Vale of the Sunless Depths - Revision history

Twiggy at 20:52, 21 July 2026

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	Custodianship of the Sunless Depths is retained for a year, or until the citizen holding the seat dies, or steps down. An Imperial Bourse seat cannot be [[revocation\|revoked]] by the [[Synod]].		Custodianship of the Sunless Depths is retained for a year, or until the citizen holding the seat dies, or steps down. An Imperial Bourse seat cannot be [[revocation\|revoked]] by the [[Synod]].
	===Special===		===Special===
	In addition to the bounty of mithril claimed by the Bourse Seat, an additional amount of mithril is produced that is distributed to the boyars of Ossium. This has generated significant good will - and as a consequence the cost to the Senate to maintain the Sunless Caves is halved from 10 ~~Thrones~~ each season to 5 ~~Thrones~~.		In addition to the bounty of mithril claimed by the Bourse Seat, an additional amount of mithril is produced that is distributed to the boyars of Ossium. This has generated significant good will - and as a consequence the cost to the Senate to maintain the Sunless Caves is halved from 10 thrones each season to 5 thrones.
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Matt: Text replacement - "[[Imperial Synod" to "[[Synod"

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	As with all mithril Bourse seats, the holder of the title is determined during the Autumn Equinox. As an Imperial seat, any Imperial citizen may participate in the auction and hold the title.		As with all mithril Bourse seats, the holder of the title is determined during the Autumn Equinox. As an Imperial seat, any Imperial citizen may participate in the auction and hold the title.

	Custodianship of the Sunless Depths is retained for a year, or until the citizen holding the seat dies, or steps down. An Imperial Bourse seat cannot be [[revocation\|revoked]] by the [[~~Imperial~~ Synod]].		Custodianship of the Sunless Depths is retained for a year, or until the citizen holding the seat dies, or steps down. An Imperial Bourse seat cannot be [[revocation\|revoked]] by the [[Synod]].
	===Special===		===Special===
	In addition to the bounty of mithril claimed by the Bourse Seat, an additional amount of mithril is produced that is distributed to the boyars of Ossium. This has generated significant good will - and as a consequence the cost to the Senate to maintain the Sunless Caves is halved from 10 Thrones each season to 5 Thrones.		In addition to the bounty of mithril claimed by the Bourse Seat, an additional amount of mithril is produced that is distributed to the boyars of Ossium. This has generated significant good will - and as a consequence the cost to the Senate to maintain the Sunless Caves is halved from 10 Thrones each season to 5 Thrones.

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

2026-01-15T13:39:16Z

Text replacement - "[[Imperial Bourse" to "[[Bourse"

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	==Overview==		==Overview==
	The Sunless Depths are located beneath the town of Lomaa in Ossium. Custodianship of the Sunless Depths grants an [[Imperial title]]; a seat on the [[~~Imperial~~ Bourse]]; and a seasonal bounty of valuable mithril. They were originally called the ''Crawling Depths'', and some locals still refer to them as such, but the Imperial Senate [[384YE_Winter_Solstice_Senate_sessions#Rename_Crawling_Depths\|mandated a change to their name]] to the ''Vale of the Sunless Depths'' during the Winter Solstice 384YE. The name has not really caught on outside of civil service paperwork, with the argument being that a mine underneath a town is not a vale. Most people refer to it only as the ''Sunless Depths''.		The Sunless Depths are located beneath the town of Lomaa in Ossium. Custodianship of the Sunless Depths grants an [[Imperial title]]; a seat on the [[Bourse]]; and a seasonal bounty of valuable mithril. They were originally called the ''Crawling Depths'', and some locals still refer to them as such, but the Imperial Senate [[384YE_Winter_Solstice_Senate_sessions#Rename_Crawling_Depths\|mandated a change to their name]] to the ''Vale of the Sunless Depths'' during the Winter Solstice 384YE. The name has not really caught on outside of civil service paperwork, with the argument being that a mine underneath a town is not a vale. Most people refer to it only as the ''Sunless Depths''.

	==The Resource==		==The Resource==

Dre at 10:50, 11 April 2025

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	Tragically the mines were not just a way to work mithril, but also served as a prison for those forced to toil here. The earliest galleries - long since played out - had been been converted into rough living quarters. Behind the thick iron bars placed over the passageways that lead to them the Empire discovered some five hundred slaves permanently penned there. The Druj forced them to work with a crude system of incentives - any slave could leave the pens at any time - to be allowed to crawl into the depths. They could remain there as long as they chose; when they returned they would be returned to the pens with the others but given food dependent on the amount of mithril they handed over. Incredibly none of these slaves had ever seen the light of day - they were born in the mines - and none ever possessed the slightest hope that they would ever leave.		Tragically the mines were not just a way to work mithril, but also served as a prison for those forced to toil here. The earliest galleries - long since played out - had been been converted into rough living quarters. Behind the thick iron bars placed over the passageways that lead to them the Empire discovered some five hundred slaves permanently penned there. The Druj forced them to work with a crude system of incentives - any slave could leave the pens at any time - to be allowed to crawl into the depths. They could remain there as long as they chose; when they returned they would be returned to the pens with the others but given food dependent on the amount of mithril they handed over. Incredibly none of these slaves had ever seen the light of day - they were born in the mines - and none ever possessed the slightest hope that they would ever leave.

	With the occupants of the mine freed, the skilled engineers of Moresvah were able to take a proper look at the Sunless Depths and it was clear that it had huge potential. They estimated that it could produce 28 wains of mithril a season - but only if it was completely overhauled. Representatives of ~~the~~ the Malinov, the Sloev and the Pravin families of Moresvah accompanying the Golden Axe are keen to offer their assistance in working the newly captured mithril mine, so it can begin producing immediately, albeit at the lower rate. The enthusiastic Varushkan miners are engaged in negotiations with many of the former slaves, dealing with those few prepared to work the mine in return for Imperial wages, as well as recruiting workers from back home prepared to endure the dreadful conditions in return for premium pay. At the very least, the Moresvah miners are slowly shoring up the tunnels to reduce the chances of a costly collapse.		With the occupants of the mine freed, the skilled engineers of Moresvah were able to take a proper look at the Sunless Depths and it was clear that it had huge potential. They estimated that it could produce 28 wains of mithril a season - but only if it was completely overhauled. Representatives of the Malinov, the Sloev and the Pravin families of Moresvah accompanying the Golden Axe are keen to offer their assistance in working the newly captured mithril mine, so it can begin producing immediately, albeit at the lower rate. The enthusiastic Varushkan miners are engaged in negotiations with many of the former slaves, dealing with those few prepared to work the mine in return for Imperial wages, as well as recruiting workers from back home prepared to endure the dreadful conditions in return for premium pay. At the very least, the Moresvah miners are slowly shoring up the tunnels to reduce the chances of a costly collapse.

	Rather than overhaul the mine, in Spring 384YE the Senate [[Blood_makes_noise#The_Wealth_of_Lomaa\|chose to allow]] the new [[boyar\|boyars]] of [[Ossium]] to claim those parts of the mine that were not currently being exploited. With the aid of the Moresvah families, the boyars of Ossium set their own people to upgrade the mines, in exchange for being able to claim the mithril they mine from the depths. This did not change the production of the Sunless Depths as an Imperial bourse seat, but every vale in Ossium benefits from the arrangement.		Rather than overhaul the mine, in Spring 384YE the Senate [[Blood_makes_noise#The_Wealth_of_Lomaa\|chose to allow]] the new [[boyar\|boyars]] of [[Ossium]] to claim those parts of the mine that were not currently being exploited. With the aid of the Moresvah families, the boyars of Ossium set their own people to upgrade the mines, in exchange for being able to claim the mithril they mine from the depths. This did not change the production of the Sunless Depths as an Imperial bourse seat, but every vale in Ossium benefits from the arrangement.

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Bounty of mithril

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	Custodianship of the Sunless Depths comes with a seat on the Imperial Bourse. For the most part, this Seat comes with no additional responsibilities. It is an Imperial title that grants the right to participate on the rare occasion when the Imperial Bourse as a body is required to make a decision.		Custodianship of the Sunless Depths comes with a seat on the Imperial Bourse. For the most part, this Seat comes with no additional responsibilities. It is an Imperial title that grants the right to participate on the rare occasion when the Imperial Bourse as a body is required to make a decision.
	====Bounty of mithril====		====Bounty of mithril====
	The Seat has control of a source of mithril and receives Bourse certificates to represent that control. They can dispense this resource as they choose. Production is 14 Imperial wains of mithril every season.		The Seat has control of a source of mithril and receives Bourse certificates to represent that control. They can dispense this resource as they choose. Production is 16 Imperial wains of mithril every season.

	===Appointment===		===Appointment===

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The Resource

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	Rather than overhaul the mine, in Spring 384YE the Senate [[Blood_makes_noise#The_Wealth_of_Lomaa\|chose to allow]] the new [[boyar\|boyars]] of [[Ossium]] to claim those parts of the mine that were not currently being exploited. With the aid of the Moresvah families, the boyars of Ossium set their own people to upgrade the mines, in exchange for being able to claim the mithril they mine from the depths. This did not change the production of the Sunless Depths as an Imperial bourse seat, but every vale in Ossium benefits from the arrangement.		Rather than overhaul the mine, in Spring 384YE the Senate [[Blood_makes_noise#The_Wealth_of_Lomaa\|chose to allow]] the new [[boyar\|boyars]] of [[Ossium]] to claim those parts of the mine that were not currently being exploited. With the aid of the Moresvah families, the boyars of Ossium set their own people to upgrade the mines, in exchange for being able to claim the mithril they mine from the depths. This did not change the production of the Sunless Depths as an Imperial bourse seat, but every vale in Ossium benefits from the arrangement.

			Prior to the start of 385YE, the Sunless Depths produced only 14 wains of mithril each season. With the completion of the [[Ossium#The_Iron_Roads\|Iron Roads]] in Ossium, however, improved access meant they were capable of producing 16 wains each season.
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	===Overhauling the Mine===		===Overhauling the Mine===
	It would need a Senate [[commission]], requiring a truly massive investment to bring the mine into a fit state to be used by free people. In all it would cost 300 thrones and take two seasons to complete (although mining could continue while the work was underway). Until those improvements are complete, the mine will produce only half the normal output. The only alternative would be to continue using the mine on the current basis, but nobody has the stomach to even suggest that; the Empire are not the Druj. '''Note:''' The cost in crowns to refit the mine in this fashion ''would'' be affected by the [[Ossium#Under-developed\|under-developed]] quality of [[Ossium]].		It would need a Senate [[commission]], requiring a truly massive investment to bring the mine into a fit state to be used by free people. In all it would cost 300 thrones and take two seasons to complete (although mining could continue while the work was underway). Until those improvements are complete, the mine will produce only half the normal output. The only alternative would be to continue using the mine on the current basis, but nobody has the stomach to even suggest that; the Empire are not the Druj. '''Note:''' The cost in crowns to refit the mine in this fashion ''would'' be affected by the [[Ossium#Under-developed\|under-developed]] quality of [[Ossium]].
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	==The Bourse Seat==		==The Bourse Seat==
	===Responsibilities===		===Responsibilities===

Rafferty at 15:28, 3 May 2023

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	==Overview==		==Overview==
	The Sunless Depths are located beneath the town of Lomaa in Ossium. Custodianship of the Sunless Depths grants an [[Imperial title]]; a seat on the [[Imperial Bourse]]; and a seasonal bounty of valuable mithril. They were originally called the ''Crawling Depths'', and some locals still refer to them as such, but the Imperial Senate [[384YE_Winter_Solstice_Senate_sessions#Rename_Crawling_Depths\|mandated a change to their name]] to the ''Vale of the Sunless Depths'' during the Winter Solstice 384YE. The name has not really caught on; the argument being that a mine underneath a town is not a vale.		The Sunless Depths are located beneath the town of Lomaa in Ossium. Custodianship of the Sunless Depths grants an [[Imperial title]]; a seat on the [[Imperial Bourse]]; and a seasonal bounty of valuable mithril. They were originally called the ''Crawling Depths'', and some locals still refer to them as such, but the Imperial Senate [[384YE_Winter_Solstice_Senate_sessions#Rename_Crawling_Depths\|mandated a change to their name]] to the ''Vale of the Sunless Depths'' during the Winter Solstice 384YE. The name has not really caught on outside of civil service paperwork, with the argument being that a mine underneath a town is not a vale. Most people refer to it only as the ''Sunless Depths''.

	==The Resource==		==The Resource==

Rafferty: Rafferty moved page Sunless Depths to Vale of the Sunless Depths

2023-05-03T15:27:23Z

Rafferty moved page Sunless Depths to Vale of the Sunless Depths

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Rafferty at 15:26, 3 May 2023

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	==Overview==		==Overview==
	The Sunless Depths are located beneath the town of Lomaa in Ossium. Custodianship of the Sunless Depths grants an [[Imperial title]]; a seat on the [[Imperial Bourse]]; and a seasonal bounty of valuable mithril. They were originally called the ''Crawling Depths'', and some locals still refer to them as such, but the Imperial Senate [[384YE_Winter_Solstice_Senate_sessions#Rename_Crawling_Depths\|mandated a change to their name]] to the ''Vale of the Sunless Depths'' during the Winter ~~Solstivce~~ 384YE.		The Sunless Depths are located beneath the town of Lomaa in Ossium. Custodianship of the Sunless Depths grants an [[Imperial title]]; a seat on the [[Imperial Bourse]]; and a seasonal bounty of valuable mithril. They were originally called the ''Crawling Depths'', and some locals still refer to them as such, but the Imperial Senate [[384YE_Winter_Solstice_Senate_sessions#Rename_Crawling_Depths\|mandated a change to their name]] to the ''Vale of the Sunless Depths'' during the Winter Solstice 384YE. The name has not really caught on; the argument being that a mine underneath a town is not a vale.

	==The Resource==		==The Resource==

Rafferty at 10:06, 2 May 2023

2023-05-02T10:06:00Z

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	==Overview==		==Overview==
	The Sunless Depths are located beneath the town of Lomaa in Ossium. Custodianship of the Sunless Depths grants an [[Imperial title]]; a seat on the [[Imperial Bourse]]; and a seasonal bounty of valuable mithril. They were originally called the ''Crawling Depths'', and some locals still refer to them as such, but the Imperial Senate [[384YE_Winter_Solstice_Senate_sessions#Rename_Crawling_Depths\|mandated a change to their name]] during the Winter Solstivce 384YE.		The Sunless Depths are located beneath the town of Lomaa in Ossium. Custodianship of the Sunless Depths grants an [[Imperial title]]; a seat on the [[Imperial Bourse]]; and a seasonal bounty of valuable mithril. They were originally called the ''Crawling Depths'', and some locals still refer to them as such, but the Imperial Senate [[384YE_Winter_Solstice_Senate_sessions#Rename_Crawling_Depths\|mandated a change to their name]] to the ''Vale of the Sunless Depths'' during the Winter Solstivce 384YE.

	==The Resource==		==The Resource==