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===Mountain Heart Sect===
'''Concept: Austere and withdrawn monks relentlessly pursuing enlightenment'''<br>
Most Buddhists of Shen Zhou have learned to accomodate a certain amount of worldiness in their practices; it is the price of spreading their teachings wide across the land. The monks of the Mountain Heart Sect make no such allowances. They spurn other philosophies, keep themselves aloof from matters of politics, and demand detachment in their adherents from the (as they have it) merely illusory concerns of everyday life. Following the practices of their founder, they all undergo a long apprenticeship in stonemasonry: it inculcates in initiates humility and diligence.<br>
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'''Thousand Boddhisatva Caves'''<br>
The culmination of the decade-long process of initiation into the Sect is the carving of a Buddha into the cave walls. It represents the removal of all that is superfluous to enlightenment and the elevation of a common worker’s practice into a form of meditation, to say nothing of the diligence required to perform such a task. It is said that to look upon a monk’s carving is to gain insight into his very essence; each stone Buddha is distinct, and bears the signature of its maker.
*'''3 Fortune''': You have visited the grottoes of the Mountain Heart Sect and studied the stone Busas found there. Once per story, declare that you have seen the statue of a member of the Mountain Heart Sect; if you find yourself in opposition to him, you will always laugh at his actions, and never fear them.
*'''5 Fortune''': Meditation among the stone Busas has affected you deeply. The example of the Mountain Heart sculptors has paved a path toward greater enlightenment and inner harmony. Work with your Sage to design a Minor Cultivation Hyperactivity that rewards you when you act in accord with Mountain Heart teachings.<br>
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'''The Empty Sutras'''<br>
The distinguishing feature of Mountain Heart philosophy is its rigorous focus on illusion as the cause for suffering and evil in the world. Nowhere is that philosophy more completely explicated than in the so-called Empty Sutras, which purport to be the records of conversations of the sect’s founder with his first disciples as they discuss the teachings of the Buddha and, somewhat incongruously, the practice of stonemasonry. It is thought that careful study of the Sutras, access to which is restricted to the longest-serving members of the Sect, will lead finally to the re-discovery of the Veil Rent Asunder, the transcendent style said to be the apogee of the Sect’s practices and beliefs.
*'''3 Destiny''': The Empty Sutras will play a role in your story. Perhaps you have been sent to learn them by the Little Forest Sect, or perhaps you seek them of your own accord. Whatever the case, it is no mean feat for an outsider to gain access to them.
*'''8 Victory''': You are to rediscover the Veil Rent Asunder transcendent style; if you are a member of the Sect, surely this will elevate you to the very heights of admiration and respect. If you are not, things might be a little more complicated …
**'''-2''': The rediscovery of the style will cost you something very dear to you; work with your sage to find an appropriate price.

'''The Third Mason'''<br>
The founder of the Mountain Heart Sect was an unlettered mason; legend has it that he worked in Blazing Beacon, one of many workers tasked with building a marvelous Buddhist temple. He overheard the monks’ teachings to their students and their disputations among themselves. Despite his lack of education (or perhaps because of it!) he saw through the needless filigree with which the monks decorated the teachings of the Buddha. When the temple was completed, he laid down his tools before the refined monks, rebuked them for their ostentatious displays and asked them to follow him to the mountains so that they could meditate and remove from themselves the illusions that had led them all so far astray.<br> 
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Each man to ascend to the leadership of the Sect abandons his name; as their founder is known by no other moniker than “the Mason,” they have taken the same name for themselves. The current holder of the name is revered for and distinguished by his kindness and eagerness to help initiates; he can often be found wandering the grottoes, engaging even the newest disciplines in protracted and congenial conversation.<br> 
*'''3 Fortune''': The Third Mason has met and taken an interest in you. If you are a member of the Sect, perhaps he has seen something promising in you — perhaps he even sees you as a potential successor! If you are not of the Sect, how did you meet the Mason, and what does he see in you?
**'''0 Bonus''': Among the Mountain Heart Sect, you have 2 Status: A Friend of the Mason; this gives you access to the Sect that outsiders otherwise do not enjoy
'''10 Destiny/Victory''': The tenure of the Third Mason approaches its end. You will play a vital role in determining his successor — or you will be his successor!

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