formed alliances with one another. Even then the humans were threatened by the orcs. At the heart of these kingdoms was the flowering of civilisation that served

The Day archmage supports Imperial magicians and serves as a diplomat to the Realm of Day. Archmage is an Imperial title bestowed upon a magician by the

of Imperial Orcs by comparison is perilously small and they cannot afford to fight recklessly. Discipline does not come easily to the Imperial Orcs, but

to the Imperial Orcs. A motion was brought before the Imperial Senate to relinquish Skarsind so that it could be reassigned to the Imperial Orcs. The motion

for the Imperial Orcs. The Civil Service made a great push to recruit orcs into the Imperial army; the discipline of army life suited the orcs and keeping

keeping it in play, is anathema to most Imperial Orcs. All writing possesses an element of worth The Imperial Orcs place great weight in writing - partly

considerably less unified than traditions such as dramaturgy, astronomancy, or music of the spheres. There are three main techniques used in heraldic magic, and

fully expected them to be slaughtered by orcs or die of starvation. Instead, the Marchers slaughtered the orcs they encountered and created a nation for

Coast music Dawn music Highguard music League music The Marches music Navarr music Urizen music Varushka music Wintermark music Imperial Orc music Most

battles in recent Imperial history, when the Imperial host laid a trap for the Jotun armies in the Greensward. Terrible curses wrought by Imperial magicians brought

were under the firm control of the orcs, but the estuary of the river Od had always been a treacherous marsh and the orcs gave the whole area a wide berth

things are seen as rewards for hard work. Imperial Orcs live tough lives and those who fight in the Imperial armies know that death may find them at any

enjoy a high level of prosperity, their wealth coming from trade with other Imperial nations; from the mines and farms of the mountains and the flatlands; and

Winterfolk who live here. Lost in 373YE, recovered in 377YE, ceded to the Imperial Orcs in 379YE Skarsind is a place of alpine slopes and valleys, pine forests

joining the Empire, and so were denied a place in the Imperial Synod; indeed, they saw little in the Imperial Synod that was relevant to them - the virtues of

design. It was added to Imperial lore by a declaration of the Imperial Conclave in Summer 378YE, and funded by a motion in the Imperial Senate. The ritual casts

of nations together through the Imperial Senate, and resolutely supported the expansion of its borders by the Imperial Military Council. Likewise, Highguard

Custodianship of the Quarries is an Imperial Title that brings with it a Seat on the Imperial Bourse. It produces 23 Imperial wains of white granite every season

boyars who became rich capturing and enslaving orcs to work in the mines of Volodmartz. When the Imperial Orcs joined the Empire and it became illegal to keep

are an uneven mixture of humans and orcs. Orcs dominate - there is perhaps one human for every eight orcs. While orcs are the dominant people here, the population