Dance by Twilight Game Concepts
Mage the Awakening
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Power of a Name
Theme The Individual vs the Collective
Society is built on traditions and norms, it builds a sense of security and common cause. It could be argued that the Awakening demands one step out of the collective and embrace individual truth and yet most Awakened will quickly join an Order based on the pretext of understanding the power but those outside of the Seers of the Throne perhaps still strive to preserve their individuality. Sometimes though the collective will holds us back, sometimes the collective understanding is wrong.
Mood In the Ashes of Empire
The Pentacle has been decimated no Mage that survived the betrayal of Faust did so without losing something or someone close to them. In the ashes of his defeat the Awakened are left to contend with what is left and emerge from the ruins. The scope of his betrayal still remains and many mysteries remain unsolved making the Mages of the Diamond Orders particularly tightly knit while they look to answers to questions they do not wish to ask. They let those who offer them solace and security that the reigns of power.
Summery
The Pentacle was decimated by the treachery of the fallen Hierarch Faust and while he was defeated his corruption and machinations has left numerous unresolved problems. The mages of the Diamond Orders struggle to come to terms with the fact that they have become the junior partners in the Pentacle while the Free Council must likewise come to grips with the responsibility of leadership while the Seers of the Throne are resurgent for the first time in half a century.
A secret pact between ranking members of the Silver Ladder, Guardians of the Veil, and the Seers of the Throne was made with the Hallowed Name a Scorpion Cult dedicated to one of the Deceived. Called the cordon sanitaire this secret alliance has contained a particular Abyssal Verge which contains a mystery so potent even the competing elements of the Awakened agreed to put aside their differences to keep it contained.
The Mages dedicated to the cordon sanitaire give up their individuality in return they are granted immorality but little do these Mages know that the Deceived Master has been keeping hold of their names for the power they hold and now he seeks something more, enough power to restore it
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