Known by many names in many languages, but to the Parrench as the Menanne, this holy book proclaims the word of the Pentad as spoken through the saints and prophets. The early chapters share many of the same stories and conceits as the Orpash, holy book of The Path, but adapt these to be more favourable towards humans and less towards yasoi. Later chapters focus on the wisdom of the Gods and the acts of people. It is divided into three section, known as testaments:

Le Début (The First Testament)

This is the opening portion of the Menanne and includes the story of how the world was formed, how the first people came to be, and how the light of the Pentad was brought to them. It includes three 'testaments':
1) La Fondation describes how the five gods of the Pentad conceived of the world and empowered Oraphe to bring it into being.
2) La Naissance imparts the story of the first yasoi and the harmony of the beginning times. It details their exile from the Field of Plenty for their greed and ends with the bet between Oraphe-Sept and Aun-Echeran that these foolish people would not know the Pentad.
3) La Renaissance tells the story of how humans came to be and how the light of the Pentad was made known to the world. Dami judged the yasoi wanting, so their civilization was destroyed and they were cast into the mountainous wilderness by Echeran. Yet, some were judged better than others and Chune then provided Oraphe with guidance in how to remake them into the first humans.
4) L'Obscurité is the story of the time before humans discovered the light of the Pentad. Unlike with the yasoi, who grew greedy and complacent, the gods decided not to simply give humans that knowledge but, instead allow them to discover it.
5) La Lumière details how the true knowledge of the Pentad was brought to the yasoi under King Namyel. He and his followers were struggling in their homeland and Chune told him how he might prosper if he were to go to the human lands and minister to them. Thus, humans were enlightened to the existence of the Pentad.

Les Actes (The Testament of Acts)

The second testament of the Menanne covers the acts of prophets, saints, and other great actors in the history of the faith and of Quentic peoples. It is subdivided into two sections: Before the Clash and After the Clash, referring to the conflict between Macianus III of Avince and Fradje Ironshaper of the Eskandr.

La Sagesse (The Testament of Knowledge)

The third and final testament of the Menanne covers the wisdom of the Gods and how one might best follow them and their ways in the respective pursuits and facets of life that they govern.

In the name of the Lover, the Learner, the Creator, the Destroyer, and the Judge: Amen.

Lover, Learner, Creator, Destroyer, Judge: All magics and all of creation pay homage to the divine Pentad who brought them into being. Thy existence is beyond human understanding, thy ways both arcane and divine, and thy gifts the foundations of life itself. May thy will be done now and forever.

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Ipté is known as The Lover and occupies the first position in the sign of the Pentad. One places their right hand beneath their left shoulder when making the sign. Like their four fellow Gods, Ipté possesses a female aspect - Aun-Ipté, the Queen of Beauty - and a male aspect - Ipté-Sept, the Lord of Love. The two aspects' legendary artifacts are the Rose and the Lyre, respectively, and the deity is associated with the element of Air, Arcane Magic, and the year's first season of Hundri, in the depths of winter. The works and deeds of Ipté make up the books of Ephaire and Kinship, which are the fourth and fifth books of the Menanne. This god's blessing, oft delivered by Hundrian monks and nuns, is "Ipté enchant you."

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Chune is known as The Learner and occupies the second position in the sign of the Pentad. One places their left hand beneath their right shoulder when making the sign. Like their four fellow Gods, Chune possesses a female aspect - Aun-Chune, the Keeper of Knowledge - and a male aspect - Chune-Sept, the Seeker of Knowledge. The two aspects' legendary artifacts are the Record Book and the Lantern, respectively, and the deity is associated with the element of Lightning, Thunder Magic, and the year's second season of Stresia, when the spring bloom begins. The works and deeds of Chune make up the books of Bergamon and Wisdom, which are the sixth and seventh books of the Menanne. This god's blessing, oft delivered by Stresian monks and nuns, is "Chune enlighten you."

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Oraphe is known as The Creator and occupies the third position in the sign of the Pentad. One places their left hand upon their right hip when making the sign. Like their four fellow Gods, Oraphe possesses a female aspect - Aun-Oraphe, the Giver of Life - and a male aspect - Oraphe-Sept, the Preserver of Life. The two aspects' legendary artifacts are the Tree of Life and the Ambrosia, respectively, and the deity is associated with the element of Water, Blood Magic, and the year's third season of Dorrad, in the hottest months. The works and deeds of Oraphe make up the books of Lazaire and Flourishing, which are the eighth and ninth books of the Menanne. This god's blessing, oft delivered by Dordian monks and nuns, is "Oraphe keep you."

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Echeran is known as The Destroyer and occupies the fourth position in the sign of the Pentad. One places their right hand upon their left hip when making the sign. Like their four fellow Gods, Echeran possesses a female aspect - Aun-Echeran, the Hand of Death - and a male aspect - Echeran-Sept, the Bringer of War. The two aspects' legendary artifacts are the Skull and the Sword, respectively, and the deity is associated with the element of Fire, Essence Magic, and the year's fourth season of Rezain, when the harvest takes place. The works and deeds of Echeran make up the books of Gelgamed and Wrath, which are the tenth and eleventh books of the Menanne. This god's blessing, oft delivered by Rezaindian monks and nuns, is "Echeran spare you" or, in some cases, "Echeran empower you."

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Dami is known as The Judge and occupies the fifth and final position in the sign of the Pentad. One retracts their hands from the hips and presses their palms together in a sign of reverence below their chest. Like their four fellow Gods, Dami possesses a female aspect - Aun-Dami, the Giver of Choice - and a male aspect - Dami-Sept, the Arbiter of Justice. The two aspects' legendary artifacts are the Scale and the Hammer, respectively, and the deity is associated with the element of Earth, Force Magic, and the year's fifth and final season of Somnes, when the harvest is over and cold rains coat the land. The works and deeds of Dami make up the books of Arbroast and Judgement, which are the twelfth and thirteenth books of the Menanne. This god's blessing, oft delivered by Somnian monks and nuns, is "Dami guide you."

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The Quentic Faith organizes its religious orders into one for each deity in the Pentad. They take variations on the names of their associated seasons. Monks and nuns of a given order are responsible to all five divine members of the Pentad, but especially to the particular deity that they serve. Each order also contains suborders, with their own original vestments, purposes, and structure of governance. Every monastery of monks or convent of nuns is headed by an abbot or abbess, respectively. These are almost always members of the nobility, while other members may be of any social class.Deity Served: Ipte
Associated Season: Hundri
Blessing: “Ipte enchant you”
Suborders:

• Gold Order Hundrians: Counselors and advisors who facilitate family relationships
  - 50% nuns, 50% monks
• Green Order Hundrians: Gardeners and animal husbandry who cultivate beauty in nature
  - 40% nuns, 60% monks
• Vermilion Order Hundrians: Courtesans and escorts dedicated to the arts of sexual love
  - 70% nuns, 30% monks
• Orange Order Hundrians – Counselors and therapists committed to facilitating marriages
  - 60% nuns, 40% monks
• Turquoise Order Hundrians – Performers, muses, and models who showcase human beauty
  - 40% nuns, 60% monks

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Deity Served: Shune
Associated Season: Stresia
Blessing: “Shune enlighten you”
Suborders:

• Stresian Scribes: responsible for the transcription of books and recordkeeping
  - 60% nuns, 40% monks
• Stresian Sages: live in remote areas engaged in the study of time, space, and magic
  - 50% nuns, 50% monks
• Stresian Philosophers: scientists, thinkers, and inventors engaged in the natural sciences
  - 30% nuns, 70% monks
• Stresian Scholars: teachers, instructors, and researchers
  - 50% nuns, 50% monks
• Stresian Thaumaturges: scholars and practitioners of magic, particularly holy magic
  - 60% nuns, 40% monks

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Deity Served: Oraff
Associated Season: Dorrad
Blessing: “Oraff keep you”
Suborders:

• Sisters of the Sunrise: dedicated to assisting with childbirth and infant care
  - 100% nuns
• Sisters of the Sunset: doctors, healers, and carers for the elderly
  - 100% nuns
• Brothers of the Sunset: doctors, healers, and carers for the elderly
  - 100% monks
• Brothers of the Unconquered Sun: protectors, paladins, and magical healers
  - 100% monks
• Sisters of the Unconquered Sun: magical healers, menders, and protectors
  - 100% nuns
• Children of the Nourishing Sun: dedicated to the preservation and protection of nature
  - 50% nuns, 50% monks

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Deity Served: Eshiran
Associated Season: Rezain
Blessing: “Eshiran empower/spare you”
Suborders:

• White Rezaindians: care for the dying, easing their passage to the afterlife
  - 80% nuns, 20% monks
• Grey Rezaindians: burial of the dead, mourning, and commemration
  - 70% nuns, 30% monks
• Black Rezaindians: assassins in service of the Death God
  - 20% nuns, 80% monks
• Brown Rezaindians: maintenance of graveyards and monuments
  - 40% nuns, 60% monks
• Red Rezaindians: warrior monks who spread and protect the faith
  - 10% nuns, 90% monks
• Blue Rezaindians: disposal and destruction of unwanted things
  - 40% nuns, 60% monks

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Deity Served: Dami
Associated Season: Somnes
Blessing: “Dami guide you”
Suborders:

• High Somnians: judges, lawyers, and justices of the peace
  - 30% nuns, 70% monks
• Old Somnians: advocates - keepers and enforcers of tradition and morality
  - 50% nuns, 50% monks
• New Somnians: advocates - challengers of traditional morality, guarantors of free choice
  - 50% nuns, 50% monks
• Grand Somnians: advisors to royalty and high nobility, lawmakers
  - 30% nuns, 70% monks
• Light Somnians: protectors of due process, fairness, and legal transparency
  - 60% nuns, 40% monks
• Dark Somnians: dispensers of vigilante justice, clandestine challengers of injustice
  - 20% nuns, 80% monks

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The Gods of the Eskandr are not all-powerful. These people are not so arrogant as to claim such though, in recent years, as their culture has rubbed up increasingly against that of the Greenlanders, their gods seem to have gotten stronger, perhaps in competition with those of the Pentad. While the two pantheons would seem to share the essential similarity of being based around five deities, it is not this simple. Rather, the Eskandr view four of their five main deities as a family, with each of the five members acting as warden over a particular realm. There are many lesser deities to help them, along with demigods, wilderness spirits, and ancestral guardians. Below is a rough guide to the Eskandr belief system.

Arbeid. Hjem. Glede. Krig. Død.

To the Eskandr, there are five essential realms of being, each representing a particular set of spaces and activities within the world (and without). These are Abeid (Work), Hjem (Home), Glede (Pleasure), Krig (War), and Død (Death). As you move from one place and pursuit to another, you move between the protection of the Five Warden Gods. The realms which they guard and the duties of people are recited by Eskandr children in a rhyme known as the Femrigr. Many carry its words with them through adulthood and will repeat it as a sort of comforting ritual.

Father guards the realm of work, for he is strong and sure.
He knows his job and does it well, just as I know mine.
Mother guards the hearth and home, and there we pray to her.
She will feed me and protect me up until I cross that line.
Sister walks to market and hurries about town,
Yet she makes time for merriment and just as well should I.
Brother fights the Greenlanders and strikes his rival down.
I will follow him with bravery, from now until I die.
To act with grace and purpose, I shall always do my best,
Until the Visitor arrives and takes me off to rest.


Father is provider and protector. He is generous but stern. His realm is that of duty, work, and labour. He is warden of leaders, fathers, men, labourers, craftsmen, brewers (disputed with Sister), miners, sailors, farmers, rain, the harvest, and judgement. There are lesser deities to help him with each of these. In terms of physical space, Father's protection extends to all public and work spaces, farms and work animals, and to the sky. He is known for his temper when wronged, however, and is also the secondary deity of War after Brother. In particular, he watches over sailors, foragers, and engineers.

Father is happily married to Mother, though he grows a bit lecherous as he ages. Despite his wandering eye, he never actually strays. This is a subject often addressed playfully in Eskandr literature, song, and performance. Father has also grown rather stout, courtesy of Mother's excellent cooking, but remains incredibly strong. He will often carry mother to bed. His is also the job of ridding the property of pests, as Mother is usually too busy, Brother is away, and Sister is afraid of them. Though brewing is under the wardenship of Sister, Father is so fond of mead around feast days that it is said that he has unofficially stolen it from her. Thus it is considered a customary offering to him.


Mother feeds, warms, and clothes her children. She is kind and loving, but expects much. Her realm is that of the hearth and home. She is warden of food and drink, filial and parental love, water, childbirth, memory, and learning. Beloved of Mother are cooks, mothers, women, teachers, homebuilders, storytellers, priests, scribes, sailors, and children. There are also lesser deities to help her with each of these. In terms of physical space, Mother's protection extends to all homes, harbours, and churches and to the sea. She often looks after sailors and brings them home safely.

Mother is happily married to Father though, as she ages and he fattens, her eye starts to wander- a fault that she often chastises him for. Still, she has never actually strayed. Mother often frets about the order of creation, from great to small things, and her obsessive, anxious attention to detail is often addressed playfully but respectfully in Eskandr song, literature, and performance. It is said that she has a magical goat, Heldig, who she lets taste all of her creations before giving them to Father, Brother, or - especially Sister, since the latter is a very picky eater. Mother herself appreciates currant pie very much, but it is the one thing that she cannot cook well, so Sister or Brother often bring it to her. This is seen as an appropriate offering.


Sister is a merry soul who brings light, love, and laughter to the world, but she can be fearsome when angered. Her realm is that of pleasure, community, and romantic love. She is warden of lovers, girls, merchants, brewers (disputed with Father), bargaining, beauty, sexual intercourse, gambling and gamblers, games, and mischief. There are also lesser deities to help her with each of these. In terms of physical space, Sister's protection extends to all public spaces within the community that aren't work spaces and all gatherings and parties. Along with brother, she guards the land. Sister is also not to be trifled with, however, and is the tertiary deity of War after Brother and Father. In particular, she is the guardian of scouts and rangers.

In terms of her temperament, Sister is very much like Father. She is a shameless flirt but still guards her dignity to a respectable degree. She is well known for her mischief and tricks and has a strong lust for gold, money, and valuable or beautiful things. Due to an incident in her childhood, she is said to be deathly afraid of mice, and this, along with her notoriously picky diet, is often played for laughs in Eskandr song, literature, and performance. Sister is very fond of her drink, though she prefers expensive greenlander wines to mead. As such, the struggle to be warden of brewers between herself and father is one that she is secretly willing to lose to keep him happy. It is often joked that there is no good offering for Sister because she won't eat very much but, in practice, wine is used.


Brother is a bold and adventurous sort who brings discovery, magic, and victory in warfare. He is warden of nature, boys, travelers, magicians, explorers, raiders, soldiers, roads, plunder, discovery, horses, and shepherds. There are also many lesser deities to help him with each of these. Brother's is the big wide world beyond one's town or village and, because he has such a large realm to be responsible for compared to the others, his protection is often tenuous despite his youthful vigour. He is said to enlist sister when he can, and this is why communities tend to spread outwards when they flourish. Some Eskandr consider Brother to be the most important of the Gods. Brother is young and strong and he is a powerful warrior. This makes him the primary deity of Warfare in Eskandr culture, ahead of Father and Sister. He is also seen to help Father and Mother with the harvest if he makes it home on time from his travels.

Brother is not a grim personality, however. He is said to be 'home' in his temples and churches less than the other warden gods because of his insatiable wanderlust. This has lead many yasoi people to also respect him as a guardian spirit even though he is not officially part of their belief system. Brother is quite handsome but, unlike Sister, is not quite as selective in love. He is said to be eager to bed just about any woman and some men. This makes a common appearance as a theme in Eskandr song, literature, and performance, as does his cast iron stomach. It is said that, in contrast to Sister, he will eat just about anything. Once he ages, they believe he will be quite a bit rounder than even father. He does have his favourites, though. Brother prefers a hearty side of mutton upon returning home from travel or war, and this is an appropriate offering for him.


Visitor is a quiet, gentle, and wise sort, who only makes an appearance once in a while. Their realm includes sleep, peace, time, and death, which they bring to the world. Visitor is warden of night, sleep, the elderly, ill, and injured, magic (along with Brother), and the passing of time. There are also lesser deities to help them with those. In terms of physical space, the Visitor's domain comprises the human body itself and he is responsible for its protection during the night. As such, one is supposed to leave a fresh candle as an offering for Visitor. He guards the three levels of the underworld: Rødhal, Guldhal, and Grønhal, consulting with Mother and Father on where a soul should be placed. Those who die honourably on the field of battle following Brother are guaranteed not to end up in Rødhal and, more likely than not, in Grønhal.

There are three levels of afterlife in Eskandr religious belief. Rødhal is the first and it is where those who have not been virtuous in life end up. It is hot and fiery place where souls are forced to subsist on meagre food and water, mining the great black mountains for the coal needed to heat the world. It is said that Eskand is so cold because the Eskandr are virtuous and send few people to Rødhal, while the greenlanders send many there, ensuring that their lands are well heated. The second level, where most people end up, is Guldhal. If one has lived a decent, average life or died too young to be proven good or bad (children are exempt from judgement), then his or her soul will reside in this level of the afterlife. It is very much like the living realm, but there is no war, disease, or deprivation. There is also little excitement. It is simply a peaceful afterlife beneath the golden sky of the eternally setting sun. The final realm, where the worthy reside, is known as Grønhal, and is a place of excitement, adventure, and feasting. There are great beasts to hunt, challenging and invigorating games to play, endless lands to explore, and fine wines, meads, and spirits to drink, along with endless savoury foods. On feast days, everyone will gather at the Visitor's table and those most honoured, will sit closest to them.

Ytpi. Shiin. Oirase. Exiran. Damy._________ __ __ _ _

The yasoi belief system, known to them simply as 'The Path' and, to outsiders, as "The Chosen Creed' is an ancient one, long predating even the founding of the Avincian Republic. Superficially similar to Quentism, it formed the basis of this now-continent spanning religion. There are, however, important differences.

To begin with, there is much less emphasis on the Gods' aspects. These are also not taken to be separate natures but rather merely different roles that they play. Ypti is female in form and is the Bringer of Love. Shiin, the Bringer of Wisdom, is male. Oirase is the Bringer of Life and is female, while Exiran, the Bringer of Death, is male. Damy, however, is the Bringer of Fate as opposed to choice and is male as well.

It is believed that the Gods are not themselves eternal beings. Instead, they simply represent eternal needs and a collection of eternal power that searches out and finds for itself a host body. Every thousand years, the current manifestations of the Gods expire and five Bringers are reborn and live among mortals until their twenty-fifth year. There will often be prophecies left by the previous iterations of the five as to where these children will be found and what their natures shall be. The passing of time and mythologizing of words often leads to inaccuracies, however, or so it is maintained.

Further, yasoi also recognize a sixth, 'uncrowned' God: Vyshta. Originally, she was the Bringer of Fortune, but she incurred the wrath of Exiran, who resented how she seemed to prevent his work, and Dammy, who, for two mortal lives, had coveted her and was refused... despite his attempts to render them fated to be together. Hence, her two newest selves have failed to live to age twenty-five and she has been lost for one thousand nine-hundred ninety-eight years. It is said that, as a consequence, the yasoi people are to wander the land, ever seeking after fortune and coveting that which they cannot have.

Four hundred years ago, by the reckoning of learned men, lived the most powerful magic user of all time: the legendary Fradje Ironshaper. We can gather from Avincian texts and modern deduction, that he was a prodigious mooncaster, with abilities exceeding anyone alive in this day. Through force of will and arms, he unified the Eskandr tribes and sacked the eternal city of Avince, capital of the Empire, bringing his people great wealth, respect, and plunder. It is said that he lay with ten thousand women and some men as well and that fully one of every twenty Eskandr can claim ancestry from him, including much of the nobility. Of course, the moment he was finally called to the Visitor's table - for not even he could resist that call - there was no other figure who could hope to hold his empire together.

The Avincians rebounded, thanks to the efforts of Macian III, and their empire lasted, against all odds, for another 250 years until its final collapse at the hands of its own maltreated vassals. The Eskandr people retreated south of the Asquelle and Meine Rivers and bided their time. They remained fierce and feared and Eskand itself, along with the two lesser Eskandr kingdoms of Drudgunze and Holmenbahn bullied the North. The Northerners were a disaster: their kingdoms, duchies, and counties small, weak, and feuding, and they could not fight back. Soon, they did not even fight each other. They settled down and produced: works of literature and theology, fine jewellery and garments, delicious and exotic foods and spices that the Eskandr could not hope to derive from their cold and wild lands.

The Northerners paid their tribute, and they sent delegations with it each time: larger and more richly appointed delegations. These people had names attached to them that weren't their own names, like Somnians, Stresians, Dordians, and Hundrians. They met with Eskandr kings and spoke with them. They showered the kings with gifts. The kings forgot the Gods. They traded Father, Mother, Sister, Brother, and Visitor for Ipte, Chune, Oraphe, Echeran, and Dami. They decreed that their people should do the same. The Drudgunzeans bowed to the will of their kings - not all of them, and not all at once, but they did. In Holmenbahn, the people rose, but so did the king's defenders. East and west were torn asunder: two kingdoms forever more. But in Eskand itself, the proud Jarls and Aerchons put the king's head on a pike for his blasphemy and marched North. The worshipers of the false Gods recanted or burned. It had been many years since a great Eskandr horde marched north, and many things had changed, but there was nothing else that could be done that would satisfy the Gods or, truly, the people.

It is this very army - a great heathen army under Hrothgar the Black - that now stands at the precipice of Parrence, its violence spilling across the borders, its bloodlust far from sated after in turns pacifying and plowing through its Drudgunzean former kinsmen. Its leaders claim that a different sort of war has been waged against them and they are here to ensure that it never happens again. Against such an uncompromising threat, Arcel of Parrence, shield of Quentendom, has no choice but to fight.

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Overview: Eskandr hail from the cold and unforgiving lands to the south. Gradually, through exploration, conquest, and settlement, they have worked their way up the continent and make periodic raids deep into Quentic lands. A rugged and hardy people, Eskandr tend to be tall and fair, possessed of a warlike nature and vitality. Proud, temperamental, and unquenchably vain, they bathe and groom with startling regularity. These people keep five gods of their own - Father, Mother, Sister, Brother, and Visitor - and most refuse to hear of any others.

In their homelands, they ply the meager soil with root vegetables and maintain vast herds of sheep and goats. They survive on these and supplement their diets with rabbit, grouse, and cheeses. They gather herbs in the short summers, hunt the roving herds of mammoth that call the southern steppes their home, and take fish from the endless bounty of the sea. Eskandr prefer to live communally in fortified longhouses, guarding against raid, weather, and beast. Indeed, their lands are home to some of the most ferocious creatures known to study, including the great black dragons of the volcanic mountain ranges.

In battle, Eskandr are fearless and underhanded, seeking all and any advantage they can muster over their foes. The men and the women alike fight, though the former are more commonly in the press of shield walls whilst the latter often feature as skirmishers, spies, and scouts. None are to be underestimated. They are audacious in the extreme and well versed in The Gift, with many possessing at least a rudimentary knowledge of all five branches of magic. These, they will employ to augment their bodies and strikes, fell enemies from afar, and enhance their vitality. An Eskandr warrior will fight to the very last breath so that he or she may gain a place close to the head of the Visitor's table in Grønhal (the Green Hall).

In general, their society is much enamoured with the notion of legacy. A man will be judged by the Father and Visitor on his achievements in battle and the fairness of his dealings with others. There is no greater honour than to perish bravely in combat and such warriors will earn for themselves an exalted place at the great table of Grønhal. A woman will find herself subject to the Mother's and the Visitor's judgment by much the same metrics but, to a limited extent, also those of her sons and daughters. For her, it is imperative to survive battle so that she may be there to raise them and impart her guidance. Thus, there is a web of responsibility, enforced by religious belief, that binds people together and encourages behaviours that will benefit society.

Major Cities and Regions: Farthang, Stormhavn, Gronmark, Astland, Hegelo, Altberg, Vigholm, Meldheim, Morthang, Sommersvik, Karsthold.

Common Heraldic Symbols: Bear, Wolf, Mammoth, Dragon, Owl, Elk, Ram, Serpent, Trident, Hammer, Oak Tree, Volcano.

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Overview: Drudgunzeans are people of the midland plains and forests. Originally a subset of the Eskandr, they displaced the Angrii - original inhabitants of the lands they now call home - over two centuries ago. In the much more forgiving climate, they have adapted and flourished, growing new crops and developing new tastes that their forbears could never have imagined. Intermediaries between their Eskandr brethren and the myriad peoples of Parrence and the Ensollian coasts, they are in the process of forging a bold new identity.

Over the past century, most Drudgunzeans have made the decision to forsake their ancient heathen ways and accept into their lives the light of the Quentic Faith. A proud warrior people, they have become increasingly known their shrewd and calculating nature of late. Old ties of loyalty - once sacred in Drudgunze - have been tested by their eagerness to benefit from both their northern and southern neighbours.

This canny eye for self-advancement has ever more greatly become a hallmark of their emerging culture. Drudgunzeans are nothing if not keen, diligent, and efficient. Yet, when their blood can be coaxed to run hot, their fury is truly a sight to behold and their armies something to cow even the mightiest of nations. Some say that they combine the ferocity of their Eskandr ancestors with the discipline of their ancient Avincian foes.

Constant innovators and master metalworkers, they create for more than mere function: the war masks of nobility and particularly renowned Sturmknecht (Stormcniht) are works of art that speak to the glories earned by their bearers. They are also diligent in the use of magic, employing it in a myriad of workmanlike ways and also taking great pains to preserve its teachings through the writings of a new and invigorated clergy of wizard-priests. Though generally less concerned with beautification than their Parrench neighbours, Drudgunzean monks produce gorgeous illuminated manuscripts and the people at large are enthusiastic consumers of northern music, culture, and tapestry.

Major Cities and Regions: Albesas, Meckelen, Salterberg, Fenske, Einderhal, Endburgh, Harrowende, Enthal, Luderich, Kerreny, Kressland, Lindermetz.

Common Heraldic Symbols: Dragon, (Black) Eagle, Wolf, Stag, Lion, Crocodile, Sickle, Stars, Lightning Bolt, Castle.

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Overview: There has never been a people, in the known history of Constantia, so blessed and so cursed at once as the Parrench. For millennia, their rich green lands have been the envy of all others, and the fortunes of this nation have ebbed and flowed accordingly. Most of all, however, the Parrench have grown. They are numerous beyond all others, playful and puckish, clever and creative, hard working and relentlessly determined. These people squeeze everything that they can out of often short and brutal lives. They laugh and cry both in great measure. They honour their dead but then move on. They build great monuments but are not slaves to their pasts. The one thing that does not seem to resist them is the soil. Greatly blessed by Oraphe is the land, and they can grow most anything on it in abundance.

Indeed, the cuisine of Parrence is varied and their trade flourishing. Increasingly, under the banner of young King Arcel and his father Rouis, these people have started to emerge from the darkness and chaos following the collapse of the empire. Their art and music fuse those of their tribal ancestors, their former Avincian overlords, and many exotic cultures from around the Ensollian Sea into something new and exciting. Much of this is made for secular purposes, but the Parrench people, too, are devout and keep the gods. Their architects quarry the stones of the Eschamps Plateau to build great cathedrals that soar into the subtropical sun in stunning new styles or Retesque and Balthazarene.

Yet, war is a shadow that constantly stalks this green land. As duchies, kingdoms, and counties flourish, their lords grow grasping and ambitious. They train their sons, daughters, and loyal retainers in the magics of Old Avince, otherwise lost, and send them to fight. The magics of the Pentad are terrifying when used against mortal flesh. Those without the Gift find themselves fodder for those with, and a social order begins to emerge in greater certainty.

The Parrench are not natural warriors, but like all endeavours that they set their minds and the great mass of their numbers towards, they have molded themselves into fine fighters: fiery yet disciplined, iron-willed and steel-armoured. From hundreds of smithies across the realm have emerged the arms and armour necessary to equip a Grand Armee capable of taking on the Eskandr and, if necessary, the Drudgunzeans. This collective will is something new for the proudly individualistic and independent Parrench. They have a natural stubbornness and irascible temperament that drives them always to fight for what they value, even against seemingly insurmountable odds. Now, with their various feuding realms having been forged uneasily into one, they are ready to make their stand: for their futures, for their pride, for Parrence!

Major Cities and Regions: Solenne, Nazaire, Loris, Gaen, Relouse, Chirence, Eux-en-Vitroux, Lac Ste. Guillaume, Ste. Marie Parmi les Tourarres, Cap Redame, Viennes, Miroux, Remarne, Barthasonne.

Common Heraldic Symbols: Wolf, Falcon, Lion, Leopard, Snapping Turtle, Hare, Hound, Sun, Moon, Crown, Mace, Unicorn.

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Overview: Unique among the peoples of Constantia, yasoi (Homo Sapiens Angustus) are not actually human (Homo Sapiens Ingenium). An entirely separate sentient species, they are somewhat closely related to their more common cousins but noticeably visually distinct. Compared to humans, yasoi are considerably (about 30 cm or one foot) taller on average and rather lanky or gangling in appearance. They have high, prominent cheekbones and broader, more prominent nasal bridges. Their large eyes are most commonly found in shades ranging from blue through green, yellow, and orange. These are well-adapted to the dimness of their deep forest lands and reflect the light at night in a manner similar to those of many animals.

Also distinguishing them from humans are their ears: larger, more sensitive to picking out individual, distant sounds, and pointed at the tips. Their olfactory system is well-developed as well and, in general they tend to be far more sensory-based than their cousins. As a general rule, yasoi skin is notable for being pale, with some individuals sporting an almost greyish undertone. Their fingernails tend to be thick, sharp, and fast-growing compared to those of humans. In general, it is possible for a person to mistake one species for the other from a distance or in rapid passing, but most can readily tell them apart.

Cognitively, culturally, and socially, yasoi are also quite a people apart. Their heavily sensory-oriented nature all-but guarantees that they are experience seekers. Compelled to near boundless curiosity, they are famous (and sometimes infamous) for their travels and their need to collect things of rarity and value only to quickly swap these in distant lands for others. Indeed, it is held by some that these dynamic people have contributed more to human exchange of knowledge and culture than humans themselves. To participate in a yasoi Mette'stiroi (swap festival) is to be part of a visual, musical, olfactory and tactile carnival of delights. Over the span of one week, fortunes are won and lost, alcohol flows liberally, stories and music fill the air, and babies are made by the dozens. There are feasts of everything that the yasoi can gather: tasty or tasteless all, and this is also the only place where traditional 'Tetsoi' (facial and body tattoos) can be earned. Yet, for all of their curiosity and copious use of the Gift in service of their epic wanderlust, the yasoi are often stunningly socially inept by human standards. Judging by these metrics, they are rude and unfiltered, flighty, inconsistent, and either obnoxiously talkative or else withdrawn and antisocial once engrossed in a pursuit.

Indeed, this extreme dichotomy of focus is both one of their foremost strengths and most crippling weaknesses. When engaged with a pursuit or dedicated to learning a skill or some knowledge, yasoi are utterly, obsessively relentless. Time and other needs will fade to the background and they will achieve or master that that thing. Combined with their long lifespans (120 years on average compared to 80 for humans), they often possess skills and knowledge that their cousins simply can't match. On the obverse, yasoi are also eternally restless and often reckless. Unless zeroed in on a particular obsession, it is rare to find a yasoi sedentary or relaxed. Even then, they are often fidgeting, humming, daydreaming, or swapping madly between tasks. Their society is hierarchical, like that of humans, though these hierarchies are generally based on respect for deeds done, magical ability, skills mastered, and others sponsored as opposed to land owned and raw production of goods. A king or queen is generally elderly and finished with traveling. She or he presides over an area and guides it until death. At that point, another family member or close friend who is entering old age will take over. The same process is true for nobility, who are known exclusively as Barons. This is all to say that yasoi society runs on its own sort of organized chaos and functions quite well. However, when this is interrupted by outside action, the results are often catastrophic.

Interruptions have become increasingly common following the collapse of the Avincian Empire. Though they acknowledge ownership over objects and the importance of private spaces, the yasoi struggle with notions of owning land. It seems, to them, a queer concept: you, this fleeting little ape-creature, claiming a piece of eternal land exclusively for yourself, regardless of how much you actually use it, and then threatening some form of violence against others who dare walk over it. Most of their people live in the western region of Constantia with its towering highland cloud forests, but many also live where they please, often semi-nomadic and changing locations within a general area every handful of years. This has caused friction with the more rigid human societies that tend to occupy those lands, and yasoi are occasionally viewed as a nuisance who refuse to pay taxes, steal fruit and game from private forests, and shirk their duties as people under the protection of a particular lord. Some take this even further and characterize them as a threat due to their unusual nature and powerful way with The Gift.

Indeed, this is something that they weave holistically into their lives, not distinguishing between schools of magic, not beholden to certain numbers or types. There are rumours, however, that they manipulate time and space itself, in the fashion of idiot savants, and that is why they live so long. Humans would do anything to get their hands on such magics and that sort of interference is something that even the generally easygoing yasoi take very, very seriously.

Major Cities and Regions: Hyntsax, Marposhy, Anentso, Coiyram, Mycormi, Sasaij, Jyndiin, Oiyasc, Hydarbo, Biindach, Iilynash, Nettestiij, Hybaxi, Yrand, Misicoira, Chytariin, Shentabi, Halyeth, Tettabi, Sytelip.

Common Heraldic Symbols: Monkey, Sparrow, Eagle, Cloud Bear, Leopard, Rose, Poppy, Serpent, Strangler Fig, Chain, Grand Sequoia, Hooked Blade, Spear, Sun.

Naming Customs: In yasoi cultures, a cognomen is inserted between given and family names and these are separated by apostrophes. Traditionally, this has been something earned due to a trait or exploit, but it can also be inherited. (Given name) (Cognomen) (Family name): Talit'yrash'osmax. Occasionally, two cognomens are given: Ismet'ych'lahin'dichora.

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The yasoi are an intelligent, magic-using species closely related to humans (think elves or dwarves within fantasy or neanderthals for a real-life example). Historically less numerous than humans, they possess a different (and stronger) sort of connection with magic, weaving it holistically into the very fabric of their society in a multitude of subtle ways. For thousands of years, they have inhabited the towering highland forests of Constantia though their heartland is within the eastern arm of the continent, where they've established a number of small and evanescent states that nonetheless seem to be able to pull together against outside threats. The yasoi's embrace of their closest biological cousins is a wary one, driven mostly by a particular sapient curiosity.

Within their societies, yasoi tend to be distinctly less communal than humans. From an early age, they are largely independent and are expected to seek out knowledge and purpose. They are near-boundlessly curious, often setting off on long travels in search of adventure, new experiences, and - most importantly - riches. Yasoi are hoarders, with a need to collect rare and valuable things, which they either treasure, seek to sell or trade for even greater prizes, or adorn themselves with. For most yasoi, the mere knowledge that they possess something of rarity or value can put them in a good state of mind. A Mette'stiroi (yasoi swap meet) is an event not to be missed. Fortunes are won and lost, alcohol flows liberally, stories and music fill the air, and babies tend to be made. Following these meets, individuals will generally withdraw into their own pursuits once more, as few things hold a yasoi's attention for long. It is rare not to see them in motion, humming, tapping their feet, or fiddling with something. In rare cases, they might be found in a state of intense focus. They can lose days on a single great task, with little care for other needs. It is in this way - in addition to their natural proclivity - that they become such masters of The Gift. Indeed, most view humans as unskilled practitioners and dangerous dabblers.

Their lifespans also seem to help in terms of magical knowledge. Despite their overall similarity to humans, yasoi tend to live considerably longer, with an average natural lifespan of some hundred-twenty years. It has been theorized that this longevity is due to their subtle, constant use of Temporal Magic. Of course, in practice, many fall victim to their restless natures, meeting with accidents or illness long before they would naturally expire. While they are surprisingly hardy, yasoi are generally long-limbed and lightly built. Their lanky frames tend to make them excellent climbers and they can leap considerably further than humans. While they are not particularly strong, nor are they fast sprinters, they are possessed of excellent endurance and agility. Their eyes - often green, gold, or blue - tend to be narrow and are noticeably larger than those of humans, set above high, prominent cheekbones. Yasoi tend to be pale of skin, with an almost greyish undertone. Their hair is thick and similar to that of humans, though sparse along the sides of their heads and extending along the backs of their necks often past their shoulder blades. Their fingernails and toenails are thick, fast-growing, and sharper than those of humans, and their ears tend to be slightly larger and perhaps a tiny bit pointed.

Overall, yasoi have been a familiar presence in the world of Sipente for as long as their human cousins can remember. For all of their differences and the mutual wariness that has characterized many of their interactions, the two species are remarkably similar and have often worked in concert. Following the collapse of the Avincian Empire, however, yasoi have become increasingly assertive over what they view as 'their' territories, particularly in the northwestern highlands. There have even been instances of them driving humans out. This behaviour seems rare, thankfully, and not much in keeping with their overall values. Indeed, many happily reside in countries such as Parrence or Eskand, though for how long, one can never say. Their wanderlust is insatiable and drives them ever onward.

All lands formerly belonging to the Avincian Empire and many of those adjacent, have adopted the Avincian method of telling the time. This is prevalent throughout much of Constantia and Severa and has even been adopted by the Eskandr. In this conception of time, there are 25 hours in a day divided into five periods. In practice, however, it is difficult to delineate these so precisely.

Methods of keeping time on Sipente vary by region, but water clocks, candle clocks, and hourglasses are most common across the twin continents of Constantia and Severa.

HI - The five Hours of Ipte (HI) occupy the latest and most remote part of the night, when most people are in the embrace of sleep and the few who aren't are usually... up to things.
Example: 2:15 HI

HS - The five hours of Shune (HS) occupy the period from first light into later morning, when most people awaken, start to think, and become productive.
Example: 3:30 HS

HO - The five hours of Oraff (HO) occupy the period from late morning through the early afternoon, when life is at its busiest, most flourishing, and most productive.
Example: 5:48 HO

HE - The five hours of Eshiran (HE) occupy the period from later afternoon until dusk, when the daylight dies and people's main activities conclude along with it.
Example: 1:07 HE

HD - The five Hours of Dami (HD) occupy the period from just after sunset until the later hours of the night, when people go to sleep, reflecting on thier day and what comes tomorrow.
Example: 2:36 HD

There are fifty seconds to a minute, as measured by a minuteglass, and each of these is about 1.4 Earth seconds. Hours are fifty minutes long and, as mentioned above, each period of the day has five. These begin at 1:00 and go up to 5:49. Then, it'll be 1:00 in the next section.

With regards to days, weeks, months, and seasons, the rule of five generally prevails, with most being multiples of this sacred number. Below, you will find a guide to each of these units of time.

There are five days of the week, and so seventy-three weeks in a year. In different languages, they are known as:
Avincian: Taldes, Pandes, Orredes, Lepdes, Victendes
Parrench: Teldi, Pennedi, Hordi, Lipdi, Bianche
Drudgunzean: Telltag, Fritag, Hegnstag, Lentag, Vintag
Loh Eskandish: Dallday, Freckday, Higgensday, Stillday, Shonday (this is the northern dialect)
Ath Eskandish: Delday, Frickday, Hegensday, Stalday, Thonday (this is the southern dialect)
Revidian: Taldi, Pandi, Orredi, Lepdi, Viddendi (Revidian is spoken to the northwest of Parrence)
Belzaggic: Tolduch, Parduch, Gorduch, Lebduch, Zarduch (Belzaggic is spoken in Eastern Severa)
Inipori: Hāttah, Sarbah, Uhibah, Khabah, Iirbah (Inipori is spoken in Western Severa)

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A year on Sipenta is 365 days long and is divided into five seasons and ten months (two for each season). These months are thirty-six or thirty-seven days long. In different languages, their names are:
Avincian: Tiptos, Tellos, Vardes, Assani, Velles, Mittria, Ardanes, Jores, Carles, and Zales
Parrench: Tippe, Tellose, Verdi, Assende, Velle, Metrie, Arres, Jorre, Cheaux, and Seaux
Drudggnzean: Tippe, Telse, Varte, Aste, Valke, Mitte, Harte, Jurre, Kalle, Zaxe
Loh Eskandish: Tiktas, Telkas, Vardith, Asted, Velka, Mittrech, Hedreth, Jarred, Kell, and Zeax
Ath Eskandish: Tiptas, Telas, Varrdi, Astad, Velath, Mittrich, Hadreth, Jorred, Kol, and Zeax
Revidian: Tippio, Tello, Varri, Assani, Vellia, Mirrari, Errara, Giorte, Calla, and Zallo
Belzaggic: Belgo, Tellaz, Vorrag, Azan, Vela, Mota, Homuch, Yogu, Chell, and Zagg
Inipori: Hasirang, Arfatt, Zehelli, Jahass, Ohimuk, Akbin, Tahara, Elirang, Angkari, Zaha


Associated God: Ipte (the lover)
Months: Tippe and Tellose
Connection to God: time spent with those you love, importance of love and warmth, many children conceived
Equivalent Months: January - first half of March (January 1 - March 14)
Holiday: takes place in the first week of the year and is a continuation of Somnes’ holiday. It begins with a mass catharsis and celebration on the first day, and tails off over the week, representing the course of love and beauty and how it both lasts and fades. Beautiful decorations and feasting. Ample leftovers to be eaten as the feast continues.

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Associated God: Chune (the learner)
Months: Verdi and Assende
Connection to God: represents growth and new discovery
Equivalent Months: second half of March - May (March 15 - May 26)
Holiday: takes place in midseason. The day of skills (week of skills for some nobility) in which people hold competitions, concerts, talent shows, and dances. This is a time of pride in one’s accomplishments and skills, particularly in the case of children. This holiday plays very differently depending on class and culture.

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Associated God: Oraphe (the creator)
Months: Velle and Metrie
Connection to God: height of flourishing, when the world is most alive
Equivalent Months: end of May - early August (May 27 - August 7)
Holiday: There are two during this season: a Mother’s Day at the start, celebrating the giving of life, and a Father’s Day at the end, celebrating the protection and preservation of life.

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Associated God: Echeran (the destroyer)
Months: Arres and Jorre
Connection to God: Harvest is the reaping. Summer ends and leaves fall
Equivalent Months: Second half of August - first half of October (August 8 - October 19)
Holiday: Two of them - day of the dead at the start of the season and a harvest festival at the end. Day of the dead varies depending on what sort of year it was and is informally tied to the preserver’s day immediately beforehand. There is a rising trend among the merchant class of holding masquerade balls.

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Associated God: Dami (the judge)
Months: Cheaux and Seaux
Connection to God: review of the year, final season is the final say or impression; a sober, somber time
Equivalent Months: second half of October - December (October 20 - December 31)
Holiday: Comes on the last five days of the year. Each day is a year-in-review reflection of how well you served each of the gods, in order, ending with the judge. On that day, you solemnly set your resolutions for the coming year and choose an item to add to your memory box. Every fifth year of your life, you open the box and take an item out each of the five days, reflecting on that instead of the gods. In some cultures, resolutions are between you and Dami, in others, they are discussed and shared around the dinner table, in others, you receive them from people in your life whose roles correspond in some way to each of the gods’. In a few, you only share your resolutions with a single ‘guarantor’, whose job it is to help you stay true to your goals. Your guarantor is usually someone who is senior to you or a responsible peer.

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Years on Sipente work in a rolling system where five years at a time are dedicated to a particular aspect (or both aspects or neither) and also a particular god of the Pentad before both change. There are four aspect types (aun, sept, aun-sept, and none) while there are five gods, so any exact combination only repeats after exactly one century. Essentially, there are three components to a year: the aspect name, the deity name, and a number. For example, the very first year after the deposition of the last Avincian Emperor (which marks the start of the current calendar) was Ahn-Ipte 1. The second was Ahn-Ipte 2, then 3, 4, and 5. After those five years passed, the next aspect was Zept and the next god was Shune, so it was Shune-Zept 1, then Shune-Zept 2, and so on. For a better illustration, please take a look here.

When a five-year cycle honours both aspects of a god, as happens once each century for each god, that god is considered to be in ascendance, as Chune was when Holmenbahn split in two, with the western half joining Drudgunze in the year ACS11. Thirteen years have passed so, for reference, the current year is Aun-Echeran 14 (or AE14, for short).

Sipente is an Earth-sized world with a similar climate, day length, and year length. However, there are a number of subtle but important differences: for starters, the land distribution is somewhat different, with the bulk of temperate land in the global south. A far greater percentage of the overall landmass also falls within the tropics and subtropics as compared to Earth. Though the climate is moderated for the many nations located along the Ensolienne Sea, the primacy of more tropical and Mediterranean-style cultures over temperate ones is evident.

A lower percentage of Sipente's surface area is also made up of land: twenty-four percent compared to twenty-nine percent for Earth. The effect is twofold: the vast majority of major countries border the ocean. In fact, within the triad of Constantia, Severa, and Tarlon, only a single nation - Inipor - is landlocked and, even then, it has an outlet to the sea through the great Arapora River system. This closeness to the sea has played a significant role in encouraging trade and exchange of ideas. From a climactic standpoint, it means that the moderating effect of the ocean is more easily felt. Except for the most inland portions of Severa, and the unexplored lands of Callanaste and Rettande, few regions experience significant and long-lived temperature extremes.
Of the five continents, Callanaste is by far the largest, though as yet undiscovered by those from Constantia and Severa, with every major biome represented. The central part of the continent, in particular, is home to towering mountain ranges and great steppes, while the eastern arm is home to vast forests and fertile plains. In the south stretches the Neverritsuk Peninsula: frigid, mountainous, and near barren, its furthest reaches constitute the most inhospitable place on the planet. The enormous Olaxec-Kuska-Washawi river system dominates the continent, joining peoples as disparate as the Chappauri at one end and the Sawand at the other. At the very heart of Callanaste and of this river system lies the Gods' Eye: a large crater lake nestled amongst the sparkling glaciers of the highest portion of the inland mountain ranges. From these headwaters spring the Olaxec, headed northwest, and the Kuska, headed southeast. Each river sustains a population of millions.
Next is Severa, marginally larger than its partner to the south: Constantia. For all intents and purposes, these two continents, along with their much smaller northern partner Tarlon, act as a single entity, sharing much in the way of trade, technology, culture, and religion. Aside from the swampy region of the Arapora Estuary, the western half of Severa is divided roughly equally into coastal highland rainforest, mountains, and the vast desert of inner Zaqhoria and Firraz, graduating to savannah in the south. Its eastern portion is mostly savannah and rainforest as well, with a Mediterranean climate along the southern coast.
Constantia is similar in composition, but rife with bays, inlets, lakes, inland seas, and peninsulas. Its irregular coastline is ancient and home to hundreds of archipelagos. Except for the western highlands populated largely by yasoi and the golden fields of southern Parrence, most of its inhabited landmass is relatively close to a coastline. In the south lie the cold, mountainous lands of Eskand, peppered with fjords, glaciers, and taiga forest.
Rettande is named after the great country that dominates more than ninety percent of its area. While this continent is known to exist by the learned strata of Constantian and Severan society, vanishingly little is known about it. In fact, roughly half of its landmass is above the tree line and covered only with inhospitable tundra and roving herds of muskox and mammoth, thick forests and increasingly rich farmland take over as one moves south. Bays, inlets, and islands support a thriving maritime trade and fishing industry and are home to unique flora and fauna encountered nowhere else in the world.
Tarlon is the smallest of the five continents and, in many ways, simply an extension of the northern part of Severa, though it is geologically and tectonically distinct. Rare are those who know very much of its nature, and it is a realm of much storytelling and conjecture. In reality, most of Tarlon is made of ancient, eroded mountains and rolling hills, similar to the Canadian Shield. Much of the interior is rocky, or else wetlands and forest. The center of this micro-continent is dominated by the Tantas Sea: an enormous lake famous for its megafauna and dark, cloudy water.

Thunder. Arcane. Blood. Essence. Force.

Magic is a blessing of the Gods and so is called, respectfully, The Gift. Yet, it does not come from nowhere. Before any spells can be cast, no matter how trivial, all magical power must be drawn from sources of energy abundant in the world. The five great schools of magic - Thunder, Arcane, Blood, Essence, and Force, draw from the heat, light, metabolic, kinetic, potential, and electric energies of one's surroundings. Those skilled in The Gift may then convert one type of energy into another within themselves. You might draw heat from a raging fire, but that does not mean that you need to cast a fireball. If you can afford an extra few seconds, then you might decide on Arc Lightning from the Thunder school or a telekinetic shove. Spells from all five schools are made viable through the blessed act of conversion. However, there have long been rumours of other as-yet undiscovered magics that promise far greater power if used as well as far greater consequences...

Covered below are the five major schools of magic use. Their workings are explained using language that the majority of their practitioners do not even understand and would not be able to reference or explain. Following the collapse of the Avincian Empire, much of existing magical theory has been lost. The essential know-how, however, remains.

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The precise reason why some people can use magic has not yet been revealed by the Gods or by man's ingenuity. Learned monks and nuns of the Stresian Order, however, have surmised that it has something to do with one's blood. They have deemed this sanguine quality 'mana'.

Developed during Avincian times, the Five Wheel Method provides a straightforward measure of a person's amount of mana. Five massive wheels are set spinning and maintained at a set speed by a powerful user (or multiple users) of The Gift in order to generate a specific amount of Force energy. Each of these wheels contains precisely double the energy of the wheel previous. Upon a signal, the candidate being tested will draw from each wheel in turn, taking a moment's rest between wheels to expel all drawn energy. The number of wheels that he can successfully draw from will act as a measure of that person's capacity for drawing energy. If he is able to draw partially from a wheel but not entirely, he will be assess for a quarter, half, or three-quarter measure. While the Five Wheel Method can put a number on how much energy a person is able to safely draw from his surroundings, what it cannot do is give him an absolute measurement of something as abstract as 'power'. Other factors such as drawing range and efficiency, conversion efficiency, spell focusing techniques, environmental and multiplicative effects, and a caster's mastery of a spell all have roles to play. Having a high Five wheel number certainly doesn't hurt, though. While other factors can change, it is the only one that is more or less immutable. Let's take a bit more of a look, shall we?

The Five Wheel scale is not a linear one. It's exponential. That means that each whole number on it represents double the power of the one before. Let's say that a hypothetical person is able to complete drawing from one wheel. We'll assign him a score of one. If he is able to draw successfully from two, then he has double the power and a score of two. Nice and tidy, right? But remember that two will now double, so when he draws from the third wheel, he does not have three times the power of a First Wheel magic user, but rather four times. This diverges further as we move up the scale.

First Wheel = 1: Minor magics - 80% of magic users
Second Wheel = 2: Moderate magics - 13% of magic users
Third Wheel = 4: Fairly Strong magics - 6% of magic users
Fourth Wheel = 8: Great magics - 1% of magic users
Fifth Wheel = 16: World-warping magics - neg.% of magic users

Draw > Contain > Convert > Cast

The power of a magic user is based upon a number of factors, but the four steps above are the essentials of any spell, though conversion is optional for some. We've already touched on capacity and schools of magic, so let's take a closer look at exactly how using The Gift works and how one can use it more effectively.

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• Capacity – all magic users have a capacity for energy that their body can process at a given moment. Effectively, the higher the capacity (as measured by the Five Wheels), the more energy that can be drawn in, contained, and expelled. While other skills can be learned, this one is innate. While it increases as you mature, once you are grown, your capacity is whatever the Gods have declared it to be.
• Reading – Energy exists in a number of forms in nature and artificially: force (motion and sound), thunder (magnetic), arcane (heat and light), essence, and blood (matter-based). The better that a magic user is at reading energy sources, the more ready a supply of energy for spells he will have.
• Drawing – the energy that a magic user relies upon originates in her surroundings. She must be able to sense it, grasp it, and draw it to herself in order to utilize it for casting spells. Drawing is the first active step in transferring the energy from its origin to its eventual target, using the person who draws as a temporary vessel.
• Containment - For a period either brief or long, the magic user must contain the drawn energy within herself, and containing large amounts for long periods can be dangerous. It often manifests itself as a sort of pressure that one feels inside, and a mounting headache. Energy contained for too long also tends to 'leak out' into one's surroundings and gradually dissipate.
• Conversion – Energy for use in spells can be drawn from a multitude of different sources addressed earlier. Normally, a spell simply intensifies and redirects that energy towards a preferred target. However, with training, a wizard or other magic user can store the drawn energy temporarily and expel it as a different type.
• Efficiency – energy must be pulled from surroundings, contained, (potentially converted), and then expelled (cast). Energy is not easy to control, and may escape the grasp of the magic user during any of these stages. Maximizing the amount of energy retained through each results in more powerful spells. Basically, the process is as follows: Draw Efficiency >> Containment Efficiency >> Conversion Efficiency >> Expulsion (Cast) Efficiency.
• Focus Words - This is the spoken part of any spell. It is not strictly necessary, but many magic users will use this for more complex or energy-intense spells. While having a routine of prescribed words that correspond to what one is doing can help with maintaining focus and ensuring efficiency, if these words invoke the Gods, it is also believed that they may lend the caster their assistance.
• Preservation – Drawing, containing, and casting large amounts of energy is often dangerous to the human body, so a magic user must spend a certain amount of focus and energy on protecting himself. This is usually accomplished through projection of spells away from the body, or the casting of small counterspells.
• Freecasting – Preservation when casting is often achieved through use of an object or weapon that acts as a focus point for the spell away from the body. In fact, most magic users do not know how to cast any other way. However, with the right protection in place, it is possible to cast without the use of an instrument or focus point, giving the magic user far greater flexibility.
• Multiplying – The energy released by a spell can cause secondary and tertiary effects in the environment, which skilled magicians such as witches, warlocks, and wizards should learn to anticipate and benefit from. Possessing a keen awareness of the potential for these effects and tailoring one’s spells to take advantage of them can multiply the energy output of a cast exponentially.
• Impact Focusing – When bursts of energy are diffused over too large of an area, their impact is diluted. A skilled magic user can increase their intensity by forcing all of the energy into a small focus point and maintaining that focus all of the way through spell completion.
• Impact Bursting – Drawing energy can take a considerable amount of time. While expelling energy is a faster, simpler process, there still tends to be a power curve. This effectively weakens the spell, as the total amount of energy is not used all at once. A disciplined and well-trained practitioner of magic can release all of her energy in a very short burst to ensure that it reaches its objective with maximum impact.

As a magic user draws energy, the mana in her bloodstream fills with it, inflating in a sense, and her blood pressure increases. For reasons unknown, the more mana that there is, the less that it will be taxed when she draws energy and the less risk she runs of adverse effects. Somebody who scores higher in the Five Wheels test will inherently be able to draw more energy safely than someone who scores lower. A magic user will be considered to have reached her capacity once her mana has expanded to the point where it cannot expand any further without hurting her. This looks the following way: firstly, she will become slower at drawing and expelling energy, resulting in slower spell usage. Her mana seems to lose efficiency, resulting in temporary dips in capacity until it regenerates. In the short term, however, mana that is stressed enough and filled with enough energy will simply cause veins and arteries to burst. If this is in an essential area - like the brain - then the magic user may suffer serious injury or even die. However, there are warning signs before the worst effects take place, and these should be heeded by all mages. We'll illustrate these with a case study below:

• Anna Sigmundottir is an Arcane Mage with a 5W score of 3½.
• In order to have enough energy for most of her everyday spells she will probably have to draw up to between 1½-2½. She won't need to make use of her full capacity on a regular basis.
• However, Anna likes really big explosions. She wants to cast a large fireball and draws up to about 3¼: close to her full capacity.
• When she does this, Anna will probably start to feel a weird sort of pressure as her mana inflates to very near its full capacity and her blood pressure increases as a result.
• Anna decides that she wants even more power, because you can never have too much destruction.
• She draws right up to her capacity of 3½. Her mana is at full inflation. The pressure on her arteries and veins is significant.
• Anna will likely start to develop a headache. Things will feel a bit faint and fuzzy and she might be lightheaded.
• Wisely, Anna releases the energy and casts a massive fireball, eyes sparkling with dark glee, reveling in the carnage which she hath wrought.
• However, Anna loves destruction so much that, a short while later, she starts drawing for another huge fireball and, this time, she ignores her body's warning signs and continues drawing energy past her capacity.
• As she passes it, her smallest blood vessels start to burst. At first, there is no outward sign of this.
• However, once a few within close proximity rupture, the effects start to become visible.
• The result is that Anna starts bruising in random places. She develops hematomas. Her headache and dizziness intensify as she draws close to 3⅗ and she begins to hear a ringing in her ears.
• As she passes 3⅗, Anna has burned up a significant amount of mana, which she will take a while to recover.
• At 3¾, she is in mortal danger, all for the payoff of a spicy fireball. What a maroon! She gets a nosebleed. Her eyes become bloodshot.
• All it will take at this point is a burst blood vessel in the wrong place - such as in a major artery or in her brain, and Anna could suffer a debilitating injury or even die.
• If she's lucky, she'll faint first, but that's not a guarantee. Magic users have overdrawn themselves to death.
• In the event, Anna gets lucky and faints. The energy starts leaking out of her, but not quickly enough.
• Fortunately, a wizard is there to siphon some of the excess energy from her before further damage is done.
• Anna has pushed her capabilities to their very limit, but all that she has gained from it is a splitting headache, nosebleed, and multiple bruises. She has not expanded her capacity and has, in fact, temporarily reduced it. Your 5W is your 5W and everybody knows that you can't just increase it by 'training hard'.

Often very heavy due to their high density, but capable of maintaining a fully cohesive shape, solids usually require a very large amount of built up energy to be expended to move. However, since they maintain their own shape, they require no extra concentration or energy in order to hold them together.
- E.g. rocks, trees, clothes, living things
- Sometimes, an unchanging shape can be a problem, as solids cannot be manipulated as finely.

Often somewhat heavy due to their density, but capable of maintaining only a partially cohesive shape, liquids usually require a fairly large amount of built up energy to move. Since they cannot maintain a fully cohesive shape, they also require some concentration and a lesser amount of energy in order to hold them together.
- E.g. water, blood, chemicals, drinks
- Sometimes, it is easy for a mage to lose control of a large volume of liquid

Often quite light due to their low density, but incapable of maintaining any sort of cohesive shape, gases usually require a fairly small amount of built up energy to move. However, since they cannot maintain any kind of cohesive shape, they also require considerable concentration and energy in order to hold them together.
- E.g. air, smoke, water vapour, helium
- While easy to manipulate, it is hard to do much by manipulating air alone and directly.

Often virtually weightless due to their extremely low density, but actively resisting any sort of cohesive shape, plasmas usually require virtually no built up energy to move. However, since they are charged and resist a cohesive shape, they also require exceptional concentration and energy in order to hold them together.
- E.g. fire, lightning, electric sparks, stars
- Impossible to control completely, and requires constant sources of energy to maintain it.

No, You Can't Just Draw Your Opponent to Death

As they become more acquainted with the Gift, most mages will learn, either by accident or with intent, that they can draw from other living things. However, they may find it noticeably more difficult to draw from people and, in particular, to draw from other advanced magic users. It is an established fact that, since the human body both generates and contains multiple types of energy, mages can draw from other mages. However, in practice, this can prove extremely difficult. The reason why is that mana naturally wants to hold onto energy at all costs and seems to view the energy contained in its host as 'its' energy.

What this means is that drawing from other people with an appreciable capacity is a tug of war: your mana (from a distance) vs their mana. If you have a higher capacity, you can pull with a magical strength and 'leverage' that you opponent simply can't, and you'll gradually gain ground, especially if you're the more skilled drawer. This is massively inefficient, however, and exacerbated by the fact that drawing isn't instant and the time that it takes increases with distance. You can probably tear away a bit of energy, but anyone with even the barest understanding of magic will notice quickly before you have the chance to do much of substance, and they'll counter you if they're able. The only times when you can smoothly draw from another magic user are if you're orders of magnitude stronger or if that other person has overdrawn and their mana is depleted.

The factors that cause The Gift to manifest within individuals are arcane and divine. While the reasons are known only to the Gods, humans, in their diligence and free will, have studied mana assiduously and noticed a number of patterns. It appears that there are actual a number of different types of mana. These are noted and described below.

• Fireblood: 20/1000 magic users – Firebloods are masters of offensive magic, particularly from the arcane, essence, and blood schools. Their resistance to thunder spells covers Essence’s traditional weakness. They are resistant to hot temperatures and being burned, not having to worry about wasting energy on preservation, but their power levels are often modest, very rarely exceeding 3¼.
• Icevein: 10/1000 magic users – Iceveins are masters of defensive magic, particularly against arcane, force, and essence draws. They can draw heat out of targets and slow movement with exceptional ease. They are resistant to cold temperatures and to being frozen, however, their base power levels are often modest, very rarely exceeding 3¼.
• Bloodchild: often in children revived using blood magic, 24/1000 magic users – Bloodchildren are almost always albino, and are excellent at drawing from matter and at matter reconstitution. They possess a natural proclivity for Blood Magic, but some secretly dabble in Blood Magic. They have an alarming tendency to self-damage and to damage allies when not careful with their drawing.
• Skyborn: 36/1000 magic users – Skyborn are generally light on their feet, can self-levitate easily, take a long time to physically tire, and are excellent at evasion. However, they struggle greatly with spells that involve weight and recoil.
• Truecaster: 10/1000 magic users – Truecasters are hobbled by their inability to convert. They can only cast from the same school that they draw from, rendering them inflexible and predictable. However, they compensate by way of prodigious raw power, with capacities almost always over 4¼.
• Thunderchild: 42/1000 magic users – Thunderchildren are highly susceptible to magnetic charges and pick them up easily. This makes them extremely powerful with Thunder Magic. However, they must always be careful to maintain a balanced charge for fear of significant self-injury.
• Leadvein: 32/1000 – Leadveins are generally solid and balanced. They can safely draw and contain half again the amount of kinetic energy that their capacity would usually allow. They can impart this into physical blows and tend to be highly self-damage resistant. However, they tend to tire easily and can struggle to control their own force.
• Greengrowth: 8/1000 - When drawing, Greengrowths are naturally and purposely inefficient, imbuing their surroundings with enriched energy and stimulating rapid growth of plants and animals as well as encouraging the growth of manas and babies to be born with a higher 5W capacity.
• Devourer: 6/1000 - Devourers are notable for having generally high capacities (over 3¾ wheels) but being slow at drawing. Their manas are highly aggressive toward foreign or invasive substances, relentlessly attacking them. This is a double-edged sword, as it sometimes leads to severe and unwarranted allergic reactions. At its best, however, it renders Devourers virtually immune to all forms of poison and most forms of illness and disease.
• Mooncaster: 5/10000 (almost always from Eskand) – Mooncasters are extremely rare, and often possess heightened senses and reflexes. Their base power levels are often quite low, rarely exceeding Second-and-a-Half Wheel. However, they grow exponentially more powerful depending on the position and brightness of the five moons. Given the right position, a mediocre Second wheel magic user can multiply his power, becoming a monstrous fifth-plus wheel with a capacity ten times that of before. For reasons unknown, it is possible for a mooncaster to also possess a second mana type.

It is only natural that, with the mysterious exception of Mooncasters, a magic user has only one type of mana. However, there exist mana diseases known for inflicting horrible adverse effects on the body. These generally carry boons, as well, that fail to outweigh the symptoms in a final acounting. Thus, in theory, if one has a mana virus, he or she could appear to manifest two types of mana, even though one is, of course, simply the disease. Usually, mana viruses are innate and one is born with them. However, there are many who claim to have fallen ill with one of these, and all magic users are encouraged to be prudent and cautious around those infected.

• Greyborn: 4/10000 - Greyborn are a mystery to the study of The Gift because they seem to break its established laws. These strange, doomed individuals possess the otherwise unheard-of ability to not have to draw magic from any visible source. It simply seems to come out of nowhere for them and they never have to worry about supply. However, the dark side of this is that they are often only semi-corporeal. Once they reach adolescence, Greyborn begin to phase in and out of the mortal plane, becoming ghostlike and near-invisible. To some degree, they can control this and use it to their advantage. It is near-impossible to strike a Greyborn who doesn't wish to be struck. However, while phased out, they also seem to lose the ability to cast spells of any real power. The worst part of all is that, as time goes on, it becomes increasingly difficult for them to remain corporeal. Eventually, all Greyborn fade away, and very few live to see forty.
• Tethered: 20/10000 (more common in females) - A disease known as the Tethering occasionally effects magic users, almost always making itself apparent in the later years of childhood. While this terrifying illness of the Mana comes with benefits such as a truly prodigious drawing and casting range and unusually fine control, it is ultimately a mark of the Gods' disfavour. The Tethering begins in the toes and works its way up the body, gradually robbing its victims of sensation and movement over the span of about two decades. It is a slow, cruel, and undignified death, and many choose Echeran's Mercy rather than wait for it to take them.
• Powergazer: 15/10000 (more common in males) - As much a blessing as a curse, this mana disease infects the eyes directly, rendering those with it blind in the traditional sense. Instead, their eyes change, becoming dark and porous. Unlike most mages, who gain a dull sense of agglomerations of energy, Powergazers can 'see' by sensing all of the energies around them with great clarity: size, shape, and type. They can also draw and expel energy at an extremely rapid rate using their eyes as apertures.

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Bard. Berserker. Dervish. Horseman. Infiltrator. Knight. Malédict. Priest. Ranger. Witch. Wizard.

Many are the forms in which people have taken to using The Gift, applying it in their existing fields of work and interest, augmenting existing skills and, in some cases, creating entirely new ways of shaping the world and their places within it. Below are covered the ten major callings that will comprise the heroes of this story. Some may specialize in only a single calling while others may hear two.

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Bards are particularly blessed of Aun-Ipte. They can be found in Drudgunze, Eskand, Parrence, and Yasoi.

Though the auditoriums of the empire are permanently closed as a stage, musicians still abound throughout the continent of Constantia. Many are simple musical performers who sing and play an instrument. However, there are some who can use the Gift to empower their music: whether force or essence, their songs have a palpable power or far-reaching emotional impact. They can inspire, empower, cow, or deafen allies and adversaries alike.

Durability: ★☆☆☆☆
Stealth: ★★☆☆☆
Agility: ★★☆☆☆
Endurance: ★★★★☆
Physical Attack: ★☆☆☆☆
Magical Attack: ★★★★☆
Range: ★★★☆☆
Support and Healing: ★★★★☆
Mounted Ability: ★★☆☆☆

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Berserkers are particularly blessed of Echeran-Sept. They can be found in Eskand.

A rare calling, and found only among the Eskandr, the path of the Berserker is one of controlled madness. These hulking, feral warriors enter a trancelike state, empowering their minds with visions and thoughts of ferocious beasts such as wolves, dragons, and bears and their bodies with essence, force, and arcane magics. Charging into battle, they attack with unmatched ferocity and great speed, greatly resistant to damage and nearly impervious to pain.

Durability: ★★★★☆
Stealth: ★☆☆☆☆
Agility: ★★★★☆
Endurance: ★★☆☆☆
Physical Attack: ★★★★★
Magical Attack: ★★★☆☆
Range: ★★☆☆☆
Support and Healing: ★☆☆☆☆
Mounted Ability: ★☆☆☆☆

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Dervishes are particularly beloved of the Uncrowned God, Vyshtal. They can only be found among Yasoi.

Dervishes coil light chains or cables around their arms, legs, and bodies as armour, unleashing them with Force magic. As these rapidly uncoil, they are used to grapple trees, buildings, and other tall obstacles, allowing for three dimensional movement. In combat, Dervishes use all four of their limbs equally, with metal claws, punch daggers, and poison dart launchers mounted on each. In open field combat, they employ near-perpetual circular and arcing motions to create a kill zone around themselves in which their blade-tipped chains or cables scythe through approaching enemies and projectiles. Using Essence magic to stave off dizziness and sharpen their senses, Dervishes build up their Force energy, occasionally unleashing this in snakelike strikes and stabs.

Durability: ★★★☆☆
Stealth: ★★☆☆☆
Agility: ★★★★★
Endurance: ★★★☆☆
Physical Attack: ★★★★★
Magical Attack: ★☆☆☆☆
Range: ★★★☆☆
Support and Healing: ★☆☆☆☆
Mounted Ability: ★☆☆☆☆

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Horsemen are particularly blessed of Aun-Dami. They can be found in Eskand and Parrence.

Most everyone who is anyone can ride a horse in this day and age. However, the significant steppes in the Eskandr midlands and those of northeast Parrence have led to horsemanship becoming a way of life for those who live there. More than even the oft-mounted knights of Perrence and Drudgunze, these people have mastered the art of maneuvering and managing horses (and sometimes other mounts) on the battlefield and effectively wielding a variety of weapons in lightning strikes.

Durability: ★★★☆☆
Stealth: ☆☆☆☆☆
Agility: ★★★★☆
Endurance: ★★★★☆
Physical Attack: ★★★☆☆
Magical Attack: ★☆☆☆☆
Range: ★★★☆☆
Support and Healing: ★☆☆☆☆
Mounted Ability: ★★★★★

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Infiltrators are particularly blessed of Aun-Echeran. They can be found in Drudgunze, Eskand, Parrence, and Yasoi.

In an age of swords, armour, and honor culture, there are nonetheless those who eschew societal expectation and take another approach to martial effectiveness. While some come from the respectable echelons of their respective cultures, many started out as thieves and hired blades. As a general rule, infiltrators are masters of stealth and quick, decisive movement and attack, employing arcane, force, and even essence magics to act as spies and assassins.

Durability: ★★☆☆☆
Stealth: ★★★★★
Agility: ★★★★☆
Endurance: ★★★☆☆
Physical Attack: ★★★☆☆
Magical Attack: ★★★☆☆
Range: ★★★☆☆
Support and Healing: ★☆☆☆☆
Mounted Ability: ★☆☆☆☆

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Knights are particularly blessed of Oraphe-Sept. They can be found in Drudgunze and Parrence.

Recent advances in metalworking technology and the introduction of the stirrup to Constantia by Virangish peoples during the fall of the Avincians have resulted in the invention of an exciting new type of fighter: the knight. Heavily armed and armoured melee warriors skilled in mounted combat, many knights employ Essence and Kinetic magic to augment their massive physical strikes and enhance the performance and endurance of their mounts. Thunder Knights also use their metallic armour to create massive charges and strike down their foes with powerful Thunder magic.

Durability: ★★★★★
Stealth: ★☆☆☆☆
Agility: ★★☆☆☆
Endurance: ★★★☆☆
Physical Attack: ★★★★☆
Magical Attack: ★★☆☆☆
Range: ★★☆☆☆
Support and Healing: ★★☆☆☆
Mounted Ability: ★★★★☆

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Malédicts are particularly blessed of Ipte-Sept. They can be found in Drudgunze and Yasoi.

Known as a 'Giftschlag' in the local language, some maintain that these strange sorcerers of the swamplands are merely a story to frighten children. Some are held to be remnants of the original Angrii population who were displaced, exterminated, and assimilated into the Drudgunzean culture three centuries prior. Whatever their origin, they are shrouded in mystery. Their magics are primitive, requiring direct touch or proximity, but immensely powerful. Using Blood, Thunder, and Essence magics, Malédicts can disintegrate possessions, plants, and people alike, form things out of thin air, and place powerful curses on their victims. Some say that they are cannibals. Others say that theirs is the magic of the yasoi.

Durability: ★★★☆☆
Stealth: ★★★★☆
Agility: ★★★☆☆
Endurance: ★★☆☆☆
Physical Attack: ★★☆☆☆
Magical Attack: ★★★★☆
Range: ★★☆☆☆
Support and Healing: ★★★☆☆
Mounted Ability: ★★☆☆☆

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Bishops, Priests, Monks, and Nuns are particularly blessed of Aun-Oraphe. They can be found in Drudgunze and Parrence.

While all of creation shares in the blessings of the Pentad, not all people offer the Gods their rightful praise. It falls to the religious orders of the Quentic faith - Hundrian, Stresian, Dordian, Rezaindian, and Somnian - to make up the shortfall. Often found in fervent prayer or enggaged in good works, they are motivated by their faith and empowered by the Gift. Holy men and women call upon powerful magics of all five schools to heal the world, protect the innocent, and strike down evildoers.

Durability: ★★☆☆☆
Stealth: ★★★☆☆
Agility: ★★☆☆☆
Endurance: ★★★★☆
Physical Attack: ★☆☆☆☆
Magical Attack: ★★★☆☆
Range: ★★★☆☆
Support and Healing: ★★★★★
Mounted Ability: ★★☆☆☆

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Rangers are particularly blessed of Dami-Sept. They can be found in Drudgunze, Eskand, Parrence, and Yasoi.

While many people live sedentary lives as farmers, fighters, or crafters, dependent upon others and never taking the time to master the skills of their distant ancestors, there are some who chart a different course. Rangers are dedicated hunters, trappers, survivalists, and people of the frontiers and forests. Stealthy, quick, and capable, they use the Gift to augment their traps with illusion and empower their use of the bow and arrow.

Durability: ★★☆☆☆
Stealth: ★★★★☆
Agility: ★★★☆☆
Endurance: ★★★★☆
Physical Attack: ★★★☆☆
Magical Attack: ★★☆☆☆
Range: ★★★★☆
Support and Healing: ★☆☆☆☆
Mounted Ability: ★★☆☆☆

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Witches and Warlocks are particularly blessed of Chune-Sept. They can be found in Drudgunze, Eskand, Parrence, and Yasoi.

In the years since the empire's collapse, formal schooling and practice in magic has declined precipitously and a great deal of written knowledge has been lost indefinitely. Keeping many traditions alive are the witches and warlocks of Constantia. Powerful magic practitioners, many are rugged and self-sufficient businesswomen and businessmen with deep knowledge in the poisons and remedies of the natural world as well as powerful magics that they can use to burn, blind, numb, heal, and invigorate. If some are less than reputable, they are nonetheless a necessary part of early medieval life.

Durability: ★★☆☆☆
Stealth: ★★★☆☆
Agility: ★★☆☆☆
Endurance: ★★★☆☆
Physical Attack: ★☆☆☆☆
Magical Attack: ★★★★★
Range: ★★★★☆
Support and Healing: ★★★★☆
Mounted Ability: ★☆☆☆☆

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Wizards are particularly blessed of Aun-Chune. They can be found in Parrence.

Trained and powerful magic users, schooled in the ancient arts of the Avincians, Wizards can draw from the might of all schools of magic to cast spells capable of immense utility, healing, and destruction. That they can do this from ranges and with speed that others could not dream of speaks further to their dedication, natural affinity for magic, and leadership role. Educated, keen-minded, and stealthy in combat, a true wizard, able to bend the laws of nature to his whim, commands instant fear and respect.

Durability: ★☆☆☆☆
Stealth: ★★★☆☆
Agility: ★☆☆☆☆
Endurance: ★★☆☆☆
Physical Attack: ★☆☆☆☆
Magical Attack: ★★★★★
Range: ★★★★★
Support and Healing: ★★★★★
Mounted Ability: ★★★☆☆

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