Welcome to the Vigilants. You are one of the thousands of people living in the imperial capital of Sentra, the jewel of the Empire. 

For some of you, this is home—a comfortable and familiar place you've known your entire life.  For others, the city may only be a brief stop, perhaps one of many in your travels.  But regardless of how you came here, you share the same streets.

Depending on who you are—and where you live—Sentra can be a beautiful city of wonder and splendor. Yet that perfect city is only what many people see on the surface.  There are those that understand there is more to the city, that there are flaws in it that run deeper than what most will see.  There are those that know what lies beneath.

The Story

Niman Agerson

Niman was a student studying theoretical thaumaturgy at Pallida University. Originally from Seidland, he was granted a scholarship granted by one of the foundations of House Fournius. He has no family in the city.

He died from an acute case of Arcstone poisoning, which should not have been possible given his circumstances. An autopsy revealed that his internal anatomy was mirrored.

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Renatus Hall

Renatus is home to the School of Arcane Theory and Application at Pallida University.

Faculty offices, study rooms, and collaboration spaces are on the third floor. The second and first floor are classrooms, with one larger auditorium-style lecture hall on the first floor. The basement houses the workshops and laboratories. There is a service/freight levitator connecting the floors, as well as a staircase near the center of the building.

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Singers

The Singers were mentioned by Mordenkai, who called himself a former Listener of theirs. He says that they would speak to him, a chorus of voices, and tell him what to do. They extended his lifespan, and may have given him other supernatural powers as well. He does not remember the things that he was asked to do, but seemed to grow fearful.

The latest Listener is unknown, but Mordenkai believed that they are currently in the city of Sentra. Cephius er'Ceasian may have been that Listener.

The Singers match dark tales of elvish bogeymen called ustasi duyarti (which roughly translates to "puppet master"). They sang to their victims to force them to do things against their will.

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The City

Life in the city
Read about life in the city and the neighborhoods and people that live in them:  City Life

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Spirit World

The Spirit World is similar to the mundane, mortal world. Where a great mountain stands on the mortal world, the same mountain stands in the Spirit World—but in the Spirit World, the mountain is taller and grander, for the Spirit World is home to the great spirit of that mountain. Places on the mortal world that exhibit some evil spiritual influence—graveyards and haunted inns, for example—are sinkholes of evil in the Spirit World, the land itself dark and deadly. Conversely, hallowed areas on the mortal world are green and fair in the Spirit World.

Living creatures and their constructions, from beaver dams to palaces, do not necessarily have direct analogs in the Spirit World. However, where a citadel stands in the mortal world, a similar citadel (though grander and stronger) may stand in the Spirit World, occupied by the revered ancestor spirits of the ruler of the mortal world citadel.

Most of the Spirit World is the domain of nature and elemental spirits that are closely tied to locations on the mortal world. Most of these spirits are bound to a specific location—a mountain, a spring, a single tree—that exists in both the mortal world and the Spirit World. Other spirits may wander the Spirit World more freely, either at the behest of more powerful spirits or by their own choice.

Time does not pass in the Spirit World as it does in the mortal world. For all intents and purposes, the Spirit World is timeless: Creatures there do not age, hunger, or thirst. Days and nights pass within the Spirit World as they do in the mortal world. However, the nights are ebony black and set with brilliant stars, while the days are dominated by great clouds arching across a vault of purest blue.

Shamans serve as intermediaries between the spirits of the Spirit World and the mortal plane.

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Oak

Oak has lived most of his life far from Sentra, enjoying the simple ratfolk life with the rest of his village. After a rare disease outbreak, a family shaman has sent him on a quest to find the medicine that will save the village. He knows little more than that it can be found somewhere in the shady underworld of the city, so he has spent his time in Sentra working on making connections among the less reputable element of the city.

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Imperial Army

The Imperial Army consists of troops that report directly to the throne, rather than those that belong to provinces or governors elsewhere in the empire. The troops are typically infantry, cavalry, and battlemages, and are a standing army, meaning they are always active.

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