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	For the rest of the year - until the start of the Winter Solstice 385YE - whenever ''Blessing of New Spring'' is cast on a farm by an Imperial citizen it will draw a small number of heralds to the area. With the aid of Ossegrahn they can harness the Spring magic in the [[enchantment]] and put it to a slightly different use - slowly but surely improve the health and fertility of the plants and animals If the ritual is recast throughout the year at the Spring Equinox, Summer Solstice, and Autumn Equinox then by the start of the Winter Solstice the farm will have [[farm#Upgrades\|improved significantly]]. Unfortunately, this benefit will only be usable by those who have a standard farm - once a farm has been [[farm#Upgrades\|enlarged]] in any other way this general assistance will be ineffective.		For the rest of the year - until the start of the Winter Solstice 385YE - whenever ''Blessing of New Spring'' is cast on a farm by an Imperial citizen it will draw a small number of heralds to the area. With the aid of Ossegrahn they can harness the Spring magic in the [[enchantment]] and put it to a slightly different use - slowly but surely improve the health and fertility of the plants and animals If the ritual is recast throughout the year at the Spring Equinox, Summer Solstice, and Autumn Equinox then by the start of the Winter Solstice the farm will have [[farm#Upgrades\|improved significantly]]. Unfortunately, this benefit will only be usable by those who have a standard farm - once a farm has been [[farm#Upgrades\|enlarged]] in any other way this general assistance will be ineffective.

	The opportunity also requires the heralds of Ossegrahn to be able to move freely around the Empire. If the Imperial Conclave declares Ossegrahn [[Alignment#Enmity\|an enemy of the Empire]] before the start of the Winter Solstice then the opportunity is lost - Blessing of New Spring is not powerful enough to overcome enmity and allow heralds to visit the Empire in the kinds of numbers needed to support it..		The opportunity also requires the heralds of Ossegrahn to be able to move freely around the Empire. If the Imperial Conclave declares Ossegrahn [[Alignment#Enmity\|an enemy of the Empire]] before the start of the Winter Solstice then the opportunity is lost - Blessing of New Spring is not powerful enough to overcome enmity and allow heralds to visit the Empire in the kinds of numbers needed to support it.
	===A New Blessing of Spring===		===A New Blessing of Spring===
	<div style="float:right; width: 500px; clear: right;"><quote by="Darrowbank, Herald of Father Tarn">We also say "The first lie is that this is needful, and all other lies flow from that."</quote></div>		<div style="float:right; width: 500px; clear: right;"><quote by="Darrowbank, Herald of Father Tarn">We also say "The first lie is that this is needful, and all other lies flow from that."</quote></div>
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	At the request of the Archmage of Spring, some of the heralds of the ''Cupbearer'' have travelled to [[Madruga]] to offer their aid in dealing with the [[Enchanted#The_Thirsty_Grasses\|spreading blight]] that threatens the [[Madruga#Great Grasses\|Great Grasses]] and perhaps even the entire [[territory]]. While there, they gain first hand experience of the [[Regrow the Land's Heart\|healing magic]] that covers the territory, also woven by the Sails of the First Flame coven. In addition to helping to better understand the effect slowly turning the Great Grasses to ash and sand, one of the heralds carefully studies this new [[Spring magic]] and is apparently very impressed - as is their master.		At the request of the Archmage of Spring, some of the heralds of the ''Cupbearer'' have travelled to [[Madruga]] to offer their aid in dealing with the [[Enchanted#The_Thirsty_Grasses\|spreading blight]] that threatens the [[Madruga#Great Grasses\|Great Grasses]] and perhaps even the entire [[territory]]. While there, they gain first hand experience of the [[Regrow the Land's Heart\|healing magic]] that covers the territory, also woven by the Sails of the First Flame coven. In addition to helping to better understand the effect slowly turning the Great Grasses to ash and sand, one of the heralds carefully studies this new [[Spring magic]] and is apparently very impressed - as is their master.

	A week before the Spring Equinox, a trio of delicate heralds arrive in the Empire with gifts from Lord Rain; three sets of [[arcane projection\|arcane projections]] prepared by his mortal allies. One set is delivered to '''[[Dhomiro]] Cassandra i Periera i Erigo''', as a representative of the Sails of the First Flame. The second is given to '''Fausta Ankarien''', the [[Grandmaster]] of the Silver Chalice, members of whose Order are also fighting to deal with the spreading blight. A third set has apparently been placed in the custody of the [[the Marches\|Marcher]] [[egregore\|egregores]] who will hopefully be able to get them to the gathered [[landskeeper\|landskeepers]] of the Marches during the Spring Equinox..		A week before the Spring Equinox, a trio of delicate heralds arrive in the Empire with gifts from Lord Rain; three sets of [[arcane projection\|arcane projections]] prepared by his mortal allies. One set is delivered to '''[[Dhomiro]] Cassandra i Periera i Erigo''', as a representative of the Sails of the First Flame. The second is given to '''Fausta Ankarien''', the [[Grandmaster]] of the Silver Chalice, members of whose Order are also fighting to deal with the spreading blight. A third set has apparently been placed in the custody of the [[the Marches\|Marcher]] [[egregore\|egregores]] who will hopefully be able to get them to the gathered [[landskeeper\|landskeepers]] of the Marches during the Spring Equinox.

	The Cupbearer's emissaries say that these magics are partially inspired by the requests of the Spring Archmage and deal with helping provide fertility to farms, and aiding the Silver Chalice. Each arcane projection contains the seed of a ritual that draws on the power of the eternal. They are of limited use by themselves, but the ''Cupbearer'' explicitly gives permission for them to be codified at any [[College of Magic]] and entered into either [[Formulaic_ritual#Imperial_Lore_and_the_Ritual_List\|Imperial]] or [[Urizen lore]]. Unlike normal arcane projections, each of these magical scrolls include an ''[[Ritual_theory#Eternal_Nature\|assurance]]'' - a clause that will cause them and any ritual developed from them to lose all power if it is broken.		The Cupbearer's emissaries say that these magics are partially inspired by the requests of the Spring Archmage and deal with helping provide fertility to farms, and aiding the Silver Chalice. Each arcane projection contains the seed of a ritual that draws on the power of the eternal. They are of limited use by themselves, but the ''Cupbearer'' explicitly gives permission for them to be codified at any [[College of Magic]] and entered into either [[Formulaic_ritual#Imperial_Lore_and_the_Ritual_List\|Imperial]] or [[Urizen lore]]. Unlike normal arcane projections, each of these magical scrolls include an ''[[Ritual_theory#Eternal_Nature\|assurance]]'' - a clause that will cause them and any ritual developed from them to lose all power if it is broken.

Twiggy at 02:21, 22 January 2026

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	===Fighting is Enough===		===Fighting is Enough===
	<div style="float:right; width: 500px; clear: right;"><quote by="Mohram, Herald of Father Tarn">There is also love in the world, and there are no thinking creatures who do not feel it. When the stillness creeps in and quiets the thunder of hate and fear, even the Druj can hope.</quote></div>		<div style="float:right; width: 500px; clear: right;"><quote by="Mohram, Herald of Father Tarn">There is also love in the world, and there are no thinking creatures who do not feel it. When the stillness creeps in and quiets the thunder of hate and fear, even the Druj can hope.</quote></div>
	Ossegrahn is not a fool; he knows that sometimes it is necessary to fight. Yet as his Creed demonstrates, he views violence as the last resort when all other acceptable options are exhausted. Ideally, he would like the Empire to disband all its [[~~imperial army~~\|armies]] and use the resources they free up to build [[fortifications\|defences]] instead, as they do in the [[Mountains of the Moon]]. More realistically, he urges anyone who wishes to make the world a better place to prevail on their allies in the [[Military Council]] to do least harm. Strategies that intentionally kill people, whether they are enemies or even one's own people, are anathema to Ossegrahn - and he argues should disgust any civilised person. "''If you are forced to fight, do it for the right reasons and in the right way,''" his heralds say. One way to make war a tiny bit less awful would be to ensure every territory where Imperial troops fight is protected by the [[Rivers of Life]]. Sometimes this isn't possible, because Imperial magicians cannot reach a suitably potent regio, but if the Conclave were to make a clear statement that the preservation of life is more important than slaughter, he might be able to find ways to help magicians find such regio so that they can preserve life even of their foes.		Ossegrahn is not a fool; he knows that sometimes it is necessary to fight. Yet as his Creed demonstrates, he views violence as the last resort when all other acceptable options are exhausted. Ideally, he would like the Empire to disband all its [[Army\|armies]] and use the resources they free up to build [[fortifications\|defences]] instead, as they do in the [[Mountains of the Moon]]. More realistically, he urges anyone who wishes to make the world a better place to prevail on their allies in the [[Military Council]] to do least harm. Strategies that intentionally kill people, whether they are enemies or even one's own people, are anathema to Ossegrahn - and he argues should disgust any civilised person. "''If you are forced to fight, do it for the right reasons and in the right way,''" his heralds say. One way to make war a tiny bit less awful would be to ensure every territory where Imperial troops fight is protected by the [[Rivers of Life]]. Sometimes this isn't possible, because Imperial magicians cannot reach a suitably potent regio, but if the Conclave were to make a clear statement that the preservation of life is more important than slaughter, he might be able to find ways to help magicians find such regio so that they can preserve life even of their foes.
	==Tools of Healing and Protection==		==Tools of Healing and Protection==
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Matt: Text replacement - "[[Imperial Conclave" to "[[Conclave"

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	Construction of the Houses of Healing requires a [[commission]]. It costs 20 wains of weirwood, 40 crowns in labour costs, and will take three months to complete. The opportunity involves constructing a series of buildings intended to stand in harmony with their surroundings, centred around a Spring [[regio]]. Only two locations have been suggested; near Peakedge Stead in Therunin, and near the Gardens of High Chalcis in Reikos.		Construction of the Houses of Healing requires a [[commission]]. It costs 20 wains of weirwood, 40 crowns in labour costs, and will take three months to complete. The opportunity involves constructing a series of buildings intended to stand in harmony with their surroundings, centred around a Spring [[regio]]. Only two locations have been suggested; near Peakedge Stead in Therunin, and near the Gardens of High Chalcis in Reikos.
	<div style="float:right; width: 500px; clear: right;"><quote by="Meadowdew, Herald of Willowbraid">Black lotus? That is a matter for orcs, and not for ''Willowbraid''. I know little of it beyond the fact that it does not thrive as other plants do, and that the orcs value it beyond all other treasures. You should speak to them.</quote></div>		<div style="float:right; width: 500px; clear: right;"><quote by="Meadowdew, Herald of Willowbraid">Black lotus? That is a matter for orcs, and not for ''Willowbraid''. I know little of it beyond the fact that it does not thrive as other plants do, and that the orcs value it beyond all other treasures. You should speak to them.</quote></div>
	Once complete, the Houses of Healing would create an [[Imperial title]], the ''Hand of the Healers''. Ossegrahn intends his aid to potentially benefit any Imperial citizen, and mandates that the title be appointed either by [[Candidacy\|Declaration of Candidacy]] in the [[~~Imperial~~ Conclave]], or by [[Appointment_by_the_Senate#Appointment\|appointment]] of the [[Senate]]. They must also have three responsibilities;		Once complete, the Houses of Healing would create an [[Imperial title]], the ''Hand of the Healers''. Ossegrahn intends his aid to potentially benefit any Imperial citizen, and mandates that the title be appointed either by [[Candidacy\|Declaration of Candidacy]] in the [[Conclave]], or by [[Appointment_by_the_Senate#Appointment\|appointment]] of the [[Senate]]. They must also have three responsibilities;
	* to protect the Houses of Healing and all who work there or come as patients		* to protect the Houses of Healing and all who work there or come as patients
	* to strive to support healers throughout the Empire, both magical or mundane, helping them to overcome sickness and heal injuries wherever possible		* to strive to support healers throughout the Empire, both magical or mundane, helping them to overcome sickness and heal injuries wherever possible

Matt: Text replacement - "[[Imperial Senate" to "[[Senate"

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	Construction of the Houses of Healing requires a [[commission]]. It costs 20 wains of weirwood, 40 crowns in labour costs, and will take three months to complete. The opportunity involves constructing a series of buildings intended to stand in harmony with their surroundings, centred around a Spring [[regio]]. Only two locations have been suggested; near Peakedge Stead in Therunin, and near the Gardens of High Chalcis in Reikos.		Construction of the Houses of Healing requires a [[commission]]. It costs 20 wains of weirwood, 40 crowns in labour costs, and will take three months to complete. The opportunity involves constructing a series of buildings intended to stand in harmony with their surroundings, centred around a Spring [[regio]]. Only two locations have been suggested; near Peakedge Stead in Therunin, and near the Gardens of High Chalcis in Reikos.
	<div style="float:right; width: 500px; clear: right;"><quote by="Meadowdew, Herald of Willowbraid">Black lotus? That is a matter for orcs, and not for ''Willowbraid''. I know little of it beyond the fact that it does not thrive as other plants do, and that the orcs value it beyond all other treasures. You should speak to them.</quote></div>		<div style="float:right; width: 500px; clear: right;"><quote by="Meadowdew, Herald of Willowbraid">Black lotus? That is a matter for orcs, and not for ''Willowbraid''. I know little of it beyond the fact that it does not thrive as other plants do, and that the orcs value it beyond all other treasures. You should speak to them.</quote></div>
	Once complete, the Houses of Healing would create an [[Imperial title]], the ''Hand of the Healers''. Ossegrahn intends his aid to potentially benefit any Imperial citizen, and mandates that the title be appointed either by [[Candidacy\|Declaration of Candidacy]] in the [[Imperial Conclave]], or by [[Appointment_by_the_Senate#Appointment\|appointment]] of the [[~~Imperial~~ Senate]]. They must also have three responsibilities;		Once complete, the Houses of Healing would create an [[Imperial title]], the ''Hand of the Healers''. Ossegrahn intends his aid to potentially benefit any Imperial citizen, and mandates that the title be appointed either by [[Candidacy\|Declaration of Candidacy]] in the [[Imperial Conclave]], or by [[Appointment_by_the_Senate#Appointment\|appointment]] of the [[Senate]]. They must also have three responsibilities;
	* to protect the Houses of Healing and all who work there or come as patients		* to protect the Houses of Healing and all who work there or come as patients
	* to strive to support healers throughout the Empire, both magical or mundane, helping them to overcome sickness and heal injuries wherever possible		* to strive to support healers throughout the Empire, both magical or mundane, helping them to overcome sickness and heal injuries wherever possible

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	===Fighting is Enough===		===Fighting is Enough===
	<div style="float:right; width: 500px; clear: right;"><quote by="Mohram, Herald of Father Tarn">There is also love in the world, and there are no thinking creatures who do not feel it. When the stillness creeps in and quiets the thunder of hate and fear, even the Druj can hope.</quote></div>		<div style="float:right; width: 500px; clear: right;"><quote by="Mohram, Herald of Father Tarn">There is also love in the world, and there are no thinking creatures who do not feel it. When the stillness creeps in and quiets the thunder of hate and fear, even the Druj can hope.</quote></div>
	Ossegrahn is not a fool; he knows that sometimes it is necessary to fight. Yet as his Creed demonstrates, he views violence as the last resort when all other acceptable options are exhausted. Ideally, he would like the Empire to disband all its [[imperial army\|armies]] and use the resources they free up to build [[fortifications\|defences]] instead, as they do in the [[Mountains of the Moon]]. More realistically, he urges anyone who wishes to make the world a better place to prevail on their allies in the [[~~Imperial~~ Military Council]] to do least harm. Strategies that intentionally kill people, whether they are enemies or even one's own people, are anathema to Ossegrahn - and he argues should disgust any civilised person. "''If you are forced to fight, do it for the right reasons and in the right way,''" his heralds say. One way to make war a tiny bit less awful would be to ensure every territory where Imperial troops fight is protected by the [[Rivers of Life]]. Sometimes this isn't possible, because Imperial magicians cannot reach a suitably potent regio, but if the Conclave were to make a clear statement that the preservation of life is more important than slaughter, he might be able to find ways to help magicians find such regio so that they can preserve life even of their foes.		Ossegrahn is not a fool; he knows that sometimes it is necessary to fight. Yet as his Creed demonstrates, he views violence as the last resort when all other acceptable options are exhausted. Ideally, he would like the Empire to disband all its [[imperial army\|armies]] and use the resources they free up to build [[fortifications\|defences]] instead, as they do in the [[Mountains of the Moon]]. More realistically, he urges anyone who wishes to make the world a better place to prevail on their allies in the [[Military Council]] to do least harm. Strategies that intentionally kill people, whether they are enemies or even one's own people, are anathema to Ossegrahn - and he argues should disgust any civilised person. "''If you are forced to fight, do it for the right reasons and in the right way,''" his heralds say. One way to make war a tiny bit less awful would be to ensure every territory where Imperial troops fight is protected by the [[Rivers of Life]]. Sometimes this isn't possible, because Imperial magicians cannot reach a suitably potent regio, but if the Conclave were to make a clear statement that the preservation of life is more important than slaughter, he might be able to find ways to help magicians find such regio so that they can preserve life even of their foes.
	==Tools of Healing and Protection==		==Tools of Healing and Protection==
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GuiltyConscience: /* Greenthorn's Shirt */

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Greenthorn's Shirt

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	* '''Form:''' Armour. Takes the form of a suit of [[Weapons_%26_armour#Light_Armour\|light armour]]. You must be wearing this armour to use its magical properties.		* '''Form:''' Armour. Takes the form of a suit of [[Weapons_%26_armour#Light_Armour\|light armour]]. You must be wearing this armour to use its magical properties.
	* '''Requirement:''' Any character can bond to this item.		* '''Requirement:''' Any character can bond to this item.
	* '''Effect:''' Gain an additional rank of the [[Combat skills#Endurance\|endurance]] skill. In addition, when hits are restored to you by any means then you are also cured of the [[Calls#VENOM\|venom]] condition. This item will not work if the [[purify]] spell would fail to remove the VENOM for any reason. While wearing ~~his~~ armour you are not subject to the venomous effects of the [[Vallorn#Vallorn_Miasma\|vallorn miasma]]. You will not contract [[Vallornspawn_husk#Green_Lung\|green lung]], nor will you become a [[vallornspawn husk]] if you die while wearing this armour.</div>		* '''Effect:''' Gain an additional rank of the [[Combat skills#Endurance\|endurance]] skill. In addition, when hits are restored to you by any means then you are also cured of the [[Calls#VENOM\|venom]] condition. This item will not work if the [[purify]] spell would fail to remove the VENOM for any reason. While wearing this armour you are not subject to the venomous effects of the [[Vallorn#Vallorn_Miasma\|vallorn miasma]]. You will not contract [[Vallornspawn_husk#Green_Lung\|green lung]], nor will you become a [[vallornspawn husk]] if you die while wearing this armour.</div>
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	Click ''Expand'' to see a summary of the items that the Houses of Healing can provide which are not common knowledge among Imperial artisans.		Click ''Expand'' to see a summary of the items that the Houses of Healing can provide which are not common knowledge among Imperial artisans.

	==Further Reading==		==Further Reading==
	* [[Children in bloom]] - the magical effects of Hallow of the Green World		* [[Children in bloom]] - the magical effects of Hallow of the Green World
	* [[A murder of one]] - details of the other eternals and what they are up to in the world		* [[A murder of one]] - details of the other eternals and what they are up to in the world

Dre at 14:25, 15 April 2025

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	Like [[Llofir]] before him, Ossegrahn and his followers apparently see the [[vallorn]] as a sickness. While its power may grant life it does so at the cost of encouraging constant competition and suffering. They are staunch opponents of unnecessary violence in almost every situation, the heralds of Lord Rain are very much in favour of destroying the vallorn. Unfortunately, there seems to be little the Cupbearer can do about it himself. His powers revolve around healing and faced with a sickness of the very earth and air itself he has little direct aid to offer. Of course, while Ossegrahn may see it as an illness, the vallorn is actually a wellspring of life so it unsurprising the eternal cannot "heal" it. Indeed one of the effective weapons against many vallornspawn is magical venom, such as that created by the [[Unending Cascade of Blood's Fire]] or [[The Grave's Treacherous Edge]], which Ossegrahn is vehemently opposed to.		Like [[Llofir]] before him, Ossegrahn and his followers apparently see the [[vallorn]] as a sickness. While its power may grant life it does so at the cost of encouraging constant competition and suffering. They are staunch opponents of unnecessary violence in almost every situation, the heralds of Lord Rain are very much in favour of destroying the vallorn. Unfortunately, there seems to be little the Cupbearer can do about it himself. His powers revolve around healing and faced with a sickness of the very earth and air itself he has little direct aid to offer. Of course, while Ossegrahn may see it as an illness, the vallorn is actually a wellspring of life so it unsurprising the eternal cannot "heal" it. Indeed one of the effective weapons against many vallornspawn is magical venom, such as that created by the [[Unending Cascade of Blood's Fire]] or [[The Grave's Treacherous Edge]], which Ossegrahn is vehemently opposed to.

	Those heralds who visit the Navarr in [[Hercynia]], [[Therunin]], and especially [[Miaren]], and who spend time talking with those [[Grey ~~Pilgrim~~\|Grey Pilgrims]] prepared to speak with them, are clear that their master wants to support those already fighting the vallorn. To that end, and after a great deal of discussion, they bring a proposal from their master to build a gathering place for those who want to deal with the vallorn's poison without resorting to destructive magic.		Those heralds who visit the Navarr in [[Hercynia]], [[Therunin]], and especially [[Miaren]], and who spend time talking with those [[Grey pilgrim\|Grey Pilgrims]] prepared to speak with them, are clear that their master wants to support those already fighting the vallorn. To that end, and after a great deal of discussion, they bring a proposal from their master to build a gathering place for those who want to deal with the vallorn's poison without resorting to destructive magic.
	===Winewater Hall===		===Winewater Hall===
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	While the Navarr have been fighting the vallorn for a thousand years. Lord Rain is also aware that the people of Highguard have recently focused their own attention on curing its sickness. To the surprise of some, Ossegrahn also proposes supporting their efforts. There is a nameless Spring regio in the [[Casinea#Mareholm\|Mareholm]] [[territory#Regions\|region]] of [[Casinea]], down on the very edge of the border with [[Brocéliande]], that could serve as the basis for such efforts. The trees there are old hardwoods, some of them older than human habitation of Casinea, and the streams that rise among them are infused with Spring magic that can help remove certain maledictions of sickness and infirmity. A structure here would symbolise the need to watch over the vallorn, and to remain every [[Vigilance\|vigilant]] against the danger it presents. The ''Greenwatch'' would require a commission, and cost 20 wains of white granite, 40 crowns, and take three months to complete.		While the Navarr have been fighting the vallorn for a thousand years. Lord Rain is also aware that the people of Highguard have recently focused their own attention on curing its sickness. To the surprise of some, Ossegrahn also proposes supporting their efforts. There is a nameless Spring regio in the [[Casinea#Mareholm\|Mareholm]] [[territory#Regions\|region]] of [[Casinea]], down on the very edge of the border with [[Brocéliande]], that could serve as the basis for such efforts. The trees there are old hardwoods, some of them older than human habitation of Casinea, and the streams that rise among them are infused with Spring magic that can help remove certain maledictions of sickness and infirmity. A structure here would symbolise the need to watch over the vallorn, and to remain every [[Vigilance\|vigilant]] against the danger it presents. The ''Greenwatch'' would require a commission, and cost 20 wains of white granite, 40 crowns, and take three months to complete.

	Once complete Greenwatch would create an Imperial title - the ''Greenwatcher'' - which Ossegrahn requires be a national position appointed by unanimous decision of the Highguard Senators. Only a Highborn citizen could hold this title. Ossegrahn requests - but does not ''require'' - that the title holder be either a [[magister]] or a [[Grey ~~Pilgrim~~\|grey pilgrim]], especially if that would calm any fears the Highborn may have that he seeks to exert undue influence their people. He also requires that the title have three specific responsibilities however:		Once complete Greenwatch would create an Imperial title - the ''Greenwatcher'' - which Ossegrahn requires be a national position appointed by unanimous decision of the Highguard Senators. Only a Highborn citizen could hold this title. Ossegrahn requests - but does not ''require'' - that the title holder be either a [[magister]] or a [[Grey pilgrim\|grey pilgrim]], especially if that would calm any fears the Highborn may have that he seeks to exert undue influence their people. He also requires that the title have three specific responsibilities however:
	* to use the tools he provides to help destroy the vallorn		* to use the tools he provides to help destroy the vallorn
	* to strive to prevent the vallorn from harming people of any nation whether Imperial or not		* to strive to prevent the vallorn from harming people of any nation whether Imperial or not

Hailmur: /* Winewater Hall */

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Winewater Hall

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	<tr><td>30 crowns</td><td>1 [[Abraxus Stone]]</td></tr>		<tr><td>30 crowns</td><td>1 [[Abraxus Stone]]</td></tr>
	<tr><td>32 crowns</td><td>1 Greenwarden's Mask</td></tr>		<tr><td>32 crowns</td><td>1 Greenwarden's Mask</td></tr>
	<tr><td>40 crowns</td><td>1 Greenthorn's ~~Mail~~</td></tr>		<tr><td>40 crowns</td><td>1 Greenthorn's Shirt</td></tr>
	</table></div>		</table></div>
	* '''Winewater Hall requires a commission, 20 wains of weirwood, 40 crowns in labour costs, and three months to complete'''		* '''Winewater Hall requires a commission, 20 wains of weirwood, 40 crowns in labour costs, and three months to complete'''

Responsible1: /* Gifts of the Cupbearer */

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Gifts of the Cupbearer

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	At the request of the Archmage of Spring, some of the heralds of the ''Cupbearer'' have travelled to [[Madruga]] to offer their aid in dealing with the [[Enchanted#The_Thirsty_Grasses\|spreading blight]] that threatens the [[Madruga#Great Grasses\|Great Grasses]] and perhaps even the entire [[territory]]. While there, they gain first hand experience of the [[Regrow the Land's Heart\|healing magic]] that covers the territory, also woven by the Sails of the First Flame coven. In addition to helping to better understand the effect slowly turning the Great Grasses to ash and sand, one of the heralds carefully studies this new [[Spring magic]] and is apparently very impressed - as is their master.		At the request of the Archmage of Spring, some of the heralds of the ''Cupbearer'' have travelled to [[Madruga]] to offer their aid in dealing with the [[Enchanted#The_Thirsty_Grasses\|spreading blight]] that threatens the [[Madruga#Great Grasses\|Great Grasses]] and perhaps even the entire [[territory]]. While there, they gain first hand experience of the [[Regrow the Land's Heart\|healing magic]] that covers the territory, also woven by the Sails of the First Flame coven. In addition to helping to better understand the effect slowly turning the Great Grasses to ash and sand, one of the heralds carefully studies this new [[Spring magic]] and is apparently very impressed - as is their master.

	A week before the Spring Equinox, a trio of delicate heralds arrive in the Empire with gifts from Lord Rain; three sets of [[arcane projection\|arcane projections]] prepared by his mortal allies. One set is delivered to '''[[Dhomiro]] Cassandra i Periera i Erigo''', as a representative of the Sails of the First Flame. The second is given to '''Fausta Ankarien''', the [[Grandmaster]] of the Silver Chalice, members of whose Order are also fighting to deal with the spreading blight. A third set has apparently been placed in the custody of the [[the Marches\|Marcher]] [[egregore\|~~egregoes~~]] who will hopefully be able to get them to the gathered [[landskeeper\|landskeepers]] of the Marches during the Spring Equinox..		A week before the Spring Equinox, a trio of delicate heralds arrive in the Empire with gifts from Lord Rain; three sets of [[arcane projection\|arcane projections]] prepared by his mortal allies. One set is delivered to '''[[Dhomiro]] Cassandra i Periera i Erigo''', as a representative of the Sails of the First Flame. The second is given to '''Fausta Ankarien''', the [[Grandmaster]] of the Silver Chalice, members of whose Order are also fighting to deal with the spreading blight. A third set has apparently been placed in the custody of the [[the Marches\|Marcher]] [[egregore\|egregores]] who will hopefully be able to get them to the gathered [[landskeeper\|landskeepers]] of the Marches during the Spring Equinox..

	The Cupbearer's emissaries say that these magics are partially inspired by the requests of the Spring Archmage and deal with helping provide fertility to farms, and aiding the Silver Chalice. Each arcane projection contains the seed of a ritual that draws on the power of the eternal. They are of limited use by themselves, but the ''Cupbearer'' explicitly gives permission for them to be codified at any [[College of Magic]] and entered into either [[Formulaic_ritual#Imperial_Lore_and_the_Ritual_List\|Imperial]] or [[Urizen lore]]. Unlike normal arcane projections, each of these magical scrolls include an ''[[Ritual_theory#Eternal_Nature\|assurance]]'' - a clause that will cause them and any ritual developed from them to lose all power if it is broken.		The Cupbearer's emissaries say that these magics are partially inspired by the requests of the Spring Archmage and deal with helping provide fertility to farms, and aiding the Silver Chalice. Each arcane projection contains the seed of a ritual that draws on the power of the eternal. They are of limited use by themselves, but the ''Cupbearer'' explicitly gives permission for them to be codified at any [[College of Magic]] and entered into either [[Formulaic_ritual#Imperial_Lore_and_the_Ritual_List\|Imperial]] or [[Urizen lore]]. Unlike normal arcane projections, each of these magical scrolls include an ''[[Ritual_theory#Eternal_Nature\|assurance]]'' - a clause that will cause them and any ritual developed from them to lose all power if it is broken.

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	They straightened up then, and offered to let Nahiv ride on their shoulders. After a nod from his mother, he did just that, and by the time they all reached the house together he'd entirely forgotten just how profoundly sad the stranger had looked, just for a moment, when his mother had pulled out their purse of money.</ic>		They straightened up then, and offered to let Nahiv ride on their shoulders. After a nod from his mother, he did just that, and by the time they all reached the house together he'd entirely forgotten just how profoundly sad the stranger had looked, just for a moment, when his mother had pulled out their purse of money.</ic>
	<div style="float:left; width: 400px; clear: left;">{{CaptionedImage\|file=Rain King.png\|align=left\|caption=Spring brings white flowers, and gentle rains, and with both come the heralds of Lord Rain.\|width=400}}</div>		<div style="float:left; width: 400px; clear: left;">{{CaptionedImage\|file=Rain King.png\|align=left\|caption=Spring brings white flowers, and gentle rains, and with both come the heralds of Lord Rain.\|width=400}}</div>
			{{audio\|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCHnC5UtWec}}
	==Overview==		==Overview==
	<div style="float:right; width: 500px; clear: right;"><quote by="Amme Song-of-the-Rivers, Navarr Apothecary">The Creed of the Rain guides me, and while the words are simple they can sometimes be hard to follow. "Don't fight when opposing is enough; don't harm when fighting is enough; don't wound when harming is enough; don't kill when wounding is enough, and take no joy in any of them. You can see why Lord Rain was subject to enmity for three hundred years, can you not?"</quote></div>		<div style="float:right; width: 500px; clear: right;"><quote by="Amme Song-of-the-Rivers, Navarr Apothecary">The Creed of the Rain guides me, and while the words are simple they can sometimes be hard to follow. "Don't fight when opposing is enough; don't harm when fighting is enough; don't wound when harming is enough; don't kill when wounding is enough, and take no joy in any of them. You can see why Lord Rain was subject to enmity for three hundred years, can you not?"</quote></div>

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	At the request of the Archmage of Spring, some of the heralds of the ''Cupbearer'' have travelled to [[Madruga]] to offer their aid in dealing with the [[Enchanted#The_Thirsty_Grasses\|spreading blight]] that threatens the [[Madruga#Great Grasses\|Great Grasses]] and perhaps even the entire [[territory]]. While there, they gain first hand experience of the [[Regrow the Land's Heart\|healing magic]] that covers the territory, also woven by the Sails of the First Flame coven. In addition to helping to better understand the effect slowly turning the Great Grasses to ash and sand, one of the heralds carefully studies this new [[Spring magic]] and is apparently very impressed - as is their master.		At the request of the Archmage of Spring, some of the heralds of the ''Cupbearer'' have travelled to [[Madruga]] to offer their aid in dealing with the [[Enchanted#The_Thirsty_Grasses\|spreading blight]] that threatens the [[Madruga#Great Grasses\|Great Grasses]] and perhaps even the entire [[territory]]. While there, they gain first hand experience of the [[Regrow the Land's Heart\|healing magic]] that covers the territory, also woven by the Sails of the First Flame coven. In addition to helping to better understand the effect slowly turning the Great Grasses to ash and sand, one of the heralds carefully studies this new [[Spring magic]] and is apparently very impressed - as is their master.

	A week before the Spring Equinox, a trio of delicate heralds arrive in the Empire with gifts from Lord Rain; three sets of [[arcane projection\|arcane projections]] prepared by his mortal allies. One set is delivered to '''[[Dhomiro]] Cassandra i Periera i Erigo''', as a representative of the Sails of the First Flame. The second is given to '''Fausta Ankarien''', the [[Grandmaster]] of the Silver Chalice, members of whose Order are also fighting to deal with the spreading blight. A third set has apparently been placed in the custody of the [[the Marches\|Marcher]] [[egregore\|~~egregoes~~]] who will hopefully be able to get them to the gathered [[landskeeper\|landskeepers]] of the Marches during the Spring Equinox..		A week before the Spring Equinox, a trio of delicate heralds arrive in the Empire with gifts from Lord Rain; three sets of [[arcane projection\|arcane projections]] prepared by his mortal allies. One set is delivered to '''[[Dhomiro]] Cassandra i Periera i Erigo''', as a representative of the Sails of the First Flame. The second is given to '''Fausta Ankarien''', the [[Grandmaster]] of the Silver Chalice, members of whose Order are also fighting to deal with the spreading blight. A third set has apparently been placed in the custody of the [[the Marches\|Marcher]] [[egregore\|egregores]] who will hopefully be able to get them to the gathered [[landskeeper\|landskeepers]] of the Marches during the Spring Equinox..

	The Cupbearer's emissaries say that these magics are partially inspired by the requests of the Spring Archmage and deal with helping provide fertility to farms, and aiding the Silver Chalice. Each arcane projection contains the seed of a ritual that draws on the power of the eternal. They are of limited use by themselves, but the ''Cupbearer'' explicitly gives permission for them to be codified at any [[College of Magic]] and entered into either [[Formulaic_ritual#Imperial_Lore_and_the_Ritual_List\|Imperial]] or [[Urizen lore]]. Unlike normal arcane projections, each of these magical scrolls include an ''[[Ritual_theory#Eternal_Nature\|assurance]]'' - a clause that will cause them and any ritual developed from them to lose all power if it is broken.		The Cupbearer's emissaries say that these magics are partially inspired by the requests of the Spring Archmage and deal with helping provide fertility to farms, and aiding the Silver Chalice. Each arcane projection contains the seed of a ritual that draws on the power of the eternal. They are of limited use by themselves, but the ''Cupbearer'' explicitly gives permission for them to be codified at any [[College of Magic]] and entered into either [[Formulaic_ritual#Imperial_Lore_and_the_Ritual_List\|Imperial]] or [[Urizen lore]]. Unlike normal arcane projections, each of these magical scrolls include an ''[[Ritual_theory#Eternal_Nature\|assurance]]'' - a clause that will cause them and any ritual developed from them to lose all power if it is broken.