back from the dead, some of the most powerful Winter rituals allow the magician to summon drudges from the Winter Realm to occupy the bodies of the fallen

Nemoria - the Temple of the Seven Virtues, paid for by the Imperial Senate and constructed with the support of the Asavean Plenum. The priests there minister

and artifacts in the world. Many magicians – especially those of Urizen – believe them to be a map or chart of the powers of the world reflected above –

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

during the summits, the Imperial Regio understandably can be extremely busy. The regio also provides entrance to the Hall of the Worlds - the magical

warriors over great distance, the rites of Autumn play on the connections between here and there to bridge the gaps in the world. That same magic can be used

beyond the world of colour and shape. Let me look beyond the world of colour and shape and see the true world beyond. Let me see the true world beyond

are turned to the great machine that is the Commonwealth's expansion, the surplus is traded across the world. Prior to Spring 380YE, the port of Volkavaar

of the realms on the mortal world often question the wisdom of casting such rituals. The stargazers maintain that the realms can be a positive influence

slaughtered the Druj leaders in the Barrens. This triggered an armed revolt among the subjects led by the Great Forest and the Black Wind. The rebellious

Lightstones are just one of the discoveries that sets Empire apart from the real world. While the basic technology of the game is aimed at a magical-medieval

than of the individual's personal Pride, the Imperial Synod often favours the sun. The sun shines brightly, without shame, open for all the world to see.

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

in Play In the Empire world, the horse was never a widespread creature as it is in our world. Most people from outside the Empire consider the creatures

preserves the memory of the sacrifice made by Navarr and Thorn, the first Vates, who gave their life to protect the people from the threat of the vallorn

include: The oldest recorded paragon, Korl, whose legendary learned the secrets of metal in the darkest places of the world and used them to craft the first

are welcomed to the Foreign Quarter of the city, where merchants from around the world rub shoulders and compete for the bounty of the forests of Jarm

regio in the mortal world. He can lay terrible curses on those who attract his displeasure. He can send powerful malign spirits to the mortal world to form

philosophy is a way to understand the world, the course of human interactions and human history. The Net of the Heavens defines creation as being made up

effectiveness in the world. The Urizen apply the term to anything; for example, the excellence of a chimney, the excellence of a goat to be bred and the excellence

to the first years of the Revelation. Since the end of the Highborn civil war, Bastion has presented the calm, serene visage of the Highborn to the world

shining light. Where the sky and the ocean meet, in the heights and the depths, the eternals of Day seek infinite understanding of the truths of creation

characters with the fleet resource; Robec, in the territory of Veroigne. Robec is the site of the grand temple of Evra the Smith. At the mouth of the river Isoiile

alliance between the Empire, the Sumaah Republic, the Commonwealth, and the Citadels of Axos. It is dedicated to ending slavery in the known world, initially

boon such as the ability to eat spoiled food of the draughir or the stubborn will of the cambion. These boons represent a minor ability that the character

The city is the mirror of the world. If we cannot master the city, how can we master the world? Gidea di Sarvos, Reflections Each territory in the League

It is sometimes called The Celestial Eye, She Who Watches, the Thousand Eyes of the Sun and Moon, the Glass of the Heavens, and the Seer Clad in Veils of

off. You can only banish a spirit if the rank of the exorcism is equal or greater than the strength of the spirit. The minimum strength needed to banish a

possibilities, the child just born and yet to learn of the world, it is sometimes called the Parent and Child. It is sometimes called the Cave Mouth, and

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

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

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

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

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

use the magic of the realms to change the mortal world, but it has an inherent tendency to resist this change. The more unnatural the change, the greater

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

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

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

some of the richest - and the poorest - people in the world. This great city is half again the size of Sarvos or Temeschwar and has perhaps twice the population

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

joined by five other great septs, the Tamazi, the Sannites, the Ethengraw, the Illarawm, and the Yerende. Each sept is a disparate family of orcs united

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

mastery of the self, often through philosophies such as arete and poise, and they employ the teachings of the Net of the Heavens to make the world around them

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

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

The Mountains of the Moon - called the Mountains of Silence by the Axou - lie between the Empire and Axos. Following the eventual completion of the spy

record and tell of the deeds that make the Empire great. “This is Highguard, the birthplace of the Empire. Our people, the Highborn, are the Empire’s proud