down at the creation of the Empire. The Marcher steward, Tom Drake, argued passionately that the command of Marcher yeomanry must be with a yeoman. He point

wealth in the Marches. Even a modest holding produces an income that allows its yeoman to live comfortably. With some improvement, a Marcher farm can pay

of the Empire, and many modern Marcher magicians look on it as being quaint and better suited to the history books. Marcher enchantments (and curses) often

and untested. The archetypal Marcher is a yeoman. The yeomen are the salt-of-the-earth, typical characters of the Marches. They possess most of the political

one Imperial title at once. E.g. The Imperial title of General of the 1st Marcher Army. The character with the position has control of the accompanying army

accompanied their northern cousins in raiding Kallavesa. With the arrival of the Marcher army from the east, they were eventually driven out of the marshes. Their

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the basis of political leadership in the Marches, and power is vested in those who work the land. The Marcher households are groups of yeomen who have

important events across the Marches. The Bailiff of the Grand Market is an Imperial title awarded to a Marcher citizen. It is a Marcher position appointed through

In the end, the Marcher demands were met and the newly-united Marches became part of the Empire. The first thing the newly united Marchers did was turn their

of revocation requires a lesser majority to pass. A slip is not a fall. Marcher Proverb A citizen who is revoked is immediately removed from the Imperial

held by any Marcher citizen. The Friar has tenure and serves until they die or step down. They can be revoked by the General Assembly, the Marcher National

great piece of set dressing at the heart of any Marcher camp. Food plays an important role in Marcher hearth magic and culture. Many important bargains

harvest in the Marches, the market towns would be in the best position to adapt to that disaster and continue to prosper. Those Marcher folk who do not

characters are part of a group of some sort - a chapter, noble house, family, Marcher household, hall, spire, vale, or what have you - and it is recommended that

Gardens is an Imperial title awarded to a Marcher citizen. It is a national position appointed by vote of Marcher citizens who own a farm. The position is

and the banner are ways of displaying such symbols, as is the livery of a Marcher household, or the heraldry of a noble or Noble house in Dawn. As a more

Keeper is a Marcher national position appointed by the Senate. Under normal circumstances it will be appointed by unanimous vote of the Marcher senators.

excommunicate a citizen. A national assembly my revoke one of their own, but the Marcher National Assembly cannot consider a judgement to revoke a Navarr senator

of House Bolholt and Sister Meredith Stellamaris relaxing at a Marcher fair. The Marches is a proud nation. The folk here are proud of their accomplishments