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* '''All Imperial citizens'''
* '''All Imperial citizens'''
The [[the Throne|Throne]], [[Empress Lisabetta|Imperatrix Lisabetta]], has used her power to [[The_Throne#Address_the_Empire|address the Empire]] to present a personal message to all Imperial citizens. You can read her message [[In Virtue and Reason (Imperial Address)|here]].
The [[the Throne|Throne]], [[Empress Lisabetta|Imperatrix Lisabetta]], has used her power to [[The_Throne#Address_the_Empire|address the Empire]] to present a personal message to all Imperial citizens. You can read her message [[In Virtue and Reason (Imperial Address)|here]].
===Pay in Blood===
* '''[[Spring magic|Spring magicians]], Imperial Conclave'''
Since the Spring Equinox, practitioners of [[Spring magic]] across the Empire have encountered problems performing certain types of rituals. It soon becomes apparent that the problem lies not in the magic, nor in the magicians, but in the [[regio]] aligned to the Spring realm. It appears to be impossible for Imperial magicians to draw power from Spring regio ... You can learn about the full effect of this magical catastrophe [[Pay in blood|here]].


===Shelter From the Storm===
===Shelter From the Storm===

Revision as of 16:32, 23 July 2017


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Interlude

The Summer Solstice winds of fortune will come out shortly before the next event (which is 28th Jul to 30th Jul incidentally). However, there are a number of significant things arising from the Spring Equinox that may affect some players' Downtime actions - primarily effects on personal resources.

As a temporary measure we'll be outlining, and offering some context for, these various effects on this page. In each case, there will be further information in the Summer Solstice Winds of Fortune - once they're ready, they'll replace this content.

As always, these are quick OOC summaries to explain effects such as large-scale enchantments and curses. We'll cover all these and more when we start to present the Winds of Fortune for next event.

We've also posted our first Wind of Fortune for the Summer event - a formal address by Imperatrix Lisabetta to the people of the Empire.

Winds of Fortune

Down Along the Cove

  • Fleet captains; the Brass Coast, the League, Highguard, and Urizen; and the Imperial Synod

Recent powerful Spring magic (not to mention all those storms) is being credited with a major boom in the population of fish and other sea creatures. An slightly risky opportunity exists from the fisherfolk of the Bay of Catazaar to fill their boats with valuable fish, whale meat, and other products of the deep water. The risk is that the Grendel see courageous fisherfolk in much the same way a hungry shark sees a drowning sailor .... You can learn about this potentially lucrative opportunity here.

In Virtue and Reason (Imperial Address)

  • All Imperial citizens

The Throne, Imperatrix Lisabetta, has used her power to address the Empire to present a personal message to all Imperial citizens. You can read her message here.

Pay in Blood

Since the Spring Equinox, practitioners of Spring magic across the Empire have encountered problems performing certain types of rituals. It soon becomes apparent that the problem lies not in the magic, nor in the magicians, but in the regio aligned to the Spring realm. It appears to be impossible for Imperial magicians to draw power from Spring regio ... You can learn about the full effect of this magical catastrophe here.

Shelter From the Storm

  • The Brass Coast, fleet captains, the Imperial Synod, the Quartermaster of the Imperial Armies

The Isle of Zemress is home to a "lost colony" descended from the crew of the Kraken's Bane. For the last few years they have been in sporadic contact with their Freeborn cousins, but now their idyllic life of hard work and independence has been shattered. The Grendel orcs have finally discovered their island hideaway, and the clock is ticking. Without outside help, they will all end their lives in the salt mines of Dubhtraig. Will the Empire intervene? You can learn all about this dire situation here.

Imperial Lore

Two new rituals enter Imperial Lore: Hammers of the Brilliant Shore (held over from Winter), and the challengingly problematic curse Mountain Remembers Its Youth. Any character who is eligible to master a new ritual can master one of these rituals by the usual means, and they can be cast without being mastered using the normal rules for ritual casting.