Mage/Theme/Assembly/Organization

 The organization of the Assembly dates back to its inception. Back to when it wasn't even called an assembly, and simply the Unnamed Nation. The term Unnamed Nation is a big tent. It originally encompassed any and all participating traditions of magical practice within the whole of the Unnamed Orders who originally made pilgrimage to the Martyr's Tree in the years immediately following Gaveston's Great Hubris. In those days, the Cortical Precepts had yet to be formalized, and the beliefs and traditions of what would become the Children of the Tree were in their infancy.

 It was thought Wise at the time to simply welcome all comers, treat them as individuals, and seek to understand them as they were. As the community began to grow and develop, the Children of the Tree were the eventual result. This open acceptance of Diamond Order apostasy and novel tradition left the door open for the Free Council over two centuries later to find shelter under the recognized laws of the Nation and the Consilium both. That partnership eventually gave rise to the Assembly of the Unnamed Nation, the present political body of the united Unnamed Orders of the Martyr's Tree.

 As a result, the Libertines of the Free Council, the Scions of the Children of the Tree, and the emerging prodigies of the Unnamed may all call themselves members of the Unnamed Nation. (Though Libertines rarely do so, the right is there enshrined in law.) But only those who cleave to the traditions of the Free Council may call themselves Libertines, and only those who hold with the Cortical Precepts may call themselves Children of the Tree.