entities called eternals, some of whom are interested in the human world. Players - especially magicians - can meet and negotiate with the eternals. The eternals

interacting with eternals. The Declaration of Alignment is a critical tool used by the Imperial Conclave to interact with the eternals, the supernatural

archmages act as ambassadors to the eternals of their realm. Each archmage is expected to represent the Empire to the eternals of their realm, and vice versa

been Summer eternals until they ran afoul of a dark curse. Some scholars say this is impossible, and warn that unlike many other eternals the Thrice-cursed

ambition and intrigue where complex webs of wealth and influence connect the eternals. more... The changelings are touched by the realm of Summer, a realm of

is known to contend with other Eternals for dominance of other territories. She is said to have a number of lesser Eternals who serve her as vassals - lords

among them orcs specifically blessed by the eternal with supernatural strength and resilience. As with many eternals however, Cathan Canae seems to see no conflict

quality is his awareness of and keen interest in eternals of other realms. He is known to dislike the eternals Meraud, Kimus, Basileus Flint, and Wise Rangara

the practice of magic, as well as being home to magical entities called eternals. Magicians have named four of the realms after seasons, but these are symbolic

be the most closely affected by the magic of the eternals. Heralds, the faithful servants of the eternals, are a much more common sight here than anywhere

not illegal although their use is overseen by the Imperial Conclave. Many eternals have been known to curse those who cross them, but curses can also be caused

out and outwit Eternals wherever possible, gain opportunities to take strength from them and harness it in service to the Empire. Eternals are clearly monstrous

magisters call him The Abominable One and many count him the worst of the eternals. In The Brass Coast and parts of Dawn he is sometimes called The Horned

addressed by male honorifics). It is also occasionally referred to by other eternals by a name that sounds like a sequence of quick clicking noises - noises

her work at her forge. The Forgemistress is often accompanied by lesser eternals and heralds who serve her as guards or assistants, but she is often found

doomed to failure. The nature of eternals is such that once their agreement is procured it cannot be renounced, so most eternals are reluctant to agree to such

much more favourably to briars than to other mortals, even for a Spring Eternal. Like Llofir, Yaw'nagrah is immense. She appears to be a primeval forest

the Conclave as a body not only to the magicians of the Empire, but to eternals and mortal factions alike. The wording of any successful Declaration of

intentionally. Chambers are often inhabited by lesser eternals, heralds, mortals and creatures from the eternal realm as well as people from the mortal world,

mundane); human eternal theory (the theory that the mundane realm is just another realm, and that humans are in some way the eternals of this realm); splintered