Council of Nine (World of Darkness)

The Council of Nine is an organization that features in World of Darkness.

History

The Council of Nine

The Traditions largely formed in reaction to the foundation of the Order of Reason. The Daedaleans considered magi dangerous, and wanted to eliminate magick and other supernatural phenomena from reality, as well as providing the tools for enlightenment into the hands of the common man. This threatened the power structure to which magi (particularly the Order of Hermes) had been accustomed, so they banded together with other magi in order to present a unified front against the Daedalean menace.

After a time, the Greek faction of the Chakravanti held prominence, and the Tradition was simply known as the Euthanatoi. The Chœur Céleste, also known at the time as the "Chorus Celestial," became known as the more accurately-translated Celestial Chorus. Dream-speakers lost their hyphen and became simply Dreamspeakers. The Seers of Chronos (Sahajiya) became known as the Cult of Ecstasy, renamed so by the Sh'zar in 1867. The Euthanatoi and Verbenae gradually became called by their singular forms – the Euthanatos and the Verbena – even within their own Traditions. Only older Hermetics still use the old forms.

Toward the end of the 1800s, the Technocratic Union's Electrodyne Engineers were becoming increasingly dissatisfied with the modus operandi of the Union. In 1904, they abandoned the Technocracy and joined the Traditions as the Sons of Ether, filling the seat of Matter vacated by the Solificati. The Traditions were Nine once again, for the first time in nearly four hundred years.

Overview

The Council served as the leadership of the Council of Nine Mystic Traditions. The Council meets in special Chambers in Horizon Chantry, located in the city of Concordia in Horizon. They gather at a round table with ten seats; nine seats are emblazoned with the symbols of one of the nine Spheres, while the tenth was historically set aside for guests.

Each Tradition historically had a seat on the council, and one representative from each Tradition would be that Tradition's representative on the Council, and holder of the seat. The Council officially met once every nine years, although no all councilors attended each meeting.

The Traditions are the backbone of the Council. The modern Council was comprised of the:

• Akashic Brotherhood : mystical martial artists whose meditations grant them insight into the seat of the Mind.
• Celestial Chorus : holding the seat of Prime. The Choristers are religious mystics, all adhering to faith in the One.
• Cult of Ecstasy : hold the seat of Time are practitioners of ancient ecstatic rites to see beyond reality.
• Dreamspeakers : holders of the seat of Spirit and are the shamans and tribal willworkers of history.
• Euthanatos : hold the seat of Entropy and are enforcers of the karmic wheel of rebirth.
• Order of Hermes : hold the seat of Forces. The order are traditional high mages of the medieval European form, claiming descent from Hermes Trismegistus.
• Sons of Ether : left the Technocracy after the Michelson-Morley experiment, and have since held the Matter seat in the Traditions.
• Verbena : mages are the inheritors of traditions of blood and enlightenment from druidic rituals to the world tree; they hold the seat of Life.
• Virtual Adepts : are mages who utilize the power of telecommunications in their mastery of Correspondence.

Members

• Nightshade :

Notes

• The Council of Nine was created by White Wolf Publishing where they featured in the setting of the World of Darkness universe.

Appearances

• Mage: The Ascension:

External Links

• White Wolf Wiki Entry

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