Skorne
Skorne
For much of Immoren’s history a trackless expanse of sand and wind and a
terrifying deep chasm has divided west from east. Recently forces from
either side of the divided continent have clashed with bloody
consequence as a result of the Skorne Empire’s dreams of conquest.
Skorne are both a nation and a people, arisen from a variety of feuding
tribes that dominated the harsh and unforgiving environment of eastern
Immoren. They learned to survive and even prosper despite the cruelties
of their rugged lands, and their civilization has forged them into
peerless warriors with a pragmatic disregard for pain and death.
Warriors to the core, the skorne use dark arts called mortitheurgy to
push their bodies past normal limits and to fight on past death. Even
when death claims them, their souls are preserved in sacral stones to
empower ancestral guardians, walking statues eager to join battle.
