...such a significant out-of-character role in enabling the game, inevitably the mechanics that drive it are primarily driven by those requirements. * '''You can only ever use the portal if something interesting will happen when you get there'''

...e these past months - much diminished now, since the departure of those of the other nations - there is a wailing. She is dead. Yael is dead. There is an ...ws, Micah running up to the fire before running off again to deliver it to the next tent along.

...Grimnir opposite. He felt light headed, from the sweet smelling smoke and the three bowls of mead she had bid him drink, and was glad he was sitting down ...nt, not a drop splashed - although he was intensely aware of the heat from the wooden bowl so dangerously close to his groin.

...ch boded well, but he didn't dare to think it might be full. He had set it the night before, he was only checking it now as a matter of routine. ...ite a tiny one on the other side. Three Hands stared at the rich treasure. The humans would pay well for this!

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<ic>Kejek and Eft sat on porch, watching Yantl chopping wood in the early evening gloom. Neither of them had said anything for several minutes when Kejek broke the silence. "So. What does it ''mean'' then."

...t and they were too slow. "Thief! Thief!" they screamed as they called for the militia. He didn't look back, just kept his head down and ran like the wind. These slovenly city merchants wouldn't catch him! Nobody in his hall

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...r: leftt;">{{CaptionedImage|file=Swoonsome Egregore.jpg|align=left|caption=The Spring Equinox brings opportunities and challenges.|width=650}}</div> ...However, there are a number of significant events happening in the wake of the Spring Equinox that may affect some players' Downtime actions - primarily e

...|file=RegionsofBastion.png|title=When the Highborn rebuilt, Bastion became the heart of their nation|caption=Regions of Bastion|align=left|width=500}} ...rly became the "official" capital of the Empire in 3YE; at the last minute the Senate decided to hold their quarterly gatherings in [[Casinea#Anvil|Anvil]

...wine, Harlequin?" Fransesca smiled at the egregore and pointed a finger in the direction of her servant who stood poised to leap at any moment should his "Thank you... but no" he placed his hand over the top of the cut glass to show that he really meant it. "I fear I must keep a calm head.

==Origins of the League== ...ore influence as an independent city state of the League than as a city in the territory of [[Karov]].

...[[The Marches|Marches]] and [[Dawn]] down to the warm grasslands of the [[The Brass Coast|Brass Coast]]. Summers are warm and dry, autumn and spring are ...s can be found in the Empire, with the only major exception being that of the [[horse]].

...had decided that the best use she could find for your talents was scouring the provinces haggling with merchants. Good luck getting a promotion after that ...eaned back, basking in the luxurious comfort of the cushions of Parador of the Saffron Sails and grinned like a Grendel with a salt stick.

...ly wanted something, so why not just spit it out? Dealing with citizens of the League always set her teeth on edge. ...snapped. "I need your support Reyhan and It doesn't matter what it costs. The Imperial Senate can pay whatever price you name."

<ic>"I'd've thought Conclave would be the best bunch of people to look out for sorcerers," said Young Bill, much to A ...who I'd not trust to empty a chamber pot, and one or two who're rotten to the core. Like one o' them old dead trees, just waiting for a chance to fall on

...refers to the Urizen martial archetype; for the Paragon of Vigilance see [[the Sentinel]]}} ...ng that might influence the outcome of a battle falls within the domain of the sentinel.

...ve, remnants from the days before the Empire when the Freeborn warred with the Marches. ...ttle in bowl-shaped depressions cut from the earth, their tents sunk below the plains' surface.

===Performing the Ritual=== ...s a single territory that does not contain an active network of [[trods]]. The territory must either contain a vallorn, or must be connected to a territor