Located in the Apuccini Mountains, Organza is a city-state in Tilea ruled by a duke. Said duke tried to form an alliance with the nearby city of Lumbrusco, asking its ruler, Fabriano of Lumbrusco, to get rid of his most formidable and therefore unpredictable mercenary unit, the company of Ennio Mordini.[1]
The two parties eventually reached an agreement and they jointly destroyed the mercenary general and his company. But barely five years later those men returned as a troop of Undead now known as the Nightmare Legion. The Undead destroyed the city of Lumbrusco, and now seek vengeance against Organza and the other city-states of Tilea whose princes took part in their assassination.
History[]
It seems that an unfortunate event has undermined the relations between Fabriano of Lumbrusco and the Duke of Organza. At the centre of the scandal were three initiated priestesses and the son of the Duke of Organza who, with the help of a string and an apple, must have done something obscene.[1]
What made it all the more serious was the fact that one of the initiates was in fact the youngest of Fabriano's daughters. Whether this event actually happened or if it was just a rumour intended to serve as a trap for Captain Ennio Mordini is not known.[1]
Notable Events[]
- 2406 IC - The mercenary general Ennio Mordini is employed by Duke Fabriano of Lumbrusco to make war on his neighbour, the Duke of Organza. Ennio performs competently. In fact, he is so competent that he begins to make his employer increasingly nervous.[2b]
- 2411 IC - The Duke of Organza offers to make peace with Duke Fabriano and in secret meetings the two dukes agree that Ennio Mordini must be killed. Duke Fabriano orders Mordini to attack Organza via a mountain pass, and Ennio walks into an ambush and is slain along with his men.[2b]
- 2416 IC - An army of skeletons flying the tattered banner of Ennio Mordini march from the Appucini mountains. They lay siege to the city of Lumbrusco, overrun it, and fortify it.[2b]
Organza Nova[]
In the Border Princes there is a principality named Organza Nova after Organza, ruled by Giovanni Badrinattl.[3a]
Trivia[]
Organza's name and primary industry could be a reference to fabric of the same name. Organza is a thin, plain weave, a sheer fabric traditionally made from silk. Organza is distinguished by its crisp hand, stiffness relative to weight, and slippery surface texture. Many modern organzas are woven with synthetic filament fibers such as polyester or nylon.
Silk organza is woven by a number of mills along the Yangtze River and in the province of Zhejiang in China. A coarser silk organza is woven in the Bangalore area of India. Deluxe silk organzas are woven in France and Italy.
The term may derive from French organsin, from the French word for the Central Asian city of Urgench, the midpoint of the northern Silk Road.
Sources[]
- 1: The Nightmare Legion box (3rd Edition).
- 2: Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 4th Edition: Up in Arms (RPG)
- 3: Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 1st Edition: Doomstones 3 - Death Rock (RPG)
- 3a: pg. 32