Editing Astra Ylluminae (section)

==Q&A==

===“What is the price your character paid for insubordination?”===
Home. I could never return to St. Luxerne so long as the Empire is still in control. Both for my own sake and for the sake of my friends and family.


===“Which factions promised you their help? Which factions might oppose you?”===
'''+ The Firebrands''' are a small but highly motivated resistance group within and around St. Luxerne. They're limited in their means (for now) but helped me escape the city when I had to. Should I have need of their assistance again, I'm sure they'd be all too eager to help just to stick it to the man.

'''+ Black Sun''' is an underground network of treasure hunters, collectors, black market dealers, and illegal spellcasters interested in unearthing magics forbidden by the Empire. Their operations have flourished as custom checks have become a low priority on the Imperial agenda. Black Sun agents can be found skulking in many an old ruin, while their top brass are typically minor nobility and affluent merchants. They won't mind helping a down on her luck wizard... for a price.

'''- The Inquisition''' of the Imperial Church is fully under the control of the Empire in all but name. Or at least they were, when the Empire was still a single unified authority. Nevertheless I'm a renegade wizard and the paperwork has been filed that marks me as a heretic and outlawed spellcaster. The Inquisition has some excellent witch-hunters but fortunately the internal turmoil has paralyzed the Church with indecision and conflicting loyalties. Politics, eh? Still, one can't afford to be careless.

'''- Gaira's Watchers''' is an ancient group of guardians who watch over a sealed... something. The details have been lost to time. Some say Gaira was a weapon, or an evil god, or maybe some curse. Whatever it is, the seal is genuine, an ancient vault hidden in some faraway cavern where nobody would think to look for it. It is prophesied that seal will break when the opposing forces of Light and Dark join in harmony. Could it be a reference to the Star Engine? After a chance encounter (and interrogation) with one of the runaway researchers, the implications are disturbing.


===“What are your enemies’ crimes, and why is noone else opposing them?”===
General Faust twists science and magic into weapons of war, killing anyone who stands in his way. Those that try to stop him are dealt with ruthlessly, unless they can be exploited. In that case they're put into indentured servitude until their usefulness is at an end.