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Matt: Text replacement - "[[Imperial Conclave" to "[[Conclave"

2026-01-15T16:42:55Z

Text replacement - "[[Imperial Conclave" to "[[Conclave"

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	In addition the land near a trod is often noticeably fertile and the crops on land through which a trod passes seems much less prone to disease.		In addition the land near a trod is often noticeably fertile and the crops on land through which a trod passes seems much less prone to disease.

	New trods can be created; however, it takes a great ritual. With the recovery in 378YE of [[The Dance of Navarr and Thorn]] - a powerful ritual from pre-Imperial times - the Navarr once again have access to the potent tool necessary to create trods. The [[Formulaic_ritual#Ritual_Texts\|ritual text]] also laid out several of the theories behind the trods, how they worked and their ultimate effect. The [[~~Imperial~~ Conclave]] [[Declaration#Declaration of Imperial Lore\|agreed]] to place the ritual into [[Formulaic ritual#Imperial lore\|Imperial lore]], ensuring that it would not be lost as long as the Empire lasted.		New trods can be created; however, it takes a great ritual. With the recovery in 378YE of [[The Dance of Navarr and Thorn]] - a powerful ritual from pre-Imperial times - the Navarr once again have access to the potent tool necessary to create trods. The [[Formulaic_ritual#Ritual_Texts\|ritual text]] also laid out several of the theories behind the trods, how they worked and their ultimate effect. The [[Conclave]] [[Declaration#Declaration of Imperial Lore\|agreed]] to place the ritual into [[Formulaic ritual#Imperial lore\|Imperial lore]], ensuring that it would not be lost as long as the Empire lasted.
	{{CaptionedImage\|file=Dark and Deep.jpg\|align=right\|caption=Every trod starts and ends with a vallorn.\|width=400}}		{{CaptionedImage\|file=Dark and Deep.jpg\|align=right\|caption=Every trod starts and ends with a vallorn.\|width=400}}

Hailmur: /* Current Trods */

2025-09-07T20:29:14Z

Current Trods

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	* '''There are trods in the Thule territory of Sküld'''		* '''There are trods in the Thule territory of Sküld'''
	* '''There are trods in the Jotun territories of Bregasland and Liathaven'''		* '''There are trods in the Jotun territories of Bregasland and Liathaven'''
	* '''There are still trods in ~~the territories of~~ Brocéliande ~~and Madruga~~'''		* '''There are still trods in Brocéliande'''
	* '''There are no trods in any other territories'''		* '''There are no trods in any other territories'''
	At present every Imperial-controlled territory has trods. In addition to these territories, the trods of [[Brocéliande]], [[Otkodov#Sk.C3.BCld\|Sküld~~]], [[Madruga~~]], and [[Liathaven\|Ashvale]] remain active at this time. While it is possible for the Empire to create a trod network outside the Empire's boundaries, the Empire would need access to a suitable ritual site in the territory to perform the ritual, or they would need to persuade whichever power controlled the territory to perform the ritual for them.		At present every Imperial-controlled territory has trods. In addition to these territories, the trods of [[Brocéliande]], [[Otkodov#Sk.C3.BCld\|Sküld]], and [[Liathaven\|Ashvale]] remain active at this time. While it is possible for the Empire to create a trod network outside the Empire's boundaries, the Empire would need access to a suitable ritual site in the territory to perform the ritual, or they would need to persuade whichever power controlled the territory to perform the ritual for them.

	===Damaged Trods===		===Damaged Trods===
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	Before the Autumn Equinox 385YE the scions of [[Cold Sun]] inflicted significant [[To_the_last_syllable#In_Therunin\|damage to the trods]] of [[Therunin]]. During the summit an attempt to [[To_the_last_syllable#Shadow_in_the_Night\|stop a force of heralds]] from doing the same to the trods in [[Hercynia]] failed. The scions repeated that destruction in Miaren prior to the Winter Solstice, [[Things_that_burn#The_Empty_Hands\|unmaking the trods]] in the territory. During that summit the [[Spear of the Seven]] led a force through the Sentinel Gate into Therunin to distract vallornspawn clustered around a potent Spring regio. The Wildfire's Ever Shifting Dance, supported by a few members of the Voice of the Quiet Forest, were able to follow minutes later and perform the ritual to [[386YE_Spring_Equinox_winds_of_war#A_Missing_Leaf\|restore the Therunin trods]]. Since then, the trods in Miaren and Hercynia have also been repaired.		Before the Autumn Equinox 385YE the scions of [[Cold Sun]] inflicted significant [[To_the_last_syllable#In_Therunin\|damage to the trods]] of [[Therunin]]. During the summit an attempt to [[To_the_last_syllable#Shadow_in_the_Night\|stop a force of heralds]] from doing the same to the trods in [[Hercynia]] failed. The scions repeated that destruction in Miaren prior to the Winter Solstice, [[Things_that_burn#The_Empty_Hands\|unmaking the trods]] in the territory. During that summit the [[Spear of the Seven]] led a force through the Sentinel Gate into Therunin to distract vallornspawn clustered around a potent Spring regio. The Wildfire's Ever Shifting Dance, supported by a few members of the Voice of the Quiet Forest, were able to follow minutes later and perform the ritual to [[386YE_Spring_Equinox_winds_of_war#A_Missing_Leaf\|restore the Therunin trods]]. Since then, the trods in Miaren and Hercynia have also been repaired.

	After the Winter Solstice 386YE, as Spring Equinox approached, the Druj [[To_hold_death%27s_hand_in_mine\|conquered Therunin]]. Worse, their [[Druj lore#Ghulai\|Ghulai]] of the army of the ''Tainted Basilisk'' used wicked sorcery to rouse the vallorn there [[To_hold_death%27s_hand_in_mine#Tainted_Vengeance\|to wakefulness]]. In the process they overwhelmed the trods and severed the territory from the webwork; that is a matter for concern but one likely to be dealt with once the uncontrolled spread of the Tharunind vallorn is dealt with.		After the Winter Solstice 386YE, as Spring Equinox approached, the Druj [[To_hold_death%27s_hand_in_mine\|conquered Therunin]]. Worse, their [[Druj lore#Ghulai\|Ghulai]] of the army of the ''Tainted Basilisk'' used wicked sorcery to rouse the vallorn there [[To_hold_death%27s_hand_in_mine#Tainted_Vengeance\|to wakefulness]]. In the process, they overwhelmed the trods and severed the territory from the webwork; that is a matter for concern but one likely to be dealt with once the uncontrolled spread of the Tharunind vallorn is dealt with.

	===New Trods===		===New Trods===

Twiggy at 16:16, 5 August 2025

2025-08-05T16:16:23Z

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	As a [[striding]] migrates along the trods the unconstrained [[Spring]] Magic which is the heart of the [[vallorn]] is slowly leached away. The longer the trod and the larger the striding the greater the effect. However, this magic is not just bled into the ether but is returned to the land and in some small way the people that travel the trod.		As a [[striding]] migrates along the trods the unconstrained [[Spring]] Magic which is the heart of the [[vallorn]] is slowly leached away. The longer the trod and the larger the striding the greater the effect. However, this magic is not just bled into the ether but is returned to the land and in some small way the people that travel the trod.

	A trod starts and ends at a [[~~Vallorn~~]]. As a vallorn grows more powerful as the [[Navarr]] advance closer to its heart, successive generations have needed to travel further to weaken it sufficiently before any attack is attempted. The most potent users of the trods are those who begin their journey within an area claimed by the vallorn, and then travel as far away as possible using the trods. Only the Navarr do this on anything approaching a regular basis.		A trod starts and ends at a [[vallorn]]. As a vallorn grows more powerful as the [[Navarr]] advance closer to its heart, successive generations have needed to travel further to weaken it sufficiently before any attack is attempted. The most potent users of the trods are those who begin their journey within an area claimed by the vallorn, and then travel as far away as possible using the trods. Only the Navarr do this on anything approaching a regular basis.

	Stridings routinely move from trod to trod, to ensure as much of the vallorn's life-force is depleted before they attempt the dangerous journey back towards the vallorn.		Stridings routinely move from trod to trod, to ensure as much of the vallorn's life-force is depleted before they attempt the dangerous journey back towards the vallorn.

Twiggy at 20:31, 12 July 2025

2025-07-12T20:31:53Z

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	The trods are magically enchanted paths that weave and wind their way across the majority of the Empire. They have special significance to the [[Navarr]], but they are also invaluable to Imperial [[Technology#Trods, Roads, and Ox-carts\|travellers]], merchants, and soldiers. People who use trods - some of which see more travel than the Imperial roads - feel refreshed each morning as if they had spend a night in the finest beds. They are able to walk for many miles without becoming tired, allowing them to cover great distances.		The trods are magically enchanted paths that weave and wind their way across the majority of the Empire. They have special significance to the [[Navarr]], but they are also invaluable to Imperial [[Technology#Trods, Roads, and Ox-carts\|travellers]], merchants, and soldiers. People who use trods - some of which see more travel than the Imperial roads - feel refreshed each morning as if they had spend a night in the finest beds. They are able to walk for many miles without becoming tired, allowing them to cover great distances.

	Trods rarely form in straight lines - they meander across the landscape in complex patterns. ~~Travelers~~ who use the trods to speed their movement often do so only sporadically as part of a more direct journey.		Trods rarely form in straight lines - they meander across the landscape in complex patterns. Travellers who use the trods to speed their movement often do so only sporadically as part of a more direct journey.

	The trods also nurture the land through which they pass - plants of all kinds grow more freely near trods, and prove to be more hardy.		The trods also nurture the land through which they pass - plants of all kinds grow more freely near trods, and prove to be more hardy.
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	The trods provide a boon to [[Technology#Trods, Roads, and Ox-carts\|transportation and travel]] within the Empire.		The trods provide a boon to [[Technology#Trods, Roads, and Ox-carts\|transportation and travel]] within the Empire.

	In addition, everyone moving along the trods helps contribute to their magical effect, but the Navarr stridings are the most significant, moving long distances in large numbers along the trods from season to season. Traders and other ~~travelers~~ do make use of the trods, but in smaller numbers and their movements are focused on their destination. The trods are circuitous so traders moving between cities of [[the League]] (for example) will use a trod only as long as it takes them in the direction they wish to travel.		In addition, everyone moving along the trods helps contribute to their magical effect, but the Navarr stridings are the most significant, moving long distances in large numbers along the trods from season to season. Traders and other travellers do make use of the trods, but in smaller numbers and their movements are focused on their destination. The trods are circuitous so traders moving between cities of [[the League]] (for example) will use a trod only as long as it takes them in the direction they wish to travel.

	As a trod sees more traffic its effectiveness at drawing off the power of the vallorn increases - but only the Navarr make the effort to spread their movements out over many trods, rather than take the shortest route to their destination.		As a trod sees more traffic its effectiveness at drawing off the power of the vallorn increases - but only the Navarr make the effort to spread their movements out over many trods, rather than take the shortest route to their destination.

Twiggy at 18:35, 12 July 2025

2025-07-12T18:35:44Z

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	{{CaptionedImage\|file=GreenTrod.jpg\|align=left\|caption=The trods hum with life.\|width=400}}		{{CaptionedImage\|file=GreenTrod.jpg\|align=left\|caption=The trods hum with life.\|width=400}}
	==Overview==		==Overview==
	The trods are magically enchanted paths that weave and wind their way across the majority of the Empire. They have special significance to the [[Navarr]], but they are also invaluable to Imperial [[Technology#Trods, Roads, and Ox-carts\|~~travelers~~]], merchants, and soldiers. People who use trods - some of which see more travel than the Imperial roads - feel refreshed each morning as if they had spend a night in the finest beds. They are able to walk for many miles without becoming tired, allowing them to cover great distances.		The trods are magically enchanted paths that weave and wind their way across the majority of the Empire. They have special significance to the [[Navarr]], but they are also invaluable to Imperial [[Technology#Trods, Roads, and Ox-carts\|travellers]], merchants, and soldiers. People who use trods - some of which see more travel than the Imperial roads - feel refreshed each morning as if they had spend a night in the finest beds. They are able to walk for many miles without becoming tired, allowing them to cover great distances.

	Trods rarely form in straight lines - they meander across the landscape in complex patterns. Travelers who use the trods to speed their movement often do so only sporadically as part of a more direct journey.		Trods rarely form in straight lines - they meander across the landscape in complex patterns. Travelers who use the trods to speed their movement often do so only sporadically as part of a more direct journey.

Twiggy: There's a lot of new trods

2025-07-11T10:45:43Z

There's a lot of new trods

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	In addition the land near a trod is often noticeably fertile and the crops on land through which a trod passes seems much less prone to disease.		In addition the land near a trod is often noticeably fertile and the crops on land through which a trod passes seems much less prone to disease.

	New trods can be created; however, it takes a great ritual ~~and no new trods have been pioneered since 282YE~~. With the recovery in 378YE of [[The Dance of Navarr and Thorn]] - a powerful ritual from pre-Imperial times - the Navarr once again have access to the potent tool necessary to create trods. The [[Formulaic_ritual#Ritual_Texts\|ritual text]] also laid out several of the theories behind the trods, how they worked and their ultimate effect. The [[Imperial Conclave]] [[Declaration#Declaration of Imperial Lore\|agreed]] to place the ritual into [[Formulaic ritual#Imperial lore\|Imperial lore]], ensuring that it would not be lost as long as the Empire lasted.		New trods can be created; however, it takes a great ritual. With the recovery in 378YE of [[The Dance of Navarr and Thorn]] - a powerful ritual from pre-Imperial times - the Navarr once again have access to the potent tool necessary to create trods. The [[Formulaic_ritual#Ritual_Texts\|ritual text]] also laid out several of the theories behind the trods, how they worked and their ultimate effect. The [[Imperial Conclave]] [[Declaration#Declaration of Imperial Lore\|agreed]] to place the ritual into [[Formulaic ritual#Imperial lore\|Imperial lore]], ensuring that it would not be lost as long as the Empire lasted.
	{{CaptionedImage\|file=Dark and Deep.jpg\|align=right\|caption=Every trod starts and ends with a vallorn.\|width=400}}		{{CaptionedImage\|file=Dark and Deep.jpg\|align=right\|caption=Every trod starts and ends with a vallorn.\|width=400}}

	==Benefits of the Trods==		==Benefits of the Trods==
	The trods provide a boon to [[Technology#Trods, Roads, and Ox-carts\|transportation and travel]] within the Empire.		The trods provide a boon to [[Technology#Trods, Roads, and Ox-carts\|transportation and travel]] within the Empire.

Twiggy at 00:37, 11 July 2025

2025-07-11T00:37:36Z

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	In addition the land near a trod is often noticeably fertile and the crops on land through which a trod passes seems much less prone to disease.		In addition the land near a trod is often noticeably fertile and the crops on land through which a trod passes seems much less prone to disease.

	New trods can be created; however, it takes a great ritual and no new trods have been pioneered since ~~282 YE~~. With the recovery in 378YE of [[The Dance of Navarr and Thorn]] - a powerful ritual from pre-Imperial times - the Navarr once again have access to the potent tool necessary to create trods. The [[Formulaic_ritual#Ritual_Texts\|ritual text]] also laid out several of the theories behind the trods, how they worked and their ultimate effect. The [[Imperial Conclave]] [[Declaration#Declaration of Imperial Lore\|agreed]] to place the ritual into [[Formulaic ritual#Imperial lore\|Imperial lore]], ensuring that it would not be lost as long as the Empire lasted.		New trods can be created; however, it takes a great ritual and no new trods have been pioneered since 282YE. With the recovery in 378YE of [[The Dance of Navarr and Thorn]] - a powerful ritual from pre-Imperial times - the Navarr once again have access to the potent tool necessary to create trods. The [[Formulaic_ritual#Ritual_Texts\|ritual text]] also laid out several of the theories behind the trods, how they worked and their ultimate effect. The [[Imperial Conclave]] [[Declaration#Declaration of Imperial Lore\|agreed]] to place the ritual into [[Formulaic ritual#Imperial lore\|Imperial lore]], ensuring that it would not be lost as long as the Empire lasted.
	{{CaptionedImage\|file=Dark and Deep.jpg\|align=right\|caption=Every trod starts and ends with a vallorn.\|width=400}}		{{CaptionedImage\|file=Dark and Deep.jpg\|align=right\|caption=Every trod starts and ends with a vallorn.\|width=400}}
	==Benefits of the Trods==		==Benefits of the Trods==

Rafferty: /* Damaged Trods */

2025-07-05T19:24:49Z

Damaged Trods

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	Before the Autumn Equinox 385YE the scions of [[Cold Sun]] inflicted significant [[To_the_last_syllable#In_Therunin\|damage to the trods]] of [[Therunin]]. During the summit an attempt to [[To_the_last_syllable#Shadow_in_the_Night\|stop a force of heralds]] from doing the same to the trods in [[Hercynia]] failed. The scions repeated that destruction in Miaren prior to the Winter Solstice, [[Things_that_burn#The_Empty_Hands\|unmaking the trods]] in the territory. During that summit the [[Spear of the Seven]] led a force through the Sentinel Gate into Therunin to distract vallornspawn clustered around a potent Spring regio. The Wildfire's Ever Shifting Dance, supported by a few members of the Voice of the Quiet Forest, were able to follow minutes later and perform the ritual to [[386YE_Spring_Equinox_winds_of_war#A_Missing_Leaf\|restore the Therunin trods]]. Since then, the trods in Miaren and Hercynia have also been repaired.		Before the Autumn Equinox 385YE the scions of [[Cold Sun]] inflicted significant [[To_the_last_syllable#In_Therunin\|damage to the trods]] of [[Therunin]]. During the summit an attempt to [[To_the_last_syllable#Shadow_in_the_Night\|stop a force of heralds]] from doing the same to the trods in [[Hercynia]] failed. The scions repeated that destruction in Miaren prior to the Winter Solstice, [[Things_that_burn#The_Empty_Hands\|unmaking the trods]] in the territory. During that summit the [[Spear of the Seven]] led a force through the Sentinel Gate into Therunin to distract vallornspawn clustered around a potent Spring regio. The Wildfire's Ever Shifting Dance, supported by a few members of the Voice of the Quiet Forest, were able to follow minutes later and perform the ritual to [[386YE_Spring_Equinox_winds_of_war#A_Missing_Leaf\|restore the Therunin trods]]. Since then, the trods in Miaren and Hercynia have also been repaired.

			After the Winter Solstice 386YE, as Spring Equinox approached, the Druj [[To_hold_death%27s_hand_in_mine\|conquered Therunin]]. Worse, their [[Druj lore#Ghulai\|Ghulai]] of the army of the ''Tainted Basilisk'' used wicked sorcery to rouse the vallorn there [[To_hold_death%27s_hand_in_mine#Tainted_Vengeance\|to wakefulness]]. In the process they overwhelmed the trods and severed the territory from the webwork; that is a matter for concern but one likely to be dealt with once the uncontrolled spread of the Tharunind vallorn is dealt with.

	===New Trods===		===New Trods===

Kirkbride: /* Current Trods */

2025-06-09T21:58:32Z

Current Trods

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	As a trod sees more traffic its effectiveness at drawing off the power of the vallorn increases - but only the Navarr make the effort to spread their movements out over many trods, rather than take the shortest route to their destination.		As a trod sees more traffic its effectiveness at drawing off the power of the vallorn increases - but only the Navarr make the effort to spread their movements out over many trods, rather than take the shortest route to their destination.
	==Current Trods==		==Current Trods==
	{{CaptionedImage\|file=VallornTrods.png\|align=right\|caption=~~Only~~ [[Sarangrave\|Béantal Dol]] and [[Axos#Axou_Territories\|Visokuma]] remain unconnected to the trods\|width=400}}		{{CaptionedImage\|file=VallornTrods.png\|align=right\|caption=[[Therunin\|Tharunind]], [[Sarangrave\|Béantal Dol]] and [[Axos#Axou_Territories\|Visokuma]] remain unconnected to the trods\|width=400}}
	* '''All Imperial controlled territories contain working trods'''		* '''All Imperial controlled territories contain working trods'''
	* '''There are trods in the Thule territory of Sküld'''		* '''There are trods in the Thule territory of Sküld'''

Kirkbride: /* Current Trods */

2025-06-09T21:56:21Z

Current Trods

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	* '''There are still trods in the territories of Brocéliande and Madruga'''		* '''There are still trods in the territories of Brocéliande and Madruga'''
	* '''There are no trods in any other territories'''		* '''There are no trods in any other territories'''
	At present every Imperial-controlled territory has trods. In addition to these territories, the trods of [[Brocéliande]], [[Otkodov#Sk.C3.BCld\|Sküld~~]], [[Therunin~~]], [[Madruga]], and [[Liathaven\|Ashvale]] remain active at this time. While it is possible for the Empire to create a trod network outside the Empire's boundaries, the Empire would need access to a suitable ritual site in the territory to perform the ritual, or they would need to persuade whichever power controlled the territory to perform the ritual for them.		At present every Imperial-controlled territory has trods. In addition to these territories, the trods of [[Brocéliande]], [[Otkodov#Sk.C3.BCld\|Sküld]], [[Madruga]], and [[Liathaven\|Ashvale]] remain active at this time. While it is possible for the Empire to create a trod network outside the Empire's boundaries, the Empire would need access to a suitable ritual site in the territory to perform the ritual, or they would need to persuade whichever power controlled the territory to perform the ritual for them.

	===Damaged Trods===		===Damaged Trods===