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| | Once a guild of scholars, the '''Cabalists''' sought vast and deep knowledge in all aspects of life. Their studies |
| | were, and remain, shrouded in secrecy from the rest of [[Aetolia]], for the Cabal understood that knowledge is |
| | power, and those who direct their efforts towards this knowledge deserve to reap the benefits. |
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| ==The Cabalist Guild==
| | The Cabalists' characteristic skills were those of [[Numerology]], a lore based on the numbers and the mystical |
| | powers they contain, allowing them to toy with the very fabric of creation. Their research into the dark arts |
| | of [[Necromancy]] rewarded them with the ability to deal with the science of life essence, death and decay in |
| | their purest forms. Finally, their abilities in [[Domination]] permitted them to call upon the service of Chaos |
| | entities to aide them in combat, plying the [[Chaos Lords]] by valuable goods or by force. |
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| | The ways of Numerology had been lost since the time of the [[Grand Artifice]] at the end of the [[Second Mortal Epoch]], until [[Eocik]], a wayward farmer of [[Spinesreach]], found a cache of forgotten [[Ankyrean]] scrolls in the City's |
| Guildmaster: Katriela
| | catacombs. The Cabal was dissolved by Eocik in the year 463 MA, out of his fear of Numerology's destructive |
| Divine Patron: [[Niuri]], the Ultraist
| | potential - defiant ex-Cabalists and Spirean loyalists created the [[Archivists]] in response, carrying the |
| Seven-hand: Katriela
| | Cabal's legacy forward. |
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| As a Guild of scholars, the Cabalists seek vast and deep knowledge in
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| all aspects of life. Their studies are shrouded in secrecy from the rest
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| of Aetolia, for the Cabal understands that knowledge is power, and those
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| who direct their efforts towards this knowledge deserve to reap the
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| benefits.
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| The Cabalists' characteristic skills are those of [[Numerology]], a lore
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| based on the numbers and the mystical powers they contain, allowing them
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| to toy with the very fabric of creation. Their research into the dark
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| arts of [[Necromancy]] rewards them with the ability to deal with the
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| science of life essence, death and decay in their purest forms. Finally,
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| their abilities in [[Domination]] permit them to call upon the service of
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| Chaos entities to aide them in combat, as long as they can coerce the
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| Chaos Lords into pacts, by bribery or by force.
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| The ways of [[Numerology]] had been lost since the time of the Grand | |
| Artifice at the end of the Second Mortal Epoch, until Eocik, a wayward | |
| farmer of [[Spinesreach]], found a cache of forgotten Ankyrean scrolls in | |
| the City's catacombs. The Cabalist thirst for knowledge is unmatched in | |
| Sapience, as the guild pursues greater and more powerful secrets which
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| underpin the very workings of the world.
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| ==A new day in Spinesreach==
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| The 8th of Severin in the year 107 started out like any day in
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| Spinesreach. The farmers ploughed their fields for their upcoming
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| planting, Franwet began her day's cooking, and the grumpy old villager
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| Eocik sat at the Inner Gate of Spinesreach complaining.
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| Though many tried to assuage him, none could get him to cease his rude
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| behavior. He insulted the manhood of more than one Shadowsnake, the
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| intelligence of quite a few others, and took particular care to take the
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| piss out of Avialle, who returned it just as well as she received it.
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| As he spoke to the crowd assembled, it became clear that Eocik had
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| secrets, but that initially, at least, he wasn't willing to share them
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| with the group of "imbeciles" in front of him. He had discovered lost
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| knowledge in Spinesreach that concerned the powers of the mystic
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| numerological symbols and had learned how to manipulate the symbols to
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| affect fate itself.
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| Eventually the crowd learned that Eocik was to open a Cabal, and that he
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| would allow in any who "strove above the level of moron" and sought to
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| learn the beauty of the numbers. And so the Cabalists were formed.
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| Little is known about them. Their guildhall is in the depths of the
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| Catacombs of Spinesreach, where they can be found contemplating the
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| beauty and mystery of the numbers, eliciting effects and manipulating
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| fate.
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| What is not known, however, is if the cantankerous Eocik will ever warm
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| up to any of his students long enough not to insult them.
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