02 - Iron Kingdoms W.. - Captain Spud Is Amazing

158 Iron Kingdoms
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scribes, paladins, illuminates, and pilgrims are in
the cathedral on any given day as well as dozens of
individuals waiting to speak with the Exarchs or the
Primarch.
Of note, directly outside the west-facing great
entry stand Amicus and Remeder, a pair of actual
Colossals. They are stationed here as a warning to
those who entertain thoughts of harm toward the
center of operations for the entire Morrowan faith.
However, with so many levels of protection and
extensive fortifications, these towering warjacks have
yet to move since the years immediately following the
Colossal War.
Sancteum, The: This walled mini-city is the heart
of the Church of Morrow and is acknowledged as
a sovereign nation protected by its own small army.
The Sancteum is self-contained with its own foundry,
housing, markets, restaurants and even several
taverns; it could be sealed off from Caspia and survive
for months without outside supplies. However, the
Sancteum is always open to the faithful of Morrow and
hosts the great pageant of the yearly Ascension Feast
when tens of thousands of citizens come to celebrate
on the beautifully landscaped grounds and all along
the paved brick avenues and ornate arching cloisters.
The Sancteum has numerous churches and churchrelated
buildings including the Sancteum Library
connected to the Seminary College where theologians
can be found teaching by day and researching by
night. Near the college are the headquarters for the
Order of Illumination utilized by the pious wizards
serving the Church of Morrow.
Strategic Academy: A jewel in Cygnar’s military
scepter, the Strategic Academy is charged with
training the Crown’s military elite to be dauntless
and implacable on the field of battle. As the military
branch of the Royal Cygnaran University, the Strategic
Academy is the sole institute recognized for training
Cygnaran warcasters, and the faculty is well known
for its ability to spot prospective warcasters from the
ranks of their trainees. Only the best and the brightest
graduate from the Academy, and these rising stars of
the military are devoted to defending their beloved
Cygnar from foreign aggression. A small division of
the Academy also recruits arcane mechaniks into
military service to make blasting powder and other
weapons. Since the outbreak of war, locating and
recruiting potential warcasters has gone from being
a top priority of the Academy to an imperative, and
recruiters go to great lengths to discover promising
candidates and put their talents to good use in service
to king and country.
The Strategic Academy building actually extends
partially from the inside of the massive wall facing Sul,
and almost half of its rooms are entirely within the wall
itself. The current chancellor is former Commander
Adept Birk Kinbrace (male Caspian Ftr2/Wrc4/
Wiz10), a renowned warcaster retired from active duty
due to his advanced years. The Academy works closely
with the Fraternal Order of Wizardry to provide the
best possible instructors and in return the Order uses
the Academy as a recruiting ground for Cygnar’s best
and brightest. The Academy even counts renowned
warcaster and inventor Commander Adept Sebastian
Nemo among its senior instructors and trustees.
Temple of Concord: Recently completed, this
unprecedented temple was assembled rapidly and is
already providing services in praise of the Maiden of
Gears. Sanctioned by King Leto as an act of religious
tolerance, it is the first public and open temple to
Cyriss in any major city of the Iron Kingdoms. It is
located in a poor district in northern Caspia far from
the Sancteum, but it has still caused quite a din with
the local citizenry. The “cult” of Cyriss hopes to use this
temple to gain acceptance and recruit new members.
The leader is an intelligent and attractive enumerator
named Jylle Holthorne (female Caspian Clr13) who
has been kept deliberately in the dark about the Cult’s
larger goals and purposes. She has been instructed to
pass along her most promising recruits to her superiors
for further review. She has also been asked to make
arrangements for specially authorized workers to enter
and leave the premises at evening hours to work on
a large project in the subterranean levels including a
sizeable quantity of intricate machinery.
rumor has it…
some gossips say king leto made mysterious arrangements
With the Cult of Cyriss in exChange for the right to build
the temple of harmoniC unity, perhaps inCluding aCCess to
neW teChnology or meChanikal seCrets he passed on to the
strategiC aCademy. it is knoWn that the primarCh disapproVes
of this arrangement WhateVer it may be. the rumor makes
some highly plaCed Caspians nerVous, for Very feW Can be said
to fully trust in the motiVes of Cyrissists. the laCk of any