Empire Winds of Speech
Stay up to date with the current events of the Empire as they unfold. And listen to the history, politics, traditions, nations, culture and more of the Empire in the "Bonus" episodes.
All content of this podcast is the original work of Profound Decisions and can be found on the Empire Wikipedia.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 19 minutes
- Episodes
- 883
- Years Active
- 2012 - 2025
Urizen people
Urizen people
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Overview
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The Urizen live in the mountains in settlements called spires: clusters of buildings, halls, galleries, and balconies that are carved into a hilltop or…
00:10:18 |
Thu 19 Jul 2012
Urizen
Urizen
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"Where there is darkness, we will make light."
Urizen is a nation of magic forged from boundless ambition, of decisive action guided by reason. It is a realm of wonders; of majestic s…
00:05:04 |
Thu 19 Jul 2012
Navarr look and feel
Navarr look and feel
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Overview
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Wild, unsettling, otherworldly, alert, pragmatic, tattooed, fierce, primal, blood The Navarr look draws heavily on the forests for its in…
00:10:30 |
Tue 17 Jul 2012
Varushka children
Varushka children
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Varushkan children are treasured, but they are also a source of constant worry to their parents. They are often naive, and their innocence of the dangers and rule…
00:03:23 |
Thu 12 Jul 2012
Varushka territories
Varushka territories
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Varushka spreads across the north and north-eastern borders of the Empire. It is a wild land, a mixture of difficult hills, dark forests, unpleasant marshes…
00:05:52 |
Thu 12 Jul 2012
Varushka hearth magic
Varushka hearth magic
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Overview
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In the world of Empire, formal magic is the application of learning and willpower to create supernatural effects. There is another form…
00:17:50 |
Thu 12 Jul 2012
Varushka magical traditions
Varushka magical traditions
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Most Varushkans regard magic as a useful tool to protect people, but one that can also be dangerous. Supernatural evil is rife in Varushka, an…
00:06:44 |
Thu 12 Jul 2012
Varushka religious beliefs
Varushka religious beliefs
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Priests in Varushka are considered to be (or seek to be) wise, and are generally either physically old or possessed of an “old spirit.” These wi…
00:12:00 |
Thu 12 Jul 2012
Varushka economic interests
Varushka economic interests
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Varushka may be dangerous, but it is also rich. Varushka does not export many finished goods. Varushkan crafters tend to craft for their famil…
00:04:51 |
Thu 12 Jul 2012
Varushka military concerns
Varushka military concerns
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Overview
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Varushka is a dangerous land. The hills and forests between the vales are haunted by monsters. There are great expanses of de…
00:09:08 |
Thu 12 Jul 2012
Varushka leadership
Varushka leadership
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The typical community in Varushka is a vale. These inhabited valleys are usually well fortified, and may be home to a single small town or several villages. M…
00:06:04 |
Thu 12 Jul 2012
Varushka history
Varushka history
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Origins of Varushka
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The Ushka were the first human inhabitants of this land; their legends claim that they were born, fully formed, from the so…
00:04:55 |
Thu 12 Jul 2012
Varushka culture and customs
Varushka culture and customs
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Family
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A respect for family is central to Varushkan culture. Varushkans commonly use familial titles to show respect and friendship.…
00:15:31 |
Thu 12 Jul 2012
Varushka people
Varushka people
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Varushka is a hard country. Life here is a struggle; the summers are short and the winters are long. The land is wild and resentful - it resists taming and sends mons…
00:05:41 |
Thu 12 Jul 2012
Varushka
Varushka
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Varushka is a land of dark magics and dark tales. Monsters lurk in the sunless spaces of the forests that lie across the broken hills like a blanket woven from shadows. Those who k…
00:03:04 |
Thu 12 Jul 2012
Highguard children
Highguard children
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Highguard is not a populous nation and every child is considered a precious blessing. Although children are forbidden by Imperial law to use liao before they co…
00:02:47 |
Thu 12 Jul 2012
Highguard territories
Highguard territories
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Overview
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Highguard dominates the southern Empire. Bastion is the heart of their nation, a civilised and well-settled land of wide plains dotted …
00:11:54 |
Thu 12 Jul 2012
Highguard hearth magic
Highguard hearth magic
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Overview
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In the world of Empire, formal magic is the application of learning and willpower to create supernatural effects. There is another fo…
00:19:26 |
Thu 12 Jul 2012
Highguard magical traditions
Highguard magical traditions
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Priests who work to master magic are called magisters in Highguard. The early magisters studied methods of communicating with the dead and u…
00:03:07 |
Thu 12 Jul 2012
Highguard religious beliefs
Highguard religious beliefs
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“Virtue is contagious; so is vice.”
Bastion is the birthplace of the Way of Virtue and the Imperial Synod was founded here. In the days befor…
00:07:07 |
Thu 12 Jul 2012
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