}
</span4>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapVarushkaThumb.png|link=Varushka Maps|caption=Varushka}}
</span4>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapWintermarkThumb.png|link=Wintermark Maps|caption=Wintermark}}
</span4>

</row-fluid>

== The Wider World ==

<row-fluid>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=WorldSmallThumb.png|link=Map - Outside The Empire|caption=Outside the Empire}}
</span4>

</row-fluid>

<hr/>

Alongside the above, you can take a look at [http://larp.me.uk/PD/empire/map/ Nicholas Avenell's wonderful zoomable Google version of the Empire Map].

You probably also want to check out the [[Gazetteer]], which tells you all about the places on the map, and perhaps the [[Pronunciation guide]], which tells you how they're said. :-)

== Map Questions ==

=== Can we have the settlement of X for our background? ===

'And so began the great land grab of 2013, when people from across the nation did email unto PD saying "Can we have the settlement of X for our background?". And to each of them was given the answer "Submit your background when the character creation system goes live and we'll look at it then. It is expected to be live in early February. We thank you for your patience"'

=== How much can I make up in my background? ===

We will be providing major cities, towns and Interesting Places as a starting point, and will be looking at a mechanism (almost certainly via the New Player Team) to work out how we can ensure player groups can be connected to those locations (or even 'own' smaller ones).

In coming up with new places for your background, the rule of thumb, really, is 'would it be widely known about'? If it would, it's best to avoid it. Hopefully we'll be providing you with a dense enough network of biggish places for you to refer to already, without the need to crowd our maps with more.

Therefore we're happy for people to come up with small hamlets, small settlements or steadings, points of interest such as hidden waterfalls or caves, sheltered valleys and the like. Anything bigger is unlikely to fit in.

=== How big is the Empire? ===

Very roughly, the Empire is 900 miles by 900 miles.

[[Category:Maps]]

Maps

2013-03-02T11:46:28Z

Wildwinter:

__NOTOC__
== The Empire ==
<row-fluid>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=Empire-map-woodcut-hollow.gif|link=Map - Empire Overview Woodcut|caption=Empire Overview (Woodcut)}}
</span4>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=Empire-map-illus.gif|link=Map - Empire Overview|caption=Empire Overview}}
</span4>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=EmpireDetailedMapThumb.jpg|link=Map - Detailed Empire|caption=Empire Detailed}}
</span4>

</row-fluid>

== Nations ==

<row-fluid>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapBrassCoastThumb.png|link=Brass Coast Maps|caption=The Brass Coast}}
</span4>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapDawnThumb.png|link=Dawn Maps|caption=Dawn}}
</span4>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapHighguardThumb.png|link=Highguard Maps|caption=Highguard}}
</span4>

</row-fluid>

<row-fluid>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapLeagueThumb.png|link=League Maps|caption=League}}
</span4>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapMarchesThumb.png|link=Marches Maps|caption=The Marches}}
</span4>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapNavarrThumb.png|link=Navarr Maps|caption=Navarr}}
</span4>

</row-fluid>

<row-fluid>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapUrizenThumb.png|link=Urizen Maps|caption=Urizen}}
</span4>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapVarushkaThumb.png|link=Varushka Maps|caption=Varushka}}
</span4>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapWintermarkThumb.png|link=Wintermark Maps|caption=Wintermark}}
</span4>

</row-fluid>

== The Wider World ==

<row-fluid>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=WorldSmallThumb.png|link=Map - Outside The Empire|caption=Outside the Empire}}
</span4>

</row-fluid>

<hr/>

Alongside the above, you can take a look at [http://larp.me.uk/PD/empire/map/ Nicholas Avenell's wonderful zoomable Google version of the Empire Map].

You probably also want to check out the [[Gazetteer]], which tells you all about the places on the map, and perhaps the [[Pronunciation guide]], which tells you how they're said. :-)

== Map Questions ==

=== Can we have the settlement of X for our background? ===

'And so began the great land grab of 2013, when people from across the nation did email unto PD saying "Can we have the settlement of X for our background?". And to each of them was given the answer "Submit your background when the character creation system goes live and we'll look at it then. It is expected to be live in early February. We thank you for your patience"'

=== How much can I make up in my background? ===

We will be providing major cities, towns and Interesting Places as a starting point, and will be looking at a mechanism (almost certainly via the New Player Team) to work out how we can ensure player groups can be connected to those locations (or even 'own' smaller ones).

In coming up with new places for your background, the rule of thumb, really, is 'would it be widely known about'? If it would, it's best to avoid it. Hopefully we'll be providing you with a dense enough network of biggish places for you to refer to already, without the need to crowd our maps with more.

Therefore we're happy for people to come up with small hamlets, small settlements or steadings, points of interest such as hidden waterfalls or caves, sheltered valleys and the like. Anything bigger is unlikely to fit in.

=== How big is the Empire? ===

Very roughly, the Empire is 900 miles by 900 miles. Scale will be shown on upcoming maps.

[[Category:Maps]]

Maps

2013-03-02T11:46:08Z

Wildwinter:

__NOTOC__
== The Wider World ==

<row-fluid>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=WorldSmallThumb.png|link=Map - Outside The Empire|caption=Outside the Empire}}
</span4>

</row-fluid>

== The Empire ==
<row-fluid>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=Empire-map-woodcut-hollow.gif|link=Map - Empire Overview Woodcut|caption=Empire Overview (Woodcut)}}
</span4>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=Empire-map-illus.gif|link=Map - Empire Overview|caption=Empire Overview}}
</span4>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=EmpireDetailedMapThumb.jpg|link=Map - Detailed Empire|caption=Empire Detailed}}
</span4>

</row-fluid>

== Nations ==

<row-fluid>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapBrassCoastThumb.png|link=Brass Coast Maps|caption=The Brass Coast}}
</span4>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapDawnThumb.png|link=Dawn Maps|caption=Dawn}}
</span4>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapHighguardThumb.png|link=Highguard Maps|caption=Highguard}}
</span4>

</row-fluid>

<row-fluid>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapLeagueThumb.png|link=League Maps|caption=League}}
</span4>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapMarchesThumb.png|link=Marches Maps|caption=The Marches}}
</span4>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapNavarrThumb.png|link=Navarr Maps|caption=Navarr}}
</span4>

</row-fluid>

<row-fluid>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapUrizenThumb.png|link=Urizen Maps|caption=Urizen}}
</span4>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapVarushkaThumb.png|link=Varushka Maps|caption=Varushka}}
</span4>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapWintermarkThumb.png|link=Wintermark Maps|caption=Wintermark}}
</span4>

</row-fluid>

<hr/>

Alongside the above, you can take a look at [http://larp.me.uk/PD/empire/map/ Nicholas Avenell's wonderful zoomable Google version of the Empire Map].

You probably also want to check out the [[Gazetteer]], which tells you all about the places on the map, and perhaps the [[Pronunciation guide]], which tells you how they're said. :-)

== Map Questions ==

=== Can we have the settlement of X for our background? ===

'And so began the great land grab of 2013, when people from across the nation did email unto PD saying "Can we have the settlement of X for our background?". And to each of them was given the answer "Submit your background when the character creation system goes live and we'll look at it then. It is expected to be live in early February. We thank you for your patience"'

=== How much can I make up in my background? ===

We will be providing major cities, towns and Interesting Places as a starting point, and will be looking at a mechanism (almost certainly via the New Player Team) to work out how we can ensure player groups can be connected to those locations (or even 'own' smaller ones).

In coming up with new places for your background, the rule of thumb, really, is 'would it be widely known about'? If it would, it's best to avoid it. Hopefully we'll be providing you with a dense enough network of biggish places for you to refer to already, without the need to crowd our maps with more.

Therefore we're happy for people to come up with small hamlets, small settlements or steadings, points of interest such as hidden waterfalls or caves, sheltered valleys and the like. Anything bigger is unlikely to fit in.

=== How big is the Empire? ===

Very roughly, the Empire is 900 miles by 900 miles. Scale will be shown on upcoming maps.

[[Category:Maps]]

Maps

2013-03-02T11:43:42Z

Wildwinter:

__NOTOC__
== The World ==

<row-fluid>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=WorldSmallThumb.png|link=Map - Outside The Empire|caption=Outside the Empire}}
</span4>

</row-fluid>

== The Empire ==
<row-fluid>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=Empire-map-woodcut-hollow.gif|link=Map - Empire Overview Woodcut|caption=Empire Overview (Woodcut)}}
</span4>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=Empire-map-illus.gif|link=Map - Empire Overview|caption=Empire Overview}}
</span4>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=EmpireDetailedMapThumb.jpg|link=Map - Detailed Empire|caption=Empire Detailed}}
</span4>

</row-fluid>

== Nations ==

<row-fluid>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapBrassCoastThumb.png|link=Brass Coast Maps|caption=The Brass Coast}}
</span4>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapDawnThumb.png|link=Dawn Maps|caption=Dawn}}
</span4>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapHighguardThumb.png|link=Highguard Maps|caption=Highguard}}
</span4>

</row-fluid>

<row-fluid>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapLeagueThumb.png|link=League Maps|caption=League}}
</span4>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapMarchesThumb.png|link=Marches Maps|caption=The Marches}}
</span4>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapNavarrThumb.png|link=Navarr Maps|caption=Navarr}}
</span4>

</row-fluid>

<row-fluid>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapUrizenThumb.png|link=Urizen Maps|caption=Urizen}}
</span4>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapVarushkaThumb.png|link=Varushka Maps|caption=Varushka}}
</span4>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapWintermarkThumb.png|link=Wintermark Maps|caption=Wintermark}}
</span4>

</row-fluid>

<hr/>

Alongside the above, you can take a look at [http://larp.me.uk/PD/empire/map/ Nicholas Avenell's wonderful zoomable Google version of the Empire Map].

You probably also want to check out the [[Gazetteer]], which tells you all about the places on the map, and perhaps the [[Pronunciation guide]], which tells you how they're said. :-)

== Map Questions ==

=== Can we have the settlement of X for our background? ===

'And so began the great land grab of 2013, when people from across the nation did email unto PD saying "Can we have the settlement of X for our background?". And to each of them was given the answer "Submit your background when the character creation system goes live and we'll look at it then. It is expected to be live in early February. We thank you for your patience"'

=== How much can I make up in my background? ===

We will be providing major cities, towns and Interesting Places as a starting point, and will be looking at a mechanism (almost certainly via the New Player Team) to work out how we can ensure player groups can be connected to those locations (or even 'own' smaller ones).

In coming up with new places for your background, the rule of thumb, really, is 'would it be widely known about'? If it would, it's best to avoid it. Hopefully we'll be providing you with a dense enough network of biggish places for you to refer to already, without the need to crowd our maps with more.

Therefore we're happy for people to come up with small hamlets, small settlements or steadings, points of interest such as hidden waterfalls or caves, sheltered valleys and the like. Anything bigger is unlikely to fit in.

=== How big is the Empire? ===

Very roughly, the Empire is 900 miles by 900 miles. Scale will be shown on upcoming maps.

[[Category:Maps]]

File:WorldSmallThumb.png

2013-03-02T11:42:22Z

Wildwinter:

Map - Outside The Empire

2013-03-02T11:41:59Z

Wildwinter:

[[File:WorldLargeThumb.png|640x453px|center|link=http://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/mediawiki-public/images/2/26/World-map-woodcut.png]]

''Map by Daisy Abbott.''

[[Category:Maps]]

File:WorldLargeThumb.png

2013-03-02T11:41:38Z

Wildwinter:

Map - Outside The Empire

2013-03-02T11:39:13Z

Wildwinter:

[[File:World-map-woodcut.png|640x453px|center|link=http://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/mediawiki-public/images/2/26/World-map-woodcut.png]]

''Map by Daisy Abbott.''

[[Category:Maps]]

Map - Outside The Empire

2013-03-02T11:38:57Z

Wildwinter: Created page with "link=http://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/mediawiki-public/images/2/26/World-map-woodcut.png ''Map by Daisy Abbott.'' [[Categor..."

[[File:World-map-woodcut.png|640x452px|center|link=http://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/mediawiki-public/images/2/26/World-map-woodcut.png]]

''Map by Daisy Abbott.''

[[Category:Maps]]

File:World-map-woodcut.png

2013-03-02T11:34:23Z

Wildwinter: Map by Daisy Abbott

Map by Daisy Abbott

Individual Nation Maps

2013-03-01T21:25:03Z

Wildwinter: Redirected page to Maps

#Redirect: [[Maps]]

Individual Nation Maps

2013-03-01T21:24:23Z

Wildwinter: Created page with "Redirect:Maps"

[[Redirect:Maps]]

Template:MapPrintingInfo

2013-03-01T20:47:52Z

Wildwinter:

<small>'''PRINT INFORMATION''' - Each map is set to print at A3 size (the resolution varies between 175ppi and 300ppi). Do not print larger than this or it will pixellate. If you print smaller, the quality will improve slightly. Various sizes are available by clicking on the image. To print, make sure you download the ORIGINAL size image (should be between 3700 and 5000 pixels wide. Feel free to add your own textures etc</small>

''Maps by Daisy Abbott''

Maps

2013-03-01T20:18:31Z

Wildwinter: /* Where we are with maps */

__NOTOC__
== The Empire ==
<row-fluid>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=Empire-map-woodcut-hollow.gif|link=Map - Empire Overview Woodcut|caption=Empire Overview (Woodcut)}}
</span4>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=Empire-map-illus.gif|link=Map - Empire Overview|caption=Empire Overview}}
</span4>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=EmpireDetailedMapThumb.jpg|link=Map - Detailed Empire|caption=Empire Detailed}}
</span4>

</row-fluid>

== Nations ==

<row-fluid>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapBrassCoastThumb.png|link=Brass Coast Maps|caption=The Brass Coast}}
</span4>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapDawnThumb.png|link=Dawn Maps|caption=Dawn}}
</span4>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapHighguardThumb.png|link=Highguard Maps|caption=Highguard}}
</span4>

</row-fluid>

<row-fluid>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapLeagueThumb.png|link=League Maps|caption=League}}
</span4>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapMarchesThumb.png|link=Marches Maps|caption=The Marches}}
</span4>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapNavarrThumb.png|link=Navarr Maps|caption=Navarr}}
</span4>

</row-fluid>

<row-fluid>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapUrizenThumb.png|link=Urizen Maps|caption=Urizen}}
</span4>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapVarushkaThumb.png|link=Varushka Maps|caption=Varushka}}
</span4>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapWintermarkThumb.png|link=Wintermark Maps|caption=Wintermark}}
</span4>

</row-fluid>

<hr/>

Alongside the above, you can take a look at [http://larp.me.uk/PD/empire/map/ Nicholas Avenell's wonderful zoomable Google version of the Empire Map].

You probably also want to check out the [[Gazetteer]], which tells you all about the places on the map, and perhaps the [[Pronunciation guide]], which tells you how they're said. :-)

== Where we are with maps ==

Other than those maps above, we are working on the following:
* A more expansive map, showing barbarian lands around the Empire.

=== Can we have the settlement of X for our background? ===

'And so began the great land grab of 2013, when people from across the nation did email unto PD saying "Can we have the settlement of X for our background?". And to each of them was given the answer "Submit your background when the character creation system goes live and we'll look at it then. It is expected to be live in early February. We thank you for your patience"'

=== How much can I make up in my background? ===

We will be providing major cities, towns and Interesting Places as a starting point, and will be looking at a mechanism (almost certainly via the New Player Team) to work out how we can ensure player groups can be connected to those locations (or even 'own' smaller ones).

In coming up with new places for your background, the rule of thumb, really, is 'would it be widely known about'? If it would, it's best to avoid it. Hopefully we'll be providing you with a dense enough network of biggish places for you to refer to already, without the need to crowd our maps with more.

Therefore we're happy for people to come up with small hamlets, small settlements or steadings, points of interest such as hidden waterfalls or caves, sheltered valleys and the like. Anything bigger is unlikely to fit in.

=== How big is the Empire? ===

Very roughly, the Empire is 900 miles by 900 miles. Scale will be shown on upcoming maps.

[[Category:Maps]]

Gazetteer

2013-03-01T20:17:32Z

Wildwinter:

[[File:EmpireDetailedMapThumb.jpg|480x335px|link=http://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/mediawiki-public/images/0/0d/EmpireDetailedMap.png]]

<row-fluid>
<span4>
=== The Brass Coast ===
* [[Feroz]]
* [[Kahraman]]
* [[Madruga]]
* [[Segura]]
See: [[Brass Coast Maps]]
</span4>

<span4>
=== Dawn ===
* [[Astolat]]
* [[The Barrens]]
* [[Semmerholm]]
* [[Weirwater]]
See: [[Dawn Maps]]
</span4>

<span4>
=== Highguard ===
* [[Bastion]]
* [[Casinea]]
* [[Necropolis]]
* [[Reikos]]
See: [[Highguard Maps]]
</span4>
</row-fluid>

<row-fluid>
<span4>
=== The League ===
* [[Holberg]]
* [[Sarvos (Territory)|Sarvos]]
* [[Tassato]]
* [[Temeschwar]]
See: [[League Maps]]
</span4>

<span4>
=== The Marches ===
* [[Bregasland]]
* [[Mitwold]]
* [[Mournwold]]
* [[Upwold]]
See: [[Marches Maps]]
</span4>

<span4>
=== Navarr ===
* [[Brocéliande]]
* [[Hercynia]]
* [[Liathaven]]
* [[Miaren]]
* [[Therunin]]
See: [[Navarr Maps]]
</span4>
</row-fluid>

<row-fluid>
<span4>
=== Urizen ===
* [[Morrow]]
* [[Redoubt]]
* [[Spiral]]
* [[Zenith]]
See: [[Urizen Maps]]
</span4>

<span4>
=== Varushka ===
* [[Karov]]
* [[Karsk]]
* [[Miekarova]]
* [[Volodmartz]]
See: [[Varushka Maps]]
</span4>

<span4>
=== Wintermark ===
* [[Hahnmark]]
* [[Kallavesa]]
* [[Sermersuaq]]
* [[Skarsind]]
See: [[Wintermark Maps]]
</span4>
</row-fluid>

Wondering how some of these places are usually pronounced? Try the [[Pronunciation guide]].

__NOTOC__
[[Category:Gazetteer]]

Gazetteer

2013-03-01T20:16:24Z

Wildwinter:

[[File:EmpireDetailedMapThumb.jpg|480x335px|link=http://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/mediawiki-public/images/0/0d/EmpireDetailedMap.png]]

<row-fluid>
<span4>
=== The Brass Coast ===
See: [[Brass Coast Maps]]
* [[Feroz]]
* [[Kahraman]]
* [[Madruga]]
* [[Segura]]
</span4>

<span4>
=== Dawn ===
See: [[Dawn Maps]]
* [[Astolat]]
* [[The Barrens]]
* [[Semmerholm]]
* [[Weirwater]]
</span4>

<span4>
=== Highguard ===
See: [[Highguard Maps]]
* [[Bastion]]
* [[Casinea]]
* [[Necropolis]]
* [[Reikos]]
</span4>
</row-fluid>

<row-fluid>
<span4>
=== The League ===
See: [[League Maps]]
* [[Holberg]]
* [[Sarvos (Territory)|Sarvos]]
* [[Tassato]]
* [[Temeschwar]]
</span4>

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=== The Marches ===
See: [[Marches Maps]]
* [[Bregasland]]
* [[Mitwold]]
* [[Mournwold]]
* [[Upwold]]
</span4>

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=== Navarr ===
See: [[Navarr Maps]]
* [[Brocéliande]]
* [[Hercynia]]
* [[Liathaven]]
* [[Miaren]]
* [[Therunin]]
</span4>
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=== Urizen ===
See: [[Urizen Maps]]
* [[Morrow]]
* [[Redoubt]]
* [[Spiral]]
* [[Zenith]]
</span4>

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=== Varushka ===
See: [[Varushka Maps]]
* [[Karov]]
* [[Karsk]]
* [[Miekarova]]
* [[Volodmartz]]
</span4>

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=== Wintermark ===
See: [[Wintermark Maps]]
* [[Hahnmark]]
* [[Kallavesa]]
* [[Sermersuaq]]
* [[Skarsind]]
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Wondering how some of these places are usually pronounced? Try the [[Pronunciation guide]].

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[[Category:Gazetteer]]

Wintermark Maps

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[[File:Nation-wintermark.jpg|640px|center|link=http://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/empire-wiki/File:Nation-wintermark.jpg]]
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===See Also===
* [[Hahnmark]]
* [[Kallavesa]]
* [[Sermersuaq]]
* [[Skarsind]]

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Varushka Maps

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===See Also===
* [[Karov]]
* [[Karsk]]
* [[Miekarova]]
* [[Volodmartz]]

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Urizen Maps

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===See Also===
* [[Morrow]]
* [[Redoubt]]
* [[Spiral]]
* [[Zenith]]

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Navarr Maps

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[[File:Nation-navarr-texture.jpg|640px|center|link=http://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/empire-wiki/File:Nation-navarr-texture.jpg]]

===See Also===
* [[Brocéliande]]
* [[Hercynia]]
* [[Liathaven]]
* [[Miaren]]
* [[Therunin]]

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[[Category:Navarr]]

Marches Maps

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[[File:Nation-marches-texture.jpg|640px|center|link=http://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/empire-wiki/File:Nation-marches-texture.jpg]]

===See Also===
* [[Bregasland]]
* [[Mitwold]]
* [[Mournwold]]
* [[Upwold]]

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League Maps

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[[File:Nation-league-texture.jpg|640px|center|link=http://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/empire-wiki/File:Nation-league-texture.jpg]]

===See Also===
* [[Holberg]]
* [[Sarvos (Territory)|Sarvos]]
* [[Tassato]]
* [[Temeschwar]]

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[[Category:The League]]

Highguard Maps

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[[File:Nation-highguard-texture.jpg|640px|center|link=http://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/empire-wiki/File:Nation-highguard-texture.jpg]]

===See Also===
* [[Bastion]]
* [[Casinea]]
* [[Necropolis]]
* [[Reikos]]

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[[Category:Maps]]
[[Category:Highguard]]

Dawn Maps

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[[File:Nation-dawn.jpg|640px|center|link=http://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/empire-wiki/File:Nation-dawn.jpg]]
[[File:Nation-dawn-texture.jpg|640px|center|link=http://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/empire-wiki/File:Nation-dawn-texture.jpg]]

===See Also===
* [[Astolat]]
* [[The Barrens]]
* [[Semmerholm]]
* [[Weirwater]]

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Brass Coast Maps

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[[File:Nation-brasscoast.jpg|640px|center|link=http://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/empire-wiki/File:Nation-brasscoast.jpg]]
[[File:Nation-brasscoast-texture.jpg|640px|center|link=http://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/empire-wiki/File:Nation-brasscoast-texture.jpg]]

===See Also===
* [[Feroz]]
* [[Kahraman]]
* [[Madruga]]
* [[Segura]]

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Brass Coast Maps

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== The Empire ==
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{{ThreeColIconImage|file=Empire-map-woodcut-hollow.gif|link=Map - Empire Overview Woodcut|caption=Empire Overview (Woodcut)}}
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{{ThreeColIconImage|file=Empire-map-illus.gif|link=Map - Empire Overview|caption=Empire Overview}}
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== Nations ==

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{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapBrassCoastThumb.png|link=Brass Coast Maps|caption=The Brass Coast}}
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{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapDawnThumb.png|link=Dawn Maps|caption=Dawn}}
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{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapHighguardThumb.png|link=Highguard Maps|caption=Highguard}}
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{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapLeagueThumb.png|link=League Maps|caption=League}}
</span4>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapMarchesThumb.png|link=Marches Maps|caption=The Marches}}
</span4>

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{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapNavarrThumb.png|link=Navarr Maps|caption=Navarr}}
</span4>

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{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapUrizenThumb.png|link=Urizen Maps|caption=Urizen}}
</span4>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapVarushkaThumb.png|link=Varushka Maps|caption=Varushka}}
</span4>

<span4>
{{ThreeColIconImage|file=MapWintermarkThumb.png|link=Wintermark Maps|caption=Wintermark}}
</span4>

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<hr/>

Alongside the above, you can take a look at [http://larp.me.uk/PD/empire/map/ Nicholas Avenell's wonderful zoomable Google version of the Empire Map].

You probably also want to check out the [[Gazetteer]], which tells you all about the places on the map, and perhaps the [[Pronunciation guide]], which tells you how they're said. :-)

== Where we are with maps ==

Other than those maps above, we are working on the following:
* A more expansive map, showing barbarian lands around the Empire.
* A strategic campaign map of each nation and its surrounds, showing even more detailed information, that will become much more relevant as campaign rules are released.

=== Can we have the settlement of X for our background? ===

'And so began the great land grab of 2013, when people from across the nation did email unto PD saying "Can we have the settlement of X for our background?". And to each of them was given the answer "Submit your background when the character creation system goes live and we'll look at it then. It is expected to be live in early February. We thank you for your patience"'

=== How much can I make up in my background? ===

We will be providing major cities, towns and Interesting Places as a starting point, and will be looking at a mechanism (almost certainly via the New Player Team) to work out how we can ensure player groups can be connected to those locations (or even 'own' smaller ones).

In coming up with new places for your background, the rule of thumb, really, is 'would it be widely known about'? If it would, it's best to avoid it. Hopefully we'll be providing you with a dense enough network of biggish places for you to refer to already, without the need to crowd our maps with more.

Therefore we're happy for people to come up with small hamlets, small settlements or steadings, points of interest such as hidden waterfalls or caves, sheltered valleys and the like. Anything bigger is unlikely to fit in.

=== How big is the Empire? ===

Very roughly, the Empire is 900 miles by 900 miles. Scale will be shown on upcoming maps.

[[Category:Maps]]

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