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==Overview==
==Overview==
*  '''Are the first point of contact for players in each nation'''
*  '''Are the first point of contact for players in each nation'''
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* '''Encourage the players to maintain the visual and thematic identity of each nation'''
* '''Encourage the players to maintain the visual and thematic identity of each nation'''
* '''Are the radio operator in each camp'''
* '''Are the radio operator in each camp'''
Each nation has a single egregore spirit, created through ritual magic to represent the personification of the nation. The spirit may be present in more than one host body at any time. The ritual was created by the Brass Coast to ensure that the nations of the Empire retained their independent character and culture. In the game they act to encourage the players to maintain the visual and thematic identity of their nation. They are occasionally able to tell if a member of their nation is dead or alive.


Each nation has a single egregore spirit, created through ritual magic to represents the personification of the nation. The spirit may be present in more than one host body at any time. The ritual was created by the Brass Coast to ensure that the nations of the Empire retained their independent character and culture. In the game they act to encourage the players to maintain the visual and thematic identity of their nation.
The egregores are an effective channel for plot writers to deliver plot "news" to the players about what is going on in their nation. They are part of the player support team and to try to help players get involved in the plot and also involved in the politics of the nation.  
 
The egregores are an effective channel for plot writers to deliver plot "news" to the players about what is going on in their nation. They work particularly closely with the player support team to try to help players get involved in the plot and also involved in the politics of the nation.  


They are a point of contact for Profound Decisions crew for players in a nation and will have a covert radio. This radio is for emergency situations, for example, needing to contact first aid.
They are a point of contact for Profound Decisions crew for players in a nation and will have a covert radio. This radio is for emergency situations, for example, needing to contact first aid.
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Although any magician can open the [[Sentinel Gate]], to take an entire nation through requires an egregore to use their link to the nation to take them all through.
Although any magician can open the [[Sentinel Gate]], to take an entire nation through requires an egregore to use their link to the nation to take them all through.


Being an egregore requires some charisma and personal presence. The egregores do not have any real power in the nation so their influence primarily derives from what they can achieve through roleplaying. They need to be in touch with the politics of their nation to be able to get new players involved in it.  
There is no way to apply to become an Egregore - PD considers carefully potential candidates for Egregores and approaches them as and when they need them, partly because the requirements for the different nations can be quite varied.


==Current Egregores==
==Current Egregores==
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     <tr>
     <tr>
         <td colspan="2">Brass Coast</td>
         <td colspan="2">Brass Coast</td>
         <td colspan="2">[[Brass_Coast_Egregore|Dust, Flame and Glass]]</td>
         <td colspan="2">[[Brass_Coast_egregore|Dust, Flame and Glass]]</td>
         <td colspan="2">Linette Withers, James Fishwick, Oliver Cattes</td>
         <td colspan="2">Peter G, Rosie G</td>
     </tr>
     </tr>
     <tr>
     <tr>
         <td colspan="2">Dawn</td>
         <td colspan="2">Dawn</td>
         <td colspan="2">[[Dawn_Egregore|The Knight of Roses]]</td>
         <td colspan="2">[[Dawn_Egregore|The Knight of Roses]]</td>
         <td colspan="2">Keeley Knight, Dan Sandbrook</td>
         <td colspan="2">Keeley Knight, Simon Moon, Oli B</td>
     </tr>
     </tr>
     <tr>
     <tr>
         <td colspan="2">Highguard</td>
         <td colspan="2">Highguard</td>
         <td colspan="2">[[Highguard_Egregore|Escon]]</td>
         <td colspan="2">[[Highguard_Egregore|Escon]]</td>
         <td colspan="2">Matt Heath, Charlie Bretherick</td>
         <td colspan="2">Seph Steel</td>
     </tr>     
     </tr>     
     <tr>
     <tr>
         <td colspan="2">Imperial Orcs</td>
         <td colspan="2">Imperial Orcs</td>
         <td colspan="2">[[Imperial_Orc_Egregore|Grud The Unshackled]] </td>
         <td colspan="2">[[Imperial_Orc_Egregore|Grud The Unshackled]] </td>
         <td colspan="2">Rich Aidley</td>
         <td colspan="2">Ed Thurlow, Chris Penney</td>
     </tr>   
     </tr>   
   <tr>
   <tr>
         <td colspan="2">The League</td>
         <td colspan="2">The League</td>
         <td colspan="2">[[League_Egregore|Guise]]</td>
         <td colspan="2">[[League_Egregore|Guise]]</td>
         <td colspan="2">Rick Jackson, Jon Pam, Charlotte Barrett</td>
         <td colspan="2">Jon Pam, Jade Parsonage, Lilith Coker</td>
     </tr>   
     </tr>   
   <tr>
   <tr>
         <td colspan="2">The Marches</td>
         <td colspan="2">The Marches</td>
         <td colspan="2">[[Marches_Egregore|Jack-of-the-Marches]]</td>
         <td colspan="2">[[Marches_Egregore|Jack-of-the-Marches]]</td>
         <td colspan="2">Kat Wheeler, Merlin Hartley</td>
         <td colspan="2">Marc Fothergill, Maz Wilberforce</td>
     </tr>   
     </tr>   
   <tr>
   <tr>
         <td colspan="2">Navarr</td>
         <td colspan="2">Navarr</td>
         <td colspan="2">[[Navarr_Egregore|Liaven]]</td>
         <td colspan="2">[[Navarr_Egregore|Liaven]]</td>
         <td colspan="2">Liz Duggan, Dave Young, Katie Rogers </td>
         <td colspan="2">Al Bevan, Kate Rogers, Elizabeth Simoens</td>
     </tr>
     </tr>
   <tr>
   <tr>
         <td colspan="2">Urizen</td>
         <td colspan="2">Urizen</td>
         <td colspan="2">[[Urizen_Egregore|Menos]]</td>
         <td colspan="2">[[Urizen_Egregore|Menos]]</td>
         <td colspan="2">Toni Badnall, Liam Spinnage</td>
         <td colspan="2">Steve Alonso</td>
     </tr>
     </tr>
   <tr>
   <tr>
         <td colspan="2">Varushka</td>
         <td colspan="2">Varushka</td>
         <td colspan="2"> [[Varushka_Egregore|Mother Varushka]] </td>
         <td colspan="2"> [[Varushka_Egregore|Mother Varushka]] </td>
         <td colspan="2">Dave Kibblewhite,Simon Childs</td>
         <td colspan="2">Simon Childs, Tansy Pye</td>
     </tr>
     </tr>
   <tr>
   <tr>
         <td colspan="2">Wintermark</td>
         <td colspan="2">Wintermark</td>
         <td colspan="2"> [[Wintermark_Egregore|Sulkavaris, Knower of Names]]  </td>
         <td colspan="2"> [[Wintermark_Egregore|Sulkavaris, Knower of Names]]  </td>
         <td colspan="2">Harry Morris, Al Bevan, Mike Rees, </td>
         <td colspan="2">Harry Morris, John Haynes, Emma Stanton, Tegwen Hammersley</td>
     </tr>
     </tr>


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===Brass Coast===
===Brass Coast===
The spirit of the Brass Coast answers to three names, depending on the circumstance it may be [[The_Brass_Coast_culture_and_customs#Dust.2C_Flame_and_Glass|Dust, Flame, or Glass]]. As per tradition, the hosts of Freeborn egregore put aside their family name, taking the nation as family.<br>
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'''Marcela i Erigo'''<br>
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Marcela up among the traders and corsairs who berthed their ships in [[Madruga]] and [[Feroz]], dealing with travelers from within and without the Empire. She speaks very little of her life before becoming the egregore preferring instead to focus on listening to the stories of other people. What is known is that she has an extensive family, including a younger brother, and many aunts and uncles; that she lived for a time as a [[corsair]] or sailor; that is no stranger to fighting; and that she has visited or dealt with [[Sumaah_Republic|Suumah]] sufficiently to speak the language for trade purposes. She also suffers from a persistent wound, received in her youth,  that occasionally flares up and incapacitates her for days on end.<br>
Mattias_Egregore.jpg|Brass Coast: Peter G
'''Jaime i Guerra'''<br>
Egregore Mazirua.jpg|Brass Coast: Rosie G
Jaime i Guerra's family was mostly killed during the barbarian attack on [[Segura]]. He fled with his younger brother to safety in [[Madruga]] but never really settled down: he developed a fascination with the sea that led to him being a [[corsair]], forever traveling over the oceans. Although at times he takes on all three of the faces of the egregore, it is the fiery emotions of ''Flame'' that burn brightest in him: he loves laughing, music, partying, and fighting. As he has forged links to more members of the nation through his roles as egregore, he is also starting to become Dust more often.<br>
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'''Sol i Riqueza'''<br>
Sol i Riqueza is one of the most recent hosts of the egregore spirit. A young [[hakima]] who has spent two decades years growing up between the northern mountains of [[Kahraman]] and the plains of Rojota, developing a love for this land and its fractious families. He has yet to settle truly within each of the faces of the spirit, still learning the moods that fit him best but he has shown clear preferences for embodying the aspects attuned to those Freeborn that are without families, both hakima and [[The Brass Coast military concerns#Kohan|kohan]].
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{{CaptionedImage|file=EgregoreBrassCoast.jpg |caption=Marcela i Erigo (Linette Withers)}}
{{CaptionedImage|file=EgregoreBrassBunni.jpg |caption=Jaime i Guerra (James Fishwick)}}
{{CaptionedImage|file=Egregore Freeborn Oliver Glass.png|width=200||caption= Sol i Riqueza (Oliver Cattes)}}
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===Dawn===
===Dawn===
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<div style="float: left; clear: right; margin-left:10px;">
<span4>{{CaptionedImage|file=DawnEgregore.jpg|align=left|caption=Dawn: Keeley Knight}}</span4>
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<span4>{{CaptionedImage|file=Egregore Dawn Dan 2.jpg|align=left|caption=Dawn: Dan Sandbrook}}</span4>
DawnEgregore.jpg|Dawn: Keeley Knight
</row-fluid>
Egregore Simon.jpg|Dawn: Simon Moon
</gallery></div><row-fluid></row-fluid>


===Highguard===
===Highguard===
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<div style="float: left; clear: right; margin-left:10px;">
<span4>{{CaptionedImage|file=Egregore Highguard Matt 2.jpg|align=left|caption=Highguard: Matt Heath}}</span4>
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<span4>{{CaptionedImage|file=Egregore Highguard Charlie Portrait.jpg|align=left|caption=Highguard;Charlie Bretherick}}
Elisha_Egregore.jpg|Highguard: Seph Steel
</row-fluid>
</gallery></div><row-fluid></row-fluid>


===Imperial Orcs===
===Imperial Orcs===
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<div style="float: left; clear: right; margin-left:10px;">
<span4>{{CaptionedImage|file=Egregore Imperial Orcs Ricky 2.jpg|align=left|caption=Imperial Orc: Ricky Hywel }}</span4>
<gallery heights=400 mode="packed">
</row-fluid>
Chris Penney.jpg|Imperial Orcs: Chris Penney
Ed2.png|Imperial Orcs: Ed Thurlow
</gallery></div><row-fluid></row-fluid>


===The League===
===The League===
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<div style="float: left; clear: right; margin-left:10px;">
<span8>{{CaptionedImage|file=Egregore League Rick Landscape.jpg|align=left|wisth=400|caption=League: Rick Jackson}}
<gallery heights=400 mode="packed">
<span4>{{CaptionedImage|file=Egregore League Jon 2.jpg|align=left|caption=League: Jon Pam}}
Egregore League Jon 2.jpg|League: Jon Pam
</row-fluid>
Reckoner Egregore.jpg|League: Lilith Coker
Egregore Innamorata.jpg|League: Jade Parsonage
</gallery></div><row-fluid></row-fluid>


===The Marches===
===The Marches===
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<div style="float: left; clear: right; margin-left:10px;">
<span4>{{CaptionedImage|file=Kit-the-mummer.jpg|align=left|caption=Marchers: Kathryn Wheeler }}</span4>
<gallery heights=400 mode="packed">
</row-fluid>
MarcFothergill.jpg|Marches: Marc Fothergill
Mildred_Egregore.jpg|Marches: Maz Wilberforce
</gallery></div><row-fluid></row-fluid>


===Navarr===
===Navarr===
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<div style="float: left; clear: right; margin-left:10px;">
<span4>{{CaptionedImage|file=Navarr_Egregore_Liz.jpg|align=left|caption=Navarr: Liz }}</span4>
<gallery heights=400 mode="packed">
<span4>{{CaptionedImage|file=DaveYoung.jpg|caption=Navarr:Dave Young|align=left}}</span4>
Darrach_Egregore.jpg|Navarr: Elizabeth Simoens
</row-fluid>
KateRogers.jpeg|Navarr: Kate Rogers
AlBevan.png|Navarr: Al Bevan
</gallery></div><row-fluid></row-fluid>


===Urizen===
===Urizen===
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<div style="float: left; clear: right; margin-left:10px;">
<span4>{{CaptionedImage|file=Egregore Urizen Liam 2.jpg|align=left|caption=Urizen: Liam Spinage}}</span4>
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<span4>{{CaptionedImage|file=CM-140526-7869.jpg|align=left|caption=Urizen: Toni Badnall}}</span4>
Agatha Egregore.jpg|Urizen: Steve Alonso
</row-fluid>
</gallery></div><row-fluid></row-fluid>


===Varushka===
===Varushka===
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<div style="float: left; clear: right; margin-left:10px;">
<span4>{{CaptionedImage|file=CM-140418-6032.jpg|align=left|caption=Varushka: Dave Kibblewhite}}</span4>
<gallery heights=400 mode="packed">
<span4>{{CaptionedImage|file=Egregore Varushka Si 2.jpg|align=left|caption=Varushka: Si Childs}}</span4>
Tansy.jpg|Varushka: Tansy Pye
</row-fluid>
Egregore Varushka Si 2.jpg|Varushka: Si Childs
</gallery></div><row-fluid></row-fluid>


===Wintermark===
===Wintermark===
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<div style="float: left; clear: right; margin-left:10px;">
<span4>{{CaptionedImage|file=AlBevan.jpg|align=left|caption=Wintermark: Al Bevan}}</span4>
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<span4>{{CaptionedImage|file=Egregore Wintermark Harry 2.jpg|align=left|caption=Wintermark: Harry Morris}}</span4>
Egregore Wintermark Harry 2.jpg|Wintermark: Harry Morris
<span4>{{CaptionedImage|file=Egregore Wintermark Mike Portrait.jpg|align=left|caption=Wintermark: Mike Rees}}</span4>
Tegwen Frith Egegore.jpg|Wintermark: Tegwen Hammersley
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EmmaStanton.jpg|Wintermark: Emma Stanton
{{Crew Links}}
JohnHaynes.jpg|Wintermark: John Haynes
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{{Crewing Links}}
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Latest revision as of 16:15, 26 March 2024

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Every nation has an egregore spirit, which bonds with one or more citizens of that nation and offers support and guidance.

Overview

  • Are the first point of contact for players in each nation
  • A source of plot in the nation
  • Get players involved in the plot and in the politics of the nation
  • Encourage the players to maintain the visual and thematic identity of each nation
  • Are the radio operator in each camp

Each nation has a single egregore spirit, created through ritual magic to represent the personification of the nation. The spirit may be present in more than one host body at any time. The ritual was created by the Brass Coast to ensure that the nations of the Empire retained their independent character and culture. In the game they act to encourage the players to maintain the visual and thematic identity of their nation. They are occasionally able to tell if a member of their nation is dead or alive.

The egregores are an effective channel for plot writers to deliver plot "news" to the players about what is going on in their nation. They are part of the player support team and to try to help players get involved in the plot and also involved in the politics of the nation.

They are a point of contact for Profound Decisions crew for players in a nation and will have a covert radio. This radio is for emergency situations, for example, needing to contact first aid.

Some of the egregores are able to referee bindings and rituals. You can check with your egregore if they are able to do this. If you wish to approach your egregore for non-urgent out-of-character business, please respect their roleplay and the roleplay of the people they are interacting with. Do not interrupt people who are roleplaying with the egregore with an out-of-character question unless it is urgent. Obviously, for a genuine emergency, you should get their attention as quickly as possible.

Egregores are not there to make decisions for the nation or provide leadership or direction. They may take a role in their nation's elections - they may even vote, but their role is to support the nation, not to lead it.

Although any magician can open the Sentinel Gate, to take an entire nation through requires an egregore to use their link to the nation to take them all through.

There is no way to apply to become an Egregore - PD considers carefully potential candidates for Egregores and approaches them as and when they need them, partly because the requirements for the different nations can be quite varied.

Current Egregores

Nation Egregore Name OOC names
Brass Coast Dust, Flame and Glass Peter G, Rosie G
Dawn The Knight of Roses Keeley Knight, Simon Moon, Oli B
Highguard Escon Seph Steel
Imperial Orcs Grud The Unshackled Ed Thurlow, Chris Penney
The League Guise Jon Pam, Jade Parsonage, Lilith Coker
The Marches Jack-of-the-Marches Marc Fothergill, Maz Wilberforce
Navarr Liaven Al Bevan, Kate Rogers, Elizabeth Simoens
Urizen Menos Steve Alonso
Varushka Mother Varushka Simon Childs, Tansy Pye
Wintermark Sulkavaris, Knower of Names Harry Morris, John Haynes, Emma Stanton, Tegwen Hammersley

Brass Coast

  • Brass Coast: Peter G

    Brass Coast: Peter G

  • Brass Coast: Rosie G

    Brass Coast: Rosie G

Dawn

  • Dawn: Keeley Knight

    Dawn: Keeley Knight

  • Dawn: Simon Moon

    Dawn: Simon Moon

Highguard

  • Highguard: Seph Steel

    Highguard: Seph Steel

Imperial Orcs

  • Imperial Orcs: Chris Penney

    Imperial Orcs: Chris Penney

  • Imperial Orcs: Ed Thurlow

    Imperial Orcs: Ed Thurlow

The League

  • League: Jon Pam

    League: Jon Pam

  • League: Lilith Coker

    League: Lilith Coker

  • League: Jade Parsonage

    League: Jade Parsonage

The Marches

  • Marches: Marc Fothergill

    Marches: Marc Fothergill

  • Marches: Maz Wilberforce

    Marches: Maz Wilberforce

Navarr

  • Navarr: Elizabeth Simoens

    Navarr: Elizabeth Simoens

  • Navarr: Kate Rogers

    Navarr: Kate Rogers

  • Navarr: Al Bevan

    Navarr: Al Bevan

Urizen

  • Urizen: Steve Alonso

    Urizen: Steve Alonso

Varushka

  • Varushka: Tansy Pye

    Varushka: Tansy Pye

  • Varushka: Si Childs

    Varushka: Si Childs

Wintermark

  • Wintermark: Harry Morris

    Wintermark: Harry Morris

  • Wintermark: Tegwen Hammersley

    Wintermark: Tegwen Hammersley

  • Wintermark: Emma Stanton

    Wintermark: Emma Stanton

  • Wintermark: John Haynes

    Wintermark: John Haynes

Crew Links

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