inspiration for the look and feel of the Marches territories - although unlike history, its worth noting that Marches society is gender neutral. Marcher leg wear

setting, much of the look and feel for the nations is derived from the clothing worn in parts of historical Europe and North Africa. The underlying theme

supplement the The Marches look and feel page, and may have been superceded. Official costume advice is found on the Costume page. The Marches draws strongly

allow people to use the extensive costume resources of The Anarchy, the Wars of the Roses and the Hundred Years war. However the Marches is still a fantasy

excellent complement to the heavily armoured yeomen. The Marches field four imperial armies; the Drakes, the Strong Reeds, the Bounders and The Tusks. There has

power in the wheel of the seasons; and of the connection between the human body (flesh, sweat, breath) and the physical world (soil, water, wind). Spellcasting

the misplaced confidence of the most boastful citizen of the League, mixed in the worst elements of the parochialism of the Marches, and then forced thousands

such, the warriors and soldiers of the confederacy rule over the farmers and artisans. The best weapons and armour belong to the noble families, each of which

shields, one-handed swords and bows. They layer leather and metal armour, and the more ornamental the armour, the higher the warrior's status. They prefer

Liathaven and driving out both the Navarr and the Marchers. At various points in their history, the Jotun have entered into pacts with the humans of the Empire

assurance, and tend to become quiet, withdrawn and sullen. The more isolated the orc feels, the more they lose their confidence in themself and their abilities

furs, pieces of leather and paints that the Marchers would avoid. Core Brief Introduction The people Culture and customs Look and feel Additional Information

considered the counterpart of the Blank Rune in the Wintermark runeset. In Tassato and Temeschwar, the Beast and the Fool are often played by the same cast

with news and information being bought and sold as regularly as the drinks. The three northern territories of the Marches - Bregasland, Mitwold, and Upwold

The Marchers take a practical approach to religion. Long before the foundation of the Empire, the people of the Marches looked to their friars for spiritual

simple, but the materials, the colours, the linings and the trims are rich, detailed and luxurious. Silk, velvet and brocade are ideal. Belts and pouches are

patrons - the noble princes of the League, and the wise Generals of the Empire - need only tell us where and when, and we muster, armed and armoured according

defence of the Steadings and Stridings against bandits and barbarians. They also take responsibility for fighting the forces of the Vallorn. The Vallorn represents

lose their ways in the cities than in the woods Alim, the Guide Core Brief Introduction The people Culture and customs Look and feel Additional Information

against the communal good. The Marcher attitude of taking matters in hand is the basis of the hue and cry, the old tradition of law enforcement in the Marches

make alliances, and broadly agree the defence of the Marches against the southern orcs of Mournwold. The Marchers had no armies as the Empire would recognise

can learn more about the history of the Dawnish monarchy here. Core Brief Introduction The people Culture and customs Look and feel Additional Information

stones, the well water tainted and brackish, or the scythes in the barn warp and rust overnight as the angry herald turns on their host with the support

known as the Mourn even before its final fall to the Jotun hordes. Originally the name referred to the sound of the wind in the trees and across the craggy

spirits from the fields and ensure a good crop for the coming year. There are more details on the wassail in the Marcher brief. In the Marches, misdeeds are

love like the rain and sun and with discipline like the frost and wind. It is universally recognised in the Marches that children are not yet “finished”

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

stones that dot the landscape are part of the fabric of the Marches, marking the boundaries and imposing the dominion of mortal hands over the land. Those who

unprepared for the aura to be lulled to gentle, peaceful sleep by the lapping of the river, and the soughing of the wind through the branches of the apple trees

argue about. Not just the nature of magic and reality, but the application of the arcane arts to the wider world. Individual spires and even magicians also

watchtowers decaying on the heights above, remnants from the days before the Empire when the Freeborn warred with the Marches. To the south of the mountains of Kahraman

Urizen joined the Empire, the nation has benefitted from the the import of food from the Marches and other necessities and luxuries that the Urizen no longer

crafted goods and imports food. Good relations exist between the Winterfolk and their southern neighbours in the Marches. The grain, barley and salted meat

tragic in nature, and the most popular entertainments - and rituals - involve the rise and heroic death of the protagonist. Many rituals and performances involve

are heard in chapters, the necropolis, and the fields. It is when the army marches to war with its battle choir, however, that the full majesty of Highguard

should not expect the earl to be leading charges and fighting in tourneys - that is the responsibility of the other nobles of the house, not the earl. Some houses

that founded the Imperial Orcs. The Ethengraw and the Sannites are fiercely competitive and with proud martial traditions of their own. But the three other

the Marches, and the southern and eastern cities of The League. Their uprising had taken part in the rich heartlands of the Empire, and they did not need

themselves for judgement by the Synod, and we ask the Conclave to condemn the alliance between the eternal Arhallogen and the orcs of the Mallum. They have made

forebears of the Kallavesi and the Suaq are the same people who would found the lands of the Ushka in the east, and eventually build the cities of Terunael

Bowling, The Mermaid etc.) would be better suited to the musical tradition of the Marches. Riqueza's Dream Telling one version of the tale of the founding

centuries. The farms of the Marches, the fighting pits of the League, and the forests of Dawn were worked by orc slaves just as much as the Varushkan mines

soon engulfs the seaward side of the port. Yet the town itself is not the target of the raid. Once the docks are secured - more or less - the Imperial forces

for strategy and tactics. The passion and oratory required of politics, as well as the inevitable grubby compromises, often vex them. The merrow lineage

of their households and history, and proud of their traditions and their mastery of their land. The Marches is the breadbasket of the Empire. No other land

dread, and pass on stories of the oppressive woodland and the fearful twin threats of the Navarr and the Vallorn. Over the next five years, the thralls

trade than usual! The Spring Equinox saw several dramatic events; the ratification of the Kaliact Treaty, the conquest of the Barrens; and the first-ever performance

towns, and monasteries in the Marches. Despite the number, only a comparative handful are involved in the affairs of the Empire (that is, attend the seasonal

After the funeral itself, the friends and relatives of the departed celebrate the return of the soul to the wheel, and tell great tales of the dead to

this is the decision of the yeofolk, then for the next year the farms of the Marches will look to their own prosperity. Every farm in the Marches - even

Judgement: The Black Knights embody the ideal that the glory of the deed or occasion takes precedence over the concerns of the individual, and by donning

however. The Founders and the families had carried some knowledge of the Virtues with them. As the years passed, the Way steadily gained traction in the Brass

of the six septs. The Sunstorm are the first sept, they are the original orcs who fought the Empire, won their freedom, and founded the nation. The Ethengraw

employed by the families. By recruiting the dispossessed, and forging the kohan to serve the nation directly, the hakima created a counterweight to the power of

grabbed it and with his last breath, slammed the rock into the side of the monster's head with all the force he could muster. The creature roared and reared

enumerated the Virtues, and unlocked the Labyrinth of Ages. We are destined to be the conquerors of death, slayers of gods and false prophets, and the greatest hope

the streets of the League - the Navarr are the great travellers and pioneers of the Empire. Direct and efficient, few know better than they how to use

she turned to look back, he was already gone. She never ever heard the oars. The Bregas are glad to see the back of the Jotun and the self-styled Steward

clear. The monks and friars of the Marches condemn the lack of Vigilance shown in not facing the threats posed by cursing the Mourn. We condemn the lack

The Empire fights on two fronts, against the Jotun in the west and the Grendel and the Barrens orcs in the east. The Navarr army of the Black Thorns continues

The Imperial Synod watches over and represents the concerns of the virtuous citizens of the Empire. During the Spring Equinox 385YE Summit, the Imperial

safely reach the coastal region of Greenwall, and to explore along the coast toward the Kongegőr causeway. The warleaders of the Marches and Wintermark,

understand the ideas behind the rules and make better assumptions about the principles involved. The magistrates have published the guidance on the role of

follow the call of their hearts over any other consideration. There has been friction in the past between the Knight of Roses and Jack-of-the-Marches, reflecting

that fear of what the Imperial captains might report made the masters of the citadels cautious. As the season drew to an end, and the last few Imperial

Part of the prejudice some Imperials feel comes from the events of the Freedom Heresy. Between 324YE and 328YE a briar-dominated group of heretics and secessionists

Zenith. The Granite Pillar raced across half the Empire to accompany the Marches in securing the borders of Bregasland. Their unconquered, magisters and wayfarers

Assembly: Marches Raised By: Jedediah Boon Judgement: Hue and Cry, Miners and Landskeepers of the Mourn and Marches! The constellation of the Wanderer still

The Imperial Synod recognises both the virtue, and the wickedness, of Imperial citizens. During the Summer Solstice 385YE Summit, the Imperial Synod raised

have arrived. The Granite Pillar and the Seventh Wave protect the people of Segura from the Lasambrian Jotun, fighting the orcs across the great empty plains

supplement the Highguard look and feel page, and may have been superceded. Official costume advice is found on the Costume page. The Highborn look is generally

improve the health and fertility of the plants and animals If the ritual is recast throughout the year at the Spring Equinox, Summer Solstice, and Autumn

into what the impact of each of the three different "flavours" of the raid might be. The answer lies in the soil. Marcher The outcome of the raid depends

all over the world, including the Empire, to climb the great ziggurats, to walk the halls of the impressive cathedrals, and to visit the awe-inspiring

to supplement the Dawn look and feel page, and may have been superceded. Official costume advice is found on the Costume page. "Dawn is the land of valour;

If the Synod cannot or refuse to endorse the fundamental principles of Virtue, then either the mechanisms of the Synod are broken and politics and bureaucracy

that the Empire may despoil Mount Majastind and the graves of the ancestors. With the garrison of Oksenesfestsal, and the support of the fyrds, the Queen's

this invasion saw the collapse of the Broken Shore Bounty, the Scorrero Nets falling into orc hands, and the Temple of Balo and the Black Bull sealing

uncompromising. The Highborn look is generally practical and restrained. Its beauty is in the small touches – the geometric trim on the robes, the exquisite

supplement the Navarr look and feel page, and may have been superceded. Official costume advice is found on the Costume page. Folk young and old are always

identified that if the woods were cleared, then it would grant the Marches the ability to recruit and support a fifth Imperial army. As the trees were felled

Keep the laws. Without law we are nothing – Imperial law must be upheld at any cost. Core Brief Introduction The people Culture and customs Look and feel

people. Here, the slave-galleys of the richest captains bring the wealth and wonders of the known world for the amusement and prosperity of the Asavean oligarchs

to warfare. The Urizen are numbered along with the Terunael, the Ushka, the Kallavesi and the Suaq as the "original" human inhabitants of the Bay of Catazar

once the Druj were driven out of the territory; the raiders appeared to have taken the bulk of the bandits with them to the relief of the yeofolk and Navarr

sources. Born from the armies of Thrace and the freed slaves of the Empire, the Imperial Orcs have settled near the City of Anvil and created many family

him to dwell on the inevitable advance of old age and death. Skathe is also the magician of the Court, and knows horrible rituals and dark spells that

home - and who better than the merchant-princes, the leaders of the city, and the Holberg Chamber of Commerce to enact, support and supplement the plan?

human. As part of the change we've made a number of updates to several League pages: Introduction The people Culture and customs Look and feel History Religious

will be harsh, and the whole of Wintermark faces terrible threats from the monsters of Blood-on-the-Snow, the beasts of Hayaak, and the scions of Cold

companion. The Conclave has dominion over the Empire's magic. The Empire is a magical place. Between the magicians of the Conclave, and the creatures of

dream. The names used for each aura are simply the most common ones used in the Empire. For example, the Eyes of Loyalty may be called The Oath of the Hall

even with the aid of the Red Wind Corsairs, the Black Thorns, and the Quiet Step. The Jotun captured the fort, conquered the hills of the Jasse, and made serious

the outcome rather than the boyars. We wanted a process that highlights Varushkan themes, the innocence of children, the strength of maturity and the wisdom

pivotal assistance to the Empire in the war against Alderei the Fair and the volodny sorcerers. This earned them the hatred and enmity of the volodny, but it

glimmer of the civilisation their ancestors had once enjoyed. Core Brief Introduction The people Culture and customs Look and feel Additional Information

Skarsind and drive the Thule forces out of the territory and reclaim it for the Empire. At the beginning of 379YE, the Wintermark people took the historic

from the Day realm, servants of the Cold Sun, and the connection to the Bright Eyes Gleam in the Depths ritual that has infused the entire Empire with Day

Grandmaster of the Rod and Shield, the Imperial Warmage, and the Imperial Warcaster It's time to look once again at the eternals contacted by the six Imperial

between the steadings and the stridings they change their name accordingly. Core Brief Introduction The people Culture and customs Look and feel Additional