This determines which nations will fight, and who will be chosen to lead on the field of battle. In order to ensure that the nations of the Empire may have

qualities when dealing with ambassadors from that notoriously touchy western nation. The Ambassador to Faraden is an Imperial title. It is an Imperial position

several traditions - war witches, witch weavers and guisers. Of all the nations of the Empire, Dawn seems to be the most closely affected by the magic of

theological guidance and spiritual counsel in their dealings with foreign nations. They are to provide oversight of Imperial Ambassadors for the Synod - to

perform the ritual to create an egregore allowing them to become the tenth nation of the Empire - but there was nothing anybody would do to provide them with

'magic' and 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

the Faraden and the Iron Confederacy. These nations possess power equivalent to one or two Imperial nations, but they are much closer to the Empire and

provided by reavers, but increased opportunities to trade with other Imperial nations and even the Thule means that there are now more options available to ensure

in mind however that you cannot use this action to commit piracy against nations the Empire is not at war with due to the presence of the Civil Service observers

Wintermark and the great heroes who have come since. As a hero's life fed the nation when they were alive, their body feeds the marsh in death. “To sleep in

ambassadors took residence shortly before the Autumn Equinox. Unlike other nations, there does not appear to be a single ambassador - instead representatives

followed several months of growing tension between the powerful south-eastern nation and the Empire, including a number of tariffs imposed by the Commonwealth

Summit Nation Elected Spring Equinox 385YE Highguard Accalon Spring Equinox 384YE Highguard

the vallorn to allow the Navarr to attack it. The trods pass through all nations of the Empire, so now many travellers prefer to use the Navarr trods as

Flowers are often used as a symbol of love - or as a favour. In the world of Empire, formal magic is the application of learning and willpower to create

marked with the runes, are prestigious items sought after in other Imperial nations, and by merchants from across the Known world. Costume by Jo Perridge The

way of thinking their approach is honest - while the politics of other nations can be devious and underhanded, the Freeborn are forthright and open in

work they represent was created as a result of the disasters that beset the nation in 379YE and 380YE. Any Imperial general can order their troops to billet

communicated to priests of the Way who tend to congregations in foreign nations. Traditionally statements passed by the Assembly of the Nine have not had

supporters for any political decision that helps secure the nation's borders. Securing the nation's borders is no easy task. Urizen only has the capacity to

foreign nations who are not hostile to the Empire - and the corsairs regularly acted as guards and escorts to Imperial merchant ships of all nations. Core

championed if they lose. Tests of Resolve are often offered to citizens of other nations who bring complaints against individual nobles. They are not always accepted;

would be many years before the Highborn finally accepted that the western nations would not see the wisdom of reuniting with their parents. There were other

If you cross a bravo they might break your fingers; cross a merchant prince and they’ll ruin you. The League recognises an obivous metaphor when it sees

Empire - their name is a byword for treachery even among other barbarian nations most of whom also seem to consider the Druj to be beyond the pale. The Empire

stormcrow provides the moral centre of a hall. As with the other Imperial nations, the people of Wintermark embrace the Way. For centuries before the foundation

politeness and good manners. Their nation is a place of competing and sometimes incompatible philosophies. It is also a nation where it is easy to become isolated

Priests in Varushka are considered to be (or seek to be) wise, and are generally either physically old or possessed of an “old spirit.” These wise ones

as well as employing techniques, spells and rituals learned from other nations. Urizen in particular was adamant that the orcs needed to learn magic and

same goods (OOC: It is fine to role-play trading with one of the subject nations, but your character will receive the same goods regardless of whether they

resources as are already controlled by the Imperial nations shall remain in the careful custody of those Nations; those that are discovered or conquered after

All orcs hear the voices of their ancestors. These voices are clearest and most powerful when an orc is in a heightened state of anger or fear, especially

each of the ten nations of the Empire gather to establish national camps with the assistance of the civil service. Everyone camps by nation at each summit

many work hard to try and inspire virtuous behaviour in wizards of other nations – or an understanding of magic in other priests. Magisters tend to be cautious

the nation. The spirit may be present in more than one host body at any time. The ritual was created by the Brass Coast to ensure that the nations of the

lives. Such behaviour is sometimes observed of the forces of barbarian nations; their warriors are often overcome by battle-lust. However the Imperial

region or territory of a nation would be subject to a veto by the General Assembly or the national assembly of the nation or nations relinquishing land. A

are isolated from the rest of their nation and then brought one-at-a-time before a council composed of the nation's children and the wise ones from the

criterion above any other. The holy city of Bastion is the capital of the nation. Every chapter maintains a hostel of some kind there, so that members who

it from the Urizen during their unexpected invasion. As with most other nations, national Bourse titles in Urizen are appointed through the Tally of the

Echoes of the Labyrinth to foreign nations - or at least to the nations the Empire trades with. Some foreign nations have received the volumes enthusiastically

Commonwealth finds its purest expression; traders from across the sprawling nation come to trade with foreign merchants, while mendicant preachers advocate

heartlands of the Empire to see regular merchant caravans from most Imperial nations. It produces a significant amount of the vinum sap used to create liao for

Principalities of Jarm, and with the collapse of relations between the two nations it is no longer available. A mana site can be upgraded using mithril obtained

signatory nations. The signatory nations will place economic or trade sanctions of their own choosing on nations defined as slaving nations above. 3.Abolition

Coast, though it never took the position of authority it enjoyed in other nations. The Freeborn were fiercely independent, their spiritual beliefs shaped

wickedness threatens - or may eventually threaten - the innocent folk of their Nation. These Threshers have an interests in groups such as the circle of sinister

of the Empire, although they are often disappointed by the way the other nations choose to exploit the Senate, especially how they pick their Senators. There

the individual which qualities make them proud, but each of the Imperial nations can be associated with a single common idea that is often referred to as

are priests who support congregations that follow the Way in many foreign nations, and they tend to look to either the Empire or Sumaah for guidance on religious