Mind's Eye Theatre - Vampire The Requiem.pdf - RoseRed

Not all members of the Ordo Dracul are constantly embroiled in the process of learning,
however, and the covenant has great respect for those who take up the other duties that the
Dragons consider important.
Guardians
Among the reverent Ordo Dracul, the Guardians are responsible for looking after the
aforementioned mystical sites. The covenant has several reasons for wanting to keep other
beings out of these nexuses. First, an uninformed fool with a bit of mystic talent but no
proper training (by which the Dragons mean any magical being who is not a member of the
covenant could destroy the site’s power and wreak havoc on an entire area. In fact, vampiric
urban legend perpetuates tales of ill-performed rites on a particularly powerful site, courtesy
of covens of mortal wizards, Lupine shamans and satanic cults. Second, places of power are
valuable resources, and when the Order possesses one, that is both an asset for itself and an
asset denied to rivals. As counterpoint to this, the Ordo Dracul knows that many of the other
covenants of Kindred would destroy such sites rather than let the Dragons make use of them,
or at least make them bargain for access. Third, such mystical sites are always changing, and
while they normally change over the course of years or decades, sometimes magic takes a great
leap forward and the Order likes to know about such events as soon as possible. Finally, the
covenant asserts that some sites are truly symbolic or spiritual and deserve protection from
defi lement as well as from simple destruction.
Guardians are usually those Dragons with a bent toward martial prowess and stealth. They
are rarely prepared to end their unlives in pursuit of their duties, however. After all, nothing
is permanent, and throwing away an unlife over something that might change in a mere 50
years is just foolish.
Kogaion
Every city with a signifi cant Order presence has a pre-eminent Guardian known as a
Kogaion. He protects the city’s maps of ley lines and nexuses, the locations of its greatest
mystical treasures (if not the treasures themselves), and a roster of all Dragons in the area.
Most often, the Kogaion memorizes this information or records it in riddles, codes and dead
languages to keep it from falling into enemy hands. The title itself seems to be of Thracian
origin, meaning “the magnifi cent’s head.” A new Kogaion is elected only when an old one
dies, steps down or becomes untrustworthy (and being declared untrustworthy requires a
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Emphasize
order instead of
improvement
Idolaters without
enlightenment
chapter one: society of the damned
Cannot comprehend
the value of self
Usually
beneath notice.
Usually.
Strong outside,
hollow
within