Empire Winds of Speech
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- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 19 minutes
- Episodes
- 879
- Years Active
- 2012 - 2025
Wintermark magical traditions
Wintermark magical traditions
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The Suaq, Steinr and Kallavesi each had their own magical heritage long before they joined to create the nation of Wintermark. Although th…
00:05:26 |
Mon 18 Jun 2012
Wintermark religious beliefs
Wintermark religious beliefs
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Overview
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As with the other Imperial nations, the people of Wintermark embrace the Way. For centuries before the foundation of the …
00:06:39 |
Mon 18 Jun 2012
Wintermark military concerns
Wintermark military concerns
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Overview
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Wintermark has a strong warrior culture. Everyone wants to be a hero, and there are many opportunities for heroic action …
00:12:59 |
Mon 18 Jun 2012
Wintermark economic interests
Wintermark economic interests
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Overview
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Wintermark commonly exports crafted goods and imports food. Good relations exist between the Winterfolk and their south…
00:08:01 |
Mon 18 Jun 2012
Wintermark political leadership
Wintermark political leadership
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Wintermark remains sparsely populated and the only large town is the former capital at Kalpaheim in Hahnmark. The majority of Winterfo…
00:05:30 |
Mon 18 Jun 2012
Wintermark history
Wintermark history
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Origins
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The people of the north, the Suaq and the Kallavesi, have lived in Sermersuaq and Kallavesa for longer than written records have existed.
The …
00:19:01 |
Mon 18 Jun 2012
Wintermark culture and customs
Wintermark culture and customs
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Skein
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The Winterfolk believe that each individual has a skein, a path down which that individual travels. A person's skein is not…
00:12:46 |
Mon 18 Jun 2012
Wintermark people
Wintermark people
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Overview
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The Winterfolk were once three separate peoples: the Kallavesi, the Steinr and the Suaq. Although they unified years before they joined the Emp…
00:06:23 |
Mon 18 Jun 2012
Highguard music
Highguard music
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The Music of Highguard
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### Style summary
Highguard's music draws its inspiration from Western church choral music, plainsong and shapenote mu…
00:04:51 |
Sun 17 Jun 2012
Varushka music
Varushka music
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The Music of Varushka
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### Style summary
Varushkan music is rich and full-bodied, following a long tradition of being used to keep both the cold …
00:06:00 |
Sun 17 Jun 2012
Navarr music
Navarr music
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The Music of Navarr
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### Style summary
Navarr music reflects a dichotomy of wistful remembrance for their old culture and the practicalities of surviva…
00:08:28 |
Sun 17 Jun 2012
The League music
The League music
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Style summary
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The League is a combination of different cultures and its performance traditions reflect that. High art in all its forms, theatre and s…
00:03:46 |
Wed 13 Jun 2012
Music
Music
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Overview
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Live music adds a huge amount of atmosphere to a game. Not only that, it can be used as a device to inject information for both plot and immersion purposes, and finall…
00:08:07 |
Mon 11 Jun 2012
The Throne
The Throne
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A bleeding pox take your manners. Having a beard doesn't make you wise. We could put a pig in that chair and put a crown on it - it would still be a ruddy pig. She can have my …
00:22:16 |
Sun 10 Jun 2012
The Brass Coast music
The Brass Coast music
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The Music of The Brass Coast
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### Style summary
Like the Freeborn themselves, their music is rhythmic, vigorous and fiery. W…
00:05:07 |
Sat 09 Jun 2012
Wintermark music
Wintermark music
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The Music of Wintermark
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### Style summary
Alliterative poetry and heroic saga songs spoken or chanted, scraping fiddles, breathy pipes, an…
00:04:37 |
Sat 09 Jun 2012
The Marches music
The Marches music
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The music of The Marches
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### Style summary
A capella harmony singing, no-nonsense, boisterous and earthy, simple folk and morality tale…
00:06:37 |
Sat 09 Jun 2012
Dawn music
Dawn music
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The Music of Dawn
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### Style summary
Arthurian high medieval, chivalric, courtly, 'high' culture, battle anthems, tales of love, glory, and tragedy.
Dawn dr…
00:05:29 |
Fri 08 Jun 2012
Wisdom
Wisdom
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The Path of Wisdom
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There are many citizens of the Empire who believe themselves, by nature, to be filled with the virtue and it comes easily to them, yet the truth …
00:05:08 |
Sun 03 Jun 2012
Vigilance
Vigilance
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The Path of Vigilance
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The Virtue of Vigilance is popular amongst those charged with ensuring the safety of things precious; from the inquisitor who seeks o…
00:06:00 |
Sun 03 Jun 2012
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