The Thyrsus are a magical path whose ruling Arcana are Life and Spirit, and suffer penalties when trying to learn the Arcanum of Mind. They are also known as the Shamans on the Path of Ecstasy, Scions of the Watchtower of the Stone Book in the Realm of the Primal Wild, Kingdom of Totems and Abode of Beasts. Their theme is Instinct, their mood is Passion, and their Tarot card The Moon.

Contents 1 Thyrsus Legacies 2 The Thyrsus Outlook 2.1 Orders 2.1.1 Adamantine Arrow 2.1.2 Free Council 2.1.3 Guardians of the Veil 2.1.4 Mysterium 2.1.5 Silver Ladder 2.2 Other Paths 2.2.1 Acanthus 2.2.2 Mastigos 2.2.3 Moros 2.2.4 Obrimos 2.3 Other Creatures 2.3.1 Sleepers 2.3.2 Vampires 2.3.3 Werewolves

Thyrsus LegaciesEdit

• Dreamspeaker – The Dreamspeakers are shamans and spirit-talkers, who claim to be the oldest of all soulcrafting Legacies. Their magic grants them communion with powerful entities in the Astral Planes called the Dreamborn, whom the Dreamspeakers believe to have created the universe in the furthest depths of the past.
• Fallen Pillar – The Fallen Pillar mages seek to escape the prisons of their bodies, which they see as crude and useless shells. They live monastic lifestyles in a manner totally alien to the typical Thyrsus, abstaining from physical pleasures (including food and drink) and mortifying their bodies in an attempt to overcome all want, need, and fear.
• Imagineer – The Imagineers believe that everything of science, magic and art is born directly from the human mind, placing the collective consciousness of humanity at the apex of their vision of reality. They’re masters at manipulating Astral Space and the ideas and memes that lurk in the back of the collective minds of humanity.
• Keeper of the Covenant – One of the oldest Legacies in the Awakened world, if they are to be believed, the Keepers of the Covenant serve as ambassadors between the Awakened and spirit worlds. Their magic is heavily tied to the Shadow Realm, and serves them as bargaining tools amongst the spirits with whom they liaise.
• Lord of the Inanimate – The Lords of the Inanimate deal with the spirits of matter and tools. They hear the voices of the slumbering spirits of the myriad everyday objects that surround them in the Fallen World, and can rouse these spirits from their slumber and command them as they please.
• Neocolgist – These mages believe that humanity has been inadvertently destroying the natural world since the Industrial Revolution. They don’t intend to stop this process – they haven’t anywhere close to the manpower – instead seeking to rehabilitate the natural world and the spirits thereof into the artificial world of humanity before they are destroyed by the oncoming wave of urbanisation.
• Orphan of Proteus – The Orphans of Proteus are shapechanger mages, reclusive and wild Awakened who live on the periphery of society and who grow rarer each year as civilisation advances. Their powers over their bodies are quite formidable, and mark them even while they are in human form.
• Sodality of the Tor – The Sodality of the Tor bases itself on British Isles style witchcraft, and is based at Glastonbury Tor. Their magic allows them to draw down their archetypal soul – their ‘god-self’ – to aid them in tasks related to that god-self’s calling. They can also grant Mage Sight and prophecy to Sleepers for a little while.
• Tamer of Rivers – This Elemental Legacy specialises in the element of Water. The Tamers of Rivers are healers and wanderers, whose philosophy compels them to continue healing and aiding the world's Sleepers even after they have become Awakened.

• Devourer of the Flesh (left-handed) – The Devourers of the Flesh are a Legacy of cannibal warriors who take the vitality and power from the flesh of their victims. They are zealously devoted to hunting, slaying, and devouring the enemies of the Pentacle Orders, but are commonly insane and in any case practise an extremely taboo art, and are almost universally outlawed from Pentacle society.

The Thyrsus OutlookEdit

Below are presented common views, stereotypes, and prejudices held by the Thyrsus. An individual Shaman may disagree with some or even all of these descriptions; as Paths are hardly united fronts, the individual outlooks of those who walk them vary greatly. As a whole, however, the following descriptions sum up what the perceived majority of Thyrsus believe about the world, and what the world believes about them.

OrdersEdit

Adamantine ArrowEdit

Free CouncilEdit

Guardians of the VeilEdit

MysteriumEdit

Silver LadderEdit

Other PathsEdit

AcanthusEdit

MastigosEdit

MorosEdit

ObrimosEdit

Other CreaturesEdit

SleepersEdit

VampiresEdit

WerewolvesEdit

Mage: The Awakening Paths

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