Empire Winds of Speech
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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
Highguard military concerns
Highguard military concerns
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Overview
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Highguard has a military heritage of which it is justly proud. Most Highborn serve with one of the three Highborn armies as…
00:08:20 |
Thu 12 Jul 2012
Highguard economic interests
Highguard economic interests
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“The pursuit of wealth is the foundation of suffering.”
There is a deep-seated distrust of the pursuit of wealth for its own sake amongst t…
00:02:48 |
Thu 12 Jul 2012
Highguard leadership
Highguard leadership
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Overview
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Most Highborn live in or near one of the chapters, the great walled settlements, that are spread across the plains that surround the rive…
00:05:38 |
Thu 12 Jul 2012
Highguard history
Highguard history
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### The Founding
Seven centuries ago, the Highborn arrived on the Bay of Catazar. Seventeen great vessels carrying pure souls crossed the sea from the south look…
00:17:46 |
Thu 12 Jul 2012
Highguard culture and customs
Highguard culture and customs
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Washing and cleanliness
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Cleanliness is important to the Highborn. Highborn bathhouses are complex affairs with st…
00:11:42 |
Thu 12 Jul 2012
Highguard people
Highguard people
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Overview
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The Highborn have always known their destiny. From the first, they brought civilisation, and carved a nation from the wilderness, driving the bar…
00:05:38 |
Thu 12 Jul 2012
Highguard look and feel
Highguard look and feel
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Overview
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Regal, confident, righteous, stark, traditional, disciplined, militant, uncompromising. The Highborn look is generally practical an…
00:08:30 |
Sat 23 Jun 2012
Navarr people
Navarr people
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The Navarr were once part of a great nation that was lost to Orcs and failed magic centuries before the Empire began. Although they continue to wander through the wild pl…
00:05:47 |
Wed 20 Jun 2012
Navarr culture and customs
Navarr culture and customs
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The Great Dance
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The central philosophy of the Navarr is the idea that life is a Great Dance in which all humankind is engaged. …
00:11:37 |
Wed 20 Jun 2012
Navarr history
Navarr history
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Origins of Navarr
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Centuries before the Empire was formed, humans already lived in the fertile plains around the Bay of Catazar. They built cities, or…
00:05:11 |
Wed 20 Jun 2012
Navarr leadership
Navarr leadership
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Throughout their history the Navarr have always adapted and followed the most suitable people required to meet the challenges of the time. It is expected that the…
00:05:50 |
Wed 20 Jun 2012
Navarr military concerns
Navarr military concerns
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Overview
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War is not a game, it is a life-and-death conflict. Most Navarr warriors have little interest in forming battle lines and engagin…
00:06:13 |
Wed 20 Jun 2012
Navarr economic interests
Navarr economic interests
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A common Navarr philosophy is that wealth is measured in the number of allies you have, not the coins in your pocket. Few Navarr have much interes…
00:03:04 |
Wed 20 Jun 2012
Navarr religious beliefs
Navarr religious beliefs
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Navarr priests are called Guides, partly because of the guidance they try to give the Navarr, but more for the practice of trying to guide people to…
00:03:42 |
Wed 20 Jun 2012
Navarr magical traditions
Navarr magical traditions
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Overview
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When the cities of Navarr were consumed by the vallorn, much of the Navarr magical lore was preserved by distributing it betwee…
00:07:57 |
Wed 20 Jun 2012
Navarr hearth magic
Navarr 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 of …
00:13:54 |
Wed 20 Jun 2012
Navarr territories
Navarr territories
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The Navarr territories are scattered throughout the Empire. Most of the land they claim is heavily forested, surrounding the ruins of one or more ancient Navarr…
00:01:07 |
Wed 20 Jun 2012
Navarr children
Navarr children
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Choosing to bring another life into the Great Dance is something to be celebrated. In the making, in the bringing into the world, in the life, the learning and ultima…
00:02:44 |
Wed 20 Jun 2012
The Marches people
The Marches people
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The Marches is a proud nation. The folk here are proud of their accomplishments, proud of their households and history, and proud of their traditions and their …
00:06:53 |
Wed 20 Jun 2012
The Marches culture and customs
The Marches culture and customs
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Tradition
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Tried and trusted traditions bind the folk together and give a context to their lives. Traditions such as hue and…
00:18:58 |
Wed 20 Jun 2012
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