Sorcerer Groups

WoD: Sorcerer - Note: each group has around 100 or less than 50 members.

• Ancient Order of the Aeon Rites - Shades of OoH. A Western occult group with a focus on Kabbalah, Enochian, numerology & similar concepts. They hold financial resources & are known for charity work. They claim to be guided by spirits called Secret Watchers. In magician circles they have a reputation for being smug & stand offish but they do not antagonize anyone. Headquarters in Amsterdam.
• Balamob - Shades of Dreamspeakers & Verbena. Primal magicians that use shapeshifting & spirit beliefs from Mayan culture. They stay in the Yucatan Peninsula, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvadore & Honduras. Mostly poor, rural people who know the jungle well. They use blood letting & believe they protect the common people from harmful spirits in Sheebalba (the Umbra). Sometimes ally with were-jaguars.
• Nephite Priesthood - Shades of Celestial Chorus. Called Dust Prophets, this male-only group belongs to the traditional Mormon faith & believe their line started with Nephi hundreds of years ago. It was wiped out long ago but restarted in 1849 when Nephi appeared as an angel to restart the group. They work to protect the Mormon faith. Members often wander alone in the deserts of Oregon, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado & Arizona.
• Thal’hun - Shades of the Sons of Ether. True believers who teach an alien in energy form has lived on Earth for ages teaching people enlightened science as magic. In 1961 it took human form & trained 7 disciples in the undisguised alien science. Now they study an alien language & its difficult harmonics as they try to build machines that channel sound for advanced effects. Headquarters in San Francisco. A peaceful group.
• Uzoma - Traditional African priests who follow spirits called orisha. Spirit possession is an important part of their magical practice. They sacrifice animals & use music & dance in their rituals. They serve their African communities as priests & teach traditional ways. They protect their communities from outside dangers. More men than women. Mostly in Nigeria, Togo & Benin but some have come to U.S., Jamaica & Colombia.

WoD: Sorcerer Brief Descriptions

• Asatru Futhark - A rebellious group that has adapted parts of Norse magic together with demonic pacts & harsh black metal music. They hold many racist views & have especial hatred for Christianity & the modern society they blame for making people soft. They initiate violence & are avoided by more serious practitioners of Norse magic.
• Dozen Priests of the Pythian Order - Descendants of an ancient order of Greek formal poets. Probably only a half dozen left, they keep a temple on a small island off the coast of Greece. Their poems incorporate numerology, ancient music, astrology, etc.
• The Fenian - Followers of Irish/Celtic magic & claim to be members of an ancient, undiluted blood line. They believe their powers are more from their blood than study. Each member lives under a different geese they cannot break. They value strength & singing ability. Less than 30 today. They have allies among the Fiana tribe of werewolves & Changelings but enemies among the fomori. They often learn animal shapeshifting.
• Mogen Ha Chav - Kabbalists who only accept men over 40. Centered in Brooklyn, New York. Believe they must locate & protect the 36 righteous individuals scattered across the globe. They create accurate horoscopes & promote traditional Jewish culture.
• 7 Thunders - A Christian group that uses the True Faith Merit. Members of this group are anti-establishment & oppose scholarship along with traditional church authority. They started in the Renaissance but re-established in 1992.
• Zolondrodere: Dreamers of the Silver Portal - Dream magicians. They study a translation of an ancient scroll that teaches about oneiromancy & dream realms. They search for the City of Syrannon.

Sorcerer Revised

• The Children of Osiris - The Children of Osiris was a bloodline in Vampire the Masquerade. A bloodline is a group of vampires that is smaller and less powerful than a clan. These vampires claimed descent from Osiris who they claim was a powerful vampire in ancient Egypt. Sorcerers who were not vampires were a part of this group that retains mystic knowledge and rituals from past eras of Egypt. The vampires of this group are no more but the sorcerers remain. They worship Osiris & seek the power of resurrection. Recently, members of this group have disappeared. It is whispered by some they have relocated to the Middle East. Yes, this group ties in with Mummy The Resurrection for World of Darkness.
• The Cult of Isis - A group that began with Isis, wife of Osiris, in ancient Egypt. Horus, leader of the mummies, directed it after Isis’ death but later it spread across the western world & split into many societies that retained similarities such as sensuality in their rituals along with ancient Egyptian elements. Some groups are connected to or even have members in the Order of Hermes, Verbena & Cult of Ecstasy.
• The Cult of Mercury - The group was introduced in Dead Magic as a group that existed in Ancient Greece & Rome. It was implied they died out but mages travel to the Mediterranean to unearth their secrets. It seems the society isn’t dead, though. They require large numbers of participants for their rituals & can only perform their magic through these rituals. The surviving cult is small & having a hard time these days.
• Maison Liban - This society began as a group of refugees escaping House Tremere when it was still a part of the Order of Hermes. The name could be translated as “the House of Survivors” or “the House that got the hell out of Dodge”. Their traditional home is northern France. They specialize in protection and anti-scrying magic & have retained many Hermetic trappings. The elders leading Clan Tremere may know about these sorcerers.
• Nebuu-Afef, The Order of the Golden Fly - In the time of Moses, not long after the ancient jews left Egypt resentment still smoldered against them. A group of sorcerers created a special ritual to attract the angel of death once again so they could bind it to their service. Unfortunately, they didn’t know that the angel of death had left God’s service & had an agenda of its own. Letting the magicians believe it was their slave, it taught them only what it wanted them to know. The golden fly in their name comes from a mark of distinction for soldiers in ancient Egypt. At the society’s founding many of the members were soldiers & this tradition continues today. Most members are soldiers, police officers & similar professions with strong bodies & tactical minds. The society left Egypt long ago & when a mysterious attack drove them out of Europe during World War II they disappeared. Reports mention them in the U.S. & the Middle East. The angel of death is still attached to the society today. Its influence is still malevolent.
• The Silver Portal - This was a minor group in WoD: Sorcerer. Here the description is expanded. It is offered to players with special rules to vary the character’s path magic based on their last chaotic dream experience.
• The Star Council - This society began as a group of UFO investigators who broke into a restricted hangar to discover some very strange devices. Since then they’ve merged with the remains of the Thal’hun, a group we covered in our episode on WoD: Sorcerer, & learned to hide their meetings from the U.S. government. They continue to seek the truth behind what they believe are aliens. Strange occurrences dog them. If you like the X Files TV show, this group looks awfully familiar.

Mage20 Sorcerer

• Ancient Order of the Aeon Rites
• Arcanum
• Balamo'ob
• Children of Osiris
• Cult of Isis
• Cult of Mercury
• Dozen Priests of the Pythian Order
• Fenian
• Forn Jafnaðr
• Maison Liban
• Mogen HaLev
• Nebuu-Afef, Order of the Golden Fly
• Nephite Priesthood
• Seven Thunders
• Silver Portal
• SEAI (Society of Enlightened Altruistic Ideologies)
• Star Council
• Thal'hun
• U.S. intelligence groups
• Uzoma