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	Shortly after the Spring Equinox, peculiar eldritch creatures from the realm of Night scuttle out from the shadowy woodlands of [[Mournwold#Alderly\|Alderly]] in the [[Mournwold\|Mourn]], and out of barrows in the chalk of [[Mournwold#Freemoor\|Freemoor]]. Scaled and feathered, they bring with them several immense black cauldrons that foam and bubble with vitriolic fluids. Largely ignoring the ongoing war around them, the heralds surround these cauldrons with complex apparatus of iridescent glass and curiously shaped flasks. Then these interlopers prowl among the cold, dead fields where some of the fiercest fighting between Jotun and Empire took place. Where they encounter an unburied corpse, they gather round and carefully harvest the corpse.		Shortly after the Spring Equinox, peculiar eldritch creatures from the realm of Night scuttle out from the shadowy woodlands of [[Mournwold#Alderly\|Alderly]] in the [[Mournwold\|Mourn]], and out of barrows in the chalk of [[Mournwold#Freemoor\|Freemoor]]. Scaled and feathered, they bring with them several immense black cauldrons that foam and bubble with vitriolic fluids. Largely ignoring the ongoing war around them, the heralds surround these cauldrons with complex apparatus of iridescent glass and curiously shaped flasks. Then these interlopers prowl among the cold, dead fields where some of the fiercest fighting between Jotun and Empire took place. Where they encounter an unburied corpse, they gather round and carefully harvest the corpse.

	The Night heralds only harvest dead [[orc\|orcs]], and the occasional [[Feni]]. They come with pitchforks, barbed chains and ichor-sodden bags, pulling half-decomposed corpses and limbs to the bubbling cauldrons and dropping them into the miasmatic brew within. They gather up crow-picked bones, listening carefully to them as if in conversation. These heralds do not seem to be interested in just any dead bodies -they are quite selective - though the standards by which they choose which corpse to claim are unclear. Into the cauldrons go the carcases, to be boiled away to nothing but vapours and fluids, distilled into something otherworldly.		The Night heralds only harvest dead [[orc\|orcs]], and the occasional [[Feni]]. They come with pitchforks, barbed chains and ichor-sodden bags, pulling half-decomposed corpses and limbs to the bubbling cauldrons and dropping them into the miasmatic brew within. They gather up crow-picked bones, listening carefully to them as if in conversation. These heralds do not seem to be interested in just any dead bodies - they are quite selective - though the standards by which they choose which corpse to claim are unclear. Into the cauldrons go the carcases, to be boiled away to nothing but vapours and fluids, distilled into something otherworldly.

	The heralds do not touch a single Imperial corpse. They steer well clear of soldiers on both sides. A few are willing to talk, and claim that they are servants to the great eternals [[Murit]] and [[Soghter]]. They are seeking the fundamental essence of the experience of ending. The cauldrons and alembics are all part of this effort, rendering down the flesh and bones of the dead to catch those brief final moments when life transitions to death. They say that their work is entirely of the body - that it is nothing to do with "ephemera" (presumably they mean souls) - they only catch the echoes of memory still left in the meat. This, they say, is a key part of the creation of the Azoth - though what the Azoth is, they remain hesitant to discuss. Some express a brief disappointment that they are not allowed to take Imperial bodies - such a lack will inevitably shape how the Azoth develops.		The heralds do not touch a single Imperial corpse. They steer well clear of soldiers on both sides. A few are willing to talk, and claim that they are servants to the great eternals [[Murit]] and [[Soghter]]. They are seeking the fundamental essence of the experience of ending. The cauldrons and alembics are all part of this effort, rendering down the flesh and bones of the dead to catch those brief final moments when life transitions to death. They say that their work is entirely of the body - that it is nothing to do with "ephemera" (presumably they mean souls) - they only catch the echoes of memory still left in the meat. This, they say, is a key part of the creation of the Azoth - though what the Azoth is, they remain hesitant to discuss. Some express a brief disappointment that they are not allowed to take Imperial bodies - such a lack will inevitably shape how the Azoth develops.

	Their peculiar, grisly work complete, the heralds steal away with their cauldrons as stealthily as they arrived, leaving only a scattering of circular patches where the black kettles rested where no grass will grow.		Their peculiar, grisly work complete, the heralds steal away with their cauldrons as stealthily as they arrived, leaving only a scattering of circular patches where the black kettles rested where no grass will grow.

	==Imperial Lore==		==Imperial Lore==
	Two new rituals enter Imperial Lore: [[Hammers of the Brilliant Shore]] (held over from Winter), and the challengingly problematic [[curse]] [[Mountain Remembers Its Youth]]. Any character who is eligible to master a new ritual can master one of these rituals by the usual means, and they can be cast without being mastered using the normal rules for ritual casting.		Two new rituals enter Imperial Lore: [[Hammers of the Brilliant Shore]] (held over from Winter), and the challengingly problematic [[curse]] [[Mountain Remembers Its Youth]]. Any character who is eligible to master a new ritual can master one of these rituals by the usual means, and they can be cast without being mastered using the normal rules for ritual casting.

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

2026-01-16T09:44:25Z

Text replacement - "[[Imperial navy" to "[[navy"

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	Out on the waters of the coast, though, the impact of the Ribbon's eruption is strongest - which is where the [[The_Brass_Coast_military_concerns#The_Freeborn_Storm\|Freeborn Storm]] is this season. The ships of the Brass Coast steer clear of the gout of shadow and fire, but they do not avoid the more subtle influence of the pillar of night magic. It warms the blood and sets the heart aflutter, inflaming passions, inspiring intense and unexpected friendships and bitter feuds with equal facility.		Out on the waters of the coast, though, the impact of the Ribbon's eruption is strongest - which is where the [[The_Brass_Coast_military_concerns#The_Freeborn_Storm\|Freeborn Storm]] is this season. The ships of the Brass Coast steer clear of the gout of shadow and fire, but they do not avoid the more subtle influence of the pillar of night magic. It warms the blood and sets the heart aflutter, inflaming passions, inspiring intense and unexpected friendships and bitter feuds with equal facility.
	===Significance : Ribbon of Embers===		===Significance : Ribbon of Embers===
	The [[General#Admiral\|Admiral]] of the Freeborn Storm navy, and any character whose [[fleet]] was [[Fleet#Supporting_a_Navy\|supporting]] the [[~~Imperial~~ navy]] this season, may decide that their character was exposed to the strange, warm winds and the cold embers emitted from the transformed Ribbon of Salt this season.		The [[General#Admiral\|Admiral]] of the Freeborn Storm navy, and any character whose [[fleet]] was [[Fleet#Supporting_a_Navy\|supporting]] the [[navy]] this season, may decide that their character was exposed to the strange, warm winds and the cold embers emitted from the transformed Ribbon of Salt this season.

	Any such character benefits from having an additional [[Heroic_skills#Hero\|hero point]] (even if they would not normally have hero points) but they also experience a [[roleplaying effect]]: you feel all your emotions much more deeply, and experience a strong desire to ''act''. Passivity and caution feel unnatural and wrong; being bold and confronting things head-on feels ultimately fulfilling.		Any such character benefits from having an additional [[Heroic_skills#Hero\|hero point]] (even if they would not normally have hero points) but they also experience a [[roleplaying effect]]: you feel all your emotions much more deeply, and experience a strong desire to ''act''. Passivity and caution feel unnatural and wrong; being bold and confronting things head-on feels ultimately fulfilling.

Twiggy: /* Ribbon of Embers */

2025-07-12T10:42:16Z

Ribbon of Embers

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	The Ribbon of Salt is a famous Spring [[regio]] sited under the waters off the port-spires of [[Redoubt#Visten\|Visten]] in [[Redoubt]], known for regular eruptions that took the form of a great waterspout. In the weeks leading up to the Spring Equinox, these explosions became unpredictable, and the eruptions themselves were of a shorter duration, but much more intense and destructive in nature. During the Equinox itself, tremors began to emanate from the submarine regio, alarming seers and stargazers alike with the fear that the Ribbon was building up magical energies at an alarming rate. On the last day of the Equinox, the Ribbon of Salt exploded with immense force.		The Ribbon of Salt is a famous Spring [[regio]] sited under the waters off the port-spires of [[Redoubt#Visten\|Visten]] in [[Redoubt]], known for regular eruptions that took the form of a great waterspout. In the weeks leading up to the Spring Equinox, these explosions became unpredictable, and the eruptions themselves were of a shorter duration, but much more intense and destructive in nature. During the Equinox itself, tremors began to emanate from the submarine regio, alarming seers and stargazers alike with the fear that the Ribbon was building up magical energies at an alarming rate. On the last day of the Equinox, the Ribbon of Salt exploded with immense force.

	However, rather than an eruption of raw Spring magic the Ribbon vomited forth a swirling torrent of shadows, embers, flame and whispers; a storm of emotions, half-memories, snatches of strange secrets and wreathing mists. A team of heroic Urizeni had [[Sentinel_Gate#Conjunctions\|~~traveled~~]] to the regio's heart, and [[Align the Celestial Net\|realigned]] it to the realm of Night moments before the detonation.		However, rather than an eruption of raw Spring magic the Ribbon vomited forth a swirling torrent of shadows, embers, flame and whispers; a storm of emotions, half-memories, snatches of strange secrets and wreathing mists. A team of heroic Urizeni had [[Sentinel_Gate#Conjunctions\|travelled]] to the regio's heart, and [[Align the Celestial Net\|realigned]] it to the realm of Night moments before the detonation.

	Even though the influence of the ritual normally fades at sunrise, the energies of the regio do not return to Spring. Scholars who study the Ribbon are at a loss to explain what has happened. Some hypothesise that the recent [[Pay_in_blood\|weakening]] of Spring regios across the Empire may be to blame, with no easy access to the tumultuous heart of the regio they can do little more than speculate.		Even though the influence of the ritual normally fades at sunrise, the energies of the regio do not return to Spring. Scholars who study the Ribbon are at a loss to explain what has happened. Some hypothesise that the recent [[Pay_in_blood\|weakening]] of Spring regios across the Empire may be to blame, with no easy access to the tumultuous heart of the regio they can do little more than speculate.

RichardRaynor at 20:24, 31 January 2022

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	[[Category:Winds of Fortune]][[Category:381YE]][[Category:Recent History]][[Category:Winds of Magic]]		[[Category:Winds of Fortune]][[Category:381YE Summer]][[Category:Recent History]][[Category:Winds of Magic]]
	<ic>"The ... the Empress of all goats?"		<ic>"The ... the Empress of all goats?"

GuiltyConscience at 15:37, 26 June 2019

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	[[Category:Winds of Fortune]][[Category:381YE]][[Category:Recent History]]		[[Category:Winds of Fortune]][[Category:381YE]][[Category:Recent History]][[Category:Winds of Magic]]
	<ic>"The ... the Empress of all goats?"		<ic>"The ... the Empress of all goats?"

Rafferty at 15:38, 1 November 2018

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	[[Category:Winds of Fortune]][[Category:381YE]][[Category:Recent History~~]][[Category: Summer Solstice 381YE~~]]		[[Category:Winds of Fortune]][[Category:381YE]][[Category:Recent History]]
	<ic>"The ... the Empress of all goats?"		<ic>"The ... the Empress of all goats?"

Rafferty at 23:41, 25 July 2017

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	Their peculiar, grisly work complete, the heralds steal away with their cauldrons as stealthily as they arrived, leaving only a scattering of circular patches where the black kettles rested where no grass will grow.		Their peculiar, grisly work complete, the heralds steal away with their cauldrons as stealthily as they arrived, leaving only a scattering of circular patches where the black kettles rested where no grass will grow.
			==Imperial Lore==
			Two new rituals enter Imperial Lore: [[Hammers of the Brilliant Shore]] (held over from Winter), and the challengingly problematic [[curse]] [[Mountain Remembers Its Youth]]. Any character who is eligible to master a new ritual can master one of these rituals by the usual means, and they can be cast without being mastered using the normal rules for ritual casting.

Rafferty: /* Other Castles */

2017-07-25T21:47:55Z

Other Castles

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	==Other Castles==		==Other Castles==
	* '''The Eternal Family of Navarr have raised a Frozen Citadel in Kahraman'''		* '''The Eternal Family of Navarr have raised a Frozen Citadel in Kahraman'''
	* '''The Sussivari Frost Coven have raised ~~the~~ Dripping Echoes of the Fen in Bregasland'''		* '''The Sussivari Frost Coven have raised multiple Dripping Echoes of the Fen in Bregasland'''
	Magical fortifications are a powerful weapon in the Empire's arsenal. This season, a keep of black ice was raised above [[Kahraman#Serra Damata\|Serra Damata]] in [[Kahraman]]. At the same time, a blanket of fog and whispers settled over [[Bregasland#Grey Fens\|Grey Fens]] in [[Bregasland]]. ~~Both~~ citadels would have offered aid in resisting any potential invasion of these territories by the Jotun. Fortunately, no such attack materialised, and the castles faded back into the magic from which they had been called.		Magical fortifications are a powerful weapon in the Empire's arsenal. This season, a keep of black ice was raised above [[Kahraman#Serra Damata\|Serra Damata]] in [[Kahraman]]. At the same time, a blanket of fog and whispers settled over [[Bregasland#Grey Fens\|Grey Fens]] and [[Bregasland#Ottermire\|Ottermire]] in [[Bregasland]]. All three citadels would have offered aid in resisting any potential invasion of these territories by the Jotun. Fortunately, no such attack materialised, and the castles faded back into the magic from which they had been called.

	==Ribbon of Embers==		==Ribbon of Embers==

Rafferty at 21:10, 25 July 2017

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	Regardless of who wins, it is also very likely that after a while one eternal or another will be dissatisfied with the current arrangement, and seek to challenge the current patron again - but at least a method of resolving the issue of who patronizes the college has been established without any further damage to the walls or the faculty!		Regardless of who wins, it is also very likely that after a while one eternal or another will be dissatisfied with the current arrangement, and seek to challenge the current patron again - but at least a method of resolving the issue of who patronizes the college has been established without any further damage to the walls or the faculty!
	{{CaptionedImage\|file=Hubert, Chatelaine of the Empress of All Goats.jpg\|caption=Hubert Annanovich Gremani. Not shown; Empress of all goats\|align=right\|width=~~350~~}}		{{CaptionedImage\|file=Hubert, Chatelaine of the Empress of All Goats.jpg\|caption=Hubert Annanovich Gremani. Not shown; Empress of all goats\|align=right\|width=300}}
	==The Empress of all Goats Theatre==		==The Empress of all Goats Theatre==
	* '''A small theatre has been built by magical creatures in the vale of Veresk. In game terms this is a tiny [[folly]].'''		* '''A small theatre has been built by magical creatures in the vale of Veresk. In game terms this is a tiny [[folly]].'''

Rafferty at 21:10, 25 July 2017

2017-07-25T21:10:31Z

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	Regardless of who wins, it is also very likely that after a while one eternal or another will be dissatisfied with the current arrangement, and seek to challenge the current patron again - but at least a method of resolving the issue of who patronizes the college has been established without any further damage to the walls or the faculty!		Regardless of who wins, it is also very likely that after a while one eternal or another will be dissatisfied with the current arrangement, and seek to challenge the current patron again - but at least a method of resolving the issue of who patronizes the college has been established without any further damage to the walls or the faculty!
			{{CaptionedImage\|file=Hubert, Chatelaine of the Empress of All Goats.jpg\|caption=Hubert Annanovich Gremani. Not shown; Empress of all goats\|align=right\|width=350}}
	==The Empress of all Goats Theatre==		==The Empress of all Goats Theatre==
	* '''A small theatre has been built by magical creatures in the vale of Veresk. In game terms this is a tiny [[folly]].'''		* '''A small theatre has been built by magical creatures in the vale of Veresk. In game terms this is a tiny [[folly]].'''

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	The Ribbon of Salt is a famous Spring [[regio]] sited under the waters off the port-spires of [[Redoubt#Visten\|Visten]] in [[Redoubt]], known for regular eruptions that took the form of a great waterspout. In the weeks leading up to the Spring Equinox, these explosions became unpredictable, and the eruptions themselves were of a shorter duration, but much more intense and destructive in nature. During the Equinox itself, tremors began to emanate from the submarine regio, alarming seers and stargazers alike with the fear that the Ribbon was building up magical energies at an alarming rate. On the last day of the Equinox, the Ribbon of Salt exploded with immense force.		The Ribbon of Salt is a famous Spring [[regio]] sited under the waters off the port-spires of [[Redoubt#Visten\|Visten]] in [[Redoubt]], known for regular eruptions that took the form of a great waterspout. In the weeks leading up to the Spring Equinox, these explosions became unpredictable, and the eruptions themselves were of a shorter duration, but much more intense and destructive in nature. During the Equinox itself, tremors began to emanate from the submarine regio, alarming seers and stargazers alike with the fear that the Ribbon was building up magical energies at an alarming rate. On the last day of the Equinox, the Ribbon of Salt exploded with immense force.

	However, rather than an eruption of raw Spring magic the Ribbon vomited forth a swirling torrent of shadows, embers, flame and whispers; a storm of emotions, half-memories, snatches of strange secrets and wreathing mists. A team of heroic Urizeni had [[Sentinel_Gate#Conjunctions\|~~traveled~~]] to the regio's heart, and [[Align the Celestial Net\|realigned]] it to the realm of Night moments before the detonation.		However, rather than an eruption of raw Spring magic the Ribbon vomited forth a swirling torrent of shadows, embers, flame and whispers; a storm of emotions, half-memories, snatches of strange secrets and wreathing mists. A team of heroic Urizeni had [[Sentinel_Gate#Conjunctions\|travelled]] to the regio's heart, and [[Align the Celestial Net\|realigned]] it to the realm of Night moments before the detonation.

	Even though the influence of the ritual normally fades at sunrise, the energies of the regio do not return to Spring. Scholars who study the Ribbon are at a loss to explain what has happened. Some hypothesise that the recent [[Pay_in_blood\|weakening]] of Spring regios across the Empire may be to blame, with no easy access to the tumultuous heart of the regio they can do little more than speculate.		Even though the influence of the ritual normally fades at sunrise, the energies of the regio do not return to Spring. Scholars who study the Ribbon are at a loss to explain what has happened. Some hypothesise that the recent [[Pay_in_blood\|weakening]] of Spring regios across the Empire may be to blame, with no easy access to the tumultuous heart of the regio they can do little more than speculate.