The Unity of Skovlan

The Unity War, The Legacy of Stonetable, Fractured Unity

The Unity Of Skovlan is an unofficial collection for Blades in the Dark about the impact and aftermath of The Unity War, consisting of a campaign titled The Unity War, a short story titled The Legacy of Stonetable, and a rules supplement called Fractured Unity.

The Unity War

The Unity War is a prequel campaign to a game of Blades, though it can be played on its own. It tells the story of Alx Squad, an independent squad in the Skovlan military in the Unity War. The campaign starts at the beginning of the war, and follows the seven soldiers of Alx Squad throughout the whole 36-year War. Players will rotate control of individual Soldiers as they go through Missions, trying to survive and win the War. In the end, they cannot win. Alx Squad are not legendary heroes from the Unity War. They are just seven Soldiers, trying to do what they can against an overwhelming force that will, eventually be triumphant. Play The Unity War to experience an exciting war story, give context to the revolution coming to Doskvol, and experience a streamlined lead-in to Blades’ rules.

The Legacy of Stonetable

The Legacy of Stonetable is a short story about a Skovlander Mend living in Charhollow. It follows a day in her life as she tries to make a living in the vibrant but oppressed refugee neighborhood.

Fractured Unity

Adding additional rules and options, the Fractured Unity supplement zooms in on Charhollow, a district in Doskvol dominated by Skovlanders, both long-present residents and refugees from the Unity War, the 36-year conflict in which the Imperium, led by their Immortal Emperor, violently imposed their claim of ownership over Skovlan. Fully compatible with Blades, the rules focuses the core of Blades on the close-knit and downtrodden revolutionaries who have not accepted the subjugation of the Skovlanders.

Cost: Pay What You Want

The Unity War Screenshots

Fractured Unity Screenshots

References and Downloads

In the lead-up to the release, I wrote an extensive series of articles exploring everything about the project. Seriously, it’s 35k words in over 35 entries, two-thirds of the word count of the 180-page book.

If you were a backer of Fractured Unity and need the download page, please contact me by email and I’ll get you sorted out.

This work is based on Blades in the Dark, product of One Seven Design, developed and authored by John Harper, and licensed for our use under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.