Spiral Spoils of War - Revision history

Matt: Text replacement - "[[Imperial Military Council" to "[[Military Council"

2026-01-15T12:23:09Z

Text replacement - "[[Imperial Military Council" to "[[Military Council"

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	[[Category:Military Council]] [[Category:Urizen]]		[[Category:Military Council]] [[Category:Urizen]]
	In Autumn 380YE, following the liberation of [[Spiral]] from the [[Grendel]] during the previous Summer Solstice, these resources were presented to the [[~~Imperial~~ Military Council\|Military council]] for assignment as [[spoils of war]]		In Autumn 380YE, following the liberation of [[Spiral]] from the [[Grendel]] during the previous Summer Solstice, these resources were presented to the [[Military Council\|Military council]] for assignment as [[spoils of war]]

	==The Ankarien Chess Set==		==The Ankarien Chess Set==

Twiggy at 13:15, 16 July 2025

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	==Fracta Fenestra ==		==Fracta Fenestra ==
	'''Mana Site / Rank 4'''<br>		'''Mana Site / Rank 4'''<br>
	In a crater below [[Spiral#The Black Plateau\|the Black Plateau]] lies the Fracta Fenestra. A number of magical explosions have melted the obsidian into an earthbound reflection of the night sky, a great mirror of the heavens staring up from the rock. [[The Key and The Lock#The Key\|The Key]], [[The Key and The Lock#The Lock\|the Lock]], and [[The Spider and The Web#the Spider\|the Spider]] are among the constellations known to be associated with this desolate forbidding place, which is often used as a [[mana site\|site]] from which to observe the heavens.		In a crater below [[Spiral#The Black Plateau\|the {{Black Plateau}}]] lies the Fracta Fenestra. A number of magical explosions have melted the obsidian into an earthbound reflection of the night sky, a great mirror of the heavens staring up from the rock. [[The Key and The Lock#The Key\|The Key]], [[The Key and The Lock#The Lock\|the Lock]], and [[The Spider and The Web#the Spider\|the Spider]] are among the constellations known to be associated with this desolate forbidding place, which is often used as a [[mana site\|site]] from which to observe the heavens.

	==Lathraia==		==Lathraia==
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	==<s>The Night Arbour</s>==		==<s>The Night Arbour</s>==
	'''Mana Site / Rank 2''' (no longer available)<br>		'''Mana Site / Rank 2''' (no longer available)<br>
	The deserted Spire of Oblivion's Edge stands as close to the Black Plateau as it was safe to build a settlement. Created to watch over the Black Plateau, to monitor its dangers and its phenomena, Oblivion's Edge was lost when Spiral fell and is now nought but a ruin. In its heyday, the Spire coaxed a great bounty of mana from the Night Orchard, a series of carefully carved pits dug into a rock terrace where occult geometries and arcane tending would cause the strong magic running through the region to coalesce into tree-like structures - growing up and out in an almost organic shape of crystalline branches. Now, fifty years after the Spire was lost, the Orchard's pits have mostly collapsed inwards or been buried. Only one site remains intact, the Night Arbour, where the lack of careful tending and damage to the astronomantic carvings in the pit's walls have caused the magic to go somewhat wild. Instead of a single tree of crystal, it has become a tangled arbour, a copse of branches and trunks coalesced from raw mana.		The deserted Spire of Oblivion's Edge stands as close to the {{Black Plateau}} as it was safe to build a settlement. Created to watch over the {{Black Plateau}}, to monitor its dangers and its phenomena, Oblivion's Edge was lost when Spiral fell and is now nought but a ruin. In its heyday, the Spire coaxed a great bounty of mana from the Night Orchard, a series of carefully carved pits dug into a rock terrace where occult geometries and arcane tending would cause the strong magic running through the region to coalesce into tree-like structures - growing up and out in an almost organic shape of crystalline branches. Now, fifty years after the Spire was lost, the Orchard's pits have mostly collapsed inwards or been buried. Only one site remains intact, the Night Arbour, where the lack of careful tending and damage to the astronomantic carvings in the pit's walls have caused the magic to go somewhat wild. Instead of a single tree of crystal, it has become a tangled arbour, a copse of branches and trunks coalesced from raw mana.

	In Winter 384YE, the [[eternal]] [[Sung]] offered to help the Empire construct a spy network centred around the Oblivion's Edge spire. She claimed the Night Arbour, and used its power to shroud the spire and the network from prying eyes. You can learn more in the '''[[The_Net_of_the_Realms#An_Aerie_for_the_Watchers\|The Net of the Realms]]''' wind of fortune.		In Winter 384YE, the [[eternal]] [[Sung]] offered to help the Empire construct a spy network centred around the Oblivion's Edge spire. She claimed the Night Arbour, and used its power to shroud the spire and the network from prying eyes. You can learn more in the '''[[The_Net_of_the_Realms#An_Aerie_for_the_Watchers\|The Net of the Realms]]''' wind of fortune.

Rafferty: /* The Night Arbour */

2022-07-14T12:16:59Z

The Night Arbour

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	The deserted Spire of Oblivion's Edge stands as close to the Black Plateau as it was safe to build a settlement. Created to watch over the Black Plateau, to monitor its dangers and its phenomena, Oblivion's Edge was lost when Spiral fell and is now nought but a ruin. In its heyday, the Spire coaxed a great bounty of mana from the Night Orchard, a series of carefully carved pits dug into a rock terrace where occult geometries and arcane tending would cause the strong magic running through the region to coalesce into tree-like structures - growing up and out in an almost organic shape of crystalline branches. Now, fifty years after the Spire was lost, the Orchard's pits have mostly collapsed inwards or been buried. Only one site remains intact, the Night Arbour, where the lack of careful tending and damage to the astronomantic carvings in the pit's walls have caused the magic to go somewhat wild. Instead of a single tree of crystal, it has become a tangled arbour, a copse of branches and trunks coalesced from raw mana.		The deserted Spire of Oblivion's Edge stands as close to the Black Plateau as it was safe to build a settlement. Created to watch over the Black Plateau, to monitor its dangers and its phenomena, Oblivion's Edge was lost when Spiral fell and is now nought but a ruin. In its heyday, the Spire coaxed a great bounty of mana from the Night Orchard, a series of carefully carved pits dug into a rock terrace where occult geometries and arcane tending would cause the strong magic running through the region to coalesce into tree-like structures - growing up and out in an almost organic shape of crystalline branches. Now, fifty years after the Spire was lost, the Orchard's pits have mostly collapsed inwards or been buried. Only one site remains intact, the Night Arbour, where the lack of careful tending and damage to the astronomantic carvings in the pit's walls have caused the magic to go somewhat wild. Instead of a single tree of crystal, it has become a tangled arbour, a copse of branches and trunks coalesced from raw mana.

	In ~~383YE~~, the [[eternal]] [[Sung]] offered to help the Empire construct a spy network centred around the Oblivion's Edge spire. She claimed the Night Arbour, and used its power to shroud the spire and the network from prying eyes. You can learn more in the '''[[The_Net_of_the_Realms#An_Aerie_for_the_Watchers\|The Net of the Realms]]''' wind of fortune.		In Winter 384YE, the [[eternal]] [[Sung]] offered to help the Empire construct a spy network centred around the Oblivion's Edge spire. She claimed the Night Arbour, and used its power to shroud the spire and the network from prying eyes. You can learn more in the '''[[The_Net_of_the_Realms#An_Aerie_for_the_Watchers\|The Net of the Realms]]''' wind of fortune.

	==Procella Viridis ==		==Procella Viridis ==

Rafferty: /* The Night Arbour */

2022-07-14T12:16:46Z

The Night Arbour

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	Formerly the largest [[materials#Weltsilver\|weltsilver]] [[mine\|mining]] operation in Spiral - perhaps all of Urizen - a full year of Grendel occupation has barely dented the vastness of this resource. The Salt Lords mined the Mavrisma and the nearby mithril of the [[Legacy]] alike with slave labour, many of whom died from dehydration, cave-ins and the malodorous mine gases which abound here (and were, naturally, no impediment to ushabti miners). Engineers once travelled here in numbers to learn how the great Urizen engineer Schediazi perfected the whole operation - from discovery through expansion, shaft-building, shoring, extraction and refining - through to the vast system of lenses and mirrors which allowed light to penetrate into its very depths. No-one knows the fate of Schediazi, though it is commonly held that she sealed herself into a lower level when the Grendel appeared rather than leave or be forced to use her mastery in service of the barbarians.		Formerly the largest [[materials#Weltsilver\|weltsilver]] [[mine\|mining]] operation in Spiral - perhaps all of Urizen - a full year of Grendel occupation has barely dented the vastness of this resource. The Salt Lords mined the Mavrisma and the nearby mithril of the [[Legacy]] alike with slave labour, many of whom died from dehydration, cave-ins and the malodorous mine gases which abound here (and were, naturally, no impediment to ushabti miners). Engineers once travelled here in numbers to learn how the great Urizen engineer Schediazi perfected the whole operation - from discovery through expansion, shaft-building, shoring, extraction and refining - through to the vast system of lenses and mirrors which allowed light to penetrate into its very depths. No-one knows the fate of Schediazi, though it is commonly held that she sealed herself into a lower level when the Grendel appeared rather than leave or be forced to use her mastery in service of the barbarians.

	==The Night Arbour==		==<s>The Night Arbour</s>==
	'''Mana Site / Rank 2'''<br>		'''Mana Site / Rank 2''' (no longer available)<br>
	The deserted Spire of Oblivion's Edge stands as close to the Black Plateau as it was safe to build a settlement. Created to watch over the Black Plateau, to monitor its dangers and its phenomena, Oblivion's Edge was lost when Spiral fell and is now nought but a ruin. In its heyday, the Spire coaxed a great bounty of mana from the Night Orchard, a series of carefully carved pits dug into a rock terrace where occult geometries and arcane tending would cause the strong magic running through the region to coalesce into tree-like structures - growing up and out in an almost organic shape of crystalline branches. Now, fifty years after the Spire was lost, the Orchard's pits have mostly collapsed inwards or been buried. Only one site remains intact, the Night Arbour, where the lack of careful tending and damage to the astronomantic carvings in the pit's walls have caused the magic to go somewhat wild. Instead of a single tree of crystal, it has become a tangled arbour, a copse of branches and trunks coalesced from raw mana.		The deserted Spire of Oblivion's Edge stands as close to the Black Plateau as it was safe to build a settlement. Created to watch over the Black Plateau, to monitor its dangers and its phenomena, Oblivion's Edge was lost when Spiral fell and is now nought but a ruin. In its heyday, the Spire coaxed a great bounty of mana from the Night Orchard, a series of carefully carved pits dug into a rock terrace where occult geometries and arcane tending would cause the strong magic running through the region to coalesce into tree-like structures - growing up and out in an almost organic shape of crystalline branches. Now, fifty years after the Spire was lost, the Orchard's pits have mostly collapsed inwards or been buried. Only one site remains intact, the Night Arbour, where the lack of careful tending and damage to the astronomantic carvings in the pit's walls have caused the magic to go somewhat wild. Instead of a single tree of crystal, it has become a tangled arbour, a copse of branches and trunks coalesced from raw mana.

			In 383YE, the [[eternal]] [[Sung]] offered to help the Empire construct a spy network centred around the Oblivion's Edge spire. She claimed the Night Arbour, and used its power to shroud the spire and the network from prying eyes. You can learn more in the '''[[The_Net_of_the_Realms#An_Aerie_for_the_Watchers\|The Net of the Realms]]''' wind of fortune.

	==Procella Viridis ==		==Procella Viridis ==

Novemberalice: /* Solen's Garden */

2022-06-16T16:31:24Z

Solen's Garden

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	==Solen's Garden ==		==Solen's Garden ==
	'''~~Irridescent~~ Gloaming Forest / Rank 3'''<br>		'''Iridescent Gloaming Forest / Rank 3'''<br>
	Amidst the ruined spire of Solen's Doubt, lingering magical energies have encouraged a growth of trees and foliage more common to the once well-tended lower slopes. Growing lazily through the maze of broken white marble, they have provided a haven for [[Mundane_beasts#Iridescent_Butterfly\|iridescent butterflies]], in numbers rarely seen within the Empire. The feeling of solitude and loneliness in the abandoned spire during the day is overwhelming; the many-hued beauty of the night garden is breathtaking. The Grendel appear to be giving the part of [[Spiral#Apstrus\|Apstrus]] around Solen's Doubt a wide berth, and the civil service believe the [[forest]] can be safely operated as long as the new owner is discreet.		Amidst the ruined spire of Solen's Doubt, lingering magical energies have encouraged a growth of trees and foliage more common to the once well-tended lower slopes. Growing lazily through the maze of broken white marble, they have provided a haven for [[Mundane_beasts#Iridescent_Butterfly\|iridescent butterflies]], in numbers rarely seen within the Empire. The feeling of solitude and loneliness in the abandoned spire during the day is overwhelming; the many-hued beauty of the night garden is breathtaking. The Grendel appear to be giving the part of [[Spiral#Apstrus\|Apstrus]] around Solen's Doubt a wide berth, and the civil service believe the [[forest]] can be safely operated as long as the new owner is discreet.

Novemberalice: /* Procella Viridis */

2022-06-16T16:30:31Z

Procella Viridis

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	==Procella Viridis ==		==Procella Viridis ==
	'''Tempest Jade Mine/ Rank 2'''<br>		'''Tempest Jade Mine / Rank 2'''<br>
	The canyon of Procella Viridis in [[Spiral#Cinion\|Cinion]] was only discovered three years before the Grendel invasion, uncovered by landslides resulting from a freak thunderstorm. The [[Materials#Tempest Jade\|tempest jade]] here was worked by ushabti and then polished by master artisans seeking perfection of their craft. Further landslides have led to the loss of one end of the box canyon and its resources, though enough remains to provide a decent quantity of the material for those seeking its use.		The canyon of Procella Viridis in [[Spiral#Cinion\|Cinion]] was only discovered three years before the Grendel invasion, uncovered by landslides resulting from a freak thunderstorm. The [[Materials#Tempest Jade\|tempest jade]] here was worked by ushabti and then polished by master artisans seeking perfection of their craft. Further landslides have led to the loss of one end of the box canyon and its resources, though enough remains to provide a decent quantity of the material for those seeking its use.

Novemberalice: /* The Ankarien Chess Set */

2022-06-16T16:29:50Z

The Ankarien Chess Set

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	==The Ankarien Chess Set==		==The Ankarien Chess Set==
	'''Military Unit/ Rank 3''' <br>		'''Military Unit / Rank 3''' <br>
	Most ushabti are constructed to perform a handful of simple tasks repetitively. These particular ushabti were armed and armoured to perform as human-sized chess pieces. They were gifted to [[Emperor Nicovar]] when he became maester of Ankarien. Following Nicovar's death, they were sealed away in one of the lower chambers by order of the Arbiter of Ankarien. They had long since been forgotten when the [[Grendel]] arrived and the Urizen were forced to flee with what they could from their precious libraries.		Most ushabti are constructed to perform a handful of simple tasks repetitively. These particular ushabti were armed and armoured to perform as human-sized chess pieces. They were gifted to [[Emperor Nicovar]] when he became maester of Ankarien. Following Nicovar's death, they were sealed away in one of the lower chambers by order of the Arbiter of Ankarien. They had long since been forgotten when the [[Grendel]] arrived and the Urizen were forced to flee with what they could from their precious libraries.

Hastur: /* Damakan Bladeworks */

2018-08-29T14:16:40Z

Damakan Bladeworks

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	==Damakan Bladeworks==		==Damakan Bladeworks==
	'''Business / Rank 4'''<br>		'''Business / Rank 4'''<br>
	The spire of [[Spiral#Cinion\|Damakan's Forge]] was renowned as the place where the most elegant and potent blades in the Empire were once created. The invasion put paid to the spire, but a handful of smiths and artisans escaped with some of the legendary secrets of this famous bladesmith. They had taken refuge in Ossen's Spire, but Grendel depredations and the eventual destruction of that spire by the fires of [[The_Thrice-cursed_Court#Surut\|Surut]] put paid to those ambitions. These expert craftspeople began to cluster once again around the site of the lost spire, living in a series of brightly-coloured and expertly engineered tent pavilions based on [[the Brass Coast\|Freeborn]] designs. They did not search for lost secrets, but practiced the arts of weaponsmithing as taught to them by Damakan and her descendants, still seeking to hone their art to perfection as only the Urizen know how. There is a significant market for weapons made by these philosopher-smiths, and they were looking for someone to deal with the tedious day-to-day [[business]] of selling their weapons for them. They found this someone in the form of the master-artifice Achilles. During the Summer Solstice 381YE, Achilles arranged for the smiths to move from Cinion to [{Redoubt#Limus\|Limus]] in [[Redoubt]], establishing a permanent base of operations there away from the immediate threat of the Grendel orcs.		The spire of [[Spiral#Cinion\|Damakan's Forge]] was renowned as the place where the most elegant and potent blades in the Empire were once created. The invasion put paid to the spire, but a handful of smiths and artisans escaped with some of the legendary secrets of this famous bladesmith. They had taken refuge in Ossen's Spire, but Grendel depredations and the eventual destruction of that spire by the fires of [[The_Thrice-cursed_Court#Surut\|Surut]] put paid to those ambitions. These expert craftspeople began to cluster once again around the site of the lost spire, living in a series of brightly-coloured and expertly engineered tent pavilions based on [[the Brass Coast\|Freeborn]] designs. They did not search for lost secrets, but practiced the arts of weaponsmithing as taught to them by Damakan and her descendants, still seeking to hone their art to perfection as only the Urizen know how. There is a significant market for weapons made by these philosopher-smiths, and they were looking for someone to deal with the tedious day-to-day [[business]] of selling their weapons for them. They found this someone in the form of the master-artifice Achilles. During the Summer Solstice 381YE, Achilles arranged for the smiths to move from Cinion to [[Redoubt#Limus\|Limus]] in [[Redoubt]], establishing a permanent base of operations there away from the immediate threat of the Grendel orcs.

Beeswax at 17:41, 22 May 2018

2018-05-22T17:41:06Z

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	==Procella Viridis ==		==Procella Viridis ==
	'''Tempest Jade Mine/ Rank 2'''<br>		'''Tempest Jade Mine/ Rank 2'''<br>
	The canyon of Procella Viridis in [[Spiral#~~Cinon~~\|~~Cinon~~]] was only discovered three years before the Grendel invasion, uncovered by landslides resulting from a freak thunderstorm. The [[Materials#Tempest Jade\|tempest jade]] here was worked by ushabti and then polished by master artisans seeking perfection of their craft. Further landslides have led to the loss of one end of the box canyon and its resources, though enough remains to provide a decent quantity of the material for those seeking its use.		The canyon of Procella Viridis in [[Spiral#Cinion\|Cinion]] was only discovered three years before the Grendel invasion, uncovered by landslides resulting from a freak thunderstorm. The [[Materials#Tempest Jade\|tempest jade]] here was worked by ushabti and then polished by master artisans seeking perfection of their craft. Further landslides have led to the loss of one end of the box canyon and its resources, though enough remains to provide a decent quantity of the material for those seeking its use.

	==Solen's Garden ==		==Solen's Garden ==
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	==Damakan Bladeworks==		==Damakan Bladeworks==
	'''Business / Rank 4'''<br>		'''Business / Rank 4'''<br>
	The spire of [[Spiral#~~Cinon~~\|Damakan's Forge]] was renowned as the place where the most elegant and potent blades in the Empire were once created. The invasion put paid to the spire, but a handful of smiths and artisans escaped with some of the legendary secrets of this famous bladesmith. They had taken refuge in Ossen's Spire, but Grendel depredations and the eventual destruction of that spire by the fires of [[The_Thrice-cursed_Court#Surut\|Surut]] put paid to those ambitions. These expert craftspeople began to cluster once again around the site of the lost spire, living in a series of brightly-coloured and expertly engineered tent pavilions based on [[the Brass Coast\|Freeborn]] designs. They did not search for lost secrets, but practiced the arts of weaponsmithing as taught to them by Damakan and her descendants, still seeking to hone their art to perfection as only the Urizen know how. There is a significant market for weapons made by these philosopher-smiths, and they were looking for someone to deal with the tedious day-to-day [[business]] of selling their weapons for them. They found this someone in the form of the master-artifice Achilles. During the Summer Solstice 381YE, Achilles arranged for the smiths to move from ~~Cinon~~ to [{Redoubt#Limus\|Limus]] in [[Redoubt]], establishing a permanent base of operations there away from the immediate threat of the Grendel orcs.		The spire of [[Spiral#Cinion\|Damakan's Forge]] was renowned as the place where the most elegant and potent blades in the Empire were once created. The invasion put paid to the spire, but a handful of smiths and artisans escaped with some of the legendary secrets of this famous bladesmith. They had taken refuge in Ossen's Spire, but Grendel depredations and the eventual destruction of that spire by the fires of [[The_Thrice-cursed_Court#Surut\|Surut]] put paid to those ambitions. These expert craftspeople began to cluster once again around the site of the lost spire, living in a series of brightly-coloured and expertly engineered tent pavilions based on [[the Brass Coast\|Freeborn]] designs. They did not search for lost secrets, but practiced the arts of weaponsmithing as taught to them by Damakan and her descendants, still seeking to hone their art to perfection as only the Urizen know how. There is a significant market for weapons made by these philosopher-smiths, and they were looking for someone to deal with the tedious day-to-day [[business]] of selling their weapons for them. They found this someone in the form of the master-artifice Achilles. During the Summer Solstice 381YE, Achilles arranged for the smiths to move from Cinion to [{Redoubt#Limus\|Limus]] in [[Redoubt]], establishing a permanent base of operations there away from the immediate threat of the Grendel orcs.

Liam: /* The Ankarien Chess Set */

2018-05-04T10:04:51Z

The Ankarien Chess Set

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	==The Ankarien Chess Set==		==The Ankarien Chess Set==
	'''Military Unit/ Rank 3''' <br>		'''Military Unit/ Rank 3''' <br>
	Most ushabti are constructed to perform a handful of simple tasks repetitively. These particular ushabti were armed and armoured to perform as human-sized chess pieces. They were gifted to [[Emperor Nicovar]] when he became ~~master~~ of Ankarien. Following Nicovar's death, they were sealed away in one of the lower chambers by order of the Arbiter of Ankarien. They had long since been forgotten when the [[Grendel]] arrived and the Urizen were forced to flee with what they could from their precious libraries.		Most ushabti are constructed to perform a handful of simple tasks repetitively. These particular ushabti were armed and armoured to perform as human-sized chess pieces. They were gifted to [[Emperor Nicovar]] when he became maester of Ankarien. Following Nicovar's death, they were sealed away in one of the lower chambers by order of the Arbiter of Ankarien. They had long since been forgotten when the [[Grendel]] arrived and the Urizen were forced to flee with what they could from their precious libraries.

	The ushabti still retained a spark of magic however and when the Grendel looted the remains of the spire and unearthed them, they set about the task they had last been given - to protect their Arbiter (a common Urizen name for the piece other nations call the Throne, here referring to the individual who commands the chess set). Faced with continuing attacks from the relentless constructs, the Grendel took losses and curtailed their banditry, caving in the entrance to the room to prevent further incursion. With the barbarians dispersed, the sealed-off area has only just been excavated and the thirty ushabti warriors of the Chess Set stand ready for new orders.		The ushabti still retained a spark of magic however and when the Grendel looted the remains of the spire and unearthed them, they set about the task they had last been given - to protect their Arbiter (a common Urizen name for the piece other nations call the Throne, here referring to the individual who commands the chess set). Faced with continuing attacks from the relentless constructs, the Grendel took losses and curtailed their banditry, caving in the entrance to the room to prevent further incursion. With the barbarians dispersed, the sealed-off area has only just been excavated and the thirty ushabti warriors of the Chess Set stand ready for new orders.