RTF is a global modification that replaces all towns in the game.

It might exist, but it's clearly in decline – things are so bad that Asche only worships Arantir, and the others don't care.

Here's a bit of what I know:
Long ago, there were no Necromancers, and no one even thought about them, and everything was fine. But then, this movement began to form, and the mages cursed them, so they left the silver cities and created their own state with the undead and ghosts. As far as I remember, this was before the orc uprising.

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Yes, she didn't really rule, but was a symbol (like the English queen).

I thought of her as a kind of priestess, knowing the will of Asche.