[@Lovejoy] Count me very intrigued!  This looks like a fascinating world, and I have a few ideas rattling around in my head....I need to make sure I have enough time to commit, but I definitely hope to join.  ^.^  And I've been thinking about a few new fighting sets for chars, so this could be good!  *wiggles*

What are the odds that Omestrian slaves -- or freefolk, before being captured in the wake of Omestris's fall -- might escape to Lanostre?  And I'm seeing a quirk in the timeline.  Two hundred years ago Varya attacked the other nations.  ONe hundred years were spent subjugating them.  Then Varya went after Lanostre, which surrendered after three years.  Now they turn their attention to the east.

What happened to the rest of the second century between the start of the Varyan invasions and today?

Is magic only in blood, then?  None at all in the air/fabric of the world?  ...Do they have a plan for where they'll get ether from when the supply from other Remnants runs out?