followed several months of growing tension between the powerful south-eastern nation and the Empire, including a number of tariffs imposed by the Commonwealth

Wintermark and the great heroes who have come since. As a hero's life fed the nation when they were alive, their body feeds the marsh in death. “To sleep in

ambassadors took residence shortly before the Autumn Equinox. Unlike other nations, there does not appear to be a single ambassador - instead representatives

Summit Nation Elected Spring Equinox 385YE Highguard Accalon Spring Equinox 384YE Highguard

Flowers are often used as a symbol of love - or as a favour. In the world of Empire, formal magic is the application of learning and willpower to create

the vallorn to allow the Navarr to attack it. The trods pass through all nations of the Empire, so now many travellers prefer to use the Navarr trods as

marked with the runes, are prestigious items sought after in other Imperial nations, and by merchants from across the Known world. Costume by Jo Perridge The

way of thinking their approach is honest - while the politics of other nations can be devious and underhanded, the Freeborn are forthright and open in

work they represent was created as a result of the disasters that beset the nation in 379YE and 380YE. Any Imperial general can order their troops to billet

communicated to priests of the Way who tend to congregations in foreign nations. Traditionally statements passed by the Assembly of the Nine have not had

foreign nations who are not hostile to the Empire - and the corsairs regularly acted as guards and escorts to Imperial merchant ships of all nations. Core

If you cross a bravo they might break your fingers; cross a merchant prince and they’ll ruin you. The League recognises an obivous metaphor when it sees

supporters for any political decision that helps secure the nation's borders. Securing the nation's borders is no easy task. Urizen only has the capacity to

championed if they lose. Tests of Resolve are often offered to citizens of other nations who bring complaints against individual nobles. They are not always accepted;

would be many years before the Highborn finally accepted that the western nations would not see the wisdom of reuniting with their parents. There were other

politeness and good manners. Their nation is a place of competing and sometimes incompatible philosophies. It is also a nation where it is easy to become isolated

Empire - their name is a byword for treachery even among other barbarian nations most of whom also seem to consider the Druj to be beyond the pale. The Empire

stormcrow provides the moral centre of a hall. As with the other Imperial nations, the people of Wintermark embrace the Way. For centuries before the foundation

as well as employing techniques, spells and rituals learned from other nations. Urizen in particular was adamant that the orcs needed to learn magic and

Priests in Varushka are considered to be (or seek to be) wise, and are generally either physically old or possessed of an “old spirit.” These wise ones