The brightest flame

The Military Council is the gathering of Imperial generals and admirals. Individually, the generals have responsibility for the orders given to the army under their command, while the admirals provide the orders for the navies. A general commands a single army, drawn from volunteers from their nation. Once a general is given their command, they have sole authority to order the army to move or attack as they choose. After each summit, the Civil Service quickly circulate the orders each general has given among Imperial citizens, allowing military unit captains to decide if they wish to commit their own force to support an army, and if so which army to support.

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Over the last three months, Imperial forces have engaged in military campaigns. Sometimes those engagements have been wide-ranging and dramatic, other times they have been more sedate. Where there has been dramatic action, or where there are opportunities, we've given a Wind of War its own page; other military actions are discussed here.

The Military Council is the gathering of Imperial generals and admirals. Individually, the generals have responsibility for the orders given to the army under their command, while the admirals provide the orders for the navies. A general commands a single army, drawn from volunteers from their nation. Once a general is given their command, they have sole authority to order the army to move or attack as they choose. After each summit, the Civil Service quickly circulate the orders each general has given among Imperial citizens, allowing military unit captains to decide if they wish to commit their own force to support an army, and if so which army to support.

A year and a half ago, the Imperial Orcs began to seriously address the problems of aridity faced in their new territory of Mareave. Since then, amongst other wonders where once there was desert there is now an oasis in the region of Icarion. This was in large part possible because of expert Freeborn advice. That advice was not dearly, it seems they genuinely wished to aid their fellows. After all, the Imperial Orcs and the Freeborn have a bond forged by the Exemplar Ahraz that is a flame eternal.

It is not just the great and the good of the Empire who come to Anvil each equinox and solstice. The tent-city that springs up around the the Forge attracts visitors from all over the known world, and beyond. Some are drawn by the promise of wealth, some by the need to find the wisest and the bravest to help them resolve their dilemmas, some seek to influence those who wield true power in the Empire, and others come to celebrate and forge new relationships with those drawn to the heart of Imperial power.

Many of the nations that border the Empire are orc nations. Not all are barbarians; the Empire has a long-standing peace treaty with the Thule for example. There are also communities of orcs within the Empire's borders. Some are part of Imperial nations - the Unshackled, the former Grendel of the League, the free Jotun thralls of the Marches. Others maintain a degree of independence while still being at least ambivalent to the Empire - the orcs of Beoraidh and the Protectorate of Morajasse.

Pride in small things, Loyalty to great ones. That's what they always say when people talk about the Marches. But Pride in what? And Loyalty to what? That's the sort of thing people go to war over if you're not careful. There's a lot going on in the Marches on the way to the Summer Solstice, a lot to be proud of but also a lot to worry about. The reward for a good job is more work, and if you want a job done give it to someone who's busy, as they say.

Following Bloodcrow Knott's declaration of his highest calling, the Unshackled Assembly have asked their mystagogues and shamans to contact other septs in the hope that they might learn more about them. Last season there was an attempt to learn more about the Karass, which allowed some Imperial Orcs to hear the Karass ancestor, the Oracle.

In the tradition of the founding nation, the Highborn have once again expressed their peerless kinship, this time under the leadership of Nim of Ebon's Hall to their cousins in the Brass Coast. More specifically, they have identified the ascendant Firebrand movement whose embers have been stoked by the mandate of Isario i Riqueza and the commissioning of the City of Wonders as a potential cause for concern.