Brotherhood of the Ineffable Truth
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The Brotherhood of the Ineffable Truth
The Brotherhood of the Ineffable Truth claims an illustrious line of descent from a variety of powerful Mysterium cabals in England, France and Germany, one or two of which have persisted for centuries. Of course, nowadays all of that means precious little to the willworkers of Boston as a whole. It did, however, serve to give the Brothers’ predecessor cabals a position of strength, a prestigious lineage of generations of mentors that Potestas capitalized upon in 1956, when he founded a cabal of his own. In 1978, when Ariadne, the Master of the Academy (and, effectively, the leader of its governing cabal), succumbed to old age, Potestas was there to deftly maneuver his own cabal into the pre-eminent position within the shared sanctum.
Since that time, the Brotherhood has more or less con-trolled affairs at the Academy, though internal struggles between the cabal’s two most powerful members — Potestas and his onetime student Aurem — have become ever more frequent, as the elder master wanders deeper into his twilight years. To outsiders, though, the cabal presents a front of solidarity that is only just a little bit frayed around its edges. Neither of the two masters wants non-members to perceive more division than is absolutely unavoidable, lest the Brotherhood’s authority slip. For the time being, the issue is effectively moot, given the short leash on which the Exalted Knights of the Gryphon have been placed, but, as Aurem has been known to point out, “That allegiance is just one spell away from dissipating like fog at sunrise.”
Sanctum: The Academy
Sanctum Size ••••; Security •••;Hallow •••••
The stronghold of the Brotherhood of the Ineffable Truth, the Academy is a place of rigorous discipline and esoteric study. It is a bastion of mystic scholarship in a fallen world. On the outside, the building is nondescript — a large, walled-in apartment building in the Beacon Hill area. The north wing has been offered to the Exalted Knights of the Gryphon, and serves as their sanctum. However, within the Academy proper, tasteful opulence abounds. Most of the décor tends toward dark colors: reds, purples and greens dominate, accented by gold or silver. All of the flooring on the first level is of marble (black, white or a combination of the two), and a number of the rooms boast lavish wood paneling, stained into rich, dark hues.
Each day, when the sun reaches its zenith, one or more of the members of the Brotherhood light scores of candles located around a massive orrery on the top floor of the Academy (a 5-point shared Hallow). Mana condenses as tass in the melted wax. For the most part, Potestas and Aurem control the flow of Mana, and, between them, always set aside the Exalted Knights’ allotted portion, in honor of their bargain with the warrior cabal. Naturally, the Academy’s library is expansive, encompassing the better part of the second floor. Walls were long ago knocked out to allow for a single, tremendously huge repository of knowledge, with the shelves arranged along arcane patterns (Ancient Ruins, the Awakened in Politics, Cryptozoology, Goetia and Numerology).
Notable Members
Potestas - Concilium Councilor
Aurem - Potestas' Provost
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