Egregores

Egregores

• 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 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 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 PD 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 OOC 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 OOC 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 magican can open the sentinal 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.

Current Egregores

Nation		Egregore Name		OOC names
Brass Coast		Dust, Flame and Glass		Linette Withers, James Fishwick
Dawn		The Knight of Roses		Keeley Knight
Highguard		Escon		Matt Heath
Imperial Orcs		Grud The Unshackled		Rich Aidley
The League		Guise		Rick Jackson, Charlotte Barratt, Justin Bird
The Marches		Jack-of-the-Marches		Jenna Milligan
Navarr		Liaven		David Young, Liz Duggan
Urizen		Menos		Toni Badnall
Varushka		Mother Varushka		Dave Kibblewhite
Wintermark		Sulkavaris, Knower of Names		Andrew Dudgeon, Harry Morris & Al Bevan

Brass Coast: Linette Withers

Dawn: Keeley Knight

Highguard: Matt Heath

Navarr: David Young

Urizen: Toni Badnall

Varushka: Dave Kibblewhite

Wintermark: Andrew Dudgeon

Wintermark: Al Bevan

Navarr: Liz Duggan