not respected. The story of the Skourans is familiar to the people of the Empire. At some point in the past, lived on the plains beneath the mountains. Then

numbers. The orcs of the hills between the Brass Coast and their foreign neighbours (Faraden and The Iron Confederacy) were a case in point. The barbarians

belief that the children conceived under the influence of the Hallow of the Green World will express the briar lineage in later life, but the way the briar lineage

or animal lies in the blood in their veins, so the life of the tree lies in the sap and the life of the world flows through the water that covers its surface

at the world and I see the hand of the Creator in every sunrise and in every sunset. They set the stars in the sky, they formed a world out of the darkness

require the user to be a magician. Hearth magic employs the innate natural magic of the world to produce subtle but significant effects in much the same way

founded on the principle of the greatest good for the greatest number of people. The Sumaah Republic, a secretive nation that shares the faith of the Empire

when the park was ravaged by curses during the Summer Solstice 383YE. The Walls of Holberg are undoubtedly one of the wonders of the known world; more

violated by the power of the Sentinel Gate. The Gate is a magical item, and as such it is a thing of the mortal world only and does not draw on the power of

who wish to declare their united will to the world. It is the twisting path among the briars, the quiet trod in the dark woods. Easy to surprise others on

elephant, but the more similar the essential qualities of two things are, the easier the transformation from one to the other can be. The essential qualities

forms of the Spider never appear the same way twice. Whether it be the sinister man in black in the corner of the tavern, the pale skinned and hairless fellow

recently, the Grand Ilarch of the Chambers of Issyk sought an alliance with the orcs of the Broken Shore. Following the ratification of the Liberty Pact

because of the greatest power in the known world - the Empire. This, the Highborn say, is what the Empire was formed for. This is why they took the Way to

require the user to be a magician. Hearth magic employs the innate natural magic of the world to produce subtle but significant effects in much the same way

dissatisfaction in some parts of the Marches; the land claimed by the Jotun thralls is some of the richest in the Mournwold. At the end of the day, some voices grumble

embassy to the citadels of Axos shortly before the Autumn Equinox 380YE. In contrast to the embassy to the magician-princes, the embassy to the masters of

of her people, or the First Empress founding the Empire. In the age of the Empire, the sign of benevolence is one that benefits the Empire; in whole or

require the user to be a magician. Hearth magic employs the innate natural magic of the world to produce subtle but significant effects in much the same way

involve the ghosts of the Isle of the Osseini, but the scheme was countered by Imperial heroes travelling through the Sentinel Gate to exorcise the spirits