Extraits

'Any great country that has to kill its own people to remain great is missing the point.' Steiner p335

'The punishment for killing a Vigilant is death. The punishment for learning of Vladibogdan is was death. The punishment for avoiding Invigilation was also death. This would be impressive if not for the fact that most crimes in the Solmindre Empire are punishable by death. The Emperor was never terribly imaginative in that regard.'- Untainted Histories Volume 3: Serebryanyy Pyli

The darkest fear of any Imperial servant is a unification of a different kind. We would face a war on three fronts if the people of Shanisrond and the Scorched Republics were to enter into an alliance with the Yamal. But such such an uprising would be hardpressed to overcome the military might of the Emperor. I fear he must be taken down from within, and then the issue of succession hangs over the continent like a spectre.' - Untainted Histories Volume 3: Serebryanyy Pyli

'Perhaps the most troubling discovery of my travels across Vintkveld is that the Spriggani have knowledge of arcane power. It is rooted in the earth and water schools and these schools alone, yet it does not corrupt their bodies in the way that Vigilants become twisted blackened things.' - From the field notes of Hierach Khigir, Vigilant of the Imperial Synod.

'The Solmindre Empire is ruled from the capital at Khlystburg, where our most benevolent Emperor receives counsel from trusted adviers. There is, however, another locus of influence. Arkiv Island is a vast library where Vigilants are invited to meditate and research. Rumours persist that Arkiv is home to moderates within the Synod, those uncomfortable with the Emperor's more direct approach.' - From the field notes of Hierach Khigir, Vigilant of the Imperial Synod.