387YE Summer Solstice winds of fortune

News spreads through word of mouth as fast as it does through broadsheets and posters, and is sometimes more reliable. Or at least, unreliable in more amusing ways...

Overview

Wind of Fortune	Order Released	Last Updated	Concerning
That's where my heart is	1	28/06	Imperial citizens

Over the past three months, events have taken place which are of significance to the Empire and may require a response from her champions. These are the winds of fortune, counterparts to the winds of war, which detail the Empire's military campaigns. They lay out situations, and usually include things that characters can do to take advantage of opportunities or to resolve problems. In almost every case, they start with a piece of flavour text. This fiction helps introduce the wind of fortune, or draws out a particular theme or element. Often, it represents a viewpoint that one or more NPCs might have in-character. In all cases, these pieces are intended to help create an atmosphere and provide a little entertainment. Where they contain opinions, those are the opinions of the fictional people depicted - and where they contain information or rumours, the assumption is that the reader will create their own context for that information or gossip if they want to use it in character.

The body of the wind of fortune describes situations and lays out ways players can engage with them. Except where we explicitly talk about something being "rumoured" or use a phrase like "some might say..." the details of a wind of fortune are factual. They represent briefing material presented by the civil service or similar authoritative sources and represent something the average educated citizen would acknowledge as a reliable truth. Unless we specify otherwise, we're also being as thorough as possible. This information doesn't need further checking in-character. It's not an opinion, and we're not trying to trick you.

As always, how much or how little of this information you choose to know in character is up to you. Part of the purpose of Winds of Fortune is to maintain the illusion of the Empire as a living, breathing place where things happen - and to make players aware of things their characters could know based on what their roleplaying says they have been doing for the past three months. It's perfectly acceptable to turn up to Empire having read only a few Winds of Fortune that directly interest your character; part of the fun on the field can come from learning about situations and opportunities in other parts of the game.

In each case, we've tried to tag the Winds of Fortune entry with the nations or political bodies to which it is most relevant. We've done this to help people who are interested only in events that are especially relevant to them. In no way are these tags intended to be exhaustive; the Empire is a complex place, and very little happens in isolation. We are also adding the dates that they were last updated (other than typos and correcting red links) in an attempt to make it easier to keep track of the newest releases.

Winds of Fortune

That's Where My Heart Is (Imperial Address)

• Imperial citizens
• Last updated 28/06/2025

Emperor Vesna has used their power to address the Empire to present a personal message to all Imperial citizens relating to the assault into Sarangrave, the decision of the General Assembly on False Virtues, and to uplift several Imperial citizens.

The message has been distributed across the Empire by the civil service, and you can read it in the That's where my heart is wind of fortune.

The Last Leg (Rhianos Race)

• Imperial Fleet captains; Archmage of Summer; musicians and entertainers

When the Regent of the Eternal Sea was asked to sponsor a race around the Bay of Catazar, Sail Runner announced their Great Race - an impossible contest to travel to the four corners of the known world. The contest has taken ships all over the known world and beyond. Some turned aside from the race in pursuit of riches, some set sail in in search of discovery and excitement, but some remained straight on for glory, intent on little more than the joy of the adventure. They now claim their winner's laurels. This season, however, not only participants in the race have felt a touch of the splendor of the Summer realm - although that touch has taken an unexpectedly chill form...

You can read about the prizes won by those who competed in every leg of the great race, as well as discover what odd curio has fallen into the possession of other Imperial captains, in the The last leg wind of fortune.

Hope and Fear (Appraisal)

• Imperial Military Council; Imperial Senate'

The Imperial Senate instructed the Prognosticators Office to prepare an appraisal of the Forest of Ulnak with a view to finding ways to disrupt Druj operations and supply. A complex commission, with significant strategic implications; as the senators opted not to assign a specific prognosticator to the task, Gerard La Salle decided to prevail on old Mladen Escovitch - schlacta, strategist, and former general - to come out of retirement for one last job. The appraisal has been delivered, and Mladen has made it clear that this is definitely, definitely, definitely the last time.

You can learn about what Mladen has uncovered, and what his proposals are for his last ever appraisal, in the Hope and fear wind of fortune.

Mandates

• You can find details of the mandates, along with the rest of the Synod judgements, here.

A number of mandates were successfully upheld in the Imperial Synod last season. As long as the named priest provided sufficient liao, those mandates have been automatically enacted.

Spring Conjunctions

• Last event there were a number of conjunctions of the Sentinel Gate; their known outcomes are listed here

During the Spring Equinox , there were a number of conjunctions of the Sentinel Gate identified by the Imperial prognosticators. In each case a band of Imperial heroes used that conjunction to travel to a location far from Anvil and intervene in an ongoing situation. These are the known outcomes of those conjunctions. In the case of battles, it is important to remember that the Military Council can only make use of two of the major conjunctions each summit, choosing which to take advantage of during the Muster.

Major Conjunctions

Location	Opportunity	Opposition	Link	Outcome
Bregasland, Ottermire, Sal-Ott-Meet	Block the path	Jotun	Glory at the End	Field Marshal was Amberlain P. Black of the Marches; Jotun advance was successfully stopped; Corazón pennants were claimed and presented to the Marcher egregore; Bounds were beaten and the Strong Reeds inspired
Reinos, Bastasor, Grismont Road	Seize the township	Jotun	Tame Your Fears	Field Marshal was Velasco i Guerra of the Brass Coast; Garrison of Grismont Township was not defeated; Pastor Ximena successfully captured and released safely; Nergui Enkhtseg killed during the battle; Less than a dozen Imperials signed up for the Balankas Rush
Sarangrave, Bendol, Mirereach	Influence the vallorn	Druj	Miles of Tricks and Trials	Not taken; Sarangrave remains unconnected to the trods

Minor Conjunctions

#	Location	Responsibility	Overview	Result
1	Spiral, Apulus, The Cellar Below	Voice of Vigilance	Meet with followers of Berechiah	Uncertain, but the Voice of Vigilance might know more
2	Therunin, Sweetglades, Broken Copse	Champion of Vigilance	Kill the Lord of Thorns	Lord of Thorns killed and the Sprig of Fecundity recovered
3	Bregasland, Grey Fens, Drowner's Dell	Keeper of the Breadbasket	Kill all the greenteeth	Greenteeth killed
4	Morrow, Altis, Canticulous Valley	Archmage of Winter	Perform Ward of the Black Waste	Ward of the Black Waste successfully performed
5	Holberg, Misericorde, Sacrifice Point	Red-Eyed Reaper	Kill all the greenteeth	Uncertain, some greenteeth were killed but rest fled into Misericorde
6	The Barrens, Hope's Rest, Field of Triumph	High Exorcist	Exorcise the tortured souls	Imperial casualties suffered. No tortured souls were exorcised and have taken up around the Shrine of Hope
7	Skarsind, Pakaanan's Pass, Osweald	Custodian of the Brilliant Shore	Intercept the cult's vanguard	Cultists all killed
8	Therunin, Peakedge Song, Catrin's Glade	Eastern Broker	Rescue the Axou warrior	Menoetius rescued
9	Sermersuaq, Stark, Njord Beach Hut	Grandmaster of the Unfettered Mind	Investigate the body	Uncertain, but the Grandmaster of the Unfettered Mind should know more
10	Kallavesa, Wittal Grove, Whittling Grove	Strategos of Wintermark	Intercept the bandits	Bandits intercepted and killed
11	Therunin, Eastring, Tainted Meadow	Blaze Dunning	Destroy the miasma pillar	Miasma pillar successfully destroyed
12	Segura, Burnish, Meadow of Dust and Glass	Curator of the Blood Red River	Draw and name constellations	Nine constellations were created and named, the Curator of the Blood Red River should know more
13	Segura, Burnish, Meadow of Dust and Glass	Azure Sutannir	Create lore and mythology for the constellations	Lore and mythology created for the nine constellations were created, the Azure Sutannir should know more
14	Skarsind, Pakaanan's Pass, Cave of Bones	Alistair de Vere	Bargain with Tuki of the Little Bones	Uncertain, but Alistair de Vere should know more
15	Kallavesa, West Marsh, Gull Isle	Imperial Consul	Meet with the godhi	Unclear, but a new Meeting Place was commissioned
16	Ossium, Drownbark Forest, Makgore's Grove	Cabalist of the Hollow Stone	Defeat the wreckers	Wreckers defeated
17	Tassato, Madeiras, Lucrezia's Orchard	Tongs Barossa de Tassato Regario	Kill the wreckers	Wreckers killed, including Maurizia Spada di Sarvos
18	Zenith, Iteri, Lutum Woods	Warmage	Retrieve the ilium	Wreckers defeated, ilium retrieved, and Tuomas of Pirenea killed
19	Sarvos, Uccelini, Smugglers Copse	Cadet Commander	Interrogate the Grendel captain	Unclear, but the cadets should know more
20	Mournwold, Alderly, Boar's Hall	Stanley of Chalkdown	Kill Einar the Cunning	Einar the Cunning killed and Jotun defeated
21	The Barrens, The Untrod Groves, Tournament Square	Enchanter Morien de Carsenere	Attend the tournament of the Earl of the Groves	Unclear, but Enchanter Morien de Carsenere should know more
22	Kallavesa, Kallavesa Marsh, Hufi's Glen	Woundbinder of the Mark	Defeat the yegarra	Yegarra defeated
23	Mitwold, Meade March, John's Holt	Bailiff of Meade	Defeat the yegarra	Imperial casualties, yegarra have withdrawn back to Bregasland
24	Bregasland, The Rushes, Sallow's Shallows	General of the Strong Reeds	Recover the plundered goods	Lasambrians successfully returned to Sallow
25	Reinos, Ribeira, Carmo's Sheepfold	General of the Summer Storm	Kill Carmo Stoneblade	Carmo Stoneblade killed, and warband defeated
26	Reinos, Pedreira, Getshold	Champion of Prosperity	Recover Bulangiin Karadghra	Unclear, but the Champion of Prosperity should know more