388YE Spring Equinox winds of fortune

Spring is a time of renewal; a time for affirmed loyalties and renewed oaths.

Overview

Wind of Fortune	Order Released	Last Updated	Note

Over the past three months, events have taken place which are of significance to the Empire and may require a response from her champions. These are the winds of fortune, counterparts to the winds of war that detail the Empire's military campaigns. They lay out situations, and usually include things that characters can do to take advantage of opportunities or to resolve problems. In almost every case, they start with a piece of flavour text. This fiction helps introduce the wind of fortune, or draws out a particular theme or element. Often, it represents a viewpoint that one or more NPCs might have in-character. In all cases, these pieces are intended to help create an atmosphere and provide a little entertainment. Where they contain opinions, those are the opinions of the fictional people depicted - and where they contain information or rumours, the assumption is that the reader will create their own context for that information or gossip if they want to use it in character.

The body of the wind of fortune describes situations and lays out ways players can engage with them. Except where we explicitly talk about something being "rumoured" or use a phrase like "some might say..." the details of a wind of fortune are factual. They represent briefing material presented by the civil service or similar authoritative sources and represent something the average educated citizen would acknowledge as a reliable truth. Unless we specify otherwise, we're also being as thorough as possible. This information doesn't need further checking in-character. It's not an opinion, and we're not trying to trick you.

Nation	Diplomacy Wind

As always, how much or how little of this information you choose to know in character is up to you. Part of the purpose of Winds of Fortune is to maintain the illusion of the Empire as a living, breathing place where things happen - and to make players aware of things their characters could know based on what their roleplaying says they have been doing for the past three months. It's perfectly acceptable to turn up to Empire having read only a few Winds of Fortune that directly interest your character; part of the fun on the field can come from learning about situations and opportunities in other parts of the game.

In each case, we've tried to tag the Winds of Fortune entry with the nations or political bodies to which it is most relevant. We've done this to help people who are interested only in events that are especially relevant to them. In no way are these tags intended to be exhaustive; the Empire is a complex place, and very little happens in isolation. We are also adding the dates that they were last updated (other than typos and correcting red links) in an attempt to make it easier to keep track of the newest releases.

Other Events

Rod and Shield in the Commonwealth

• The Rod and Shield have been encouraged to support the Commonwealth against Cold Sun
• Members of the order can journey to the Commonwealth to offer advice, or take part, in the fight against scions of Cold Sun

Shortly before the end of the Autumn Equinox 387YE, Lantir was lost to Cold Sun. Sakari Nightscale, as Grandmaster of the Rod and Shield, called on the order to offer magical aid to the Commonwealth, along with the Golden Pyramid and experts from the Granite Pillar. Battlemages and magicians interested in the practical application of magic in military situations have travelled across the Sea of Steel to support the Commonwealth's efforts against the scions of Oblivion, either by directly getting stuck in against the heralds, or through discussions on the tactical use of magic.

Any player whose character is a member of the Rod and Shield can email plot@profounddecisions.co.uk with their CID to let us know that their character went to the Commonwealth. Those who email in will receive a random pawn of vis and a lingering traumatic wound from an encounter with a scion. The deadline for emailing in to take part in this opportunity is midnight on Tuesday the 19^th of May.

Vigilance in Sarvos

Investigated Sarvos
Citizen	Nation
Achseh	Highguard
Ada	Highguard
Aemon	Highguard
Alessi of the Basilisks of the Labyrinth	Highguard
Amaro d’Apulian	The League
Apollos	Highguard
Delilah	Highguard
Destin	Highguard
Elena Donati di Sarvos	The League
Esria	Highguard
Estella Lucati	The League
Fabio Costas d’Apulian	The League
Frater Pontius of Adoniram's Testament	Highguard
Giuliana Tessaro di Sarvos	The League
Godfrey of The Emberclad	Highguard
Jared	Highguard
Joran	Highguard
Jovian	The League
Jules von Holberg	The League
Junia of The Rowan Chapel	Highguard
Kaspar Yakovich von Holberg	The League
Laurencio Lemmini di Sarvos	The League
Lia Adelaar	The League
Melkior of Balthazar’s Vineyard	Highguard
Merlof Von Temeschwar	The League
Miroslaw Vukovitch Von Temeschwar	The League
Omin	Highguard
Paulus Adelaar van Holberg	The League
Taddea Ginori	The League
Tyrael	Highguard
Vashti of the Cenotaph	Highguard
Viviane Barossa di Tassato Regario	The League

Seek out falsehood and expose the truth! We send Joran of Reikos with 25 doses of liao to rally the people of Highguard to use their well-earned skills to find those who betray the people of Sarvos. Let Virtue reveal the deceiver!

Joran of Reikos, Highguard National Assembly, Winter 387YE, Vote: 552-0

Seek out falsehood and expose the truth! We send Viviane Barossa with 25 liao to rally the people of the League to use their well-earned skills to find those who betray the people of Sarvos. Let virtue reveal the deceiver!

Viviane Barossa, League National Assembly, Autumn 387YE, Vote: 168-0

Last season, an opportunity arose for the priests of the League and Highguard to investigate the potential of a Grendel espionage ring in the crown of the Catazar - the city of Sarvos. Both assemblies approved this venture to thwart the machinations of the orcs of the Broken Shore, and the last three months saw thirty-two of their number descend upon the coast in a vigilant fervour. Furthermore, the Sarvos Chamber of Commerce voted to seek out the aid of the College of the Liberated, further increasing the chances of success.

Unfortunately, due to the actions of Imperials taking advantage of the offer of the Court of the Shadowed Oracle to profit from the espionage ring rather than identify and disrupt it, the inquisitors were thwarted in their attempts. The priests of Highguard and the League were unable to follow up on enough leads to identify the Grendel agents or their key bases of operation.

All is not lost, however, the Conclave committed to the war on whispers this season gone, and from that focus comes results. Those who took part in the venture have been able to determine and share that there were three military units led by humans from somewhere in the east of the Empire (that is, from either Varushka, Dawn, Holberg, Therunin, or Urizen) who took part in this counter-counter-espionage.

Participation
Those who took the Preach Vigilance - Investigate Sarvos action will have taken part in interviewing the faithful in Sarvos, investigating leads and clues in the city, and attempting to identify traitors to the Empire. Unfortunately, each time they were close to pinning down something, it would have gone awry. Either a witness was whisked away, a piece of evidence lost, or a written document had the text garbled.

Mandates

• You can find details of the mandates, along with the rest of the Synod judgements, here.

A number of mandates were successfully upheld in the Imperial Synod last season. As long as the named priest provided sufficient liao, those mandates have been automatically enacted.

Winter Conjunctions

• Last event there were a number of conjunctions of the Sentinel Gate; their known outcomes are listed here

During the Winter Solstice, there were a number of conjunctions of the Sentinel Gate identified by the Imperial prognosticators. In each case, a band of Imperial heroes used that conjunction to travel to a location far from Anvil and intervene in an ongoing situation. These are the known outcomes of those conjunctions. In the case of battles, it is important to remember that the Military Council can only make use of two of the major conjunctions each summit, choosing which to take advantage of during the Muster.

Minor Conjunctions

#	Location	Responsibility	Overview	Result
1	Morrow, Peregro, Xavier's Path	Arbiter of the Four Winds	Defeat the wreckers	Wreckers defeated
2	Sermersuaq, Suaq Wastes, Verdant Lea	Banner-bearer of Atkonaroq	Kill the Ceaseless Hunter	Ceaseless Hunter killed
3	Sarvos, Uccelini, Antonio's Glebe	Champion of Wisdom	Defeat the wreckers	Wreckers defeated
4	Sermersuaq, Suaq Wastes, Taiva's Pen	Maryc of House Orzel	Kill the Feasting Lord	Feasting Lord killed
5	Madruga, Crucible, Draws Sward	Imperial Fleet Master	Defeat the wreckers	Wreckers defeated
6	Sarvos, Foracci, Vintner's Way	Armarius of the Anvil Library	Protect the Library Scriptorium	All Cinders killed and Scriptorium protected
7	Skallahn, Greenwall, Paegga's Rest	Strategos of Wintermark	Kill Eluf Asbjørnsson	Eluf Asbjørnsson survived and will raise the fyrd of Greenwall this season
8	Madruga, Torres, Corsair's Road	Sufyan i Zuhri i Guerra	Protect the House of Guerra	All Cinders killed and House of Guerra protected
9	Bregasland, Ottermire, Abigail's Green	Keeper of the Breadbasket	Kill the Jotun warband	Imperials pushed off the field; Lion of the North have recovered strength
10	Upwold, Tower March, Benson's Bawn	Martin Orchard	Protect Benson's Orchard	All Cinders killed and Benson's Orchard protected
11	Sküld, Kógur, Leopard-Tooth Pass	High Bard of the Empire	Exchange cultural works of storytelling	Cultural works exchanged, High Bard may know more
12	Therunin, Eastring, Broken Pasture	Speaker of the Vallornguard	End the suffering of those who fought the vallorn	Unclear, but the Speaker of the Vallornguard may know more
13	Casinea, Casfall, Casca's Doom	Speaker of the Highborn Assembly	Heal and rescue mendicant Garev	Mendicant Garev rescued and healed, some strange items recovered, Speaker of the Highborn Assembly might know more. Mendicant Garev was called to inquisition
14	Mournwold, Alderly, Hare Stone	Linley Weaver	Respond to the call of Warrenwise	Problem solved, Linley Weaver should know more
15	Therunin, Eastring, Day's Rest Wayhouse	Eleri Bronwen's Rest	Discuss relocation of Glimmerwater steading	The Glimmerwater steading will relocate to Miaren
16	Spiral, Apulus, Aphelion Cape	Floria Sunshaper	Defeat the Grendel	Grendel defeated and shards retrieved
17	Kallavesa, West Marsh, Ingrid's Rock	Watcher of Britta's Pool	Stop the coral husks	Coral husks destroyed
18	Redoubt, Siluri, Lucia's Moor	Prelate of Adelmar's Shrine	Defeat the Grendel	Grendel defeated
19	Bregasland, North Fens, Gorum's Toe	Keeper of the Dour Fens	Stop the coral husks	Coral husks destroyed
20	Redoubt, Tomari, Magnus' Clearing	Custodian of the Brilliant Star	Defeat the Grendel	Grendel defeated
21	Sermersuaq, Stark, Scop's Lookout	Head of the Academy	Clear out the coral husks	Coral husks destroyed
22	Necropolis, Fishguard, Myfanwy's Rest	Abbess of Reconciliation	Defeat the Grendel	Imperial pushed off the field and Abbey of Reconciliation raided
23	Ayereed, Gainmeachdubh, Dunreagh's Mead	Bargainer of the Iron Tower	Defeat the Grendel	Imperials pushed from the field but remnant Grendel killed by wagon raiders
24	Skallahn, Ulfrsmoor, Nordrborg Approach	Smith of Ashes	Stop the construct from reaching Kierheim	Construct defeated
25	Skallahn, Mindrkyst, Drekatangi	Sebastian Shaw	Rescue shipwrecked Marchers	Crew of the Old Jim's Ewe were successfully rescued
26	Therunin, Peakedge Song, Hywel's Track	Guild Leader of the Apothecaries Guild	Defeat the Druj	Druj defeated and apothecaries saved
27	Sarangrave, Whisperwood, Skinflawed's Corral	Strategos of Urizen	Defeat the Druj	Grettek Skinflawed and rest of the Druj killed
28	The Barrens, The Bleaks, The Execution Field	Envoy to the Karass	Discuss intricacies of Imperial law with Anka Karass	Anka Karass has gained a greater understanding of the rights and responsibilities of the Karass under Imperial law
29	Spiral, Apulus, Hadrian's Path	Grandmaster of the Sevenfold Path	Intercept the Disciples of Sulemaine	Disciples dispatched and scattered, none escaped to Mareave
30	Therunin, Eastring, Greensward Lea	Speaker of the Vallornguard	Clear out the Druj	Druj cleared out
31	Therunin, Eastring, Greensward Lea	Spear of the Seven	Take advantage of the conjunction	Area was cleared but no ritual performed
32	Redoubt, Limus, Temple of the Stinging Blade	Champion of Loyalty	Deal with the Disciples of Sulemaine	Disciples slaughtered, the Champion of Loyalty should know what happened to the schema
33	Morrow, Altis, Path to Highwatch	Polemarch of Highwatch	Stop the Disciples of Sulemaine	Disciples slughtered, the Polemarch of Highwatch should know what happened to the dose of true liao
34	Hercynia, Northpines, Starwood Roots Steading	Archmage of Winter	Investigate strange rumours	Rumours investigated; Bloodcrow Arora, the Archmage of Winter, might know more