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*Isis did not look back. Beyond the city, beyond the woods, beyond the valley, and through the mountains she fled. Sharp stones cut the shoes from her feet and turned her footsteps red, but she did not stop. The path climbed wasted slope after wasted slope until her thirst became torture and her muscles living fire, but she did not stop. Through screaming winds that whipped her, with words that bruised and cut and festered, she ascended higher and higher until the path turned to nothing at the very peak, but she did not stop. Into the empty sky she walked until at last she stood alone above all. Silence reigned there that would see her self disperse like smoke, but she defiantly opened a vein with her athame, cast her blood across the emptiness in a blazing symbol and cried: "I am!" And the void trembled at her words. | *Isis did not look back. Beyond the city, beyond the woods, beyond the valley, and through the mountains she fled. Sharp stones cut the shoes from her feet and turned her footsteps red, but she did not stop. The path climbed wasted slope after wasted slope until her thirst became torture and her muscles living fire, but she did not stop. Through screaming winds that whipped her, with words that bruised and cut and festered, she ascended higher and higher until the path turned to nothing at the very peak, but she did not stop. Into the empty sky she walked until at last she stood alone above all. Silence reigned there that would see her self disperse like smoke, but she defiantly opened a vein with her athame, cast her blood across the emptiness in a blazing symbol and cried: "I am!" And the void trembled at her words. | ||
*She was found straying through the streets of London, confused by the alien surroundings of the city, by a Mysterium Mage in the February of 2010. How she had come to be there, or how much time had passed since she had left her home she could not say. Recognized as a mage Isis was invited in and a higher-ranking mage quickly called in when none knew what to make of her - a mage seemingly barely out of childhood, speaking only in fluent Latin, claiming to have Awakened only 'a few days' earlier yet possessing uncanny knowledge of occult matters and Awakened society. Theories of deception, paradox and possession were brought up and discarded again, and the stories of her home greeted with equal measures of disbelief and horrified acceptance. In the end it was agreed to keep the matter quiet, debrief Isis (who refused to give any other name) thoroughly and then help her adjust to her new life. | *She was found straying through the streets of London, confused by the alien surroundings of the city, by a Mysterium Mage in the February of 2010. How she had come to be there, or how much time had passed since she had left her home she could not say. Recognized as a mage Isis was invited in and a higher-ranking mage quickly called in when none knew what to make of her - a mage seemingly barely out of childhood, speaking only in fluent Latin, claiming to have Awakened only 'a few days' earlier yet possessing uncanny knowledge of occult matters and Awakened society. Theories of deception, paradox and possession were brought up and discarded again, and the stories of her home greeted with equal measures of disbelief and horrified acceptance. In the end it was agreed to keep the matter quiet, debrief Isis (who refused to give any other name) thoroughly and then help her adjust to her new life. | ||
| β | **'''''Sidebar for the ST:''' The above represents Isis' recollections. Her Mysterium debriefing would have suggested a secret society of apostates from the Diamond Orders, likely originally hailing from the 18th century, engaged in an attempt to build a new Atlantis despite the universal and absolute proscription against any such experiments. They made extensive use of Demesnes as well as ill-understood artifacts like the Tiled Pillar, and may have located their city in a natural focus of supernal or otherwise supernatural forces. Cynical minds might conjecture that Isis may have been stolen from her Proximus parents, whose death may have been no accident either (if in fact they are dead and not still alive somewhere in the world, missing their daughter - plot hook, ahoy, either way!), but they'll not have mentioned the idea to her. The doom that came to the Societas - if Isis' dreams are to be believed - could be the weight of paradox accumulated but deferred over the decades, an Abyssal incursion of other sort, the collapse of the containing Chantry, | + | **'''''Sidebar for the ST:''' The above represents Isis' recollections. Her Mysterium debriefing would have suggested a secret society of apostates from the Diamond Orders, likely originally hailing from the 18th century, engaged in an attempt to build a new Atlantis despite the universal and absolute proscription against any such experiments. They made extensive use of Demesnes as well as ill-understood artifacts like the Tiled Pillar, and may have located their city in a natural focus of supernal or otherwise supernatural forces. Cynical minds might conjecture that Isis may have been stolen from her Proximus parents, whose death may have been no accident either (if in fact they are dead and not still alive somewhere in the world, missing their daughter - plot hook, ahoy, either way!), but they'll not have mentioned the idea to her. The doom that came to the Societas - if Isis' dreams are to be believed - could be the weight of paradox accumulated but deferred over the decades, an Abyssal incursion of other sort, the collapse of the containing Chantry, or even an Ochema intervening. Who knows ...''<br> |
*Since then Isis has learned much - about everything, including many things taken for granted by those growing up under more normal circumstances - and has, for the most part, settled into this new existence. She has, after mere 15 Months, already moved beyond the tutoring and supervision of the apprenticeship phase, and even taking into account her education prior to the Awakening her advancement in the Arts has been extraordinary. A prodigy watched with both pride and some concern by her teachers from both Orders Isis wavered between the Mysterium and the Adamantine Arrow for quite some time before finally choosing the path of the mysteries. In the end, though she sympathizes with the Arrow's cause and Adept Diana of the Arrow was her favourite and closest teacher, the appeal of Knowing was greater than that of Protecting. | *Since then Isis has learned much - about everything, including many things taken for granted by those growing up under more normal circumstances - and has, for the most part, settled into this new existence. She has, after mere 15 Months, already moved beyond the tutoring and supervision of the apprenticeship phase, and even taking into account her education prior to the Awakening her advancement in the Arts has been extraordinary. A prodigy watched with both pride and some concern by her teachers from both Orders Isis wavered between the Mysterium and the Adamantine Arrow for quite some time before finally choosing the path of the mysteries. In the end, though she sympathizes with the Arrow's cause and Adept Diana of the Arrow was her favourite and closest teacher, the appeal of Knowing was greater than that of Protecting. | ||
*Having been initiated into the Atlantean Mysteries Isis has become a full member of the Mysterium, walking the path of her personal Sophiad. Nonetheless she remains on friendly terms with her Arrow acquaintances, foremost among them Diana who has continued as her teacher if in a different way than before - despite some manoeuvring from the Pathfinders among the the Mysterium Isis has chosen Diana as her master in the Sphinx Legacy. Due to the way potential students have always been expected to identify without help and actively seek out their prospective teachers in the Legacy there can be no open complaints, but there certainly has been some grumbling behind the scenes. | *Having been initiated into the Atlantean Mysteries Isis has become a full member of the Mysterium, walking the path of her personal Sophiad. Nonetheless she remains on friendly terms with her Arrow acquaintances, foremost among them Diana who has continued as her teacher if in a different way than before - despite some manoeuvring from the Pathfinders among the the Mysterium Isis has chosen Diana as her master in the Sphinx Legacy. Due to the way potential students have always been expected to identify without help and actively seek out their prospective teachers in the Legacy there can be no open complaints, but there certainly has been some grumbling behind the scenes. | ||
