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In this episode, we talk about the red-headed step-order of the Diamond Pentacle, the Free Council.

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Despite having ties to Mage groups with histories longer than even the Adamantine Arrow, the Free Council only became organized relatively recently when its first Assembly took place at the end of the year in 1899. There have always been Mages who don't subscribe to the Diamond's beliefs, though still not exactly aligned with the Seers. During an event that came to be known as the Great Refusal, the Seers approached these Libertines with an offer of alliance in exchange for wealth and power, but were rebuffed.

The Free Council modeled itself after the democracies that had become popular in Sleeper politics. After the Free Council's formation, the Silver Ladder organized the first and only Grand Convocation, where the fledgling Council became the de facto fifth Order of the Atlantean Pentacle. The Free Council's Supernal Truth is humanity, worshiping Sleeper culture as a magic that is only held back by the Lie.

Conversation concerning Consilia corporation, Convocation composition, Cabal company, and Caucus constituents.

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Awakened naturally organize themselves into Cabals, consisting of their closest allies and friends. In areas with cabals that have competing interests, some of those with members in the Atlantean Diamond will form a Consilium to govern the rest under the direction of the Lex Magica. These are further organized by events known as Convocations, where representatives from each of the participating Consilia gather to strengthen ties. Members of the individual Diamond Orders separately comprise Caucuses to guide their philosophical journey.

The guiding principle behind this network is the Lex Magica. As its creators and students, the Silver Ladder are the foremost experts on the Lex Magica and thus take the role of Hierarch in a given Consilium. This Ladder Mage oversees Councilors from the Pentacle in addition to other Awakened who hold a variety of special positions. When conflicts arise, it is this council who will judge the case and manage its effective resolution.

This episode is about Drew's new favorite Order, the Silver Ladder.

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The primary motivation of a Mage who joins the Silver Ladder is the betterment of the Atlantean Diamond and Pentacle. They gave the Mage community a system of laws known as the Lex Magica and they both mediate conflict and lead Consilia all over the globe through Convocations. They see the need for a unifying force that leads other Awakened to reach higher on the ladder.

Their core beliefs spell this out plainly as the Elemental Precepts. Thunder: Imperium is the Sovereign Right of all Humanity; Diamond: The Awakened are One Nation; Blood: The Sleepers Follow; and Star: The Silver Ladder is the Path to Victory. The climb to greater enlightenment is something every Sleeper and Awakened deserves, so the Silver Ladder devote themselves to that end.

This episode is about The Order, a show which follows a college student and his friends along their journeys learning magic.

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We talk about Drew's favorite Order, the Mysterium.

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If a Mage's interest lies in knowledge and discovery, they will likely find a home with the Mysterium. This youngest of the Diamond Orders finds its roots in two Orders, one which studied the Supernal and another which studied the Abyss. The two eventually merged as the Mysterium, publishing the Corpus Mysteriorum at the same time.

The Corpus Mysteriorum denominates their core beliefs: Knowledge is power, Knowledge must be preserved, and Knowledge has a price. Whether archaeologist, museum curator, or information broker, a member of the Mysterium sees enlightenment as how Magic is experienced.

This episode is a review of the movie Altered States (1980), especially how it relates to Mage: the Awakening descriptions and concepts.

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In this episode we introduce the Guardians of the Veil, the Atlantean Pentacle's secret police who use subterfuge and misdirection to protect the Fallen World from the Abyss.

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The Guardians of the Veil form a closeted religion which believes magic is a great responsibility, and must be kept safe through means of secrecy. Their magical interests lie in opposing enemies of the Pentacle as well as resolving problems of Abyssal origin.

Their beliefs are two-tiered: Exoteric and Esoteric. Being an Order obsessed with secrecy, even most Guardians are not privy to their leaders' most controversial beliefs. To become a Guardian is to enter a world of lies and half-truths, not only uncovering those of their adversaries but also spreading their own.

We review the movie Stardust (2007) from a Mage: the Awakening and Chronicles of Darkness perspective.

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We discuss the Adamantine Arrow and how Mages who join this Order typically think and behave.

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The closest thing to an official military the Atlantean Pentacle can boast is the Adamantine Arrow, who see the state of the Fallen World as an active war zone and believe it their duty to serve others through peril. Their questions about the world are motivated not only by their own interests, typically malicious occurrences, but also by those of their fellow cabal members.

Being widely regarded as the oldest and the youngest of the Diamond Orders, the Adamantine Arrow has a long history. It formed in the Hellenistic period and its members have long found truth in Alexander the Great's notion that war is eternal. An Arrow's Awakening shifts their focus to the enemies of the Fallen World, coming to see themselves as its vigilant defenders.

We review Spirited Away (2001) as a Thyrsus Awakening in Chronicles of Darkness and discuss what matches and what doesn't.

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