A spirit woven from loyalty, battle, and the voices of the ancestors. “One life - make it count” The Empire was founded as an empire of humanity, but the

nation as thralls Revere their ancestors - the Jotun are the most devout of all the orc nations and treat their ancestors like gods Seek death in battle

voices of their ancestors when they are in a heightened state, especially when fighting, angry or afraid. Some orcs hear their ancestors more often, and

worthy. Orcs who have powerful ancestors may receive help from them when they die. It is commonly believed that the ancestors come for those who have managed

attention of the ancestors in much the way battle does. These ancestors were hostile and disruptive as is the way with many Imperial Orc ancestors and this made

Doctrines - the Doctrine of the Howling Abyss and the Doctrine of the Ancestors are much later additions. Proposed by Bonewall Rek and Bonewall Cole of

keep the traditions of ancestor reverence alive among the Winterfolk. Before the Way, the three peoples honoured their ancestors as exemplars of heroism

by the Thule; that they are physically immortal; that they are living ancestors, possessed by the spirits of the greatest Thule who have ever lived; that

Highguard, Urizen, and the Brass Coast. Before the birth of the Empire, the ancestors of the Grendel controlled much of the land that is now part of these nations

the Empire seeking the ancestors of the Sunstorm orcs, but might also include dangerous trips into the Mallum seeking ancestors of the Ethengraw, Illarawm

their cultural heritage stretches back centuries - they claim to have ancestors that roamed the forests of what are now Therunin, the Barrens, Brocéliande

Shaman have a powerful connection to their ancestors. Most orcs only experience communion with the ancestors when battle is upon them but a few individuals

helps to strengthen the connection between an orc and their ancestors - in particular any ancestors whose history the items are connected with. This is particularly

Orc ancestor would be an orc who embraced and lived their life by the tenets of the Imperial Virtues. Shaped by the path of virtue, such ancestors would

septs how to use meditation to still the voices of the ancestors; to allow them to connect to an ancestor whose advice they sought; and how to forge a permanent

several battlefields here that date back to pre-Imperial times when the ancestors of the modern Winterfolk, spurred on by their successes against the trolls

when it does not come directly from an ancestor, and other shamans have an affinity for one or more helpful ancestors whose words often seem to be more relevant

Imperial Orcs, being too closely representative of the slavery they and their ancestors endured at the hands of the Empire. Some have adopted the horse (especially

not hear their ancestors as often or as strongly as adult orcs do, it is important to teach them the difference between 'good' ancestors (those who offer

the Winter Sun experienced powerful visions of the many generations of ancestors who had lived as Imperial slaves. Embracing these visions the general,

"old ways" (of Ancestors and the Howling abyss). For this reason the Bloodcrows look to build their legend in the eyes of their Ancestors and their people

Archipelago proper, are heavily fortified - a remnant of a time when their ancestors were constantly under threat of war or invasion. With deep pockets, and

and many Ile have Highborn, Dawnish and Urizen ancestors. Unfortunately these exiled Imperial ancestors tend to have left dark reputations for heresy,

their ancestors. There is risk here, of course, for the ancestors cannot be predicted. Yet, without exception, a warrior who hears the ancestors more clearly

the storms and learn as much as they can about their magic, and their ancestors by doing so. In the event that something threatened Whitelake, or the Storm

Howling Abyss become ancestors. Those you can hear... and those you cannot. This is what you do not know. The ancestors, all the ancestors form part of the

Imperial Wayleave. The Legion Engineer announced the Open Hand of the Ancestors instead Motion: Construct the Offices of the Iron Roads in Ivarsgard, Karsk;

the Imperial Orcs to be given Skarsind; that the only way honour their ancestors is to remain true to the Orcs martial traditions and seek to conquer more

the Imperial Synod recognized the Doctrines of the Howling Abyss and the Ancestors which clarified and strengthened the place of those orc pilgrims who embraced

their ancestors as possible. The Illarawm want to help their fellow orcs, not just to hear the ancestors but also to help them become ancestors themselves

Yerende, the Illarawm, and the Tamazi have other ways to commune with their ancestors and prefer to sublimate the urge to battle in favour of their own cultural

places with uncaring stone eyes. A little over four hundred years ago the ancestors of the modern Sarcophan people were bandits and tomb-robbers who came to

seek to attract the attention of their ancestors; indeed they seem to view the prospect of hearing their ancestors with some trepidation. There are no priests

artefacts With the wisdom of the Ushka and the prowess of the Vard, their ancestors defeated or bound many of the monstrous threats that lurked in the wilds

experienced a powerful revelation relating to the generations of their ancestors who had lived and died as slaves. Despite the turmoil and wrath, some of

Sannites have a number of different ancestors, but a significant number hear the words of one or more of the Grendel ancestors. Rucraic, the Storm Lord, who

all united by half a dozen shared ancestors whose voices they still hear loudly and clearly. Some of those ancestors are of the unhelpful kind familiar

they themselves had become cruel and degenerate. They suspect that their ancestors had grown arrogant and selfish; pride had given way to hubris. Thus they

who fell during the Battle of Ikka's Tears; her body joins that of her ancestors among the cairns. The newly expanded circle was originally named the Sylvi

do not believe that the ancestors talk to them to lend them aid to cross the Abyss. Instead, they see the words of their ancestors as a plea for aid, a reminder

voices of their intrusive ancestors will help them to hear the voices of their more recent ancestors - the actual Imperial Orc ancestors - more easily. It's

Winterfolk - a constant reminder to the entire nation of the heroism of their ancestors - and has far-reaching consequences for the entire nation. The largest

their latest ventures or telling extravagant and grand tales of their ancestors, friends and relatives. As with most Freeborn businesses, a parador is

angry ancestors and reach out for those ancestors they wish to connect with. The Sunstorm have been striving to create new Imperial Orc ancestors and many

alongside their veneration of their ancestors. The ancestors are still important to them, like any orc they can hear their ancestors during battle, tense negotiations

adrenalin of the battle beckons to the ancestors and draws them closer. Many pit-fighters hear their ancestors urging them on during the fight and this

as Guard of the Young, and some Imperial Orcs call him as Thorn of the Ancestors and Shackle Smasher. He is associated with an idolatrous cult who call

regain their cities, it was the first glimmer of the civilisation their ancestors had once enjoyed. Core Brief Introduction The people Culture and customs

labyrinthine tombs, guarded by both the living and the dead, where lie the ancestors of Kantor - and where the ghosts of sorcerers and merchants alike can be

Unshackled Gift Ancestor’s Word You feel a surge of physical aggression building. You are strongly aware of the voices of your ancestors, urging you to

Appointment Wintermark Position Has tenure Brigantia Duning Open Hand of the Ancestors 12 vials of liao Solvihill, Skarsind Synod Judgement Imperial Orc Position

their cold marble crypts rather than lying in the swamp alongside their ancestors. On the battlefield, and as decoration in their halls, Winterfolk prefer

descended from the first ever orc ancestor and are masters of techniques to help them communicate with the ancestors. The Yerende dream of building a better

come to those corpse glades, to hang mementoes of and for their fallen ancestors. By long tradition, anyone who has worked a full season at the Thimble

to a citizen of the Imperial Orcs. Construction of the Open Hand of the Ancestors was announced by Bleakshield Groza as Legion Engineer during the Summer

investing them with worth, alongside the worship of, and connection to, the ancestors, has led to many stories and songs being composed that are handed down

voices of ancestors who did not fight, as do orcs of other nations. We ask all to encourage the Mournwold orcs to listen out for these ancestors' often quiet

are a small family these days, but they have illustrious roots - their ancestors were among the first trailblazers to try and settle in Kahraman. Their

the Bay of Catazar area was home to the sprawling kingdoms that were the ancestors of Navarr, Wintermark, Urizen and Varushka. Any given scholar today knows

One day, peace. One day, victory. One day, an answer to the task our ancestors made for us by their foolishness. One day, an end!" She raised her fists

claimed their ancestors spoke to them when they were touched by Virtue, she wondered if he could hear them now. "What do they say? Your ancestors... when you

gardens in the open, intent on teaching their children the lore of their ancestors. Most Yerende are prudent and judicious by nature, and the other septs

their rituals, while the Axou apparently draw on the spirits of their dead ancestors to grant them power. In some cases, foreign magicians use entirely different

Fort Braydon with a mound. He expresses the belief that their ancestors – the Imperial ancestors – must smile on them in this hour. Things will never return

and determination, and he was wearing a scarf that had been given to his ancestors by Emperor Ahraz himself. He put his finger to his lips -" She put her

the Winter Sun experienced powerful visions of the many generations of ancestors who had lived as Imperial slaves. Embracing these visions, the general

dominated by what is now Dawn and the Marches. One nation would have been the ancestors of the orcs finally exterminated by the Dawnish in Semmerholm during their

- it's a feature, not a bug. Under normal circumstances you can hear an ancestor if (a) you are genetically related to them or (b) you met them personally

apparently spent a decade living by himself with only the voices of his ancestors for company, which by all accounts has made him one of the most peculiar

apart from human destiny - that it is blasphemy to include any of their ancestors among the ranks of the exemplars and paragons. The Sumaah Republic cited

entrances to maze-like tombs, guarded by living and dead alike, where lie the ancestors of Kantor - and where the ghosts of sorcerers and merchants alike can be

resist. The ancestors are quiet here, but the mystagogues assure their visitors that they are very present. According to them the ancestors are physically

again. "I know you're young, Alov," she said more gently. "I know your ancestors are telling you that these are our woods and we should take them back but

of orc ancestors home The Ossuary Temple of the Illarawm is tied fundamentally to their spiritual beliefs about the Howling Abyss and the ancestors. Their

- a hulking citadel of white granite carved with depictions of the orc ancestors, especially the tenacious Skjaldi. Even with the crimson banners of the

that warps and changes the magical nature of the area. The Menrothat ancestors once used it as a place to speak with the eternals - such as at Marshstand

there is or was a Terunael city north of Volodmartz, although how the ancestors of the Navarr survived in such a cold, inhospitable land so different to

Those who have made the journey to meet Ulven, Skjaldi and the other great ancestors are the lucky ones. When the orders come through to pull back, those who

said to be envious of the Empire and indeed all other human nations. The ancestors of the Iron Confederacy came from across the sea around 800 years ago.

numbers, further than ever before, and see in the distance a world where our ancestors' great mistake might finally be erased. This ritual is most useful in a

living in the northern lands of what is today the Empire, and with the ancestors of the Jotun. At some points, however, they became isolated from the rest

described brushing by the Oak as "feeling like I could see a thousand ancestors stretching before me into the past".

words. Mathilda had known a mute godhi once, she'd been so blessed by the ancestors she could pull a warrior back from the door of death. Maybe the less you

Solvihill, Skarsind for 10 wains of white granite. The Open Hand of the Ancestors creates title Guide to the Lost. To be appointed by the Imperial Orc National

Take only your warband and then regroup with the armies. Do this and the ancestors will smile upon you. Omen of the Walrus At the same time the Imperial armies

the Summer Storm experienced a profound moment of connection with a Jotun ancestor, Sjöfn of the Bittenblade. Apparently an ancient Jotun who appears unconcerned

and if stories are to be believed there is at least one enclave of their ancestors living deep in the woods. There may well be some truth in the stories -

they unify the septs and build a nation worthy of Thrace and the other ancestors? Now they have a seat at the great table, can they build a nation to become

Illarawm will join the Imperial Orcs. They will share knowledge of their ancestors with the Imperial Orcs, and offer their expertise to the rest of the nation

Adoption of this practice has been encouraged by the Imperial Orcs barbarian ancestors, and all four large orc nations that the Empire is familiar with make use

of the orcs - some shamans claim that it can call on the power of the ancestors - whose blood flows through those present. According to some older orcs

siblings time while we offer them guidance in the ways of the Abyss and Ancestors. Outcome: Upheld with a Greater Majority (182-0); margin of 182 Enacted

our new siblings time while we guide them in the ways of the Abyss and Ancestors. Let us have these conversations of our souls together. We encourage the

Storm cannot help but hear the whispers of their long forgotten Jotun ancestors as they march across the fields of Skallahn. Click for audio version In

belonged to the smaller households that fought under the banner of her ancestors. Yet there is more to her strategy than just claiming the Western marshes

have been observed wear cowled robes not unlike those worn by the ancient ancestors of the Highborn and, of course, the Freeborn (and several of the League

sects; spiritualists and necromancers loudly debate with materialists and ancestor worshippers; and temples of various gods and powers compete for congregations

thralls captured during the reign of Emperor Guntherm, Bo followed his ancestors' traditions and refused to fight during the rebellion. Instead they supported

dropped almost to a whisper. "I belong to a tradition that was old when our ancestors first came to the woods and the hills, first came into the shadow of the

the halls of Wintermark practiced their own spiritual beliefs, rich with ancestor spirits and mysticism. These beliefs have largely fallen out of favour

offering up the things you spill. An ancestor is the most common choice among the orcs, usually whichever ancestor's advice they feel would be most common

blade’: ‘Warming Armour’ and ‘Weakening Sun’ ; Set ‘Unshackled Gift’: ‘Ancestor’s Word, ‘Legionnaire’s Will’, ‘Indomitable Might’, ‘Skar’s Strength’ ;

of the Marches, and the two groups share several traditions and a common ancestor. They tend to be itinerants, traveling from place to place around Dawn

characters are encouraged to create stories about hearing the voices of their ancestors during the raid Anyone participating in the raid on Chalonsio may find

experiences an additional roleplaying effect: you are more likely to hear your ancestors while under this enchantment. The effect lasts until the start of the next

latter information apparently comes from the mutterings of the slave's ancestors so should be treated as unreliable. In addition to the presence of the

displayed upon the hall's banner. These runes are lasting reminders of their ancestors who - perhaps - weren't as rich in those Virtues as their descendants.

doesn't blame him for "that whole business" and has agreed that their ancestors were wrong to do so. He requests that his friend Brat Umbral Path perhaps

temple here, a kirkja dedicated to Skaldir, one of the most important Jotun ancestors. It consists of a series of low rust-coloured stone buildings protected

there is a strong sense that theurgy is too close to the superstitious ancestor-worship practices of the orcs, and the Axou, and that it attempts to cast

hidden. In the back of his head he could hear Karp, one of his oldest ancestors urging him to stay still, wrapping him in a fervour that ensured every

opportunity to reinvent its values. Calling back to their philosopher ancestors, the new Lapis Heights strives to discover new ways of experiencing Virtue

to the battle at King's Stoke. That said, if every family who claims an ancestor fought there is right, it must have been an easy victory. King's Stoke

done, has been done. She has accepted her fate. You and I must honour our ancestors by accepting ours. If you open up this wound to try to treat it, you will

local myths, the chasm was once a great lake which was drained when the ancestor Ulven challenged a troll king to a drinking contest. The chasm is rich

of wolves and flocks of murder-crows and fought the Vard. In time the ancestors of the modern Varsuhkans "tamed" him and he retreated to his barrow. When

these orc related doctrines - Reincarnation, the Howling Abyss, and the Ancestors. This seeks common ground, evaluates historical and cultural significance

kept telling me to keep on after this one." "Must mean something if the ancestors are telling you to pursue her?" "Nah - it doesn't usually. It's just how

sharing their own philosophy save to speak in the broadest terms about ancestors, spirits, and their concept of the Great Forest - that all the woodlands

blood is upon the moon Ancestors call and we sing this tune Jotun, Jotun! Marching to battle, by night or noon Jotun, Jotun Ancestors call and we sing this

folk to look beyond the battlefield for heroes and to seek tales of their ancestors to better understand the many forms that heroism can take. At the same

which they may have been magicians, while orcs will similarly call on the ancestors to fill a shaman with their power. Obviously, invocations of powerful Day

their ancestors, or feeling their ghosts watching over them. Indeed, unlike pilgrims of the Way, the Axou regularly offer prayers to chosen ancestors, asking

you're simply doing what your ancestors tell you - how can that be choosing to be virtuous?" Rukkar laughed. "My ancestor is telling me to punch you in

from then the best thing to say its that is a language spoken by a distant ancestor of yours who emigrated to the Empire from outside the known world. Avoid

hundreds of generations of their ancestors. Players who participated in this experience are encouraged to create ancestors of their own - slaves with strong

unequivocally, the axe of the speaker's ancestor - for all that none of the physical axe wielded by that ancestor remains. It is the spirit of the axe that

truth, hear the voices of their ancestors speaking to them, as well as recognising the idea of the Virtuous Ancestors - that the virtues represent a path

their ancestors with each year, but the Jarls worry that they will seek out the mountain in the belief that they can steal the Jotun's ancestors from them

that just because the people who had lived here before the arrival of her ancestors had held a view that was almost the opposite of our own, just because she

the Empire, and lands beyond, looking for the remains of Imperial Orc ancestors to return to Skarsind and inter at the Bone Ossuary. Mandates in the General

with these hideous creatures. All plaguewulfs are said to share a common ancestor, a Sovereign usually referred to as The Howling Queen. She is believed

more would Skarsind be part of Wintermark, now it was a place for orcish ancestors and orcish children. Skarsind would no longer be a place of Stormcrows

Veneration of their oldest and most powerful ancestors is central to the Jotun culture. Most orcs venerate their ancestors - but the Jotun go far beyond this. The

performed by the core troops. The faðir are the oldest and most powerful Jotun ancestors, worshipped as living gods by most Jotun and served by their priests, the

addition of the Doctrine of the Howling Abyss and the Doctrine of the Ancestors, but is even more seismic in its implications for the faithful. This change

They require us to abandon the Forest. They require us to embrace the ancestors of the Imperial people." An angry rumble now, a susurration of whispers

was heartened to hear, about the Doctrines of the Howling Abyss and the Ancestors. Not all of it though - there was also an undercurrent of local news that

march to the Mourn... honouring the fallen in the everwatching gaze of the ancestors. As heroes of the Empire, we stand defiant of our Jotun foe. They are no

an anchor for the history of the orc nations and the triumphs of their ancestors. During the time of Imperial slavery, tales would be told in whispered

experiences an additional roleplaying effect: you are more likely to hear your ancestors while under this enchantment. The effect lasts until the start of the next

The Jotun revere their ancestors - they are the most devout of all the orc nations and treat their ancestors like gods. Click for audio version The Summer

will not hear the voices of the Imperial Orc ancestors of course - they will hear their own Jotun ancestors - but as they grow up and start families, their

looking for a way to increase their honour, with an eye towards becoming ancestors when they die. The only true dishonour, most Jotun recognise is showing

carry your soul to the labyrinth? Venerating so-called heroes? Virtuous ancestors? Hungry spiritual geography waiting to swallow you up? Dolphins? The broken

trod network more effective The trod network was created by the distant ancestors of the Navarr after the fall of the Terunael Empire to combat the vallorn

we are - you pompous self-righteous prick. That's who our ancestors were!" "No. Our ancestors were not bandits. And if you come with me... I can prove it

having weapons in hand. The ghodi had assured her that the Lasambrians had ancestors of their own but what manner of being would bother to return for ones such

hidden strength! EMPOWER! Inga Tarn guide your hand! EMPOWER! (to an orc) Ancestors guide your hand! As the lion roars, let fury fill you! EMPOWER! For one

"What is that... is someone being murdered?" Decima was donning her woolen dressing gown as she came quickly down the spiral stairs that ran along the

to look upon the northern lands that were home to themselves and their ancestors. Even those who have not been to Brocéliande before treat the place with

the Labyrinth, did not create the Virtues. In truth what your ancestors did - your ancestors mind, not you - was refine a better key to a door that has always

story and sorrow most can't comprehend; I do not matter: I'm only an orc, Ancestors have damned me, alone I must walk. Chorus Forget all about me...

The daggers of the human Druj, Shall break themselves on Jotun plate. Ancestors now hear my voice, As I fight the honoured foe. We'll give all of them

fell them all Bring the axe down upon the foeman Listen close now the ancestors call Skjadir!...

an adapted form of the one-handed spear and shield fighting style their ancestors used from horseback. Form: Weapon. Takes the form of a one-handed spear

hear their ancestors. Indeed, orcs only hear some ancestors, making the idea of recognising certain ancestors as more virtuous Defining an ancestor as virtuous

from this day forth known us as the Sannite sept. This word is of our ancestors born in the gladiator's coliseum it represents us all. Outcome: Upheld

beneath the aegis of the Sick Ones. Your Senate is untrustworthy, but the Ancestors know, you are the lesser evil." A little of the tension drained out of

revitalizing energy bound into the armour their renewed energy comes from their ancestors, and they often hear them more clearly than normal when they evoke its

time. To be honest, he'd faced the Druj himself and they even scared his ancestors so he couldn't imagine how badly they were terrifying people who'd actually

of "Heirs to Cavan" who considered themselves descendants of Terunael ancestors the same as the Navarr. They apparently survived in the fall of the city

and those who do so have reported many times that the voices of their ancestors especially clearly. Wearers often speak of a sensation of being watched

gloaming. It takes one month to make one of these items. "Forgive me, ancestors, but you are wrong. I shall prove our worth to my brothers and sisters

squeezing until the blood rains down. The magic is fading, thank the ancestors. The trees are returning to the places they once stood – although they

Gudmundur has sworn a blood oath not to lay off the killing until the ancestors fall silent.... It's not good..." He shook his head and his voice trailed

their worth with a shattering of chains. Three years ago we asked our ancestors "why do we fight?" and it is time to embrace that revelation so march now

glinting in the candle light. "The Dragons are the Thule. They are living ancestors," he said without preamble, a tone in his voice as if he were reciting

reverence for, and connection to, their shared ancestors. The relationship they have with the spirits of their ancestors has some echoes of the Axou near-worship

actively challenge them. Shaman Most orcs only experience communion with the ancestors when battle is upon them but a few individuals - called shamans - are able

for the traditionally organised Highborn. Darker rumours suggest their ancestors first encountered it from the receiving end, either in some past conflict

grant the ritual power. Some ritualists evoke the spirit of heroes, orc ancestors, Paragons and Exemplars renowned for their strength, such as Inga Tarn

and didn't always feel he had much to contribute once his friend got the ancestors in his ears. He just wanted to enjoy the food, the last thing he wanted

the opportunity to get off this insane thing couldn't come soon enough. Ancestors alone knew why it didn't just sink. He asked his hosts that on the first

voices of their ancestors during the raid urging them to fight to free the orc slaves. Any such orc may continue to hear such an ancestor clearly from that

"But how would it work? It's a Summer college isn't it?" "Well yes, but its still a college of magic, it just happens to specialise in Summer magic. So

bladed, so keen-edged and sharp. Long-ago troll-slaying, monster-fell ancestors, nation-like following, down ages of time." Verse after verse came, in

interest - and try to bite back their distaste at the mentions of their ancestors in chains. And in Sumaah - well, who knows what the Sumaash think about

of the day. As we rest and ready for the storm to come, listen to your ancestors and their guidance to seek out items of worth, reclaim our lost histories

have no connection to the Imperial Orcs' ancestors, and would instead hear the voices of their Jotun ancestors. As they age and have children of their own

the Winter Sun who cleave to the belief that the Marked were, in fact, ancestors under the yoke of human masters. The seven founding member of the Marked

defined by working the land. If we do not work it we do not own it. Fisher's ancestors left their lands much as we did when we left Dawn. We have no claim on

be a... well that's not going to help you hold your head up among your ancestors. You shouldn't be mocking your cousin, you should be helping him. Looking

priest responsible for overseeing the dissemination of the Doctrine of the Ancestors and the Doctrine of the Howling Abyss - has accepted the invitation and

introduction of a new group archetype (the coterie) and changes to the way ancestors work. Many pages now have additional information on them, but the biggest

accepted from Irontide Lok and Bloodcrow Yargol on the subject of Jotun ancestors in orcish lore. Bloodcrow Shettehs plead guilty and Atla plead clemency

of their orc siblings. We encourage the Mourn orcs to listen to their ancestors for guidance and seize their Legend for themselves in this, their - one

Orcs. Whilst they lack the Orcish Shamans guiding words of Worth from our Ancestors, their art has value. This has been witnessed. Outcome: Upheld with a Greater

bones of their forebears in return for sharing their knowledge of the ancestors with others. And the Yerende offered to share their knowledge of the herbal

folk to look beyond the battlefield for heroes and to seek tales of their ancestors to better understand the many forms that heroism can take. The Assembly

know?" "How could I know Reet?" she responded. "Can I speak with the the ancestors in the swamp? Will a mystic give me the answer?" she asked rhetorically

stone, but that gets expensive obviously. Much easier just to let your ancestors eat... oh hang on we're starting." The Axos Ambassador's attention had

because you've never experienced it before! Imagine how terrified your ancestors must have been the first time they saw rain! Only once it had been falling

vengeful voices of our non-Imperial ancestors that seek to destroy or escape the Empire. For when our Imperial ancestors joined the Empire we became Imperial

skirmishes and battles as the fearsome enemies of the Empire! Jotun - When the Ancestors Call - sung on the march to battle Jotun - Song for the Kirkja - a rallying

buried beneath the apple trees of Tom's Orchard beside generations of ancestors and descendants. The eyes of Kimus are sent out to find that sword, wielded

in the swamps at Kallavesa, and the way some Wintermark venerate these ancestors. Many nations keep detailed records of their lineage and family tree, and

the Legion's Rookery to incorporate images of appropriate Imperial Orc ancestors to keep a watchful eye out for any lingering maledictions. The koboldi

before the desperate union with the Suaq to resist the trolls, before the ancestors of the Ushka came down from the north, before the Urizen raised their spires

additional doctrines; the Doctrine of the Howling Abyss and the Doctrine of the Ancestors. With this change of doctrine, the position of the Imperial Orcs has been

Orcs National Raised By: Bonewall Col Judgement: We believe that Virtuous Ancestors should be able to be Recognised by the Synod. We identify the following

become an Ancestor who can guide and advise living orcs Bonewall Rek Upheld 1234 - 252 9 General Change of Doctrine. Doctrine of the Ancestors: To cross

practitioners of the Way in Sumaah bear a striking resemblance to the idols their ancestors worshipped. Vena the Great-hearted Paragon of Courage shares many attributes

spent as slaves - and it reminds their ancestors as well. Orcs often experience the angry tirades of their ancestors when they work underground, and this

doses of Ancestor's Word, 2 doses of Legionnaire's Will 7 crowns 2 doses of Ancestor's Word, 2 doses of Indomitable Might 16 crowns 4 doses of Ancestor's Word

precise dates, but it seems that at the time that Solokha was destroyed, the ancestors of the Grendel had already begun to make inroads into Mareave, and that

households, they traced their lineage back to Dawn - in this case many of their ancestors seem to have marched from Coombe in Astolat. They had a reputation for

targets - the thralls will not be touched and places dedicated to the Jotun ancestors will be spared. Those ships capable of doing so will continue along the

attacking their enemies when they least expect it. They respect it; but their ancestors would shame them if they did not treat traveling through the Empire as

most powerful and successful ancestors we can hear, but also it could be the beginning of a conversation about our ancestors and theirs with other orcish

the Empire understands it; instead they revere the dead spirits of their ancestors. It seems that there are not many shamans among the Hierro clan – there

the Barrens. With each loss their ancestral lands grow smaller and their ancestors grow more distant from them or so they believe. For the first time ever

happened to the refugees here is not clear; some argue that they were the ancestors of the Navarr who used the Falls as a steading while others say that as

Imperial Orcs, being too closely representative of the slavery they and their ancestors endured at the hands of the Empire. Some have adopted the horse (especially

Imperial Warmage, and that if they are in attendance the Thorn of the Ancestors will withdraw immediately. The Lictors are something of an unknown quantity

season in Casinea, resupplying and seeking a stronger connection with their ancestors via an experimental ritual and the use of a unique relic called Defiance

disorganised meetings at which resentful yeofolk discuss whether their ancestors were right to stay behind when they were given the chance to march west

to that nation offer tribute to us lest they incur the wrath of their ancestors. So is my word given Tharim, the King Bound in Chains Many of the "nations"

moment. They have what they came for - relics of the ancient Lasambrian ancestors carved out from the dry soil. Mementos of the time when the arid plains

hand-written pamphlets. These take the form of stories of the Free Folk's ancestors: Asavean slaves and the lives they led. While the pamphlets describe the

raising yourself up, reaching for a heroic ideal that will inspire the ancestors to aid you and grant you the strength to cross the Abyss when you die.

Feroz to the east. These lands, they claim, were taken from their ancestors by the ancestors of the Freeborn. Once they have achieved their ambitions, however

supplanted the mystical Wintermark traditions of reverence for their heroic ancestors that have existed for hundreds of years before the Way came to these lands

expedition reaching the Terunael mineworkings, a short report about what the ancestors of the Navarr were doing here has been prepared and will be delivered to

think it was actually destroyed during conflict between the Ushka and the ancestors of the Navarr. Throughout its history, people who have spent long periods

of Segura, and Feroz - lands, they claim, were taken from their ancestors by the ancestors of the Freeborn. At that point, they are prepared to negotiate

dirt... it was over... she'd given it everything but she'd failed. Her ancestor screamed at her to draw her scram and gut the Marcher standing over her

our fangs and our claws against the steel hearts of the Jotun, as our ancestors did! Let their red cloaks lie in pools of blood, crimson against the snow

- as lay followers, priests, and as inspirations. The Doctrine of the Ancestors and the Howling Abyss have been extensively discussed in Sumaah, as has

the preachers and people must think and argue on matters of Virtue and Ancestors, not of what lies beyond the Labyrinth. Torsch, Imperial Orcs national

in the Empire who know obscure facts about the doings of their beloved ancestors, for example, who might be inspired to come forward with their information

over again. The only hope of salvation is that from each generation the ancestors will pick a single soul who is permitted to enter the Abyss, where through

away. When using the Furrowed Wake they can often hear the voice of an ancestor screamingly urging them to brutalise their enemy as they are on the ground

with a potent orc ancestor. Sjöfn of the Bittenblade is an ancient Jotun whose voice for a short time overwhelms that of all other ancestors. While she is

(often overseen by an oathwright). Some Imperial orcs ritualists call on an ancestor to inspire the target with the chosen spell, but this is rarely attempted

mystics of Ishal in Kallavesa have a fragmentary record of a herb called Ancestor's Breath which is apparently one of the only herbs that is forbidden by

Necropolis on a pilgrimage to the tomb of Emperor Guntherm - a distant ancestor of her family. They exchanged a few pleasantries as around them the Navarr

Now their clan languishes in service to the Druj - and even their own ancestors have turned against them. The only life these people have, the only way

Department and an experienced storyteller. According to them, once of their ancestors was travelling through the forests of Mournwold over a hundred years ago

of the vision has come at a key moment – the story of how this revered ancestor of a powerful Plenum family refused to bow to a group of rebels and was

have claimed that the Loyal Stanchion talks to them in the voice of an ancestor, although it is not clear whether this is down to the standard or the orc

No punishment. Assault The accused, while possessed by the spirit of his ancestor, launched an unprovoked assault against the victim inside the orc camp

might be resonant to call on the name of Irontide Skar, as if he were an ancestor; others say that it would be unwise or potentially even blasphemous to

national assembly encourages those orcs troubled by the echoes of their ancestors to visit the mystagogue Illarawm Ithgarn in the Southpine. They hold insight

are believed likewise to have a close relationship with the Thorn of the Ancestors. While Irra Harah was judged an enemy of the Empire these friends and agents

puts respecting an idea above the Way. Exemplars, Paragons, and Virtuous Ancestors inspire us with deeds, words, legacies, or voices. Pilgrims focus on their

been cut from the Exemplar herself in a legendary battle with a heroic ancestor of the Grendel. Maistir Comyn recognises the danger that he's placing himself

trogoni, the hole might just reveal a few more details about what it was the ancestors of the Navarr were doing down there. Plus of course there's the threat

a natural ability to weave mana. She claimed she heard the voice of an ancestor who taught her how to heal the wounds of her fellows with songs. The rebellion

Weirwater left many facing unspeakable horror, forced to fight their own ancestors reborn as flesh-starved beasts. Yet out of fear and horror has come renewed