Editing 7th Sea (section)

===Vodacce===
A coalition of city-states largely inspired by Italy, complete with constant blood-feuds between angry relatives and merchant princes, where each family is fucked-up in their own special way.  Their sorcery involves women seeing and manipulating destiny and the bonds between people as strands they can weave and touch. The men are terrified of them as a result, and so none of the "fate witches" are taught to read. Most women are taught to be good wives, staying at homes, caring for their husband and so on. There are courtesans who learn to read, entertain, and do all those other things to excite men, but they are still, at the end of the day, just prostitutes.  Allegedly.  

They are all good Vactines though!  And they have their own warped interpretations of the Prophets' word that justifies all the rot and horror that pervades their society... 

As for fa/tg/uys weeping that they cannot be magicians here, there is a good news and a bad news. Good one - there are male sorcerers in Vodacce. Bad news? Well... Their only trick is being completely immune to Fate Witches' powers, and cannot do anything on their own. At least they can scare the shit out of Sorte Strega (that's how they call women with magic powers). 

Their sword styles largely have a strong emphasis on trickery, whether armed with a rapier, broadsword, main gauche, bare hands, improvised weapons, or a mixture of the above.  Literally the only Vodacce school that ''doesn't'' get some combination of Dirty Fighting, Pugilism, or Feint is the Capputina school of gypsy knife-throwing and acrobatics. 

Much like the Montaigne book, this one focused on the political intrigues of the greater nation. It also greatly expanded the poison mechanics of the game. The Invisible College, alchemists and scientists hunted by the Vaticine Church, operate in many of these city-states. They are also known for their extreme bravado and recklessness, incredible talent to get into any trouble in quite impressive radius, and being backstabbing dicks at their highest echelons.  Maybe, if you want to stay a Hero, keep out of the Inner Circle...  you won't like what you find.