Motto: Defend and Detain Area of expertise: Conflux Law and Runic Magic One of the largest Orders is the Rosencrantz Order, also known as the Order of the Golden Rose. Founded by Dame Charlott Rosencrantz in the 14th century, it remains a nod to the time where Knights were appointed to uphold magical law. In her time, Charlott was one of the […]
Motto: Heal and Hunt Area of expertise: Potions and Blood Magic ‘The Lady with the Lamp’, Florence Nightingale, broke the Tradition of Word by practicing magic in front of Mundanes while paving the way for the nurse profession in training medics in the Crimean War (1853-56). One of her specialties was potions, and many of their active ingredients remain in commonly practiced […]
Motto: Balance and Bind Area of Expertise: Enchantment and Rituals The origins of the Le Fay Order are shrouded in mystery and controversy. Owing perhaps to being one of the oldest Orders still in existence, no living witchard, nor any reliable written source, seems able to accurately account for where or when it was founded, but legend that it was by the […]
Area of expertise: Beastology Motto: Care and Command Named for its founder, English witchard George Pickingill, the Pickingill Order is famed for its members’ unparallelled expertise in matters relating to beasts both magical and mundane. George Pickingill practiced and perfected his craft in 19th century England, where his unnatural aptitude for animal husbandry came to the attention of even the mundane population, […]
Motto: Shape and Shatter Area of expertise: Technomancy & Divination (Chronomancy) Newest among the orders is Artemis, named after the technomancer Gereon Artemis, who pioneered the combination of magic and modern technology. A few years after the founding of the Order, its founder was shunned for his “progressive experiments” with non-human subjects; as a result, Gereon went into exile. It is rumoured […]
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