invocation of the Drowned Man. Some astronomancers might combine the Drowned Man with the Fountain, subverting the meaning of the latter through the power of

is the beating heart of the Empire. Click for audio version The Spring Equinox is already knocking at the door, and the powerful are beginning the long

trouble in the forest which his people were attempting to occupy, he marched boldly out with the soldiers the very day that he returned from the world beneath

these items. The rain lashed furiously on the hillside and the valley beneath, and the sky was grey as granite and just as hard. One by one, the six Sentinels

Overview -- = Imperial Structures = The Senate The Synod The Military Council The Conclave The Bourse -- The Throne -- The Academy Imperial Sodalities -- Imperial

this way, the ritualists focus on the nature of the curse, and the target leaves the rest of their personality as-is. On some occasions when the ritual is

Delves. The symbol of the labyrinth, of course, is well known the world over. So familiar, in fact, that the initial reaction from the Assayers was one of

in all: The Crow, The Hyena, The Pig, The Coyote, The Rat, The Maggot, The Vulture, The Lijkkever ("Corpse-Beetle”), The Jackal, The Raven, The Bear, The

be upgraded as per The greatest city in the world wind of fortune Passed Winter 385YE Costs as per opportunity 500 thrones Twelve months to complete 10

toward the sky that dwarf anything in the waking world - sometimes it seems as if they are tall enough that the moon passes between them and the dreamer

into the mind of the target. Some magicians believe this is the cumulative knowledge of all the magicians of the Empire, or perhaps even the world; others

during the Winter Solstice 384 and the Spring Equinox 385YE. During the Spring Equinox, thanks to the Hallow of the Green World created across the Empire

had invoked the cruel hunger of the Winter on the mortal world, literally salting the earth. In theory the land might recover naturally once the curse was

The Empire is the primary focus of the game, but it is not the only place that exists in the wider world. A number of different maps of the Empire and

includes losing the ability to employ any options that require you to have mastered the ritual). The effect of the ritual lasts for a year (until the start of

The Green World is a powerful ritual tool attuned to the ebb and flow of the magic of the Spring realm. It is most often crafted in the shape of a wooden

around and the influence it exerts on the world. Illuminate Illuminates use their understanding of the Net of the Heavens to perfect the world; focusing

need for it. The bitter truth is that the ritual did shorten the Jotun war here - nobody imagines that the Empire didn't have a need to curse the Mourn. What

difference in the approaches the two Synods take to the world, and the spread of the Way. Indeed, some relish the opportunity to "compete" with the Empire directly

what’s right, slaving is wrong But say that you'll join in the song For the world we see To the world I close my eyes to see I close my eyes to see Every night