The Facts
AWAKENED
The awakened, to put it simply is us. I don't have a clue as to who coined the term, but all of us who are able to wield and control magickal forces fall into the category. Of course as the bain of Paradox grows, many include those mundanes that can see are skills and talents and accept them,not bring down the wraith of Paradox.
AVATARS
Now this is one of the many parts of our ways that draws out debate from various groups. As it is generally seen, it is the core of our being. As the story goes, there was once a massive crystal. It was shattered and from it our magickal ancestors were birthed. Today, the shards that exist in every generation of mages is our link to our origins, the ancient forces that make us different from the masses that move around us. Some say that these shards form our persons. I think we make that up, not some mythical rock. But thry consider that it ties us to old lives and primal forces and forms. Suspect to me, but some value the ideas. Whatever is true, the avatar gives us a way to see why we are so different, and special, and why we are here.
FACTIONS
The mage society, like the mundane society, is made up of many parts.
- Mauraders
- Nephandi
- Technocracy
- Traditions
- Orphans
- Others
MAGICK
What is it? It's our way, our lives, our point of existence. Magick, from our perspective, is the ability to wield and shape reality. The ability to determine what is and isn't to create the past, present, and future. This is true magick. That's right, not that trifling stuff Copperfield pulls off, real stuff.
PARADOX
Now theirs this. I don't care to put to much thought into this, but it is the greatest bane of mages. Paradox is the force that pens us in and declares what limits we have. Sure we wield reality warping powers, but so do they and they've existed since the beginning of time, maybe earlier. So, they know what they are doing and do it to us quite well. Why do they act? Well, it seems they like a level of consistency to exist. Generally whatever the mundanes are willing to believe sets the rules. So, as the Technocracy's power is dominant and virtually complete, the Paradox spirits let them have the greatest level of slack. This means they like to heap it on us. They hold the common continum together and barr us that don't fit. We can still act, we just need to be careful, subtle, and hold on to complete deniablity. A good many have died at the hands of Paradox. It's a lesson, be smart, be good, be careful.
REALITY
Now that's a funny thing. To the mundane that's a philosophical question to ponder for a lifetime. For us, it's a matter of making up any lame idea, then making it so. It's that easy. Reality is our blank screen, waiting for me to write out a new algorithm on it and make the magic happen. Think about the next time you go around quoting Newtons' Laws. Are they so absolute?
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