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Mythos

Long ago and far away, in Roman/Gaulish days, one woman had a tumultuous life—she fell in love with a druid, by whom she had a son; the man was killed by Romans, and she was subsequently taken into the household of a Roman, who also fathered a son on her. The druid’s son turned out to be a man of many talents, including the occasional ability to shapeshift, albeit at great cost. (His alter-shape was a wild boar.) The woman’s younger son, who considered himself superior in all ways, had none of these earthly powers, and went hunting other ways to be impressive, acquire power. He justified his various activities by claiming he needed to protect the area from his brother, who had too much power to go unchecked…but in the end, it was his brother’s family who grew into the Vigilia, now known as the Sentinels, while the younger son founded what turned into the vile Atrum Core.

Glossary

Sentinels: An organization of power-linked individuals whose driving purpose is to protect and nurture the earth—as befitting their druid origins—while also keeping watch on the activities of the Atrum Core

Vigilia: The original Latin name for the Sentinels, discarded in recent centuries under Western influence

Brevis Regional: HQ for each of the Sentinel regions

Consul: The leader of each Sentinel brevis region

Adjutant: The Sentinel Consul’s executive officer

Aeternus contego: The strongest possible Sentinel ward, tied to the life force of the one who sets it and broken only at that person’s death. Meghan Lawrence has placed one of these on Fabron Gausto, reflecting any workings he performs back on himself

Vigilia adveho: A Sentinel mental long-distance call for help

Monitio: A Sentinel warning call

Nexus: The Sentinel who acts as a central point of power control—such as for communications, wards, or power manipulation

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Atrum Core: An ethnic group founded by and sired by the Roman’s son, their basic goal is to acquire power in as many forms as possible, none of which is natively their own; they claiming to monitor and control the “nefarious” activities of the Sentinels

Amulets: The process through which the Core inflicts its workings of power on others; having gathered and stored (and sometimes stolen) the power from other sources

Drozhar: The Atrum Core regional prince

Septs Prince: the Atrum Core prince of princes

Septs Posse: A Core drozhar’s favored sycophants; can be relied on to do the dirty work

Sceleratus vis: Ancient forbidden workings based on power drawn from blood, once used by the Atrum Core

Workings: Core workings of power, assembled and triggered via amulets