Codex

The Council of Nine Mystic Traditions
A loose organization of mages, the Traditions are a collection of mages who embrace the mystical and magical side of the world and seek to open up the masses to a more fluid and dynamic view of the world. Each Tradition is represented within the organization through a seat that represents a Sphere of magic that they tend to specialize in.

Akashic Brotherhood / Akashayana
Enlightened monks from the Far East, who believe in training the body to serve as a better vessel for the mind and spirit. They are masters of supernatural martial arts, particularly their special technique of Do.

Celestial Chorus
Miracle workers and priests who transcend any single religious faith.

Cult of Ecstasy / Sahajiya
Seers who seek to alter their perceptions and see beyond the limitations of their mundane experiences, usually through the use of sex, drugs, and rock and roll.

Dreamspeakers / Kha'vadi
Tribal shamans who walk the boundaries between dream and reality, and commune with the world of the spirits. They are a collection of eclectic animist traditions, from Native Americans to African, lumped together upon the formation of the Traditions.

Euthanatos / Chakravanti
Necromancers and fate-changers devoted to guiding the great wheel of death and rebirth. Their beliefs rose out of Indian beliefs in the cycle of karma and reincarnation, and also include Greek and Celtic death-cults. To the Euthanatos, death is merely a part of life, a part which is sometimes necessary for the greater good.

Order of Hermes
Perhaps the oldest Tradition of them all, or at least the first one to properly define themselves as such, the Order of Hermes was one of the most vital forces behind the creation of the Council in the past. Of the Traditions, they are the closest to the classic fantasy "wizard", their style being