Rules/meta excerpts

The strongest and still most organized of these groups is the Order of the Forgotten Faith, the once remaining element of the Starless Night that still operates under the original charter of that dark force from the north. Many times more powerful and numerous in these days then in the past, they have absorbed elements of all the other Orders and thus are more well equipped to confront any type of assault on their territories. Unlike in the past, they seem content to hold onto what they have, rather than attempt to take land from others, and thus are more rarely encountered unless passing through their areas. Very formal and organized, unlike most other Nomad groups, the Forgotten Faith seem to follow a code of conduct that presents a question to the enemy, of which a prescribed answer is needed. Should those that oppose the Forgotten Faith answer this question to the satisfaction of the leader, the Forgotten Faith leave off combat, and retreat, allowing passage through their lands. Why they do this, or what the point of their questions is is not clear, but most mage schools feel it has to do with some primal laws of magic, and that the Forgotten Faith are bound to some particular formulaic system of combat they cannot break even if they want to. This seems to be a great blessing to those not wanting to be destroyed by their weapons which have become much more varied and complex, some appearing to be Agantine, Morganti, and other unknown metal types and effects as yet unclear.