Embrace 33: Look The Bastards In The Eye

Published: Oct. 18, 2021, 3 p.m.

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c/w intense peril, kettling, implied death

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\\u201cFrom Crown\\u2019s Ait, three columns of nim Shif soldiers marched on us, followed by Ministers and the Lanterns and the fucking Swifts. And at their head Valour and Vigor themselves, armour gleaming and spears in hand, come to remove the last bit of grit from the shine of their ambition.

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The second siege of Tail\\u2019s End were upon us and we welcomed it.\\u201d

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~~ PEOPLE ~~

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Ahste Whist: One of the seven, a group of revolutionaries who mutinied on a warship during the time of the People\\u2019s Ward.

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Altara nim Shif: Scion of the nim Shif family and their trusted enforcer.

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Boctive Deign: A charismatic and cunning revolutionary, whose radical treatises on Embrace are widely distributed and eagerly read.

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Boleth Erul Cater: A long-prominent revolutionary from Calvary. Sai are one of the leaders of the Ginnels.

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Carn nim Daker: The ancient founder of the Tenders, the slayer of Caerdroia and Rodella. Body mythologised, sai rule the Jackals still.

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Eviron Eaves: A prominent member of the Winter\\u2019s Lodge who the others look to for leadership.

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Galena nim Ovid: The imposing head of the Umbral Provenders and Ash\\u2019s aunt. She has ambitious plans for the city.

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Ido Ozk Erut: A prominent member of the Winter\\u2019s Lodge, who manages a lot of the day-to-day functions.

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Rhian Fetch-Grimoire: A former member of the Shepherds of the Roil. Ivar\\u2019s sister.

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Roan nim Ovid: A former Umbal Provender who left to study the strangeness of the Cut. Ash\\u2019s cousin, Galena\\u2019s child.

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Serrivomer Glass: The \\u201cWarden\\u201d of the people\\u2019s ward of Atrium. Along with Boleth and Boctive, one of the three representatives of the Assembly.

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~~ FACTIONS ~~

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Jackals: More formally known as the Tenders of the Dawn\\u2019s Embers, the Jackals are an organisation of remnant hunters guided by strange divination.

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nim Shif: Embrace\\u2019s newest great family. Plotting to take over the city with silvered tongues and bloody blades.

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Pale Lanterns: A group once founded to guide stray spirits, but over time their purpose has slipped from benevolent, to enforcers, to oppressors.

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Syndics: Clerks and government officials, embroiled in extortion, corruption and conspiracy.

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Trusted: A small cell of revolutionaries loyal to Neah, headed by Ido Ozk Erut.

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~~ PLACES ~~

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Hinter Ward: Embrace\\u2019s southernmost ward. The north is dense tenements, while the south has been abandoned to marsh and spirit.

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Winter\\u2019s Lodge: A place pulled out from the cut. A shifting collection of mismatched architecture. A shell for the gall.

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Episode title from Pok\\xe9mon City Limits by Onsind

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Hosted by Adam Dixon. Starring Beck Michalak, Elizabeth Simoens, Ryan Evans, Steve Martin and Thryn Henderson.

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Produced by Thryn Henderson

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Series art by Ben Swinden

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Music taken from Kai Engel\\u2019s Satin

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