Mage/Theme/Orders/Guardians of the Veil/Player Roles

These roles are adapted from Mage: the Awakening 1.0 and are subject to revision in play.

NPC Roles

• Epopt - The Epopt's role will always be held by an NPC. The Shadowname of Walsingham belongs to the Council of the Wise now. Which suits the present epopt just fine. Cypher, as the Epopt is known, has been at the head of the order for over thirty years. He is not a native of the area, having transferred from the Fecund Coin's caucus as a susceptor to aid then Epopt Logos uncover and destroy a cadre of Seers active in the Lehigh Valley. Through determination and wit, Cypher rose through the ranks and now leads the caucus with shrewd intuition and a paternalistic hand.
  Prerequisites: Guardians of the Veil Status 4.
  Current Epopt: Cypher

PC Roles

• Susceptor - The spies and secret agents of the Guardians of the Veil. Experts in espionage, disguise, and targeted violence, they are the tip of the Veil's spear in combating the machinations of the Seers of the Throne. They answer directly to the Epopt, and while they are given wide leeway to pursue their own leads and chase down their own suspects, they are accountable to the Epopt for their activities. They require a keen deductive mind, the ability to make snap decisions in the field, and a good deal of social acumen to accomplish their tasks. They are conditioned to deal with the matter in front of them, leaving the larger picture to the Epopt to furnish.
  Prerequisites: Two Arcana at 4, Prime 2, Mind 2, Wits 3, Subterfuge 3, Persuasion 2, Guardians of the Veil Status 3.
  Current Susceptors: Man

• Redactor - Redactors, as the name implies, Unmake mistakes. When a paradox is unleashed, when a Gulmoth erupts upon the material plane, when a Banisher's madness dances through the Fallen World, the Redactors will shortly arrive with a magical broom to make it all go away. Blood disappears, corpses rot away, magical resonances are scrubbed, nimbuses occluded, minds erased, even spirits borne of the activity are sundered from the earth. Moreover, burned buildings are repaired, crashed cars mended, and injuries healed. Through the looking glass of time, they see the site as it was before and they make it whole once more. It is a thankless job. The sort of job that, when performed well, receives no praise. For no one was aware it was done in the first place.
  Prerequisites: One of the following Arcana: Prime 4, Matter 4, Death 4, Spirit 4, Mind 4, Life 4; One of the Additional Arcana: Space 2, Time 2; Guardians of the Veil Status 2.
  Current Redactors: Gardener, Portia

• Interfector - Executioner and assassin, the Interfector is a slave of the consilium. The Interfector alone doles out the punishment of death upon the Awakened. Once the Lex has spoken and the Council has ruled, the iron mask is taken up, the robes are donned, and death swiftly follows. The Interfector is ritually (and actually) despised by the Awakened nation as a whole. It's unclean to stand in one's shadow, nevermind to actually touch the body of an Interfector. Fortunately, the caucus rotates this particular duty among those with the stomach for it, ensuring no single individual has to suffer too long behind the scorned mask, or sacrifice too much in the way of wisdom to the whims of the consilium's council.
  Prerequisites: Prime 2, Mind 2, Composure 3, Resolve 3, Guardians of the Veil Status 2.
  Current Interfectors: Only the Epopt knows.

• Decorticator - Decorticators do the daily work of the Caucus. They seek out Supernal truths, Abyssal incursions, or the activities of Banishers and Scelesti. They monitor their Awakened breathren for signs of Hubris, and report instances of Paradoxes. Their skill set is more generalized than those of Redactors and Susceptors, because their role is largely to uncover a matter rather than resolve it; though they are empowered to resolve such matters that they come upon should it be within their power to do so. Decorticators inform the Susceptors and Redactors when work needs doing, and partner with them to achieve those ends. The role is an excellent stepping stone towards those more specialized ones.
  Prerequisites: Investigation 2, Subterfuge 2, Guardians of the Veil Status 2.
  Current Decorticators: Anthelion, Pheme,

• Cultor - On the surface, cultors appear to be little more than cult leaders. But that is doing the role a disservice. Cultors are responsible for creating the Labyrinths of the Guardians, and sprinkling them with Mysteries that appeal not simply to those who are drawn to cults, but disciplined minds, skilled researchers, and dauntless investigators. The Labyrinths of the Guardians provide a source of temporal income, a web of information gathering sleepers to supply useful trivia to the Order, and a vibrant garden to tend in the hopes of awakening a prodigy; proverbially reaching the center of the labyrinth. While this is the entry level position withing the caucus, without the vitality of the Labyrinths, the Order itself would collapse.
  Prerequisites: Guardians of the Veil Status 1.
  Current Cultors: Hearth, Thespis