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supplement the The Marches look and feel page, and may have been superceded.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assurance, and tend to become quiet, withdrawn and sullen.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