Night is the Cathedral - Revision history

Twiggy at 22:19, 1 March 2026

2026-03-01T22:19:58Z

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	*'''One of the items is rumoured to be a powerful but cursed piece of ritual paraphernalia'''		*'''One of the items is rumoured to be a powerful but cursed piece of ritual paraphernalia'''
	*'''The heralds intend to appear in Anvil on Friday shortly after the summit begins and are likely to go straight to the auction house'''		*'''The heralds intend to appear in Anvil on Friday shortly after the summit begins and are likely to go straight to the auction house'''
	At the previous summit, several of the auction houses of Anvil were visited by Brazen, herald of the Sovereign Lord of Locks, Basileus Flint, bearing invites to a mysterious game. Word has apparently spread through the Autumn ~~Realm~~ that Catellus di Tassato Regario was able to sell one for an undisclosed but hefty sum. Never to be outdone, the Sovereign Lady of the City of Gold and Lead, Ephisis, now also wishes to present a series of lots to <i>Cat's Curiosities.</i> The selection is rumoured to contain a powerful but cursed piece of ritual paraphernalia. A buyer able to remove the curse might keep it for themselves, or attempt to turn a profit by selling it back to the High Merchant through the Ephisis' Scale ritual.		At the previous summit, several of the auction houses of Anvil were visited by Brazen, herald of the Sovereign Lord of Locks, Basileus Flint, bearing invites to a mysterious game. Word has apparently spread through the Autumn realm that Catellus di Tassato Regario was able to sell one for an undisclosed but hefty sum. Never to be outdone, the Sovereign Lady of the City of Gold and Lead, Ephisis, now also wishes to present a series of lots to <i>Cat's Curiosities.</i> The selection is rumoured to contain a powerful but cursed piece of ritual paraphernalia. A buyer able to remove the curse might keep it for themselves, or attempt to turn a profit by selling it back to the High Merchant through the Ephisis' Scale ritual.

	==A Little More==		==A Little More==

Novemberalice at 09:58, 19 April 2023

2023-04-19T09:58:52Z

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	[[Category:Winds of Fortune]][[Category:384YE Spring]][[Category:Recent History]]		[[Category:Winds of Fortune]][[Category:384YE Spring]][[Category:Recent History]]
	<div style="float:left; width: 450px; clear: left;">{{CaptionedImage\|file=Signs Point To.jpg\|caption=Everyone who comes to Anvil brings their stories along to. Here are just four of them.\|align=left\|width=550}}</div>		<div style="float:left; width: 450px; clear: left;">{{CaptionedImage\|file=Signs Point To.jpg\|caption=Everyone who comes to Anvil brings their stories along to. Here are just four of them.\|align=left\|width=550}}</div>
			{{audio\|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjE1UQIIi30}}
	==Overview==		==Overview==
	Each summit at Anvil sees the great and the good gather from all over the Empire. Generals, senators, archmages, cardinals all rub shoulders as they arrange the business of the Empire. Of course such a gathering and the powerful and the rich draws interested parties the way a sweet meat draws flies.		Each summit at Anvil sees the great and the good gather from all over the Empire. Generals, senators, archmages, cardinals all rub shoulders as they arrange the business of the Empire. Of course such a gathering and the powerful and the rich draws interested parties the way a sweet meat draws flies.

RichardRaynor: category date correction

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category date correction

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	[[Category:Winds of Fortune]][[Category:~~383YE Winter~~]][[Category:Recent History]]		[[Category:Winds of Fortune]][[Category:384YE Spring]][[Category:Recent History]]
	<div style="float:left; width: 450px; clear: left;">{{CaptionedImage\|file=Signs Point To.jpg\|caption=Everyone who comes to Anvil brings their stories along to. Here are just four of them.\|align=left\|width=550}}</div>		<div style="float:left; width: 450px; clear: left;">{{CaptionedImage\|file=Signs Point To.jpg\|caption=Everyone who comes to Anvil brings their stories along to. Here are just four of them.\|align=left\|width=550}}</div>
	==Overview==		==Overview==

Novemberalice: /* Just Rewards */

2022-06-08T09:35:53Z

Just Rewards

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	* '''He is interested in the idea of a fair and challenging people to define how such a thing might be found'''		* '''He is interested in the idea of a fair and challenging people to define how such a thing might be found'''
	* '''He plans to be in Anvil on Friday evening, and plans to head straight for the Hub.'''		* '''He plans to be in Anvil on Friday evening, and plans to head straight for the Hub.'''
	In recent months, a Navarri Guide called Gethyn Blood And Sweat has been making waves among more academic ~~Dedicates~~ of Prosperity. They have been travelling around the Empire asking one seemingly simple question everywhere they go: how exactly do you know what anything is worth? Since ~~Virtuous~~ citizens [[Prosperity_and_the_Public_Auction\|began rebelling against the so-called 'free market']] and the constant inflation of prices, the question has taken on some more significance. If we are going to say that there is such a thing as a fair or unfair price, Gethyn contends, we ought to at least have a decent theory of how these things are defined.		In recent months, a Navarri Guide called Gethyn Blood And Sweat has been making waves among more academic dedicates of Prosperity. They have been travelling around the Empire asking one seemingly simple question everywhere they go: how exactly do you know what anything is worth? Since virtuous citizens [[Prosperity_and_the_Public_Auction\|began rebelling against the so-called 'free market']] and the constant inflation of prices, the question has taken on some more significance. If we are going to say that there is such a thing as a fair or unfair price, Gethyn contends, we ought to at least have a decent theory of how these things are defined.

	To most citizens, the question is interesting but ultimately moot. The Empire is prosperous, and most essential goods are plentiful enough that even the less well-off can afford food to eat, clothes to wear and a place to sleep. Gethyn acknowledges this, but maintains that the question is most useful at the extremes of the economic scale. Why would it be unvirtuous to charge ten ~~Thrones~~ for a wain of ~~White Granite~~ if there are people out there willing to pay for it? For that matter, why would it be unvirtuous to charge a ~~Crown~~ for a crust of bread and a sip of water in a camp full of starving people? Commerce is the lifeblood of the Empire, and if we are to regulate it properly, the ~~Virtuous~~ need to step in.		To most citizens, the question is interesting but ultimately moot. The Empire is prosperous, and most essential goods are plentiful enough that even the less well-off can afford food to eat, clothes to wear and a place to sleep. Gethyn acknowledges this, but maintains that the question is most useful at the extremes of the economic scale. Why would it be unvirtuous to charge ten thrones for a wain of white granite if there are people out there willing to pay for it? For that matter, why would it be unvirtuous to charge a crown for a crust of bread and a sip of water in a camp full of starving people? Commerce is the lifeblood of the Empire, and if we are to regulate it properly, the virtuous need to step in.

	Gethyn recognises that there is only so much one can do by walking the trods asking awkward questions. As such, they are planning to visit Anvil to speak to the people there and to see if the folk with influence are willing to use it. Gethyn's interested in speaking to the newly-elected [[Basilisk_of_the_Bourse\|Basilisk of the Bourse]], Heilyn Bronwen's Rest and any members of the Prosperity Assembly who might be interested in such things. However, they have also let it be known that they want to speak to the traders and business people, whose interest in commerce is more practical. In particular, they wish to speak to those who provide services instead of goods - bodyguards, bards, ~~cicisbeos~~, or anyone else in the field. How do they determine the worth of their labour when the 'product' they are selling is so often intangible? Gethyn plans to meet with people <b>in or around the Hub at 9pm on Friday evening</b> before finding somewhere comfortable to discuss things more deeply.		Gethyn recognises that there is only so much one can do by walking the trods asking awkward questions. As such, they are planning to visit Anvil to speak to the people there and to see if the folk with influence are willing to use it. Gethyn's interested in speaking to the newly-elected [[Basilisk_of_the_Bourse\|Basilisk of the Bourse]], Heilyn Bronwen's Rest and any members of the Prosperity Assembly who might be interested in such things. However, they have also let it be known that they want to speak to the traders and business people, whose interest in commerce is more practical. In particular, they wish to speak to those who provide services instead of goods - bodyguards, bards, cicisbei, or anyone else in the field. How do they determine the worth of their labour when the 'product' they are selling is so often intangible? Gethyn plans to meet with people <b>in or around the Hub at 9pm on Friday evening</b> before finding somewhere comfortable to discuss things more deeply.

Novemberalice: /* An Offer of Gold and Lead */

2022-06-08T09:33:28Z

An Offer of Gold and Lead

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	==An Offer of Gold and Lead ==		==An Offer of Gold and Lead ==
	* '''The Sovereign Lady of the City of Gold and Lead, Ephisis, has a series of lots to auction at Cat's Curiosities'''		*'''The Sovereign Lady of the City of Gold and Lead, Ephisis, has a series of lots to auction at Cat's Curiosities'''
	*'''One of the items is rumoured to be a powerful but cursed piece of ritual paraphernalia'''		*'''One of the items is rumoured to be a powerful but cursed piece of ritual paraphernalia'''
	*'''The heralds intend to appear in Anvil on Friday shortly after the summit begins and are likely to go straight to the auction house'''		*'''The heralds intend to appear in Anvil on Friday shortly after the summit begins and are likely to go straight to the auction house'''
	At the previous summit several of the auction houses of Anvil were visited by Brazen, herald of the Sovereign Lord of Locks Basileus Flint, bearing invites to a mysterious game. Word has apparently spread through the Autumn Realm that Catellus di Tassato Regario was able to sell one for an undisclosed but hefty sum. Never to be outdone, the Sovereign Lady of the City of Gold and Lead, Ephisis, now also wishes to present a series of lots to <i>Cat's Curiosities.</i> The selection is rumoured to contain a powerful but cursed piece of ritual paraphernalia. A buyer able to remove the curse might keep it for themselves, or attempt to turn a profit by selling it back to the High Merchant through the Ephisis' Scale ritual.		At the previous summit, several of the auction houses of Anvil were visited by Brazen, herald of the Sovereign Lord of Locks, Basileus Flint, bearing invites to a mysterious game. Word has apparently spread through the Autumn Realm that Catellus di Tassato Regario was able to sell one for an undisclosed but hefty sum. Never to be outdone, the Sovereign Lady of the City of Gold and Lead, Ephisis, now also wishes to present a series of lots to <i>Cat's Curiosities.</i> The selection is rumoured to contain a powerful but cursed piece of ritual paraphernalia. A buyer able to remove the curse might keep it for themselves, or attempt to turn a profit by selling it back to the High Merchant through the Ephisis' Scale ritual.

	==A Little More==		==A Little More==

Novemberalice: /* The Sea-Devil's Relics */

2022-06-08T09:28:01Z

The Sea-Devil's Relics

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	* '''A pair of Grendel merchants are coming to Anvil, looking to sell relics of Zemress'''		* '''A pair of Grendel merchants are coming to Anvil, looking to sell relics of Zemress'''
	* '''They have a legal right to be there and they seem to believe that the Freeborn reputation for honesty will protect them from anything underhand'''		* '''They have a legal right to be there and they seem to believe that the Freeborn reputation for honesty will protect them from anything underhand'''
	* '''They are looking to sell a drinking vessel and a skeletal finger both of which they say are connected to the exemplar Zemress'''		* '''They are looking to sell a drinking vessel and a skeletal finger, both of which they say are connected to the exemplar Zemress'''

	Two weeks before the Spring summit at Anvil, a pair of unusual visitors arrive at the Zemress Seminary in Calvos. The Grendel merchants are well-dressed and respectful of Freeborn customs, and, citing several uncontested Synod judgements by [[382YE_Winter_Solstice_Synod_judgements#Judgement_50\|General]], [[382YE_Winter_Solstice_Synod_judgements#Judgement_51\|Prosperity]] and [[382YE_Winter_Solstice_Synod_judgements#Judgement_62\|Freeborn]] Assemblies that invited <i>all</i> to visit the site, they tour the <i>Kraken's Bane</i> and attend a lecture at the Seminary itself. When challenged - and they <i>are</i> challenged - they reply with a surprisingly good understanding of the Way of Prosperity, and the Way in general. They are not dedicates, of course; how could they be? But they have the same right to be here as any orc, they say... and perhaps more than many.		Two weeks before the Spring summit at Anvil, a pair of unusual visitors arrive at the Zemress Seminary in Calvos. The Grendel merchants are well-dressed and respectful of Freeborn customs, and, citing several uncontested Synod judgements by [[382YE_Winter_Solstice_Synod_judgements#Judgement_50\|General]], [[382YE_Winter_Solstice_Synod_judgements#Judgement_51\|Prosperity]] and [[382YE_Winter_Solstice_Synod_judgements#Judgement_62\|Freeborn]] Assemblies that invited <i>all</i> to visit the site, they tour the <i>Kraken's Bane</i> and attend a lecture at the Seminary itself. When challenged - and they <i>are</i> challenged - they reply with a surprisingly good understanding of the Way of Prosperity, and the Way in general. They are not dedicates, of course; how could they be? But they have the same right to be here as any orc, they say... and perhaps more than many.

Dre at 22:59, 7 June 2022

2022-06-07T22:59:30Z

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	To most citizens, the question is interesting but ultimately moot. The Empire is prosperous, and most essential goods are plentiful enough that even the less well-off can afford food to eat, clothes to wear and a place to sleep. Gethyn acknowledges this, but maintains that the question is most useful at the extremes of the economic scale. Why would it be unvirtuous to charge ten Thrones for a wain of White Granite if there are people out there willing to pay for it? For that matter, why would it be unvirtuous to charge a Crown for a crust of bread and a sip of water in a camp full of starving people? Commerce is the lifeblood of the Empire, and if we are to regulate it properly, the Virtuous need to step in.		To most citizens, the question is interesting but ultimately moot. The Empire is prosperous, and most essential goods are plentiful enough that even the less well-off can afford food to eat, clothes to wear and a place to sleep. Gethyn acknowledges this, but maintains that the question is most useful at the extremes of the economic scale. Why would it be unvirtuous to charge ten Thrones for a wain of White Granite if there are people out there willing to pay for it? For that matter, why would it be unvirtuous to charge a Crown for a crust of bread and a sip of water in a camp full of starving people? Commerce is the lifeblood of the Empire, and if we are to regulate it properly, the Virtuous need to step in.

	Gethyn recognises that there is only so much one can do by walking the ~~Trods~~ asking awkward questions. As such, they are planning to visit Anvil to speak to the people there and to see if the folk with influence are willing to use it. Gethyn's interested in speaking to the newly-elected [[Basilisk_of_the_Bourse\|Basilisk of the Bourse]], Heilyn Bronwen's Rest and any members of the Prosperity Assembly who might be interested in such things. However, they have also let it be known that they want to speak to the traders and business people, whose interest in commerce is more practical. In particular, they wish to speak to those who provide services instead of goods - bodyguards, bards, cicisbeos, or anyone else in the field. How do they determine the worth of their labour when the 'product' they are selling is so often intangible? Gethyn plans to meet with people <b>in or around the Hub at 9pm on Friday evening</b> before finding somewhere comfortable to discuss things more deeply.		Gethyn recognises that there is only so much one can do by walking the trods asking awkward questions. As such, they are planning to visit Anvil to speak to the people there and to see if the folk with influence are willing to use it. Gethyn's interested in speaking to the newly-elected [[Basilisk_of_the_Bourse\|Basilisk of the Bourse]], Heilyn Bronwen's Rest and any members of the Prosperity Assembly who might be interested in such things. However, they have also let it be known that they want to speak to the traders and business people, whose interest in commerce is more practical. In particular, they wish to speak to those who provide services instead of goods - bodyguards, bards, cicisbeos, or anyone else in the field. How do they determine the worth of their labour when the 'product' they are selling is so often intangible? Gethyn plans to meet with people <b>in or around the Hub at 9pm on Friday evening</b> before finding somewhere comfortable to discuss things more deeply.

Noserenda at 22:31, 7 June 2022

2022-06-07T22:31:45Z

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	==An Offer of Gold and Lead ==		==An Offer of Gold and Lead ==
	* '''The Sovereign Lady of the City of Gold and Lead, Ephisis, has a series of lots to auction at Cat's Curiosities'''		* '''The Sovereign Lady of the City of Gold and Lead, Ephisis, has a series of lots to auction at Cat's Curiosities'''
	*'''One of the items is rumoured to be a powerful but cursed piece of ritual ~~paraphenalia~~'''		*'''One of the items is rumoured to be a powerful but cursed piece of ritual paraphernalia'''
	*'''The heralds intend to appear in Anvil on Friday shortly after the summit begins and are likely to go straight to the auction house'''		*'''The heralds intend to appear in Anvil on Friday shortly after the summit begins and are likely to go straight to the auction house'''
	At the previous summit several of the auction houses of Anvil were visited by Brazen, herald of the Sovereign Lord of Locks Basileus Flint, bearing invites to a mysterious game. Word has apparently spread through the Autumn Realm that Catellus di Tassato Regario was able to sell one for an undisclosed but hefty sum. Never to be outdone, the Sovereign Lady of the City of Gold and Lead, Ephisis, now also wishes to present a series of lots to <i>Cat's Curiosities.</i> The selection is rumoured to contain a powerful but cursed piece of ritual paraphernalia. A buyer able to remove the curse might keep it for themselves, or attempt to turn a profit by selling it back to the High Merchant through the Ephisis' Scale ritual.		At the previous summit several of the auction houses of Anvil were visited by Brazen, herald of the Sovereign Lord of Locks Basileus Flint, bearing invites to a mysterious game. Word has apparently spread through the Autumn Realm that Catellus di Tassato Regario was able to sell one for an undisclosed but hefty sum. Never to be outdone, the Sovereign Lady of the City of Gold and Lead, Ephisis, now also wishes to present a series of lots to <i>Cat's Curiosities.</i> The selection is rumoured to contain a powerful but cursed piece of ritual paraphernalia. A buyer able to remove the curse might keep it for themselves, or attempt to turn a profit by selling it back to the High Merchant through the Ephisis' Scale ritual.

Rafferty at 22:21, 7 June 2022

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	* '''They are looking to sell a drinking vessel and a skeletal finger both of which they say are connected to the exemplar Zemress'''		* '''They are looking to sell a drinking vessel and a skeletal finger both of which they say are connected to the exemplar Zemress'''

	Two weeks before the Spring summit at Anvil, a pair of unusual visitors arrive at the Zemress Seminary in Calvos. The Grendel merchants are well-dressed and respectful of Freeborn customs, and, citing several uncontested Synod judgements by [[382YE_Winter_Solstice_Synod_judgements#Judgement_50\|General]], [[~~EmpireWiki:~~382YE_Winter_Solstice_Synod_judgements#Judgement_51\|Prosperity]] and [[382YE_Winter_Solstice_Synod_judgements#Judgement_62\|Freeborn]] Assemblies that invited <i>all</i> to visit the site, they tour the <i>Kraken's Bane</i> and attend a lecture at the Seminary itself. When challenged - and they <i>are</i> challenged - they reply with a surprisingly good understanding of the Way of Prosperity, and the Way in general. They are not dedicates, of course; how could they be? But they have the same right to be here as any orc, they say... and perhaps more than many.		Two weeks before the Spring summit at Anvil, a pair of unusual visitors arrive at the Zemress Seminary in Calvos. The Grendel merchants are well-dressed and respectful of Freeborn customs, and, citing several uncontested Synod judgements by [[382YE_Winter_Solstice_Synod_judgements#Judgement_50\|General]], [[382YE_Winter_Solstice_Synod_judgements#Judgement_51\|Prosperity]] and [[382YE_Winter_Solstice_Synod_judgements#Judgement_62\|Freeborn]] Assemblies that invited <i>all</i> to visit the site, they tour the <i>Kraken's Bane</i> and attend a lecture at the Seminary itself. When challenged - and they <i>are</i> challenged - they reply with a surprisingly good understanding of the Way of Prosperity, and the Way in general. They are not dedicates, of course; how could they be? But they have the same right to be here as any orc, they say... and perhaps more than many.

	For after making their faces and names known, <b>Maistir Comyn</b> and his associate <b>Lir</b> declare that they have in their possession a pair of relics for sale or auction. The less important is a drinking vessel which they claim belonged to Zemress herself. What raises eyebrows, though, is the skeletal finger in a reliquary, wearing a fine ring, which they claim to have been cut from the Exemplar herself in a legendary battle with a heroic ancestor of the Grendel.		For after making their faces and names known, <b>Maistir Comyn</b> and his associate <b>Lir</b> declare that they have in their possession a pair of relics for sale or auction. The less important is a drinking vessel which they claim belonged to Zemress herself. What raises eyebrows, though, is the skeletal finger in a reliquary, wearing a fine ring, which they claim to have been cut from the Exemplar herself in a legendary battle with a heroic ancestor of the Grendel.

Rafferty at 22:21, 7 June 2022

2022-06-07T22:21:27Z

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	* '''They are looking to sell a drinking vessel and a skeletal finger both of which they say are connected to the exemplar Zemress'''		* '''They are looking to sell a drinking vessel and a skeletal finger both of which they say are connected to the exemplar Zemress'''

	Two weeks before the Spring summit at Anvil, a pair of unusual visitors arrive at the Zemress Seminary in Calvos. The Grendel merchants are well-dressed and respectful of Freeborn customs, and, citing several uncontested Synod judgements by [[~~EmpireWiki:~~382YE_Winter_Solstice_Synod_judgements#Judgement_50\|General]], [[EmpireWiki:382YE_Winter_Solstice_Synod_judgements#Judgement_51\|Prosperity]] and [[~~EmpireWiki:~~382YE_Winter_Solstice_Synod_judgements#Judgement_62\|Freeborn]] Assemblies that invited <i>all</i> to visit the site, they tour the <i>Kraken's Bane</i> and attend a lecture at the Seminary itself. When challenged - and they <i>are</i> challenged - they reply with a surprisingly good understanding of the Way of Prosperity, and the Way in general. They are not dedicates, of course; how could they be? But they have the same right to be here as any orc, they say... and perhaps more than many.		Two weeks before the Spring summit at Anvil, a pair of unusual visitors arrive at the Zemress Seminary in Calvos. The Grendel merchants are well-dressed and respectful of Freeborn customs, and, citing several uncontested Synod judgements by [[382YE_Winter_Solstice_Synod_judgements#Judgement_50\|General]], [[EmpireWiki:382YE_Winter_Solstice_Synod_judgements#Judgement_51\|Prosperity]] and [[382YE_Winter_Solstice_Synod_judgements#Judgement_62\|Freeborn]] Assemblies that invited <i>all</i> to visit the site, they tour the <i>Kraken's Bane</i> and attend a lecture at the Seminary itself. When challenged - and they <i>are</i> challenged - they reply with a surprisingly good understanding of the Way of Prosperity, and the Way in general. They are not dedicates, of course; how could they be? But they have the same right to be here as any orc, they say... and perhaps more than many.

	For after making their faces and names known, <b>Maistir Comyn</b> and his associate <b>Lir</b> declare that they have in their possession a pair of relics for sale or auction. The less important is a drinking vessel which they claim belonged to Zemress herself. What raises eyebrows, though, is the skeletal finger in a reliquary, wearing a fine ring, which they claim to have been cut from the Exemplar herself in a legendary battle with a heroic ancestor of the Grendel.		For after making their faces and names known, <b>Maistir Comyn</b> and his associate <b>Lir</b> declare that they have in their possession a pair of relics for sale or auction. The less important is a drinking vessel which they claim belonged to Zemress herself. What raises eyebrows, though, is the skeletal finger in a reliquary, wearing a fine ring, which they claim to have been cut from the Exemplar herself in a legendary battle with a heroic ancestor of the Grendel.