Editing Lineage:Rebellion Lineages (section)

=Order of Spartacus=

[[Image:Gladius.jpg]]

Positive Stereotype:  Heroic champion.

Negative Stereotype:  Blood-thirsty rabble.

Symbol:  Gladius.

Signature Spell:  Fireball.  “I Create Fire”

Magical Style:  Ancient Roman.

The Order of Spartacus was founded in the 4th century by freeman mages inspired by the story of the slave-turned-rebel.  The real Spartacus was rebelling against the mundane power of Rome, but the order rebels against anything it considers slavery, including not only ownership of one human by another, but serfdom, the prison system, and, of course, Heaven and Hell.  The order has been militant and frequently violent since the beginning, seeing direct action as the only option of the oppressed.  They have been active historically in the abolition of the slave trade, women’s suffrage, and children’s rights.  Today, much of their attention is focused on the second and third world, but their presence can be felt wherever there is a militant left.  Apprentices are trained to survive first and foremost and a given a thorough grounding in combat skills.  Magical training focuses on fiery offence and on healing.

The Order of Spartacus reserves a particular hatred for the Houses of Flavii and Julii, who they blame not only for slavery in the Roman Empire, but for serfdom in Europe and the spread of the African slave trade.  However they also have longstanding feuds with most of the Houses and certainly with any who have held national thrones.  They took no interest in the American Revolution, finding it a distraction from the more important issue of slavery, but they supported the north wholeheartedly in the American Civil War.

Mortal Politics:  Slavery must be wiped from the face of the Earth and everyone must have equal political rights.  Poverty must be abolished and torture, capital punishment and corporal punishment universally outlawed.  The corporations must be the tools of the people and not vice versa.

Cost:  21

Skills:  First Aid, Guns (Pistol), Judo, Karate, Knife, Occultism, Running, Stealth, Symbol Drawing (Greek), Tactics.

Body Control:  Boost Health, Frailty, Vigor.
Fire:  Create Fire, Fireball, Ignite Fire, Shape Fire.
Healing:  Lend Energy, Lend Vitality, Minor Healing, Recover Energy.


Relations

The Houses

House of Anjou:  Robin Hood had the right idea about them; stick an arrow in them and take their money.

House of Cain:  Skill in the service of no cause is nothing.  So, these murderers are nothing.

House of Capet:  They think they have the right to bleed us white because they are aristocracy. Off with their heads!

House of Carolus:  There are no good kings.  These pigs will spin you a tale of the glory of Charlemagne, but its taxes and labor they want in the end.

House of Flavii: Slavers so relentless that not even the dead slip between their fingers.  Their naked lust for power is never satisfied.

House of Hapsburg:  They want nothing more than to reduce citizens to serfs.  There is going to be trouble in Europe.

House of Julii:  They built an empire out of slavery and yearn to do it again.  The Julii always has a weapon in their hand.

House of Lancaster:  They call themselves “capitalists” but who decided that the capital was theirs?

Order of Lilith:  Selfishness is good, is it?  My self-interest is in not having you around.  Fuck off, then.

House of Medici:  Bandits like any other, only they use the law instead of brute force.  They have no honor, but they do have a long memory for broken contracts.

House of Romanov:  What a shame the mages of Russia didn’t manage to wipe them all out.

House of Stuart:  The great tyrants of the modern world.  Death to all tyrants.

House of Trastámara:  Evil, sadistic, egomaniacal little fucks.  Death is too good for them.

House of Ummayad:  I hope they stay in their holes forever.  If they don’t give a damn about anyone else, then why should I give a damn about them?

House of Warwick:  Their lies keep the world in chains.

House of York:  The power to oppress comes from the barrel of a gun and they know it.  The only thing that stops them from taking over is that the House of Stuart has them trained to be lapdogs.

The Rebellion

Order of Boudicca:  They stood up against the slave trade when other mages were busy making money.

Order of Copernicus:  Like it or not, it is these guys who gave the Rebellion the standing to come out into the open.

Order of Darwin:  They proved once and for all that humanity can change.  As long as they survive, the Rebellion has a chance.

Order of Eve:  The original rebels.  They may be a little wimpy, but you’ve got to give them that.

Order of Jesus:  They are weird, but they don’t try to take power, so they are harmless enough.  If that is how they want to rebel, that’s their business.

Order of Judas:  They bow to no-one and aren’t afraid to get their hands dirty.

Order of Siddhartha:  Rebelling in your own head is not rebelling at all.  Do something!

Order of Solon:  The Rebellion is still in its early stages.  It is a little early to be setting up a government.

Order of Thales:  Twice as immobile as the Siddharthas.  When are they going to take action?

Order of Utnapishtim:  They have much to teach about hiding and surviving but everything to learn about fighting back.