Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
The
VOIDRUNNER'S CODEX
is LIVE! Explore new worlds, fight oppressive empires, fend off fearsome aliens, and wield deadly psionics with this comprehensive boxed set expansion for 5E and A5E!
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
The Inquisition
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Dr Simon" data-source="post: 3397413" data-attributes="member: 21938"><p>Officially, the Church of Vaarta abhors magic and its practitioners as witches and heathens. Thus it is written in the Book of Iantash.</p><p></p><p>However, the Ulvoski (meaning "Painted Men") are a branch of the church composed of magic-wielders. Made official by the Accords of Murmask, the Ulvoski Order are said to derive their powers from Markam himself.</p><p>Dark Sun has the Sorcerer Kings jealously guarding their magical superiority by having their Templars root out other magicians, especially Preservers who have joined to form the Veiled Alliance. <a href="http://www.athas.org" target="_blank">www.athas.org</a> has 3.x edition stuff, I think.</p><p></p><p>Or...</p><p></p><p>It's only sketchy, but you might want to look at the Khazarate of Vaarta:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.splendour.freeservers.com/vaartamain.html" target="_blank">http://www.splendour.freeservers.com/vaartamain.html</a></p><p></p><p>Set up a pop-up blocker though - Freeservers kept increasing the number of adverts in an effort to extort money out of me. Additional information for Vaarta relevant to your enquiry that was newer than the site (references will be more clear if you read the Vaarta pages first) :</p><p></p><p>"The Ulvoski are hated and feared by peasant, noble and clergy alike. Clad in hooded black robes, black gloves with even their faces painted black, the Ulvoski are designated as Church inquisitors, their remit to seek out heathen magicians and either convert them or destroy them. Male magicians who submit are indoctrinated into the Ulvoski through hard and painful trials of spirit and flesh. Those who refuse are given the Five Wounds of Markam to purify them, and then killed. Women who use magic are always killed in this fashion as witches.</p><p></p><p>Over time, the powers of the Ulvoski have grown so that they no longer seek out just magicians, but heretics of any kind. The leader of the Ulvoski Order, Borstin, is at odds with the current Patriarch in a bitter yet secretive power struggle. Borstin would like nothing more than to see the Ulvoski running the entire Church. He flaunts his extreme asceticism and piety in the face of the luxury of the Medinavic clergy, yet secretly he has searched through forbidden books and undertaken dark rituals. In his pride he hopes to conquer Kebel with his power - an aim that can only end in disaster one way or another. "</p><p></p><p>The irony here is that the Ulvoski, in order to better root out magicians and heretics, are themselves magicians...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dr Simon, post: 3397413, member: 21938"] Officially, the Church of Vaarta abhors magic and its practitioners as witches and heathens. Thus it is written in the Book of Iantash. However, the Ulvoski (meaning "Painted Men") are a branch of the church composed of magic-wielders. Made official by the Accords of Murmask, the Ulvoski Order are said to derive their powers from Markam himself. Dark Sun has the Sorcerer Kings jealously guarding their magical superiority by having their Templars root out other magicians, especially Preservers who have joined to form the Veiled Alliance. [url]www.athas.org[/url] has 3.x edition stuff, I think. Or... It's only sketchy, but you might want to look at the Khazarate of Vaarta: [url]http://www.splendour.freeservers.com/vaartamain.html[/url] Set up a pop-up blocker though - Freeservers kept increasing the number of adverts in an effort to extort money out of me. Additional information for Vaarta relevant to your enquiry that was newer than the site (references will be more clear if you read the Vaarta pages first) : "The Ulvoski are hated and feared by peasant, noble and clergy alike. Clad in hooded black robes, black gloves with even their faces painted black, the Ulvoski are designated as Church inquisitors, their remit to seek out heathen magicians and either convert them or destroy them. Male magicians who submit are indoctrinated into the Ulvoski through hard and painful trials of spirit and flesh. Those who refuse are given the Five Wounds of Markam to purify them, and then killed. Women who use magic are always killed in this fashion as witches. Over time, the powers of the Ulvoski have grown so that they no longer seek out just magicians, but heretics of any kind. The leader of the Ulvoski Order, Borstin, is at odds with the current Patriarch in a bitter yet secretive power struggle. Borstin would like nothing more than to see the Ulvoski running the entire Church. He flaunts his extreme asceticism and piety in the face of the luxury of the Medinavic clergy, yet secretly he has searched through forbidden books and undertaken dark rituals. In his pride he hopes to conquer Kebel with his power - an aim that can only end in disaster one way or another. " The irony here is that the Ulvoski, in order to better root out magicians and heretics, are themselves magicians... [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
The Inquisition
Top