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After the fall of Pender the Strong, the remnants of the goblin tribes re-formed into a new community known as the Skull…

The Great Plains belong among the most important regions of all Ulvenor. In ancient times the first Alpha humanoids appe…

…nor a state, but a scattered network of secret guilds, hideouts, mercenary bands, assassins, and bounty hunters who operate across al…

An organization gathering people of the same craft, goal, or way of life.

An organization founded on an oath, faith, ideal, or discipline.

A tighter community bound by oath, training, or common purpose.

A looser or learned association with a common goal.

A local seat or branch of a larger guild.

The leader or administrator of a guild or its branch.

A beginning member learning from a master.

An experienced member recognized in their field.

A local or administrative part of an order.

An agreed task with a commitment and a reward.

A powerful supporter of a person, guild, or project.

A wealthy supporter of art, science, guilds, or individuals.

A sign of quality or membership of a guild.

The most widespread training guild for beginning heroes.

A combat brotherhood that also takes on uncomfortable tasks.

A productive guild founded by dwarven masters.

A secret magical order founded by Sorcer.

A secret network of assassins and spies founded by Quri.

A knightly order protecting the weak.

A learned gnomish fellowship of alchemy, science, and magic.

A gladiatorial guild tied to Richard's Games.

A dreaded assassin or hunter organization.

…reats from without. He had a network of secret passages built in the imperial palace and increasingly relied on spying on his own sur…

…threaten the house's rule. Therefore, a secret election took place, known later as the Secret Election of the Emperor. Conrad II, Edu…

The disappearance of the entire set made the Lich one of the scariest characters of the present. It is unclear whether t…

Edward I succeeded Oled I, but his reign was plagued from the start by suspicions that his father had usurped the throne…

…e crown's decision-making. Therefore, a secret election took place within the family. Konrad II, the uncle of Eduard I and the younge…

…rt of the dynastic crisis. However, the secret election also showed that even the Youlender family is willing to bend the rules if th…

A hidden symbol meant for the initiated.

Albarit is the distant eastern continent associated with dragons, Gharmoth, the legacy of vampires, unknown empires, and…

Gnomish society is tightly bound to the guilds. The guilds of engineers, clockmakers, builders, mechanics, alchemists, surveyors, arm…

The naga kobolds are known for pulling out of the depths of the Green Sea objects that no one else has ever seen. They m…

Leo III he took over the throne at a time when it was no longer just about external pressure on the borders, but also ab…

…ivil war and power was handed over to a secret election within the family. After being deposed, he fled to the elves, where he spent …

…warfare. In 850, he therefore founded a secret organization of assassins, spies and saboteurs, which was supposed to weaken enemies f…

The awakening of an ancient gnomish necromancer marked the emergence of the Lich - a being that combines death and will …

The purges of the emperor's enemies mark a long period during which imperial power relied on systematic surveillance, in…

The secret election of the emperor was an internal choice of the Youlender house after the forced…

A secret network of assassins, spies, trackers, and silent executors that arose from the desire…

A mysterious and elite order of mages founded by Sorcer himself that protects forgotten knowledge, studies ancient power…

The Youlender House Era is the longest late period of the Magnursar Empire. It began after the Third Imperial Diet and b…

Hidden underground passages.

Mysterious travelers, merchants, and guardians of roads.

A notable place tied to sin, entertainment, or the underworld.

A piece of information that someone does not want revealed.

A person selling or passing along information.

A merchant available only to the initiated or through a network of contacts.

A discreet merchant connected to hidden networks.

A secret road outside the ordinary maps.

A hidden place that gives refuge.

A market outside the ordinary public control.

A symbol showing the road, a warning, or a contact.

…sformed into more organized structures. Secret guilds and groups were formed that passed on knowledge and contacts across generations…

…r -1000, when its towns, workshops, and guilds achieved a level of technology that had no equal on the continent. During the Great Wa…

Gnomish technologies are the greatest heritage of the Gnome Kingdom. Their development began with precise craftsmanship,…

Guilds 🏛 The world of Howl of Eternity is shaped not only by kingdoms, cities, and ruling hou…

… tied to the rise of the Skull Hunters, secret guilds, and groups of bounty hunters who would build a reputation far beyond the borde…

…favorably. Unlike combat, mercenary, or secret guilds, it does not feel dangerous, but useful. People see its members as makers of to…

…ll in love with another king's wife and secretly married her, causing a serious dispute between the two courts. Finally he had to bac…

…do with the Sorcerer. By this time, the secrets of the new magic were beginning to spread quietly among scholars and early disciples,…

…ess, the news of his condition was kept secret in order to avoid panic in the ranks of the soldiers. Richard died before the battle w…

…t was armed and stocked to the maximum. Secret tunnels allowed the defenders to escape in the last resort, so even a fallen fortress …

… training and the creation of the first guilds and adventure groups.

…m these structures later grew the first guilds and also the first real adventurers – people who traveled not only as soldiers or merc…

…but actually functioned as the empire's secret police. The Peacemakers gathered intelligence on opponents of the Emperor, infiltrated…

…ol, so the emperor kept his condition a secret from the public. He continued James III's legacy, supporting conventions, spending tim…

…emperor decided to keep his condition a secret from the common people. It wasn't just personal shame. The monarch's illness may have …

…decided to comply with the request, but secretly had the captives infected with a special disease created in the laboratory of one of…

…in power over others and create his own secret structure of influence. His ambitions led to his banishment. He was forced to leave hi…

… cult did not disappear. It survived in secret groups and still influences some parts of the world today, especially among the drow.

…ct of the victory over Cerbert. He used secret passages, hidden paths and knowledge of the terrain. He didn't attack head on. He surr…

…his efforts to subjugate or destroy all guilds beyond their control.

…forts to eliminate or subjugate all the guilds that he did not control. His death ended the immediate threat to the Empire, but also …

…ything. The goblins used the network of secret passages they had built over the years and surrounded the dwarves from all sides. The …

… grew into one of the longest surviving secret religions.

… his homeland, he attempted to create a secret power structure that would allow him to influence others. However, this attempt failed…

…nts of power for rulers, merchants, and secret factions alike.