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==Charn==
Magic. Only lightly ruled by the Empire, Charn was the first bastion of rebellion.<br>
Great value is placed on magic, and magic rules. Consequently, Charn's 'foreign policy' is aggressive, capricious. Magical ability trumps everything, and females are seen as more 'magical'. Perhaps they are, but in any case, they're in charge. Despite that, it's a meritocracy of sorts. Wizards take the established positions, but sorcerers are prized and revered, while being kept out of the way of anything flammable.<br>
But it's not all magic. A respectable career for a non-mage is in the Charn Navy, which rules the seas. Although the captain and officers are often mages.<br>
Deadly foe: Mastier. But you knew that.<br>  
PCs
-female-ascendant<br>
-more mages, sailors<br>
-mildly religious<br>
-madness? lack of planning? Socially acceptable, as long as it's violent.<br>
-more elves/gnomes, few dwarves<br>

Slaves<br>
Anybody in Charn who's not an Elite (i.e. a mage or student or a ship's officer) is probably a fief-slave of one of the Orders or Universities or of an independent Elite. Alternately, he's a pressed crewman in the Navy, which may be worse. There are 'volunteer' or professional sailors, who have a better life, though. This is one of the only main escapes from fief-slavery.

Charn
The Magisterium, all magic-users and officers of ships are members in council and entitled to vote and debate. Often, though, the votes are cast by proxy, signed to the head of Order or University.<br>
Executive enforcement is spotty at best, given the feudal nature of the orders, universities and other magical fiefs. <br>

===Backgrounds===

====Order Magisterium====
reqs: Wizard, non-generalist<br>
''elites carry the weight of experience...''<br>
+2 to Spellcraft<br>
+1 spellbook spell from specialization<br>

====Charn University====
reqs: Elf or Gnome<br>
''training the mind...''<br>
+2 to any two knowledge skills<br>
Bonus ‘skill boost’ feat.<br>

====Charn Naval Officer====
''rule the seas...''<br>
+2 Acrobatics<br>
+2 Knowledge (Nature)<br>
A magic weapon (+1)<br>