Adherents of Vitriol walk in shadow, talk in code, shield their faces and obscure their names. They believe that being concealed is the only way to know the truth. While the other Orders tend to focus on the many magical items in the world - or each other - the organs and apparatus of the Order of Vitriol are directed at the world itself. A trained adherent of Vitriol will use any means, magical or mundane, to boil the mysteries of the universe down into parts small enough to be studied. The ...

Adherents of Vitriol walk in shadow, talk in code, shield their faces and obscure their names. They believe that being concealed is the only way to know the truth. While the other Orders tend to focus on the many magical items in the world - or each other - the organs and apparatus of the Order of Vitriol are directed at the world itself. A trained adherent of Vitriol will use any means, magical or mundane, to boil the mysteries of the universe down into parts small enough to be studied. The ...

Theatrical and fluid Order of Darkness, using Loot to perform tricks and stunts.

Theatrical and fluid Order of Darkness, using Loot to perform tricks and stunts.

Any seasoned traveller will know that there are vast areas between and within the Realms where the reach or interest of the Orders is feeble. The Orders exclude these places from their maps but if you go there yourself you will not find an empty space, but often a thriving Republic of the Free. The Republics are heterodox, but if they have one common characteristic it is a distrust of the Orders and an aversion to magical items. Any Republic that exists for any length of time will, sooner or ...

Any seasoned traveller will know that there are vast areas between and within the Realms where the reach or interest of the Orders is feeble. The Orders exclude these places from their maps but if you go there yourself you will not find an empty space, but often a thriving Republic of the Free. The Republics are heterodox, but if they have one common characteristic it is a distrust of the Orders and an aversion to magical items. Any Republic that exists for any length of time will, sooner or ...

Founded by the great sage Mordecai immediately after the First Schism, in the final years of his life. The Order of Enlightenment commands no territory, builds no castles or keeps any armies, and has been held together through the centuries by one idea: that the magical items of the world are a corrupting force against mankind and must be destroyed. Wandering preachers spread this radical thought against all suppression by the other Orders and, despite the humility of the disciples of Enlight...

Founded by the great sage Mordecai immediately after the First Schism, in the final years of his life. The Order of Enlightenment commands no territory, builds no castles or keeps any armies, and has been held together through the centuries by one idea: that the magical items of the world are a corrupting force against mankind and must be destroyed. Wandering preachers spread this radical thought against all suppression by the other Orders and, despite the humility of the disciples of Enlight...