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Mercy of the Icons, Part 3

Nightmares and premonitions wake you in a cold sweat, panic tightening your chest. “It began with rolling fields and an invitation. An outstretched hand – whose hand? Then a starry sky and the emptiness of space. You couldn’t breathe, your heart racing as you recognized a planet – the emerald – Kua, waiting for you. Glittering wings in the darkness surrounding you. Hundreds of butterflies followed by enormous shell-covered titans. A locust swarm coming to devour the Third Horizon.”

ON CORIOLIS

Coriolis – The Third Horizon is a science fiction role playing game set in a remote cluster of star systems called The Third Horizon. It is a place ravaged by conflicts and war, but also home to proud civilisations, both new and old. Here, the so called First Come colonists of old worship the Icons, while the newly arrived Zenithians pursue an aggressive imperialistic agenda through trade and military power.

In this game, you will crew a space ship and travel the Horizon. You will explore the ancient ruins of the Portal Builders, undertake missions for the powerful factions and partake in the game of political intrigue on Coriolis station – the center of power in the Third Horizon. You might even encounter strange beings from the Dark Between the Stars.

From the Monolith in the jungles of Kua to the floating temples of Mira, the Horizon is yours to explore. You can be traders, explorers, mercenaries, pilgrims or agents. Whatever your calling is, together you will make your own fate. In the end you might even discover the truth about the mysterious Emissaries and the threat of the Dark Between the Stars.

GET THE GAME

Wake of the Icons, episode III in the Mercy of the Icons campaign for Coriolis, is now on pre-order! Buy it now in our webshop, as a standalone book or along with a double-sided physical map to make the joy of running it at your gaming table even greater. You will receive a beta-pdf of the book shortly after purchase!

In the webshop you can also find the Coriolis – The Third Horizon Core Rulebook along with other products for the game. The core book and its supplements can also be found at DrivethruRPG, and in retail stores worldwide. If your local store doesn’t have it, ask for it and they should be able to order it in – we work with all major distributors worldwide.

Questions about your order, or something else? You’re welcome to our forum, dedicated to Coriolis and our other games.

SVENSKA: Självfallet finns motsvarande produkter och paket på svenska också. Du hittar dem enkelt i nätbutikens svenska sektion!

PRO-ORDER BUNDLE: WAKE OF THE ICONS

A bundle including Wake of the Icons and a double-sided adventure map.

PRO-ORDER BUNDLE: WAKE OF THE ICONS

Note: This product is on pre-order. If you include it in your order, all items will ship together once Wake of the Icons is in stock, early next year. You will get a downloadable Beta PDF of the book shortly after purchase, however. The PDF will later be updated to the finalized version.

The bundle is only available for a limited time, while the pre-order campaign is active. It gives you the following at a discounted price:

Coriolis – Wake of the Icons – part 3 in the Mercy of the Icons campaign
Coriolis – Wake of the Icons Map Pack – a double-sided full-color map, depicting important adventure locations featured in Coriolis – Wake of the Icons.

Price: Approx. $46 (Exact price depends on currency rates and will be shown at checkout.)

CORIOLIS - WAKE OF THE ICONS

Wake of the Icons is the third and final part of Mercy of the Icons, the epic campaign for Coriolis – The Third Horizon.

CORIOLIS - WAKE OF THE ICONS

Wake of the Icons is the third and final part of Mercy of the Icons, the epic and richly illustrated campaign for Coriolis – The Third Horizon. This book contains:

Extensive background information for the Gamemaster, describing the events which threaten the Third Horizon.
A Song for Kua: The first scenario starts with a series of visions, bringing the characters back to Kua.
The Tenth Icon: The second scenario sets the characters on a diplomatic mission to Sadaal to acquire the Nadir Flotilla as war in the Third Horizon grows closer.
The Horizon Wars: In the final climactic scenario war breaks out and the characters must lead the people of the Third Horizon to victory.
A metagame where the Gamemaster and the players can play out the fleet movements and clashes of the war.
An extensive appendix containing over twenty different ship types that take part in the war of the horizons.

Price: Approx. $40 (Exact price depends on currency rates and will be shown at checkout.)

NOTE: The CORIOLIS – THE THIRD HORIZON core rulebook is required to play The Last Cyclade.

CORIOLIS - THE LAST CYCLADE

The Last Cyclade is the second part of Mercy of the Icons, the epic and richly illustrated campaign for Coriolis – The Third Horizon.

CORIOLIS - THE LAST CYCLADE

Many months ago, the destroyer Zafirah vanished during the same event that sent the cruise liner Ghazali crashing into the Hamura star. Now she is back, in a time when both the aftermath of the Mysticides and the death of the Emissary have shaken the horizon to its foundations. The Coriolis Council and Zenithian authority are questioned, and more and more people revolt against their oppressors. The throat of the Third Horizon is exposed, and this is when something ancient rises from the shadows.

The Last Cyclade is the second part of Mercy of the Icons, the epic and richly illustrated campaign for Coriolis – The Third Horizon. This book contains:

Extensive background information for the Game Master, describing the events which threaten the Third Horizon and its inhabitants
The Uharan Echo: an adventure set in the darkness of space; a quest to solve a grand and terrifying mystery
Mission Generator Tables that let you tailor your campaign and create your own adventures, dealing with the hunt for a foe whose power is rising
The Children are the Future, Forked Tongues, Curse of Rusah, and Fire of the Icons: four adventure landscapes that expose the player characters to these troublesome times
In the Shadow of the Zenith: a race against time, where the characters return to Coriolis and find themselves at the heart of the horizon’s escalating conflict

You will get a downloadable PDF of the book and a GM Resource document (including Index, player maps and more) shortly after purchase!

NOTE: The CORIOLIS – THE THIRD HORIZON core rulebook is required to play The Last Cyclade.

Price: Approx. $40 (Exact price depends on currency rates and will be shown at checkout.)

CORIOLIS - CORE RULEBOOK

The Coriolis – The Third Horizon Core Rulebook gives you all you need to start exploring the Dark Between the Stars

CORIOLIS - CORE RULEBOOK

Features:

Create your unique player character – including skills, talents, gear, and relationships – in mere minutes.
Fight fast and furious battles, praying to the Icons to overcome your enemies.
Build and crew your ownspaceship, to explore the many star systems of the Third Horizon.
Experience thrilling spaceship duels, using a game system that puts all player characters at the heart of the action.
Take part in the intrigue between powerful factions on the majestic space station Coriolis.
Uncover the mysteries of the Third Horizon, a rich tapestry of cultures that have settled the stars.

Downloadable PDF included in purchase!

OVERVIEW

The heavy aroma of incense and sugared dates spreads from the Market Square on the Coriolis space station. At first glance, nothing seems out of place. Peddlers are loudly pushing their wares along the Promenade, pilgrims flock in prayer before Icon statues in the station’s temples, and courtesans offer candied rose petals to blissful clients under Alkamaar’s space dome.

But the calm is deceptive. A veiled emissary, a representative of powerful lifeforms residing in the depths of the gas giant Xene, has arrived at the station with strange tidings. Rumors are spreading, about displays of terrifying mystical powers and about star systems that are isolating in fear of what’s to come. The Council of Factions, always so outspoken, has gone dead silent.

The Third Horizon is entering a new era, still unknown, shrouded in darkness. Will the future be revealed by the light of the Icons, or by the roaring firestorms of war?

THE CAMPAIGN

The Mercy of the Icons campaign lets the gaming group experience and influence a universally disruptive shift in the history of the Third Horizon, a period of time when a new era is born out of the corrupt and pain-stricken corpse of what has been. Tensions between cultures, factions, and individuals, rooted in the time of the Portal Wars and traceable back to the cradle of human civilization, turn into open conflicts that threaten to evolve into all-out war. And this happens at a time when the people of the Horizon must come together and join forces, for the greatest threat of all is still biding its time, veiled by the Dark Between the Stars…

Mercy of the Icons consists of three episodes following a timeline that starts with the arrival of the mysterious Emissary of Xene and ends when the future of the Third Horizon is decided. The players and their characters will not be passive spectators in the emerging story. On the contrary, if they show themselves worthy of the blessings and mercy of the Icons, they may very well find themselves in the both terrifying and overwhelming position to greatly impact what’s in store for the Horizon and its people.

REVIEWS

Coriolis – The Third Horizon won the ENnies 2017 Judges’ Spotlight Award.

“Coriolis – The Third Horizon certainly is Arabian Nights in Space and so much more. This is a game of discovery, political intrigue and cultural differences. The system is easy to learn, accessible and fast-flowing.”
–The Yawning Portal

“Overall, Coriolis is a great book to pick up if you are looking for a space-faring science fiction game. This is one of the easiest games to get into if you are looking to branch out into a new system.”
–Geeks a GoGo

“Above all, the setting of Coriolis: The Third Horizon is both enjoyably different and very well designed, pulling the reader in to want and go adventure in the Third Horizon.”
–Reviews from R’lyeh

THE TEAM

Free League Publishing is a Swedish publisher dedicated to speculative fiction. We have published a range of award-winning tabletop role-playing games and critically acclaimed art books set in strange and wondrous worlds.

Our game portfolio include the official ALIEN The Roleplaying Game (Gold ENNIE for Best Game 2020), the Nordic horror roleplaying game Vaesen, pitch-black apocalyptic fantasy RPG Mörk Borg, alternate ’90s Things from the Flood, alternate ’80s Tales from the Loop (winner of five ENNIE Awards 2017, including Best Game), sandbox retro fantasy Forbidden Lands (winner of four ENNIE Awards 2019), postapocalyptic Mutant: Year Zero (Silver ENNIE for Best Rules 2015), space opera Coriolis – The Third Horizon (Judge’s Spotlight Award 2017) and the acclaimed dark fantasy RPG Symbaroum.

We have also published the art books Tales from the Loop, Things from the Flood and The Electric State by internationally acclaimed visual artist Simon Stålenhag, as well as the illustrated edition of the Lovecraft classic The Call of Cthulhu by the praised French artist François Baranger.