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

Random Spotlights

Keep of Order

In the middle of the River Oenus sits the imposing prison maintained by the Vigilants.  The island itself was created by the Vigilants to make it as secure as possible with not only physical protections, but magical ones as well.  The Keep is warded against magical forms of travel, so the island is only accessible by boat.  Although there are Vigilants stationed through the city of Sentra, many of them live and train here.

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Akkad

A vile mage that created a vast undead army, including raising a dragon from the dead. He laid waste to several towns, including nearly wiping Baron's City. With every town and village his army reached, he added their slaughtered populace to the ranks of his army.

He encroached into the borders of the Sentran Empire before being stopped by brave group of heroes, notably the Lakasisan Solarian, who gave his life in order to finally defeated the necromancer.

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Kolrehsans

The clerics of Kolrehs, known as Kolrehsans, are widely respected by common people. They often admire the Kolrehsans for their strength, athleticism, and competitive spirit. His clerics tend to be outgoing, enthusiastic, and personable. At the same time, clerics of other religions have little respect for Kolrehs' followers. They look at the Kolrehsans clerics as pretenders or amateurs. In their view, Kolrehs' “religion” is nothing more than a collection of athletes and old warriors with no clerical training, no perceivable liturgical trappings, and no formal structure.

This is because although there is a formal church of Kolrehs, it is widely divergent, unorganized, with little interaction or communication between one church and the next. There exists no controlling hierarchy or “father church” for Kolrehs' clergy. Each temple is independent, operated by one or more priests and a number of acolytes.

But the Kolrehsans care nothing for the opinions of other religions. These other priests are often surprised to learn that Kolrehsan clerics enjoy challenges and honor duels (usually to first blood). This is not to say Kolrehsan clerics attack every insolent fool, but they enjoy providing free object lessons to those in need of learning.

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