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Another legacy of the Acolytes of the Logos was the formation of the Chantry Lux Aeterna in Tuscany. This chantry is one of the major European centers for hermetic and religious magick and it still holds strict to many of the ideals of the Acolytes. Ideals such as magick should only be used for spiritual purposes or to move mankind towards God and mages should live a humble and ascetic life preferably in monastic seclusion. Dealings with mages denying these tenets are expressly forbidden. Despite its well deserved reputation of being one the most conservative chantries of Europe, it is also extremely well renowned for its learning, the quality of its education, the fabled library (containing many medieval texts saved by the Acolytes during the Renaissance) and the wise council of the nunti, special envoys sent to other chantries or Traditions on diplomatic missions.

The nunti (who have been called the Jesuits of the Traditions) are probably the sharpest diplomats among the Traditions, often able to convince other mages of the righteousness of certain actions or views. In one famous debate in 1893 in London, Richardo Derrida of Lux Aeterna elegantly annihilated the arguments of several representatives from the New World Order before an audience of Sons of Ether and probably helped sow a seed of rebellion inside the convention. The nunti are universally recognizable among Tradition mages (at least those who have paid some attention to history) by their seal, usually worn on a medallion around the neck: a golden octagram with the Hebrew letter Aleph in the center (representing the power of the Logos shining through the physical world revealing the message).

The Chantry proper is surprisingly discreet, a Renaissance building complex incongruously located on a small hill in the middle of the countryside surrounded by flowering fields. Officially it belongs to the Instituto Camplani, a little known think-thank. However, on the inside certain doors open up to its Horizon realm, a medieval monastery located on an identical hill in the same landscape. The chapel contains several famous relics believed to have been lost to the ravages of time, including the flame known as Lux Aeterna, which is believed to date back to the holy flame of the Temple.