Player Handout 4: General Information on Enpebyn

• Enpebyn is an ancient city, also known as the “city of weeping souls.”
• The city gained this name from a legend that tells of a Legion that sacrificed themselves to defend the city from an undead threat. According to the locals, some of these legionnaires can still be heard weeping during the lonely hours of the night.
• Enpebyn is the capital city of Valentia, an Imperial Province currently in rebellion from the Emperor over moral and religious conflicts.
• Enpebyn, and the surrounding area, is known as the “Forge of the Empire” due to the location of the massive weapon and armor forges located nearby. The vast majority of the arms and armor used by the Empire’s legions is manufactured here.
• The "forge" operates 24 hours a day, 8 days a week.
• In the very distant past, the area encompassing and surrounding Enpebyn was the site of a huge battle, which resulted in an inordinately high amount of undead activity.
• Agents of the Emperor, including everyone wearing the Armillus of the Laurel of Vigilance, have been summarily banished from the city and executed if they resisted.
• Enpebyn is currently the ending point for the famous thoroughfare, The Azure Way.
• Currently, Enpebyn boasts a temple to every God of Man. Curiously they are all located inside the city's walls except for the Temple of Solemn Passage (Beltine), which is located about an hour's walk outside the city.
• Enpebyn is considered THE Beltinian and val'Ishi stronghold on Onara.
• Recently, Enpebyn has become the gathering point for a large number of val'Emman who are quickly gaining a strong power base within the city.
• A HUGE number of refugees have been driven to the protection of the city within the last several weeks. Forces loyal to the Emperor have been ravaging the rebel countryside, driving all they don't kill towards the city.
• Rumors abound that the city will soon become the site of the major opening battle between the forces loyal to the Emperor and those loyal to renegade General Menisis val'Tensen.
• Due to the influx of refugees and several other security concerns, the city has been put under martial law by decree of Governor Gemel val'Sheem.
• Part of the Martial Law decree institutes a strict curfew from sundown to sunrise. Anyone caught traveling during those hours without proper authorization is subject to extremely harsh punishments.
• It is rumored that the city has instituted several strict security measures to screen out agents of the Emperor trying to enter the city.
• If the rumors are true, the city is suffering from overcrowding and a major shortage of food and medical supplies.
• Rumors circulating outside of Valentia are saying that the residents of Enpebyn have begun sacrificing their young in some type of heretical practice to gain favor with some Infernal Lord from beyond the wall. His holiness the Emperor plans to attack the city soon to put a stop to these foul practices and ensure the safety of his loyal subjects.
• Some say the intrigue is so thick in Enpebyn right now that you could walk from the head of one assassin to another across the entire city without ever setting a foot on the ground.