Sevenfold Path

Motto

Let all power be guided by virtue.

Symbol

A symbol that has been used by the Order in the past has been a seven-spoked wheel with each of the triangles between the spokes coloured differently with the colours of the rainbow (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, purple)

The Manifesto

The Order of the Sevenfold Path holds the following to be true:

• Magic should work in harmony with, and to promote, the fulfilment of human destiny
• The Conclave and Synod can most effectively protect the Empire from hazards, and subversive elements, by working in harmony and unison
• The Way of Virtue binds the Empire together and should inform all use of powers, including magic

The Order of the Sevenfold Path exists to:

• Encourage the use of magic in understanding, and supporting, human destiny
• Ensure the powers of the Conclave are deployed in line with the Way of Virtue
• Build a bridge between the Conclave and the priests of the Synod

Membership of the Order

This is the order that contains the largest number of magician-priests, and many of it's members also vote in the Imperial Synod. Some wags have dubbed the Sevenfold Path as the "Magician's Assembly". It's members tend to take their self-appointed task - encouraging it's fellow magicians to keep to the Way - very seriously. Devout magicians are joined in this order by magicians who genuinely seek to ensure the future of the Empire. In recent years several Imperial orcs have joined the order; this has lead to some members beginning to quietly agitate for a change to the manifesto to replace the words human destiny with something more appropriate. Most of the orcs appear unconcerned.

The Order of the Sevenfold Path has traditionally chosen grandmasters who are strong in virtue and faith, and who are often priests. Of all the orders, the Sevenfold Path tends to have the least amount of access to crystal mana (many of it's members are leaders of congregations, rather than controlling mana sites. Consequently, they tend to carefully consider where they apply their votes, and which items they add to a Conclave Agenda and which Gambits they propose. At the very least, they tend to have a great deal of interest in ensuring that the archmagi are virtuous, and that sorcerers are dealt with swiftly and harshly.