Sample file CREDITS Product Director: James D. Flowers Line Developer: Carsten Damm Senior Editors: James D. Flowers, Carsten Damm Associate Editors: Steven J. Black, Eike-Christian Bertram, Joshua Harrison Cover Artwork: Paul Tobin Interior Artwork: Tom Baxa, Joel Biske, Steve SampleBryant, Liz Danforth, file Janet Aulisio, Earl Geier, Jeff Laubenstein, Darrell Midgette, Jim Nelson, Mike Nielsen, Tony Szczudlo, Kathy Schad, Larry MacDougall Layout: Carsten Damm, James D. Flowers, Kathy Schad Original Writing: Louis J. Prosperi, Tom Dowd, Robert Cruz, Marc Gasgione, Shane Lacy Hensley, Diane Piron-Gelman, Sean R. Rhoades, Carl Sargent, John J. Terra, Robin D. Laws, Mike Mulvihill, Nigel D. Findley, Jim Nelson, Mike Nielsen Additional Material: Steven J. Black, Eike-Christian Bertram, John W. Carter, Robert C. Charrette, Carsten Damm, Seth Feierstein, James D. Flowers, Joshua Harrison, Lars Heitmann, Graeme Lindsell, Danielle Mallette, Carl Meadows, Andrew Ragland, Tim Reynolds, Jeremiah Schwennen, Jason U. Wallace, Donovan Winch Administration: Kim Flowers, Rewa Vowles Web Design: Richard Vowles Dedication: The RedBrick team would like to thank everyone who participated in the Open Call for this project. Special thanks to Steven J. Black, Eike-Christian Bertram, Lars Heitmann, Kathy Schad, Donovan Winch, and Jason U. Wallace! Earthdawn® is a Registered Trademark of FASA Corporation. Barsaive™ is a Trademark of FASA Corporation. Original Earthdawn® content copyright © 1993–2006 FASA Corporation. Earthdawn Name-giver’s Compendium™ is a Trademark of FASA Corporation. Earthdawn® and all associated Trademarks used under license from FASA Corporation. Cover artwork copyright © 2006 Paul Tobin. Cover artwork used under license from Paul Tobin. Published by RedBrick Limited—Auckland, New Zealand. All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the publishers. Permission is granted to copy the Appendices for personal use only. Internet: http://www.earthdawn.com Contact: [email protected] ISBN-13: 978-1-877451-01-0 ISBN-10: 1-877451-01-0 January 2007—eBook Edition—20070131 • C ontents •  1 1 7 7 3 5 5 2 2 6 2 9 4 9 7 6 6 9 9 9 0 5 3 5 5 0 8 8 8 2 9 9 4 4 6 8 8 0 8 7 7 7 7 7 9 6 8 7 8 7 6 8 8 6 6 9 9 8 8 9 8 7 8 9 9 6 9 8 9 9 6 8 8 6 9

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