Embers
Lore of Ember’s Hearth
Long before iron sang beneath the hammer, there was only cold wilderness and silence. Then came the wanderers — weary, frostbitten souls who carried a single coal cupped in trembling hands. They built a crude shelter around that fragile spark, feeding it with scraps of hope and fragments of memory. From that ember grew the first fire, and from that fire, a home.
Ember’s Hearth became a sanctuary where the lost found warmth, and strangers became kin. Its flames were said to burn not only with heat, but with heart — a light against despair and a beacon to all who had nowhere else to go.
Every flame in the realm, it is said, traces its lineage back to that first hearth — the cradle of warmth that gave rise to the restless embers still wandering the world.
Lore of Emberforge
When the embers of the first hearth began to fade, the restless few who could not bear the quiet of dying coals set out toward the blackened hills. There they found veins of iron gleaming beneath ash, and built great furnaces to awaken the sleeping flame once more. Thus was Emberforge founded — born of stubborn will and tempered by heat. Its forges rang day and night, each strike a promise that the fire of creation would never die.
To this day, travelers say you can see its glow on the horizon long before you reach its gates — a crimson heartbeat pulsing against the dusk.
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What helped me as a newbie:
Build planning: nearly 100% accurate so far. I made a copy and use it daily!
Build Times - Buildings - Google Sheets
Wish I had BEFORE I sent my 1st settlers out, fantastic resource for finding new places and much more!
https://illystuff.uk/
An alternative newbie guide that was very helpful for me:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3135055445
Helpful player & alliance profiles:
* Ellania : Excellent, keep coming back to this one! #/Player/Profile/380410
Charts! profile editing (haven't read that part yet) and more #/Player/Profile/143257
Lots of information and additioanlly links for even more! #/Alliance/Alliance/1452
Hunting: #/Alliance/Alliance/2475
Forum guides I reviewed (the ones I remembered):
New players part 1: https://forum.illyriad.co.uk/tips-for-new-players_topic1894.html
part 2: https://forum.illyriad.co.uk/newbie-guide-part-2_topic3821.html
Harvesting/ gathering:
https://forum.illyriad.co.uk/step-by-step-guide-to-harvesting-resources_topic2290.html
https://forum.illyriad.co.uk/gathering-the-basics_topic3951.html
Trading: https://forum.illyriad.co.uk/trading-for-dummies_topic2648.html
Moving:
https://forum.illyriad.co.uk/where-do-i-put-my-city-a-guide-to-real-estate_topic3623.html
https://forum.illyriad.co.uk/guide-to-exodus_topic3593.html
So much information here:
https://illyriadinstitute.wordpress.com/
Plan to read:
Lunar & much more: #/Player/Profile/338581
?platform=metro#/Player/Profile/163928
War: #/Player/Profile/231435
War: https://wisdomofkurdruk.wordpress.com/ and
https://illywarmonger.blogspot.com/2017/01/one-chart-to-rule-them-all.html