opposite of the stereotype of the obsequious, wheedling trader. There are no harems or seraglios in the Empire. Core Brief Introduction The people Culture

ascended the highest mountain in all creation to steal fire from the sun. The paragon Aldones di Sarvos, one of the founders of the League. The exemplar

are based on the size of the congregation - the larger the flock that a priest tends to, the more votes they receive. The founders of the Empire adopted

however. The Founders and the families had carried some knowledge of the Virtues with them. As the years passed, the Way steadily gained traction in the Brass

legacy of the Brass Coast. More than being just magicians, the hakima exemplify a connection to the founders of the tribes and the history of the Freeborn

unique in the Empire and its presence here is the most likely reason that the founders chose Anvil as the meeting point for the Empire. The Imperial Regio

More than being just magicians, the hakima exemplify a connection to the founders of the tribes and the history of the Freeborn. They are traditionally

recognised as the builder among the Founders. She founded the city of Siroc, overseeing the construction of the first harbour. While Atalaya was the first major

The people of the Brass Coast are divided into three great tribes, named for the three founders of the nation, Erigo, Riqueza, and Guerra. The historical

relic of the ancient temple. Carved by Jhessail Cedny, one of the founders of the nearby steading of Foxden, the candlestick apparently also sat in the original

Although the First Empress put aside her nationality when she united the Empire, the Highborn consider their nation the proud parent of the Empire, and

overhauls to the way the Conclave worked in the first few years and we needed to let them take effect before we removed the bonus mana. By the time the Conclave

distributed by the Conclave to the order for their use. As the property of the order, responsibility for their distribution lies with the grandmaster of the order

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

has tenure, the occupant may hold the title until it is revoked, they die or they relinquish the position. The table to the right shows the citizens who

that the only difference between a privateer and a merchant is that the privateers get their goods cheaper. In the early days of the Empire, the Freeborn

on the floor of the Senate building. The founders of the group hailed from Tassato in the League and their love of wordplay could not resist the play

Erigo was one of the three Founders of the Brass Coast. Generally agreed to be the middle sister of the three, she was the most martial of her siblings

preserved in the house of the dead. The Necropolis holds the bodies of the Empire’s heroes, along with the Imperial Histories, guarded eternally by the stewards

The people of Zemress Island are the descendants of the crew of the Kraken's Bane, the ship belonging to the exemplar Zemess i Ezmara i Erigo. The ship