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The Absent King: A mythical ruler of the area called “King's Territory.” Attested. |
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Acolytes: Raiders in service of the Lord and Wizard Xundítriggar. They refer to each other only by the title “acolyte.” New people. Now. The 1st of them appears. |
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Alvikad: Or Alvi. A woman of the Face, in the Last Capital. Friend of Zelitte. A new person. She. Now. Appears
AL-vee-kad |
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Ansporruk: From ane azza-porruk, “Plain’s End.” A keep at the edge of mountains. Has a Regent, a Keep Soup, a Mapworker, a force of guards. A central institutional building abuts the mountains. Appears.
ahn-SPOR-uhk |
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Apilon: A farmer of Rise-Hall. Bond to Farrag and Dovis. A new person. She. Now. Attested. Appears.
A-pillawn |
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The Artifact: A force associated with an area somewhere north of Ansporruk. Attested. |
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Azziner: Lives concealed in Ransallet. A Walker. She. Now. Attested. Appears.
A-zin-uhr |
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Batton: An apparition. A new person. He. Appears.
BAT-uhn |
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Bilann: A person of some authority in Shadow-side. Advocates for a tenuous nonviolent relationship with the authorities of the Last Capital. Now. Attested.
bee-LAWN |
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The Bleach: An expanding dangerous territory throughout the Corners. A white fog. The witch-bands regularly travel through it. Attested. Appears. |
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The Branch: A now-fallen force that made a landgrab in the area slightly south of Ansporruk. Attested. |
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Cazilien: Or Cazz. A child apart. Something awful happened to her keep, and now she lives hidden with Indiss, a Walker. A new person. She. Some time before. Appears.
cazz-ZILL-yen |
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Chendry: A marked once-Gleaner living in Ransallet. Brews beer. A new person. He. Now. Appears.
CHEN-dree |
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The Corners: Generic term for the world, or the known world, or the continent. Attested. Also the name of a language. Attested. |
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Dovis: A farmer of Rise-Hall. Bond to Apilon and Farrag. A new person. He. Now. Appears.
DOE-viss |
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The Engine: A force that fell around 40 years ago, in King's 1340s. Attested. |
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Farrag: A farmer and merchant of Rise-Hall. Bond to Dovis and Apilon. A new person. He. Now. Appears.
fuhr-RAG |
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Gaddek: A Gleaner newly of Shadow-side. He talks of an inevitable war between the Face and Shadow-side. Now. Attested.
GAD-ek |
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Gallot: A doctor of Ransallet. Grows and pickles fruits. Bond to Tilal. A new person. She. Now. Appears.
GAHL-uht |
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The Grasp: A force associated with an area somewhere north of Ansporruk. Attested. |
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Hasophan: A Gleaner who delivers goods to Indiss and Cazilien. A new person. Some time before. Appears.
HASS-uhfawn |
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Indiss: Hundreds of years old. A Walker. She. Some time before. Appears.
IN-dis |
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Kanner: A person of Ransallet. Plays a stringed instrument and gleans and cooks herbs. A new person. They. Now. Appears.
KAN-uhr |
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Kebazban: From kebei-azza-banosten, or “King's Word,” or the Last Capital. A settlement in King's Territory, west of Two-Legs. It is connected to the Straightaway, a long road of some significance. It is thought of as including a higher-class section known as the Face. Attested. Appears.
keh-BAZZ-bahn |
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Last Home: Or Kazzaman Dannen; more literally “thousandth home.” A settlement southwest of Ransallet, associated with an increase in the number of raiders in the area. Attested. |
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Mallun az Pallioc: A woman of the Face, in the Last Capital. Friend of Zelitte. A new person. She. Now. Appears
MAL-uhn |
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Navichet: Or Navi, or Navityet. An unmarked Gleaner. Keeps good maps. Born around the start of White Traverse, 21 years ago, mid King's 1360s. Wears a helmet from the Great Defense. A new person. She.
Now. Appears.
NAV-it-chet |
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Noc Az Kurzatt: An armsman and contractor first encountered in Ansporruk. Carries a bladed weapon and wears a mask. Paying a buying-out debt to Khaddan, the Wound, since King's 1370. A new person. He. Now. Appears.
nahk |
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Old Lady: A conscript of Xundítriggar, and former unafilliated traveling merchant since the Engine fell in the 1340s. A new person. She. Now. Appears. |
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Olgat: A person of Shadow-side, associate of the Walker who lives there. A new person. Now. Appears. |
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Razna: A person of Shadow-side, living in a cave outside its walls. Thought of as capable with medicines. Missing a leg and an ear. A Walker. Now. Appears. |
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Ransallet: From ran sallet, “made-of-metal,” or “ironclad,” a colloquial term for Engine-era war machines. A small keep in the mountains, not far east of Bleach. Has neither Regent nor Mapworker. Not marked on many maps. Not well defended. Appears.
ran-SAL-et |
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Regent of Ansporruk: Ruler of Ansporruk. Prefers use of local paper currency. A new person. He. Now. Appears. |
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Regent of the Last Capital: The 33rd Regent of the Last Capital, ruling in the stead of the Absent King. Now. Attested. |
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Rise-Hall: Or Zugan (Dannen), “(the house) stands.” A farm household, where Farrag, Dovis, Apilon, and their children live. Appears.
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Rosh: A woman of the Face, in the Last Capital. Friend of Zelitte. A new person. She. Now. Appears |
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Spondule Az Renovon: A marked and attested Gleaner. From aways east. Born around the start of White Traverse, 21 years ago, mid King's 1360s. Rides a strange vehicle of 2 wheels. A new person. He. Now. Appears.
SPAHN-dyool |
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Tarven Az Borrucan: A captain of the Regency Guard of the Last Capital. Friend of Vadhas and Zelitte. A new person. He. Now. Appears |
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Terkent: A person of Shadow-side. Believes in an inevitable war between the Face and Shadow-side. A new person. He. Now. Appears.
tur-KENT |
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Tilal: A natural philosopher of Ransallet. Makes bread. Bond to Gallot. A new person. He. Now. Attested. Appears.
til-AHL |
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Two-Legs: Or Kassak. A former Engine stronghold. 3 marches north of Ransallet, on an Engine road. A crater is there. Attested. Appears. |
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Vadhas Az Sorgún: A revered mapworker of the Last Capital. Bond to Zelitte. Recently killed outside of the city. A new person. He. Now (dead). Attested.
VAHD-ass |
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The Wound: A force under the command of an individual named Khaddan. Attested. |
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The Wretch: At Zotul, more literally “condemned one.” An individual apparently involved in the Reading, an attempt to bring the old powers into the realm of the body, 1400 years ago. He. Attested. |
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Xundítriggar: A Lord and Wizard, or a raider, based in Two-Legs. Commands an array of devoted raiders called acolytes. Wears broken armor and collects oldwork. A new person. He. Now. Attested. Appears.
zoon-DEE-tri-gar |
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Yorel: A person of Ransallet. Keeps watch on its lookout. A new person. He. Now. Appears.
YOR-uhl |
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Zelitte Nessa Sorgún Az Tavinen: Or Zell. A person of the Last Capital, bond to Vadhas the mapworker. A new person. She. Now. Appears.
zeh-LEET |
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Zem Renovon: An old city in the east. Attested.
zem REN-uh-vahn |