Coils

From Ordo Dracul

Current revision as of 08:38, 19 July 2006

There are many societies within the Ordo Dracul. Some are more public than others.

The Sworn of the Axe

http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Sworn_Axe/

Companion

The Code of the Companion:

Protect the Secrets of the Order, then the Order, then the members of the Order. In battle and peril our word is law, to debate or hesitate is to die. First in peril to us go the first choice of victim, land, and rewards of honor.

Dragon Knight

Vigilant Dragon

Rising Dragon

The right hand of the Grand Master.

Rampant Dragon / Grandmaster

Grandmasters are the highest ranked Sworn of the Axe

The Sworn of Dying Light

http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Sworn_Dying_Light/

Apprentice

Journeyman

Master

Galliard

Provost

Twilight Judge

The Sworn of Mysteries

http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/mysteries-sworn/

Seer

Oracle

Navigator

Parliamentarian

Guardians

Among the reverent Ordo Dracul, the Guardians are responsible for looking after mystical sites. The covenant has several reasons for wanting to keep other beings out of these nexuses. First, an uninformed fool with a bit of mystic talent but no proper training (by which the Dragons mean any magical being who is not a member of the covenant) could destroy the site's power and wreak havoc on an entire area. In fact, vampiric urban legend perpetuates tales of ill-performed rites on a particularly powerful site, courtesy of covens of mortal wizards, Lupine shamans and satanic cults. Second, places of power are valuable resources, and when the Order possesses one, that is both an asset for itself and an asset denied to rivals. As counterpoint to this, the Ordo Dracul knows that many of the other covenants of Kindred would destroy such sites rather than let the Dragons make use of them, or at least make them bargain for access. Third, such mystical sites are always changing, and while they normally change over the course of years or decades, sometimes magic takes a great leap forward and the Order likes to know about such events as soon as possible. Finally, the covenant asserts that some sites are truly symbolic or spiritual and deserve protection from defilement as well as from simple destruction.

Guardians are usually those Dragons with a bent toward martial prowess and stealth. They are rarely prepared to end their unlives in pursuit of their duties, however. After all, nothing is permanent, and throwing away an unlife over something that might change in a mere 50 years is just foolish.

Quoted [with edits] from __Mind's Eye Theatre: The Requiem__

Becoming a Guardian

Becoming a Guardian is not a simple task

• • To begin with a Dragons Nest must be found or created, then reported to the nearest Kogaion.
  • That Kogaion then picks a group of Sworn of Mysteries to create a profile of skills necessary to guard that Nest.
  • Given this profile the Kogaion requests volunteers to become a Guardian.
  • Once a list of candidates that fit the profile is selected the Kogaion selects a group of Sworn of Dying Light to select from amoung the volunteers who will become Guardian of that Dragon's Nest.

Kogaion

The respected keepers of the Covenants secrets. Always a member of the Sworn the Kogaion may only be removed from office through death, stepping down, or being voted out by seven other Kogaion.

The Kogaion is the keeper of all knowledge of the Dragons Nests in the Academy he is Kogaion for. Along with coordinating anything regarding the Dragons Nests he is also responsible for selecting the Sworn of Dying Light that will select from amoung volunteers wishing to be the new Guardian of a Dragons Nest.

Kogaion are relieved of their duties as Sworn upon taking the office, though they are still bound by their Oath.

Becoming a Kogaion

All three factions of the sworn within an Academy shall meet and choose their Kogaion, in this respect all Sworn are equal. Only a member of the Sworn can be chosen for this task.

The Coils, and how they determine a Dragon's title

The formal titles used within the Ordo Dracul has three distinct components.

The first is the Title, which is a representation of how many Coils that a Dragon claims to have. Note that a Dragon can lie, but doing so runs the risk of extreme (& possibly fatal) repercussions if caught.

• Slave:......... No Tiers
• Supplicant:.... One Tier
• Scribe:........ Two Tiers
• Scholar:....... Three Tiers
• Initiate:...... Four Tiers
• Adept:......... Five Tiers
• Master:........ Six Tiers
• Philosopher:... Seven Tiers
• Illuminus:... Eight Tiers
• Architect:..... Nine Tiers
• Visionary:..... Ten Tiers
• Immortal:...... Eleven or more Tiers

The second is the Domain, which indicates which particular Coil the Dragon is most accomplished within. This is typically placed directly behind the Title. It is also permitted to place an adjective before the Domain, to indicate the second-strongest Coil that the Dragon possesses. This is the most commonly used Decoration, as well.

Coil of Blood

• Coil of Blood is your highest Coil - ...of Hunger
• Coil of Blood is your second highest - Sanguine or Bloody

Coil of Banes

• Coil of Banes is your highest Coil - ...of the Curse
• Coil of Banes is your second highest - Burning or Fiery

Coil of the Beast

• Coil of the Beast is your highest Coil - ...of Terror
• Coil of the Beast is your second highest - Wild or Untamed

Coil of Flesh

• Coil of Flesh is your highest Coil - ...of Pain
• Coil of Flesh is your second highest - Carnal or Vital

Coil of the Soul

• Coil of the Soul is your highest Coil - ...of the Void
• Coil of the Soul is your second highest - Rarefied or Elysian

All Equal

• If all the Coils you have are of equal level - ..of Equilibrium

The third and final componenet is the Decoration, which is added to the Title + Domain formula as the Dragon wishes, either to convey additional information about the Dragon and his accomplishements within the Ordo Dracul, or simply to appear more impressive to others.

• If you have studied only one Coil:......................... Dedicated
• If you have studied four seperate Coils:................... Invisible
• If you have studied five separate Coils:................... Aetherial
• If you have studied the fourth tier of any specfic Coil:... Penultimate

As an example, a Dragon who has Blood 4, Banes 3, Beast 1, Flesh 1, & Soul 1 could describe his Title as being an Aetherial Visionary of Penultimate Hunger, which would tell any other Dragon that he has a total of 10 Coils, knows all four tiers of the Coil of Hunger, and has at least one tier in all five Coils.

Additional Decorations, and examples of Titles, can be found in the Ordo Dracul book, pages 15 & 16.

There are also other additional titles and custom Decorations created for use in the Sanctioned Chronicle.

Almost any accomplishment that would result in a modification of Title could be found in The Book.