Arcane Orders

The orders of wizards and the secret societies that grew up around magic. Most descend, directly or through a splinter, from the first order: "The Acadian Order was born from a splinter from Nexa-Vinian order, which was a splinter from the original Council of Wizards (ruled by the Archwizards)" (S358). The magical traditions and schools themselves, and the arts the orders practise, are described under Magic.

The line of the Council

Order	Summary
Council of Wizards	the first order, ruled by the Archwizards and bound by the Wizard's Covenant, fallen with their deaths
Nexa-Vinian Order	the splinter of Nexagar and Vinias that sought a world-wide mageocracy and was broken in the Nexa-Vinian War
Acadian Order	Nexagar's splinter, rulers of Acadia and for centuries the kingdoms' police of rogue mages
The White Fire	the secret society of Lothos, the last Archwizard, hunting demons in every age

Other orders and societies

Order	Summary
Wizards of Lhan	colour-ranked mage-hunters ruling an island kingdom, ruined in a failed coup
Circle of Eternity	a Nexa-Vinian conspiracy beneath Proturas brewing immortality from a primal dragon's blood
Order of Agalon	a fallen order of Augurs, and the secret Ghorvallian Conclave

Orders described with their traditions

• The Druidic Order is described with the Druids.
• The Vacatori and the Order of Mithi'nulias, the mage-hunters who turned the Nexa-Vinian War, are described under Mithi'nulias.
• The Collegium of the Amber Sun, the Fourth Age society that displaced the Nexa-Vinians, is described with the Sovereign Assembly it controls.

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