INHERITANCE MOVES
�BOULRON: TOUCH OF DEATH
When you spend an hour conducting rituals of mourning around a sentient
creature’s corpse, no more than a day old, roll +Wisdom. On a hit, pick one:
◊ Craft an Echo of the victim, initially friendly and willing to talk about their life.
◊ Imbue your arms with deathly energy, granting them Lingering and Weird.
◊ Animate the body to serve you as a Companion with Drilled and Strong.
On a 10+, the GM will give you a brief flash of an interesting corpse within a few
hour’s travel; get Advantage using this move on that corpse.
�CRYPHON: METAMORPHOSIS
When you construct a cocoon of Qoam shards around yourself or someone else,
roll +Wisdom. On a hit, the inhabitant picks 2 to retain and 1 to transform:
◊ Their wounds, illnesses and ambience backlashes.
◊ Their particular body plan and physical appearance.
◊ The cores of their covenants.
On a 10+, the transformation brings new power. The subject can trade out any
one of their moves for an Inheritance Move; one from their House or Ancestry,
or one tied to someone they have a covenant with.
�CRYPHON: HIVE MOTHER
This move can only be gained by using Metamorphosis to trade that move for this
one. The user emerges from that cocoon as a Cryphon Hive Mother, towering and
sagacious. They gain an additional minor harm slot (Grazed), the Hefty tag, the
ability to send messages to their Hive from any distance, and Advantage on all
Compromise and Unearth rolls where their instinctual legal code is relevant.
�ESRITH: SERPENT’S EYE
When you intensely study another’s work of art, ask the GM one per Role marked:
◊ What’s the core theme of the work?
◊ What did the creator intend with the work?
◊ What does the work say about the artist’s culture?
◊ Would the work appeal to [an audience you’ve encountered]?
◊ What pieces of this can I adopt and adapt for my own work?
Get fleeting Advantage acting on each answer.
�HUMAN: ADAPTED TO THE MISTS
When you steel yourself against the influence of ambience, roll +Prowess. On a
10+ hold 3; on a 7-9 hold 1; on a 6- still hold 1, but your rigidity prevents you
from using the Qoam arts while you have hold. Spend hold, 1-for-1, to
completely resist any mystical effect that would twist your mind or body.
�ONYGAUROS: A HOARDER’S LAIR
When you place down an item of value as the seed of your collection, this place
becomes mystically tied to you. Pick one per Role marked:
� You know as soon as others enter your lair, and they can’t hide from you inside.
� You can Manifest to give an item all of properties of a similar item in your lair.
� Any Relic that fits your collection will generate no ambience within your lair.
� By spending a day cataloguing your collection, you’ll have a vision of where
to go to find a new and valuable acquisition.
� Your collection speaks to you, drawing on the accumulated resonance of the
items stored within.
PERIPHERAL MOVES
�ADVANCE
When you mark a new role, pick one:
◊ Gain a new move from your Hero Playbook or Inheritance.
◊ Add 1 to a Stat, up to +3.
◊ Gain Mastery over an additional Focus.
If you’re marking your fourth role, this is your last advance – you can’t mark
any further roles. You also unlock the ability to do one of these:
◊ Retire your character to safety after finishing this final role and trigger their
Coda (p. 154).
◊ Ascend to the status of Champion (p. 156), able to stand alone from their House.
�UNLEASH
When you open up your mind to a masterless Qoam Relic, roll +Wisdom. On a hit
you bind it to you; the GM will tell you what Focus you can channel through it.
On a 7-9, pick one:
◊ Imprint one of your own memories into the Relic, erasing what was there
before and changing the Focus it provides.
◊ Leave the old memories within. Each time your Manifest attempt goes
against the imprinted memory’s values, the attempt gains Disadvantage and
the GM reveals one of the Covenant cores within. When both cores are
revealed, you can form a Rank 1 Covenant with the Relic using those cores;
when they apply, the Relic will Aid your attempts to Manifest.
On a 10+, you fully sense the memory within and may form a Rank 1 Covenant
immediately.
�BREAK
When you Bleed out a form of ambience that’s already present in an area, the
land breaks. All ongoing Manifested effects are wrenched from their master’s
control, and every character in this area must say how they are also broken:
◊ They sacrifice a Relic to the resonance, shattering it.
◊ Part of their body becomes useless, vitrified into Qoam crystal. With time, this
crystal may be Unleashed as a Relic.
◊ Their mind and form is transformed into something new; they lose any
Inheritance moves, but may gain new ones if other peoples take them in.
◊ They break entirely, dying on the spot or becoming a GM-controlled character.
� SOCIAL GRACE
When you gain Influence over a faction you already have Influence over, pick 1:
◊ Remove their Influence over you.
◊ Gain a Decree.
◊ Immediately Negotiate without a Decree cost, with the goal to either:
⧫ Form an Alliance, if they have Influence over you.
⧫ Gain Dominion over them, if they have no Influence over you.
� MARK OF DISGRACE
If you would lose your Influence over someone as a result of your own actions
but you have none, they pick one:
◊ Gain Fleeting Disadvantage from the disgrace.
◊ They start a Conflict with you as the grudge deepens.
◊ Erase your Alliance or your Dominion over them.
� COMMAND
When you spend a Decree and call on a faction you have Dominion over, roll
+Reach and choose one:
◊ Commandeer from them one of their Surpluses, or
2 points of their Arts or Lore in any combination.
◊ Secure their Support for your next action, treating the result as if they’d
rolled the lowest die.
◊ Dictate policies, erasing their Influence over another faction.
On a hit, they must do as they are told, but on a 7-9 you lose Influence over them.
Player factions can resist by sacrificing their Influence over you, or Endure if they
have none.
� WINDFALL
If Momentum would go over +3, erase a Surplus and pick 1:
◊ Gain a Decree.
◊ Gain fleeting Advantage on your next House Move.
◊ Gain 2 Lore or Arts in any combination.
◊ Build a free Memorial to a Hero.
� AFFLICTION
If Momentum would go below -3, erase a Need and pick 1:
◊ Lose Influence over another faction.
◊ Gain fleeting Disadvantage on your next House Move.
◊ Someone takes advantage of your weakness, and steals a chunk of territory
or social status from you.
� HARNESS
When your House claims or creates a key new strength, add it as a Surplus.
� MEMORIAL
When you spend a Decree and work to honour the memory of a fallen Hero, say
what form the memorial takes: a statue, an altar, an engraving, etc.
The Hero’s player chooses one of the Hero’s moves and links it to this legacy.
Those who pay their respects at the memorial can, with the player’s consent,
gain one use of this move. Any number of Heroes can benefit from the
Memorial at one time, so long as the fallen Hero’s legacy has not been
tarnished – physically or otherwise.
If you build a Memorial to an Allied House’s Hero, you can decide that their
next Hero is a member of your House as well as their own, and can access
your Inheritance moves. In return, their next Hero swears to perform a task of
your choice.

ARSENAL
All weapons get one of these for free:
◊ Melee: Useful against targets within arm’s
reach.
◊ Ranged: Useful against targets outside
arm’s reach and out to a few hundred
metres. Usually you need to take some
action to attack again after using it.
Other tags to pick up:
◊ Area: Affects a wide area when used,
enabling you to take on groups that
outnumber you.
◊ Brutal: Devastates its targets and leaves
collateral damage.
◊ Far: Useful against targets all the way out
as far as you can see.
◊ Flexible: It wraps around defences and can
be redirected mid-swing.
◊ Hefty: Knocks an enemy back on a hit. If
you’re not on steady ground when you use
it, you become vulnerable and unable to
move immediately after.
◊ Heirloom: The weapon gives you Advantage
on rolls to command and convince
members of your House. If you lose it and
don’t recover it before Rising Above to the
House level, your House must Endure.
◊ Hidden: You can carry this weapon without
being seen as a danger.
◊ Lingering: The pain it causes will force foes
you just hit to stay away from you.
◊ Non-lethal: Incapacitates, causing no lasting
harm.
◊ Piercing: Can penetrate armour and hide.
◊ Stun: Makes enemies slow and sluggish on
a hit.
◊ Tether: After you hit, you can easily hold
onto/keep pace with the foe.
◊ Weird: The weapon channels the Qoam
arts, causing an effect unique to the
weapon that inspires or terrifies witnesses.
GEAR TAG QUICK REFERENCE
COMPANIONS
◊ Artisans: Can create or perform beautiful
work.
◊ Astute: Great at spotting hidden or
ambiguous details.
◊ Drilled: Capable of working in dangerous
situations without panicking or breaking. In
battle, they give your character the
Armoured tag.
◊ Genial: Great at getting others to open up or
listen.
◊ Hardy: Capable of enduring great hardship.
◊ Horde: There’s dozens of them, able to
make use of weight of numbers. In battle,
they give your character the Area tag.
◊ Rogues: Skilled at thievery and running
cons.
◊ Scholarly: Possessing vast knowledge and
capable of deciphering ancient texts.
◊ Shadowy: Great at avoiding notice and
appearing where they should not be.
◊ Mystic: Deeply learned in the Qoam arts. In
battle, they give your character the Weird tag.
◊ Strong: Great at performing physical labour:
harvest, construction, clearing debris. In
battle, they give your character the Stun tag.
◊ Physician: Skilled at the healing arts.
◊ Vicious: Skilled at using violence. In battle,
they give your character the Brutal tag.
GARMENT
◊ Arcane: The garment protects you from
Henakor Surges and gives you 1 Armour
when Qoam arts deal damage to you.
◊ Armoured: The garment is reinforced
against physical blows. It negates
disadvantage stemming from physical
impacts - hail, landslide, suppressing fire,
etc - and gives you 1 Armour when you take
physical harm.
◊ Rugged: The garment helps you resist the
elements. It negates disadvantage from
cold, rain or dangerous weather, and gives
you 1 Armour when those deal harm to you.
◊ Mantle: Through voluminous folds or
arcane arts, the garment’s protection can
be extended to those within arm’s reach.
◊ Mobile: You can move freely in the garment,
allowing athletic and acrobatic movements.
◊ Regal: The garment is impressive and eye-
catching.
◊ Subtle: The garment helps you avoid notice.
If you have cover or stay still, you will not be
seen.
◊ Uniform: Showcasing your rank and
affiliation to Ancestral Guild, or the
Kingdom of Ahatils.
◊ Utility: Pockets and carry-loops let you
carry far more than you otherwise would.
TRANSPORT
All transports get one of these for free:
◊ Mount: An animal ridden by its
passenger(s). Capable of intelligent and
independent action, but can carry small
loads.
◊ Drawn: A cart, wagon or sled drawn by
animals. Slower than a mount and requiring
a trained driver, but can carry larger loads.
◊ Ship: A vessel made of Qoam-imbued
stone, enchanted to be buoyant enough to
float on water or – with effort – through the
air. Carries the same loads as a Drawn
transport, but it is faster and more
vulnerable to storms.
Other tags to pick up:
◊ Durable: The transport is resistant to harm.
Gain advantage when you Resist Danger with
it by enduring or powering through danger.
◊ Flying: The transport can take to the air
with ease, whether through its own wings or
natural buoyancy, or through the efforts of
dedicated Qoam-workers.
◊ Luxury: The transport is opulent and
impressive. Time spent travelling on it counts
as rest for the purposes of healing times.
◊ Swift: The transport is nimble and rapid.
Gain advantage when you Resist Danger
with it by evading danger and acting fast.
◊ Mighty: The transport can be used as a
weapon (tags: Melee, Brutal). Gain Advantage
when you Assault a smaller scale foe with it.
◊ Hulking: The transport is much larger than
other transports of its kind. It can carry
many more passengers or cargo, but its
size can make it slower and more
cumbersome.
◊ Canny: The transport is much better able to
control its movements than others of its
kind. If it’s a Mount, it gains a speciality tag
(see Companions). If it’s Drawn or a Ship, it
gains the same ability to control its own
movements as a Mount.
� THE COUNCIL
At the beginning of every cycle, powerful figures meet across Montara and discuss its fate.
First, we visit the occupying forces. Their player sets the scene of the meeting room. Each
other player plays an adviser to the Guild’s leadership, and in turn picks one:
◊ Deliver news from the war front, and pick the Surplus King Ahatils demands Montara provide to
reinforce his legions.
Guild’s player: Say what trouble is coming Montara’s way from the front.
◊ Deliver news from the capital, and pick a local Surplus that has become fashionable and in high
demand back home.
Guild’s player: Say what Ilvashan nobles are likely to visit Montara this cycle and cause you
problems.
◊ Deliver a report on a subversive group within Montara, and propose a new law to crack down
on this Cabal.
Guild’s player: Say who else this law will hurt or restrict.
◊ Deliver a report on a promising development in the Guild’s reshaping of Montara, and name
the Surplus that will be harvested when it’s completed.
Guild’s player: Say how this grand reshaping will greatly disrupt the ecology or society of
Montara.
Once all reports have been delivered, the Guild’s player brings the meeting to a close. They
say if the leader’s closing speech shows tragic ignorance, callous brutality, short-sighted
greed or unfounded ambition.
As the Guild meets, the Venture plots in the city’s shadows. Each House player describes who
their organisation has sent, and the GM describes any other Cabals attending the Council.
Take this moment to acknowledge any changes in the Influence Map after The Turn.
The Guild player (or the GM, if there is none) describes the first signs of the disaster their
recent actions have set in motion – they can pick one of our Crises (p. 158), or make their
own. Then, going round the table, each House enacts these steps:
1.Announce a problem, threat, or opportunity that they aren’t able to handle.
2.Say which other House should deal with the issue. That House must accept ownership of
the issue, get someone they have Influence over to help, or refuse and lose Influence on the
initial House.
3.If they refuse and no-one else volunteers, the GM marks the map with a Factor reflecting
the problem’s emergence, spread or escalation.
If there is a Guild player, on their turn they instead pick out or invent a Crisis, and describe the
initial signs of the tragedy their actions have caused.
Once this scene is over, begin the first City phase of this cycle, starting with the Guild’s opening action.
� DIVING DEEP
When no Houses wish to put further Endeavours into action, the group frames a Flashpoint
for their Heroes to face following these steps:
1.Pick an ongoing plot in the city you’re all interested in. This may be the actions of a Cabal,
the Guild or a particular Factor, one of the problems introduced in The Council, or
something else.
2.Pick a Hero to be the first focus character of the Flashpoint. This should be whoever’s
Role is most relevant to that plot, or failing that whichever Hero hasn’t had significant
screen time recently.
3.The GM and that Hero’s player set the scene, bringing in extra details from the Hero’s
current role.
4.Start playing, telling the story of the unfolding flashpoint. When other Heroes are brought
onscreen, they can add complicating details stemming from their Role.
If a particular Hero isn’t interested in this current flashpoint, their player can instead pick up a
Cohort to portray.
� RISING ABOVE
Once your Flashpoint comes to a close, each Hero picks one:
◊ They became closer to someone, gaining or ranking up a Covenant with them.
◊ They grew distant from someone, ranking down a Covenant with them.
Each player who didn’t play their Hero during the Flashpoint picks what the Hero did instead:
◊ They worked hard and negotiated wisely: add 1 Lore or Arts to their House’s stock.
◊ They scouted for information: describe a lead that might give their House a new Surplus or
remove a Need.
◊ They helped out a Cabal: gain Influence on them.
◊ They find out more about a menace: tie it to a Factor.
The GM will describe the broader consequences of the Flashpoint on the city, and decide how
many Decrees each House gains. Then you begin this new City phase.
� STEPPING IN
When your group wants to explore a City phase event in greater detail, the GM frames a scene
in the event’s immediate aftermath, involving Heroes or Cohorts from the Houses affected.
Once the scene is done, resume your City phase, with the Houses’ fictional positioning
adjusted by the scene.
 NAME ROLE MOVES
MIGHT
Trigger one at Hero creation:
� Leader: Mark when your people stand at the edge
of extinction. Take charge and say what in you can
save them: compassion or callousness.
PROWESS � Agent: Mark when you are sent somewhere no
natural being would survive. Say what the
CUNNING experience awakens in you: an inquisitive mind or
an indomitable will.
WISDOM � Rebel: Mark when you use violence to liberate
those oppressed by your faction. Say who the
victims are and how you become more like them.
Foci: Potent, Swift, Precise, Wide, Lasting � Prophet: Mark when you go through experiences
Gear: too strange for other peoples to comprehend.
State one fundamental truth about the world you
realise thanks to the experience.
� Traitor: Mark when you embark on a bloody-
handed crusade. State your target and say what
this awakens in you: hot fury or lethal efficiency.
Notes: � Outsider: Mark when this society disappoints you
greatly. Wander away into the wilds and say if you
become wiser or simply stranger.
When you mark a role in play, Advance.
MAKING YOUR AWOKEN
Stats
Distribute +2, 0, -1, -1 among Might, Prowess, Cunning, and Wisdom,
and add your House bonus.
Particulars
◊ Gendered, indifferent, seeking, defiant, ... EMBODIED AMBIENCE
◊ Fine crystal face, rough stony face, human-like metal face, wooden � Alien
animal mask, ...
◊ Brass plates and glowing Qoam joints, stony and mossy body, a
COVENANTS � Haunted
� Surging
piece of art in crystal and steel, living wood and carved vines, ...
Name Core Strength
◊ Cold voice, soft voice, inhuman voice, mute, ...
HARM
Covenants � Scratched
Choose a core for your bond with the player on your left and on your
� Bent
right: Discovery, Research, Heirloom, Ruin. Fuse this core with theirs to
� Damaged
decide together how each bond was forged – describe a brief scene
� Failing Systems
based on this two word concept. Give one Rank 1, one Rank 2.
� Terminated
Relic
Pick a Focus from Potent, Swift, Precise, Wide, or Lasting and assign it When you mark your Terminated box, you deactivate.
to the Relic that powers you. If this Relic is ever removed or destroyed, If your Relic is intact, anyone can perform Rituals in
you are terminated. Use your two remaining Covenant cores to a place of safety to bring you back to action fully
describe a memory bound to this Relic. repaired. Alternatively, they can scrap you for 5 Lore
and/or Arts in any combination.
AWOKEN MOVES
�CRAFTED, NOT BORN
You can shrug off damage that would maim a
human. You have 3-Armour against environmental
effects and attacks that are not Hefty or Weird. In
addition, you don’t need food, water, or air to survive,
but you can only be repaired with Rituals instead of
Heal – and all your Harm slots count as Major.
Choose an Inheritance Move and one of these:
�PEERLESS BRUTE □
When you use pure strength to destroy something
standing in your way, roll +Might. On a hit you do it,
but pick 2:
◊ Nothing of value is destroyed.
◊ It doesn’t attract a lot of attention.
◊ No one else is hurt or killed.
On a 10+ gain fleeting Advantage dealing with your
next physical challenge.
�ETERNAL MEMORIES □
When you find a remnant of the past, roll +Wisdom.
On a hit, get 1-Lore and the GM tells you something
you remember about it from before the world was
broken. On a 10+ you can ask a follow-up question.
�A MIND UNLIKE OURS □
Any time you gain Lore or Arts, gain an extra point of
Lore. If you immediately spend it on Reason to link
this situation to an inhuman or arcane Factor, you
can declare the nature of the connection for free.
�LONG LOST LORE □
When you encounter people or texts from a different
civilisation, roll +Wisdom. On a 10+, you are fluent in
that language and culture. On a 7-9, you are limited
to mystical and scientific concepts.
�REASSEMBLE PARTS □
When you reconfigure your body into a more practical
or dangerous form, roll +Prowess. On a hit, keep
control and hold 2. On a 10+ hold 3. Spend hold to:
◊ Grow plates that give you +2 Armour against one hit.
◊ Swiftly move to anywhere in sight.
◊ Shift a limb into a wicked weapon (Melee, Weird,
Brutal) for one attack.
◊ Break through an obstruction.
On a miss, Test a Covenant as you temporarily lose
control.
 NAME ROLE MOVES
Trigger one at Hero creation:
MIGHT � Leader: Mark when you accept a test of your powers.
The GM will pit you against two terrifying foes;
pick one and state why it fears you.
PROWESS � Agent: Mark when you are sent against a singular
horror, and state two things you’ve heard about it.
CUNNING The GM will secretly decide which one is true.
� Rebel: Mark when you guide others through their
CHIMERA MOVES
�PROTEAN FORM
When you lash out in fury or fear, shed your facade
and reveal your true form. Choose its key aspect:
� Winged: You can fly to hard-to-reach areas.
� Nimble: You can outmanoeuvre any prey or pursuer.
� Muscular: You can overpower similar-sized foes.
� Aquatic: You can easily live and move underwater.

WISDOM own transformation. Say how they become more

true to their desires, but the GM says new
resource they’ll need to maintain their new state.
Foci: Potent, Swift, Precise, Wide, Lasting � Prophet: Mark when you return home after a
Gear: mysterious disappearance. Describe the dark
forces that kidnapped you, and the GM describes
your prison.
� Traitor: Mark when you turn the mob’s ire on some
other hated group. Tell us how this wins you safety,
for a small time. The GM says what in the mob’s
Notes: actions horrifies you: their far-reaching hatred,
their horrific intensity, or their public support.
� Outsider: Mark when your House casts you out as an
aberration. Start a pilgrimage to an ancient haven
and say what wonders you dream of finding there.
When you mark a role in play, Advance.
MAKING YOUR CHIMERA
Stats
Pick one Stat and set at +3, and another Stat and set it at -2, describing
their weird tells. The last two Stats start at 0 – add your House bonus
to one of them.
Particulars
◊ Masculine, feminine, concealed, ambiguous, ...
◊ Right gender, wrong gender, removed gender, alien, ...
◊ Shifting face, blank face, twisted face, brooding face, ... EMBODIED AMBIENCE
And choose one thing it gives you Advantage on:
� The Hunter: Hunting prey.
� The Warrior: Causing pain and injury.
� The Guardian: Detecting menaces.
Choose an Inheritance Move and one of these:
�AT ANY COST □
When you have a moment to study a foe or hazard,
tell your allies what you are set to control: the harm
it can inflict, when it will strike, where it will strike.
Also pick what you’re ready to sacrifice: the beauty
of this place, precious time, an important alliance.
When you put the plan in motion, roll +Wisdom. On a
hit, make your sacrifice and control the foe. On a 7-9,
your allies pick another sacrifice to maintain control.
�FERAL SENSES □
When you investigate a scene, you can ask the GM
one question based on your strange senses. The GM
must answer truthfully, though veiled in symbolism.
�MYSTIC INSIGHT □
When you attune to the energy of a habitat, roll
+Wisdom; on a hit, you can Resist Danger and Explore
here with Wisdom instead of Prowess. On a 10+, the
GM will describe the region’s landmarks and threats.

◊ Shining eyes, ‘normal’ eyes, no eyes, inhuman eyes, ... � Alien �REFLEXIVE ADAPTATION □
◊ Tattooed glowing sigils, grafted inhuman limb, incised crystal
circuits, an aura subtle as starlight, ...
COVENANTS � Haunted
� Surging
When you take Harm, pick how your body protects itself
for the length of this conflict:
Name Core Strength
◊ Original Ancestry, patchwork Ancestry, unique Ancestry, shifting
Ancestry, ... HARM ◊ Enduring: Gain a Garment tag.
◊ Overpowering: Gain an Arsenal tag.
� Exhausted ◊ Adapting: Gain Advantage moving here.
Covenants � Angry
Choose a core for your bond with the player on your left and on your ◊ Outliving: Heal 1 Major Harm when you Recover.
� Shapeshifting (-1 Cunning)
right: Change, Violence, Army, Sickness. Fuse this core with theirs to
decide together how each bond was forged – describe a brief scene
� Hallucinating (-1 Prowess)
� Mutated
�STRANGE FASCINATION □
based on this two-word concept. Give one Rank 2, one Rank 3. When you spend time alone with someone, they can
When you mark off your Mutated box, you enter a become fixated on you. Roll +Roles marked. On a 10+
Relic chrysalis. An hour later you’ll emerge fully-healed, hold 3, on a 7-9 hold 2. They can remove 1 hold by
Pick a Focus from Potent, Swift, Precise, Wide, or Lasting and assign it giving you something they think you want, spying for
and with a new Protean Form configuration that
to a Relic absorbed within your shifting form. It can’t be stolen, but if it you, protecting you from harm or introducing you to
would have helped you resist what killed you. But
ever destroyed you will suffer 3-Harm. Use the two Covenant cores someone important. As long as you have hold, get
you lose all your memories, even if your Covenants
you didn’t pick earlier to describe a memory bound to this Relic. Advantage when you Compromise with them.
remain as a lingering and mysterious bond.
 NAME ROLE MOVES
MIGHT
Trigger one at Hero creation:
� Leader: Mark when your House rises up against an
oppressor. When you yourself confront them, say
where your forces are waiting in ambush.
PROWESS � Agent: Mark when you infiltrate a group to bring it
down. Say someone there who trusts you; GM
CUNNING says one who suspects.
� Rebel: Mark when your House betrays your creed.
FIREBRAND MOVES
�THE SECRET ARMY
When you spend a few days gathering rebels and
idealists around a cause, gain Companions with one
of these tags per Role you have marked: Shadowy,
Vicious, Horde, Astute, Rogues.
Choose an Inheritance Move and one of these:

WISDOM Name a rule; those who break it this age risk ruin.
� Prophet: Mark when you uncover evidence of
society’s stagnation and decay. The GM will say
Foci: Potent, Swift, Precise, Wide, Lasting what bastion of order must be brought low to
Gear: avert this decline. Describe the golden age you
expect their downfall to usher in.
� Traitor: Mark when you sacrifice the oppressed to
raise your power across the Borderlands. Name
the leaders who come to listen to your principles.
The GM will tell us about those who have seen
Notes: through your actions and vowed bloody
vengeance upon you.
� Outsider: Mark when your actions cause suffering
to a group you have no quarrel with. Say which
group you most need to make amends with, and
the GM says who profited from the suffering.
When you mark a role in play, Advance.
�WORDS OF REVOLUTION □
When you seek the counsel of the oppressed and
disenfranchised, roll +Cunning on Unearth. On a 10+
you’re also given access to a safe house you can use
while you’re in this area.
�ICONOCLAST □
When you reveal the dark secret of an authority
figure to their community, roll +Cunning. On a 7-9
choose 1, on a 10+ choose 2:
◊ Their allies stop providing them support.
◊ Their followers plot revolution.
◊ Their enemies offer you aid.
�A SHADOW IN THE WIND □
When you sneak through cover, nothing that hasn’t
already spotted you will notice you. If you would be
revealed, the GM will warn you in time to hide. Even
when you attack, there’ll be a period of confusion for
you to exploit.

MAKING YOUR FIREBRAND �ETERNAL ARSENAL □

Stats When righteous fury consumes you, the effects you
Distribute +1, 0, 0, -1 among Might, Prowess, Cunning, and Wisdom, Manifest evoke flames instead of telekinesis. The
and add your House bonus. flames are as hot as a burning torch, but can be
made hotter, burn wider and spread faster with the
Particulars addition of Focus tags.
◊ Masculine, feminine, concealed, ambiguous, ...
◊
◊
Burned face, surly face, angular face, friendly face, ...
Dead eyes, fiery eyes, passionate eyes, furtive eyes, ...
COVENANTS EMBODIED AMBIENCE �THE BLACK DOSSIER □
Name Core Strength � Alien Like all successful politicians, you know how to
◊ Muscular body, bony body, compact body, graceful body, ... � Haunted exploit the weakness of others. When you use
◊ Boulron, Cryphon, Esrith, Human, Onygauros, ... � Surging someone’s shameful or illicit secrets as leverage,
Covenants HARM one of the Reactions they pick for Compromise must
Choose a core for your bond with the player on your left and on your be “you promise to keep the secret hidden”.
� Winded
right: Poverty, Minority, Neighbourhood, Prison. Fuse this core with
� Fearful
theirs to decide together how each bond was forged – describe a brief
� Feverish (-1 Cunning)
scene based on this two-word concept. Give one Rank 1, one Rank 2.
� Bleeding (-1 Might)
Focus � Dead
Pick a Focus from Potent, Swift, Precise, Wide, or Lasting and assign it
to a mysterious Relic. Tell us of the passionate mission of its creator, When you mark your Dead box, your death sparks
and secrets you believe the Relic holds. Use your two remaining tumults and riots among the oppressed and
Covenant cores to describe a memory bound to this Relic. disenfranchised. Tells us what they tear down or
change for the better.

MAKING YOUR IMMERSED
Stats
Distribute +1, 0, 0, -1 among Might, Prowess, Cunning, and Wisdom,
and add your House bonus.
Particulars
◊ Masculine, feminine, concealed, ambiguous, ...
◊ Out-of-place looks, combined looks, a range of looks, unremarkable
looks, ...
◊ An accessory evoking your House. What is it?
◊ An accessory evoking your Kin. What is it?
◊ Boulron, Cryphon, Esrith, Human, Onygauros, ...
Covenants
Choose a core for your bond with the player on your left and on your
right: Bloodline, Mountain, Visions, Survivor. Fuse this core with theirs
to decide together how each bond was forged – describe a brief scene
based on this two-word concept. Give one Rank 1, one Rank 2.
Relic
Pick a Focus from Potent, Swift, Precise, Wide, or Lasting and assign it
to a Relic weapon with Heirloom and two other Arsenal tags of your
choice; describe it, and say which of your communities granted it to
you. Use your two remaining Covenant cores to describe a memory
bound to this Relic.
NAME ROLE MOVES
Trigger one at Hero creation:
MIGHT � Leader: Mark when you forge an alliance between
your House and your Kin. The GM will say how this
alienates your House from their community.
PROWESS � Agent: Mark when you disguise your House’s
activities by using your Kin as a proxy. Say who
CUNNING you intend to fool. The GM says who will hold the
secret as leverage against you.
WISDOM � Rebel: Mark when you take up arms against your
own House in defence of your Kin. Say why
anyone who wishes to harm them must go
Foci: Potent, Swift, Precise, Wide, Lasting through you first.
Gear: � Prophet: Mark when you uncover a mysterious
Titan or Place of Power related to your Kin. Say
how it could potentially transform their role in the
Borderlands. The GM says what horror awaits if it
falls into the wrong hands.
� Traitor: Mark when you sacrifice your Kin to save
Notes: someone else. The GM will say what action you
must take against your House or their community
to balance the scales, and what trouble will be
introduced to your bond if you refuse.
� Outsider: Mark when you reject some part of your
House’s culture to be closer to your Kin. Name
someone important who is horrified by this, and
the GM will name someone who is determined to
emulate you, cost and danger be damned
When you mark a role in play, Advance.
EMBODIED AMBIENCE
� Alien
� Haunted
COVENANTS � Surging
Name Core Strength HARM
� Rescued by your Kin.
� Drawn away.
� Feral (Cut off from your House).
� Lost (Cut off from your Kin).
� Dead.
When you mark off your Dead box, your two peoples
come together to mark your passing. Say what task
they embark on, with your Kin lending your House
their Support until it’s done. A Memorial built to you
sanctifies the local area, letting everyone present
peacefully communicate with your Kin as per Kith
and Kin so long as they respect your memory.
IMMERSED MOVES
�KITH AND KIN
You’ve forged a bond with a group on the fringes of
Montaran society. However strange they are, you can
communicate with them and they accept you as one
of their own. You have a rank 3 Covenant, and always
have Advantage when you Compromise with them.
Name your Tribe:
____________________________________
Say where you go to spend time with them, and what
has put them on the fringes of Montaran society.
Choose an Inheritance Move and one of these:
�BLOOD MAGIC □
When you lay you hands on a willing member of your
Kin and channel arcane energies, you may Manifest
as though they were a Relic, with their Aid.
�THE BOND □
In any scene where their presence has not been
otherwise established, you may narrate a member of
your Kin arriving or revealing themselves.
In any situation where your Kin are present, you may
arrive on the scene whenever you feel you are needed
most. The GM may trigger both of these as a Reaction.
�IN YOUR FOOTSTEPS
□
At least one member of your Kin may always go
unseen in your company. You can silently talk with
them, and if you send them off on their own mission
it’ll never lead to their capture or death.
�ESOTERIC ETIQUETTE □
When others follow your lead as they interact with
your Kin, they will be accepted and can talk with
your Kin as per Kith & Kin. Should a member of this
party provoke your Kin, or you remove your protection
from someone, roll +Cunning. On a 10+, only the
offending party draws their ire. On a 7-9, all of your
followers suffer. On a miss, even you temporarily
lose the benefits of Kith & Kin.
�BECOME AS ONE □
When you take a moment to emulate your Kin’s
visage and abilities, roll +Roles marked, up to +3. On
a 10+, 3. On a 7-9, 2. On a 6-, still choose 1.
◊ You adopt their mode of travel, and move easily
through any environment they’re adapted to.
◊ Gain 2-3 weapon tags as your violence mirrors theirs.
◊ Your foes see you only as a member of your Kin.
◊ You do not inherit any innate vulnerabilities,
weaknesses or compulsions of your Kin.

MAKING YOUR MARTYR
Stats
Assign Ω to Might or Prowess, and Δ to Cunning or Wisdom. Then
assign +1, -1 for the remaining. See Harm for details on Ω and Δ.
Looks
◊
◊
Masculine, feminine, concealed, ambiguous, ...
Bent body, wiry body, flabby body, lanky body, ...
◊ Blank eyes, fiery eyes, sad eyes, steady eyes, ...
◊ Weathered face, ordinary face, stern face, scarred face, ...
◊ Boulron, Cryphon, Esrith, Human, Onygauros, ...
Covenants
Choose a core for your bond with the player on your left and on your
right: Charity, Childhood, Injustice, War. Fuse this core with theirs to
decide together how each bond was forged – describe a brief scene
based on this two-word concept. Give one Rank 1, one Rank 2.
Relic
You are a wondrous and terrifying font of ambience, somehow able to
manipulate the Qoam arts without a Relic. Pick a Focus from Potent,
Swift, Precise, Wide, or Lasting that you hold within you, and also
describe a plain and unassuming keepsake. Use the two Covenant cores
you didn’t pick earlier to describe a memory bound to this keepsake and
to your strange power.
NAME ROLE MOVES
MIGHT
Trigger one at Hero creation:
� Leader: Mark when your people face extreme hardship
and want. The GM tells us what you can sacrifice to
show them how to endure with wisdom. If you do it, tell
PROWESS us how they are inspired by your example.
� Agent: Mark when there is a job so dirty or difficult
CUNNING that you’re the only one willing to accept it. Tell us
how you realise it’s even worse than anyone
WISDOM expected. As you work on the task, the GM will
reveal a mysterious treasure or golden
opportunity waiting at its completion.
Foci: Potent, Swift, Precise, Wide, Lasting � Rebel: Mark when you try to break your people out of
Gear: their comfortable, safe ways. The GM tells us of two
forces that will resist change at all costs. Confront
them openly and say how your people change once
you resist everything they throw at you.
� Prophet: Mark when you condemn your people for
their wicked or cowardly ways. The GM will
Notes: describe two calamities their ways have brought
on them – pick one. If you all survive the ordeal,
they will overcome their weakness.
� Traitor: Mark when you meet the greatest
tormentor of this Age. To win their heart and soul
you must give yourself fully to them. Say which of
you will teach a harsh truth to the other.
� Outsider: Mark when you embark on a journey of
(self-) discovery. Ritually sacrifice a symbol of
your past, your present, and your future. The GM
describes those who leave everything behind to
join your quest for wisdom.
When you mark a role in play, Advance.
EMBODIED AMBIENCE
� Alien
� Haunted
� Surging
COVENANTS
Name Core Strength HARM
Stats marked by Ω and Δ start at -1. For each harm
listed in their tracks their value goes up by 1. You
can only mark your Dead box when both tracks are
fully marked.
Ω Δ
� Twisted joint � Anguished
� Torn flesh � Fearful
� Broken bones � Hopeless
� Blinding pain � Despairing
� Dead
When you die, your death becomes a rallying point
for those touched by your sacrifice. Say who they
are, and what your death inspires them to do.
MARTYR MOVES
�CLEAR EYES
When you stand on the brink of defeat with any Ω
harm marked, you become Sanctified. So long as
you’re Sanctified, you gain the undying respect of
those who witness you facing your ordeal. Friend or
foe, they will from now on defend your reputation,
marked by the strength of your devotion.
When you witnesses a tragedy related to your cause
with any Δ harm marked, you become Rapturous. So
long as you’re Rapturous, you grant new strength and
courage for the weak and despairing when you make
a stand, and fill the heart of tormentors with fear and
doubt if you attack.
These states end when you Heal any Harm on their track.
Choose an Inheritance Move and one of these:
�CANDID GAZE □
When you have a quiet moment to tend to the
wounded and despairing, Heal them of all emotional
and psychological harm and take it for yourself –
mark 1 harm box for every 2 boxes of theirs you heal.
�FIERY GLARE □
Every time you refuse an opportunity to rest and
heal, gain +1 Armour on top of any Armour you
already have. Lose 1 Armour every time you take any
harm until this bonus is gone.
�GLAZED SIGHT
□
When you find enlightenment in pain and sorrow, roll
+Δ instead of +Wisdom. When you are hurt while
Rapturous or Sanctified, gain 1-Lore.
�HOLLOW STARE □
When you confront a tormentor, describe for the
group a time you felt great pain and sorrow to evoke
a response of your choice from the tormentor:
◊ They gloat over their power.
◊ They seek to humiliate you.
◊ They go out of their way to cause you more pain.
◊ They try to convince you that you deserve
punishment.
Each can only be picked once in a given
confrontation. If you evoke three, describe the fatal
weakness they expose.
�STEELY CONTEMPLATION □
When you shield another from certain death, gain +2
Armour against the harm that they would have suffered.
 NAME ROLE MOVES PROWLER MOVES
MIGHT
Trigger one at Hero creation:
� Leader: Mark when your leaders falter and you �AGENTS OF THE NIGHT
take charge. Tell us your underhanded plan to When you infiltrate a location or community, roll
overcome the crisis. The GM says how it makes +Roles marked. On a 10+, pick 3. On a 7-9, pick 2:
PROWESS your people venal or avaricious. ◊ You enter unnoticed.
� Agent: Mark when your House sends you to steal a ◊ You have an escape route.
CUNNING legendary treasure. Say which rival thief wants it
at any cost; the GM says why it’s so important to
◊ No violence is needed.
◊ You find a route to the most valuable thing there.

WISDOM its current owner.

� Rebel: Mark when you conspire against your own
Choose an Inheritance Move and one of these:

Foci: Potent, Swift, Precise, Wide, Lasting

Venture. Name a faction that now considers you a
hero and tell us why.
Gear: � Prophet: Mark when you come to know of a
priceless relic. Say its current whereabouts, and
the GM tells us of its secret properties.
� Traitor: Mark when you purge a bountiful land of its
inhabitants. Say who in your House turns a blind
eye to your depredations so they can get rich. The
Notes: GM says how the bloodshed curses the land.
� Outsider: Mark when your House stands on the eve
of a critical battle. Refuse to fight for them and go
seek your fortune elsewhere. Name something,
anything, that’ll survive the ordeal unharmed.
When you mark a role in play, Advance.
�BEAUTY IS UNBEARABLE □
When you flashback to your careful plans during a
heist, sabotage or assassination, you may ask the
GM one of these questions:
◊ What else is valuable here?
◊ What’s my target’s most powerful defence?
◊ Who will retaliate?
◊ Who else wants our target?
Gain fleeting advantage acting on the answer.
�WALK BESIDE ME □
When you plan with co-conspirators on the eve of
action, roll +Cunning. On a 10+, hold 3. On 7-9, hold
1. While executing the plan, spend hold to provide
Aid to them even if you share no Covenants or if you
are not in the same scene.

�HEROISM IS OPTIONAL □
When you look for an avenue of escape, you’ll always
MAKING YOUR PROWLER find one. When you make use of it, roll +Prowess. On
a hit, you get away. On a 10+, pick 1. On a 7-9, pick 2.
Stats
Distribute +1, 0, 0, -1 among Might, Prowess, Cunning and Wisdom, and ◊ You get hurt during the escape.
add your House bonus. ◊ You end up in another dangerous situation.
◊ You leave something important behind.
Particulars
◊ Masculine, feminine, concealed, ambiguous, ... EMBODIED AMBIENCE ◊ You owe someone for your escape.
◊
◊
Weathered face, weasel face, dashing face, twisted face, ...
Sardonic eyes, angry eyes, cold eyes, one-eyed, ...
COVENANTS � Alien
� Haunted �NIGHT WALKING □
Name Core Strength When you ambush your pursuers under the cover of
◊ Agile body, scarred body, lanky body, stout body, ... � Surging
darkness, you inflict savage damage, terrifying those
◊ Boulron, Cryphon, Esrith, Human, Onygauros, ...
Covenants
HARM who witness it.
� Cut Off When you’re ambushed under the cover of darkness,
Choose a core for your bond with the player on your left and on your � Pinned you may always throw an ally into danger to create
right: Crime, Passion, Vengeance, Friendship. Fuse this core with theirs � Gut wound (-1 Prowess) safety for yourself.
to decide together how each bond was forged – describe a brief scene � Broken (-1 Might)
based on this two-word concept. Give one Rank 1, one lRank2. � Dead �ON THE EDGE □
Relic When attacked, you can respond before the first
Pick a Focus from Potent, Swift, Precise, Wide, or Lasting and assign it When you mark your Dead box, you escape the
blow lands. You’re impossible to surprise as long as
to a Relic weapon with three Arsenal tags of your choice. Describe it scene and die on your own terms. If escape is
you have your senses.
and say who you took it from, and use your two remaining Covenant impossible, you leave an Echo to forever haunt the
cores to describe a memory bound to it. area or your killers.
 NAME ROLE MOVES
MIGHT
Trigger one at Hero creation:
� Leader: Mark when your House is at war with a
more powerful faction. Single out their champion,
and tell us two of their strengths; the GM will tell
PROWESS you of their secret weakness. Beat them to break
your foe’s morale.
CUNNING � Agent: Mark when you swear to keep someone
safe. Say what about them reminds you of your
SENTINEL MOVES
�HOLDING BACK THE TIDE
When you stand in defence of a person, place or thing,
roll +Stat appropriate to the threat, as defined by the
GM. On a 7-9, pick one. On a 10+, pick two.
◊ No harm comes to the thing you defend.
◊ No harm comes to you even as you stand in its way.
◊ You force the threat back and away.

WISDOM past. The GM will say who among their loved ones
will fall for you.
Choose an Inheritance Move and one of these:

Foci: Potent, Swift, Precise, Wide, Lasting

� Rebel: Mark when you protect one of your people’s
enemies from your House. Reveal the secret
�STEEL RAIN □
When you ambush your enemies with a coordinated
Gear: backstory that led to this. offensive, you can Aid any and all members of your
� Prophet: Mark when an overwhelming force team. If your die comes up lowest, you don’t Test the
marches towards conquest. Pick the perfect place Covenant.
to halt them in their tracks. The GM says who is
inspired by your heroism.
� Traitor: Mark when you let in the wolves at the door.
�COMMAND □
When you give someone an order or warning, roll
Notes: Name the critical advantage you get from your
+Might. On a 7-9 they must do it, freeze, get out of
betrayal. The GM will name two things you hold
there, or attack you. On a 10+, you only give them two
dear that’ll be ravaged by the attack – pick one.
of those options.
� Outsider: Mark when you fight against a threat that
poses no harm to your people. Say which Cabal is
helping you – the GM tells us their reasons. �CITADEL OF DUST □
When you take your time scouting the area and
When you mark a role in play, Advance.
preparing your defences, hold 1 per Role marked.
When under assault here, you may spend 1 hold at
any time to:
◊ Blunt an enemy assault, stopping it in its tracks.
◊ Reveal artifices that jeopardise a critical enemy
MAKING YOUR SENTINEL asset.
Stats ◊ Sneak a small counter-offensive behind enemy
Distribute +1, 0, 0, -1 among Might, Prowess, Cunning and Wisdom, lines.
and add your House bonus.
Particulars �COURAGE TO CONQUER □
◊ Masculine, feminine, concealed, ambiguous, ... EMBODIED AMBIENCE When you assess a situation in crisis, roll +Wisdom.
◊
◊
Handsome face, blunt face, hidden face, scarred face, ...
Wise eyes, merciless eyes, judging eyes, one eye, ...
COVENANTS � Alien
� Haunted
On a 7-9 answer 2, on a 10+ answer 3:
Name Core Strength ◊ What is the safest way to approach this crisis?
◊ Huge body, muscular body, stocky body, compact body, ... � Surging ◊ How can I save the most lives?
◊ Boulron, Cryphon, Esrith, Human, Onygauros, ...
Covenants
HARM ◊ What hidden danger is yet to come?
Gain fleeting Advantage acting on each answer.
� Bruised
Choose a core for your bond with the player on your left and on your
right: Protection, Law, Siege, Oath. Fuse this core with theirs to say
� Angry
� Drained �ARMOURED IN VIGILANCE □
together how each bond was forged; describe a brief scene based on � Crippled (-1 Might) So long as you stand watch over your Covenants,
this two-word concept. Give one Rank 1, one Rank 2. � Dead you’ll notice anyone attempting to sneak up on them,
Relic blight them, or launch an attack on them, with time to
Pick a Focus from Potent, Swift, Precise, Wide, or Lasting and assign it When you mark off your Dead box, plant your feet take action.
to a Relic outfit with three Garment tags of your choice. Tell us who and make your last stand. No matter what, you’ll
you inherited it from, and use your two remaining Covenant cores to remain fighting until your allies are safe and the
describe a memory bound to it. danger has passed. Only then do you die.

MAKING YOUR SINGER
Stats
Set Cunning to +2. Distribute 0, 0, and -1 among Might, Prowess, and
Wisdom, and add your House bonus.
Particulars
◊ Masculine, feminine, concealed, ambiguous, ...
◊ Long and flowing hair, shaved head, tight locks, short and messy, ...
◊ Willowy, curvy, robust, rugged, coltish, ...
◊ Jerky and aggressive motions, a flowing sway, timid and discreet
posture, grand and dramatic gestures, ...
◊ Boulron, Cryphon, Esrith, Human, Onygauros, ...
Covenants
Choose a core for your bond with the player on your left and on your
right: Birth, Change, Music, Lovers. Fuse this core with theirs to decide
together how each bond was forged – describe a brief scene based on
this two-word concept. Give one Rank 1, one Rank 2.
Focus
Pick a Focus from Potent, Swift, Precise, Wide, or Lasting and assign it
to a Relic outfit with three Garment tags of your choice. Tell us how
you won this regalia, and use your two remaining Covenant cores to
describe a memory bound to it.
NAME ROLE MOVES
Trigger one at Hero creation:
MIGHT � Leader: Mark when you gather the great talents of
the age. Say how the work you make together will
bring you all acclaim. The GM tells you the price
PROWESS of fame.
� Agent: Mark when you are sent to build bridges
CUNNING with a rival faction. Describe the powerful patron
you will find there. The GM will tempt you with
WISDOM more fame, if you accept a dramatic demand by
your new patron.
� Rebel: Mark when you stage a performance to
Foci: Potent, Swift, Precise, Wide, Lasting undermine a feckless or despotic ruler. Say how
Gear: your collective rage stirs the climate UP into
chaos. The GM decides whether this strange
weather stretches from horizon to horizon or lasts
for many weeks.
Notes: � Prophet: Mark when you sing out your defiance at
an overwhelming menace. Your people will rally
under your presence and make the menace pay
now or later, your choice. The GM says how the
menace retaliates specifically against you.
� Traitor: Mark when you go on a quest for a cursed
song. Tell us of the mayhem or tragedy it’ll cause
if performed. The GM will describe the eldritch
guardian who seals away the song with their life.
� Outsider: Mark when you stand ready to sell your
soul in a place of power. The GM introduces an
arcane horror who’ll offer you your heart’s desire.
Decide if you’d rather name the price you’ll pay, or
the time when you must to pay it. The GM will
decide the other.
When you mark a role in play, Advance.
EMBODIED AMBIENCE
� Alien
� Haunted
COVENANTS � Surging
Name Core Strength
HARM
� Disheartened.
� Drained.
� Panicking (-1 Wisdom).
� Bleeding (-1 Prowess).
� Dead
When you mark off your Dead box, you cease to be in
a burst of energy, light and emotions. From this
moment on, your Covenants can sing your songs to
summon your Echo - who will provide a dramatic
performance. Effectively, each one of them gain one
use of A Kind of Magic at +3.
SINGER MOVES
�A KIND OF MAGIC
When you perform a new song drawing on profound
emotions, give it a title and a Covenant core. You and
those in your audience with a Covenant matching the
core form a Covenant with the song itself. Its Rank
starts at 0, +1 for each of these (max +3):
◊ Many join their voices to yours.
◊ Other instruments support your voice.
◊ The song is performed on a dramatic stage.
◊ The song’s core theme is relevant to the situation.
While the song is performed, those connected to it can
receive Aid from it. If someone’s Rank with it would go
above 3, they may instead form a Rank 1 Covenant
with a song of their own with different themes.
Choose an Inheritance Move and one of these:
�ARTIST’S SOUL
□
When Manifest backlashes leave you Alien, you avoid
ranking down a Covenant so long as you immediately
channel the impulses into your art. When you compose
a new song, erase one Embodied Ambience within you.
�FASCINATING PERFORMANCE □
When you bare your soul in a performance, roll +Cunning.
On a 7-9 pick 1, on a 10+ pick 2 conditions that
affect your audience during your performance, and
roll with fleeting Advantage acting on them:
◊ You hold all of their attention.
◊ They are affected by the core theme of your song.
◊ They forget pain or fear.
◊ One of them becomes enraptured with you for good.
�BATTLE HYMN □
When you sing, those with a Covenant to the song
gain an extra Harm Slot: “Disheartened”. When you
Confront a Titan with your music, you may roll +Song
Covenant as the stat appropriate to your offensive.
�MYSTIC CHANT □
When you Manifest Qoam arts through your music, roll
+Song Covenant instead of +Wisdom.
�SOULFUL HOWL □
When you perform a song made for the ears of beasts
and Titans, roll +Cunning. On a 7-9 pick 1, on a 10+ pick 2:
◊ Your song calls them from across great distances.
◊ You affect all beasts and titans who hear the song.
◊ They follow a command fitting its core theme.
◊ They become or cease to be Disturbed.

MAKING YOUR STORYTELLER
Stats
Distribute +1, 0, 0, -1 among Might, Prowess, Cunning and Wisdom, and
add your House bonus.
Particulars
◊ Masculine, feminine, concealed, ambiguous, ...
◊ Matter-of-fact prose, stage whispers, academic formality, hellfire-
and-brimstone speeches, ...
◊ Playful eyes, haunted eyes, appraising eyes, excited eyes, ...
◊ Perpetual smile, down-turned lips, luscious lips, thin lips, ...
◊ Boulron, Cryphon, Esrith, Human, Onygauros, ...
Covenants
Choose a core for your bond with the player on your left and on your
right: Dreams, Music, Pride, Faith. Fuse this core with theirs to decide
together how each bond was forged – describe a brief scene based on
this two-word concept. Give one Rank 1, one Rank 2.
Relic
Pick a Focus from Potent, Swift, Precise, Wide, or Lasting and assign it
to a Relic that manipulates sound; tell us of the stories it holds and the
mentor who gave it to you. Use your two remaining Covenant cores to
describe a memory bound to this Relic.
NAME ROLE MOVES
Trigger one at Hero creation:
MIGHT � Leader: Mark when you tell your House a story of a
fabled treasure. Whatever you say will grow and
spin out of proportion. Say who looks to you to
PROWESS advise their pursuit of it.
� Agent: Mark when you’re asked to bring a parable
CUNNING to a community. Say who it affects most deeply,
and the GM says how it mutates as it’s retold.
WISDOM � Rebel: Mark when you satirise your own people’s
values or failures. Name someone important who
takes your words to heart. The GM names
Foci: Potent, Swift, Precise, Wide, Lasting someone who never will again.
Gear: � Prophet: Mark when you learn of a new discovery.
Describe how this discovery will capture the
imaginations of Montara for generations to come –
or else describe an application of it that they will
fear and mistrust for just as long.
� Traitor: Mark when you fabricate a story to
Notes: demonise and vilify. Tell us how widespread
acceptance of this story destroys your target. The
GM will tell us what part of your monstrous
depiction they live up to as a result.
� Outsider: Mark when you teach your own version
of your House’s core philosophy. The GM says
which part of this story you’re most viciously
mocked for, at least for now. You say what part
will gradually be assimilated into their orthodoxy.
When you mark a role in play, Advance.
EMBODIED AMBIENCE
� Alien
� Haunted
COVENANTS � Surging
Name Core Strength
HARM
� Isolated
� Lost (-1 Prowess)
� Confused (-1 Wisdom)
� Babbling (-1 Cunning)
� Dead
When you mark your Dead box, say who you trust to
tell your story. If they do, they may mark one of your
unmarked roles in the process. If they refuse or fail
to tell your story, it’s up for grabs. If no one tells it
before the age is done, then you are truly forgotten,
even as the stories you told in life live on.
STORYTELLER MOVES
�TALES AND LEGENDS
When you relate the story of a marvel or mystery,
state one fact per Role marked about its (arcane,
brutal, dramatic, horrific, romantic, savage) (origin,
power, weakness, fate). If you make one fact an
untrustworthy fiction, gain 1-Lore as a clue to find
out the truth behind the myth. Your audience gains
fleeting Advantage to act on the true lore, and
fleeting Disadvantage to act on the false one.
Choose an Inheritance Move and one of these:
�1001 NIGHTS □
When you tell an agressor a moving story, Resist Danger
with Cunning. On a 10+, they’ll let slip a vital secret.
�ANCIENT BESTIARY □
When you relate rumours, half-truths, and glimpses
of an elusive creature/phenomenon, name three of
these, and the GM will secretly pick one as false:
◊ Why it’s difficult to directly observe;
◊ What it’s driven to do;
◊ Where it came from, or what first caused it;
◊ What makes it wondrous or fascinating;
◊ What hidden peril it brings or heralds.
Your audience has fleeting Advantage acting on the
true lore, and fleeting Disadvantage acting on the
false one. Once per Cycle, you can introduce the
object of your story into a scene of your choice.
�DARKEST BEFORE DAWN □
When your stories give someone solace and purpose,
Heal any mental/emotional Harm they’re suffering.
�ROAD TALES □
When you Explore wild country, gain hold 1 per Role
marked. Spend 1 hold to frame one of these scenes.
After each scene, form or rank up a Covenant.
An encounter with noble foes; An ancient threat eluded;
A beautiful vista; A natural hardship overcome.
�VOICE OF THE ICONS □
When you tell a House stories that make their
champions into legends, offer their Hero a new Role:
� Knight. Something must be found, rescued or
conquered. If you swear to do this, add +1 to Prowess
or Might. Say how your House will suffer if you fail.
� Scoundrel. A terrible threat must be confronted. If
you draw first blood, add +1 to Prowess or Cunning.
The GM says what you’ll have to sacrifice to win.

MAKING YOUR SURVIVOR
Stats
Distribute +1, 0, 0, -1 among Might, Prowess, Cunning and Wisdom, and
add your House bonus.
Particulars
◊
◊
Masculine, feminine, concealed, ambiguous, ...
Weathered face, grimy face, friendly face, scarred face, ...
◊ Hollow eyes, sunken eyes, wary eyes, cold eyes, ...
◊ Lean body, bulky body, marked body, quick body, ...
◊ Boulron, Cryphon, Esrith, Human, Onygauros, ...
Covenants
Choose a core for your bond with the player on your left and on your
right: Disaster, Healing, Protection, Sickness. Fuse this core with theirs
to decide together how each bond was forged – describe a brief scene
based on this two word concept. Give one Rank 1, one Rank 2.
Relic
Pick a Focus from Potent, Swift, Precise, Wide, or Lasting and assign it to
a crystalline prosthetic that has helped you overcome the past. Describe
it, and say who developed it for you. If you ever happen to lose it, work
out with the GM how the pain of the past returns. Use your two
remaining Covenant cores to describe a memory bound to this Relic.
NAME ROLE MOVES
MIGHT
Trigger one at Hero creation:
� Leader: Mark when the thing you survived
threatens your House. Say how they’ll need to
change to survive it.
PROWESS � Agent: Mark when you are sent where the action
is thickest. Name one aspect of the menace that
CUNNING ties it to The Things I’ve Seen.
� Rebel: Mark when another faction is threatened by
WISDOM the thing you survived. Leave at once to provide
them with much-needed aid, orders be damned!
Tell us how those you save will express their
Foci: Potent, Swift, Precise, Wide, Lasting undying gratitude.
Gear: � Prophet: Mark when a new calamity looms over
your people. Name places, things or people
important to your House it threatens. Warn
everyone before it’s too late! The GM will make
sure you arrive barely in time.
� Traitor: Mark when you steer the tragedy you
Notes: survived towards your foes. Say how they were
never prepared for this. The GM will tell us how it
will rage out of your control.
� Outsider: Mark when you can’t stay here any
longer. Say what you were missing in your House;
GM says where you might find it.
When you mark a role in play, Advance.
EMBODIED AMBIENCE
� Alien
COVENANTS � Haunted
� Surging
Name Core Strength
HARM
� Bruised
� Stressed
� Bleeding (-1 Force)
� Crippled (-1 Force)
� Dead
When you mark your Dead box, choose one of the
people present to learn your final lesson of survival.
No matter what they’ll survive long enough to get
back to safety. If their Dead box is checked, instead
of dying they wake up later in a place of safety with
their Dead box healed.
SURVIVOR MOVES
�THE THINGS I’VE SEEN
Choose what destroyed your life:
� Arcane Monsters: When you Exploit the Covenant to
commune with them, declare one thing that will help
you survive their onslaught. You and those who take
advantage of this insight gain fleeting Advantage.
� Wounds of the World: When you Resist Danger
from raging arcane energies, roll with Advantage.
� Dark Hearts: When you form a new Covenant with
their victims, set its initial value to 2.
� Fateful Disasters: When disaster befalls your
allies, you can show up right where you are
needed the most, in the nick of time.
Choose an Inheritance Move and one of these:
�THE PLACES I’VE BEEN □
When you lead others to safety, gain 2-Armour until
you are clear of danger. Those who follow your lead
gain 1-Armour.
�THE ONES I’VE LOST □
While you fight to avenge a fallen friend or
companion, you can rank down any other Covenant
when you Exploit the Covenant with your fallen
friend. After losing so many, you learned to
steadfastly defend their legacy.
�THE MEMORIES I CHERISH □
When you gather your Covenants and share stories
above everything you have overcome, they each
ignore one backlash when you next Aid their attempt
to Manifest.
�THE COMPASSION I CARRY □
When you take a moment to provide succour to
victims during a disaster or battle, take a moment to
heal one of their Minor Harm boxes. If you carry them
to shelter, also heal one of their Major Harm boxes.
�THE NAME THEY HONOUR □
As long as you never refuse aid to the victims of
disaster and violence, roll +Prowess on Compromise
and Encounter.
If you lose this move, regain it when you mark Harm
as part of a successful attempt to save someone’s
life.

MAKING YOUR TOILER
Stats
Distribute +1, 0, 0, -1 among Might, Prowess, Cunning and Wisdom, and
add your House bonus.
Particulars
◊ Masculine, feminine, concealed, ambiguous, ...
◊ Leathery face, rugged face, plain face, ruined face, ...
◊ Large shoulders, sinewy limbs, barrel chested, simply huge, ...
◊ Impassive eyes, grizzled mane, a faded scar, stern voice, ...
◊ Boulron, Cryphon, Esrith, Human, Onygauros, ...
Covenants
Choose a core for your bond with the player on your left and on your
right: Construction, Challenge, Party, Accident. Fuse this core with
theirs to decide together how each bond was forged – describe a brief
scene based on this two word concept. Give both Rank 1, and name a
loved one who you have a Rank 3 Family Covenant with.
Relic
Pick a Focus from Potent, Swift, Precise, Wide, or Lasting and assign it
to a simple but robust Relic. It will endure Breaking once without
shattering. Use your two remaining Covenant cores to describe a
memory of how you won this fine gift.
NAME ROLE MOVES
MIGHT
Trigger one at Hero creation:
� Leader: Mark when you take on a job that’s too
large, urgent or dangerous for just your crew. Tell
us of the crews you will gather to get it done –
PROWESS and why only this team can pull it off. The GM will
say what you must sacrifice to succeed and how
CUNNING your crew will suffer if you fail.
� Agent: Mark when your House faces an imminent
WISDOM crisis. Say what you can do to help that no one
else can. When you do it, the GM will say who will
get hurt trying to keep up with you.
Foci: Potent, Swift, Precise, Wide, Lasting � Rebel: Mark when hard-working people suffer
Gear: gross injustice. Put down your tools to go help,
and tell us what you need to do to set things right.
The GM will tell you how those back home will
suffer in your absence.
� Prophet: Mark when those in power impose unjust
rules on their subjects. Tell everyone how
Notes: commoners are going to react. The GM tells you
of the reprisals this reaction will bring.
� Traitor: Mark when you hide the truth of an
imminent crisis to prevent panic. Choose if you
must see innocent people dying, your family
suffering, or your reputation destroyed if you are
to avert this crisis on your own.
� Outsider: Mark when your world or those you love
change too much. Withdraw where no one can
follow. As long as you remain distant and
unchanged, you can endure and thrive in the most
hostile of territory. Name a loved one that can
bring you back.
When you mark a role in play, Advance.
EMBODIED AMBIENCE
COVENANTS � Alien
� Haunted
Name Core Strength
� Surging
HARM
� Indifferent
� Angry
� Strained
� Mutilated (-1 Might & Cunning)
� Dead
When you mark your Dead box, name one final
problem to solve and an inglorious task that will sort
it out. Your crew and all of those who once loved you
will see it through, no matter how hard.
TOILER MOVES
�WORK HARD
When you assess a disaster, crisis, or hardship,
name the inglorious task that can sort things out
and roll +Roles marked. On a hit you set to work on
the task, but on a 7-9 pick 2, on a +10 pick 1:
◊ It’s too complex. You will need support from a
highly skilled artisan or scholar.
◊ It’s too big. You’ll need to recruit dozens more
strong arms.
◊ It’s too dangerous. Your crew might not survive it.
◊ It’s too costly. There’s a Surplus you must expend
to succeed.
Choose an Inheritance Move and one of these:
�AS ONE □
Your starting Companions also have Horde and Hardy.
When a new Cycle starts, your crew gets larger: gain
more Companions with Horde, Hardy and another tag.
�TALK STRAIGHT □
When you observe a debate dragging on longer than
it should, speak your mind and name a solution to
the dilemma. Those around you must give you their
full attention and take heed of what you say next.
�TOUGH IT OUT
□
Name the loved one you endure all this for. Whenever
your Covenant with them would be reduced to 0,
instead tell us how circumstances have changed your
bond and rewrite one of the Covenant’s themes.
When you Exploit a Rank 1 Covenant, permanently
erase it to gain +3 to your next roll.
�FIGHT ROUGH □
When you get into a fight...
◊ Gain Melee if you go barehanded.
◊ Gain Brutal if you trash the place.
◊ Gain Area if you’re outnumbered.
◊ Gain Armoured if you’re intoxicated or enraged.
�PARTY HARDER □
When you celebrate a completed job with your crew,
say how it gets too rowdy and choose one. Rank
down the Covenant with your crew to pick another.
◊ You make a friend: gain a new 2-tag Companion.
◊ You hear about a new job: the GM describes a
new crisis that people will pay richly to mitigate.
◊ Someone falls for you… hard! The GM tells who
now loves you, in spite of all your best efforts.
◊ Your gambling pays off. You win an unattuned Relic!

MAKING YOUR VAGABOND
Stats
Distribute +1, 0, 0, -1 among Might, Prowess, Cunning and Wisdom, and
add your House bonus.
Particulars
◊
◊
Masculine, feminine, concealed, ambiguous, ...
Lean and mean, tall and proud, short and brutish, light and quick, ...
◊ Laughing eyes, dead eyed stare, fiery gaze, ironic glances, ...
◊ Shaggy hair, cropped close, lank and matted, always hooded, ...
◊ Boulron, Cryphon, Esrith, Human, Onygauros, ...
Covenants
Choose a core for your bond with the player on your left and on your
right: Passion, Pride, Travel, Woods. Fuse this core with theirs to decide
together how each bond was forged – describe a brief scene based on
this two-word concept. Give both Rank 1.
Relic
Pick a Focus from Potent, Swift, Precise, Wide, or Lasting and assign it
to a battered and timeworn Relic. Use your two remaining Covenant
cores to describe a memory of your loved ones, whose last memories
are trapped within it.
NAME ROLE MOVES
Trigger one at Hero creation:
MIGHT � Leader: Mark when you set up a camp in the wilds.
The destitute and the desperate will flock to your
protection. Name three existing Companions that
PROWESS leave their current Houses to join your band; the GM
secretly picks one of them to be a double agent.
CUNNING � Agent: Mark when your skills impress a powerful
patron. The GM describes the bloody vendetta
WISDOM they hire you to end, by any means necessary.
Name your price – the higher it is, the harder the
opposition.
Foci: Potent, Swift, Precise, Wide, Lasting � Rebel: Mark when a ruler becomes too greedy or
Gear: callous. Craft a persona you’ll use to strike at
them. So long as your true identity remains secret
you gain an superior Mount or Companion,
described by the GM.
� Prophet: Mark when you face down a dogmatic,
hypocritical organisation. Publicly denounce their
Notes: ways and launch your attack: the bolder you are,
the larger the following that forms to support your
cause.
� Traitor: Mark when you turn against a powerful
figure in or allied to your House. Say how they’ve
personally wronged you. The GM will say how you
can best them in a fair fight – good luck getting
that! You are locked in this Role as long as your
foe lives.
� Outsider: Mark when you embark on a long journey
home. The GM describes the strange places you
must visit to reach your goal. Choose what you
seek there: everlasting love, a priceless relic,
reclaimed prestige. Those who travel with you
split the other rewards.
When you mark a role in play, Advance.
COVENANTS EMBODIED AMBIENCE
� Alien
Name Core Strength � Haunted
� Surging
HARM
� Bruised
� Stressed
� Bleeding (-1 Force)
� Crippled (-1 Force)
� Dead
When you mark off your Dead box, you return as a
Revenant, dead set on fulfilling one last task. Keep
all your penalties, but heal two Harm boxes. You
gain 3-Armor until the completion of your task, at
which point you finally find rest.
VAGABOND MOVES
�MYSTERIOUS STRANGER
As long as your real identity remains unknown, treat
one of your stats as if had a rating of +Roles marked.
Whenever you adopt a new persona and introduce it
to a community, you can change your chosen stat.
Choose an Inheritance Move and one of these:
�DANGEROUS OUTLAW □
As long as your real origin remains unknown, choose
two of the following:
◊ When you fight close-up you gain Lingering.
◊ When you strike from range you gain Tether.
◊ You garments always has Subtle.
◊ Your Mount always has Canny.
If you lose access to this move, regain it by establishing
a new identity or removing those who know your secret.
�MASTERLESS CHAMPION □
As long as your real intentions remain unknown, you
can bring in an extra Focus tag when you Manifest.
This free tag still leads to an additional backlash.
�EXOTIC OUTSIDER
□
When you arrive in a community where you’re a
complete stranger, you will catch the eye of your most
desirable partner there as a rank 1 Covenant. Take
them on a wild adventure to win their heart for life.
�GHOST WALKER □
When you stalk a foe through wilderness and ruins,
Hold 1 per Role marked. As long as your foes don’t
know what is harassing them, spend Hold 1-for-1 on
these options. Each option may be picked multiple
times to repeatedly twist the knife.
◊ Waylay them. Critically delay their movement or
force them to take a route of your choice.
◊ Harry them. Pick their numbers apart, paving the
way for your Assault.
◊ Sabotage them. Destroy their cargo, their
vehicles, or their supplies.
◊ Elude them. Hide your position or identity.
�HAUNTED HERO □
When you take action during a chase, bring up a new
flashback of battle and loss to add a complication to
your opponent’s path and force them to do one:
◊ Risk harm to maintain your distance.
◊ Lose ground.
◊ Be exposed to an attack.
If you force all three, the chase comes to an end –
in a place of your choosing.
 NAME ROLE MOVES
MIGHT
Trigger one at Hero creation:
� Leader: Mark when you take over control of your
House. They’ll bring concerns to you before
opposing you.
PROWESS � Agent: Mark when you become another leader’s
adviser. Say a topic they’re seeking instruction in,
CUNNING GM says a topic they’re over-confident in.
� Rebel: Mark when you seek allies to bring a corrupt
WISDOM leader down. Say a group who’s suffering under
them, GM says another group they’re favouring.
� Prophet: Mark when you focus on your House’s
Foci: Potent, Swift, Precise, Wide, Lasting youth, certain they’ll become better leaders than
Gear: you ever were. Say if they’ll be wiser, stronger, or
kinder. The GM says what upheaval they must
overcome to mature.
� Traitor: Mark when you depose the leaders you
advise. The GM will say who else you need to hurt
or sacrifice to assert control. Name who will step
Notes: in to take over and purge their weakness.
� Outsider: Mark when you reveal your membership
in a secret society. Say which other groups they’ve
infiltrated.
When you mark a role in play, Advance.
VETERAN MOVES
�ABLE COHORTS
Pick two agents who are always with you:
� Bodyguard: Get +1 Might when they fight at your
command.
� Guide: Get +1 Prowess when they scout ahead.
� Courtier: Get +1 Cunning when they sweet-talk
your target.
� Scholar: Get +1 Wisdom when you heed their advice.
Write their names in your empty Harm slots. When
you mark those harm boxes, the blow takes them
out. To Heal those slots, convince someone equally
skilled to join you, or spend time healing them in a
place of safety with access to a relevant surplus.
Choose an Inheritance Move and one of these:
�RENOWN AND NOTORIETY □
When you draw on your reputation in another’s court,
roll +Cunning. On a hit, everyone seeks out and
values your opinion. On a 7-9, choose a group that
plots against you: the one in charge, their advisers
and allies, or the lesser masses.
�SECRETS AND DEALS □
When you enter a new court, roll +Wisdom. On a 7-9
name one secret of the leaders, and an enemy of
theirs. On a 10+ you’ve helped one of those parties
in a major way. Say how.

�SCARS AND GRUDGES □

MAKING YOUR VETERAN You and an ancient menace are trapped in a vendetta,
Stats and somehow it will not die. When you Confront it,
Distribute +1, 0, 0, -1 among Might, Prowess, Cunning and Wisdom, and reveal a memory of your past battles to roll +Roles
add your House bonus. marked when you create or exploit an opening.
Particulars
◊ Masculine, feminine, concealed, ambiguous, ... EMBODIED AMBIENCE �FRIENDS AND AGENTS □
◊ Wrinkled face, wise face, tired face, rough face, ... COVENANTS � Alien
� Haunted
When a group of Companions starts following you,
give them a tag of your choice. If you spend a few
◊ Piercing eyes, arresting eyes, frosty eyes, welcoming eyes, ... Name Core Strength days training and instructing them, restore all lost
◊ Muscular body, angular body, chubby body, bony body, ... � Surging
tags or change one of their tags.
◊ Boulron, Cryphon, Esrith, Human, Onygauros, ...
Covenants HARM �SKILL AND BRAVERY □
Choose a core for your bond with the player on your left and on your � Knocked Down When you compete in a duel (of swords, riddles,
right: Parents, Mentor, Council, Memento. Fuse it with theirs to decide � Fearful race, whatever), roll +Cunning. On a hit the audience
together how each bond was forged; describe a brief scene based on � Lose __________ sees you as the one in the right (or at least the most
this two word concept. Give one Rank 1, one Rank 2. � Lose __________ honourable one) regardless of the duel’s outcome.
Relic � Dead Pick one; on a 10+, pick two:
Pick a Focus from Potent, Swift, Precise, Wide, or Lasting and assign it ◊ Your opponent views you with friendship or respect.
Even when you mark your Dead box, you have one ◊ The audience rewards your display with gifts.
to a ceremonial Relic outfit with three Garment tags of your choice.
more deal to complete. Hand one companion a ◊ Someone there offers you a job based on the
Why were you honoured with such a gift? Use your two remaining
message or sigil to deliver, and say what the skills you demonstrated.
Covenant cores to describe a memory bound to it.
recipient will be obliged to do upon delivery.

MAKING YOUR WARDEN
Stats
Distribute +1, 0, 0, -1 among Might, Prowess, Cunning and Wisdom, and
add your House bonus.
Particulars
◊
◊
Maternal, paternal, concealed, ambiguous, ...
Knowing face, charming face, serene face, aged face, ...
◊ Calming eyes, appraising eyes, watery eyes, loving eyes, ...
◊ Plump body, thick body, lanky body, agile body, ...
◊ Boulron, Cryphon, Esrith, Human, Onygauros, ...
Covenants
Choose a core for your bond with the player on your left and on your
right: Siblings, Love, Ceremony, Gratitude. Fuse it with theirs to decide
together how each bond was forged; describe a brief scene based on
this two word concept. Give one Rank 2, one Rank 3.
Relic
Pick a Focus from Potent, Swift, Precise, Wide, or Lasting and assign it
to a Qoam lodestone – a crystal that points towards the Covenant
most in your thoughts. This Relic marks your membership in a
Montaran sect: use your two remaining Covenant cores to describe a
memory of your time with them.symbol of service.
NAME ROLE MOVES
MIGHT
Trigger one at Hero creation:
� Leader: Mark when you ask those you brought
together for help. You say how they can protect
you together. The GM secretly chooses which one
PROWESS of them will lose a loved one in defending you.
� Agent: Mark when you’re sent to make a match for
CUNNING your House’s benefit. You say who you’re tying
together, and why it’ll be much easier than others
WISDOM expect. The GM will say what’s blocking this union.
� Rebel: Mark when you rescue someone from an
abusive situation. You say where on the map
Foci: Potent, Swift, Precise, Wide, Lasting they’ll be safe from those who pursue them. The
Gear: GM says who the abusers lash out at instead.
� Prophet: Mark when you see greatness in the
fruits of an unlikely union. Say how you expect
them to bring hope to the future. The GM
describes the required sacrifices and betrayals to
disentangle the members of this union from their
Notes: current obligations.
� Traitor: Mark when you see the tumult a
relationship will bring to the world. Name
someone who will help you thwart it. The GM tells
you whose heart they need to break to follow your
plans – and their inevitable revenge.
� Outsider: Mark when you start tearing down an
abusive culture. Say how you plan to forever
change the group’s social mores. The GM says
what’ll happen to your House if your plan falters.
When you mark a role in play, Advance.
EMBODIED AMBIENCE
COVENANTS � Alien
� Haunted
Name Core Strength
� Surging
HARM
� Isolated
� Lost (-1 Prowess)
� In Blinding Pain (-1 Wisdom)
� Deeply Hurt (-1 Cunning)
� Dead
When you mark your Dead box, everyone you brought
together comes and pay their respects for your
legacy. This great meeting will inspire a friendship,
love, or new House that changes history.
WARDEN MOVES
�MARRIAGE OF TRUE MINDS
When you guide a group in a rite, celebration, or toil,
each Hero involved can form or rank up a Covenant
with another member of the group. If the others trust
you to choose a new Covenant’s core themes, it
starts at Rank 2.
Choose an Inheritance Move and one of these:
�WINDOWS TO MY BREAST □
When you immerse yourself in a social group, roll
+Cunning. On a 10+ hold 3. On a 7-9 hold 2. Spend 1
hold to find out:
◊ Who has a romantic interest in whom.
◊ Who’s at the top and the bottom of the group’s
hierarchy.
◊ The strongest bond tying the group together.
◊ The exact thing to say to make someone a
complete wreck.
Gain fleeting Advantage acting on each answer.
�LOVE ALTERS NOT □
When someone comes to you with their problems
and you listen without judgement and offer advice,
roll +Cunning. On a 10+ choose 3, on a 7-9 choose 2:
◊ Their raging emotions are soothed.
◊ They’ll carefully plan out their next actions.
◊ They see things from the other’s side.
◊ They let go of their grudges.
As long as they follow your advice, they’ll roll Test a
Covenant with your Aid.
�THE EVER-FIXED MARK
□
When you spend time with those building a Wonder,
you can declare that a successful union between
members of different factions involved will satisfy
one of the Requirements. When using your reputation
with groups you brought together as leverage, you can
substitute in a relevant Covenant’s Rank for Cunning.
�PRAISES ARE PROPHECIES □
When you first meet someone in authority, roll
+Roles marked. On a hit they’ve heard of you and
will treat you accordingly. On a 10+, say which bit of
your background made a particular impact. On a
failure, the GM will say the reason for your notoriety.
�TO THE EDGE OF DOOM □
When you protect love or those you love, add this
option to Exploit the Covenant:
◊ Gain Armour equal to the Covenant’s Rank against
the next blow that strikes you.

MAKING YOUR WARLOCK
Stats
Set Wisdom to +2. Distribute 0, 0, -1 among Might, Cunning, and
Prowess, and add your House bonus.
Particulars
◊ Masculine, feminine, concealed, ambiguous, ...
Decide then if eerily beautiful or hideous.
◊ Gangly body, large body, frail body, enhanced body, ...
◊ Menacing aura, peaceful aura, disquieting aura, aggressive aura, ...
◊ Cold voice, soft voice, grave voice, raspy voice, ...
◊ Boulron, Cryphon, Esrith, Human, Onygauros, ...
Covenants
Choose a core for your bond with the player on your left and on your
right: Academy, Alliance, Books, Cult. Fuse this core with theirs to
decide together how each bond was forged – describe a brief scene
based on this two-word concept. Give one Rank 1, one Rank 2.
Relic
Pick a Focus from Potent, Swift, Precise, Wide, or Lasting and assign it
to your ritual staff, a weapon with Weird and two other Armoury tags of
your choice. Use your two remaining Covenant cores to describe a
memory of the trial you had to overcome to earn it.
NAME ROLE MOVES
MIGHT
Trigger one at Hero creation:
� Leader: Mark when you gather allies to confront a
horror. Tell us of the nightmarish place you all
must travel to, and what you’ll sacrifice there to
PROWESS stop the menace.
� Agent: Mark when you are sent to bring down a
CUNNING terrible foe. Name the artefact you build that can
turn the tide, and the GM will tell you about the
WISDOM collateral damage it will unleash.
� Rebel: Mark when you declare war on a faction
that is unleashing powers they cannot control.
Foci: Potent, Swift, Precise, Wide, Lasting Name the eldritch force you’ve bargained with to
Gear: bring them down. The GM will name the terrible
price that bargain will demand of you.
� Prophet: Mark when you weave a spell to peer into
the future. Tell us of a Cabal’s fate: corruption,
glory or downfall. The GM tells us how their actions
will lead to tragedy for those you care about.
Notes: � Traitor: Mark when you see free will as a luxury
Montara cannot afford. Forge arcane bounds to
enslave their leaders to your will, and name the
token they will carry as a sign of your control. The
GM will say how the tokens make you vulnerable.
� Outsider: Mark when you stand watch against the
darkness and the horrors within it. The GM says
how you can keep those things at bay. Name one
emotion you will sacrifice and never feel again, as
a price of your vigil.
When you mark a role in play, Advance.
EMBODIED AMBIENCE
� Alien
COVENANTS � Haunted
� Surging
Name Core Strength
HARM
� Beset (-1 Wisdom)
� Twisted (-1 Might)
� Haunted (-1 Cunning)
� Hounded (-1 Prowess)
� Sequestered
When you mark off your Sequestered box, you are
yanked out of this world into a strange and
otherworldly realm. You can’t escape on your own.
But all of those who mark their Death box this cycle
will instead end up in this realm. With their help, you
all have a chance of coming back to life.
WARLOCK MOVES
�WEAVER OF THE THREADS
When you concentrate, you sense the ambience Bled
into a location and Embodied within those present.
When you use an arcane ritual to twist the threads of
ambience, change the nature of one backlash present
in this scene per Role marked – Bleeding Embodied
ambience out into the world, or Embodying ambience
within yourself or one your Covenants present.
Choose an Inheritance Move and one of these:
�OF MONSTERS & MEN □
When you Bleed ambience to twist an area into a
throne fitting your majesty, you can beckon arcane
horrors and Titans to you and Compromise with them.
When you visit an esoteric, alien or scholarly
community, roll +Wisdom. On a 7-9, you’re fluent in
their language and culture. On a 10+, they accept
you as one of their own.
�THE BLACK KEYS □
When you Explore hostile grounds, either be protected
from its dangers and horrors or travel unnaturally fast.
When you Explore a haunted land, its Echoes can guide
you to the forbidden places of the world, and beyond.
�THE GATHERING □
When you align your will with ambience-affected
minds, gain Advantage when you Encounter or
Compromise with them. When you lead the rituals of a
House’s Celebration, erase ambience Embodied within
those attending – or pick out a single character,
twisted by a Break, and make them whole again.
�BLACK EMPEROR □
When you unleash ambience Embodied within you,
roll +Roles marked to use it as a weapon with one
Armoury tag per Embodied ambience erased.
On a 10+ pick 1, on a 7-9 pick 2:
◊ It takes critical time to go off.
◊ There is wide and unintended collateral damage.
◊ There are lingering effects in the local area.
Or pick 3 to make a Fateful Disaster that will ravage
the countryside, bring down a city, or hurt even Titans.
�RIVAL SONS □
When you open your mind to the whispers of Echoes,
Embody Haunted ambience to add one to the scene:
◊ A hidden treasure from the past worth 1-Arts.
◊ A source of solace and beauty that’ll Heal one
person present other than yourself.
◊ A key to the future worth 1-Lore.

MAKING YOUR ARCHITECTS
Stats
Choose one:
◊ Reach 0, Grasp +1, Sleight +1 if you work to turn every city into a
part of the First City.
◊ Reach +1, Grasp 0, Sleight +1 if you act as messengers between the
continent’s living cities.
◊ Reach +1, Grasp +1, Sleight 0 if the War mysteriously awakened
Montara and you are slowly piecing together its mysteries.
Traditions
Choose one of each, or create something else:
Populace: Strange inhabitants of the First City; Homeless orphans,
raised and nurtured by the City; A secret fraternity drawing members
from every polis.
Style: Geometric tattoos that change to suit the City’s humours; A
bejewelled symbol of office; An intricate monocle of sapphire and brass.
Governance: A professional code of civility and progress; Independent
cells led by a venerable sage; Seers debating the City’s many subtle signs.
History
Ask for volunteers:
“Which of you fought alongside us in the First City? We have a watchful
Alliance against future incursions.” The volunteer says what kind of
enemy you both stood against.
“Which of you has angered the City? We have Influence over you, as we
appeased the City before it was too late.” The volunteer says what they
did, and you say how the City lashed out against them.
And tell everyone:
“One of Cabal also treads the Maze Beyond, and we have an ongoing
Conflict with them.” The GM will say what power the Cabal gains from
that place.
DOCTRINE
Choose one to determine your core relationship with the
Maze Beyond.
� The Divine Garden: Spend 1-Arts to set an Anchor in
a Hostile Ground, and 1-Decree to turn it into a
NAME Source of Solace and Beauty.
� The Endless City: Spend 1-Arts to set an Anchor in a
REACH door or gate in a city. Your Heroes can Manifest to
cross through an Anchor into the Maze Beyond.
GRASP � The Eternal Fortress: Spend 1-Arts to set an Anchor
in a pass, a ford, a gate or tunnel and 1-Decree to
mystically forbid its crossing.
SLEIGHT
LOYALTIES
You are loyal to this City – and more than just brick and
LORE mortar, a city is its people. Gain the benefits of each of
these conditions for as long as you meet them:
ARTS � 2 or more Alliances: Gain another Architect Doctrine.
� No Dominion: Gain another Architect Doctrine.
� No Conflicts: You can spend Lore instead of Arts to
MOMENTUM trigger your Doctrine abilities.
Surpluses: � ALLIANCE MOVE
When another group protects the City and its citizens
under your guidance, gain Influence over them.
Needs: � CONFLICT MOVE
Geomantic Sabotage: When you enter a Conflict with a
faction, turn an area of the map important to them into
a Hostile Ground.
Start with 2 as Surpluses, and the rest as Needs:
Crops, Defences, Engineering, Fresh Water, Scholars
SOCIAL INFLUENCE
Faction Name I A C D
Influence, Alliance, Conflict, Dominion
CORE MOVE
� THE MAZE BEYOND
Your domains extend to secret places beyond this
world, an infinite maze of arcane design. During House
creation, choose two sectors from the First City and
place them on the map:
� A Bizarre Bazaar
� A Fey Carnival
� A Hallowed Temple
� A Secret Street
� A Den of Vice
� An Arcane Library
� An Ethereal Museum
� The Ancestral Home
� The Scorched Ramparts
When you place down one of these sectors, say one way
it’s extraordinary and strange and one way it’s
surprisingly mundane.
When you spend a Decree and reshape the boundary
between Montara and the First City, place a new sector
on the map, or to remove all sectors and set down the
same number of new ones on your map.
PICK ONE MORE:
� A MASON’S CEREMONY □
When you perform a Ritual to build a structure or
reshape the land, the Surplus created is lasting and
does not need to be immediately used.
� AN ETHICAL IMPERATIVE
□
When you Support or otherwise protect another faction
before they ask for your help, gain 1 Decree to use on their
behalf. If they succeed or avoid danger thanks to your
intervention, gain Surplus: Morale, Leadership or Prestige.
� A DIVINE GARDEN □
When you spend a Decree and tend a Forbidden Loci,
turn the area into a Source of Solace and Beauty.
When you spend a Decree and tend a Source of Solace
and Beauty, add an Anchor to it. As long as the Anchor
lasts, people can Heal there without needing Surpluses
– this place mends flesh and bone and cures any
disease, poisoning or malady of the mind.
The Anchor fades at the end of the Cycle; at that point,
or if the Anchor’s removed earlier, the Garden withers.
� A MYSTICAL ENGINE □
When you Employ a Surplus to build a permanent
structure atop a Place of Power, treat the structure as
an Anchor. While the structure lasts, you ignore 1
Requirement for any Wonder built around it.

ARCHITECT HEROES
INHERITANCE
Architect Heroes can start with one of these moves:
�GATE PEREGRIN
When your character ritually requests admission into the First
City, they can Manifest to instantly travel between Anchors.
�WISE ENGINEER
When you study a towering, historic or impressive structure,
you can dictate one fact about its origins or weaknesses.
ASSETS
Architect Heroes get +1 to Cunning or Prowess. In addition,
each hero may pick one option from each list as their signature
gear:
How do you fight?
◊ An esoteric martial art of arcs and pivots (Melee, Hidden).
◊ A builder’s mallet (Melee, Hefty).
◊ A ritual sickle (Melee, Heirloom).
How are you defended?
◊ Sliding dodges and cutting angles (Mantle, Subtle).
◊ Reflexes amplified by secret herbs and potions (Mobile,
Armoured).
◊ Tattooed Qoam circuits (Arcane, Subtle).
How do you travel?
You travel the paths of the First City; mundane transportation
is unnecessary.
What useful expertise can you draw on?
◊ A mendicant mystic (Scholarly).
◊ One of the City’s automata (Drilled).
◊ A wise herbalist and surgeon (Physician).
HOUSE MOVE QUICK REFERENCE
� CONQUER
When you spend a Decree and direct your House to
seize or maintain control of a Strategic Resource,
Location or Factor, roll +Grasp. On a hit it’s yours, but
not without cost. On a 7-9 choose two; on a 10+,
choose one:
◊ Commit one of your Surpluses to secure the
target: if you lose one, you lose the other.
◊ Bear a Need of the GM’s choice as the cost of
your victory.
◊ Hurt a faction accidentally; they gain Influence
over you.
◊ Spark a Conflict with a faction of the GM’s choice.
� NEGOTIATE
When you spend a Decree and seek a meeting with
the leaders of another faction, say what you want
them to do and roll +Reach:
◊ Support your next House Move.
◊ Execute their next House Move according to your
demands.
◊ Trade one Surplus for another.
◊ Cease a Conflict.
On a hit, those you meet must perform the action.
On a 7-9, either lose Influence over them or give
Influence to another faction who intervened and
helped you seal the deal. On a 10+, pick another
request from the above list that your delegates
managed to convince them to accept.
� CONSPIRE
When you spend a Decree to activate your agents
within another faction, roll +Sleight. On a hit,
choose one thing you want them to do:
◊ Sabotage a Surplus, making it fail at the worst
moment.
◊ Mask the true nature of a Factor.
◊ Conceal your involvement in your next House Move.
◊ Frame someone else for a previously-anonymous
House Move.
On a 7-9, your agents leave a clue behind for a
faction of the GM’s choice, which sees through the
deception and gains Influence over you.
See also Command (p. 35).
� PERFORM A RITUAL
When you spend a Decree and enact world-shaping
Qoam Arts, describe the crystal-empowered marvel
you put into motion and roll with:
◊ +1 if you spend 1-Arts; or -1 if you don’t.
◊ +1 if you spend 1-Lore; or -1 if you don’t.
On a hit you create a phantom Surplus, which you
must immediately use as per Employ.
On a 7-9 ambience bleeds into the affected area
and its inhabitants. Pick one:
◊ A faction hurt by the Bleeding starts a Conflict
with you.
◊ Your Breaking of shared land destroys one of
your Alliances.
◊ Your ritualists are shattered and made Alien, and
you gain Need: Scholars.
� EMPLOY
When you spend a Decree and use a Surplus to
confront a problem, erase the Surplus and say how
your action resolved the situation in your favour.
� GEAR UP
When you spend a Decree to outfit your Hero for a
particular task, pick one for each relevant Surplus:
◊ Grant them a new asset with one tag.
◊ Add an extra tag to an existing asset.
� CELEBRATE
When spend a Decree and gather in a grand
celebration, each of your Allies may spend a Decree
and describe how they contribute to the festival.
You roll +Reach, with each Ally’s Support. On a hit,
the harmony among your people realigns the
energies of the land – erase one form of ambience
lingering in this area and within the celebrants for
each House helping.
On a 10+, the owner(s) of the highest die gains a
Decree as their House is energised by the festivities.
See also Memorial (p. 32).
� ENDURE
When your House decides to resist a threat to their
lives and resources, roll +Momentum. On a hit
you’re able to react to the danger; pick 1.
◊ Erase a Surplus right now to completely prevent
the damage.
◊ Call out for support. Whichever faction is most
willing and able to respond says how they mitigate
the danger, and gains Influence over you.
◊ Understand how the danger is tied to an existing
Factor, and get fleeting Advantage acting on the
answer.
On a 10+ the trial brings your House together. Gain
a Surplus of the GM’s choice, whatever the other
outcomes are.
See Windfall/Affliction (p. 36) for when Momentum
would go above +3 or below -3.
� RESEARCH
When you take a moment to consult your House’s
scholars, spend 1+ Lore. For each spent, pick one:
◊ “How do I get Surplus: ”.
◊ “How do I remove Need: ”.
◊ “What’s the truth behind ”.
◊ “How can we best make use of ”.
You may answer yourself, or look to the GM. Whoever
answers introduces a Factor tied to the answer, and
you gain Fleeting Advantage acting on the answer.
� SUPPORT
When you help another House with their actions,
offer them a die. If they take it, they roll alongside
their own as if they had Advantage.
If your die is the highest, say how you made the
difference and gain Influence over them.
If your die is the lowest, the acting player says how
you jeopardise the effort and you lose Influence
over them.
In case of failure or partial success, you’ll share in
any danger, retribution or unforeseen consequences.
See Social Grace/Fall Into Disgrace (p. 34) for when
you gain Influence but already have it, or would lose
Influence but don’t have any.

MAKING YOUR CROWNED
Stats
Choose one:
◊ Reach 0, Grasp ★, Sleight 0 if the Empire conquered Montara by
force of arms.
◊ Reach ★, Grasp 0, Sleight 0 if the Empire conquered Montara with
wealth and treachery.
◊ Reach 0, Grasp 0, Sleight ★ if the Empire conquered Montara by
sorcerous might.
The ★ Stat starts at -1. For each Role marked by your current Hero, the
★ stat increases by 1, up to +3.
Traditions
Choose one of each, or create something else:
Populace: Identical descendants with inherited memories; Tortured
bodies, kept alive by fading magic; The remnants of pre-cataclysm race,
not entirely like any of Mysthea’s peoples.
Style: Swirling and colourful silks, stronger than steel; Ceremonial armour,
animal masks, and heavy jewellery; Black leather dripping in spikes & chains.
Governance: A council of flickering Echoes; The demanding voice of the
Founder in every member’s head; The mumblings of ancient, dreaming elders.
History
Ask for volunteers:
“Which one of you first found power in the confines of the Redoubt? We
have Influence over you.” They say what the price you paid for that power.
“Which one of you was saved by a strange and unique creature? You have
Influence over us as we desperately wish to know more.” They describe
their fleeting glimpse of their saviour.
And tell everyone:
“One of the city’s Cabals used to be our servants, with many of their kin
still within the Redoubt. We have a Conflict ongoing.”
DOCTRINE
Every Crowned Hero must choose one per Role marked:
� Eternal Passion. Name your obsession: a person,
place, treasure. You’d rather die than see it harmed.
� Echoes of the Past. Describe a set of actions from the
NAME past and repeat it in ritual fashion whenever possible.
� Predators of Dust. Name one thing you must take
REACH from others for consumption.
As long as the Crowned Hero follows these strictures,
GRASP they gain a ‘Deathless Torpor’ harm box. Marking your
Deathless Torpor box takes you out of action, dead to
SLEIGHT the world and immune to further harm. See The Last
Redoubt for details on how this box must be Healed.
LOYALTIES
LORE You inhabit the Last Redoubt – a looming and ominous
fortress, the seat of your power. Place it on the map. As
you regain your former glory, so does the Redoubt:
ARTS � 1+ Dominions: The Redoubt can always keep an internal
threat imprisoned, or keep out an external threat.
MOMENTUM � 2+ Dominions: The Redoubt’s ghostly defenders
relentlessly hunt intruders.
� 3+ Dominions: The Redoubt’s shifting halls sprawl out
Surpluses: into the Maze Beyond, and its capacity is unlimited.
� ALLIANCE MOVE
Needs: When another faction realises the key role your current
Hero played in their history, you gain Influence on them.
� CONFLICT MOVE
Fortified: When you enter a Conflict with a faction, the
Start with 2 as Surpluses, and the rest as Needs: Redoubt adapts to their greatest strengths – say how.
Luxury, Morale, Prestige, Safety, Wealth
CORE MOVE
SOCIAL STANDING � THE LAST REDOUBT
Faction Name I A C D
Your citadel is sprawling, ancient and eldritch.
Whenever you wish, evoke your House’s mood to gain
one of these features, replacing the previous one:
◊ Sorrow: Its ethereal gardens provide deep solace.
◊ Belligerence: Lighting pummels its outer grounds.
◊ Horror: Echoes of the past offer counsel and omens.
◊ Revelry: Its sprawling halls present a lavish feast.
Choose a defence that you cannot control:
� Deadly wails that echo on and on.
� Automated shells that kill with brutal precision.
� Mists that lead the unwary astray.
Choose a threat that lurks within it:
� A curse upon all who venture too deep.
� Monsters that infest the lower levels.
� A proud mind inhabiting a key location.
Once each cycle, if the lurking threat is confronted and
defeated your Hero can Heal their Deathless Torpor
Influence, Alliance, Conflict, Dominion harm box. The next cycle, a new threat takes its place.
PICK ONE MORE:
� A SHIMMERING LIGHT □
When you spend a Decree and host an event in the
Redoubt, those invited must either oblige or lose their
Influence on you.
When the event begins, the Redoubt’s faded luxuries
regain their lustre and its defences lower to allow entry.
Describe the decadent festivities that will shape the
guest’s mood to Sorrow, Belligerence, Horror, or Revelry
for as long as they remain.
� LORDS OF HEAVENS □
When you spend a Decree and submerge your House in
profound emotion, Montara’s ancient rituals hear and
obey. Over the city the weather changes accordingly,
spreading a further day’s travel out after any Endeavour
you perform. While the weather reigns, the listed
Surpluses are made unusable:
◊ Sorrow: A frigid fog or simmering haze (Scouts & Safety).
◊ Belligerence: A fierce sandstorm (Crops & Trade).
◊ Horror: Raging thunderstorms (Morale & Leadership).
◊ Revelry: A fae and inebriating wind (Recruits & Justice).
This lasts until you end it or someone Negotiates to
Cease it.
� ANCIENT WRATH
□
When you marshal your forces to fight for your legacy,
get 1 hold for each point of ★. You can spend Arts to
get extra hold, 1-for-1. While you battle, you may spend
1 hold to command the Redoubt to:
◊ Remove a foe from the battleground.
◊ Negate an incoming attack.
◊ Force your foes out into the open.
◊ Summon ghostly reinforcements.
� THE GHOST PARLIAMENT □
When you Research and consult the preserved remains
of your ancestors, they reveal their wisdom about the
past. Establish a connection between two existing
Factors and declare the nature of their connection:
reverence, hatred, or kinship. Crowned Heroes are
always considered an existing Factor for this.

CROWNED HEROES
INHERITANCE
Crowned Heroes can start with one of these moves:
�LORDS OF DUST AND SORROW
When you command Echoes to submit to your authority, roll
+Roles marked. On a 7-9 they must obey, flee, or cease to be.
On a 10+, you only give them two of those options.
�EVERLASTING LIFE
You have vanquished age and death. When you Unearth, gain
1-Lore – you’ve lived long and remember much.
When others Unearth, they can always choose to ask “How [the
Crystal-Crowned Hero] played a key role in this” in addition to
their other questions.
ASSETS
Every Crystal-Crowned Hero starts with a free Advance. In
addition, each hero may pick one option from each list as their
signature gear:
How do you fight?
◊ A blasting bronze staff (Melee, Ranged, Area).
◊ Voice amplification necklace (Ranged, Weird, Area).
◊ Ring of power (Melee, Brutal, Area).
How are you defended?
◊ A cloak of draconic leather (Regal, Hardy, Arcane).
◊ Ancient bracers of power (Heirloom, Arcane, Mantle).
◊ Ornate plate armour (Regal, Arcane, Armoured).
How do you travel?
◊ Death on Wings (Mount, Swift, Canny).
◊ A land fortress (Drawn, Hulking, Durable).
◊ A finely bred charger (Mount, Luxury, Mighty).
What useful expertise can you draw on?
◊ Your veteran master at arms (Vicious, Drilled).
◊ Your chief scientist (Scholarly, Genial).
◊ Your loyal shadow (Shadowy, Astute).
HOUSE MOVE QUICK REFERENCE
� CONQUER
When you spend a Decree and direct your House to
seize or maintain control of a Strategic Resource,
Location or Factor, roll +Grasp. On a hit it’s yours, but
not without cost. On a 7-9 choose two; on a 10+,
choose one:
◊ Commit one of your Surpluses to secure the
target: if you lose one, you lose the other.
◊ Bear a Need of the GM’s choice as the cost of
your victory.
◊ Hurt a faction accidentally; they gain Influence
over you.
◊ Spark a Conflict with a faction of the GM’s choice.
� NEGOTIATE
When you spend a Decree and seek a meeting with
the leaders of another faction, say what you want
them to do and roll +Reach:
◊ Support your next House Move.
◊ Execute their next House Move according to your
demands.
◊ Trade one Surplus for another.
◊ Cease a Conflict.
On a hit, those you meet must perform the action.
On a 7-9, either lose Influence over them or give
Influence to another faction who intervened and
helped you seal the deal. On a 10+, pick another
request from the above list that your delegates
managed to convince them to accept.
� CONSPIRE
When you spend a Decree to activate your agents
within another faction, roll +Sleight. On a hit,
choose one thing you want them to do:
◊ Sabotage a Surplus, making it fail at the worst
moment.
◊ Mask the true nature of a Factor.
◊ Conceal your involvement in your next House Move.
◊ Frame someone else for a previously-anonymous
House Move.
On a 7-9, your agents leave a clue behind for a
faction of the GM’s choice, which sees through the
deception and gains Influence over you.
See also Command (p. 35).
� PERFORM A RITUAL
When you spend a Decree and enact world-shaping
Qoam Arts, describe the crystal-empowered marvel
you put into motion and roll with:
◊ +1 if you spend 1-Arts; or -1 if you don’t.
◊ +1 if you spend 1-Lore; or -1 if you don’t.
On a hit you create a phantom Surplus, which you
must immediately use as per Employ.
On a 7-9 ambience bleeds into the affected area
and its inhabitants. Pick one:
◊ A faction hurt by the Bleeding starts a Conflict
with you.
◊ Your Breaking of shared land destroys one of
your Alliances.
◊ Your ritualists are shattered and made Alien, and
you gain Need: Scholars.
� EMPLOY
When you spend a Decree and use a Surplus to
confront a problem, erase the Surplus and say how
your action resolved the situation in your favour.
� GEAR UP
When you spend a Decree to outfit your Hero for a
particular task, pick one for each relevant Surplus:
◊ Grant them a new asset with one tag.
◊ Add an extra tag to an existing asset.
� CELEBRATE
When spend a Decree and gather in a grand
celebration, each of your Allies may spend a Decree
and describe how they contribute to the festival.
You roll +Reach, with each Ally’s Support. On a hit,
the harmony among your people realigns the
energies of the land – erase one form of ambience
lingering in this area and within the celebrants for
each House helping.
On a 10+, the owner(s) of the highest die gains a
Decree as their House is energised by the festivities.
See also Memorial (p. 32).
� ENDURE
When your House decides to resist a threat to their
lives and resources, roll +Momentum. On a hit
you’re able to react to the danger; pick 1.
◊ Erase a Surplus right now to completely prevent
the damage.
◊ Call out for support. Whichever faction is most
willing and able to respond says how they mitigate
the danger, and gains Influence over you.
◊ Understand how the danger is tied to an existing
Factor, and get fleeting Advantage acting on the
answer.
On a 10+ the trial brings your House together. Gain
a Surplus of the GM’s choice, whatever the other
outcomes are.
See Windfall/Affliction (p. 36) for when Momentum
would go above +3 or below -3.
� RESEARCH
When you take a moment to consult your House’s
scholars, spend 1+ Lore. For each spent, pick one:
◊ “How do I get Surplus: ”.
◊ “How do I remove Need: ”.
◊ “What’s the truth behind ”.
◊ “How can we best make use of ”.
You may answer yourself, or look to the GM. Whoever
answers introduces a Factor tied to the answer, and
you gain Fleeting Advantage acting on the answer.
� SUPPORT
When you help another House with their actions,
offer them a die. If they take it, they roll alongside
their own as if they had Advantage.
If your die is the highest, say how you made the
difference and gain Influence over them.
If your die is the lowest, the acting player says how
you jeopardise the effort and you lose Influence
over them.
In case of failure or partial success, you’ll share in
any danger, retribution or unforeseen consequences.
See Social Grace/Fall Into Disgrace (p. 34) for when
you gain Influence but already have it, or would lose
Influence but don’t have any.
 DOCTRINE
When a Titan attacks, you gain a free... (pick one)
� Learned Cultists: ...Research action.
� Noble Knights: ...Command action.
� Mystic Survivors: ...Ritual action.
NAME
LOYALTIES
REACH You aren’t from here, but you’re not strong enough to
face Titans alone. Gain benefits based on your deepest
GRASP relationship with any one House.
� Influence: When a Titan attacks, you say where you
SLEIGHT can find a Surplus to help fight it off.
� Alliance: When any other House’s holdings are
menaced by a Titan, you may narrate the arrival of
your forces.
LORE � Dominion: When you Command to Seize one of your
vassal’s Surpluses, you also gain Surplus: Safety,
ARTS Morale or Leadership.
CORE MOVE
� HUNTER’S WARNING
When you spend a Decree and scout for signs of Titan
attack, reframe a detail you’ve seen as an omen of
incoming danger.
Say how it threatens the Houses and Cabals of your
choice; they become Warned. You can Command Warned
Factions, even if you don’t have Dominion over them.
If the Titan is stopped before the threat becomes
plausible, each Warned Faction gains Influence over you.
If you stop it once it’s a clear threat, gain Influence on
every Warned Faction.
If someone else stops it once it’s a clear threat, you
gain an automatic Alliance with whoever stopped it.
If the Titan assault happens as you foresaw, you and
each Warned Faction gain a Need of your choice.

MAKING YOUR ORDER
Stats
Choose one:
◊ Reach -1, Grasp +2, Sleight -1 if the Empire unleashed Titans over
Montara during the war.
◊ Reach +1, Grasp 0, Sleight -1 if Titans have rampaged across the
Borderlands since the Empire retreated.
◊ Reach +1, Grasp +1, Sleight -2 if the lands around Montara have
always belonged to the Titans.
Traditions
Choose one of each, or create something else:
Populace: Hunters carrying out a duty inherited from their ancestors; A
war cult of brutal and fearless zealots; An honourable corps giving their
lives for the greater good.
Style: Extensive body art marking each kill; Flowing robes of
shimmering colours; Plated armour and heavy, hooded cloaks.
Governance: Clinging onto remembered traditions of lost Kyradar;
Interpretations of an apocalyptic text; A council of oracles, each
attuned to a particular titan.
History
Ask for volunteers:
“Which of you has shown signs you know things about the Titans we
don’t? You gain Influence over us.”
“Which of you fought alongside us in the Dulkodel War, and let us down
at the worst possible moment? We gain Influence on you.”
And tell everyone:
“One Cabal is lead by a hero of one of our past battles with the titans.
We have an Alliance with them.”
� ALLIANCE MOVE
MOMENTUM When your Order saves a faction from a Titan attack, gain PICK ONE MORE:
Surpluses:
Influence over them.
� HELLDIVERS □
� CONFLICT MOVE When you sound Hunter’s Warning, you may describe
No Warning: While you are in Conflict with a faction, the Hostile Ground that your target brings with them. If
you defeat the Titan, your Heroes become immune to
they Endure Titan attacks and Henakor surges with
Needs: lasting Disadvantage. the effects of that environment for the rest of this
Cycle, and can spend 1-Arts to grant this effect to their
companions.
� TITAN WISDOM □
Start with 2 as Surpluses, and the rest as Needs: If the Titan of your Hunter’s Warning is killed and you
Transport, Warriors, Scouts, Defences, Scholars get access to its remains, you gain Surplus: Arcane
Remains. When used in a Wonder, this replaces any two
of its regular requirements. Tell us how this warps the
SOCIAL STANDING project in alien ways.
Faction Name I A C D
� THE SUMMONING □
When you spend a Decree and lure a Titan towards an
Warned House or Cabal, roll +Lore spent, up to +3. On a
hit the Titan destroys one of their Surpluses for each
point of Lore; on a 7-9 it also destroys one of your
Surpluses. On a 6- it unleashes great power, creating a
new Hostile Ground. Don’t miss.
� LEGENDARY ARSENAL □
Choose what gives your Order the means to fight the Titans:
� The animated skeletons of long-dead giants.
� Ill-tempered but devastating Relics.
� Rites that briefly grant titanic power to a single warrior.
Start each cycle with 3-Arsenal. Spend 1-Arsenal to:
◊ Send a Titan reeling away from the battlefield.
◊ Drastically alter the battlefield or your place in it.
◊ Ward a wide area from harm.
Influence, Alliance, Conflict, Dominion

KYRADAR HEROES
INHERITANCE
Kyradarian Heroes can start with one of these moves:
�MONSTROUS DIVINATION
When one of your Covenants faces a Titan, you may gain
insight into the Titan’s nature as if you had Exploited the
Covenant, no matter your distance from it.
�TITAN SOUL
When you Exploit the Covenant to gain an insight into a Titan,
you can create a free and immediate Opening to Confront it.
ASSETS
Kyradarian Heroes get +1 to Might or Wisdom. In addition,
each hero may pick one from each list as their signature gear:
How do you fight?
◊ A bone harpoon (Ranged, Tether, Stun).
◊ A legendary longbow (Ranged, Far, Piercing).
◊ An heirloom lance (Melee, Hefty, Weird).
How are you defended?
◊ Tinted plated mail (Armoured, Uniform).
◊ A mystical amulet (Arcane, Mobile).
◊ A hunter’s cloak (Hardy, Subtle).
How do you travel?
◊ A loyal and friendly winged lizard (Mount, Flying, Swift).
◊ A ferocious barely-tamed warbeast (Mount, Canny, Mighty).
◊ A floating fortress (Ship, Hulking, Mighty).
What useful expertise do you draw on?
◊ Your grizzled crew (Horde, Strong).
◊ Your younger sister (Mystic, Drilled).
◊ Your roguish uncle (Shadowy, Vicious).
HOUSE MOVE QUICK REFERENCE
� CONQUER
When you spend a Decree and direct your House to
seize or maintain control of a Strategic Resource,
Location or Factor, roll +Grasp. On a hit it’s yours, but
not without cost. On a 7-9 choose two; on a 10+,
choose one:
◊ Commit one of your Surpluses to secure the
target: if you lose one, you lose the other.
◊ Bear a Need of the GM’s choice as the cost of
your victory.
◊ Hurt a faction accidentally; they gain Influence
over you.
◊ Spark a Conflict with a faction of the GM’s choice.
� NEGOTIATE
When you spend a Decree and seek a meeting with
the leaders of another faction, say what you want
them to do and roll +Reach:
◊ Support your next House Move.
◊ Execute their next House Move according to your
demands.
◊ Trade one Surplus for another.
◊ Cease a Conflict.
On a hit, those you meet must perform the action.
On a 7-9, either lose Influence over them or give
Influence to another faction who intervened and
helped you seal the deal. On a 10+, pick another
request from the above list that your delegates
managed to convince them to accept.
� CONSPIRE
When you spend a Decree to activate your agents
within another faction, roll +Sleight. On a hit,
choose one thing you want them to do:
◊ Sabotage a Surplus, making it fail at the worst
moment.
◊ Mask the true nature of a Factor.
◊ Conceal your involvement in your next House Move.
◊ Frame someone else for a previously-anonymous
House Move.
On a 7-9, your agents leave a clue behind for a
faction of the GM’s choice, which sees through the
deception and gains Influence over you.
See also Command (p. 35).
� PERFORM A RITUAL
When you spend a Decree and enact world-shaping
Qoam Arts, describe the crystal-empowered marvel
you put into motion and roll with:
◊ +1 if you spend 1-Arts; or -1 if you don’t.
◊ +1 if you spend 1-Lore; or -1 if you don’t.
On a hit you create a phantom Surplus, which you
must immediately use as per Employ.
On a 7-9 ambience bleeds into the affected area
and its inhabitants. Pick one:
◊ A faction hurt by the Bleeding starts a Conflict
with you.
◊ Your Breaking of shared land destroys one of
your Alliances.
◊ Your ritualists are shattered and made Alien, and
you gain Need: Scholars.
� EMPLOY
When you spend a Decree and use a Surplus to
confront a problem, erase the Surplus and say how
your action resolved the situation in your favour.
� GEAR UP
When you spend a Decree to outfit your Hero for a
particular task, pick one for each relevant Surplus:
◊ Grant them a new asset with one tag.
◊ Add an extra tag to an existing asset.
� CELEBRATE
When spend a Decree and gather in a grand
celebration, each of your Allies may spend a Decree
and describe how they contribute to the festival.
You roll +Reach, with each Ally’s Support. On a hit,
the harmony among your people realigns the
energies of the land – erase one form of ambience
lingering in this area and within the celebrants for
each House helping.
On a 10+, the owner(s) of the highest die gains a
Decree as their House is energised by the festivities.
See also Memorial (p. 32).
� ENDURE
When your House decides to resist a threat to their
lives and resources, roll +Momentum. On a hit
you’re able to react to the danger; pick 1.
◊ Erase a Surplus right now to completely prevent
the damage.
◊ Call out for support. Whichever faction is most
willing and able to respond says how they mitigate
the danger, and gains Influence over you.
◊ Understand how the danger is tied to an existing
Factor, and get fleeting Advantage acting on the
answer.
On a 10+ the trial brings your House together. Gain
a Surplus of the GM’s choice, whatever the other
outcomes are.
See Windfall/Affliction (p. 36) for when Momentum
would go above +3 or below -3.
� RESEARCH
When you take a moment to consult your House’s
scholars, spend 1+ Lore. For each spent, pick one:
◊ “How do I get Surplus: ”.
◊ “How do I remove Need: ”.
◊ “What’s the truth behind ”.
◊ “How can we best make use of ”.
You may answer yourself, or look to the GM. Whoever
answers introduces a Factor tied to the answer, and
you gain Fleeting Advantage acting on the answer.
� SUPPORT
When you help another House with their actions,
offer them a die. If they take it, they roll alongside
their own as if they had Advantage.
If your die is the highest, say how you made the
difference and gain Influence over them.
If your die is the lowest, the acting player says how
you jeopardise the effort and you lose Influence
over them.
In case of failure or partial success, you’ll share in
any danger, retribution or unforeseen consequences.
See Social Grace/Fall Into Disgrace (p. 34) for when
you gain Influence but already have it, or would lose
Influence but don’t have any.
 DOCTRINE
Gain a free Decree when you Employ/Harness... (pick one)
� Insurgence ...Surplus: Safety.
� Resistance: ...Surplus: Morale.
� Initiative ...Surplus: Leadership.
NAME
LOYALTIES
REACH You’re pushed to the margins of Montara. As you gain
CORE MOVE
� RUNNING IN SHADOWS
You don’t have their connections, their power, their
influence – you must plot carefully and act decisively to
survive. You alone can hold up to 5 Decrees. Any
Decree gained beyond this limit is wasted, and your
stored Decrees are erased by The Turn.

MAKING YOUR REMNANTS
Stats
Choose one:
◊ Reach -1, Grasp +1, Sleight +1 if the citizenry rose up against Kitrea
in the occupation’s final days, burning mansions and garrisons.
◊ Reach +1, Grasp 0, Sleight -1 if the city’s new rulers sheltered
Kitrean remnants in exchange for co-operation.
◊ Reach 0, Grasp -1, Sleight +2 if the Kingdom purged all trace of the
Kitrean occupation, forcing survivors deep underground.
GRASP
allies and make a home here, your fortunes will improve.
Consider your deepest relation with any local Faction,
and gain the cumulative benefits of your stances
SLEIGHT towards them.
� Influence: You have shelter always ready. Authorities
can’t find you if you lay low in the City.
� Alliance: Your Allies must always Support you when
LORE you Conspire, or else they lose Influence over you.
� Dominion: You are an accepted part of the City, and
ARTS your opinion carries great weight with the masses.
� ALLIANCE MOVE
MOMENTUM When a faction overcomes their prejudice to seek your
help, gain Influence over them.
Surpluses:
� CONFLICT MOVE
Whispers & Lies: As long as you are in Conflict with a
House or Cabal, their Research costs 1 extra Lore.
Needs:
Start with 2 as Surpluses, and the rest as Needs:
Justice, Leadership, Morale, Prestige, Safety
PICK ONE MORE:
� THE CANT IN THE NIGHT □
Your share a language kept secret from the rest of the
world. Pick two for conversations:
� It’s discreet, hiding its true meaning in colloquial use
of the mainstream language.
� It’s safe, and no one outside your House understands
it… yet.
� It’s rich, and you can express complex ideas in a
variety of topics.
And two for an alternate method of communication,
that you must describe:
� It’s instant, to deliver and understand.
� It’s safe, and it won’t be recognised as a message or
language.
� Its long-ranged, reaching far or wide.
� It’s lasting, delivering warnings and tales from the
past and into the future.
� LISTENING TO THE ABYSS □
When you spend a Decree and gather your loremasters
and spies in council, gain one point of Lore and Arts for
each of your remaining stockpiled Decrees.

Traditions
SOCIAL STANDING � WALKING THE LABYRINTH □
Faction Name I A C D When you spend 3 Decrees and put in motion a grand
Choose one of each, or create something else:
Populace: Kitrean civilians left behind in the evacuation; Secret police plot, gain an extra Fortune in The Turn or the Wonder
following a clandestine agenda; A radical sect who refused to abandon roll that closes this Cycle. You can only have one plot
the mysteries of Montara. active at any one time.
Style: Punishment brands, now worn with pride; A dark uniform,
covering all identities; Colourful ropes and arcane knots, quickly � STORMING THE GATE □
donned and removed. When you spend 3 Decrees and field all your agents in a
Governance: Cryptic orders from the homeland; A secret council, carefully-planned action, spend 3 Decrees to combine
meeting masked and anonymous; Scattered cells with limited contact. two of Conquer, Conspire, or Negotiate, targeting the
same faction in a simultaneous action. Pick one to roll
History with fleeting Advantage.
Then, read these out and ask for volunteers:
“One of you is secretly in league with us. We have an Alliance no one else
knows about.” They say how they are helping you.
And tell everyone:
“One Cabal has infiltrated us. I’ll say which cabal I suspect, and I’m in
Conflict with them.” The GM says who the spy truly works for, and they
have Influence over you.
Influence, Alliance, Conflict, Dominion

REMNANT HEROES
INHERITANCE
Remnant Heroes can start with one of these moves:
�TO HONOUR THE SCORNED
When you try to rally the City’s poor, oppressed, and shunned
towards your goal, you always gain an extra Objective from
Compromise – no matter what you roll.
�MANY WANDERING SOULS
When a Hero of any House becomes an Outsider, they are
drawn to you like a moth to a flame. Automatically form or rank
up a Covenant with them. If they give you the power to provide
their Role Move details normally contributed by the GM,
increase the Covenant to Rank 3.
When you meet an Outsider Cohort, gain lasting Advantage in
Cunning with them.
ASSETS
Remnant Heroes get +1 to Cunning or Prowess. In addition, each
hero may pick one option from each list as their signature gear:
How do you fight?
◊ A traditional scarf of your people (Melee, Flexible).
◊ An elegant dagger (Melee, Piercing).
◊ A sturdy walking staff (Melee, Hidden).
How are you defended?
◊ Trail clothes (Hardy, Mobile).
◊ Swirling dancing steps (Subtle, Mobile).
◊ Hidden greaves and bracelets (Armoured, Arcane).
How do you travel?
◊ With your own two dusty and aching feet.
What useful expertise can you draw on?
◊ A wise mystic (Genial, Mystic).
◊ A beautiful performer (Artisan, Shadowy).
◊ A dour guardian (Astute, Vicious).
HOUSE MOVE QUICK REFERENCE
� CONQUER
When you spend a Decree and direct your House to
seize or maintain control of a Strategic Resource,
Location or Factor, roll +Grasp. On a hit it’s yours, but
not without cost. On a 7-9 choose two; on a 10+,
choose one:
◊ Commit one of your Surpluses to secure the
target: if you lose one, you lose the other.
◊ Bear a Need of the GM’s choice as the cost of
your victory.
◊ Hurt a faction accidentally; they gain Influence
over you.
◊ Spark a Conflict with a faction of the GM’s choice.
� NEGOTIATE
When you spend a Decree and seek a meeting with
the leaders of another faction, say what you want
them to do and roll +Reach:
◊ Support your next House Move.
◊ Execute their next House Move according to your
demands.
◊ Trade one Surplus for another.
◊ Cease a Conflict.
On a hit, those you meet must perform the action.
On a 7-9, either lose Influence over them or give
Influence to another faction who intervened and
helped you seal the deal. On a 10+, pick another
request from the above list that your delegates
managed to convince them to accept.
� CONSPIRE
When you spend a Decree to activate your agents
within another faction, roll +Sleight. On a hit,
choose one thing you want them to do:
◊ Sabotage a Surplus, making it fail at the worst
moment.
◊ Mask the true nature of a Factor.
◊ Conceal your involvement in your next House Move.
◊ Frame someone else for a previously-anonymous
House Move.
On a 7-9, your agents leave a clue behind for a
faction of the GM’s choice, which sees through the
deception and gains Influence over you.
See also Command (p. 35).
� PERFORM A RITUAL
When you spend a Decree and enact world-shaping
Qoam Arts, describe the crystal-empowered marvel
you put into motion and roll with:
◊ +1 if you spend 1-Arts; or -1 if you don’t.
◊ +1 if you spend 1-Lore; or -1 if you don’t.
On a hit you create a phantom Surplus, which you
must immediately use as per Employ.
On a 7-9 ambience bleeds into the affected area
and its inhabitants. Pick one:
◊ A faction hurt by the Bleeding starts a Conflict
with you.
◊ Your Breaking of shared land destroys one of
your Alliances.
◊ Your ritualists are shattered and made Alien, and
you gain Need: Scholars.
� EMPLOY
When you spend a Decree and use a Surplus to
confront a problem, erase the Surplus and say how
your action resolved the situation in your favour.
� GEAR UP
When you spend a Decree to outfit your Hero for a
particular task, pick one for each relevant Surplus:
◊ Grant them a new asset with one tag.
◊ Add an extra tag to an existing asset.
� CELEBRATE
When spend a Decree and gather in a grand
celebration, each of your Allies may spend a Decree
and describe how they contribute to the festival.
You roll +Reach, with each Ally’s Support. On a hit,
the harmony among your people realigns the
energies of the land – erase one form of ambience
lingering in this area and within the celebrants for
each House helping.
On a 10+, the owner(s) of the highest die gains a
Decree as their House is energised by the festivities.
See also Memorial (p. 32).
� ENDURE
When your House decides to resist a threat to their
lives and resources, roll +Momentum. On a hit
you’re able to react to the danger; pick 1.
◊ Erase a Surplus right now to completely prevent
the damage.
◊ Call out for support. Whichever faction is most
willing and able to respond says how they mitigate
the danger, and gains Influence over you.
◊ Understand how the danger is tied to an existing
Factor, and get fleeting Advantage acting on the
answer.
On a 10+ the trial brings your House together. Gain
a Surplus of the GM’s choice, whatever the other
outcomes are.
See Windfall/Affliction (p. 36) for when Momentum
would go above +3 or below -3.
� RESEARCH
When you take a moment to consult your House’s
scholars, spend 1+ Lore. For each spent, pick one:
◊ “How do I get Surplus: ”.
◊ “How do I remove Need: ”.
◊ “What’s the truth behind ”.
◊ “How can we best make use of ”.
You may answer yourself, or look to the GM. Whoever
answers introduces a Factor tied to the answer, and
you gain Fleeting Advantage acting on the answer.
� SUPPORT
When you help another House with their actions,
offer them a die. If they take it, they roll alongside
their own as if they had Advantage.
If your die is the highest, say how you made the
difference and gain Influence over them.
If your die is the lowest, the acting player says how
you jeopardise the effort and you lose Influence
over them.
In case of failure or partial success, you’ll share in
any danger, retribution or unforeseen consequences.
See Social Grace/Fall Into Disgrace (p. 34) for when
you gain Influence but already have it, or would lose
Influence but don’t have any.
 DOCTRINE CORE MOVE
Gain a free Conspire Action when you... (pick one)
� Uplift the Lowest: ...steal significant resources and � MIGHTY RENEGADES
give them away. It doesn’t matter that you are everyday people –
� Know Your Enemy: ...gain intelligence that causes
NAME you to reassess your plans.
together you will change the course of history! As long
as you are not under anyone’s Dominion, when you have
� Freedom From Chains: ...erase a Need inflicted by one of Surplus: Recruits, Morale or Leadership and gain
REACH the city’s rulers. a second, you also get the third.

GRASP LOYALTIES PICK ONE MORE:

Your greatest loyalty is to the cause. Gain these benefits,
according to the development of your Revolution! Wonder:
SLEIGHT � No Resources Invested: You’re a close-knit group
trying to achieve a single goal. Gain Advantage on
rolls to free a member of your House from captivity.
LORE � Under construction: You have the ear of someone
high-up in the city. You say who this is, and why you
trust them (and vice versa).
ARTS � In a Cycle started by a Revolution! Even the quiet,
peaceful citizens are seeing things your way; you
MOMENTUM gain Surplus: Prestige.
� THIS IS OUR CITY □
When those who fight for the Revolution come under
attack, you may describe them…
◊ Withstanding a spirited assault.
◊ Retreating to a more defensible position.
◊ Counter-attacking against all hope.
◊ Evacuating their civilians.
◊ Conceding critical parts of the battlefield.
Once they’ve done three of these, Rebels and their
allies emerge from every alley, rooftop, and sewer, in a

� ALLIANCE MOVE surprise attack that will cripple the enemy.

Surpluses:
MAKING YOUR UNDERGROUND
When you show another faction how their actions have
caused unwanted collateral damage, gain Influence over
� CHILDREN OF THE STORM □
When you Celebrate, you gain Surplus: Spies or Scouts
them or Cease any one of their ongoing Conflicts.
Stats (your choice) right there amidst your Allies’ ranks.
Needs:
Choose one:
◊ Reach +1, Grasp +1, Sleight -1 if the pain of the Empire’s conquest is
� CONFLICT MOVE � QUIET WORK □
Peasant Uprising: While you are in Conflict with a
still fresh, and an uprising is imminent. When you spend a Decree and incite the oppressed
faction, they Endure with Disadvantage.
◊ Reach +1, Grasp 0, Sleight 0 if the conquest is a bitter memory, and against injustice, say what you want to accomplish and
the resistance is dug in for the long haul. roll +Reach. On a 7-9, pick one; on a 10+, pick two:
Start with 2 as Surpluses, and the rest as Needs:
◊ Reach 0, Grasp 0, Sleight +1 if Montara has been conquered longer ◊ You fully achieve your goal.
Justice, Leadership, Morale, Spies, Scouts
than anyone can remember, and an uprising is unsuspected. ◊ You Conceal your involvement.
◊ You find something extra to help your cause.
Traditions SOCIAL STANDING ◊ Nobody is injured.
Choose one of each, or create something else:
Faction Name I A C D
Populace: A ragtag band of desperate revolutionaries; A whisper
network made up of the most unlikely people; A small and highly � NOT A BROKEN MAN □
secretive team of strategists. As long as you remain the City’s compassionate soul or
Style: Completely ordinary, except for a hidden sigil somewhere on your voice of reason, gain one extra choice on each
person; Masks, hoods, and good boots; Tattered but serviceable Conspire you attempt, no matter what you roll. They
clothing to blend in with the city’s slums. trust you, perhaps more than they should.

� HELL CAN'T STOP US

Governance: Group debate and consensus decision-making; Rotating
leadership on a regular schedule; A single leader and their deputy,
commanding the rest.
History
Then, read these out and ask for volunteers:
“Which of you relied on us to gain your current standing? We have an
Alliance.” They say how you formed this Alliance, you say why it endures still.
And tell everyone:
“Where there are hierarchies, there are those who support our creed. We
gain Influence over each and every one of you that has Influence or
Dominion over us.” Each other player must describe their most rebellious
or freethinking spirit; you say how your rebellion fascinates them.
□
When you spend a Decree and gather and direct the
angry mob, name a Surplus you want to erase from
those who control or exploit the City and roll +Reach.
On a hit they destroy it; for every one of your Surpluses
you burn to fuel the angry mob, name an additional
Surplus they will undermine. On a 7-9 choose 2, on a
10+ choose 1:
◊ The mob causes wide and unintended collateral damage.
◊ You lose Influence on every Ally.
◊ You can’t incite the mob again this Cycle.
Influence, Alliance, Conflict, Dominion

UNDERGROUND HEROES
INHERITANCE
Underground Heroes can start with one of these moves:
�RIGHTEOUS FURY
With a few hours and access to alchemical reagents, you can
make 1-stock of explosives. 1-stock is sufficient to:
◊ Spread fire over a city block-sized area.
◊ Bring down a structure as big as a house.
◊ Be used as a weapon (Ranged, Area, Brutal).
To do more, ask the GM how much stock it’ll take.
�BRING TO JUSTICE
When you search the city for details of a crime or corruption,
you can Unearth rolling +Cunning. On a 10+ pick one extra:
◊ You find a source willing to support your claim.
◊ You find evidence that’ll lend weight to your claims.
◊ You find someone who can spread your story.
◊ You stay beneath the notice of the perpetrator.
ASSETS
Underground heroes get +1 to Cunning or Prowess. In addition,
your hero may pick an option from each list as their signature gear:
How do you fight?
◊ An inherited sword (Melee, Heirloom, Piercing)
◊ Bottles of alchemical fire (Ranged, Area, Lingering)
◊ An assassin’s dagger (Melee, Piercing, Hidden)
How are you defended?
◊ Hidden armour (Subtle, Armoured)
◊ Layered fabrics (Mobile, Utility)
◊ Heavy coat (Hardy, Utility)
How do you travel?
◊ On foot via the city’s rooftops, alleyways, and secret paths.
What useful expertise can you draw on? Choose one of each list.
◊ Violent zealots (Horde, Drilled, Vicious)
◊ Sympathetic civilians (Horde, Strong, Shadowy)
◊ Unsavoury characters (Horde, Rogues, Genial)
◊ Master spy (Astute, Shadowy)
◊ Army officer (Astute, Drilled)
◊ Famous singer (Artisan, Genial)
HOUSE MOVE QUICK REFERENCE
� CONQUER
When you spend a Decree and direct your House to
seize or maintain control of a Strategic Resource,
Location or Factor, roll +Grasp. On a hit it’s yours, but
not without cost. On a 7-9 choose two; on a 10+,
choose one:
◊ Commit one of your Surpluses to secure the
target: if you lose one, you lose the other.
◊ Bear a Need of the GM’s choice as the cost of
your victory.
◊ Hurt a faction accidentally; they gain Influence
over you.
◊ Spark a Conflict with a faction of the GM’s choice.
� NEGOTIATE
When you spend a Decree and seek a meeting with
the leaders of another faction, say what you want
them to do and roll +Reach:
◊ Support your next House Move.
◊ Execute their next House Move according to your
demands.
◊ Trade one Surplus for another.
◊ Cease a Conflict.
On a hit, those you meet must perform the action.
On a 7-9, either lose Influence over them or give
Influence to another faction who intervened and
helped you seal the deal. On a 10+, pick another
request from the above list that your delegates
managed to convince them to accept.
� CONSPIRE
When you spend a Decree to activate your agents
within another faction, roll +Sleight. On a hit,
choose one thing you want them to do:
◊ Sabotage a Surplus, making it fail at the worst
moment.
◊ Mask the true nature of a Factor.
◊ Conceal your involvement in your next House Move.
◊ Frame someone else for a previously-anonymous
House Move.
On a 7-9, your agents leave a clue behind for a
faction of the GM’s choice, which sees through the
deception and gains Influence over you.
See also Command (p. 35).
� PERFORM A RITUAL
When you spend a Decree and enact world-shaping
Qoam Arts, describe the crystal-empowered marvel
you put into motion and roll with:
◊ +1 if you spend 1-Arts; or -1 if you don’t.
◊ +1 if you spend 1-Lore; or -1 if you don’t.
On a hit you create a phantom Surplus, which you
must immediately use as per Employ.
On a 7-9 ambience bleeds into the affected area
and its inhabitants. Pick one:
◊ A faction hurt by the Bleeding starts a Conflict
with you.
◊ Your Breaking of shared land destroys one of
your Alliances.
◊ Your ritualists are shattered and made Alien, and
you gain Need: Scholars.
� EMPLOY
When you spend a Decree and use a Surplus to
confront a problem, erase the Surplus and say how
your action resolved the situation in your favour.
� GEAR UP
When you spend a Decree to outfit your Hero for a
particular task, pick one for each relevant Surplus:
◊ Grant them a new asset with one tag.
◊ Add an extra tag to an existing asset.
� CELEBRATE
When spend a Decree and gather in a grand
celebration, each of your Allies may spend a Decree
and describe how they contribute to the festival.
You roll +Reach, with each Ally’s Support. On a hit,
the harmony among your people realigns the
energies of the land – erase one form of ambience
lingering in this area and within the celebrants for
each House helping.
On a 10+, the owner(s) of the highest die gains a
Decree as their House is energised by the festivities.
See also Memorial (p. 32).
� ENDURE
When your House decides to resist a threat to their
lives and resources, roll +Momentum. On a hit
you’re able to react to the danger; pick 1.
◊ Erase a Surplus right now to completely prevent
the damage.
◊ Call out for support. Whichever faction is most
willing and able to respond says how they mitigate
the danger, and gains Influence over you.
◊ Understand how the danger is tied to an existing
Factor, and get fleeting Advantage acting on the
answer.
On a 10+ the trial brings your House together. Gain
a Surplus of the GM’s choice, whatever the other
outcomes are.
See Windfall/Affliction (p. 36) for when Momentum
would go above +3 or below -3.
� RESEARCH
When you take a moment to consult your House’s
scholars, spend 1+ Lore. For each spent, pick one:
◊ “How do I get Surplus: ”.
◊ “How do I remove Need: ”.
◊ “What’s the truth behind ”.
◊ “How can we best make use of ”.
You may answer yourself, or look to the GM. Whoever
answers introduces a Factor tied to the answer, and
you gain Fleeting Advantage acting on the answer.
� SUPPORT
When you help another House with their actions,
offer them a die. If they take it, they roll alongside
their own as if they had Advantage.
If your die is the highest, say how you made the
difference and gain Influence over them.
If your die is the lowest, the acting player says how
you jeopardise the effort and you lose Influence
over them.
In case of failure or partial success, you’ll share in
any danger, retribution or unforeseen consequences.
See Social Grace/Fall Into Disgrace (p. 34) for when
you gain Influence but already have it, or would lose
Influence but don’t have any.
 DOCTRINE CORE MOVE
When you give a faction Surplus: Mirage, gain... (pick one)
� Insidious Warlords: ...a free use of Conquer or � THE TOWER’S ARTS
Conspire. When you spend a Decree and weave powerful emotions
� Ruthless Rogues ...a free use of one of your
NAME Ancestral Circle benefits.
and memories into Qoam shards, gain one Surplus:
Mirage per point of Arts spent. You alone can hold
� Dream Weavers: ...a free use of Perform a Ritual, multiple instances of Surplus: Mirage, and neither
REACH spending Arts or Lore as usual. Surplus: Mirage nor Need: Mirage affect your
Momentum.
GRASP ANCESTRAL CIRCLE Bliss is, however, a fleeting thing… When a new Cycle
The Ancestral Circle of Villos rules over you just as Guilds starts, erase all Surplus: Mirage from the game.

SLEIGHT are ruled by their Ilvashan masters. Choose the Circle’s

starting control over you and gain the cumulative benefits: PICK ONE MORE:
� Neutral: You traffic in memories and emotions, and
can spend a Decree to change any one Surplus/ � SHADOW HARVEST □
LORE Need: Mirage into Surplus/Need: Morale.
� Influence: You can count on reinforcements sent
When you Conquer a place haunted by memories of
pride or sorrow, gain 2 points of Arts or Lore, in any

ARTS from Villos, ready to raise hell or bring thuggish

protection. You may spend a Decree to change any
combination.
When a new Cycle starts, gain 1 point of Arts or Lore
one Surplus/Need: Mirage into Surplus/Need: Safety. for each of these sites you still control.
MOMENTUM � Dominion: The Tower is feared and respected as a
major political power. You can spend a Decree to
change any one Surplus/Need: Mirage into Surplus/
� CRIPPLING NEED □
Surpluses: Need: Justice.
Wherever you peddle harvested dreams and feelings, any
faction that loses Surplus: Mirage gains Need: Mirage.

MAKING YOUR TOWER � ALLIANCE MOVE � SORCEROUS RITES □

Stats Needs: When another faction gains Need: Mirage, gain
When you spend a Decree and sacrifice stolen relics in
Choose one: Influence over them.
grand ritual, spend 1-Arts to choose one:
� CONFLICT MOVE
◊ Reach +1, Grasp +0, Sleight +1 if your rival in the city’s underworld is ◊ Until you lose Surplus: Mirage, get Ongoing
a Kitrean Imperial cult and its acolytes. Advantage in Hostile Grounds created by ambience.
◊ Reach +0, Grasp +1, Sleight +1 if your rival in the city’s underworld is Cut the Supply: While you are in Conflict with a faction,
Start with 2 as Surpluses, and the rest as Needs: ◊ Summon a group of beasts or a singular Titan,
the disavowed Sixth Guild of Ilvash. they gain Need: Mirage and cannot remove it.
Justice, Morale, Safety, Spies, Wealth pacified enough to listen and perhaps obey.
◊ Reach +0, Grasp +0, Sleight +2 if your rival in the city’s underworld is ◊ Until you lose Surplus: Mirage, get Ongoing
the decadent old nobility of Montara. Advantage against factions haunted by Echoes.
Traditions SOCIAL STANDING
Choose one of each, or create something else:
Populace: A family bound by ties stronger than blood; The initiates of a
Faction Name I A C D
� BLACK CELEBRATION □
When you Celebrate with a sensual festival in a broken
dark mystery religion; Scholars, as reckless as they are brilliant. land, you may spend Surplus: Mirage to get an
Style: Inhuman crystalline enhancements; Long coats, tall hats and ritual automatic 7-9 instead of rolling. Each ally that joins the
animal masks; Revealing fineries for the alluring and grotesque alike. celebration can give you 1-Arts to Erase Need: Mirage.
Governance: A prophet, possessed by an ancient Relic; Faceless
messengers of the Tower’s will; Commands relayed by a magic mirror.
History
Ask for volunteers:
“Which of you has waged a past campaign against the Tower’s influence?
You have Influence over us.” They describe the truce that ended hostilities.
“Which of you holds our Mirage crystals as a central aspect of your rites
and ceremonies? We have Influence over you.” They describe the origins
of this custom.
And tell everyone:
“One of the Cabals is our rivals in the underworld. We have an ongoing
Conflict with them!” Ask the group what criminal practice the Cabal
controls in Montara.
Influence, Alliance, Conflict, Dominion

TOWER HEROES
INHERITANCE
Tower Heroes can start with one of these moves:
�CAST A MIRAGE
When you cast your spells over a Relic, roll +Wisdom. On a hit
7-9 pick two; on a 10+ pick three:
You Steal a Relic’s emotion, disconnecting it from its owner.
◊ You Weave a memory within a Relic, rewriting its Covenant
cores.
◊ You Brand a dissonant feeling into a Relic, cursing it with
lasting Disadvantage to Manifest.
◊ You do it without showing signs of your meddling.
◊ You do it without needing to touch the target.
◊ You do it without attracting all Echoes nearby.
�CAPTURE IN CRYSTAL
When you enrapture an important figure with stolen memories
and feelings, roll +Cunning. On a hit, they change their nature;
they’ll become a different type of Personage Factor (or
become one if they weren’t already).
On a 7-9 pick one; on a 10+ pick two:
◊ The change is permanent.
◊ You choose the nature of their new Factor.
◊ A new Personage Factor doesn’t seek retribution for the
change.
ASSETS
Tower Heroes get +1 to Cunning or Wisdom. In addition, each
hero may pick one option from each list as their signature gear:
How do you fight?
◊ A poisoned blade (Melee, Lingering).
◊ A sceptre wreathed in tormenting memories (Melee, Weird).
◊ A box trapping the winds of a Cerulean Storm (Area, Weird).
How are you defended?
◊ A cloak of soot and ashes (Arcane, Subtle).
◊ A polished crystal mask (Arcane, Mobile).
◊ A protective ward (Arcane, Mantle).
How do you travel?
◊ A beast of wind and shadow (Mount, Swift).
◊ A caravan of vices (Drawn, Luxurious).
◊ A fae wind spell (Ship, Swift).
What useful expertise can you draw on?
◊ A canny sex worker (Genial, Rogue).
◊ A musclebound thug (Tough, Vicious).
◊ A notorious assassin (Shadowy, Vicious).
HOUSE MOVE QUICK REFERENCE
� CONQUER
When you spend a Decree and direct your House to
seize or maintain control of a Strategic Resource,
Location or Factor, roll +Grasp. On a hit it’s yours, but
not without cost. On a 7-9 choose two; on a 10+,
choose one:
◊ Commit one of your Surpluses to secure the
Resource if you lose the Resource, you lose the
Surplus and vice versa.
◊ Bear a Need of the GM’s choice as the cost of
your victory.
◊ Hurt a faction accidentally; they gain Influence
over you.
◊ Spark a Conflict with a faction of the GM’s choice.
� NEGOTIATE
When you spend a Decree and seek a meeting with
the leaders of another faction, say what you want
them to do and roll +Reach:
◊ Support your next House Move.
◊ Execute their next House Move according to your
demands.
◊ Trade one Surplus for another.
◊ Cease a Conflict.
On a hit, your allies must perform the action. On a 7-
9, either lose Influence over them or give Influence to
another faction who intervened and helped you seal
the deal. On a 10+, pick another request from the
above list that your delegates managed to convince
them to accept.
� CONSPIRE
When you spend a Decree to activate your agents
within another faction, roll +Sleight. On a hit,
choose one thing you want them to do:
◊ Sabotage a Surplus, making it fail at the worst
moment.
◊ Mask the true nature of a Factor.
◊ Conceal your involvement in your next House Move.
◊ Frame someone else for a previously-anonymous
House Move.
On a 7-9 your agents leave a clue behind for a
faction of the GM’s choice, which sees through the
deception and gains Influence over you.
� PERFORM A RITUAL
When you spend a Decree and enact world-shaping
Qoam Arts, describe the crystal-empowered marvel
you put into motion and roll with:
◊ +1 if you spend 1-Arts; or -1 if you don’t.
◊ +1 if you spend 1-Lore; or -1 if you don’t.
On a hit you create a phantom Surplus, which you
must immediately use as per Employ. On a 7-9
ambience bleeds into the affected area and its
inhabitants. Pick one:
◊ A faction hurt by the Bleeding starts a Conflict
with you.
◊ Your Breaking of shared land destroys one of
your Alliances.
◊ Your ritualists are shattered and made Alien, and
you gain Need: Scholars.
� EMPLOY
When you spend a Decree and use a Surplus to
confront a problem, erase the Surplus and say how
your action resolved the situation in your favour.
� GEAR UP
When you spend a Decree to outfit your Hero for a
particular task, pick one for each relevant Surplus:
◊ Grant them a new asset with one tag.
◊ Add an extra tag to an existing asset.
� CELEBRATE
When spend a Decree and gather in a grand
celebration, each of your allies may also spend a
Decree and describe how they contribute to the
festival.
You roll +Reach, with each Ally’s Support. On a hit,
the harmony among your people realigns the
energies of the land – erase one form of ambience
lingering in this area and within the celebrants for
each House helping.
On a 10+, the owner(s) of the highest die gains a
Decree as their House is energised by the festivities.
� ENDURE
When your House decides to resist a threat to their
lives and resources, roll +Momentum. On a hit
you’re able to react to the danger; pick 1.
◊ Erase a Surplus right now to completely prevent
the damage.
◊ Call out for support. Whichever faction is most
willing and able to respond says how they mitigate
the danger, and gains Influence over you.
◊ Understand how the danger is tied to an existing
Factor, and get fleeting Advantage acting on the
answer.
On a 10+ the trial brings your House together. Gain
a Surplus of the GM’s choice, whatever the other
outcomes are.
� RESEARCH
When you take a moment to consult your House’s
scholars, spend 1 or more Lore. For each spent, pick
one:
◊ “How do I get Surplus: ”.
◊ “How do I remove Need: ”.
◊ “What’s the truth behind
◊ “How can we best make use of
”.
”.
You may answer yourself, or look to the GM.
Whoever answers introduces a Factor tied to the
answer, and you gain Fleeting Advantage acting on
the answer.
� SUPPORT
When you help another House with their actions,
offer them a die. If they take it, they roll alongside
their own as if they had Advantage.
If your die is the highest, say how you made the
difference and gain Influence over them.
If your die is the lowest, the acting player says how
you jeopardise the effort and you lose Influence
over them.
In case of failure or partial success, you’ll share in
any danger, retribution or unforeseen
consequences.

MAKING YOUR CLAN
Stats
Choose one:
◊ Reach +1, Grasp -1, Sleight 0 if the farms and earthworks outside
the city remain mostly intact, and life is returning.
◊ Reach -1, Grasp +1, Sleight 0 if Montara’s outlying wilds were
twisted and scarred during the city’s conquest.
◊ Reach +1, Grasp 0, Sleight -1 if displaced citizens and refugees are
struggling to survive and causing ecological disruption in the city’s
satellite settlements.
Traditions
Choose one of each, or create something else:
Populace: Rural labourers, farmers and ranchers; Hunters and herbalists
taught secret lore; The nobility’s landscapers, now masterless.
Style: Intricate tattoos, leathers and feathers; Defiantly rustic and
practical outfits; Bone trinkets, crystal gadgets and mysterious vials.
Governance: A code of ecological responsibility; Omens seen in weather,
flora and fauna; A labour union whose president represents the clan.
History
Ask for a volunteer:
“Which of you tried to claim what’s ours, underestimating our mastery of this
land?” They say what caused bloodshed, you say how peace was achieved.
And tell everyone:
“An important Cabal splintered off from us, years ago. We have an
Alliance with them.” Work out with the GM what difference of opinion or
practice caused the schism.
DOCTRINE
When your Key Resources are revealed, gain a free...
(pick one)
� Unconquered Savages: ...Conquer action.
� Mysterious Nomads: ...Conspire action.
NAME � A Forbidden Faith ...Rituals action.
REACH LOYALTIES
You mistrust city politics – your responsibility is to the
GRASP world and people living outside its walls. Gain these
cumulative benefits when no city faction holds this
SLEIGHT power over you:
� None hold Dominion over you: You are never alone,
bonded to your familiars in ways most would never
understand. You have lasting Advantage on Endure.
LORE � None are Allied to you: Your familiars keep watch
over your settlements and hunt intruders. Any hostile
ARTS force that crosses your lands must take a Need of
your choice.
� None have Influence over you: You can keep pace
MOMENTUM with your familiars. When moving through the wilds,
no one can find or outrun you.
Surpluses: � ALLIANCE MOVE
When you guide another faction to a hidden treasure in
Needs:
the wilds, gain Influence on them.
� CONFLICT MOVE
Hit and Run: While you are in Conflict with a faction,
These are your key resources - you can have multiple you can withdraw one of your Key Resources to safety
instances of each. Take any three as Surpluses, and
take one other as a Need:
whenever you spend a Decree.
Hunters, Labourers, Spies, Scouts
SOCIAL STANDING
Faction Name I A C D
Influence, Alliance, Conflict, Dominion
CORE MOVE
� STALK THE LAND
When you gain one of your Key Resources, put an
appropriate marker on the map.
When markers are placed, they’re Hidden and the Surplus
cannot be affected by you, other players or the GM. You
may Reveal a Surplus at will – if it’s in response to its
particular trigger, there are special effects:
◊ Surplus: Hunters. Reveal after a nearby battle to give
an involved faction Need: Recruits.
◊ Surplus: Spies. Reveal after an important meeting or
clandestine action nearby to gain 1-Lore.
◊ Surplus: Scouts. Reveal in an unexplored area to
discover a bountiful resource, worth a Surplus if secured.
◊ Surplus: Labourers. Reveal after a House triggers
Windfall nearby to gain the erased Surplus.
Revealed markers are vulnerable to atttack. If you
somehow lose them, you lose the Surplus. At the
beginning of a City phase, you may spend a Decree to
Hide or to move all Revealed Surpluses.
PICK ONE MORE:
� BLOOD HUNT □
When you spend a Decree and stalk your foes like prey,
spend 1-Lore to tie one of the target faction’s Surplus to a
character in their organisation. If you can kill, incapacitate
or recruit the character, the faction loses the Surplus.
�A MOUNTAIN TALLER □
When you Endure to protect your traditions and territory,
give your opponent a Need of your choice on a 7+.
� RITES OF THE MOON □
When you spend a Decree and perform traditional rites to
strengthen your bonds with the natural world, spend 1-Arts
to gain Surplus: Hunters, Scouts, Spies or Scavengers.
�ARTS OF THE WILDS □
While you hold Key Surpluses, gain these bonuses on
your Hero’s moves:
◊ Surplus: Hunters. Add “Terrify: gain Influence on a
witness of your ambush” to the character list of
Assault options. How do you strike deep?
◊ Surplus: Spies. Gain 1-Lore on any Encounter hit.
What secret do you uncover?
◊ Surplus: Scouts. Gain 1-Lore on any Explore hit.
What calls this place home?
◊ Surplus: Labourers. Gain 1-Arts on any Unearth hit.
What do you make, inspired by this event?

UNTAMED HEROES
INHERITANCE
Untamed Heroes can start with one of these moves:
�SOUL RIDERS
You are ritually bonded to an exceptional Companion or Mount
– give them two extra tags. When this familiar takes a hit for
you, erase its tags to absorb harm you would have taken, 1-for-1.
So long as any tags remain, restore all other tags when you
Heal your familiar.
�EYES ALWAYS OPEN
When you first reach a location, pick one thing you
immediately notice:
◊ A perilous vantage point.
◊ A dirty shelter.
◊ An unpleasant escape route.
You can always find a trace left by the last being to cross this
location, and sense the direction they left in.
ASSETS
Untamed Heroes get +1 to Might or Prowess. Each hero may
pick one option from each list as their signature gear:
How do you fight?
◊ Bows (Ranged, Silent).
◊ Blades, fangs, and talons (Melee, Elegant).
◊ A ritualistic morningstar (Melee, Brutal).
How are you defended?
◊ Familiar’s senses (Subtle, Mobile).
◊ Leathers and furs (Subtle, Hardy).
◊ Mystical body painting (Arcane, Mobile).
How do you travel?
◊ Mounts with the Canny tag and one more from: Durable,
Mighty or Swift.
What useful expertise can you draw on?
◊ A hunter skilled in pack hunting (Drilled, one of Strong or
Vicious).
◊ A lurking scavenger (Astute, one of Shadowy or Vicious).
◊ A wise earthshaper (Astute, one of Hardy or Mystic).
HOUSE MOVE QUICK REFERENCE
� CONQUER
When you spend a Decree and direct your House to
seize or maintain control of a Strategic Resource,
Location or Factor, roll +Grasp. On a hit it’s yours, but
not without cost. On a 7-9 choose two; on a 10+,
choose one:
◊ Commit one of your Surpluses to secure the
target: if you lose one, you lose the other.
◊ Bear a Need of the GM’s choice as the cost of
your victory.
◊ Hurt a faction accidentally; they gain Influence
over you.
◊ Spark a Conflict with a faction of the GM’s choice.
� NEGOTIATE
When you spend a Decree and seek a meeting with
the leaders of another faction, say what you want
them to do and roll +Reach:
◊ Support your next House Move.
◊ Execute their next House Move according to your
demands.
◊ Trade one Surplus for another.
◊ Cease a Conflict.
On a hit, those you meet must perform the action.
On a 7-9, either lose Influence over them or give
Influence to another faction who intervened and
helped you seal the deal. On a 10+, pick another
request from the above list that your delegates
managed to convince them to accept.
� CONSPIRE
When you spend a Decree to activate your agents
within another faction, roll +Sleight. On a hit,
choose one thing you want them to do:
◊ Sabotage a Surplus, making it fail at the worst
moment.
◊ Mask the true nature of a Factor.
◊ Conceal your involvement in your next House Move.
◊ Frame someone else for a previously-anonymous
House Move.
On a 7-9, your agents leave a clue behind for a
faction of the GM’s choice, which sees through the
deception and gains Influence over you.
See also Command (p. 35).
� PERFORM A RITUAL
When you spend a Decree and enact world-shaping
Qoam Arts, describe the crystal-empowered marvel
you put into motion and roll with:
◊ +1 if you spend 1-Arts; or -1 if you don’t.
◊ +1 if you spend 1-Lore; or -1 if you don’t.
On a hit you create a phantom Surplus, which you
must immediately use as per Employ.
On a 7-9 ambience bleeds into the affected area
and its inhabitants. Pick one:
◊ A faction hurt by the Bleeding starts a Conflict
with you.
◊ Your Breaking of shared land destroys one of
your Alliances.
◊ Your ritualists are shattered and made Alien, and
you gain Need: Scholars.
� EMPLOY
When you spend a Decree and use a Surplus to
confront a problem, erase the Surplus and say how
your action resolved the situation in your favour.
� GEAR UP
When you spend a Decree to outfit your Hero for a
particular task, pick one for each relevant Surplus:
◊ Grant them a new asset with one tag.
◊ Add an extra tag to an existing asset.
� CELEBRATE
When spend a Decree and gather in a grand
celebration, each of your Allies may spend a Decree
and describe how they contribute to the festival.
You roll +Reach, with each Ally’s Support. On a hit,
the harmony among your people realigns the
energies of the land – erase one form of ambience
lingering in this area and within the celebrants for
each House helping.
On a 10+, the owner(s) of the highest die gains a
Decree as their House is energised by the festivities.
See also Memorial (p. 32).
� ENDURE
When your House decides to resist a threat to their
lives and resources, roll +Momentum. On a hit
you’re able to react to the danger; pick 1.
◊ Erase a Surplus right now to completely prevent
the damage.
◊ Call out for support. Whichever faction is most
willing and able to respond says how they mitigate
the danger, and gains Influence over you.
◊ Understand how the danger is tied to an existing
Factor, and get fleeting Advantage acting on the
answer.
On a 10+ the trial brings your House together. Gain
a Surplus of the GM’s choice, whatever the other
outcomes are.
See Windfall/Affliction (p. 36) for when Momentum
would go above +3 or below -3.
� RESEARCH
When you take a moment to consult your House’s
scholars, spend 1+ Lore. For each spent, pick one:
◊ “How do I get Surplus: ”.
◊ “How do I remove Need: ”.
◊ “What’s the truth behind ”.
◊ “How can we best make use of ”.
You may answer yourself, or look to the GM. Whoever
answers introduces a Factor tied to the answer, and
you gain Fleeting Advantage acting on the answer.
� SUPPORT
When you help another House with their actions,
offer them a die. If they take it, they roll alongside
their own as if they had Advantage.
If your die is the highest, say how you made the
difference and gain Influence over them.
If your die is the lowest, the acting player says how
you jeopardise the effort and you lose Influence
over them.
In case of failure or partial success, you’ll share in
any danger, retribution or unforeseen consequences.
See Social Grace/Fall Into Disgrace (p. 34) for when
you gain Influence but already have it, or would lose
Influence but don’t have any.

MAKING YOUR PRIESTHOOD
Stats
Choose one:
◊ Reach 0, Grasp +2, Sleight -2 if the Verdant were born from the
Empire’s terrible experiments in the chasms under the city.
◊ Reach +2, Grasp 0, Sleight -2 if the Verdant have always been a
reclusive group in the city’s outer wilds.
◊ Reach +1, Grasp +1, Sleight -2 if the Verdant creed germinated in the
refugee camps around Montara’s walls, giving the dispossessed
newfound strength.
Traditions
Choose one of each, or create something else:
Populace: The hurt, desolate and lost, seeking a new body; Acolytes
mutated in a lengthy rite of passage; Altered survivors of exposure to a
terrifying anomaly.
Style: Bark and thick vines; Leaves, flowers and thorns; Velvety and
colourful “flesh”.
Governance: The wisdom of an ancient priest, rooted and gigantic;
Dreams and visions sent by spirits from the deep Verdant; Irresistible
seasonal impulses.
History
Then, ask for volunteers:
“Which of you sought to destroy us when our faith first took root here?
You have Influence over us.” They say the reason behind the aggression,
and you say how the priesthood contained it.
“Which one of you embraced the Verdant creed as your official faith? We
have an Alliance and we have Influence over you."
And tell everyone:
“One Cabal knows the secret of our transformation. We have Influence
over each other.” The GM says when this happened, and you describe
the priceless treasure they gained from this encounter.
DOCTRINE
Choose the Priesthood’s sacred duty
� To Nurture: Spend 1 Seed instead of a Decree to
perform a Ritual that provides critical resources to
an Ally.
NAME � To Shelter: Spend 1 Seed instead of a Decree to
perform a Ritual to protect an Ally from danger.
REACH � To Enlighten: Spend 1 Seed instead of a Decree to
perform a Ritual to understand the inhuman and the
uncanny.
GRASP
LOYALTIES
SLEIGHT You understand that all living things are connected and
interdependent – so, you seek nothing but to build
Alliances. Gain the cumulative benefits of every listed
condition for as long as you meet them:
LORE � 1 Alliance: You can always communicate feelings
and sensations to your Allies, wherever they are.
ARTS � 2 Alliances: You gain access to a second Doctrine.
� 3 Alliances: You gain access to all three Doctrines.
MOMENTUM � ALLIANCE MOVE
When an Ally forms a new Alliance, you thrive on the
Surpluses: interwoven connections and gain Influence on them.
� CONFLICT MOVE
Rooted Deep: When you enter a Conflict with a Faction,
Needs: mark on the map one spot where you will make your
stand - nothing can force you to move if you don’t want to.
Start with 2 as Surpluses, and the rest as Needs:
Crops, Fresh Water, Land, Prestige, Safety
SOCIAL STANDING
Faction Name I A C D
Influence, Alliance, Conflict, Dominion
CORE MOVE
� THE VERDANT CREED
When you act in sacred harmony you materialise the
flux of mystical energy as living seeds of power.
Whenever you use or receive Support and the result is
two matching dice, generate 1 Seed.
When you act on your own trusting in the verdant
blessings, spend 1 Seed to change the value of any die
to the highest result present.
PICK ONE MORE:
� THE VERDANT ARTS □
When you flood an area with plants and magic, you may
spend Seeds in addition to Lore and Arts to perform a
Ritual. If you use any Seeds, you can choose one of the
following effects for the Ritual:
◊ Hold a Menace in place.
◊ Summon a Titan, ethereal and wise.
◊ Harvest the key to a creature’s essence.
� SOWING THE SEEDS □
When you spend a Decree and work the land with sacred
magic, spend 1 or 2 Seeds to enchant Surplus: Land.
After a few nights the enchanted Surplus will yield your
choice of Surplus: Fresh Water or Crops, or both if you
spent 2 Seeds.
� RAISING AN ARMY □
When you spend a Decree and use sacrifices to infuse
the world with magic, spend 1 or 2 Seeds to enchant
Surplus: Crops or Fresh Water. After a few nights the
enchanted Surplus will sprout your choice of Surplus:
Recruits or Defences, or both if you spent 2 Seeds.
� BLOSSOMING MEMORIES □
When you spend a Decree and enter into communion
with your roots, spend 1 to 3 Seeds to enchant Surplus:
Recruits with the wisdom of your ancestors. Over the
course of a few nights the Recruits will be replaced with
one of Surplus: Artisans, Scholars or Warriors, for each
Seed you spent.
� THE BLACKBRIAR HEDGE □
When you spend a Decree and exert your mastery over
trees and vines, spend 1 or 2 Seeds to enchant Surplus:
Defences. Over the next few nights these Defences will
animate and expand on their own, yielding your choice of
Surplus: Land or Safety - or both if you spent 2 Seeds.
An enchanted Surplus remains available throughout the
process. If the Surplus is given away, lost or destroyed,
any and all Seeds invested in it are destroyed. Once an
enchanted Surplus has yielded its bounty, it must lay
fallow for the rest of the City Phase.

PRIESTHOOD HEROES
INHERITANCE
Verdant Heroes gain this move:
�GROWN, NOT BORN
Your wooden body suffers no spear or hammer, and even the
hardest blades can’t quite cut it. Replace your Minor and Major
Harm slots with:
� Marked
� Cracked
� Burnt
� Splintered
All have no stat penalties, but cannot be restored with Recover.
Instead, when you root yourself for a day in rich soil and
embrace sunlight, Heal.
This move can be purchased with an Advance:
�WOOD WHISPER
When you extend your senses across the Verdant tapestry, you
experience the feelings and sensations of your Covenants,
Companions and Cohorts, no matter how far away they are.
The connection is two-way – though you control if they receive
your emotions and senses.
ASSETS
Verdant Heroes get +1 to Wisdom and Might, but they can
never truly hide their plant nature. Each hero may pick one
option from each list as their signature gear:
How do you fight?
◊ Killing vines (Melee, Flexible).
◊ A living wooden sword (Melee, Heirloom).
◊ A cloud of death spores (Area, Subtle).
How are you defended?
◊ The hardest bark (Armoured, Hardy).
◊ A cloud of leaves (Mobile, Subtle).
◊ A crown of flowers and thorns (Regal, Arcane).
How do you travel?
◊ A floating mass of tamed Kodror mold (Ship, Hulking).
◊ A striding tree (Mount, Mighty).
◊ A chariot drawn by wings and shadow (Drawn, Swift).
What useful expertise can you draw on?
◊ A novice, still human (Shadowy).
◊ A warlock drawn by the Priesthood’s secrets (Scholarly).
◊ A witch, master of simple Verdant magics (Mystic).
HOUSE MOVE QUICK REFERENCE
� CONQUER
When you spend a Decree and direct your House to
seize or maintain control of a Strategic Resource,
Location or Factor, roll +Grasp. On a hit it’s yours, but
not without cost. On a 7-9 choose two; on a 10+,
choose one:
◊ Commit one of your Surpluses to secure the
Resource if you lose the Resource, you lose the
Surplus and vice versa.
◊ Bear a Need of the GM’s choice as the cost of
your victory.
◊ Hurt a faction accidentally; they gain Influence
over you.
◊ Spark a Conflict with a faction of the GM’s choice.
� NEGOTIATE
When you spend a Decree and seek a meeting with
the leaders of another faction, say what you want
them to do and roll +Reach:
◊ Support your next House Move.
◊ Execute their next House Move according to your
demands.
◊ Trade one Surplus for another.
◊ Cease a Conflict.
On a hit, your allies must perform the action. On a 7-
9, either lose Influence over them or give Influence to
another faction who intervened and helped you seal
the deal. On a 10+, pick another request from the
above list that your delegates managed to convince
them to accept.
� CONSPIRE
When you spend a Decree to activate your agents
within another faction, roll +Sleight. On a hit,
choose one thing you want them to do:
◊ Sabotage a Surplus, making it fail at the worst
moment.
◊ Mask the true nature of a Factor.
◊ Conceal your involvement in your next House Move.
◊ Frame someone else for a previously-anonymous
House Move.
On a 7-9 your agents leave a clue behind for a
faction of the GM’s choice, which sees through the
deception and gains Influence over you.
� PERFORM A RITUAL
When you spend a Decree and enact world-shaping
Qoam Arts, describe the crystal-empowered marvel
you put into motion and roll with:
◊ +1 if you spend 1-Arts; or -1 if you don’t.
◊ +1 if you spend 1-Lore; or -1 if you don’t.
On a hit you create a phantom Surplus, which you
must immediately use as per Employ. On a 7-9
ambience bleeds into the affected area and its
inhabitants. Pick one:
◊ A faction hurt by the Bleeding starts a Conflict
with you.
◊ Your Breaking of shared land destroys one of
your Alliances.
◊ Your ritualists are shattered and made Alien, and
you gain Need: Scholars.
� EMPLOY
When you spend a Decree and use a Surplus to
confront a problem, erase the Surplus and say how
your action resolved the situation in your favour.
� GEAR UP
When you spend a Decree to outfit your Hero for a
particular task, pick one for each relevant Surplus:
◊ Grant them a new asset with one tag.
◊ Add an extra tag to an existing asset.
� CELEBRATE
When spend a Decree and gather in a grand
celebration, each of your allies may also spend a
Decree and describe how they contribute to the
festival.
You roll +Reach, with each Ally’s Support. On a hit,
the harmony among your people realigns the
energies of the land – erase one form of ambience
lingering in this area and within the celebrants for
each House helping.
On a 10+, the owner(s) of the highest die gains a
Decree as their House is energised by the festivities.
� ENDURE
When your House decides to resist a threat to their
lives and resources, roll +Momentum. On a hit
you’re able to react to the danger; pick 1.
◊ Erase a Surplus right now to completely prevent
the damage.
◊ Call out for support. Whichever faction is most
willing and able to respond says how they mitigate
the danger, and gains Influence over you.
◊ Understand how the danger is tied to an existing
Factor, and get fleeting Advantage acting on the
answer.
On a 10+ the trial brings your House together. Gain
a Surplus of the GM’s choice, whatever the other
outcomes are.
� RESEARCH
When you take a moment to consult your House’s
scholars, spend 1 or more Lore. For each spent, pick
one:
◊ “How do I get Surplus: ”.
◊ “How do I remove Need: ”.
◊ “What’s the truth behind
◊ “How can we best make use of
”.
”.
You may answer yourself, or look to the GM.
Whoever answers introduces a Factor tied to the
answer, and you gain Fleeting Advantage acting on
the answer.
� SUPPORT
When you help another House with their actions,
offer them a die. If they take it, they roll alongside
their own as if they had Advantage.
If your die is the highest, say how you made the
difference and gain Influence over them.
If your die is the lowest, the acting player says how
you jeopardise the effort and you lose Influence
over them.
In case of failure or partial success, you’ll share in
any danger, retribution or unforeseen
consequences.

MAKING YOUR FAITHFUL
Stats
Your start with Reach 0 Grasp 0 Sleight 0. Choose one:
◊ If your Guild led the crusade to crush the heretic Empire:
always roll Grasp with Advantage.
◊ If your Guild acted to alleviate the misery caused by the War:
always roll Reach with Advantage.
◊ If your Guild is seeking to quell schisms and bring doubting souls
back into the fold: always roll Sleight with Advantage.
Traditions
Choose one of each, or create something else:
Populace: A lineage mutated by the Henakor’s Ambience; A sect of
those who survived an inhuman intelligence’s judgment; Ascetics
replacing flesh with holy crystal.
Style: Simple robes in dark colours; Gems pierced through bone and skin,
proudly displayed; Loose clothes and long hair, floating weightlessly as
you move.
Governance: An ancient Onygauros hoarding centuries of holy relics;
Prophetic dreams that brand the flesh of the chosen; Trained
geomancers casting crystal lots to divine the will of the Five.
History
Ask for volunteers:
“Which of you adopted rites of our doctrine into your own practices? We
have Influence on you.” They say when they adopted your rites; you say
the details of this practices.
“Which of your harbours a breakaway sect of our faith? We are in a quiet
and subtle Conflict.” They say why they shelter them, and you say why
you’re scared of this heresy spreading.
And tell everyone:
“One Cabal worships entities that we censure and fear. We have an
ongoing Conflict with them, but they have Influence over us!” The GM
describes this Cabal and their faith.
DOCTRINE
Gain 1-Arts when you... (pick one)
� Sacred Authority: ...dictate policy with Command.
� The Source of Truth: ...mask a Factor with Conspire.
� For the Common Good: ...Support another House,
NAME and they use your die in the result.
REACH ANCESTRAL CONTROL
GRASP
Your Ancestral Guild starts with Dominion over you. Gain
cumulative bonuses to Sacred Geometries according to
their control over you:
SLEIGHT � Neutral: The Guild’s knowledge gives you power. You
may treat the boxes next to Pride or Wealth as if they
held a 3.
� Influence: Qoam energies sing in your blood. You
LORE may treat the boxes next to Faith or Mirage as if they
held a 3.
ARTS � Dominion: You are willingly mutated and uplifted by
sacred ambience. You may treat the boxes next to
Arcana or Whispers as if they held a 3.
MOMENTUM
� SUBJUGATION MOVE
When you beg your ancestral guild for aid, increase their
Surpluses: control over you and describe the dilemma you offer up
to the Henakor. At the start of the next City phase the GM
will describe the Henakor Surge, Cerulean Storm or
Needs: Arcane Horror that assaults the city, and the answer to
your dilemma your mystics divine from this event. Take
fleeting advantage acting on this answer.
When a House performs a Ritual in public, you may
Start with 2 as Surpluses, and the rest as Needs:
offer them free access to your store of Arts and Lore
and give their Ritual Advantage. If they accept your
Justice, Leadership, Luxury, Prestige, Safety
offer, say what element of their practices is expunged
to fit Lusman doctrine and gain Influence over them.
SOCIAL STANDING
Faction Name I A C D � CONFLICT MOVE
Sacred Interdiction: While you are in Conflict with a
faction, they perform Rituals wiith Disadvantage.
Influence, Alliance, Conflict, Dominion
CORE MOVE
� SACRED GEOMETRIES
As long as you honour the sacred Henakor energies in
rites and gestures, whenever you discard a 1, 2 or 3
thanks to Dis/Advantage you place it in one of these slots:
FAITH □□□ PRIDE
ARCANA □□□ WEALTH
WHISPERS □□□ MIRAGE
Once any row has a sequence from 1 to 3 in any direction,
the work is complete and you are considered Infused with
the quality next to the 3. Set the row’s dice to 5: when you
invoke this power before your House or Hero takes
action, substitute in an Infused dice for a guaranteed 5.
The Infused die is then lost. Once all Infused dice are
gone, you are no longer considered Infused; if you lose
the Infused quality otherwise, also lose the linked dice.
PICK ONE MORE:
� UNCANNY JUDGEMENT □
When you pronounce judgment on disbelievers and spend
a decree, lose Influence on them to give them your Infused
quality as a Need. You’re no longer considered Infused.
When someone has 3 such Needs, a terrible fate befalls
them: describe a Titan assault, Henakor Surge or Fateful
Disaster. Gain Influence on every Allied Guild and Cabal.
� DIVINE REVELATION □
Once the Sacred Geometries sequence is complete, you
can lose the Infused quality to gain it as a Surplus.
When Employed in a Wonder, this Surplus can replace
any of its regular requirements - tell us how the project
is warped in arcane and alien ways.
� JOIN THE CORNERS □
When you offer power to a faction participating in with
your Rituals, you can lose your Infused quality and grant
it to them as a Surplus – and gain Influence on them. As
long as they have this Surplus, you can claim dice they
discard from Dis/Advantage rolls for Sacred Geometries.
� SHATTER IMPERFECTIONS □
When you whip your worshipers into a frenzy and send
them into battle, lose any number of Infused qualities
and pick one of the following for each lost:
◊ Invoke a storm to cloud your enemies’ eyes, allowing
you to take them by surprise.
◊ One chosen champion of your House will be
unharmed by the foe’s attacks.
◊ The site of the battle will be marked and forever
stand as a testament to your righteousness.

FAITHFUL HEROES
INHERITANCE
Lusma Heroes can start with one of these moves:
�A RIGHTEOUS ACCUSER
When you condemn a powerful figure or organisation in public,
roll +Cunning. On a 7-9, pick one; on a 10+ pick two:
◊ You’ll suffer no reprisals.
◊ The crowd delivers a representative of your foe to you.
◊ The audience riots, forcing your enemy into retreat.
�A SAINT OF HARMONY
When you use the Qoam arts to promote harmony, you can
spend an Infused die to:
◊ Get an insight towards your current goal – gain 1-Lore.
◊ Gain a free Focus on your next Manifest attempt.
◊ Plant the seeds of your faith in the mind of another – form
or rewrite the cores of a Covenant with them.
ASSETS
Lusman Heroes get +1 to Cunning or Wisdom. Your hero may
pick one option from each list as their signature gear:
HOW DO YOU FIGHT? Your chosen weapon gains the Heirloom
tag.
◊ A Qoam sceptre (Ranged, Area).
◊ Sacred Words of Power (Melee, Hidden).
◊ A crystal blade (Melee, Lingering).
HOW ARE YOU DEFENDED?
◊ Protective charms and amulets (Subtle, Armoured).
◊ Holy Mantle (Arcane, Regal).
◊ Padded Armour (Subtle, Mobile).
HOW DO YOU TRAVEL?
◊ A beast no one would dare riding (Mount, Hulking).
◊ A battle chariot (Drawn, Mighty).
◊ A blessed chunk of Qoamstone (Ship, Durable).
WHAT USEFUL EXPERTISE CAN YOU DRAW ON?
◊ Inquisitors (Shadowy, Astute).
◊ Legates (Drilled, Genial).
◊ Magistrates (Hardy, Scholarly).
HOUSE MOVE QUICK REFERENCE
� CONQUER
When you spend a Decree and direct your House to
seize or maintain control of a Strategic Resource,
Location or Factor, roll +Grasp. On a hit it’s yours, but
not without cost. On a 7-9 choose two; on a 10+,
choose one:
◊ Commit one of your Surpluses to secure the
target: if you lose one, you lose the other.
◊ Bear a Need of the GM’s choice as the cost of
your victory.
◊ Hurt a faction accidentally; they gain Influence
over you.
◊ Spark a Conflict with a faction of the GM’s choice.
� NEGOTIATE
When you spend a Decree and seek a meeting with
the leaders of another faction, say what you want
them to do and roll +Reach:
◊ Support your next House Move.
◊ Execute their next House Move according to your
demands.
◊ Trade one Surplus for another.
◊ Cease a Conflict.
On a hit, those you meet must perform the action.
On a 7-9, either lose Influence over them or give
Influence to another faction who intervened and
helped you seal the deal. On a 10+, pick another
request from the above list that your delegates
managed to convince them to accept.
� CONSPIRE
When you spend a Decree to activate your agents
within another faction, roll +Sleight. On a hit,
choose one thing you want them to do:
◊ Sabotage a Surplus, making it fail at the worst
moment.
◊ Mask the true nature of a Factor.
◊ Conceal your involvement in your next House Move.
◊ Frame someone else for a previously-anonymous
House Move.
On a 7-9, your agents leave a clue behind for a
faction of the GM’s choice, which sees through the
deception and gains Influence over you.
See also Command (p. 35).
� PERFORM A RITUAL
When you spend a Decree and enact world-shaping
Qoam Arts, describe the crystal-empowered marvel
you put into motion and roll with:
◊ +1 if you spend 1-Arts; or -1 if you don’t.
◊ +1 if you spend 1-Lore; or -1 if you don’t.
On a hit you create a phantom Surplus, which you
must immediately use as per Employ.
On a 7-9 ambience bleeds into the affected area
and its inhabitants. Pick one:
◊ A faction hurt by the Bleeding starts a Conflict
with you.
◊ Your Breaking of shared land destroys one of
your Alliances.
◊ Your ritualists are shattered and made Alien, and
you gain Need: Scholars.
� EMPLOY
When you spend a Decree and use a Surplus to
confront a problem, erase the Surplus and say how
your action resolved the situation in your favour.
� GEAR UP
When you spend a Decree to outfit your Hero for a
particular task, pick one for each relevant Surplus:
◊ Grant them a new asset with one tag.
◊ Add an extra tag to an existing asset.
� CELEBRATE
When spend a Decree and gather in a grand
celebration, each of your Allies may spend a Decree
and describe how they contribute to the festival.
You roll +Reach, with each Ally’s Support. On a hit,
the harmony among your people realigns the
energies of the land – erase one form of ambience
lingering in this area and within the celebrants for
each House helping.
On a 10+, the owner(s) of the highest die gains a
Decree as their House is energised by the festivities.
See also Memorial (p. 32).
� ENDURE
When your House decides to resist a threat to their
lives and resources, roll +Momentum. On a hit
you’re able to react to the danger; pick 1.
◊ Erase a Surplus right now to completely prevent
the damage.
◊ Call out for support. Whichever faction is most
willing and able to respond says how they mitigate
the danger, and gains Influence over you.
◊ Understand how the danger is tied to an existing
Factor, and get fleeting Advantage acting on the
answer.
On a 10+ the trial brings your House together. Gain
a Surplus of the GM’s choice, whatever the other
outcomes are.
See Windfall/Affliction (p. 36) for when Momentum
would go above +3 or below -3.
� RESEARCH
When you take a moment to consult your House’s
scholars, spend 1+ Lore. For each spent, pick one:
◊ “How do I get Surplus: ”.
◊ “How do I remove Need: ”.
◊ “What’s the truth behind ”.
◊ “How can we best make use of ”.
You may answer yourself, or look to the GM. Whoever
answers introduces a Factor tied to the answer, and
you gain Fleeting Advantage acting on the answer.
� SUPPORT
When you help another House with their actions,
offer them a die. If they take it, they roll alongside
their own as if they had Advantage.
If your die is the highest, say how you made the
difference and gain Influence over them.
If your die is the lowest, the acting player says how
you jeopardise the effort and you lose Influence
over them.
In case of failure or partial success, you’ll share in
any danger, retribution or unforeseen consequences.
See Social Grace/Fall Into Disgrace (p. 34) for when
you gain Influence but already have it, or would lose
Influence but don’t have any.

MAKING YOUR SOLDIERS
Stats
Choose one:
◊ Reach +1, Grasp +1, Sleight -1 if Imperial forces razed the city in
their hasty retreat.
◊ Reach -1, Grasp +1, Sleight +1 if the fierce block by block battle
destroyed the city.
◊ Reach -1, Grasp +2, Sleight 0 if your lengthy siege is what finally
broke the city.
Traditions
Choose one of each, or create something else:
Populace: A caste of soldiers bred and raised for war; Patriotic
volunteers raised on tales of glory and valour; Professional soldiers and
their conscripted slaves.
Style: Armours and weapons with macabre motifs; Blank crystalline
masks, and polished gear full of sharp edges; A scarlet cloak, a few
pieces of armour, and nothing else.
Governance: Battle companies sitting in council; A hereditary ruler, advised
by ambience-twisted oracles; A tyrant elected by a council of elders.
History
Read these out and ask for volunteers:
“Which of you fought side by side with us in the last vicious battle to
claim the city? The ties forged in battle persist and we have an Alliance.”
They tell the group what you both had to sacrifice to win.
“Which of you supports our war the most fervently? Gain Influence over
us.” They tell the group why they fear or hate Kitrea enough to support
Kaetur’s presence in Montara.
And tell everyone:
“One of the Cabals is a threat even to us. We have an ongoing Conflict
with them, but they have Influence over us!” The GM names this Cabal,
and names the source of their advantage.
DOCTRINE
Gain a free Conquer Action when... (pick one)
� Terrifying Marauders: ...you start a Conflict.
� Stalwart Defenders: ...someone starts a Conflict
with you or an Ally.
NAME � Opportunistic Warmongers: ...someone ceases a
Conflict.
REACH
ANCESTRAL CONTROL
GRASP Your Ancestral Guild starts with Dominion over you. Gain
cumulative bonuses according to their control over you:
SLEIGHT � Neutral: Your Guild stands proudly alone, together
against the world. You have lasting Advantage on
rolls to rescue or avenge one of your people.
LORE
� Influence: Discipline is high, and your guard patrols
will quickly alert you if anything hostile crosses your
borders.
ARTS � Dominion: Your soldiers’ speed and endurance
assures that no other force can hope to keep up with
you. You have Advantage moving as a group over
MOMENTUM large distances.
Surpluses: � SUBJUGATION MOVE
When you beg your ancestral guild for aid, increase
their control over you and name an enemy within
Montara or without. At the start of the next City phase,
Needs: Kaetur will devastate the enemy you name, but pick one
of the costs listed under Conquer.
You’re not strong enough on your own to withstand the
many threats to your rule. That’s why you’ll get the
Start with 2 as Surpluses, and the rest as Needs:
locals to help you. When you post a bounty, pick one
you haven’t yet posted this cycle and fill in the gaps:
Leadership, Morale, Scouts, Spies, Warriors
� Prevent anyone entering/leaving (Stage Factor).
� Protect (Personage Factor) from harm.
SOCIAL STANDING � Hunt down and kill (Personage Factor).
Faction Name I A C D � Send Surplus: (Recruits/Weaponry/Scouts/
Transport/Warriors) to the front lines.
� Scout out (Stage Factor) in the wilderness.
When a House collects on a completed bounty, they
gain 1 Decree – and you gain Influence over them.
If any bounties have not been completed at the end of
the Cycle, gain Need: Leadership and then clear this list.
� CONFLICT MOVE
Military Campaign: While you are in Conflict with a
House or Cabal, they Conquer with lasting Disadvantage.
Influence, Alliance, Conflict, Dominion
CORE MOVE
� ARTS OF WAR
With proper supplies, your war machine is unbeatable.
The following benefits are cumulative, as long as you
have all the listed Surpluses:
◊ The Tides of Conquest: So long as you have Surplus:
Morale and Warriors, gain +1 Grasp.
◊ The Engines of War: So long as you have Surplus:
Morale and Leadership, gain +1 Reach.
◊ The Web of Destruction: So long as you have Surplus:
Spies and Scouts, gain +1 Sleight.
PICK ONE MORE:
� AN IRON FIST □
When you take over a settlement, roll +Grasp. On a 10+
pick 2, on 7-9 pick 1:
◊ The community’s leaders conspire with you to keep
the people peaceful and cooperative.
◊ You lock down this district, and Conspire attempts
targeted here have Disadvantage.
◊ They uneasily send tribute. Gain 2-Arts or Lore in any
combination.
◊ You conscript their people, but they’re green and will
likely break in their first battle. Gain Surplus: Recruits.
◊ You terrify their neighbours; gain Influence on a Cabal.
� A BRAVE HEART □
When you fight for survival or supremacy, choose one
effect for each of Surplus: Recruits, Morale, and
Leadership you have:
◊ An unstoppable foe will be pushed back.
◊ One of your foe’s champions will be overwhelmed.
◊ One chosen champion of your House will decimate
scores of your foe’s regular troops.
◊ Those who witness the battle will be forever marked
by the strength and power of your people.
� A DARING BROTHERHOOD □
When you bring together all your armies and march to
battle, get lasting Advantage in your Conquest so long
as you stay together. If you give up without conquering
your target, gain Need: Leadership. If the campaign is a
success gain Surplus: Justice, Prestige or Wealth.
� A KEEN INTELLECT □
When you spend a Decree and send out scouts to probe
a military target, roll +Sleight. On a hit, choose one:
◊ You learn a secret weakness of their defences.
◊ You may move through this area quickly and unseen.
◊ You learn clues to a hidden strength or unknown history.
On a 10+ you are given access to a haven you can use
while you’re in your target’s territory.

SOLDIER HEROES
INHERITANCE
Kaetur Heroes choose one of the two moves below. The other
move can be purchased with a Hero Advance:
�A DARK SOUL
When you make an example out of a dissenter, a defeated foe
or a useless minion, hold 1. Spend hold 1-for-1 to force a
resident of a conquered settlement to:
◊ Perform a task for you, no matter the risk.
◊ Give up a secret they’d rather you not hear.
◊ Give up all their possessions.
�OUR UNDYING LOYALTY
Add one extra tag to your Companions and form a Rank 1
Covenant with them – you now form a squad.
When you and your squad act as one, roll with Advantage. If
your squad is ever completely wiped out, you can’t gain
Companions again until you avenge them and your Guild gains
Need: Justice.
ASSETS
Kaetur Heroes get +1 to Might or Prowess. Each Hero may pick
one option from each list as their signature gear:
How do you fight? Choose one from each list.
◊ A practical short sword (Melee, Piercing).
◊ An ornate glaive (Melee, Area).
◊ A dragon-shaped mattock (Melee, Hefty).
◊ A scoped crossbow (Ranged, Far).
◊ An assassin’s dagger (Melee, Hidden).
◊ A spiked gauntlet (Melee, Lingering).
How are you defended?
◊ Your squad’s plate main (Uniform, Armoured).
◊ Traditional borderlands’ garb (Subtle, Hardy).
◊ A scout’s leather armour (Uniform, Agile).
How do you travel?
◊ A loyal warbeast (Mount, Mighty).
◊ Your unit’s logistics train (Drawn, Durable).
◊ A sky yacht, your pride and joy (Ship, Swift).
What useful expertise can you draw on?
◊ Army Healers (Drilled, Physician).
◊ Scouting Rangers (Hardy, Vicious).
◊ Heavy Infantry (Strong, Vicious).
HOUSE MOVE QUICK REFERENCE
� CONQUER
When you spend a Decree and direct your House to
seize or maintain control of a Strategic Resource,
Location or Factor, roll +Grasp. On a hit it’s yours, but
not without cost. On a 7-9 choose two; on a 10+,
choose one:
◊ Commit one of your Surpluses to secure the
target: if you lose one, you lose the other.
◊ Bear a Need of the GM’s choice as the cost of
your victory.
◊ Hurt a faction accidentally; they gain Influence
over you.
◊ Spark a Conflict with a faction of the GM’s choice.
� NEGOTIATE
When you spend a Decree and seek a meeting with
the leaders of another faction, say what you want
them to do and roll +Reach:
◊ Support your next House Move.
◊ Execute their next House Move according to your
demands.
◊ Trade one Surplus for another.
◊ Cease a Conflict.
On a hit, those you meet must perform the action.
On a 7-9, either lose Influence over them or give
Influence to another faction who intervened and
helped you seal the deal. On a 10+, pick another
request from the above list that your delegates
managed to convince them to accept.
� CONSPIRE
When you spend a Decree to activate your agents
within another faction, roll +Sleight. On a hit,
choose one thing you want them to do:
◊ Sabotage a Surplus, making it fail at the worst
moment.
◊ Mask the true nature of a Factor.
◊ Conceal your involvement in your next House Move.
◊ Frame someone else for a previously-anonymous
House Move.
On a 7-9, your agents leave a clue behind for a
faction of the GM’s choice, which sees through the
deception and gains Influence over you.
See also Command (p. 35).
� PERFORM A RITUAL
When you spend a Decree and enact world-shaping
Qoam Arts, describe the crystal-empowered marvel
you put into motion and roll with:
◊ +1 if you spend 1-Arts; or -1 if you don’t.
◊ +1 if you spend 1-Lore; or -1 if you don’t.
On a hit you create a phantom Surplus, which you
must immediately use as per Employ.
On a 7-9 ambience bleeds into the affected area
and its inhabitants. Pick one:
◊ A faction hurt by the Bleeding starts a Conflict
with you.
◊ Your Breaking of shared land destroys one of
your Alliances.
◊ Your ritualists are shattered and made Alien, and
you gain Need: Scholars.
� EMPLOY
When you spend a Decree and use a Surplus to
confront a problem, erase the Surplus and say how
your action resolved the situation in your favour.
� GEAR UP
When you spend a Decree to outfit your Hero for a
particular task, pick one for each relevant Surplus:
◊ Grant them a new asset with one tag.
◊ Add an extra tag to an existing asset.
� CELEBRATE
When spend a Decree and gather in a grand
celebration, each of your Allies may spend a Decree
and describe how they contribute to the festival.
You roll +Reach, with each Ally’s Support. On a hit,
the harmony among your people realigns the
energies of the land – erase one form of ambience
lingering in this area and within the celebrants for
each House helping.
On a 10+, the owner(s) of the highest die gains a
Decree as their House is energised by the festivities.
See also Memorial (p. 32).
� ENDURE
When your House decides to resist a threat to their
lives and resources, roll +Momentum. On a hit
you’re able to react to the danger; pick 1.
◊ Erase a Surplus right now to completely prevent
the damage.
◊ Call out for support. Whichever faction is most
willing and able to respond says how they mitigate
the danger, and gains Influence over you.
◊ Understand how the danger is tied to an existing
Factor, and get fleeting Advantage acting on the
answer.
On a 10+ the trial brings your House together. Gain
a Surplus of the GM’s choice, whatever the other
outcomes are.
See Windfall/Affliction (p. 36) for when Momentum
would go above +3 or below -3.
� RESEARCH
When you take a moment to consult your House’s
scholars, spend 1+ Lore. For each spent, pick one:
◊ “How do I get Surplus: ”.
◊ “How do I remove Need: ”.
◊ “What’s the truth behind ”.
◊ “How can we best make use of ”.
You may answer yourself, or look to the GM. Whoever
answers introduces a Factor tied to the answer, and
you gain Fleeting Advantage acting on the answer.
� SUPPORT
When you help another House with their actions,
offer them a die. If they take it, they roll alongside
their own as if they had Advantage.
If your die is the highest, say how you made the
difference and gain Influence over them.
If your die is the lowest, the acting player says how
you jeopardise the effort and you lose Influence
over them.
In case of failure or partial success, you’ll share in
any danger, retribution or unforeseen consequences.
See Social Grace/Fall Into Disgrace (p. 34) for when
you gain Influence but already have it, or would lose
Influence but don’t have any.
 DOCTRINE
Gain a free Negotiate Action when... (pick one)
� Traders in Stories and Song: ...you take part in a
Celebration.
� Cut-Throat Extortionists: ...you Command a Vassal.
NAME � Men of Wealth and Taste: ...you gain a Windfall.
REACH ANCESTRAL CONTROL
Your Ancestral Guild starts with Dominion over you. Gain
GRASP cumulative bonuses according to their control over you:
� Neutral: Everyone who carries something valuable to
SLEIGHT the city will bring it to you first.
� Influence: When your agents meet with a new Cabal
or make contact with a new settlement, you may
reveal what hidden resource brought you here.
LORE � Dominion: The transport of goods and messages
between the Capital and the Borderlands is another
ARTS Stock in Trade for you.
� SUBJUGATION MOVE
CORE MOVE
� STOCK IN TRADE
Choose the particular product range your House trades in:
� Plantations and livestock
(Barter Goods, Crops, Fresh Water)
� Mercenaries
(Scouts, Spies, Warriors)
� Construction and Architecture
(Defences, Engineering, Recruits)
� Fine and luxurious goods and services
(Artisans, Luxury, Prestige)
� Ancient books, maps, and scrolls
(Engineering, Medicine, Scholars)
� Logistics and far flung goods
(Trade, Transport, Wealth)
Once per session per product, you can draw on your
stocks to boost a roll’s results by one category: 6- to 7-
9, 7-9 to 10+.
You can Employ one of the listed Surpluses for a Stock

MAKING YOUR MERCHANTS
Stats
Choose one:
◊ Reach +2, Grasp -1, Sleight +1 if the war devastated Montara’s
economy, leaving only a basic barter system between survivors.
◊ Reach +1, Grasp 0, Sleight +1 if the local trading cabals were able to
make themselves useful to both sets of occupiers.
◊ Reach 0, Grasp 0, Sleight +2 if smugglers and black marketeers
found huge demand for their services during the occupation.
Traditions
Choose one of each, or create something else:
Populace: A federation of independent traders backed by private
military; Local employees signed up to an arduous franchise contract;
Merchant-princes and indentured servants.
Style: Luxurious silks and furs; Meticulous body paint and jewellery
marking status; Woolen tunics decorated with patterns of a secret code.
Governance: A rigid hierarchy appointed by the Ancients; An open
market of favours and votes; Independent traders under a strictly
enforced charter.
History
Tell everyone:
“Everyone, like it or not, has to trade with me. I gain Influence on all of you.”
“A Cabal has stayed independent thanks to their shrewd information
brokers. They have Influence over me.” The GM says what kind of
compromising leverage they have over you.
And ask them for a volunteer:
“Which one of you holds a great treasure that our masters have
MOMENTUM When you beg your ancestral guild for aid, increase their
control over you and receive a Surplus of your choosing
at the start of the next City phase.
Surpluses:
At the start of each Cycle, the GM will pick out a type of
Surplus that is in demand in Volarees’ markets. Any
House that sells that Surplus to your Ancestral Guild via
Needs: you gains 1 Decree, but you gain Influence over them.
� CONFLICT MOVE
Trade Embargo: As long as you are in Conflict with a
Start with 2 as Surpluses, and the rest as Needs:
faction, they Negotiate with lasting Disadvantage.
Artisans, Barter Goods, Prestige, Spies, Trade
SOCIAL INFLUENCE
Faction Name I A C D
in Trade you don’t have marked to invest it. Once you
invest all three listed Surpluses, add that Stock in Trade
to your list, gaining an additional boost each session.
PICK ONE MORE:
� THE LAW OF RETURN □
When you trade someone a Surplus linked to one of
your Stocks in Trade, gain 1-Stake. If this takes you to
3-Stake, gain any one other listed Surplus from that
Stock in Trade’s product range and set your Stake to 0.
� THE LAW OF ATTRACTION □
When you give your Hero something special from your
reserves, you may Gear Up without spending a Decree.
The GM will give you 1-3 downsides to these items; you
may then decide if you still want to take them.
◊ They will be useless afterwards.
◊ Their value will be immediately obvious to anyone
who sees them.
◊ You’re taking them away from an agreed buyer, and
there’ll be consequences if they aren’t returned.
◊ You’ll need help from a specific player character or
NPC to use them well.
� THE LAW OF PREDATION □
When someone gains a Windfall, lose Influence over
them to gain an extra Decree or their Erased Surplus,
your choice. When someone faces an Affliction, gain an
extra Decree.

� THE LAW OF SUCCESS

demanded we secure? You have Influence over us.” They say what the
treasure is, you say what you fear will happen to the city if you cannot □
secure it for your ancestral guild. Your House is skilled at wringing every last benefit from
their Resources. When you invest a Stock in Trade
Resource in a Wonder, gain fleeting Advantage on your
Influence, Alliance, Conflict, Dominion next House Move.

MERCHANT HEROES
INHERITANCE
Varorin Heroes can start with one of these moves:
�THE LAW OF SYNERGY
When you bring goods to market, roll +Cunning. On a hit you’re
able to sell them for a tidy profit. On a 7-9 pick 1, 10+ pick 2:
◊ You hear an interesting rumour: gain 1-Lore
◊ You befriend another merchant: form or rank up a Covenant
with them.
◊ You realise the true worth of what they paid you with: either
1-Arts or a clear path to acquiring a new Surplus.
�THE LAW OF CONTAGION
When you assesses a new acquisition, roll +Wisdom. On a hit,
pick out a factor on the map that this item reveals secrets
information about. Say what it is, and gain 1-Lore. On a 10+
state some details on its past owner(s).
ASSETS
Varorin Heroes get +1 to Cunning or Prowess. Each hero may
pick one option from each list as their signature gear:
How do you fight?
◊ A taskmaster’s whip (Melee, Lingering).
◊ A clockwork crossbow (Ranged, Piercing).
◊ A clawed gauntlet (Melee, Hidden).
How are you defended?
◊ Company outfit (Regal, Uniform).
◊ Travelling gear (Hardy, Utility).
◊ Adorned breastplate (Armoured, Regal).
How do you travel?
◊ Floating emporium (Ship, Luxury).
◊ Beast-Drawn Caravans (Drawn, Hulking).
◊ Finest pedigree mount (Mount, Swift).
What useful expertise can you draw on?
◊ Hagglers (Genial, Shadowy).
◊ Artisans (Artisans, Hardy).
◊ Bodyguards (Drilled, Vicious).
HOUSE MOVE QUICK REFERENCE
� CONQUER
When you spend a Decree and direct your House to
seize or maintain control of a Strategic Resource,
Location or Factor, roll +Grasp. On a hit it’s yours, but
not without cost. On a 7-9 choose two; on a 10+,
choose one:
◊ Commit one of your Surpluses to secure the
target: if you lose one, you lose the other.
◊ Bear a Need of the GM’s choice as the cost of
your victory.
◊ Hurt a faction accidentally; they gain Influence
over you.
◊ Spark a Conflict with a faction of the GM’s choice.
� NEGOTIATE
When you spend a Decree and seek a meeting with
the leaders of another faction, say what you want
them to do and roll +Reach:
◊ Support your next House Move.
◊ Execute their next House Move according to your
demands.
◊ Trade one Surplus for another.
◊ Cease a Conflict.
On a hit, those you meet must perform the action.
On a 7-9, either lose Influence over them or give
Influence to another faction who intervened and
helped you seal the deal. On a 10+, pick another
request from the above list that your delegates
managed to convince them to accept.
� CONSPIRE
When you spend a Decree to activate your agents
within another faction, roll +Sleight. On a hit,
choose one thing you want them to do:
◊ Sabotage a Surplus, making it fail at the worst
moment.
◊ Mask the true nature of a Factor.
◊ Conceal your involvement in your next House Move.
◊ Frame someone else for a previously-anonymous
House Move.
On a 7-9, your agents leave a clue behind for a
faction of the GM’s choice, which sees through the
deception and gains Influence over you.
See also Command (p. 35).
� PERFORM A RITUAL
When you spend a Decree and enact world-shaping
Qoam Arts, describe the crystal-empowered marvel
you put into motion and roll with:
◊ +1 if you spend 1-Arts; or -1 if you don’t.
◊ +1 if you spend 1-Lore; or -1 if you don’t.
On a hit you create a phantom Surplus, which you
must immediately use as per Employ.
On a 7-9 ambience bleeds into the affected area
and its inhabitants. Pick one:
◊ A faction hurt by the Bleeding starts a Conflict
with you.
◊ Your Breaking of shared land destroys one of
your Alliances.
◊ Your ritualists are shattered and made Alien, and
you gain Need: Scholars.
� EMPLOY
When you spend a Decree and use a Surplus to
confront a problem, erase the Surplus and say how
your action resolved the situation in your favour.
� GEAR UP
When you spend a Decree to outfit your Hero for a
particular task, pick one for each relevant Surplus:
◊ Grant them a new asset with one tag.
◊ Add an extra tag to an existing asset.
� CELEBRATE
When spend a Decree and gather in a grand
celebration, each of your Allies may spend a Decree
and describe how they contribute to the festival.
You roll +Reach, with each Ally’s Support. On a hit,
the harmony among your people realigns the
energies of the land – erase one form of ambience
lingering in this area and within the celebrants for
each House helping.
On a 10+, the owner(s) of the highest die gains a
Decree as their House is energised by the festivities.
See also Memorial (p. 32).
� ENDURE
When your House decides to resist a threat to their
lives and resources, roll +Momentum. On a hit
you’re able to react to the danger; pick 1.
◊ Erase a Surplus right now to completely prevent
the damage.
◊ Call out for support. Whichever faction is most
willing and able to respond says how they mitigate
the danger, and gains Influence over you.
◊ Understand how the danger is tied to an existing
Factor, and get fleeting Advantage acting on the
answer.
On a 10+ the trial brings your House together. Gain
a Surplus of the GM’s choice, whatever the other
outcomes are.
See Windfall/Affliction (p. 36) for when Momentum
would go above +3 or below -3.
� RESEARCH
When you take a moment to consult your House’s
scholars, spend 1+ Lore. For each spent, pick one:
◊ “How do I get Surplus: ”.
◊ “How do I remove Need: ”.
◊ “What’s the truth behind ”.
◊ “How can we best make use of ”.
You may answer yourself, or look to the GM. Whoever
answers introduces a Factor tied to the answer, and
you gain Fleeting Advantage acting on the answer.
� SUPPORT
When you help another House with their actions,
offer them a die. If they take it, they roll alongside
their own as if they had Advantage.
If your die is the highest, say how you made the
difference and gain Influence over them.
If your die is the lowest, the acting player says how
you jeopardise the effort and you lose Influence
over them.
In case of failure or partial success, you’ll share in
any danger, retribution or unforeseen consequences.
See Social Grace/Fall Into Disgrace (p. 34) for when
you gain Influence but already have it, or would lose
Influence but don’t have any.

MAKING YOUR NOBLES
Stats
Choose one:
◊ Reach +2, Grasp -2, Sleight +1 if before the Empire, Montara was
ruled by scheming nobles surrounded by opulence.
◊ Reach -2, Grasp +2, Sleight +1 if before the Empire, Montara was
ruled by a council of oligarchs, landowners and capitalists.
◊ Reach +2, Grasp +1, Sleight -2 if before the Empire, Montara was
ruled by enigmatic priests of a bloody-handed cult.
Traditions
Choose one of each, or create something else:
Populace: An alliance of noble bastards; The best and brightest of a
disgraced noble family; A chapter-house of anointed knights.
Style: The finest leather cloaks, covering crystal finery; Dragon masks
and fine golden silks; Golden chains and piercings, body painting and
little else.
Governance: Quests and duties taken by honour-bound volunteers; A
fluid chain of command based on status and wealth; A mirror of the
Capital’s rigid monarchic hierarchy.
History
Ask for volunteers:
“Which of you do we honour above all others for your unwavering
support? We have an Alliance and you have Influence over us.” They tell
everyone else of a serious chink in your armour that you ignore.
“Which of you served on the front line under our banner? We gain
Dominion over you, but you have Influence over us.” They describe the
crimes they saw you commit during the conquest.
And tell everyone:
“One of city’s Cabals has just used treachery most foul to weaken us.
Obviously, we have an ongoing Conflict with them.” The GM describes
the Cabal, and the dishonourable method they used to attack you. You
tell everyone about the scion of your line that they grievously hurt.
DOCTRINE
Gain a free Command Action when you... (pick one)
� Demanding Tyrants: ...gain Dominion.
� August Diplomats: ...form an Alliance.
� Great Constructors: ...Employ your first Surplus in a
NAME given Wonder.
REACH ANCESTRAL CONTROL
Your Ancestral Guild starts with Dominion over you. Gain
GRASP cumulative bonuses according to their control over you:
� Neutral: You are known as the local law, and the
SLEIGHT local population fears or respects your judgements
in all matters.
� Influence: When you declare someone an outlaw,
they’ll find no shelter anywhere in Kingdom-
LORE controlled lands.
� Dominion: When your envoys arrive at a new court, name
ARTS one thing your hosts will now always (or never) do.
� SUBJUGATION MOVE
MOMENTUM When you beg your ancestral guild for aid, increase
their control over you. Next City phase, announce the
Surpluses: arrival of a legendary hero of Volarees. Treat them as a
Cohort with two Cohort Moves and +1 to any two stats;
they’ll help you for the duration of this crisis, but have
their own agenda.
Needs: At the start of each Cycle, name a new law for Montara
to follow. Anyone who publicly breaks your laws lose
Influence over you.
Start with 2 as Surpluses, and the rest as Needs:
If any House makes it to the end of the Cycle without
breaking any laws, you gain Influence over them.
Defences, Land, Leadership, Prestige, Safety When you strike one of your laws from the list, increase
your ancestral guild’s control over you as they resent
SOCIAL INFLUENCE your weakness.
� CONFLICT MOVE
Faction Name I A C D
Interdiction: While you are in Conflict with a House or
Cabal, every Command they try has Disadvantage.
Influence, Alliance, Conflict, Dominion
CORE MOVE
� THE DUTY OF NOBILITY
Everything you do is motivated by a strict moral code,
held by all the House. Answer these questions:
Who always deserves protection?
_________________________
Your House and Hero have lasting Advantage while
protecting them.
Who always deserves your justice?
_______________________
You have lasting Advantage while pursuing them.
What does your moral code prevent you from doing in
the name of justice?
__________________________________
Your House and Hero roll with lasting Disadvantage on
all moves if you go further, until the GM thinks you’ve
made amends. Options: theft, beatings, kidnapping,
extortion, murder, betrayal, etc.
PICK ONE MORE:
� RULE OF LAW □
As long as your House actively patrols a region and
keeps its citizens safe, they’ll know through rumours
and whispers when someone breaks your laws.
When a region has been patrolled for an entire cycle,
name one part of their lifestyle they forget as their lives
are shaped by your principles.
� FORTUNE OF SCIONS □
When your House hits -2 Momentum, you may roll +Reach.
On a hit gain Surplus: Prestige, Luxury, or Wealth, on a 10+
erase a Need. Say how other nobles provide for you in
your moment of need. On a miss, any faction not in an
Alliance with you can freely declare a Conflict with you –
they smell blood and stand ready to take you down.
� HERALDS OF HELL □
When you spend a Decree and march upon an opponent,
bringing to bear all your finest troops, roll +Grasp. On a
7-9 choose 1, on a 10+ choose 2:
◊ Their allies will not provide them support.
◊ Their followers start rioting in panic.
◊ One of their enemies pays you a Surplus in tribute.
� SUMMON VOLFYIRION □
When you spend a Decree to summon the great dragon
and unleash it upon your enemies, kill a Titan or raze a
landmark or Surplus held by another faction. Then roll
+Reach. On a 7-9 choose 2, on a 10+ choose 1:
◊ You cause wide and unintended collateral damage.
◊ You galvanise your foes against you.
◊ Lose Influence on everyone not in Conflict with the
target.

NOBLE HEROES
INHERITANCE
Volarees Heroes can start with one of these moves:
�LOYAL SUBJECTS
When you brandish your House’s authority anywhere in the
Kingdom’s reach, you can recruit citizens under the King’s
commands. As long as you abide by The Duty of Nobility, you
can use them as Companions with 2 tags of your choice.
Reduce the Harm you take by 1 if they fight alongside you.
�THE KING’S LAW
When you go into a community hunting for the Kingdom’s foes,
roll +Cunning. On a 7-9 learn 1, on a 10+ learn 3:
◊ Where to find their lair.
◊ Who their allies are.
◊ How dangerous they are.
◊ What they’re planning.
ASSETS
Volarees Heroes get +1 to Might or Cunning. Each hero may
pick one option from each list as their signature gear:
How do you fight? Your chosen weapon also gains Heirloom.
◊ A gleaming longsword (Melee, Piercing).
◊ An ancient battle axe (Melee, Brutal).
◊ A hunting longbow (Ranged, Lingering).
How are you defended?
◊ Your gala uniform (Regal, Uniform).
◊ An officer’s armour (Regal, Armoured).
◊ A luxurious fur coat (Regal, Hardy).
How do you travel?
◊ A steed with a pedigree as long as yours (Mount, Canny).
◊ A four-in-hand carriage (Drawn, Luxurious)
◊ Your sky-frigate (Ship, Hulking).
What useful expertise can you draw on?
◊ A cousin and royal guard (Hardy, Drilled).
◊ A trusted seneschal (Scholarly, Mystic).
◊ Your favourite paramour (Genial, Artisan).
HOUSE MOVE QUICK REFERENCE
� CONQUER
When you spend a Decree and direct your House to
seize or maintain control of a Strategic Resource,
Location or Factor, roll +Grasp. On a hit it’s yours, but
not without cost. On a 7-9 choose two; on a 10+,
choose one:
◊ Commit one of your Surpluses to secure the
target: if you lose one, you lose the other.
◊ Bear a Need of the GM’s choice as the cost of
your victory.
◊ Hurt a faction accidentally; they gain Influence
over you.
◊ Spark a Conflict with a faction of the GM’s choice.
� NEGOTIATE
When you spend a Decree and seek a meeting with
the leaders of another faction, say what you want
them to do and roll +Reach:
◊ Support your next House Move.
◊ Execute their next House Move according to your
demands.
◊ Trade one Surplus for another.
◊ Cease a Conflict.
On a hit, those you meet must perform the action.
On a 7-9, either lose Influence over them or give
Influence to another faction who intervened and
helped you seal the deal. On a 10+, pick another
request from the above list that your delegates
managed to convince them to accept.
� CONSPIRE
When you spend a Decree to activate your agents
within another faction, roll +Sleight. On a hit,
choose one thing you want them to do:
◊ Sabotage a Surplus, making it fail at the worst
moment.
◊ Mask the true nature of a Factor.
◊ Conceal your involvement in your next House Move.
◊ Frame someone else for a previously-anonymous
House Move.
On a 7-9, your agents leave a clue behind for a
faction of the GM’s choice, which sees through the
deception and gains Influence over you.
See also Command (p. 35).
� PERFORM A RITUAL
When you spend a Decree and enact world-shaping
Qoam Arts, describe the crystal-empowered marvel
you put into motion and roll with:
◊ +1 if you spend 1-Arts; or -1 if you don’t.
◊ +1 if you spend 1-Lore; or -1 if you don’t.
On a hit you create a phantom Surplus, which you
must immediately use as per Employ.
On a 7-9 ambience bleeds into the affected area
and its inhabitants. Pick one:
◊ A faction hurt by the Bleeding starts a Conflict
with you.
◊ Your Breaking of shared land destroys one of
your Alliances.
◊ Your ritualists are shattered and made Alien, and
you gain Need: Scholars.
� EMPLOY
When you spend a Decree and use a Surplus to
confront a problem, erase the Surplus and say how
your action resolved the situation in your favour.
� GEAR UP
When you spend a Decree to outfit your Hero for a
particular task, pick one for each relevant Surplus:
◊ Grant them a new asset with one tag.
◊ Add an extra tag to an existing asset.
� CELEBRATE
When spend a Decree and gather in a grand
celebration, each of your Allies may spend a Decree
and describe how they contribute to the festival.
You roll +Reach, with each Ally’s Support. On a hit,
the harmony among your people realigns the
energies of the land – erase one form of ambience
lingering in this area and within the celebrants for
each House helping.
On a 10+, the owner(s) of the highest die gains a
Decree as their House is energised by the festivities.
See also Memorial (p. 32).
� ENDURE
When your House decides to resist a threat to their
lives and resources, roll +Momentum. On a hit
you’re able to react to the danger; pick 1.
◊ Erase a Surplus right now to completely prevent
the damage.
◊ Call out for support. Whichever faction is most
willing and able to respond says how they mitigate
the danger, and gains Influence over you.
◊ Understand how the danger is tied to an existing
Factor, and get fleeting Advantage acting on the
answer.
On a 10+ the trial brings your House together. Gain
a Surplus of the GM’s choice, whatever the other
outcomes are.
See Windfall/Affliction (p. 36) for when Momentum
would go above +3 or below -3.
� RESEARCH
When you take a moment to consult your House’s
scholars, spend 1+ Lore. For each spent, pick one:
◊ “How do I get Surplus: ”.
◊ “How do I remove Need: ”.
◊ “What’s the truth behind ”.
◊ “How can we best make use of ”.
You may answer yourself, or look to the GM. Whoever
answers introduces a Factor tied to the answer, and
you gain Fleeting Advantage acting on the answer.
� SUPPORT
When you help another House with their actions,
offer them a die. If they take it, they roll alongside
their own as if they had Advantage.
If your die is the highest, say how you made the
difference and gain Influence over them.
If your die is the lowest, the acting player says how
you jeopardise the effort and you lose Influence
over them.
In case of failure or partial success, you’ll share in
any danger, retribution or unforeseen consequences.
See Social Grace/Fall Into Disgrace (p. 34) for when
you gain Influence but already have it, or would lose
Influence but don’t have any.

MAKING YOUR SCHOLARS
Stats
Choose one:
◊ Reach 0, Grasp -1, Sleight +2 if your hunger to plunder the Empire’s
superior and exotic Arts sparked the war.
◊ Reach +1, Grasp -1, Sleight +1 if the Empire’s many secrets came to
light only during the War and at great cost of lives.
◊ Reach +1, Grasp +1, Sleight -1 if your Guild pushed the Kingdom to
war to show off the might of their creations.
Traditions
Choose one of each, or create something else:
Populace:A monastic order who gave up their vows to gain acclaim
with their arts; Iconoclastic scientist seeking a place to perform
forbidden experiments; Victims of a strange disease working together
to find answers.
Style: Casual except for a shining gem pendant, coloured according to
rank; Linen bandages and shawls engraved with formulas and poetry;
Heavy stone helms and crystal-studded plating, of limited martial value.
Governance: A council that only deliberates under the influence of
mystical drugs; The cryptic messages of an ancient computing crystal
engine; An autocrat who may only be deposed through a mystic duel.
History
Ask for volunteers:
“Which one of you holds the Borderlands’ brightest mind? We gladly give
you Influence over us, in hopes of enlisting the genius.” They say what
breakthrough this person has recently uncovered, and why it’s so
valuable to your Guild.
“Which one of you has received the wonders we freely give, and accepted
our technicians into your most sensitive practices? We have a tense
Alliance!” They say what problem your marvels solved, and you say what
costs they bring.
DOCTRINE
Gain a 1-Lore when you... (pick one)
� Mystical Legalists: ...Endure, but you must pick
‘Understand how the danger is tied to an existing Factor’.
� Arcane Economists: ...Harness a Strategic Resource.
NAME � Enlightened Engineers: ... Employ a Strategic
Resource.
REACH
ANCESTRAL CONTROL
GRASP Your Ancestral Guild starts with Dominion over you. Gain
cumulative bonuses according to their control over you:
SLEIGHT � Neutral: When you encounter an object, artwork or
structure from a non-Ilvashan culture, its cultural
significance is clear to you.
� Influence: When you Research, you may also ask an
LORE additional question not on the list.
� Dominion: You may spend 3-Lore instead of a
ARTS Surplus to mark off a Wonder Requirement.
� SUBJUGATION MOVE
MOMENTUM When you beg your ancestral guild for aid, increase their
Surpluses:
control over you and say what sorcerous, meteorological
or cryptozoological problem you need help with. At the
start of the next City phase you’ll receive delivery of an
arcane device that’ll suppress the problem, so long as you
continue carrying out the devices’ eldritch requirements.
Needs: Once per cycle, you may host a forum to discuss some
pressing mystery. Anyone can spend 1-Lore to send a
representative to discuss the matter, describing the
secret or expertise of their House they bring to the forum.
Start with 2 as Surpluses, and the rest as Needs: If the attendees come to a unanimous conclusion about
Engineering, Leadership, Medicine, Prestige, Scholars what must be done, they act with Advantage
implementing the solution for as long as they act
together. You gain Influence on all of them, and gain the
SOCIAL STANDING Lore they spent.
Faction Name I A C D
� CONFLICT MOVE
Sorcerous Campaign: While you are in Conflict with a
House or Cabal, every Support they try has
Disadvantage.
Influence, Alliance, Conflict, Dominion
CORE MOVE
� ACADEMIC INVESTIGATION
Your House has a well-curated and extensive store of
records in certain fields. Choose one:
� The construction of grand Architecture, ancient and
modern.
� Catalogued relics and artifice of ancient and foreign
peoples.
� A bestiary of Arcane Horrors and Titans
� The geography and mysteries of Mysthea.
� Persons and Proceedings of Historical Significance
When your scholars Research a creature, item or
situation covered by one of your specialty fields, tell
everyone a fact about it and how one can Harness a
Strategic Resource from it. Employ Surplus: Scholars
and 2-Lore to unlock yet another specialty field.
PICK ONE MORE:
� SHAPE THE MORTAL CLAY □
When a marvellous or mysterious life form is brought
back to your holdings, gain 1-Lore.
When you spend a Decree and work your arts upon the
creature, pick one for each point of Lore spent:
◊ Create potions that temporarily grant one of its traits
to the user.
◊ Corral a small breeding population of the organism.
◊ Find a way to resist its abilities or avoid its dangers.
� CONDUCT HERETIC CEREMONIES □
When you gather your House’s scholars in council for
your Rituals, you can spend up to 3-Lore and or Arts in
any combination, to gain a bonus of up to +3.
� TRANSFORM THE □
MATERIAL WORLD
When you spend a Decree and use all your lore to change
the world, pick a Wonder requirement you wish to
overcome. Choose two of the following conditions; if you
meet them, count the Wonder requirement as fulfilled:
◊ The task will take weeks of preparations.
◊ You must perform the task in a hostile place.
◊ You have a short window of opportunity to do it in.
◊ You’ll need an exotic resource.
� PIERCING FORESIGHT □
When a House rolls two 1s, you show up at the critical
moment to intervene and avert disaster. Gain Influence
on them and Support them now, with fleeting Advantage.
Whenever a House rolls two 6s, you show up at the
critical moment to reap the benefits of their success.
Gain 2 points of Lore or Arts in any combination.
 NAME COHORT MOVES
Inherit a move from your House, and pick one:
MIGHT �LEADER □
When a group does something you spent days
PROWESS training them for, you may Aid them no matter the
distances between you or the Covenants you hold
CUNNING with them.
When you die, gain 3 final uses of Aid, to be used as

WISDOM long as the beneficiary says how your memory

inspires them.

Foci: Potent, Swift, Precise, Wide, Lasting �AGENT □

Say a narrow field you’re an expert in: researching,
Gear: diplomacy, hunting, etc. When you use your skills,
reveal a secret about the situation and get fleeting
advantage acting on it.
When you die, reveal a shortcut, secret or stratagem
that’s an alternate path to the party’s goal.
Notes: �REBEL □
When you go against your House’s Doctrine, get
fleeting Advantage when you treat with their rivals or
enemies.
When you die, your House finally respects your
outlook – say a way they change in your honour.

�PROPHET □
When someone acts in a way contrary to your
House’s Doctrine, ask the GM how it’ll spell their
doom. When you act on this information, roll with
Advantage.
When you die, name a Cabal you preached to – they
will honour your Doctrine above all others from here
on out.
MAKING YOUR COHORT �TRAITOR □
Stats
Distribute +1, 0, 0, -1 between your stats, and add your House bonus. COVENANTS EMBODIED AMBIENCE When you betray kith and kin, hold 3. Spend hold to
gain access to: a critical location, secret lore, a Relic
Gear Name Core Strength � Alien
that can be weaponised, or a leader in their moment
Pick one gear option from your House’s assets. Describe the simple � Haunted
of weakness.
Qoam shard that grants you a single Focus. � Surging
When you die, name your truest nemesis and how
Particulars HARM your misdeeds will cause their downfall.
◊ Presentation: Feminine, masculine, ambiguous, concealed, ...
◊ Pronouns: They, She, He, ...
� Drained
� Winded
�OUTSIDER □
◊ Face: Trusting, scowling, angular, worried, ... You are a mystic or a zealot, probably both. Pick a
� Hurt (-1 to a stat)
◊ Eyes: Rebellious, squinting, calculating, wise, ... stat: you can take 1 harm to roll it with Advantage.
� Mangled (-1 to each stat)
◊ Body: Muscular, bony, heavyset, graceful, soft, squat, ... When you die, terrible ambience Bleeds into the
� Dead
◊ Name: Ada, Isis, Brigit, Leo, Lux, Cato, Lin, Anders, Bull, Nemo, Silver, area. Those that brave these Hostile Grounds can
Telron, Anuth, Celethe, Leheir, Sanya, Kolbor, ... find a Relic on your body.
◊ Relationship to the House’s Hero: Sibling, child, cousin, aunt, rival,
protege, peer of the House’s Hero.

CHAMPION MOVES
�A THOUSAND FACES
Moving beyond a House banner, a Champion shapes
fate… and by fate they are changed in return.
When a Champion hits one of these triggers, they gain
2 Charges and adopt that Role. While the Role is yet to
be resolved, they can’t activate any other triggers.
� Hero: Mark when you take on the quest to find,
rescue or conquer something or someone. Choose
who will suffer if you fail: your former House, the
Kingdom, Empire, or Free Borderlands as a whole, or
the City’s common people – the GM will tell you how.
� Mentor: Mark when you teach, guide and protect a
Jewel of History. Tell us of how they can reach the
full extent of their power. The GM will say one
thing that can twist their nature or spoil their
potential.
� Antihero: Mark when you stand alone against a
Bastion of Order. Tell us what unexpected
advantage you can gain over them when you draw
first blood. The GM will say how they reveal their
innermost corruption to the world while lashing
back at you.
� Trickster: Mark when you provoke an Icon of Old.
Tell us what treasure or secret you can gain from
them. The GM will tell us of the hidden
advantages the Icon of Old has in store to use
against you.
� Martyr: Mark when you suffer terribly so others
BECOMING A CHAMPION may live. The GM says who is changed by your
sacrifice: your tormentors, those under your care,
To become a Champion, you must have fulfilled four Roles and
or the privileged witnesses. You tell us how.
established your own power base – a fortress or place of power or
� Villain: Mark when someone needs to be brought
faction that owes its allegiance only to you.
to heel. Tell us what part of your legacy you must
Core Effects sacrifice to accomplish this. The GM will tell us
◊ A player who chooses to elevate a Hero can’t play a new Hero from
about the innocent who embraced your wicked
their House as long as the Champion is in play.
ways for good.
◊ Whenever a House targets a Champion with a move, the Champion
can’t Endure – instead, the Champion’s attempts to mitigate the
damage are resolved by Stepping In or Diving Deep.
◊ A player controlling a Champion can decide whether to assign
Decrees gained at the start of the City phase to their House’s stock
CHARGES
or their Champion’s.
◊ A Champion can’t hold Influence, Alliance, or Dominion – until they
Employ a Surplus that completes a Wonder.
◊ Champions can no longer gain Roles in their House or granted by
other Hero’s moves (such as the Storyteller’s Voice of the Icons).
Instead, see A Thousand Faces.
◊ Your Harm slots and Death Move remain those from your Hero
playbook.
Spend 5 Charges to gain one of these moves:
�HERO’S JOURNEY □ �THE MASKS OF GOD □
When someone becomes your mentor, rival, beloved, When you give a piece of your gear a name, spend 1
or nemesis, gain 2 Charges and form or rank up a Charge to give it a new relevant tag, even above the
Covenant with them. 4-tags limit.
�HONOURED HOLDINGS
When you risk your life to protect or oppose this
Covenant, spend 1 Charge to get advantage on a roll. □
Under this roof your will is law. Here, you bow to no one.
�SACRED FOUNTAIN □ Describe the Surplus that grants your base its
You have secured a stable Place of Power, with laws importance:
that all must obey. Form an Alliance with a relevant � Defences: Mighty walls, hard to reach gates, it
House or Cabal of your choice. roves wherever you wish it.
Choose 2 laws that bind those that visit, and the � Land: It commands a vast valley, it guards vast
penalties for breaking them: fields, the only port to a large island.
� Luxury: A rich heritage of relics and artefacts,
Laws Penalties exotic goods from distant lands, enchantments to
� Offer sacrifices. � Exile. keep and serve the holding.
� Lay down your arms. � Execution. � Trade: A respectable emporium, a privileged
� A slave who crosses the � Forced labour. location, finest infrastructure.
threshold is free. � Restitution.
You can Employ this Surplus and it will become
� Leave your grudges outside. � Imprisonment.
available again at the beginning of the next Cycle,
� Everyone drinks. Everyone � Public humiliation.
unless the fiction dictates it has been destroyed.
eats. No one goes without. � Disfigurement.
� Do no violence and no � Punitive violence. When your Champion holds court with emissaries from
intentional harm. other Houses & Cabals, spend 1 Charge as an
� Honour the Henakor/the Endeavour to Negotiate with one of these emissaries.
Titans/all living things.
� Everything belongs to Your Holdings now have Momentum and can roll
Endure, and they’re subject to Windfall and Affliction.
everyone. Give freely.
� Don’t touch what isn’t yours.
� Keep your agreements.
�ESTEEMED HOSTS □
� Settle your grievances
Many people have gathered under your banner over
time and pledged fealty to you, and you alone.
privately.
When you send your Companions out on mission,
When you honour its ancient laws, spend 1 Charge
spend 1 Charge to give Conquer or Conspire fleeting
instead of a Decree to perform a Ritual.
Advantage.
Describe its overall mood with two Covenant cores
When you hold a ceremony so your Companions can
from the main list, and choose one special quality:
pledge fealty, spend 1 Charge to turn them into a
� It’s the only stable Place of Power on the map, and
Surplus (Artisan, Engineering, Scholars, Recruits, Scouts,
can destabilise other Places of Power if you let it.
Spies, or Warriors) and erase them as Companions.
� It has healing properties, and can count as the
relevant Surplus for Heal.
� It is sacred to a group of unique creatures, or a
You can Employ this Surplus, and it’ll be available
again at the beginning of the next Cycle – unless the
Titan of your choice. fiction dictates the cohort has been destroyed.
� It contains a gate to the Maze Beyond.
Your Hosts now have Momentum and can roll Endure,
and they’re subject to Windfall and Affliction.
If you have both Honoured Holdings and Esteemed
Hosts, combine the Surpluses and Needs together for
Momentum purposes.

SCHOLAR HEROES
INHERITANCE
Magista Heroes may start with one of these moves:
�ARCANE CRAFTER
When you spend 3 Arts and craft a Relic, pick a Focus and two
Covenant themes for the artificial mind within. If you bind the
relic to you, you don’t roll Unleash and get an automatic Rank 1
covenant with the memories inside it.
�SIGHT BEYOND EYES
When you open your mind in a place of power, spend 1-Lore to
uncover one in the scene:
◊ A hidden treasure from the past.
◊ A key to the future.
◊ A source of solace, beauty and hope.
ASSETS
Magista Heroes get +1 to Prowess or Wisdom. Each hero may
pick one option from each list as their signature gear:
How do you fight? Your chosen weapon gains the Heirloom tag.
◊ A Qoam staff (Ranged, Hefty).
◊ A jewelled headband (Area, Brutal).
◊ A spiked chain guided by your arts (Melee, Flexible).
How are you defended?
◊ Orbiting crystal plaques (Arcane, Regal).
◊ Jewelled bracers (Arcane, Armoured).
◊ A long cape, adorned with Qoam circuits (Arcane, Hardy).
How do you travel?
◊ A stubborn beast of burden (Mount, Durable).
◊ A rambling fortress (Drawn, Durable)
◊ A shard of crystal propelled by your Arts (Ship, Swift).
What useful expertise can you draw on?
◊ Qoam Inscribers (Scholarly, Artisans).
◊ Bodyguards (Drilled, Astute).
◊ Scavengers (Astute, Shadowy).
HOUSE MOVE QUICK REFERENCE
� CONQUER
When you spend a Decree and direct your House to
seize or maintain control of a Strategic Resource,
Location or Factor, roll +Grasp. On a hit it’s yours, but
not without cost. On a 7-9 choose two; on a 10+,
choose one:
◊ Commit one of your Surpluses to secure the
target: if you lose one, you lose the other.
◊ Bear a Need of the GM’s choice as the cost of
your victory.
◊ Hurt a faction accidentally; they gain Influence
over you.
◊ Spark a Conflict with a faction of the GM’s choice.
� NEGOTIATE
When you spend a Decree and seek a meeting with
the leaders of another faction, say what you want
them to do and roll +Reach:
◊ Support your next House Move.
◊ Execute their next House Move according to your
demands.
◊ Trade one Surplus for another.
◊ Cease a Conflict.
On a hit, those you meet must perform the action.
On a 7-9, either lose Influence over them or give
Influence to another faction who intervened and
helped you seal the deal. On a 10+, pick another
request from the above list that your delegates
managed to convince them to accept.
� CONSPIRE
When you spend a Decree to activate your agents
within another faction, roll +Sleight. On a hit,
choose one thing you want them to do:
◊ Sabotage a Surplus, making it fail at the worst
moment.
◊ Mask the true nature of a Factor.
◊ Conceal your involvement in your next House Move.
◊ Frame someone else for a previously-anonymous
House Move.
On a 7-9, your agents leave a clue behind for a
faction of the GM’s choice, which sees through the
deception and gains Influence over you.
See also Command (p. 35).
� PERFORM A RITUAL
When you spend a Decree and enact world-shaping
Qoam Arts, describe the crystal-empowered marvel
you put into motion and roll with:
◊ +1 if you spend 1-Arts; or -1 if you don’t.
◊ +1 if you spend 1-Lore; or -1 if you don’t.
On a hit you create a phantom Surplus, which you
must immediately use as per Employ.
On a 7-9 ambience bleeds into the affected area
and its inhabitants. Pick one:
◊ A faction hurt by the Bleeding starts a Conflict
with you.
◊ Your Breaking of shared land destroys one of
your Alliances.
◊ Your ritualists are shattered and made Alien, and
you gain Need: Scholars.
� EMPLOY
When you spend a Decree and use a Surplus to
confront a problem, erase the Surplus and say how
your action resolved the situation in your favour.
� GEAR UP
When you spend a Decree to outfit your Hero for a
particular task, pick one for each relevant Surplus:
◊ Grant them a new asset with one tag.
◊ Add an extra tag to an existing asset.
� CELEBRATE
When spend a Decree and gather in a grand
celebration, each of your Allies may spend a Decree
and describe how they contribute to the festival.
You roll +Reach, with each Ally’s Support. On a hit,
the harmony among your people realigns the
energies of the land – erase one form of ambience
lingering in this area and within the celebrants for
each House helping.
On a 10+, the owner(s) of the highest die gains a
Decree as their House is energised by the festivities.
See also Memorial (p. 32).
� ENDURE
When your House decides to resist a threat to their
lives and resources, roll +Momentum. On a hit
you’re able to react to the danger; pick 1.
◊ Erase a Surplus right now to completely prevent
the damage.
◊ Call out for support. Whichever faction is most
willing and able to respond says how they mitigate
the danger, and gains Influence over you.
◊ Understand how the danger is tied to an existing
Factor, and get fleeting Advantage acting on the
answer.
On a 10+ the trial brings your House together. Gain
a Surplus of the GM’s choice, whatever the other
outcomes are.
See Windfall/Affliction (p. 36) for when Momentum
would go above +3 or below -3.
� RESEARCH
When you take a moment to consult your House’s
scholars, spend 1+ Lore. For each spent, pick one:
◊ “How do I get Surplus: ”.
◊ “How do I remove Need: ”.
◊ “What’s the truth behind ”.
◊ “How can we best make use of ”.
You may answer yourself, or look to the GM. Whoever
answers introduces a Factor tied to the answer, and
you gain Fleeting Advantage acting on the answer.
� SUPPORT
When you help another House with their actions,
offer them a die. If they take it, they roll alongside
their own as if they had Advantage.
If your die is the highest, say how you made the
difference and gain Influence over them.
If your die is the lowest, the acting player says how
you jeopardise the effort and you lose Influence
over them.
In case of failure or partial success, you’ll share in
any danger, retribution or unforeseen consequences.
See Social Grace/Fall Into Disgrace (p. 34) for when
you gain Influence but already have it, or would lose
Influence but don’t have any.

YOUR AGENDA
These four are the basic philosophy of Shattered City.
Everything you do should serve your Agenda; it’s your aim
for the game.
Make the world seem real
If the world’s not believable, you’re going to have
problems. Make sure to stay grounded and human even in
the most fantastical situations.
Paint a world encrusted with arcana
Magic, anomalies, and the Qoam crystals that make them
possible are everywhere in the universe of Mysthea. Look
out for opportunities to show how the residents of this
land have adapted to the strange world they live in, and
use the inhuman monsters in the book as scenery – or
potential allies – just as much as antagonists.
MAKE THEIR LIVES EPIC
Everyone’s here to make interesting stories. The Hero’s
successes should be momentous and their failures should
be infamous – give them every chance to avoid mediocre
or petty outcomes.
PLAY TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS
This is your reward and your goal: there’s no pre-planned
story, and no assumed future. Just the logical
consequences of the players’ actions in the world, and the
story they create. Avoid getting bogged down in planning:
feel free to imagine possible situations and interesting
conflicts to bring out, but stay ready to ditch everything in
response to the player’s choices.
WHAT TO SAY
◊ What the Principles demand.
◊ What rules demand.
◊ What the fiction as established demands.
◊ What honesty demands.
A key part of running a game well is being fair. You shouldn’t
negate a player’s unexpected victory by inventing new
threats or rewriting old ones, but neither should you change
things about to make things easy for them.The characters
should live interesting lives, but not effortless ones.
Any prep you’ve done isn’t sacrosanct; players will always
come up with left-field solutions to the problems they face,
and it’s important to keep an open mind. When they try
something unexpected, consider the situation in the
fiction, the rules, and the Principles, and say what makes
sense to you.
FOR THE GM
PRINCIPLES
How do you hit your Agenda?
◊ Show a defiant land ravaged by war
◊ Help them dream of a better world
◊ Fill the world with ruins
◊ Reveal an eerie world
◊ Begin and end with the fiction
◊ War has no status quo
◊ Draw maps, leave blanks
◊ Write histories, and reference them
◊ Name people, know who backs them
◊ Be excited to see what they do next
◊ Apply consequences elsewhere
◊ Ask questions and use the answers
◊ Be flexible with your responsibilities
◊ A House is a group of individuals
◊ Make your reactions look natural
DECISION-MAKING
When a question becomes really important to the game, it
can be better not to just decide by fiat which way it’ll go. In
those cases, there are a few other ways you can do things:
◊ Put it in your NPC’s hands: consider, given the
situation and who they are, what they would do.
◊ Put it in the player’s hands: work out a particular
action they might do that’ll decide how things go. If
they do it, great! If they don’t, too bad.
◊ Put it in the story’s hands: write it down and keep it in
the back of your mind as you steer play towards
resolving the question. Once this bit of the story’s
done, settle the question according to the path that’s
taken you here.
THE QOAM ARTS
When you command a Qoam shard with your mind, its
movement might be:
◊ Potent: smashing stone and metal, lifting great weights.
◊ Swift: faster than an arrow, reacting in an eyeblink.
◊ Precise: delicate care, perfect stealth.
◊ Wide: encompassing a broad area, one of a horde of
shards.
◊ Lasting: lingering long after you set it in motion,
moving without your concentration.
REACTIONS
Use these on a 6-, when everyone’s looking to you to see what Event
happens, or when the players give you a golden opportunity.
◊ Reveal an unwelcome truth.
◊ Put someone in a spot.
◊ Tell them the consequences and ask.
◊ Separate them.
◊ Take away their stuff.
◊ Capture them.
◊ Deal Harm (as established).
◊ Erase a Surplus.
◊ Add a Need.
◊ Turn their move on them.
◊ Give them recourse, solace or comfort.
◊ Offer an opportunity, with or without a cost.
◊ Show a remnant of the past, used in new ways.
◊ Show the consequences of past decisions.
◊ Show a downside to their playbook.
◊ Change the environment.
◊ Highlight a weakness of their House.
◊ Use a reaction from a threat.
◊ After every reaction: “What do you do?”
THREATS AND HARM
The borderlands are tough to survive in. Its many threats
take effect in a few different ways:
Hostile Grounds. When you’re somewhere hostile to
human life - a snow-covered tundra, a raging Henakor
Surge, an acid-filled lake - you roll with disadvantage. To
overcome this disadvantage, find specific gear or make
clever use of Qoam arts.
Harm. Active threats to life and limb need a more lasting
impact. For these we use Harm – physical, mental,
emotional or spiritual trauma dealt on a scale from 1 to 5:
1-2: Unarmed blows, animal attacks, stress headaches.
2-4: High-quality weapons, Qoam-twisted monsters, or
sustained mental assault.
4-5: Natural disasters and strange Qoam weapons.
FACTORS
◊ Fateful Disaster: Lives and property are in terminal
danger due to fate and negligence or malice.
◊ Vicious Outlaws: People turn their back on society and
try their luck in the wilds or unclaimed ruins, resorting
to crime to meet their needs.
◊ Works Collapse: Vital infrastructure is destroyed,
resulting in dire consequences.
◊ Imperial Push: A desperate Imperial offensive breaches
the front lines and threatens the Borderlands.
◊ Dreadful Plague: A disease gets out of control and
spreads like a wildfire, killing rich and poor alike.
◊ Weird Weather: Changes in weather dislodge the
people and beasts from a once fertile and pleasant
region.
Personage
◊ Arcane Horror: Singular creatures whose alien actions
and hungers clash with the needs of your community.
◊ Bastion of Order: People of prestige and power, whose
shoulders bear the weight of the pride and
responsibility for a people or community.
◊ Dark Force: Inhuman or no-longer-human organisations
that seek to overthrow or conquer the Kingdom.
◊ Icon of Old: A dignitary who has shaped history with
their might, wisdom, wealth, or sacrifice.
◊ Jewel of History: Those of great talent and potential
that could one day change the course of history.
◊ Sinister Heart: Those whose crimes and sins whither
society and present great risk to life and soul.
Stage
◊ Forbidden Locus: Where ambience poisoned the land,
twisting life, haunting the mind, and perpetuating the
anguish of death in Echoes.
◊ Hostile Ground: Where the harsh environment can
surely kill the unprepared or the non-native.
◊ Place of Power: Where barely contained mystical
energies converge and overflow.
◊ Perilous Path: Where the risks usually bar travel
and/or whose destination is unknown.
◊ Artery of Trade: A route deemed safe enough to
enable regular travel and steady commerce.
◊ Source of Solace & Beauty: A place where beauty
heals the soul and comforts the body.
 When the Cycle turns, roll +Momentum.
On a 10+ choose two Fortunes. On a 7-9 choose one Trial and one Fortune. On a miss choose two Trials.
If an option would take a House stat above +3, instead gain an appropriate Surplus, as determined by the GM.
All Windfalls, Afflictions and changes in Influence should be resolved on the spot.
TRIALS FORTUNES
◊ Your House suffers persecution and violence, but it pushes them to adapt and grow. Gain a ◊ Your House goes through a golden age, questioning old philosophies and forging new
new House move, but gain Need: Justice. paths. Gain a new House move and Surplus: Leadership.

◊ Your House was dominated by another House of the GM’s choice, and have only recently
managed to break away. For the next Cycle your Heroes can choose from their Inheritance
moves, but you are now in Conflict.
◊ Starvation and poverty forced your House to try raiding and thieving, and it pissed people
off. Gain 2 Surpluses, your choice, but declare a Conflict with a Cabal.
◊ A heretofore unknown Arcane Horror took a particular dislike to your House and has been
hounding you all ever since. Say some secret you’ve learned about it and gain 2 Lore, but
take lasting Disadvantage on House moves against it.
◊ A plague ravaged your House, and in spite of other Houses’ promises of future help, no one
sent help. Gain Influence on all the Venture‘s Houses, but take Need: Medicine.
◊ Your House saved Montara from some great threat, whether invading armies or natural
disaster, but at great cost to themselves. Gain +1 Reach and Surplus: Morale, but take Need:
Recruits.
◊ Your House fell apart into feuding factions. The eventual victors are stronger, more unified,
but looked down upon by old allies. Gain +1 Grasp and Surplus: Leadership, but gain Need:
Prestige.
◊ Disaster scattered your House. You abandoned your holdings, but you know now how to
stay hidden better than ever. Gain +1 Sleight and Surplus: Scouts, but take Need: Land.
◊ Through marriage and trade, you learn a strength of another House. For the next Cycle your
Heroes can choose from their Inheritance moves, and you form an Alliance.
◊ Your House spends its time brokering deals and making friends. Erase a Surplus via
spending on gifts and trades to gain Influence over a Cabal of your choice.
◊ Your House found a hidden vault containing secrets of the Empire, or other Borderland
culture. Say what its true treasure was and gain 2 Arts. However, your delving has left you
isolated; gain Need: Trade.
◊ Your House finds a windfall by absorbing a smaller Cabal. Gain 2 Surpluses of your choice,
but internal conflicts are still to be settled; gain Need: Morale.
◊ Your House builds a place of safety and commerce, creating a new haven in this land. Gain
+1 Reach and Surplus: Prestige, but take Need: Crops.
◊ You go to war, whether for justice or spoils. Gain +1 Grasp and Surplus: Warriors, but someone
out there has a grudge. Declare a Conflict against a Cabal and all their Allies.
◊ A series of messy public disagreements caused many House members to leave, but it was
all according to plan. From their new homes, your exiles send you regular reports on their
host’s activities. Gain +1 Sleight and Surplus: Spies, but take Need: Recruits.
⬜ ENGINEERING ⬜ FRESH WATER ⬜ LAND
PERMANENT BONUS:
Whoever controls the Bastion has access to an extra one of their Loyalty benefits there.
TRIALS
◊ The Slums: Your people failed to adapt to the Bastion’s rules and ended up filling its ghettos
and slums. The owner tells us what went wrong and you describe why your people remain
there. At the beginning of a Cycle, whoever controls the Slums can Transfer two Surpluses to
the Owner to unlock an (extra) Prowler move for their Hero.
◊ Plague: Nobody knows if you brought it in or if the Plague simply chose you. Tell us about the
symptoms and the Owner tells us how the city contained it. Gain the Needs: Medicine and
Recruits. If the Owner donates a Surplus matching any of your Needs right now, give them
Influence.
◊ Crime Wave: So much to gain, so much to lose… Tell us what crimes your House
perpetrated, and the Owner tells us how it all ended. Transfer one of the Owner’s Surpluses
to yourself, but lose Influence on the Owner and every other House or Faction with a Fortune
in the Bastion.
◊ The Riots: Civil unrest swept the Bastion and your House was right in the middle of it. Tell
us about your role in it and the damage it caused. The Owner tells us how the Riots were
repressed. Erase 2 Surpluses of the Owner’s choice. Your Hero and the Owner’s start the
next Cycle with one (extra) Firebrand move of your choice.
◊ Horrible Pollution: The by-product of civilisation overflows and threatens the health of the
Bastion. Tells us how your House is related to the source of this pollution. The Owner tells
us of the consequences. Take 2 Needs of the Owner’s choice and 1 Surplus of your choice.
Share one of your Surpluses with the Owner.
◊ Shortage: A city is always three meals away from chaos. The Owner tells us how it all
started and you tell us why your House suffered the worst of it. Transfer all the Owner’s
Needs to you, and for every Need gain one Decree for the next Cycle.
◊ Corruption: Worms eat away at the Bastion’s frame, undoing everything great people
worked so hard to build. Tell us why your House suffered the worst of it and the Owner tells
us of the consequences to the city at large. For each -1 to Reach you accept Transfer one of
your Needs to the Owner.
⬜ SAFETY ⬜ TRADE
FORTUNES
◊ Cathedral: Your House contributed to the Bastion’s glory with a temple to your Doctrine. Tell
us what it professes and what it looks like. The Owner tells us why it attracted much more
people than expected. Whoever controls the Cathedral increases their Reach by +1.
◊ University: A centre of knowledge and arts. Tell us how your House supports the University
and the Owner tells us what it looks like. At the beginning of every Cycle, whoever controls
the University gains Surplus: Scholars and Shares it with the Owner.
◊ The Central Bank: Somehow your people ended up in control of all investment and credit in
the Bastion. The Owner tells us how far your reach goes and you tell us the circumstances
that led your House to this position. With your permission, Houses and Cabals can Exhaust
Surpluses in the Central Bank and then withdraw their invested Surplus at the beginning of
the next Cycle, also erasing one of their Needs. If you ever deny the Owner, you lose
Influence on them.
◊ Hospital: Indirectly or not, your House tends for the weak and the wounded of the Bastion.
Tell us what the Hospital looks like and the Owner tells us why your House is perfectly suited
for the task. With your permission, Houses or Cabals can Heal in the Hospital. If you ever
deny the Owner, you lose Influence on them.
◊ The Great Market: You control the flow of trade that keeps the Bastion alive. Tell us how you
exert this control and the Owner tells us how your influence is kept in check. At the
beginning of every Cycle, you can give a House or Cabal Surplus: Barter Goods to remove
their Influence over you. The Owner always receives the Surplus and does not lose
Influence.
◊ Garrison: Your House defends the city. Describe the outlook of these forces and the Owner
tells us about the greatest challenge you faced on the pursuit of duty. The Owner and
whoever controls the Garrison gain Guards Companions (Drilled, Horde) when Gearing Up.
◊ A Palace: Your House built a safe haven in the Bastion. The Owner tells us how you achieved
such lofty status and wealth in the city. You describe what is the most valuable thing there
and how it is kept safe. Gain +1 Reach as long as you hold the Palace. The Owner’s Hero
gains +1 Cunning as long as the Palace is occupied.
⬜ MEDICINE ⬜ SCHOLARS ⬜ 3 LORE ⬜ 3 ARTS ⬜ A KEY TO THE
SUBJECT’S VERY BEING
A NOTE:
This Wonder is special in not requiring a Wonder roll. Houses who don’t play a role in this transformation sit on the sidelines,
though they still have their own voice on the impacts on Montaran society.

CHOOSE THE SUBJECT DESCRIBE THE CHANGE

Your own House: The change draws a rift between you and your former Allies. Mutually erase
Influence on every House & Cabal. Regain Influence on those to whom you give proof (real or
not) of your unchanged essence.
Another House:
◊ If with their player’s full consent: You unleash the change upon the Subjects to become
either a feared scourge or their wise benefactor. Gain Influence over each other.
◊ If without their consent: The change affects a fraction of their number, who form a new
Cabal.
A Cabal: Same as “with full Player consent”, above.
DECIDE ON THE METHOD
If the Owner did this to themselves, move to the next step.
If the Owner visited The Crucible on others, they say how…
◊ Reach: By convincing the Subject to embrace it.
◊ Grasp: By forcing it upon the Subject.
◊ Sleight: By quietly infecting the Subject with it.
The Owner gains lasting Disadvantage on the relevant Stat for the next Cycle as their peers
grow wary of their actions. The Owner describes the traumatic process the Subject will
undergo. The Subject tells us how it affected their culture.
The Subject gains a House move, related to the method:
◊ Reach: A new House Move from the Owner’s playbook.
◊ Grasp: A new House Move from the Subject’s own playbook, as resistance brings their
people together.
◊ Sleight: Some other House’s Doctrine or Alliance Move, as they lend the Subject much
needed aid during the mysterious transformation.
If the change is towards a specific end, the Owner chooses a Hostile Ground on the map where
the Subject now has Advantage. The Subject can choose other Hostile Grounds to adapt to, but
must choose an aspect of their essence replaced or changed for each further adaptation:
◊ What they consume to live.
◊ Their external appearance.
◊ One of their senses.
◊ Their voice and language.
If the change runs rampant, the Owner picks a fundamental part of the Subject’s nature that
changes first. The Subject decides how many other changes they go through, up to and
including completely changing their House Playbook.
The Subject can erase any and all of their Influence on other factions as alliances shift under
the strain of transformation. For each Influence erased, they gain 1 Decree in the first City phase
of the next Cycle.
DESCRIBE THE CULTURAL SHIFT
The further the Subject evolves, the more distant they seem from the mundane realities of
Montara. For every Alliance the Subject decides to break with any House or Cabal, they can pick
one of these permanent benefits:
◊ They redistribute their Reach/Grasp/Sleight values.
◊ Their Awoken, Chimera, or Foundling Heroes start with an extra Hero move.
◊ Their Singer, Storyteller, or Warlock Heroes start with an extra Hero move.
◊ They gain a brand new House move to represent their new outlook – designed by them or
the player of their choice.
TELL THE SUBJECT’S STORY
Then, the Subject asks the other Houses:
◊ Which of you came to our rescue and helped us build a community? They get Influence over you.
◊ Which one of you uses our new art in one of your most important rites? They describe it and
give you Influence.
◊ Whose youth is enthralled by our new forms and ideas? They say what is so appealing, and
give you Influence.
⬜ BARTERGOODS/ARTISANS ⬜ DEFENCES/SAFETY ⬜ LUXURY/TRADE ⬜ SCHOLARS/PRESTIGE ⬜ SUMMON THE VISITANT
To become the binding’s Builders. To become the Visitant’s Guard. To become the Visitant’s Tenders. To become the Visitant’s Diviners.

The Binding can be cooperatively built and attended by up to four Houses, who will divide the duties above. One House can embrace any number of these duties.

SUMMONING THE VISITANT COUNCIL ROLES

When summoning the Visitant, those who contributed determine among themselves the nature/
identity and core agenda of the Visitant, if this has not already been established in the Fiction.
The Requirement Surplus is not erased, but set aside to support the Binding and its Visitant. If
it is lost, that position in Council is lost – unless another Council member can fill in, providing
the required Surplus.
Those who didn’t take part in the Wonder say one way the Visitant wreaks havoc on their
House’s holdings, society or plots, and gain a Need of the GM’s choice.
PERMANENT BONUS
Houses not on the Council can Research by spending Arts, donating it to the Council.
Once per Cycle, Houses on the Council can petition the Visitant for a powerful boon for free.
They pick one:
◊ The Visitant reveals a secret no one could possibly know.
◊ The Visitant places its potent force at your disposal in a conflict.
◊ The Visitant grants you a unique Relic from its hoard.
◊ The Visitant provides intelligence on your House’s enemies.
◊ The Visitant applies its wisdom and outsider moral perspective to propose a solution to a
problem facing your House.
The petition must be made in person by a Hero, whose player must complete a Role set by the
Council in accordance with the Visitant’s own motives and agenda.
Heroes may gain access to an additional Role, according to their House’s position on the
Visitant’s council:
THE BUILDERS
The Visitant wishes to rebuild the splendour of ages gone by. You are the ones toiling to make
it happen.
� Mark when you accept a quest to change the world. The Visitant will gift you a Relic to aid in
your quest. The GM says how your actions end up remaking more of the world into the
Visitant’s image.
THE GUARDS
Many seek to enslave or destroy the Visitant. You are the ones protecting those fools from its
horrible wrath.
� Mark when you vow to defend the Borderlands and the Binding. On the brink of defeat, call
upon the Visitant to rain destruction on your foes. You choose what will be forever scarred
by its devastation: the land or its people.
THE TENDERS
For all its might, the Visitant is but gossamer and shadow – an idea wrapped in and held
together by magic. Without your care and it would simply unravel.
� Mark when you put the needs of the Visitant above that of those who trust you the most. The
GM will say how the Visitant hungrily demands for more. You say what miracle it performs
once it is properly nourished.
THE DIVINERS
It does not think like us – in scope, scale, or depth. If not for your studies and wisdom and all
its knowledge would be lost as mere myth.

� Mark when the Visitant’s prophecies reveal the fate of your loved ones. Intertwine their future
with that of a Cabal of your choice. The GM will tell us if the Visitant has seen their
corruption, glory or downfall.
⬜ LEADERSHIP ⬜ LUXURY ⬜ PRESTIGE
PERMANENT BONUS:
Whoever has authority over the collective gains Surplus: Scholars at the beginning of every Cycle.
TRIALS
◊ Bend the Knee: Your people embrace the Owner’s culture in lieu of their own. Gain one of
the Owner’s Inheritance moves for your Heroes during the next Cycle. Also, Transfer
Leadership or Morale to the Owner. Tells us what aspect of your culture your people ignored
and the Owner tells us what you embraced of their culture.
◊ Bitter Farewell: The brightest minds of your House leave to join the Owner. Tell us who left
and the Owner tells us what they have achieved. Transfer Scholars and Leadership to the
Owner and gain Influence on the Owner, as your former kin intercede in your favour.
◊ Great Dungeon: Your House donates (or downright loses) all its Arts to the Owner, but
describe a haunting menace that emerged from their careless research of the past. If you
have no Arts to give, the menace afflicts your House instead as the Owner digs too deep for
answers in your domains.
◊ One Truth: The Owner Doctrine put your most basic beliefs in check. Tell us what belief was
questioned and the Owner tells us how this new notion spread across the entire
Borderlands. Transfer Morale to the Owner.
◊ Erase the Past: The future is so bright that you struggle to hold onto your past. Tell us what
tradition your House held on to above all others, and the Owner tells us of the
consequences. Gain a new House move, but give Influence to the Owner and another House
or Cabal of the GM’s choice. They provided for what you were lacking during this Cycle.
◊ Censured Heresy: A dangerous new custom was adopted during the Golden Age with
dramatic consequences for your House. The Owner tells us what it is and you tell us why
you were particularly vulnerable to it. You and whoever else the Owner decides gain Need:
Safety, Justice or Medicine.
◊ Close the Border: Your House fears being swallowed whole by the Owner, and decides that
xenophobia is the only possible answer. Tell us what sacrifices were made. Set you Reach
to -1 for the next Cycle, but tell us how the new House Move your just gained saved your
people.
⬜ SCHOLARS ⬜ WEALTH
FORTUNES
◊ Philosophy School: Your House’s wise ones create a lasting pillar of knowledge. Tell us of
its essence and the Owner tells how their culture embraced (and changed) it. You gain the
Owner’s Alliance Move for the next Cycle, and they gain yours – permanently.
◊ The Fostering: The brightest minds of your House joined the Owner’s House. Tell us how
they made your House proud, and the Owner tells us why most never returned home. You
and the Owner gain each 3-Arts and Lore in any combination.
◊ The Great Finding: Bold explorers found a ruin in your lands, full of treasures and relics. You
and the Owner salvage 2-Arts each. Also, name 3 Surpluses that can be found there, and The
Owner describes the risks that need to be braved in order to acquire them.
◊ Paradigm Shift: The Owner’s doctrine validates and spreads your most basic beliefs. Tell us
what aspect of your culture was embraced across the Borderlands and the Owner tells us
how people changed it over time. Any House who gives you Influence gains your Doctrine
move for the next Cycle in addition to their own. The Owner gets yours for free.
◊ Building the Future: The deeds and names of the Cycle will be remembered forever. Tell us
what tradition your people decided to elevate above all others. For the next Cycle your
Heroes and the Owner’s can choose the Magician Role: “Mark when you lead your House in
a great work of creation to change the world. Say what it’s meant to achieve; the GM says
what you must change to make it a reality.”
◊ Radical Notion: Your people are infected by enlightened ideas and a rebellious spirit. Tell us
what changed in your governance. The Owner tells us how it affected their House as well.
Your Hero and the Owner’s start the next Cycle with one (extra) Firebrand move.
◊ Cultural Integration: Your House embraced change and became an integral part of the
broader culture ushered by the Golden Age. Tell us how it changed your House’s essence.
Form a three way Alliance between you, the Owners, and a Cabal of the Owner’s choice.
⬜ JUSTICE ⬜ LEADERSHIP ⬜ MORALE
PERMANENT BONUS:
So long as you hold the authority of the Revolution you may declare a single simple rule for society to follow at the beginning of each Cycle.
Anyone who breaks the rule immediately loses Influence on you.
TRIALS
◊ Peasant Uprising: Your workforce supports the Revolution. The Owner tells us what tragic
event sparked riots, and you tell us how they were harshly put down. Erase one of your
Surpluses and gain a Need of the Owner’s choice. Any Martyr Hero you have during this
Cycle starts with one extra Move.
◊ The Wheels Break: The Revolution’s upheaval brings your economy to a screeching halt.
Describe for us a striking sign of these lean times. Transfer one of your Surpluses to the
Owner, and gain +1 Grasp as your House becomes hardened by the harrowing times.
◊ Colonial Exploitation: The Revolution failed to improve the lot of your people. You ended up
being conquered, subtly or not, by a Cabal chosen by the Owner. They gain Dominion over
you. Tell us how the new House Move you just gained saved your people.
◊ Cycle of Servitude: In spite of the Revolution’s winds of change, the shadow of slavery
covers your domain. Tell us who enslaved who, and the Owner tells us how the abominable
practice ended. You gain the Need: Justice, and you and the Owner Share Surplus Recruits.
◊ The Coup D’etat: Your leadership failed in face of the Revolution. The Owner tells how
plotters attempted to depose them, and you tell us how your leaders faced the challenge.
Start a Conflict with a House or Cabal of the Owner’s choice, and tell us of their role in the
Coup.
◊ Anarchy Reigns: Your hierarchy collapses in the face of the new order. Tells us of the riots
and their consequences. You have no choice but to default on old deals: break every
Alliance and Cease every Conflict right now. You gain Need: Safety.
◊ The Masters’ Leash: The rulers of your people react harshly to any signs of the Revolution,
stomping it out. Tell us what sacrifices were made to preserve the status quo. Gain +1
Sleight as your people become devious and militant, but gain the Need: Justice and Safety.
And you give the Owner nothing!
⬜ SCOUTS ⬜ SPIES
FORTUNES
◊ The People Unite: The ideals of the revolution spread and create a cohesive response
across the Borderlands. Tell us what shattered this peace, and the Owner tells us what
traces of this widespread alliance remains. You and the Owner gain Influence with every
other Cabal as the current of goodwill overcomes all differences.
◊ Charity Without Frontiers: In this time of turmoil you become the gentle arm of respite in
the Borderlands, whether you support the Revolution or not. If you have Needs in common
with any faction, both of you Erase it. The Owner tells us what ended this noble enterprise.
◊ The Company: The Revolution was an opportunity for your House to exploit less united
groups. Pick a Resource no other House or Cabal has and gain it as a Surplus. Distribute it
as a Surplus or Need to every other House or Cabal. The Owner gains Influence on every
House and Cabal but yours, making a united front against your mercantilist oppression.
◊ Cycle of Freedom: People worked for freedom across the Borderlands. Describe your
House’s revolutionaries, and the Owner tells us how they fought for the cause. Your Hero
and the Owner’s start the next Cycle with one (extra) Firebrand move of your choice.
◊ Enlightened Rule: The rulers of your people smoothly embrace the Revolution. The Owner
tells us what aspect of the Revolution you embraced. You tell us how much your House
changed because of that. Your Hero and the Owner’s start the next Cycle with one (extra)
Veteran move of your choice.
◊ Disaster Relief: A disaster struck the Borderlands and the Revolution closed ranks to
provide humanitarian relief. The Owner tells us of the disaster, and you tell us how the rulers
managed the crisis. You and the Owner both gain Influence over a third House or Cabal of
the Owner’s choice.
◊ The Militant Arm: Your House couldn’t simply watch the Revolution unfold without taking
action. Tell us if you stood for or against the Revolution. Give any House or Cabal but the
Owner the Need(s): Justice, Recruits, and/or Safety. Take each different Need you distribute
as a Need for yourself.
⬜ CROPS ⬜ FRESHWATER ⬜ LAND
PERMANENT BONUS:
The Owner can erase an outstanding Crisis, defused by the exploding population or abated by the plenty and prosperity ushered in by the Verdant Defiance.
TRIALS
◊ The Curse: Prosperity becomes excess and vice and the hard earned bonanza starts to be
taken for granted. Gain Surplus: Barter Goods or Recruits, but also gain a special Need:
Curse. Erase 3 instances of Surplus: Morale, Trade, and/or Wealth to finally lift the Curse.
◊ The Lore of the Fields: Your people depend wholly on others to provide for them. Gain
Surplus: Barter Goods or Recruits, but give Influence to the Owner and a Cabal of their
choice; they provided for you during this Cycle.
◊ The Great Famine: Hunger can’t be tolerated when abundance prevails. Over the next Cycle,
if you don’t have Surplus: Crops and Freshwater gain Need: Morale, Luxury and Recruits. You
and the Owner gain 2 Decrees to abate the tragedy.
◊ No Way Back: The Defiance revealed a deficiency so severe that your people refuse to go
back. Share Surplus: Barter Goods or Trade with the Owner. If at any point during the next
Age you don’t have both Surpluses, gain Need: Morale.
◊ Exodus: Grass is indeed greener on the other side. The Owner places newly cleared Surplus:
Land and Fresh Water on map. Draw a settlement of your people close by. Make it into a new
Cabal and Transfer two Surpluses to them, while the Owner Transfers two Needs to them.
◊ The Company: The Defiance was an opportunity for your House to exploit the less united.
Gain a Green Defiance requirement as a Surplus. Distribute it as a Surplus or Need to every
other House and Cabal. The Owner gains Influence on every House and Cabal but yours,
building a united front against your profiteering.
⬜ MORALE ⬜ RECRUITS
FORTUNES
◊ The Rangers: A whole new frontier opened up under your watchful guidance. For the next
Cycle your Heroes and the Owner’s can choose the Ranger Role: “Mark when you vow to
defend the Defiance wilds. The GM says what you need to leave behind to become a Ranger.
Say how you learned to turn the land against invaders and predators”.
◊ The Keepers: The rituals used to create the Defiance also awakened natural constructs to
tend over this beauty. Your Awoken Heroes and the Owner’s start each Cycle with one extra
Awoken move of your choice – as long as they are made of verdant matter.
◊ Care for the Land: Your people thread layers of verdant streets, well tended land with
bountiful harvests and healthy woods. Pick one settlement important to your House and
fulfil two requirements for the Bastion Wonder there. If someone invests this Fortune in the
same settlement, they gain Advantage on its Wonder roll.
◊ Care for the Waters: You harvest fresh water with a profound respect for its cycle. Add two
new rivers or lakes to the map, near your holdings. They become connectors, and whoever
controls them gain Surplus: Fresh Water and Crops.
◊ Care for the People: Well fed, motivated, healthy; it is no surprise your people flourishes and
their numbers multiply. Over the next Cycle, when you acquire two of Surplus: Recruits,
Barter Goods, and/or Medicine, you gain whichever one you don’t already have.
◊ The Sacred Garden: Gain Surplus: Medicine and Progress and place both on the map as the
Garden. Whoever controls it holds the cure for any disease and can Heal, even after the
Surpluses are spent.
⬜ ENGINEERING ⬜ LEADERSHIP ⬜ SCHOLARS
PERMANENT BONUS:
Tartarus banishes or imprisons the threat; the Owner describes the Hostile Grounds that form around it.
TRIALS
◊ Tainted Land: There was no way to stop the Threat’s poison from seeping to the lands
around Tartarus. The Owner says how quickly the Hostile Grounds are growing. Each Cycle,
Houses/Factions bordering the Hostile Grounds gain Need: Land or Freshwater. This can
only be stopped by a Warlock, who can Unlock Crops if successful.
◊ The Doomsday Cult: There will always be carrion birds, living off ruins and misery. The
Owner tells us where these cultists came from. Every Cycle, Houses/Factions bordering
Tartarus gain Need: Safety or Trade. This can only be stopped by a Sentinel, who can Unlock
Prestige if successful.
◊ Pilgrimage: There are those who come from far and wide to worship Tartarus and all it
means. The Owner draws on the map their route and the slums they now inhabit. Every
Cycle, Houses/Factions bordering the Hostile Grounds gain Need: Justice or Luxury. This
can only be stopped by a Singer, who can Unlock Recruits if successful.
◊ Grave Robbers: There are those who lust for the perceived riches Tartarus might contain.
The Owner tells us about the lowlife behind this vilified gang. Every Cycle, Houses/ Factions
bordering the Hostile Grounds gain Need: Wealth or Defences. This can only be stopped by
a Survivor, who can Unlock Trade if successful.
◊ Cursed Lineage: The twisted forces contained by Tartarus mutated some of your people
into these wretches, who banded together for mutual protection… and bloody revenge. The
Owner tells us of the powers this Lineage now wields. Every Cycle, your House gains Need:
Medicine or Justice. This can only be stopped by a Warden, who can Unlock Wealth if
successful.
◊ Exodus: The memories of the horror won’t leave you, and your people can only find peace
far away from Tartarus. The Owner tells us about their destination and the trials they face
on their journey. Every Cycle, your House gains Need: Morale or Recruits. This can only be
stopped by a Toiler, who can Unlock Leadership if successful.
⬜ WEALTH ⬜ HOLD THE THREAT IN
PLACE
FORTUNES
◊ The Fortress: Your House has sworn to stand watch over Tartarus to eternity. Draw a
fortress you built overlooking Tartarus. Name 3 Surpluses that will always be available to
whoever holds the fort, and the Owner names a Surplus that must be erased each Cycle in
order to maintain it.
◊ The Architects: Some chosen members of your people worked side by side with the Owner
to build Tartarus. Start the next Cycle as the Toiler, the Veteran, or the Warlock, picking an
extra move when building them. Others can start with an extra move as one of the other two
Heroes if they give you Influence.
◊ The Groundskeepers: Your House has formed an order to maintain Tartarus and fend off
invaders who might release the Threat. Start the next Cycle as the Awoken, the Sentinel, or
the Veteran, picking an extra move when building them. Others can start with an extra move
as one of the other two Heroes if they give you Influence.
◊ The Quest: It is not over! The Threat might return and it has fallen to you and your people to
finish what the Owner has started. Start the next Cycle as the Awoken, the Chimera, or the
Warlock. If you manage to fulfil all four Roles you may neutralise the Threat once and for all.
Gain Influence from every House and Faction across the Borderlands if successful.
◊ The Prophecy: From your House come words of wisdom on how to heal the land. State four
Roles distributed between at least two, and no more than four, different Heroes. If the
sequence you predicted is fulfilled and Heroes are successful in their prophesied Roles,
erase the Hostile Grounds and place 3 Surpluses of your choice there.
◊ A Shadow of the Past: You can feel it calling you and your people, and you are sure it can
be tamed and used for the greater good. State a Wonder that, if completed, will unleash the
Threat once again into the Borderlands, perhaps greatly changed. Gain through fate and
chance 3 required Surpluses for the stated Wonder.