Mage Traditions & Conventions
Traditions
A Tradition is a group of mystically-oriented mages allied with the Council of Nine Mystic Traditions. That is, they believe in magic and understand that they manipulate magic to create desired effects. This contrasts with scientifically-oriented mages, who believe that they use Enlightened Science rather than magic, and this Science is manipulated to create desired effects. The Traditions' counterparts among the Scientists of the Technocratic Union (and in an earlier age, the Order of Reason) are called Conventions.
Each Tradition claims a seat on the Council of Nine, representing one of the Spheres of magic. That Sphere is that Tradition's specialty.
Although the Council did not technically exist until 1466, many Traditions count their origins to much earlier periods, as they existed as discrete magical societies. Many other Traditions are created from the joining of several disparate groups; as such, their formal creation may be fairly recent, but their component factions may have existed far earlier.
Each Tradition claims a seat on the Council of Nine, representing one of the Spheres of magic. That Sphere is that Tradition's specialty.
Although the Council did not technically exist until 1466, many Traditions count their origins to much earlier periods, as they existed as discrete magical societies. Many other Traditions are created from the joining of several disparate groups; as such, their formal creation may be fairly recent, but their component factions may have existed far earlier.
To date, eleven organizations have been counted as Traditions. The following list only counts their membership within the Council of Nine, not as separate organizations.
- Ahl-i-Batin (1466 - c.1920s?)
- Akashic Brotherhood (1466 - 2004)
- Chakravanti (Euthanatoi) (1466 - 2004)
- Chœur Céleste (Celestial Chorus) (1466 - 2004)
- Dream-speakers (Dreamspeakers) (1466 - 2004)
- Order of Hermes (1466 - 2004)
- Sahajiya (Seers of Chronos, Cult of Ecstasy) (1466 - 2004)
- Solificati (1466 - 1470)
- Sons of Ether (1904 - 2004)
- Verbenae (Verbena) (1466 - 2004)
- Virtual Adepts (1961 - 2004)
Sub-Traditions
As years go on, some Traditions fade and some new ones emerge. This has happened at least twice in the history of the Council: the Solificati got replaced by the Sons of Ether, and the Ahl-i-Batin got replaced by the Virtual Adepts.
Some minor groups have begun to spring up. They ally themselves with the Council of Nine, and their founding members are largely members of the Nine Traditions. They exist as mostly seperate entities, although aren't large enough to be considered Traditions in their own right. They are thus referred to as sub-Traditions.
Some minor groups have begun to spring up. They ally themselves with the Council of Nine, and their founding members are largely members of the Nine Traditions. They exist as mostly seperate entities, although aren't large enough to be considered Traditions in their own right. They are thus referred to as sub-Traditions.
- Disciples of the One Point
- Fellowship of Dee
- Linguists
- Order of Sophia
- Order of St. Albertus
- Spirit Alliance
- "Technocratic Borrowing"
- Unity of Thought
Conventions
Convention Jump to: navigation, search A Convention is a group of scientifically-oriented mages allied with the Order of Reason (1325-1851) or the Technocratic Union (1851-2004). That is, they believe believe that they use Enlightened Science rather than magic, and this Science is manipulated to create desired effects. This contrasts with mystically-oriented mages, who believe in magic and understand that they manipulate magic to create desired effects. The Conventions' counterparts among the mages of the Council of Nine Mystic Traditions are called Traditions.
Although the Order of Reason did not technically exist until 1325, many Conventions count their origins to much earlier periods. Iteration X, for example, claims the first humans who invented the wheel and discovered fire as their own "ancestors."
Conventions To date, roughly eleven organizations have been counted as Conventions. The following list only counts their membership within the Order and Union, not as separate organizations.
Order of Reason
Although the Order of Reason did not technically exist until 1325, many Conventions count their origins to much earlier periods. Iteration X, for example, claims the first humans who invented the wheel and discovered fire as their own "ancestors."
Conventions To date, roughly eleven organizations have been counted as Conventions. The following list only counts their membership within the Order and Union, not as separate organizations.
Order of Reason
- Artificers (1325 - 1851)
- Cabal of Pure Thought (1325 - 1851)
- Celestial Masters (1325 - 1851)
- Cosian Circle (1325 - 1851)
- Craftmasons (1325 - 1670)
- Difference Engineers (1823)
- High Guild (1325 - 1851)
- Ksirafai (1336)
- Solificati (1325 - 1335)
- Void Seekers (1325 - 1851)
- Voltarian Order (1806 - 1851)
Technocratic Union
While there have been several Conventions within the Union, the number of names may be misleading. All of the Order of Reason Conventions which exist in 1851 are overhauled as part of the new Union; thus, while they are technically new Conventions, their goals and membership are largely the same. The Union's Conventions once again rename themselves in roughly 1898, further confusing the issue.
- Æsculpian Order (formerly Cosian Circle) (1851 - c.1898)
- Analytical Reckoners (formerly Difference Engineers) (1851 - c.1898)
- Electrodyne Engineers (formerly Voltarian Order) (1851 - 1904)
- Explorators (formerly Celestial Masters and Void Engineers) (1851 - c.1898)
- International Brotherhood of Mechanicians (formerly Artificers) (1851 - c.1898)
- Iteration X (former Mechanists) (c.1898 - 2004)
- Invisible Exchequer (formerly High Guild) (1851 - c.1898)
- Lightkeepers (formerly Cabal of Pure Thought) (1851 - c.1898)
- New World Order (former Lightkeepers) (c.1898 - 2004)
- Progenitors (former Æsculpian Order) (c.1898 - 2004)
- Syndicate (former Invisible Exchequer) (c.1898 - 2004)
- Virtual Adepts (former Analytical Reckoners) (c.1898 - 1956)
- Void Engineers (former Explorators) (c.1898 - 2004)