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Gallery

The war, the places, the heritages.

Key art

The war

Two allegiances clash at the gate of a stone town at dusk: crimson-banner fighters and war mages on one side, blue-and-silver defenders on the walls, and a glowing blue lifestone in the square beyond the gate.

A crowned monarch in a crimson cloak raises a hand before kneeling armoured warriors in a ruined courtyard as a vast violet storm-shadow looms overhead; on a distant ridge a line of white-and-gold defenders raise banners.

At night a lone adventurer crouches beside a glowing blue lifestone as hooded hunters with drawn weapons close in from the pine forest.

A frontier road winds past a broken signpost, a burned wagon and a cairn of discarded armour toward a golden-lit fortress city under a storm sky.

Two vast armies with crimson and blue banners face each other across a misty plain at sunrise, a ruined watchtower between them.

Hotspots

The places

A coastal town of sandstone domes and upswept tiled roofs on a ridge between dark forest and a cold sea at dusk; a glowing blue lifestone crowns the hill above the houses as a raiding party arrives in its light, and an islet offshore is reached by two rows of pale pillars standing in the water.

A volcanic island: a glowing crater with lava floes, a winged beast's aerie on a second peak, a turquoise lagoon harbour guarded by two lighthouses and coral columns, white ruins in the ash, and a portal on the harbour beach where fighters gather.

A hidden mountain village of dark timber and tiled roofs terraced above a still grey-blue lake beneath snow peaks, a blue lifestone glowing at its heart, a smithy on the shore and crimson banners on the gate.

An unwalled hill town of timber and stone on a lifestone hill at the edge of a blighted wasteland, its slopes strewn with fallen fighters' gear, crimson banners and smoke under an amber sky, with a smoking crater and two distant spires.

A torchlit cave warren crowded with hulking tusked brutes while rival armoured fighters under red and blue banners battle each other over the pulls, with a violet glow in the far chamber.

A starter town at golden hour: timber-framed shops and a cobbled square beneath a hilltop keep, new adventurers crossing the square past watchful dark-armoured figures and a glowing lifestone fountain.

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Thirteen heritages

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Heritages

A hillside village of timber-framed cottages at sunset above a river valley, with a faint blue crystal standing stone beside a stone wall.

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Thirteen scenes

Heritage backdrops

A hillside village of timber-framed cottages at sunset above a river valley, with a faint blue crystal standing stone beside a stone wall.

A sunlit stone terrace above a desert coast, with sandstone buildings trimmed in blue tile, palm trees and a calm sea.

A stone terrace beside a walled timber village, overlooking misty forested mountains and a lake in morning light.

A snow-dusted stone terrace overlooks a walled hilltop settlement, jagged snowy peaks and a misty grey sea.

Broken stone pillars and red-leaved trees on a ruined terrace, with a ring of violet light in the distance under a dusky purple sky.

Black slate monoliths rise from violet fog under a heavy dark sky, with a faint amethyst glow between two standing stones.

A bronze-and-iron workshop with a glowing forge and large gears stands on a stone plaza above quarried cliffs and distant mountains.

Round thatched huts with painted posts at the edge of a stone terrace, overlooking a bright sea, green cliffs and small islands.

A vast granite forecourt cut into cliff walls, lit amber by forge light through a huge stepped gateway, with cold daylight falling into the canyon.

A polished pale terrace with copper inlay and slender towers ringed in metal hoops, above sea stacks and low cloud; blue-white light glows in a doorway.

A stone terrace among carved tombs whose doorways glow cyan, with bare trees, fog and a swirling black sky.

An empty cavern of amber-lit mineral walls with honeycomb-like ribs and a tunnel leading into darkness.

A hive cavern of amber mineral walls with root-like columns, and a green glow in a distant tunnel.

Where every session begins

Character screen

The AC: Novus character screen: a cloaked, armoured adventurer with a sheathed sword stands in an autumn pine forest beside a weathered stone archway, with a misty waterfall valley and a pale fortress city behind. A roster panel at the right, a character panel at lower left and an enter button at lower right.

Beyond the arch

The world

An armoured adventurer with a sheathed sword and fur-trimmed cloak stands on a mossy ruin in an autumn pine forest at sunset, beside a weathered stone archway, with misty waterfalls and a pale fortress city on distant cliffs.

A wide misty valley of waterfalls and pine forest at sunset, with a weathered stone archway in the middle distance and a pale fortress city on far cliffs.

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