eyebrows; the forests of Varushka are by no means safe. They are home to the grim horrors the Varushkans call Wolves. They are hungry, instinctual horrors

voluntarily, but a few were restrained for their own safety. The spire had a grim reputation, unsurprisingly. A significant portion of the patients here had

speaks again. “If you fail, you know what it will mean.” The guardian nods, grimly, and leaves their exarch standing once again in the silent library. Motes

that at least some of it was his own. "That's the last of them," he said grimly. "What about the ones that made a break for the tree-line?" asked Jessica

with the assistance of her grim legions. She would, of course, expect to see no resistance to this action. The Lady of the Grim Host would take a dim view

will single out groups of shadow warriors, crystal guardians, or especially grim legionnaires unless explicitly ordered otherwise. Even then they chafe under

scouts, and heralds. Historians claim that some of them are possessed of a grim intellect, but live only to fight at Sorin's command. From time to time he

dramatically to the wide stone pillar beyond the alter. As he fell forwards dead, grim red letters began to magically appear on the pillar... "Virtues, these things

Empire. Anvil is a small settlement in north-eastern Casinea, not far from the grim shadow of the fortification known as the Silent Sentinel that watches the

around them the keening started again. "Just one monster is it?" said Sasha grimly. Ulf didn't answer, just pulled his sword, half-sitting, half-kneeling.

Of the few magical relics that are uncovered, a disturbing number possess grim curses as well as useful properties. In 224YE, a major incident occurred

of the Vor'Azi estates. In the shadow of Grimhold stand the Gardens of the Grim, a herb garden sinecure that also serves as a memorial to the respected Varushkan

husband's sister, joining them at the gate, caught this last and grinned grimly. She rested one hand on Amira's shoulder and completed her sentence. "

came to an end with a final peace treaty, signed at the settlement of Moot. Grim-faced folk drew lines on maps and agreed to fight orcs, not each other. The

leave odd lingering effects; a warrior who takes on the role of one of the grim legionnaires of Kaela as part of a ritual to gain Unyielding Constitution

some way. The ritual releases a malign, oppressive force into a territory. Grim, throbbing musical rhythms, slow threatening movement and invocations of

who hear it to hold to their beliefs in the face of adversity. Tarasta the Grim is the Tamazi ancestor who embodies vengeance, punishment, oaths, curses

reported seeing eerie dancing lights over the Kallavesa Marsh, and mutter grimly about what they portend. The Wintermark assembly made not one but two judgements

the armies of Varushka, Dawn, and the Thule in the Winter of 382YE. It is a grim country of deep, dark forests, one that the Varushkan settlers share with

return to them should the Barrens be liberated. The forest as a whole has a grim reputation. Reports stretch back hundreds of years of people entering the

relationship between the grim, leather-clad folk they had encountered on the outskirts of Seren (Miaren as it is today) and the grim, fur-wrapped folk they

Semmerholm Synod Judgement Dawnish Position Autumn Percival Summerstrong Grim Gardener 7 doses of true vervain 5 doses of imperial roseweald 5 doses of

the dredger. "There's about twenty of them that I can see," said Gethyn grimly. "That likely means more in the woods that I can't. We need to cut the net

constantly wracked them. The Druj seem to have selected their victims for this grim transformation exclusively from among those strong willed, physically powerful

they weren't having any of it. Every last one of them died. It was pretty grim." "They must really hate us!" Mateo exclaimed, visibly shocked to have confirmation

Druj desecrated the dead, and used their remains to construct one of their grim shrines of fear and despair, responsible for helping to spread a foul miasma

problems Highguard is facing and..." She trailed off, her eyes widening, a grim realisation blossoming. Aranuah bit her lip, leant forward to take Zalmonah's

took a ragged breath, and set his face. "I think we've got em," he said grimly. "I've been anointed before, and I would bet you a crown to a cracked pot

trying to light the fire, striking spark after spark from her flint with grim determination, but to no effect. Dinah introduced herself, but she felt that

specifically those that are unliving, rather than undead - volodny and the grim warriors of the legion of the eternal Kaela are both said to be weakened

the forest had a dire reputation for being "haunted". The local orcs tell grim tales of shadowy figures that prey on travellers among the ancient pines

daring night-time raid on Iron Ram Hall. They'd dragged him off and in a grim parody of Imperial justice, passed sentence on him and ordered his execution

with clearly defined bounds; even if your character is normally dour and grim it can be fun to relax your demeanour when you're in an area you define as

sovereign to destroy them. In one well-known example, a party of travellers met a grim end because they ignored the advice of their volhov guide and assumed that

books by the colour of the spine. "Can you imagine," said Hounacier with a grim chuckle, "What the Senate is going to say? Never mind that the military council

gods once attempted to openly establish a temple of Dumon. The woods have a grim reputation as a consequence, and are carefully patrolled by templars and

particularly enthused about reading it. "Trouble," said Jorgen, with the grim satisfaction of a man doing his level best not to say "I told you so." And

fall on your head. As a consequence, some Imperial Orcs are suspicious of grim Varushkan tales or scandalous League pamphlets that seem to actively encourage

inhabited by... The orcs do not go into detail, beyond the confines of a few grim stories of lurking horrors and hungry vallornspawn and angry spirits they

thin, pale man with a neat goatee beard and dark eyes that sparkle with a grim, mordant humour. His welcome was warm and professional, and he was at great

them that the Gifts of Kaela – both those of oblivion and membership of the grim legion – are not to be feared, in line with my Summer 385YE statement of

slaughtering the orc clans they encountered and driving them before them with grim determination. In addition to their Ambition, the Marchers benefited from

has destroyed great swathes of the forest here; both natural fire and the grim magical immolation of Surut. The latter has left wide ashen scars where nothing

consolidated their hold on the territory, more thralls were brought through the grim forests of Liathaven to work the fields and mines of the newly-conquered

The pub from American Werewolf in London with its suspicious villagers and grim secrets might be an example of a Bregasland settlement, as might the weird

Helms remained polarizing. To their critics they represented the worst of the grim nature of the Varushkan people - an army without scruples no more virtuous

the complex constitutional issues around such a move. The Varushkan armies grimly hung on to their foothold, but the Thule seemed quite happy to curse the

chapterhouse – but it may also appear as a dour Varushkan structure with grim spike-topped walls and heavily fortified gates. There are some notes, apparently

choose to be allies of the Empire or not. “Never again,” they say, faces grim. “This will end.” Their focus is not on conquest, but on liberation, and

resulted in painful losses to the Northpines Navarr. The situation looked grim. Grimmer still when a wave of magical energy ripped through the territory, shattering